Qixuan

【Nanzhou Miaodu】

Miaodu is located at the southernmost tip of Nanzhou, with plenty of rain, high mountains, more cloudy and less sunny, and the fog barrier surrounds the entire southern tip, which isolates Miaodu from the outside world. The indigenous residents here mainly raise Gu, so they deal with the people here You still need to be cautious, you may be easily poisoned by their poison if you are not careful, and it is worth mentioning that the old people here do not welcome outsiders.

Due to the danger here, it can be said that there are troublesome people out of poor mountains and rivers. People who entered Miaodu either died inside or went crazy after coming out, so that there are very few documents and letters about Miaodu.

At the southernmost tip of Miaodu, you can also see the wonderful scene where water and sky meet in a line.

The buildings here are also mainly stilted buildings, the kind where the bottom of the building is elevated to prevent the return of damp.

It happened to be noon when Yan Heng arrived here, the fog cleared away, and the hawking in the street market rang out.

However, Yan Heng felt that there was something weird here, but he couldn't tell where the weirdness was.

The dress of people here is also very different from that of other places. Most of them are long coats with slightly smaller cuffs, dark-colored wide-sleeved shoulder-length coats, wide-leg pants with leg wraps, and thin-soled straw sandals, which are more convenient for working.

Everyone wears silver jewelry, and silver bracelets are the most common, regardless of gender.

As a result, Yan Heng, dressed in solid white clothes, looked extremely abrupt in a group of people, causing people around him to look sideways, and some people even boldly called him "Little Langjun, Xiaoguanren" and the like.

A little flower seller stared at Yan Heng for a long time, and couldn't help but stepped forward and tugged at his sleeve, "Brother, did you come from outside the mountain? Do you want to stay? My yard is big, and it's just me My mother and I are not crowded."

Yan Heng leaned over and rubbed the top of the little girl's hair, and said with a smile, "Is it too presumptuous?"

The little girl smiled and said, "No, everyone here knows that my mother runs an inn. Brother, do you want to come with me?"

"That would be troublesome."

The little girl smiled and shook her head, bouncing and leading the way ahead, her two braids swaying.

Yan Heng followed the little girl for a long time before seeing two buildings on stilts.

The little girl yelled upstairs: "Mother, there is an elder brother who wants to live in our house temporarily."

A young woman poked her head out from upstairs and said with a grin, "Oh, what a handsome young gentleman, but you came alone?"

The young woman came down from upstairs while talking, she looked Yan Heng up and down, frowned and said: "Little Lang, you can't do this outfit."

Yan Heng smiled and said: "It's all up to Madam to make the decision." After speaking, Yan Heng took out a silver ingot from his wallet and handed it to the young woman, "If it is not enough, Madam will come and get it from me."

The young woman took Yan Heng's money and said with a smile: "Our place is not like that of Mr. Xiao Lang. We here call unmarried girls girls and wives ladies. Married men are called masters. For my brother. Mr. Xiao Lang must remember, don’t make a mistake.”

Yan Heng nodded and said, "Definitely."

Mrs. Mo ordered: "Young Lord must be tired after coming from a long distance. My surname is Mo. This is my daughter Xiaohua. Xiaohua will take you to the west building."

"Okay, brother come with me." After finishing speaking, Xiaohua took Yan Heng to the Diaojiaolou in the west.

Xiao Hua opened the door of the stilted building, and the inside is fairly clean and tidy. Most of the utensils here are made of bamboo. There is a bamboo bed, wooden table, and a tea set in the small room.

Xiaohua said: "It's a little rough, brother, please don't blame me."

Yan Heng asked: "It would be nice to have a place to rest, Miss Hua, what are the taboos here? Since you are in the countryside, you naturally follow the customs."

Xiaohua tilted her head and thought for a moment, then replied: "There is nothing to taboo, but there is a fog barrier here, which is choking. Usually at night, it rises at the end of Xu o'clock and leaves at the beginning of Mao o'clock. Brother should go to bed at this time, so don't go out for a walk. It's also cool at night."

Yan Heng smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, Miss Hua."

Xiao Hua was stunned for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, she said without hesitation: "My brother looks really nice when he smiles, brother is tired from the journey, go to bed earlier, I will bring food and clothes to him later. "

"Thank you."

