Forty-two, talking in dreams
Forty-two, talking to the dream
The long-time mountain walked into the bamboo hall, but the beautiful mountain girl stood by the door, putting her hips on her hips and holding the round bamboo door frame with the other hand. The plump buttocks wrapped in the blue flower skirt naturally leaned to one side, and the soft and thin waist was sunk in the opposite direction, forming a tempting curve. The bright eyes turned like the light flowing of gems, and such eyes were really magical.
"Pan Zicheng, when the far-far guest arrived, why didn't he even ask for his name? "
The beautiful woman in Shanha stared at Zhou Xuan, her red lips moved slightly, and her voice was like a yellow oriole singing in the green valley. Her canoe-like pearl crown trembled slightly. From the front, the pearl crown looked like a golden phoenix spreading its wings and about to fly.
Panshan chief was named Pan Zicheng. The mountain chief was the hierarchical title of Shanha people, second to the clan leader and the village chief. The thin-faced mountain chief said ashamed: "Yes, my subordinate is foolish." He bowed to Zhou Xuan and said: "May I ask the guest's name?"
Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "There is nothing to hide my identity. The Wu Yue people outside the mountain are searching me everywhere. Instead of hiding their names, it is better to tell them calmly and win the trust of these Shanha people." He immediately stood up and returned and said: "Zhou Xuan, a native of Tang, is this the leader of the Pan clan? It's really beautiful. I have heard of the beautiful women in the beautiful rivers of Xiapu Mountain, Haling Mountain, and it's really worthy of their reputation."
Zhou Xuan knew that Shanha women liked to listen to people praise her beauty, so he praised the head of the Pan clan, with a very sincere tone because the head of the female clan was indeed very beautiful.
"Zhou Xuan?" The female matriarch raised her curved eyebrows, her eyes focused on Zhou Xuan's face, and asked, "Which Zhou Xuan?"
The matriarch is about twenty-seven or eight years old, but he is as charming as a girl. His face is very rich when he speaks, and his eyebrows, eyes, lips and eyes can convey emotions.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "I don't know which Zhou Xuan it is. It seems that I have not met a person with the same name and surname. Has the leader of the Pan clan met another Zhou Xuan?"
The matriarch looked at Zhou Xuan with great attention again, walked into the bamboo hall lightly, and asked Zhou Xuan and others to sit down. She sat on a large bamboo chair covered with leopard skin on her head, crossed her legs, sitting gracefully, with a gorgeous appearance, like a Buddhist celestial girl, with beautiful eyes and said, "I recognize a Master Zhou Xuanzhou. He is both civil and military, and is extraordinary. He is appointed as the Grand Secretary of Jixian Hall of Tang Kingdom and is named Marquis of Xinzhou. A distinguished guest is also from Tang Kingdom. Have you never heard of it?"
Zhou Xuan had thick eyebrows and narrowed his slender eyes. He looked at the beautiful female leader of Xiapu Shanha. Zhou Xuan had always been selfless when he saw the beauty, and there was also a kind of keenness and pickiness in his eyes.
Although the matriarch was calm and composed, Zhou Xuan was slightly shy when he looked at him. He stroked his cheek with his hand and asked, "Why are the distinguished guest looking at me like this?"
Zhou Xuan shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before, I must have never seen it before. It would be fine if it was an ordinary woman, but I will never forget a beauty like the leader of Pan once. People say that I have the talent to remember everything, but in fact, it means that the beauty will never forget everything after seeing it."
The head of the matriarch asked in her eyes, using her voice that was as crisp as a yellow oriole and as soft as a breeze. "What is the implication of the guest that means you are Zhou Xuan, the marquis of Xinzhou?"
Zhou Xuan shook his head again and said, "I am not the Marquis of Xinzhou--"
The female patriarch frowned immediately, and a stern look suddenly appeared in his eyes, but Zhou Xuan continued: "——Being favored by His Majesty the Emperor of Tang, I have now been granted the title of Xinzhou County Duke. I wonder where the patriarch Pan has seen me?"
The expression on the matriarch's face changed very quickly. He relaxed his eyebrows and smiled, and asked in a delicate voice: "Is it really Lord Zhou Xuanzhou? Should I believe you?"
Zhou Xuan nodded and said, "I have to prove that I am too famous, right? Even the Fujian region knows that there must be some bad Chinese people pretending to be my name to deceive the beautiful Shanha girl. So, how should I prove that I am Zhou Xuan?"
