"Two, we've arrived." The carriage came to a slow stop, and with a soft sound on the board, Shu Shan's voice came in through the window, "Please get off the carriage." ”

The mandarin duck breathed a long sigh of relief, lifted the curtain of the car, and said, "Master, please first." ”

Chu Huai glanced at her, nodded, didn't speak, and walked out of the carriage by himself, the mandarin duck was used to his wrongness in the past few days, and he didn't think much about it, followed behind him, and walked out.

"Xiaosheng can only send you here, and then I ask you to take care of yourself and say goodbye." Shu Shan's hand holding the staff shook slightly, the bell on the staff made a crisp sound, and soon, a middle-aged uncle with a scruffy face walked out of the village behind him, he took the reins in Shu Shan's hand, led the carriage and walked to the village, Shu Shan bowed shallowly to the two, "Also, seven days later, it will be the sacrificial ceremony of the Western Regions, if you want to come and see, you can come directly." ”

After speaking, Shu Shan turned around, followed behind the middle-aged uncle, and entered the village.

"Thank you, Master." Chu Huai watched Shu Shan's figure disappear into the depths of the village, and then said to the mandarin duck: "Let's go too, find a place to live first." ”

"Is this the Western Regions?" Mandarin ducks walk beside Chu Huai, the village is built near the river, the houses in the village are mostly stilted buildings, most of them are built on the hillside, except for one side of the side house is connected to the main house on the ground, the remaining three sides are suspended by the pillar support, some of the pillars have even entered the water, just like the air pavilion that can be touched.

The people in the stockade were all dressed in flowers and silver, and their clothes were colorful, which made the two look out of place.

"Well, this stockade is at the very edge of the Western Regions and belongs to the Miao River." Chu Huai answered Mandarin Duck's doubts.

"What is the sacrificial ceremony that Master Fang Shu said?"

"It's just what we call a big jumper. Miao Jiang in the Western Regions is famous for Gu, naturally it is to sacrifice to the Gu God to show loyalty, according to legend, the people of Miao Jiang or the entire Western Regions, if they are not wholeheartedly grateful for the Gu God left the Gu refining method to the world, they will be eaten by Gu worms, become harmful demons, and finally be burned to death. ”

"There is still such a saying, then Master, where should we go to find the Seven Lives Gu?"

"The matter of the Seven Lives Gu is in a hurry, we have to wait until Master Shu is busy with the sacrificial ceremony."

As he spoke, Chu Huai saw the inn full of red lanterns not far away, and he took the mandarin duck directly to the second floor and walked into the lobby of the inn. Soon a shopkeeper came out, he swept the clothes of the two with a smile on his face, and said, "You don't look like locals, do you want to stay in the hotel?" ”

"Bring me two superior rooms." Chu Huai took out a bag of silver from his arms and put it in the hands of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper looked at the silver in his hand and put it back in Chu Huai's hand.

"I'm really sorry, Childe, we don't accept money here, if you need it, go to the money bank opposite and exchange it for a silver ticket to use it here."

"Huh? Is it so troublesome? Chu Huai looked at the silver in his hand and scratched his hair in distress, but he still walked out of the inn and walked to the money village not far from here.

"Little boy, looking at you like this, it should be the first time to come to our Miao Jiang, right?" The owner of the money village is a good-looking man, his figure because he often sits, so he looks a little rich, wearing a crimson robe, embroidered with the shape of copper coins, which is not similar to the others in the village, but more like the clothes of the Central Plains, he wears a pair of black glasses, his face is always smiling, there is a hairy matchmaker mole above the corner of his mouth, the long hair swaying gently in the air.

"Yes, we want to come and exchange some money, there is no way to use broken silver here." Chu Huai put Fang Cai's small bag of silver on the table.

The boss of the money village picked up the silver bag and put it in his sleeve, then took out a small box from the cabinet, counted a few silver tickets, and handed them to Chu Huai's hand, "Are the two of you here to play in Miaojiang?" The sacred mountain of our god village, the scenery is a good one, it just so happens that a few days later is the sacrificial ceremony, if the two want to see, they will stay in the village for a few more days, the ceremony can be described as lively and extraordinary. ”

"Boss, you don't look like a local." Chu Huai picked up a silver ticket and looked at it carefully, this silver ticket is really printed in a big one! It has to be the size of two Loulan silver tickets, right?

"The little boy is good in his eyes, I won't tell you, I was originally a Central Plains person, more than ten years ago, I followed a caravan to this place, and later, they left here, and I took root in this place, so I opened this money bank, you look at my clothes, or ask someone to do it according to the style of the Central Plains." The boss of the money village gently pinched the long hair on the mole, half-squinted, and leaned back on the back of the chair with his head tilted in enjoyment.

"Boss, may I ask you a question?" The mandarin duck, who had not spoken, suddenly joined the conversation between the two, "Why did you stay in this place for more than ten years?" ”

"I can't say it, probably because I like it." The boss of Qian Zhuang rubbed his belly that looked soft, and said happily, "I like the environment here, I like the customs here, I like the unique feelings here, in short, I am deeply attracted by this place, and I have been staying for more than ten years." ”

"So boss, have you ever heard of something called Qisheng Gu here?"

"Seven Life Gu?"

"Mandarin duck!" Chu Huai suddenly raised his voice, patted her shoulder, and shook his head at her.

The mandarin duck instantly understood what Chu Huai meant, and said to the boss of the money village with a smile: "I'm sorry, boss, you just didn't say anything to me." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, but little girl, I've heard of Love Gu, Golden Silkworm Gu, and I really haven't heard of Seven Life Gu."

"I've only seen this name in an ancient book, and I suddenly remembered it, so I asked casually, boss, don't take it to heart."

"Little girl, don't worry, you said so, how could I take it to heart?"

Chu Huai looked at the splashing saliva of the boss of the money village, frowned and stepped back a little with the mandarin ducks, and said to the boss of the money village: "Chu has thanked the boss for the apprentice, and it is not too early to look at the sky outside at this time, and we will not stay for a long time, so we will go back to the inn first." ”

"Okay, okay, the two of you go slowly, but for the sake of the two of you who are from the Central Plains with me, if you need my help in anything, just come to Qianzhuang to find me, I will be very happy to serve."

"Thank you." Then, Chu Huai turned to the mandarin duck and urged, "Let's go." ”

The boss of the money village watched the two of them walk out of the money village with a smile, and said to himself: "After so many years, I finally saw the people of the Central Plains again." ”

"I don't know if they will be able to get out of here alive this time......"

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