Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 4
"What's the cry, I didn't hear it?" Wang Zijin hastily raised the hem of his robe to follow the two of them, feeling his scalp numb, and he didn't dare to look at the inn behind him again.

"That's why you have a bad horoscope, and you don't have the consciousness to seek good luck and avoid bad luck."

When he was so frightened that his legs became weak, Hu Feixiao still reminded him of his ill-fated fate. The three of them gradually drifted away and disappeared in the brilliant lights of Tokyo city in a blink of an eye.

four

Traveling to Haishi, Hu Feixiao picks and chooses all the way, either thinks this house is broken or that one is dirty, Dao Ran can't bear it, and finds a simple house to rest alone, only Wang Zijin still bites the bullet and walks with him.

"Brother Wang, what do you think of this inn? It looks very comfortable and luxurious." The guy like a son-in-law walked two more streets, and finally stopped in front of an inn that was about the same size as the Hongfu Inn.

"I think it's better to forget it, Brother Hu, we are just scholars after all, we shouldn't be so extravagant." Wang Zijin only took a look at the decoration of the inn and shook his head, thinking of his purse, he lost the confidence to speak.

"Since it's lodging, why don't there be soft beds and brocade quilts?" Hu Feixiao walked into the door with a wave of her fan.

Wang Zijin couldn't resist him, so he had no choice but to follow in.

Fortunately, Hu Feixiao was also generous enough, so without further ado, he took out money and bought a two-bed upper room, including Wang Zijin.

And the decoration of this inn did not disappoint. When you enter the guest room, you can see the wide carved wooden bed covered with brocade bedding, which is soft and attractive.

When Hu Feixiao saw her, she cheered and nestled under the quilt, squinting her phoenix eyes, enjoying it very much.

Seeing his innocent appearance, Wang Zijin could only shake his head and smile again and again.

In the middle of the night, Wang Zijin was alone in front of the desk, lighting up the lamp and fighting at night. He was writing heartily, but he heard soft noises from outside the room door.

He was still puzzled, but he saw that Hu Feixiao, who had been lying on the bed without moving, suddenly cheered, jumped up and rushed to the door, and when he came back, he was already holding a lotus leaf roast chicken and two jars of rice wine in his hands.

"Brother Wang, you have to enjoy yourself to the fullest in life, so why bother with yourself?" He put the wine jar and roast chicken on the table, regardless of his feelings, and began to feast on them.

Wang Zijin saw that he couldn't finish his studies today, and glanced at Hu Feixiao who was eating happily next to him, and immediately presented him with his own essay, "Brother Hu is a talented scholar from Shanyang Academy, can you help Xiaosheng improve his essay?"

Hu Feixiao was also not polite, grabbed the article he handed over, and a few greasy handprints appeared on the white paper, "Mmmm, it's okay, but the rhetoric is too gorgeous, and it tends to be false."

After finishing speaking, I didn’t forget to take a few more bites of chicken.

"That, that, Brother Hu..."

"Why, is my evaluation not pertinent enough?"

"Don't dare, what Brother Hu said is very true, it was Brother Hu who took my article down..."

"Anyway, you can watch it, Brother Wang, don't be too rigid about details." Hu Feixiao put down the rice paper, and handed over a chicken leg with a smile in his eyes.

Is this something informal?Wang Zijin only felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't care less about the delicious food, so he reached out and took the chicken leg and ate it with him.

The two chatted happily and drank until midnight. Hu Feixiao liked chicken very much, and ordered two roast chickens and a jar of rice wine on the way.When the watchman outside the window announced the day, he staggered towards the couch, fell down and fell asleep.

Wang Zijin couldn't help shaking his head when he saw his appearance, he felt that he was a big man, but he was so drunk, his behavior was no different from that of a child.

He covered Hu Feixiao with a brocade quilt, went to wash up, and was about to rest.

However, when he finished washing and came back after taking off his outer robe, he saw that the brocade on Hu Feixiao's bed had collapsed, and it didn't look like a big man was sleeping in it.

He couldn't help feeling suspicious, and when he lifted the brocade quilt, there was only a pile of clothes inside, which was exactly the one Hu Feixiao was wearing just now, but it disappeared.

