Putting aside the doubts in his head, he urged the horse to stop by a river that was not too spacious. If you want the horse to run and the horse not to eat grass, it's really not like words, he Zhou Zhengqing can't do such a thing, the most important thing is that he himself is hungry.

Summer is coming, the sun is not scorching, and the breeze is warm.

I found a big tree, borrowed a few branches of different sizes, sharpened them with the dagger I carried with me, and went down to the river to fish.

Unlike fishing nets, practice makes perfect. With this wooden fork, only pay attention to a fast, accurate and ruthless. As long as you know how to find the right direction, don't look directly at the fish you see on the water, and don't hurt yourself, it's still very easy.

The six big fish that were specially caught on the shore were cleaned up, and all the viscera and swim bladders were thrown under the excavated soil pit and buried. He also used a dagger to mark mottled marks on the body of the fish, and smeared a lot of salt and spices that he carried with him. The larger fish are passed through the twigs and roasted on a fire raised by dead wood and leaves.

In order to save some effort, Zhou Zhengqing borrowed some tall branches from a few big trees that had stood quietly for an unknown number of years, made a shelf, and roasted the two fish together.

He himself was staring at the fire, busy turning the fish over, and at the same time nagging with the big black horse not far away.

"I said Lao Hei, we've been waiting for most of the day, you're almost full, why haven't the people behind you caught up yet?"

Lao Hei seemed to understand human nature, and a few snorts were counted as a response.

While eating and grilling, a fish went down, and many people appeared on the wide road behind him.

The four carriages that were approaching, two of them were escorted on horseback, and the other five or six people were all sitting outside the four carriages, all with swords on their bodies, and the last two carriages seemed to be loaded with boxes and luggage.

Seeing that there were people by the river where he had intended to rest, one of the two guards on horseback urged the horse to gallop.

The man in leather armor on horseback came to Zhou Zhengqing, first glanced at the old black who was drinking water next to him, and then looked at the six big fish on the ground that obviously one person could not eat, and then dismounted and cautiously hugged his fists to salute.

This tall guard was the first to speak, in the vernacular of the cangwu accent, and his voice was as loud as a bell.

Zhou Zhengqing heard it very clearly, people were testing the depths, which meant that his group wanted to rest here, and it was inconvenient to ask.

replied with a skilled Shu accent: "Pedestrians meet halfway, as long as they are not mountain bandits, there is naturally no reason to stop them." Where are there such mountain bandits traveling in chariots and horses?

Just casually believing the words of a passer-by, he waved his hand behind him, signaling that everyone behind him could come over. Probably disgusted that the others were too slow, he urged the horse over, grabbed a live chicken from the back of the last carriage without carriages, and then ran quickly to the river.

By the time the carriage and horses had been put to a halt, the guard, who looked rather bold, had slaughtered the bitter chicken, plucked it, washed it, and coated it with condiments. occupied a position of Zhou Zhengqing grilling fish, with a piece of grass in his mouth, and unceremoniously busily worked to eat himself.

With his left hand, he took the grilled fish that Zhou Zhengqing handed out and spit out the grass in his mouth. Regardless of the scorching bite, he chewed and swallowed the fish bones into his belly, and then smiled: "Brother, this ability to grill fish is not small, did you learn it from the imperial dining room where the emperor cooks."

This time, I didn't use any local words, and the feeling of familiarity and boldness came to my face, and the previous suspicion was gone.

Zhou Zhengqing didn't look up, adding firewood with one hand, and busily flipping a fish and a chicken with the other.

"If you don't have the ability to eat when you go out, it's better to drink blood directly."

The guards in the two carriages with carriages got out of the carriages, made room, and set up iron pots to make fires.

The main owner of this group also got out of the car, an elegant old man with gray hair. Although he was dressed as a rich man, he sat on a flat stone with fine eyes and a lot of bookish air.

A boy and a woman with ninety-and-a-half-faced faces of children of about ten years of age stepped out of the carriage behind, both dressed in the same style, except for the boy's dark purple and the girl's light green.

The girl went straight to the old man who was equally outstanding in terms of dress and temperament, while the boy was shy and silent, a little overwhelmed.

Seeing the old man of his granddaughter, his originally meticulous and serious face was like a dead wood in spring, and he naturally leaked a smiling face, and he didn't mind if he would lose a few more beards that he didn't have left.

The boy sat down beside the old man, his head bowed, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Grandpa, when will I see my father, I really miss it." The little girl sitting on the old man's lap put her hands on the old man's cheeks and held her kind grandfather.

