There was a girl who always liked to stare at a man's back and be stunned. She used to look at him in the sky, and felt that the distance between heaven and earth was a ravine that prevented her from getting together with her sweetheart, but now the girl fell into the ravine between the mortal world and disappeared, but she still couldn't walk side by side with him. Why don't lovesick people get together? Just because there are many roads in the world, you take the road of happiness in the rivers and lakes, and I cross the bridge of the world's people's hearts.

"Not bad," thought Mei Sianta, running her fingertips around her hair on a verdant leaf, "at least not like the story written in many books, after learning how a chivalrous man is happy to kill the wicked with a sword, he turns and leaves between the thanksgiving kowtow of the rescued; Many heroes roared when they saw injustice, and roared that they had roared, but they didn't know that if the heroes didn't roar, they might just be bullied, and he yelled and left people happily, maybe he didn't even have his life. ”

A gust of wind swayed the branches, and the beautiful woman standing on the leaves of the branches swayed with the branches, her snow-white dress fluttering like butterflies. In the distance, the ancient silk horse road was dusty, and hundreds of people were rushing to the tea shop.

"Isn't this coming?"

The woman in white smiled lightly at the corner of her mouth, and she casually picked down a leaf and flew to the tea shop at the foot of the mountain. When she swept over the roof of the tea shop, Mei Si'an stood still on the ridge of the roof, the woman bent down and uncovered the tiles, threw three leaves into the lobby of the house, and then raised her right hand and waved her arm, and the breeze in her sleeve filled the tea shop.

The menacing crowd surrounded the tea shop, and just as they were about to break down the door, they suddenly forgot what they were here for.

"Do you want a cup of tea?" An old man in green clothes and green pants opened the door to welcome the guests, "The little old man's hands and feet are not very neat, and I hope the guest officers will forgive me for my negligence." ”

"We ...... Probably not here for tea, right? The brocade-clothed man on a tall horse with a long bow on his back frowned and asked the person next to him.

His brothers were at a loss, you look at me, I look at you, and the hundred or so people have all forgotten the purpose of this trip.

"Aren't the guests going to that carp bay to catch those spirits?" Lao Suo tried to remind him.

"That's right! We're here to catch the spirits. The man slapped his head, and everyone suddenly realized.

"If the guest officer is thirsty, he can go to the well at the back of the house to get water to drink," the green-clothed old man bowed slightly and said, "The well water is cool, and the little old man doesn't take a penny." ”

"Farewell!" The man in the lead turned around and kicked the horse's belly, and everyone ran in the direction of Lei Yu Wan.

"When you were a child, you always liked to be a hero, and when you saw an older child bullying a child, you had to go up to protect others, and everyone was injured when you beat them, and then I used a few pastries and small toys to get you back together, and I am not good?"

Mei Si'an couldn't help but sneer at the thought of the dusty past, and then she tapped the tiles on her toes and turned away.

So far, the tea shop on the Silk Horse Ancient Road has changed owners, and this owner has always only worn green clothes and always greeted people with a smile. He only serves tea and does not cook for guests; He always told the guests to go to the well to get water to drink, and he didn't talk much, and people thought the old man was boring, and the business of the tea shop gradually became cold. Someone asked where the previous boss and the boss lady had gone? He just giggled, saying that he didn't know, that he was just a distant relative of theirs helping to take care of the tea shop.

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An Ran and Fan Yuntian were heading north, followed by the dusty white deer. Whenever they went to a small town or county, they would wander around and buy some food, drink, and supplies. When he put on his face-covering robe, he would put away the white deer, and sometimes alone, sometimes with Fan Yuntian, would sit on a courtyard wall or street corner and watch the crowd of people coming and going pitifully. Many people are always too busy to look at him, Fan Yuntian sometimes gets hungry, and then he learns to beg for what a little beggar should be.

An Ran, who was in shabby clothes, noticed a strange phenomenon, many well-dressed people with money bags on their waists often turned a blind eye to them, and some even glanced at them with disgust, saying something like 'stinky beggars, get away'. Some poor people with patches on their trouser legs will instead help them or give them a bowl of white rice; Or leave a steamed bun, in short, when they give them something, there is always a little pity in their eyes, which makes An Ran feel warm, as for Fan Yuntian? Forget it! The boy now felt bored sitting in one place, so he begged his master to shut him up in the servant space except for playing or running errands.

After walking so far, seeing so much, and studying for so long, An Ran finally understood a little bit why the woman named Mei Si'an wanted to be a beggar, she needed to love and hate the world, and love all the kindness that should be loved; Hate all the malice that should be hated, only in this way will you be truly full of feelings for Huaxia as a gamer. Every step, every word, every punch, and every bright sword can be traced, instead of coming here like many players, just to fight equipment and level up.

