Everyone slept against the tree, only Lin Yue'er, I don't know when, her head was already on Song Jiyun's shoulder. In fact, it was Song Jiyun who deliberately sat next to her, and then secretly put her head on her shoulder.

In the early morning, the birds in the forest chirped, and everyone gradually woke up.

Luo Ran: "Huh? What about that weird old man? ”

The strange old man happened to come over at this time: "Looking for me?" ”

Luo Ran: "It's okay, just ask, do you think you left us behind?" ”

Lin Yue'er stood up and walked towards the stream, followed by Song Jiyun, followed by Momo, and only Luo Ran and the strange old man were left here.

When the three of them came back, Luo Ran stood up and walked over there.

Luo Ran: "By the way, there are still a few cakes in the baggage over there, let's divide them, make up for it first, and set off in a while, it is estimated that there will be an inn soon." ”

Song Jiyun: "Well, I know! ”

Song Jiyun distributed the cake to everyone, and then left a piece for Luo Ran.

Actually, originally they brought the pastries and some food they bought at the market before, but they fell off the road, but fortunately, Lin Yue'er bought the cakes sold by the grandmother on the street when she left, otherwise a few people could only eat some wild fruits or birds and beasts in the forest.

After Luo Ran washed his face, he looked at the stream under his feet in a daze, and sighed: "Alas, Gongzi is not around, and nothing is going well." Didn't the old gentleman tell Childe a hexagram before, saying that Childe would live a hundred years old, he shouldn't be able to deceive people, right? Forget it, I don't want to, let's go back first, it's important to hurry. ”

When Luo Ran came back, Song Jiyun said: "The cake is in the baggage." ”

Luo Ran: "Got it." ”

Lin Yue'er saw that Luo Ran was a little depressed, and whispered to Song Jiyun: "Brother Luo doesn't seem to be in a good mood. ”

Song Jiyun: "I should miss Uncle Yan Yan, to be honest, I don't know how Uncle Yan is doing now?" ”

Lin Yue'er: "Uncle Taji has his own natural appearance, don't worry, we will find him soon." ”

Song Jiyun: "I hope so. ”

Luo Ran: "Okay, let's get on the horse, it's time for us to go!" ”

Several people galloped for a while, and arrived at Zhixi City at noon. Zhixi City is one of the ten cities in Dongfeng Country, and its comprehensive strength ranks third among the ten cities.

Luo Ran looked at the words on the city gate: "Zhixi City." ”

Song Jiyun: "What? Have you been here? ”

Luo Ran: "No, it just sounds familiar." ”

Lin Yue'er: "Let's go to the city first." ”

Luo Ran: "Hmm. ”

The strange old man was full of emotion in his heart: Zhixi City, I didn't expect to be here again.

Mo Mo saw the strange old man there in a daze: "Old man, what do you want?" ”

The strange old man looked at him: "What do you think?" ”

Mo Mo smiled: "Could it be that you remember the injury?" ”

The strange old man has long known that Momo is not a simple kid, and it is estimated that even the name is fake, this child is not very old, but he has a deep mind, and he has been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, so he has to guard against it.

Looking up at the three big words on the city gate, I remembered what happened many years ago, and today, everything has long since changed.

Luo Ran turned around and called out to them, "What are you two doing there?" ”

Momo: "It's coming!" ”

Strange Old Man: Wimpy kid.

Luo Ran: "I think this inn is good, let's settle here tonight!" ”

Lin Yue'er: "It looks really good." ”

Song Jiyun: "Little Er! ”

Xiao Er walked over: "Hello, a few guest officers, please!" ”

Song Jiyun: "Give us three rooms!" ”

Xiao Er: "Okay, please come inside!" ”

The strange old man looked up at the plaque, many years ago, it was a cloth village, but now it is an inn.

A few people sat down, and the strange old man and Momo also came over and sat down.

Luo Ran looked at the menu: "Let's order some good ones today, the two days of eating and sleeping in the open have been eating strangely and pitiful." ”

Lin Yue'er: "How much money do we have?" She leaned over and whispered to Luo Ran.

Luo Ran touched the purse on his waist awkwardly, and whispered: "It's really not much, in this case, before we catch up with the people in front, it is estimated that we will be starved to death." ”

Lin Yue'er: "What should I do then?" ”

Song Jiyun saw Luo Ran and Lin Yue'er whispering there: "What are you two muttering?" ”

Luo Ran: "Huh? Nothing, nothing. ”

Lin Yue'er also smiled awkwardly: "It's nothing." ”

Song Jiyun: "Is the dish ready?" ”

Luo Ran: "Otherwise, we won't order the food, let's eat the cake." "Look at everyone's eyes.

