The official road is very spacious, at least enough to accommodate several carriages side by side, but Li Molan did not choose this spacious official road but chose to stroll along the ridges of the roadside, it is another year of spring, the unknown cauliflower in the field is in full bloom, there are some green dragonflies and white butterflies passing through it, occasionally three or two will rotate around the boy, but when he stretched out his hand to grab or stroke, then Shi Shiran flew away. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Molan's gaze swept over the surrounding fields, his gaze was almost greedy, and he was even more happy at the thought that he would soon enter the mountain. The old sword fairy with two goatees had already been unable to hold back the wine worm in his belly, and ran into the city to drink first, I am afraid that when he taught some cultivators a few days ago, he secretly had more money, and the old green cow was eating grass outside Xunyang City, and he had no intention of following up.

He can't remember the memories he had picked up by the old man Li Buzheng back then, thinking that he was too young to remember anything, or maybe he just forgot about it because the days were too long, in short, he always grew up in Huangni Village in his memory, and then when he was a little older, that is, when the flash flood washed away the bridge, he came to Kapok Town for the first time.

In the following two years, he only traveled back and forth between Huangni Village and Mumian Town, and never went out of the mountains or visited Xunyang City.

Three and a half years ago, when he and Kujiu Shi went out of the mountains, they did not go directly to Xunyang City, but chose another way, and now it is indeed the first time he has come to Xunyang.

After listening to the grandeur and prosperity of Xunyang City for two years in Kapok Town, if you look closely, it is actually just like that, the farmers outside are not much richer than the people in the mountains, and the dust on the road is not less, but I can't help but feel a little happy when I see these beautiful and comfortable scenery.

Although there are no city walls, the buildings that stretch to the center of Xunyang City are still clearly separated from the fields outside, and when they reached a fork in the road similar to the city gate, several soldiers guarding the city stepped forward and pointed to the dragon elephant sword that the boy tied with a red rope around his waist.

Although the security of Xunyang City is not bad, after all, the city lord is a dragon eye realm powerhouse assigned by Qiu Ming Mountain, and the general cultivation sect has to sell a face, where can any ordinary man dare to cause trouble, but you can't expect this city lord from Qiu Ming Mountain to stand guard on the street all day long to protect the people of Limin. Generally speaking, the law and order in the city are maintained by some ordinary people's sergeants, and disputes between ordinary people are often resolved.

Therefore, in order to reduce the disputes between those ordinary people in the city, it is also for the safety of the common people, Xunyang City strictly prohibits the wearing of any sword, but there are really many ways to hide this thing, after all, Xunyang City has no city walls, it's a big deal to sneak in, and there is no blacksmith shop in the city.

Li Molan firmly held the dragon elephant sword and did not let go, and said seriously and seriously: "I don't want a sword." ”

"Kill me?" the soldier seemed to see through the boy's thoughts at a glance, "next time you don't change your tricks, and you won't let you into the city." ”

Probably seeing that the boy was only nine or ten years old, no matter how he looked at it, he was not a young master who could swing a sword and cut people, so he didn't take it to heart, waved his hand and let him go.

Some of the cases that happened in Xunyang City are basically disputes between ordinary people, from family disputes to various murders to street fights among martial arts people and hooligans bullying women from good families, these shit things are all these city guards to wipe their buttocks, over the years, there is no need to bother their own city lord to solve, many cultivators have made mistakes and are very active to go to the city lord's mansion to apologize and admit their mistakes and accept punishment, and they are very conscious.

Li Molan has been out for three and a half years, although his skin is a little darker, but he is still a handsome boy, and because of the relatively tall body and bones, it is barely okay to call him a teenager, just walked into Xunyang City, and saw several Qinglou women waving at him, probably wanting to call over and tease him, so frightened that he turned around and went into a small alley with no people.

The sun shone on the ground of the alley, and after a few steps it was swallowed up by the shadows again, Li Molan continued to walk on, and came to another bustling street, full of people and bustling, he squeezed through the crowd to a bookshop that was in a slump, ready to see if there were any interesting books to read.

When he was in Huangni Village, in addition to housework, the only pleasure was reading and writing, so Li Molan still had a little understanding of the world in this domain, and because of the relationship between diligent practice, his handwriting was also very beautiful, and in his spare time, he once thought that if he failed to cultivate the Tao, it would be good to be a scholar, after all, although those city lords were all appointed by the three major sects, but to govern these city-states, it was still necessary to read people.

Moreover, even if there is no country in Beihai, but Dongyu, Western Jin, and Jingle all have big empires, and if you can't do it, you can fly away, but in three years, you can go to other places to enter the Beijing Saint, win fame, and have a more magnificent future.

There was an old man with crane hair dozing off in the bookstore, and when Li Molan walked in, he seemed to wake up, and when he saw the boy who was only less than ten years old, he smiled and asked, "Child, read a book?"

It seems that there should be some other children in the bookstore who have come to read the book, this kind of bookstore has unwritten rules, either don't buy it, or you will have to buy it home, and only those young children can ignore such rules, run after reading the book, listen to the tone, and the old man doesn't mind.

Li Molan said seriously: "Buy books." ”

The owner of the bookstore with crane hair finally took a serious look at the boy, slightly looked at the dragon elephant sword tied with a red rope around Li Molan's waist, and then said with a smile: "Pick it yourself, it's rare for a child like you to love to read." ”

Children who come to the bookstore to read books are not necessarily children who love to read, they may just be bored or curious for a while, and children with a clear purpose is to buy books, which is the real hobby of reading.

