deviated from the avenue that came out of Taiping Town, Mingfan Yuan Road.

A scholar named Fan Yuan was the first to leave Taiping Town and go to the capital as an official.

The old sons and mothers of the family left with him. In order to remember, the town let the latecomers take Fan Yuan as an example.

It is specially said that this road is an extraordinary road to the prosperity and nobility of the capital, so that it has been passed on for more than 30 years.

Fan Yuan has come back three times since he left, the first time he visited the old gentleman who taught, the second time he brought the gospel to the whole town and gave him a large amount of silk, and the third time he took away all his memories. There is only one old gentleman in a white hat who cleans from time to time, holding a broom, bending his body, and squatting at the entrance of the town.

Now he walked back slowly in the setting sun with a broom.

There were still unwiped rice grains at the corners of his mouth, and he looked at Li Shuishan with open eyes on the bookshelf on his back, and the storyteller holding the sword.

He said softly: "Sir, but you took your son to Beijing to take the exam?"

The storyteller shook his head, Li Shuishan didn't even take the township exam, so how can he talk about the entrance exam in Beijing?

The old man in the white hat also showed a reverie and looked at the two people who walked away.

Behind the trembling storyteller, there was a strange figure scurrying around from time to time.

The storyteller saw its appearance clearly, and he kicked it in front of Li Shuishan, and said, "Whose cat is this, do you want to follow us on the road?"

Li Shuishan gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't want you to follow, you will only be a trouble." Besides, this is a long way, and you may not be able to take care of you when you eat and drink. ”

The flower cat climbed up Li Shuishan's trouser leg, holding a shabby sweater in his mouth, and said in his ear: "I told you earlier that you are not allowed to leave me." I eat as much as you want, and I don't eat much. ”

Remembering that it got up in the middle of the night and went down to the ground to look for food, Li Shuishan had to do it himself to satisfy its appetite.

The cat seems to have lost its own nature, lazy to the extreme, forgetting its mouse-catching skills, and scratching its own hair.

There is also a quiet fragrance of flowers on its body, which can't help but make Li Shuishan murmur: "I have been idle and stunned by the green stems, and the flower cat is playing in the wind and the shadow of the flowers." ”

"A flower, a cat, a sting. ”

It's like a legend.

The storyteller needed help and said, "Who were you talking to?"

"Cats?"

"Yes. The storyteller nodded, not too surprised.

"I need you to accompany me back to the capital, where there are three mountains and six rivers, and there are many cities. After walking back, I will stay in the capital, I will not move forward, and you can think about where to go at a glance......" the storyteller said.

He shook his head and said, "I can go and have a look first, and I'll know the next step." As for where the gentleman wants to go and where he wants to stay, it is up to the gentleman to decide. It's a meeting in Pingshui, so why stay one more step. ”

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......

Soon after, it was dark.

With a single shot, the distant firelight appeared.

The galloping horseman, he looked at the two people in front of him from a distance, pulled the horse's mouth, held the torch in his hand, and said anxiously: "Is it Qingshui City ahead?"

"I don't know. Li Shuishan replied.

He said, "How could you two not know that you are not a scholar who traveled overnight?"

"I'm afraid you'll have to walk for months at this pace before you reach the capital. Besides, the exam in the capital is still a long time away, and it is all about tempering your will, so I won't say more. ”

He seemed to have a lot of emotion for the readers.

"This road leads to Clear Water City, you people come to walk in the middle of the night, you should be more careful. This place looks a little demonic. ”

When he saw the two of them shaking their heads, he felt a little strange and asked, "But what happened? and what do I need help with?"

"It's fine. Thanks for the reminder. ”

He wrinkled and tried to give them a beam of flames, but there were no extra torches, and he hurried away.

In fact, Li Shuishan can see the ghostly appearance of this place at a glance. He could see clearly what rotten souls were wandering in the road, what parts of the body were missing, and how they died.

The storyteller says it's a "blind man" with his eyes closed.

But when he opened his eyes, he could see very clearly. It's just that he doesn't like to open his eyes to see, and there happens to be a teenager who can serve him, and his heart is a little comforting to say more.

As for the flower cat, it is half black, which means that the black cat is more effective. He said that when the gloomy aura came, he would be aware of it.

It is in nature to climb walls in the middle of the night and prey on rats.

He followed another path, and the light of the torches vanished.

At this time, the existence of darkness, coupled with these two people, were like gloomy ascetics, only the storyteller still held a long sword wrapped in cloth in his hand, he handed it to Li Shuishan, but refused.

He said, "I don't know how to dance a sword, and it's useless to ask for it." ”

"No, I can teach you. ”

Li Shuishan shook his head.

"Don't think this sword can sway you. If you don't take it now, I can take it for you, and when you figure it out, I'll hand it to you. ”

The sword is not the original appearance, even if it changes its appearance, there is still an indelible shadow in his heart.

"On the way to the capital, there are many mountains and rivers, and there are many ghosts, poor mountains and hungry people, and it will inevitably be a lot more difficult.

Then, when your state of mind is complete, you will go out and explore, and all this is not a problem. ”

He touched the oil-paper umbrella with his hand, and said that it was a little warm in his heart.

But ascetic people don't need to stop their pace, and they insist on moving forward when they see the road clearly, which can be regarded as grinding off their edges and corners.

