Cold Sword Perched Peach Blossom

Fujiazhuang and Gusu City are almost two extremes.In the city of Gusu, singing and dancing was peaceful, and it was a bustling scene.But the people in Fujiazhuang are starved of food, and even the most basic food and clothing are difficult to maintain.Along the way, Lin Rufei hardly saw any villagers. The only people she saw were all ragged and thin, as if this place had just suffered a catastrophe.What makes Lin Rufei feel very strange is that there are large areas of rice planted in the fields on both sides. Although it is not time to harvest, judging from the growth of the rice, this year should be a bumper harvest year.Farmers depend on the sky for food. With these rice, no matter what, they should not live like this.

The child that Lin Rufei led into the carriage sat on the carriage and devoured the dry food that Fuhua gave him. Although this child was tall, his appetite was astonishing, and the little belly he ate became chubby.Lin Rufei was afraid that he would be overstretched, so she hurriedly asked Fuhua to put away the rest of the dry food. When the child saw that the dry food was out of his hands, tears filled his eyes immediately, but he didn't make any noise, just looked at Fuhua pitifully.Fuhua really couldn't stand this look, and cast a look for help to Lin Rufei.

Lin Rufei also had quite a headache, he had almost never dealt with children, so let him eat, because he was afraid that he would spoil his belly, so don't feed him, and he couldn't look down on his aggrieved appearance.

After thinking for a while, Lin Rufei had an idea, and took out a piece of malt candy bought in Suzhou City from her cuff.The appearance of this maltose is very good, golden and clear, shaped like amber, soft and dense in the mouth without being too sweet, it is an excellent snack.Gu Xuan liked it all, so Lin Rufei bought some more and put them in his pocket, planning to eat them slowly in the future.

When the child saw the candy, the tears immediately disappeared, but he didn't reach out to ask for it, but stared at Lin Rufei eagerly,

Lin Rufei stuffed the candy into his mouth and said, "You can't eat dry food anymore, it will bloat your stomach."

After getting the candy, the child showed joy and said thank you vaguely.Although he looked embarrassed and emaciated, he was much more polite than the group of children he saw before. At least he didn't reach out to grab the candy, and he even said thank you after eating.

Lin Rufei asked the child a few more questions, and when he learned that his name was Momo and he lived in Fu's Village, he couldn't ask any more questions.But even with the information asked, the child gave vague answers, most of which were guessed by Lin Rufei herself.

Lin Rufei originally thought that the intersection should not be far from Fujiazhuang, but she didn't expect that the sky was getting dark, but she still couldn't see Zhuangzi's shadow. In desperation, they had no choice but to take a rest in the carriage Night.When the child was full, he huddled into a ball and fell asleep, but he did not sleep soundly. He would open his eyes from time to time to observe the surrounding situation, which seemed to be a habit he had developed before.

Lin Rufei was a little tired after sitting in the carriage for a whole day, so she took advantage of the rest time to leave the carriage and go to the side of the road to stretch her body.

On both sides of the road, all kinds of food are planted. In addition to the layers of wheat fields, there are also corn fields that grow taller than a person.Lin Rufei looked at the dense cornfield, and said strangely, "How could life be like this with so much grain?"

Gu Xuandu said: "It's not surprising."

Lin Rufei said: "Isn't that strange?"

Gu Xuandu said: "Have you seen any farmers in the field?"

Lin Rufei showed hesitation, and then shook his head. He did not see any farmer in the field along the way, but there were quite a few people sitting by the road. It didn't look like they were in the field. working farmers.Although farmers work hard, they are not as miserable as they are.

"Everything in the world has a cause and effect." Gu Xuandu said, "There is always a reason for them to live like this."

Lin Rufei said yes, and he casually mentioned the children in the carriage. He only said a few words, but found that Gu Xuandu's expression was a little strange.

"Senior doesn't like children?" Lin Rufei only thought of such a possibility.

Gu Xuandu said: "You like children very much, right?"

Lin Rufei smiled and said, "I really like it."

