Adopt this koi

One of the people wearing a black cloak lifted the cloak, and the tense atmosphere disappeared with the cloak lifted by that person.

"I knew it was you when I saw it. How did you come here? It's been a few days to visit Nanliang." Meng Jiang took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and ate them. Inside the tube, he also took out the paper tube rolled into the shape of a cone from his pocket.

Qin Heyi took his eyes away from the hand holding the melon seeds, "Are you sure you want to tell us how we got here?"

"Oh, those who came with me know where I come from. But the gate of the post station is indeed not a place to talk, let's go in first and then talk."

"can."

The post station is not an inn, and there is no enthusiastic waiter who comes to entertain people. Only the hunchback and deaf Yicheng slowly walks over and says loudly to the people who come in: "There is no place to live, you can just find a place to live. Let's do it."

The post station is on the east side of the official road, and the gate faces west. Open the door and enter. There are already many people crowded in the small post station. There are not enough tables, chairs and benches, so they sit directly on the ground.Surrounding the small fire in the east is the largest group, which are fifteen or sixteen "secret workers" and "prisoners" who are about to be sent to the prefect of Nanping.

As soon as Lin Ze came in, he saw three of them sitting in a corner. The thin clothes couldn't keep them warm, and the three of them shivered from the cold even when they were squeezed together.The young and strong brother guarded the professor who was over fifty years old. The black-framed glasses on the professor's face were broken on one side, and he limped on one leg and barely hung on his face.The guide, Uncle Zhang, was the tallest and strongest of the three. He hadn’t shaved for a few days, and his face was covered with thick black beard. The others huddled together better than the three of them, and they couldn't squeeze in no matter what.

Uncle Zhang cursed, and sat unwillingly in his seat, staring blankly at the fire with big eyes, and only he knew what was going on in his heart.

Sitting on the table next to the "prisoner" were three big and three rough officials. The officials were drinking wine and punching. On the table was a large bowl of meat and a plate of big steamed buns. The big gray steamed buns were cut and stuffed inside. Serve a few slices of meat, open your mouth wide and take a big mouthful, swallow it and drink a small sip of wine, the spicy shochu flows from the mouth to the stomach, a line of hot and spicy.

The officials still had big sticks in their hands. The sticks were covered with black and red blood, and the original color of the sticks was completely covered.

Lin Ze stepped out excitedly, but was held back by Qin Heyi. Qin Heyi shook his head towards Lin Ze, and the three of them calmly walked to the middle of the station under the eyes of everyone in the room. sat down at the table.On the left are officials and "prisoners", on the right are businessmen and coachmen, and in the middle sit the three of Qin Heyi and the others. As for the upstairs, there are several small rooms with lights on but no one comes out. who is it.

Meng Jiang also came over, waved Tong Xiu and Qin Heyi to sit together, and sat down next to Lin Ze, calling for the other four to sit down, and called Yicheng to serve some hot dishes.

"Ah? Going to sleep, there is no room! Just sit here, the sky will soon be bright." Yicheng spoke with a loud voice, almost shouting.

"It's for food. I want hot food and rice." Meng Jiang also raised his voice and shouted.

"Oh, what to drink, there's no more wine, I'll give it to Master Guan and Master Shang."

Meng Jiang was doing the action of grilling rice, "Eat, it's hot."

"Eating, the young people don't make it clear. There are only noodles. I will give each of you a bowl of noodles. Put two slices of braised pork made by my old lady in it, so that you can burn your mouth and fill your stomach."

"The three of us have already eaten, so you don't need to make it for us." Qin Heyi said to Yi Cheng in a loud voice.

When Meng Jiang said it, Yi Cheng couldn't hear it, but when Qin He Yi said it, he understood it. "How nice this young man is, he speaks clearly." Yicheng blamed Meng Jiang for being unclear at a young age. He walked to the kitchen with his hands behind his back and his back bent, and stood at the door of the kitchen and shouted loudly. Instructed inside, "Old woman, the five bowls of noodles are all young men, so I want a large portion."