Xiao Hualin closed the door and said, "Brother, you are welcome."

After Xiaohua left, Yan Heng waved his hands to prop up a barrier to isolate the room from the outside world. He took out a piece of sheepskin and rolled it out. This was a letter about Tianxincao that Ji Yefeng tore to him before leaving. .

"Heal the dead, the flesh and bones." Yan Heng read this sentence softly, he knew Dongfang Feiyuan's injury, and he also knew that he also needed Tianxincao, more than Ji Chen.

If Ji Chen knew the effect of the Sky Heart Grass, he probably wouldn't be able to use it.

Thinking of this, Yan Heng tightly clutched the parchment in his hand, if possible, he wanted to hide it from Ji Chen for the rest of his life.

It was going to be dark, so Xiaohua brought the things over.

Xiaohua introduced one by one: "The food here may not be as good as yours. This is fried rice cake, hot and sour soup, beef with sauce, and rice. Here are my brother's clothes, which should fit well."

Yan Heng smiled and said: "It's already very rich, thank you Miss Xiaohua, and also thank Miss Mo on my behalf."

"Also, we don't like combing elder brother's hair here, let me comb a new one for elder brother." After speaking, Xiao Hua took out the silver comb from the cloth bag, eager to try.

Yan Heng refused: "No, I'll just come by myself. Has Miss Xiao Hua eaten? Why don't we go together."

Xiaohua put down the silver comb, and said quite understandingly: "That's right, my brother always pays attention to whether men and women give or take each other. My mother is still waiting for me to eat in the east building."

Yan Heng said: "It's not all like that, and the other thing is that I already have a family background."

Xiao Hua said in surprise, "Ah, brother, you already have a family at such a young age."

"I just don't show my age. I have married my wife for more than ten years."

Xiao Hua asked: "Brother, you are so affectionate with your wife, why didn't she come with you this time?"

Yan Heng replied: "He is not in good health, so he simply stayed at home to take care of the child."

Xiao Hua looked forward to it: "That brother is really happy, I will find a good husband like my brother in the future."

"Will do."

"Then I won't bother brother, my mother is still waiting for me." Xiao Hua waved her hand at Yan Heng, and went out the door in a bouncing manner.

After eating, Yan Heng took the dishes downstairs to clean them, and then put them on the millstone. After returning home, he changed into the clothes prepared by Mrs. Mo, the blue middle coat and navy blue coat, and the leggings were also the same color. .

Yan Heng took off his hair crown, thinking of the passers-by he saw on the street today, he braided two small braids in style, hanging around his chest. He had combed Shi'an's hair many times, So this little braid can't bother him at all.

The fog gradually rose at night, Lady Mo told Yan Heng to lower the bamboo curtain in the east building to block some fog.

Yan Heng blew out the oil lamp, and walked out from behind,

The fog at night added another mystery to Miaodu, and it was unreal to see everywhere. After nightfall, there was a deathly silence here. Yan Heng hid his breath and walked around the periphery of Miaodu, but he didn't find anything strange so he got up and headed south.

It is clearly stated in the handbook that Tianxin Grass grows where water and sky meet. This kind of grass is extremely fancy. No one knows when it will take root, when it will sprout, when it will head, and when it will mature.

The immature Tianxin grass is the most poisonous.

In the south of Miaodu, where the water and the sky meet, the vastness is endless. The indigo-colored water and the sky converge into a line in the distance, and the misty moon is sandwiched in the middle.

However, there were a few unusual people standing on the shore at this time, looking at the aborigines who pretended to be Miaodu, the leader was over seventy years old, holding an old crutch in his hand.

Seems to be discussing something.

【Dongzhou Xuanming Island】

"A Li catches the ball. If you can't beat your Uncle Yefeng today, you won't have any snacks." Ji Chen reined in the horse, hit the ball with the mallet, wiped the hot sweat off his head, and smiled. publicity.

The past few days can be regarded as suffocating Ji Chen, so he simply opened up wasteland to build a place, and brought people here to play qiju, or shoot arrows, ride horses, and kick cuju.

"Daddy, don't be stupid." Yan Yunli hit the ball, but it missed the path, the ball hit the goal and bounced out again, Ye Feng quickly hit the ball into his own goal.

