My apprentice is a little weird?

The welcoming team carried the City God statue all the way to the temple.

Inside the City God Temple, the temple priest shook his head under the statue and began to prepare for the ceremony.

And outside this bustling temple.

An old man with white hair and beard stood quietly. People around him ignored him and passed by him.

He stood there with his hands behind his back, his eyes fixed on a certain place, somewhat absent-minded.

"What a strange girl. Her intelligence is rare in the world. I feel an indescribable intimacy towards her..."

The old man murmured to himself, and thinking of what he had said at that time, he couldn't help but laugh.

"It's just childish talk, it makes people happy~"

…………

The weather is very good today and the sun is high in the sky.

The city gate was also crowded with people entering and leaving, making it noisier than inside the city.

Shen Ming followed Jiang Yan and looked up at the huge plaque with "Eastern Region Pass" engraved on it.

As long as you pass through this door, you will enter the territory of Dongliao.

Jiang Yan's scholarly appearance and the combination of a little girl beside him did not attract much attention.

Take Shen Ming all the way out of the city.

What you see are rows of vendors setting up stalls on the spot, stretching for hundreds of meters, shouting and yelling everywhere.

People are coming and going, dressed in colorful clothes. It is more lively than in the city.

"Selling brocade~ the best brocade"

"Tanghulu, come to Tanghulu"

"Come and see the specialties of the outside world, come and have a look~"

"Sir, come and take a look at this couplet of mine. What do you think? Do you want to buy one... Hey!"

This scene was even more lively than that in the city, and it really opened Shen Ming's eyes.

Although she was very curious, the more people there were, the more she resisted contact and subconsciously moved closer to Jiang Yan.

His fingers were tightly clenched from beginning to end and he dared not let go.

Jiang Yan didn't care. After all, it was just the beginning and there was no rush to educate his apprentice.

He strolled around, looked around, stopped at a remote stall, and walked forward.

The stall is filled with groceries and the owner is an elderly man.

Jiang Yan stopped in front of the stall, pointed at a roll of yellow animal skin paper on the ground and asked:

"Old man, what places are recorded on this map?"

The old man opened his cloudy eyes, carefully looked at Jiang Yan's temperament and clothes, then lowered his head again and said lazily:

"It's OK. I have the general terrain of the five states in the East Liao Territory and some terrain in the Lingxiang Territory. If you want to buy it, just pay me thirty copper coins."

Jiang Yan raised his eyebrows. There are only seven states in the Eastern Liao region, so there are quite a lot of records here.

He picked it up and glanced at it. The old man didn't care and looked at it with Jiang Yan.

"That's enough, that's enough"

As he spoke, Jiang Yan handed the animal skin map to Shen Ming, and took out copper coins from his sleeve and placed them on the stall.

Shen Ming opened the map curiously, but couldn't understand the pictures on it.

He glanced over, tilted his head slightly, then opened his mouth and bit it!

"Eh!"

Jiang Yan snatched it away quickly, but a small piece of the map was still bitten off.

"You are a dog, you put everything in your mouth"

"Open your mouth and spit it out"

Jiang Yan squatted down and tried to pry open Shen Ming's mouth. It took some effort to take out the piece of animal skin, and Jiang Yan's hands were covered with saliva.

"I almost destroyed the map. I got lost and was carried away by a wolf!"

"Don't put anything in your mouth from now on, okay?"

As Jiang Yan spoke, he calmly patted Shen Ming's shoulder with his saliva-stained hand, his expression serious.

Shen Ming pouted and turned her head away from him.

The old man silently took back the copper coins on the stall, and smiled slightly when he saw this scene.

"The girl is very cute~"

"I'm a bit rebellious now, I just hope things will get better in the future."

Jiang Yan looked at the small piece of map in his hand and said helplessly.

Turn around and leave.

But the old man suddenly said:

"Sir, where are you going?"

Jiang Yan stopped and his expression was calm.

"We are going to Cangzhou. Is there anything else, old man?"

The old man looked behind the two of them and said something intriguing:

"Not many people have gone to Cangzhou recently. Only you and a little girl went yesterday."

"If you go to Cangzhou on this cold day, there are very few villages along the way."

Having said this, the old man lowered his head and rubbed the copper coin in his hand.

"If you don't want to sleep in the snow and get taken away by wolves at night, then hurry up and maybe you can reach Xiaoquan Village before dark."

Jiang Yan couldn't help but become interested when he heard this, and asked with raised eyebrows.

“Old people walk often?”

The old man waved his hands, closed his eyes again, and lay back comfortably.

"I'm just giving you a reminder. I don't want you to freeze to death in the wild at night."

"Whether you listen or not is not my business."

Jiang Yan looked at the old man and couldn't help but smile.

"There are still many good people in the world~"

Without saying anything more, Jiang Yan thanked the old man and left with Shen Ming.

It seems that he took the old man's words to heart.

The old man sat at the stall, watching their backs as they walked away, smiling and shaking his head slightly.

"Young man, you are still too immature~"

Then he took out another piece of animal skin and put it back in its previous position, waiting for the next customer to arrive, repeating the same words as before, acting as a guide to different places.

…………

Jiang Yan walked in the snow with a faint smile on his face, playing with the animal skin map with a missing corner in his hand.

He looked at Shen Ming again and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Before I entered society, I often heard this saying: Don't trust any living creatures in the station."

"I didn't expect that I could still meet him in such a wonderful way today. It's really~"

Shen Ming didn't understand what his master said, but he was used to it, so he asked.

"Master, what are you talking about?"

"Nothing, I just met an old liar, the kind of old liar who says one thing to one person and another thing to another."

"There must be something fishy going on in Koizumi Village."

Jiang Yan shook the map in his hand and gestured.

Shen Ming still didn't understand, so he frowned and tried very hard to think about what Jiang Yan said.

His thoughts were interrupted by Jiang Yan pinching his face.

"Don't think about it. You won't understand it even if you rack your brain."

“Some things can only be understood and known after experiencing them.”

"So, why think so much? I'll just take you there and see for myself. I have plenty of time anyway."

Jiang Yan smiled casually, pulled out the cork and took a sip.

Let out a breath.

Shen Ming smacked his lips as he watched, and couldn't help but recall the taste of the wine.

"Master, I want to drink too."

“Ouch…”

"What the hell are you drinking? You don't even have the guts to drink my wine."

Shen Ming covered his head again and was gently lectured by Jiang Yan.

But this time she didn't cry, but looked stubborn.

Stretch out a pair of little hands and grab it!

Jiang Yan turned around lightly, dodged Shen Ming's claws, and knocked him again with his hand, smiling in a yin-yang way.

"My dear disciple, what does this mean~"