Yao Feng didn't go with them, only the bamboo mother followed behind the storyteller.

When Li Shuishan saw his lost smile, he knew that this short parting would not be able to meet again.

Yao Feng stood up and watched a few people leave, and said respectfully: "There will be a period later." ”

The storyteller did not ask him if he had recovered the scroll, and the current storyteller would not have asked about Li Shuishan, and there may be more dangers in the nameless city, and the picture scroll is a testimony that Li Shuishan has become a Taoist. On the bookshelf behind it, the flower cat is still lazy.

He knew that Qingshui City was completely the test place of the Heavenly Soul Master, and the temple happened to give Yao Feng the opportunity to choose here, and he would not step into the trap of the Heavenly Soul Master, become one of his pawns, and gradually lose his soul.

I don't know when I will become his next tempter.

"Sir, how many will you leave?"

Li Shuishan still asked, but these words seemed to stimulate the bamboo mother behind him, his eyes widened, if the two were separated, he didn't know who Yao would choose, maybe it would be a difficult choice.

"Here it is. ”

He looked at Li Shuishan, the sword behind him was bright, handed it to Li Shuishan, and asked:

"Do you regret going to the capital?"

The word regret has never hesitated in Li Shuishan's heart, because missing is missing, and there is nothing to argue.

When Li Shuishan heard this, he shook his head, "No, I just feel that I am a little useless, I can't do what I want to do, and I won't fight for my own things independently, everything is so difficult." ”

The storyteller smiled, "Everything needs a process of growth, and everyone makes mistakes sometimes."

The important thing is to see a new self after falling and overcome the timidity in your heart. One step, one step, no flinching.

I hope that the next time I see you, I can see you become a very qualified Taoist. ”

The storyteller put down the sword wrapped in green cloth and placed it on a stone platform beside him.

There are dry weeds and dead leaves on the stone platform, and there are human footprints on the small stones, which are not big, with half a small palm, like the small feet of a three-inch golden lotus, but when you look up, you know that there is a lonely little wild tree on it.

Some of the fruits are shriveled, and some still fall underneath, becoming nourishment for wild trees.

Yellow, or yellow......

The wind blew, and he picked a corner and pulled away the long sword in the green cloth, and there was a dry snake next to the sword.

Before leaving, the bamboo mother blinked her eyes and said, "I still have children in your bookshelf, and I believe I will see you in the capital." ”

Unexpectedly, there was no trace of a smile on Li Shuishan's cold face, and the bamboo mother smiled a little embarrassed, and hurriedly followed the storyteller.

After their figures disappeared, the rain clouds of Qingshui City swept over.

The rain in the sky began to fall slowly.

Hua Mao and Li Shuishan are like wanderers living alone in a foreign land, and they inevitably have a lot of loss in their hearts.

This sentence was still under the mulberry tree, and the old man told him that he would meet in the capital and see how different the people in the capital were from him. There was still unwiped blood on the swollen corners of his mouth, which was gently accumulated by him and flowed down.

He sat on the stone platform in the rain, looking at the sword wrapped in green cloth and the withered snake.

He remembered the rancid place before he met Xiaoyun, and the serpentine shape was the same as this one.

The cat said, "Isn't this the guy who scared me? I heard that the storyteller said that you can drink it in wine or eat it dry. ”

He licked his front paws.

Li Shuishan didn't know how much the storyteller had said to him.

"What else did the gentleman tell you?" said the cat as he went up to his bookshelf, "It's raining, let's go." ”

Li Shuishan picked up the sword and put the dry snake in his bookshelf, he was also afraid that the flower cat would eat it secretly, so he let him lie on his shoulder.

Wait for the rain to fall and thunder. On the high mountain nearby, thunder struck one after another, and the outline of the flickering summit was very obvious, like a barrier, and there were several families living on it, and the storyteller did not know which way to leave in front of him, and he did not know what to choose.

"Let's go here. He chose a road near the water, and the water on the side of the road flowed from the mountains, and the water quality was excellent. The bottom is crystal clear, and from time to time a few small fish can be seen swimming over it, flicking their tails. The weather was a little damp, and the cold air also turned from the other side of the mountain, rolling his cheeks, and that mist went up to this area.

He walked at a fast pace, and when he looked back, Qingshui City was several miles away.

There are people in this area who are almost far away from Clearwater City, smoking smoke, and they are all preparing for dinner.

The smoke from cooking in the evening was blown on his face by the wind, Li Shuishan coughed, choked on the smoke, covered his face with his sleeve, and walked to several houses.

These families were completely separated from Qingshui City, and here it was like a world under the mountain, which reminded him of the days of Taiping Town.

The clothes hanging on the branches have three colors: red, gray and white, and there is a thin layer of white mist on the gray clothes, and a blue patch is embroidered on the cuffs of the clothes. Looking at it from a distance, I felt that these families were relatively poor, but they deviated from Qingshui City and lived here instead.

