Chapter 3 Changhe City

After leaving Xiaochi Town, Zhang Xiaofan, Baguio and Stone walked eastward. After flying for a distance, they fell to the ground.

Stone first asked Zhang Xiaofan, "Brother Zhang, where are you going next?"

Zhang Xiaofan pondered for a moment and said, "Since Sister Yan Hong of the Incense Valley has said that my master is going to Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, I will also go to see them. What about you?"

Stone thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go too!" Anyway, the master asked me to travel around the world and practice Taoism to accumulate good deeds. This time, I happened to hear that the remnants of the demon religion are going to make waves again, so I'll do my best.

"Humph!" Suddenly, there was a sneer next to him, but Baguio snorted and said coldly, "Good ambition, so decent, but don't subdue the demons at that time, but be subdued by those demon remnants."

Shitou was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment. He turned his head to Zhang Xiaofan and looked at Zhang Xiaofan's embarrassed face. He looked at Baguio, but he was also speechless like Stone.

Baguio sneered and said, "What do you think I do?"

Zhang Xiaofan and Shitou looked at each other, but Zhang Xiaofan was better. After all, he had been with Baguio for a period of time. He knew more or less about her temper, and he knew Baguio's identity in his heart, and he didn't care much about it.

But a man with a rough and straightforward stone was suddenly said a few words by Baguio inexplicably at this moment. He was depressed, but he was embarrassed to be angry with this beautiful and delicate girl, so he had to be bored in his heart. I thought that Master warned many times before going out that he must stay away from women. He said that the most unreasonable thing in the world is women, especially beautiful young and beautiful women. When I saw him today, it was true that Master was really wise.

Zhang Xiaofan took a look at the stone and saw that he was stunned and distracted. Without saying a word, he felt a little sorry. How did he know that this guy sighed in his heart. He talked about the women in the world and praised his master's wisdom and wisdom. He thought that the stone was robbed by Baguio and was sulking.

He turned his head and looked at Baguio. Seeing that she was still cold, he sighed and said, "Where are you going?"

Buio looked at him, snorted and said, "I want you to take care of it!"

Zhang Xiaofan was choked back by her. He couldn't speak, but he was not too angry. After all, if he went to the East China Sea, he would almost be the enemy of her, and it was normal for her to be angry. Just at this time, Stone walked behind Zhang Xiaofan, his eyes were full of sympathy, and he reached out and patted him gently on the shoulder, as if I understood you.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at his appearance and opened his mouth wide, but he still couldn't say a word for a long time. He just felt that this scene was really embarrassing. He couldn't say it. It was really depressing.

At the end of that day, Zhang Xiaofan and Shitou still didn't ask where Baguio was going. In fact, after the two of them were said a few words by Baguio, they didn't dare to ask again. Anyway, they went east, but Baguio walked in front of them.

Along the way, she was not in a good mood. She kept talking coldly. Later, Zhang Xiaofan and Stone were a little afraid of her. The two were chatting happily. As soon as they saw Biyao in a blink of an eye, they immediately became silent, either lowering their voices, or temporarily shutting down.

After walking like this for two days, the three of them walked east and came to a big city called "Changhe City".

When they walked to the city, Shitou and Zhang Xiaofan inquired separately. It turned out that Changhe City was already a large-scale city closest to the East China Sea. Four hundred miles east from here, it is the coast of the East China Sea.

The three of them walked in Changhe City and saw the people's houses in the East China Sea, and the people's clothes were almost the same as the Central Plains. This place is originally an important place in the East China Sea. Most of the merchants and travelers rest here for trade. However, for a period of time, there have been many more practitioners in the city. Even now, when they walk on the street, they also see many people walking around in different school clothes. I don't know if they also want to go to Liubo Mountain?

Zhang Xiaofan and Shitou thought for a while, so they planned to find a small inn here for one night. Tomorrow morning, they will set out for Liubo Mountain. The two of them talked and looked at Baguio standing aside in a blink of an eye. In fact, when the two of them spoke just now, their voices were deliberately enlarged. It was expected that Biyao stood next to them, and naturally she could hear it clearly.

Unexpectedly, Biyao stood there with a blank face, looking at the pedestrians on the street as if she didn't know anything, and there was no reaction at all. In desperation, Zhang Xiaofan had to harden his scalp, stepped forward and asked, "Miss Baguio, do you think this is good?"

