428 Tianxiang Inn
Shangguan Yan walked out of the small village, and after walking for a while, he looked at Jiang Yi beside him and said:
"Now that you've left the desert, there's no need for you to follow me, let's go our separate ways."
After Jiang Yi rescued Zhou Hai, Shangguan Yan could basically determine that he was not an enemy.
It's just that her identity is special, there are too many people who want to kill her, and there will be a steady stream of troubles to find her, so in order not to implicate Jiang Yi, she still doesn't want the other party to get too close to her.
Jiang Yi didn't know what Shangguan Yan was thinking, so he just said lightly:
"When I first entered the world, I wanted to travel. I might as well follow you around first, and maybe I can help. ”
Shangguan Yan thought of Jiang Yi's medical skills, and thought that there was a killer who wanted to hunt down her mother, and if her mother was injured, she needed Jiang Yi's help. So she hesitated for a moment and nodded:
"Well, thank you very much."
Jiang Yi waved his hand and said with a smile:
"You're welcome, let's help each other, if you don't lead the way, I don't know how much work it will take to get out of the desert."
Shangguan Yan nodded and didn't say anything more.
She has a cold temperament, doesn't like to talk, and doesn't know how to greet people, so fortunately she won't talk about it.
The two continued to walk silently.
Shangguan Yan's steps were light, and his movements were natural and elegant, but his speed was very fast, and he took a distance of more than ten zhang between a few steps.
Jiang Yi walked leisurely beside her, no slower than half a minute than her.
Seeing this, Shangguan Yan became more and more convinced that Jiang Yi's cultivation was good. I feel a lot more relieved because of this, with such a clever light skill, even if he encounters any danger, Jiang Yi is enough to protect himself.
……
The sun slowly sets, the sky is getting darker and darker, and a little starlight falls in the night sky, like pearls.
The two continued their journey under the starry night until midnight, when they stopped on a barren hill.
The night was dim, but Jiang Yi could clearly see Shangguan Yan's beautiful face and a trace of tiredness in his eyes, and he knew in his heart that after this half-day rush, Shangguan Yan's true qi was consumed a lot, so he proposed:
"Why don't you rest here tonight, and then continue your journey tomorrow morning."
"Okay."
Shangguan Yan just nodded.
Then Jiang Yi went to the surrounding area to find some dead branches and grass, piled them on a flat ground, and lit a small bonfire.
The two of them sat by the fire, reflecting the warm light of the fire, only to feel that their faces were a little hot.
Under the scorching flames of the dry branches, a string of sparks exploded from time to time, making a crisp beeping sound.
Looking at the dancing flames on the fire, the originally cold night no longer seems to be as lonely as it used to be. Jiang Yi glanced at it
After Shangguan Yan roasted the fire for a while, she felt that the fatigue on her body had subsided a lot, and a shallow flush appeared on her fair cheeks, which was quite moving.
She took out a piece of baked cake from the package and tore it in half, handed half of it to Jiang Yi, and said:
"Give!"
"Thank you."
Jiang Yi stretched out his hand to take the half of the baked cake and said thank you.
Although it is a roasted cake given by a beauty, but when you eat it in your mouth, the taste is still not good, dry and hard, fortunately, Jiang Yi is not a picky person, and he will finish the baked cake in a few bites.
After eating, neither of them spoke again, but sat by the fire, quietly closing their eyes and pranayama.
……
Early the next morning, Shangguan Yan withdrew her true qi into her dantian and finished her pranayama, and then she smelled a tempting fragrance.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Jiang Yi grilling fish on the fire.
Two palm-wide crucian carp, dressed by slender branches, were placed on the fire and were already roasted to a golden brown.
Seeing her wake up, Jiang Yi picked up one of the fish and handed it to her, saying:
"I got up in the morning and walked around, and I caught two fish in the river not far away, so you can taste them."
"Thank you."
Shangguan Yan took the fish and ate it in small bites. After eating all the fish, she looked at Jiang Yi, paused, and said:
"This fish...... It's delicious. ”
Jiang Yi smiled slightly:
"Haha, you don't dislike it."
The two extinguished the fire, and then went to the river not far away to wash themselves before continuing on their way.
Until noon, the two stopped in front of an inn.
Jiang Yi said: "The Desert Harvest should be nearby, let's go to dine first, and then inquire about the location of the Desert Rebellion, what do you think?" ”
"Okay."
Shangguan Yan nodded slightly and walked into the inn.
As soon as they entered the door, Jiang Yi and the others noticed that the atmosphere in the inn was wrong.
