After crossing the river to the north, entering the boundary of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the continuous spring rain finally stopped.

On the barren mountain mud road, the old donkey carried the scholar lying on his side, happily kicked small steps, went up the small slope, the sun broke through the clouds and shone down, Lu Liangsheng squinted, raised his hand to cover it with the "Atlas of Mountains and Seas".

It was a pity that he didn't meet the big fish in the river that day, and it was normal for spirits to be conceived in the big rivers and rivers, according to the boatman, he saw it when he was young, and maybe he was seriously injured in the fight with the monk, and he sank to the bottom of the river and was eaten by fish and shrimp.

And that cultivator, there is never a shortage in the world, if he hadn't died, I'm afraid he wouldn't know how high his cultivation would be now.

As for the spirit that lurked at the bottom of the river last night, intending to deceive people and eat it, it was just a blue crab with a little spiritual sense, and it was thrown into the boat, just like a human bait fishing.

"The blue crab is fierce, and it is dark when it crosses the water, and the Qinglan River drowns many people every year, and it eats it, so it becomes vicious here, but fortunately, the spirit is not fully opened, and there is no witchcraft. However, it also confirms the speculation about the book......"

The "Atlas of Mountains and Seas" in the scholar's hand is just turned to the last page, with a river chick painting on it, and a big crab crouching at the bottom of the river looking up at the water surface and a small boat.

There is a text next to it, saying:

"The rivers are big, the dragon is the longest, and the Jiao is second...... Shrimp and crabs are the second, eating and sinking corpses day after day, and they have begun to have spirituality, and their anger has increased dramatically, and their sex is vicious. It is not taboo for people to eat spasmodic hypochondria. ”

The old donkey had already crossed the hillside, kicked his hooves, and walked through a shade of trees with a shaking, Lu Liangsheng hung down his book, got up and sat sideways, and yawned.

"Master, didn't you take the official road, why did you run into the wilderness?"

In the bookshelf compartment, the small door was pushed open, and the toad Taoist changed into short-sleeved floral clothes, stretched out in the morning sun, and then his expression was stunned for a moment.

"The old donkey!"

The donkey's head slightly from the front, snorted roughly, and continued to walk forward happily.

Soon, after descending the ramp and resting by a river, the toad untied the rope and jumped off the bookshelf, stood in a green rock and looked around, turned out the small picture scroll on his back, sat down, and carefully traced his round webbed fingers on it.

"It's okay, follow this dirt path, go around the mountain and continue on, and after twenty miles, you can return to the same way facing east. ”

Lu Liangsheng squatted by the stream, rinsed his mouth with a grunt, spit out into the cracks of the stones, and turned his face sideways.

"Master, are you sure?"

"Hmph, when did the teacher lie to you?"

The corner of the toad's mouth twitched when he said this, and he snorted again, rolled up the map scroll and put it behind his back, hugged his flippers and looked at the morning mist in the mountains and forests in the distance, and coughed dryly.

“...... In the land of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which had been crisscrossing for many years, and the mountains, rivers, and rivers were all at the feet of the teacher, what else did not you know? How could this distance be wrong?"

"Master Toad has started talking big again. The voice of Hong Lian sounded in the picture scroll, and during this time, she recovered quite well.

The toad man jumped off the green rock, whistled, summoned the old donkey, and climbed up the compartment along the rope.

"Is it a big talk, and then I will know, the old man is waiting for you, the little female ghost, to make amends. ”

Rushing......

Wringing out the towel, Lu Liangsheng listened to the master and Hong Lian talking, washed his face, took a deep breath of the taste of the stream water, and exhaled a heavy breath of turbidity.

"Master, how far is Qishan from here?"

"I can't say exactly. ”

The toad sat on the edge of the cubicle, kicking on his legs, looking at the apprentice who came back and forth.

"You will not fly through the clouds, and you will shrink the ground into inches for as little as five or six days, and as many as ten days and a half months. ”

Over there, Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey back to the dirt road, and the black-veined gourd with a dull color on his waist shook and walked into the bamboo forest in front of him. The emerald green bamboo stretches, the wind blows, the bamboo leaves fly, and falls on a person and a donkey.

In the process of moving forward, the footsteps suddenly stopped, Lu Liangsheng thought of some possibilities, continued to walk forward, and asked:

"Master, you said that Qishan has your cave mansion and has a lot of elixirs, if you give some to my parents and sisters, can you let them step into cultivation?"

