Bai Yixue walked to find a wine shop, ordered a plate of cooked beef, scalded a pot of hot wine, and poured herself a drink. He had a very good amount of wine, but he was depressed in his heart, and it was difficult to solve the sorrow, and when a pot of hot wine was put into his stomach, the wine would immediately surge, and he felt dizzy. After settling the wine account, beating the horse and traveling westward, walking for about two hours, turning a short pine hill, the eyes suddenly opened up, and a reckless sky was in full view. As far as the eye can see, the mountain peaks in the distance are endless, the sky is as blue as a wash, the white clouds are like flocculents, and the flow is extremely fast.

The autumn breeze is blowing, the clouds are rolling up, the white-clothed Xue suddenly feels all over, the limbs are comfortable, and most of the wine has gone, and he can't help but chant loudly: "The autumn wind is blowing and the white clouds are flying, and the grass and trees are yellow and the geese are returning to the south!"

Someone behind him suddenly said faintly: "Lan has a beautiful chrysanthemum, and Huai Jia can't forget." Although the voice is low, it is tactful and melodious, like the rhyme of Lin Laiquan, which is indescribably good.

The white-clothed snow was full of joy, listening to the sound not far behind him, he was stunned for a moment, turned around, and saw that Shen Lingshan had sat up, with a smile on his face, staring at him with a pair of wonderful eyes.

Bai Yixue didn't know when she woke up, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, jumped off the horse, walked to the carriage, grabbed Shen Lingshan's hands, and said happily: "Miss Shen, you ...... You...... Finally woke up. ”

Shen Lingshan was slightly stunned, and said in a low voice: "I...... Have I slept for a long time?"

Bai Yixue smiled: "It's not a long time, it's good for the girl to wake up, it's good to wake up!" He saw that Shen Ling's shirt had been asleep for a long time, and suddenly woke up at this moment, and a boulder that had been pressing on his heart for a long time disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he was brisk and happy, and he felt that the pair of small hands he was holding in his hands were as soft as bones, and his face was slightly red, so he quickly let go of his hand.

Shen Lingshan saw that his face was full of concern, and his eyes showed endless joy, and his heart was moved, and he said softly: "Thank you...... Bai Shaoxia. ”

Bai Yixue looked at it intently, the layer of green energy on Shen Lingshan's face had faded, but his face was pale, and his bright eyes were also dim, and he was very haggard, as if he was seriously ill, his nose couldn't help but be sour, and he said softly: "Miss Shen, you ...... Do you remember me?"

Shen Lingshan looked at him sideways for a long time, and slowly lowered his head. Bai Yixue couldn't see her complexion, but saw her long, slightly curly eyelashes moving up and down, as if she was thinking. After a while, Shen Lingshan raised his head, smiled, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, your name is...... White-clothed snow, right?"

Baiyi Xue took a long breath, and Shi Li said: "Snow Mountain Suihan Mountain Villa Baiyi Xue, grass word twilight salt, I have seen Miss Shen here." I couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Miss Shen is still in a clear mind, so it seems that although the Zhilu Shuanghua Hui Tiandan can't cure the poison of the Buddha's head blue, it is also quite effective." If she's been unconscious, she really doesn't know what to do. As long as she is conscious, she will go to Tangjiabao to ask for medicine and seek medical treatment, and she will be able to avoid a lot of weeks. ”

Shen Lingshan said: "Bai Shaoxia, I'm ...... Why are you here? I ...... Where are we going? I ...... Where's my father?" she asked three times in a row, like three hammers, slamming into Bai Yixue's heart. He said loudly: "Miss Shen, don't worry, what has happened these days is hard to explain, let me tell the girl slowly." ”

Bai Yixue took a soft mattress from the carriage and spread it on the grass next to the mountain road, Shen Lingshan slowly got out of the carriage and sat down on the mattress. Bai Yixue sat cross-legged in front of her, and told her how to pretend to be a country boy on the way, how Shen Lingshan was injured, and how she was entrusted by Shen to send her to Tangjiabao to seek an antidote. Among them, Shen was seriously injured and died, but he didn't mention it, only said that Shen Chong stayed in Shahu Villa to recuperate, and when he got the antidote from Tangmen, the father and daughter should be reunited in the future.

After Bai Yixue finished speaking, Shen Lingshan looked at him blankly with a pair of wonderful eyes, and he couldn't tell whether he was sad or happy on his face, but was silent. Bai Yixue pondered: "She is a little girl's family, and it is difficult to accept such an earth-shattering change for a while, but she still doesn't know that her father who loves her and loves her is dead, if she knows, I really don't know how to bear it?" sighed secretly in her heart: "She is weak and will definitely not be able to withstand any blows." Doctor Shen passed away, so let's wait until a suitable time to inform her. ”

The autumn wind was trembling, and the two sat speechless. Suddenly, there was a sound of "quack" and "quack" in the sky overhead, and the two looked up to see a flock of geese flying south in a "human" shape. The geese flew away, leaving a faint black dot in the distant sky.

