Hearing the noise coming from the carriage, Lin Manliu looked at the window of the carriage. But at this time, there was no little girl with braids on the other side of the window. The boy in a short shirt was about to ask questions when Ye Dangting coughed lightly before stopping the boy.
In the carriage, Taoist Shen Xiao was already lying in the carriage, soundly asleep. . .
"Have you been able to see clearly in the past two days?" Ye Dang said. Lin Manliu responded: "The Taoism of this mountain stone temple will backfire... That's what happened after Taoist Master Shen Xiao cast a stone to ask for directions..."
"Since you know, why bother asking? Besides...Doesn't Great Master Lin not believe in these teachings?" The old liar in yellow shirt said with a smile.
"That's not... what Taoist Master Shen Xiao said before, regarding the subsequent return to Hangzhou..." Lin Manliu explained awkwardly.
"Meeting an old friend again can turn a bad thing into a good thing... The latter is not what Master Lin cares about, right?" Ye Dangting watched the boy in a short shirt next to him explain like this, and turned his head to look at the boy riding a horse with an extremely playful smile.
As soon as these words came out, the boy in the short shirt was speechless. He could only pull Xiao Huang's reins and urge the little yellow horse under him to hurry up.
The figure in the yellow shirt also let out a proud sound, waved his hand, raised his whip, and continued to ride his horse towards the mountain road ahead.
. . . . . . Lin Manliu and Ye Dangting took Taoist Shen Xiaotao with them and soon entered Jiangning territory in just two days.
The carriage and the yellow horse walked side by side, trampling through the shallow grass in the fields, passing through the dense forests on both sides of the mountain road, and after passing several streams, a light appeared in the forest ahead.
Looks like an exit? As Ye Dang snorted, the carriage and the little yellow horse on its side accelerated together.
When they passed through the light, their vision suddenly became clearer, and they could see a city not far away.
Here we are, Jiangning Mansion. There was no more chirping of birds in the mountains and forests, and it became a little quiet for a while.
Taoist Shen Xiao, who had been sitting in the carriage before, seemed to have noticed the changes in his surroundings. Her head poked out from the window edge again, looking at the surrounding scenery, she smiled slightly, as if she was extremely satisfied with the scenery in front of her.
"Today, we should have arrived at the place where Director Shen Xiaodao said before, 'meeting the old friends again'!" Ye Dang said loudly.
Obviously, this was not said to Taoist Shen Xiaodao, but to Lin Manliu. The little girl with braids also looked at the boy in a short shirt who was riding a horse.
There were two people beside him, one was teasing and the other was staring attentively, which made Lin Manliu feel uncomfortable. For a moment, I couldn't think of any way to go back and forth with this old liar in yellow shirt.
"Anyway, we are just passing by... After purchasing supplies in the city, we will set off immediately and return to Hangzhou!" The boy in a short shirt said hesitantly.
"Well, it is true that returning to Hangzhou is extremely important, and we cannot allow Master Shen Xiaodao to follow us and delay for too long..." Ye Dangting answered immediately.
Lin Manliu knew that whatever he said now would be manipulated by this old liar, so he had no choice but to keep silent.
This place is dominated by Yanyang dignitaries and merchants. Compared with other states and counties, there are far fewer Jianghu traders in this place.
After entering Jiangning, the appearance and attire of the three people inevitably made others suspicious. Under Ye Dangting's suggestion, he had to find an inn to stay and change his weapons.
"It's been a bumpy road, but later...I will be in the inn, taking care of the weapons and these utensils, while Priest Shen and the little liar wander around!" The figure in yellow clothes was lying leisurely on the couch. , and gave his thoughts to the boy in short shirt and the little girl with braids.
"Okay..." Lin Manliu glanced at the leisurely and contented Ye Dangting with disdain. However, he understood his intention in his heart, and he believed in Shanshi Guan's method of asking for directions more firmly than himself.
So among the eight characters, the first four characters
"Meeting old friends again", for Lin Manliu, purchasing an artifact in Jiangning City this time is an opportunity.
From the moment Ye Dang heard the instructions and followed Lin Manliu out of the inn, Taoist Shen didn't say a word.
It seems that she is just silently accepting the arrangement of the two people, but her inaction is not confirming her own
The method of “throwing stones to ask for directions”.
"Today's Jiang Ning and his party still have to thank Taoist Shen Xiao!" Lin Manliu saw that the little girl with braids beside him had been speechless and kept talking to himself.
Director Shen Xiaodao clasped her hands behind her back and looked casually on the street. After listening to the young man's words, she also answered.
"Hey... Don't worry, even if I don't meet you two, I think Master Ye Er will let you stay in Jiangning for a while..." The boy in a short shirt hummed, and we walked together. Go to the market.
Lin Manliu only wandered through one or two streets in the city and discovered that Jiangning City was indeed the gathering place for Yanyang's powerful people and their merchants.
