[Comprehensive Martial Arts] Go away, don't disturb my ascension

Now the weather has cleared up. After a heavy rain, there is no cloud in the sky, as if it has been filtered by rainwater.

The air is filled with the unique smell of humidity after the rain, and the weeds on the side of the road are washed by the rain, bringing some grassy fragrance.Ji Kaiqing and Song Qingshu rode their horses and left the range of Fenghuangji. Fenghuangji is at the junction of Bashu and the Central Plains, and further into Bashu is Wangchuan Town.

Wangchuan Town is a relatively large town in Bashu. Compared with Fenghuangji, it is not so prosperous, but the number of people living in Wangchuan Town is much more than Fenghuangji.Wangchuan Town is somewhat similar to Xiaoyin Village, both have a ferry for shipping, the ferry is bigger than Xiaoyin Village, and the scenery is much nicer.There are many very simple houses built at the ferry for the boatmen to rest their feet.Ji Kaiqing and Song Qingshu walked along the winding mountain road from the small road next to the ferry to Wangchuan Town.

Before arriving at the ferry, Ji Kaiqing heard the sound of the boatman at the ferry in Wangchuan Town inviting guests. He and Song Qingshu looked at each other, and the latter smiled at the same time as him.

"It's finally here." Ji Kaiqing lightly reined in the reins to slow down the horse's speed, "After you go in, find a place to eat first, you won't say whether you're hungry or not after driving for so long."

Song Qingshu hasn't eaten since the morning to Fenghuangji, Ji Kaiqing also asked him if he wanted something to eat on the way from Fenghuangji.Song Qingshu shook his head and refused. If Wangchuan Town was not so far from Phoenix Collection, Ji Kaiqing might think he was hungry and stupid.

When they could see the ferry, Ji Kaiqing got off the horse and led them away. They had to turn in front of the ferry to enter Wangchuan Town.Both held the reins in their hands, fearing that too many people would startle the horse and hurt people.On the small slope next to the ferry, you can see a few women squatting there to wash clothes. The wooden basin is floating in the water and tied with a rope to prevent it from being washed away by the current.

The women held wooden sticks for beating clothes in their hands, talking and laughing with the people next to them while washing the clothes.On the road above the ferry, you can see children in Wangchuan Town running around with small windmills or small kites. They will not provoke a lot of scolding when they meet people, and the adults who are touched by children will also smile at them. , and then said "be careful".

The oncoming breath of life made Ji Kaiqing, who had just come out of the Phoenix Collection, feel as if he had passed away.

"That's great." Song Qingshu looked at the scene in front of him and said such a sentence.

Ji Kaiqing nodded in agreement.

He suddenly remembered the boy in Fenghuang Town who stopped him later, and he didn't know what happened to him.Ji Kaiqing was indeed a little disgusted with that boy's attitude towards him, but he could understand.Think about it in another way, the place you have been living in is as safe and happy as Wangchuan Town every day, and the only thing you worry about every day is firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.But suddenly one day a group of people killed the people you were in contact with every day, and the whole town turned into a dead town, so you would be crazy too.

But if it were Ji Kaiqing, no matter how crazy he was, he would never criticize those who came to help.

——After thinking so much, it was actually because he was having trouble crossing that threshold.

If he hadn't taken the trouble to listen to that boy at that time, maybe the result of Phoenix Collection would have been different?

Thinking of this, Ji Kaiqing felt a little dazed.

Song Qingshu said a few words but did not wait for Ji Kaiqing's response, he turned his head to look at Ji Kaiqing strangely.The latter was obviously distracted, Song Qingshu curled his lips helplessly, and reached out to take the rein from Ji Kaiqing's hand: "Little uncle, what are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking about the kid I met in Phoenix Ji." Seeing Song Qingshu pulling the reins away, Ji Kaiqing didn't argue with him, walked beside him empty-handed, and avoided two salesmen carrying loads.

"Is that child still alive?" Song Qingshu asked.

"It's still alive, that is... all the family members are dead."

"Everyone has their own way of life, so don't worry about it." Song Qingshu couldn't figure out why Ji Kaiqing, who never cared much about other people's affairs, would suddenly mention the kid in Fenghuang Town, but he only pretended that he had never met him. This kind of thing is why I remember so clearly a child in Phoenix Collection.

Ji Kaiqing sighed lightly: "Forget it, I don't want to. Let's go to the inn to settle down and see what we can eat?"

"Okay." Song Qingshu replied very simply, as if it was all arranged by Ji Kaiqing.

Go up the road along the ferry, Wangchuan Town is built on the hill, so all the roads are upward.But it didn't look like a ladder, probably for the convenience of carriage back and forth.The road was not very wide, but it was enough for seven or eight people to walk side by side. There were quite a few people like Ji Kaiqing and Song Qingshu with horses in the back and people leading the horses in front.After turning two turns along the road, the first thing you see is an arch made of stones. After passing through the arch and going up for a short distance, the whole road suddenly opens up.

The inn was directly on the right. Song Qingshu reached out and pulled Ji Kaiqing's arm, signaling him to follow him to the right.The two led the horses around the tall pillars, and the second child immediately saw: "Guest officer, you are here! Hurry up, please come inside!"

Xiao Er, who came up quickly, threw the cloth in his hand on his shoulder, and took the rein in Song Qingshu's hand with his hand: "Are you two going to the top or staying in the hotel?"

Song Qingshu didn't know what Ji Kaiqing was planning, so he turned his head to see what Ji Kaiqing said, but the person who had been walking next to him was already sitting at the open-air stall in front of the inn, listening to the proprietress introduce her shop Where is the food here?

