"Look at them." Qin Keyuan suddenly motioned to Zhao Ning to look forward.
I saw Meng Congyi chatting happily with Deng Yi and his party. In just half a mile, the group of people laughed up and down several times. When they heard that Deng Yi was very knowledgeable about seeking Taoism and immortality, his eyes lit up even more, thinking Borrowing Deng Yi's Taoist book, he saw that Deng Yi's Taoist book, which he had almost torn through, had been stuffed in his arms like a treasure. At this moment, Deng Yi only hesitated for a moment and handed the Taoist book to Meng Congyi. .
Meng Congyi glanced twice, frowned slightly, and said to Deng Yi with a bitter face, "I obviously know these words, why are they so obscure and difficult to understand?"
Deng Yi deeply agreed, but at least he had studied it and asked Qin Keyuan for advice in the past few days. He understood it more or less, so he taught Meng Congyi word by word as his own teacher.
The guards next to them even thoughtfully held up parasols for them to prevent the sun's reflection from hurting their eyes while they were reading.
Zhao Ning saw the scene and couldn't help but sigh, "This Miss Meng is really lovable. I suddenly knew where my subtle feelings came from. She seems to have a natural charm that attracts people to be close and friendly."
At this moment, the convoy had almost reached the pass, which was guarded by dozens of soldiers.
Two soldiers in front of the pass, with their spears crossed, blocked their way and asked them to hand over the customs clearance certificate. This kind of thing is issued by the court or the government, indicating that their identities have been preliminarily verified and that they are not spies of other countries or harmful persons. people.
For Zhao Ning and the two of them, this thing can be fooled by just conjuring one. The convoy and the group went through formal procedures. Meng Congyi also took out a small book of customs clearance documents. Originally, they should have been allowed to pass. , who would have thought that this group of soldiers still made no move, but gave other soldiers a look to search the carriage.
It is reasonable to search the carriage. Who would have thought that one of the soldiers did not even lift the curtain of the carriage, but just stabbed it in randomly through the window or door. Fortunately, in order to clear the customs, there was no one in the carriage, so You won't be in any danger if you do it.
But the carriages at the back were all loaded with goods, including the Four Treasures of the Study and brocade fabrics, which were all the best of the best. How could they be dragged to Nanjing for sale if they were shot a few times?
Deng Yi hurriedly ran to the soldier and discussed it nicely, "My lord, there are loads of goods in the car behind, so we can't check like this."
"I don't care what kind of goods you are loading. If there are other people hiding in it, or even worse, there are thieves from Zhengyang Guan hiding in it, and you are allowed to escape like this, I can't bear the sin, so get out of the way!"
The soldier said that he was going to knock Deng Yi away, and he was about to stab the pile of goods with his spear, but he didn't want to hear a voice at this time, "Wait a minute."
It was Meng Congyi who spoke. Meng Congyi looked at the soldiers dissatisfied, "This is all Boss Deng's business capital. If you ruined it, who will they ask for explanation? There are not many cars here, so you are really afraid." If you omit it, you can't unload it and open it up to look at it. If you have so much time left, what will you do at the pass next time? Drinking and being lazy will do the trick."
The soldier was about to get angry when Meng Congyi blocked him, but when he saw her appearance, he opened his mouth and swallowed some rude words directly. Instead, he said, "There are many convoys waiting behind here. If one convoy is unloading and checking, It won’t end until tonight.”
Meng Congyi raised his eyebrows, "I don't care how you check them, but Boss Deng can't do whatever he wants."
She turned to look at the waiting convoy behind. Several convoy guards had come forward to inquire, but she felt some conflict in front and did not dare to go forward directly. She did not hear Meng Congyi agree with the soldiers. As he spoke, Meng Congyi shouted loudly to the guards, "Brothers of the guards, the goods in our caravan are precious and must be unpacked and inspected. Please forgive me for wasting everyone's time."
