As soon as he walked a few steps, he felt that the old man surnamed Jin was quietly following behind, but when he turned back several times, he saw the flat forest desert and yellow sand everywhere, and there was no half of him. Chu Jiangqiu secretly admired Jin Laotong's kung fu was indeed extraordinary, and walked forward for a while, taking advantage of his unguardedness, he quietly slumped his knees and elbows, spun and flew away, and made a move of "progressive mandarin duck crutches" of Dicui'an in northern Guangdong, drew half a circle in the air, and turned around lightly and skillfully.

This time he opened his eyes wide, and sure enough, he caught a glimpse of a gray corner of his clothes, which flashed in front of his eyes. Jin Laotong laughed, jumped out of nowhere, took Chu Jiangqiu's hand and said, "You kid is very clever, and he has a very good appetite for my old man, you say, where are you going?" ”

Chu Jiangqiu walked in the desert for a long time, and finally had someone to talk to him, he was overjoyed, and said, "I ......"

Jin Laotong pulled him towards Tucheng, and turned around and said, "Come on, come on, I'll show you something." Hey, where do you think you're going? ”

"I want to ......"

"It's time to come, come and see! By the way, where are you going? ”

Chu Jiangqiu couldn't cry or laugh, so he simply didn't say anything, answered "yes", and looked down.

It turned out to be the same pot, Jin Laotong had already put it back in its place, Chu Jiangqiu smiled: "It turned out to be it, what good things can you have?" ”

Jin Laotong's eyes lit up and said, "You open it, just open it and take a look." ”

Chu Jiangqiu tossed for a long time, and his stomach happened to rumble at this time, smelling the fragrance in the air, swallowing two mouthfuls of saliva, and unceremoniously unceremoniously unceremoniously opened. Who knew that after only one glance, he threw down the lid of the pot with a snap, rushed to the side and threw up, until he couldn't vomit anymore, he still felt disgusting for a while, and it was still creepy to think about it.

Jin Laotong laughed, his beard moved, as if a child had done a prank, he was very proud, while reaching into the pot, scooping up an inch-long centipede from it, which had gone to the head, pinched it at the end of the tail, took out the meat and put it in his mouth to chew, and said with a smile: "It's obviously a delicacy in the world, but you turn a blind eye, ridiculous, ridiculous!" As he spoke, he fished a few more and ate them, and there was a sound in his mouth, and his eyes were scorching, showing that he was endlessly delicious.

Chu Jiangqiu vomited enough, turned his head to see his method of eating centipedes, vaguely seemed to be the appearance of "a hundred catastrophes and thousands of lives", and couldn't help but feel sorry in his heart: "I think that these hands were powerful in the past, but now they are used to catch and eat these poisons." ”

But for this kind of "delicious food in the world", he didn't dare to understand it anyway, stood up, hugged his fists and said: "Senior, I just hope you will tell me a place to go, the kid still has important things to do, so he can't accompany him." ”

Jin Laotong shook his head and said, "If you don't eat what I cooked, I won't be able to think of anything." ”

Chu Jiangqiu was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "Am I not as good as a stupid old man?" Suddenly he became bold, stepped forward, followed the example of Jin Laotong, and fished a centipede in his hand. The thing had been boiled thoroughly, and with a gentle pinch, the snow-white meat was taken out whole. Chu Jiangqiu didn't dare to think about its original appearance, threw it in his mouth, chewed it twice with wide eyes, and said secretly: "Death is death, but don't let the white girl know that I have eaten such things!" ”

Just took two bites, Chu Jiangqiu sighed, only to feel that the things in his mouth were fresh and had a sweet fragrance, and they were cooked just right, crunchy and delicious, and they were really delicious that they had never tasted. Just swallowed one, and without waiting for Jin Laotong to greet him, he couldn't help but take another one to eat.

Jin Laotong looked at him with a smile, as if he had known it for a long time, and said, "Don't worry, don't worry!" "Take out a small handful of white salt from the pocket of your dirty clothes, divide half of Chu Jiangqiu, and you will take one, I will take one, dip it in salt to taste, and add flavor, and in an instant, I will eat a pot of centipedes cleanly. After all, Chu Jiangqiu is much younger after all, and he is quick to start, and most of it goes into his stomach.

