Li Zhiyu and Zhao Qingrou saw that Fang Cai Dashu opened his mouth to choose people to eat, and the two of them were a lot more careful about the next journey. Whenever there were big trees and grass in the way, the young man would always stop it loudly, asking Zhao Qingrou to take more detours than find a flat road, so as not to encounter the ghost of the tree spirit again.

Every time the girl heard the young man's words, she smiled and quipped: "I didn't expect that Brother Li, who doesn't ask ghosts and gods to ask poetry and books, would be so chattering, just thinking that the mountains and wilderness are ghostly and choose people to eat, but he ignores the beautiful scenery and rivers along the way." ”

Every time the young man talked about this, although he wanted to refute it, he had no choice but to explain his posture and appearance, so he had to let the little girl speak crookedly. But although the young man did not refute, the misfortune was ahead, and he was getting farther and farther away from the realm of the only way, and the panic in his heart not only did not decrease in the slightest, but gradually intensified. Seeing that there are more trees on the side of the road, and the places where you walk are mostly big trees and secluded forests, and there is less light and shadow, it seems that the hard places on this road are even worse than the previous places, and the heart hangs in the body, and you can't get rid of it.

Zhao Qingrou just galloped all the way, not caring about the seclusion of the mountains and forests, but making fun of the young man suspicious. It wasn't until the surrounding forests were bright and the eyes gradually brightened that the horse's momentum gradually eased.

Zhao Qingrou held the reins and walked slowly, because it was mostly a secret place in the mountains and forests, it was inevitable that the horse's hooves could be clearly heard. Although there were occasional birds and beasts chirping, they couldn't stop the young man's heartbeat. Thinking of the big tree he had just encountered, he hesitated for a long time before asking, "What was that thing just now? How can a big tree talk, move, and eat people?"

Zhao Qingrou's wrist copper bell rang slowly, she didn't answer in a deep voice, her eyes just looked carefully at the surrounding forests, and when she saw that there was no movement around, she turned around and asked with a smile: "Why didn't you ask that Wen Zhiliang just now, and asked me instead." He knows more than I do?" the boy was speechless when he heard her say this. Thinking of Wen Zhiliang, he slapped his head sharply and took out the yellowed scroll that Wen Zhiliang had given him, wanting to see if the scroll recorded any clues in it.

When the boy put the scroll away and was about to open it to watch. Zhao Qingrou suddenly exclaimed, stretched out a slender finger and pointed forward, and covered her small mouth with the other hand, her face was full of surprise.

The boy shouted, he didn't know what was going on, one hand clutched the scroll he had just opened, and the other hand pressed the bridle to get up and see why. At this time, the girl flicked the reins of the horse, and the horse jumped up, as fast as lightning, and for a while the young man's body was tilted and almost fell.

The young man was puzzled, watching the surrounding trees fall upside down, the grass gradually drifted away, and the land was mostly potholes, not to mention the interlacing of trees, and the undulating land alone was not a place to urge horses. He was about to ask a question, understanding the reason for Zhao Qingrou's sudden urging of the horse, but when he raised his head, he saw an old man in front of him, with a rope the thickness of an adult's wrist tied behind him, walking around the dense forest.

The old man didn't wear clothes, let alone shoes, socks, hairpins, and many things, but made a short coat and shorts with branches and green leaves and other materials that were easily available in the forest, and wrapped them around his body, which could cover his body.

Li Zhiyu looked at the old man so well-dressed, he wanted to laugh a little, and then he was a little sad. As the saying goes, "when the agricultural season is not violated, the grain cannot be eaten; when the number of grains does not enter the pond, when the fish and turtles cannot be defeated, and when the axe and pound enter the mountains and forests, the timber and wood cannot be used." "Now that the old man is still unclothed, pulling such a big rope and stopping and walking, looking at his expression, it should be quite difficult. If it weren't for the hardships of life, who wouldn't want to do that? When the young man thought of this, he only wanted to be cool and unkind, and the people would not be able to make a living.

The young man watched quietly as the old man walked around the dense forest for a long time before he jumped off his horse and ran briskly towards the old man.

Li Zhiyu ran out quickly, and Zhao Qingrou naturally couldn't stop it. When the young man was only a few feet away from the old man, he stopped and carefully examined the old man's expression.

After watching quietly, he realized that what he was thinking and thinking was very different from the old man. The old man not only looked very good, but also did not have the poor and sad posture that he had thought before. On the contrary, the footsteps are lifted and put down, and the strength not only does not have a sense of smoothness, but shows a long and leisurely color. Although his clothes are simple, they can't hide his excellent appearance. The boy stopped in amazement, and when he wanted to look at the object behind him to learn more, the lush trees blocked the boy's vision.

The old man was still staggering, and when he had walked a distance of more than a mile, he seemed to notice the young man's gaze, turned his head to look at the young man, and took a few steps back with a panicked expression, and when he saw that the young man did not move, he turned back again.

"It turned out to be a teenager, which scared Lao Tzu. The old man whispered. When I looked up, I saw that the young man's clear eyes were still looking at him. He gritted his teeth, his expression was full of thought, and his steps fell, and after a few steps forward, he shrank back again.

