One by one, the hounds slipped their tails between their tails and burrowed silently into a low kennel with a stone wall.

"How did you get here? "The old hunter hadn't seen a stranger for four or five years, and he was very enthusiastic about Qingwen and Baoyu.

"The first time we went to Jinling, the road in the mountains was not easy to walk, and the walk was bad. Baoyu hurriedly responded.

"There are big insects in the mountains, so it's better to be careful at night......

Baoyu thought that maybe this was one of the important reasons why the old hunter was willing to stay with them.

She dismounted first and handed the reins to Qingwen. He limped and followed the old man into the hut.

Suddenly, a teenager sprang out of the hut.

The young man had the light on his back, and before Qingwen could see his appearance clearly, the young man shouted, "Why did you come?"

Listening to the voice, the young man is not Xue Pan who has officially disappeared from others.

At this time, Wei Xiaobao also rushed out and hurriedly helped the little scholar who had broken his foot.

It turned out that Ringbell and Xue Pan chased the horse thief and also went up the mountain, and they were about to snatch back Dangkang but saw that Wei Xiaobao and Hu Feng were also carried up the mountain.

Later, due to the appearance of Anar, Ringbell and Xue Pan beat the horse thief who guarded Wei Xiaobao, and the three of them took the first step, originally planning to wait for Qingwen and them outside Jinling City, but they didn't want the five of them to meet in these two boundary mountains.

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There is a lot of space in the hut, but the furnishings in the hut are extremely simple: a clay kang with a large tiger skin on the clay kang is fierce and vicious, two huge stools made of tree roots are placed on both sides of the stove, a large clay pot is hanging on the stove, and the snake soup stewed in the clay pot is bubbling alone, and the rich aroma is about to burst the whole hut.

Everyone saw that they were at peace with each other, and there were no extra words, so they sat around the stove and stared at the snake soup in the clay pot in a daze.

This old hunter looks like a rough man, with a scruffy beard, and the five officials are right, and he can't imagine that he really has a hand in boiling snake soup. Here again, the old saying "no one should be disguised" is fulfilled.

The old hunter hung his bow and arrows on a hook made of muntjac horns on the wall, and beckoned Baoyu to sit down.

As soon as she sat down, Baoyu was attracted by a painting on the wall, and she got up and asked, "Grandpa, what is the portrait hanging on this rock wall?!"

Baoyu limped and limped to the rock wall and looked at it carefully for a long time.

"You're not from my Da Zhou, are you?! This is the portrait of the miracle doctor, in Da Zhou, but everyone knows it.

"In the early years, he came to the mountains to collect medicine, and the old man also showed him the way, and touched the miracle doctor to stay with me for one night. To say, the doctor also taught me some top-secret methods for bruises, anti-freeze and sores!

"It is said that the Great Zhou Dynasty has already issued a decree, and the official family does not allow every household to worship the portrait of the divine doctor, thanks to the old man, I am a high mountain here, the emperor is far away, and the official family can't control it......" The old hunter talked about his acquaintance with the fish roe, and couldn't help but show full pride.

What surprised Baoyu was that he could meet someone who knew the divine doctor and touched the fish roe in this barren mountain and wilderness.

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When Qingwen tied the horse and fed the grass into the house, the old hunter was already dressing Baoyu's feet, and he realized that the previous "ouch" was Baoyu's injury.

The old Orion smiled and said to Baoyu: "This is the ointment made by Sanqi and Lu Yingye together, which was taught to me by the Divine Doctor back then, and it is very effective." Make sure you wake up tomorrow morning and your feet won't hurt. Girl, you go to rest in the room tonight, the baby and I will spend the night in the hall, get up tomorrow morning, you apply another dose, and it will definitely be no longer painful by the time you get on the road......"

The next day, the five of them rejected the old hunter's repeated retention, and when the sun was one pole high, they set out on the road to the east again.

Before leaving, Bai Ling seemed to be a little reluctant to hunt the dogs, and turned back step by step.

In the dusk, on the official road, the shadows of five babies, two horses, a big wolf, and a big bird were stretched for a long time......

At the end of this day, the more I walked, the closer and closer I got to Jinling, and the pedestrians in twos and threes made the man-made scenes on the roadside begin to exceed the natural scenery. Baoyu and Qingwen played the horse calmly, and trotted away, which can be described as the spring breeze with a light horse's hooves, and they saw all the flowers in the suburbs in one day.

In a blink of an eye, the five of them returned to Jinling, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, after a "long absence".

It's not the first time Qingwen has come to Jinling, but it's the first time that she feels that this Jinling is the capital of the No. 1 empire in the world, and the city is high.

Bell looked at the familiar city, his eyes filled with something that the other four would never understand.

On the official road outside the city, the five people were gray-faced one by one, and Yanran became the object of review of business travelers and rangers.

Fortunately, Baoyu listened to the bell's arrangement and put the ice wolf into the small wooden box around his waist early.

After being inspected by countless pairs of unfamiliar faces, the five finally came to the first checkpoint outside the Jinling moat.

At this time, it was sunset, and there were still many people waiting in line to enter the capital Jinling, but they were also very well-behaved.

According to the discussion an hour ago, Qingwen and Baoyu entered through the west gate with the mighty procession. Ringing, Wei Xiaobao and Xue Pan sneaked in through the north gate by detouring through the north gate......

The little doll in the basket in front of Qingwen smiled at her and finally looked up after a long time.

The city gate tower is majestic and tall, and the little doll can't speak, so she can't help but open her hands and five fingers to keep grabbing ......

The west gate is called Jinguang Gate, and the city tower on it is undoubtedly the most majestic city tower among the nine gates of Jinling. Because the west is the direction of the end of the country, therefore, the west gate of Jinling is built so tall, its implicit meaning is self-evident. Although the Western Regions are powerful and the end kingdom is not the most powerful opponent of the Great Zhou, it is the most capable of tossing and a strong opponent that makes the Great Zhou overwhelmed.

In that year, when the ancestor Jizi accepted and the end of the kingdom surrendered, he deliberately increased the expansion of Jinguangmen several times to highlight the identity of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Nowadays, most of the people who come and go to Ximen are merchants on the Silk Road, and few people with weapons appear in the ranks of the common people.

Ever since Qingwen appeared in the ranks, she has become the troublemaker with a sword on his back and easy to cause trouble as people line up to enter the city.

In front of everyone's eyes, it was finally time to be examined by herself, Qingwen thought that she would pass the test easily, but she didn't want to be drunk by the guards at the door and taken to a small grass hut on the side.

"Where did you come from, what are you doing in Jinling?" asked a middle-aged man in the grass hut.

"The western realm, the fourth aunt camp, is here to take the college exam. Qingwen answered the guard's cross-examination in the same way she had discussed with Baoyu before.

The middle-aged man carefully looked at the baby in front of him a few times: he was dressed in earth, and his face was as ruddy as an apple by the wind.

When he learned that the baby in front of him came from an inconspicuous village in the southwest, the man said with disdain: "Don't you know that if you carry a 'controlled knife' when you enter the city, you need to register?"

"Uh-" Qingwen was speechless for a moment.