The father-in-law exempted Song You from paying for tea, and also gave Song You a hundred cash for carrying the letter, saying that after delivering it, his son would give him another two hundred cash.
A total of three hundred coins can be obtained.
The letter is usually delivered in two installments.
As for the letter, it was rolled up and put into a small bamboo tube. Song You casually inserted it into the quilt bag, and he also agreed with his father-in-law that he would travel slowly by himself, so don't think it was too late for him to give it to him. Late.
So Song You led the horse and set off again.
When I turned around and looked back, I saw the old man nodding and bending his head to ask a group of people in the world, as if he hadn't finished delivering the letter yet.
This is normal.
These days, if you ask someone to bring a letter, you will definitely not bring only one. If it is an important letter, it is normal to bring several letters for fear that it will not be delivered or that it will be delivered late.
"Long County of Xuzhou, north of Lingbo County, Ganzao Lane, Chenhan..."
Song You muttered.
There’s no need to remember it, it’s already written on the bamboo tube.
It's easy to find this address.
It's just that there are still hundreds of miles to go to Xuzhou. According to what my father-in-law told me, this Lingbo County is also extremely remote in Xuzhou and the roads are difficult to travel. No wonder so many merchants and people in the world don't go or pick them up.
Fortunately, Chen Han at least lives in the county town.
There is no map navigation these days. If the address for sending a letter is relatively remote, from one state to one county, then to another county, and the direction cannot be determined when arriving in the county, the messenger has to patiently ask for a direction. After finding a direction, he has to navigate through the complicated Looking for it on the small road, I don’t know how much effort, how much time, and how many wrong paths it will take along the way.
That's why this thin letter from home is worth thousands of dollars.
If you think about it carefully, today is already the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Based on previous years, I am afraid that the Taoist priests from Fuqing Palace are already on their way to Fulong Temple, right? If he had left early, Master might have seen his letter.
I wonder what she was thinking when she read the letter.
That old Kun Tao is lazy and sleepy. If he leaves by himself, he will probably be hungry for nine meals in three days, right?
"Taoist priest, what are you thinking about?"
The calico cat that ran ahead stopped and turned back to wait for him.
Song You smiled and followed slowly.
The bay red horse still followed silently behind him.
So we walked through mountains and rivers again, starting at sunrise and stopping at sunset. Occasionally, the mood struck, and we traveled all day and night. When I felt lazy and sleepy, I just found a comfortable place to lie down and take a nap in the sun. .
Taoist people are calm and their steps are always consistent.
The horse is honest, always silent and reliable.
The calico cat is the most lively, always swaying back and forth between people and horses. When I walked through the woods, I was a human. When I walked by the river, I became a cat. When I lay down with Song You for a lunch break, I was a cat. When I sat on the back of a horse, I laughed and patted the horse and told it to run. People always change like this.
I don’t know if it’s been seven days or eight days.
I saw green mountains in the distance, the ridge was flat, and there was a clear green and white line where it connected with the clouds. On this gentle curve of the ridge, you could see a man and a horse walking slowly from a distance. From this angle, the man and the horse seemed to be walking in the sky. I don't know where they came from or where they were going. For a moment, it seemed that there was only this man and the horse in the world.
This is actually not an official road, but the top of the mountain.
The official road is on the mountainside below.
It was Song You who climbed up on the spur of the moment. He couldn't find the way at first and spent a lot of effort.
The calico cat didn't quite understand this. He just thought it was nice to walk down there. There were trees to climb, bugs to catch, and many bird's nests on the trees. Not to mention it took a lot of effort to get up this mountain. It's a lot brighter up there than halfway up the mountain, and there's not that much fun. There's also grass taller than her, making it difficult to walk.
And then you have to bother climbing down.
Calico cats have a lot of questions, and they often ask why.
But she was just a cat. Since she was traveling with this Taoist priest, she had no choice but to follow him.
There is no other way.