This has come and gone many times, and Li Zhiyu is puzzled. Zhao Qingrou was bored at the moment when she sat for a long time, and when she saw the old man and the young man advancing and retreating, like a child playing, she said: "In the old days, Lanting Creek grass, there were often farmers who went back and forth to choose grass and pick flowers to supplement the family's resources. However, the burden of the back basket is limited and the grassland is boundless, so the farmers go back and forth many times. As a joke about going around in circles, in addition to the unsatisfactory life, it also reflects the difficulty of life. ”

The old man heard this, or he did not speak for a long time, his throat moved lightly, and he remained silent for a long time. When the young man walked slowly towards him, the old man's expression moved, and he took two steps back in a panic. Then he said hoarsely: "What the hell are you talking about, what are you mowing grass and mowing wheat, Lao Tzu is exercising here?"

As soon as he said this, not only did the young man stop moving, but Zhao Qingrou, who has always been lively, also covered her mouth and laughed at the moment.

"Damn, what are you smiling at this little girl? Lao Tzu is wrong, you ordinary people are working hard to temper their muscles and bones, and don't you do the same for forging your physique. Going back and forth to torture the body, if you don't endure hardships like this, how to forge to become a so-called first, second and third-rate master. It's just that you have practiced hard for more than ten years and finally become a so-called second- or third-rate master, but what's the use, in the end, isn't it also a dying old man, sitting and waiting for death, how can it be like us......" The old man said and was speechless, he was not retreating at the moment, but took two steps forward.

Zhao Qingrou seemed to think that the old man's words before were extremely funny, and she still couldn't stop laughing. Li Zhiyu was not surprised, and there was nothing wrong with hearing this for the first time. The War of the Three Kingdoms has only ended for more than ten years, and although the vitality of Dachu has recovered a lot, there are still many people in remote places, not to mention clothes and food, even if it is bad and coarse, it is difficult to find a meal. Ordinary people want to get ahead, break the gate valve, and get the way to get ahead, get rid of the posture of risking their lives to serve in the camp and gain military merits; In addition, there are very few literati and hawk dog domestic slaves who are still guarded by the staff of the two major border guards in the north and south.

The young man thought of this, and couldn't help but glance at the old man again. He is quite old, even if he is physically strong and has the resources to be honest and unconvinced, and he is brave enough to crown the princes, in the end, it is not a big dream. And what about him...... When the young man thought of this, when he turned his head to look, he saw that the old man was secretly looking at the two of him with slanted eyes at the moment.

"What do you look at, don't look at Lao Tzu's age, just look down on Lao Tzu. According to the division of force, in addition to your so-called dantian qi and meridian strength, the old man is also a three-grade master. It's not easy to deal with you two stinky dolls. The old man seemed to notice the young man's gaze, and he said in a loud voice, looking quite complacent. He also stretched out his white and tender arm and encouraged the muscles of his arm.

Zhao Qingrou still couldn't stop laughing. Li Zhiyu didn't find it funny, although he was quite ugly and obscene, and his stature was short. But at such an age, he is still in the body to gain the qualifications to improve his body, and it is rare to practice to the realm of a third-grade master. This has already surpassed many plasters. The young man secretly admired in his heart, walked slowly to the old man, and stretched out a palm lightly.

The old man was puzzled, and he saw that the young man suddenly stretched out a palm, his expression was panicked, and his body took a few steps back. staring at a pair of round eyes, slippery and sloppy.

Since the young man stretched out his hand to show his kindness, the old man did not understand his meaning and retreated. Zhao Qingrou saw him behaving like this, she jumped off the horse lightly, and a few tossing back and forth had already arrived in front of the old man, she stretched out her hands and grabbed the rope on the old man's body, and looked at the old man with a smile and a smile on his face turned annoyed at this moment.

When the old man saw the girl holding the rope on his body, his expression suddenly turned to panic. He looked at the harmless young man in front of him, and then at the smiling girl beside him, unable to advance or retreat. I had to shout loudly: "You, what do you want to do with this female doll?"

Zhao Qingrou smiled and said, "What do you say?"

The old man glanced at Zhao Qingrou suspiciously, and only said in his heart that you are just two dolls, although Lao Tzu can't cultivate at home, it is not as good as those thousand-year-old demons who forcibly occupy the temple and occupy the treasure land of the mountain. But Lao Tzu relies on the aura absorbed by the mountains and rivers for more than 100 years, although he is suspected of picking up people's teeth and wisdom, and his cultivation is also quite impressive, and he is afraid that you two dolls will not succeed. He glanced at the girl a few more times, and when he saw that she had no skills, he put his mind at ease, opened his teeth and claws, stepped out, and acted like a demon and a cannibal, and suddenly his expression changed again, and he was a little more panicked at the moment. He slowly crouched down with trembling lips, hugging his thin-haired head and trembling silently.

"You, how can you see the old man's spell. The old man asked, looking down.

The girl smiled but did not answer, she rolled up her long sleeves, took a pair of unpretentious bells from her wrists, took the bells in her hand to the old man and shook them gently.

The old man's expression changed greatly, his previous arrogance was gone, and he was still a little panicked at this moment.

The old man gritted his teeth and said, "Don't shake, don't shake!" he said anxiously and angrily.

The young man saw the two of them behaving at the moment, he could hear it in a fog, and the two talked for a long time, and he suddenly found that he didn't understand a word.