Bidding farewell to Chu Langzhong, leaving the village, everyone returned the same way. On the way, Xiao Laodao deliberately asked Xiao Shiyi, is the head of the cane still there? Xiao Shi nodded, took out the head of the cane, and showed it to Xiao Laodao, who suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. It's still a draft, and I have a headache in the afternoon, and I don't want to revise it after writing the draft, so I'll revise it tomorrow.

Along the river, through the previous valley, the old blind man and Xiao Laodao discussed, the old blind man said, the housekeeper of Gaofu went back to Luoyang to invite the martial artist, now I am afraid that he has been invited, and it is likely to have entered Sichuan and Shu, if you take the original route, you will inevitably meet them, it is better to go another way.

After Xiao Laodao listened, he discussed with my grandfather, the grandfather didn't care, he was young and vigorous, he still wanted to meet those martial artists in his heart, but the old man agreed to take other paths and avoid those martial artists.

After weighing the pros and cons, Xiao Laodao planned to listen to the old blind man, after all, they returned with a full load this time, and their baggage was full of treasures, and they didn't want to make extraneous branches on the road.

So, everyone changed the route, from Bazhong straight to the east, over the mountains and mountains, directly to Xiangyang, and after arriving in Xiangyang, go to Fuyang to the northeast, and then go north from Fuyang to bypass Luoyang and Heze, and return to Tai'an's new home.

However, it is difficult for Shu Road to go to the blue sky, after changing the route, the road is even more difficult, everyone is in the barren mountains and mountains almost every day, plus there is an old blind man, the speed is more than three times slower than usual, but there is also a little benefit, barren mountains and mountains, there is not even a roadblock robbery, and the treasure in the burden is safer than ever.

Half a month later, everyone finally saw the people in the mountains, this is a small village with only more than ten households, there are old people and children in the village, all of them live by hunting.

After the grandfather and a few people entered the village, the people in the village were quite enthusiastic, not only found a place to live for the grandfather, but also repaid the repayment for a meal for the grandfather, but the languages of the two sides were a little different, and these people did not speak Sichuan and Shu dialect.

After two days of repairing in the small village, Xiao Laodao exchanged some clothes, ironware and the villagers for some meat, coarse cakes or something, and then, everyone set off again, but not far from the village, Xiao Shiyi gestured to Xiao Laodao in a panic: The cane is gone!

What? Xiao Laodao almost jumped up on the spot when he heard it, afraid of something. The old man said to Xiao Laodao, wasn't it stolen by the villagers?

Xiao Laodao waved his hand, these more than ten families, all of them are simple and kind, they will not do this kind of stealing, they should still be eaten by something, it seems that they have wronged the little white bear before......

Xiao Laodao was distressed for a long time, saying that the head of the cane was a spiritual thing, and people could at least prolong their lives after eating it, but they were distressed and distressed, Xiao Laodao did not have the intention of going back to the village to find it, and continued to hurry with everyone.

In a blink of an eye, another half a month passed, and everyone encountered the most difficult moment in the trip to Sichuan and Shu at this time.

Because of the miscalculation, I thought that a month to be able to get out of Shu to the end of Xiangyang, who knew that the mountain road was difficult, delayed not to say, the dry food was also exhausted, and finally there was no way, only to watch the hunting to make a living, but, because the guy is not competent, often can not hit the prey, even if he hits a hare or something, there are too many people, there are not enough people to stuff their teeth, and they have to keep hurrying, resulting in a yellow face and thin muscles, and a sleepy body.

After another two days, the first one of the old people couldn't hold on to the meal and fell, and he couldn't walk alive or dead, Xiao Laodao had no choice but to let everyone stop, and walked around the nearby mountains and forests, and said to everyone, this area has traces of wild beasts, and it is very big, if you can call one, it is enough to eat a few meals.

Subsequently, everyone set up camp, and Xiao Laodao took my grandfather and Xiao Chujiu to find traces of the beast in the mountains and forests, and then followed the traces to find the beast. This turned out to be a mountain leopard, slightly larger than a dog, but with a vigorous body and lightning speed, the three of them besieged it together, and it still escaped.

The three of them returned hungry and empty-handed, and when they returned to the camp, the girl who was a showman cooked a lot of wild vegetables, Xiao Laodao glanced at her, there was no cooking utensils, how could these weeds be eaten.

The showgirl said, can't the helmet in the baggage be taken out and used as a pot? When Xiao Laodao heard this, he immediately smiled bitterly, guarding a pile of gold, silver and jewelry, and now, he was actually starving to death. However, the method of a showgirl is feasible.

The two helmets of gold and silver were brought to the edge of the stream, washed many times, and finally, on a few mountain stone shelves, the wild vegetable soup was boiled. After the stomach was full, one man was left to let the wind out, and everyone went to sleep.

They rested in the same place for about three or four days, and in the evening of that day five or six hungry wolves, probably smelling of people, came from afar.

