"Sir, don't you live anymore?"

"I can't stop it."

"Where is this going?"

"Will go west."

"I wish Mr. a smooth journey."

"Thank you."

Song You packed his bags and retired from the guest room, the store was very polite to him, and he naturally had to treat him politely.

Then he didn't leave immediately, but took Sanhua Niangniang and Zao Hongma into the sweet water alley opposite, and looked at this alley again, I don't know if it was the last time, until I walked to the small courtyard where I once lived, knocked on the door, and waited for someone to open it.

"Who?"

"The Taoist who lives in the inn opposite."

"Squeak......

The door opened.

But it was not the high butcher who opened the door, but a young boy and a woman behind him.

"Isn't Gao Gong here?"

"Went out early in the morning."

"That's okay. There is nothing important, but this time I returned to Yidu, stayed for some days, and I am going to leave today, thanks to the care of the two of you these days, I am very grateful, and I came to say goodbye. Song You stood at the door and didn't go in, and took out two talismans from his arms as he spoke, "If there is nothing else to thank, I will give two talismans, which can be hung at home to exorcise evil spirits and avoid ghosts, coupled with Gao Gong's blood and courage, even if the troubled times are coming in the future, it is enough to ensure that the family is not harassed by demons and evil ghosts." ”

"This ......"

The woman took the talisman and did not know what to say.

"Thank you to Gao Gong for us, saying that we have left, and if we have a fate in seven years, we will definitely come back to visit again." Song You naturally didn't embarrass the woman, and arched his hand and said, "Farewell." ”

Don't forget to lower your hand slightly, and say to the child:

"Farewell!"

The girl next to him learned from him to give her hand, her voice was soft and thin, but her expression was solemn, and she also said goodbye.

The woman was speechless, and the child stared with his eyes open.

The two of them turned and left.

The horse's hooves step on the bluestone, and it has to rattle.

The bell also made a crisp sound.

"Hehe......"

The Taoist couldn't help but laugh twice.

When I came back this time, I originally wanted to pick up the footprints left thirteen years ago, but I didn't expect that the process itself would leave new footprints and new memories. Maybe that's where the process comes in.

Slowly walk out of the city and take a look at the city.

This time I went out through the West Gate.

The military academy did not stop them.

The Taoist went out of the city to the west to find another old man.

I went over a few mountains along the official road, crossed two bridges, walked from morning to afternoon, and arrived at a county seat, called Siyuan County.

I still found a hotel in the county to stay, and set off the next morning according to my memory.

There are dozens of miles on the road, three or five pavilions, and more than ten smoke villages.

It's just that this time it's not cold, and it's much easier to walk than before.

There are many roads in the middle that seem to be familiar and unfamiliar, some of them are more and more familiar, only to know that they are going right, and some of them are getting more and more unfamiliar, so they retreat and walk for most of the day, and finally arrive at Xinzhuang and Eagle Mountain.

“……”

There is a bamboo courtyard in front of me, with bamboo rows as walls, thatched roofs, and fences as courtyards, but it is quiet inside, and no one seems to be there.

The Taoist stood outside the fence and looked into the house.

The cat stood with him, and craned its neck to look into the room, its eyes shining with remembrance.

This is the bamboo house of the master carver Kong Beizhao.

Song You once came here to visit the masters, saw the amazing wood carving skills of Kong Zhizhao, and also got a lot of creation, this creation is very amazing, until now it has also benefited immensely, so when I returned to Yizhou, I wanted to visit it, and if I could still see it, I would say thank you.

But unexpectedly, the old man no longer seems to live here.

"Tuk Tuk ......"

Song You still knocked lightly on the door and looked into the house.

Naturally, no one responded.

"Is there anyone in there?"

Still nothing happens.

“……”

On the contrary, he shook his head a little, and when he looked down again, he saw that his cat had entered the fence, and he went to the door with a natural face.

"Why did Sanhua Niangniang get in?"

"That's how Sanhua Niangniang came in."

“……”

Song You looked down.

The gap in the woodyard is smaller, but there is often a large gap in the fence, and the old hen probably can't get through, but the cat can easily pass through.

"Sanhua Niangniang is back."

"Huh? Why? The cat stopped and looked back at him, "Sanhua Niangniang went to see if there was anyone inside." ”

"The door is closed."

"Sanhua Niangniang doesn't enter the door, looks at the window."

"The fence is also a courtyard, and the firewood is also a door."

"Fences? Chai Fei? ”

The cat looked at the bamboo fence that surrounded the yard, and after a little thought, he raised his head and said to him: "This door can't close the cat, which means that it is not used to close the cat." Cats can come in. ”

“……”

There is some truth in it.

The cat withdrew its gaze, shook its head, and continued walking.

Jumped on the windowsill with a brush, looked inside, walked to the door again, and touched the ground at the door with his paws in front of the divine doctor's house on Beiqin Mountain, looked down at the dust and marks, and then turned back and said to the Taoist:

"It's a mess inside, it's all dust, and the doorway is all dust."

Then he walked to the door of another room and looked at it.

"This roof is half broken."