"Got it, old man." A slow voice from inside answered.

Meng Jiang didn't put on his hood when he came in, revealing his clean forehead with nothing on it.

Qin Heyi and Tong Xiu also lifted their hoods, and casually set up a barrier between the four of them. No matter what they said or did inside, they couldn't see or hear them outside.

There is Lin Ze between Qin Heyi and Meng Jiang, and the enchantment is not a plasticine that can be pinched at will. The magic circle can only frame Lin Ze together, but Lin Ze has no idea, wearing a hood is not Stopping and looking back, I can't wait to rescue the brother and the professor immediately, and then leave this ghost place immediately.

Meng Jiang threw away the melon seed shell, and said to Qin Heyi, "It's easy to talk now, tell me, why are you here?"

Qin Heyi pointed at Lin Ze, "When the Daqingshan earthquake happened, the student research team formed by City B and Gucheng University was nearby. Now that we know about it, we must not just ignore it. We found them in a cave. , but there are three people missing, just the few over there." Pointing to the three people in the corner of the "Prisoner", "the professor who leads the team, the guide, and a student."

"Why are there three missing, and me, there are four missing." Lin Ze retorted in a low voice.

Tong Xiu took out the ice cubes from the small river in Liushu Village from his pocket, put them on the table, and said with a smile, "You are obviously an exception."

Lin Ze scratched his head, not understanding what Qin Heyi and the others were talking about.

"He's Lin Ze. Mr. Meng doesn't know if he has any impression. He is the lead singer of a college student singing group signed by MJ."

Meng Jiang stroked his chin and looked at Lin Ze, "Really." Stupid, does he want to reconsider, "There is a chance to meet other members of your group."

"Lin Ze, this is your boss, the boss of MJ Company, you can flatter me first, haha." Tong Xiu gave Lin Ze some crooked ideas.

Lin Ze stared at Meng Jiang dumbfounded. The man who likes to eat sunflower seeds turned out to be the boss of MJ Company. If he wants to go through the back door, should he give me a gift box of sunflower seeds?

"Xiaotong and I saw that three and a half were missing, so we went straight to the depths of the cave to find it. There was a strange smell in the cave, and we came here before we knew it." Qin Heyi counted Lin Ze this time. "Mr. Meng, how did you get here?"

"I have been coming here for a while at night recently to help my old friends solve some things. You should have noticed that the people here all have tentacles and call themselves people from the Nanke Kingdom. Liang people, Huangliang people don’t have tentacles on their heads, but they have wings on their backs. Those who came with me are Huangliang people. Their wings will fall off in half a year according to the growth cycle of each person. It's easy to come to Nanke country." Meng Jiang pressed his finger on a piece of melon seed shell, and talked about why he came to Nanke, Huangliang, and was with people from Huangliang country. "It's a long story, and I can't explain everything after a few days and nights. In short, when I was traveling in my early years, I strayed into the small world of Sumeru. According to the calculation method here, it was more than 1000 years ago. If it is according to our method, it would be It happened more than 100 years ago. At that time, Huangliang and Nanke were still a complete country, named Nanliang Kingdom, where earth-walking humans and flying humans coexisted peacefully. But later, for some reason, the conflict between the two races became more and more serious. , split into two countries according to their respective racial characteristics..."

"My good friend is the last emperor of the Nanliang Kingdom. After his death, his blood was scattered. When he was in power, the conflicts in the Nanliang Kingdom were urgent. He asked me to take care of his children jokingly, and I agreed. It's a pity to say goodbye. It turned out to be a farewell, since I promised to take care of his children, of course I have to keep my promise, and I came here recently to find his descendant blood."

"Come here to confirm that the descendants of the emperor's blood are here?"

