In the heart of the river, the wind and waves are high.

The cold wind of the skull rolled in, mixed with snow foam, and blew away the smoke that filled the room.

Shen Yanchu raised his eyes and found that the dim sky was glowing with a flush of color for no reason.

The passenger ship was jolting in the water, and the crew walked into the inner cabin with an apologetic face.

"A few guest officers, there was a sudden strong wind on the river, and I am afraid that the ship will not be able to go into the water anymore, so it will have to temporarily anchor at the dock, and wait for the wind to pass before it can continue to walk."

"How long will it take?" Shen Yanchu asked.

"I can't say for sure, it can be as short as a few hours, or as long as two or three days."

Liu Ruyan asked rhetorically: "It is common for rivers to have waves, why do you suddenly have to moor?" ”

"The guests don't know." The boatman pointed to the colorful flag planted in the bow of the ship, "This wind is blowing from the southwest, the sky is dark, but the sky is like fish scales, this is a sign that a blizzard is coming." We stay on the river all year round, and we have the ability to rely on the sky to eat. ”

Shen Yanchu knew that she was in a hurry, and he couldn't wait too long, so he whispered: "If there is a wind and snow, we can't walk the waterway, we might as well choose another way." ”

Liu Ruyan answered "yes", and asked the system secretly: "Ye Xun, if it is a temporary diversion at this time, how long will it be delayed?" ”

"One day." As the boy spoke, a map appeared in the void.

It's just a day, and if you go on a boat, you don't know how long it will take for the snow to stop.

She looked at the boatman: "Then don't wait for the wind and snow to stop, and bother the boatman to send us ashore." ”

"Alright, guest officer."

"By the way, I don't know if there is pen and ink on the ship, borrow me for it." She asked.

The boatman nodded again and again: "I have it, let's take it." ”

Although the passenger boat is not as good as the painting boat, but the scenery on both sides of the Yongding River is unique, he runs the boat outside, and often meets some talented writers, so he will prepare some pen and ink for people to write words.

When the pen and ink are served, she holds the pen with no hands, and does not give words, but slowly draws a few winding lines, and the tip of the pen is lightly hooked, which is actually a magnificent picture of mountains and rivers.

When Shen Yanchu approached, he saw that the mountains and rivers did not have the freehand of Danqing painting, but it was elegant and neat. Buildings, markets, waterways, and mountain roads are all clearly visible.

Liu Ruyan examined the picture, and finally wrote the words "Innocent Villa" next to a mountain peak, raised his head, and said to him: "This picture is for you." ”

"Give it to me?" He wrung his eyebrows.

She casually pointed to a river: "This is the passenger boat we are on, walk along the mountain road, pass through the market, and then go two hundred miles north, at the foot of the Innocent Mountain." ”

When the ink was dry, she folded the drawings and handed them to him: "The memories you want to find are in the Innocent Villa." ”

"So, you're planning to part ways with me?" Shen Yanchu stood with his hands in his hands and did not take the picture.

She lowered her neck and shoved the ink-scented paper into his hand: "Greedless Mountain is the place you should be, there are the answers you are looking for." ”

"You want me to go?" Shen Yanchu's long eyelashes closed slightly, tightened his palms, and no longer looked at her, "That's good!" ”

He stepped past her, stepped out of the cabin, and stood alone in the bow.

The cold wind howled, and the fox fur robe swayed with the wind, and the snow fell down, turning into a mist around him.

When the boat approached the dock, Shen Yanchu suddenly jumped to the surface of the water and landed firmly on the opposite shore amid the exclamation of the boatman.

Bai Zhi leaned on the cabin, looked at his silent back and asked Liu Ruyan instead: "What are your plans in the future?" ”

She packed all her luggage, and finally looked at the sky: "Before the wind and snow come, stop a carriage and take the official road instead." ”

Bai Zhi nodded: "I'll go with you." ”

The wind on the river is getting louder and louder, and the waves are crashing against the river beach.

When the ship docked, Liu Ruyan stepped on the snow-covered land.

In front of her, two roads were like watersheds, one hidden into the mountains and the other leading to the snowfields.

In the forest, Shen Yanchu suddenly stopped, turned around, looked in the direction he came, and could vaguely hear the sound of water coming from the riverside.

Outside the forest, Bai Zhi stood in the middle of the road: "Which way are you going?" ”

"Go south." Liu Ruyan said, walking towards the vast snowfield.

On the other end, Shen Yanchu turned around indifferently and gradually disappeared into the north.

The wind and snow intensified, and the pedestrians on the road wrapped their robes tightly and rushed to their homes.

Liu Ruyan and Bai Zhi hurried to a tea shop, shaking off the snow flakes on their bodies.

She let out a white breath, and the tip of her beautiful nose was red from the cold, but she had to brave the wind and snow to probe those passing caravans along the way.

At this time, the end of the year is approaching, and many people who go out to do business are rushing home one after another.

If you're lucky, you'll even run into a horse-drawn cart that supplies food and water outside the tea shop.

When she saw people, she asked, with the name of the medicine fairy, many caravans were willing to take a ride on them.

But......