It's sunset again.
As the calico cat transformed over time, it developed the magical power of exhaling on its own. It could exhale black smoke to obscure the field of vision, and it could exhale white smoke to make people sleep. This is a common magical power among fairies. However, since she has been following Song You, most of her would only exhale black smoke. He used his ability to change clothes when he transformed, and then transformed into a human form through the black smoke, and diligently picked up a lot of firewood.
It's cold at night, so I need to warm myself up by the fire.
The most comfortable thing is to warm yourself over the fire.
Song You was facing the west, sitting cross-legged without moving, not comprehending the aura of this landscape, but quietly watching the sun set in the west.
Enjoy the sunset and the glow.
He didn't turn around until dark.
I saw the Sanhua Empress piled a pile of firewood behind her, and the quilt was placed on the dry grass. The bay-red horse seemed to be particularly at ease, sitting on the ground, chewing the nearby hay, and squinting at the girl.
The girl squatted beside the firewood pile, very close to it.
"Huh...huh...
"Ahem!
"call……"
Song You saw that she wanted to use the fire-breathing method he taught her, and actually wanted to make a fire by herself, but after all her efforts, she only spit out a bunch of gray smoke, and occasionally made herself choke and cough.
"You almost did it..."
Song You whispered to her, but paused, narrowed his eyes slightly, smiled again, and continued: "But it's only a little bit close. If you work harder on the next bite, you will definitely make it!"
The girl raised her head and glanced at him. She believed what he said, so she felt confident and took a deep breath, even her chest swelled up.
"call!"
A cluster of bright yellow flames spit out from her mouth.
However, the fire she breathed out at this time was just ordinary fire and had no other magical properties. She spit a small mouthful at the pyre, which only set the pyre on fire. It was not enough to burn people, and it was far from being able to ignite it.
"Congratulations."
Song You smiled and said to the girl: "Empress Sanhua is extremely talented. In just a few months, she has already learned how to breathe fire."
The girl ignored him and concentrated on blowing out smoke.
The gray smoke was mixed with many sparks.
After a while, he turned around in disappointment.
"Can't burn..."
"It's already great."
"How long have you been studying Taoism before?"
"..."
"Why don't you speak?"
"Being able to spit out open fire means that Sanhua Empress has already walked on this path. Just learn more and practice more in the future. Remember, every time you cast a spell, you must be convinced of success."
"Then how long have you been studying before?"
"..."
"How long have you been studying Taoism before?"
"Two days."
Song You answered and stretched out his hand.
"Canopy!"
The firewood suddenly burst into flames.
The girl sat down on the ground and stared blankly at the fire in front of her without saying a word.
Song You borrowed the fire to bake two steamed cakes, which were similar to the steamed buns in his previous life. The things called steamed buns here actually had stuffing inside. In his previous life, they were often called steamed buns. I wanted to bake some dried meat for Sanhua Empress, but she said she didn't want to eat it right now, and she didn't want to eat dried meat. She said there were rats on the mountain, and when the rats came out at night, she would catch fresh ones to eat.
This kitten eats better than him——
It was only the beginning of spring, and the weather was still cold, but she already had no worries about food. Catching insects on the roadside, catching birds during the day, and catching mice at night were all her daily routine. If it hadn't been for the wrong season, she felt that she could have caught Song Song along the way. The food for you is also taken care of.
After dinner, it was getting cold. Song You found a flat place, burned it with fire, spread it on the wool felt given by Yu Zhizhou, covered it with a blanket and lay down.
Sanhua Empress lay with her beloved horse.
When I lay down and opened my eyes, I saw that the sky was full of stars, so dense that it seemed that the sky could no longer contain them, so they hung down to the earth along the night sky.
"Miss Sanhua, please look to the sky."
"Empress Sanhua is looking at the sky."
"The sky is full of stars."
"Saw."