The female matriarch pursed her lips and smiled, and asked, "Since she is the Duke of Xinzhou County, can she not have an official seal?"
Zhou Xuan said: "There was an edict from Emperor Tang, but it was thrown into the sea."
The matriarch's eyelashes flashed and his eyes were complicated, and he said, "Then I still can't believe you. You have to find a way to prove that you are Zhou Xuan?"
Siqi leaned on the bamboo chair and listened impatiently, saying, "Don't Zhou Xuan have a nickname called Zhou Qicha? The leader of the Pan clan asked him to recite a poem and fill in a lyrics and understand it."
The beautiful matriarch's eyes lit up, but he said, "We Shanha people don't know those poems and lyrics. Even if we write a random poem, I can't tell the good or bad."
The Sizi said: "He has other abilities, including music, Go, fighting insects, and painting. He can only be tested by the leader of the Pan family if he chooses."
The beautiful matriarch shook his head and said, "Music, everyone in Shanha can sing, we can't play Go, we don't have the leisure to fight insects, anyone can draw two strokes of painting. These are not easy to prove that he is Zhou Xuan."
Zhou Xuan said helplessly: "What a strange thing. I have to worry about whether I am Zhou Xuan. Why do I need to prove it? I don't want to be greedy for you. I am me. I am a guest who came to your Xiapu Shanha Bamboo Village. Is this how the hospitality Shanha interrogated a friendly guest?"
The beautiful matriarch wanted to confirm whether the man with thick eyebrows and thin eyes in front of him was Zhou Xuan. This is very important. Hearing Zhou Xuan say this, he couldn't help but smile: "I'm rude. So, please ask the guest Zhou, why did the Han soldiers in the county capture you?"
Zhou Xuan spread his hands: "After talking, I'm back again. Isn't it because Wu Yue Bing wants to arrest me because I am Zhou Xuan!"
The beautiful matriarch pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Does guest Zhou recognize a man named Chen Ji?"
"Chen Ji?" Zhou Xuan was stunned. Chen Ji went to Xianxia Ridge to meet Pan Yujiao and Lei Meng, the leader of the Lei clan. Could it be that the beautiful clan leader in front of him was also present at that time? No, there are hundreds of miles of mountain roads away from Xianxia Ridge. Pan Yujiao could not summon all the clan leaders and said, "Of course I know Chen Ji is my close friend, a fourth-rank General Mingwei. He went to Xianxia Ridge to meet with Pan clan leader a few months ago. Could it be that the clan leader Pan had seen him? Well, Chen Ji and his uncle Chen Kai should be in Zhangzhou now."
The beautiful matriarch looked at Zhou Xuan deeply, and he was already 70% convinced that this person was Zhou Xuan, and said, "I have met Lord Chen Ji from the Grand Priest, and I learned the name of Zhou Xuan from Lord Chen Ji."
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Shame, I thought my reputation was well-known and well-known! What else do you have to ask about the leader of the Pan family? Why do you ask about it like choosing a son-in-law when you enter Shanha Bamboo Village?"
The beautiful matriarch's pretty face turned slightly red and said, "Then I won't ask, Guest Zhou will tell you about the dream that the Snake King has entrusted to you."
Zhou Xuan thought to himself, "Start, start fooling me." He said, "I and several subordinates were hunted by Wu Yue soldiers and sheltered from the Snake King Temple at the Yamaguchi Snake Temple. I was very tired, just fell asleep in front of the statue of the gods. I dreamed of a mighty old man who was several feet tall, had a longevity tumor on his forehead, and a dragon-headed crutch. There was also a beautiful woman wearing a white cloud dress next to the old man-"
The matriarch said strangely: "Who is this woman in white?"
Zhou Xuan said: "I asked this in my dream, and the old man said, 'I am the ancestor of Shanha, the true body of the Snake King, this is my beloved concubine, the White Snake Empress'—"
The female tribe grew up surprised: "White Snake Queen, why have I never heard of it?"
Zhou Xuan said: "How can we ordinary people know everything about gods?"
"White Snake Empress" is a new person who Zhou Xuan deliberately added. If the dreams he said are familiar to Shanha people, it would be hard to believe in Shanha people, so artistic processing is necessary. Therefore, the Big Snake King had an extremely beautiful beloved concubine - Baisen Empress.