"Little doll, are you a native of Xunyang City? I've never seen you before. The old man asked casually.

"I'm kind of ...... The people in the mountains are coming to Xunyang for the first time. ”

Li Molan's eyes swept over the books on the shelves that were bound with needles and threads, these books were clean and spotless, but it could be seen that these books were some old books and ancient books, and the owner of this bookstore had worked tirelessly to clean up the dust on these bookshelves in turn over the years.

"O man of the mountains...... I haven't been to Kapok Town for many years, but I still remember the scenery of the red kapok full of fires, it was really full of flowers. ”

"This is a big scenery in the town, very beautiful, I have to see it every spring, I estimate that I will be able to see this scenery when I go back to the mountain in two days." ”

Saying that, Li Molan said again: "Boss, my grandfather and I have been traveling for the past three years, and we haven't been back to Kapok Town for a long time." ”

"Well, you're a little wanderer. ”

"Boss, has anything happened in Kapok Town in the past three years? ”

"Yes. Speaking of this, the old man Hefa's expression suddenly became much more serious, "It's really a bit big...... There seem to be two pieces. ”

"What's the big deal? Boss, don't scare me. Li Molan's expression became nervous.

"Neither of these things is a good thing, but I don't know if you know some of the inside story, after all, it's just hearsay from an idle old man, but it should be somewhat credible. The old man said.

"Boss, don't sell it, I'm curious. The boy hurriedly said.

"The first thing, it seems to say, the mountains are haunted, that is, the Kapok Town and then go into the mountains, I have always heard that there is a small village, it seems to be called Huangni Village, a small village in the mountains, it is not easy to attract attention, who knows that a few years ago, there is a legend that the village is suddenly gone, that is really nothing left, not to mention people and things, the house and an old locust tree in the village, are all gone, do you say strange?"

The old man with a mysterious face said: "I'm also strange, which village did you say was relocated, even the houses were demolished, and even the trees were dug up and ran? ”

Li Molan breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that it was this matter, but there were two things that the old man Hefa said, so he asked again: "Boss, there is another big matter?"

"There is one more thing, you don't talk about it in the future, this matter can't be mentioned in our Xunyang City. ”

The old man warned the boy solemnly, obviously thinking about the boy's safety, and in a sense, it also showed that this matter was not ordinary.

"Qingcheng faction...... You know, right? The head snakes of Xunyang City, except for the city lord, everyone is afraid of them. The bookstore owner said, and then he seemed to be surprised by something, looked around, and made sure that there was no one from the Qingcheng faction, and he was a little relieved.

"Well, I know, a small cultivator sect in Xunyang City. ”

"These immortals...... I'm still an immortal...... These people from the Qingcheng faction, probably the year before last, what kind of young master of their Qingcheng faction, when they were playing in Kapok Town, they fell in love with a girl in that town, and I heard that the girl was very good-looking, but unfortunately the old man, I didn't have the blessing to see the best time to see that female doll...... and a group of people from the Qingcheng faction who were with him kidnapped the little girl back, and there were really no many people chasing after him. ”

The old man sighed, and said: "That girl is really miserable, how many people in the town have not been rescued, stunned to be taken captive to do it, and when the matter is big, the city lord came forward to find the head of the Qingcheng faction, the female doll is no longer complete, and ran out like crazy, after that, this girl is really crazy, crazy, wandering outside Xunyang City all day long, and a female ghost, I have seen the old man once from afar, the clothes are red and blood-stained, the cloak is scattered, and the scared people are scared to death." ”

With another sigh, the pity in the eyes of the old man became stronger and stronger.

"The city lord has come forward, this matter will naturally be solved, but how to solve it? It's not a little bit of silver, the amount is not small, but it is naturally a drop in the bucket for the Qingcheng faction, after all, the other party is an immortal, and the Kapok Town side can only be stopped, and it is said that the little girl's parents died since she was a child, and she is crazy, and no one dares to go against the Qingcheng faction for her. Now it's been two years, from time to time there are people sent by Kapok Town, or the kind people in Xunyang City give her some food, and other times I don't know how this crazy girl like a female ghost in red survived in the mountains, in short, it's been two years, this crazy woman has been wandering in the mountains and fields outside Xunyang City, and it is rumored that she is a natural ghost, and she will find the young master of the Qingcheng faction to ask for her life in the future, it is unlucky to say that the Qingcheng faction has not let people mention this matter, but he has sealed his mouth, and his Qingcheng faction has sealed people's hearts togetherIt's just that I pity that little girl, I'm afraid that even now, she is still wandering outside, right?"

The old man sighed softly.

When he raised his head again, he found that the boy in front of him had disappeared for some time, but he was in a hurry, and the footsteps still echoed and gradually disappeared.

The book that the boy had just picked out on the table had not yet been taken away, but the money to buy the book had already been placed on the table.

"Child, I'll keep this book for you, although I don't know what the urgency is, it probably has something to do with that girl, alas...... When do you remember to pick it up, I'll give it to you, old man. The old man's heart gradually became heavy, and he muttered to himself, and picked up the book.

Outside the house, there was a loud roar of thunder, and exploding electric snakes swam away.

The sky is gradually darkening, and the storm is coming.

"It's going to rain?" said the old man to himself.