"Master, master, what do you think of my dress?"

"She looks good, she looks good in anything she wears."

"Master, master, how about we raise this cat? It looks so pitiful."

"Okay, it's up to you. It's up to you."

"Master, if I gave you a daughter, would you call me useless?"

"No, my daughter is fine too."

···

"Master, I have to leave." "Leave? Where are you going?"

"Take good care of our daughter. I named her Yuchihui." "Where are you going?"

"You have to take good care of the fennel, sir."

Yuchi Jing opened his eyes suddenly: "Madam!"

He was filled with grief. It had been eighteen years since she left.

"Dad, what's wrong with you? Are you having a nightmare?" Yuchi Hui asked Yuchi Jing with concern.

"No, no, I'm just dreaming about the past." Yuchi Jing smiled.

This middle-aged man is thin in stature, but he has a scholarly character, with a unique air of poetry and calligraphy. He has a beautiful beard and a drooping beard. Although he has reached middle age, his figure is not out of shape.

"Dad, you don't dream about cicadas, do you?" the daughter asked.

Yu Chijing was a little confused: "Dream of cicadas? What does it mean?"

"That's right, I had a dream last night. I dreamed that I turned into a cicada, and then someone rescued me..." Yu Chihui told Yuchi Jing about his experience last night.

"This..." Yu Chijing didn't know what to say for a moment, "Are you saying that the lame old Taoist priest said not to cut down that peach blossom tree?"

"Yeah, I don't know what's going on, so I told Dad, but I think I should find the man I saw in my dream. I have prepared the portrait. Please take a look. Then the whole city will

With such a post, I don’t believe you can’t find him.”

Yu Chijing looked at his daughter, dumbfounded. He knew that his daughter had been independent since she was a child, but it was just a weird dream, maybe she was just confused.

Therefore, Yu Chijing didn't take it too seriously, but looking at his daughter's appearance, he couldn't help but ask his daughter to take out the painting and show it to him.

After looking at the portrait, Yuchi Jing didn't know what to say, so he thought for a moment before asking.

"Fenner, the monkey you drew is indeed very handsome, but does it look too human-like?"

The portrait painted by Yu Chihui is of a handsome monkey with golden hairs and six ears. It is indeed the Monkey King. It is not that it is not related to humans. Its body shape is indeed not much different from that of humans. It can be said that no matter how big a monkey is, it is

A little, but it is indeed magical, and this monkey is wearing golden armor, which can be said to be majestic and heroic.

"Dad! This is a man! This is a man! He is very handsome!"

"Hey? Hui'er, are you no longer a womanizer?!" Yuchi Jing asked Yuchi Hui cheerfully.

"Dad! This is a human being! But it is true that... this person really feels like a monkey to me, and he is also the kind of... very powerful monkey, just like a general."

"General? Monkey? I heard someone say that a temple of the monkey general was built in Beiming City. It is said that this monkey general can control the house and pray for blessings, exorcise evil spirits, subjugate demons, and protect children.

Seeking marriage is so comprehensive, Fen'er, did you dream of this magical monkey general?"

"Oh, Dad, even if I dream about those little ladies, how could I dream about a monkey? No, the person I dreamed about last night really rescued me from my dream." Yuchi

Hui said seriously.

Seeing how serious his daughter was, Yuchi Jing couldn't help but put away his contempt.

"Dad will be interested in this matter, but speaking of which, Hui'er, what do you think of your Aunt Yun?" Yuchi Jing asked Yuchi Hui tentatively.

"Dad...I'm an adult now. If you want to renew your marriage, go ahead and renew your marriage over there. I won't say anything. After all, I don't like men. You can't find a son-in-law to inherit our big business. Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity?"

Now that you are still strong, let's have another brother." Yu Chihui said without hesitation.

"Oh, daddy is sorry for you."

"Dad, you're not sorry to anyone, it's just that my mother left too early." Yuchi Hui also sighed, "If my mother left when I can remember, I would definitely disagree now, but my mother passed away after giving birth to me.

There is only grudge between me and my mother..."

That's true, but she was also called a "motherless child" by ignorant children.

Yu Chijing looked at his daughter's somewhat gloomy face and rubbed her head. Only then did he realize that the child had become a slim girl.

It would be great if he could like boys, but it wouldn't matter if he just liked girls. After all, he knew that there were some things and feelings, and it was best if he was happy.