The guards didn't speak, but they looked a little relaxed. After a while, a car owner from the rear team smiled and crossed his arms in salute, saying hello, "Girl, you're welcome, the customs inspection is stricter." , the waiting is just a matter of waiting, take your time."
Meng Congyi raised the corner of his mouth, smiled and saluted him back, then turned around to look at the soldiers at the pass.
He probably heard that the car owner behind him didn't say anything, so he followed Meng Congyi's statement.
The group of people unloaded and inspected the goods like this for an hour or two before the convoy managed to pass the Yueshan Pass.
After leaving the customs, Deng Yi quickly crossed his hands and thanked Meng Congyi, "Thank you, Miss Meng." After saying this, he asked the accompanying guards to take out the best brocade from the goods and handed it to Meng Congyi, "This is my little brocade." I would like to ask Miss Meng to be my subordinate."
Meng Congyi was surprised and stretched out his hands to push away.
Zhao Ning and Qin Keyuan watched from the side and did not get involved. At this moment, Zhao Ning suddenly felt something, and his consciousness swept into the forest, and there was the aura of a demon spirit.
She didn't even think about it. At a place where the convoy and the rest of the team had stopped, she made a net of scattered stones, fallen leaves, branches, and other things on the ground to block the sudden monster beast.
It was a giant black python with a triangular head slightly larger than a human head. It was more than a foot wide and more than ten feet long.
There is a half-finger-long mark on the python's forehead, which is the sign of a second-level monster, comparable to the foundation-building stage.
But this giant python is even more flexible. It ran so fast. The moment it was about to hit the net, it twisted its body at a right angle, sideways around the net, and continued to rush towards it. Such a persistent attitude made Zhao Ning angry. Somewhat surprised.
He was about to use foreign objects to stop this unknown monster.
Qin Keyuan suddenly raised his hand and put it on Zhao Ning's shoulder. Zhao Ning looked confused and saw Qin Keyuan's eyes moved slightly, which meant there was no need to stop it.
Zhao Ning didn't understand what Qin Keyuan meant, but nothing could change her more than trusting Qin Keyuan.
She instantly withdrew her consciousness, and in less than three breaths, the black python had already suppressed the feeling of earth tremors and was approaching the range visible to the naked eye.
"Then...what is that?!" Someone among the accompanying guards saw the black python and was so shocked that he could hardly take out the weapon in his hand.
Deng Yi, who was backing off with Meng Congyi, turned his head and saw that the huge snake's head was already three feet above his head. The snake's letter was spitting out, and the forked tip seemed to be touching his hair.
"Ah-ahhhh!!!" Deng Yi screamed loudly, his head twitching and he leaned back.
"Boss Deng!" Meng Congyi was startled. The accompanying guards were divided into two sides. While helping Deng Yi, who was about to faint at any moment, he picked up the weapons in his hands to attack the black python.
But she didn't expect that at this moment, Meng Congyi rushed forward and hugged the black python, and the black python curled up and wrapped around half of her body.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, this is my friend." This sentence was said to the black python.
Zhao Ning's eyes moved back and forth between Hei Mang and Meng Congyi, as if thinking about something.
The aura of this black python demon spirit is wrapped in heavy water vapor. It should be an anaconda that has been practicing in the water for at least a hundred years.
The black python then slightly bent its front half and rubbed its triangular head against Meng Congyi.
Deng Yi and his party were stunned. Deng Yi pointed at the black python with his hand, "Miss Meng, this is yours... yours..."
He didn't say "your" for a long time, but Meng Congyi answered, "This is my family, my companions. Didn't you just ask me who I was with? That's it."
Deng Yi swallowed. He never expected that the companion Meng Congyi mentioned was not a human being, but a huge black python.
No matter how friendly he was to Meng Congyi, he couldn't accept walking with a giant python.
"Miss Meng, I'm scared for half my life. You... why don't you go to Nanjing by yourself?"
