It was another early morning half a month later, and when the morning light began to slowly illuminate the gloomy sky, everyone had already gathered on the splint, because Lingyan Island was not far ahead.

When the outline of the land faintly appeared at the junction of the sea and the sky, the heartfelt cheers of everyone on the boat deeply infected Li Ding, and he vaguely seemed to feel a sense of home, although the island that was close at hand was so strange to him.

On the surface of the sea, you can gradually see the shadows of ships, and all kinds of ships of different sizes shuttle back and forth. When they got closer, the people on the boat kept greeting Huang Gui and the others, with a hint of respect in their words, and Huang Gui and they just nodded slightly, it is not difficult to see that the status of the Yu family of the Qing clan here is not ordinary.

The fleet finally docked at the dock, and everyone began to disembark one after another, and Li Ding noticed that his fleet was different from other ships. It was the first time he had seen so many large ships, but when the other big ships were loading and unloading various goods, Huang Gui and the others only carried out two large boxes, and other than that, there was nothing.

Of course, Li Ding knew that one of the iron boxes contained mysterious golden spheres, and inside that big wooden box was Huang Gui's harvest from their trip to sea. On closer inspection, the big black wooden box was covered with dried bloodstains, which should have been left by those large eels. It's hard to imagine that a fleet of four big ships went to sea for months, just for the little thing in the wooden box, which Li Ding couldn't understand, but he wouldn't ask.

When Li Ding climbed down the rope ladder, he saw that someone was hanging a big leather bag from the stern of the boat, which was Zhao Si's corpse, and his mood couldn't help but sink. After such a long time, the corpse should have already decomposed, but he didn't smell the smell of decay when he was on the boat, and the people of the Qing clan would leave the corpse without throwing it into the sea, there should be some special way to preserve it, right? But Li Ding didn't pay too much attention to this.

The prosperity of the dock is beyond Li Ding's imagination, just the people he saw in front of him have exceeded his tribe several times, I remember that the head man father had promised that when he carried out the Chengren ceremony, he would take him to the mainland to see it, and now this scene that only appeared in a dream has been realized, but that promise can no longer be realized.

"Here, put it on. Yu Lao's voice pulled Li Ding's thoughts back to reality from his memories.

Turning around, a pair of brand-new black cloth shoes appeared in front of Li Ding, "This is the ......" Li Ding looked at Yu Lao suspiciously and asked.

"You can be barefoot on the boat, but you have to wear shoes when you get off the boat. Yu Lao said with a smile.

"Let's just say that I have never seen the world, and I have never worn such good shoes!" the girl's deliberately snarky voice came from behind Yu Lao.

"Hmph. Yu Lao snorted lightly and took off his cane, but the girl's response was a grimace.

After all, Li Ding is still a child, and it is natural to play with inferior surnames, and after smiling indifferently, he sat down on the spot and put his shoes on his feet and said: "Who said that I haven't worn it, isn't this one worn? ”

Looking at Li Ding's playful face, the girl couldn't help but stomp her foot again. Yu Lao shook his head and didn't say anything more, everyone laughed and walked out of the dock.

Li Ding looked around, familiar with this unfamiliar environment. The wharf is built under a cliff, all paved with large pieces of bluestone, extending to both sides around the cliff, about ten zhang wide, in addition to the workers who load and unload the goods, there are all kinds of people, fish sellers, and civilians who purchase. Following Yu Lao and the others through the long aisle, when they almost turned the cliff, a town appeared in front of Li Ding.

"Sea Cliffs. In the distance, on the tall archway, three large black characters are written vigorously.

Suddenly, there was a commotion from the crowd in front of them, and under the tall torii, the crowd quickly parted to both sides. After a while, two fast horses rushed from there, and the sound of the horse's hooves made Li Ding show a surprised expression, and his fear of the unknown made him involuntarily move his body to the side.

"Don't be afraid, your own people. Seeing Li Ding's actions, Huang Gui smiled.

"What kind of monster is this?" Listening to Huang Gui's words, Li Ding quickly calmed down, but his eyes were fixed on the two tall horses that had stopped and were panting, and behind them there was a carriage galloping towards them.

"It seems that the place where you used to live is too much and you don't even know the horse, and you will have something to learn in the future. Patting Li Ding on the shoulder, Huang Gui stepped forward to meet the two big men in Tsing Yi who were getting off the horse, and arched his hand: "I have seen the second brother Feng, the third brother Wang." ”

"Is this a horse?" Li Ding muttered to himself, the head man had said before, and there was also a record in the Nine Desolations Testament, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time. After pondering for a while, Li Ding set his eyes on the second brother Feng and the third brother Wang in Huang Gui's mouth.

