The next day.

Midday.

A gorgeous four-horse cart slowly drove out of the east gate of the eagle's beak pass, and thirty-eight heavily armed and vigorous sergeants, riding thirty-eight one-horned black-hoofed horses, followed behind, and the stars held the moon, hugging each other and hugging each other, and went out of the city gate together.

After the moat, the car stopped steadily, the purple goose lifted the curtain, He Xiaoduo lowered his head and drilled out, his eyes narrowed slightly, and looked at the scenery outside the city: "Purple goose, I remember that when we first came here, the cold wind was steep, the pedestrians were extinct, and in the blink of an eye, it was spring in March. Time flies. ”

"At that time, the snow was so thick that the car was almost stuck and couldn't move. Ziyan casually echoed and helped He Xiaoduo get out of the carriage.

"The last general is good and righteous, and together with the generals of Eagle's Beak Pass, he sent the county lord back to his home. ”

Shangzhen General Gongliang Xiuyi led Tang Feng, the guard general of the West Gate, Sun Wang, the guard of the East Gate, and more than a dozen middle and high-ranking soldiers knelt on the edge of the moat and said goodbye to He Xiaoduo.

This is a very solemn etiquette of the empire, and you are not eligible to enjoy it as another county lord.

He Xiaoduo falsely supported the righteousness of the public and cultivated, and said: "All the generals, please get up! The Eagle's Beak Pass is the gateway to the northwest of the empire, thanks to the concerted efforts of the generals to keep the enemy out of the country, I will give you a cup for the thousands of people of the empire!"

At the sound of the drums, a group of female emcees came out and brought red brocade trays, each tray was placed on several clay bowls full of water and wine, He Xiaoduo picked up one of them and drank it all.

The generals who saw them off drank their wine one after another, and said in unison: "The county lord is slow!"

After the ceremony, He Xiaoduo re-boarded the carriage and traveled eastward with Wen Yanxin, Long Yuandong, He Dali, Yun Tianjia, six guards, Min's team, and Li's team.

In addition to He Xiaoduo's carriage, there was another two-car car, which followed at the end of the line, and inside were Dai Zhong, who had not recovered from his injuries, and Luo Erniang, who was in charge of taking care of him.

Yun Tianjia was riding on a horse, and when he saw He vigorously wilting his head and being listless, he smiled and said, "Fatty, can you still learn your words?"

"Huh?" He Dali came back to his senses, looked at He Xiaoduo's carriage, suddenly became a little anxious, and said softly: "You haven't started teaching yet, how can I learn?"

"Lucia is gone, aren't you happy?" Yun Tianjia didn't open which pot to mention.

He Dali flatly denied it, and said: "I'm in a good mood, when will I not be happy?"

"Okay!"

Yun Tianjia smiled understandingly, took out a piece of white birch wood from the bag hanging on the saddle, and quickly wrote on it with a brush dipped in water: "Long Yuandong, you are also together, today I will teach you to know the three words 'Lucia'." ”

When the white birch is wet with water, the color turns dark brown, and when the water is dried, it turns back to white again, and can be used repeatedly. It is the most convenient way to practice literacy.

He Dali's heart shook and said secretly: "This is her name, I have to remember it." ”

Yun Tianjia had already prepared tools for Long and He, birch, clear water, and brushes, one set per person, and He was full of interest, serious, and wrote over and over again.

"Fatty, you don't have to be sad. Yun Tianjia suddenly said: "After July and August, you can see her again." ”

He Dali stopped his pen and said in amazement: "How do you know?"

"Of course I guessed. ”

Yun Tianjia said with a smile: "Lucia once said that she came to Eagle's Beak Pass to find her sister. However, the world is so big and there is a vast sea of people, if there are no clues, how can we find them? That would not only be a waste of effort, but also a waste of time. With Lucia's cleverness, how could he do such a stupid thing?"

"Then why did she come to Hawkbeak Pass? I remember that at that time, Hawkbeak Pass was still fighting. ”

"Lucia's search for her sister may be true or false, but even if it is true, it is only by the way. Her main purpose is to go to the Demon Flame Forest. To be exact, she should have headed for the Blood Crystal Spirit Vein in the center of the Demon Flame Forest. As for meeting you, it was an accident. Yun Tianjia wrote the words "blood crystal" on the wooden board, and asked Long Yuandong and He to copy it vigorously.

He Dali wrote the three words blood crystal crookedly again, and suddenly asked, "What is the basis for what you say?"

"Think about it, why did she go to the Mercenary Guild as soon as she came to Hawkbeak Pass? Why did she have to form a mercenary team by herself when she went to the Mercenary Guild? Why did she delay making a move after forming the mercenary team? Why did she follow us immediately when we went to the Demon Flame Forest?"

Yun Tianjia analyzed one by one: "Lucia came to Eagle's Beak Pass for the Demon Flame Forest. But she knew that her cultivation was not high, so she didn't dare to go alone, so she wanted to ask the mercenary team for help, but she was penniless and couldn't afford the honorarium. If you join someone else's mercenary team, others will look down on you, and you will also expose your intentions. After thinking about it, there was only one way for her to register a mercenary team, and she could quickly gather people and break into the Demon Flame Forest together in the name of carrying out a mission.

However, when she signed up for the mercenary team, she had neither the money nor the qualifications. Just when she was at a loss, she happened to meet you. It was you who helped her again and again to form the mercenary team.

Later, she had to take care of Cui Xinmiao, Cui Wu's daughter, and the three of us were all serving in the army, so we couldn't get away, so things were delayed one after another, and even the tasks received by the Mercenary Guild were gone.

As soon as she learned that we were going to the Demon Flame Forest, she knew that it was a great opportunity, and immediately followed her quietly, expecting that we would clear the way for her, clear the obstacles, and there should be no more danger.

We stopped back at Yanfeng that day, and I could see the disappointed expression on her face. Without us along, with her cultivation alone, it would be absolutely impossible to reach the center of the Demon Flame Forest, so she could only reluctantly come back with us. ”

"At the end of the day, that's all your own guess. He Dali was skeptical.

"Is it a guess, when you see her in August, you will know. ”

Yun Tianjia wrote the word "August" on the wooden board: "She is looking for the blood crystal spirit vein, presumably not to make a fortune herself, but to be entrusted by others, so she said goodbye to us yesterday, but is in a hurry to go back to recover her life." But she returned empty-handed, obviously unable to make a good deal, so she will definitely come back to us in the end. Let's not forget that we have another identity, and that is a member of the Lucia Mercenary Squad. I deliberately told her the itinerary yesterday, just to save her the trouble of inquiring about the news.

He Dali had mixed tastes and said, "In this way, she went to the Demon Flame Forest, but not for me. ”

Along the way, Yun Tianjia came easily, marched on horseback, dismounted to eat, camped at night, picked out the simple nouns involved in the language and things used in life, and made Long and He practice repeatedly, and carried the rules of the composition of words to be clarified one by one to help them understand. In fact, as long as a person learns the Fa and really memorizes it with his heart, it is not difficult to memorize a hundred or so words a day.