On the shore in the distance, the intimate actions of the three husband and wife, and the stars and moons who served as guards were all in full view.

Looking at He Yunqing and Chiho Kirino's happy appearance, her heart somehow beat a little fast.

Will such a beautiful moment also belong to you?

She is accustomed to a life of swords and swords, and at this moment she has a faint expectation in her heart.

Tianjin, a small village on the outskirts of the city.

"Oops!" After a sound of knocking over things, there was a cry from Ah Lian. "Ah Chao, come quickly!"

Jiang Yanchao put down the fishing net he was mending in his hand, rushed to the kitchen, and saw that Ah Lian had just gotten up from the ground, pinching the back of the big white cat's neck in her right hand, lifting the big white cat high, and trying to snatch the fish in the cat's mouth with her left hand. The cat clung to the fish, whining low in its throat and waving its paws to prevent Alian's left hand from approaching. There was a mess of things on the floor, interspersed with fragments of plates and bowls. Ah Lian's face was stained with soot and she looked more like a cat than the guy she caught. Ah Chao couldn't help but laugh.

"Still laughing!" Ah Lian yelled at him angrily. "Still don't want to get the fish out?"

Ah Chao looked around, found a blowing stick, and blew on the ears of the big white cat. The big white cat was excited, and the fish fell out of its mouth, and Ah Chao caught it and threw it into the basin.

Ah Lian looked at Ah Chao strangely, ignoring the big white cat she was carrying and twisting around. "How did you get it?"

"Blow into the cat's ears and it will put the fish down." Ah Chao said with a smile.

Ah Lian sighed and threw the big white cat out of the open window. The big cat barked in annoyance and fell into the haystack outside the window.

"How do you know all this nonsense?" Ah Lian picked up the fish from the basin. Look at it over and over again. "Can this still be eaten?"

So the dishes in the evening were only fish head and tail and two small pickles. Ah Chao munched on pickles. Eat vigorously. Sweat broke out on the tip of my nose. Ah Lian watched him munch blankly, and her chopsticks only scratched around the mouth of the bowl. The big white cat at the door was feasting, purring contentedly, and only one skeleton of a big fish remained. Ah Lian looked at the greedy cat angrily, thinking about whether to throw the chopsticks out. Ah Chao glanced at her. "Forget it, I'll go fishing again tomorrow, maybe I'll bring you a rabbit or something."

Ah Lian also knew that this was just comfort. Winter is coming, and the animals in the woods are almost extinct. The river also began to have ice floes piece by piece, this fish was the first in the last half a month, and the rabbit had not been seen for a long time. Now all I have left at home is cabbage for the winter.

This summer has been very abnormal. First, it was so hot that it made smoke rise when the water was poured on the ground, and the river was so thin that someone found gold nuggets at the bottom of the river. This was followed by several heavy rains, which were mixed with black ash and foul-smelling. After the heavy rains, the river swells, and schools of dead fish float on the water. A thunderclap struck the mountain. The mountains and forests were on fire, and the beasts were dead. The air was filled with the smell of burnt fur. The lazy men of the village went to find the roasted beast and ate it, and in the middle of the night suddenly howled so that the whole village could hear it, and died before dawn, and the corpse was twisted into a strange shape, and the seven orifices were bleeding. The villagers collected the burned beasts, dug pits and buried them deeply, but they could only watch as the crops in the fields withered for unknown reasons.

This year's harvest was poor. When the whole village got together a few days ago, Uncle Liu, the village head, knocked on the big stone slab at the entrance of the village with a cane, without saying a word, but his eyes kept staring at Jiang Yanchao.

The people in the village walked away in silence, getting farther and farther away from Jiang Yanchao. Only Ah Lian has been standing beside Jiang Yanchao, stubbornly meeting people's eyes.

But Ah Lian knew that the peaceful days were no more.

Jiang Yanchao heard the sound of Ah Lian going out, and immediately jumped up from the bed, quickly packed his luggage, and carried the small package on his shoulder. As soon as he turned around, he met Ah Lian's black and bright eyes. Jiang Yanchao blinked, coughed twice, looked down at his toes, and secretly glanced at Ah Lian, only to find that Ah Lian was puffing out her cheeks and staring at him without blinking.

