Chapter 234: A companion (4)

Zhuluo Mountain is located south of Zhuji.

The beautiful Zhuluo Mountain was originally under the rule of the ancient Yue Kingdom. The ancestors lived here and were unknown until one day when two beautiful girls walked out of the mountains and became famous in the world. Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan! Two women who were powerless to wash their shisha were sent to Wu as chess pieces because of their beauty. Yue Kingdom was revived, but Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan became synonymous with beauty.

When the fate of a country is borne by two weak women, what hope does this country have?

People only remember Fan Li's strange plan, Gou Jian slept with firewood and tasted gall, but he deliberately or unintentionally downplayed the efforts made by Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan.

No one even knew the ending of Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan.

Shi Yiguang may be better, because he was known to later generations because of the name of Xi Shi. But what about Zheng Dan? Very few people know her.

Fuchai died and Goujian restored his country.

When the entire ancient Yue Kingdom was immersed in the joy of restoring the country, the people of Zhuluo Mountain remembered Shi Yiguang.

Perhaps the people of the Gu Yue subconsciously wanted to forget that the Gu Yue relied on the bodies of two women, so they tried their best to downplay the role of Xi Shi and Zheng Dan. They even fabricated a lie that Fan Li took the United States to raft the West Lake, which should be ridiculous.

The ancestors of Zhuluo Mountain were unable to justify the reputation of Zheng Dan of Xishi.

But this did not prevent them from commemorating the woman in another way.

So, there was Huansha Creek, there was the Washing Shisha Festival, and there was a beautiful legend that on the sixth day of the third lunar month, two Washing Shisha Women returned to their hometown.

In the eyes of adults, this is just an absurd and ridiculous story.

But in the heart of my little daughter, this legend has a fatal attraction...

The sixth day of the third lunar month, Cold Food Festival!

This is the custom of the Three Jin Dynasties, the custom of the North of Jiangbei, and has nothing to do with Zhuluo Mountain. On this day, Zhuluo Mountain only remembers to summon souls on the banks of Huansha River.

It was already past Chen, and the Zhuluo Mountain in mid-spring had long been buried in the lush spring scenery.

At the hour of Yin, a thin mist rose in the mountains, like silk threads, covering Zhuluo Mountain with a layer of gauze. By the hour of Mao, the fog became thicker and the whole mountain appeared and faintly in the thick fog, as if it was memorial, commemoration, sadness, sob... A drizzle continued with the scene of tea. By the time of Chen, it had stopped. The fog gradually dissipated, but it was still floating in the mountain stream like silk threads.

Yingguo rode his horse with great enthusiasm.

Beside her, Hu Hai stared at a pair of black eyes and looked around, marveling at the magical scenery of Zhuluo Mountain from time to time.

"Little Ha!"

"I'm in a humble position!"

With Ying Guo's call, one of the more than ten followers followed him rode his horse and took two steps to catch up with Ying Guo.

However, when he was half a horse behind Yingguo, he strangled the war horse.

The young man on the horse looks about twenty-two or twenty-three years old. His skin is slightly whiter than that of ordinary people, his facial features are delicate, but his eye sockets are a little sunken, his nose bridge is tall and straight, and he has the characteristics of a Qiang person. He has a tall figure and is also very burly. He jumps off his horse and has long arms.

He bowed slightly, "Princess, what are you asking?"

"Is that stupid guy still following behind?"

The young man was stunned at first, turned his head and looked back, nodded helplessly, "Princess Qi, that kid is still behind, and he has been following him."

Hu Hai suddenly said, "Xiao Ha, you and Yipin take someone to drive him away. If you are disobedient, just kill him!"

Before he finished speaking, Ying Guo raised the whip and tapped Hu Hai's head lightly.

"Don't talk nonsense." Ying Guo said angrily: "At a young age, he knew that he was slandering human lives and killed them at any time. I don't know what the old man Zhao Gao taught you. The silly boy was stupid and had a kind intention. Besides, let's sneak out. If the father knew that he had killed someone, he would definitely be unhappy... Forget it, he would just follow him, as long as it doesn't hinder us."

Hu Hai pursed his lips and seemed unhappy.

However, he did not dare to refute it. Ying Huhai was still a little afraid of his sister.

The young guard said, "The princess is kind-hearted, and it is a blessing for that stupid boy. I will let Yipin stare at him, so don't let him disturb the princess's fun."

This young man, named Ha Wuliang, is from Yiqu and has the blood of Qiang people.

The Iron Eagle Sharp, skilled in bows and horses, was the guards specially sent by the First Emperor to Ying Guo.

In fact, the First Emperor was still very fond of his children. Although he was strict, except for the two sons Fusu and Jianglu who obtained positions due to their abilities, the other children did not receive any rewards. However, he was very concerned about the safety of the children. Every prince had a special Iron Eagle Sharp to protect him.

The Iron Eagle Sharp around Yingguo is Ha Wuliang; and the Iron Eagle Sharp around Ying Huhai is called Huang Yipeng, who is from Longxi.

Yingguo is already sixteen years old!

It is the time when a girl is in love with her heart and is curious.

I fell into water in Qiantang and fell seriously ill. This time, Emperor First Emperor climbed the mountain to worship and did not take her with me. During this period, I either lie in bed to recuperate or can only walk around in the inner camp. Over time, the youngest daughter has some thoughts.

Zhuji is the hometown of Xizi.

Ying Guo also heard about Xizi's story, so she pestered Concubine Han and others to inquire.

