At the end of summer, Longzhou Stone Forest.

It was a high mountain, and the caravan had walked out of a dirt road, and I don't know who had built a simple pavilion on the top of the mountain, with a few wooden pillars and thatched grass on them, which could not necessarily shelter from the rain, but could shelter people from the sun in the northwest.

The Taoist stopped here with his horse, sat in the shade casually, and looked ahead with the mountain breeze.

A few steps further is the cliff.

Nearby, the back of a three-flowered cat, sitting up and shrunk into a lump, plush, looks like the whole body is composed of only two groups, the big group is the body, and the small group is the head.

In the distance, it is open and very dangerous, countless stone mountains are like bamboo shoot forests, tall and sharp and dense, densely growing on the ground, except for noon, even the sun can not directly shine underneath.

It was now morning, and the pale golden sunlight was shining obliquely, only making many diagonal lines in the stone forest, which made it even more dense and magnificent.

The group had just come up from below.

When you go down, it seems to be shuttling between many stone pillars, and you can only follow the road marks and donkey dung stepped by the caravan on the ground, if you accidentally go deep into the stone forest, I am afraid that you will soon lose your way, at that time, I only know that its environment is complex like a labyrinth, I don't know what it looks like.

Now that I have walked to the mountain, I am condescending, overlooking the stone forest, and I know where I came from and know the appearance of the stone forest, and the previous journey has added a little more wonder.

Looking further afield, the view is even wider.

A big river from west to east, across the heaven and earth, the end of the world can be seen in the distance, near the river there is a flat fertile land, there are many houses scattered among them, there are fruit trees between the houses, there are also old farmers driving donkey carts on the road below walking slowly, chickens and dogs barking more set off the silence, like a paradise.

The three-flowered cat turned her back to Song You and faced the distant scenery, except for the hair blown by the wind, she was motionless, as if she was fascinated, and no one knew what the cat's little head was thinking.

"Sanhua Niangniang."

"Huh?"

Hearing the voice of his own Taoist priest, the cat's body didn't move at all, but he suddenly turned his head to the back and stared at the Taoist suspiciously.

"What are you thinking?"

"What's that?"

"I asked Sanhua Niangniang."

"Sanhua Niangniang ......"

The cat maintained a posture of facing forward but turning its head back, staring at the Taoist, thinking for a while before saying, "Sanhua Niangniang is looking at the scenery." ”

"See the view?"

“……”

The cat stared at him without moving, as if retrieving his memory, and then said: "There is a great cultivation ...... between the mountains and rivers."

"It seems that Sanhua Niangniang has reached the point of comprehending the avenue of heaven and earth." Song You couldn't help but smile when she heard this, knowing that she was actually learning to speak by herself, but she didn't break it.

"That's right!"

"What about the other cats?"

"What's that?"

"I've always been curious, cats are often like this, especially domestic cats, sitting somewhere, looking out the window or at something in the distance, and they don't move, what are they going through in their heads?"

"Hmm......"

The three-flower cat still maintained this posture, still thinking for a moment, and then said honestly: "Sanhua Niangniang doesn't know what other cats are thinking. ”

"What about the three flower girls before?"

"Sanhua Niangniang doesn't remember what she was thinking before." Sanhua Cat stared at him seriously, "Sanhua Niangniang has become very smart, and I don't remember what happened at that time." When people grow up and become smarter, they don't remember what they thought when they were stupid as children. ”

"Justified ......"

"But ordinary kittens are also smart!"

"Natural ......"

Song You smiled and nodded, retracting his gaze.

The cat withdrew its gaze and continued to look into the distance.

The wind is whistling, and there is a jingling sound in the stone forest, but I can't see the person when I hear it, and even the stone forest is intertwined and complicated, and I don't know where the sound comes from. It wasn't until they approached that they could faintly see the sound of the caravan from the bottom of the stone forest, and it only occasionally appeared, and most of the time it was blocked.

I don't know where the merchant came from.

The Taoist rested enough, and slowly got up.

Although the cat did not look back, it sensed his movement, so she also stood up, turned her head to look into the distance, and followed him away, and then said:

"Sanhua Niangniang likes it here."

"Hmmm......"

Song You couldn't help but turn his head with her.

There is a big river in front of this flat land below, with a stone forest on the left and a high mountain behind the right, which is sandwiched in the middle, which does give people a sense of isolation from the outside world, comfort and safety, and it is normal for cats to like it.

"There's a road ahead to go down, so many caravans pass through here, I guess there must be a thatched shop and carriage shop below, and we'll spend the night here tonight."

"I guess too!"

A man and a cat walked down the mountain.

The cat's steps became cheerful.

The mountain is actually quite high.

The village next to the stone forest seems to be close and close, but in fact, the road connecting it winds through the mountains, and it takes a lot of time to walk down.

