Chapter 17 The purple-clothed mink Qiu enters Dongxuan
Longjiang City, located in Dongxiang County on the border of Taiqing Prefecture, covers a wide area, but it is not prosperous, compared with some county towns passing through, it can be described as very poor.
Han Diaoyi and the others bought a carriage and a few fast horses in the city, and each bought some winter clothes, and then left Longjiang City and headed for Dongxuanzhou.
Qin Xuan seems to like purple clothes very much, even the newly bought wool-collared cotton robe is purple, in his words, that is, walking the rivers and lakes, we have to have our own characteristics and style. Mu Youzhi sarcastically said to him, there are already people in the rivers and lakes who wear purple clothes, and you don't know how many they are.
The great elder Han Diaoyi no longer dared to let Lao Yuntou drive the car, but fortunately, there was little elder Li Hanyi who volunteered to act as a groom.
After leaving Longjiang City, the old sword god Liang Yunti suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse and said to everyone: "Now that you have arrived at the Dongxuan border, the old man will say goodbye, and the next road will depend on you." ”
After speaking, he did not give everyone a chance to speak, turned the horse's head, and galloped away.
Everyone was stunned, and looked at each other for a long time before coming back to their senses.
After traveling eastward along Qingxuan Road for two days, the weather became colder and colder.
Qin Xuan, Yueyao and Mu Youzhi had all put on cotton clothes, but the egret was still dressed in thin white.
Because of the previous rescue, Mu Youzhi's attitude towards the egret was naturally much better, and when he was in Longjiang City, he even gave her a set of expensive snow-white fox Qiu Dayu, but the egret did not appreciate it.
Great Elder Han Diaoyi has always loved Mu Youzhi very much, and when he saw that she was a little depressed, he comforted her and said: "The white girl is a profound cultivator, so she is naturally not afraid of the cold, and it is natural that she does not wear cotton clothes. ”
Although Mu Youzhi didn't say anything, he secretly made up his mind in his heart that when he returned to the Sword Sect, he must practice hard. On this trip, she really felt her weakness, as the daughter of the fourth sword god in the world, her pride can be imagined. But she has been held in the palm of her hand by her parents and the elders of the family since she was a child, like a greenhouse flower, she has not experienced any wind and rain, and no one has ever forced her to practice martial arts such a hard thing.
In fact, deep in her heart, she is full of yearning for the rivers and lakes like Qin Xuan, and she also fantasized that she can be fluttering in white, walking with a sword, drawing a sword to help when the road is uneven, and being a heroic and unmatched heroine. However, the experience of these days has made her understand a truth, without enough martial arts and ability, she can't easily walk the rivers and lakes, and she also understands the reason why a leader like Li Hanyi in the sect is already very capable, but he is reluctant to step into the rivers and lakes.
In the bitter cold land of Dongxuanzhou, the climate is harsh, and after everyone goes deep into a hundred miles, they are already in a vast world.
The carriage moved slowly in the ice and snow, and Mu Linchun was drowsy and listless in the carriage, and it seemed that his condition had worsened a lot, which made Yueyao and Mu Youzhi on the side worried.
In order to make the carriage move forward more smoothly, Qin Xuan and Bai Lu had already left the carriage and set off on horseback.
When everyone walked to a pass called Xiongwu Pass, they saw an old man in a gray brocade robe sitting cross-legged in a pavilion outside the pass, with his eyes closed and a long knife lying flat on his knees. When Han Diaoyi and the others passed the official road in front of the pavilion, the old man suddenly opened his eyes, and a momentum of standing up to the sky and the earth rushed to his face.
But when Han Diaoyi pulled out the long sword, the momentum disappeared, and the old man with the knife in the pavilion closed his eyes again, becoming mediocre, if it weren't for the three wisps of long whiskers floating in the wind, it would really be like a statue.
Li Hanyi, who was driving the carriage, looked a little nervous, couldn't help but slow down, put one hand on the hilt of the sword, and thought to himself, this has already entered Dongxuanzhou, but don't make any more moths, the freak who fished on the bank of the Longwei River a few days ago was exciting enough, and things like this must not happen again. And the fact was as he wished, the old man in the pavilion didn't seem to have the intention of blocking the way, and didn't move again until everyone passed the Xiongwu Pass.
As soon as you pass the Xiongwu Pass, it is the boundary of Longlin County in Dongxuanzhou, and after traveling for several miles, you will come to Yichuan City.
As far as the eye can see, the houses in the city are low, there are few buildings more than three floors, and on the streets, there are many small merchants and vendors with their hands in their sleeves, and all kinds of rare medicinal herbs and animal skins that are rare in the Central Plains are displayed along the streets, but they look very deserted.
Qin Xuan's eyes were sharp, and he saw a very peculiar mink skin, red as fire, bright in color, the most commendable thing was that the vendor seemed to notice Qin Xuan's gaze, so he picked up a handful of snowflakes and raised them towards the mink, and a strange scene appeared, the mink fur actually melted three feet away.
Not far from the front, Qin Xuan jumped off the horse and went to ask the vendor about the price of this mink, and when the vendor saw Qin Xuan's dress, he knew that he was a foreigner, so he offered a price of one hundred taels. Qin Xuan paid attention to the faces of several peers around him after he said the price, and found that they all pouted involuntarily, how could Qin Xuan not understand, this vendor was slaughtering him, a passing guest, in fact, if the price of one hundred taels was in the Central Plains, it would not be expensive, but this is Dongxuan, which is rich in rare furs, naturally it cannot be compared with the Central Plains, so he soaked it with the hawker for a long time, and finally bought this complete fire red mink at the price of thirty taels.