After a big battle, except for the wolf leader who escaped by chance, the other wolves were all killed, this time, everyone ate a decent meal, and the old man ate the wolf meat, and he was also in a lot of spirits. Everyone roasted the remaining uneaten wolf meat on the fire, put it in the luggage and continued on the road.

Five days later, in a ravine, they saw a village, and for the first time in so many days, they had seen anyone else.

When I walked into the village, I first inquired about the way, and then I bought food, and they all looked like hungry wolves, and the way they ate made the people in the small village scared.

When I left the village, a kind villager in the village told everyone that if I walked along the mountain road to the east, I would meet many villages, and there was no need to starve in the mountains and forests.

According to the words of this villager, everyone walked along the mountain road to the east, sure enough, after walking for less than a day, another village appeared, after spending a night in this village, continued to face east, walked for half a day, and a small village appeared, and then inquired, it turned out that they were already very close to Xiangyang, only less than a hundred miles away, and the mountains and forests along the way will be lower and lower, and there will be more and more villages and town shops.

When everyone heard this, they all came to the spirit, and finally they were about to get out of the mountains and reach the prosperous area.

On this day, everyone came to a large town store, and there was a nice inn in the town. Originally, Xiao Laodao planned to stay in the inn, but the old blind man found Xiao Laodao, saying that this town, he had been here before, there are many snitch robbers here, and it is extremely unsafe for outsiders to stay in the inn, outside the town, there is a Yizhuang, which used to be a family medical hall, and later Lang Zhong in the medical hall died, so it was changed to Yizhuang, Yizhuang is also the place where the mortuary is stopped, the snitch robbers are all bad luck in that place, it is better to bend there for a night, we bring so much gold and silver treasures, and we can also try to be stable there.

When Xiao Laodao heard this, he felt that what the blind man said made sense, so he inquired with the people in the town, and the people in the town told Xiao Laodao the location of Yizhuang, which was in a forest three miles south of their town.

Xiao Laodao took everyone and rushed to Yizhuang before dark, this Yizhuang is a large courtyard, but it has been dilapidated, on the courtyard door, there is a plaque that has been crooked, the doctor is benevolent, the courtyard door is open, the yard is full of wild grass, and I don't know how many years no one has come. However, in the barren grass, you can vaguely see a path.

Walking into the courtyard, Xiao Laodao looked at the path in the barren grass, sighed, and said, "This courtyard seems to be dilapidated for many years, but it seems that someone has been walking around in recent times. ”

In the courtyard, there is a lobby in the middle, and two wings on the left and right, which is still a large courtyard before it is dilapidated.

Everyone walked into the lobby along the path in the messy grass, and saw a few broken coffins inside, and there were some messy footprints on the floor of the lobby.

The old man looked at the footprints on the ground and exclaimed, is there a corpse in this coffin, has it been cheated?

When the master heard this, he walked to a few coffins, lifted the lid of the coffin one by one, looked at it, and said to everyone that the coffin was all empty, so there was no need to make a fuss.

Because there is a coffin in the lobby, the old man who asks for food is unlucky, and he can't live or die, and then, everyone went to the left and right wings to take a look, and the wings are better, and there are beds, tables, chairs and benches, it seems that it is a place for the people who guard Yizhuang to stay.

Everyone cleaned up the two wings, and collapsed in Yizhuang that night, but, before going to bed, Xiao Laodao quietly called the grandfather to the yard and told the grandfather to be careful at night, because he always felt that these were wrong, the grandfather nodded, because the grandfather also felt a little strange, judging from the traces of entering Yizhuang, it seems that someone has been here recently, but, in such a remote and dilapidated place, what are others doing here, could it be that there is really something in the coffin, will it be troublesome to run out all day long?

At night, Xiao Laodao did not let people go out of their way and slept collectively, but he and my grandfather did not fall asleep.

When it was late at night, I heard the sound of rustling outside, as if someone had come in from outside. The master turned over slightly, stood up from the floor, walked lightly to the dilapidated window, and looked into the courtyard, and saw four figures sneaking in the courtyard.

The four figures cautiously entered the lobby one after another, and quickly, they came out of the lobby, divided into two groups, and rushed towards the wing room.

At this time, the master pulled out the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword from his waist and shouted: "What person!" ”

The four figures were agitated at the same time, and the figures who had been rushing towards the other side room also turned back.

One of the figures asked coldly, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, but Liu Niandao?" ”

When the master heard this, his heart suddenly jumped, he walked to the door in a few steps, raised his foot, and with a bang, the door split and flew out, and the master followed and strode out of the room, "The master is!" ”

Hearing this, the four figures laughed at the same time, "You're finally here, grandpa has been waiting for you here for half a month!" As he spoke, the four men pulled their weapons from their waists at the same time.

When the master saw it, one made a long sword, one made a big sword, one made a double moon hook, and one made a short spear, all of them seemed to be extraordinary.

At this moment, Xiao Laodao's voice came from the house: "Four good men, poor and polite." With that, Xiao Laodao also came out of the room, looked at the four people, and asked, "The four are from Luoyang'er, the martial artists invited by the Gao family?" "Thank you to "Fang Xuan" for the crown of the reward.