The sunset is slanting in the west, the clouds are high and the fields are wide, the sky is red and bright, and the sunset is as gorgeous as blood, as if the red-hot soldering iron is burned with a pen. A tall red horse, a man and a woman on horseback, just at the prime age, accompanied by the clatter of the horse's hooves, came north.

"Where the hell is your home?"

Although Ji Chu has left the villa since he was a child, he has counted the two slaps, but at this moment, he also feels that he has been tricked, he muttered, the anger in his heart is like a flame, rubbing and jumping, his face is a little gloomy, compared with the morning glow that is as red as a rose at this moment, it is really a juju ball filled with anger.

Dongfang Yue sat on horseback, squinting at the beautiful scenery in the distance, two shallow dimples looming on both sides of her cheeks, she was in a wonderful mood at the moment. In the past few days with Ji Chu, I have become more and more aware of the straightforward cuteness of the Central Plains people.

"Now, don't you just go back to the stockade!" she held out a small, pink finger and pointed forward.

"You don't live in the grassland, do you?" Ji Chu tried to suppress the anger in his body that was like a charcoal fire smoking, and then asked.

The flower-like glow is set in the sky, and the white-gold afterglow spreads all over the land. Dongfang Yue is immersed in a dream-like picture at the moment, she has never felt so at ease since she was a child, there is no tense hostility, there is no murderous and bloodthirsty enmity, at the moment her heart is calm and lazy, and she can't wait to go on like this.

She didn't notice Ji Chu's strange appearance, opened her arms, let the cold autumn wind pass through her body, closed her eyes, raised her chin and replied: "Our hometown is a grassland, but since I was born, I have lived in Posa Village." ”

Ji Chu grabbed the reins of the horse, shouted, and the horse's front hooves were raised high, and he stopped urgently. He jumped off the horse, patted his horse lightly on the face with his palm, turned away, and said to the front, "Then let's separate here." ”

When Dongfang Yue heard this, her face, which was as white and tender as glutinous rice, suddenly changed color in a hurry.

"It's still far away, if you don't go with me, I'm afraid of meeting bad people. The little red face has a clear face.

Ji Chu didn't look at her either, turned around and pulled out the star-chasing sword from the right side of the horse, patted the horse's back gently, and the red horse, like a warrior, held its head high and drove forward.

Dongfang Yue grabbed the reins of the horse, bypassed the horse's back, and jumped off it. She trotted a few steps, turned back to Ji Chu and asked directly, "Do you want to go?"

Ji Chu didn't stop, didn't turn his head, and said coldly: "Yes." ”

"You're angry, why?"

Ji Chu stopped, turned his head to Dongfang Yue, and wanted to vent his anger, but in the face of this small body in front of him, he suddenly lost his temper, and he sighed: "I'm angry, because you're just playing tricks on me." ”

When Dongfang Yue heard this, he hurriedly turned to Ji Chu, stopped him and said, "I didn't!"

Ji Chu's eyes were staring at her tightly, without a smile, and said solemnly: "From the time you were arrested until now, you have not said a word of truth. It's been so long, your mother has already received the news, but we have gone all the way, and none of your ghosts and ghosts have been released, either your life and death are not worth mentioning at all, or your mother has long known that you will be safe, so she didn't take it to heart at all, oh, by the way, maybe this village is not your real place. Otherwise, how could we have been around for so long before you said. ”

Dongfang Yue saw that he was really angry, and his little heart, which was still immersed in the beautiful scenery of Yiqiu Sunset just now, suddenly beat up and down extremely fiercely.

"I, I, I am. ”

"I can't say it, we've been together for a long time, and I believe you're not a bad person, but I don't think you're kind at the moment. ”

Seeing that what Ji Chu said was becoming more and more unreasonable, Dongfang Yue's little face turned red, and he hurriedly explained: "I just want to spend more time with you." ”

When Ji Chu heard this, his jaw opened slightly, he didn't expect this alien girl to be straightforward by nature, and she was quick to talk to this point, this man and woman are the most ignorant and shy, but in the eyes of this Dongfang Yue, she can ignore it and talk bluntly, which is so in contrast to the shame and timidity of Han women.

He coughed, turned to the side slightly, and said, "Then tell me, do you have something to hide from me." ”

Dongfang Yue saw that his attitude was relaxed, but he didn't dare to deceive him at the moment, and told the story.

"I, I, I actually told Aunt Han that I was arrested, she saved me, and I figured out for her where the master of Tianfumen, the former Shen Ye, was hiding. After I came out, I told Aunt Han about the secret way, and I really didn't know anything else. I'm with you, and Aunt Han also knows, she has been friends with my mother for many years, and they probably think that I am not in danger, so they didn't look for it. Her voice was soft and glutinous, and she spit out sentence by sentence, but it seemed to be mixed with some grievances and helplessness.