Beggars can be regarded as characters living at the bottom of society, and the good and evil they feel are completely naked and unadorned and undisguised. Good is good and evil is evil from the heart, from the perspective of distinguishing right from wrong, right and wrong, this is the easiest step, An Ran can do what he wants to do according to what he judges right and wrong, and it is not as complicated as those in high positions see, other people's hearts are always closed to you, so that you can't see the real faces and hearts of the world, you misjudge good and evil, then what you do next may also be wrong. You must know that it is okay to be slower on the path of cultivation, but you must not make mistakes, the greater your ability, the greater the mistakes you may make, from this point of view, Mei Si'an chose the path of a beggar for An Ran with good intentions.

Although the road is long, the young man is not in a hurry. An Ran will not ask friends to level up like other gamers as soon as they go online, they will stare at the level rankings every day for fear that one slack will let others catch up. Now An Ran is no longer the same as when he first entered the game, running between the strangers, taking the words of 'slow step by step' often said by players in online games as an aphorism, but sitting at the corner of the street casually watching the crowd basking in the sun. So he is only level 52 at the moment, he is actually a bit low among the current players, but low level is one thing, it doesn't mean that he is not powerful, the young man is like an NPC living in Huaxia, then he should get what an NPC should be made of - cultivation, his cultivation realm has crossed the quenching realm and is climbing towards the fetal realm. And those players who upgrade and fight monsters all day long, although the level equipment skills are very scary, but many of them are actually vases that rely on foreign objects.

"In addition to the two mountains colliding against each other, there is no abnormality in Hulu Gorge!" An Ran leaned his back against the brick wall, placed the bamboo pole across his thigh, and tapped his fingers on it, thinking, "But that canyon is indeed a good place for secret ambushes, casually lying in the long grass on the two cliffs, even if you throw a few fucking stones, you can smash the heads of the people at the bottom of the gorge." Then Ye Hong, the head of the Imperial Sword Sect, asked us to protect one person, who is this? Although I don't know who this person is for the time being, since he must not be simple to ask the head of the Imperial Sword Sect to open his mouth to protect, then that big man will pass through this gourd gorge? From the north? ”

He thought for a long time and did not come up with a reason, so he thought of the news he heard from the tea shop on the ancient road of silk horses, this year at the beginning of the summer will hold two grand events in the capital, namely: walking and asking martial arts, sitting and discussing, as the day approaches, the entire Jinguo rivers and lakes have been rumored, even the Tai'an Gang far away in Huaitao County has received the hero Magi sticker, the inviter is naturally the Jinguo Jianghu Chinese martial arts two circles of the bull ear - the Xia faction and the bamboo temple. No, there have already been many high-rollers and well-educated people who have begun to rush to the capital, because they all know that if they can stand out in these two grand events, even if they will not be selected by the sects and academies, they can also become famous in one fell swoop.

But An Ran learned from Guan Fuzi that the person who really held this grand event was actually the crown prince, and the so-called Dianxia School and Guanshiyuan were just a name. Guan Fuzi analyzed why the crown prince held such a grand event? He is to recruit talents from all over the world for his own use, so that he can strengthen himself so that he can be invincible.

Some people don't believe him and say: "Aren't the imperial court's imperial examination materials and recruited soldiers and horses all prepared for him?" After his abdication, these are not all owned by him, why is he the prince doing these things of taking off his pants and farting? “

At that time, Guan Fuzi scoffed, "Don't forget that there is also a king of Guangmo in the north," he said, "That is the prince of the party who controls the million northern desert army, although the eldest prince is the brother of the prince, but throughout history, the royal competition for the throne does not care what your own brother?" And it seems that the emperors of this Jin country are all short-lived, and no one dares to guarantee that after the death of Emperor Jinhui, the eldest prince will lead the army to attack Jian'an and hang his younger brother to fight, so do you say that this crown prince can not get some talented people for himself? ”

Let's not talk about whether his news is true or not, anyway, this gamer named Guan Fuzi was almost killed by the people who listened to the wind building because of his unobtrusion. And An Ran knows that there are many people who have been killed because of this news, An Ran really can't understand that you can kill a gamer? He can also shout loudly when he is resurrected! But the young man didn't know that there was another mystery in this.

Anyway, these court struggles for power don't seem to have anything to do with him for the time being, so he doesn't bother to think about it, and when the time comes, he will go to the capital with Fan Yuntian to go shopping. So An Ran changed his posture and sat cross-legged, he put his hands and fingers against each other in the dantian, and began to look at the world in his abdomen.

