I didn't intend to become a fairy

Chapter 404
"Since ancient times, folk relatives don't...

"There are more tears than in the palace."

Song You walked slowly with a bamboo stick, in line with the spring, like an outing. The bay red horse behind him followed obediently with a quilt bag on his back. Compared with it, cats and swallows were much more free.

There are many poor mountains and bad waters in Yaozhou, and there are many miasmas.

It was still spring, and it was already hot like midsummer.

For example, Zheng Xi and An Min are better, and the further south they go, the hotter they get.The proportion of natives is increasing, and the number of people who can speak Mandarin is decreasing. Song You often chats with people on the road, and often cannot understand. Occasionally, he hears it in Mandarin with a strong accent. , also like warm spring.

But one thing is interesting-

"This seems to be very close to Xuzhou." Song You sat in the bamboo forest, holding "Yudi Ji Sheng", turned to Mistress Sanhua and said.

"Xuzhou?"

The three-flowered cat who was gnawing grass by the side of the road suddenly turned to look at him.

The swallow also flew over and landed on the Taoist's shoulder, staring down at the book in the Taoist's hand.

"Yes, Xuzhou."

"Is it the Xuzhou we all went to when we escaped?"

"Miss Sanhua has a good memory."

"Is it Yanzi's home Xuzhou?"

"Empress Sanhua has a superb memory."

"Is it Xuzhou who met the heroine next door?"

"Empress Sanhua has a photographic memory." Song You paused as he spoke, "It's just that Empress Sanhua didn't talk about the woman next door?"

"Mistress Sanhua remembers her name."

"Miss Sanhua is really amazing."

"Xuzhou is far away!"

"It's very close."

"Well?"

The cat tilted its head and looked at him suspiciously: "But we've come a long way!"

"Yeah, it's been seven years."

"Seven years!"

"Miss Sanhua, come and see."

Empress Sanhua has visibly matured a bit. I think the independent life and study in Yeshan for a year, and the worries of taking care of her own Taoist priest who is paralyzed on the high platform and loves to eat, have contributed a lot. In short, taking advantage of Mistress Sanhua getting smarter, Song You showed her the map, tore off the half of the grass in her mouth, pointed at the map on the book with the tip of the grass and said to her: :
"We were originally here, here is Yizhou, then went east to south to Xuzhou, and finally went east to north to Changjing, went around in the north, returned to Changjing, and went all the way south, passed From Fengzhou to the west of Yaozhou, which is here..."

Song You pointed to Yaozhou on the map.

The cat watched carefully.

Song You pointed to a state to the west of Yaozhou: "This is the Xuzhou we walked through before, which is the home of the swallows, where the Liujiang River is located."

The cat didn't blink, with a serious expression.

At this time, she no longer asked questions such as "Why don't we come here directly", just like she would not ask why people climb mountains, and they have to work hard to climb up and down.

After all, Empress Sanhua is extremely smart. During the few years she spent with the Taoist, she already knew why the Taoist went down the mountain and the meaning of the journey.

It's just that for her, most of the meaning of the journey is still to follow the Taoist priest.

Just like what the Taoist said when he asked her to leave the small temple, it was to walk with him so that she would not be alone, and as she often said on weekdays, follow the Taoist.

Song You was patient, and took some time to tell her the appearance of Dayan Tianxia and the basic geographical concepts.

"Then shall we go back to Xuzhou?"

Empress Sanhua looked at Song You with a serious face.

"Does Yan'an want to go back to his hometown?" Song You slightly turned his head and said to Yanzi on his shoulder, "If Yan'an wants to go back and have a look, we will wait for you in the front county for two days, anyway, it is not far away. With your I am afraid that the speed will be able to fly back in half a day. We also happen to have a rest."

The cat also turned its head and stared at the swallow.

"..."

Yanzi thought for a while before saying: "The ancestor has gone to heaven and is no longer in Anqing. Although I want to go back, there is nothing to see. One day is enough for me to fly back and forth."

"Alright."

Song You nodded, staring at the sticky map in his hand, with a look of memory in his eyes.

When I first came to Xuzhou, it was not long after I came down the mountain, and I went straight to Xuzhou after leaving Yidu.Looking back now, if I only think about that time, it seems that it hasn't been long, but in fact it has been more than seven years.And if you think back to the mountains and rivers you have traveled and the things you have experienced in the past seven years, you will feel that a long time has passed.

Naturally, Song You would not go back to have a look.

Now the old Yanxian is no longer in Xuzhou, and the master of the Jiao Temple that he was familiar with before is still there. The Liujiang Conference should still be held, but it will not be held this year, and it is not now, and it may not be in the past If you can still see your old friends, only the familiar landscapes are left—Song You should watch these familiar landscapes again, at least once.At least before the end of life, I need to look at the road I walked when I was young, but obviously not now.

"Where are we going then?"

"Let's go to Zunzhe Mountain." Song You said to Mistress Sanhua, drawing lines on the map with his hands, "Go slowly and see the customs and customs of Yaozhou."

"Ok!"

"..."

