The sky is clear, there is no wind and no clouds.

A few people set off early, so that they could rush more way, so as not to panic in the sun.

Cui Ying had a small bead around her neck, grabbed the little girl's legs with both hands, and asked her to sit firmly, one big and one small, playing all the way.

It may be true that as Tong Daochang said, the little girl followed her grandfather in all directions when she was a child, never settled, and usually ate to fool her, the little girl was short and thin, she was five or six years old yesterday, and today she knew that she was eight years old, so it can be seen that she has suffered a lot of sins with her grandfather.

Xiao Zhu'er was uncomfortable by her "brother's" sideburns, Cui Ying simply scattered the silk, tied a ponytail casually, took a handkerchief and tied it on her forehead, surrounded the top of her head, and used it as a simple scarf, so that Xiao Zhu'er could lie on the top of her head, just with her chin padding her head.

Chen Jing in order to take care of Tong Daochang's legs and feet, pick up low grass and hurry, if there are only people, Tong Daochang has cultivation after all, there is a thin granddaughter by his side, climbing the slope and flowing water still can't stop him, but the Taoist is still riding a donkey, reluctant to throw away that, for this few people can walk the Shunchang Road, much less.

Both the grandfather and grandson looked panicked, and the donkey's ribs and bones didn't need to be touched, just by looking at it, he knew how many there were, and he didn't know whether he couldn't move the Taoist, or he was in too long to eat grass and grow meat.

Tong Daochang sits upright on the saddle of the donkey, which fits with the undulation of the donkey's back, and he doesn't feel much bumps, and he is also a hard butt, but if he doesn't encounter a big pit and a big threshold, he can not touch the ground, and he can call the poor donkey under the seat.

Xiao Zhu'er didn't dare to grab Cui Ying's ears, so she had to wrap her hands around Cui Ying's forehead and shout to the Taoist on the donkey's back: "Grandpa." ”

Tong Daochang was basking in the sun comfortably, wondering if he should take a nap, when he heard his granddaughter's voice, he turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Zhu'er tilted her head and said, "I'm hungry." ”

Daoist Tong suddenly made a difficulty, "I asked you to eat more yesterday, I didn't listen, now it's okay, we haven't been on the road for long, it's still early for dinner, where do you ask grandpa to find food for you?" ”

Xiao Zhu'er's head turned over and over, her little head rested on her big head, and she shouted childishly: "Xiao Zhu'er wants to eat rock sugar gourd." ”

After hearing this, Daoist Tong's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but get angry and said: "You are a gourd, open your eyes and see, where are we?" It's just a gourd, grandpa will find you some fruit to string up, the taste is not much different, rock candy is what you and I can think? No matter how big Grandpa's ability is, he can't change it.

Okay, don't be petty, when you meet a village or town, grandpa will inquire, and if you have one, you will definitely buy it to satisfy your cravings. ”

"Rock sugar gourd." Cui Ying thought back for a moment, arousing the worms in her stomach, she didn't feel how sweet it was before, and she couldn't help swallowing her saliva at this time.

Cui Ying patted the little feet on her chest and said magnificently: "Xiao Zhu'er, when we meet someone who sells rock sugar gourds, let's wrap him round, even bring the haystack, my brother has a treat, let's eat it openly, just eat the rock candy, pick the sweet, don't be too sour, throw it away, let's get up!" ”

After hearing this, Xiao Zhu'er became lively and clever, and shouted while holding Cui Ying's head: "There is a rock sugar gourd to eat!" ”

Daochang Tong saw it with a smile in his eyes, and muttered in his mouth, "Naughty." ”

Chen Jing walked ahead, glanced at the trend of the river, turned to the northwest, overlooked the northeast, the terrain sank a little, there should be the edge of the Jinge grassland.

Walking along the river bank all the way, he didn't see any bridges, and Chen Jing didn't have the heart to look for it at this time, even if he did, it was impossible to say whether he could leave.

