My Journey to the West on the Heavenly Road

Chapter 21 Young Yuanji
"clang"

The bang of the gong faded away.

It took a long time for the thick fog like waves to fade away.

Seeing the mount kneeling behind him and trembling again, Jiang Yuan let out a long sigh of relief.

Clothes and hair were wet, and the bushes and rocks beside him were dripping with water, as if it had been lightly rained.

Looking up, there is no guard of honor among the verdant mountains and forests, only the lingering water vapor.

Phew, a gust of wind blew past, and the misty water vapor was swept out of the mountain forest.

Except for the moist air, nothing seemed to have happened.

Jiang Yuan turned around to look at the basket on the donkey's back, and asked the previous question again: "What's going on here?"

The old monkey replied leisurely: "This is He Bo welcoming the bride."

"Gods can also get married?" Jiang Yuan felt desolate, and kept asking: "Which family will you marry?"

The old monkey asked back: "People can get married, why can't gods?"

"Let's not talk about gods, even demons and ghosts can marry."

"no,"

Jiang Yuan was at a loss for words for a while, and after a while, he spit out a sentence:
"Isn't it against the rules of heaven that humans and gods fall in love, like the seven fairies, the daughters of the Queen Mother, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, etc."

The old monkey wondered, "I know Altair and Vega, but how did the Seven Fairies become the Queen Mother's daughter?"

"Isn't it?" Jiang Yuan scratched his head.

"Mortal fantasy!" The old monkey said dryly, "The Seven Fairies are the Seven Fairies, and the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother!"

"Furthermore, the rules of heaven are the embodiment of the laws of heaven and earth and the order of the three realms, so it doesn't care about marriage customs."

Jiang Yuan interrupted: "Then can gods fall in love?"

"No, it depends on the specific situation. For example, the gods are compared to the earth."

The old monkey paused suddenly, and his tone became impatient:

"Why am I telling you this? In short, gods can marry."

"The Uncle Jishui, as one of the Four Dams, has a noble status, and he must pay attention to the right family and family, and will not marry an ordinary mortal."

Seeing that the old monkey was tired of asking, Jiang Yuan smiled and joked, "Then I guess, Uncle Jishui should marry the daughter of Emperor Dongyue."

The old monkey was rather surprised: "Why is it Emperor Dongyue?"

Jiang Yuan pointed to the southeast, which was the direction the team was heading, and said with a smile, "You're right, that's the head of the Five Sacred Mountains, which doesn't fit his identity as the Four Sacred Mountains."

The old monkey also laughed: "You, a nobody who has never practiced before, dare to make fun of the five mountains and the four profanities, how bold you are."

Jiang Yuan laughed, and the laughter echoed in the mountains.

After talking and laughing a few times, the palpitations in my heart when I ran into He Bo disappeared.

"Look at how cowardly you are, five thousand, you still don't get up and hurry."

Jiang Yuan cursed and pulled up his mount, continuing to climb along the narrow mountain path.

I don't know how long it took, and I walked through several convex mountain walls one after another, and the mountain road became open.

Only then did Jiang Yuan have time to look up, and was pleasantly surprised to find that he had already reached the other side of the mountain range.

There are no peaks and ridges in front of us, and the field of vision suddenly widens.

The sunset glow in the sky is like a roll of gorgeous silk, spreading unrestrainedly in the vast plains, and the cities, valleys, rivers and villages are decorated with pearls and jade pendants.

At the end of the field of vision was a sinuous dotted line, like a thin fold of silk.

That is Jishui.

Such a magnificent beauty makes people wanton and impulsive, Jiang Yuan suddenly shouted:
"what!!!"

Wuqian was infected by his master, raised his head after him, and shouted with all his strength: "Woo!!!"

Ever since Wuqian bumped into He Bo's team, he was frightened and had been languid, but now he finally recovered.

"it is good!"

Jiang Yuan laughed and patted his mount's neck.

Whoa!

The howling sound disturbed the birds in the mountains, and they quacked and screamed like dark clouds passing by.

"Hahaha"

Jiang Yuan laughed heartily, watched the flock of birds above his head go away, and then rolled onto the donkey's back.

"Go down the mountain!"

Wuqian neighed happily, and ran down the mountain with his hooves spread.

Wangshan ran dead horse again.

By the time we reached the foot of the mountain, the sun had already set.

Looking at the gloomy sky, Wuqian was tired and Jiang Yuan himself was also hungry.

"Find a place to rest first, and then see if it's a night's rest, so let's continue on our way."

Near the foot of the mountain ahead, there was a flickering light, which seemed to be some kind of building.

Walking in, I found that it was a simple wooden house, with lights and shadows flickering in the house, and human voices could be faintly heard.

