On the second day of this "Luoma Town", Hu Xiaoer and I separated from the black catcher and decided to leave here. The purpose of Hu Xiaoer's trip this time was to go to Shangdu to deliver a letter to his owner, and my ultimate goal was to reach the thirteen towns of Chang'an to find a woman named Yun Lanci and hand over Master's letter to her. Although there were many questions about Yulok Ma Town, in order not to delay the business, we continued to travel west.

Today's Luoma Town is just like yesterday, a rich and lively Jiangnan scene. It's just that a fluffy light rain fell early in the morning, covering the small bridge, flowing water, pavilions, and street shops with a layer of wet moisture. Heading west, the morning sun was half hidden behind the clouds, and the smoke swirled over the western mountain.

The book says that with the West Mountain as the boundary and through the woods at the foot of the mountain, you can really get out of Sunset Town. Standing at the foot of the West Mountain behind the town of Lokma, there is really a forest. Perhaps because of the rain, there was a slight white mist in the forest, and the dense foliage in the high places obscured the dark sky, and only a little light leaked through the gaps.

Hu Xiaoer said to me, why did this tree appear again?

He and I had been walking in the woods for a while, but we had never found an exit. Hu Xiaoer suspected that the two of us had been wandering around the forest, so he marked the tree in front of him. Although the woods are a little dim, Hu Xiaoer's sense of direction and I is not bad. We both thought we would always find our way out by walking northwest direction, but this was the third time we had seen the marked tree.

"Now there are two possibilities, one is that the exit is not in the northwest direction, and we guessed wrong. The other is that someone blocked the exit of the woods and didn't want us to leave Lok Ma Town. Hu Xiaoer stretched out two more fingers and said to me, "There are two solutions at the moment, one is that we ask the people in the town to help, and the other is that we go back to the town to solve many questions." ”

"Speaking of which, we have to go back to town first?"

Hu Xiaoer nodded quickly. This time we hit it off, and it's better to get back to town than to wander around in this gloomy place. The way back was easy to find, and soon Hu Xiaoer and I stood in front of the woods and saw that there was still a gray sky overhead. The wind blew through the forest from afar, and the leaves beside it made a "rustling" sound. Hu Xiaoer and I heard the shaking getting louder and louder, mixed with a few gasps and footsteps, as if something was about to come out of the woods.

Hu Xiaoer hid behind me, pulled my arm tightly and said, "It can't be a tiger beast, right?"

As soon as the words fell, two figures, one red and one yellow, suddenly appeared in the woods, and I saw a girl in a yellow dress catching up with the man in red in front of her, and asked loudly: "Why are you going so fast? I shouldn't have called you just now." ”

The man in red clasped his hands on his chest, and his tone was quite casual, "You are not happy, you can leave if you are not happy! ”

The girl in the yellow dress looked puffed up, and still did not give up blocking the way of the man in red. Hu Xiaoer came out from behind me, pointed at the two figures with one hand, and dragged my arm with the other, "Look, woman, these two people don't look like tomatoes...... Scrambled eggs?" he looked sideways at me, "Hey, why are you staring at me with such big eyes......? Where are you going?"

I strode quickly towards the two figures, and they probably both turned around to see the people in unison.

I happily shouted, "Senior brother!"

"Xiaoqi, why are you here?" The man in red's face was surprised and happy, and he couldn't help but spread his two hands and was about to step forward, but the girl in the yellow dress on the side took the lead.

She jumped up to me, hugged me excitedly, and said, "Woman, I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

I steadied her body and smiled at her and winked, "Tenth aunt, did you really follow my senior brother all the way?"

Aunt Shi's face was red, "No, your senior brother has made great achievements, and it has been so hard to chase me all the way." ”

My brother stepped forward, and I was about to tease a few words, when I saw his eyes staring straight at my arm, his brows furrowed, and he asked the person next to me, "Who are you?"

Hu Xiaoer immediately let go of my arm, "Merry man, don't you remember me?" I am Hu Xiaoer, a little er who has been walking through the alleys for ten miles, and you have helped me a few times before. ”

Senior Brother was stunned for a moment, then lowered his brows and said, "I remembered, you invited me to drink worm wine before." ”

Hu Xiaoer nodded desperately after hearing this, and he was extremely excited about the fact that my senior brother still remembered him. But the next moment, the senior brother asked him with a serious face: "Aren't you walking through the alleys for ten miles, what are you doing with my junior sister?"

"This, this......" He has always been articulate at this moment, but he is upset, "This is a long story......" The senior brother looked at him with an increasingly strange expression.

Shigu pulled my sleeve and whispered, "Woman, you won't be ......" Although she didn't say anything, with a cool breeze coming from afar, I was startled with goosebumps.

There was a sound of "whoosh" in the woods where I couldn't find an exit, and I said between Hu Xiaoer and my senior brother: "It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, or let's go back to the town first, and talk about the previous things slowly." ”

Senior brother put his arm around my shoulder, put me next to him, and said, "It's okay." ”

On the way back to the town, Hu Xiaoer and I explained to my senior brother "how we met and why we decided to travel together", of course, omitting the incident of the guest house in the middle.

