"Mountain, mountain, mountain, endless mountain, endless ditch, when is the end!" A figure carrying a large cloth bag on his shoulder, despondent like a beggar, looked at the mountain in front of him, looked back at the peak he had just climbed, and his back was bent, quite deflated.

The free left hand scratched the itchy scalp a few times, combed the messy hair, and revealed a handsome face that could not be covered by stains, which was not who Wang Churen was.

Didn't Wang Churen have money, how could he be so embarrassed, but said that Wang Churen waited until dawn to get out of the east gate, he didn't know the way and found a villager to ask for directions, asked where Xiangyang was, the villager shook his head and said he didn't know, only said that the Song Kingdom was in the southeast, and even asked a few people, it was like this, Wang Churen thought that the direction was right, so he walked straight to the southeast along the Bahe River, and came to Lantian County before dusk.

The people in the county are more knowledgeable than the villagers, after a meal, a man who often runs the merchant told him that Xiangyang Mansion is in the southeast, nearly a thousand miles away from this Lantian County, but there are mountains such as Qinling Phoenix Mountain and other mountains apart, it is difficult for people and horses to walk, he can go to Luoyang Nanyang, more than 2,000 miles away.

As soon as he heard that the difference between the two routes was more than doubled, Wang Churen was reluctant to take a detour, and thought: "The mountain road is difficult, ordinary people can't walk, but when Wang Laodao took me to Dali to walk the mountains and mountains, it is not like walking on the ground, although my kung fu is far worse than Wang Laodao, but the light work is not bad, it should not be difficult to walk a mountain road of hundreds of miles, and it is estimated that it can be reached in seven or eight days." ”

On the same day, he went to the county to buy all kinds of supplies, and after meditating all night, he got up early and set out into the mountains.

Wang Churen is right, for a person like him with the best light skills, it is not difficult to cross the mountains and mountains, but it is not the same with the attributes of road idiots, which is definitely a big difficulty in the mountains, he got lost in the mountains for less than a day, but fortunately he knows the North Star, so he rests and meditates during the day every day, and climbs trees to find stars from time to time at night, and rushes in the direction.

Today is the twenty-sixth day of Wang Churen's departure, he doesn't know how many roads he has walked in the mountains, anyway, he has walked from the mountains and mountains to the high mountains and valleys, some time ago he met a mountain people who said that it was in Shangjin County, and now he doesn't know where he has gone.

Replacing the big cloth bag on his right shoulder with his left shoulder, Wang Churen shook his sour right hand, straightened his straight waist, and continued to climb up the hill step by step.

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"It's finally time to get some rest!" Wang Churen, who had climbed two mountains, came to a small mountain town, looking at the popular town, which made him sigh in his heart when he was used to seeing poor mountains and bad waters.

Walking quickly on the bluestone path, Wang Churen looked around, searching for the location of the inn, and walked all the way, the pedestrians on the street stopped and leaned aside, complaining, and really afraid to avoid it.

This made Wang Churen, who knew that he was in a bad state at the moment, not embarrassed, and felt that it was imperative to change into a clean dress, and saw a poor man in rags not far away, Wang Churen stretched out his hand and greeted: "This big brother, please ......"

Before he finished speaking, the poor man turned around and left, Wang Churen looked stunned, you are actually embarrassed to dislike me, sneered, withdrew his raised hand, and looked around, wanting to find someone to ask for directions.

When those people saw his gaze, they all glanced to other places, showing that they had not seen anything, Wang Churen was speechless, and was about to give up the help of others and look for it himself, when a soft and quiet voice came from behind him.

"What's the matter with you?"

Wang Churen turned around to look at him, but he was a beautiful and pleasant little lady, thirteen or fourteen years old, with a soft and weak posture, wearing a green and light gown, with a small mouth with a shallow smile, with quiet eyes, looking at him warmly.

Such a situation, meeting such a woman, made Wang Churen's heart full of a sense of warmth, and his voice unconsciously smiled, and said lightly: "I'm going to buy clothes, but I don't know the way, can you take me there!" ”

Xiao Niang's slender face was a little pale, but her smile at him was extremely healthy and fresh, she raised the silk cloth she was holding in her hand, and said softly: "I have something to go, I'll take you there!" ”

Wang Churen nodded, and with her light steps, strolled, this day, this mountain, this town, this bluestone street, this person, it seems to be more and more charming.