Bai Yixue looked up at the geese in the distance, and couldn't help but be stunned, thinking: "The geese are flying south, although the road is far away, but the way back can be expected." When the geese fly back next year, I wonder if I can return north with them?" Just as he was distracted, Shen Lingshan beside him suddenly whispered: "Bai Shaoxia, I'...... I want to see my daddy go. ”

Bai Yixue's heart was shocked, but fortunately, he had already expected Shen Lingshan to ask such a question, and said: "Miss Shen, I really dare not take the word 'young man'. Doctor Shen is very good at Master Mu, don't worry. The owner of Mu Zhuang is a cold-faced and hot-hearted person, he did not hesitate to spend three years of his true qi to force out all the toxins in your father's body, and the divine doctor himself took the trauma elixir, and only needed to rest in the villa for a while to recover. ”

Shen Lingshan heard him say so naturally, and he knew that Mu Cangming had great powers, so he dispelled most of the doubts in his heart, and secretly thought: "Mu Cangming is a noble person, with an arrogant temperament, my father and him live very closely, and the two have not had much contact with each other over the years." Mu Cangming is willing to spend three years of internal strength to treat his father's injuries, needless to say, he must be helping from the side. Thinking of this, she stood up, bowed down, and said: "Bai Jun's life-saving grace, the little woman will never forget!"

Bai Yixue hurriedly stood up and said with a forced smile: "Don't dare, don't dare! When you see Mr. Mu in the future, you should thank him in person." He smiled happily, but he felt extremely sorry and uneasy in his heart, but he felt that it was a great sin to deliberately conceal his death. He coughed lightly, took out the white vial of "Zhilu Frost Hua Hui Tiandan" from his arms, handed it to Shen Lingshan, and said, "Miss Shen, you have been poisoned by the Tang Sect Buddha's head green, the most important thing at the moment is that we rush to Tangjiabao as soon as possible to find the antidote." Doctor Shen confessed that you must take one pill a day to protect your body. Thinking of the book "Orange Apricot Hook Xuan" in his arms, he thought: ""Orange Apricot Hook Xuan" is still waiting for the future to be returned to her, Miss Shen Bingxue is smart, if it is given to her at this moment, I am afraid that she will be suspicious." ”

Shen Lingshan said in a low voice: "Thank you." She was in a good mood when she learned that Shen Chong's life was safe, and her pretty face was originally very haggard, and she instantly became vibrant, but in the next year, she thought of the Buddha in her body, life and death were unpredictable, and the road to medicine was also slim and unpredictable, and suddenly her body trembled a few times, her cheeks suddenly became pale again, and her eyes were full of tears.

Bai Yixue has lived with her master since she was a child, how have you ever seen such a child's attitude of smiling and annoyed, happy and angry? Shen Ling's shoulders are thin, and the clouds and temples are scattered under the autumn wind, looking pitiful, he can't help but want to reach out to comfort her, but he finally feels abrupt, his arm seems to weigh more than a thousand catties, and he can't stretch it out anyway, he wants to say a few words of comfort, but he can't speak, he doesn't know what to do for a while, so he has to look at her blankly, thinking in his heart, why does the girl laugh so beautifully, why do she cry, there is something else moving?

The two sat down again. Shen Lingshan said faintly: "Bai Jun, you are the reason for ...... I rushed to Tangjiabao because of me, I really don't know...... How can I thank you? ”

Bai Yixue smiled: "Miss Shen, don't say that, in fact, I also have selfish intentions. The country of Sichuan, Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, the scenery is excellent, unfortunately I have not been there, just take this opportunity to travel, but also my wish for many years. He thought: "When you were going to poison me when Tang was going to poison me, you disregarded your own safety and opened your mouth to persuade the evil star, I will save you no matter what." Shen Lingshan understood that playing was just his excuse, so he was silent for a long time, bowing his head and being in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking. Bai Yixue said: "Miss Shen, you are auspicious, although the way is long, we will be able to find the antidote smoothly and return early." ”

Shen Lingshan knew that he was comforting himself, sighed softly, and remained silent. Bai Yixue stopped talking, plucked a few small grasses, peeled off the outer skin of the grass roots, exposed the white inner stem, and put it in her mouth and chewed it slowly.