"Wow, Uncle Ye Feng is so good." Shi'an sat on the horse and applauded Ye Feng. After a game, her mallet didn't touch the ball a few times.

Therefore, Ye Feng took this little burden to hit two in the whole process.

Ji Chen rode over, snatched the ball from under Ye Feng's mallet and passed it to Yan Yunli, and said loudly, "I'll give you another chance."

The blow again was still not heavy, Yan Yunli looked at Ji Chen aggrievedly.

Ji Chen patted his forehead helplessly, "You have good eyesight, you need to practice more, you can't even hit such a big hole."

Shi'an said dissatisfiedly: "Daddy knows how to talk about brother Ali, just like how good his eyesight is."

Ji Chen smiled and said, "Okay, I'll show you a hand today." Ji Chen took the bow and arrow, and rode his horse to the edge of the field.

The entire venue is a standard shooting arena, with a length of about ninety feet.

Ji Chen said: "Baby girl, find a place."

Shi'an pointed to the goal in the distance, and said with a smile, "That's all, don't embarrass Daddy at all."

"No embarrassment." Ji Chen let go of the arrow and bow, and the arrow flew out with a "swoosh", and it was firmly nailed to the goal.

Yan Yunli was stunned, and only belatedly stretched out his hands to applaud.

Shi An clapped his hands and laughed, "Daddy is awesome."

The applause came from far to near, Yu Yaoyi lifted the vines and walked over, "I didn't expect you to hide and bring up the child."

Ji Chen jumped off the horse, glanced at Ye Feng from the corner of his eye, saw nothing unusual, then smiled at Yu Yaoyi: "Oh, Boss Yu, I haven't seen you for a long time, how is it?"

Yu Yaoyi straightened her sleeves, covered her lips and smiled, "That's right, you don't have me in your heart at all, and you don't ask anyone to tell me when you come back."

Ji Chen laughed a few times, "I haven't seen you for so long, Boss Yu still looks like a fan."

"Less poor!"

Ji Chen curled his lips, pointed at Yu Yaoyi's back and said, "It's just that he brought a small tail in."

Yu Yaoyi said in shock: "You mean the little red snake that followed me? I thought he was from Xuanming Island."

"How could there be such a stupid person in Xuanming Island?" Ji Chen shook his head and said, "Hey, Chi Yan, you're here, let's come out and play."

Seeing that he couldn't hide anymore, Chi Yan jumped out of the forest, "Where's the egg?"

Ji Chen pointed to Yan Yunli, "Well, they've grown so big."

Chi Yan looked at Yan Yunli with a complicated expression, and then stepped forward to salute: "Your Highness, be well."

Ji Chen said dissatisfiedly: "Tsk, what are you screaming for? Ye Feng hides Ali quickly, and I will let him see Ali after this little snake wins me."

Chi Yan stared at Ji Chen fiercely, and asked, "What tricks are you going to play again?"

Ji Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "Can you know how to play Juju? If not, I can teach you. If you can't learn it, you can also play Cuju."

Chi Yan gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, what do you want?"

"I'll find you an old partner." Ji Chen beckoned to Shi'an, "My dear girl, go and call Uncle Jueqing."

Shi An responded by jumping off the horse and running towards the outside of the field.

Ji Chen bumped Yu Yaoyi's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Boss Yu is coming too, join me."

Yu Yaoyi covered her mouth and said softly: "Are you sure you want to play? Why do I think you're jealous?"

Ji Chen denied it: "No, it's so boring to play with children, and you have to teach them and give way. It's rare for a few people to come and really play a game."

Yu Yaoyi smiled without saying a word, he took off the cloak and handed it to Ye Feng, "Put it away."

Ye Feng nodded slightly, and reached out to take the cloak.

Ji Chen rode on the horse, swung the mallet, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, take care of me and take care of me. You don't need any magic power. Let's fight with skill and strength. There is always a prize in the game. , if you win, how about I grant each of you a wish?"

Chi Yan raised his voice and said: "If you win, I will serve you tea and water for the rest of your life!"

Jue Qing pursed her lips. Ji Chen's lure is not so attractive to him. If he can win this competition, it doesn't matter if the request is too much. Jue Qing nodded and said, "Me too."

Yu Yaoyi thought for a moment, then said: "I brought a few jugs of good wine, and I can drink it later regardless of whether I win or lose."