Seeing this, Wang Zijin couldn't help being surprised, how could this man be so weird, he took off so cleanly when he went out, did he go out naked?
He was wondering, but he saw that the ball of clothes actually moved, as if something was hidden inside, which shocked him.He hurried to the table and came back with the candlestick.Under the radiance of the candlelight, there was a fluffy thing curled up in the quilt, which was about three feet long, and looked like a big dog.

"Ah!" Wang Zijin screamed out of fright, his hands shook, candle tears dripped on the furry animal, he quickly shouted: "Shop, shop! What's going on? How did the pet get away? The guest's bed?"

But when he turned around again, he saw a beautiful young man sitting on the bed topless, with peach blossoms in his eyes and long hair reaching his waist, looking at him with a half-smile, who is it not Hu Feixiao?
When the prince saw him, he couldn't help being distracted, but when he thought that he was a man, he quickly regained his composure and shouted: "Brother Hu, come down quickly, that bed is not clean, a big dog slept in it just now." To pull his arm, it doesn't matter, the tentacles are very slippery, but he pulled the candle tears that have not yet dried up.

This shock was no small matter, and no matter how stupid a person was, he could understand what was going on.Wang Zijin felt his legs go weak, and sat down on the ground at once, pointing at the person in front of him and tremblingly said: "You, are you a human or a ghost? Xiaosheng has never committed any crime in this life, why did you come to me?"

With a smile on her lips, Hu Feixiao put on a white robe to cover her body in a calm manner, and walked slowly in front of him.

When Wang Zijin saw him approaching, he hurriedly crawled back two steps, secretly thinking about the way to escape.

"It seems that you have forgotten all about me. You have always been greedy, so you don't even drink a lot more Mengpo soup than others?" Hu Feixiao said quietly under the candlelight, her tone was somewhat sad.

"You mean you won't harm me?" Wang Zijin saw that his eyebrows were full of sadness, as if he had no intention of harming others, his heart slowly fell back into his stomach.

"It's a long story. I was originally a little fox who was rescued by you thousands of years ago, but you died violently for seven lifetimes. If you can't die well this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to be reincarnated again."

"Ah? Then what should I do?" Wang Zijin remembered what he said when he was interviewing himself, and became even more panicked.

"In the past, you carried me all the way, and now I will protect you for the rest of your life. The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by the spring." Hu Feixiao said as she bent down and bowed to him.

"Brother Hu, you don't need to be so polite, I really can't bear it. Come on, come on, get up quickly." Wang Zijin didn't have the courage to accept his gift, so he quickly supported him.

"Zijin, you can call me Feixiao from now on. I don't like the previous surname. You and I can be called brothers in the future."

"Okay, okay, it's just that this name is biased toward women, can you think about it..." But before he could finish his sentence, he saw Feixiao's wonderful eyes full of murderous intent, squinting at him, and swallowed the other half of the words inside.

How could he know that thousands of years ago, there was a little fox staring blankly at the blood all over the ground in a bamboo basket. The red silk of the ground.

It is a scene that will never be forgotten in a lifetime, and a heartache that will never be erased in a lifetime.

五

In a blink of an eye, there were not many days left for the scientific examination, and the prince stayed at home, studying hard behind closed doors all day.At first, he was very afraid of Fei Hau and couldn't sleep at night because of the fright, but after a few days of getting along, the two of them lived in peace.Moreover, Fei Xiao's nature is really like a fox, she only eats and sleeps every day, especially likes to eat chicken, she can eat a few in a day.

"Fei Xiao, can't you study with me? You are happy and happy every day, and I am studying hard here. It is really painful." At noon that day, Wang Zijin saw him lying on the bed and taking a nap again, and couldn't help complaining. Again and again.

"How many times have I told you, don't be greedy for fame and fame, it's all mortal dung, and you don't have such a blessing in your life." Fei Xiao disapproved when she heard this, and covered her head with a quilt.

The two were talking, when suddenly there was a harsh noise downstairs, even mixed with the screaming and crying of children.

"It seems to be lively, let's go and have a look." Fei Xiao jumped up when she heard this, pulled Wang Zijin and rushed out.