The female chief looked respectful: "Mr. Zhou said yes, please talk about the dream of the Snake King again."
Zhou Xuan said: "The Snake King said to me "Zhou County Duke" (I didn't find it strange to call Snake King Zhou County Duke in my dream. I was secretly strange after waking up. The gods were gods. You don't need to ask). The Snake King said, "Zhou County Duke came to the land of Bamin due to a shipwreck. It's a fate. I have something to ask for help from the county. I respect the Snake King and his princess very much. I said that if I have something to do, I will definitely help as long as I Zhou Xuan can do it. The Snake King said, "My descendants are all over the land of Bamin, but unfortunately they belong to the Three Kingdoms and cannot be unified and are bullied. I heard that His Majesty the Emperor of Tang is kind and loving to the people. Zhou County Duke is wise and virtuous. If the Bamin Shanha can be under the rule of the Tang Kingdom, then my 700,000 descendants will have enough food and clothing. All of these must be Lao County Duke', and the dragon head is turned on, and the fire will suddenly drive away my cold-"
The female matriarch leaned forward, supported her right elbow on her thigh, held her pink cheek with her hands, and listened to Zhou Xuan talking in her sleep, nodding while listening. Zhou Xuan's sleep talk was too deep into her heart.
Zhou Xuan looked at the beautiful posture of the female matriarch sitting cross-legged and continued, "I was quite embarrassed in my dream. It was not my intention to come to Changxi. It was because I sent Princess Qingle to the Southern Han Dynasty to get married. When I encountered a storm, I hurriedly landed. Princess Qingle was accidentally caught by people from the Eight Kingdoms of Zhongtian. Wu Yue soldiers wanted to arrest me again, and I couldn't take care of myself. How could I help Shanha people? Moreover, these things must be discussed with the four major clan leaders Pan, Lei, Zhong and Lan-Snake
The king said, 'As long as Duke Zhou promised to help me with Shanha people, I will let Pan Yujiao come to see you. Please don't worry about the princess of Tang State. How can the land of Fujian be rampant by the evil monks of the eight kingdoms in the middle heaven and the eight kingdoms be rampant! The monk once said rude to my people, saying that Shanha's mantras do not obey education and do not accept Buddhism. They are inferior savages. They can only be driven to work hard labor and cannot live in rich plains, and poor mountains and rivers can live in poor water'--"
The beautiful matriarch sitting on the leopard skin bamboo chair raised his eyebrows, his starry eyes burst out with murderous aura, and he said with hatred: "This demon monk once drove me from Shanha people to build a palace for Zhang Sheng in Chaozhou and forced me to believe in Buddhism - Lord Zhou, please continue."
Zhou Xuan said: "It's gone. I was about to have a long talk with the Snake King when I was awakened by this Panshan Chief."
The beautiful matriarch looked at Panshan Chang with reproach. Panshan Chang was ashamed and quickly apologized.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "What is the crime of the chief of Panshan? If it weren't for the chief of Panshan, how could I meet the chief of Pan? This should be the guidance of the big snake king."
The beautiful matriarch nodded and said, "That's right, it's the guidance of the Big Snake King to send Duke Zhou to our bamboo village."
Zhou Xuan asked with a smile: "So patriarch Pan believes that I am the real Zhou Xuan?"
The beautiful matriarch Yanran said, "Yes."
Zhou Xuan said: "Since I believe it, I'm not polite. The six of us have not eaten until now. The beautiful matriarch prepared some food for us. In addition, the clothes on the four of us were cut by swords and guns, and we didn't change the clothes. Please prepare a dress for the six of us. Thank you in advance."
The beautiful matriarch quickly stood up and said, "Look at slack." Please wait for Zhou Xuan, and the wine and food will come soon.
The beautiful matriarch went down to the bamboo building with his waist, leaving behind the patriarch and two mountain girls to serve.
After a while, eight Shanha girls came with long wooden plates. Each wooden plate had two dishes, such as light sausage fried snail slices, drunk sausage partridges, mushrooms and crabs, earth bamboo jelly, fried fresh oyster meat... They are all delicacies of seafood, and the wine is fruit wine, which has a unique flavor.
