Before the words fell, there was a bang.

Oops!

Yan Ling opened her mouth and screamed in pain, covered her forehead with her hand and took two steps backwards, it turned out that when she lowered her head and spat at the foam, she walked straight forward under her feet, and accidentally hit the back of a two-wheeled four-wheeled van carriage parked on the side of the street, and this carriage only has a front door, no back door, and a light wall behind it.

Yan Ling rubbed the corners of his aching forehead, fixed his eyes and saw it, and he was angry, so he scolded: "Who doesn't have long eyes and parked this broken carriage on the side of the street to harm people?"

"Girl: It's not a coincidence...... It's a despicable broken carriage. As the words fell, a middle-aged businessman hurriedly walked over from the rice paper shop on the street with a few knives of rice paper, and kept apologizing, "It's unfortunate, it's really unfortunate...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... Girl, did it hurt you?"

"What do you say? It must have hurt! It doesn't hurt—you can try it if you hit one!" Yan Ling wiped his forehead and looked at his palm, which was okay: he didn't hit his head and bleed, but he also swollen and bruised, and it hurt hotly.

The middle-aged businessman continued to accompany: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... If the girl feels that something is wrong, she will take you to the doctor to see. ”

"Forget it...... Don't delay me asking for directions, you can be careful for me in the future. Yan Ling doesn't blame herself, but blames others, she is quite satisfied with the middle-aged businessman's attitude of admitting her mistakes, so it is rare to care, it is better to ask for directions quickly so as not to delay time.

"What the girl said was what she said...... Be careful in the future......" The middle-aged merchant said with a flattering smile on his face, "I heard just now that the girl wants to ask for directions, and the people in this radius of three or five hundred miles are quite familiar, I don't know which road the girl wants to ask?"

"Cut! I met another braggart. Yan Ling rolled her eyes.

"Uh...... How can the girl say that the contemptible person brags, you haven't asked the contemptible person, how can you conclude that the contemptible person doesn't know, maybe the contemptible person knows the way you want to ask?"

Yan Lingyu hesitated and said: "This--that's true! Seeing that you also look like a person who goes south and north, then let me ask you: How to go to Li Mountain?"

"Li Shan?" the middle-aged merchant searched his mind and said, "If I didn't guess wrong, the girl should be asking about Li Mountain in Lintong, Shaanxi, I heard that there is an old mother of Li Mountain with boundless magic power living on Li Mountain, I don't know if it is or not?"

"Yes, yes...... Do you know how to get there?" Yan Ling was overjoyed, and immediately changed his sweet and flattering face.

"Girl, you are a blessing in disguise, the contemptible person is about to rush to Gwangju, and I can take you on the way. ”

"Ah, there is such a good thing?!" When good luck came, Yan Ling couldn't believe it.

"It's not a good thing, but it's just a piggybacking way. The middle-aged businessman said, "The surname of the contemptible person is Tu, the person is called Tu Gong, it is the family of Gwangju, going back and forth between the two sides of the river, doing some paper and silk business, I heard that the rice paper of Wanling County has long durability, moistens the ink evenly, is not easy to deform, is the most exquisite paper in the world, high-ranking officials, calligraphy and painting celebrities all regard it as a treasure, so the contemptible people take advantage of the peace in the south of the Yangtze River, come to Wanling County twice a year, buy some rice paper back. Unfortunately, today, I was carrying paper and loading a truck in a rice paper shop here, and I was so sorry that the despicable carriage hit the girl. ”

"Where, where...... It was I who accidentally hit Tu Gong's carriage, how can I say that Tu Gong's carriage hit me, and please don't be surprised. Yan Ling's anger disappeared, only to realize that he was wrong, and he couldn't help but be embarrassed, so he followed the lady's appearance, bent his waist slightly, and apologized to Tu Gong with a blessing.

Tu Gong replied: "The girl doesn't have to be polite, there are still more than a dozen knives of rice paper to be carried, if the girl is not seen, wait here for a while, and when the contemptible finishes moving the rice paper, we will set off together." ”

"Good, good...... Don't wait, don't wait...... I'll carry the rice paper with you. Yan Ling said happily.

"You don't have to...... But for two or three trips, it is good for the contemptible person to carry it by himself. ”

"Tu Gong has helped me so much, and I deserve it. ”

"That's good...... Then thank you, girl. As he spoke, Tu Gong walked to the front of the car, put the rice paper in his arms in the carriage, and walked towards the rice paper shop.

Yan Ling happily followed behind Duke Tu and entered the rice paper shop.

After a while, more than a dozen knives of rice paper had been removed and loaded.

Tu Gong then asked Yan Ling to get into the carriage from the front of the car, sit down next to the front of the canopy, and then bid farewell to the shopkeeper of the rice paper shop, untied the reins from the tethered horse stone, stepped into the front car, sat down on his waist, held the reins tightly with his left hand, waved the horsewhip with his right hand, and shouted "drive" softly.

Two sturdy black horses shook their hooves and walked away from the rice paper shop and walked slowly down the bustling streets.

