In the hazy morning light, two carriages drove out of Laitu Town.
Leading the way was Yuan Jiu, a one-man horse. This person had a similar temperament to Mo Can, being taciturn, but more gloomy. Even in broad daylight, his whole person looked eerie and cold.
Following closely behind was the carriage driven by Mo Can and Ji Yan.
Shopkeeper Kuang did not show up and hid in the carriage with his family.
Yu Ye still lagged behind, but fell further. He didn't want to get close to Ji Yan's carriage because there was someone in the carriage who hated him and disgusted him.
On Ji Yan's carriage, the goods were neatly arranged and covered with soft animal skin mattresses. Pan Yuan sat on the mattress, his left leg wrapped in a bandage, leaning against a wooden box behind his back, holding a wine bottle in his hand, with a proud and arrogant smile on his face.
It is said that he originally wanted to rest for two days before leaving, but he felt that the inn was dilapidated and the food and drink were unsatisfactory, so he urged shopkeeper Kuang to leave Laitu Town. He is a person who has made great achievements, so Shopkeeper Kuang naturally responds to requests and obeys his advice.
The next town is far away, more than three hundred miles away. So before dawn, a group of eight people were already on their way in carriages and horses.
Yu Ye was riding on the horse, his eyes slightly closed, as if he hadn't woken up, and his body was swaying slightly as the horse jogged.
Ji Yan conveyed the words of shopkeeper Kuang and asked him whether to leave or stay. Of course he didn't think twice and just went along. Shopkeeper Kuang, on the other hand, had something to say in person, but asked others to tell it to him. I don't know whether it was to avoid suspicion or out of inner dislike for him.
"call--"
Suddenly there was a sound of wind.
Yu Ye tilted his head, and a wine jar flew past his ear and fell to pieces on the road behind him.
At the same moment, laughter and curses rang out: "Haha, he didn't smash it——"
Yu Ye raised his eyes and glanced.
On the carriage a few feet away, Pan Yuan grabbed another wine jar. He took a swig of wine and kept provoking: "What are you looking at? It's you I'm going to hit!"
They hate each other.
It's that guy he's referring to.
Yu Ye rolled his eyes and ignored it.
Pan Yuan took advantage of the drunkenness to curse and cursed——
"I've seen it a long time ago. You're young and have a bad mind. Oh, I blocked the knife for you and saved your life, but you refused to lend me my mount. You're an ungrateful bad guy..."
Yu Ye frowned, his face turned cold.
It was early in the morning, and no one could keep his temper after being insulted for no reason.
Then I heard Pan Yuan scolding: "You'd better go home, or I'll crush you to death!" He also held up the wine jar and gestured with his hands, expressing his ferocity, evil, intimidation and contempt.
When Yu Ye heard the word 'go home', he suddenly understood something.
Pan Yuan is very smart, so he is trying different ways to drive him away. Once the two argue, he, a freeloader, can only leave in despair.
snort!
Yu Ye snorted, curled his lips, closed his eyes, and let Pan Yuan insult him, but he just pretended not to hear. After all, he was a young man at heart. Although he could hold back his anger, he was still furious.
Laitu Town is more than three hundred miles away from the next town, Caomu Town. According to the journey of horses and carriages, it is impossible to reach the place in one day. Pan Yuan, however, kept rushing forward. He claimed that the pain in his leg was unbearable and he urgently needed treatment from a good doctor.
But before the time of Unity passed, when passing through a small village, shopkeeper Kuang suddenly stopped the carriage. He said that after the long and bumpy journey, his wife's old illness relapsed and she had an unbearable headache, so she had to stay overnight.
Pan Yuan didn't expect it and couldn't refuse, so he had to curse Yu Ye again to vent the nameless fire in his heart.
The small village where we stayed was next to the main road, with twenty or thirty households, and it had a strange name, Xiangshui Village.
The house where we stayed was located at the entrance of the village. There were two stone houses. The owners were a couple in their sixties. The owner's family vacated a stone house for Mrs. Kuang's family of three to live in, while the rest of the family slept in the open space in front of the house.
In the evening of this day, the weather was a bit hot.
Mrs. Kuang was feeling unwell, so she rested with Cai'er. She also ordered Ji Yan to move a few boxes into the house, which should be the woman's belongings. Shopkeeper Kuang accompanied Pan Yuan to finish dinner in a hurry, then hid in the house and closed the door to go to sleep.
Ji Yan took a straw mat and spread it in front of the door, and sat with Mo Can to rest. Perhaps he was too tired, so he lay down and started snoring after a while. But he carried a machete with him, obviously for fear of an accident.
Pan Yuan and Yuan Jiu were sitting in a ventilated and cool place a few feet away, with straw mats spread under them and a wooden table in front of them. On the wooden table there were leftover cakes and half a jar of residual wine. Compared with the arrogance and arrogance in the past, he was slightly depressed at this time. He wanted to vent his anger by scolding a few times, but who would have thought that the boy actually escaped. He looked at the house where shopkeeper Kuang lived and Mo Can and Ji Yan who were blocking the door, then shook his head at Yuan Jiu, and then spat bitterly.
"Woof woof——"
At this time, a full moon climbed up to the horizon. Under the hazy night, a dog was having fun, and then someone walked along the path between the villages carrying a load of water.
Pan Yuan suddenly became energetic, grabbed the wine jar and took a sip of wine. He breathed out the alcohol and was about to curse, but he stared at his eyes and groaned.