The beautiful matriarch was personally accompanying the guests, and was hospitalized with the guests attentively. During the meal, the beautiful matriarch asked Monk Jingquan in detail where he went. Zhou Xuan said one by one. After a full meal, he had a rest. The mountain chief led everyone to the bathroom of the bamboo building to take a bath. The other people didn't know what treatment they treated, but Zhou Xuan had two Shanha girls to serve him. The mountain woman had a higher status than the men. The clan leader and the village chief were basically women. The men acted as the servant. Because Zhou Xuan was a distinguished guest, the Shanha girl served him. Zhou Xuan was now pampered and was used to being served by others. He was calm and calmly accepted it. After washing, he first asked the imperial physician in the room to change his shoulder injury to his body, and then put on the Shanha man's clothing, wearing a blue short jacket with white edges, green trousers, and blue and blue cloth shoes. The eyes of the two Shanha girls lit up, and the eyes of Zhou Xuan were particularly passionate.
A girl said, "Customer Zhou, today is August 13th, and a bonfire song is held at night. Customer Zhou must participate."
Zhou Xuan was worried about Princess Qingle, Lin Ji and others in his heart, and he was really worried about circling and saying, "Let's talk about it when I see your patriarch."
Zhou Xuan left the bathroom of the bamboo building and went to see the beautiful clan leader. However, the clan leader said that the clan leader was not here and met Zhou Jungong again at night. He asked Zhou Jungong to rest for a while. There was no need to hurry to rescue Princess Qingle. The clan leader had already made arrangements.
Zhou Xuan saw that it was already the first time in Shen Shi, and it was almost dark. It would be better to hurry up tomorrow and let the fourth brother rest well for a night.
The chief of the Panshan Mountain has arranged accommodation for Zhou Xuan and his six people. It is an independent courtyard with a wall. The wall is naturally woven by bamboo, with three doors, one large and two small, two inches inside, two rows of houses with ten rooms, and Zhou Xuan is in the middle of the back row.
Zhou Xuan closed his eyes on the bamboo couch in the room for a while, his thoughts were rushing and he could not calm down, so he got up to the room next door to care about Sichi.
The door was covered with a weak look, Zhou Xuan gently pushed the door in, dusk had already fallen, and the room was quite dark. Seeing Sichi lying on the couch, covering a line blanket upwards, Sichi was already thin, so he would look even more haggard, breathing more rapidly, and when exhaling, there was a "silk" sound in the chest, and the lung lobes were injured.
Zhou Xuan tiptoed over and wanted to touch Sichi's forehead, and thought to himself: "Fourth brother, don't have a fever, that's hard to deal with!" His hand was still three inches away from Sichi's forehead. Sichi's left hand, which was originally motionless, flipped his left hand and grabbed Zhou Xuan's palm.
Siqi opened his eyes and said, "What are you doing?"
Zhou Xuan said: "What can you do? It depends on whether you have a fever?"
Sizi said, "I don't have a fever, I'm not that delicate. I can ride a horse tomorrow and it won't drag my master down."
Zhou Xuan said: "Why is it a drag! Don't worry about saving the princess. It's even more important to cure your injuries. You have to be my tea slave for the rest of your life."
Siniang glanced at Zhou Xuan's smile, and somehow he suddenly felt warm in his heart. He turned his back to Zhou Xuan, but when he heard the "cry" of the bamboo couch, Zhou Xuan was sitting next to the bamboo couch.
Sichi quickly sat up and frowned and said, "Why did you sit on my bed?"
Zhou Xuan said: "There are no chairs in this room, so of course I sit on the bed."
The Siqi said: "I, I, you, you--" The Siqi became stuttering.
Zhou Xuan said: "What are you, me, you, you, you, you want to say that I am a man, you are a woman, right? The fourth brother, didn't we agree that nothing had happened before, and I still think that you are a man, but why do you always treat yourself as a woman and separate from me everywhere? This is wrong."
The Sichi couldn't argue and snorted softly. She had asked Meizhi before. Meizhi said that her injury was wrapped by Marquis Zhou for her, which made Sichi very embarrassed.
Zhou Xuan said again: "I don't know where the third brother and the third sister-in-law are now. It's probably from the Wu Yue to Qingyuan area. It would be great if I could meet with them."
Just then, I suddenly heard two crickets chirping from the backyard, and the two people sitting on the bed were refreshed.
Zhou Xuan said: "Second brother, please rest. I'll go catch the cricket for you to play with and see what level of it."
Chapter completed!