"No way. ”

In the cubicle, the toad man is holding his short legs, and the frog's webbing is bounced open a bamboo leaf that floats in.

"Not everyone can step into cultivation, you know this, but you can still prolong the life of your parents and sisters, and there are quite a few of them in the Shidong Mansion. ”

There was a pause.

"Hmm...... Probably just enough for three. ”

Belch!

Lu Liangsheng was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and subconsciously reached out to take the gourd, only to remember that there was no wine in it for a long time.

I'm a little unaccustomed to not having alcohol.

"Master, you're on your way, hurry up!"

According to the geographical location described by the toad people, after the front of the mountain forest, it is an official road, normally it is Chaoning Prefecture after the north, and there are only seven or eight hundred miles left from Qishan, all the way through, sometimes you can see the mountain villages and towns, but after a large section of the road, there are barren mountains and mountains between the sights.

"Master, I'm afraid I'm on the wrong path. ”

"Never, I want to be an old man, crisscrossing the three mountains and five mountains......"

In the afternoon, the west clouds showed dusk, only on an official road, a little far away can see the fields on both sides of the road, Lu Liangsheng took the reins over, and there were farmers walking up the ridges and carrying hoes.

"This old man, do you want to inquire about the way?"

Hearing the words, the peasant carrying the hoe, who was over half a hundred years old, turned around to see a scholar holding a donkey and wearing old clothes standing on the side of the road.

The old farmer smiled and put down his hoe, put it at his feet, and wiped the sweat from his face.

"Listening to the childe's accent, it should be from the Chen Dynasty in the south, right?"

Lu Liangsheng was slightly stunned, but still replied.

"Exactly, how did the old man hear the people in Chen Fushui County, Xiannan?"

Most of the peasants have been divided into areas of peace and security all their lives, and from childhood to adulthood, they rarely go out of the village or county to one acre and three points of land, and even the merchants who come and go from the south to the north will not often stay in the same village.

"Don't blame Childe, except for some business travelers from the north who pass by, few people from the south come here, but a few came today, and they also asked for directions, so I asked. ”

"I see. ”

Lu Liangsheng said a word or two to the old farmer, and then asked where he was going.

"Chaoning Prefecture?"

The old farmer shook his head, but he didn't dare to say anything.

"I haven't heard of it, but it's not far from Shunyuan County, so you can go there and ask. ”

Following the direction pointed out by the old farmer, Lu Liangsheng thanked him, led the old donkey grazing grass on the side of the road, and left quickly, along the official road for almost half a pillar of incense, and saw the outline of a county town from a distance.

The setting sun dyes red clouds.

The rammed earth city wall is not long, full of holes of earth bees, peeling out of pits in some places, and the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty at the gate of the city lazily yawned, looking at the four scholars looking around with bookshelves on their backs.

"This is Shunyuan County. "Well, it's a little shabby. ”

"A remote and small county, it should be understandable, not to mention that the four of us are visiting Wang Sheng to study knowledge, why bother with a county seat. ”

"That's what my brother said, that's what he said. ”

............

"The gates are closed!"

The soldier guarding the city saw that the hour was almost the same, howled, beckoned his companions to return inside, and when he was pushing the city gate to close, a scholar led the old donkey and slipped in quickly, got off the back of the donkey, and bowed his hands quite politely.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I almost missed it. ”

"Forget it, it's fine. ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, the soldiers saw that he was a scholar with weak literature and a shabby dress, and it was difficult to ask a lot.

"Thank you. ”

Lu Liangsheng thanked him as he walked over to the good-looking soldier and asked:

"This big brother, please ask the way, how to go to Ningzhou?"

"Chaoning Prefecture?"

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then glanced at his companions and laughed.

"You scholar don't know the road and what are you running around, here is under the jurisdiction of Tai'en Mansion, if you want to go to Chaoning Prefecture, you have to pass through here first, at least two or three days away, it's not early, hurry up and enter the city, find an inn to rest, and then go on the road tomorrow morning." ”

Belch......

Lu Liangsheng was stunned in place, feeling very bad, according to the place name marks on the map, judging from the place where he went ashore, he had at least memorized dozens of miles, not to mention, and went astray.

"Master...... What do you say?"

Cough......

In the compartment, the toad coughed a few times and looked to the side.

"Hmm...... Maybe the teacher is old and remembers it. ”