In the distance, the strange peaks are raised, the birds and beasts roar, although it is late autumn, winter has hit, but in the eye, it is still a piece of green, a breath of mountains and wilderness is blowing in the face, the first moment is still the hustle and bustle of the drum tower, the next moment is the mountains and fields are light, separated by a wall, but it seems to be two worlds.

There is only one way into the inner city.

It was a small road, paved with stone roads that had suffered the vicissitudes of history, surrounded by weeds and withered yellow, and on either side, there were two hillsides with no end in sight, more than ten meters high.

It can be seen from this road that this ghost city must have been many years old, and I learned from Shangguan that it is said that there was a ghost market during the Three Kingdoms period, but Chang'an City was not here at that time, and at that time the ghost city and Chang'an City were two places at all, and now Chang'an City is a new "Daxing City" built by Emperor Wen of Sui! At that time, because of the location selection, part of the ghost market was annexed.

After walking a few dozen steps along the path, turning a corner, you will feel a cheerful outline in front of you, and you will be greeted by a river, the water is clear and gentle, the water is not very deep, but it can be navigated.

On the bank of the river, an old man wearing a hat and a coarse linen coat was quietly leaning against a tree on the bank, as if he was pretending to sleep.

A few people came to the river and walked to the old man's side, and if they wanted to cross the river, they had to rely on the old man's boat.

However, before a few people could speak, they had just approached when they heard the old man's hoarse voice coming out of his mouth: "Crossing the river? Where to? ”

Li Yi was stunned and arched his hand: "Uncle, we are going to Taishang Pavilion and bother the old man to guide the way!" ”

"There are many people, the road is long, 1,300 copper coins, 100 yuan per person!"

When everyone heard this, they were furious.

It's just a crossing of people across the river, and one person is one hundred yuan, this price is indeed a "sky-high price"!

"Old thing, you are shameless, you dare to slander us......"

Bai Qingxin is straightforward and fast-talking, and scolds when he opens his mouth.

But before he finished speaking, he was drunk by Li Yi!

"Shut up!" Li Yi's face turned cold, and he said solemnly: "Bai Qing, apologize to my father-in-law!" ”

Bai Qing was dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't dare to disobey Li Yi's order, so he could only suppress the anger in his heart and said hatefully: "Uncle, it's the kid who is wrong!" ”

Li Yi frowned slightly. "You're apologetic? How do I usually teach you? Be reasonable, reasonable, and convince people with virtue. What is the price of the old man, that is the power of others, you don't want to sit, no one forces you, you are disrespectful to the old man, should you apologize? ”

Li Yi's tone was stern, not because of anything else, he had never relaxed on the quality education of his subordinates, not to mention, this old man was not an ordinary person, Li Yi felt the sweat on his forehead, and he was still frightened in his heart.

Bai Qing saw that his young master was really angry, and finally stopped being embarrassed, but humbly apologized to the old man.

When the others saw this, they didn't say anything, Lu Ming and the others knew that their young master had always been respectful, so they were not surprised.

Only Shangguan's face showed a different color, he only now found that it was really terrible for his cheap brother to start a fire, Li Yi's momentum just now is still fresh in his memory, and he agrees with Li Yi's approach, the servant takes advantage of the master's power and bullies others, he has not encountered these things, and now when he sees this scene, he wants to clap his hands.

The old man had been sitting there, motionless from beginning to end, without even raising his head, and was indifferent to the movements of Li Yi and the others.

Li Yi didn't say much, just stepped forward, hugged his fist at the old man, and said with a deep salute: "Please ask the old man to lead the way, this is five taels of silver, a lot, the right to compensate the old man!" ”

As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, he felt a flower in front of him, and then he felt a lightness in his hand, he looked down blankly, and was immediately shocked, only to see that the silver that was still in his hand had disappeared, and the old man had stood up at some point.

"Squeak!"

Suddenly, Li Yi looked up and saw a golden retriever monkey grinning at him, scratching his ears and cheeks.

And in his hand, he grabbed a silver ingot.

Li Yi suddenly praised in his heart, what a spiritual monkey.

Li Yi stared at the monkey for a while, and then was woken up by Shangguan.

When I looked back, I saw that the old man had already prepared the boat, but the two wooden boats in front and back were connected together with ropes.

A few people didn't have any luggage, so they passed it lightly, Li Yi, Shangguan, Fu Qing, and Lu Ming sat on the boat in the back, and the rest sat in the front and put it on.

The old man didn't say a word, slowly slid the oars, and the boat went down the river, moving very smoothly.

The river meanders and weaves between hills, and all around, apart from the mountains, are valleys.

In the beginning, the scenery was almost the same, nothing special, and it was also because everyone could only see the scenery on both sides of the riverbank, and what was behind the mountain, everyone did not know.

Along the way, everyone was silent, and the atmosphere was very strange.

Li Yi even remembered the plot in the tomb robbery notes, the same strange old man, the same winding river, the same weird atmosphere, and it really lived up to the name of the ghost city.

After a long journey, at last they entered a cave, went down the river, and fell into darkness in an instant, but fortunately there were prepared lights on the ship.

Li Yi also became inexplicably nervous, for fear that half of his face and white-clothed ghosts would suddenly appear in the water.

Fortunately, Li Yi thought too much, after all, everyone only stayed for a cup of tea in the dark, and then they felt that the eyes were bright again, and the green mountains and green waters reappeared in front of them.

Li Yi looked back, but found that there was only a cave, but Shangguan secretly told Li Yi that they had already left the city, and the darkness just now was the underground passage under the city wall.

Li Yi carefully observed for a long time, but he didn't see any traces of the city wall, and couldn't help but sigh, the magic of this place.

After the cave, there is finally life in front of you, although there are still mountains and water, but between the mountains and rivers, you can still see the existence of the attic, and the mountains here have been connected, and the slopes on both sides seem to be long embankments......

After another quarter of an hour of walking, the boat finally landed, and although it did not reach the end of the river, they did not even see where the end of the river was.

Several people got off the boat, Li Yi thanked the old man, the old man heard this, the head that had been kept low suddenly raised, Li Yi saw a face full of wrinkles and vicissitudes, the wrinkles like old bark were clearly visible, the old man's eyes were the most attractive, there seemed to be endless stories in it, how to look at the ancient well without waves, but if you look closely, you seem to be able to see endless vicissitudes.

This is an old man with a story.

Li Yi thought of it for no reason.

The old man raised his head, looked Li Yi up and down, then nodded slightly, then lowered his head again, and returned to the ancient well again.

The few people didn't say much, said goodbye to the old man, and walked along the mountain road inside.