Chapter 4: Divergent Paths

It seems that the will of this world is preventing Lin Zhining from intervening in Li Xunhuan's troubles, in this cold and snowy night, the raging fire only brought him a trace of warmth and light, and did not wait for what he expected, the person who laid out, or the person who was purely curious.

The fire stopped, the wind and snow had gradually listened, and the sky gradually became brighter, and he smiled bitterly at the green smoke rising from the embers, after all, he still wasted the night in vain.

Without the true qi to protect his body, although he can resist the bone-chilling cold, he can't stop the snowflakes falling on his shoulders, the snowflakes fall on him and are melted by the heat on his body, but in this icy cold night, he froze again, and he did it all night, and his whole person turned into a snowman, an ice sculpture.

His body was trembling, and the ice close to his clothes instantly collapsed, and as he got up, the snow and ice shook and dispersed, like an eagle breaking through the barrier, revealing sharp and cold eyes.

His patience was not good, but after this futile night, he was already a little irritable, and the more things went unsatisfactory to him, the more depressed and irritable he piled up in his heart.

The sky gradually brightened, the hard-working crowd had already started a day's work, and the stalls selling wontons had also been put on the joints, each busy with their own lives, but the inn in front of Lin Zhining that was destroyed by the fire, and the people who passed by actually turned a blind eye, I don't know if they are indifferent by nature, or they have long been accustomed to strife and vendettas.

Although Lin Zhining was hungry all night and his stomach was empty, he felt that he could even eat the next cow, but he didn't plan to eat a bowl of steaming wontons, no matter whether the wontons were delicious or not, he just wanted to eat meat and drink wine in a big bowl to relieve the boredom in his heart.

In the Central Plains, it is not difficult to find a city during the day, although the successive dynasties have been burdened with conscription, but the official road has been built on a considerable scale, especially the nameless town that Lin Zhining passed through Although it is nameless, after all, it is on the traffic artery leading to the outside of the pass, as long as you follow the road, you can always encounter a city.

I have to say that Lin Zhining's road idiot attribute is indeed very funny, because of martial arts, day and night are not much different to him, and he is a person who is easily attracted by the scenery along the way.

However, no matter how crazy a person is, if he goes all the way down the road, he will never go in the wrong direction, unless the direction he originally chose is wrong, unless there is another fork in the road, unless there is no road at the end of the road.

Lin Zhining didn't worry about which path to choose, nor did he embark on a ruined road, and of course he didn't catch up with Li Xunhuan, because he went in the wrong direction early on.

Too lazy to ask for directions, but also confident that his choice will not be wrong, he traveled all the way, after running for a long time, suddenly found that he should have gone south, actually walked on the way to Guanwai.

The reason why he found this was very simple, no matter how cold the weather was, it could not stop the business trips coming and going, but he found that the oncoming caravans were often full of leather goods and medicinal materials, while they were accompanied by cloth brocade, tea and porcelain from the Central Plains.

In fact, he should have noticed that although most of the trees have lost their leaves, he can still see the general orientation, because tall trees tend to be more luxuriant on the sunny side, and most of the houses in the north are facing south.

Although he knew that he was going in the wrong direction, Lin Zhining did not plan to turn back immediately, not only because of the city in the distance, but also because the hunger in his stomach became more and more uncomfortable.

Since he came to this world, he has only shared a jar of wine with Li Xunhuan, and he has been able to support it until now, because he intends to take over Li Xunhuan's trouble, but now it is obvious that he can't, and he naturally doesn't want to wronged himself anymore.

In cities close to the border gates, the food is also affected by business travelers and martial arts hawkers, especially in the north, the food is not so exquisite, and it is more heroic and rough in the north.

Lin Zhining is really too eye-catching, in this cold day, everyone else is wearing a fur and cotton jacket, and he is just a single dress, but he is more ruddy than those who are three layers inside and three layers outside. And after experiencing the baptism of irritable energy in the void, his body is thinner than usual, and his clothes that originally fit are also slightly wide at this time. Although his eyes were sharp, he was dressed in a scribe's robe, especially his thin figure, which made him more bookish, and at most a little heroic and bookish.

It's just such a scholar who looks polite, but there is a whole roast lamb on his table, as well as several large plates of cooked beef, a few fat chickens, and a five-pound jar of spirits, which are also within reach.

He looked very gentle, chewing carefully with each bite, but the food on his table was by no means slow, even very fast.

Unusual people will always cause a lot of trouble, Lin Zhining, who eats with peace of mind, is of course no exception, the past business travelers are well-informed, know that such characters, often are people with unique skills, although they look at him from time to time, look at him with interest, but do not dare to laugh unbridledly, businessmen can always maintain the most sincere and comfortable smile when they do not touch their own interests. However, Jianghu people often think very highly of themselves, especially in front of their peers, being able to step on others to make a name for themselves is the most favorite thing to do, or to find some fun at will, which is a happy thing for these energetic men who have nowhere to vent.

There were a few reckless men not far from Lin Zhining's table, and they were very dissatisfied with Lin Zhining's way of eating so slowly but very quickly, and the foul language gradually became louder and louder for a while.

Although the businessmen were wise enough to protect themselves, they were naturally unwilling to let go of the fatigue of the journey, and they could have some fun as an spice, and gradually some people listened to it interestingly and chuckled.

When those men heard someone chuckling, they looked even more proud, and their filthy words were even more excessive, obviously Lin Zhining ignored them, but they regarded Lin Zhining as weak and bullied.

Is Lin Zhining really weak and deceitful, at this time, Lin Zhining has eaten all the food, and he is obviously very satisfied with a full meal, except for those foul words. With a flick of his fingers, the filth that had been gradually ringing disappeared suddenly, and even the chuckle disappeared. Lin Zhining stretched out with satisfaction, passed the money, and left satisfied. (To be continued.) )