Phoenix City has a very unique scenery. Most of the dogs here do not bark and are not afraid of humans.

When walking down the street in the afternoon, from time to time I can see big dogs or small dogs lazily crawling on the stone pavement, and tourists ignore them when they pass by.

There are no cars in the ancient city, and there are very few bicycles. Occasionally, a rickshaw comes, and the dogs just stand up slowly, walk only a few steps, and then lie down again. It seems that they were born in Phoenix City just to be full.

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Grandma Chen also has a little yellow dog. Ever since Zhu Tong and the others moved in, it has been lying behind the door and only gets up and moves around for a while when eating.

Ye'er often touched it while playing cards, and later Zhu Tong also stretched out his hand. The little yellow dog was still lying lazily, not feeling strange at all, enjoying the comfort of being groomed.

"You guys go and have a rest. It's been a long day's journey. Let's soak your feet." After winning the last game, Grandma Chen was in a good mood and pushed open the mahjong to close the door. In winter, there were few tourists, so only the four of them stayed in this family hotel.

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When Zhu Tong returned to the room, Huang Hai was fast asleep. The buzzing air conditioner made the temperature in the room a bit higher than outside. He took off his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower and put on the dog skin plaster given by his senior brother.

The wound is recovering well, and I feel that my right arm can move normally. As long as the movements are not too intense, there should be no problem.

The bathroom in the family hotel is small, only has a shower, and the temperature is low.

When Zhu Tong came out after rinsing, Ye'er opened the door and came in; he was only wearing shorts and no glasses, and his whole body was exuding heat.

Ye'er said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I'm here to deliver this." She put some newly bought toiletries on the table and ran out with a blushing face.

Outside, Mei Lanting giggled, joked with Ye'er a few times, and then said to Zhu Tong: "Doctor Li, I want to go in and have a look too, is that okay?"

Before Zhu Tong could speak, the door next door had been closed.

Huang Hai lifted the quilt and sat up. Zhu Tong asked, "Have you been pretending to sleep?"

"Where can I sleep? Doctor Li, you---I didn't expect that you look weak, but you are actually very strong. Injured shoulder?" Huang Hai was a little surprised.

The muscles on Zhu Tong's body are even and full, which is not normal for a doctor.

"I like sports. As a Chinese medicine practitioner, I also practice some soft qigong. Acupuncture and massage are very labor-intensive and are passed down from family." Zhu Tongyi poked two needles into his shoulders and put on his underwear.

Make a cup of tea for Huang Hai: "Tell me about your business? My sprain doesn't matter."

Huang Hai's attention was successfully diverted and he lit a cigarette: "Where are you talking about?"

"You meet another angel here." Zhu Tong reminded him.

"It's a flower." Huang Hai's eyes glowed.

"We hired a tour guide in Zhangjiajie. He has dark skin and beautiful eyes. He also explained in detail along the way. However, Xiao Xiao is Ye'er's classmate Xiao Xinmei. She is more selfish. I saw other tour guides helping guests carry their luggage.

, so she asked our tour guide to carry her bag. Xiao Xiao was afraid that things would be too expensive after entering the mountains, so she bought a lot of things. She usually doesn’t like to exercise, and she got tired before walking very far.

"Our tour guide is a short, slender girl named Duohua who loves to sing. She said that she is just a tour guide, not a coolie. Later, I took over Xiao Xiao's luggage. In this way, it was very pleasant along the way.

Awkward, the unhappiness later was inevitable. When we stayed at night, Xiao Xiao kept blaming Duohua because of the power outage, and her words were very unpleasant to hear. Duohua endured it all the way, and finally broke out. If it weren't for me and

Ye'er advised that the two of them had to fight. Later, Duohua sat outside the door and cried, and Xiaoxiao sat in the room and cried. I had no choice but to pay the tour guide fee and told Duohua that we would take the bus down the mountain to Fenghuang early tomorrow morning.

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"Duohua was very embarrassed and refused my money. She said a lot, but in the end she accepted the money and left. After we arrived in Phoenix City, Ye'er was immediately fascinated. She only liked the Tuojiang River, and she also

There are these stilted buildings; Xiao Xiao doesn’t like to walk, so she likes to go to the bars here. So, I later traveled around here alone. On the third day after arriving in Phoenix, I met a few friends in the bar and went to a mountain with them.

