During the banquet, the old Confucian didn't eat much food, but he had a soft spot for peanuts, a peanut in his left hand, and a wine bowl in his right hand to sip it gently, and then an old face full of wrinkles was full of comfort.

Ye Ziyu raised the wine bowl to toast him, and asked seemingly inadvertently, "I don't know where Mr. is from and where is he going?" ”

At this time, the old man's face was slightly red, and he looked a little drunk. He burped and said with a smile: "I'm from the south, and I want to go to the capital of Emperor Cai in the north." ”

Ye Ziyu smiled and said: "Sir, you know, there is still more than 20,000 miles from here to Cai Duke, and Mr. has no foot strength on the road, so I am afraid it will be difficult to walk in three or five years." What's more, the mountains and rivers are high and long along the way, there are many fierce beasts in the forest, how can you afford such a toss? ”

After hearing this, the old man's face was embarrassed, and the people at the table also persuaded each other to persuade the old man to turn back and return to his hometown to care for the elderly.

The old man raised the wine bowl and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, my old bones are quite strong, there are mountains and rivers along the way, just to enjoy the scenery of this Cai country." ”

Ye Ziyu saw that the old man insisted on going, and saw that his clothes were in tatters, so he took out two jade bottles from his arms and quietly handed them to the old man.

Ye Ziyu smiled slightly, and whispered: "Since Mr. is going, there must be entanglement on the road, and I have no gold or silver on me, so I will give these two jade bottles to Mr., and after pawning, I can exchange them for a hundred taels of silver, which is enough for Mr. on the road." ”

There was still a look of hesitation on the old man's face, but Ye Ziyu pushed his hand and pushed the jade bottle directly into his arms, and said with a smile: "Sir, you don't have to refuse. ”

After speaking, he raised the wine bowl to salute the old man, and the old man no longer shirked when he saw this, put away the jade bottle and lifted the wine bowl to touch Ye Ziyu, and both of them drank it all.

After drinking a few more bowls, the old man was drunk, lying on the table and snoring "snoring, purring", and the surrounding villagers all showed a kind smile.

Ye Ziyu had already drunk two large jars of wine at this time, and the girl's eyes looking at him were full of contempt, Ye Ziyu was also interested, and stood up and went to say goodbye to the couple.

The husband and wife were very hospitable, saying that if Ye Ziyu had no place to live, they could stay at their house for the night first, and it would not be too late to leave tomorrow.

Ye Ziyu thanked the two of them for their kindness, and took out the only two remaining jade bottles from her arms and handed them to the woman, the woman had never seen such a delicate jade bottle when she was so old, and what was even more rare was that the jade was warm and moist, and it still had a little aura.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man wanted to push it back, but he was forcibly stuffed into his arms by Ye Ziyu, Ye Ziyu smiled: "A little congratulatory gift is not a tribute, and I hope that the eldest brother and sister-in-law will not be too polite." ”

When the two of them saw him say this, it was not good to push the jade bottle back again, and the two stood in place in a daze, not knowing what to do.

Ye Ziyu smiled and was about to turn around and pick up the old man and leave here, when suddenly the woman shouted, "Little gentleman, wait." ”

After speaking, he turned around and ran towards the house, and after a while, he brought two jars of wine, and said apologetically: "Today's wine is all drunk, only these two jars are left, Mr. Xiao is a person who understands wine, please accept these two jars of wine, if you come to Qingshan Town in the future, please come to my house again as a guest." ”

Ye Ziyu took the wine jar from the woman's hand and said with a smile: "If there is a chance, I will definitely come again." ”

Then returned to the wine table, and everyone at the table put the old Confucian on Ye Ziyu's back, Ye Ziyu just held the wine in both hands, carried the old man on his back and walked out, and walked straight towards a dilapidated mountain temple on the north side of the town.

After a short time, I walked to the entrance of the mountain temple, which is dedicated to the mountain god of Daqingshan, but this place has been dilapidated for many years.

All the large and small utensils in the temple can be moved back to their homes, and only the statue of a lonely mountain god stands in the middle of the main hall.

Ye Ziyu gently put the old man on a pile of hay in the temple, went to the outside of the temple to find some dry branches, lit a bonfire with a spell, and then looked at the old man on the haystack, there was still no sign of waking up, and the snoring was louder.

Ye Ziyu shook his head and smiled bitterly, this old man's alcohol consumption is really a little worse.

He sat down by the campfire and took out the map from his storage bag, the Qi Refiner's map was extremely convenient, it was just a slender scroll, but the size of the palm of his hand.

After infusing the true qi, he could form a huge geographical map of mountains and rivers in his mind, and Zhao Xingping had already marked a clear route for him, aiming directly at Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty.

Ye Ziyu couldn't help frowning when he looked at a small dot on the map, it was the Black Wind City sandwiched between Liang and Cai.

According to Zhao Xingping's special information about Black Wind City in the map, this Black Wind City is different from ordinary towns, as a buffer zone between the two countries, it can be said that it is neither under the control of Cai Guo nor the two countries.

The order in the city is very chaotic, and the city is basically full of qi refiners, and there are almost no mortals.

Therefore, there are often all kinds of violent conflicts, and for the sake of other people's storage bags and the spirit stone treasures in them, they can seize the treasure and kill people.

