Yun Tan really didn't expect Jiang Cheng to be so far away.

Deadwood told Chuxin that his real surname was Ye, called Ye Xiuyuan, and he was the eldest young master of the hereditary Anguo Mansion of Ningguo, because of the early death of his father, the current throne of Anguo Duke was inherited by his younger brother Ye Zhiqiu. So the two of them set off from Yunshan to Jiangcheng, the national capital, because there were no horses, they stopped and stopped all the way, walked around and looked around, but they were not in a hurry. But neither of them has experience in the rivers and lakes, and they have no money to live in a hotel, so they either sleep in the mountains or live in a broken temple along the way.

The first heart grew up in Yunshan, and I don't know what kind of life the world lives. This time down the mountain, what you see along the way is also fresh, but natural and man-made disasters, the crops are sluggish, and it seems that it is another disaster year, and the town scene is also quite depressed, and the merchants are scarce. After years of famine, bandits and bandits were rampant, and the road was not very peaceful. But along the way, the two did not encounter danger, Yun Tan felt strange and once asked the pedestrians who lived in the ruined temple together. It turns out that although the current Emperor Ningguo is cruel and obedient in governing the country, he is very advocating Buddhism, and he is very respectful to the great monks, and the upward and downward effects will benefit the monks all over the world. I heard that for the emperor's preference, several dignitaries in Jiangcheng, the national capital, sent their sons to the monastery to become monks. Chuxin shaved his head, and there was a ring scar on the top of his head, and he knew that he was a monk at a glance, so the bandits often did not mess with them, for fear of provoking the government and setting themselves on fire. Occasionally, those who coveted Yun Tan's beauty were also driven away by the original heart. Ning State unified the Three Kingdoms back then, and it has been more than 500 years since the founding of the country, but I didn't expect it to decline to this point now.

A few days ago, when I asked for directions, passers-by pointed to the west, and Yun Tan and Chuxin walked all the way. But for days and days, there were mountains and forests and wastelands, and they wondered if they had taken the wrong path, but now they couldn't turn back, so they could only move forward. There was no supply for several days, the dry food had been eaten, the original intention was not to kill, Yun Tan did not know how to hunt and fish, and relied on some wild fruits to barely satisfy his hunger, but in such a troubled world, and the weather was cold, even the number of wild fruits and wild vegetables was very small. Chu Chu couldn't help but worry in his heart, a man like him who has worked for a long time is a little unbearable, let alone a weak woman like Yun Tan. Watching Yun Tan wade through mountains and rivers with herself every day as if nothing happened, wild fruits were full of hunger, no matter how hard and tired she was all the way, she was happy and never complained. Chuxin can't bear it, but it is mixed with a trace of relief and admiration, Yun Tan has always been a willful and squeamish girl in Chuxin's eyes, occasionally making pranks, a little bit of pain can also deflated the small mouth for a long time, he must be carefully medicated and cared for before he is willing to stop. But now, in a really difficult time, she shows optimism and tenacity, independence and strength that impresses him. Yun Tan is not really squeamish, she likes to be squeamish and willful in front of trivial things that are not worth mentioning, and she has won the love and attention of the original heart, because she knows that those things are insignificant, and it is harmless to joke once, but in the face of big things, she can't really be a burden to him.

Today, only two wild fruits were found, and one of them was half pecked by the birds. Chu Xin handed the two wild fruits to Yun Tan, even though he himself hadn't eaten for a whole day. Yun Tan looked at Chu Chu's tired eyes, took away two wild fruits, carefully wiped them with his sleeves, and then handed the complete fruit back to Chu Chu, and picked up the remaining half of the fruit and ate it with relish. Chu Chu took a bite, it was sour and astringent, and it was hard to swallow, he looked at Yun Tan again, but she seemed to be unaware, smirking at herself while eating. He took another bite, and only half of the fruit remained, and he carefully wrapped the remaining half in a handkerchief, intending to leave it for Yun Tan.

"Chuxin, why don't you eat it?" Of course Yun Tan knew why he was, but Chuxin had eaten very little at every meal recently, and he was such a big person, so he would definitely not be able to go on like this. She is a demon, in fact, it is okay not to eat, but if she doesn't eat, he will definitely refuse to eat by himself.

"I'm full. He looked into her clear eyes and said nonchalantly.

"Full?" Yun Tanwu nodded to himself, and then bit off the remaining flesh and threw away the core. "Give it to me. Yun Tan spread out his hand and stretched out in front of his original heart.

"Eat now?" Originally, she planned to leave her time to eat later when she was really hungry.

"Yes, it's going to be eaten now. ”

Chuxin took out the fruit, opened it carefully and handed it to Yun Tan, Yun Tan took the fruit and stuffed it in Chuxin's mouth, startling Chuxin, she has been getting bolder and bolder recently.

"Hurry up and eat, if you eat so little, I won't eat, let's put away all the food, and then starve to death!" Yun Tan said pretending to be angry.

Chu Chu was a little moved in her heart, was she feeling sorry for herself? When he was twenty years old, others called him a "demon monk", except for the occasional companionship of the master, no one cared about him, no matter how hard it was, no one ever asked, but now that she was out of food, she was afraid that she would be hungry. At this moment, Chu Chu held half a sour fruit, and some tenderness welled up in his heart, and he couldn't hold it back.

After eating the fruit, they are on their way again, and they must find the village or town as soon as possible, or they may starve to death.

When they saw the village in the distance, Yun Tan danced happily, and couldn't help but chant Amitabha Buddha several times. The two of them quickly approached and saw that the village was very large, surrounded by trees, and there were many wooden houses in between, and the open space was full of broken walls, stone pillars and bricks and tiles, and it looked like the ruins of an ancient palace. The whole village is draped in red gold in the afterglow of the setting sun, like a girl to be married, gloomy and beautiful. Smoke curls between the scattered wooden houses, and the villagers who have finished their farm work on the trail return in twos and threes. It's different from other places, and it's a bit of a paradise.

"Chuxin, we have been saved!" Yun Tan happily jumped in front of Chuxin, grabbed Chuxin's arm with both hands, and said excitedly.

Chu Xin swept away the joy just now, and said cautiously: "Whether it is joy or misfortune is not yet known." ”

Yun Tan quietly used his spiritual power to explore the village, and sure enough, he found that there was a trace of resentment permeating the village, which was extremely difficult to find if he didn't investigate carefully. She was a little suspicious in her heart, she was a goblin and had to use spiritual power to find out, the little monk and a mortal could see through it at a glance, it seems that the old guy of the dead wood taught the original heart far more than he knew, and he should be more cautious in the future. To deceive people, you must first deceive yourself before you can deceive others without leaving a trace. For today's plan, I just used this grievance to probe the details of the little monk to see how many catties he had, and he knew that the other side could not be defeated in a hundred battles. Yun Tan thought that this resentment was very thin, even if the original intention actually didn't have much ability, it should be fine, and there was still himself, although the mana was still weak at the moment, but it was turned into the Gu Tan Spirit Tree, and the foundation was still there, so it shouldn't be a problem to clean up a little demon with such shallow spiritual power.

"What a joy or a curse, I'm dying of hunger, hurry up and go in!" Yun Tan shouted to go in, and as soon as she saw that the crisis was resolved, her unscrupulous problem appeared again. Chuxin understands her hard work for days, so he doesn't care about resentment or resentment, act carefully, and leave immediately after replenishing dry food tomorrow, this matter is not something he and Yun Tan can manage.