You have to cross the river, Chen Jing and Cui Ying don't care, Daochang Tong can also deal with it, but Xiao Zhu'er and the donkey are a little difficult.

At least for Daochang Tong.

The river surface is only 100 zhang wide, and the depth of the water can be seen at a glance, Chen Jing and Cui Ying don't need to wade across the river, they can fly across in one go.

But Daoist Tong won't.

The main reason is that the Taoist has a stubborn temper, and he has to cross the river with a donkey, and the donkey is so frightened that he pulls a long sound "ah uh" to call, and the middle-aged Taoist pats the donkey's face and scolds: "Scream, don't kick your legs and make trouble." ”

When they came to the depths of the water, one person and one donkey poured countless water, Chen Jing couldn't stand it, and Cui Ying made a look, the two flew across the river, one pulled the collar of the person, and the other lifted the donkey's legs, pulling the person and the donkey to the opposite bank.

Xiao Zhu'er squatted down, saw her grandfather make a fool of herself, and grinned silently.

Tong Daochang's stomach was too full, and he coughed violently a few times and couldn't vomit, so he gave up, and the Taoist who fell into the soup and chickens sat on the ground, looked up at the two young people, and said weakly: "The two Taoist friends gave a word, is it really not long to practice?" ”

The donkey lying on the ground, with a round belly, Cui Ying pinched his strength, stepped on the donkey's belly a few times, and saw that he spit out stagnant water, so he said: "Is it necessary to get to the bottom of it?" ”

Chen Jing saw that Daoist Tong was embarrassed physically and mentally, so he couldn't bear it, so he simply took out his own set of clothes and handed it over, and said: "Don't worry, the two of us have no evil thoughts, Daoist has traveled south and north for many years, and has seen many people. ”

The Taoist felt sorry for himself and said: "I don't want to meet two geniuses in a deserted place, but the poor Dao has no eyes this time, and the preconceived problems have to be changed." ”

Chen Jing was about to comfort him with two sentences, but Daoist Tong raised his neck and asked carefully, "Where did the two Taoist friends learn from?" With such a young and internal cultivation, it is good to congratulate the poor Dao. ”

Chen Jing was annoyed, how can it be so good in the rivers and lakes, why does everyone want to inquire about the origin.

Isn't it good to meet in the water and then forget about each other in the rivers and lakes?

Cui Ying thought about it, but Xiaojing was on the side, so she had to hold Xiaozhu'er to tease the half-dead old donkey.

Daoist Tong looked at the faces of the two of them back and forth a few times, raised his hand to slap himself, and scolded himself: "I don't have a long memory, I just said yesterday that you need to be cautious when walking the rivers and lakes, and today you can't get off the stage, you should smoke." ”

For a few days, after a long memory, Daochang Tong no longer asked about the origin of the men and women, but only picked some of his own past chats, road customs, strange people and strange things, and he was always rich in talking about it, so he would not be cold anytime and anywhere.

After a few days of getting along, Chen Jing not only felt that Tong Daochang was a wonderful person, but also like a person who came to eat, he had never seen him take out food, looking at the down-and-out appearance, it seemed that he was at peace all the way, so he picked up ready-made wild fruits and dug some wild vegetables to eat, as for game meat, it is estimated that he has no ability to catch it.

If it was for his granddaughter, Chen Jing would have admitted it, but this Taoist elder really didn't have the slightest awareness of being an elder.

Xiao Zhu'er eats and sleeps in the same mold as her grandfather, and they all come out of the same house.

I can eat and sleep, no matter what is handed to the little girl, I don't eat much, but I can eat a few bites.

At night, Chen Jing meditates occasionally, that is, all night, Cui Ying sleeps in clothes, turning back and forth from time to time.

At the beginning of sleep, when the grandfather hugged his granddaughter, and when it was dawn, it was the grandfather's turn to find his granddaughter.

