In a blink of an eye, more than a month has passed since Yan Jin and the others left the clouds, and he and Yan Nian came out of the clouds and headed all the way east, passing through several small cities along the way, but most of them were ordinary small towns. Without the curiosity when he first came, and there were some surprises along the way, Yan Jin was full of interest along the way.

At this time, Yan Jin was slowly walking on the street of a small town called Qiushui City.

Last night, Yan Jin and Yan Nian passed by here, and by the bright moonlight, he saw the three big characters of Qiushui City hanging on the city gate, and immediately thought that there was also a small city called Qiushui in his hometown, which had been rated as the most suitable city for human habitation for several years in the era when they were often seen in hazy weather. At that time, Yan Jin had a bad heart and poor health, and his parents sent him there to live for several years, until the eve of the operation, he did not leave there, and he has not been back since. Now I don't know if the small city of the same name in front of me is like the one Yan Jin has been thinking about in her heart, which will make people's lives slow down unconsciously, giving people a kind of ordinary back to basics and different.

Yan Jin walked down the street, and her ears were filled with all kinds of sounds, the shouts of the market vendors on both sides of the street, the greeting of the shopkeepers along the street, the creaking of horse-drawn carriages passing through the land on wheels from the corner of the street, and the chirping of unknown birds flying in the sky overhead...... It sounds chaotic, but it looks orderly. The whole street is full of traffic and bustling, although the people of this small city are very simple, but the living customs of the people in the city are very ordinary, and there is not much difference from other places.

"I thought that a small town with such a beautiful name should always have its charming charm, but it seems that it is still cliché after all!" Yan Jin shook her head regretfully as she walked.

At this time, Yan Nian was not around, and Yan Jin didn't want to wander around anymore, so she found a small tea stall along the street and sat down.

Yan Jin hadn't seen Yan Nian since he got up early in the morning, and he didn't know where he had gone.

Yan Jin sat at the table, looking around with a teacup, thinking in his heart that if he drank the pot of tea in front of him and Yan Nian didn't come back, he would get up and look for him.

As soon as he took a sip of tea, Yan Jin was attracted by the fragrance wafting from a braised meat stall on the side, this taste was too tempting, he didn't have breakfast this morning, at this time, as soon as the braised meat came out of the pot, the air was filled with this rich meat fragrance, he glanced at the whole braised meat stall full of color, flavor and flavor, and felt hungry and hungry.

Yan Jin touched his arms, and the only piece of broken silver that was left just now had been given to the owner of the tea stall, and he was penniless at this time. In the past, because Yannian had never left him, and Yu Jin was idle with the money bag on his body, so almost all the money was there.

In front of the braised pork stall, a child who looked to be only six or seven years old was sitting on a high stool with his legs dangling, wearing a goose-yellow shirt and a cute tiger head hat on his head, and a plate full of pig's trotters was placed on the high table in front of him.

Yan Jin swallowed the saliva that had already flowed to his mouth, and he had long lost interest in the tea in the cup in front of him, and his eyes were staring at the various fragrant marinated flavors on the braised meat stall without blinking.

After a while, this tempting fragrance attracted many guests to come, Yan Jin raised his head and drank the last sip of tea in the cup, straightened his clothes, stood up, glanced at the braised meat stall next door, which was already full of guests, and reluctantly left. Yan Jin had already planned in his heart, and when he found Yan Nian, he must come back and have a good meal, and it was not in vain that he had been watching here for so long.

After Yan Jin left the tea stall, he wandered around in Qiushui City for a long time and didn't see Yan Nian, at this time, a sharp neighing of horses suddenly sounded on the noisy street, and then Yan Jin heard a panicked exclamation from not far behind him, "Get out of the way, everyone get out of the way, get out of the way......"

Yan Jin turned around following the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, and for a while, everything not far away was like slow motion, frame by frame, movement by movement, slowly amplified in front of his eyes, and his brain reaction slowed down.

The horse that was scurrying all the way over was already in a mess when it galloped all the way, at this time, it was rushing straight in the direction of Yan Jin, without the slightest intention of changing direction or stopping, the person on the horse was holding the reins tightly in his hands, and was looking at Yan Jin with a panicked face, shouting something loudly in his mouth, but at this time Yan Jin couldn't hear any sound, his surroundings were very quiet, and all the noise instantly lost its sound, and all of a sudden it was inaudible.

Yan Jin tried to move his body, he found that his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, and he couldn't move for half a minute, he slowly raised his hand and blocked it in front of him, trying to resist the hooves raised by the restless horse in front of him.

