Outside Anqing County, Fujia Grange.

A row of bamboo huts is close to the farmland, and the windows pushed up are supported by wooden poles to the maximum, and the spring breeze and spring are good to come in.

There are hundreds of mountains outside the window, overlapping into shadows, Fu Gong in the window has already passed the age of not being confused, and his hair is already a little gray at this age, there is a legend in the world that he wrote too many fairies and demons, and there is a legend that he had a relationship with a female ghost when he was young, and was sucked yang energy, and there are different opinions, but Fu Gong is in good health, and he doesn't know anything, and he is entertaining the guests he just met today.

The guest was a young scholar, just as he had been.

"Hahahaha......"

Fu Gong sat on the bamboo chair, raised his head and laughed: "Brother Xian misunderstood. Life is limited, no matter how long Fu Mou's life is, how can he see so many fairies and demons, and the things recorded in the book are also heard by Fu Mou when he walks around and hears about them in different mouths. ”

"I see!"

"Hahaha......"

"Even so, Fu Gong's life is extremely exciting, and the books written by Fu Gong are even more intoxicating to many people, and it is really a blessing to be able to meet Fu Gong." The young scholar said, and then remembered that he was still entrusted by others on the river, so he said:

"By the way, when I came down the waterway, I met a Taoist on the road, who only said that his surname was Song, and he claimed to be an old acquaintance with Fu Gong, and asked me to say hello to Fu Gong."

"Old knowledge? When did the old acquaintance? ”

"When I asked him, he didn't answer, he only said that when he came down here, he asked about Fu Gong, and he naturally knew, which was quite strange."

"Daoist? Surname Song? Fu Gong couldn't help frowning deeply, "What does it look like?" ”

"Appearance ......"

The young scholar couldn't help frowning, he had only been separated for a few days, and he couldn't remember it anymore, so he had to try to recall the description: "I don't look very old, but my expression is very vicissitudes, I can't remember what it looks like, I only remember that it is quite extraordinary, and I am afraid that there are also some Taoist cultivators." ”

"Fu knows a lot of Taoists." Although Fu Gong said so, he had a faint feeling in his heart, "That Taoist can bring a jujube red horse and a flower cat?" ”

"Not really."

"Are you alone?"

"Not really. Instead, they brought a girl, about ten years old, who loved fishing and cooking, and a baby girl who had just been able to talk, and only learned to walk halfway through the boat. The young scholar paused again as he spoke, "By the way, he claimed to have traveled the world from Yizhou, and now he is going back." ”

“……”

Fu Gong was taken aback and almost sat up straight.

Although the appearance of the fairy in the scholar's mouth was vague, and the people around him were not the same as in his memory, the sentence "I came from Yizhou, traveled the world, and now I want to go back" still made him understand instantly.

It has been 20 years since I first met Jiangshang.

At that time, I also said that I would visit in the future.

He said that he wanted to visit the legendary Yin Yang Mountain Fulong Temple again, and he also said that he wanted to visit the Taoist on the river, but now it seems that it is time.

"Why is Fu Gong's expression like this?"

Seeing this, the scholar couldn't help but look at him, and said with concern: "That person is Fu Gong's old acquaintance?" ”

"Yes...... Old Knowledge...... It's ......"

Fu Gong nodded again and again, then relaxed, and looked at the young scholar again, a complicated look flashed in his eyes: "Brother Xian, you and I have exactly the same experience back then." ”

……

Nenhei Ferry.

Sanhua Niangniang carried a brocade bag in one hand and Xiao Jianghan in the other, as if she had brought a kitten, and got off the boat very easily.

Xiao Jianghan is really like an obedient kitten, honest, his hands and feet naturally droop, and he doesn't even shake his eyes, until Sanhua Niangniang puts herself on the river beach, and stands obediently, watching Sanhua Niangniang go back to get other bags and deliver the boat money.

The Taoist walked behind.

"Mr. be careful, now the world is very chaotic, after the Nianping ferry, go to Yizhou, there are many mountain roads, villains often run on the river, often listen to the guests on the boat, there are a lot of bandits over there."

"Thank you."

"The guest officer walks slowly."

The boatman took the money from the three flower girls.

The Taoist also got off the boat.

The Nianping Ferry was a shallow, full of pebbles, and the shouts of slender men wafting in the air, which seemed to be a little heavier than it had been back then.

"Hoo ......"

The Taoist exhaled.

Unconsciously, there was a noticeable warmth in the air, and the surrounding mountains and forests were also getting stronger, and even grass was emerging from the shallow rocks under your feet.

Although the waterway is more comfortable than the land route, it is the best mode of transportation for long-distance travel in this year, but the boat against the water is not necessarily faster than the land route, three times to transfer down, thousands of miles of waterway, except for the first time down the Yuqu River is down the water, are all upstream, plus the time to find a boat and wait for the boat in the middle, it took more than a month.

