Chapter Seven: Revisiting the Old Place (Part II)
Ten years can change a lot of things, including the town where Xi'er and Shangguan Hao met, and now, that inconspicuous town has gradually developed into a relatively small city, Xi'er can't help but sigh, how much has changed in the past ten years!
Looking at the small houses in the city that used to be low, they are now two-storey, and the once crowded road has more than doubled in width, and the whole town has expanded several times!
Xi'er walked towards the city, looking at every street and alley that she had been chased by, looking at the corners of the walls she had squatted in, and the bun shops she had robbed, Xi'er smiled, she had changed so much, and she could still find a familiar feeling here, which made Xi'er's heart warm.
Xi'er walked around the city, looking for the memories that once belonged to him, until there was a rumbling sound in his stomach, he stopped, walked towards a restaurant, looked at the plaque hanging above the door, and sighed in his heart: "Uncle Shangguan brought me here last time!"
After a short pause, Xi'er walked straight in, a guy in a dark cloth coat, saw Xi'er enter the door and greeted him warmly, Xi'er only then found that this restaurant is also a thing!
"Hey, guest officer, here you are, come, sit here!" the man walked up to Xi'er and led him to the vacant seat next to him and sat down.
"Guest officer, what do you want to eat?" the shopkeeper bowed forward slightly and asked Xi'er.
"Two servings of greens!" Xi'er said slightly politely.
Since Xi'er and Xiao Yun have been together, almost all they eat is meat, and all kinds of birds and animals in the forest have become their food, basically there is no vegetarian food at all, and over time, vegetarianism has become Xi'er's luxury, this time he went out alone, how could he let go of this opportunity.
"Okay, I'll wait a minute!" the guy turned around and shook the cloth in his hand, put it on his shoulder, and went to make arrangements.
After the guy left, Xi'er looked up and down the restaurant, and found that the restaurant has also changed a lot, although the general location has not changed, but the area has expanded a lot, not only the second floor has been added, but even the first floor has several more tables...
Moreover, the quality and style of the table are much better than before, and the counter is also much more atmospheric than before.
"Hey, guest officer, you use it slowly, if you need anything, you can call me at any time!" Soon, the guy walked up with the dish ordered by Xi'er, still shouting in his mouth, and did not forget to explain to Xi'er when he left.
"Hey, Xiao Er, I remember that ten years ago this was just a small town, how could ten years have changed so much!?" Xi'er stopped the guy and showed a puzzled look.
"Oh, you're not a local, are you?!" the guy was very happy, and when he saw that Xi'er had questions about this, he turned around and asked Xi'er.
"I was lucky enough to pass by here ten years ago, when it was still a very small town, and it was only ten years, but this place has completely changed!" Xi'er said suspiciously.
"Hey, do you know, eight years ago due to the war, resulting in a shortage of soldiers near the official road, but the war is a war, our people's life still has to live, so there are some businessmen in order to avoid war, had to take some small roads to do business, after a long time, it has developed into a large transportation channel of Yunhai and Sichuan, until the end of the war, this trade road has also been used, a little bit of the town you see today..." The shopkeeper said carefully, as if everything about the war was vivid.
"I see...!" Xi'er suddenly realized and nodded again and again.
At this moment, the shopkeeper was about to turn around and leave when he saw that there was nothing wrong, but he was stopped by Xi'er again.
"May I ask how to get to Fancheng?" Xi'er asked a little embarrassedly, for him, who had never been out of the mountain gate, he was able to come to this former town with the only remaining memories, and as for Fancheng, he didn't have a clue.
"Brahma City, the Brahma City of the Moon God Kingdom?" the guy asked in a somewhat stunned voice.
"Are there any other Fancheng?" was asked by the shopkeeper, Xi'er couldn't help muttering in her heart, is there any other Fancheng?
"No, no, who doesn't know Fancheng, it's the richest place on the mainland!"
"Please also tell me the direction and distance!" Xi'er sighed slightly, listening to this guy's tone, obviously knowing how to go.
"Do you want to go alone?" The shopkeeper looked up and down the stream, showing a rather surprised look, who doesn't know how far away Fancheng is from here, even if it is dangerous to take the official road.
"That's right!" Xi'er looked at the guy in confusion, just asking for directions, and actually showed such a surprised side, I really don't know what he meant by this.
"It will take two months to get from here to Fancheng, and there are bandits rampant in the mountains and beasts all over the way, just you, I'm afraid it's more than lucky!" The guy's words revealed a strong sense of dissuasion, and he seemed to be very unoptimistic about Xi'er's decision.
"Two... Two months...!?" Xi'er lost his mind for a while, surprised, he had heard about the vastness of the continent for a long time, but he never thought that it would be so big, it would take two months!