Gu Xuandu said: "I don't like it very much." He sighed, "Especially a child like him..." Although he said this, there was not much disgust in his tone, but Lin Rufei listened I don't understand the emotion.

Lin Rufei said, "Why don't you like it?"

Gu Xuandu gave Lin Rufei a meaningful look: "You think children don't understand anything, but they actually understand very well."

Lin Rufei felt a little baffled.

Gu Xuandu waved his hands, and quickly skipped this topic, and chatted with Lin Rufei about the weird Fujiazhuang again, and asked to whom the invitation was going to be sent.

As the name suggests, the name of this place is Fujiazhuang, and the most people here are naturally people with the surname Fu.On the invitation card that Lin Rufei was about to send out, the word Fuyu was written in wild cursive.

Fu Yu can also be regarded as a young man who became famous, but unlike the children of aristocratic families like Liu Rugong, his swordsmanship is not something passed down by the family, but an adventure of a slanted sword.It is said that when he was traveling, he accidentally fell off a cliff, and got advice from an expert under the cliff. Since then, his swordsmanship has soared, defeated many masters in a row, and finally made a name for himself in the world.Before this, no one knew the name of Fujiazhuang. It was not until Fuyu came out here that it gradually became famous.

But looking at the situation in Fujiazhuang at this time, it is obvious that the people here have not improved their lives because of Fuyu's fame, but still maintain a miserable situation of poor clothing and food.

Before Lin Rufei, no one in Kunlun had been to Fujiazhuang. It can be said that Lin Rufei was the first one.

So seeing such a scene, I couldn't help being a little surprised.

After hearing Lin Rufei's words, Gu Xuandu was not very interested in Fu Yu, so he yawned lazily and asked Lin Rufei if he was sleepy.

Lin Rufei said: "I'm really sleepy, so let's go back and rest."

After walking around outside, Lin Rufei stretched her body a lot. After a simple wash, Lin Rufei lay down in the carriage and fell into a deep sleep.

The night was very peaceful. Lin Rufei greeted the morning sun amidst the birdsong in the morning. He opened his eyes in a daze, and met the eyes of the child Momo who was huddled in the corner opposite him. Momo...is a lovely name. , Lin Rufei suddenly had such an idea in his mind.

Seeing that Lin Rufei had woken up, Fuhua brought him the hot water prepared earlier for him to wash, and asked Lin Rufei what he would like to have for breakfast.

Lin Rufei said, "Just eat steamed buns?"

Fuhua smiled and said, "Young master suddenly wants to eat steamed buns."

Lin Rufei pointed to the child: "Isn't he called Momo?"

Hearing this, the child was stunned for two seconds, then showed a terrified expression, and mumbled crying: "No...don't eat steamed buns...no, it's not delicious..."

He obviously misunderstood what Lin Rufei meant, thinking that Lin Rufei wanted to attack him.

Lin Rufei was amused by his appearance, stretched out her hand to gently pinch his thin face, and said, "I haven't eaten it yet, so how do you know it's not delicious?"

Momo rounded her round black eyes when she heard the words, sobbed and cried: "No...it's not delicious, woooooo..." He was talking, but he didn't dare to struggle. It looked like a poor little rabbit who was frightened.

Lin Rufei couldn't help laughing.

Seeing her young master teasing the doll, Fuhua made people cry, and quickly called out to the young master, saying that the child is timid and weak, so he cannot be frightened.

Lin Rufei let go of her hands when she heard this, and first rubbed Momo's face, then took out maltose and coaxed the child well.Of course, the biggest credit still has to fall on the candy. As soon as the candy was in the mouth, the child stopped crying immediately, not forgetting to sob and choke, and thanked him with tears in his eyes.

Lin Rufei was a little guilty of bullying the child like this, coughed dryly and said, "Then don't eat steamed buns, let's make some easy-to-digest porridge." The child ate so much last night, if he had another meal in the morning A big meal will definitely be overwhelmed.

Fuhua agrees, and leaves the carriage with Yurui to make porridge.