After turning three intersections, Xiao Niang's footsteps stopped in front of a small building, and before entering, she stopped and turned back to signal Wang Churen to say: "This is it!" ”

As Xiao Niang entered the store and watched her figure disappear into the room, Wang Churen retracted his gaze and noticed the guy with his eyes staring at him with a bad expression, Wang Churen didn't care about him, put the cloth bag on his shoulder on the ground gently, reached into his arms and took it out, took out a silver ingot of five taels, threw it on his chest, and said: "Take two better clothes, preferably sold now, and take shoes and socks." ”

The guy who had been paying attention to his movements saw the things thrown clearly, a big hug took it, looked at the color, and after holding the weight, he said with a happy face: "Don't worry, the guest officer, we have everything in our store, what style of clothes do you want, whether it is a straight shirt or a round robe, do you want a middle coat?" ”

In the small town in the mountains, there are no luxurious clothes, and it took less than nine dollars to prepare two good outfits, and also bought an additional set of coarse linen clothes to change the stinky rags on the body, and asked the guy about the location of the inn in the town, as well as the surname of the little lady, Wang Churen went out of the store with a big cloth bag, and after finding a corner and throwing away the changed rags, he sat on a large mountain rock on the side of the road and waited for the little lady who had not yet come out of the store.

After almost a cup of tea, a cyan figure came out of the ready-to-wear store, it was the little lady who led the way, at this time she did not have the two silk cloths on her body, but her face did not seem to have the joy of selling the cloth, frowning delicate eyebrows, with a trace of sadness on her face.

When Wang Churen saw her come out, he immediately jumped down and hid behind the stone, and after waiting for a while, he saw that she was far away, so he carried a big cloth bag and hung her figure far away.

After walking more than five miles one after another, out of the town, and came to a small village at the foot of the mountain, Wang Churen saw that the little lady entered a dilapidated small courtyard, although the courtyard was small and a little dilapidated, but it was also a brick house, much better than the other dozen or so thatched wooden houses in the small village.

Wang Churen waited for a while, but didn't see her come out, and was roughly sure that this courtyard should be her home, so he got up and went back.

Found the inn in the town, paid for the room for two days in advance, and changed Wang Churen, who had been washed, was wearing a moon-white round-necked robe, without the slightest appearance of the previous downfall, and he really looked impressive, and the difference between before and after surprised the shopkeeper who sent the food into the house, and thought that he had sent it to the wrong room.

Greeting the shopkeeper who was leaving, Wang Churen inquired: "Do you know the news of the little lady Ye who came to the town to sell silk cloth?" ”

The eyes in the shopkeeper's eyes flickered, and he replied: "Childe is the little lady in the Ye family recess five miles southwest of Chengjiagou?" Ye Xiaoniang is a famous flower within a radius of dozens of miles from Chengjiagou, and of course the little one knows. ”

It's not a local, how does Wang Churen know what ditch is called and what is concave, but it should be five miles southwest, his right hand took out about half a tael of broken silver and covered it on the table, and then his right hand slowly moved away, and said: "It's better to be detailed." ”

Xiaoyan quickly glanced at the silver, and the shopkeeper said with a smile: "That little lady Ye is thirteen this year, and she has not yet reached the end of her life, and the one who was born is called a beauty, if you want to come to the door to propose marriage, you can line up for a few miles...... His father's name is Ye Zhiwen, and he is a famous talent in our Yun County, and I heard that Ye Xiaoniang went to Beijing to take the exam before she was born, so it was really ...... I never thought that over the years, I would get poorer and poorer, to the point that I lost all my belongings, hey, I said that this person should be content......"

Unexpectedly, it was still a chatter, and the shopkeeper grabbed the broken silver with one hand as he spoke, and finally said: "I heard that our Cheng Gongzi of Cheng Jiagou intends to marry the little lady of the Ye family, and the two adults are very good friends, I am afraid that I will only wait for the little lady of the Ye family to meet him." ”

After speaking, he nodded and left.