The face full of large and small wrinkles was stiff at this time, and then he lowered his head and looked at the little girl's eyes seriously: "It's almost over, your father misses your sister and brother as much as you think of him!"

The little girl put down her hands, but she hugged her little head and swayed from side to side: "No, no, that daddy is not very sad and sad"

The little boy beside the two of them still didn't speak, but there seemed to be two more small raindrops on the ground.

The little girl was holding her head and shaking it, when she suddenly smelled a great fragrance and glanced at the two of them by the river. grabbed the sleeve of his left hand with his right hand, wiped it carefully and secretly on the side of his mouth, glanced at his grandfather, and ran to the fish fragrance without hesitation.

The little boy seemed to smell the same thing, and raised his head timidly. I wanted to stand up, but when I saw my grandfather getting up and walking slowly, the boy continued to bow his head.

Zhou Zhengqing ate the fish in his mouth, and turned over the body of the fish on the fire. The moment he looked up and looked down, his eyes swept over the green-clothed girl standing in front of him through the fire.

moved her buttocks, and patted the stone that had been used as a stool, which made the little girl smile immediately, and a pair of watery eyes immediately bent into crescent moons.

Before she could be happy, this strange brother who was obviously not very strong, but looked a little fat, was too bullying. It's terrible to let a child watch you eat fragrant grilled fish one bite at a time. No wonder grandpa said that it was born from the heart, and sure enough, the person with a black face also had a black heart.

It was only when her face showed great displeasure that one hand grabbed the big fish that had been roasted on the fire for a long time, blew a few breaths, and handed it to herself.

It made the little girl blush, ate other people's fish, and said bad things about him in her heart, embarrassed!

As for what was going on beside him, the swaggering guard just didn't see it, and just cared about tearing off the chicken he had cooked over the fire.

It's not that he picks the door, this unknown little brother is still very good-hearted, but he is a little cautious, obviously he eats his fish, but he doesn't eat his own chicken, and he doesn't have enough to eat.

groped for the few white beards left with one hand, and nodded twice at Zhou Zheng with a smile: "Young man, thank you, my precious granddaughter, I'm a little naughty."

Zhou Zhengqing put the remaining two fish together on the fire and roasted them, the chicken had already changed places and was held in his hand, and it was estimated that he was going to live in the five internal organs temple of that bold man.

wiped the corners of his mouth: "You don't have to say that, it's still quite powerful at a young age, and after such a while, I have a lot of fish in my stomach!"

The little girl, who was concentrating on eating, was a little embarrassed, grabbed the remaining fish with greasy hands, and handed it to her grandfather. was stopped by the grinning Zhou Zhengqing, and rubbed the round head twice: "Children, when you grow your body, you can take the two on the fire in a while."

The old man also added a lot of smiles in his eyes: "How embarrassing is this, the food over there is almost ready, let's eat some together"?

Zhou Zhengqing shook his head with a smile: "The amount of food is very sufficient, I am alone, it is not difficult to eat, but I can't rob your family of rations."

The old man didn't say much, quietly looked at his granddaughter's greedy cat appearance, and his smile never stopped.

Until the little girl, who had eaten early with dinner, wiped her mouth embarrassedly, took two freshly roasted big fish, and followed the old man back to find her brother with a bright smile. One for grandpa, one for younger brother, just right!

After noon, the four carriages set off again, and Zhou Zhengqing also rode a horse to keep up with the carriage where the old man was, and the speed was almost the same. Although the guards looked at it from time to time, they didn't say anything, and the bold guards who rode horses before didn't even look behind them, just buried their heads in the road, and trusted this person very much.

"I'm going to follow like this, but I trust me very much, an old man." The old man lifted the curtain on the right side, and said two or three gossips with this burly but thin-hearted man.

"The world is sinister, people's hearts are not ancient, and walking with people who can let down a lot of guard is also a place to seek peace of mind." Zhou Zhengqing looked at the grass, trees, trees and stones on both sides of the road and said.

Unexpectedly, the old man in the car did sigh a little: "Seeing that you are not too young, you can go out and have a look." I have lived for decades, and what I have seen is that only 10% of the people in this world are pure and good, and the rest 90% are evil. But in this ninety percent of evil, most of the people are hovering between good and evil. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's exactly what I saw."

The old man who sighed looked at the black horse: "I felt that the world was too sinister back then, no matter how many things I did, it was still difficult to pursue a clear conscience. ”

Zhou Zhengqing listened carefully to the old man's voice, and couldn't help blurting out: "There can be big and small between good and evil"?

The old man also glanced at this sturdy man a few more times, and replied seriously: "There is no big or small evil, only how much is too little." ”