Yan Ling grew up in Lishan since he was a child, and he wanted to cultivate his skills to avenge his parents, and he had no interest in reading in ordinary times, and in the past fifteen years, his physical exercise has been very good, but he really didn't know a few of them, although he read a few "Analects" and "University" in order to transfer the pain of his mother for Wenji in the previous month, it was also a temporary cramming, and it was not true, and the content of this note naturally made the old man cry and laugh, but it was also considered a courtesy: when he left, he also knew that he was going to tell him where he was going.

Although Yan Ling told her where she went, she still didn't know how to get to Lishan, and she only knew that the mountain god sent her to Tanfu from the west that day, so she concluded that Lishan should be in the west.

That night, she left a toilet basket, so she quietly jumped out of the window, jumped over the wall, and left Tan's house, when she passed Huayang Town, the sky was still dark, and there was no half a figure on the street, so she had to continue to move forward, and then ask someone to ask for the path to Lishan after dawn.

After the sky gradually brightened, Yan Ling was walking in a deserted place, so he started the light exercise again, and rushed all the way with his feet tightened.

Not long after, I came to a three-way junction, but it happened to be the place where I bought rock sugar gourds that day!

At this time, it was still early, there were not many pedestrians, and occasionally one or two pedestrians came and went, and the thin man who sold rock sugar gourds still stood there and shouted: "Rock sugar gourds...... Selling rock sugar gourds...... Fragrant, crispy and sweet rock sugar gourd ......"

Hearing the call, Yan Ling felt inexplicably affectionate, so he walked over quickly and said hello: "Uncle, good morning." ”

The thin man suddenly saw Yan Ling, he was a little familiar, after all, he had only encountered it once in his life by chance, so he was half suspicious and half confused: "Good morning, girl, girl, you are ......"

"I'm the girl who came to buy rock candy gourds last time and bought them all along with the sticks. Yan Ling said loudly.

"Oh...... It is exactly ...... Uncle remembered it, no wonder it looked so familiar, did the girl still buy all these rock sugar gourds this time? If you buy them all, Uncle will give you a discount, and even give you this stick. ”

"No, no, no...... Just two sticks. Although Yan Ling loves to eat rock sugar gourds and is a little hungry, she is in a hurry to explore the path at this time, how can she have any extra leisure chatter.

"Okay, good...... Business is not human, two rock sugar gourds are four cents. ”

"Okay. Yan Ling untied the purse around his waist, which contained more than 20 taels of gold and silver, and there were also loose coins for copper plates, so he carefully found the four copper plates, handed them to the uncle, and casually pulled down two rock sugar gourd strings, and asked, "Uncle, do you know how to go to Li Shan?"

"Li Shan? I don't know. The thin man shook his head blankly, it was obvious that Li Shan was not in his mind.

"So—who knows here?"

"This is a poor country, I guess everyone has never heard of Li Shan, but you can ask the fortune teller at the market in front of him, he has seen a lot of things from south to north, and he should also be out of the stall now, and my uncle will also go there in a while." ”

"Okay, thank you, uncle. Yan Ling thanked him, chewing the rock sugar gourd in his mouth as he walked briskly towards the entrance of the market.

When I arrived at the entrance of the market, I saw a fortune-telling flag in the corner of a fabric store, a gossip stall, and a charlatan who was over fifty years old sat alone with his hands in his cuffs, giving people a feeling of loneliness.

Yan Ling trotted a few steps, came to the fortune-telling booth, and called, "Good morning, old man." ”

"Good morning, good morning, good girl...... You may be seated...... Is the girl here to see a look, or a fortune teller?" the old warlock got up and greeted him warmly.

"It's not looking, it's not fortune telling. ”

"It's not a look, it's not a fortune teller, what are you doing with the old man, girl?" the old warlock sat down in disappointment, his hands still clasped in his cuffs.

"I'm here to ask the old man about a place. ”

"I don't know, I don't know...... Walk around...... Ask others to go, don't delay the old man's business. "The old warlock is impatient.

"Uncle, the uncle who sold rock sugar gourds in front of me said: I guess no one else knows about the place I inquired about; If the old man shows me the way, I will give you the money to show me the way. ”

"Well, the uncle who sold rock sugar gourds in front of him said well, the old man has been traveling south and north for more than 30 years, he knows astronomy, geography, and everything, but he is old and can't walk before he goes back to his hometown to set up a stall to eat. The old warlock was rarely praised, so he boasted, "It's good...... Just ask, the old man will show you the way, and show you the way. ”

"Ten cents!" Yan Ling exclaimed, "Isn't ten cents too much?" I only have four cents when I buy two rock sugar gourds. ”

"Then please take care of the girl, please please ......" The old warlock waved his hand to drive Yan Ling away, as if he had abandoned the world like a piece of ruin.

"Uncle: I only have five cents here, do you think it will be possible?"

"Cents? Okay, okay...... Look at you, this girl is also in a hurry, five cents is five cents, give the money first, and then show the way. ”

"Show the way first, then give the money. ”

"Okay, okay...... Girl, please speak. ”

"How is Li Shan going?" Yan Ling asked eagerly.