In the Miao village, I saw another flower at the entrance of the village."

At this point, Huang Hai seemed to be immersed in his own world, and the word order became a little confusing.

"Before entering the village, we had to drink and sing antiphonally. There was a group of Miao girls in front of the door. I don't usually sing, so those friends all sang songs before going in, and I was left alone outside. It was a flower in

To embarrass me, she kept making me drink and sang one song after another. Every time she sang a song, she would make me drink a bowl of wine. Duohua was wearing Miao clothes that day, and I didn’t recognize her as Duohua at first.

Flower. The flower in Zhangjiajie is black and wears ordinary clothes. But the person who let me drink the wine was a fair and beautiful girl from the Miao family. The silver ornaments on her head and body were shining. I didn't expect her at all.

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"I drank eighteen bowls of wine before I was allowed to enter the village. After visiting the village, my friends went boating on the river at the foot of the mountain. I don't know how far they had gone. Duohua also took me on a small boat.

She held the water with a bamboo pole, and there were only two of us in the boat. Dr. Li, I have never seen such scenery. It was August. There were green grass and wild flowers on the shore. The water was very clear. Flowers were singing while holding the boat.

She kept smiling at me and asking me if I still remembered her?

"Later, Duohua told me that the color on her face before was because she was afraid that others would have bad intentions towards her; she liked a free life, going to places and playing around, and she went to Zhangjiajie to work as a wild tour guide because she had a quarrel with her mother. That day

We talked a lot, Duohua was holding the boat in the mountains, and Miao people on the riverside would often talk to her. Before I knew it, it was getting late. It was like I was in a dream, and I completely forgot about going back to Phoenix. I felt

It was very relaxing to be with Duohua, and there was no pressure at all. Later, we set up a bonfire by the river, Duohua caught some fish, and we grilled fish and drank together, so---later---"

Huang Hai suddenly blushed and stopped talking. Zhu Tong could imagine the situation at that time; on a summer night, two young men of the opposite sex slept in the mountains, drinking and singing; even he himself had to endure the temptation of wild flowers like Duohua.

I can't help but pick it up.

After a while, Huang Hai returned to normal and continued: "I returned to Phoenix City the next afternoon and told Ye'er that it was late to play in the mountains. She didn't say anything, only a little unhappy. After having dinner together in the evening, Ye

My son was playing cards and talking with Grandma Chen, and Xiao Xiao took me to go clubbing outside. I didn't dare to run around anymore, so I went to bed first. It was still in this room at that time, and Duohua suddenly came in the middle of the night. She came in through the window, and we---

---. For three days in a row, I went out to walk around the mountains with Duohua during the day, and Duohua came back in the middle of the night. She knew that Ye'er was my girlfriend, and said that Ye'er was prettier and more educated than her, but she wasn't angry or jealous.

Until the day we left Phoenix, she looked at us from a distance, and I could see Duohua crying. We took a bus to Jishou to catch the train, and an old woman came up halfway and sat next to Ye'er.

Only then did I know that she was Duohua’s mother.”

"Have you ever been to any special place? For example, a cave."

"Dr. Li, the scenery in the mountains is really beautiful. Duohua took me to many places. She rowed a boat - there was a special place. We went to a butterfly cave." Huang Haibian said,

His face still looked intoxicated.

"The cave is not very big. There is a pool in front, a peach grove, and mountains all around. There is only one waterway in and out. When Duohua took me there, the cave was full of butterflies, probably tens of thousands of them."

"Butterfly Cave." Zhu Tong asked: "Do you still remember the way there?"

"I don't remember, you can't get there on foot, you have to take a boat."

After Huang Hai finished speaking, Zhu Tong roughly sorted out the context of the matter. Duohua's mother was the one who raised the poisonous insects. She plotted against Ye'er for her daughter, but she did not dare to use the poisonous insects on Huang Hai. She should treat Huang Hai, the prospective son-in-law,

I also see it in my eyes and like it in my heart.

Most Miao men are not tall, but Huang Hai is tall and strong. He is much more respectable than the young people nearby. He is indeed lovable.

"If you were asked to choose regardless of background, which one would Ye'er or Duohua prefer to live with? If all aspects were put together, what would be your choice?" Zhu Tong asked calmly, although it was a bit cruel, but

Huang Hai must now make a choice, which is related to Ye'er's life and death.