I saw an old man and an old woman walking out of the next house. They were the owners of the house. They waved their dogs away and faced the water carrier.
"Brother, how do you do this?"
"Uncle and mother-in-law don't need to see anyone outside!"
It was Yu Ye who carried the water.
After dinner, he helped Ji Yan arrange the carriage and horses, and then helped the owner of the house carry water. The old man and his mother-in-law are old and have difficulty moving, so they help with some work, which is also due to his temperament.
There is a thatched shed on the left side in front of the house, which is where the family cooks.
Yu Ye filled the two water jars in the thatched shed, then put down the burden and the wooden bucket. He took a wooden ladle to scoop out water, took a sip, and couldn't help spitting it out.
The well water he picked up had a fishy smell.
"Haha, outsiders can't drink the water from the well here."
The old man took out two stools from the shed and smiled as he expected. The mother-in-law was sitting on the stone in front of the hut, stretching out her hand to tease her dog. The two old men have white hair and old looks, but they look good and have strong bones.
"oh?"
Yu Ye took the stool and sat down.
I had nothing to do, so I chatted with my old man and mother-in-law about home affairs. I heard that the only son of the family died young, and only the old couple were left to depend on each other. Although their lives were hard, they were dull and peaceful. In the wild, his parents died early and he is now alone. The pain of losing a loved one should be the same for each other, but maybe their moods are different.
“Is the well water difficult to access?”
"Can people in the village drink such bitter well water?"
"People in this village are used to drinking well water and don't find it fishy or bitter. Occasionally, strangers stay here and cannot drink well water, so they use river water to drink horses and cook meals."
"Why not dig another well?"
"Haha, in my brother's opinion, it is a bitter well, but the people in this village regard it as a sweet spring!"
"oh?"
While chatting with the old man, Yu Ye glanced around.
Ji Yan was already fast asleep and snoring non-stop. Mo Can sat with his head down, as if he was dozing off. Pan Yuan was drinking wine by himself and cursing. Yuan Jiu was lying on his side with his body hunched over, looking silently in this direction, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Although the well water is bitter, it has miraculous effects. The elderly and children in the village have sores and fevers, and they are cured by drinking the well water. My husband and I are still deaf and blind, maybe it is because of drinking the well water. !”
"Yo, so magical?"
"Haha, I don't know, but the origin of Xiangshui Village is related to that well!"
"Old man, let's hear it!"
It was rare for the old man to have anyone to talk to, so he became interested. Yu Ye also recovered his boyish nature, and his heart was filled with infinite curiosity.
"I don't know when, at least for more than a hundred years, every full moon night, the water in that well would make a "gurgling" sound. The villagers couldn't figure out the reason, so they called it the Noisy Well. Over time, Well, the village has also been changed to Xiangshui Village!"
"I see!"
"Today is a coincidence. It's another full moon night. If you hear any noise at midnight, don't be afraid and don't pay attention. It will be fine!"
"Thanks for the reminder, old man!"
"My brother is traveling far away at such a young age. Are his parents well at home?"
"My parents are no longer alive."
"Oh, the old man is abrupt!"
The old man blamed himself and looked very apologetic. Perhaps he wanted to comfort the young man in front of him, or perhaps it aroused something in his mind. He stood up slowly with his hands on his knees and said, "Well, in this life, a person only lives with thoughts. When the thoughts are gone, the person is gone. "
The mother-in-law got up in time to help, and there was a tacit understanding between them.
Yu Ye watched the backs of the two old men returning to the house and fell into silence for a moment.
A little flower dog came up to him wagging its tail and stuck out its tongue affectionately at him.
Yu Ye glanced down, with a smile on his face.
This is the dog raised by the old man and his mother-in-law. After accompanying him to carry two loads of water, he has become one of his own.
Six horses were tied under an old tree more than ten feet away. Not far away, there is a stone millstone. Going south from here is the main road at the entrance of the village. To the north is the path leading to the village.
Yu Ye got up and walked to the place where the horse was tied, took off the long sword from the bag on the horse's back, walked to the millstone and brushed off the dust on it, then lifted up the hem of his clothes and sat on it.
The little flower dog ran over again and lay aside obediently.
Yu Ye put down his sword, crossed his knees, and calmed down. He took out a spiritual stone from his arms and pressed it into his palm.
This is the only spiritual stone he has. Although it is extremely precious, it must be put to the best use, otherwise it will lose its due value. In the following days, he will use this spiritual stone to fully improve his cultivation.
Yu Ye was running his skills secretly, silently absorbing the spiritual energy. While he was vomiting, he couldn't help but ponder the method of making the armor-breaking talisman.
I was busy for a few hours yesterday, and I used up all the talisman paper I bought, but I couldn't figure out why. And everything is difficult at the beginning, but there will always be a day when practice makes perfect. When you get to the next town, buy some more talisman papers and try again.
Before I knew it, the moon was in the middle of the sky.
In the dead of night, there was suddenly a faint sound of water in the distance.
The spotted dog lying on the ground suddenly jumped up and swooped towards the hay shed in front of the house and hid. The horse tied under the tree also seemed to be frightened, and became restless.
Yu Ye let out a breath and slowly opened his eyes.
Mo Can, Ji Yan, Pan Yuan and Yuan Jiu, who were still resting in front of the house, all woke up at this moment, but no one acted rashly, but looked around blankly with swords in their hands.
Yu Ye stretched out his legs and jumped down to the ground, grabbing the long sword...
