As soon as it was dawn, the caravan of horses stationed in the same place set off again.

I looked at the light above my head, and then at the clouds of reading books under the lights in the car.

"How long will it take to get out of this road, didn't you say a day or two, why haven't you finished it yet?"

"When I arrived in the southwest, I saw that the terrain over there was several small cities almost next to each other, and on a daily basis, where would the city lord usually be?"

"If you are the lord of the city, which city do you choose to stay in?"

After talking to himself about a series of questions, Yun Chu never even raised his head. "Do you want to take care of the entanglement between Fang Shao's two families, do you still have time to get along with your teacher?"

It was quiet ahead, and he suddenly raised his head and replied to me.

I was startled, and I was almost choking on a piece of osmanthus cake that I was stuffing into my mouth.

Yun Chu handed over the kettle, and I took several sips before swallowing the pastry that was choking in my throat.

I frowned, raised my hand and shook the kettle that I had emptied, and said, "Teacher, just go there for a while, he used to teach me my homework in the snow country, and he didn't stay together all the time." ”

"I'll go see him, but you know I hate bondage, and even when I'm in the southwest, I plan it myself most of the time."

"You've been studying for a long time, can you tell me how long we'll be walking in this canyon?" The estimated itinerary has been stretched, and at this moment, I am most concerned about this issue.

"It's coming." Yun Chu then looked down at the booklet.

I finally couldn't contain my curiosity and moved a few steps to look at him.

I always thought that Yun Chu was reading books related to the southwest region. Unexpectedly, what he read was a booklet full of strange words.

I didn't know a lot of the words on it, and I silently recited a few words that I could barely understand, and I frowned and said, "What are you looking at?" How can there be such a sentence, like a Buddhist scripture or something? ”

Yun Chu smiled when he heard this: "It's a little related, but it's not all, it's indeed Sanskrit." ”

I looked at him strangely and said, "Does the heir of the Silver Kingdom still want to learn such a thing?" ”

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "No, I think this is because I should use it after I go to Xilan." “

I don't have the heart to delve into it, anyway, I can't understand the text above, this is completely beyond the scope of my cognition.

Outside the car window, there was still a darkly lit canyon, and Yun Chu was wrapped in a thick snow fox fur, and from my point of view, I could see his long eyelashes fluttering slightly.

The interior of the car was quiet. The carriage continued. You can hear the sound of wheels running over the mountain path in the canyon.

I started to feel that the light outside the window was starting to get a little brighter.

My heart moved. I poked my head out of the window and shouted, "Catch the car, how long do you have to get out." ”

"It's coming soon, it's estimated that you will be out of the canyon in less than half an hour." The little guy who was driving the car answered me loudly.

I was overjoyed. When he retracted, his head hit the frame of the car window with a bang.

Hearing my shout, Yun Chu put down the book in his hand, pulled me with a smile, raised his hand and rubbed his head for me, and said, "I'm happy to be like this." ”

The little guy who was driving the car was very accurate, and in less than half an hour, we finally walked out of the long dark canyon and saw the light of day again.

As soon as I got out, I couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage.

In front of you is a large open plain, there are no villages or people, but the mountains on the outside of the plain look very familiar. Looks like I've seen it somewhere.

I stood in the distance for a long time, not even noticing when Yun Chu got off the car and when he arrived behind me.

Yun Chu looked at me standing there preoccupied, and his eyes were even more stunned looking at the mountains in the distance of the plain.

Compared to the towering canyons that I had walked before, the terrain of this mountain range was a little gentler.

"Xiao Ling'er, what's wrong?" Yun Chu asked puzzled, he looked up at the terrain there, and after a moment he said in a low voice: "It's just a little similar, but it's not that place after all." ”

My eyes were wet, and my heart fluttered for a moment.

Coincidentally, the sight reminded me of the mountains surrounding Snow Country.

After such a long time, I was embarrassed to stand in front of a scene that was strikingly similar to my former homeland.

The good mood of being able to get out of the canyon just now was diluted in front of this scene.

I stood there quietly, looking at the same green mountains and green waters, but the world changed.

Leaning less, Yun Chu frowned invisibly, he hugged my shoulders and whispered: "Get in the car, there is still a way to go, and strive to cross the mountain before sunset and reach the destination over there." ”

I settled down and followed Yun Chu back into the carriage.

This time, the ride was noticeably faster than in the canyon, and I could feel the vibration of the wheels underneath me and the joy of the horses pulling the cart letting go of their hooves.

The map spread out on several cases is my own hand-drawn southwest region, Yun Chu is the first time to see it, he bowed his head and reviewed it for a moment, and said with a smile: "After all, I did something practical, and I didn't patronize and play in Qibei." ”

He raised his hand to take the pen, and the water in the kettle dissolved a square of ink, dipped it a little, and tapped the pen on the drawing I had drawn and made a few changes.

