Chapter 2, Section 41 A Thousand Weeping Docks

Lin Feng's best thing is shredded pork with green peppers. The pork belly is cut into chopsticks thick, and the green pepper should be cut into two wattle strips, without buttoning the seeds, and cut into noodles wide and narrow. Heat the oil until it is hot and smoking, first stir-fry the onion and garlic, then pour the shredded meat into the oil and roll it twice, the spatula will remove a piece of empty in the middle of the shredded meat, pour an appropriate amount of soy sauce into the air, and then stir-fry with the shredded meat immediately after the soy sauce completely releases the fragrance in the boiling oil. After a while, the shredded meat will take on a full, shiny purple-brown color after absorbing the hot oil and sauce. At this time, the green pepper is poured in, and the spicy flavor of the two wattle strips is instantly skewered into the shredded meat, and it travels back and forth between the meridians and textures of the shredded meat. Don't burn the old ones, wait for the green peppers, shredded meat, and hot oil to melt into one color, and then you can get out of the pot, and choose to put or not put salt according to personal taste.

After being put on the plate, the shredded green pepper meat is glowing with a layer of light purple oil, the fat one is as crystal clear as amber, the thin one is as beautiful as a dragon crystal, and the flowing meat fragrance is embellished with the spicy green pepper, which makes people can't help but want to put a chopstick in their mouths and chew. The moment the tip of the tongue touches the shredded meat, the taste buds will be ignited by the oily but not fatty, spicy but not pungent taste. One bite after another, chopsticks after chopsticks, before you know it, the meal is already stretched, and the satisfaction and happiness that comes with it will be unforgettable for a long time in the years to come.

It's a pity that there are no chili peppers here, let alone shredded meat, so Lin Feng had to wash the food while thinking about it. He made a okra fried cucumber, a cold eggplant, and a cabbage and radish soup. Fortunately, vinegar, sugar, wine, salt, green onions, ginger and other seasonings are sufficient, and Lin Feng still made these four vegetarian dishes and rice with good color, flavor and flavor.

After serving the food and setting up the dishes and chopsticks, the child also returned to the thatched hut. You Boyun invited Li Xian to the hospital, and the four of them chatted and laughed and had a hot meal.

After the meal, Li Xian thoughtfully brought out a dustpan full of white flour pancakes with a bamboo dustpan, and a wooden pot of pickles. She carefully packed the pancakes and pickles in a bamboo cage, made a wrapper with a clean cloth, and wrapped the bamboo cage inside. In addition, each person was provided with a new set of clothes, a new pair of shoes, and a bag of loose silver. Li Xian told them to be careful all the way, if they really couldn't find Shuyi, they could come back here and wait for her news. The three of them thanked Li Xian's mother-in-law again and again, and immediately embarked on the road to Lanhai.

Xiao Sheng is really a good guide, and although the three of them have eaten and slept in the open along the way, they have not encountered any special crimes. Walk over a swamp of tall pine tower-like greenery, through huge shrubs with cauliflower-like fruits overhead, and over a vast grassland full of four-leaf clovers and silk vines. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the children avoided the inhabited tribal villages as much as possible.

After three or four days of walking, a gray shadow appeared on the horizon ahead. "That's the mountain in front of the tree. He pointed to a gap in the sky on the left and said, "We must go through the Thousand Wailing Dock at the bottom of the mountain." ”

You Boyun was curious: "What kind of place is Qianwaiwu?"

"I haven't been there either. I heard that a very terrible incident happened there, and until now you can still hear the wailing of unjust souls, so it was named Thousand Crying Dock. ”

"Hmph, I don't believe it..."You Boyun was obviously lacking in confidence when he said this.

Lin Feng remembered Bian Tie, could it be another corpse or something?

Xiao Sheng continued: "If we go faster, we should be able to get to the Thousand Crying Dock before dark, and we will find a place to settle there today." ”

Lin Feng said: "Today we are going to stay in the tribe?"