The Taoist smiled, and with a bang, he also closed the book in his hand.

I don't realize it's the season of falling flowers.

The road ahead is full of smoke and water, and the sun is setting for thousands of miles.

There are countless mountains, red like rain.

……

In the summer of the ninth year of Mingde, in Huangliang County, Xie County, Yaozhou.

Leaning on a bamboo stick, the Taoist came to this remote town with a body covered in dust and looked around.Behind him was a bay red horse, without rein or saddle, but silently followed behind him.

This small town is just under the Venerable Mountain, and it is only tens of miles away from the Venerable Mountain. When the weather is a little better, you can see the high mountain in the city.

However, Song You did not stay in the city, because he asked someone for directions on the way, and said that there are many inns at the foot of Zunzhe Mountain, and it is more convenient to live there.

Zunzhe Mountain is probably the highest mountain in Yaozhou and Langzhou. The continuous hundreds of miles of mountains naturally separate Yaozhou and Langzhou. Zunzhe Mountain stands on this mountain, like a giant pillar of the sky. The same Tianzhu Mountain looks like an old man standing still, hence the name Zunzhe Mountain.

It takes a whole day to climb Zunzhe Mountain itself, so naturally we have to stay at the foot of the mountain for a night.

So Song You just passed through Huangliang County, made some supplies, and rushed to the foot of Zunzhe Mountain before dusk. He wanted to take advantage of the good weather these two days to go up the mountain first, and then come down to the city to rest.

Sure enough, there are several inns at the foot of the mountain, and there are still many tourists.

Song You found a room to live in, bought a bowl of Diao Hu rice from the inn owner, and asked him about Zunzhe Mountain by the way.

The store is here to do business with tourists. I don’t know how many people have answered similar questions. Almost as soon as Song You asked a question, he said it all:

"The loess road at the entrance of the small shop, the guest officer saw it, hurry up early tomorrow morning, go out and go to the left, keep walking along this road, and someone will ask you to pay the mountain tax at the front, [-] Wen, pay the money You can go up the mountain along that path, and you can also go up the mountain with horses, donkeys and mules. If you don’t climb fast, you can get there in the evening. You don’t have to worry about going the wrong way halfway. One road, but the day when the guest officer came is very right, as long as you leave early, there will be many people along the way."

"Fifty Wen mountain tax?"

"That's right, it's a famous mountain, Zunzhe Mountain, if you go to the top of the mountain to burn incense, you will be blessed, and if you pick up a stone, you can suppress evil spirits, and you won't lose money for fifty renminbi." The shopkeeper said, "Besides, it's all collected by the government. "

"How much does a child cost?"

"How old is a toddler?"

The shopkeeper looked at the Taoist curiously, then looked left and right, but did not see any young children, only a three-colored cat with its head up and its eyes shining brightly. He couldn't help asking doubtfully, "Didn't you come here alone, sir? Why did you come here?" Ask the toddler."

"About that high."

Song You stretched out his hand and gestured for a height.

"That's about half the height of a person." The shopkeeper frowned and shook his head, "I don't know about the small ones. If you meet a conscientious one, maybe you won't charge any money, and if you meet an unconscionable one, maybe you'll charge half of it. Mr. If you are willing to secretly stuff ten Wen into the belt of a policeman, maybe no one will take it."

"That's it."

Song You nodded, and then asked again: "Are there really many people going to climb the mountain?"

"Well, there are many famous mountains, and there are also many dignitaries."

"Thank you store."

"Remember to get up early..."

"Write it down."

Song You turned his head and looked outside.

It was the sunset time, the mountains in the distance were pitch black, and the clouds above were thick, leaving a line in the middle, allowing the rays of the setting sun to shine in, burning the clouds on the mountain.Under the cloud, there seems to be a huge stone man standing with folded hands, his bloated body and robe reach to the ground, but the upper half has been penetrated into the cloud, and only the half of his body is left.

Outside the door, another official sat on a bamboo sedan chair, and was carried by two people from one side to the other.

"The meal is here!"

A bowl of rice was brought to Song You.

It was a bowl of black rice, served in a brown thick bucket bowl, each grain of rice was a black slender strip, looking very rough, with a few pieces of sour radish thrown on it, and nothing else.

Song You picked up the chopsticks and tasted it. It seems that in addition to the sauerkraut, the store also poured a little sour soup on it, and the rice tasted a little sour. It's not good, it's weird at best.

Diaohu rice is actually wild rice.

In the past, it was used as a staple food in many areas of Dayan, but it was gradually eliminated due to various reasons. Interestingly, when it was no longer a staple food and gradually became rare, some places began to use it. Coming to entertain distinguished guests is probably a traditional meaning.

"Empress Sanhua should try it too."

Song You scooped up a spoonful of rice, paired it with a small piece of sour radish, put it in the palm of his hand, and handed it to the cat.

The cat was also honest and took a sip.

He glanced at the Taoist in a daze, and probably swallowed it out of economy, but then there was more pity and worry in the eyes of the Taoist.

Song You ate it up.

(End of this chapter)