The strange old man drank the last sip of wine in the gourd and said, "A jar of wine!" ”

Luo Ran clenched the purse in his hand: "That, we don't have much to wrap up, this wine, otherwise it will be saved, right?" ”

The strange old man was dumbfounded, Song Jiyun didn't know what to say, and in the end it was Momo who broke the deadlock: "Everyone can order whatever they want to eat raw, the money, I'll pay for it." ”

Everyone looked at him, Momo: "Don't worry, I'm really rich!" ”

Strange old man: "Little Er! ”

Xiao Er walked over: "Hey! Guest, what do you order? ”

Strange old man: "Just go through all your signature dishes, and fill this gourd with the best wine you've ever had!" ”

Xiao Er took it: "Come on, you guys wait a minute, the food will come soon!" ”

Luo Ran patted Momo's thigh: "I didn't expect you to be so rich, I knew that we wouldn't have to live so poorly!" ”

Momo: "Hey, Brother Luo, you light, it hurts." ”

Luo Ran smiled: "I'm sorry, I'm too hard, I'll rub it for you?" ”

Mo Mo hurriedly refused: "No, no, no, I can do it myself." ”

Song Jiyun: I didn't expect that this kid is still a little useful.

Lin Yue'er: Fortunately, you don't have to be hungry.

Momo: This Luo Ran's hand strength is really not small.

Blame the old man: Anyway, someone pays for it, of course they have to eat the best!

Momo: This weird old man is really welcome!

Song Jiyun: "In that case, let's ask for two more rooms." ”

Momo: "Okay. ”

After a few people finished their meal, they went back to their rooms.

Luo Ran pushed open the door and exclaimed: "This room is okay, hey, after driving for so long, the whole person is about to fall apart, and I can finally sleep well!" ”

Lin Yue'er put down the sword in her hand and leaned against the bed, then lay down to rest.

In another room, the strange old man sat on the bed and meditated, he hadn't come out and walked around for many years, and the functions of some parts of the body were not particularly easy to use, but fortunately, he had deep skills and adapted very quickly, otherwise he would have struggled to walk since he rode a horse.

Song Jiyun lay down: "I can finally take a good rest, where will Uncle be taken?" It stands to reason that Uncle should leave us some clues, why nothing? Does he want us to keep tracking, or doesn't he want us to follow? ”

Song Jiyun couldn't understand that the evacuation of the people of the Dark Night Pavilion was so well-trained, which just showed that this kind of thing had often happened to them before, that was to say, that dark realm was just a place where they were temporarily stationed, but where were they going in the end?

Song Jiyun: "Forget it, let's take a step at a time." ”

Mo Mo was indignant: "There are only so many entanglements left, these people are really unkind!" ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of a gentle knock on the window, and Mo Mo approached the window and asked in a low voice, "Who?" ”

Chuan Yuichi: "Your Highness, it's me." ”

Momo opened the window, and Chuan Xing came in.

Momo didn't expect it: "Why are you still here?" ”

Chuan Xingyi: "Your Highness, the villain has a life, and he will always protect His Highness's safety." ”

Momo couldn't believe it: "You followed us all the way?" ”

Yuichi Chuan: "Yes. ”

Momo: "Didn't I let you go back?" ”

Chuan Xingyi: "Your Highness, the little one is on the orders of His Majesty this time to protect your safety, if you don't let the villain follow, the villain can only follow from afar." ”

Momo: "Didn't you follow from afar, then why did you appear again now?" ”

Chuan Xingichi: "The villain is here to hand this over to His Highness." ”

Chuan Xing handed a token to Momo's eyes, and Momo of course recognized the token: "This is?" ”

Chuan Xingyi: "Your Majesty knows that Your Highness will not go back so obediently following orders, so I asked the villain to bring this to Your Highness, and also instructed Your Highness to pay attention to safety!" ”

Momo: "It's still thoughtful about him. Momo put the token away: "Okay, I know, you get up." ”

Chuan Xingichi: "Your Highness! ”

Momo: "I'm going to rest, you go first." ”

Yuichi Chuan: "Yes. ”

The strange old man's room was next to Momo, and he heard these words clearly.

Strange old man: It turns out that it is actually a little prince? Listening to this way of speaking, it should be from the West Snow Country.

When night came, several people went downstairs for dinner one after another.