Yan Ling sat in the canopy of the carriage, swaying lightly with the bumps of the carriage, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: This luck is still good, I actually met a good person to take me to Lishan, no matter how far the piggyback journey is, it is better to take a trip than to find a dead mouse by yourself. Seeing that this Tu Gong doesn't look like a bad person, he is really a bad person, and he wants to beat me up for his crooked ideas, and I am not a vegetarian with this Cloud Thorn and Flying Shadow Knife! If he is a good person, I will thank him, and if he is a bad person, I am not afraid!

Secretly thinking about it, Yan Ling's self-confidence was bursting, and she swayed in the canopy, shaking and drowsy, after all, she didn't relax until this moment, she was relieved, and she fell asleep unconsciously for a while.

The two-wheeled carriage drove at a rapid pace, crossing the plains, crossing the rivers, and passing the valleys...... Eight horses' hooves, kicking like flying, four wheels, swept by dust and smoke, at sunset have come to the door of a mansion, surrounded by green hills, five miles of pine forests.

But I saw that the courtyard of the mansion was high, the gatehouse was large, and the buildings inside were rows, which was very luxurious, but the word "Humble House" was unexpectedly written on the plaque on the door.

Duke Tu let out a "shout", slowly took the reins, stopped the carriage, and jumped off the carriage.

At this time, the door of the mansion had been opened, and four or five richly dressed servants hurried out from inside, and they all came forward to greet him, one of them took the reins from the hand of the butcher, and stood silently like a corpse, while the rest of the servants waited for their master's orders.

Tu Gong walked straight to the front of the car, lifted the silk curtain and said, "Girl, please get out of the car." ”

"Hmm, have you arrived at Lishan, so fast?" Yan Ling had been sleeping peacefully on the way, when the carriage suddenly stopped, and the figure couldn't help but shake for a while, and then woke up, she rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked.

"It's still early to Lishan, but I've arrived at the despicable cold house, it's getting late today, so I will ask the girl to stay in the cold house for a while. ”

"Oh...... How far is Li Mountain from here?" Yan Ling took the package on his left shoulder with his left hand, held the red silk sword holster in his right hand, jumped out of the carriage lightly, and raised his eyes to see the word "Humble House" written on the plaque on the door, which was quite incompatible with the layout of this mansion, and he couldn't help but hold back when he wanted to continue to ask.

But I heard Tu Gong reply: "Lishan is about a thousand miles away from here. ”

"Huh, more than a thousand miles?"

"It's okay...... The girl will stay for the time being today, and after dinner, the contemptible will go to the county to inquire again, where there are often merchants who travel between Gwangju and Lintong, and the contemptible must invite one to send the girl to Lishan. ”

"Then there is Lao Tugong. Yan Ling was very grateful.

"You're welcome, girl. After that, Tu Gong told the servants to carry the rice paper to the house.

The servants responded and carried rice paper back and forth.

Tu Gong led the way and asked Yan Ling to enter the mansion to rest for a while, and set up a banquet later.

The sunset gradually falls on the western mountain, the sky is dyed with a thousand miles, the pine forest is five miles, and the twilight is a patch.

Tu Gong feasted Yan Ling in the hall, the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, dazzling, colorful, fragrant and tasteful, all available.

Yan Ling hadn't eaten from morning to night, and her stomach was already empty, so when she sat down, she saw a table full of delicious food, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

Tu Gong seemed to see through Yan Ling's thoughts, so he spoke: "The girl doesn't have to be restrained, please eat it, this table of banquet is prepared for the girl alone." ”

"For me alone?" Yan Ling said in surprise, "Isn't there any other family in Duke Tu's Mansion?"

"The contemptible man has no family, neither an elder, nor a wife, nor a sibling, nor a child or grandchild, and now he lives alone, alas...... Speaking of which, it's really sad, even if there are these thousands of belongings, it is meaningless, so contemptible people like to do good deeds, accumulate merits, make friends all over the world, and do not hesitate to use the assets in their hands, and after a hundred years, scatter all their belongings, and let it be covered by a pile of wild grass. Tu Gong said sadly.

Hearing this, Yan Ling looked at the entire hall, although the furnishings were extremely luxurious, but empty, there was really an indescribable silence and coldness, and she couldn't help but feel a trace of melancholy in her heart, as for why she was melancholy, she couldn't tell at this time.

Yan Ling held the silver chopsticks in his hand, and suddenly lost his mind in front of the table.

"Girl, please use it, don't ruin the girl's pleasure in eating because of despicable and sad words. Seeing this, Tu Gong stood up, put a piece of roast goose meat on Yan Ling's plate with a silver chopstick, and said, "This is the Gwangju goose in the despicable place, the meat is tight and smooth, fat but not greasy, and the taste is very delicious, please taste it." ”

"Thank you. Yan Ling wanted to roll up his sleeves, let go of his stomach, and eat a big meal, but after hearing that, he seemed to have lost his appetite, and slowly chewed the goose meat in his mouth, but he couldn't taste a little delicious.

While eating the meal, while thinking wildly, Yan Ling remembered that her father-in-law was coming, and it was expected that her father-in-law was also having dinner at this time, although there were also maids around to serve, but the huge Tan Mansion was no longer as lively as it used to be, and only her father-in-law dined in the restaurant, how similar it was here!

Thinking of this, Yan Ling couldn't help but feel sad, her eyes were hazy with tears, and she secretly hoped to rush to Lishan as soon as possible, see her master, and ask her to fulfill her wish.