"Wang Wang"

Suddenly, a ferocious dog jumped out from the shadows and grinned at Jiang Yuan.

"It seems to be a resting place built by Orion. Coincidentally, I am also a 'Hunter'."

After straightening his clothes and moving the slingshot to a conspicuous place, Jiang Yuan dismounted from his mount.

"Stop barking, I'll eat meat for you later."

Jiang Yuan glared and bared his teeth fiercely, and wanted to shout to the wooden house.

A young man just heard the sound and walked out of the wooden house, and greeted him as he walked, "Where is your friend?"

The boy was tall and tall, with a sword on his waist, a longbow and a quiver on his back, like a general warrior out hunting.

The swaying lights suddenly flashed across the young man's face, Jiang Yuan's pupils shrank, and he turned around to run away.

"No, you can't mess yourself up, I haven't been exposed yet!"

Jiang Yuan suppressed his panic, lowered his head quietly, let the straw hat cover his face, moved lightly, and hid in the dark.

As for the young man, he also saw clearly that the visitor was just a hunter with a donkey, so he relaxed his vigilance and loosened his grip on the handle of the knife.

Seeing that the Orion didn't speak, the boy frowned and spoke again:
"Are friends here to stay?"

"Although we came in, we also took this place to rest and leave soon."

With Jiang Yuan's eyes hidden under the straw hat, he stared at the young man, and at the same time he watched the window of the wooden house from the corner of his eye.

At the same time, without saying a word, he dragged his mount back slowly and firmly step by step.

The young man looked puzzled, but he didn't take any action. He shook his head and laughed until "Orion" disappeared:
"So vigilant, he seems to be a good hunter."

After soothing the hound in the courtyard for a while, he turned and went back to the cabin.

There was a fire pit in the center of the cabin, and beside it sat a sturdy armored warrior.

After the samurai added a handful of firewood to the fire pit, he continued to turn the roasted rabbit on the fire.

"Yuanji, what's the matter?"

It was another samurai who spoke.

Also wearing armor, tall and tall, sitting by the window with a smile on his face, arranging cinnabar talismans in his hands.

"Uncle Zhang, you saw it from the window and asked me why."

Yuan Ji pouted and replied, very dissatisfied that these people always treat themselves like children.

"Advance and retreat in an orderly manner, yes, I will reward you with a rabbit's leg."

The sturdy warrior by the fire pit smiled appreciatively, tore off a rabbit leg and handed it to the boy.

"It's just an ordinary hunter, what's there to brag about."

Yuan Ji shook his head, took the oily and fragrant barbecue, and sat down next to the warrior surnamed Zhang by the window.

The warrior surnamed Zhang rubbed the boy's head with his hands, kicked an iron cage covered with talisman papers by his feet, and said with a smile:
"Your Uncle Fang is boasting about this."

"Just after granting the talisman, you dare to fight monsters alone, don't panic, be brave and resourceful."

Yuan Ji blushed from being praised, and stuffed the rabbit leg in his hand into the mouth of the warrior surnamed Zhang:

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang, for your compliment, Yuanji respects you."

"Well, fragrant!"

The warrior surnamed Zhang suddenly looked like he had succeeded in his tricks, and happily ate the barbecue.

Yuan Ji looked at the fingers that still had the fragrance, and his face sank.

"Old Zhang, you really are."

The warrior surnamed Fang next to the fire pit pointed his finger at his companion, then tore off another rabbit leg and handed it to the boy.

Yuan Ji took the roasted rabbit leg again and bit into it hard.

Wild rabbits are not big at all, and their legs are even smaller. After a few bites, the meat is gone.

After the warrior surnamed Zhang finished eating, he squatted down in front of the iron cage by his feet holding the bone, and threw the bone into it.

"Yellow-haired rat, here, I'll give you a bone to chew on."

"Bah!"

The soft yellow figure crouched in the cage mustered all his strength and glared at the warrior surnamed Zhang.

"Yo, it's fierce."

Yuan Ji also finished eating the rabbit legs, glanced this way, and asked the warrior surnamed Fang:
"Uncle Fang, did you say that Uncle Wei received our letter?"

The roasted rabbit was already cooked, and the warrior surnamed Fang took out a knife and began to divide the meat. Hearing this, he said with a smile:

"We sent the letter as soon as we came out of the mountain. Now, either Yougu is on the way, or his letter is on the way."

"When we eat and drink enough, it's almost done."

That's right, the boy is Zheng Yuanji, the nephew of Zheng Bowei, the tour officer of Beiyang Mountain.

The two warriors Fang and Zhang are the mountain patrolling officers who belong to the tour officer.

And the yellow figure in the iron cage is the golden king of the yellow-haired mouse.

(End of this chapter)