Without shifting time, Xiao Er brought the wine and food to the table, and Wei Qiqi took a piece of beef and put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, but his eyes glanced at the young man intentionally or unintentionally. I saw him half-lying on the table, saying something vaguely in his mouth, slurring his speech, the young man sitting opposite reprimanded him with a straight face, he shrank his head, looked quite aggrieved, and did not dare to disobey, slowly stood up, and walked towards the outside of the inn.

Wei Qiqi glanced at Yu Yao, signaled her to be careful, got up and touched her sleeves, her face showed a little anxiety, "I pulled something down in the mule and horse shop before, you wait here, I'll come when I go." His voice was neither loud nor small, just enough for the shopkeeper to hear and not to be suspicious.

Yu Yao was very alert, and said with a slight bow: "Okay, I'll wait here, you go and come back quickly, don't make a mistake." ”

Wei Qiqi walked out of the inn, followed the young man out of a few streets, and saw that he staggered away outside the town without looking back, and immediately slowed down and followed far behind.

Out of Tieling Town, the reckless mountains lie in front of you, the mountains are majestic, the ancient trees are towering to the sky, the young man's eyes are lowered, he doesn't look at the direction, he goes straight into the barren mountain, bypasses a messy stone hill, sees that there is no trace in all directions, and suddenly stands still.

Wei Qiqi stepped forward quickly, stretched out his hand and patted the other party's shoulder, and shouted, "Sun Ergou, is it you?" The tentacles were as hard as wood and stone, not at all like the skin of a living person, his heart sank, and he immediately took a few steps back, pressed the sword bag on his waist with his right hand, and slowly pulled out the iron rod.

Sun Ergou turned around, his eyes were fixed, he stared at him expressionlessly, his nose twitched a few times, as if he smelled something, and suddenly opened his mouth, revealing Bai Sensen's teeth, and let out a "ho-ho" roar from the depths of his throat, like a devouring beast.

Wei Qiqi put the iron rod on his shoulder and asked tentatively, "Do you still know me?"

Sun Ergou's bones crackled, his body suddenly softened, and he abandoned his tattered brocade robe like a snake molting, and the whole person disappeared into the ground.

The rattan passed through the body of the prey like a sword, but only pierced a phantom, and Wei Qiqi was like a ghost, appearing three zhang away, his eyes flickering, looking for the body of the vine demon.

Sun Ergou is no longer the disciple of the Pingyuan Sect he knows, he has become an unconscious walking corpse, the corpse-eating vine demon that lives in the body has gotten rid of his bloodthirsty instincts, like a raised spirit beast, he can act according to orders, the young man who talked to him in the inn is very suspicious, he is very likely to be a monk of the Lingxiao Hall of the Taiyi Sect, a great expert in manipulating the vine demon.

The body of the corpse-eating vine demon lurked underground, elusive, always attacking its prey with rattans, Wei Qiqi circled with him for a while, feeling that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, and was a little worried about Yu Yao, who stayed in Tieling Town, at the moment he successively performed the "ghost shadow step", and his body shook and disappeared without a trace.

Losing the target of the hunt, the ghoul vine demon settled down, and after a while, the abandoned brocade robe slowly rose, his chest swelled, his arms reached into his sleeves, his head drilled out of the neckline, and he regained his appearance as Sun Ergou, he looked at Siye, shook his body and continued on the road.

Wei Qiqi hurried back to the inn, the window position in the corner was empty, Yu Yao had already gone back to the room to rest, he leaned against the counter, talked with the shopkeeper for a while, and asked the young man where he came from.

It was almost noon, the canteen was lively, full of people, full of diners, the shopkeeper was smiling, and Xiao Er was very busy. Wei Qiqi saw that the shopkeeper was busy collecting the accounts, and he was a little absent-minded, so he chattered and walked towards the inn.

The guest room is separated from the dining hall by a long and narrow courtyard, in which the chili pepper and garlic bacon, the wind chicken and salted fish are dried, and an old locust tree is planted in the corner, and a deep well is dug under the tree, which is usually covered with a wooden cover, and only moved away when drawing water. The "cold night guests" meal is quite famous in Tieling Town, and in addition to the cook's craftsmanship, a large part of it is because of this sweet well in the courtyard.

Tianzi No. 2 room happened to be next to the old locust tree, the sun was past noon, the shade was thick, Wei Qiqi and Yu Yao stood in front of the window and talked in a low voice, the sun shone into the window lattice, casting their shadows on the wall.

Wei 17 asked the shopkeeper clearly, the young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes was surnamed Kang Mingping, the word Chinese, it is said that he was born in the Central Plains Wang clan, and he is a child of the side branch who cannot be taken seriously. Oolong grass is a valuable herb in the west, and it is often worth a hundred gold, and the non-rich family cannot afford it, Kangping has to take an oolong grass every month, which costs a lot, and the family gradually declines. The house leak happened to rain overnight, Kangping's parents contracted a vicious disease, both died, the ancestral industry was coveted by the clansmen, and there was no way to invest, so he had to sell his property, and brought two slaves to the foot of Kunlun Mountain, went into the mountain to collect oolong grass, and chatted to continue his life.

Kang Ping moved to Tieling Town two or three years ago, and rented a courtyard for Widow Liu to settle down, and his two slaves wanted to go into the mountains to collect medicine, and they didn't open a gang themselves, and they made do with the canteen of "cold night guests" in the morning and evening. The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, although he is down, there is some floating wealth around him, order a few side dishes, use some wine and rice, this bit of silver can still afford, the old customer, the shopkeeper specially reserved a special seat for him in the corner, Kangping but whenever he got the valuable herbs, he also asked him to resell them, offset part of the wine money.

His two slaves, one named Teng Yuan and the other Teng Zhen, were loyal and followed their masters to the Western Regions without complaining. Although these two people can endure hardships, they are very vulgar, they have been in the mountains to collect medicine for many years, and rarely return to Tieling Town, Kangping lacks a messenger around him, and he bought a slave named Teng Li, which is the young man who ran into the inn recklessly not long ago, was reprimanded by him, and ran out in disgrace.

Wei XVII speculated that Kangping was a hidden pile buried in Tieling Town by Taiyizong, and Teng Yuan Teng Zhen Teng Li was crowned with the surname "Teng", and the word "rattan" was secretly harmonized.