across mountains and seas

In the early morning of the second day, Jin Shoujiang prepared the camels and water for Jing Lan and his party to enter the desert, and after carefully instructing the bell several times, he watched the party leave the village.

The desert is vast and boundless, especially the snow-covered desert. Looking far away, sometimes it is difficult to tell whether the desert is dyed yellow by the falling snow, or the falling snow is dyeing the desert white.

It is not easy for the Ye clan and the foreign clan to operate here for more than 200 years.

Jing Lan sat on the camel, ecstatically imagining what kind of despair and desperation Ye Shi must have felt when he was kicked out of the customs.

The camel bells jingled, and the bells held the silver guns behind their backs to drive the camels closer to Jing Lan, and said with a smile, "Jing Lan, don't worry, we can go two hours ahead and pass through the tornado gorge, and we will reach the mirage. Brother will be fine."

Jing Lan looked at her sideways with a smile, "With Miss Jin guiding the way, I think this trip will go smoothly."

Seeing Jing Lan's smiling face, Ling Dang couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Last night, he already thought that Jing Lan was good-looking, but now he took a closer look at him during the day, and the more he looked at him, the more he felt that this young man was so handsome that he could pinch water.

The climate in Dongfuzhou is warm and humid, and youngsters are raised like this.

Thinking of this, Bell came back to his senses, and looked down at the back of the rough hand holding the rein.For some reason, she felt a little ashamed. If she held Jing Lan with such a rough hand, it would definitely make Jing Lan uncomfortable, right?

Youyou saw it in his eyes, and squinted at Liu Xi beside him with a suppressed smile, "Look, the girl really took aim at your A-lan, and started to attack, why are you not being fierce this time?"

"Didn't you say that you won't come today?" Liu Xi didn't answer You You's words, but asked back lightly.

"Aren't I worried? If you take the Mirage Spring and slip away, and leave me alone in the village to eat and drink, isn't that annoying?" Youyou answered naturally, and she took advantage of the situation. She glanced at Liu Xi, "Actually, take a closer look, Miss Jin has a round butt, the best thing to give birth to, she can be considered a tiger girl, and she is worthy of your family, Alan." As she said, Youyou was startled to feel that her butt was severely beaten by Liu Xi. He slapped the ground, and couldn't help exclaiming from the hump, "Liu Xi, what are you doing so hard on me?"

Liu Xi shook his horsewhip, and said with a smile: "It's not just young girls who have round buttocks, Youyou's is also good, but my family still has several uncles alone, why don't you choose one?"

"This girl is not rare!" Youyou snorted coldly.

Having said that, Youyou still quickly passed through the appearances of the other young masters of the Jing family in her mind.

The second child was born the most ordinary among the group of young masters, but at the beginning he stared at her in Kedao for a whole month, it was boring and boring, whoever married would regret it.

Where is the third child?She doesn't say a few words on weekdays, and she looks good when she smiles, but she's too polite, and she can't help it.

Forget about Jing Xiaosi...

Youyou thinks of the straight eyes that this person looked at her in Youyou Tower, he is so greedy for beauty at a young age, he is afraid that in the future, if a random wild flower hooks his little hand, this person will run away and disappear.

Youyou's last gaze fell on Jing Lan. This young man is a bit serious, but he is really good-looking in his skin, and it is pleasing to the eye to keep at home.

Liu Xi's horsewhip suddenly appeared in his line of sight, impartially, just blocking Jing Lan from his line of sight.

You You smiled provocatively, "Liu Xi, it's not right for you to do this, I can't even look at your family, Alan?"

"Don't play your wishful thinking." Liu Xi smiled with a murderous look, "We can still be friends in the rivers and lakes happily." After she finished speaking, she smiled softly, and rode the camel to the distant place. Jing Lan and Ling Dang.

"Miss Jin." Although she felt a little uncomfortable, Liu Xi still had to ask some questions calmly so as not to appear too deliberate.

"Sister Liu." Ling Dang tilted her head to look at Liu Xi.

This title is very harsh to Liu Xi.

She frowned, and from the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Jing Lan's smile. She squeezed the rein tightly and vented her displeasure, but her tone was still calm, "I see that the scenery in this area is good, so I want to ask Miss Jin, how is this area beautiful?" But what other interesting sights are there?" She said, driving the camel calmly and pushing Jing Lan aside.

Ling Dang thought about it intently, she grew up in this area, no matter how many beautiful scenery she saw, she lost that sense of amazement.

"There is, but it is not in the same direction as the mirage."

"Is that so..."

Liuxi pretended to be disappointed, and sighed again: "This is the first time I have come to the desert. The world here is vast and the scenery is magnificent, more magnificent than many places in Kyushu." She smiled and looked at Bell, "I envy you, Miss Jin. , you can use the world as a frontier, so you can be happy."

Ling Dang couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm still envious of you!"

"Oh?" Liu Xi chuckled.

