Leaving Taitou Town, Hua Wenxiang and the others slowed down a little.

Hua Wenxiang's next plan is to go to Qingzong, one of the four major forces, and ask for heavenly herbs.

On the way, he had to take a detour to Jianshan in Xiang'an, and Luo Bei would be separated from everyone there and go to Jianshan to learn swordsmanship.

This is also the original intention of the young swordsman to leave the Sword City and travel the rivers and lakes.

Tu Yuelian has finally made up her mind these days, and when she arrives in Zhong He in the future, she will join the Agarwood Palace.

It's just that she hasn't told everyone about it yet.

Qingzong is also located in Zhonghe.

Li Jasmine is leaving today, she is obviously lucky to be able to come out to play this time, if she doesn't go back, the palace master will be to blame.

Before she left, she gave Tu Yuelian a thousand taels of silver tickets, saying that she would be a person from the Agarwood Palace in the future, but she couldn't lack money to spend, and she had to collect this money, and she had to collect it if she didn't collect it.

Tu Yuelian accepted it calmly, a thousand taels of silver is a lot, she couldn't think of it before, but now that she has traveled to the rivers and lakes and seen more of the world, she will not make such a fuss, and many places will use money in the future.

Of the 1,000 taels of silver, she will take out half of it and send it back to Watermelon Town, 100 taels to Mei's mother, and 400 taels to let Mayor Fang build the town.

Li Jasmine wore a curtain fence on her head and was separated from everyone in a small county town.

Hua Wenxiang and the others stayed in the small county town for one night and bought a lot of dry food for the future journey.

Finally passed by a slightly rich place, this time Hua Wenxiang and Hei Qiuer did not buy anything, in addition to eating and drinking, but also bought a lot of strange gadgets, Hua Wenxiang bought a very rich gold necklace for Hei Qiuer, it is a fake, but Hei Qiuer does not care, and it is quite a bit rich and noble after bringing it.

He bought himself a sapphire jade belt, which is also a fake, but it looks good.

Tu Yuelian bought a string of wind chimes and hung them on the carriage, and when the majestic wind blew, the wind chimes collided, making a pleasant and crisp sound.

Ruluo bought a headscarf to cover his bald head and hide his identity under special circumstances in the future.

Luo Bei bought a small dagger, planning to carve some small wooden swords, small wooden figures and the like in his spare time in the future.

Since leaving Zhongzhuozhuang, everyone has hardly seen a prosperous territory along the way, and they have never seen a few small counties like this.

They have now left Xianzhou and arrived at another continent in Xiang'an, Fengzhou.

Although it is called Fengzhou, the prosperity is much worse than Xianzhou, there are too few rich places, not to mention, and the area is desolate, every time it is a long way to find signs of people.

It was a sunny day, and everyone rode in a horse-drawn carriage on an overgrown ancient road, which was inaccessible, and there was not a trace of the wheels running over the road, and as expected, there were no homes for at least a few dozen miles nearby.

The flowers in the carriage looked at the desolate scene around her through the window, and sighed, "It is estimated that we will have to sleep in the wild again these days, but fortunately, we have prepared a lot in advance, and we don't have to worry about eating and drinking, otherwise we will suffer even more." ”

Tu Yuelian said: "The three continents of Xiang'an, Xianzhou is the most prosperous, and Fengzhou is the poorest, and there is a big gap between the two. ”

Hei Qiu'er stood in front of the car window, looked at the prosaic scenery along the way, and sighed: "I've lost a lot of weight in the past few days, so let's meet a prosperous place quickly." ”

Ruluo came in from outside the carriage, took a sip of water from the kettle, and hit the black ball and said: "Don't talk about rich places, it is estimated that it would be good for us to meet a personal family in the next two or three days, and we are now surrounded by wilderness, and there is no popularity at all." ”

Hua Wenxiang looked out the window and sighed: "Jianshan is in Bozhou, Xiang'an, and now it is just a continent away from us, this blink of an eye flies really fast." ”

Everyone cherished this last period of time, and waited until Luo Bei went to Jianshan, and they didn't know that they could see each other again in the Year of the Monkey.

Outside the carriage, Luo Bei, who was driving the carriage, echoed through the curtain: "Yes, more than a year has passed...... I hope that Jianshan can accept me as a disciple. ”

Tu Yuelian smiled: "Don't worry, you will definitely be fine." ”

Luo Bei snorted, "When I succeed in learning swords in the future, I will look for you one by one, and then we will continue to travel the rivers and lakes." ”

The group talked and laughed in this desolate place, reminiscing about the past, and feeling relaxed and comfortable after a long time.

Now there is a news in the rivers and lakes that is spreading.

Zhao Gangyi, the king of Xiang'an, was forcibly taken away by the Soul Hero Temple because of his crimes, and it is said that Zhao Gangyi, who arrived at the Soul Hero Temple, committed suicide there that day. Ling Shimo and some other ghosts of the Charm Pavilion were taken away by a mysterious boss and their whereabouts were unknown.

Now the Xiang'an Royal Mansion is empty.

The occurrence of this incident once again proves the true existence of the Soul Ancestral Hall, otherwise, with Zhao Gangyi's status as a vassal king, there are almost no forces in the world who dare to arrest him so openly......

Summer is scorching, and the sun is scorching.

Hua Wenxiang and the others parked the carriage in a small forest, intending to hurry after noon.

Ruluo fed the horses some hay and water, and it was also a loss that Li Shangmi gave them a good horse, otherwise they would have run away and died if they were replaced by ordinary horses.