"Boss Yu is generous!"

Ye Feng took the incense and lit it, then threw the ball out.

Ji Chen rode his horse and rushed out, hitting the ball in an instant. He obviously got into a fight with the two of them. One coveted his man and the other coveted his son. If he didn't put all his heart into it To win this race, he crashed to death on the racecourse.

Tsk, he was definitely infected with madness by Dongfang Feiyuan, so he yelled "He's a man, I'm a man". Ji Chen thought it was indecent at all, but he couldn't find anything wrong with it.

Shi'an tugged at Yan Yunli's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Brother, do you feel that this game has a strong smell of fire/drugs?"

Yan Yunli was fascinated by watching it, and didn't realize it for a while, "Is there... Is there? I think it's quite exciting. Daddy is really amazing."

Chi Yan gritted her teeth, and galloped her horse to hit Ji Chen's shoulder. Jue Qing took the opportunity to snatch the ball.

Yu Yaoyi walked over slowly on the horse, "Don't worry, I will win it back for you." After speaking, he rode the horse and galloped out.

The four came and went, and the white flags on both sides were evenly matched.

Ji Chen was somewhat exhausted, he looked at the few fragrances and wiped off his sweat.

Ji Chen gritted his teeth, and stopped Chi Yan with the mallet, Jue Qing took the opportunity to swing the ball and hit the ball, Yu Yaoyi intercepted the ball before it went in, and hit it out.

Yu Yaoyi said: "I will help you get here."

"That's enough, thank you!" Ji Chen swung the mallet and hit the ball.

The last piece of incense ash fell, and Ye Feng beat the gong to signal the end of the game, and Ji Chen and Yu Yaoyi narrowly won by one point.

Chi Yan was dissatisfied and said: "I said you are so desperate?"

Ji Chen jumped off the horse, took a towel to wipe his sweat, pointed to Bai Qi and said, "It's only one point, you say I'm desperate? Then what are you?" After finishing speaking, Ji Chen blinked at Chi Yan and continued. : "Remember to serve and wash your feet tonight."

"You!" Chi Yan threw down the mallet angrily, turned around and left.

Ji Chen shouted: "Hey, I'm done drinking."

Chi Yan turned back angrily, "Drink, who said I won't drink!"

Ji Chen laughed and said, "Why do you monsters look like children?"

Jue Qing sighed secretly, and thought to herself: "Skills are not as good as others, if you don't win, you don't win."

Ji Chen said: "Let's go, find a place to drink."

The alcohol brought by Yu Yaoyi had quite a strong aftertaste, and Ji Chen felt dizzy after drinking a few cups. He had been drinking very little recently, so much so that the amount of alcohol had dropped, and his head sank to death.

Just after half of the drinking party, Ji Chen waved his hands and said that he couldn't drink any more, so he drank tea on the edge of the pavilion and let the wind blow to soothe the hangover.

I have to say that Chi Yan made people let go, but it can be said that he was the only one talking about the world from the beginning to the end, and there was a clay pot not far away, and everyone played everything they could.

After drinking a few jars of wine, even Jue Qing's face was flushed, Ji Chen wandered back to the room.

In just a quarter of an hour, Chi Yan really brought the footbath into Ji Chen's room. As soon as he entered the room, Chi Yan put the footbath in front of Ji Chen, and the water splashed a lot. She poked her tongue and asked: "What do you say is good about you, you just look a little better, not as good-looking as Jue Qing, and you have a bad temper, why does Yan Heng like you and not Jue Qing?"

Ji Chen's wine sobered up quite a bit, he shook his teacup and looked at Chi Yan who was blushing with amusement, "What? You have taken a fancy to Jue Qing, come to fight for him?"

Chi Yan shook his head, dizzy even more, he vetoed: "No, I don't like him, Jue Qing saved my life, I like that little green snake next door to me, she is a girl."

Ji Chen handed over the teacup, "Then you shouldn't ask me about this, you should ask Yan Heng."

Chi Yan took the teacup and obediently drank the tea in it, "I dare not."

Ji Chen laughed out loud, "What did my little beauty do wrong to set up such a vicious image in your hearts, before he was as cute as he could be."

Chi Yan said truthfully: "He is very powerful, I can't beat him, our monster clan respects the strong."

Ji Chen said: "You are so cute, you spit out so many truths after drinking."

