"How far is it?" Chi Tang added another handful of dry wood to the bonfire that had been built with great difficulty, and because the firewood was damp, the fire raised a large cloud of smoke, which choked Chi Tang for a long time to cough.

After careful calculation, Chi Tang found that he and Xue Yang had been walking in the mountains and rivers of Shu for more than a month, and they should be closer to the Leopard Hidden Mountain of Gongsun Fu Ying, the son of Jinping, but every time he asked Xue Yang beside him, Xue Yang always said: "It's soon, just go over this mountain." ”

After turning over this mountain, there is still a mountain, and after the next mountain, there must be another mountain, when the mountains are continuous, the style of Shudi, the mountains are steep and the road is difficult, but Chitang found that he seemed to be accustomed to the wind and dust of climbing and trekking. So when Xue Yang replied again: "Just go over this mountain." After that, even he laughed a little embarrassedly.

Looking into the distance from where the two of them were, the mountain fog was hazy and faint, and the air was filled with the smell of grass and mud because of the rain that had just fallen.

"I don't know where the fourth senior brother of Lu Dao has been, according to the normal route, they should also go out of the Yangtze River waterway. Xue Yang muttered, found a dry bush to lean on, took off his felt boots, and pinched the freshly ground blisters on his feet.

"You've always been good at light work, why did you grind out blisters?" Chi Tang said jokingly as he baked his rain-soaked shoes and socks by the campfire.

"This is a mountain road, not as flat as the ground, you see me all the way to Chang'an, have you ever suffered this sin?"

Chi Tang Ha Lu Ha Da smiled, although their journey from Jingchu to Chang'an, although it cannot be said that the road is smooth, but the slope is barren, and the mountains are not steep, it is indeed much easier to walk than here.

After drying his shoes and socks, Chi Tang wiped his hands on his body at will, and began to take out a few steamed buns from the blanket, skewered them on the branches, and roasted them on the bonfire.

"What are you laughing at?" Chi Tang casually handed a steamed bun to Xue Yang, expressing inexplicability at Xue Yang's sudden laughter.

Xue Yang took the steamed bun with the hand that had just pinched the blisters on his feet, took a big bite of it nonchalantly, and said while chewing: "Your hands are full of the smell of your own shoes and socks, so you can eat again?

Chi Tang smiled dumbly: "What kind of family children? Even the miscellaneous servants have been servants, how can there be those family pretentiousness? Seriously, I still like the way it is now, casual and straightforward, unlike in the past, people always dress upright." Indeed, in the past six months or so, my heart has undergone earth-shaking changes, and I have also changed many bad habits that are common among the children of the family. I have to say that this is the benefit of getting along with these senior brothers of the Qian family for a long time.

Steamed bread is the food that came out of the Shu land, it is said that it was created by Zhuge Wuhou of the Shu Han Dynasty in the previous dynasty, when Zhuge Wuhou crossed the Lushui in the south to ask for the barbarian king, the local had the practice of sacrificing the river god with the human head as a sacrifice, Zhuge Wuhou was deeply unbearable, so he steamed the meat wrapped in white flour, and put the head into the Lushui instead of the human head, so the name was "steamed bread".

However, Chi Tang felt that there was no big difference between steamed buns and local steamed cakes in the south, but at this time, he was hungry and had to be baked and heated by a bonfire, but it tasted twice as palatable.

"It's really strange, you obviously said that there are many demons in Shudi, but why do we just encounter demons in the mustard mountain along the way? Chi Tang has already begun to eat the second steamed bun, and said the doubts that have always made him linger, since he practiced the art of fire crow divine power, Chi Tang has already worked hard, and has the heart to get rid of more demons, and he can live up to his name as a demon slayer, but among the several demons he encountered, the Jueshan Donkey Monster and the Diqin Ghost Jun were beheaded by the protector Luo Laoqi, and the bearded demon lizard of the mustard mountain, but died in the hands of the white-faced sheep demon who should be combined inside and outside, and he has been successful for a long time, and there is no demon slaying record in his hands。 ...,

Xue Yang smiled: "It's not strange, it's not wrong for me to say that there are many demons in Shudi, but there are definitely no demons on the road we walked, which is also reasonable." ”

"But why?"