"Yes." Meng Jiang looked at Qin Heyi and Tong Xiu, and suddenly smiled, "Seeing you two, I suddenly feel lucky, maybe I can find someone in the post."

"Then you can really borrow our luck." Qin Heyi smiled mysteriously and said meaningfully.

Before Meng Jiang could figure it out, Qin Heyi suddenly picked up the ice cube that Tong Xiu had put on the table. The hard, iron-like ice cube that was as big as his fist cracked into three pieces with a light squeeze. He flew out of the barrier and landed in the arms of Senior Brother Lin Ze and the others.

The three of them suddenly saw the ice cubes falling into their pockets and looked up at the roof in surprise. There was no hole in it, so why did the ice cubes fall into their pockets.Brother Lin Ze held the ice cube and was about to throw it away, but his expression suddenly changed. He stared at the ice cube for careful confirmation, and then whispered something in the professor's ear. His expression changed when he picked up the ice, and he said a few words to the guide Uncle Zhang with a strange expression. The guide uncle obviously found out a long time ago. Nodding desperately in a whisper.

The three of them were warmed up, and in order not to attract attention, they quietly retreated into the corner again, leaned together and closed their eyes to rest.

Qin Heyi withdrew his gaze, "When everyone else has rested, we will take people away. Mr. Meng, what is the way to leave Xumi's small world?"

"How long have you been here?" Meng Jiang didn't answer directly, but asked a seemingly insignificant question.

"From noon to now, it's not even a day."

"It's not long, it's only about an hour outside, and I'll be jet-lagged after I go back, haha." Meng Jiang made a joke that he thought was very funny, but the other three people present were indifferent, and no one laughed. .Meng Jiang shrugged, "Well, you really don't have any sense of humor. Did you find anything special here?"

"Water." Qin Heyi said sharply.

Meng Jiang raised his eyebrows, "It seems that you have learned a lot in just a few hours here. It's true, the ice cubes thrown out just now are different. There are many ways to create the small world of Xumi. Each is different. It may be caused by a single incentive, or it may have a very complicated reason. A paper can have thousands of pages. I won’t go into details. I’m not here to give you a class. It is a tree that grows in the water. There are related stories in their myths and legends. People living on the tree grow wings and can fly; Keep balance on the water surface. As you probably guessed, the way to get out of here is water. There are small rivers in villages that must be fetched for water, and wells in towns for water. Find a suitable one and jump in directly. You can swim all the way to We're there."

"That's it?!" Tong Xiu felt incredible.

"Isn't it very simple, but not everyone can try it, like ordinary people like this." Pointing to Lin Ze, Meng Jiang said: "It is impossible to swim more than 100 meters underwater, water pressure, oxygen, temperature, etc. If you can't adapt to the slightest thing, you can only burp. So when ordinary people come here, they should prepare to live a lifetime, and they should travel to other places."

Lin Ze turned pale with fright, "Me, my parents, grandparents... all relatives are waiting for me to go home, I can't travel through. It's not the protagonist's life, and I don't want to be a stepping stone for the protagonist, becoming cannon fodder .”

"Don't worry, young man." Meng Jiang rarely comforted Lin Ze with kindness, "With Qin Heyi and the others around, you can still go out. Or don't go out, and make contributions here with me, and I will let you have the merits of being a dragon." .”

Lin Ze shook his head like a rattle, "No, no, I want to go home."

"It's a pity." Meng Jiang spread his hands, "I'm quite lonely here alone, you can accompany me."

"Hehe." Lin Ze laughed dryly twice.

It happened that the wife of the post station had finished the noodles, and there were thick noodles in the big stoneware bowl. The old post chief was holding three bowls of noodles, followed by a child holding two bowls.Thick noodles are covered with a poached egg, a few slices of meat, and a few green vegetable leaves that are rare in winter, and a spoonful of stewed pork broth is poured into the noodle soup.Although rough, it is also a good delicacy in the cold winter night.