When Baguio moved, she seemed to be shocked, and her eyes were taken back from the distance of the street.

Seeing that she frowned slightly and moaned, he didn't seem to deliberately snub himself, but seemed to see something doubtful. He couldn't help saying, "What's wrong?"

Biyao's eyes fluttered and looked into the distance. Zhang Xiaofan followed her eyes and saw that there were pedestrians coming and going on the street. Among them, there were also many people in strange clothes. They thought they were all figures in the cultivation of the truth, but she didn't know what she was looking at.

Baguio was silent for a moment, turned his head and said, "What are you asking me?"

Zhang Xiaofan immediately carefully told her about going to the inn to stay in the inn for one night. Seeing that Baguio did not answer, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Stone still standing in the distance, so he lowered his voice and said, "What are you going to do next? You can't meet my master with me! I think there are many righteous people in Changhe City. If your identity is exposed, it will be dangerous!"

Baguio glanced at him and suddenly said, "Are you worried about my safety, or are you afraid that I will implict you?"

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned and looked up at Biyao. He saw her bright eyes like water, staring at himself. In the depths of his heart, he suddenly jumped.

Baguio suddenly smiled and turned around and walked away. The stone came over in the distance, looked at Baguio, and said to Zhang Xiaofan, "How's it going? What did Miss Baguio say?

Before Zhang Xiaofan answered, Biyao had already turned her head in front of her, showing a rare smile on her face in the past few days and said, "Didn't you say you want to stay in the store? Why don't you leave?"

Zhang Xiaofan and Stone were both stunned and then looked at each other. With admiration on Stone's face, he secretly gave Zhang Xiaofan a thumbs up and said, "Brother Zhang, you really have the ability to make this young lady happy in a few words!"

Zhang Xiaofan was inexplicably praised by the stone. He wanted to distinguish, but he didn't know where to start. He had to follow Biyao silently with the stone, but he had changed his mind: Is it really too deep to be involved with this demon woman?

According to the meaning of Zhang Xiaofan and Stone, they just need to find a small inn to stay for one night. Unexpectedly, as they walked, the two looked at Baguio and walked into an inn called "Haiyun Tower" without looking back, which was more than ten times more luxurious and generous than the "small inn" they imagined.

Zhang Xiaofan and the stone looked at each other, but when he saw Biyao go in, he had to follow him.

Along the way, Zhang Xiaofan whispered, "Brother Shi, do you have enough silver? I only have four taels of silver..."

As soon as he said this, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly lost his voice, but he remembered that even the only four taels of silver had been cheated by Zhou Yi, the Jianghu minister.

Stone didn't notice Zhang Xiaofan's face and said bitterly, "I'm better than you, but only a few more." After a pause, he whispered, "I think the decorations here should be at least three or forty taels..."

At this time, Baguio had already walked to the counter of the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper looked up with a smile on his face and said, "Girl, do you want to live in the store?"

"Bun", an ingot of small gold was thrown in front of the shopkeeper. It looked like it was worth at least one hundred and eighty taels of silver. The shopkeeper immediately smiled and even his eyes were round. He said in a pile of voices, "Girl, don't worry, our store is a century-old store. You can feel at home. Don't worry and go with satisfaction..."

Baguio interrupted him and said, "Give me a room. It should be clean."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "This is natural, this is natural."

Baguio looked back and said, "Find another house for the two people standing there!"

The shopkeeper took a look at Zhang Xiaofan and said to Baguio with a smile, "Then these two also want to..."

Baguio snorted and said, "Just give them a woodshed."

The shopkeeper is dumb.

Zhang Xiaofan and Shitou stood there, which was also ordinary dumb.

Finally, the shopkeeper greeted the man and entertained Baguio like a princess. As for Zhang Xiaofan and Stone, the shopkeeper still didn't dare to really arrange them to the woodshed, but he only arranged an ordinary room.

Zhang Xiaofan and Stone don't care much. After all, none of them are spoiled people. They just have a little more understanding of Biyao's temper.

After the three of them entered, the inn returned to calm again. Pedestrians on the street hurried to come and go. Seeing the vicissitudes in the sky, it was gradually dusk, but they walked into an old man and a young man. The old man held a cloth coat with the words "fairy guide" written on it. The little girl, who was less than ten years old, was holding a string of sugar-coated haws in her hand and was eating with relish.

It's Zhou Yixian and his granddaughter Xiaohuan.