Yan Jin sat up straight with a "whew", and the water cup on the table shook violently as he got up suddenly, but fortunately it finally stopped steadily, and did not fall to the ground, but the cup was full of tea and spilled out with violent shaking. The young man hurriedly walked over, took the towel on his shoulder, first helped Yan Jin wipe the water stains on his sleeve, and then neatly wiped the water on the table, and asked with a smile, "Childe just had a nightmare?" ”

Yan Jin was completely awake at this time, he glanced around, and several tables of people around him kept throwing strange glances at him, Yan Jin's face was slightly red, slightly embarrassed, but he still thanked the little guy, "I accidentally fell asleep, thank you just now, little brother." ”

The young man smiled and poured Yan Jin another glass of water, and went to greet the other guests.

Yan Jin had just wandered around the street for a while, and when she passed by this tavern, she came in and found a table to sit down and think about resting. The little guy in the store is very good, although Yan Jin didn't order anything, but the little guy was still very warm and thoughtful and poured him a glass of water to drink, but then Yan Jin himself didn't know what was going on, he actually fell asleep on the table like that, if he wasn't scared by the frightened horse in his dream, he probably didn't know how long he would sleep? Maybe now he has eaten braised pork in his dreams, not necessarily.

At this time, he still didn't see Yan Nian around him, in his dream, he never saw Yan Nian, but he didn't expect to wake up, Yan Nian was still not around. At this time, although there is no longer that tempting lo-mei, Yan Jin still has no money, thinking that staying here all the time may also cause inconvenience to the young man. After Yan Jin got up and said goodbye to the young man, he left the tavern, and for now he had to find Yan Nian quickly.

Yan Jin still had lingering palpitations about the nightmare just now, and when he was walking on the street, he always paid attention to the movements behind him and around him, and he didn't dare to let go of the slightest disturbance, for fear that a frightened horse would come out of nowhere and rush towards him.

After walking for a long time, Yan Nian didn't find it, not far away, Yan Jin saw a few unexpected familiar figures, at this time, several people were gathered together, I don't know what they were talking about.

Yan Jin walked over slowly, and shouted with a smile, "Xingchen, what are you doing here?" ”

Ye Xingchen heard someone shouting his name, turned around and saw Yan Jin with a smile on his face, and said in surprise, "Master Su, you are also here!" After finishing speaking, he remembered Yan Jin's question just now, and then said, "Master ordered me to take a few disciples out to practice, and I happened to be passing by here." ”

After listening to Ye Xingchen's words, Yan Jin glanced at the few people behind him, but did not see the gentle figure in his memory, for a moment, he didn't know whether he was happy or sad, he was a little happy in his heart, but he was slightly disappointed.

Ye Xingchen saw that Yan Jin seemed to be looking for someone, so he asked, "Young Master Su is looking for the third uncle?" This time, the third uncle did not come out together, and after the apprentice meeting, the head of the sect went out, and at this time, the master and the third uncle stayed in the cloud to discuss things with the master. Actually......" Ye Xingchen paused slightly, and then said, "Speaking of which, it is said that the third uncle has not left the clouds for more than three hundred years, and the last time, that is, the time in northern Sichuan, it was the first time I saw the third uncle leave the clouds since I came to the clouds, and we were all puzzled at that time!" In the end, Ye Xingchen's voice became smaller and smaller, and the words he said could almost only be heard by himself, because until now he couldn't believe that Ming Haoqi had walked out of the clouds again after more than three hundred years for the sake of an old man's return.

Yan Jin was slightly annoyed when he saw through his heart by Ye Xingchen, so he didn't listen carefully to his later words, but changed the topic and said, "Yo, I didn't think that our Xingchen is now also a master!" Although Yan Jin didn't look at it very carefully just now, but the few people behind Ye Xingchen seemed to have seen them at the disciple collection conference in the clouds, thinking that they must be new disciples in the clouds this year, looking at those people who were very respectful to Ye Xingchen, nine times out of ten they were his apprentices.

As soon as Yan Jin said this, Ye Xingchen's face turned completely red all of a sudden, completely forgetting what he was about to say, and hurriedly said, "Master Su, don't make fun of me." By the way, Brother Su, last time you said goodbye in the clouds, how many days did Yihao talk about you? ”

Hearing Ye Xingchen mention Liu Yihao, Yan Jin realized that he really didn't seem to see Liu Yihao just now, so he asked, "Didn't Yihao come out with you?" ”

Ye Xingchen said, "Eighth Uncle has other things to arrange for Yihao to do, so he didn't come out with us this time." ”

"Oh." Yan Jin nodded, thinking of the scene he had just seen, so he continued to ask, "I saw that you were all gathered together just now, what happened?" What are you discussing? ”