Song Jiyun was bored and asked, "Little Second Brother, have any strange things happened here recently, or have you been here with any strange people?" ”

The little second brother also chatted casually: "There is nothing strange happening, if you want to say that there are no strange people, if you want to say really strange, then it was only two days ago, a team of people passed by here, but they just ate a meal and left, there was no accommodation, it was dark at that time, I probably remember." ”

Song Jiyun and Lin Yue'er looked at each other, and Lin Yue'er then asked, "Then have you seen their looks clearly?" ”

Xiao Er: "This, it was too dark at that time, and the light was relatively dim, so I didn't see it too clearly." ”

Luo Ran: "Think about it again?" ”

Xiao Er tried to recall: "Hey, there really is, I remember that one of them smelled very strange. ”

Luo Ran: "What does it smell like?" ”

Xiao Er scratched his head: "I don't know much about this, I really don't know what it smells like, it smells good anyway." ”

Song Jiyun: "Well, I'm sorry for you." ”

Xiao Er: "It's nothing. Wait a minute, the food will be coming soon! ”

Song Jiyun, Lin Yue'er and Luo Ran looked at each other, if the guess is correct, the strange smell that the little second brother said should be the smell in the house in the Dark Night Pavilion that night, the smell is indeed very good, and if people are under the influence of this incense for a long time, it is natural for them to carry this smell on their clothes.

Momo: "What's wrong?" Did you find anything? ”

Luo Ran smiled: "If you find it, it's the same as if you didn't find it." ”

Momo: "Huh? What do you mean? Is there a clue or no clue? ”

Blame the old man: "Yes is no, no is yes, there is, there is no, there is not." ”

Momo: "Huh? ”

Lin Yue'er: "In this way, our direction is not wrong. ”

Song Jiyun: "Indeed. ”

Luo Ran: "Okay, let's eat first." ”

Momo: What, if you find out, you won't tell me, this is to watch out for me?

After Lin Yue'er finished eating, she found a quiet place in the backyard to practice the sword, she hadn't practiced for several days, and there was still the last weight left, Feng Zhixue once told her that the last weight of this Wind Breaking Sword and Ning Xue Palm was extremely difficult to cultivate, and if she was not careful, she would go crazy, so when practicing, she must be able to have no distractions, and if her heart stops water, otherwise she will stop at the top layer for the rest of her life, and she will never be able to practice the most extreme.

Song Jiyun was upstairs, with the window open, looking at Lin Yue'er downstairs.

Song Jiyun: Yue'er's swordsmanship has been completed, and it won't take long for her to master all the exercises given to her by her uncle. As for me, this last layer is really hard to figure out, when will I be able to understand it, alas!

Song Jiyun: "Alas. ”

Lin Yue'er heard Song Jiyun's sigh and stopped to look over: "What's wrong?" ”

Song Jiyun: "Huh? It's okay. Your martial arts have improved recently, and Uncle Shi must be very pleased to see it! ”

Lin Yue'er: "You are the same. ”

Song Jiyun: "It's late, go upstairs and rest!" ”

Lin Yue'er put away the sword: "Hmm." ”

Momo: "It's so hard at this late, alas, what has she experienced over the years?" ”

Luo Ran: "Alas, there are finally some clues, Childe, you wait, we will definitely find you and Song Gongzi!" ”

Strange old man: "What are you muttering about, this stinky boy?" ”

The next morning, several people finished breakfast.

Luo Ran stood up: "You go upstairs to pack up your things, I'll go prepare some food first, and gather in front of the door in a while!" ”

Song Jiyun: "Yes. ”

Before Momo went upstairs, he didn't forget to instruct: "Bring more." ”

Luo Ran: "Don't worry, I know it." ”

Luo Ran had read the map, and if they went on like this, they shouldn't have to bring too much dry food and water, there was a water source on the road, and there were many mountains and jungles, and birds and animals were definitely indispensable, so even if they didn't bring much food, they wouldn't starve.

Song Jiyun and Lin Yue'er and Luo Ran discussed, although it was not clear where Uncle Song Yuandao would go, so it was not sure whether Yan Yan was also controlled by that group of people, but one thing was that they could speed up and maybe get to that place before that group of people.

Liu Yimian has been taking care of Song Yuandao for the past few days, for fear that if he doesn't pay attention, this person will disappear from his eyes, just like before, he won't let this kind of thing happen again, even if he wants to tie him, he must tie him to his side and never leave an inch.

As for that Yan Yan, although he was tortured several times, he would still save his life.