After a long time, Shen Ling's shirt suddenly made a few "coo" and "coo" in his belly, and he couldn't help blushing and said in a low voice: "I...... I am hungry. ”

At that time, the sunset set on the mountain, the sky was full of clouds, reflecting the sky in a fiery red, and several farmhouses at the foot of the mountain in the distance were cooking with smoke curling and cooking.

Bai Yixue patted her cheek, stood up, and said with a smile: "Damn, damn, I've been hungry for a long time." Let's eat. ”

After driving northwest for about half an hour, they came to a market town called Songyan, and the two found an inn to settle down. Bai Yixue asked Shen Lingshan, saying that Erchen Tang had the effect of refreshing and rationalizing his energy, so he went to the street to buy it. He also instructed the shopkeeper Xiao Er to boil a pot of white porridge in the kitchen, Shen Ling's shirt had been asleep for a long time, and he was already hungry in his stomach, accompanied by a few dishes of side dishes, this meal was actually very sweet. Nothing was said all night.

Bai Yixue woke up the next day, and it was already a red sun. When he came to the door of Shen Lingshan's guest room, he shouted a few times, but no one in the room answered. Just when he was panicking, the shopkeeper rushed over when he heard the sound and said with a smile: "Guest officer, the girl just went out." ”

Bai Yixue listened, put her mind at ease, returned to her room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and worked for a while, when she suddenly heard the second junior shouting outside the door: "Girl, you are back." Shen Lingshan let out a "hmm" and returned from outside. After another cup of tea, Xiao Er came to knock on the door and beckoned the guests to go to breakfast. Bai Yixue walked to the front hall, and after a while, he saw Shen Ling's shirt and smoky eyes, walked in, and sat at the table. She looked quite haggard yesterday, but now she has a little powder, and her face is beautiful and shining.

Bai Yixue couldn't help but be stunned, thinking: "When I went out early in the morning, it turned out to be to buy things for the girl's house." He smiled and said, "Miss Shen is early, did you sleep well last night?"

Shen Lingshan smiled faintly and said, "Well, it's good." I thought to myself, "Last night I was cold and I couldn't sleep all night, how can you know what I have suffered?"

It turned out that Buddha Touqing was ranked among the top poisons in the Tang Sect, and it was indeed a domineering abnormality. Although Shen Lingshan swallowed the Zhilu Frost Hua Hui Tian Pill before going to bed, he was still stunned in the first half of the night, took a nap, and in the second half of the night, the toxicity recurred, and his whole body was like falling into an ice cave, shivering, and he never closed his eyes again. Seeing the dawn outside the window, she simply got up and went to the market to buy lip grease, rouge, jade peach blossom pollen, eyebrow ink and other things.

The chariots and horses traveled all the way west, gradually entering the territory of Sichuan. The Song and Jin wars for many years, Jinghu and Jianghuai areas have been war-torn for a long time, so that the population is sparse and the land is not fully cultivated, while Sichuan and Shu are relatively peaceful due to the dangerous terrain, the territory is relatively peaceful, and the white clothes and snow have traveled all the way, although the people along the way have a hard life, but compared with the sad and sad appearance of the people in the Central Plains and Jinghu area, most of them are much more relaxed.

The weather is gradually getting colder, although Shen Ling's shirt has added thick clothes, her body is getting thinner and thinner, and her face is becoming more and more pale, but she tears every day, and in front of Bai Yixue, she always cheers up and smiles. Bai Yixue saw her thin body, wrapped in thick clothes, weak and weak, knowing that she was depressed in her heart, sick day by day, and very sad in her heart, but seeing that Shen Lingshan was silent in front of people, it was inconvenient to ask more, just pretending not to know, only talking and laughing with her all the way, and picking some interesting things on the rivers and lakes to listen to her.

On this day, I came to Fuzhou City, where there were many shops in the city, and it was very prosperous. The two found an inn and stayed. Bai Yixue asked the store about the liveliest place in the city. After dinner, Bai Yixue saw Shen Ling's shirt and said with a smile: "I heard that this Fuzhou City is one of the commercial centers of Bashu, and there is an ink washing alley in the city, which is a famous night market, and it is very fun." I've been suffering from cravings in the past few days, Miss Shen, should we go and take a look?"

Shen Lingshan was in a hurry for days, feeling tired, and heard that he was going to go to the night market, which was the girl's favorite place to go, so he couldn't help but have starry eyes, the corners of his mouth were lightly raised, and he gladly agreed. The two then asked the store for directions to Ink Washing Lane. Walking a stick of incense, the lights in front of the sky, the noisy voices, the washing ink alley fruit is very lively: the tea shop restaurant is spreading, the floating shop car is in the city, the tile is all over the fence, a noisy scene.