Song You looked at it from a different angle, only to find that there was indeed a room where most of the thatch on the roof was missing, and I don't know if it was broken by the autumn wind or taken by others.

"Alas......"

The Taoist sighed: "Sanhua Niangniang come back." ”

"Okay!"

The cat then turned around and walked back.

I picked a gap in the fence that looked a little bigger, walked calmly, and easily passed through the gap, as if I had just crossed a small hurdle.

Song You had already prepared, his heart was calm, but he was a little regretful, he looked around left and right, and walked around the bamboo house with a cane.

Sure enough—

When he walked around to the bamboo forest behind the bamboo house, he saw that there was an extra dirt bag in the bamboo forest, and there was a stone tablet in front of it.

It is the tomb of Kong Zhizhao.

The grave is no longer new, the soil is almost no different from the soil in the adjacent field, and even the grave is a little shorter, covered with moss and weeds, and it should be at least a few years old.

The tomb and stele were erected by a person named "Dongyang".

It is the disciple of Kong Zhizhao.

That "Dongyang" is a wooden man, carved into life, I don't know where it is now, but it's okay? There is incense in front of the tomb, and the most recent one should have been inserted this year, I don't know if he lit it.

“……”

It seems that thirteen years is indeed too long.

Song You was still prepared, took out the incense stick from the quilt bag, and after a little flickering, it was already lit, and he bowed three times, but it was fate and kindness, so he inserted it in front of the grave.

In this process, the Taoist is still calm.

Sanhua Niangniang stood behind him and looked at him, with a solemn expression, and waited for him to finish the incense before asking, "Is that person dead?" ”

"Probably so."

"What about the cat?"

“……”

Song You also remembered the cat for a moment.

It is a cat carved after Sanhua Niangniang, and there is Master Kong's own ideas, it looks seven or eight points similar to Sanhua Niangniang, and has the charm of Sanhua Niangniang, and has poured into the skills and painstaking efforts of a peerless woodcarver who has never been seen before, so he survived, and finally returned to the mountains and forests, and was free.

"Thirteen years, it's supposed to be old, right?"

"It's made of wood, will it get old?"

"Well, Sanhua Niangniang has a point. Maybe it's not old yet. Song You did not refute Sanhua Niangniang's words, "Maybe it is free in a certain mountain forest at this time." ”

"Hmm......"

Hearing that it is free, the three-flowered cat is not worried.

"Let's go."

The Taoist once again took a step.

Walked to Siyuan County, made a little supply, bought a few steamed buns to bring on, filled the mountains with spring water, asked for directions, and spent a day, and then walked from Siyuan County to Jinyang Road.

It's the opposite direction from before.

As soon as the cat arrived, it looked a little different.

Although she still took small steps, either following the Taoist, going to the front, or falling behind, she obviously lost a lot of interest in the insects and birds on the side of the road, and these interests were all transferred to the road itself and the mountains and rivers on both sides.

I saw the cat turning its head to look around as it walked, and every time it stopped, it must look up at the mountain on the side of the road, or look down at the stream next to it, and sniff everywhere during the process.

It seems that she is also looking for a familiar feeling on this path.

But when I asked her, she wouldn't speak.

A few days later—

Hand climb the rock.

A swallow skimmed through the air.

Swallows are light, but people don't see it.

There is a chiseled wall path hanging on the cliff next to it, the whole road is carved out on the almost vertical cliff wall, less than one person high, the width may be three or four feet, if a person is bold, he can lie down and sleep, but he can never turn over casually, he may fall into the cliff as soon as he turns over, and the narrow place can only allow a person to walk dangerously against the cliff.

It was very windy in the mountains.

The Taoist sat on the edge of the cliff, his legs hanging down naturally, his hair lifted by the mountain wind, and he turned his head to look at the distant scenery while holding a steamed bun and nibbling on it.

The cat also sat next to him, very well-behaved.

The cliff is very high and overlooks the earth.

Behind him are cliff carvings, different painting styles tell a corner of different eras, in front of the mountains are continuous, the stream is meandering, the water reflects another dusk, the sun in the sky is slowly sinking.

Taoists enjoy the pure natural scenery and the feeling of a thousand flavors of memories coming up.

It didn't take long for the afterglow of the sunset to fade, the overhead dimmed, and the sky took on a dreamlike color, like blue but not blue, like purple and red, like pink and white, gradually turning into a gentle evening glow.

The Taoist broke off a piece of steamed bun and handed it to the cat next to him.

The cat barely hesitated, just carefully took it from his hand and ate it one by one.

“……”

The Taoist smiled.

When he walked on this road back then, whether it was on Jinyang Road below or on this hand climbing rock, he distributed food to Sanhua Niangniang, and Sanhua Niangniang was not easy to accept.

It's so natural now.

If you ask him what is the biggest gain from traveling the world for 13 years?

Here it is.

……

This is the 10th place plus!

I didn't expect it to fall off after staying in the top ten for a long time, it doesn't matter, I'm still very grateful to everyone~

Thank you even more!

I still hope that everyone will vote for it~

(bowing and bare-chested)

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