There was enough water and food, Chu Jiangqiu still felt that it was not enough, so he carried the pot and wanted to catch a few more centipedes, but Jin Laotong stopped him and said: "That's it, there are no big ones nearby, if you want to eat good things, I will take you to the Xihai Valley to find it!" ”

As soon as Chu Jiangqiu heard the word "Xihai", he sighed, threw the pot aside, and secretly blamed himself: "I am also greedy, and I almost missed a big thing!" ”

The desert is vast, but it is not boundless, and hundreds of miles to the west, there are several undulating hills, which surround a valley called the West Sea, and the continuous sea of sand arrives here, and suddenly there is no trace. Behind the valley, there is a towering snow-capped mountain, surrounded by hanging rock cliffs, non-climbing vines, can not go straight up, the lonely peak towers the sun, the mountain is covered with snow, and the glacier does not melt all year round.

Relying on the nourishment of the snowy mountains and waters, and the surrounding mountains are like screens, blocking the cold wind and fierce beasts in the desert, this small valley is full of pine fences and greenery, and the fine springs trickle, and the surrounding grass is not very different, as if it is separated from the world.

Behind a mountain wall in the valley, there are several mansions, and the houses are lofty, and Bai Qian, the eldest lady of the Bai family in Bazhou, has been imprisoned here for several days.

It is said that it is a "prisoner", but in fact, in addition to being guarded more closely, it is not a "prisoner". Take the room where she is closed, for example, the bead curtains and brocade curtains in the house display famous books and ancient paintings, Zhou Ding Shangyi; Outside the house, along the window planted with all kinds of precious flowers, repair the fence forest, every time the flowers bloom, it is glamorous, fragrant outside the fence, it grows better than other places. Coupled with the fine food of three meals a day, the precious snacks in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and the price of running water are generally sent to her, this kind of treatment makes Bai Qian, a prisoner, really a little in a trance.

At noon that day, there was a knock at the door, and a servant in a coarse blue and gray robe and a black silk girdle crept in. He held a mahogany food plate in his hand, on which were neatly placed two large and one small three enamel apricot forest celadon bowls, a pair of round feet and three inlaid silver chopsticks, and a tea bell inlaid with gold for gargling. Just looking at these utensils, you know that it is another exquisite meal of rare fruits.

Bai Qian has been sitting alone in the room all day long, nervous and depressed, and she has already secretly regretted that she shouldn't have said something like "You said that I killed it, then it would be considered that I killed it", so that she caused endless trouble to herself. But after arriving in Xihai, not only the old man of Xihai, but even the three Ou Zhuzi suddenly disappeared without a trace, she just wanted to defend herself, but no one would listen. At this time, even if the dragon heart phoenix liver and jade liquid peach are presented in front of her, I am afraid that it will be difficult to swallow, so I eat very little every day, and occasionally pick a few spoons to eat, but I don't know the taste.

The servant who came in was dull and dumbfounded, and had never heard a word from him. In the past few days, he was the only one who came and gone in front of Bai Qian's eyes, he had seen a lot, and he was a little familiar, and after he put down the food plate, he smiled at him and said, "Thank you!" ”

The man was startled, straightened up, a little at a loss, didn't know what to do, Bai Qian asked again: "How did you get here?" At this time, no matter who it is, it is better to be able to say a few words to her than to sit alone in the morning and evening.

But the man did not answer, but gestured with his hands and feet, and pointed to his mouth. Bai Qian didn't know what she meant, and was about to ask again, when a person walked in from outside the door while talking, only to hear him say: "This person has already had his tongue cut off by my uncle, and his mouth can be used to eat and fart, but he can't speak." Miss Bai can talk to mutes, and I Feng Lanzi can't do this ability. Sure enough, it was Feng Lanzi who came in, known as the "Four Friends of the Mountains", but the other two were not with him.

The man opened his mouth wide when he heard this, and sure enough, there was only a short piece of his tongue left, which was very terrifying, Bai Qian only glanced at it and didn't want to look at it anymore, Feng Lanzi waved his hand, and the dumb servant lowered his eyebrows and bent his waist and retreated.

Bai Qian felt strange and asked, "Why did you cut off his tongue?" Did he do something wrong? ”

Feng Lanzi said: "He didn't do anything wrong, but if you want this place not to be known, the best way is to make all the people here speechless, don't you say?" ”

Bai Qian frowned and said, "Since you didn't do anything wrong, why should you cripple other people's bodies?" Your uncle is also vicious! ”

Feng Lanzi smiled: "What is wrong is good, if it is the person who made the mistake that should be punished, then why are you still sitting here dignified?" ”

Bai Qian thought of the short piece of tongue in the man's mouth, and her heart trembled, and she couldn't speak.

Feng Lanzi ignored her, sniffed twice in the air with her nose, and said, "It's so fragrant, it's so fragrant, what is this?" ”

Bai Qian snorted, turned her head away from looking at him, Feng Lanzi followed the fragrance to the table, opened the apricot forest celadon bowl and looked at it, and said happily: "Sure enough, it's it!" ”