The two of them traveled all the way, passing through mostly deserted villages and desolate villages, and only then did they see prosperity again, and they couldn't help but be happy. Entering the night market, but I saw the shops along the street lighting candles and selling, headscarf shops, candle shops, belt shops, ironware shops, incense shops, paper shops, crown comb shops, flower shops, velvet shops...... There are all kinds of small commodities, the most in the night market is still selling delicacies, wine crab, gourd soup, honey fried, meat cakes, crystal soap, plum blossom buns, pork, braised duck, spicy feet ginger, grout steamed buns, fried preserved food, pupa noodles, ginger and spicy radish, water balls, chestnut cakes, rose sugar cakes...... , all kinds of cakes, fruits, meat, soup, dazzling, colorful, dazzling.

Shen Lingshan is still a young girl, lingering in all kinds of delicacies in the night market, the mood is good for a while, although the appetite is not good, but also full of interest, look east, turn west, drink a bowl of fragrant drinks that have not been drunk, and pick up a few snacks that have not been eaten, and taste them with relish.

The two stopped eating, talking and laughing, and inadvertently stayed for more than an hour, and the night market was still full of people. The night was cold, a cold wind blew, Shen Ling's shirt was thin, he couldn't help but stir, and said softly: "Bai Jun, it's not early, let's go back early." ”

Bai Yixue yawned and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm also a little tired after a day's journey." The two walked back to the inn, and the hustle and bustle of Ximo Lane gradually faded away, and the shops on both sides of the alley were closed, and there were few pedestrians.

The ice wheel hung in the air, and the clear light sprinkled silver, stretching the shadows of the two in the deep alley long.

Shen Lingshan lowered his head and looked at the shadows of the two silently, and said with a smile: "Bai Jun, thank you, I tasted these delicious things tonight, I ...... I am very happy. ”

Bai Yixue said with a smile: "We have a bumpy road, we are in a hurry, to be honest, the gluttonous worm in my stomach has been arching for a long time." Tonight is just a girl's banner to relieve my own cravings. ”

Shen Lingshan covered his mouth and smiled, and said, "Then what happened to the gluttonous worm in your stomach now?

Bai Yixue pressed her stomach with her hands and said seriously: "This guy just talked to me in ventriloquism, saying that he would have a great meal tonight, and he was very satisfied." Seeing that the weather is about to get colder, I have been hibernating in my belly ever since. ”

Shen Lingshan smiled coquettishly and said, "Yo, it's really unheard of for the gluttonous worms in your belly to hibernate." ”

Bai Yixue said with a smile: "How dare you deceive the girl in the next year? When you wake up in the spring of next year, you will have to eat and drink nonsense if you can't keep the worms." ”

Shen Lingshan sighed: "I haven't been so happy for a long time, my father used to take me a lot...... Take me ......" Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered Shen Zhenglai, pursed her lips tightly, and the tears could no longer be suppressed, and burst out of her eyes. Bai Yixue didn't know how to comfort her for a while, so she had to silently accompany her to the depths of the alley.

Walking through an alley, Shen Lingshan smiled and said, "In the past, my father traveled around, and after he was busy during the day, he would often take me to the night market at night, buy some fun things, and eat a lot of delicious snacks. 'August pears and September hawthorns, October chestnuts smile', Bai Jun, this season, it's just right to eat chestnuts, do you know Li He'er chestnuts in Bianjing?"

Bai Yixue said: "Li He fried chestnuts are famous all over the world, and they must taste extremely good, but I have served by the master's side since I was a child, and I have rarely traveled far, and I have never eaten such a mouthful." He smiled secretly in his heart: "The little girl's family, in addition to fat and powder, my favorite is all kinds of snacks." ”

Shen Lingshan said with a smile: "Su Ziyou has a poem, 'The mountain chestnut is full of baskets and white and black, and the village mash is half sweet and sour in the mouth. There are many ways to eat this chestnut, if it is eaten raw, it has its own delicious place, "Qianjin Fang" records that raw chestnuts "benefit qi, thicken the stomach and intestines, and nourish kidney qi", and have medicinal effects, but raw food will eventually have a lack of taste. When it comes to cooked food, it can be fried, boiled, stewed, and stewed, each with its own taste, but it is best to stir-fry. ”

Bai Yixue listened with great interest, and said, "Please also ask the girl to teach." ”

Shen Lingshan said: "Therefore, Li He'er fried chestnuts with sugar, took autumn chestnuts and washed them with water, cut out an inch knife edge in its shell with a sharp weapon, soaked it with sugar, and stirred it in a cauldron with black sand, and the aroma smelled ten miles away, which is enough to make people's tongue refresh." When it is half hot out of the pot, the shell is extremely soft and crispy, only need to be gently peeled off, the skin membrane is not sticky, the flesh is full, the entrance is soft and glutinous, the luscious is incomparable, everyone who has eaten it will never forget its deliciousness. It's a pity that I just took a turn in Ink Washing Alley and didn't see it. ”

Bai Yixue couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and said with a smile: "When the girl said this, she hooked the gluttonous worms in my stomach again, and I don't know if there is Li He'er fried chestnuts in this Fuzhou City?"