A grass house, a wooden house, a large vat.

A dozen steps inside, there is another house, but it looks very different, this house is short, filled with stone bricks, a space that can only fit two beds, and the one in front of the door blocks the wind, leaving a wall to protect against the cold winter.

Winter is coming in the blink of an eye, and the cold wind blowing with a little snow will make it difficult to walk in this open area. This thatched hut and stone wall have their own advantages. But the wind here blows from the mountains behind it, and there is a natural barrier to block it. Indeed, the wind will blow through here.

The wind blowing, sometimes dry,

Sometimes, it's clammy and cold.

Let Li Shuishan gasp for breath before he could take a few steps in this place, and the wind made his whole body tremble. He held a small bamboo pole he had placed aside in his right hand and propped it up on the ground, holding the sword in his left hand.

The sword was like a sword, buzzing and trembling in the wind.....

He looked at the grass hut in front of him, walked over and couldn't help but feel his body weak, next to the grass hut a hunchback old man less than a meter tall on crutches, his mouth with a breath of heat, quietly watching the young man in the rain walk in.

Li Shuishan raised the corners of his grinning mouth and coughed dryly.

The hunchbacked old man put away the clothes in front of the door, hugged them in his arms, frowned and saw Li Shuishan's figure clearly, only to find that this was a young man, and his mouth was shocked: "Where did this person come from?"

He put down the clothes in his hand and slowly opened the door of the grass hut.

Li Shuishan was helped by him, entered the house, and asked, "Young man, where are you from?"

Li Shuishan replied as expected: "Qingshui City." ”

"Where is Shimizu Castle?"

"A few miles away. ”

The hunchbacked old man was puzzled for a while, his eyes narrowed, as if he couldn't see Li Shuishan's face clearly, "There is no Qingshui City near here." ”

This sentence touched Li Shuishan at once, and he shook his head, "How can there be no Qingshui City." In front of the big hill next to the house was a small town. ”

He closed the door softly.

The small flames in the house were blazing, and the smoke came out of the chimney next to it.

He threw a small firewood into it, and his clothes were thrown on the small wooden bed on the side, and he could see that he was also miserable, but when his eyes saw the sword in Li Shuishan's hand, his mood became a little nervous.

"There has never been such a small town. Maybe you see it as a fake. ”

"Fake?" Li Shuishan seemed to hear a big joke, everything he experienced personally, from crossing the river in a boat to approaching the city, and then a series of things were his words and deeds, as if he touched them with his own hands. Although there were some subtle changes that made him a little difficult to accept for a short time, he could see that everything was there.

Li Shui also personally said how the city gate was, and there were many visitors from the nameless city inside.

These words were a little inexplicable in the ears of the hunchbacked old man, "Nameless City, perhaps I know, is a more dangerous place, and there are indeed many visitors who will pass by me and rest here." But they would just go out from there and never come back. ”

"And you, from Qingshui City, have really never heard of it. ”

"Maybe it's been a long time since I've left this little place. Forget a lot of the nascent city. ”

Li Shuishan nodded, thinking that maybe so.

As he spoke, he sat down along the fire, and the warm fire eased his fatigue a lot. On the bookshelf on the side, the flower cat stretched its front legs and slowly walked to Li Shuishan's feet, coiled in a circle.

"One goes to the Nameless City with a cat. ”

The hunchbacked old man shook his head, and he really didn't understand that people who traveled from south to north would have a little leisure, and he said: "Some people have a small mink coiled around their arms, some people have a green snake around their necks, and some people have a tiger sitting under their buttocks. I've seen a lot of these strange things. ”

"Except for the animals you're bringing with you that are a little too docile, little lazy cat. ”

His two front teeth were exposed, and the wrinkles on his face were all over his face, as if he was questioning the cat.

Li Shuishan shook his head, "This cat was brought by me when I left home." I don't feel at ease that he's at home, and he insists on leaving with me. It's also considered to have a companion on the way. ”

"Oh?"

The door creaked~

Another old man, who looked a little stronger, also came in on crutches, wrapped in a thick cotton robe, and his black cloth shoes were stuffed with soft cloth, and he limped in.

He also had a small round hat, and his ears were dragged as if he was born, but were blown back at the base of his ears by the cold wind.

He said softly: "There are guests at home. No wonder I don't see you go out to watch the plums. ”

Hearing this, the hunchbacked old man smiled, stood up and made way for a place to roast the fire, Li Shuishan didn't know what to say, and the old man sat on the ground, "No, it's just a young man who wants to go to the nameless city in the wind and rain, and spend the night here." Tomorrow is a good hurry. ”

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Recently, everyone has been paying more attention to the virus and not going to places with a lot of people. Wear a mask when you go out.