Yesterday, accidentally, Baili Shu stumbled in vain, which immediately aroused Ying Guo's curiosity. On the one hand, she was moved by Xi Shi; on the other hand, she had been under the supervision for a long time and wanted to go out and take a look. She finally came to the south once and finally arrived at Xi Shi's hometown... It was the Zhuluo Mountain Washing Festival. If she didn't go and take a look, wouldn't she have come to Zhuji in vain?

So Yingguo was moved...

It just so happened that Ying Hu Hai felt bored in the inner camp because Zhao Gao was not there, so he came to Yingguo to play.

As soon as the siblings were together, they decided to sneak out and take a look. Hu Hai didn't know anything, but Ying Guo kept sending Ha Wuliang to pay attention to the camp.

It is clear when the guards are relaxed and when the general will patrol.

So early in the morning, while Liu Kan was inspecting, the siblings sneaked out. But they slipped out, but Liu Xin noticed it. Originally, Liu Xin said he would not let them go if he died, and even Hu Hai shouted to chop Liu Xin's head, but he refused to bow his head.

He was a person who believed in the truth, how could he be scared by Hu Hai?

Take action?

Ha Wuliang and Huang Yipin could see that Liu Xin was a master. Once he took action, if he could not solve him in a short time, he would definitely startle the camp. Then, he would not want to sneak out. Fortunately, Ying Guo was foolish and stole the seal of the First Emperor.

There was a seal letter, and Liu Xin had to let it go.

But for some reason, he followed Ying Guo and others.

He kept a half-arrow up along the way, but he didn't come to disturb him, but was not left behind by Ying Guo and others.

In this way, the group came to Zhuluo Mountain after Chen Hou.

There are countless tourists on the banks of Huansha Stream.

There are young men and women walking together, and there are single women staggering on the road.

The light fog on Zhuluo Mountain is a very famous scenery within a radius of hundreds of miles. Men come here to enjoy the scenery, while women wash the shisha here pray. There are also people from Zhuluo Mountain who wash the shisha to summon souls by the stream. A ancestral hall is built on the banks of Huansha River, with cigarette smoke swaying, and the mist is combined with the fog, which shows a solemn and mysterious atmosphere. The ancestral hall is called Huansha Temple. There are two statues enshrined in it, one is Xi Shi and the other is Zheng Dan.

"After the body is gone, I will return to the south to go to the south. How solemn the wind is, how solemn the water is.

The sky is the hut and the earth is the bed, the soul returns... to look at the family country... the soul returns, the soul returns!"

The wizard of Zhuluo Mountain, wearing a black robe, with colorful patterns on his face, holding a soul-suming banner in his hand, stepping on Yu steps, and singing the words of soul-suming in his mouth.

Once Qu Zi made Chu Ci - summoning the soul to mourn King Huai of Chu.

Qu Zi's literary talent is no longer a question. The beauty of Chu Ci was still circulated thousands of years later.

King Huai was a foolish lord, but he received the words of Qu Zi Huai to mourn. Zheng Dan, the Western Emperor, had the merit of restoring the country, but no one wrote an article to praise him.

Although this folk song "The Soul-Summoning Word" does not have the beauty of "The Soul-Summoning Word", it also makes people feel sad.

As the wizard chanted, the Washing Sha Festival kicked off. Countless beautiful girls, barefoot and green clothes, were washing silk in the stream.

While washing silk, he sang the local songs of washing silk.

The lyrics are so sad that Ying Guo, who was watching the side, burst into tears. If it weren't for Ha Wuliang and others' stopping him, Ying Guo would have wished to jump into the stream like those girls and wash yarn together. This Washing Yarn Festival lasted for an hour from Chen to noon.

Ying Guo's eyes were red, and under the escort of Ha Wuliang and others, she walked into the Huansha Temple.

"Xiao Ha, everyone says that the Chu people are strong and strong, but in my opinion, they are all ungrateful people!"

"Princess is careful!"

Ha Wuliang was startled and quickly stopped him in a low voice, "This is Chu, please be careful when speaking. Besides, Xizi was originally from the ancient Yue country and had no relationship with the Chu people at that time... Princess, it's getting late. You have also seen Zhuluo and Huanshi. It's time to go back soon."

Yingguo nodded, "Okay, let's go back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a noise of riots outside the ancestral hall. Then he heard a heroic Chu Di accent sternly: "At a young age, he has such a dirty heart. I will never forgive you today!"

What's going on?

Ying Guo was stunned and walked out of the ancestral hall.

Outside the ancestral hall, Huang Yipin, the Iron Eagle Scout, was protecting Hu Hai with seven or eight guards, and was confronting a group of people and quarreling constantly.

There were about twenty or thirty people in that group.

The leader was a young man about twenty-three or four years old. He was eight feet tall, broad-shouldered and round waist. He looked resolute and heroic. The most strange thing was the person's eyes. His eyes were four pupils, which were actually double pupils. When his eyes were wide open, his hair was wide open, like a violent lion. He glared at Ying Huhai and others, and clenched his fists with both hands, "Puppy, don't you get out and die for me!"

Behind the young man, there was a woman.

She was wearing a long skirt and stood barefoot. When the wind passed by, she lifted up the corners of the skirt, and faintly revealed her white and delicate pair of slender legs.

With a full waist, the body is slender and graceful.

It is not like the women in the Central Plains, with high buns in cloudy hair, but with a jade ring with hair tied around her forehead.

There was a veil on her face covering her face, which blocked her face. However, the more this was, the more it became more confusing and curiosity increased.

There are more than a dozen young men around this woman.

The tall, short, fat and thin are all powerful people, but they are all Kong Wu. Among them, four or five of them looked the most angry. A young man, holding a sword in his hand, glared at Hu Hai, who was hiding behind Huang Yipin, gritted his teeth, as if he was about to rush over and tear Hu Hai the body.
To be continued...