Chapter 26: Wind and Rain Building
Xiaoqi Town, located about sixty miles southwest of Tianshui City, the largest city in Bashu in the southwest, and further south is where the Shushan faction, the giant in the world, is located.
There is a mountain range outside Xiaoqi Town, with undulating heights but no peaks reaching into the sky, surrounded by low hills and shrubs, and Xiaoqi Town is in a relatively gentle area of the hills.
As he spoke, two rays of light fell straight down from the sky and hit a hill about five or six miles south of Xiaoqi Town, turning into a man and a woman.
The woman was not very old, about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in white like snow, with long hair fluttering, and extremely handsome. The man, on the other hand, seemed to be smaller than the woman, dressed in a blue-gray shirt, with a bare head, and a short gray stick about a foot long stuck diagonally at his waist.
It was Li Ziye and Yun Xiaoxie.
However, it seems that the two of them look a little embarrassed, especially Yun Xiaoxie, as soon as he landed on the hill, he stared at the sky with a vigilant face, and the clothes on his body, I don't know why, there were a few scratches, as if some unknown birds and beasts had claws scratched out.
In the sky, dozens of huge strange birds with wings several feet wide were hovering in the air, with sharp beaks and claws, and their cries were like steel clashing, low and hoarse. After hovering in mid-air for a while, these dozens of strange birds slowly flew in the direction of Mount Emei further south.
"Fortunately, they didn't chase after me, otherwise I would have roasted them one by one!" Yun Xiaoye saw that the strange birds had dispersed, the sky was like a wash, and it was extremely blue, and his heart was relieved, and he cried out in his mouth.
Li Ziye beside him said angrily: "That's a griffin, it's a group, why are you provoking them in the air?"
Yun Xiaoxie glared at him and said, "Isn't this a good intention? I have learned the beast language, and I originally wanted to ask the big griffin for directions, but who would have thought that there would be a language barrier? It is estimated that it is from outside our Emei Mountain, and it speaks their dialect!"
Li Ziye slapped his forehead with his palm, angry and funny, and said: "It turns out that you were asking for directions just now, but why did you say in a lame bird and beast language as soon as you came up, I want to kill you? ”
"Huh? I mean I'm going to kill you? I thought it was a good noon bird...... No wonder as soon as I said a sentence, the griffin was going to fight with me, and the unfamiliar business killed people!"
Yun Xiaoye was a little embarrassed, afraid that Li Ziye would make fun of him again, so he hurriedly pointed to the town not far away, and said, "There is a small town in front, let's go over and take a look!"
After speaking, without waiting for Li Ziye to speak, he trotted all the way down the hill.
The surrounding green grass and flowers are blooming, and now it is almost May, and the temperature is the most suitable time of the year, and the wildflowers all over the mountains are swaying in the wind, exuding a faint fragrance, so that the plum leaves can't help but feel refreshed.
The two of them went down the hill and came to a wilderness ancient road, at the end of the ancient road, where Xiaoqi Town was located.
Yun Xiaoyi saw that there was a small forest in front of him, so he said, "Let's go to the edge of the forest to rest for a while, and then enter the town later." ”
Plum leaves are also this meaning, the scenery here is picturesque, a hundred flowers bloom, although not as majestic and magnificent as the peaks of Mount Emei, but a little more of the cool breath of nature, but also want to appreciate more on this wild ancient road.
At the edge of the woods, Yun Xiaoxie sat on the grass next to a big tree, untied the storage Qiankun bag issued by the master before going down the mountain from his waist, and took out the huge sack-like burden in the Qiankun bag in three small and two clicks.
Li Ziye frowned and said, "What are you doing?"
Yun Xiaoxie didn't answer, opened the big bag and took out a delicate sandalwood box, his eyes shining. Li Ziye was dumbfounded for a moment when she saw this, she had naturally seen this box, after following Yun Xiaoye to the reincarnation peak for the first time that day, she had dug out this box under a hollow floor under the bed in Yun Xiaoxie's room, and there were three hundred and sixty-two taels of silver in it. I didn't expect Yun Xiaoxie to dig this out and take it down the mountain.
Yun Xiaoye took out the thirty taels of silver given by the master from his bosom and put them into the sandalwood box, leaving only a few taels of broken silver on his body, and then he was satisfied and stuffed the sandalwood box containing all his belongings into the Qiankun bag.
He raised his head and saw Li Ziye's face dumb and even a little bitter smile, his eyes widened, and he said, "Why are you looking at me with such strange eyes? This is my net worth! Don't beat my silver idea!"
Li Ziye smiled bitterly speechlessly, and couldn't say a word for a while.
The blue sky and blue sky, the breeze caressed, swept on the cheeks of the beautiful girl, a little more touching charm, a little helpless wry smile.
I rested in the woods for about half an hour, the day was empty at this moment, the air was refreshing with a little bit of heat, the air was pleasant in May, but I also felt a little uncomfortable after staying in the wild for a long time.
When he came to the outside of Xiaoqi Town and felt the breath of mortals, Yun Xiaoxie's heart immediately became cheerful.
Mount Emei is located in the southwest border of the land of China, bordering the Qilin Mountains in the west, the Tianxing Mountains in Xiangxi in the east, and the 100,000 mountains in southern Xinjiang that are difficult for mortals to set foot in 800 miles to the south. In the past, in the past fourteen years, Yun Xiaoxie had only followed his mother Ziyun Fairy down the mountain two years ago, and the rest of the time he had almost practiced in the mountains, occasionally sneaking out of the mountain a few times, and the farthest was only to the village named Xiao Wang on the northern edge of Mount Emei.