"I don't know myself. Before Ye'er got sick, I thought I could forget Duohua, but it didn't work. Now I'm just cruel to myself. If I hadn't been too selfish, she wouldn't have to suffer like this."

"People are selfish." Zhu Tong comforted Huang Hai, "Everyone makes mistakes, and regrets are useless."

After saying this, Zhu Tong thought to himself: Without Duohua's mother's intervention, it would have been easier for Huang Hai to choose.

After all, Huang Hai was a policeman. After being confused, he returned to normal. Reason once again prevailed: "Dr. Li, my family will not accept a Miao woman as a daughter-in-law. Although Duohua is beautiful, she only went to junior high school and then did not go to school again.

In Shanghai, she can't find any living space at all. Our family doesn't really care about how much money she can earn, we care about other things, you know. For me, it's very contradictory now. Duohua is very cute.

"If there are no strings attached, I still like to be with Ye'er, but I'm a little afraid of Duohua's mother."

"I'm just a doctor, and I care about the health of my patients. I don't know much about poisonous insects, but the person who untied the bell must tie the bell. As a man," Zhu Tong looked directly at Huang Hai and said slowly, "If Duohua's mother

If Ye'er's life is threatened, will you choose to marry Duohua?"

Huang Hai lowered his head and said nothing, and Zhu Tong patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, go see Duohua first tomorrow and make an appointment for me. I want to see her mother, preferably the day after tomorrow. Just say I don't mean any harm.

I don’t intend to disturb her world. Just go to sleep, everything will be solved."

The lights in the room were turned off, and the two people lay down and thought about their own thoughts.

The day after tomorrow that Zhu Tong said was the time it would take for the injury on the shoulder to recover; it was impossible to convince Duohua's mother to free Ye'er from the poisonous insects by just relying on words. If Huang Hai didn't marry Duohua, the only way was to compare her strength.

Duohua's mother should be a wizard. The Zhu disciples are least afraid of competing with wizards. Exorcism is their specialty.

In the early morning, Zhu Tong was awakened by a strange "Bang! Bang! Bang!" sound. He got up and opened the window to look. There was water mist on the hazy river surface. A small boat was wandering back and forth. There were a group of young women on the opposite side.

Washing clothes on the stone slabs by the Tuojiang River.

The Yellow Sea was still sleeping soundly. Zhu Tong looked at the distance from the window to the river, and there was always five meters. He imagined the flowers rising and falling silently in the middle of the night. As a girl, that infatuation was really embarrassing.

Ye'er also got up and was picking rice with Grandma Chen in the hall. She was asking something. Boss Chen got up very early every day. He was going to Nanhua Mountain for morning exercise. He came down from Nanhua Mountain and was sweeping the door with a broom.

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"------It is rare these days that people spread poison and raise poison. When I was young, I heard of------." Grandma Chen rambled, and Zhu Tong understood after just a few words that she didn't know that world.

Judging from her expression, she has long been accustomed to the mysteries of this land. Ghosts, ghosts, witches, and ghosts are no different from snakes and insects to the people who have lived here for generations.

After breakfast, Zhu Tong went with Huang Hai and told Ye'er to look around for any clues.

Ye'er looked at the two of them with some suspicion and said that they were here to treat themselves. How could two grown men run away on their own? Mei Lanting went to Nanhua Mountain with Old Man Chen in the morning and they haven't come back yet. Zhu Tong asked Ye'er

Waiting for Miss Mei, pull Huang Hai out of the inn, walk through the alley, and go up to Hongqiao.

Huang Hai rented a car and went into the mountains to find flowers, while Zhu Tong walked leisurely to the Tianwang Temple.

Also this morning, at the Red Cloud Golden Summit of Fanjing Mountain, a hundred miles southwest of Phoenix City, the bamboo Taoist priest and Ma Ye stood on the cliff, watching the sea of ​​clouds and watching the rising sun, just like being among the gods.

Fanjingshan, a famous Buddhist mountain, has many temples. Although many of them have collapsed and become abandoned, the Red Cloud Golden Summit is the place that devout Buddhist believers yearn for.

The Red Cloud Golden Summit is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and the purple air rises. At this time, the sun just breaks through the clouds, and the light shines everywhere, and the Golden Summit instantly turns golden.
To be continued...