It's already March.

The Taoist turned around, Sanhua Niangniang and Xiao Jianghan stood on the shore, Xiao Jianghan tried to stand up straight, Sanhua Niangniang picked up the small bamboo cane again and stuck it behind her back, to see if she was so tall after standing straight.

The swallow flew beside it, hovering and staring.

The Taoist also walked over to see.

Not surprisingly, Xiao Jianghan's height after standing up straight not only reached the scale of the Taoist line drawn on the small bamboo pole, but even exceeded a small section because of the good food for more than a month.

Only a small fraction of what is exceeded.

Don't underestimate that.

Sanhua Niangniang drew a scale on the wooden wall of a small building in Changjing for the first time, returned from a few years of travel, and drew the scale again for the second time, which was just a little more than this small section.

“……”

Song You obviously saw Sanhua Niangniang's eyes widen, revealing a look of disbelief, and hurriedly lowered his head to take a closer look to see if Xiao Jianghan was standing on the flat ground, whether his bamboo cane was in the pit, and even checked whether Xiao Jianghan was tiptoeing, and repeated it several times.

Until it was confirmed that Xiao Jianghan had indeed grown so much.

It's only been a little over a month.

"Boom!"

Sanhua Niangniang had a muffled sound in her head, and she was stunned on the spot.

"Children are like that, they grow up very quickly at the beginning, and they will be the same for a while." Song You couldn't bear it after all, and said to her, "It will grow very slowly in the future." ”

"Really?"

"Don't dare to deceive Sanhua Niangniang."

"When will it grow slowly?"

“……”

"When will it grow slowly?"

"When you grow about the same height as an adult."

“……”

Sanhua Niangniang stared at him stunned.

"Sanhua Niang~"

The little thing came running over and hugged her.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Sanhua Niangniang carried Xiao Jianghan on her back expressionlessly, and followed the Taoist to the mountain with a small bamboo cane that was no longer convenient for her to pick up.

There was a clearing in the mountains, where several caravans were waiting, and behind them the slender man was still floating faintly in the air, and when they saw them, they all cast their eyes on them.

"Sir, do you want to wait a while and have more people go together?"

A pedestrian asked him.

"What's wrong?"

"Didn't you hear, sir? There are thieves on the mountain road ahead, quite fierce, and some people have heard the roar of the tiger in the mountains. ”

"I see."

"Sir, do you have to wait?" The pedestrian asked, "In this world, even the monks of the mountain bandits are going to be harmed. ”

"Then just wait."

The Taoist turned his head to look at it, found a random stone, and sat down to wait with them.

Sanhua Niangniang was still carrying Xiao Jiang Han on her back, standing beside him expressionlessly, and the Taoist asked her to sit on her, but she didn't sit, and she couldn't see a little expression on her face, and she was in the process of doubting the cat.

The pedestrian who spoke earlier came to the Taoist:

"Can the Taoist master do divination?"

"Not at the bottom."

"So you can understand martial arts?"

"Not under it. However, the boy next to him is quite capable. Song You just took advantage of Sanhua Niangniang's suspicion of cat life, and praised her in front of outsiders, "Don't look at her small, but she has great skills, and she should be able to keep us safe." ”

"Sir, don't coax me."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

The pedestrians were still skeptical and retreated.

Two more businessmen waited one after another.

There were almost seven or eight people in total, including a scholar with a long sword and a warrior with a long sword.

The Taoist rubbed the girl's head and got up to follow.

This is mostly a familiar road.

Over a mountain, another mountain.

Song You could clearly feel the nervousness of the people around him, and as he passed through the barren mountains, he became more and more nervous, and from time to time someone looked up into the dense forest, and he could clearly feel the gaze from the dense forest.

For these, the Sanhua Niang around him felt more clearly than him, especially the latter.

Sanhua Niangniang was still carrying the girl on her back, her face was expressionless, sometimes walking in front of him, sometimes walking behind him, but from time to time she stopped, looked up at a certain place in the dense forest, her eyes did not move for a long time, and after a while, she withdrew her gaze and turned her head to look at the Taoist.

Someone was whispering.

"This is it......"

"It's good to get past here......"

However, I only heard a shaking in the dense forest, and the person who walked in front was so frightened that he screamed, and the person behind also screamed. When everyone came back to their senses, more than a dozen mountain bandits with knives and guns had already emerged from behind them, blocking the mountain road.

"Ahh

A woman screamed in fright.

Even the sword-wielding literati and the sword-wielding Jianghu were very nervous.

There are too many bandits.

"Grandpa thief, don't be impulsive, it's easy to say, you ask for money, we ask for safety, we have all lived here for a long time, and we are willing to leave a house to buy money, and honor you."