"How do you get to Lishan? Lishan...... Li Shan ...... What about this Li Mountain...... "The old warlock looked up to the sky and meditated for a long time, "Is the girl asking if there is a sacred mountain, and there is an old mother of Li Mountain living on that sacred mountain?"

"Exactly, it's ......," Yan Ling said happily.

"Nali Mountain is not close to here, but near Lintong, Shaanxi, it is estimated that it is more than 2,000 miles. ”

"It doesn't matter if it's more than 2,000 miles, it's more than 20,000 miles. Yan Ling resolutely said, "Uncle, you just say how to go." ”

"This, this, this ......" The old warlock cowhide blew a little bigger, racked his brains and thought for a moment, "It is estimated that you will have to cross the Yangtze River, and then go west, the specific path is not very clear to the old man, you should go to the county capital Wanling City first, and then ask others." ”

"Well, thank you, uncle. Yan Ling was a little lost, took off his purse, took out two coins, gently threw them on the table, turned around, and walked away.

"Eh, girl, why did you only give two of the five wens for this guide, and three wen is missing?" The old warlock hurriedly pursued the money, but saw that Yan Ling had already walked thirty or forty meters away, so he had to stop, beckoning and shouting desperately.

Yan Ling turned around, and while walking backwards lightly, he raised the purse in his hand, and replied with a smile: "Uncle, you didn't tell the path clearly, it's already good to give you two pennies! I didn't pick up this money from the sky!"

"Then do you know the way to Wanling City? The old man told you that it only costs two pennies. ”

"I know that Wanling City is going east, and the old man will see you again. Yan Ling spun around, and the butterfly fluttered away.

"Hey...... The old man only thinks that this little girl is easy to deceive, it turns out that she is a clever and stingy ghost, but she can earn two cents when she opens her mouth, and it is really as she said: It's already good. The old warlock smacked his lips and sat back down in front of the fortune-telling booth with his hands in his cuffs, and continued to sit alone and wait for business.

Yan Ling knew that the loess road facing east of the three forks was the official road leading to Wanling County, so after leaving the market, he rushed all the way, and in less than half an hour, he had already arrived at the south gate of Wanling County.

I saw people coming and going under the south city gate, and the noise was everywhere, and it was very lively.

Yan Lingxiang was drenched in sweat, she couldn't take a breath, and when she met someone, she politely asked, "How to go to Lishan?", and even asked more than a dozen people, all of them shook their heads, dazed like a chicken.

So he hurriedly walked into the city, and asked a few people in a row, still the same as before, Yan Ling was anxious and angry but had nowhere to vent, the people he asked were nothing more than ordinary people, who had been confined to the local area for food and clothing all their lives, and had never gone far away, how could they have such knowledge.

When he was in a hurry, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a temple in the street on the right, Yan Ling had cultivated immortals since he was a child, and naturally believed in Buddhism, so he said happily: "After asking so many people, no one knows Li Shan, why don't I ask the Bodhisattva in the temple." After making up his mind, he walked straight through the alley a hundred meters deep and entered the temple.

It turned out to be a local land temple!

Because it is located in a prosperous place in the city, the scale has grown over time, and there are many visitors, some of them play and pay respects, and some of them kowtow to incense.

Yan Ling also followed the example of the pilgrims, poured incense sincerely, knelt on the futon and prayed: Yan Ling is a disciple of Li Shan's old mother, and now she is in a hurry to visit the master, but Yan Ling grew up in Li Mountain since she was a child, and she was escorted by the mountain god when she returned, so she does not know the path back to Li Mountain now, and she asks her father-in-law to bless Yan Ling to rush to Li Mountain as soon as possible to meet the master, but she wishes, and Yan Ling is grateful.

After praying silently for a long time, Yan Ling got up and was about to leave, but saw that a big merit box was placed in front of the hall, and someone was throwing copper plates into it, so he secretly thought to himself: "I heard that 'money can make ghosts grind', then my matter today is so important and urgent, in order to show sincerity, I will offer a tael of silver, please ask the land father-in-law and the land mother-in-law to help me push the mill, although one or two silver is a lot, but it is really worth helping me." So he untied his purse and generously offered a tael of silver.

The Taoist who presided over the temple affairs met the lord and hurriedly came to thank him, but seeing that Yan Ling had already hurried away, he had to send the head silently.

Yan Lingcai came out of the Land Temple, and suddenly felt a hungry sound in his stomach, Fang Zhi came out in the middle of the night, and now there is no import of half a drop of water, so he went to find a noodle shop, called a big bowl of noodles to eat, and at the same time inquired about the news of Li Shan, but unfortunately he still didn't inquire about the ugly Yinmao.

After eating the noodles and shaking his spirits, Yan Ling continued to walk along the street while looking for someone to inquire about the news of Li Shan.

After inquiring about the time of half the incense, the bamboo basket was still empty, and she was so angry that her heart exploded, she couldn't help but bow her head and smack on the ground and said: "What kind of broken land father-in-law, broken land mother-in-law, I gave more than one or two silver offerings, and you don't come to push the mill; ”