Chapter 18, The Hardships of the Road
"Lord Wang, is that flying boat the immortal master?" Yin Tao asked in a low voice.
"Yes!" Liu San'er whipped his horse and moved forward at full speed. By this time, he was basically familiar with the driving of the carriage.
The carriage went all the way to the south, and arrived at a river at dawn five days later, which was already the border of Cai Guo, the river was much wider than the river near Dazhou Mountain, and the water flow was also large, if only Liu San'er could barely swim over, now with two oil bottles, he could only go to the dock.
There was a lot of noise on the docks, and there was not a moment of peace.
"I've been waiting all night, and I can't cross the river!"
"I heard that the other side of the river is occupied by a group of bandits from Guangyang Kingdom, and there are immortal masters in it, it's complicated, and now I'm afraid that I will shed my skin if I don't die!"
"What kind of bandits, they are clearly dressed as soldiers in Guangyang Kingdom, and they just want to annex the land of my Cai Kingdom!"
"That's right, I heard that these guys all have the same fucking weapons, and have any of you ever seen a whole team of bandits with the same weapons?"
"Who says it's not, our monarch of Cai is also tertiful... Anyway, Cai Guo is quite a nest this time, Cai Guo will not send troops to suppress bandits, Guangyang Guo will definitely be on the other side, and the other side will actually be someone else's when the time comes. ”
That's not bad, Cai Guo's taxes are even more ruthless than Guangyang Guoke! Guangyang's taxes are paid every three years, and only 10% of the total income for three years is collected. Our Cai Guo has to pay it every year, not to mention that he still has food and vegetables!"
"Yes, Guangyang Country is actually good, but the population is a little bigger, and there are more people. ”
"You don't understand, right! Guangyang Country has a small territory and a large population, and if it also collects heavy taxes, many people will definitely move out, but Cai Country has a small population and a large territory, and the pressure on life is actually not great. ”
"It's not a big fart, Cai Guo has a lot of land, but you look at how much land can grow food, I'm in a hurry, I'll move to Guangyang Country, it's better than Cai Guo!"
"Forget it, you! If you really went, you would have gone a long time ago, and you would have waited until now?"
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Liu San'er held more than a dozen hot meat buns in both hands, squeezed through the crowd, and returned to the carriage.
The carriage has been changed, there is no mark of the Shen car dealership, it is not inconspicuous at all, and even the marks on the horse have been removed.
"Uncle Wang!" Yin Tao's son Shen Chongdao shouted with joy, grabbed a bun and put it in his mouth.
"Don't worry, I'll swallow!" Yin Tao caressed his son lovingly.
Liu San'er put the bun on the wooden board covered with white cloth and glanced at Yin Tao: "I spent a tael of silver to buy a number, and I estimate that I can cross the river in the afternoon." ”
"Thank you for your hard work!" Yin Tao said gratefully.
Liu San'er smiled, put down the curtain of the car, and took a few buns. He can't get used to eating this kind of thing, and he always feels a little similar to a person's stomach, but there is no way to dock this only buns and steamed buns, or steamed buns are better, at least for Yin Tao's mother and son.
On the pass just opened, Liu San'er took it upon himself to say that Yin Tao was his wife, and Shen Chongdao became his son. I believe that Yin Tao can understand that this is completely for the purpose of a safe and smooth journey, and he will not mind too much, and will go and talk about it after a while.
Liu San'er's narration was very short, and Yin Tao nodded and did not say anything. Liu San'er kept a certain distance from her everywhere along the way, which made her feel a lot more relaxed. However, inadvertently, Yin Tao could always find that Liu San'er's eyes had a desire that she was not unfamiliar with.
had expected that a husband who had never heard of it would inevitably mix some impure personal purposes with noble chivalrous behavior, Yin Tao was worried and relieved. In the current situation, once she loses the strong and strong support of her husband's old friend named Wang Lin, her orphan and widow will immediately fall into a catastrophe, no matter what the situation and what the consequences are, she must hold Wang Lin tight at all costs.
Therefore, when Liu San'er asked Yin Tao to change out of filial piety clothes, Yin Tao immediately complied.
The only controversy between the two is over the way money is kept. Liu San'er's meaning was put into the storage bag, but he hadn't revealed his identity as a cultivator, and every time he wanted to tell the truth, he felt that Yin Tao might be alert or even hate him because of this, so he couldn't do it. only said that Yin Tao would hand over the gold and silver to him for safekeeping, but Yin Tao preferred to keep an eye on his property from time to time, and was unwilling to let Liu San'er hide it in a place where she couldn't see it.