However, when she reached the bottom of the mountain, she could neither see the river in front of her, nor could she reflect the feeling of being wrapped in the towering stone forest and mountains that surrounded the village, and the cat looked up and looked carefully while walking in small steps, and it could be seen from her expression that the scene she saw after coming down did not seem to be the same as she expected.

"Sanhua Niangniang should know that the same thing, looking at the past from different directions, it is different, and no matter what perspective it is, it is it."

Song You walked as he spoke.

As expected, there is indeed a thatched shop below, for merchants passing through here to stay and rest.

Song You also asked for a room.

Because of the poor conditions, the price is also very cheap, much cheaper than the thatched shops outside Changjing City and on the edge of the ghost market.

It's just that not long after moving in, the silence was replaced by Song You.

Because he heard from the mouths of the caravans that at the end of spring this year, Chen Ziyi died of his injuries and died in Changjing.

The merchants relished and described the details of the time.

This is Longzhou, and then go further, you will enter the Lianshan Corridor, which is an important trade and cultural channel connecting Changjing and the Western Regions, connecting Dayan and the countries in the west, and these merchants are many from Changjing.

After sitting by the window and looking out of the window for a long time, a cat suddenly jumped up to the edge of the window, came into his sight, and turned its head to look at him:

"What is the Taoist priest thinking?"

“……”

Song You turned his gaze to her, and after thinking for a while, he replied, "It's just that some are sad for General Chen's ending, and some are worried about him. ”

"Huh? What to worry about? ”

"Although General Chen is both wise and brave, and he has many strategists under him, most of his strategists are on the northern border, and he is too upright in his actions." Song You told her very formally, "Although the new emperor is not bad in nature and does not have many bad intentions, he is weak and uncertain, and it is easy to listen to and believe, and there is a Taoist priest next to him, but he has a bit of the true inheritance of the national teacher." ”

"I don't understand ......"

"I'm worried that they calculated that General Chen might have a backhand, and it would make it impossible for him to come back to life." Song You paused, "But I think we will meet him again eventually." ”

"I don't understand ......"

"Forget it."

Song You reached out and touched her head.

The cat also let him touch it, and at the same time stared at him with a serious face: "Don't be sad! ”

"Nature."

Song You smiled slightly, quickly put the matter behind him, and said to her: "Tomorrow will be the beginning of autumn again, what do Sanhua Niangniang want to eat?" ”

"Have a good meal!"

The cat's eyes lit up.

"Yes."

"But it seems like a small place, and there isn't much to eat."

"Sanhua Niangniang's words are wrong." Song You said to her, "Although this is a small place, it is a place where merchants come and go frequently, Dayan's silk, tea and porcelain are sold from here, and good things and money from the west also come in from here, just like the spices used by Sanhua Niangniang to make braised vegetables, some of which are also imported from here." What's more, the bitter cold land in the northwest has its own specialties. ”

"Specialty!"

"It's like mutton here, it's a must." Song You paused for a moment, "Let's give Sanhua Niangniang the essence of an egg, and then eat some good mutton." ”

"Okay!"

The cat does not hesitate and is unusually well-behaved.

The Taoist also continued to sit by the window and look out of the window.

If nothing else is said here, it should be quiet.

It wasn't until night fell that Song You climbed into bed, closed his eyes, and seriously comprehended the spirit of Liqiu.

Overnight, Liqiu's spiritual power was added again.

……

Early the next morning.

The merchants who lived in the same thatched shop discussed the wonder of the golden grass and trees next to the house overnight last night, as if the scenery around the thatched shop had entered autumn in only one night, but only around the thatched shop.

It's just that no matter how interesting they are, the merchants still have to run around for a living, so they pack up their things and continue to move forward, either to the west to the Western Regions, or to the east to Changjing.

The thatched shop that was full last night was just early in the morning, and there was only one Taoist left, sitting down to eat breakfast in a hurry.

Breakfast was set last night.

There weren't many tricks, just a whole piece of sheep's neck, a bowl of slurry water, and an egg.

Mutton is the best lamb meat bought in the east of the village, and the sheep neck is the best, just add green onions, ginger and salt to cook, nothing else, it is tender and juicy, the meat can be melted into the mouth with only a sip, and it is more delicious than the mutton from the northwest that I have eaten in Changjing before.

The syrup water is a local specialty, and the fermented sour soup is not strong or light, just right, and can be drunk directly as water, clearing heat and relieving heat.

Pull a bowl of noodles to cook, no need to put any seasonings, no need for salt and vinegar, just put it into the bowl, carry a pot of slurry water and pour it in, it is the slurry water surface, simple, refreshing and appetizing.

The Taoist and the cat share food and eat to their heart's content.

The swallow also ate a little bit.

It's just that Song You couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"It's been ten years......"

Recalling the past, there is a feeling that I have walked through many mountains and rivers and seen all the world, but when I think about the Jinyang Road back then, it seems that it is not far from yesterday.

It's amazing.

……

Ask for a double commuter pass!

(End of chapter)