Cultivators are resistant to heat and cold, but horses are incomparable.

Luo Bei used the English orange qi as a sword, cut off a relatively slender poplar tree, and then peeled off all the bark on the surface with skillful knife work, and then cut it into several small pieces of about the same size to use as carving materials.

Several people and a cat surrounded Luo Bei.

Luo Bei was a little embarrassed and asked, "What are you doing?"

Hua Wenxiang praised: "Luo Bei, you are really ingenious, can you carve a small wooden sword for me?"

Luo Bei nodded, "Yes." ”

Black Ball shouted, "Then I want it too!"

Luo Bei said: "Okay, what about Yuelian and Ruluo?"

As he spoke, he looked at the two of them, "It's okay to carve some others." ”

Ruluo thought for a while, "Why don't you carve a girl for me, it's a very beautiful kind of ......"

Luo Bei smiled helplessly, "I'll try it." ”

Tu Yuelian thought for a moment and said with a smile: "The peony case you said is so good, just carve a peony for me." ”

Luo Bei said: "This is simple. ”

Hei Qiu'er said innocently: "You can also carve figures? Then I don't want a wooden sword, you carve a Xiaoya for me." ”

Luo Bei said helplessly: "I haven't seen your little girlfriend, how to carve." ”

Hei Qiu'er sighed, but it was the same reason, "Then you carve one of me, and I will go back and give myself to Xiao Ya ......"

Hua Wenxiang suddenly looked into the distance and said, "There is a wave of people over there." ”

Everyone followed the line of sight, and a team of chariots and horses were slowly driving in the scorching heat.

There were not many people in the convoy, three carriages, more than a dozen people, only one carriage was pulling people, and the other two carriages were pulling goods.

The group also happened to see Hua Wenxiang and them, so they also came here, stopped the carriage, and rested for a while.

Out of the first carriage came a well-dressed young man, who haughtily ordered one of his companions to bring him some water.

The man must have been a servant, if not surprisingly, and there were seven or eight others dressed similarly to him, all of whom stood still, as if waiting for instructions.

The richly dressed boy jumped out of the carriage and said lightly: "Let's rest, and then we will hurry later." ”

Brother Gongzi's name is Ruan Guigui, he is the master of this team of people, they were originally the Daqi people's clan, and later the two countries fought, Daqi was destroyed, he felt uneasy, so he thought of migrating to Nanzhou to settle.

The entire Daqi is now being rectified by the Shengchang Imperial Court, and it is not peaceful.

The servants found a poplar tree to rest, and everyone took off their straw hats to cool down.

In this procession, there was also an old man and a little girl, who were closest to Hua Wenxiang, and they were dressed like servants, but they did not seem to be servants.

The little girl is also seven or eight years old, named Ruan Xin, and is the half-sister of the son's brother Ruan Guigui, but the latter has never recognized this sister. The old man's name was Deng Guimao, and he was the little girl's grandfather, and the clothes he wore were even shabby than those of the handymen who drove the carriage.

The little girl smiled at Hua Wenxiang and their group of friends, and then took out a dry bun in her arms, broke it in half, and handed it to her grandfather Deng Guimao in half.

The old man took the steamed bun with his big dry hand and comforted: "Xin'er can bear with it again, and we will be able to reach Nanzhou in ten years." ”

During this period of time, the little girl lost a lot of weight and darkened a lot, which made the old man very distressed.

Ruan Xin smiled: "Grandpa, don't worry, Xin'er can hold on." ”

The old man's face was full of relief.

At this time, Hua Wenxiang came over with a generation of dried cakes and handed it to the little girl, but the latter shook his head and did not accept it, "Thank you, big brother, I will eat steamed buns." ”

Deng Guimao, whose face was full of wrinkles, smiled and expressed his gratitude.

"Boy, how much are your pastries, I bought them!" Ruan Guigui, who was not far away, happened to see this scene and asked Hua Wenxiang.

Hua Wenxiang smiled: "Don't buy it." ”

So saying, he sat down on the ground and asked the old man, "Where did the old man come from?"

Deng Maogui said: "Daqi over there." ”

Hua Wenxiang saw that the grandfather and grandson did not accept the pastries, so she took the kettle and gave it to them, "Drink some water, I have no malicious intentions." ”

Both grandfather and grandson's lips are very dry and chapped, and it is obvious that there is rarely a shortage of water on weekdays.

The old man saw that his granddaughter was really distressed, so he thanked Hua Wenxiang, took the kettle, and handed it to the little girl, "Drink some water, Xin'er." ”

The little girl smiled, "Thank you, big brother." ”

Then he took a few big sips.

On a hot day, water is often more important than food.

Ruan Guigui didn't seem to hear Hua Wenxiang say not to sell, walked over, took out ten taels of silver and still on the ground, and then snatched the bag of pastries from Hua Wenxiang's hand.

Hua Wenxiang didn't care, just smiled, picked up the ten taels of silver from the ground and put it into her arms, and continued to say to the old man: "Daqi is far enough from here, this road is not easy to walk." ”

Daqi is thousands of miles away from Nanzhou, and it is dog days at this time, and the whole world is like a steamer, and it is absolutely unbearable to rush during this time.

The old man was about to speak when he was interrupted by Ruan Guigui, who had not yet left, who ate a piece of pastry and asked, "Do you have anything else to eat, I will buy it at a high price." ”

During these days, I was in a hurry, and there was no one on the way, and there was no place to spend the typical money.

Hua Wenxiang smiled: "Yes, yes, but I'm afraid you can't afford it!"

(End of chapter)