She Is Not a Witch

A little bit of fireflies reflected on the path in the forest, like a dream, and on a moonless night, Lorrain Hill walked towards his small yard with this faint light.

Fingers fumbled in the dark shadows, and touched the cold copper ring and groove. Lorrain Hill took out the small bronze card tied to his wrist, twisted it with his fingers, and pressed it in the groove, giving a burst of light gold Ripples spread from the door, lighting up complicated patterns, and then with a soft sound, the door was released.

Holding the things she received today, she lifted her foot over the high threshold, stepped into the small courtyard, and closed the door with one hand.

Looking at the dark courtyard, Lorrain Hill blinked. Two blue flames floated out from his side and landed in the palace lanterns in the courtyard. Then the two octagonal palace lanterns emitted a soft warm light to illuminate The middle path and surrounding buildings.

Pushing open the door of the attic, the air inside was slightly cool.

There was a chirping sound, and then two birds flapped their wings, little Lorrain Hill flew up, chirped and whirled around her head, and landed on the birdcage on one side. The two small heads looked sideways at the things in Lorrain Hill's hands, looking for something to eat.

As if forgot to bring food for these two little guys, Lorrain Hill felt a trace of badness and guilt in his heart.

She put the wooden box for clothes aside, went to the yard, and looked at the surrounding trees.

Now it should be possible to ripen ordinary crops temporarily. Lorrain Hill looked for suitable trees and focused his attention on the tall pine trees on the side.

After the selection, she took the wooden flute from the house, went to the courtyard, and began to play it.

The turquoise butterflies, formed by the concentration of scattered magical light spots, emerged one by one beside Lorrain Hill. Seeing her starting to play the flute, two small birds also flew out, coiling and chirping above the courtyard, looking at the girl below curiously.

With Lorrain Hill's playing, these butterflies flew up one by one and swarmed into the tall pine trees beside them. The green butterflies flew on the branches, stayed among the branches, and turned into grains of light sand.

The pine trees blended with light sand began to grow buds, and then they bloomed quickly, bearing pine nuts one by one, dotted on the branches.

The night wind was blowing, the branches and leaves were shaking, and the pine nuts also collided with each other, making a slight wooden sound.

When Lorrain Hill finished casting the spell, these pine nuts also fell and were gathered in the center of the courtyard by the whirlwind.

Seeing the formation of full pine nuts, two birds happily circled in the air, and then landed on the stone slabs in the courtyard. Looking at the scattered pine nuts in front of them, the fragrance of leaves and pine nuts spread in this courtyard.

They stepped up to their feet and bounced to the front to peck at these pine nuts. The slightly hard shell was easily cracked under the beak of the bird's beak, and the pine nuts entered their mouths with the oily fragrance. Among them, Daiju spit out flames and roasted the pine nuts to make it taste better.

The blue dark crow on the side didn't know much about flame-related abilities, so he had to look enviously, and continued to peck at the raw pine nuts.

Lorrain Hill walked over and touched the little guy's head, and then a burst of air hit the ground, lifted up part of the pine nuts, and flew into the air. After that, the green flames spread and outlined like vines in the air. , These flames scorched the pine nuts, evenly infiltrating the heat into them, some of the pine nuts that were originally closed also cracked, and the courtyard was filled with the scent of pine oil.

Afterwards, these roasted pine nuts gathered again and fell on a clean stone slab in the courtyard.

"Eat, it should taste a lot better." Lorrain Hill touched the little guy with blue and black feathers, and then sat on the bluestone beside him, looking at the two simple birds below.

She was also a little hungry, Lorrain Hill thought. Seeing that the two birds were eating happily, she also picked up a few clean pine nuts, peeled them one by one and blown off the brownish-red oily skin, and the small, white pine nuts fell on the palm of her hand.

Leaning on the bluestone in the courtyard, Lorrain Hill looked up at the starry night sky, eating the nutritious pine nuts one by one, listening to the night wind and insects.

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In the next few days, Lorrain Hill didn't go out much and spent most of the time in his yard.

The first is to tidy and clean the courtyard to remove the dust and ventilate. Then I went to Changwufang to buy various things for daily use to fill this empty courtyard.

After taking care of the yard, Lorrain Hill also began to learn those classics.

On a sunny afternoon, next to the pool in the courtyard.

The tall pine trees stood outside the fence, part of which stretched into the courtyard, and Lorrain Hill lay on the bamboo lounger under the shade of the tree, looking at the outer door classics in his hand. The two birds squatted on the pine branches, occasionally looking at the girl below and in the distance, and then drew their heads, closed their eyes, and took a nap.

The pale yellow pages were flipped gently, and occasionally the small corners were raised by the breeze, and whirred. The ink-colored text was clear and tidy, telling the origin of Huiluzhou and the origin of the Fengyu School.

No matter which organization or faction it is, the beginning of its classics is never about skills, but about the inheritance and origin of one's own faction.

Huiluzhou dates back to ancient times, when it is said that a scarlet flame giant and a winged dragon were fighting on the earth. After the death of the flame giant, his body fell here, his head turned into a roaring volcano, and his body became a stream of flames spreading into the Shixia Prefecture County.

Among them, the most toxic and hot one flows into Huiluzhou, burning green hills, turning into a sea of ​​fire, and the earth evaporates, gradually turning into white stone hot sand.

This situation lasted for a long time, and the term ‘huilu’ was not auspicious. It was synonymous with fire, and the residents living around this place suffered greatly.

This situation continued until thousands of years ago. At that time, the seven phoenix Yingtian Zhenyan Mansion rolled up the waves of the South China Sea, and crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, like the Tianhe, poured out the fire of Huilu, and calmed the burning. Extinct wildfires. After that, the colorful phoenix descended the seeds of the yellow bamboo, and a large number of chrysanthemum trees grew here, absorbing the heat toxins from the ground, condensing the water and soil, and opening up the dragon veins, allowing the heaven and the earth to flow, and take away the excess heat.

In this way, this place becomes a land suitable for living.

Many mortar trees still grow in most of the land in this state and county. Its leaves are not dry behind, and still maintain a tender yellow color. Some of these special outstanding individuals are called autumn yellow chrysanthemum trees, and many local factions have cultivated them.

A few days ago, the ‘yellow silk dress’ that was sent to Lorrain Hill was made of a large amount of the bark fibers of these autumn trees. Not only is it tough, it is also resistant to poison and fire.

Although ordinary mulberry tree does not need to be used for extraordinary effects, it also has a great effect in other fields. Its inner cortex fiber is long and soft, and has strong moisture absorption. It is a good raw material for making mulberry paper.

The character'缃' in the Fengyu School means writing, and it also refers to scrolls, which also originated here.

Because it is suitable for papermaking and the raw materials are extremely rich, Huiluzhou was a place where many books were printed and produced in the past, and there were more scholars. Later, Hongchun, the fairy of incense, chose this place to build his school. This is also the reason.

The expansion of knowledge is inseparable from books. With the printing of various books, the fame of Huiluzhou and Fengyu Schools has gradually spread, and they have become prominent home-school schools in the East Dragon Continent, which lasted for thousands of years. Even after several splits later, its name still did not fall.

The girl slowly flipped through the pale yellow paper pages made of this moribund tree, thinking about the distant and changing history in the book.

The afternoon wind passed through the pine forest, the branches swayed, two birds and one person were immersed in the quiet afternoon, where the time was blurred and colorful.