During the Song and Jin dynasties, the Central Plains and the north were in constant turmoil, and the common people moved south one after another to avoid military disasters, and a large number of people gradually moved to the south, which lasted for more than 100 years. At the height of the Northern Song Dynasty, the population exceeded 100 million, but by the time Kublai Khan conquered the Southern Song Dynasty, the population in the south had reached 70 to 80 million, while the population in the Central Plains and the north was only 20 to 30 million. Since the Song Dynasty crossed the river to the south, the people of Li in the northern region who went south were like cities, and the people from all over the world gathered in the two Zhejiang provinces were a hundred times more than usual. With the large number of people moving south, the time-honored food brands such as Caojia Congshi, Xujia gourd soup, Zhengjia oil cake, Wanglou plum blossom bun, Wangjia cheese, and Duanjia Xiwu in the Central Plains have also moved south. Among these time-honored brands, many of them moved to the south, opened branches or chain stores, and for a time they were all over the market, among which there were many so-called branches and chain stores, but some shrewd and ingenious merchants fraudulently used the names of these time-honored brands, and ordinary people were difficult to distinguish the authenticity of.

While talking and laughing, the two of them had already arrived at the inn. At that time, the leakage was even worse, the street was quiet, the two said goodbye, and each went back to his room to rest.

Early the next morning, when Shen Ling's shirt was freshened, he heard someone knocking on the door. She opened the door and saw Bai Yixue standing outside the door with a smile and a groan. Shen Lingshan said with a smile: "Bai Jun is early, there are no gluttonous insects, you slept soundly last night, right?"

Bai Yixue laughed and said, "Sleep when you fall into your pillow, and the night is dark and sweet." As he spoke, he took out a paper bag from behind him and handed it to her, Shen Ling's shirt felt that his tentacles were slightly warm, and when he opened it, he saw that it was full of a large bag of crispy and sweet fried chestnuts with sugar. Seeing her with a puzzled look on her face, Bai Yixue said with a smile: "The authentic Li He'er fried chestnuts are like a fake." Let's take the girl on the road today and eat it slowly. ”

Shen Ling said strangely: "There is no Li He'er fried chestnuts in Fuzhou City, where did you buy them?"

Bai Yixue said with a smile: "I bought it after a night of travel, who knows that the Chinese food on the plate, 'chestnut' is hard!"

Shen Lingshan knew that he hadn't slept all night in order to buy sugar and fried chestnuts for himself, and he was greatly moved in his heart, and said, "I'm just talking casually, you ......."

Bai Yixue smiled: "I remember that every time I was sick when I was a child, I always wanted to eat a bowl of boiled broth. Master understood my mind the most, and every time he would send someone to the market town below the mountain to buy meat, he would personally chop the meat into a meat filling, put onions, peppers, sesame oil, and eggs on it, boil the water over a high fire, and then cook a large bowl of fragrant broth. A bowl of belly to ensure that all diseases are eliminated. ”

Shen Lingshan said with a smile: "Master Hu Zhuang is known as the 'sword, palm, and light skill' three uniques, and I can't imagine that there is a unique cooking skill, which should be called the 'four uniques'." Bai Yixue laughed.

After Bai Yixue left, Shen Lingshan called the inn store companion to ask, and learned that in this Fuzhou city, there was an old couple chain operation of authentic Li He'er fried chestnuts, but a few years ago, because their daughter married away from Lewen County, the old couple had moved the store to Lewen County a year ago.

Lewen County is dozens of miles away from Fuzhou City, and after the two said goodbye last night, Bai Yixue must have inquired about the old couple's store and rushed to Lewen County overnight. At midnight, the old couple had already closed the door to rest, but they didn't know what method Bai Yixue used, so they persuaded them to get up late at night and fry a pot of steaming and fragrant fried chestnuts with sugar. Thinking of this section, Shen Lingshan sat in the room, sniffing the bursts of fragrance from the autumn chestnuts on the tip of his nose, soft and bowelly, and he was obsessed with it for a while.