Ji Chu then asked, "Aunt Han, who is it, why did you check the Heavenly Buddha Gate." ”

"Aunt Han is, it's Aunt Han, I called her that since I was a child, but my mother said that Aunt Han is a person from the Divine Ghost Gate, and then she left the Divine Ghost Gate because of some things and never went back, she often came to see me when I was a child, and when I was my own daughter, she had a request, and I couldn't help but do it. As for why, I really don't know!" After speaking, the corners of his mouth curved downward, and he was so anxious that he almost burst into tears.

Ji Chu saw that her eyes were red, and he felt that his tone was a little heavy just now, so he cleared his throat and said: "Okay, I'll believe you this time, since your house has arrived, we will break up, you go quickly, the horse will send you." ”

"No, I won't let you go. "Dongfang Yue is a little nonsense.

"You are obedient, I have left the villa for a long time, I must go back as soon as possible, I send you here, it is also considered to be a Buddha into the west, you go home well, and you will naturally see you again in the future." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Dongfang Yue's eyes were gloomy, and tears flowed down her eyes like offline beads in an instant, and she grabbed the corner of Ji Chu's shirt tightly with one hand, but she didn't let go.

At this moment, I only heard a jingle not far away, and the golden bell sounded crisply.

"Yue'er, who is this?" Two women walked in front of them, tall, with curved eyebrows, ink-colored pupils, all dressed in red and yellow Mongolian robes, two forehead bands decorated with coral extended from the forehead to the back of the head, and a vertical chain interspersed between the hair, falling on both sides of the braided hair, swinging back and forth as they walked, like two gorgeous colorful butterflies. They each carried a bell bracelet on their right hands, one was bronze, very similar to Dongfang Yue's, and the other was silver, walking crisp and neat.

Dongfang Yue saw someone passing by, held Ji Chu's hand, let go slightly, pouted, and said aggrievedly: "This is my friend, Ji Chu." The nose mumbled, as if it was the milk voice of a moon child, which made people's hearts soften.

The two women stared at Ji Chu for a moment, then pulled Dongfang Yue over and muttered, laughing while looking at him, and from time to time stretched out their white jade-like fingers and pointed around. Ji Chu couldn't understand Mongolian, but looking at their expressions, he covered his mouth and snickered for a while, and nodded his head for a while.

After a while, the three of them finally finished muttering, and the woman with the bronze bell lay on her stomach and whispered a few words in Dongfang Yue's ear, Dongfang Yue instantly turned red from her eyebrows to her earlobes, and Ji Chu looked like a second monk.

After the woman finished talking to Dongfang Yue, she jumped and walked to Ji Chu's side and said happily: "Aha, today is our birthday of Yiji, can you be invited to the village as a guest? ”

She actually could speak Chinese, Ji Chu was a little surprised.

"Aha Yiji?" Ji Chu turned his head, his eyes revealing puzzlement.

Dongfang Yue pursed her lips, as if the grievance just now had not eased, and Baba explained: "Aha is a friend, the meaning of the big brother, and Yiji is my grandmother." ”

Ji Chu sighed, and suddenly brightened.

The woman with the silver bronze bell also took a few steps closer, folded her arms, placed them on her chest, bowed slightly, and said softly: "Aha, we really want to invite you as a guest, our Yiji hasn't been out for many years, and she will be very happy if she sees her friends outside." ”

Ji Chu was a little embarrassed: "It's not a secret, there is indeed an urgent matter in the next family, I came from afar just to send Miss Yue'er home, and now I see her arriving safely, I am also considered to have completed my merits, I have been away from home for a few days, and I am also very concerned about the elders in the family, besides..." He gritted his teeth and simply said clearly: "Besides, my master is in charge of the Sword Villa, and it is like fire and water with your faction, so it is really not appropriate to move around more, and I will leave." With that, he whistled, and the red horse galloped like a hurricane.

"Since her friend is here, there must be no more danger, so I don't need to escort her, the Tianyin Sect must have gotten the news at this time, and I have to get out of here as soon as possible, and ride a horse faster." He thought to himself.

But before he could get on the horse, Dongfang Yue cried. The two girls hurriedly came up and teased, but they cried even more, and Ji Chu didn't leave for a while, nor did he stay, which was a little embarrassing.

