The legend of Xizhuang Hot Spring in Jinzhai

It is said that during the Sui Dynasty, there was a small village named Xijiazhuang among the mountains and ridges in the hinterland of the towering Dabie Mountains. Outside the village owner Xi Yuan of Xijiazhuang, there is a wealthy lady, whose nickname is A-Zhu. She is only sixteen years old and has already become a slim girl. Perhaps it is the nourishment of the beautiful mountains and rivers here. Miss Xi really has the appearance of a fish sinking into a cocoon, and the moon is shy of the flowers. A few years ago, Yuan Xi invited an old man with extensive knowledge of generals to teach his daughter at home. The old man taught her attentively, and Miss Xi was extremely intelligent. Within two years, she had become proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, could recite poems, and finally composed poems. Likes to play the flute. Every time she plays the flute, her melodious flute sound can make people stop and be moved. Although Miss Xi is a wealthy lady, she is kind-hearted and pities the poor. She often gives clothes or food from her family to some poor neighbors regardless of her status. Her parents often scold her severely for this, but she remains kind-hearted. She is a beautiful girl with a very strong opinion and personality. The poor people from all over the country are full of praise for Miss Xi's kindness. Rich young men and talented scholars from more than a hundred miles around came to propose marriage because they admired Miss Xi's talent and beauty. However, they were declined by the old man because they did not have Miss Xi's approval.

Xi Yuan’s family has hundreds of hectares of fertile land and thousands of acres of mountain farm. There are dozens of long-term workers working in the family. There is a young man named Aaron among the long-term workers. He has been an orphan since he was a child. He has been herding pigs at Xiyuan's maternal home since he was nine years old. When he was eleven years old, he was asked to herd a dozen cows. Because he is sensible and obedient, he is deeply loved by the long-term workers. Everyone took care of him, and slowly he grew up under the care of the long-term workers. Coincidentally, Aaron happened to be in the same age group as Miss Xi. Aaron helps Xi Yuan's family gather firewood every morning and herd cattle in the afternoon. Although he worked hard every day and ate cold soup, hard steamed buns, and leftover rice, he still grew taller and thicker. Every day after grazing the cows, he would go to the Zhugen River next to the manor and drink a handful of sweet and refreshing water. River water, wash your face and feet, and wipe your sweat-stained body. Then, sitting by the river facing the window of Miss Xi's embroidery building, quietly listening to the sound of Miss Xi's flute, it was so pleasant. Gradually, he was led into boundless reverie by the melodious flute sound...

Autumn is turning to winter, and the weather is getting colder day by day. Miss Xi is bored and depressed in the embroidery building. Because she found the long-term worker Aaron washing his face and bathing in the cold river water every day by the bead curtain of the window of the embroidery building, and quietly listening to her flute, she felt compassion for this handsome and strong young man in tattered clothes. And slowly fell in love with him. Every evening she looked longingly at the river. If she didn't see Aaron, she wouldn't bother to play the flute. As soon as she saw Aaron's figure, she would stand in front of the window and start playing the flute. The melodious sound of the flute made Aaron intoxicated. Crazy.

Miss Xi became increasingly uneasy because she saw Aaron wearing thin clothes despite the howling north wind. A few days ago, she asked the maid to get cashmere and fabric, and she carefully sewed a cashmere vest in the embroidery building. The brand-new waistcoat has been lying quietly beside her pillow for two nights, and her flute has been playing mournfully and long for these two days. Today, when she looked at the exquisite snacks brought by the maid on the table, she was too distracted to enjoy them. In the evening, when she saw Aaron's figure appearing by the river in front of the window, she finally made up her mind. Taking her vest and snacks sewn with thousands of stitches, she bravely went down from the embroidery building and walked to the river.