"Have you forgotten? Where are we going? Leopard Hidden Mountain Jinping Garden, that is the realm of Jinping Gongzi Gongsun Fu Marting, Jinping Gongzi meditates and learns the Tao, and cultivates to shock the past and the present, which cannibal demon is tired of life, and dares to take root in the left side of Leopard Hidden Mountain? Not to mention that now Jinping Gongzi is the son-in-law of the Zihan Academy of Fu Demon Dao, I am afraid that within a radius of hundreds of miles of Leopard Hidden Mountain, there will be no demons approaching. ”

"Good morning, two heroes. A crisp female voice suddenly sounded, and then the white shadow flickered, and a woman with a white air outlining her body stood in front of the two.

Chi Tang had long been accustomed to the elusiveness of this Cao Xiaopei girl, and responded with a chuckle: "Good morning, Miss Xiaopei." ”

Xue Yang's face changed: "It's broken, what time is it now, why did you show up?"

"The sun is three poles, when the morning is over, you said it yourself, before the middle of the day, after the time of the people, I can't appear in front of you, this girl has not violated the agreement. The beautiful female ghost girl Cao Xiaopei said to Xue Yang with a smile.

Xue Yang ate the steamed bun in three bites and two bites, and put on felt boots in a daze: "This damn rain made me not pay attention to the hour, I haven't ...... yet I haven't ...... yet."

God knows what this female ghost thinks, so she is entangled with the two of them, but no matter what, there are always more talking companions on the road, and this Xiaopei is smart and clever, and she is also interesting when she talks, so Chi Tang and Xue Yang have no objection to having such an interesting friend around them, but although Cao Xiaopei is a ghost, she is a woman after all, and some subtleties are not so convenient for two big men. So after thinking about it, Xue Yang made an agreement with Xiao Pei, one is that before the middle of the corner, Xiao Pei can't suddenly appear in front of him, so that he can free up the time for the two men to relieve his hands, just imagine, when Dengdong goes to the toilet, the five grains are reincarnated, and suddenly a female ghost appears by his side, not to mention whether he is scared or not, this next step must come to an abrupt end;

Xue Yang thought about it carefully, there was a mountain rain early this morning, and they were in a hurry, so they missed the critical moment unconsciously, and now Xue Yang blushed, and went into the forest with his pants up: "...... I haven't figured it out yet...... Hey, Miss Xiaopei, don't sneak over to see it......"

Xiao Peiliu's eyebrows were upside down, and as soon as the white air swirled, a small pebble rose in response to the thought, and smashed on the head of Xue Yang, who had just squatted down.

"Who is this girl? It's fun to see you!"

Xue Yang sighed, touched his smashed head, and didn't dare to make a sound. Chi Tang shrugged, in front of this pretty and lovely female ghost, he has always shown people as a calm and introverted brother, which is very different from Xue Yang, who is narrow and easy, although it seems that Xue Yang may seem more simple and simple, but Chi Tang knows that this sixth junior brother seems to have a heart full of wits under his seemingly loyal appearance, Xiao Pei is deeply in favor of this, and calls it a traitorous and loyal, but Xue Yang can only use a muffled voice to show his opposition.

"How many days have it been, you haven't reached the land yet? I just walked around the area, and there are still mountains and mountains, and there are not even a few households. Xiao Pei no longer paid attention to Xue Yang, but floated to Chi Tang's side.

"I have to ask him, I don't know the path, it's going deeper and deeper to the west, I haven't slept in bed for a few days, and I can only lie in the mountains and forests every day, and my body is getting rancid. Chi Tang sniffed his body, and rubbed the dirt on his neck, these actions could not be done in the past, but now they are naturally carried out, just like the travelers and merchants who are used to walking the rivers and lakes, and they no longer see half of the children of the family. ...,

Xiao Pei sat beside Chi Tang, for Chi Tang, it was like a layer of fog around him, and when he turned around his eyes, he felt foggy.

"Miss Xiaopei, I don't understand, what's the difference between standing and sitting in your form? You have the ability to shift shapes for thousands of miles, you shouldn't feel tired after standing for a long time, right?"

"Hehe, being a ghost is not the same as being a human being, I sit down not because I am tired of standing, but just because I want to sit down, don't you think that standing and talking and sitting and talking feel different?"

"Makes sense. Chi Tang nodded, "Did you see anything new today? Where did the hunter fall again while chasing the wild boar? Or was the mountain man beaten by his daughter-in-law again?"