Xiao Sheng said: "Yes, in front of the Thousand Crying Dock is the Divine Heart Lake, and we must pass through the Divine Heart Lake now from south to north." The west side of Shenxin Lake is full of high rock cliffs, and although the terrain on the east side is flat and open, the Dengyu River originates from there, and the king of the Ao Ling League has an elite army stationed there for a long time. So our best thing to do is to take a boat from Thousand Wailing Dock through the Divine Heart Lake. ”

Lin Feng said curiously: "Why would the King of the Ao Ling League send elites to be stationed here?"

"Because there is an egret tree in the Dengyu River, it is said to be an immortal tree planted by the great god Changzuo. The tree only blossoms and bears fruit once every 10 years, and the fruit is lifelike and comes close to it, and it flutters its wings and flies away. ”

You Boyun also said: "Yes, I have also heard of it, and it is said that if you eat the fruit of the egret tree, you can change the race seal at will." ”

Lin Feng said: "So amazing?"

You Boyun said: "Yes, I also think it's so interesting, I really want to eat one and see what this divine tree fruit tastes like." ”

"The egret tree only bears eight fruits at a time, and it should be more difficult for ordinary people to get it than to climb to the sky." ”

You Boyun held his mouth and said, "Hmph, I don't want to give it to me, what if I become ugly." ”

Lin Feng smiled: "You can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour." Seeing You Boyun's embroidered eyebrows, he quickly turned his head and asked Xiao Sheng, "Then will the people of the King of the Ao Ling League come to the Thousand Crying Dock?"

"I'm not sure. In the past, Qianwaiwu was the only way to get to the city, and at that time, people came and went, and there were many goods, and the Ao Ling people who guarded the egret tree would often go there to buy things. It's just that after the strange thing happened there, the Ao Ling clan opened a big road in the deep forest of the giant crown, and now most people will go there to Haishi, and this place is deserted..."

"Haishi!Xiaosheng, did you just say Haishi?" You Boyun exclaimed, "Haishi is here?"

Xiao Sheng said: "It's not here, but the sea market is on the shore of the sea." ”

"Really? Great! Before, my parents didn't want to tell me where the sea market was. You Boyun said with a radiant face: "I didn't expect to have a chance to go to Haishi this time, how about it? Is there a lot of people from various tribes? There are a lot of strange and interesting things? There are a lot of delicious foods? Wow - this time it's really the right place!"

Lin Feng looked at You Boyun's dancing appearance, and said with a smile: "Look at you like this." Your father and mother don't want to tell you, isn't it just that they are afraid that you will run away by yourself after you know the location. Besides, we don't necessarily have to go to the sea market this time, do we?" he winked at him.

"Ah, well... This time, we were looking for clothes, and we didn't have time to wander around the market. ”

When You Boyun heard this, tears were about to come out, she pouted and said carefully: "Let's take a look, just a look, I promise that I won't see clothes, weapons, food, play, I can't walk..."

Lin Feng smiled in his heart, but he still said with embarrassment on his face: "That... Well..."

You Boyun jumped up. I heard Lin Feng say solemnly: "Then you have to be obedient, whether you go to Qianwaiwu or Lanhai, you can't mess around with your own temperament, can you agree?"

"Ah, when did I mess up with my own temperament?" You Boyun looked surprised.

Lin Feng pointed his fingers and said, "In your tribe, you run to pick flowers alone. Outside the Xurong Clan, you ran to save Bian Tie alone..."

"That's a special case... Okay, okay, I promise not to act alone. You Boyun knew that he was wrong, so he gave up resistance.

Lin Feng nodded with a smile and said, "As long as you don't steal the egret fruit, then let's stop by and go to the sea market." ”

You Boyun's mouth pursed, "Who... Who said I wanted to steal the Egret Fruit, I didn't! I was just thinking, if Brother Lin ate the Egret Fruit and could grow the Xi Seal, wouldn't he be afraid of being recognized by the people of the King of the Ao Ling League. ”

Xiao Sheng said: "Brother Lin's biggest feature is that there is no seal on his forehead, which is indeed easy to be recognized by the Ao Ling people. But how about I paint one of Ringo with a special paint, and then we'll disguise ourselves as travelers to the sea market?"