The 'Contemplation' skill is very useful, the 'appearance' is so 'internal vision', as soon as his eyes are closed, he sees another world - the belly of his game character, of course, the belly that An Ran sees now is not the belly with the internal organs, but the acupuncture points and qi in the game character's body. The game character he was controlling now was as small as a mustard seed compared to what he had just seen, and any meridian or air pocket he saw was as huge as a mountain or river. The human body's acupoints and qi are as many as stars, and 'An Ran', who is as small as a mustard seed, can completely wander around in his belly, he will only see many rivers and hillsides, and he doesn't have to worry about a large intestine with mucus hanging in the sky to make him nauseous, and the system will not be so boring.

The young man walked slowly along the way, sometimes being blown by the wind and drifting somewhere. He found that the heaven and earth in his belly had undergone a lot of changes, the red-black soil had become lighter than before, and the soil slopes formed by Qi Mansion had become higher and lower; The rivers formed by the meridians became wider and narrower, and An Ran was surprised to find that a small stone occasionally appeared on the dirt ground under his feet; Somewhere, some small grass will appear on the bank of a river with purple gas.

The sky was brighter than before, and the heart-shaped thing hanging in the sky seemed to be a little bigger than before. There are two hillsides under the sky, which are noticeably higher than the others. He wanted to go and take a look, but the hillside seemed to be very close, but it was actually far away, and in the end, An Ran had to give up.

"What about Huang Haihao and Li Qingyun?" The handsome young man thought, "The master doesn't come out to say hello when he comes, shouldn't he be hiding somewhere and hugging and rolling?" He hissed at the thought of this.

Where did An Ran know that Huang Haihao, the guardian of the mountain, was opening a way to plant trees on a certain mountain; Li Qingyun, the martyr of the river, is still boating on a certain big river, how can she have spare time to accompany him, the shopkeeper, not to mention that even if you meet now, people can't see him.

Suddenly, a rapid gong sound came into An Ran's ears, "What's going on outside?" He closed his eyes and returned to the outside world.

The sound of gongs was heard from the streets outside the town, which was a bit loud for the quieter lame towns on weekdays. Two or three children ran past him, followed by a woman with a broken cloth and telling them to run slowly.

An Ran stood up and summoned Fan Yuntian out and began to walk out.

"Gone to dinner?" The NPC kid who walked behind came to say.

"It's a bit lively outside, let's go check it out." An Ran said without looking back.

Fan Yuntian was silent and rolled his eyes.

There were many people standing on both sides of the street, all of them looked at the sweaty officials in the middle of the street, the one in front of the gong and trotting was the veteran soldier of the town, everyone liked to call him Wu Blind, and the two fat men walking behind were the chief of lame town; One is the prefectural order of Longwei County.

"The neighbors have listened well, from now on this street can no longer be walked!" The lame mayor of the town opened his voice and shouted: "All the gates must take care of their children and not let them run around, and after a while, there will be a military master standing on this street with a spear in his hand, and if he is caught, he will not be killed." He slashed his neck with his hand in the shape of a knife.

There were a number of people on both sides of the street who made 'ah-yo' sounds.

"What's going on?" Some people inevitably whispered, "How can we come to the military master in a big place with a lame fart?" ”

"Don't be afraid, as long as you listen to us and stand on the street or at home, you won't have anything," the county commander in official uniform continued to say in a kind voice: "Our lame town is really blessed, and His Majesty the Emperor will pass through here in a while, and everyone has never seen the emperor, right?" ”

"Nope!" There were bold people shouting in the crowd.

"I haven't seen it before," the fat county magistrate joked loudly, "Let's stand on both sides of this street and kowtow to him for a while, in case Long Yan Dayue lets us take a look, it will be a blessing from eight lifetimes of cultivation!" ”

The hearts of the people immediately settled down a lot, which proves that the county commander seems to be much more clever than the chief in the heart of the people. Then, when a group of soldiers in black armor and spears walked through the streets, the crowd was silent, their faces were expressionless, and every few paces two soldiers came out of the line and stopped to stand on both sides of the street, and in a moment the whole street was full of soldiers with spears erected.

Hundreds of horses came slowly from the north side of the street, their hooves clattering on the stone pavement. The leader held the reins in his hand and scanned the crowd with a grim gaze, and led the team through the street without saying a word. Behind them were the palace maids and eunuchs, behind them was a dragon chariot drawn by six horses, and on both sides of the dragon chariot there were two horses to follow and protect, one horse had a mighty general wearing black armor with the handle of the sword and a long bow on his back; On the other horse, there was an old but bright-eyed eunuch.

The people began to kneel down in unison and kowtow to the dragon, shouting long live under the leadership of the county commander and the lieutenant chief.