This is the practice formed over the years, no longer have to be confined to the glass bottle, Xiao Pei is like a wild horse, using the shape of a thousand miles of body always travel around the mountains, and then rush back, tell the strange things seen along the way, but there is really nothing unusual on the way, and this Xiao Pei girl Xu is in the past for a long time for the soul when I saw and heard little, encountered some sesame mung bean-like little things is very interesting, back chirping can talk for most of the hour, just like the world is not familiar with the world and lively girl。 Chi Tang may not be interested in what she said, but it is always a pleasure to see such a woman whose family is in a tragic situation and who dies at a young age often shows a cheerful smile, so he used this topic to make her laugh.

Xiao Pei pouted: "Didn't you say it, this circle is full of mountains, there are no people, and there is nothing fun." ”

"Let you go with Miss Feng, she can take the waterway, and you can also enter the bustling market, won't you be able to see more interesting things if you go with you?"

"I usually don't come out with her, I just hide in the bottle. She's afraid I'll be taken in by someone who can subdue demons and eliminate demons, but be careful. Xiao Pei said so, but she also knew that this was Feng Yingxiu's protection for her, so she didn't show any complaints, her body suddenly floated, and her original sitting posture turned into a wisp of white smoke.

"What kind of person is that friend of yours, and you went so hard to attend his wedding?" Xiao Pei's voice came.

Chi Tang thought of Gongsun Fuying's quaint appearance, as well as all the experiences he had experienced in the Zihan Courtyard of Luoxia Mountain, he was very emotional, and he was silent for a while, or Xue Yang tied his trouser belt and lazily came out of the forest: "Didn't I tell you, it's a fairy-like character, don't you go to see it yourself when the time comes?" It seems that this trip is quite light, and Xue Yang has that kind of empty satisfaction on his face.

"Cut, fairy? Xiao Pei turned her head and stuck out her tongue at Xue Yang, her expression was very cute.

Chi Tang and Xue Yang looked at each other and smiled, accompanied by Xiaopei, as if there was an empathetic, but naughty and cheerful little sister by their side, and they didn't know how tired they were along the way.

"Qin and Wei, Fang Yangxi. Taxi and woman, Fang Bingxi. The woman said, "The scholar said, and the man said. Let's look at it...... "Miss Xiaopei's singing voice sounded again, it seems that she really loves to sing, and now most of them are also touched by the scenery and sings." Chi Tang is not very familiar with the "Book of Songs", but this song is cheerful, and there is a hint of detachment in the clear spirit, and I don't know where the scenery can make her so happy.

(Note: This is the poem in the "Book of Songs, Zheng Feng, Qin Wei", the poetry is bright and cheerful, fresh and graceful, and the eulogy is also the beautiful vision of love and life between men and women, as for what Miss Xiaopei sang such a song at this time, it was naturally felt and expressed, but when I met Chi Tang and Xue Yang, the two men who did not understand their meaning, they inevitably sighed for the cow playing the piano. ）...,

“...... Weishi and the woman, Yiqi will sneer...... "Xiao Pei's singing voice circled back and forth in the quiet valley, whispering softly, but at the moment when the song was about to end, it suddenly stopped.

Chi Tang and Xue Yang were listening to Shen Tai Yilang, hearing her stop recruiting, they were all stunned, and couldn't help but look up, in front of Xiao Pei's illusory figure, the mountain fog was wet, the sea of clouds rippled, as far as the eye could see, at a glance, a blue-green light flame was coming quickly, Xiao Pei looked at the blue light, and seemed to be a little dumbfounded.

The turquoise flame flew in front of him almost immediately, but it also circled a few times, as if joking with everyone, after Chi Tang and Xue Yang both stood up, the turquoise flame turned around, and fell on the high branch of a big tree on the edge of the cliff, and when the blue light dissipated, a woman's slender figure just appeared, and the voice as crisp as a silver bell had already sung in harmony: "...... Give it a peony. It is the last sentence of Xiao Pei's song, which is just right.

This is a girl in an emerald green skirt, with horns and buns, pretty and light, sitting on a high branch, her legs with graceful lines hanging in the air and dangling, and her body falling together with the slight bounce of the branches, but isn't it the green skirt in the elegant wind?

The coquettish smile winked at Chi Tang: "Hehe, long time no see, big hero." ”