"Are you cold?" Aaron, who was washing his face with cold water, raised his head and his eyes lit up, "Ah, miss!" Although he had never met the miss face to face, he had been fascinated by her graceful appearance for a long time. He didn't know how many times he had watched her figure from the window of Miss Xiulou while sitting by the river. Today, the lady stood in the wind, standing in front of Aaron alive. Due to the cold wind blowing on her face, the young lady's face was as red as a peach blossom. Aaron was so frightened that he didn't even dare to look at the lady. He stammered: "Miss, you, you... why are you coming to the river in the cold weather?" "You are Aaron. Don't you do this every day? Come to the river? You drink cold water and wash your face with cold water every day. You must take care of yourself. I see that your clothes are thin, so I sewed a vest for you to keep you warm. "That's not possible, miss." You must not do it!" Aaron was shocked by this sudden incident and backed away in fear. The lady stepped forward and stuffed the vest into Aaron's arms, turned around and ran away lightly, giggling all the way. After running for a while, she turned around and looked at Aaron affectionately. Aaron stood blankly in the wind for a long time, holding a vest in his hand. A long time... Suddenly, a cheerful and enthusiastic flute sound floated from the window of Miss Xiulou. Aaron sat on a stone by the river and listened attentively. He gently opened the vest on his knees, and a packet of snacks in the middle came into view, and tears burst from Aaron's eyes...

Fifteen miles south of Xijiazhuang, there is a Huang family manor. The owner of the manor, Mr. Huang, is famous in the local area because his brother-in-law is a high official in the capital. Unlike other rich people, Mr. Huang does not bully the people. But his son, Young Master Huang Zhong, is not a kind person. He had not studied poetry since he was a child, but he preferred to dance with guns and sticks. When he was fourteen or five years old, he went to the capital to join his uncle. Somehow, he became the number one scholar in martial arts and got a position. However, he did not keep his duty and was in the capital. After looking for flowers and asking for help, he caused trouble and caused trouble. Not only was he dismissed from his job two years later, he was also expelled back to his hometown by his uncle. In the more than a year since he came back, he has done even more evil and evil. His father has no choice but to shake his head and sigh. People within a radius of dozens of miles would stay away from Master Huang whenever they saw him, for fear of avoiding disaster and causing disaster.

On this day, Huang Zhong heard his evil slave whispering in his ear for a while. He smiled happily and said to himself: "There is such a beautiful Miss Xi, how can I, young master?" Don’t you know? Come on!” “Hurry up and prepare a betrothal gift and propose to me at Xijiazhuang.”

Huang Zhong was restless at home. . While he was scratching his head and waiting, the evil slave ran home in panic. "Does the Xi family agree? Come on!" The evil servant said, panting undecidedly: "Master, the Western Yuanwai said that without Miss Xi's nodding, he can't make any decisions without permission. Miss Xi has a fierce temper. I want the Yuanwai to ask Miss Xi immediately. Unexpectedly, Miss Xi not only disagreed, but also asked someone to throw my bride price out of the door. "Huang Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "I think they are impatient. Keep asking me. What's the reason why she doesn't agree to my marriage?" "Yes." The evil slave hurried away.

In the evening, Miss Xi hurried to the river, waiting for Aaron. After a while, she saw Aaron getting up to the river in high spirits, wearing a cashmere vest, and a warm current rose in Miss Xi's heart. In the evening, she opened her heart and expressed her love to Aaron. She said, "Aaron, if you like it, I will play the flute for you for the rest of my life!" Aaron was so excited that tears filled his eyes. He said emotionally: " Ah Zhu, you are so kind." Miss Xi told Aaron about the marriage proposal at Huang Family Manor. When Aaron listened to Miss Xi's narration, he was very surprised, but he said: "Azhu, please forget me. I will remember your feelings for the rest of my life, but I can't harm your family." "No, I will die with you. I am not afraid of anything for you, believe me, Aaron!" The two of them forgot everything and hugged each other affectionately... At this time, Huang appeared in the bushes. The evil resident of the manor has a pair of rat eyes.

Late at night, Miss Xi’s Azhu was tossing and turning over her and Aaron’s uncertain love future. At this time, a twice as beautiful fairy in purple slowly floated into the room from the window with a fly whisk in hand. For a moment, the room was filled with fragrance, and the fairy said slowly: "Azhu, I am touched by your kindness and the true love between you and Aaron, but Huang Zhong will not give up on you. He is originally a yellow lion monster in Huangshi Mountain. , has successfully cultivated, but he violated the law of heaven and was demoted to the human world to reform. I didn't expect that if he didn't repent and continued to harm the human world, he would eventually destroy himself. I just hope you can take it from your hair. The next hosta inlaid with rubies said: "Azhu, I will give you a hosta. It can help you three times. You have to carefully consider what request you have before making it. The third time it can let you fly to heaven." "After the fairy in purple finished speaking, she dropped the hosta and floated away.

The next day, Ah Zhu wrapped the hosta in a brocade handkerchief and hid it in her arms. She was thinking about what she could do with the hosta for Aaron.

At the riverside in the evening, Aaron and Azhu cuddled together. Ah Zhu was telling Aaron how the fairy in purple gave him the treasure. She said affectionately: "I feel so uncomfortable when I see you drinking cold water and washing your face with cold water every day. In order to try the magic of the treasure, and for your sake, I want to Let it turn into a warm spring water by the river, let you drink it, let you wash your face, let you strengthen your body, and make you free from all diseases." Aaron hugged Ah Zhu excitedly and kissed her. Azhu was so happy that she closed her beautiful big eyes... After a long time, Ah Zhu took out the brocade handkerchief from his arms and slowly opened it. A sparkling golden hosta appeared in front of his eyes, with a dazzling ruby ??inlaid on the top.

In the bushes, the greedy green light emitted from the eyes of the thieving Huang Zhong and the evil house slaves. They did not dare to express their anger and continued to peek at what Aaron and Azhu would do next.

I saw Ah Zhu holding a hosta and drawing a circle by the river, and murmured: "Purple Fairy, I want to get a glimpse of warm spring water so that my Aaron can have hot water to drink. There is hot water for washing, so that the spring water will never be cold and never dry up. "In an instant, the beach is getting bigger and bigger, and the water is bubbling. The two stretched out their hands and tried it. Wow, it was really scalding hot water. The two of them jumped for joy. Aaron picked up Ah Zhu and spun it three times on the ground. Seeing this surprising scene, Huang Zhong and his slave were hiding in the dark, their mouths wide open in shock, and they almost screamed.

At midnight, there were more than a dozen ghostly figures busy by the river. It turned out that Huang Zhong came here with his domestic slaves and thugs to block the hot spring. In the past few days, he had seen the beautiful A-Zhu and Aaron's inseparable sweetness together, and he gritted his teeth with hatred. Not only did he want to block the hot spring, but he also wanted to kill Aaron. The domestic slaves were humming and humming, carrying rocks and earth, and trying their best to block the hot spring, but to no avail, the water flow was getting bigger and bigger. Huang Zhong stood aside and was getting angry, but he didn't expect hot water to come out under his feet. He was surprised when a house slave stumbled over and said, "Master, there is another hot water coming out over there." After a while, Hot water emerged from several places. Not only were the hot springs not blocked, but there were more and more hot springs, which really annoyed Huang Zhong. "Escape." He gave the order, and he and his servants and evil slaves fled under the cover of night.

The next day, the housekeeper of the Huang family and his servants came to the Xi family again and issued an ultimatum, asking Huang Zhong to propose to the Xi family again. He claimed that Huang Zhong was going to compete with his love rival, Aaron, a long-time employee of the Xi family. As long as he won the competition, he would take Miss Xi away immediately, otherwise, he would destroy Xi Family Village. The western member was so anxious that he couldn't help but persuade the young lady with tears streaming down his face: "Azhu, it's not that dad is forcing you, it's that we can't afford to offend the Huang family. It seems that the family fortune that dad has worked hard for all his life can't be saved. For the sake of our family, you have to do it Agreed.

"But Miss Xi has a heart of stone and would rather die than obey. She doesn't believe that Huang Zhong is lawless and dares to do evil things. What she is most worried about right now is Aaron's safety, but Aaron bravely accepted the challenge. , but also have to fight to the death with Huang Zhong to eliminate harm for the villagers.

The decisive battle with life as a bet begins here. One is to kill for the sake of the people, and the other is to kill his love rival. At first, the two of them fought hard and refused to give in. Aaron was chopping firewood and herding cattle in the mountains, and he also chased foxes and rabbits. He was very skilled, but he had not been dancing since he was a child. Huang Zhong's opponent, who was wielding a gun, gradually lost strength. The woodcutter in his hand was no match for Huang Zhong's sword. A murderous sneer flashed across Huang Zhong's lips when he saw this. Breaking into a cold sweat, she held the hosta tightly in her hand and said silently: "Purple Fairy, please help Aaron and let him punish Huang Zhong for doing evil. This is my second request! "Just when Huang Zhong was about to take Aaron's life, Aaron's divine power increased. In the final blow, both parties took a few steps back and were seriously injured. The slaves of the Huang family swarmed forward with their swords drawn to kill Aaron. Azhu He and the long-term workers stepped forward to protect him. The slaves gave up and hurriedly carried Huang Zhong away.

In the long-term worker's hut, A-Zhu took good care of Aaron with herbs. Treating Aaron, Ah Zhu was so sad that she burst into tears when she saw Aaron's thin face and injured body. She asked the old farm worker to take care of Aaron, and she went to make chicken soup to replenish Aaron's body, and she left step by step. The hut.

After a while, Huang Zhong's provocative voice came from outside the hut: "Aaron, come out if you have the guts, let's fight again. Come out and die quickly, you coward, get out! "In the room, Aaron stood up unsteadily. The old manager held him back: "Along, you can't! "Aaron walked out of the hut resolutely with a hatchet.

The two fought hand-to-hand from outside the hut to the river, and then from the river to the hillside. Because they were both seriously injured and fighting again, they were exhausted. Everyone was shaky.

Miss Xi came to the hut with a bowl of fragrant chicken soup. She was dumbfounded. There was no sign of Aaron in the room. When she ran up the hill with the chicken soup, she was stunned. At that time, Huang Zhong was struggling to kill Ah Long who had fallen to the ground with his sword. Ah Zhu put down the alms bowl, took out the hosta and shouted urgently: "Purple Fairy, my last request is: please let Ah Long who has suffered so much. Let the dragon ascend to heaven! "As soon as he finished speaking, just when Huang Zhong's long sword was about to stab Aaron, Aaron stood up. While Huang Zhong was stunned, Aaron flew lightly into the sky. Huang Zhong shouted angrily: "Where do you want to run away! "He also jumped up and used the magic power of the yellow lion monster to reach the sky. A group of auspicious clouds came from the east. The purple-clothed fairy stood on top of the clouds, graceful and graceful. She shouted softly: "You evildoer, do you still want to act wild! "After saying that, he waved his whisk, Huang Zhong let go and threw away his long sword. He fell from the sky with a sound of "ah", and the original shape of the yellow lion appeared on the cliff. Since Huang Zhong fell here, the mountain has changed. It looked like a yellow lion with its teeth grinning and roaring towards the sky. From then on, people called the mountain Huangshi Mountain. Later, a group of grass bandits who looted houses and killed people took over the mountain and made it a stronghold.

After the yellow bell was laid, the purple-clothed fairy stretched her sleeves in the sky, and the hosta in Azhu's hand flew to the purple-clothed fairy's hand. She gently inserted the hosta into her hair, and she took Aaron with her. The auspicious clouds floated towards the eastern sky. In the clouds, Aaron looked down at the hills and shouted heartbreakingly: "Azhu-" The desolate voice echoed in the sky.

The north wind roared. On the hill, Miss Xi's Ah Zhu held a bowl with chicken soup in her hand and looked at the eastern sky like a jade sculpture. Crystal tears rolled down her beautiful big eyes. She stood like this day after day on the hill. , over the years, the bowl in Miss Xi’s hands turned into a majestic Bowl Village. A mountain peak next to Bowl Bowl Village is tall and handsome. The locals call it Nuerjian. Bowl Bowl Village and Huangshi Village face each other far away, and there is a mountain beside Xijiazhuang. Several hot springs are still spewing warm hot water. This hot water has warmed and nourished generations of people. Just like Miss Xi's wish, it will never get cold or dry up.