Chapter 42: Tao Cheng
From two to three, it is not a big problem for Liu Qiao and Yuan Baibai, but for the new young people, they are very excited, and they open the conversation box without waiting for others to ask the young people.
After Liu was weak, he was stunned for a long time.
The young man's surname is Ye Daocheng, he is from the Yunhan Kingdom of the Northern Underworld, and there is no trace of the specific person, he is an orphan who has been raised by an old man since he can remember.
The old man took him to live in seclusion in the mountains until a year ago, when the old man left suddenly, leaving only a letter, asking him to wait for him in Jiu'an City within three years, and he would never have to see him again if it was late.
But this young man named Ye Daocheng has rarely dealt with people since he was a child, and he is very afraid of being born, and he has never gone out by himself and does not know much about the way. It took him a year to get here, but he was lost here again, and he had been gone for a long time, not sure what to do next.
Speaking of this, the young man couldn't help but thank Liu Xiao again,
Liu Miao listened patiently to his story, and asked with some hesitation: "I don't know brother, can you tell me what places you have experienced along the way?"
Ye Daocheng waved his hand to signal that there was nothing to do, "My master left me a road map. It's just that some roads are a little too old to be found, and there are some detours. Generally speaking, it should be right, it is to go to Fufeng City in Yunhan Country first, and then to Zhaoyao Mountain and Mountain Stream City in Jinghe Sect, and after a little rest, go straight to Liangqu Mountain in the Tianyuan Mountain Range, and cross it to get here. ”
Liu Miao was a little speechless, the two of them had similar backgrounds, it was like a storyteller made up, and even the route they formulated was basically the same. I can't help but think that the Star Shifting Immortal said, "Some people have the same trajectory, but they are doing different things." ”
He couldn't help but glance at the girl beside him.
Yuan Baibai was full of suspicion.
Of course, Liu Miao understood that it was not doubting Ye Daocheng, but doubting himself. Thinking like this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and asked, "Brother Tai is also a cultivator?"
Ye Daocheng didn't care and said: "Yes, but my realm is only the Hidden Spirit Realm, which is not enough to see." Childe doesn't have to be polite, you just call me by my name. ”
Liu Miao knew in his heart that it was not easy to pass through Liangqu Mountain with the realm of Tibetan spirits. Then he stopped, clasped his fists and saluted: "Under Liu Weak." ”
Yuan Baibai also stopped, nodded and said, "Yuan Baibai"
Ye Daocheng straightened his clothes, and said, "Ye Daocheng"
The three of them smiled slightly.
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When it was about to happen, Liu Qiao and the three of them came to the outside of Baoxi City.
The city wall is several feet high, and there are several powerful standard machines arranged on the city wall.
Liu Qiao has seen this kind of machine, and the larger cities will be equipped with it, and the arrows shot are one zhang long. Cultivators of the Divine Realm within a hundred zhang must avoid its edge. If there were several planes under the fire, the cultivators of the One Realm would not dare to defend it.
Beneath the city walls is an open space that provides a good view of the sergeants watching from the walls.
In front of the city gate, there were more than a dozen sergeants, wearing full body armor, holding spears and long knives hanging from their waists, and they were well armed.
Of course, this is only a superficial strength, and secretly Jing'an's defensive strength against this city is not weaker than the prosperous county town in the territory, after all, this city is closely related to the lifeblood of the country.
It's just that the city is very large, but there are not many people, but most of the people who can enter and exit here are cultivators, so naturally it is reasonable.
Liu Qiao and the three came to the city after paying a small amount of "money to pass the city".
The three of them walked in the city, and there were not many people, but there were many shops of all kinds.
The buildings in the city are whitewashed and tiled, not extravagant, and look simple and practical.
Baoxi City is adjacent to Qianyu Lake, in addition to the original river in the city, many new tributary rivers were opened up when the city was built, extending in all directions to cover almost the entire Baoxi City. Nourished by the water vapor for many years, things in the city are also full of an inexplicable charm and charm.