"That'...... I'm leaving. Jiang Yanchao lowered his head and whispered, wanting to bypass Ah Lian, Ah Lian flashed a step to the side and was blocking in front of him.

"I'm going to go with you." Ah Lian said, her eyes still blinking.

Jiang Yanchao cleared his throat a little embarrassed, lowered his head and took another step to the side, and Ah Lian also followed closely, and reached out to grab his sleeve.

"I'm going to take the martial arts exam, and there are no women participating in the martial arts...... Jiang Yanchao began to persuade her.

"I'm going to go with you." Ah Lian emphasized.

"I've got a long way to go...... It's cold now, and I don't have anything to eat......"

"I'm going to go with you."

Jiang Yanchao just wanted to say something more, but found that Ah Lian's eyes were full of tears, as if she was about to roll down at any time. He panicked even more. In the more than two years since I met Ah Lian, I have never seen her cry.

He settled down, and ruthlessly broke Ah Lian's hand that was clutching his sleeve. The knuckles of that hand were already a little white because they were so hard. Ah Lian clung so tightly that he was even worried that he would break her fingers.

Ah Lian just stood there, staring at him, letting the tears in her eyes roll down one by one, without blinking her eyes.

Jiang Yanchao stopped. "I ...... If you reveal your identity, you may die. His face grew serious.

Ah Lian bit her lip tightly, suppressed not to cry, and just shook her head vigorously.

"If I go, you'll come along, won't you?"

Ah Lian nodded.

"Everyone's path is their own choice, and others can't barely come." Jiang Yanchao said softly, as if to Ah Lian, and as if to himself.

When they went out, Jiang Yanchao looked back at the small house again. The small fence in front of the courtyard has begun to stagger, and Jiang Yanchao originally planned to repair it in the next two days. The little mounds in the yard were left over from this year's vegetables, and they survived the summer, but withered as the crops when they were almost ripe. After more than two years of quiet and peaceful life here, it always comes to an end one day. The big white cat was still lying on the eaves basking in the sun, squinting at the rising sun. A big yawn. Jiang Yanchao waved at it. The cat turned over on its own. Curled up again and snorted softly. Jiang Yanchao picked up a small stone from the yard that was polished smoothly, which Jiang Yanchao picked up from the river to renovate the dirt road in the yard. He tossed the small stone and put it in the pocket of his clothes. He looked back at Ah Lian, who had already gone far.

Ah Lian also carried a small package, the last rabbit skin tied to the back of her hand, the old bow in her hand, and a carefully maintained steel dagger tied to her right leg. Jiang Yanchao noticed that her long black hair had been cut short. Hanging straight and hard at the back of his head, the back of his neck is incredibly white. She walked quickly with her head bowed in front, and Jiang Yanchao knew that she was afraid that others would see her crying red eyes.

Jiang Yanchao ran a few steps, wanting to catch up with her, but changed his mind at the end and followed her.

They had nowhere to go, so what difference did they make now where they went?

The small river outside the village was soon there. Ah Lian couldn't decide where to go, and peeked at Jiang Yanchao. Jiang Yanchao looked indifferent, with a grass stalk in the corner of his mouth, and whistled that he couldn't hear the tune. Ah Lian simply sat down angrily. Rummage left and right in the package, and finally find something to chew on. Jiang Yanchao glanced at it. I couldn't help but laugh. It was a cabbage heart. Ah Lian gave him a big roll of his eyes: "What are you laughing at?" Haven't you ever seen anyone else eat? ”

Jiang Yanchao turned around and found a big tree and looked for something on it.

"Ah Lian, come." Jiang Yanchao greeted her, "Do you remember this tree?" ”

Ah Lian came over and saw Jiang Yanchao pointing to a crack in the tree. The crack was easy to overlook, it was too much like a crack in the bark of a tree. Of course, Ah Lian remembered that it was here that she was once on the line between life and death. It was here that she met the person in front of her. She didn't want to answer, so she bit the cabbage heart in her hand fiercely, and deliberately made a loud noise.