I finally crossed the river in the afternoon, and I went out with a few taels of silver halfway, but this was all small money, and Yin Tao would not take it to heart. After crossing the river, it stands to reason that there are still more than 100 miles to reach the junction of Guangyang and Cai, but now this area is occupied by Guangyang land bandits, sparsely populated, only more than 30 miles away Jiujiafang is still lively, and it is also the safest place nearby, and the bandits will not be close to Fang City within five miles at present. It is said that the backstage of this fang market has a multi-national background, and it is very open, and it is the one who opened Yichun Building.
After a long time of traveling, Liu San'er was still able to bear as a cultivator, but Yin Tao couldn't bear this kind of bumpy and long-term life. Fortunately, the blockage on the ferry relieved her, and when she arrived at Jiujiafang, she said that she would not leave.
Helplessly, Liu San'er chartered a small courtyard in a crowded inn. Yin Tao took a bath and slept beautifully for a day.
Liu San'er is very tolerant of Yin Tao, he doesn't understand the reason of fleeing with an oil bottle, but he just feels that a delicate and sad new widow is forced to flee thousands of miles to her parents' home, and the situation is extremely miserable, so she can take care of it as much as possible in the subtleties. Moreover, Shen Wang, as his master, could only take revenge hastily after being killed, and he wanted to let Yin Tao escape back to his hometown, he felt guilty. This is also the reason why he has not told Yin Tao about his identity as a cultivator so far. There was a pressing issue for him to decide.
Whether to continue to stay in Jiujiafang, or to hit the road immediately.
According to the traders in the Fang market, now the bandits are wandering around the neighborhood, harassing the village to rob the traders, and even killing people repeatedly, and it is too risky to leave Jiujiafang now, except for the powerful large caravans, ordinary people dare not leave.
It is said that the two immortal masters of Guangyang Kingdom have appeared to speak out, and they want Jiujiafang to announce their separation from Cai State and join Guangyang Kingdom within a month, otherwise they will bear the consequences. This is a naked threat, and the consequences are at your own risk Nine times out of ten, you will be attacked by bandits, and you want to tear your face with the one behind Jiujiafang, it seems that Guangyang Guo is ready, that is to say, there is only one month left for Jiujiafang to be safe.
Taking advantage of the fact that the bandits had not completely surrounded Jiujiafang now, Liu San'er wanted to leave immediately with two oil bottles. The sooner you leave this volatile area, the safer it will be for the two oil bottles. But Yin Tao disagreed and wanted to rest for three more days. The two almost had a stiff fight because of this, and finally made a compromise and left at noon the day after tomorrow.
At night, Liu San'er held the spirit stone in his hand to run the Yin Rune Sutra, and after a while, he almost screamed happily. The bottleneck of the third layer of Qi cultivation has been completely loosened, and the advancement is now. Time is precious, he can't scruple too much, and after going out, he directly broke into Yin Tao's room.
Yin Tao, who was holding his son and preparing to sleep, saw that it was Liu San'er who broke in, and said that he should have come or come, and he was mentally prepared, holding one hand lightly on the corner of the quilt, as long as he dared to come over, he would immediately get up and pester him to go to his house, but he couldn't be next to his son, but... Will his son be woken up when he just falls asleep? Will he abandon himself and his son on the road after the night?
Liu San'er was carried away by the joy of being about to advance, and did not notice the subtle movements of Yin Tao, whose face was sinking like water, and explained that he would stay for three more days, so that Yin Tao and Shen Chongdao could stay in the courtyard, he had important things to do, don't disturb, and closed the door and left.
Looking at the back of Liu San'er leaving, Yin Tao felt relieved, but deep down in his heart, he somehow felt a little more lost. Was her previous observation all delusion, this man had no interest in her? Was this man going to great lengths to escort their mother and son for the sake of justice in his heart? She didn't believe it, she didn't believe anything!
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In less than two days, Liu San'er successfully advanced to the fourth level of qi training, and it took another day to stabilize the lower realm, and after taking some pills from the man in white, the fatigue of the past few days was swept away, and the whole person seemed to have endless energy. Immediately refine the earth-attribute round shield magic weapon and the wood-attribute flying sword magic weapon, and it will take a few more hours. At this time, I remembered that the Yin Fu Sutra I cultivated was good at the way of talismans, and I should make a few talismans to try my skills, but the materials were limited, and after some calculations, I concluded that I could only make a first-order invisibility talisman.