Meng Congyi was a little disappointed, and patted the black python to let it go. She stepped forward and said, "Okay," and then said, "Congyi also thanked Boss Deng for accompanying me for this period of time."
"No, no, no." Deng Yi waved his hand, feeling a little guilty and a little scared, and stuffed the package wrapped in fine brocade into Meng Congyi's arms, "Deng is just a little timid."
Meng Congyi chuckled, joked a few words, and then looked at Zhao Ning. She came over with some embarrassment, "Sorry, Sister Lin, ah no, you look similar to me. I don't know how to call you. Maybe before The enthusiasm frightened Sister Lin. But I am definitely not lying when I say that I seem to have known each other like Sister Lin. If we are destined to meet each other next time, Sister Lin will take it for the sake of reunion and let us have a good chat. "
Before Zhao Ning could say anything, the black python swam over, its big head stretched out, and Snake Xin probed towards Zhao Ning.
Meng Congyi grabbed the black python's snake letter with a bit of strength and pulled the black python's head back, "Dahei, don't scare Sister Lin."
But she said like Zhao Ning, "Sister Lin, even Dahei felt that Sister Lin seemed familiar. I'll go then, see you soon, Sister Lin."
Zhao Ning smiled and said, "Where are you going, Miss Meng? Why do we have to know each other before we meet? It's impossible to say that we are traveling together."
Meng Congyi's eyes lit up, and he saw Zhao Ning crossing his arms and saluting Deng Yi, "We have been together for three days, and Boss Deng has taken great care of us. But we will eventually part ways when we meet. It's time to say goodbye to Boss Deng, too. I wish Boss Deng a prosperous business."
There seems to be a mark that has entered Deng Yi's fate.
Deng Yi probably understood that they had another conversation with Meng Congyi, so he said no more, thanked Zhao Ning for his blessing, and waved the group away.
Zhao Ning raised her eyes to look at Qin Keyuan, but it was too late to ask Master Qin's opinion about such an arrangement.
Qin Keyuan brought the carriage and only said, "Get in the carriage."
Zhao Ning's eyebrows curved and she turned to look at Meng Congyi. She raised her hand to invite Meng Congyi into the carriage.
Meng Congyi was quite happy and jumped into the carriage. Zhao Ning also followed in. Qin Keyuan sat outside the carriage and acted as the driver. As the carriage moved forward, the black python twisted at its heels.
Meng Congyi opened the curtain and glanced at the brown horse pulling the cart, and said curiously, "Brother Lin, your horse is more courageous than Boss Deng. Dahei is following behind, and his legs and feet are not trembling at all."
Of course it won't shake, because this is not a carriage at all. Qin Keyuan used a carriage to get from the horse to the carriage.
Qin Keyuan did not answer her surprise and asked, "Where is Miss Meng going?"
"I'm going to Nan County, where are you?"
Zhao Ning took over, "So are we."
Meng Congyi sat up straight and smiled, "Look, Sister Lin, I knew we were destined. We must have met somewhere. Oh, by the way, I haven't asked Sister Lin about her birthday yet. I don't know how to call her sister yet." It’s not the right name. I was born in October of the Jiaxu year.”
Zhao Ning shook her head, "I don't know the date of birth, but I'm probably the same age as Miss Meng. Just call Miss Meng whatever you want."
"Even Brother Lin doesn't know about it?" Meng Congyi said in surprise, but it was easy to ask about this matter in detail. He just felt that the Lin family brothers and sisters must be dependent on each other, and they can't even remember their age. "Sister Lin, don't be sad, I am too I have no family or parents, but I have been with Dahei since I was a child, and I also have some friends.”
Zhao Ning pretended to be curious and looked at the black python following the carriage, "Miss Meng's experience is also magical. I wonder if you can share it."
"It's nothing." Meng Congyi didn't care. "It seems that I was thrown into the river when I was a child, and then I was rescued by Dahei and sent back to the village. However, Dahei often came to take care of me and waited for me to return. When I get older, I will leave the village by myself, go out for a walk, and make more friends."