Although the small flag town in front of me has a small character, the scale is obviously much larger than the Xiaowang Village at the foot of Mount Emei, and there are many shops and merchants on the north and south streets. In addition, not far from the northeast is Tianshui City, and not far from the north is the Yangtze River.
"Rock sugar gourd! fragrant and sweet rock sugar gourd!" As soon as I entered the town, I saw an old man selling rock sugar gourds shouting on the street.
Yun Xiaoxie's eyes immediately lit up, and he ran up and shouted: "Yezi, come and see, it's a rock sugar gourd!" I remember when I was six years old, my senior brother brought me a few bunches, not to mention how delicious they were, but unfortunately I only ate a few bites and was snatched by my sister!"
Li Ziye rolled his eyes and said, "Now you can enjoy it alone, no one will rob you!"
Yun Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Uncle, how do you sell this rock sugar gourd?"
The old man said: "Ten cents a string." ”
Yun Xiaoye calculated in his heart, it didn't seem to be too expensive, he took out a piece of loose silver about one or two weights, and said, "I have one or two pieces of silver, can you wrap it?"
"Yes, yes, the son is handsome and chic, magnificent, and extraordinary, and he will definitely be famous all over the world and powerful in the future~"
"You are very good at talking, very promising, very promising!" Yun Xiaoye handed over the silver, and then carried the old man who sold rock sugar gourds on his shoulders, and there were dozens of strings of rock sugar gourds on it, he took down a string and handed it to Li Ziye, and said, "No, give it to you." ”
After all, Li Ziye is also a girl's heart, reached out to take it, took a bite, and said, "Have you finished buying so much food?"
Yun Xiaoye pouted and smiled, "You should say if it's enough for me to eat!"
The two walked through the streets of Xiaoqi Town, like crabs crossing the street, showing their teeth and dancing their claws, which really attracted a lot of side attention. In particular, Li Ziye has a delicate and beautiful face, and faintly exudes a touching atmosphere. Many young people who boasted of being a son came forward to talk, but it was strange to say, she talked and laughed at Yun Xiaoxie, and often accompanied him to mess around. But in the face of outsiders, her expression was as cold as a thousand years of ice, and she was successful in cultivation, where could these ordinary people stop her cold eyes?
After walking in the town for a while, the two came to an inn called Fengyulou, the inn decoration is very simple, there is a couplet in front of the door, the upper couplet reads: "There is no shortage of booze drinkers on the seat", and the lower couplet writes: "The door often helps the drunk to return".
Yun Xiaoxie looked at it, and at first glance, he felt that the wine of this inn called Fengyulou must be good. He grew up in the reincarnation peak of Shushan since he was a child, and often mixed with the elders' house, and was very familiar with the leisurely drunken Taoist in the elders' house, and often drank his wine secretly, so he was also a little drunkard.
"Yezi, let's eat here at noon today, and then we'll go in the afternoon. ”
Li Ziye had no objection, just glanced at the wind and rain building a few times, and then walked in.
This wind and rain building is the largest and most luxurious inn in Xiaoqi Town, especially the secret brew flower carving is well-known far and near, and many good wine guests from Tianshui City come from dozens of miles of starry night.
"Two guest officers, do you want to stay in the hotel?" A lean innkeeper saw the two of them coming in, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, leading them to a clean table in the middle.
Yun Xiaoye sat down and said, "Let's have a meal, we have to hurry in the afternoon, what delicious dishes do you have here?"
The innkeeper smiled and said, "Childe, look at what you said." Although this store is not as luxurious as the Ruyi Building and Huibin Building in Tianshui City, it is also a century-old brand, and the signature dishes of this store, braised three-tailed fish, spicy firelin, and charcoal-grilled bear paw are all delicious, do you want to order some to try?"
Yun Xiaoxie's face froze, he knew that the three-tailed fish, the fire lin beast, and the black bear were all extremely precious, but he was afraid that these three dishes were worth a lot of money, so he was naturally reluctant to eat them with silver.
Li Ziye glanced at her, suddenly smiled slightly, and said, "No need, just order four or five light ordinary dishes." ”
The innkeeper hurriedly said, "Okay, okay...... Would you like to try our secret brew?"
Yun Xiaoye thought that the wine should not be expensive, so he waved his hand and shouted, "Ten catties!"
"Childe is bold!" The innkeeper couldn't help but raise his thumb, and Yun Xiaoxiao smiled, extremely proud.
At this moment, it is noon, and half of the twelve tables in the diner hall on the first floor of the wind and rain building are already occupied. The rich and mellow aroma of wine permeated the wind and rain building, and even a stray dog head lying at the door smelled like a drunk, and couldn't walk, as if ordinary people were drunk.
The dishes soon came up, sipping wine and eating dishes, Yun Xiaoye only felt that the fastest life in life was nothing more than that.
And just when he was about to sigh, a handsome young man walked into the wind and rain building, and it seemed that he had also come to eat.
Yun Xiaoxie's eyes were stunned for a moment, then he smiled bitterly and said to himself: "The world is so big, how can you meet acquaintances everywhere?"