The main purpose of the river extension and expansion in the city was to reduce unnecessary congestion and greatly reduce the time wasted when transporting a large amount of baggage.
But it doesn't seem to be so busy now, and there are only occasional canopy rows on the river.
After curbing the curiosity and joy in his heart, Ye Daocheng came to Liu Qiao and Yuan Baibai, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, Brother Liu, Miss Yuan, the next itinerary will be arranged separately." The green mountains do not change the green water, let's say goodbye. ”
Liu Qiao and the others were stunned for a moment, hugged their fists and said, "Cherish." ”
Ye Daocheng nodded heavily and turned to leave.
Yuan Baibai snorted and walked in front to lead the way.
Liu Miao smiled bitterly and explained, "If I say that all this is a coincidence, do you believe it?"
Yuan Baibai didn't look back, and said faintly: "Could it be that you were adopted by an old man and raised separately?"
Liu Miao seemed to be awakened by a word, and said seriously: "Maybe it's really possible." ”
Hearing the man behind him answer seriously and with a thoughtful look, the girl laughed: "Let's go." ”
A moment later, under the leadership of Yuan Baibai, Liu Qiao came to a shop called Quarryman.
The door of the shop was wide open, and a young man was lying on the table, fiddling with a piece of fiery red jade the size of a chess piece in his hand, looking a little bored.
When I noticed someone coming in, I just glanced at it casually, thinking that it was just a casual customer, but I didn't think that it was in vain. He immediately got up, looked at the girl who entered the door, his handsome face showed a bright smile, and said in surprise: "You're here?"
Yuan Baibai nodded, pointed at Liu Weak, and said, "This is my friend, Liu Weak."
Before Liu Qiao could see the salute, the young man smiled at him and said loudly: "When I call Cai, it is colorful, the time of the hour." ”
Liu Miao looked at the seven-colored clothes worn by the young man, and thought that it would match, he clasped his hands into fists and said, "Liu is weak, weak and weak." ”
The young man named Caishi laughed, beckoned the two to sit down, and a wine jug appeared with his palm, which he put on the table, and then took out several wine glasses one after another and put them in front of him, explaining: "This is a good wine that I treasure, and I usually don't want to drink it, called 'Xingli'"
After Liu Qiao entered the door, he sensed some vague fluctuations in the Yuan Force on Cai Shi's body, so he was not surprised that he took out the object from the mustard seed space, but it was difficult to determine what kind of cultivation realm it was in.
However, in this "quarrying" shop, the various ores and jade displayed on display made Liu Xiaoda interested, and he could feel the bursts of fluctuations they emitted without the need for a divine soul to perceive them, which was obviously not an extraordinary product.
When Liu Qiao looked carefully, Cai Shi had already filled the wine glass, and he only said: "There is wine but no food, I respect you, I will do this cup first." After speaking, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
Liu was stunned for a moment, but when he saw the girl cast an inexplicable look, he knew it in his heart, and without saying a word, he picked up the wine glass and poured it down.
At the beginning of the mouth, the wine is a little sweet and sour, and indeed has some taste of apricots and plums. But when the wine was in the stomach, it turned into a fiery ball, followed by a strong bitterness welling up.
Liu Qiao's brows were furrowed, and he looked a little sad. He felt that the bitter taste was really a little choking, and he couldn't help coughing. But when he saw Caishi, he looked at him expectantly and asked, "How do you feel?"
Liu Miao didn't answer, and couldn't help but ask, "What is this?" It's okay not to speak, but when I speak, I feel even more choked, and I have a dry cough for a while.
Hearing such an inquiry, Cai Shi was stunned, with a look that you knew as a consultant: "This is wine, called 'Apricot Plum', but I worked hard to make it." ”
Liu was speechless, silent for a moment, and drove Yuan Li to alleviate the bitterness, and said sincerely: "This is definitely the most flavorful wine I have ever drunk." ”
Only then did he understand the meaning of the girl, which was not an encouragement, but a hindrance.