Liu Yimian looked at Song Yuan and said, "How is it?" Are you feeling unwell? ”

Song Yuandao didn't speak, and Liu Yimian: "I've been a little nervous in the past few days, I guess you're tired, let's rest first, and then walk for a few days, and we can have a good rest." ”

Qing Yu followed Liu Yimian's instructions, and came to Yan Yan every day to administer needles, this needle can make people unable to exert their skills, or it can make people weak and weak, the tip of the needle is coated with medicine, no matter how much you resist, it is useless. Yan Yan's injuries have all been healed by Qing Yu, and they are all excellent medicinal materials, so they have not left any scars.

Qing Yu is the same as every day, and after applying the needle, he leaves with his own things.

Yan Yan tried to exercise, but there was no reaction at all: this person was really ......

Not far ahead is the Orchid City, the people of this city since the opening of the city, every household has planted orchids, so the name of the city also comes from this.

Song Yuandao lay there, his head resting on Liu Yimian's lap, and fell asleep.

Liu Yimian: In front of you is Lancheng, after you see it, you will definitely like it.

Song Jiyun and a few people were on the road, and the horses rested for a day and ate grass, so with strength, it was not a problem to walk dozens of miles, this is an ordinary horse, and it is already very good to be like this.

Luo Ran: "Let's take a rest in front, the horses also have to drink water and eat grass." ”

Song Jiyun: "Okay." ”

Lin Yue'er reined in the horses, and a few horses were put down to the stream over there to drink water.

Lin Yue'er took out the skin bag filled with water and took a sip: "How far have we come?" ”

Luo Ran looked at the map: "It's quite far, but we probably have to sleep in the mountains tonight." ”

Song Jiyun: "Is it safe in this mountain?" There will be wild beasts in the mountains at night, right? ”

Luo Ran: "I really don't know this. ”

Momo: "Wild beasts eat people." ”

Luo Ran: "Then I will be the first to eat you at that time." He was joking on purpose.

Momo: "Hmph, you know how to bully me!" ”

Luo Ran: "Because only you are a bully." ”

Mo Mo rolled his eyes: "Hmph! ”

Luo Ran is right, Lin Yue'er and Song Jiyun's martial arts are above him, he doesn't dare to bully, and that strange old man doesn't talk much, the so-called people don't talk much, it is estimated that this is the case, so he can't afford to provoke him, only Momo, a child, can still bully and bully.

Lin Yue'er: "There are also a lot of rut marks and horseshoe prints on this road, which are intricate, if you want to rely on this, don't even think about it." ”

Luo Ran stood up: "Of course I know, I don't see this." ”

Song Jiyun: "You're looking at the size and shape of the horseshoe prints. ”

Luo Ran: "How do you know?" ”

Song Jiyun: "Because the horses in the Dark Night Pavilion are not ordinary horses. ”

Luo Ran: "You're right. ”

Lin Yue'er: "So, do you see something?" ”

Luo Ran: "Of course, although these marks are left by how many horses or caravans have come and gone, but if you look closely, you can still see that the horses' hoof prints are different when they are driven to walk or run. ”

Lin Yue'er nodded: "It makes sense, continue." ”

Luo Ran: "Look at this, and this, these must be left by the horses of the Dark Night Pavilion, whether it is the size or the depth of the hoof prints, they are all the same, much more powerful than ordinary horses." ”

Lin Yue'er leaned over and looked at Luo Ran: "Well, it seems that Brother Luo, you still have something to offer." ”

Luo Ran: "That's, don't underestimate your big brother Luo!" ”

Song Jiyun: "Okay, don't boast there, get on the horse and continue to hurry." ”

Luo Ran said as he walked towards the horse: "What kind of boasting, is this called the truth?" ”

The strange old man has been talking less and less in the past few days, and he doesn't know what's going on, Lin Yue'er has already discovered this with a delicate mind.

Luo Ran: "We have to find a cave to hide in quickly, I see this day, it will rain soon, if we don't hurry up, we will have to get drenched." ”

Song Jiyun looked into the distance: "There seems to be a cave in front." ”

Luo Ran followed the direction and looked over: "Really, let's go, we'll spend the night here tonight, we have to hurry, it will be very cold when it rains at night, we have to pick up more branches to make a fire first, otherwise it will be all wet for a while." ”

Song Jiyun: "Yue'er, you and your seniors stay here, and the three of us will come back immediately." ”

Lin Yue'er: "Okay." ”

There was a man in the mountain who was wearing a hat and carrying a sword on his body, and there he was standing, and several people were moving back and forth in his eyes.

"The breeze and drizzle, the mountains are new and the forests are green. Figures are crowded, and wild beasts are infested. What a nice day! ”