Chapter 18 - The Quest for the East
Just as Feng Baiyi was falling into thought, a soft and boneless voice suddenly came from beside him, which directly made his body stiffen slightly. When he turned around, he saw a girl smiling like a flower holding a tray, and when Feng Baiyi's eyes fell on the tray in the girl's hand, he found that the tray was holding three bowls of hot dishes that had just been fried. Apparently intended for the two guests at that table. The girl stood in front of Feng Baiyi and deliberately brought her face close to Feng Baiyi's face to speak. This made Feng Baiyi's cheeks flush a little.
"It's true, I'm thinking about what they said, it's just" Feng Baiyi was just about to tell the eccentric girl in front of him what he thought, when suddenly he didn't say it under a stirring spirit. Feng Baiyi suddenly felt that she shouldn't believe this as someone she didn't know so easily.
Seeing that Feng Baiyi didn't tell her about her plans, the girl in front of her was slightly stunned. Then he muttered, "I know, you will definitely not let these two people leave our Qi country to go to the sealing country and join the Feng War Society." But do you know who the two of them are?"
This sentence touched Feng Baiyi's heart, and he couldn't help but secretly praise this young girl for her rich experience. So he nodded leisurely, raised the tea in his hand to his lips and took two sips. After waiting for the girl to walk to the table of the two merchants, and after delivering three bowls of freshly fried hot dishes to their tables, she returned to Feng Baiyi's side and sat down gently opposite Feng Baiyi. He whispered quietly: "This little brother, I can't hide it, these two people are the only two people who survived this great change in Yunsheng Juxian Tower. That sour-looking young scholar is Sun Shunuo."
"Then the other young scholar is Zheng Kang?" Hearing the three words "Sun Shunuo" whispered by the young girl, Feng Baiyi immediately understood the identity of the other scholar.
The girl did not answer, but nodded slightly. Feng Baiyi also nodded, falling into deep thought.
Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang, although Feng Baiyi didn't know each other. But the names of these two people are still very loud in the rivers and lakes of Qi country. Especially Sun Shunuo, according to rumors among the rivers and lakes, this Sun Shunuo is related to Lord Sun, the counselor of Qi State, who almost single-handedly covers the sky, and is a direct son and nephew. Ordinary Sun Shunuo is high-flying, and his personality is also completely incompatible with others.
And Zheng Kang is also not from a simple background, he was born in the feudal country, not a native of the Qi country. The Zheng Kang family is the largest force in the feudal kingdom except for the feudal war society and the feudal monarch Guangwujun. And Zheng Kang is a member of the Zheng family. Although the bloodline is not the purest, having such a family background is enough to make Zheng Kang soar in front of many people.
And part of what Feng Baiyi knew was that these two people were temporarily united for some political reason. This time, they happened to come to participate in the Jiangnan Martial Arts Conference, and the two of them thought that relying on their strength and backstage would be enough to get the winner of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Conference. But they didn't expect Liu Xun's fire to directly burn their hearts, but fortunately they slept in the maid's room on the fourteenth floor that day. They were also the only two people who were invited to participate in the Gathering Immortals Auction that escaped from Ascension. And at this moment, it is not particularly strange for the two of them to appear near the East Linguan on the border between the Feng State and the Qi State.
This time, when Feng Baiyi and the girl noticed Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang, they were thinking about defecting to the Feng Zhan Society. In this way, Feng Baiyi felt that something was wrong, and his eyes did not leave the backs of Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang.
Sun Shunuo, who was sitting on the right, whispered, and Zheng Kang, who was sitting on the left of the bench, were still talking there. Feng Baiyi probably guessed something, but he didn't figure out why Zheng Kang, a member of the Zheng family who was the political enemy of the Feng Zhan Society, would even bring his political allies to join the Feng Zhan Society. This was a little incomprehensible to him.
"Ah, that's right," Feng Baiyi patted his head suddenly, and then leaned into the ear of the girl sitting next to him and whispered, "Do you know that there is a bamboo forest near here where many worldly masters live in seclusion?"
The girl took out a crisp and pleasant string of bells from her bosom, and she hung them in her ear. replied to Feng Baiyi: "This little brother, aren't you talking about the bamboo forest outside the east border? It's not safe there, are you sure you're going there, brother?"
Feng Baiyi was slightly stunned, Xia Qing didn't tell him about it. However, if you think about it carefully, it should not be much worse, because the location of Ruocheng is already relatively close to Donglinguan, and Feng Baiyi really remembers that the two of them went east to Yunsheng Juxian Tower.
Just as he was thinking about it, the two "businessmen" in front of him, Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang, had already eaten and drunk enough, and they wiped their mouths with satisfaction. Sun Shunuo took out a piece of silver from his bosom and put it on the table. The two of them picked up their folding fans and walked forward, never noticing Feng Baiyi, who was staring at them coldly behind them.
"The place they went to should be the direction of Donglinguan, right?" Feng Baiyi has lived in an isolated place with his master Shi Baoquan and his sister Xia Qing since he was a child. So he didn't know the names of the regions on the Demon Spirit Continent, so he turned his head sideways and asked the girl beside him.