The child was happily chewing candy corn. Seeing that Float and the others were about to light a fire, they got out of the carriage slowly, turned around and entered the nearby grove. When they came out again, they had already held a small handful of firewood in their hands. Staggeringly, she walked to Fuhua Yurui's side, and after she put it down, she timidly called her elder sister.

After Fuhua Yurui saw this scene, her mother's love exploded, she hugged the little guy into her arms, and kissed a few times fiercely, Momo was at a loss for being kissed, and even a little scared, tremblingly said that she was dirty and thin , not tasty.

Lin Rufei laughed out loud.

He just turned his head after laughing, only to see Gu Xuandu staring at the child with a gloomy expression. Seeing him look over, the gloomy expression dissipated in an instant, and he returned to his usual laziness, as if Lin Rufei had slapped him on his face just now. The expression you see is just an illusion.

Lin Rufei whispered: "Senior..."

Gu Xuandu hummed gently.

Lin Rufei said: "... Is there something wrong with this child?" It seemed that the identity of the person who made Gu Xuan stare at him like this was very suspicious, even the things he encountered in Xie's mansion before were all suspicious. It was impossible for Gu Xuandu to show such an expression.

Who knows that Gu Xuandu shook his head after hearing his question, and said: "No, he is a normal...good boy." When he said the word "good boy", he deliberately emphasized his tone.

Lin Rufei's heart trembled because of the words "good boy", and said, "Is there really nothing wrong?"

"Not currently, just a normal kid." Gu Xuandu said, "Why, do you think there is something wrong with him?"

Lin Rufei was at a loss for words, he found that Gu Xuandu seemed completely unaware of the hostility he showed towards the child.

Seeing that Lin Rufei was silent, Gu Xuandu probably sensed something, and said calmly: "But looking at him reminds me of something from the past."

Lin Rufei: "What happened in the past?"

"Well." Gu Xuandu said, "It's not very pleasant, but it has nothing to do with this little guy."

Only then did Lin Rufei heave a sigh of relief, thinking in her heart, could it be that Gu Xuandu had encountered a difficult child before, and that's why he became hostile to the child in front of him?But Gu Xuan didn't want to say anything, he could only guess and couldn't get an accurate answer.

Fuhua and Yurui cooked the porridge over there, first brought it to Lin Rufei, and then prepared some side dishes for him.The rest was shared with the steamed buns and eaten. The porridge was not thick, and there were some tonics such as barley and red dates in it. Lin Rufei had little interest in drinking it, but the steamed buns liked it very much. He drank most of it.

After the meal, the carriage set off again, going all the way along the official road.

At this time, it was getting closer and closer to Fujiazhuang, and there were more buildings and people on both sides of the road, but the buildings were either straw houses or mud houses, and even a brick house could not be seen.As for the people who saw it, it was even more terrifying. They didn't do anything, just sat on the side of the road, silently staring at the speeding carriage, their eyes were not numb, but they were weird enough.

Originally Yurui was driving outside, and seeing this scene she was quite frightened, so Fuhua called her in and sat outside by herself.

"This Fujiazhuang is too strange." Yurui tremblingly said, "Are these people villagers? They don't do anything, what are they doing sitting on the street?"

Lin Rufei shook her head to indicate that she couldn't guess either.

The carriage continued to move forward and finally arrived at the gate of Fujiazhuang. The entrance of the village was surrounded by tall walls, and there were guards at the gate. handle long sword.

"Where are you going? Is there any paperwork to go in?" The guard stopped the carriage, but seeing the luxurious decoration of the carriage, his attitude was still respectful.

"No, we are from the Kunlun Lin family, and we are here to send invitations to Fu Yu from the Fu family." Fu Hua replied.

When the guard heard this, he immediately became nervous, and ordered the people next to him to go to the Fu's house to inquire about the situation, and asked them to wait for a while.Not long after, the person who went to ask about the situation came back panting, winking at the guards while running.

Seeing this scene, the guard immediately changed his attitude, smiled very earnestly, and said, "Please come in, please come in."

Fuhua flicked his whip, and the carriage quickly drove into Fu's Village, and passed the tall wall. The scenery inside made Fuhua look stunned, and she said: "How could it be..."