"Here," Yun Chu said softly, "it's not a river, it has been filled in the past, so now this area is a small village." ”

"There is also this place," Yun Chu said after a pause, "because there was a flash flood in the past few years, so the villages and temples here have been washed away, and now it is a wasteland. ”

He told me a little bit, and corrected the mistakes on the diagram with me.

I listened to him in amazement, and couldn't help but say, "How do you know so much about the southwest region, as if you have not only been there, but even lived there for a long time?" ”

"The messages from the people below are scattered, but after I receive them, everyone who has seen them will have an impression in my heart, and now I look at the drawings you have drawn, which is just used to correct your mistakes for you."

Yun Chu dropped the last stroke, and looked at the small cities in the southwest that I left blank in the picture: "I really don't know the situation here, I just went with you and then made it up." “

After a long bumpy ride, I finally leaned against the wall of the car and fell asleep

Yun Chu looked at the girl who was sleeping crookedly lying there, moved over lightly, held her head, and carefully put it on his lap.

The girl's body moved, adjusted her position, and leaned comfortably on him to sleep.

The corners of Yun Chu's mouth curled up in a beautiful arc, and his dark eyes were full of smiles.

His fair, slender fingers gently brushed the girl's long black and smooth hair, enjoying the peace and comfort of the moment.

He leaned sideways, saw a little tear overflowing from the corner of the girl's eye, was stunned, and then gently raised his hand to brush it away

I finally woke up at the moment before sunset, rubbed my sleepy eyes, couldn't find the clouds in the car, stunned for a few seconds, and quickly realized that the feeling of wheel vibration under me was gone.

Our carriage has stopped.

I removed a thin blanket from my body and jumped out of the car.

Our convoy was parked in a small forest outside the southwest, and we could already see the high city gate on the opposite bank of a river not far away.

Yun Chu sat on a bluestone under the tree and drank water.

I looked around, and we were no longer the only convoy on the road, and I could see that there were quite a few boatmen in the river not far away.

There is a stone arch bridge across the river between the grove and the southwest city gate.

Yun Chu got up, walked over and said, "Xiao Ling'er, since you wake up, let's go to the city immediately."

The carriage stepped onto the wide bridge deck, and I noticed that the river outside the city gate was quite wide.

Fishing boats slowly pass under the bridge.

Yun Chu and I got out of the car, and his subordinates, dressed as convoy servants, followed the carriage to be questioned by the team stationed in the southwest region.

The disguise on Yun Chu's face did not get rid of it, covering his appearance, but he was long and jade, although he was wearing a simple and casual robe, and his bearing was noble and noble, and in the eyes of others, it still frequently attracted pedestrians passing by on the road to stop and gaze.

Yun Chu and I leaned against the bridge deck, facing the river under our feet, and watched the fishing boats under the bridge pass one after another.

Even just on the outskirts of the southwest, I could see the boatmen on the fishing boats, the pedestrians at the city gate, and the calm and peaceful expressions on their faces.

I think of the streets of Snowpiercer in the past, and that scene replays in my mind like a movie replay.

I sighed silently.

The queue waiting for the interrogation at the gate of the city fell into the eyes and the order was complete.

"Yun Chu," I adjusted my feelings, looked up at him and smiled, "Look at the situation here, do you think that General Xueying has managed the southwest region very successfully?" ”

"Before I came, I heard Jinhua praise him to me for his exploits after arriving in the southwest." "The snow eagle in Jinhua's mouth has established its prestige in the southwest in just a few years, and the one who is expected to become the lord of the city." "But it's better to hear than to see, I'm standing here, and I really feel the kind of scene that Jinhua told me."

Yun Chu didn't seem to have listened carefully, the expression on his face was uncertain, he smiled noncommittally, his eyes fell on the river, and he frowned slightly.

I was drawn by his gaze and followed the line of sight.

Not far from the bridge, on the river, a man in his mid-thirties is gathering a long string of bamboo cages as fishermen returning late from an old fishing boat.

I am familiar with this kind of bamboo cage, because I have seen it in the countryside even before the crossing.

Bamboo cages are hung on the side of fishing boats, and there are often small fish and shrimp inside.

But the man's actions were obviously inappropriate, and the bamboo cage, which could be easily pulled, seemed to be stuck by something, and he looked a little difficult to pull it alone.

The woman on the fishing boat, judging by her appearance, should have put down her work, walked over and helped him collect it.

The bamboo cage gradually retracted.

Suddenly, a terrible scream came from the lake.