"Why did you come back, and you didn't send someone to spread the word. The second brother of Nafeng had a Chinese face, and under the two thick black knife eyebrows, a pair of tiger eyes were blazing, and he threw the reins casually and said to Huang Gui. The third brother Wang behind him had a thin face, and his somewhat feminine face was full of solemnity.

"Feng Ming, Wang Hai, this is just a matter of a few steps, is something happening?" Seeing that there was still a carriage coming from behind, and before Huang Gui could speak, Yu Lao stepped forward and called the names of Second Brother Feng and Third Brother Wang and asked.

"I've seen the Yu Old. After the two Feng Kings bowed down and saluted Yu Lao, Feng Ming said with a straight face: "In the past few months when the clan elder went to sea, the road was a little uneven. ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Yu Lao frowned and said in a low voice: "Could it be that someone really pays attention to Diandan?"

"This is not clear, a month ago, the patriarch saw that the clan elder had not returned once, and he encountered robbers on the way, so he sent additional manpower, and just now he also came to report with eyeliner, and we knew that the clan elder had gone ashore. Feng Ming said respectfully.

"Is there such a thing? Let's go back to the inn first. Yu Lao's hand holding the cane tightened, beckoning everyone to carry the box into the carriage and walk in the direction of the town.

On the window position on the third floor of a wooden building in the town, Li Ding, who had already changed his clothes, looked curiously at the street below. From here, the whole town was dozens of times larger than his tribe, he had never imagined that people could live in such a tall and beautiful house, eat food that he had never seen before, and the clothes he had just changed were so sturdy and fitting, much softer and more comfortable than the previous linen.

Yu Lao and the others have disappeared since they entered this wooden building, and a maid named Xiaocui was called by Huang Gui to take care of Li Ding, but except for bringing him tea and water, Xiaocui rarely talked to Li Ding.

Touren's father once taught Li Ding that the best way to understand a strange place is to communicate with people. Li Ding naturally understood this, so when Xiaocui brought dinner, he smiled and took the initiative to talk to him. At first, Xiaocui was still a little restrained, but looking at Li Ding's harmless appearance, she slowly sat down and let go of the conversation.

"Sister Xiaocui has always lived here, then she must have traveled all over the town, right?" asked Li Ding as he took a chicken leg and feasted on it.

Li Ding's eating appearance is not Sven at all, looking at Li Ding's eating appearance, Xiaocui couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Although he didn't know Li Ding's identity, Huang Gui had confessed to take good care of him, so seeing Li Ding take the initiative to ask, Xiao Cui replied seriously: "I have been here for less than half a year, and I used to work in Yufu. This town is a small town, and you can go out for a walk in your spare time, but there is nothing to see in such a small place. ”

"Ahh Xiaocui was also stunned by Li Ding's actions, thinking that she had said something wrong, and asked urgently: "I'm sorry, little brother, did I say something wrong?"

"No, no, no. Coming back to his senses, Li Ding scratched his head, he understood that he was lonely again, the big town in his own eyes was just a small place in the eyes of others, so what would a real big city look like. Thinking of the picture in the Nine Desolations, what would such a big world look like?

"Are you okay?" Looking at Li Ding's strange expression, Xiao Cui didn't know whether to laugh or something for a while, and hurriedly asked. In this regard, Li Ding could only shake his head and said, "Sister Xiaocui, can you tell me about your Qing clan?" This time, Xiao Cui was stunned and hurriedly said: "I'm not from the Qing clan, I'm a person who was bought." After speaking, Xiao Cui's expression couldn't help but be a little gloomy.

Hearing this, Li Ding couldn't help but be a little vigilant, and asked: "I was bought, could it be that the people of the Qing clan also buy and sell human beings like pirates!" As soon as Li Ding's words came out, Xiao Cui said hurriedly: "No, no, if it wasn't for the people of the Qing clan who bought me, I might have been sold to the point where I was ...... remembered" Before the words were finished, Xiao Cui hurriedly stopped his mouth again, and his face couldn't help blushing.

How embarrassed Xiao Cui was to say the word Jiyuan in front of Li Ding, although Li Ding seemed to be just a teenager, so he continued: "They saved me, the old man of the Yu clan is a very good person, the second master of the Feng family and the third master of the Wang are also good people, if it wasn't for the old man of the Yu clan back then, I might have died a long time ago." ”

"Oh!" Li Ding didn't seem to notice the change in Xiao Cui's expression.

Yu Lao and they call themselves Qing people, but people outside the tribe are divided into ethnic groups. Li Ding of the Qing clan has been curious from the beginning, but it is inconvenient to ask Yu Lao directly about this kind of thing, so now he has to let Xiao Cui tell himself.