"Do you remember how you felt? How do you feel like you know you're going to die? ”

Ah Lian couldn't help but touch the dagger tied to her leg. It was the dagger that would have struck her in the heart, brushing against her skin and nailing it deep into the tree. How can you forget that feeling?

"Do you like the mountains or the sea?" Jiang Yanchao suddenly changed the subject.

Ah Lian tilted her head and thought for a long time. "I like them all."

Jiang Yanchao was amused, he picked up a branch and drew a few lines on the ground.

"This," he said, pointing to a sinuous line that slanted downwards, "this is the White River, and you can follow it all the way to the sea; This is Guyuanze, which is the largest swamp in this area; On the left is Jiulong Mountain, a series of mountains. If you cross it, you will reach the capital, where there are many large towns where the richest people live. ”

"If you cross the river and go this way, where will you go?"

"Then we'll go to the beach."

"What if we go north after Guyuanze?"

"It's also to the sea, and after the sea, it's North Korea."

"Do you end up at the beach wherever you go?" Ah Lian asked solemnly.

"If you go far enough, you'll definitely get to the beach."

"If you keep walking on the sea, where will you end up?"

Jiang Yanchao was a little confused, "Maybe...... Will you go to the place where foreigners live? I don't know. ”

"So," Ah Lian began to conclude, "the earth of Kyushu under heaven is like a plank floating in water, isn't it?" We may be in a big well or in a big river, but no one has ever been to the well or the river? ”

"So...... It seems to make some sense. Jiang Yanchao scratched his head, he hadn't thought of this possibility.

"So, you can see the sea no matter what, as long as you keep walking." Ah Lian concluded, "I'm going to see the mountains first." ”

Jiang Yanchao smiled bitterly. This little girl thought it was a wild trip, and she didn't know what she would encounter. "Okay. We go upstream, and when we reach the end, we go west, and we can reach Jiulong Mountain. ”

"Okay, okay, we can meet the dragon, right?"

"Maybe, Jiaolong lives in the water and rarely interacts with people."

"Oh. I had good luck. Let's go. Ah Lian put the package on her shoulder again and strode upstream.

As soon as Jiang Yanchao caught up with her, she stopped. "You say, if the earth were to float like a plank, would a great wave come and knock it over?" Ah Lian asked him very seriously.

"Do you think walking on the ground will shake you?" Jiang Yanchao couldn't help laughing.

"No, it won't." Ah Lian stomped her foot. Earnestly replied.

"Then the plank is still very strong. It won't be so easy to flip. Jiang Yanchao said. We've got to get out of here, and we've got to find something to eat before dark. He paused. Ah Lian, if we are lucky, we will encounter the feeling of dying many times. You have to get used to it. ”

"Huh? Is this good luck? Ah Lian's eyes widened in surprise, "What if you're unlucky?" ”

"It's only going to happen once."

Ah Lian blinked.

"Are you still going to come with me? It's too late to go back. ”

"You're not afraid, and I'm certainly not afraid." Ah Lian immediately replied, "I'm better than you in fight." She added.

Jiang Yanchao looked into her eyes and wanted to say something. But in the end, it was not spoken.

Before it got dark, Jiang Yanchao found an open field, not far from the river. Ah Lian listened to his instructions, found some places nearby and set up a few simple traps, and when she went back to find Jiang Yanchao, she found that he had dug a pit, lit a small fire, and was roasting a small fish.

"Just right." Jiang Yanchao took the fish from the fire, cut it open with a knife, and smeared it with a little salt. "Bake it for a while and you'll be able to eat it."

"Did you catch it in the river?" Ah Lian looked at the palm-long fish in a daze.

"Hmm." Jiang Yanchao carefully turned the fish over. Try to keep the salt grains from falling out, then bring it to the fire and continue roasting.

"Who can eat so little?"