"What does this guest officer want to order? The small shop has the top-ranked daughter Hong, and there is also a good tea named Bitan Piaoxue just delivered, and the home-made side dishes are even more outstanding!" The makeup on her face is thick but not offensive, and her long hair is wrapped in a scarf, which looks much neater.

Seeing this, Song Qingshu could only say "stay in the inn", first let Xiao Er lead the horse behind to feed grass and water.He walked around a little girl who was sweeping with a broom, and sat next to Ji Kaiqing: "Young master, you are really a shopkeeper, you will disappear as soon as you turn your head."

"You are so old, you still want me to hold you by the hand and stay in the hotel for dinner?"

Song Qingshu: "..."

Ji Kaiqing looked at Song Qingshu who had nothing to say and wanted to say something more, when he heard the sound of plates and bowls being thrown on the ground from the second-floor inn.The two looked at the past together. The first floor of the inn here is open, and they can see what happened in the lobby from their positions.

There were a lot of people sitting in the lobby, and they all looked at the corner where the sound was just made.There were three tables of people sitting in the corner, obviously they were together, and surrounded by a short and thin person in the middle, he was facing the position of Ji Kaiqing and Song Qingshu, and Ji Kaiqing couldn't see it for a while. How old is the person who came out.

On the opposite side of that group of people was a man in dark red clothes holding a big knife in his hand. The man pointed the knife at the surrounded person: "You are so unreasonable, I don't know you before, why are you so angry when you come up?" Turn over my table!"

The person pointed at did not speak, but took a cup of tea on the table and drank it. The big man next to him quickly took two steps forward, pulled out his knife and pressed the man's knife down: "If it weren't for your mouth Shit, who will care about you?! How dare you point a knife at my young master!"

This time he stabbed a hornet's nest, and the man with the knife didn't seem to have a good temper, so he attacked directly without saying a word.

The waiter next to him saw the two of them kicking the table and chairs away, and even some of them were kicked apart, and became anxious for a while: "My lord, don't fight, we have something to discuss!"

Seeing that the stairs were about to be affected, the little girl jumped up and down anxiously: "Hey, sorry for our small business, aren't you chasing our customers!"

It just so happened that the proprietress brought food to them, Ji Kaiqing looked back at the proprietress' calm look, and couldn't help but ask, "Madam proprietress, why don't you go and see?"

The proprietress didn't care at all, she waved her hand and lowered her voice: "Guest officer, you don't know, just this scene, this group of people has staged it several times in the past two or three days. Anyway, they have money, and the money they gave yesterday is enough Two more rooms will be expanded!"

Well, even the lady boss is not worried, so why should he bother.

Ji Kaiqing couldn't help but smile seeing the chic look of the proprietress: "Where are those people coming from?"

The fight there didn't stop because of Xiaoer's persuasion, but the fight became more and more intense. Ji Kaiqing was used to this kind of fighting sound, so he didn't pay attention any more, but the proprietress was also very calm, which made Ji Kaiqing find it very interesting.

Now the proprietress became interested in talking, she looked at the two young men in front of her, stretched out her hand and pushed the teacup towards the two of them, and said in a very low voice, "I guess, it has something to do with the superior."

Ji Kaiqing and Song Qingshu looked at each other, and Ji Kaiqing's face was filled with doubts: "How do you know?"

"Hey, just yesterday, a top-notch person was sitting over there eating. While eating, he was talking about the current world with his friends on the same road. His voice was a bit loud. I heard that he was talking about the Ruyang Palace. Guest officer, guess what happened?" The proprietress is very talented in storytelling, she clapped her hands on the table, and then asked herself with joy, "Here, the one in the middle just dropped the teacup, and then the two The one who hits the top will be taught a lesson. In the end, the young master also said, 'I will be a bit of a guard in the future', I doubt it, that may be the prince of the palace."

Throwing a teacup when you hear something bad about Ruyang Palace?

Even if he is not the heir of the palace, it is related to Ruyang Palace and the court.

"Then you have to stay far away. People in the imperial court can't be messed with." Ji Kaiqing showed a look of reluctance to cause trouble, "Thank you, lady boss, for reminding me!"

The proprietress straightened up with a smile and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, we need to stay away." After speaking, she walked to the inn, and it seemed that she was planning to persuade the fight to ask for another sum of money.

"The prince's son?" Ji Kaiqing looked at Song Qingshu inquiringly.

Song Qingshu glanced in that direction again, and shook his head: "I've met Wang Baobao, this person's age is not right, and his appearance is too delicate."

Ji Kaiqing shook the teacup in his hand, stared at the tea in the teacup and pondered for a moment, then he turned his head and leaned next to Song Qingshu: "Do you remember that the two of us met before?" That princess? Could it be her?"

"But..." Song Qingshu's delicate eyebrows twitched, and they also tightened up, "This person doesn't look like..."

"It's been two years since we last saw the princess, and he should be about the same age as Wuji now..." Ji Kaiqing also frowned, "It's too far away to tell if it's the princess."

"Uncle, I have a question."

"what?"

"Do you think she recognizes the two of us now?"

Ji Kaiqing: "...don't you recognize me?"

"She definitely won't recognize me, according to my little uncle... based on what you did to the two elders of the Ruyang Palace last time..." Song Qingshu reminded Ji Kaiqing that there is something about the two elders of Xuanming, "You Prince Yang's mansion must remember you, little uncle, please pray for yourselves."

Ji Kaiqing choked for a moment: "...you unlucky boy, why did you let me ask for blessings by myself?"

"Then why don't we sneak away now?"

"——Why are you so worthless!" Ji Kaiqing glared at Song Qingshu, then paused, "I think our top priority is to find the whereabouts of that Hunyuan Thunderbolt Hand, and we shouldn't waste time staying in the hotel, what do you think? ?”