Lin Rufei and Fuhua in the carriage reacted similarly, both were shocked.

I saw that inside the high walls were all magnificent and tall houses. These houses were very exquisite, and there were even various wall paintings painted on the outer walls. Just looking from the outside, one could feel a strong sense of arrogance. .On both sides of the avenue leading to Fujiazhuang, there are all kinds of shops, most of these shops are ornately decorated, Lin Rufei took a general look, and felt that the things sold inside were not cheap.

And the pedestrians walking on the side of the road were dressed in Chinese clothes. It was completely unexpected that they belonged to the same village as the group of distressed people outside the high wall.

"This Fujiazhuang, how could it be like this." Lin Rufei sighed, "It really is so big and full of wonders."

Gu Xuandu said: "It's really strange, I haven't seen it before."

According to the guard at the gate, the ancestral house of the Fu family is the tallest one in the village. Lin Rufei quickly found the ancestral house of the Fu family that the guards were talking about. I have to say that this ancestral house was repaired too much It's stylish.The courtyard wall is made of marble with beautiful patterns. The main house inside is towering into the sky, blocking most of the sun in the village. The eaves are carved into vivid bird shapes. The tiles are beautiful vermilion and clean. Not a single moss in sight.

Such a building stands here, no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel out of place.

Fuhua was also stunned, saying that this house was more exaggerated than many buildings on Kunlun, how could it be called Zhuang.

Lin Rufei shook her head to indicate that she couldn't say well either.

"Then we just go in like this?" Fuhua asked tentatively.

Lin Rufei thought for a moment: "Let's go to the inn first, do you want to live in Fu's house?"

"No, no." Fuhua shook her head quickly, "This place looks too exaggerated. If I live in it, I will definitely feel very uncomfortable."

In terms of style, both Meng Lanruo and Liu Rugong's family are very magnificent, but that style and the one in front of them give people two completely different feelings.Meng Lanruo's house is full of flowers, and the buildings and gardens are carefully designed, elegant and unique.Liu Rugong's family is even more famous, and the scenery in the courtyard complements each other without being too exaggerated.And the building in front of me will only give people an indescribable sense of disobedience, as if...

"It's as if a person suddenly has money and doesn't know how to spend it." Gu Xuandu said to the point.

Lin Rufei felt deeply.

So the group decided to go to the inn to rest temporarily, inquire about the situation before making plans.

Unexpectedly, when he turned around and planned to go to the inn, he was stopped by several people who claimed to be servants of the Fu family, and enthusiastically expressed that the owner of the family had already set up a banquet for them.

Lin Rufei didn't want to bother them at first, so she evaded a few words but saw that these people were stubborn, so she had no choice but to agree.The carriage turned around and drove towards the exaggerated ancestral house.

Just after the carriage entered the Fu family's house, Momo, who had been huddled in the corner and didn't talk much, suddenly reacted, his expression became a little frightened, he kept mumbling something, and curled up into a ball, Like a frightened kitten.

Seeing this, Lin Rufei hurriedly called his name: "Momo?"

But Momo didn't seem to be able to hear Lin Rufei's voice, she wished she could hide her head under the carpet, Lin Rufei was afraid that he would hurt herself, so she stretched out her hand to pull him out from under the carpet, and hugged him carefully .

But Momo whimpered and kept pushing Lin Rufei. Seeing this, Lin Rufei thought for a moment, then asked Yurui to bring a blanket, and wrapped Momo in the blanket, leaving only a pair of black Painted eyes.

Momo was born thin and small, but now she is shrunk into a ball and wrapped in a blanket, as small as a rag doll, but fortunately, she finally calmed down, sobbing and wanting to cover her face with the blanket live.

Lin Rufei let him go.

"What's the matter with Momo?" Fuhua asked strangely, "Why did the reaction become so big..."

"I don't know, maybe it has something to do with the Fu family?" Lin Rufei hesitated for a moment, feeling that it was a little reckless for him to bring Momo into the Fu family village. Didn't the enemy cause trouble? Second, Momo's mental state seems to be not very good. If it is stimulated, will it become more serious...