Chi Yan waved his hand and sat down on the ground, "You don't want to use my words."

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense." Ji Chen filled Chi Yan with tea, "Let me ask you, do you really know or pretend that the dragon egg is not the reincarnation of the demon king at all."

Chi Yan shook his head and said, "If you don't know, it's just an excuse."

"Then what do you want that dragon egg for?"

Chi Yan suddenly opened his eyes to stare at Ji Chen, and pointed at Ji Chen.

Seeing that his eyes were blank, Ji Chen knew that he was still drunk, and he didn't know where his thoughts had gone.

Chi Yan pointed at Ji Chen, walked forward a few steps, and was about to poke Ji Chen's nose, "What do you think is good about you? Why does Yan Heng like you?"

The smell of wine came over his face, Ji Chen pushed Chi Yan away, and said with a smile: "You said there is something wrong with me, why doesn't Yan Heng like me? You haven't answered my question yet!"

Chi Yan hiccupped, pointed to the top and said: "My boss, the son of the demon king needs this dragon egg to increase his demon power. All reincarnations are fabricated. Yan Heng is really a good tricker. He knew that the demon king's son was ambitious, so he deliberately didn't kill the demon king, and locked him in a stone leak. You know, there is no demon king there and he can't be opened. In this way, the demon king's son and his father are not dead yet. He cannot inherit the position of the demon king, so he needs this dragon egg to enhance his demon power and strive for a breakthrough in one fell swoop!"

After Ji Chen listened, he nodded thoughtfully. Perhaps he had been thinking for too long. When he came to his senses, Chi Yan was already lying on the ground and fell asleep, with tea spilled all over his body.

Ji Chen felt that it was necessary for him to meet the Demon King's family for a while.

Ji Chen lifted Chi Yan and threw him to the soft bed beside him, then opened the window to diffuse the smell of alcohol in the room.

In the night, Yan Yunli was still working hard. He swung the wooden sword in his hand, and he swung one move hundreds of times before changing to the next one.

Ji Chen looked at it for a while, then went downstairs, and walked towards Yan Yunli.

Yan Heng put a lot of things that can be illuminated near the small building, which will not affect the night's rest, and can see the road at night.

Ji Chen asked, "Are you still working hard?"

Yan Yunli put away the wooden sword, and walked towards Ji Chen, "Daddy hasn't slept yet, it's already so late."

"You still don't sleep so late, be careful not to grow taller." Ji Chen reached out and rubbed the top of Yan Yunli's hair, "Didn't you finish your homework today?"

Yan Yunli smiled and said: "Yeah, I still want to strengthen myself, hoping to become stronger quickly, like Daddy and Daddy Yan."

Ji Chen showed embarrassment, "It's fine to be as powerful as I used to be. Now I can't be ordinary anymore. No, that's not the point. Why do you want to be stronger? Even if you've been like this all your life, Yan Heng and I are the same I can protect you forever."

Yan Yunli tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "No, I can protect Daddy when I become stronger."

Ji Chen poked his chest with a smile, "You must protect yourself first before you can protect others. In fact, just be yourself. If you can live this life, you should live out your pride as a dragon." , you don’t need to live for others, you have to understand that the starting point of everything you do is for yourself, don’t live for others. Maybe when you meet someone you like in the future, you need to think about her more. People , when you come to this world, no matter what you are, you will always have more and more ties, and you have to learn how to cherish them. You see, I have completed my merits and virtues since I was alone."

Yan Yunli transformed into a five-foot-long little green dragon. Every scale on his body shimmered. Yan Yunli rubbed Ji Chen's face affectionately, "Daddy, what is the pride of a dragon?"

"You are so small, you should grow up first." Ji Chen reached out and stroked the mane of the little green dragon, "What is the pride of a dragon, you have to explore it yourself, you are the king of all beasts."

Yan Yunli changed back again, he hugged Ji Chen's waist, and rubbed against Ji Chen coquettishly, "Thank you, Daddy."

"What I said may not be right. Life is colorful. You just need to experience it yourself. Don't live too monotonously." Ji Chen yawned, waved his hands and said, "This is the end of the late-night conversation. , I'm going back to bed, and you go to bed early too."

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The first half is very serious about storytelling, and the second half is very serious about letting go!