The climate in the mountains seems to be different from the rest of the world.

Li Changan said goodbye to the ghost village, followed the guidance of the veteran, and walked along the abandoned mountain road to Xiaoshui.

At first, the weather was quite clear, but when I looked up, I could see the mist hovering over the high mountains. Gradually, however, the sun passed through the middle of the mountain, and the mist sank from the top of the mountain, flooding the canyon and the trail.

Time.

All the flowers, stones, grasses, and trees around the mountain road are also blurred. At the beginning, Li Changan didn't care, but climbed a few passes, this fog does not disperse but gathers, not only the mountain scenery, but even a pine wave, stream, insect sound, bird song are gradually inaudible, except for the square inch of land under the feet, everything in the mountains is hidden in the pure white mist.

Li Changan had no choice but to get off the back of the donkey, jump into the waistless weed, and grope forward little by little.

I don't know how long it took.

It's like a different world.

Suddenly the eyes are bright.

But at the foot of the mountain was a valley surrounded by mountains, and a river meandered eastward like a jade belt, but in the gentle terrain, many small tributaries like cobwebs suddenly scattered, and a prosperous small town was located in this water web.

Li Changan touched the donkey's ears and took out the little yellow book from his bag.

Turn the page one by one.

Painted skin ghosts, zombies, mountain spiders, corpse Buddhas, all of them are colorful, but there is no more viciousness that is about to come out.

The Taoist priest took a deep breath and turned to the latest page.

The page is not a terrible demon, but a small city surrounded by mountains and trickling water, all the pavilions, streets, attics, and bridges are depicted in detail and vividly, but immersed in a hazy mist, like a sea lip tower, some like a dream.

Li Changan closed the book, looked at the city in the valley, which was the same as on the page, and looked at the two big characters on the plaque of the city tower.

"Xiaoshui. ”

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

Li Changan first entered Xiaoshui.

The first impression of this small town is its wealth. When looking at the hill from afar, I only feel that the houses are lined up one after another, and when I enter the city, I feel that the people are densely populated, the streets and alleys are full of tourists, and the thirty-six lines are prosperous and vigorous.

The second impression is that the waterway is easy to travel by land. In addition to a few main trunks, the streets of Xiaoshui are mostly narrow stone roads, but the water network is dense, and the boats are convenient. Therefore, the Taoist priest simply hired a small boat and took a dip in the city.

The third impression is that the city is full of vines. Xiaoshui people seem to love this kind of lilac flower vine, street corners, alleys, bridgeheads, and roof ridges are all arranged, looking at the past, there are all the flower waterfalls flowing all over the city.

Li Taibai once had a poem: "Wisteria hangs on cloud trees, and flowers and vines are suitable for spring." Dense leaves hidden singing birds, fragrant wind to stay beautiful. ”

It is said that in the late spring, the wisteria is spouting.

It's just that...... Isn't it the turn of summer and autumn right now?

The Taoist priest was puzzled, and he heard a cornet in his ears.

"Bow your head and cross the bridge. ”

Li Changan leaned over slightly, saw the penny propped up, and opened the blue waves, and the boat slid lightly across a bridge hole.

At this time.

A line of men's beauties laughed and passed by.

There is just a breeze blowing, bringing bursts of fragrance, making people in a trance for a while, I don't know whether it is the fragrance of flowers or the fragrance of beauty?

But after such a distraction, the little doubt just now also flew out of the clouds.

Subsequently, Li Changan took a boat to take a ride around the whole small city, and he had to sigh that this small city was so prosperous and comfortable that it was a little unreal.

In the course of several previous crossings, he has also visited many places.

For example, Qixian County, which relied on the short-lived rise of demons, Juju near Gyeonggi, and Yuzhou, which is backed by the Thousand Buddha Temple. These three are rare prosperous and stable places in troubled times.

But in addition to its prosperity, it is inevitable to show some twilight of the rivers and rivers, so that the people who are sick and dying, even if they wear gorgeous clothes and apply fat powder, they can't cover their own haggard and weak, and even show a little scabies and rotten sores.