"Haven't you heard the allusion about cutting off mats and ties? A gentleman should be able not to be seduced by foreign objects..." Where did the prince earn his strength, he yelled in vain all the way, "You are not in a hurry, Wait until I straighten my clothes..."

The two ran downstairs, only to see a team of officials from the government carrying a dead body on the long street. The people onlookers crowded the road, and the workers had to put down the door panel carrying the corpse and hurried to disperse it. crowd.

"Oh, why did another one die? Is it Hongfu Inn again?"

"It seems that I heard that he is an examinee, exhausted..."

"For that little silver, is it worth it?"

Several people standing in front chattered in a hurry, as if they saw something, these words reached Wang Zijin's ears, and his heart tightened suddenly.

Hongfu Inn?Isn't it the one where I almost went to stay a few days ago?
He hurriedly pushed away the crowd and squeezed to the front, only to see the straw mat on the door slipped, revealing a dead face.The man's eyes were wide open, with an expression of being extremely frightened. Although his face was distorted and deformed, he recognized at a glance that he was a Jiangyin man named Baocai who also came to rush for the exam.

"Bao Cai, Bao Cai." Wang Zijin yelled in a hurry, and threw himself in front of the corpse, looking at Bao Cai's pale face in disbelief.How come Bao Cai, who was still alive two days ago, and Bao Cai who was talking and laughing together, turned into a corpse when they met again?
The world is changing so fast, so fast that people can't believe it, can't Baocai also believe it?So even death cannot rest in peace.

Wang Zijin felt sad for a moment, and knelt beside Bao Cai, not knowing what to do.After a while, the clerks carried the door panels and continued on the road. Someone saw that he was exhausted and kindly helped him to the side of the road and sat down.

When he came back to his senses, the official team had long since disappeared, all the spectators had dispersed, and the streets were bustling again.

Wang Zijin stared blankly at the passers-by in front of him, the wine fronts swaying under the autumn sun, and the long street lined with shops, he felt empty and empty in his heart.

The bustling and bustling city of Tokyo, full of traffic and horses, has also faded away, and it is no different from the barren wilderness.

"Did Baocai really die from overwork? Why does he seem to be scared to death?" After the prince came back, he sat listlessly on the chair in the inn. Turned into Bao Cai's frightened face.

"That's because the primordial spirit was sucked away. There must be some monster practicing in that inn." Fei Xiao was still eating chicken, and said disapprovingly while eating.

"Monsters? Why do monsters come to cultivate in the downtown area?" Prince Jin didn't believe in the existence of monsters a few days ago, but now he firmly believes in them.

"Because there are so many living people, there are also many primordial spirits that can be eaten. Moreover, there are many adults in a place like an inn, and the anger of those enough people is enough to cover up the evil spirit."

"Fei Xiao, aren't you very capable? Let's go and kill that goblin together." Hearing this, Wang Zijin couldn't sit still. Most of his friends lived in the Hongfu Inn, so how could we let them fall into danger? environment?
"Let's go in two days, now is not the time." Fei Xiao threw the chicken bone on the ground, and lazily pulled the quilt over it, obviously unwilling to help.

"Human life is at stake, if you delay it any longer, I don't know how many more people will die!" Wang Zijin couldn't help being anxious.

"The scientific research is not over yet, the people inside are at their peak, and the demonic aura has been completely concealed. I don't know which one is the real body. After two days, the people are almost gone, so it's not too late to go." Fei Xiao said , people have completely nested in the quilt.

Wang Zijin felt sad and ran out of the inn in a hurry.

Why?Didn't he also know Baocai?After driving so long together, how could death be so insignificant to him?

Is it because Fei Xiao is not human, or is she too sentimental?As the predecessors said, passion is always disturbed by ruthlessness?
At this time, the sun was setting, and he wandered in the street in a daze for an unknown how long.When the sky was getting dark, I looked up in a trance, only to see two lanterns as tall as a person shining brightly, illuminating the silent night, reflecting at the end of the street.

A golden plaque was hung between the red lights, with the words "Hongfu Inn" written in large and flying characters.