"You eat first. I'll go find some more. Jiang Yanchao handed Ah Lian the branch with the forked fish on it, got up and went to the river again.

Ah Lian looked at it, found the half of the roasted paste, tore it off and ate it slowly. After eating half of the fish, I felt that my stomach was still rumbling. There was nothing else to eat in the package, so she had to stare at the remaining half of the fish and drool. Turning his head to look over, Jiang Yanchao's light gray back was still by the river, as if it hadn't moved.

When Jiang Yanchao came back, his hands were empty, and his sleeves were half wet. He held his hands high on the fire, and in a moment his sleeves began to rise white mist. "No fish found. Thankfully, I still have a hand. ”

"Now, you can eat this half of the fish." Ah Lian handed him the half of the fish. She held it carefully all the time, keeping it as hot as possible while keeping it as hot as possible.

"Are you full?" Jiang Yanchao unceremoniously took the fish, and opened his mouth to gnaw it. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ah Lian staring at him with blank eyes, and slowly put it down again. "I hear something barking." He said, his eyes looking around.

"What's that?" Ah Lian also became nervous, and reached out to grab the bow beside her. She didn't hear anything.

Jiang Yanchao wrinkled his nose like a big white cat, sniffed around, crawled to Ah Lian's side with all fours, sniffed a few times, and nodded deeply. "Your belly." He said.

Ah Lian's face turned red, and she jumped up and slapped Jiang Yanchao's head and face, Jiang Yanchao just smirked, protected his head with one hand, and held the fish high with the other hand, reaching out to Ah Lian's face.

Ah Lian sat down again, turned her face away, and ignored him in a huff.

"You eat, I want you to keep a vigil in the middle of the night." The fish dangled in front of Ah Lian's face.

"Vigil? What vigil? Who died? Ah Lian sat up straight.

"The fish is dead." Jiang Yanchao said lazily. "Miss, are you good at using your brain? We're in the middle of nowhere, and we're going to put out the fire at night, and who knows what will sneak around? How can you do it without a vigil? ”

"Why do you want to put out the fire? Aren't beasts afraid of fire? Ah Lian couldn't understand it. The picture of camping in her head seemed to be a big fire, and the two little people lay side by side on the ground to roast the fire warmly, whispering some whispers, and maybe when the hands of the two of them were gently clasped together and fell asleep. There were a few helpless big beasts in the distance, looking at the firelight, they just didn't dare to come, so they could only turn around in a depressed circle.

"When we light a fire at night, don't you just tell people we're here?" Jiang Yanchao sighed half-truthfully. "I remember, you've never spent the night in the wild."

"If you put out the fire, you will put out the fire, and if you keep vigil, what is the big deal? Hum! Ah Lian snatched the fish that had been dangling in front of her eyes, bit it in her mouth, scattered the fire with a branch, and trampled it out, muttering indistinctly, "Amazing to spend the night in the wild?" ”

Jiang Yanchao jumped up violently, hurriedly hugged Ah Lian aside, and shouted, "Oh, wait! He reached out and found two black stones in the fire pit, threw them on the ground, and pinched his earlobes with his fingers: "Burn me!" You've been trampled on by you! ”

All of a sudden, it was dark. Ah Lian heard the howl of an unknown animal in the distance, and she shook her spirit. There was no fire, and the chill seemed to seep into the skin all at once. She approached Jiang Yanchao one by one and handed him half a fish. The latter was crouching on the ground and looking at the two things he had just found. "Hey...... Then let's raise the fire again. ”

Jiang Yanchao lowered his head and patronized his things. "You think it's that easy? This fire was lit with great difficulty, do you think you have a fire in the hearth like at home? He broke something, and a scent rushed into Ah Lian's nostrils. Look, it's not fully roasted yet. ”

"That'...... I'm sorry. "Ah Lian's voice is small, almost inaudible." Isn't it okay for me to keep a vigil? Don't be angry. ”

"Forget it." Jiang Yanchao swept all the sparks on the ground into the fire pit, and gave her a piece of something: "Eat." (To be continued.) )