In the Black Wind City, all the rules and order of the outside world are illusory, and only absolute strength can gain a firm foothold in the Black Wind City. After thinking about it, Ye Ziyu decided to leave as soon as possible after entering Black Wind City, and rarely stayed in the city.

It's not because he's afraid of fighting with people, but because the situation in Cai is unclear now, and when he arrives in Dahan a day earlier, the people of Cai have more hope.

In the middle of the night, Ye Ziyu was still meditating and refining qi by the bonfire, since he became a qi refiner, he didn't need to sleep at night, and only quietly meditated and pranayama could play the role of sleep and rest.

Suddenly, Ye Ziyu's ears moved, and he heard the sound of horses' hooves galloping from three miles away, and there were about a dozen horses in the sound, and there were actually two fifth-level qi refiners and one first-layer qi refiner in this group of people.

The rest of them breathe long, and they don't look like ordinary people. The group quickly passed through the mountain temple and headed straight to the west of the city.

Ye Ziyu's heart moved, this Qingshan Town is a small town on the side, how could there be so many Qi Refiners all of a sudden.

But he didn't pay too much attention to it, and when it was dawn after a night of silence, the rooster in the town reported the dawn, and the sky showed a touch of fish belly white.

The old man finally woke up at this time, stretched his waist with his hands back.

He read in his mouth: "Who is the first to realize the big dream, I know it in my life." ”

Ye Ziyu couldn't help but roll his eyes after hearing this, and he teased: "Old man, you can be regarded as awake, you really have to drink less next time, otherwise no one will take care of you." ”

The old man looked around and then at Ye Ziyu, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "There is also Lao Xiaoyou to take care of, but yesterday I drank two more bowls, which made Xiaoyou smile." ”

Ye Ziyu suddenly said: "The old gentleman can trust me?" ”

Seeing that Ye Ziyu suddenly became serious, the old Confucian also replied solemnly: "Xiaoyou is chivalrous, so he is naturally trustworthy. ”

Ye Ziyu said: "Now that Cai Du is not peaceful, I will not say much to Mr. Specifically, in short, we must not rush forward at present, otherwise it will definitely lead to a catastrophe." ”

A flash of surprise flashed in the old man's eyes, but he said, "Where did you start with this?" As the saying goes, the feet of the Son of Heaven are the first good place, how can there be such danger as you say? ”

Ye Ziyu saw that he insisted on going, so he said: "Since the old gentleman doesn't believe what I said, then be careful all the way, let's say goodbye." ”

After speaking, he clenched his fists and walked straight to the south. But I never saw that after he left, the old man stroked his beard and looked at his back and muttered: "I'm a little quick-tempered, but young man, who doesn't come here like this." ”

Ye Ziyu walked on the streets of the town, but found that a large group of people were pointing around the west of the town, and Ye Ziyu walked over curiously.

It turned out to be the brewer who held the wedding banquet yesterday, and now the crowd of onlookers is standing in front of their small courtyard.

Ye Ziyu smelled a strong bloody smell in the air, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly pushed away the crowd and walked into the small courtyard.

Pushing open the courtyard door, I saw that there was a person in the big wine vat in the middle of the courtyard, Ye Ziyu walked closer and pulled this person out of the wine vat, and the person had already died of anger.

But he was not drowned in wine, but his chest was pierced by a sharp weapon, and his five organs were broken and he died.

It was the groom who got married yesterday, a middle-aged man with a bold personality. His eyes were wide open, and his face, which had been soaked in wine all night, was still hideous.

Ye Ziyu reached out and gently closed his eyes for him, and walked towards the inner room again.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw a naked woman on a wooden bed, her eyes wide, looking straight ahead, her white skin covered with bruises and blood.

He forcibly suppressed the monstrous anger in his heart, stepped forward and took off the green shirt on his body and gently covered the woman's naked body, and also gently closed the woman's eyes with his hands.

Suddenly, his ears moved, and with a wave of his palm, he shattered a water tank under the eaves, and a man rolled out of it.

It was the girl I had seen yesterday, and now her pretty face was extremely white and her expression was dull, and she rolled out of the tank like a frightened little beast, curled up and hid in the corner.

Still trembling all over, Ye Ziyu slowly stepped forward and just wanted to help her up, but as soon as her hand was stretched out, the girl took out a pair of scissors from behind her waist and danced at Ye Ziyu.

He shouted hoarsely, "Don't come here!" Don't come here! As he shouted, tears fell to the ground.

At this time, the official errand finally arrived, and they separated from the people who were standing outside the courtyard to watch the excitement, and they didn't look at the corpse in the courtyard, and when they walked into the house, they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Ye Ziyu and the girl.

The first older catcher had a gloomy face, and pressed the handle of the knife with his right hand and asked coldly, "Who are you?" How could it be here! ”

Ye Ziyu had already snatched the scissors from the girl's hand at this time, and when she saw that she was about to ask, she roughly explained the identity of herself and the girl.

Caught up and asked the girl, "Is what he said true?" Several fast catchers have firmly blocked the courtyard door, their palms are pressed on the waist knife, as long as the girl says no word, they will immediately do something to Ye Ziyu.