She was full of happiness when she talked about this, and she also said to Zhao Ning, "When you get to the border of Nanjun, I will take you to meet my friends."
Zhao Ning's face was calm, but her heart was in turmoil. Meng Congyi's introduction was just a few words, but the saying "she was thrown into the river when she was a child and was rescued by a black python" was so familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere.
She couldn't help but tilt her head to look at the curtain, looking at Qin Keyuan through the curtain.
"Sister Lin?" Seeing that Zhao Ning did not answer her words and seemed to be a little distracted, Meng Congyi shouted strangely, and then followed Zhao Ning's gaze and said, "Oh, Sister Lin is worried about Brother Lin. The eldest brother does not look very well, if I don't call the eldest brother Lin in, I might catch a cold from the wind."
Zhao Ning came back to her senses and called out "brother" as she was told.
The curtain swayed slightly, and Qin Keyuan opened a gap. His expression was as usual, but his voice was lower, "It's okay, you can chat."
The curtain was lowered again, Meng Congyi was quite talkative and talked a lot along the way.
Zhao Ning was used to being silent, but this time he started to talk a lot, and therefore he found out a lot of things from Meng Congyi's words.
For example, Meng Congyi lived in Linglang Village in Wuming Country and was picked up by the village.
Another example is that Linglang Village also has a tradition of offering sacrifices to the Dragon King. Meng Congyi was thrown into the river because of the sacrifice, and there was also a baby sacrificed with her.
Another example is that Meng Congyi remembered very early, and she had some memories about the sacrifice. Even if it was a bit vague, the black python also told her a lot, which made her still feel grudge and leave the man who actually took good care of her. village.
Zhao Ning vaguely seemed to know something about himself.
She remembered what Qin Keyuan told her that day.
"...When one day, you suddenly feel that your destiny is involved, that may be the family in your memory."
Although Meng Congyi is not a member of Zhao Ning's family, their fates may have intersected when they were very young.
For example, the two children who were sacrificed.
After a few days of swaying the carriage like this, they entered the pass of Nanjing Kingdom and arrived at a small town on the edge of Nanjun's jurisdiction.
Before entering the town, I saw several people waiting outside the town entrance, accompanied by many servants. Looking at the battle and the bright yellow luxury carriage, 80% of the people in this group were relatives of the emperor.
When the carriage stopped, Meng Congyi opened the curtain, looked up, and was filled with surprise. He jumped out of the carriage and trotted away.
"Brother Wenxuan, Brother Hong, Brother You!" she shouted to several people, whose faces were filled with joy.
However, another cough was heard from behind a few people, and a handsome man in a brocade robe came out. Meng Congyi smiled like a flower, "Brother, the third prince!"
The third prince raised his hand and pinched her cheek, "Did you go crazy in the Dayue Kingdom, or were you hiding in the Wuming Kingdom? You haven't come to Nanjing for how long. And you haven't even sent a letter. , if I hadn’t gotten the news from the pass this time, I happened to be in Nanjun with Second Young Master Tai, but we wouldn’t have been able to stop you.”
"The third prince is not here, so You Jing and I can take good care of Cong Yi." A man dressed in black clothes as a knight-errant came out with a sword in his arms and stared at the third prince coldly.
"How can your Jianghu Zhuangzi compare to the Royal Palace?"
Seeing that these people were about to argue, Meng Congyi squeezed into the middle of the group and forcibly changed the topic, "I made a new friend, and we hit it off immediately. I'll introduce her to you."
The Xuanyi knight asked, "Could it be that you provoked this man from somewhere?"
"Oops! Brother Hong, what nonsense are you talking about!" Meng Congyi glared at him, then trotted back to the carriage and said to Zhao Ning, "Sister Lin, let me introduce you to my friend."
Zhao Ning was not surprised by Meng Congyi's sudden appearance of four friends with great connections.