Qin Heyi withdrew the formation, and the noodles that Yicheng was carrying were also on the table, followed by the child who put the noodles on the table, he placed them carefully, for fear of spilling the noodles.The child put on clean and tidy clothes. Although they were washed white and patched, they were clean and warm. His disheveled hair was also tied up and tied into a bun on his head, but his little face was covered with gray. , It seems that I rubbed it on my face while helping to burn the fire in the back kitchen, and it seems that I smeared it on purpose.

The child bowed, and said in a soft voice, "You guys take it easy." When he looked up and saw Qin Heyi, the child quickly lowered his head and retreated.

The child came out again soon, carrying three bowls of noodle soup, carefully placed them in front of Qin Heyi and the others, and whispered: "Hot noodle soup, drink it to keep your body warm." He begged for this from the old Yi Cheng.

Qin Heyi raised his hand to touch the child's hair, and inadvertently touched the dead branch-like tentacles on his forehead. The glue was sticky, and Qin Heyi almost knocked him off. The child quickly raised his hand to help, his eyes lit up With a vigilant light.Qin Heyi smiled, the hair under his hands was so dry that he couldn't nourish himself, "I didn't expect you to come here and move faster than us. How is life in the station?"

"Very good, thank you sir." The child lowered his head, trying not to dodge.

"Go on, have a good rest, good boy." Qin Heyi took out a candy from his pocket, fruit candy wrapped in plastic paper, the plastic paper girls outside would use it to make origami cranes, and put it in a glass jar With colorful light.It was a candy brought out by the make-up artist of the film crew. He gave Qin Heyi a piece and he put it in his pocket. It just happened to be taken out to coax the children today. "For you, fruit candy, sweet."

The child finally raised his head, his eyes were red and glowing with moisture, "Thank you." The little voice was a little crying, this was the first candy he got when he grew up.

The child held the candy in his little hand, walked to the door of the kitchen and looked back, spread his hand, the candy in his hand was wrapped in a beautiful paper he had never seen before, inside the paper was a bright red round candy, The candies are enticingly coated with a layer of finely granulated sugar.The child licked his dry lips, carefully squeezed the candy tightly and put it in his pocket, where there were also five gold leaves that Qin Heyi had given him earlier.Patted on the candy pocket, the child walked into the kitchen, and the frail little figure completely disappeared from Meng Jiang's sight.

Meng Jiang withdrew his gaze, pointed at Qin Heyi, and couldn't laugh or cry, "You, you, you are really..." As it happened, he could only admire it.

Qin Heyi shrugged, "Didn't I tell you that our luck can be lent to you, so that's it."

"Pei Yixing has always said that you are his lucky stars. It seems that you are indeed. I have been here for three whole nights. Do you know how many days three nights are equal to? Multiply by ten, it is equal to half of here, nearly one Yue. I have been looking for people from all over the world, but I can't find them, but I found you just now. I really should have brought you here earlier. Next time I go to discuss business, I must bring Tong Xiu!" Meng Meng Jiang repeatedly complained, and finally made a decision.

Tong Xiu took a sip of the noodle soup, which tasted quite good, "Why take me, I don't want to go, I'm not a mascot."

"NONONO, as long as I take you with me, Qin Heyi will come by himself without asking, you are the mascot."

Qin Heyi smiled and said, "It's never me who has good luck, it's my little boy."

……

The official yawned and went upstairs to sleep, leaving only one person to stay below and watch the "prisoners" who looked like plague chickens. Taking a look at the "prisoners", seeing that they were all obediently sleeping in their nests, they yawned again, and simply fell asleep on the table.

The drowsiness suddenly turned into a deep sleep. In the dream, there were big fish, big meat, wine and beauties. He became the magistrate of the county, sitting on a high chair, hugging left and right, counting gold, silver and beautiful jade...