.......

Midnight.

He and the storyteller walked along the stone path that led to the secluded path, and he saw the sleeping flat-headed snake in his eyes. The flat-headed snake was also surprised by their arrival, and spat out letters.

The serpentine shape changed greatly, and the flower cat was the first to raise its tail and walked from Li Shuishan's left shoulder to his right shoulder.

He asked, "What's wrong?"

The cat's sensitivity is stronger, and this time it was felt before the two of them, and its mouth kept meowing. The storytellers wanted to stuff the cat into the bookshelf behind him, wrap it tightly in his clothes, and let him show only a pair of eyes at most, and never let him bark at the quiet air.

Completely ignoring the storyteller's every move, the flower cat said in Li Shuishan's ear: "Here, there is a hungry big guy. ”

Its eyes glowed green, and its eyes were fixed on the hidden serpent's place, like a man's weariness of a bitter place.

The flathead snake instead let out a huge mouthful of spit.

Saliva is really sour, like devouring many different kinds of meat.

The storyteller looked up and said, "There should be a lot of good things in the place where the smell gathers." It can give you a tonal body. ”

"Replenish your body?" Li Shuishan was startled, thinking that the storyteller was tired in the middle of the night and said some nonsense, and he wanted to find a quiet, tasteless place and have a good night's sleep.

Instantly regretted that I was in a hurry after dusk, and felt that it was not better to find a daytime time.

The storyteller lifted the long sword wrapped in cloth in his hand, struck him on the head, and said, "If your heart is not quiet, when can you get out of this place?" Before the moment of your choosing, don't have too many causes. Even if it's dark, go down blindfolded. ”

That's how the storyteller does it, keeping his eyes closed and not listening to what is happening in front of him.

"Well, let's do as the gentleman says. ”

He knew that his husband was also an ordinary person, so he didn't know whether to stop looking at him.

Under these few steps, his mood was suddenly uneven.

"A cultivator, if he has practiced a technique, he can rely entirely on perception. Perceive all things and walk among nature. ”

"Perception is the perception, feeling, attention, and perception of things. If you act solely on your feelings, it will have the effect of luck. If that's the case, you don't think about it, you just rely on your feelings. ”

"If you feel it, if you think about it, you can control your behavior. ”

Li Shuishan was puzzled, but it didn't stop him from moving on. After all, this place is not in Taiping Town, and it is not far from Qingshui City where I asked for directions on horseback, and I don't know how far it is, but I have an intention in my heart, and it happens to come true.

In the rancid land, the flat-headed snake curled up, and had no intention of attacking.

It's like asking passers-by: If there is an obstacle ahead, walk carefully.

The storyteller heard that the cat had some bad connotations towards the flat-headed snake.

Rats and cats are naturally enemies, snakes and rats are also enemies, and cats are not on the same level as it.

Crossing a small area of predatory territory for the flat-headed snake, this place is really rancid.

In the eyes of the two of them, at a glance, they could see the bare bones in it, the head that resembled that of a child, and the whining and screeching sound of the wind.

Here it comes.

The storyteller wanted to follow his mind to feel this realm without tearing sound, but he couldn't observe anything, but the flower cat was terrified and clung to Li Shuishan's collar.

"It's okay, just go as usual. ”

"I walked in the mountains and waters, and I didn't see any strange murderous things coming out of this place, but it was a little annoying. ”

Soon, the land of right and wrong was crossed. There is no rancid smell here, but a house with lights on.

In the light, there was no one.

There was one more scene like this in the dark night, which also made Li Shuishan's heart tremble.

He carried the bookshelf on his back, chirping, followed by a slow-paced storyteller.

Waiting for this gust of wind to blow up his clothes, he pushed open the door, and there was a little less human taste of life inside.

The flower cat, the first to jump down, stood on a small dusty table and stool, with its front legs erect, backward and straight, and slapped down on its buttocks.

"There's no one in this room. ”

"But where did the lights come from. ”

I put down the bookshelf on my back and brushed the dust with the sleeves of my clothes, feeling a little comforted.

I only heard the storyteller: "No one has lived here for a long time, you take a closer look." ”

Li Shuishan nodded, walked in step by step, saw the oil lamp on the table, frowned, picked up the fire fold on the side, shook it a few times, and burned, and had some doubts in his heart.

When I went in, the cat in the back was still shaking its head, as if it was about to sleep.

Hearing a strange beat, Li Shuishan stopped and saw the mouse on the side, slipping away in front of the cat.

He coughed.

The cat opened its eyes and saw the mouse in the distance, and continued to close its eyes......

Slices of air-dried meat, dripping roof water, interspersed with the smell of some musty quilts. There is a portrait of a woman at the head of the bed, her face is pale, her fingers are slightly curled, she is wearing a pink dress, the picture scroll has broken a big gap, and the upper and lower scrolls are broken, how ruthless is this.

He gave up looking at it from a distance and walked in to take a look.

This woman's beauty is a little extraordinary, and I can see that her eyes are a little unbright and dim.

The storyteller asked, "You have been watching it for so long that you don't know what you see?"

Li Shuishan said: "There is nothing, I know that the owner of this house is a woman who looks like a fairy, but I don't know what will happen next." ”