On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the main hall of the Salt Gang held a salt god conference according to custom, and the oral leaders of all the main halls were present, and Wu Xiao and Zhaohu also rushed there. There are many people who haven't seen each other for more than half a year, and after seeing them, they have to fight for wine and brag. Wu Xiao and Lin Xiong and the nine brothers just sat at a table, this table was much quieter, and after a while, the hall masters led a few brothers to come over to toast, they all talked and laughed and compared, and they all became serious when they arrived at the Dragon and Tiger Hall, and there was only one sentence: "We toast the Dragon and Tiger Hall for a glass"

Dragon and Tiger Hall did not refuse, after a round, Wu Xiao was already crumbling, and the other brothers didn't seem to have anything to do, Lin Xiong's old hero made a look, and there was a black-faced brother who went over to support Wu Xiao, fortunately, everyone here is almost the same

Ma Tianhong sang loudly: "Sacrifice to the salt god", everyone opened their seats, walked out of the lobby, four directions on the school field, set up four huge bonfires, a statue of the salt god in the middle, was also decorated with bright abnormalities, three sacrifices to wait for everyone to stand, raised their hands to put the four-color tribute on the table.

"Worship the salt god, the wind and rain are smooth, and the road is smooth"

"Two worship the salt god, the field is full of water, and the warehouse is abundant"

"Three worships to the salt god, the family is rich, and the main hall is prosperous"

With the strange and loud chanting of the sacrifice, all the Salt Gang men were in awe and prayed for peace and good luck for the year.

The next day, Wu Xiao explained to Ma Tianhong his plan to enter Beijing, but he didn't expect Ma Tianhong to agree very much, according to him, the salt gang has always been unmanned, if Wu Xiao can have a good background and win a big member, many joints of the salt gang are very well opened, and he also wrote a letter to ask Wu Xiao to take it to the hall of Chang'an to facilitate Wu Xiao's actions. Wu Xiao thanked him, and arranged the affairs of Longtang and returned from the mountain with Zhaohu.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, the red fish was busy, and he was packing Wu Xiao and Zhaohu, like a red fish shuttling between the streams.

"I've brought this dress with me, I'm going to wear it in case it's cold," Hongyu picked up a jacket and said, Wu Xiao looked at her and nodded

"Bring an extra pair of shoes, you're spending shoes too fast" Wu Xiao nodded.

"Zhaohu, is there a hole in one of your coats, I'll help you sew it" Wu Xiao shouted to Zhaohu who was busy outside

"You sewed it for me yesterday, you don't remember," Zhaohu replied to her

"Oh, yes, that's fine," Redfish muttered to himself

"I'll go make some more cakes for you, just in case you can't find an inn along the way," Redfish said as he prepared to go downstairs

Wu Xiao grabbed her: "You forgot to bring yourself, you have brought all the rest"

"I, I won't go with you this time, I have a lot of things to do, you sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow, I'll go make a few cakes for you" Hongyu broke free from Wu Xiao's hand and went downstairs.

The first rays of the morning sun shone through the bamboo forest on the back of Wu Xiao's big red horse, and Zhaohu was busy packing his luggage in the duffel bag of the third horse, their luggage was not much, some books, clothes, silver taels, and a little dry food that the red fish had made for them. These luggage were carried by a third long-haired horse, Wu Xiao and Zhaohu rode one by one, Zhaohu's mount was a tall black horse, and the two ran all over the two states and large and small horse markets to find such a horse that could easily carry Zhaohu, Zhaohu cherished it very much, and brushed it clean every day.

Hongyu did it late last night and hadn't gotten up yet, Wu Xiao stood in the courtyard looking at the porch on the second floor, and after a long time, he turned over and waved his hand, and slowly walked out of the bamboo garden, Zhaohu silently pulled the long-haired horse and followed him.

From behind the pillars of the porch, half of his face was full of tears, and his eyes were red.

Wu Xiao walked very slowly, less than twenty miles a day, and at night they missed the night, so they had to spend the night in the woods, Zhaohu picked up some firewood and set up a bonfire, and he gave Wu Xiao a little dry food and water.

"If you want her, go back and call her, he will call her, and she will come. Zhaohu said innocently

"She's coming, she's coming. Wu Xiao's voice was not loud

"You two, I really don't understand, you go and break some branches, and give you a simple place, the ground in this forest is too hard" After speaking, Zhaohu pulled out his knife from his horse and cut the branches.

Wu Xiao slowly finished eating the dry food and drank some water, he didn't try any taste, he felt that something very important was missing this time, he was a little uneasy, he knew what was missing, but he didn't want to force her, she was an assertive person, she never belonged to him all, but Wu Xiao knew that she belonged to her entirely, and there was no place for red fish, Wu Xiao never felt uneasy.

Wu Xiao didn't know when he fell asleep, he slept very restlessly, all night was all kinds of dreams, dreaming of which night he got up from the water, dreaming that he was stabbed by someone, it hurt, dreaming that he was looking for something in the fog, dreaming that the red fish was sitting in the yard.