Xiaoshui is completely different, the whole city is rich and vibrant, and most importantly, there is no such precarious fear as elsewhere.

This scene inevitably reminds Taoist priests of Liu Laodao, Wang Shusheng, Bearded and other people who often mention that although they have never seen it, they yearn for it......

A hundred years ago, the glorious and prosperous era.

But if you really want to find fault, it is probably that the small town is too delicate, or it is congested.

Not to mention the houses are tightly clustered together, and the roads are also very narrow, especially some of the bluestone lanes in the streets, which are already deep and narrow, and the wisteria "waterfalls" under the "flowing" on both sides make it more difficult for pedestrians.

If you look at it from above, you can see the wet green tile roofs on one side, tightly clustered, floating in a sea of lilac.

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

"Dao Chang looked at Mian Sheng, it's a foreigner, right?"

In a certain restaurant, the middle-aged man who shared a table with Li Changan asked with a smile.

The Taoist priest nodded.

"Today's first visit to your land. ”

"Then you don't know. The member who sat with him explained to the Taoist priest, "Our Xiaoshui City is a big winery, and the wine produced is well-known and sold in the north and south. ”

"In the early years, it was quite neat and spacious, but with the gradual prosperity of the wine industry, the number of wine merchants flocking to Xiaoshui has gradually increased, and we only have such a large place in Xiaoshui, so we have to demolish the big house and build a small house, and the street is occupied as a shop, and slowly there are fewer people. ”

"But don't be too crowded, you just happened to be in time for the break, and when the batch of wine in the Bacchus cellar was vacated, the city would start again. At that time, not only are there few people on the streets, but you can also smell the smell of wine all over the city. ”

"If you can't drink, I'm afraid that if you enter the city, you will have to get drunk for a day and a night when you smell it!"

The Taoist priest listened with great interest.

"Isn't that a grand scene on earth?"

"Yes. ”

The staff laughed and raised their glasses.

"A grand scene on earth!"

While the two of them were riding the stubble, they called for an order from the hall.

This person is reserved and only orders some delicate side dishes. The Taoist priest trekked in the barren mountains and forests for many days, and his mouth had already faded out of a bird, and when he arrived at this prosperous realm, where would he be patient, and immediately ordered a table of wine and meat, which attracted the attention of the little two.

In the end, he hesitated and asked:

"Dare to ask the chief, do you order so much by yourself and don't leave some stomach?"

Hey, this is very strange, it is the first time in ancient and modern times, Chinese and foreign, that some restaurants have customers who think that customers order more food.

Seeing the Taoist priest's playful eyes, Xiao Er hurriedly explained:

"It's not that the villain is troublesome, but I'm afraid that the Taoist chief will be full, and when my signature dish is served, you won't be able to eat it. ”

"Signature dish?"

Li Changan remembered that when he asked the captain to recommend the restaurant, the old man specially recommended this restaurant's signature dish, but he just asked what it was, but he smiled and said nothing.

When he arrived at the restaurant, he found that it was crowded with people, all waiting for this signature dish. If it weren't for that, the staff wouldn't have deliberately shared a table with him.

Li Changan didn't want to bother about it, but this time Xiao Er mentioned it and thought about the place, but he didn't taste the signboard, which was too boring.

He thought about it for a moment, but still asked:

"Is your signature dish meat or vegetarian?"

Xiao Er's eyes flickered for a moment, and he laughed twice.

"Meat, meat!"

"Is it enough?"

Xiao Er swallowed his saliva again and said heavily:

"That's a lot. ”

Li Changan blinked his eyes.

"That's done. ”

A wave of the hand.

"Remove the stewed sheep's trotters from me. ”

"Okay. ”

Xiao Er got the right word, transferred to the back kitchen, and after a while, he served the wine and food on the table.

The person seemed to be a seeker, and when he caught Li Changan and asked questions, the Taoist priest had to pick some strange things to deal with while enjoying the food slowly.

However.

When a table of wine and meat was eaten, there was no shadow of the signature dishes in the restaurant, but there was a commotion on the bustling street outside.