Lin Fengxi said: "Okay, I didn't expect you to have this ability, when you get to Qianwaiwu, we will do it according to this plan, and we will act again if there is any situation." ”

It is said that Wangshan ran a dead horse, and the three of them walked for most of the day before they arrived in front of the mountain. Xiao Sheng took the paint and painted on Lin Feng's forehead a seal of the Dongjing clan that was closest to Lin Feng's appearance and body shape. This is a tribe that lives on the hills of Yuntai in the east, also uses fires to cook food, lives in houses with a mix of wood and stone, they are good at making tools, building palaces, and taking refuge in the underground when they are in danger.

Xiao Sheng said while drawing: "If someone asks, you call yourself Sang Jiayi, a wandering member of the Yujing clan. Due to their special talent as craftsmen, the Dongjing clan is often invited or captured by other clans to work. These men and women of the Dongjing tribe have been adrift for many years, and it is inevitable that they will reproduce in other tribes, and some even intermarry with other races. So Brother Lin, it is very suitable for you to pretend to be the Dongjing clan, even if you meet people of the same clan and don't know each other, everyone will not suspect it. If anyone asks, we only say that they are travelers who meet by chance on the road, and they go together. After that, I will answer everything. ”

Lin Feng and You Boyun saw that they didn't like to talk in their lives, but they were very thoughtful and meticulous when walking in the rivers and lakes, so they naturally agreed. The three of them then set out on the road into the mountain.

This avenue is worthy of the former trade road, all the way there are flowers all over the field, the stream is murmuring, the mountain road paved with gray stone slabs winds forward, there are bridges when encountering water, there are ladders when encountering difficulties, and the mountain is not steep, it can be said that it is much better than the wilderness. After a journey, the road was smoother and stretched, and Lin Feng and the others didn't feel like climbing in the mountains at all, but walking on the plains. Turning another earthen col, a beautiful village under the light of the lake unfolded in front of the three of them. Here, the grass is green, the wind is warm, the sunset dyes the world into a golden color, the water waves are soft, the color glow is dark, and the air floats with a mesmerizing fruity fragrance.

"Wow, that's beautiful. You Boyun couldn't help asking, "Where is this?"

Lin Feng looked at the dilapidated thatched archway in front of him with three broken characters engraved on it, and read it out: "Shanangwu." He immediately asked Xiao Sheng: "How far is this from the Thousand Crying Dock you said?"

Xiao Sheng said: "This is the Thousand Crying Dock. ”

"Hey, this is a thousand crying docks, so beautiful, not like it at all. You Boyun said with relief: "I thought that Qianwaiwu was a very dark, cold and scary place. ”

Xiao Sheng said: "It used to be called Shanangwu, but this name was slowly forgotten by everyone later, and now everyone mentions it here, and only calls it Qianwaiwu." ”

"Where is the crying, I didn't hear it at all?" You Boyun looked at Xiao Sheng with a puzzled expression. In fact, Lin Feng also has such questions.

"As I said before, a strange thing happened in this tribe, and since then, every midnight, the people of the tribe will hear the sound of whimpering, as if there are thousands of people crying at the same time, and those merchants who come here think that this is a bad omen, and they call Shanangwu a thousand weeping docks when they come and go. We won't hear the cry, maybe at midnight. ”

"What's going on?" You Boyun felt a little chill behind her, she really couldn't imagine what strange things could happen in such a beautiful place.

"I only heard that a lot of people died, and the death was very strange, as for what happened, maybe only people in this clan know clearly." ”

Lin Feng said: "No matter what, let's be careful and get out of here as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Sheng said: "Well, let's go find an inn to stay in first." ”