"But I don't have a horse," Xi'er said in a slightly embarrassed voice.
At such a long distance, if he galloped away with his cultivation, I am afraid that he would not even be able to walk a tenth of the distance, and he would be exhausted to death, and he could use his own qi to run rampant on the mainland, I am afraid that only Xiao Yun and Shangguan Hongfei would fly!
"Don't worry if you don't have a horse, there are privately run stables at every city gate, you can go there and buy one, but it's along the way..." The guy didn't continue, but Xi'er could guess the general situation behind, so he simply didn't ask any further.
After eating, Xi'er walked out of the door a little listlessly, originally thinking that this trip could have a different flavor, but he didn't think that he would encounter a problem just out of the mountain gate...
"You, go out from the west gate, follow the road all the way, you can go all the way to Yunhai City, in the west is the transportation channel of Yunhai Kingdom and Moon God Kingdom, all the way to the Moon God Country, there are towns and post stations along the way to rest, I don't know when you get to the territory of the Moon God Kingdom, you can inquire after you get there!" The guy's shout came from behind Xi'er, but he couldn't beat up a little spirit in his ears.
However, Xi'er did not flinch from this incident, and according to the route pointed out by the fellow, Xi'er set off straight towards the west gate!
Sure enough, when approaching the city gate, Xi'er saw a stable and walked in without thinking, but upon inquiry, Xi'er's eyes widened again...
"What, do you want thirty-five silver coins?" Xi'er exclaimed in shock, you know, Xiao Yun gave him a total of ten silver coins on this trip, or he was entangled along the way, this horse costs thirty-five, even if one is not left, it is not enough!
"Little brother, I see that you haven't been far away, if you don't have enough money, then I can't do anything, our horse is at this price no matter where it goes, it can't change!" The guy at the post station explained to Xi'er sincerely, looking helpless.
Two basins of cold water were poured on Xi'er's head in a row, making him, a fledgling teenager, frustrated continuously, and in desperation, Xi'er had to walk out of the city...
Xi'er can be regarded as a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, after all, when he was so young, he suffered pain that ordinary people can't bear, and now he won't take it to heart in the face of this little thing in front of him.
Since there is no horse, then eleven roads, don't forget, Xi'er has been holding back in the deep mountains and old forests for ten years, and the feeling of depression and boredom in his heart can be imagined, plus Xiao Yun didn't stipulate when he would go back, this time it should be a tour of the mountains and rivers!
No, just out of the city gate and not far away, I ran into a caravan, Xi'er didn't say a word, didn't think about it, jumped over, went directly to the roof of the car, crossed his hands under his head, and lay on the carriage so "shamelessly" with Erlang's legs...
"Boom!" The coachman drove the carriage to his heart's content, humming a little song leisurely, unaware of the hitchhiker.
The carriage walked slowly, and the brook was like a child lying in a cradle, swaying with the rhythm of the carriage's swaying, and after a while, it fell asleep...
Shangguan Hongfei, who is far away in Fancheng, has long learned from Xiao Yun that Xi'er is coming through thousands of miles of transmission, Ling'er was very excited when he heard that Xi'er was coming, although he was a little unhappy when he was a child, but every year Shangguan Hongfei would take Ling'er and go to Xiao Yun's seclusion to live for half a month.
Ten years have passed, and the relationship between the two of them has become closer over time, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a general angle!
A bird landed on Xi'er's side, kept pecking at his nose, and very skillfully dodged Xi'er's scratchy palm, and teased Xi'er there unrelentingly, as if he was a doll to relieve boredom!
"Hmm~ don't make a fuss...... I finally got rid of the clutches of the old immodest devil, let me sleep for a while!" Xi'er hummed sleepily, enjoying it very much.
After a while, Xi'er realized that something seemed to be wrong, and recalled, Xiao Yun had never treated him so "gently"...
Suddenly, Xi'er got up suddenly, looked at the retreating road stupidly, and said, "Where is this!?"
The bird was also startled when it saw Xi'er sit up suddenly, and hurriedly flew into the air, estimating that the shadow area in its heart was definitely not small!
"Hmm, what's the sound!" The leisurely driver suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some movement in the car, muttered a sentence and began to get out of the car to check!
Seeing this situation, Xi'er lay directly in the middle of the goods, covering her mouth and not daring to gasp, lest she be discovered by the coachman...
"Did I hear it wrong?" the coachman turned his head around the carriage, finding nothing, scratching his head suspiciously, and humming a little tune as he continued on his way...
Xi'er was also at a loss, completely unaware of where she had been, and in desperation, she fell asleep again...