When he was woken up by a horse roar, it was already dawn, but what imprinted into his eyes was a familiar face, which face was flushed, his eyes smiled with two crescents, it was the face of the red fish, Wu Xiao thought he was still dreaming, he blinked his eyes and was completely awake, but he was not dreaming, the red fish was in front of him, her face was tired, her clothes were a little wet, and her face was red from the cold, but she was really in front of Wu Xiao's eyes, and she was smiling sweetly at Wu Xiao.

"I don't worry about you walking so far alone, so I'm here, I'm here to find you" Redfish said

"I've walked this road since I was eight years old, but it's good if you come, if you don't come, I guess I won't be able to finish it," Wu Xiao said

"It's different, when you go alone, now I will accompany you, no matter where you go in the future, I will accompany you. "Redfish Road

Before he finished speaking, tears appeared in Wu Xiao's eyes, and Hongyu wiped them clean for him: "Don't cry, such an adult, crying nose, ashamed to death"

"Let's drink some water" Hongyu took the water bag and handed it to Wu Xiao, who took it and poured a few sips

"How did you find us?" Wu Xiao asked

"Your goal is too big, I asked all the way, and at night I saw a bonfire in this forest, so I came to see, and when I saw three horses from afar, I knew you were here," Redfish said lightly

"You sleep for a while, I'll catch a game to eat, you must have chased it all night yesterday" Wu Xiao got up and leveled his "bed", Hongyu didn't shirk, and slept in clothes, she was really tired.

She walked around the yard all day, and she didn't have much heart to eat, thinking left and right in her heart, and the experience of more than 20 years was dangling in front of him, and he didn't know how to choose.

It was as if something had been hollowed out, and she thought about her life without Wu Xiao for a long time in the future, and she felt that she had no idea what to do.

In the evening, she really couldn't let go, simply brought something, and rode a horse to chase, asked some people along the way, and was afraid of missing it, carefully confirmed the path, and only caught up with the third watch, ran twenty miles in one night, and she didn't get a grain of rice all day.

Just as Wu Xiao was about to go hunting, he saw Zhaohu coming back from the ridge in the distance, holding two rabbits in his right hand, and shook Wu Xiao from afar, and when he got closer, Wu Xiao said: "It seems that it is useful to bring you out." ”

"Which is natural, this work is not hand-to-hand, I haven't seen a tiger, if we do, we will have tiger meat to eat" Zhaohu said in a big column

"How's it going, I'm happy," Zhaohu pointed at the sleeping red fish

"Don't bother to talk about it, roast your rabbit" Wu Xiao suddenly felt that Zhaohu was so verbose.

At noon, the red fish woke up, Wu Xiao took the roasted hind leg meat and gave her some to eat, the red fish was much better, the three of them simply sorted out their luggage, and continued to move forward, and the previous haze was swept away.

The three of them rode forward along the official road, and came to a small town at dusk, saying that the town was just four or five houses facing the street, and two or three shops.

"I'll go and inquire to see if there is an inn," Zhaohu said as he walked ahead

"Go ahead, be polite, don't scare people," Redfish instructed

"Save me" Zhaohu rode a horse and trotted to the front of a north-south grocery store, looked inside, and saw an old man leaning on a broken bamboo chair and dozing off.

"Which, old man, there is a place to stay in this town" Zhaohu asked in a deliberately low voice, but the old man might have fallen asleep and ignored Zhaohu.

Zhaohu was in a hurry, jumped off the horse, walked to someone's side and said loudly: "Old man, did you hear me talk, is there a hotel here", Zhaohu's voice was very loud, ringing in someone's ear, like thunder.

The old man suddenly fell from his chair to the ground, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a tower-like figure standing in front of him, trembling with fright.

"Zhaohu, I just told you not to scare others," Redfish ran over

"Oh, I didn't scare him, I just made a little louder" Zhaohu said with his head down

"Okay, okay, I'll ask," Redfish laughed

"Uncle, is there a place to stay here, we want to stay for one night" Hongyu asked very politely

"What are you doing, you have to be polite and contemptuous, you are about to scare my old man to death" The old man came back to his senses, very impatient, and said angrily.

"You old man, my sister asks you something, if you know, answer quickly, if you don't know, say you don't know, what are you doing in a weird way" Zhaohu stepped forward, and the two bulls' eyes glared at the old man and said viciously

"There is no hotel in this town, and there will be a garden in the south of the town where no one lives, so you can go and live for a while" The old man was frightened by Zhaohu, and hurriedly poured out all his feet, so that this strange man could leave early.

"Look, you still have to ask like me," Zhaohu said back to the red fish

"You, don't do this in the future" Redfish didn't bother and walked back.

The three of them walked towards the south of the town, and did not go far into the garden, and sure enough, they found a long-abandoned garden under a mountain shaded by a big tree, and there was a large pond in front of it, and the thatch on the side of the wall had grown to more than half a wall, and some stone walls had collapsed in half, and the wooden door had long been broken.

Zhaohu pushed open the door and found that it was actually a large courtyard with three entrances, and there were many houses.