Fuhua obviously thought of this too, whispered that it's better not to tell the Fu family about the existence of Momo for now, and wait until they ask clearly.

Lin Rufei nodded, thinking that this is more appropriate.

Gu Xuandu leaned to the side and watched without saying a word when Momo fell ill. His expression was very calm and even slightly strangely indifferent, as if he was resisting something.Lin Rufei's attention was all on Momo, and she didn't notice Gu Xuandu's strangeness for a while.

After the person in charge brought them into the Fu family manor, they were first led to the guest room where Lin Rufei lived. Lin Rufei handed the buns to Fuhua and the others, and asked them to take care of them first, while he went to visit the Fu family first.

Looking at the Fu family's ancestral house from the outside is already exaggerated enough, but when you come in, you find that it is just a drop in the bucket. The decoration in this house can no longer be described as exaggerated. Almost every corner is filled with various decorations. Either gems or sculptures or porcelain vases, all in all, this place is like a treasure exhibition room expanded by the owner, and I can't wait to display all the objects for guests to enjoy.

But this kind of decoration, in the eyes of knowledgeable people, can only be called vulgar, even a little ridiculous.

Fortunately, Lin Rufei didn't care about these things, but felt that the Fu family's aesthetics were really elusive.

Walking all the way to the main hall, Lin Rufei heard exaggerated laughter coming from the room from a distance. There were men and women in the laughter, it seemed that they were flirting and there was not only one person...

Lin Rufei paused, but stepped into the main hall. As soon as she entered, she saw a man in purple holding two hotly dressed beauties in his arms, feeding grapes to each other.

Also feeding grapes, Liu Rugong had the air of a prodigal son, but the person in front of him made Lin Rufei frown.

This person actually looks pretty good, but Naihe has a greasy feeling soaked in powder all over his body. When he saw Lin Rufei who was walking to the door, his eyes lit up and he said, "Yo, who found it?" Beauty, this looks really good... There will be a lot of rewards!"

The manager in charge showed embarrassment when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Master, the beauty you wanted hasn't come yet, this is a guest of the Lin family!"

The young master of the Fu family asked suspiciously: "A guest from the Lin family? Why don't I know, when did you come, did you bring any gifts?" The steward hurriedly said: "Master, this is the eldest son's guest!"

The young master of the Fu family immediately restrained his smile and snorted, but he didn't say anything.

The steward smiled apologetically at Lin Rufei, saying that Mr. Lin must not take it to heart, this is his young master, and it has always been like this...

Lin Rufei said, "Fu Yu is your young master?"

The steward said: "Yes."

Lin Rufei said, "Why didn't you see him?"

The steward said: "The young master doesn't like the atmosphere at home, and often travels outside, but we have sent the letter out, and he will probably be back soon."

Lin Rufei snorted.

The steward led Lin Rufei through the main hall and arrived at the place where the banquet was held in the backyard. The Fu family had already sat down. Seeing Lin Rufei coming, they all got up and greeted eagerly.

Lin Rufei simply returned the gift, and sat down beside the Patriarch of the Fu family.

The Patriarch of the Fu family was an old man with white hair and beard, but he seemed to be in good spirits. When he saw Lin Rufei sitting down, he greeted Lin Rufei warmly.None of the family members seemed to have practiced before, and the people at the table didn't have sword energy on them, they looked more like ordinary people.

"Mr. Lin, you are a distinguished guest of our family." The Patriarch of the Fu family smiled enthusiastically, "I have prepared several wonderful dishes for you, you must try them!"

Just as Lin Rufei responded, she saw a very beautiful black horse pulling out beside it, and beside the horse, a pot of boiling hot soup was burning.

The author has something to say: Lin Rufei: Are you unhappy?

Gu Xuandu: No

Lin Rufei: Really not?

Gu Xuandu: No

Lin Rufei: Really really not?

Gu Xuandu: No

Lin Rufei: Since there is no you, can you put Momo down...

Gu Xuandu: Who did I provoke by eating a steamed bun?

Lin Rufei: ...

Momo: Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow