40. Fengyun
In the end, I still bought a hat.
He couldn't be as indifferent as Hongyuan. In the face of other people's strange eyes, his heart was full of indignation and dissatisfaction. Why do you judge people by their appearance? Why do you avoid him like a snake and scorpion? Why is he treated like this at such a young age? What can he do? If he could, he didn't want to grow hair!
But he couldn't explain one by one, and he was holding his breath in his heart, and he was not happy.
In order not to make Hongyuan think that his appearance was shameful and ashamed to see people, Fang Qi also wore a hat for himself.
Not only did he wear one, but the little platypus chirped and pulled the string that hung from his shoulder, looked at him pitifully, and whispered, wanting to have one.
Fang Qi said: "Add to the chaos." Where am I going to find you such a small hat? ā
The little platypus took the black veil that was scattered on his shoulders and put it on his big mouth, blinking at him with little black bean eyes.
Fang Qi: "......"
The two of them and one beast walked forward wearing hats, and there were no weird looks along the way, and there was no square chess to scold the street, and their feet were much faster.
This place is less than twenty miles away from the Feng Yao Sect, so naturally it can't stay for a long time. Fang Qi first bought a few drawers of hot meat buns, gave two to the children, ate one and took one, and he ate one himself. He also tore some dough stuffing for the little platypus, and wrapped the rest in oiled paper and carried it in his hand.
There is food, and it is not enough to eat, you have to drink.
Fang Qi thought about buying a kettle to bring water, so as not to be hungry and thirsty in the wrong inn restaurant on the way, and pulled the child around the street, and suddenly his hand was light, Fang Qi looked down, and the child took a bun in his hand and was carefully taking the bun from it.
Fang Qi smiled secretly, he can really eat, he can eat well, and he will grow taller if he eats more.
I didn't notice that the bun was never returned.
I bought a kettle, and bought a roast chicken at a roadside restaurant, and by the way, I asked a guy to help clean the kettle and fill it with clean water.
In this way, you can eat and drink, let alone eat three or two meals, and you can prepare to go.
Fang Qi finished eating the buns in his hand, and walked to the edge of the city with the child, he always felt that something was missing, a soft thing was stuffed in his hand, and he looked down slightly, it was a white and glutinous meat bun, Fang Qi thought while gnawing, what was wrong?
After walking for two quarters of an hour, I was already outside the city, and my legs began to tremble as I looked at the endless path that meandered ahead.
Is it difficult to walk?
After all, there is no whereabouts in the Valley of a Thousand Corpses now, and you need to ask questions along the way, and you don't know how many unjust roads you have to take, so you can't walk there, right?
Tired can also exhaust people!
Fang Qi said decisively: "No, no, we lack a means of transportation, go back." ā
This small town is not big, and as soon as I entered the city and asked someone to inquire about where there were those who sold carriages and livestock, someone immediately pointed out the way.
The place is not far away, just on the edge of the city, after all, raising cattle and horses is not better than others, not to mention the place, it is also smelly, and it is the most convenient outside the city.
Walking in the direction pointed by the well-wisher, within a quarter of an hour, he smelled a strange stench, followed the smell for more than a hundred meters, and saw the stables and the cowshed, and several carriages parked next to them.
The man in charge of selling cattle and horses was a middle-aged farmer who was feeding grass, and when he heard the footsteps, he looked back and asked with a smile, "What are you two doing?"
Fang Qi briefly introduced the meaning, and the middle-aged man said enthusiastically: "I have three horses here, you may not need the cow, oh, I also have two donkeys, you see which one you need." ā
It is said that buying a horse and a carriage is the most comfortable, but one is too expensive, and the other is that neither of the two can ride a horse. Horses here are surprisingly expensive, one horse is enough to buy three donkeys.
Fang Qi gave up the horse almost without hesitation, he didn't know how long He Hongyuan would have to wander on the road, he couldn't spend all the money lavishly, what should he do if he ran out of money, he couldn't find the Thousand Corpses Valley while working......
The middle-aged man saw his embarrassment and hesitation, and said calmly: "Horses are indeed expensive. Look at how you are in a hurry, I heard you say that you are walking a long way, if you are in a hurry, I advise you to buy a horse, a horse runs faster than a donkey. If you are not in a hurry, you can ask for a donkey, don't underestimate the donkey, although the run is not as fast as the horse, but the donkey is more able to endure hardships. ā
Fang Qi doesn't know anything about donkeys, but he has a certain understanding of donkey friends. Travel enthusiasts call themselves travelers, and there is a little reason about donkeys, they are proud to be able to carry and bear hardships.
Fang Qi listened to his analysis and was quite pertinent, and he didn't say that he was desperately selling horses because he wanted to sell expensive ones, and he couldn't help but have a good impression of him.
The deal was done. The middle-aged man went to lead the donkey, Fang Qi prepared the silver taels, followed behind him, and asked casually: "Big brother, do you know what's there...... Where there are many corpses, the more the better......" Fang Qi described the characteristics of the Valley of a Thousand Corpses, and said, "It is better to have mountains nearby, remote and less crowded......"
Before he finished speaking, the eldest brother who sold the donkey suddenly raised his head and said, "Little brother, why are you asking this?
Fang Qi's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and he said, "Is there really one?!Where is it??I have something very important!"
The donkey seller sighed, "You're talking about Fengyao Mountain." Fengyao Mountain is full of corpses and souls, and I heard that they can't survive within three miles of approaching Houshan! Little brother, listen to my advice, even if we die, we can't die there!"
Fang Qi paused for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I really won't go to this." ā
After he finished speaking, the big brother who sold the donkey was still bitterly saying: "There is nothing that you can't grit your teeth and get through, little brother, don't think about it, you see that you still have a small one, even if it is for the sake of the child, you can't send it to death!"
Fang Qi secretly complained in his heart, knowing that this big brother had no malicious intentions, so he could only listen hard, and pulled the child to his side to block it, so that after he experienced the coldness of human affection, he would experience the warmth of human affection==
The big brother who sold the donkey was afraid that he would find a shortcoming, so he said for half an hour before he led the donkey out of the slaughter and put on the reins, Fang Qi quickly paid the money and led the donkey away.
At the end, the big donkey seller was shouting behind his back: "Don't think about it, little brother!"
Fang Qi put down the reins, turned around, and seriously bowed his hand to thank him before continuing to leave.
The two led the donkey and walked leisurely, and Fang Qi said shortly, "What do you think of that big brother?"
The child didn't know why, and looked up at him.
Fang Qi said: "See, there are bad people and good people in the world." Although the eldest brother is a little verbose, he is a really good person, and there are many, many people like this, you know?"
Hongyuan nodded enthusiastically, Fang Qi touched his head, knowing that there was no hurry to eliminate the vigilance of outsiders, and he could only take it step by step.
Leading the donkey away from the hustle and bustle of the crowd, and when he arrived outside the city, Fang Qi reached out to take the bun in the child's hand, signaling him to go up first, Hongyuan hid the things behind his back, and said with wide eyes: "I won't." ā
Fang Qi said: "What is there going to be like this, you come here, I'll carry you up." ā
The child said, "I'm afraid." ā
Fang Qi: "......"
Fang Qi said: "That's okay, I'll go up first, you see how I get on, I won't fall to you, don't worry." ā
This donkey is an adult donkey, not as tall as a horse, and the size is by no means small, about to his chest, there is no fall on both sides, Fang Qi has been drawing for a long time, I don't know how to start, I am embarrassed to look back at the child, and after a while, I hold the donkey's head, one foot is on the donkey's back, and I say to myself while touching the donkey's head: "Good donkey, don't kick me." ā
Fang Qi hugged the donkey hard, but the donkey was disobedient, shaking his head in place, and his body also shook. Fang Qi hung on it, thinking that he was going to be shaken down, he suddenly noticed that someone was pushing his ass below, Fang Qi looked down in embarrassment, Hongyuan was holding his hips, Fang Qi was sweating, and rubbed it up.
Hongyuan chuckled, Fang Qi rode on the donkey and made a mistake in the back, vacated a place in front, stretched out his hand to pull the child up, looked down and saw that the donkey was empty, Fang Qi was stunned, and then a warm body was pasted on the back, and his waist was also hugged.
Fang Qi snorted, and when he looked back, the child didn't know when he jumped up, so he sat behind him.
"Aren't you afraid?" Fang Qi frowned.
Hong Yuanden hugged him tighter, and his face was pressed against his back, looking really scared.
"You can't sit in the back, it's easy to turn people upside down, you come to the front," Fang Qi said speechlessly, "I'll hold you." ā
The adults are behind the children in front, and he happens to protect him, but it turns so upside down, it becomes the feeling that he is being protected by Hongyuan.
After Fang Qi finished speaking, the child suddenly let go of him, and said distressedly: "I'm very crowded behind." ā
Fang Qi was stunned, hurriedly moved forward, and asked, "What now?"
Hongyuan looked at a large open space behind him, and said even more pitifully: "It's still crowded." ā
Fang Qi rubbed forward again, Hongyuan pinched the donkey's belly, and the donkey kicked and stepped forward, and this matter was over.
The two rode on donkeys for most of the hour, without saying a word all the way.
When I was in Fengyao Mountain before, I rarely saw each other during the day, and as for the evening, Hongyuan came back, cooked and ate together, washed the dishes, and when it was time to sleep, basically I didn't live like now, and I didn't know what to say for a while.
Fang Qi slowly felt uncomfortable, racking his brains to think about the topic, compared to his sad face, the person behind took off the hat, calmly and comfortably, looking at his back, through the clothes, imagining outlining his beautiful back.
Looking at the obedient and well-behaved donkey walking forward, Fang Qi said in a trance: "Have you ever seen a donkey riding upside down?"
Hongyuan was stunned and said, "What?"
Fang Qi was interested, and his spirit shook and said: "Zhang Guolao in the Eight Immortals, he rides a donkey instead, his donkey is more powerful than ours, it is said that it is a donkey made of paper, but it can travel thousands of miles a day." ā
Hongyuan's expression turned cold, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "I haven't heard of it." ā
Fang Qi said: "It's a mythical character, let me tell you, Zhang Guolao...... There are eight immortals in the Eight Immortals...... The eight immortals cross the sea and show their magical powers......"
Fang Qi found the topic, and talked happily, Hongyuan frowned and listened for a moment, and when he heard that he was telling a story, he couldn't help pinching the corners of his forehead, and sat behind and listened to him quietly.
It was winter, although it didn't snow, but the two of them had been riding donkeys, one talking and one listening, not moving their hands and feet, and soon it was very cold, and it didn't matter how much it was used for the two of them to stick tightly. Fang Qi began to regret that he didn't buy two quilts in the city and bring them!
In the end, his feet were frozen to numbness, so he had to ride a section and walk for a while, so in the evening, he got on and off the donkey five or six times, and Fang Qi was finally able to skillfully get on and off the donkey, not only because he had become proficient after many exercises, but also because the situation was really compelling! As soon as he got on the donkey, Hongyuan actively supported his ass below, which was really embarrassing! So he learned to get on the donkey at the speed of light.
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Candlelight lit in the dark, the two walked into a strange town, led the donkey to find an inn, tied the donkey to wash and eat, Fang Qi lay on the bed, has been from Zhang Guolao to Tie Guan Li, from Tie Guan Li to Uncle Cao Guo, from Uncle Cao Guo to Lan Caihe, talking about the sky at a glance, the child listened very carefully, remembered well, and occasionally when Fang Qi forgot to check the words, he could answer the questions fluently.
After Fang Qi finished talking about Lan Caihe, he happily lay on the pillow and asked, "It's not annoying, do you like to listen to my story?"
Hongyuan looked at his smiling eyes and nodded.
Actually, I love to hear from you.
Fang Qi said that he was very satisfied, he was often alone at home when he was a child, he would read books when he was bored, the four famous books Fengshen Liaozhai, when he was a child, he liked Fengshen and Liaozhai the most, and all kinds of small stories of ghosts and gods in it were fascinating, firmly grasping all the thoughts of a child. Later, after reading these two books, I was a little ignorant and confused when I watched the Journey to the West Red Mansion and the Three Kingdoms Water Margin, and I didn't remember the names of the people after reading the whole article, but I just watched a lively one, and I put it away after a hasty skimming.
Wait until you are a little older to read it, and then you can read the mystery in it. The classic is expensive to stand up to the fine chiseling, every time you rewatch, every time you have a new understanding.
"I have a lot of stories. After talking about the Eight Immortals, I will tell you about the Three Kingdoms Water Margin, the strategy in the Three Kingdoms is really amazing, listen more and look at the long heart," After thinking about it, Fang Qi smiled: "But there are too many characters and the relationship is complicated, if you don't understand it, tell me...... At your age, you actually prefer to watch Liaozhai and Fengshen Bang, Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and Grimm's fairy tales...... Alas, you guys here, it's so good, it's just that there are fewer books and less entertainment, and there are no comics and anime, which is much more boring than my original world. ā
Hongyuan raised his eyebrows, sat up, and said sensitively: "What world?"
Fang Qi smiled, lay down on the child, and quipped: "You just remembered to ask me this question now? Why did you go earlier, when I appeared in Fengyao Mountain for no reason, you didn't suspect it at all? But don't worry, I won't harm you." ā
Hongyuan leaned over, pressed his arm against him, and said in a questioning tone, "What world? Where is your home?"
"Open up, open up. Fang Qi said that he missed his mouth, failed to change the topic, pushed him aside, pursed his lips and said nothing.
You can't say that I'm from the 21st world! We have airplanes and cannons there! Mobile phones and computers are high-tech! I came to you after reading a book, you are not a person! You are a character, this is a book.
Seeing that he avoided talking about it, Hongyuan's eyes suddenly became gloomy and fierce, and he turned over and pressed it again, his hands were supported at his sides, and his eyes looked at him like a predator locking onto his prey.
Fang Qi was forced to look at him, the storm brewing in the child's eyes made people's hearts palpitate, and then his neck was firmly strangled, and the child hugged him hard, and then hugged him hard, gasping in his ear, and said very slowly: "You can't leave me." ā
Fang Qi was out of breath by him, and lifted Hongyuan to the side, the child was as steady as a rock, while repeating 'no' and 'can't' back and forth, and at the same time tightened his arms little by little, Fang Qi was almost suffocated in an instant, and the well-behaved person had become a complete madman!
The bodies of the two were tightly pressed together, and the force almost kneaded the two together, merging into one, and just as it was becoming more and more difficult for him to breathe, and the air in his chest was squeezed out, the child suddenly relaxed him.
Fang Qi's face turned white, he covered his mouth and coughed, his heart was angry, and he scolded: "There is something wrong with you!"
The child hugged him weakly, Fang Qi kept pushing and shoving irritably, and then heard the child's thin voice, "You can't leave me." ā
Hongyuan softened his attitude, looked at him with wet eyes, aggrieved like a puppy abandoned by his master, "I only have you." ā
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Fang Qi's anger was extinguished at once, he sighed a long sigh, compromised in frustration, took the initiative to hold the child in his arms, patted his back that was constantly trembling because of fear, and softly comforted: "No, no, what are you afraid of, in fact, no one can't live, you will understand when you grow up......"
Hongyuan's body stiffened, Fang Qi hurriedly touched the hair, and said, "I...... I'm not going to leave you, at least not now. ā
Hongyuan didn't speak, he was holding him, his eyes were full of wind and clouds, and there was a thick haze.
*****
After a few days of stopping and stopping like this, it was not until he left the Feng Yao Sect for a hundred miles, there was still no movement there, and Fang Qi's heart hanging in mid-air was completely put down.
On this day, I hurried and came to You'an City, the most prosperous city in recent times, which is as big as more than ten towns I saw before, and the quality of life of the people is also much higher, and the crowd is bustling.
Fang Qi led the donkey and took Hongyuan to shuttle through the crowd, the heart came just in time, the city is large, the floating population is large, and the information is more complete and more mixed. It's not that I haven't inquired about the Valley of a Thousand Corpses in the villages and towns a few days ago, but most of the people who asked are locals who were born and grew up in the local area, have never been far away, and know very little about the outside world, most of them are directed at Fengyao Mountain. So Fang Qi searched for it, picked the most lively area, and came to a restaurant with a big storefront, and saw that it was almost full of people, most of them were dusty, and they wanted to run around.
To inquire about the news of the Valley of a Thousand Corpses, you have to rely on this kind of person.
Fang Qi led the child to find a seat, and there were so many people that he could barely sit down, and finally Fang Qi stopped next to three people sitting at a table, and said sincerely: "Is it inconvenient for Fang to set up a table?"
These three people are all men, running outside the rivers and lakes, and their eyebrows and eyes are full of open-mindedness and boldness, and they immediately said: "You please." ā
Fang Qi sat down with Hongyuan in his arms, beckoned Xiao Er to order food, and added an extra pot of wine to the three people in front of him to express his gratitude, and the three of them did not shirk and accepted it happily.
Fang Qi's eyes were dripping, looking for how to talk.
While he was writing words, there was a sudden commotion outside.
"Get out of the way!"
"Oh my God, whose carriage is this?"
"Fuyao Sword Sect, look at the emblem on the car wall!"
"This matter actually shocked even the Fuyao Sword Sect?!"
"It's not just them! I heard that the True Buddha Temple of Buddha Cultivation, the Pure Yang Sect of Taoism have all come, and there are a lot of Demon Cultivators!"
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Fang Qi probe looked out, only had time to see a few cars at the back of a large column of carriages, only a glimpse, but light yƬ can be seen that the carriage is extremely gorgeous and heavy, carved with complex curved patterns, each carriage is a three-horse horse-drawn carriage, even the coachman is dressed neatly, energetic, shouting is full of anger, it can be seen that he is a practitioner!
Fang Qi frowned, thinking back to what sect they said just now, Fuyao Sword Sect?!
Fang Qi was stunned, and quickly searched out the information from his mind. This Fuyao Sword Sect is an old family in the Sword Cultivation Sect! It has a long history and one of the best influences, and it is a super high-level sect of the Yunhuai Sword Sect founded by the Sword God Father who is second only to Hongyuan!
But how did they end up here?!
Where is this going?!
Just as he was thinking about it, a large number of people suddenly poured out on the street outside, only to hear someone shouting in surprise: "Oh my God! It's all Edgeworth flying!
"Edgeworth's Flight...... Which sect could it be? ā
A man in fancy clothes outside said, "It's the Yunhuai Sword Sect." ā
Cloud, Huai, Sword, Sect?!
He heard him right!
Fang Qi was stunned for a moment, his brain was blank, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and when he turned the corner, most of the people outside had dispersed, and several big men at the same table were talking in a low voice.
"It's really strange lately, I've only been sitting here for a moment today, and I've seen several large sects running here, not only Fuyao and Yunhuai, but also Dao Cultivators, Buddha Cultivators, and even Demon Cultivators, what is going on?" said a bearded man.
"Actually, it's just these two days. A short and fat man said, "We came to you today for exactly that." ā
"Yes, you may not know that you are resting at home during this time," the burly man on the table next to him poured a sip of strong wine and said, "You know that there is a Feng Yao faction on Feng Yao Mountain, right? ! There is something big going on over there! The Feng Yao faction has been slaughtered all over the place! There are more than 1,300 disciples from the whole sect, and there are no bones left!"
It's really unknown when he was alive, and he became famous all over the world after he died.
Feng Yao Sect ...... Slaughter pie?
Fang Qi's chopsticks snapped and fell to the ground.
The man on the other side was shocked: "Who did the slaughter faction? Who did it? The mind is vicious, what kind of blood feud is this?
Instead, the beard furrowed his eyebrows and said suspiciously, "That's not right." ā
"I remember that the head of this Feng Yao sect is only a Taoist cultivator, and he is not a person who can go up to the stage, and I haven't heard of any large sect attached to it," Luo Hu said: "How can such a small sect attract so much attention and alarm so many powerful monks?!"