The woman with the silver bell stepped forward and said sincerely: "Shaoxia, we all know your concerns, but our Tianyin may not be what the outside world rumores, even so, we will not harm our friends who come from afar." ”

The other party's sincere invitation came to this, Ji Chu was a little shaken, he looked at Dongfang Yue, only to see her tears rippling on her face, aggrieved, her heart softened, and finally nodded and said, "I believe you, then let's leave after tonight." As soon as these words blurted out, Dongfang Yue was like a white and glutinous baby, burst into tears and laughed, holding Ji Chu's arm and shaking it vigorously.

A small village, scattered with about a dozen families, there are not many men, but there are many women. All the way to the road, a number of wooden huts jump in front of you, but the shape is a little vague yurt style, the small house in front of the fence into a small yard, simple and pure, with the softness of the night, more quiet, let people relax.

Ji Chu's brows were almost twisted into a pimple, as if this was not the ghostly Tianyin he heard from the people in the rivers and lakes, and it was almost no different from the small cottage of the Han people. The only difference is that it seems that every house has a string of large or small copper bells hanging under the eaves, and when the breeze blows, all the wind chimes make a crisp sound at the same time, which is very good.

He followed the three girls to a small courtyard in the center of the village, the courtyard was not big, but there was a bonfire lit in the courtyard, and the crowd of people gathered around the bonfire, making roast leg of mutton, stabbing and stinging, you could hear the golden leg of lamb with an attractive aroma, the sound of charcoal fire, Ji Chu couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

The crowd next to the bonfire all looked at Ji Chu back and forth curiously, some with panicked faces, and some with smiles in their eyes. Ji Chu was a little flustered, not knowing whether his decision to stay was right or wrong, and his right hand holding the Star Chasing Sword couldn't help but use some force slightly.

After entering the room, a little boy about ten years old, with a smile as bright as the autumn sun, handed a pot of roasted lamb leg to Ji Chu, he should be the child's parents not far away, looking very young, but slightly restrained, standing far away from Ji Chu and refusing to step forward, after the child presented food, the mother shouted softly: "Shaobu". The boy turned his head and ran to his parents.

After Ji Chu sat down, Dongfang Yue introduced to the two women with bracelets in front of him: "She is Tana, she is Su Bude, we are all cousins, and their names mean pearl in Chinese." Then he introduced a young man in his early thirties in the hall: "He is Bayar, and the Chinese word means joy, and he is Tana's husband." The boy just now was Jizhigrad, which means happiness. ”

Ji Chu smiled at them, arched his hand, turned his head to Dongfang Yue and said, "I wanted to ask you for a long time, why are you a Han name?" Dongfang Yue used a dagger to cut the leg of mutton in the basin, took the loose meat and put it in a small dish, and replied slowly: "My real name is Mogde, which means flower, and my mother is Yirigu which means elegant." However, our mother and daughter left their tribe very early, and after coming here, they all took the name of the Han people, and..."Dongfang Yue was a little speechless, she pushed the cut mutton in front of Ji Chu, wiped the dagger with the dry cloth handed by Tana, and carefully put the dagger back on her waist.

Ji Chu said in his heart: "And your mother has made such a big name in the rivers and lakes, you must always take a Han name that makes the enemy fearful." But he didn't dare say it.

"Iggy is here. ”

There were a few jingling bells inside, and then an old woman was carried out, her whole body was tightly pressed against the thin bones, and only a pair of eyes were still turning on her slap-sized thin face. She was gently put on the chair, and knocked on the table with her right palm, Dongfang Yue immediately walked over obediently, folded her hands, and made an honest salute on her chest. Then the grandfather and grandson both spoke Mongolian they didn't understand, and the old lady's dry and wrinkled face opened a slight smile.

She tilted her head to look at Ji Chu, Ji Chu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said, "Junior Ji Chu, I wish the old lady a long life, and I wish you a strong and long life!"

The room was full of grinning and chuckling, but the old woman looked confused, and then the woman named Tana stepped forward and explained in a muttering voice, and the wrinkles on the old man's face immediately sank into a lot, and he smiled very clearly. Everyone, you look at me and say a word, and the conversation is very pleasant, but Ji Chu is bitter, I can't understand anything, and I am still looked at. After a while, the old man seemed to be tired, and beckoned gently, and the middle-aged woman who was carrying her on her back walked over and bent down again, as if it was very relaxed, and carried the old man back to the inner room steadily.

It seems that thanks to the reception of the old lady, there will be a lot of enthusiasm in the small courtyard, and someone will pull Ji Chu to teach him how to roast the whole sheep, and someone will pull Ji Chu to dance by the bonfire. At first, Ji Chu was very uncomfortable with the defense of men and women, but later he was also infected by everyone's enthusiasm and ate a lot of food around the bonfire. One of his hearts kept holding high, not daring to relax, "If this is the old nest of the ghost Tianyin, then where is the ghost phoenix?"