He learned from the vendor that it was the fur of a Divine Fire Lightning Marten, and it was definitely worth the money for thirty taels, and it was true. When Qin Xuan held this piece of flaming red mink that had been roughly processed and put it in Mu Linchun's hand, the latter was obviously stunned for a moment.
"Wood, when you came, you gave me Mu Qin Sword, and now that I have entered Dongxuan, brother, I will give you this mink back, not to mention, it is quite a match for you. ”
Qin Xuan said, and surrounded the fur of this Divine Fire Lightning Mink around Mu Linchun's neck, Mu Linchun immediately felt a warmth slowly flowing down from the collar to his whole body, and couldn't help but praise it, it was indeed a treasure, and he was not polite at the moment, so he accepted it.
Yueyao's eyes lit up on the side, and she said, "Young master, this mink is indeed a good match for you, and after you surround it, your complexion looks much better!"
When Mu Youzhi heard this, he couldn't help but take a closer look at his brother, and felt that it was indeed as Yueyao said, the fiery red mink wool set off his brother's originally pale face a lot more ruddy.
She glanced at her brother Mu Linchun, and then at Qin Xuan, and secretly slandered herself in her heart, these two people shouldn't have any ulterior secrets, right? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but laugh a little, and the subtle changes on her face were all visible to Mu Linchun, who frowned and kicked her gently.
Seeing this, Qin Xuan asked, "What's wrong?"
Mu Linchun didn't speak, and Mu Youzhi actually laughed out loud, which made Qin Xuan inexplicable.
At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped, Qin Xuan lifted the curtain, and saw a family dressed as Xiao Si blocking their way, holding a thick pile of red wedding cards in his hand, and said with a smile: "A few of them are from other places, what a coincidence, our son-in-law got married today, and the house banquet invited all the passing guests to drink a glass of wedding wine, and I hope you can enjoy it." ”
After Xiao Si finished speaking, he took four or five wedding cards and handed them to Li Hanyi, who was in a hurry, and the latter subconsciously took it, and opened it to take a look, and it probably said that Su Chenyang, the young owner of the Full Moon Village in Yichuan City, was happy today, and invited a certain person to come to the Full Moon Village to drink the wedding wine, and the signatures of the guests invited to the banquet on it were empty.
When Li Hanyi raised his head again, that Xiao Si had already walked to another place, and actually launched invitations to those small merchants and vendors on the roadside, but it was a different statement: "There is a wedding wine to drink without money, and if you want to go, hurry up!"
The small merchants and vendors opened it and looked at it, and they all smiled happily, and someone said: "Haha, this old man Su is usually kind and charitable, and this son does not forget to spread wedding cards all over the city when he marries his daughter-in-law, which is really righteous!"
"Yes, such a good thing, if you don't go in vain, maybe you will be lucky, and you can see the bride who is said to be like a fairy. ”
"Today's business is cold, just go to the Full Moon Village to be happy!"
As soon as everyone spoke, some people had already begun to clean up their stalls, and in a short time, many vendors who had received the wedding cards had left one after another.
Li Hanyi was a little at a loss, so he looked at Han Diaoyi and asked, "Great Elder, should we ...... Let's go and ask for a glass of wine to drink?"
Li Hanyi usually likes to have a drink, but along the way, every time he eats, the eldest elder doesn't drink, so he doesn't drink, and now when he hears that there is free wine to drink, the wine worms in his stomach begin to roll.
Han Diaoyi thought for a while and said with a smile: "Since there is a happy wine that doesn't require money, then don't eat it for nothing, let's go, let's follow that group of vendors and ask where this Full Moon Village is." ”
"Okay. Li Hanyi whipped lightly and chased after the group of vendors.
Han Diaoyi's face showed a strange smile that was not easy to detect, but he found that the silent egret on the side was looking at him, so he retracted his mind and snorted softly and followed the carriage.
Full Moon Village, located on the western outskirts of Uicheon Castle, covers a large area and looks like a small sect, and it is. The owner of Full Moon Village is named Su Lieyang, who is a well-known big swordsman in the Yichuan realm, and the people in the rivers and lakes are called the Yichuan Sword King, although he failed to make it to the list of divine swords, it doesn't mean that Old Man Su is not strong enough, he just doesn't want to fight.
How vast is the land of Shenzhou? How big are the rivers and lakes? But there are only a handful of well-known masters, the top ten sword gods on the sword god list, the nine sword kings in the sword list, and the top ten masters in the world's master list, four of them are from the sword list, full of calculations, and there are only twenty-five people in the three major martial arts evaluation lists, although everyone knows it, but they will also pay the corresponding price.
Among these people, except for a few people, the rest are almost every once in a while to receive the war letters from the juniors of the rivers and lakes, accept the challenge, it will not be good for you, in case someone dies, you will have to settle a revenge. If you don't fight, people will say that you have a false reputation, and if you lose the battle carelessly, the reputation accumulated earlier will be ruined.
Therefore, those people who can mix easily in the top rivers and lakes are all human spirits when they are brought out. Gu Shenfei, the lord of Beicheng City, who ranks first on the sword god list and is also the third on the world's master list, once said a famous saying, mixing rivers and lakes, you can't get ahead with high martial arts.