Zhou Yixian looked around, and Xiaohuan was also looking at the environment here. Seeing the magnificent decoration here, he took a deep breath and whispered, "Grandpa, are you going the wrong way?"

Zhou Yixian was proud and said, "Do you think your grandfather has been useless for so many years?"

Xiao Huanqi said, "Isn't it?"

Zhou Yixian was suffocated by her question, stared at her and said, "Wait and see."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked around and saw the shopkeeper standing behind the counter in the corner to settle accounts. He pulled the small ring and walked over.

The shopkeeper felt that someone was coming forward, so he raised his head and was about to say hello. Suddenly, he was stunned with a surprised expression on his face.

Zhou Yixian smiled, and his whole body was like a crane bone fairy style. He said, "Mr. Wang, do you still remember me?"

The king's shopkeeper "ah" exclaimed and ran out from behind the counter. His face was extremely respectful, and his expression was even more surprised. He only stunned the small ring next to him. He just said, "Ouch! It's the old fairy! Why are you here? Alas! This, this, this has been missing for three decades! I miss you all the time!"

Zhou Yixian smiled slightly and had an excellent temperament. He reached out and gently brushed the dust on his clothes. He smiled faintly and said, "I'm not a layman. Over the years, I have traveled around the world, visited the fairyland of famous mountains, visited immortals, and absorbed the aura of heaven and earth. How can I

The small ring fell to the ground next to it.

But the shopkeeper Wang looked convinced. He nodded frequently and said, "Yes, yes, old immortal, of course, you are different from us laymen."

With that, he asked Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan to sit on a clean table and quickly called the guy to have the best tea.

Zhou Yixian looked around with a smile and said, "Look at this, your business should be good over the years!"

The shopkeeper Wang said respectfully, "Yes, I'm grateful for your old blessings."

Zhou Yixian coughed and said, "I came here this time and wanted to visit a Taoist friend in the East China Sea. I remembered that I still had a relationship with you in those years, so I came to have a look. Then I'll stay with you tonight!"

Manager Wang nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course, you must give face to the little one. I also plan to let my wife come to see you!"

Zhou Yixian smiled, put his hand into his arms and said, "How much silver taels does it cost for a night's accommodation..."

The shopkeeper Wang immediately shook his head and said, "Look at what you said, I can't even look forward to coming to me. How can I still accept your money?"

Zhou Yixian's hand was still in his arms, shaking his head and said, "Alas! Manager Wang, I know I meant a few words from you back then, but when you do business, I can't break the rules..."

The shopkeeper Wang was a little excited and said, "Old fairy, look at what's going on. If it hadn't been for your guidance and let me be here." Speaking of this, he suddenly looked around, then lowered his voice and said, "If you hadn't let me plant the God of Wealth Tree in the Dragon Cave of the East China Sea Ten years. If you come to the hotel, if I still collect your money, I will be struck by lightning!"

Zhou Yixian took out his hand with a smile and said, "In that case, I will be disrespectful."

Manager Wang nodded and then chatted a few more words. The man came over and said that the room had been arranged, and Manager Wang got up and sent the two Zhou Yixian in person. All the way to the back hall, I saw that the house was built strangely. It was three stories high, but it looked like a hexagon, and there was a large courtyard in the middle, all covered with bluestone slabs.

It may be a long time ago, and there are green grass in the crevices of the stone everywhere. Only in the center, there is a white birch tree alone, but the branches and leaves are withered and thin.

Manager Wang sent them to a secluded upper room on the third floor. After sitting with them for a while, he left knowingly. When he left, he said that he must come to invite the old immortals to have a big meal in the evening.

"Old Immortal" naturally shived in every way, saying that he had been Taoist for many years and had not been involved in the fireworks of the world for a long time. However, the shopkeeper Wang was very affectionate and sincere. In the end, the old fairy finally looked at his granddaughter's face and reluctantly agreed.

After the shopkeeper Wang left, Xiaohuan closed the door, and only Zhou Yixian and her were left in the room. Zhou Xian smiled and said, "How's it going?"

Xiaohuan asked, "Did you really want to pay him just now?" What if he really takes your money?

Zhou Xianzheng said awe-inspiringly, "What's that? I, Zhou Yixian, am a Taoist immortal. Do I care about that little thing outside my body?

Xiaohuan snorted and said, "Don't do this. Do you think I don't know? You have no money in your arms!"

Zhou Yixian was shocked and said, "What did you say?"

