The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the autumn wind is bleak.

The willow trees on both sides of the official road are shady, the autumn cicadas lie among the willow leaves and sing summer love songs, Su Ziang strides along the road with his bare back, along the way hungry to pick wild fruits to eat, thirsty to drink mountain spring water, two days later, before the hemp shoes on the feet are completely rotten, finally rushed to the gate of Jiangshang County, looked up.

Jiangshang County is an ancient and peaceful town, the city walls are made of black summer bricks, the bricks are covered with patches of green moss, and groups of people in different clothes come and go.

The soldiers patrolling the city saw that Su Ziang was not old and bare-backed, so they thought that it was a playful child returning to the city, and he did not interrogate and let him go directly into the city......

Su Ziang stood not far from the fried cake stall, greedily sniffing the smell of oil in the air, and after a while, he turned his head and followed the crowd towards the center of the city step by step, hoping that Zheng and Su Ziqing would suddenly appear in front of him.

In the center of the city, the road suddenly splits into three forks.

A ginkgo tree with the thickness of a millstone standing towering to the sky, the leaves on the branches are half yellow and half green, hanging with a piece of autumn, a little beggar lies under the ginkgo tree with his eyes closed, a notched earthen bowl is placed in front of him, and a passer-by comes over and throws a baked cake into the bowl.

Seeing the baked cakes, Su Ziang swallowed a mouthful of saliva unconsciously, and his stomach suddenly rang out uncontrollably, the sound was loud and continuous, and the frightened little beggar was excited, opened his eyes and took the baked cake into his arms, looking at Su Ziang's eyes full of vigilance.

"Don't rob, don't rob!" Su Ziang waved his hand embarrassedly, but his stomach was unwilling to growl.

"Let's meet and divide it in half. Seeing Su Ziang's bare back, the little beggar smiled at him with a kind face, and embarrassedly took out the baked cake from his arms, tore it in half, and handed half to Su Ziang.

"Don't, don't. Su Ziang was about to leave.

"Eat, eat, there is no sin of starvation in the world. The little beggar grinned and said, "You're welcome to have your stomach like this, and you will divide half of it with me when you have the baked cakes." ”

"Okay. Su Ziang grabbed the baked cake, and showed the crescent moon on the baked cake in one bite, and revealed a Beacon Mountain on the baked cake in two bites, and all the baked cakes disappeared in three bites, and finally, he stretched out his tongue to lick and eat a little baked cake residue on his lips.

"Hungry like this?" the little beggar thought for a moment, and stuffed the rest of the half of the pancakes.

"Yes. Su Ziang didn't say much this time, he directly took the baked cakes and ate them all, his stomach stopped screaming, and he had a trace of strength in his body, so he asked: "Which way to go to the county master's mansion?"

"Follow this road to the end, don't turn in the middle. The little beggar pointed to a road.

"Thank you!"

Su Ziang ran along the road, his heart was full of hope, thinking that Su Ziqing and Zheng would definitely be seen at the end of the road, but at the end of the road there was only a slightly magnificent county government yamen, which stood there quietly, and the red lacquer gate was tightly closed, showing majesty and coldness.

With a "creak", the red-lacquered door opened.

Four catchers came out of the gate, wearing red and black official robes, standing in front of the door and looking around, Su Ziang remembered clearly, it was the person wearing such clothes who took away his mother Zheng and Su Ziqing, and his heart immediately jumped up.

Under the autumn sun, a catcher suddenly walked this way.

Su Ziang was frightened, feeling that the catcher was coming to arrest him, and immediately ran all the way with his bare back, and there was a loud laugh from behind him, and he vaguely heard a shout, the young man was even more scared, and ran faster......

After running away from Peach Blossom Town, Su Ziang has been unsettled, most of the time he has been entrenched in fear, and he has been living on wild fruits in the middle, although he has just eaten a baked cake, but his stomach is still hungry, and he did not see Zheng and Su Ziqing after seeing the government was disappointed at first, and then he was arrested and frightened, and his mind collapsed directly.

In the madness, everything became blurry, and his chest became more and more breathless, and he fell down with his head tilted, and when he was unconscious, he vaguely remembered that there was a blacksmith shop in front of him......

After a long time, Su Ziang slowly regained consciousness, feeling pain all over his body, and he screamed "ouch".

"Wake up, wake up. There was a call in his ears, and after a while, a fresh fragrance poured into his mouth, and only a man's rough voice was heard to continue: "Wake up, eat some noodles!"

Su Ziang slowly opened his eyes, in front of him was a young man's face, and when he saw that the surrounding walls were piled up with various farm tools, and the spider silk falling from the roof was covered with dust, it seemed that the situation should be in a side room.

The young man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, his tall figure is a whole circle bigger than Su Ziang, he is holding a black porcelain clay bowl in his hand, a piece of heat floats in the bowl, the big noodles are cut thick and wide, and a few green leafy vegetables float on the soup, the most gratifying thing is that the young man has a sunny smile on his face, and says:

"Take a sip of clear soup noodles to warm your stomach. ”

Su Ziang was in good spirits, took the earthen bowl, and swallowed all the noodle soup and water in the earthen bowl into his mouth in a few bites, the noodles were a little hot, and Su Ziang, who was hot, couldn't help frowning.

"Silly, drink slowly. The young man blamed, got up and went out and brought back a bowl of noodles, and said, "My surname is Wu, my name is Liuqi, what is your name?"

"My name is Su Ziang!" Su Ziang continued, drank a few sips, and asked strangely: "Your name is five, six, seven, who is eighty or ninety?"

"Oops, my surname is Wu, it's a samurai's martial arts, not five, six, seven, five, six, seven, you haven't read well at first glance. Wu Liuqi had a big wide nose, smiled and nostrils turned to the sky, and said: "When I took the name, my father was counting the number of weapons in the shop, and casually said five, six, seven, so you can call me five, six, seven." ”

The two laughed for a while, he looked at Su Ziang and asked, "Do you want another bowl of clear soup noodles?"

"One more bowl. Su Ziang saw that Wuliuqi was smiling and unscrupulous, his mood relaxed, and he joked: "Then I will call you Wuliuqi." ”

"What do you want to call it, but I like to be a brother to a child the most, how old are you this year, boy?"

"Fourteen. ”

"I'm exactly one year older than you, so I'll call my brother in the future, wait. Five, six, seven turned around and walked out of the door of the wing, and after a while, he brought back a bowl of clear soup noodles, this bowl of soup does not emit heat, and there are more noodles, only to hear him laugh and say: "My father is an iron, and my mother's cut noodles are as wide as iron, so let's make do with it." ”

"Five, six, seven, these three bowls of clear soup noodles are really delicious. After drinking the noodles, Su Ziang praised sincerely, and asked, "Your nose is so long, doesn't it leak when it rains?"

"You know the fart, I'm called a square mouth and a wide nose. Five, six, or seven rolled their eyes and said proudly: "The fortune teller in the east of the city said that this is the face of a general, and it is at least a third-grade one." ”

"What do you want to do as such a big general?"

"Marry the most beautiful woman in the world as a lady first!" Five, Six, Seven rolled his eyes and said, "I haven't thought about the others for the time being, why did you come to Jiangshang County alone, what about my father?"