An Ran and Fan Yuntian also knelt down together, which actually made him a little awkward, because it is probably a ridiculous thing for a gamer to kneel in front of an NPC in the game, but if you want to integrate into this world, you must abide by the rules of this world, and it is the most normal thing for the people of this world to kneel to the emperor. If An Ran's game character 'An Ran' is an ordinary person in Jinguo, then he should kneel, Of course, if he doesn't kneel, he won't be killed, for a gamer, even if it's a perverted NPC, at most it will just make your game character disappear, how can it take players from another world?

An Ran didn't know if there were players on this street who came from another world to play games like him, and he didn't know if the people had to kneel when the Son of Heaven traveled. Anyway, now that everyone is kneeling on the ground and bowing their heads, if you stand there alone, it looks a little bit out of the crowd. As the saying goes: 'The wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind; Heaps out of the shore, and the flow will be turbulent; Walk above men, and the crowd will not. If you're going to have your character standing there pointing at the dragon or even saying a few quips, then don't blame the NPCs in the game for taking axes to chop down your big tree. The young man actually thinks this sentence is very good, it persuades people to keep a low profile even if you have great skills, and not to do things that are higher than everyone else; Don't live your life to the limit; If great wisdom is foolish and vain, how can the wind blow you? How will the multitude envy you?

The mighty men and horses walked through the streets of the town, and the bright yellow curtain on the dragon chariot was not opened in the end, and the people naturally did not see if the emperor really had three heads and six arms. But if you don't see it, you don't see it, this is not a big deal, for the people in this town, being able to eat and clothe is the main theme of their life, so the emperor just left the town and returned to its usual appearance.

"Could it be ......," An Ran took Fan Yuntian to a restaurant on the side of the street, suddenly stopped, and said in a low voice.

"What's wrong, Brother Enron?" Fan Yuntian asked.

"I see!" An Ran slapped his head and startled Fan Yuntian, "It turns out that that old bastard of the Imperial Sword Sect already knew that the emperor was going to pass through Hulu Gorge, and the person he wanted our Tai'an Gang to protect was the emperor Lao'er!" ”

"Don't be surprised, will you?" Fan Yuntian said dissatisfiedly: "It's just to protect an emperor, is it worth it for you to stomp your feet and slap your head like this?" ”

An Ran began to send a direct message to Desert Guyan, saying that he had seen the NPC Emperor in Lame Town, and also told the leader of the gang that it was possible that the person that the Tai'an Gang was going to protect was the true dragon son of Jinguo.

The message of Da Mo Lonely Yanzhi quickly replied: "We are rushing to Hulu Gorge, along with the Tai'an Gang, there are many disciples of the Imperial Sword Sect led by Tang Pei, and the person we protect is the emperor??? ”

There were three question marks behind this text message, which obviously surprised Da Desert Lone Yanzhi. An Ran knew what the middle-aged man was surprised by, but in fact, he was also thinking about it.

"The Dajin Dynasty in this game we are in is prosperous, except for the border line, most of the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and this Emperor Jinhui doesn't seem to be a faint monarch, who will have nothing to do to assassinate the monarch of a country when he is full? Small gangs and bandits certainly don't have the guts to do that; The officials of the city-state would not draw fire to their heads, so who would it be? The sect on the mountain? Gamers who are not afraid of the sky and the earth? Also," An Ran touched his chin and thought, "How could Ye Hong, the head of the Imperial Sword Sect, who is thousands of miles away, be so sure that someone in Hulu Gorge might assassinate the emperor?" Is it just a conjecture based on a dangerous terrain? This is a bit strange! ”

"Brother Lone Smoke, you have to be more careful in everything!" After An Ran sent the news directly to the desert lonely smoke, he summoned the white deer.

"Let's go to the Hulu Gorge area to have a look." An Ran turned over and got on the white deer.

"Riding a deer?" Fan Yuntian looked very happy, but he still couldn't help asking: "Didn't you say before that you wouldn't ride Xiaobai when you were in a hurry?" ”

"Do you want to ride?" An Ran glared at the NPC kid wearing an khaki leather vest with a double dagger at his waist, "If you don't want to ride, I'll take you back to the servant space." ”

"Don't!" Fan Yuntian's legs were spread apart, jumping on the spot like a compass, just landing on Bailu's back. "Xiaobai! Your Enron brother's words don't count—drive! ”

Bailu snorted, and he didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"Xiaobai, let's go." An Ran said softly.

The white deer hissed and opened its four hooves, flashing through the streets of the town like a snow-white flying sword, and many people in the town were stunned as they looked at the disappearing back. "Is this still the little beggar begging for food in Lame Town?" They want to.