"Wang is a disciple of the outer door of the Golden Knife Gate, the master of the Golden Knife Gate 'Cutting Wind Knife' Gaohua, the ancestor is the Golden Knife Gate's 'Moon Cutting Knife' Yu Zhengqing, the beginning of next year is the Liujiang Conference, Wang was ordered by the master to send a letter to the Xishan of Yizhou, all of them are mixed with the rivers and lakes, I hope you will be convenient."

"Don't kill me......"

There was a bit of chaos in the mountains for a while.

Only Sanhua Niangniang has a heavy heart, knowing that when she encounters these bandits, especially in recent years, even if she is a Taoist, it is difficult to pass without giving money, but if you give money, even if you only give a penny, it will cost her Sanhua Niangniang's half of her cat life, and half of her body will be Taoist.

It will not work.

So the girl was still silent, just untied the belt around her waist and put down Xiao Jianghan in the skirt behind her.

"What Golden Sword Sect Outer Sect disciple? If the Golden Daomen really wants to send a letter to Xishan to discuss the matter of the Liujiang Conference, will they only send you one outer disciple? ”

"Mo is not a made up name?"

"Take out the token and look at it!"

"Even if it's true, where is the body of the Lingjin Daomen, can it scare our heroes in Xuzhou?"

"The rest of the people don't talk nonsense, take out all the money, we take half of it, be honest, there is no private collection, you can leave, and the woman stays. If there is a private collection, cut off the hands and feet, and feed the tigers in the mountains. ”

“……”

Immediately, there was a cry in the mountains.

There are voices begging for mercy, and there are voices of bargaining.

"Sanhua Niangniang~~"

Xiao Jiang Han had already been placed on the ground, with a pair of big eyes, he looked at Sanhua Niangniang in puzzlement, and opened his hand to hug him.

Sanhua Niangniang walked forward.

As soon as he took two steps, he suddenly stopped, turned his head and looked straight into the mountains in the distance, his eyes slightly condensed.

"Wow~woo~~"

There was a long roar of tigers in the mountains.

For a moment the mountains were silent.

Everyone was stunned.

This tiger roar really resounded through the mountains and forests, shocking people's hearts, the sound has stopped, but the aftermath is still echoing in the mountains.

"Grandpa Tiger is here......"

The bandits suddenly looked terrified.

It stands to reason that so many people, with knives and guns, should not be afraid of ordinary mountain tigers.

"Do you want to go?"

"You can't run casually, I've heard people say that if people run, the tiger will definitely chase them, but I don't know how this mountain monarch grandfather is."

"Let's see if it comes......"

"I heard that this mountain monarch grandfather has learned the Tao and can understand people's words, if it really comes, let's kowtow to it first and say a few good words before leaving."

Many business travelers did not dare to move.

The thieves wanted to retreat, but they were reluctant to meet the fat sheep that they had finally met, so they were lucky and lowered their voices to discuss.

"Whew~~"

Another earth-shattering tiger roar.

This time it's closer.

Everyone's hearts seemed to have been hit by a heavy hammer, and they stopped for a moment, breathless.

If you follow the sound, you can only see the trees and grasses in the mountains in the distance, and occasionally you can see a little color between the trees and grasses, which can be used to imagine the huge size of the tiger.

Getting closer, getting closer.

The people's legs were weak, and they didn't dare to move.

Only Sanhua Niangniang stared in that direction, her eyes moved with its movement, her face was expressionless, she did not see panic, she did not see fear, she only put her hand into the blanket and held the wooden pole of the small flag.

"Roar~"

With a brush, the tiger rushed out of the forest, as big as a buffalo, as fast as lightning, and as powerful as a mountain.

But not against many business travelers, nor at Taoists, but at those mountain bandits, one slap can shoot one off the cliff, and one bite can bite off half a person.

Although many mountain bandits have blades on top, not only are they powerless to resist, but they also lack time to react.

Occasionally, someone raised his blade, but before he could cut it, he only collided with the claws of the tiger and broke off, or he was embedded in his body by the great force.

In an instant, the thief in front of everyone was gone.

Seeing this, the thieves behind hurriedly fled.

The tiger just raised his head and roared, and as soon as the sound passed, they were frightened and frozen, as if they had lost their souls, and were rushed up by the tiger and slapped to death one by one.

Sanhua Niangniang maintained the posture of standing in place, reaching into the blanket and holding the small flag, but turned her head and stared straight at the tiger, her eyes flashing with curiosity.

In just a few moments, all the mountain bandits were dead.

Some of the people in the group were so frightened that their faces turned pale, some saw that something was wrong, and some knelt down and kowtowed.

It was only then that the tiger turned his head and looked at the Taoist and the girl among the crowd, his eyes flickered, and he actually bowed his head to them, as if to greet them, and then took a step into the mountains and forests.

"It turns out to be an old acquaintance, too......"

The Taoist looked at its figure, and also saw a bit of incense from its body.

It seems that it is also on the right path.

(End of chapter)