"Does Sanhua Empress know? Every star in the sky is a world like ours, but some have people and some don't. Maybe when we look at the stars, there is someone on the stars looking up at us. look."
“Are there cats where there are people?”
"Most likely."
"What about a place without people?"
"Maybe."
Song You replied softly, his heart getting calmer and calmer.
Sanhua Empress has a kind of detached thinking. Whenever he talks to her, her answers or questions always make him feel very strange and make him feel particularly relaxed.
Song You asked in a low voice: "Are the stars pretty?"
"nice."
"There are many trees at the foot of the mountain, but we can't see the stars."
"You can see it from here."
"That's what we came up for."
"right."
Sanhua Empress raised her head and stared at the stars eagerly.
I just think the stars are so beautiful and sparkling.
She couldn't help but want to reach out and catch it.
And she really stretched out her hand, waving it in the air in front of her, moving and moving.
If you climb up to see the stars, although it is hard work and you can't climb trees to catch birds, it seems possible.
At this time, I heard the Taoist priest's voice again:
"Miss Sanhua."
"Well?"
If Empress Sanhua felt something, she suddenly put down her hand and turned her head.
The Taoist priest exhaled inexplicably:
"I didn't like this world before."
"Why?"
"There are many reasons."
"Why?"
"Because this world is backward and primitive. There are no brightly lit cities, no convenient transportation, and no wonderful network. You can't know the world without leaving home. You can't taste the delicacies of most regions in one city, and there are many meals. It’s not delicious. The city stinks during the day, there is feces everywhere, and most of the pedestrians’ clothes are dirty and tattered. At night, if you don’t have money to light candles, it’s pitch black. Even if you light candles, you can only walk in the dark. There is a big dim light in the center, and the world is the same, pitch black and dark. Apart from the magic of gods and ghosts and the natural scenery, I don’t know what’s so wonderful about it.”
"It's not dark at night! You can still catch mice and play!"
"Look, it's so difficult to send a letter."
"That's how hard it is to deliver a letter."
"It's also because this world is unfamiliar and ignorant. When I first came here, I had no friends and the world was ignorant. Even scholars and sages are trapped in this era. Most people either like to trample on others or are used to it. Being trampled on, or both, and a lot of the time I actually didn’t want to talk to them at all.”
Song You lay down and looked at the stars, but there was no arrogance on his face, only the same indifference as before.
Sanhua Empress told the truth this time:
"Can't understand."
Song You only smiled when he heard this.
This is exactly why he told her.
At some point, Empress Sanhua transformed into a cat again, crawled over from Song You's side, crawled over his body, and stepped on his upper body, tickling his upper body. Then she ran to the other side and touched his face with her little paws.
The paws were cold and had the texture of sand.
"Taoist priest, you are not happy."
"Can't talk about it."
"what is that."
"Just a little emotional."
"What do you say--"
"Um?"
"Do the stars also think we are pretty?"
"Maybe."
Sanhua Empress was healing him.
The stars in the sky couldn't fit in my eyes. The bonfire around me continued to burn with crackling sounds. Not far away, a bay-red horse lay down and gnawed grass. The chewing sound actually sounded very comfortable.
The sound of wind and whispers are all soothing.
Master once said that beneath his gentle and indifferent appearance, he hid his arrogance towards the whole world.
In fact, this is inevitable.
Song You never refuted and tried to restrain himself.
But that was already in the past. After arriving in this world, as time and age grew, he gradually figured it out.
Since it was destined to be difficult to go back in this life, he tried hard to integrate here, to open his heart to accept the world, to open his eyes to see and appreciate the other unique beauties of this world.
If you don’t know what’s wonderful about it, go find it. If you can't think of anything good about it, go see it.
Traveling down the mountain like this, seeing thousands of mountains and rivers, seeing things in the world and people, nothing else, he just hopes that this life can be more exciting and interesting, and live up to this life.
Fortunately again—
We have just started our journey and we have already gained a lot.