When he saw this building, he couldn't help but secretly startled, not knowing why he came here in a daze.The red-painted doorpost, which looked beautiful in the past, now looks like it was painted with blood, and it looks particularly terrifying in the hazy night.

But seeing that there are still people coming and going in front of the inn, the guests are overflowing, and it is a lively scene, how can it look like a monster's lair?

If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger cubs?Seeing this, Wang Zijin was heartbroken, he didn't know where the courage came from, and walked in with the hem of his robe lifted.

六

The hall is still spacious and bright, with white candles as thick as arms illuminating the hall like daytime.As soon as he entered the lobby, he saw the fat shopkeeper greeted him with a big smile on his face. His face was full of wrinkles, like a chrysanthemum blooming on the Double Ninth Festival.

"Guest officer, do you want to eat or stay in the hotel?"

"Xiaosheng wants to stay in the store, may I ask if there are any vacancies in the store?" Wang Zijin pretended to be a newcomer and asked, clasping his hands.

"Of course, we have a lot of rooms in this store! And there are customers leaving every day, so the guest officer doesn't need to worry." The fat shopkeeper said enthusiastically, but these words were extremely harsh to the prince's ears.

Do you have customers every day?Did he go like Baocai?Bao Cai's face appeared in front of him again this morning, he quickly lowered his head, held back the tears in his eyes, and continued to negotiate with the fat shopkeeper.

"May I ask if you can let Xiaosheng visit the guest room before staying in the hotel?"

"This is what it should be. I will arrange for the servant to take the guest officer to visit." He turned around and called a boy in his teens, and told him, "Hurry up and show the guest officer a look at the room. Don't be negligent." gone."

The child was thin and thin, as if he hadn't had enough to eat for a long time, only one round face was very pleasing.Hearing the shopkeeper's instructions, he hurriedly ran to get a large bunch of keys, lowered his waist like a weak willow in the wind, "Guest officer, please come with me."

Wang Zijin followed behind him, walked from the back of the hall to the guest room on the second floor, went up the stairs, and turned a few more turns. The scenery in front of him was completely different from that downstairs.

I saw a long corridor that was dark and deep, because there were guest rooms on both sides, and candles were lit day and night, and for some reason, the guest rooms were extremely quiet and there was no sound of people.

The two walked in silence, their footsteps landed on the wooden floor, making a light creak, echoing in the empty corridor like the groans of ghosts.

Wang Zijin couldn't help asking curiously; "Have these guest rooms ever been occupied? Why is there no sound at all?"

The young man lowered his voice and replied: "Young Master, I don't know. Most of the people living in these rooms are students rushing for exams. They don't like to be disturbed. They are studying hard day and night. Let's not talk loudly and stay over there. Let's talk about the empty room."

He shook his head helplessly, had no choice but to keep silent, and continued walking behind the servant.Unexpectedly, just after turning a corner, he saw a figure projected on the carved window of a room beside him, which was very familiar to him.

Wang Zijin couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, he dodged and hid in a dark corner, the boy didn't realize it, and continued to walk forward.

"Brother Wang, brother Wang, open the door quickly, I am Zijin!" Wang Zijin saw the young man walking away and knocked on the door hastily. If he read correctly, the figure just now was a student surnamed Wang from his hometown. .

With a little effort, the door creaked and opened slowly. It didn't look like a new inn at all, but rather a dilapidated thatched cottage.

The scholar surnamed Wang in the door was sitting at the table of the Eight Immortals, studying hard by a candle, and turned a deaf ear to Wang Zijin's intrusion.

"Brother Wang, follow me quickly. This place is dangerous, and it is not a place to stay for a long time." Seeing that the scholar did not respond, Wang Zijin hurriedly pulled his arm, and when he pulled, Wang Sheng collapsed limply on the ground. on the ground.

"Brother Wang, Brother Wang, what's wrong with you?" When Wang Zijin saw his face was livid, his eyes were half-opened and half-closed, his expression was numb, he was no different from a dead person.

He was afraid in his heart, and tremblingly touched Wang Sheng's sunken cheeks, but the place where he touched was cold.The lifeless coldness made him shiver out of thin air, and he was frightened in his heart, and hurriedly ran out of the room.

(End of this chapter)