"What a bosom friend. Cai Shi looked happy, with an expression of hatred for seeing each other, and then he was going to take the wine jug and refill Liu Qiao's wine glass.
Yuan Baibai had a black face, and said coldly: "Caishi, you are enough, how is the matter I told you." ”
Cai Shi saw that the girl was angry, but she also sat down quietly, "Don't worry, after getting your summons, it has already been arranged, and there will be a ship to transport the baggage back to Jing'an Country tonight." ”
Yuan Baibai nodded, his expression softened, and said, "Take us to rest first." ”
Cai Shi didn't say anything more, got up and took Liu Weak and Yuan Baibai out of the main hall, and after the two of them were placed in the side room in the backyard, they said goodbye and left.
Afterwards, Liu Weak and Yuan Baibai each sat quietly in the room to breathe.
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When the sun was setting, Liu Qiao and Yuan Baibai went out of the room at the same time.
Cai Shi has been waiting outside the door for a long time, just holding a big wine jar in his arms, looking expectant.
Seeing Liu weak come out, he came to him with a happy face, and couldn't help but stuff the wine jar into his arms, and said excitedly: "Brother Liu, you are the first person who understands me so well in so many years, it's really late to see each other." It's just that there is no strength in the lower body, so I can only give it away with a wine that has been treasured for many years. It's a pity that I didn't bring any other wine with me in this hurry, otherwise I would have had a good time, and I think you won't be disappointed. After speaking, he had a yearning look.
Liu Wan was helpless, and hurriedly thanked him, so he had to put away the wine jar, but he smiled bitterly in his heart, the big word "apricot and plum" on the wine jar gave him a headache.
After that, several people did not linger any longer, and followed Caishi out of Baoxi City through another city gate.
After less than a stick of incense, they came to the dock by the lake, which was because a few people felt that it was too early to watch the flowers along the way.
There are few people in the city, but the wharf outside the city is full of people and goods.
Some of the people here are sergeants stationed there, and some are merchants who are talking or counting things.
But more of them are constantly busy, they are long-term workers and porters who can only rely on their strength to support their families, and they are panting and sweating like rain, and they are carrying a large amount of baggage into the big ship.
Although Liu Miao learned from Yuan Baibai that she was going to cross Qianyu Lake through the official military boat of Jing'an State, and the girl described the size of the boat, she still couldn't help but be curious.
He looked at the behemoth floating on the lake in front of him, and knew that this boat was specially built by Jing'an Guo to cross the waters of Qianyu Lake, and its shape was as tall as a pavilion, with a wide bottom point, a high head and tail, and guarded plates on both sides.
The whole ship is divided into four layers, the lower floor is used for baggage and earth and stone ballast, the second floor is for soldiers, and the third floor is for some cabins used to entertain guests, which are often used by some delicate and expensive people. In addition, there is also a place for the operation of large ships, and there are many smaller aircraft arranged around the wide deck. The top floor is where the cultivators who accompany the ship and those who are good at divine archery who have been transferred from the army rest. After all, if you are condescending, you can get a good and good vision, and you can also better avoid blessings and misfortunes.
This waterway has been opened up and operated for many years, but there have been two incidents of piracy in Qianyu Lake. Afterwards, Jing'an was furious, and sent a strong man and a large number of soldiers to encircle and hunt down the murderers in Qianyu Lake.
It's just that in this Qianyu Lake, the strong dragon can't suppress the head snake. After losing some manpower and suffering some small losses, the pirates plunged headlong into the depths of the dense fog and rarely showed their figures.
Jing'anguo was also a little helpless about this, and after a long time, things gradually fell apart, which can be regarded as a dumb loss.
Since then, the number of guards has been increased. So far, it's all been safe.