I asked why the two of them were here. The senior brother said that he was separated at the foot of the mountain that day, and he moved forward aimlessly in order to hide from people, but he didn't expect Shigu to really follow him, they chased and caught up unknowingly and walked in the northwest direction, and came to this town where "not the sunset but the falling horse" came one step ahead of us. The senior brother also said that this Luoma Town is very different from the Sunset Town described in the "General Guide to Customs", and the only way to think of the town is to pass through the woods at the foot of the West Mountain, and they were trapped in the forest for a whole day and night, not to mention the town, and they almost couldn't even find the entrance to the forest.

I asked Senior Brother again, since we were all in the forest just now, why didn't Hu Xiaoer and I meet him and Aunt Shi?

The senior brother shook his head and said that he didn't know, as soon as they entered, they were surrounded by the white mist in the forest, and they couldn't even distinguish between east and west, north and south.

Hu Xiaoer patted his head when he heard this, jumped up and said, "What the Merry Hero said is extremely true! It's not real to be able to see the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River here, and when you listen to the people in Luoma Town, you always feel that there are countless mysteries hidden in it. ”

"Who do you kid say is talking upside down and weird?" An elderly hand reached out to his shoulder, and the voice came suddenly, making Hu Xiaoer scream "ouch". We saw an old man emerge from nowhere behind him, wearing a hat and a robe, holding a fish basket, dressed as a fisherman, and staring straight at Hu Xiaoer with a pair of eyes showing displeasure.

Hu Xiaoer exhaled, "It's you, old man." ”

"Oh! I remembered. The old fisherman pointed at me and Hu Xiaoer nodded and said, "The girl in Tsing Yi, the little brother in Blue, and there is another ...... Black-faced guy, I saw it yesterday. You are not from Fallen Horse Town. ”

Hu Xiaoer gave a thumbs up to the old fisherman, and was just about to speak, when he saw that he unhurriedly put down the fish basket in his hand, crossed his hands on his waist, and said dissatisfiedly: "You are not from Luoma Town, why do you say that the people of Luoma Town speak upside down and strangely? Also, what hides countless mysteries?"

There is a saying that one of the most taboo people in walking in the rivers and lakes is talking bad about people behind his back, and one of the most embarrassing people in walking in the rivers and lakes is talking bad about people behind his back but being heard by that person. But Hu Xiaoer's skin is as thick as the city wall, and in this situation, he can still say confidently: "But it's not! Uncle, if you don't say anything else, I'll ask you a question, why is there no exit from the woods at the foot of the West Mountain?"

The old fisherman looked at the forest pointed by Hu Xiaoshou, snorted softly, and said, "Let me ask you first, where does this forest lead?"

"Needless to say, of course, it's a place outside the town to the west. ”

"That's the end of it. There is only one entry but no exit from the town of Luoma, and of course there is no exit from this forest. ”

"Huh?"

The old fisherman grinned at the four shocked faces in front of him, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, "Young man, our treasure land in Luoma Town, thousands of rivers and mountains are love, and I have never gone out in my life." When you come in, you have only two choices, either stay and eat fish, or go home, the West Mountain is here, and it is impossible to go any further. ”

"So that's one of the mysteries...... Wait!" Hu Xiaoer reacted suddenly, glaring at him with wide eyes, "What do you say it's impossible to go forward?"

The old fisherman chuckled in a low voice, "You have to think about which choice you want, and if you are a little later, you may not be able to turn back." ”

He looked like a half-truth, and while I was reminiscing, I remembered that yesterday's black catcher was convinced that he was lying and Chai Po's words were true. Hu Xiaoer and Senior Brother frowned and were silent, only Shigu seemed to be out of the situation, and pointed to the fish basket that the old fisherman had just lifted very seriously: "Uncle, your straw basket for fish is so beautiful!"

"Really?" said the old fisherman, rubbing the back of his neck, "my old woman made it up, and I have carried it since I fished." It's been three years and it's never broken!"

Shigu seemed very interested in his fish basket, and touched it with her hand to look inside and out. Seeing this, the senior brother also bowed down and watched with her.

Hu Xiaoer asked curiously: "Uncle, you said that you have been fishing for three years, so what were you doing three years ago?"

His words really stunned the old fisherman, and the senior brother and the tenth aunt didn't look at the fish basket anymore, straightened up and waited to hear the old fisherman's answer. The old fisherman gasped, "Huh...... I ...... three years ago What are you doing? Why, why can't I remember? Um- how can I say I've only been fishing for three years?"

I watched the old fisherman muttering to himself for a long time without saying a reason, and finally he let out an "ah" and came out of the small circle surrounded by the four of us and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the hour is not early, and the old and young in the family are still waiting for my fish to eat! ”

The old fisherman came quickly, and when he went, it was like a gust of wind, and he disappeared at the end of the way back to the town with a smoke.

"My uncle's legs and feet are so good. The tenth aunt sighed, "But the fish basket is empty, why does he say that the family is waiting for the fish to eat?"

Senior brother said: "The people here are really talking upside down and strange. ”

"I've only been fishing for three years?" Hu Xiaoer touched his chin, "Why is it three years?" Yesterday, I often heard people in the restaurant talk about how the past three years have been, and never mention what happened three years ago. ”

I remembered one thing, and an almost ridiculous idea came to my mind, "I heard from the people in the restaurant yesterday that Fengyue Lou came here three years ago. ”

"Fengyue Building?" Senior Brother and Ten Aunt said in unison.

Hu Xiaoer pointed to the road ahead, "Perhaps, we should go to Fengyue Tower." ”