A few people hurried along the edge of the grassland basin, and at a glance, the grassland did not live up to its name, not because there was no grass, but because there were too many and too lush, they all became "grass forests".

I once saw some wild cultivation haunting it, and the wild grass was higher than the top of the wild cultivation's head, thinking that no one had grazed or taken care of it for hundreds of years, so that the land here was all fertilized with wild grass.

Cui Ying once proposed to pass through the grassland, Chen Jing refuted it without thinking, he had seen the map, this grassland is less than seven or eight hundred miles, and now there are too many wild grasses in it, which is more troublesome than the leafy mountains and forests, so he can't take this risk.

Tong Dao looked at the grassland for a long time, had an unobstructed view, and nodded: "If someone sets fire, it will be a situation where they will be wiped out." ”

"Set fire? No one has the guts, right? Cui Ying knew that this method would work, but she had lost her conscience.

The Taoist led the donkey at this time, let the granddaughter sit on the back of the donkey, since he looked down on the two young Taoist friends, the tone of his voice became much more polite, hearing Cui Daoyou's words, he was about to laugh, he pressed down, and said after a while: "I have heard of this place before, it is a place where no one cares, every few years, there will always be someone who sets fire, or it is open, or no one knows, it burns into a sea of fire, and the smoke and ashes can float hundreds of miles away, and the surrounding courts are ignoring it. ”

Chen Jing looked at some people in front of him, in the past few days, he has met more and more people, and there is a trend of crowds, looking at the pretenses, without exception, they are all wild cultivators, are they all rushing to the Jinou Dynasty and rushing to make money?

Suddenly thought of one thing, Chen Jing asked to go to Daoist Tong, he usually met a wild cultivator with bad intentions, his granddaughter followed, and he took a donkey, what should he do then?

The Taoist loosened his neckline, this set of coarse cloth clothes was clean and clean, it didn't fit well, it didn't match his weather, it was for young people to wear, he was old, he had neither the grandmaster's bearing, nor the appearance of a martial artist, which made people laugh in vain.

I don't dare to dislike it, after all, it was a gift from Chen Dao's friendly heart, but I can't chill people's enthusiasm, hearing Chen Jing's question, Tong Daochang smiled bitterly: "What else?" Daoist friends already know that the poor Dao is not strong in mana, it is nothing more than hiding if you can, and avoiding it if you can, as for losing people or something, it is not a hundred times stronger than losing your life. ”

Cui Ying said suddenly: "No wonder you are down, your cultivation is not enough, and your courage follows Xiaobei." ”

Tong Daochang nodded and said: "Cui Daoyou summed up in place, cultivation is your own courage, how far you can go under your feet, and the corresponding thing is how your courage grows." ”

Then he said with a smile: "The poor road is meager and cultivated, you can't walk the avenue, you can't do it like flying, it's better to be hidden, and you can find a way out by walking slowly." ”

"Oh, it's rare, so many people." Cui Ying looked at a bunch of people in the distance in front of her, and babbled.

In front of the large and small crowds, there were at least hundreds of people, Chen Jing didn't see where the sect was stationed, and he didn't see how many stalls there were, it didn't look like a wild cultivation market.

"There are so many people, let's not go around it, we will be looked down upon, maybe we will encounter difficult ghosts, let's go over and see the situation."

Chen Jing asked the grandfather and grandson to follow closely, and if anyone asked, they said that they were relatives, and they really didn't plan to do it for a long time, so they opened their mouths to remind them.

Tong Yan gave up his hand again and again, thanked Chen Daoyou, and then said: "Poor Dao plans to go to Ye Xiu to find out the whereabouts of his granddaughter. ”

"This ......"

Chen Jing was in trouble for a while, and after thinking about it, the idea of cutting off people to lick calves is still the next generation, not the son of man, and finally nodded and said: "Dao Chief, be careful, be careful." ”