All the jewelry and gold ornaments are sold in the streets, and people on both sides are shouting and doing business. They are either restaurants or elegant places for literati.
It is different from all the counties that Lin Manliu has visited before. . . But it could also be that the boy in the short shirt was just rushing along and didn't go around the prosperous places in the counties.
Previously, the little girl with braids admired the candied haws sold by a vendor on the street. Lin Manliu had the idea not to neglect the noble man in front of him.
He had no choice but to take out the money from his already withered purse and buy candied haws for this Taoist Master Shen.
The little girl waved two bunches of candied haws in her hands. She almost jumped up with joy. She circled in front of the boy in a short shirt and finally stopped in front of him, smiling.
Looking at it, Taoist Shen is actually not older than him, maybe a little younger. However, when talking to the old liar in yellow shirt, they mentioned some matters concerning the future direction. The words between the two of them were always mysterious, which made Lin Manliu a little unpredictable.
But now it seems that she is just a little girl after all. . . Chief Shen Xiaodao seemed to have noticed Lin Manliu's silence. He tilted his head towards the young man and said, "What's wrong?"
"Uh... Nothing's wrong. Just eat, Mr. Shen Xiaodao," the boy in a short shirt said immediately. The little girl with braids looked at Lin Manliu's reply and sighed, then looked at the two bunches of candied haws in her hands, one on the left and one on the right.
After comparing again and again, he handed the smaller bunch to the boy in front of him.
"Give!"
"ah?"
"Do you think it tastes too small?"
"No..." said the boy in a short shirt, awkwardly taking the bunch of smaller candied haws from the little girl's hand.
Seeing Lin Manliu's shy look, Taoist Shen couldn't bear it any longer, and started beating his lower abdomen with his free hand.
The whole person burst into laughter in front of the boy in short shirt. Lin Manliu, who was just about to bite a hawthorn into his mouth, looked at the scene in front of him and immediately put the candied haws back.
The young man hesitated and said: "It's so... so funny..."
"Hey, forget it, I won't tease you anymore!" the little girl with braids laughed out loud, and after finishing speaking, she took a bite of the hawthorn ball on the candied haws.
Then the sound of chewing came from its mouth, along with a little laughter. Lin Manliu followed the little girl, looked at the bouncing figure in front of him, bit off a hawthorn and put it into his mouth.
This bunch of candied haws are small, but not sour when put into the mouth. The light sweetness is wrapped in the sugar coating, leaving an endless aftertaste in the young man's mouth.
very delicious. . . The little girl with braids in front of her had already walked forward, passed a street and alley, and was about to walk to the right.
But just as she was about to turn the corner, for some unknown reason, Master Shen turned his head and looked at the young man in a short shirt behind him.
He found that Lin Manliu was just following him silently. . . The little girl with braids snorted, stepped back, and then walked straight in front of the young man.
Lin Manliu was a little confused by this move, wondering what the meaning of the little girl in front of him was.
"What's wrong with Master Shen? Is there anything I need to buy?" the boy in a short shirt asked.
As the little girl sighed, she directly grabbed the boy's clothes and looked to the right side of the street.
Lin Manliu looked in the direction where he was being pulled. Directly in front were some vendors selling pearls and jade. There was nothing strange about them, but when the young man looked at the shop behind him.
. . A storefront that was different from the previous restaurants and teahouses appeared. There was no plaque, no gorgeous decoration, just a half-open side door.
Outside the side door, there is a small sign with three words written on it.
"Yue Ji Zhai". . . Lin Manliu couldn't believe it, and immediately turned to look at the little girl with braids beside him.
Priest Shen Xiaodao looked at the young man in a short shirt next to him and hummed twice, as if to tell the young man that this was true!
The young man in a short shirt nodded, walked through the hawker stall selling pearls and jade, and walked in the direction of Yue Ji Zhai.
Lin Manliu knocked twice on the half-open side door with his hand. Then, a slightly old and tired voice came from inside the house: "Come in..." It was a familiar voice.
. . It was the old woman that the boy in short shirt met in Juzhou City! Lin Manliu pushed the door open and saw a familiar face behind the counter. Sure enough, it was the old woman who sold her the golden milk cake in Juzhou City.
. . The light in the room was a little dim, and the old woman seemed not to be able to see the young man clearly. He was murmuring the familiar words of the young man: "The pastries in the store... only a few words to mention... there are no good-looking snacks... let's just have a look..."
"Mother-in-law, it's me..." the boy in a short shirt said. The woman who was still speaking tremblingly seemed to recognize the young man's voice and raised her eyes to look at Lin Manliu by the door.
For a moment, neither of them spoke. Lin Manliu thought in his heart that he would meet his old friend again. .
. Although he is not the person he originally expected, he is still the person he saw when he first started traveling. Now we meet again, which is a blessing.
. .
"I am really lucky to see my mother-in-law again in Jiangning today!"