Xiaohuan said, "You have divided three parts of your money, one hidden in your belt, one in your boot tube, and one hidden in your "fairy guide" cloth. Do you think I don't know? You don't even have a penny in your arms.

Zhou Yixian was stunned for a moment, blushed and said, "You kid, how can you know everything?"

Xiaohuan stared at him and said, "What did you lie to him about 30 years ago?"

Zhou Yixian said angrily, "Nonsense, when did I lie to him?"

Xiaohuan snorted and said angrily, "Come on, the Dragon Cave in the East China Sea is the source of the huge sea and the spiritual realm of heaven and earth. It is definitely under the ethereal deep sea. How can it be in this secular world? You can only deceive such an honest person as the shopkeeper Wang.

Zhou Yixian smiled awkwardly, but then he sighed, which was quite a little cool.

Xiaohuan frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Yixian was silent for a moment and said, "Actually, this has something to do with your father."

Xiaohuan was surprised and said, "My father? Didn't he die twenty years ago?"

Zhou Yixian nodded and said, "Hirty years ago, I came to Changhe City with your father, who was still a teenager. Although he is young, like you, he is really talented in this skill. At that time, Shopkeeper Wang was just a clerk in an ordinary inn, but your father said that his face was quite good, his forehead was wide and flat, his face was not horned, and his eyes were big but no eyebrow hook. The Lord's life was peaceful, and he could make a fortune safely. Then..." Speaking of this, he smiled and said, "I found a time and secretly pointed him out, saying that as long as a white birch is planted on the dragon cave in the East China Sea, the word "fa" will definitely make a fortune. So..."

Xiaohuan continued, "So he did what you said, and he really made a fortune. He opened this big inn and his business was booming, so he thought he relied on you to guide him in those years, right?"

Zhou Yixian smiled.

Xiaohuan looked at him and said, "But I'm quite curious. Where did you tell him where the Donghai Dragon Cave is?"

Zhou Yixian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Come here." With that, he pulled her to the window, pointed down and said, "That's right."

Xiaohuan was shocked and looked down, but he saw that he was referring to the half-dead birch tree. He was surprised and said, "Is it here? Why does this tree look like it's going to die?

Zhou Yixian said, "Nonsense, if your tree is planted on a bluestone board, can you live well?"

The small ring is dumb.

Zhou Yixian looked at the sky leisurely and said, "It's so gloomy today. I'm afraid it's going to rain at night!"

The night is getting deeper and deeper, and it has been raining since the evening. When everything is quiet, there is still no intention to stop.

Baguio lived in the upper room on the third floor, but Zhang Xiaofan and Stone lived together on the lowest floor. After the rain, they felt that the air was a little wet.

Zhang Xiaofan tossed and turned, always unable to sleep, but one reason is also obvious.

The stone fell asleep, but the snoring sound of the thick and strong man actually matched his figure very well. It was not only earth-shaking, but also the shocking bed.

Zhang Xiaofan sighed, sat up, put on his clothes, sat in the dark for a while, then walked over to open the door and went out.

In the dark night, the courtyard where he is located seems to be deeply invisible.

I don't know where the faint light came from, bringing a faint light, so that he could see the faint shadow of the birch standing in the rain in the depths of the courtyard.

He looked up and looked at the sky.

Take a deep breath.

A cool and slightly cold and wet air poured into his chest. Although he stood in the corridor, the wind outside hit the fine rain on his face.

He turned around and closed the door and strolled along the circular corridor.

The night is late, the wind is roaring, and the rain is deep.

The raindrops falling from the sky hit the bluestones in the courtyard and splashed flowers.

Between the roof tiles above the corridor, the rainwater converges into a stream, fine wisps, gently flowing down, like a small waterfall. Along the way, it seems to be walking in a deep landscape cave.

It seems that once upon a time, in the memory of a teenager, there was such a thing--

Night!

In the unknown place in the dark, there is a low sigh!

The wind blew, "woo", and the rain all over the sky was so slanted.

Zhang Xiaofan's skirt was a few wet, but he didn't care about it at all. He just looked forward in astonishment.

In the wind and rain, someone stood silently under the tree in the rain, holding an umbrella, standing quietly.

The bright eyes were like water, and the eyes flowed, as if she heard something and felt something. The woman gently turned around.

The sky is silent, and the wind and rain are silent.

He and the woman looked silently and were speechless.

Wind and rain, still blowing, it's raining...