Shangguan Yan's gaze calmly swept over the dozen or so diners sitting in the hall, and found that although they were talking to themselves, the corners of their eyes were always glancing at them with a faint hostility and murderous intent.
It's the enemy!
She felt a pang in her heart, and secretly raised her vigilance. His face didn't show anything, but he took a few steps forward with a calm expression, and sat down at an empty table in the store with Jiang Yi, acting as if he didn't know anything about everyone's hostility.
After the two sat for a while, seeing that no one came to greet them, Jiang Yi couldn't help but call:
"Little two."
"Here we are."
A young man dressed as a young man took a towel, lifted the curtain and walked out of the kitchen, looked at Jiang Yi and asked:
"What do you want to order?"
Without waiting for the two to reply, a catcher who was originally standing in front of the counter suddenly walked over, snatched the towel from the little second-hand, waved his hand to Xiao Er, and said:
"I'll come, I'll come, just leave it to me here, you can go back."
As he spoke, the young man didn't pay any attention to Xiao Er, and came to Jiang Yi's side enthusiastically, wiped the table with a towel, and said with a bright smile on his face:
"The two of you are from out of town, I know you best, I know everything to eat and drink, why don't I introduce you to it."
Then he snapped his fingers and said a bunch of signature dishes in the Tianxiang Inn like a few treasures, and while speaking, he looked at Shangguan Yan with burning eyes, his eyes were quite hot.
Jiang Yi looked at the catch fast with this hippie smile, and guessed that the other party was the stinky tofu in the play, the fast catcher of Sifang City, and the young master Huangfu Renhe that Shangguan Yan was looking for.
Seeing that the other party is enthusiastic now, it is obvious that he fell in love with Shangguan Yan at first sight.
The shopkeeper on the side couldn't help frowning when he saw the stinky tofu stirring up, and then came over with a pot of tea, and greeted with a smile:
"The two guest officers must be thirsty, come, let's have a cup of tea to relieve fatigue."
As he spoke, he was about to pour tea for Jiang Yi and Shangguan Yan, but he was snatched by the stinky tofu from the teapot and ordered:
"Just let me come, shopkeeper, you go and take the tofu I just brought to the kitchen and make a few signature dishes for the two of you to try."
The shopkeeper looked at the teapot in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded with a smile:
"Okay."
As he spoke, he turned and entered the kitchen.
Stinky Tofu picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Jiang Yi and himself, while carefully examining Shangguan Yan's appearance, the more he looked at it, the more amazing he felt, and said with a smile in his mouth:
"Girl, if there is any problem when you come to Sifang City in the future, just report my stinky tofu name, there is nothing that my Sifang City name catches and does not matter."
Saying that, he put on the appearance of the master's house, and said:
"In order to welcome the girl to Sifang City, I will replace the wine with tea and toast you."
As he spoke, he was about to pour the teacup into his mouth.
Jiang Yi shook his head helplessly, casually splashed the tea in the cup on the ground, then looked at the stinky tofu, and asked funny:
"Are you sure you want to drink this poisonous tea?"
"Poison? How can this tea have ......?"
Stinky Tofu didn't believe Jiang Yi's words at all, and said strangely, and then he saw weird bubbles rising from the tea on the ground, sneering, and the rest of the words in his mouth were suddenly stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say it anymore.
Stinky Tofu didn't expect that someone would dare to mess around under the nose of him, a famous catcher in the Quartet City, and after being stunned for a while, he turned the teacup in his hand over to the table, calmly faced, pulled out the saber on his waist, glanced at the many diners in the inn, and shouted:
"Who is so bold as to dare to poison the tea? Stand up for me! ”
Seeing that the poison in the tea was discovered, the group of diners couldn't help but change their faces, and they didn't dare to have a head-on conflict with Shangguan Yan, and after hesitating for a moment, they suddenly dispersed.
Because they ran too fast, Stinky Tofu didn't have time to stop them for a while.
At this time, the shopkeeper in the kitchen heard the movement in the store and walked out of the kitchen, and Stinky Tofu immediately rushed forward, grabbed his shirt, and asked:
"Shopkeeper, say, is it poison you put in the tea?"
The shopkeeper waved his hand again and again, and hurriedly explained, saying that he didn't know.
For his words, stinky tofu was a little unclear for a while, and some were skeptical.
Although Jiang Yi and Shangguan Yan knew that this matter was inseparable from the shopkeeper, they didn't bother to bother with a little minion like him, and planned to wait for the people behind the scenes to show up before making an end.
Inevitably startled, both of them pretended to be ignorant and asked for two rooms and stayed at the inn.