In the corner, the three of them warmed their hands and feet with ice cubes, planning to escape and quietly moved towards the door.Senior Brother Lin Ze squatted and moved outside, a pair of feet appeared in his sight, he felt a "thump" in his heart, slowly raised his head, and saw Qin Heyi and the others.

Lin Ze squatted down, "Brother, you have suffered, we are here to leave you alone."

The senior brother looked at Qin Heyi who was standing there, completely ignoring Lin Ze.

Qin Heyi said to Senior Brother Lin Ze: "Help your teacher, and I will take you home."

Although Qin Heyi didn't explain what it means to go home, but the senior brother knew in his heart that going home meant leaving here, returning to Daqingshan, returning to the old city, and returning to their own home.

Brother Lin Ze supported the professor to stand up, followed closely by the guide uncle, a group of six people quietly opened the door and went out, Qin Heyi turned around to close the door, and waved to Meng Jiang when it was about to close, Nanke, Huang Leung's matter should be left to Meng Jiang. He and Tong Xiu came this time only to take Lin Ze and the others away.

Qin Heyi chose to leave Nanliang from Tong Ping'er.

Tong Ping'er was very close to the post station, less than ten kilometers away, but with so many people, it took a longer time to arrive.The cold pool for water in Tongping'er Township is just outside the township, under a low mountain, and beside it are tall and strong green bamboos. The thickest bamboo is as thick as the big soup bowl in the house, and the thinner bamboo is as thick as eating. The size of a four-inch bowl.The green bamboos went straight up, and the thick snow was so heavy that the bamboo crowns bent their heads but could not bend their backs. The dense snow was still falling, and it seemed that more snow would be piled up to push the green bamboos into the mud.

Tong Xiu picked the outermost green bamboo and patted it, "The rice stuffed in this bamboo tube is quite delicious, let's take some of them home."

"Pick the thick ones and cut them down." Qin Heyi took out the Frost Knife, and prepared to pick a few of the thickest trees to take back. It's hard to say whether he can come to Nanliang in the future.For Nanliangguo, among other things, the delicious food in the store is still very attractive.

The professor pushed his glasses. In the dark, he could only see the shadows of the bamboo forest. When he got closer, he realized the difference of the green bamboos. "This trip is worthwhile, but it's a pity that we can't stay here to continue our research."

"It's not worth it at all. If it weren't for Brother Qin and our idol, we would be forced to be natives here." Lin Ze babbled beside him, but the professor ignored him.

The professor touched the bamboo with his hands, looking eager, and really wanted to take it back and study it. "Little comrade, can you give me one of the bamboo you brought home? This bamboo is tough and thick. If we can also cultivate it there, it will be useful to all walks of life."

"Okay, in the hands of the professor, it can benefit the common people, of course we support it." Qin Heyi simply dug out a few bamboo roots and bamboo whips, and left them for the professor when he was ready to go out.He lowered his head and said to Jiuge Ding: "Jiuge Ding, please put it away for me. You can give it to me immediately after you go out, and it won't take up your place."

"Don't." Jiuge Ding folded his arms and turned his head. He didn't want to put things that didn't meet his own aesthetics into the tripod. This was an insult to himself.

"I'll make bamboo rice for you when I go back, and put your favorite eggs and chicken in it, how about it?" Tong Xiu also said peace beside him.

Jiuge Ding reluctantly agreed, instead of agreeing to stuff the green bamboo into the tripod, but took out a storage ring and threw it to Qin Heyi, "Here it is, recognize the owner with blood, it will be yours from now on, It’s a storage ring, and there should be quite a lot of things in it.”

"Oh, you should have taken it out earlier." Qin Heyi admitted the master with a drop of blood, and took all the green bamboos in.

Jiuge Ding ignored Qin Heyi's half-blaming words, and happily counted what he wanted to eat. After talking a lot, he emphasized, "Don't forget, I want to eat sweet potato balls."

"it is good."