"The two of you are going to Fucheng, but it's really unfortunate, you are going to Bingzhou, or Lang Jun will wait for other caravans." A man driving a car said.

She and Bai Zhi asked a few more people one after another, but they all returned in vain.

"It's getting late now, so I'll ask the guy to get some food." Bai Zhi said to her.

"Go ahead, I'll stay here and wait."

"But now that the wind and snow are strong, it's not a way to wait like this." He was kind enough to persuade him.

Liu Ruyan pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled: "It's okay, I'll wait and see." ”

Bai Zhi sighed, borrowed an umbrella from the guy, stretched it out, and covered her from the wind and snow: "I'll wait with you." ”

Liu Ruyan didn't say anything more, she put her hands in her sleeves and looked at the dark and dreary line of heaven and earth through the goose-featherlike snow.

The tea shop is simple, with only a few tables and chairs, and the heavy curtains can't hide the cold of midwinter, and the two oil-paper lanterns flicker in the wind.

"Boom-"

There was a carriage in front of him, and the coachman sat in front of the wheel, wearing a hat to cover the snow.

This carriage was different from other caravans, and the horses pulling the carriage were two good horses of thoroughbred, with strong eyes, thick bodies, and solid limbs.

Liu Ruyan has been in and out of the barracks since she was a child, and she knows at a glance that this horse is not afraid of the cold, is not frightened, and is extremely brave in the battlefield, and has always been used as a military horse.

The people who can use military horses to pull carts are by no means ordinary businessmen.

She steadied herself and looked at the slowly approaching carriage. The coachman wore a hat, and his face was not real, and when he got close to the tea shop, the coachman jumped down, and his skills were extraordinary.

The coachman held a cowhide water bladder and glanced at Liu Ruyan who was blocking the tea shop: "What are you doing?" ”

Liu Ruyan immediately smiled, her posture was quite earnest, and she saluted the man with her hands crossed: "This eldest brother, we are Langzhong who has traveled around, passing by here, unfortunately we encountered this kind of ghost weather again, and there is not even a place to settle down at the moment, I don't know if the eldest brother can make it convenient and take the two of us on a journey." ”

The man glanced at her, "Where do you want to go?" ”

Liu Ruyan laughed loudly: "Big brother is really happy, we just want to go to Jincheng." ”

Under the hat, the man's face changed, and then returned to normal.

He laughed and said, "Jincheng is far away, it's enough to take you on the road." ”

"Just put us down halfway, but in fact, I don't dare to trouble my eldest brother." She said.

"What is the little brother going to Jincheng for?"

Liu Ruyan smiled shyly: "I heard that there is a valley outside the city, where the exotic flowers and plants are beautiful, and I want to pick some herbs." ”

The man bypassed her, uncorked the bottle, handed it to the oncoming man, and said without looking back: "Now that the New Year is approaching, the little brother should hurry home." ”

Liu Ruyan's face was anxious, and he chased after him in a few steps: "Big brother will help, it's convenient, look at this, he is a medicine fairy Bai Zhi who is known as 'Yan Bushui'." ”

Bai Zhi clenched her fist with her hand and coughed lightly on her lips, secretly wondering when she would have another title.

The man stood still and stared at Bai Zhi: "You two are really Langzhong?" ”

"Still a disciple of the Medicine King Valley!" She held up the tiger brace hanging from Bai Zhi's waist and made a bell sound.

The man stopped talking, looked at the carved window in the carriage, and whispered: "Lang Jun? ”

Liu Ruyan also turned to look, and saw that there was silence in the carriage, and the people sitting inside did not move.

Suddenly, there was a soft sound inside, and the people inside opened their mouths quietly, separated by several curtains.

"Your Excellency, let's find someone else, Jincheng, we are not on the way."

Liu Ruyan looked slightly stunned, and then said slowly: "I'm sorry, I'm bothering." ”

The coachman retrieved the water bladder from the tea shop, lifted the hem and sat in front of the car, and with a wave of his horsewhip, he slowly drove past Liu Ruyan and Bai Zhi, and galloped away into the distance.

He looked at the tea shop behind him that had turned into a small point, and finally asked: "Fang Cai, my subordinates saw that the tiger brace worn by the man in the green shirt is indeed the symbol of the Medicine King Valley, why don't Lang Jun let him show you the body?" Besides, we are also heading to Jincheng on this trip. ”

Separated by a door, the carriage is covered with fine and soft ferret fur, and the blue night pearl exudes a soft halo.

The man was half-reclining on the couch, dressed in a plain cloth as blue as water, reminiscent of a southern town at the beginning of the rain after the rain.

His voice was calm: "It's useless, it's just an old problem." ”

The coachman was silent for a moment, and then continued: "The subordinates have sent someone to Liujiazhuang to do it, and Lang Jun only needs to wait in the city." ”

He nodded: "What's going on in Dali?" ”

"The subordinates have confessed according to Lang Jun's wishes, and within three days, sooner or later the palace will find out that the identity of the prince is different, and at that time, the Dali dynasty will be in danger."

After hearing this, he said to the coachman: "Find a way to take the body of the false prince out of the palace, I have my own use." ”

"Whew-"