The girl sitting next to him pulled the bun on her head, looked at the direction in which Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang were leaving, and said thoughtfully: "I guess it should be right, but I still don't understand, why do they say that the defenders of Donglinguan will infiltrate the territory of the feudal country? Could this be the order of His Majesty the Emperor? But there is no reason for this!"
Feng Baiyi also felt strange, he was naturally enthusiastic about fighting grievances and fighting for the motherland. But after experiencing the upheaval in Yunsheng Juxian Tower, he became extremely tired physically and mentally, he didn't want to mix such a thing now, he just wanted to find Xia Qing. However, if it is really according to what the girl in front of him said, the location of the bamboo forest should also be not far from Donglinguan. Then it still makes some sense for him to follow Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang.
"Do you want to follow them to see what is going on?" Feng Baiyi decided to follow the two of them first, and if he saw the bamboo forest, he would leave them alone for the time being. However, for the sake of insurance, to prevent Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang from leaving Donglinguan and doing anything unfavorable to the Qi country. Feng Baiyi still asked the girl beside him.
The girl stood on tiptoe and looked at the backs of Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang walking on the muddy path. She nodded secretly, indicating that she was willing to follow Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang with Feng Baiyi to the vicinity of Donglinguan to find out.
"You wait for me for a while, I'll change my clothes and I'll come right away!" the girl looked at the coarse cloth clothes on her body, and felt that something was wrong. So the girl hurriedly pulled Feng Baiyi's sleeve and asked him to wait for him for a while. Before Feng Baiyi could say anything, the girl's figure had already flashed into the thatched hut in the wine house. "Bump-" closed the door of the hut.
Feng Baiyi also nodded, and then he stood up, put on his hat again, and touched the wind feather fan in his arms. Then, Feng Baiyi walked to the door of the thatched hut and waited quietly. Feng Baiyi's thoughts had already flown to the vicinity of Donglinguan, he hoped that Donglinguan would not be in danger, Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang had not lost their defection to the feudal country or the feudal war society, and he hoped that he could find Xia Qing in that bamboo forest. No matter what happened after that, Feng Baiyi thought about the best outcome.
After a while, the door of the thatched hut opened, and Feng Baiyi was surprised to see a girl wearing a purple neon dress, which dragged to the ground and embroidered a few crimson butterflies dancing on the purple neon dress. The girl was particularly dazzling against the midday light, her face flushed red, and her smile was like a flower. She walked to Feng Baiyi's side with a happy step, and said with an indifferent smile: "Little brother, we are leaving!
"You skirt" Feng Baiyi looked at the muddy path where Sun Shunuo and Zheng Kang had lost their figures, and couldn't help but feel anxious. Looking at the girl, he felt very strange, how could an ordinary peasant girl who sold wine for a living be able to wear such a luxurious purple neon dress and butterfly dress? Feng Baiyi faintly felt that this girl was unusual.
The girl nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Let's catch up first, I'll just talk to you slowly along the way!" After speaking, she didn't wait for Feng Baiyi, she lifted her skirt and ran towards the muddy path, and in a blink of an eye, it became a small dot in Feng Baiyi's sight. Feng Baiyi had no choice but to hurry up and chase after him.
Ruocheng and Donglinguan are 260 miles away, and there are no small towns or villages in between. Therefore, the grain, grass and logistical supplies of the East Linguan must pass through Ruocheng before they can be transported to the East Linguan. When Feng Baiyi heard the news that the defenders of Donglinguan had inexplicably entered the territory of the feudal country, a very wonderful thought suddenly flashed in his mind. He thought that it might be because of Ruocheng, so the defenders of the eastern border would have to enter the territory of the feudal country.
However, when Feng Baiyi caught up with the girl and told her about this idea. The girl sneered. "Little brother, you're thinking too much, don't you know that the general stationed in Ruocheng is a well-known good official. Do you think that the reason why the soldiers in the east of the pass left Xiongguan would be because there was no logistics?Little brother, you better go and find the ** in your dreams" The girl fled forward with a sneer.
Feng Baiyi smiled slightly bitterly, looking at the girl's departing figure, he said as if comforting himself: "Maybe it's really me who is too careful, forget it, I'd better go find my junior sister."
Looking at the girl's departing figure, Feng Baiyi suddenly found that the girl's footsteps were fast, and in the blink of an eye, he couldn't see her back. Feng Baiyi didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly strode after him.
Feng Baiyi ran for nearly an hour before he found the girl standing there looking up under a majestic level. Feng Baiyi held on to the city wall, picked up the wind feather fan in his hand, and adjusted his breathing slightly. Then I set my eyes on this majestic city wall mixed with black granite and rice milk.
"This is the East Border Pass?"
"Where else do you think this is?"
"Do you know where that bamboo forest is?"
"I don't know, you go up and ask."
"Are you sure they're going to tell me?"
"They don't tell you that this bamboo forest is in the country. ”
"You"
The girl sneered and took the lead to the gate of the east gate, outside which stood two red-clothed soldiers with the word "soldier" on their chests and a group of passers-by who were prevented from entering the city. They held a sharp spear in their hands, majestically guarding the path of Qi to the feudal state. Once passers-by pass through the East Linguan, they will leave the transit of the Qi State and enter the border of the Closed State. Therefore, it is rare for this road to the feudal country to be opened, and it is usually closed and people are not allowed to come and go casually.