Only when two people are happy with each other and are neither bitter nor sad nor mournful nor sad is the great joy.

Even if I like girls, it doesn't matter.

It's just a little hard to explain, that's all fine.

"Then, after a while, I will go and make an engagement with Yun Niang, and then hire someone to be a matchmaker."

"Father, you can make up your own mind. I'll find someone to find out the news first." Yu Chihui said, then took the scroll and left.

Yu Chijing looked at his daughter's leaving figure.

Like a departed wife.

He lowered his head a little lonely and walked towards the courtyard.

The peach branches in the courtyard were lush and leafy. He slowly walked towards the peach tree, sat in the shade, leaned against the tree, and thought about the past.

Involuntarily, he fell into a doze.

When he woke up, there was a lame old Taoist priest standing in front of him. The old Taoist priest was wearing tattered white robes, with chicken skin and white hair. His face was full of pain, but his body was filled with the fragrance of peach.

"Lord Yuchi, could you please stop cutting down this peach tree?"

"Why should I cut down this peach tree?" Yu Chijing asked the old Taoist priest.

"Alas, this statement is difficult to explain. Just think of yourself as me and go to my cave to have a rest?"

"Is there something wrong with this?" Yu Chijing was a little resistant. After all, he knew people but not hearts. He didn't know if the old Taoist priest had other ideas in his mind.

But the old Taoist priest managed a smile: "It's okay, my cave is not far from your home."

After finishing speaking, the old Taoist priest helped Yu Chijing up, and Yu Chijing also stood up without any resistance and took a few steps forward with the old Taoist priest.

After walking dozens of steps, I suddenly became enlightened.

He didn't know where he had gone, but he suddenly followed the old Taoist priest to a spacious cave.

Although it is said to be a cave, it is not surrounded by stone walls but earth walls, but there are dug tunnels.

Tunnels extend in all directions, and the cave is extremely spacious, like a hall, but also like a house. The humid giant trees penetrate deep into the floor and become the ceiling. There is also a circular skylight in the ceiling, which sheds some sunlight and provides a light source for the cave.

.

Yuchi Jing could see that there were countless Taoist boys in the cave, reciting unknown scriptures.

"···Small knowledge is not as good as big knowledge, and small years are not as good as big ones. How can you know this? Chao bacteria don't know Hui Shuo, and worms don't know spring and autumn. This is also a small year. There are ghosts in the south of Chu who regard five hundred years as spring.

, Five hundred years old is autumn; in ancient times, there were people with big trees who regarded eight thousand years old as spring, and eight thousand years old as autumn..."

In addition to the Taoist boys, there were also virgins who remained silent.

"Whose family do these children... belong to?" Yu Chijing felt that this old Taoist priest did not look like a good person.

"These children are all the children of my former friends. The children of my friends gave birth to children. Generation after generation, they all grew up in my cave. I also watched these children grow up generation after generation."

"But why don't those girls talk?"

"None of them can speak."

"What? How is this possible?"

"Because they are born unable to speak, I beg you not to cut down this peach tree. If you cut down this peach tree, neither they nor they will be able to speak anymore, and even I will be unable to speak."

"No, what does this have to do with you begging me not to cut down the tree? These children should have broader achievements. It's not that they can't learn Taoism, but they should always read and read... Also, do your children's children have some problems?

You are too irresponsible. You just ignore the child after it is born? What kind of thing is this?" Yu Chijing was very dissatisfied, but it was not directed at the old Taoist priest.

"Because..." the old Taoist priest said.

But the sound gradually lengthened, became distant, and turned into something else.

"Master, master, why are you sleeping here?" The servant woke up Yuchi Jing.

"I seem to have had a dream, but I can't remember it clearly. I just remember not to cut down this tree." Yu Chijing thought about it, but he couldn't recall the general part of the dream.

"Take good care of this peach tree these days. It has grown very big after eighteen years."

Yu Chijing was quite emotional and a little sentimental.

——

Qin Yuelou and the girl in front of him stared at each other with big eyes.

On the way to Yuchi Mansion, when I was about to find someone to post it, I recognized Qin Yuelou at a glance, so I invited Qin Yuelou straight to the point and found a teahouse at random. The two of them sat down and ordered a pot of tea.

cakes, and we started chatting.
To be continued...