The first-order invisibility talisman is the basis of the method of the talisman, and to put it bluntly, it is the lowest thing in the talisman. The advantage is that it is simple and convenient to make, and it can also be used on mortal people with mana urging, but the time for the rune to be used on the mortal person will be halved, and the rune that could have lasted for half an hour will stay on the mortal for two quarters of an hour. The disadvantage is that this invisibility talisman, whether it is a cultivator or a layman, is easy to be disturbed by various mana fluctuations or evil spirits and filth when it is invisible.
The first order is the first order, all of which should be practiced. Liu San'er originally thought that the way of the talisman was just to draw a scoop based on the gourd, as long as there were materials, any kind of talisman could be made by the existence of the corresponding level, and his current cultivation was not enough to make an invisibility talisman. But after drawing more than 20 pieces without success, I finally realized that even the most basic talisman was not drawn by him. I took out the Yin rune from the storage bag and carefully compared it, and continued to draw, and finally drew one after wasting more than 30 rune papers when it was dark. After counting the remaining rune papers, he didn't dare to waste any more, but in the end, none of the more than twenty pieces were drawn, and he couldn't help but be discouraged. was also a little hungry, so he packed up and went out to Yin Tao's room, ready to say hello to her and leave tomorrow.
A few steps out of the door, the noisy voice outside the courtyard made Liu San'er stunned.
"Guangyang Kingdom is calling, Guangyang Kingdom is really calling!"
"Oh my God, what can I do!"
"Wow, it's good to call, the batch of medicines I stocked up on is almost gone.
In the southern sky, five earth-colored points of light were rapidly approaching Jiujiafang, and three blue points of light were chasing at full speed behind.
"I'm going to know this kind of method..."Liu San'er looked at the sky greedily, saw that Yin Tao also looked at him from the window, nodded at him and went straight out of the courtyard, followed the lively crowd on the street, and hugged to the city wall of Jiujiafang.
Although Jiujiafang is only a square market, because the proprietor behind it is rich and rich, a circle of city walls was built at the beginning of its establishment, which is four or five zhang high, and can see clearly the places that are not blocked within a radius of five miles. When he walked up to the city wall, the distance between the two points of light in the sky had been shortened a lot, and when he was less than ten miles away from Jiujiafang, he actually landed and handed it over, but there were obviously too many people to beat the few people.
The crowded side fought and fled, and it was less than three miles away from Jiujiafang in a while. Others can only see a little light and shadow, but Liu San'er's eyesight as a cultivator is extraordinary, taking advantage of the moonlight to blur some figures, and distinguish between men and women, one of the five, three men and two women are all very young, all of them are in the middle of Qi cultivation. The three old men who were chasing after were all in the late stage of Qi training, and although they had an advantage, they couldn't completely defeat the other party right away.
"I heard that the Guangyang Kingdom dispatched five immortal masters this time, why can't they beat three of Jiujiafang? Besides, it's still a month early!"
"The fist is in the hands of others, and they can fight whenever they want, can you control it?"
"Whoever says that if you have more people, you must win! I could fight five miles by myself. ”
"You are a crop, can you compare with those immortal masters who are high and high in the sky?"
"Why can't it be compared, I've heard that not all immortals can fly, and some are like us who ride horses and even run with their legs. I heard that a while ago in Shenhua Kingdom, there was an immortal master who looked like a monk who was chased all over the city by a group of martial arts people, and he couldn't beat it, but he couldn't fly, and he was almost hacked to death."
"Almost hacked to death? Is that still a immortal?"
"I guess so, I heard that I was rescued by another flying monk immortal master. It is said that when he landed from the sky, he was fascinated by a princess of Shenhua Kingdom, and the princess didn't think about it from then on, and she was about to die. The monarch of Shenhua Kingdom was willing to give 150,000 taels of silver or the equivalent in exchange for the monk and immortal master to meet him, and those who provided clues also had 3,000 taels to take. ”
"Brother, take the liberty of asking, what is the name of the monk you just mentioned?" Hearing the mention of the monk by the person on the side, Liu San'er suddenly became interested.
The man scratched his ears and cheeks and thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "Empty... What the... Empty space, empty mage!"