Ling Dang speaks briskly, but he is not a person who can hide words. "I heard merchants in the pass mention the scenery of Kyushu. The mountains and seas are different. It's a pity... my great grandfather doesn't allow me to enter the pass."

"Why?" Liu Xi took the opportunity to ask.

The bell was silent for a moment.

"If it's inconvenient to say it, Miss Jin doesn't have to say it." Liu Xi smiled slightly, as if she didn't plan to say these things again.

Ling Dang shook her head and said with a smile: "Anyway, you are not outsiders, so there is nothing wrong with these things." Her tone was rather proud, "The wolf is handsome to rule the army, and the military order is like a mountain. Grandpa was ordered to guard Longshou Mountain. If there is no Grandpa can't go anywhere under other military orders." There was a hint of regret in her smile, "I am a descendant of the Jin family, and I will continue to guard Longshou Mountain in accordance with the military orders, and I am also duty-bound."

"Longshou Mountain?" Jing Lan couldn't help but interjected.

Ling Dang nodded, and turned back to point to the snow mountain where the village is located, "That snow mountain is called Longshou Mountain."

"Daliang has been in a truce with the foreign race for many years, why did he keep guarding there?" Jing Lan asked again.

Ling Dang shook her head, "I asked my great-grandfather, and my great-grandfather said that a mistake in the past caused a catastrophe, so I can only guard this place for the rest of my life, lest corpse insects come out and harm innocent people."

"Is it those corpse insects under the mountain stream?" Liu Xi asked curiously.

Bell's eyes widened and he nodded heavily, "You guys met?!"

"We met." Liu Xi nodded, "If it wasn't dawn, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come here alive."

Ling Ding looked at Liuxi in amazement, then at Jing Lan, and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Those bugs are really endless, every year we throw oil down and burn them for several nights, but we can't burn them all. , within a few days, it will be full again."

"Back then, Commander Wolf ordered General Jin to build a plank road into the mountain stream just to exterminate insects?" Liu Xi couldn't understand such an explanation.

Ling Dang shook his head again, "Grandpa said that when he was ordered to build the plank road, it was just to dig a shortcut that could surprise foreigners. If the foreign race dares to make a move, they can attack the royal court from the plank road, and capture the king first."

"Could it be that when they built the plank road, they dug up some kind of bottle for feeding corpse insects?" Jing Lan could only think of this reason.

Liu Xi remained silent, but had other thoughts.

This is clearly the land of dragon veins, so it is not surprising that any royal family or priests are buried here.I'm afraid that when the plank road was dug back then, some tomb was dug up, causing the corpse insects inside to crawl out of the sky, so there is today's corpse insect plague.

Ling Dang really didn't know this time, "I also don't know where these corpse insects come from?"

Grandpa always said that it was a mistake in his mind back then, what did he do wrong?Ling Dang asked several times, but Jin Shoujiang just kept silent, so naturally Ling Dang stopped asking.

Even Jin Lingdang didn't know about it, presumably only Jin Shoujiang knew about it.

Youyou listened for a long time with his ears pricked up, and there were still so many corpse worms after being burned so many times. How could this be raised in one or two bottles, and it was clear that half a mountainside could hold so many corpse worms.

The sudden silence made Liu Xi and Jing Lan not know what to say to change the topic.

"Is the East China Sea blue?" Ling Dang asked suddenly.

Jing Lan shook her head, "Sometimes it's dark blue, sometimes it's not."

"So magical?" Bell was very curious, "Will the sea water change color?"

"Yes." Jing Lan nodded, with a smile on her face, "There is also a big cave in the East China Sea. If a ship accidentally sails too close, it will never come back."

"That's the same as the quicksand in the desert!" Ling Ding's eyes lit up, "Once you're dragged in, you can't get out again."

"Is there any quicksand here?" Youyou couldn't help asking, looking around vigilantly.

Ling Dang shook her head and smiled, "There are none in this area, but there are many near mirages." As she spoke, she looked at Jing Lan seriously, "So when you pass through the Tornado Gorge, you must follow me and don't run around."

"Miss Laojin is here." Jing Lan clasped her fists gratefully.

Ling Dang's cheeks flushed, and she lowered her head slightly, "If Grandpa allows me to visit Haicheng, and you take me to Donghai to see it, then you and I will be even, so you don't have to thank me!"

"This..." Jing Lan quietly glanced at Liu Xi.

Liu Xi could only smile and said, "If Ah Lan doesn't have time to accompany you, I can accompany you around."

"Really?" Ling Dang happily looked at Liu Xi.

Liu Xi smiled, "Yes."

Ling Dang is a little girl after all, she thought, since Grandpa intends to betroth her to Jing Lan, he will definitely allow her to visit Haicheng for a few days.

After closing the door, she will not be as pretentious as those boudoir girls.

To be happy is to be happy, to want to go is to want to go, there is no hypocrisy.

Liu Xi looked at this fat little girl with complicated emotions, living like the most beautiful morning sun in the desert, exuding a brilliant vitality all over her body.

Every little girl has had this kind of herself, but the energetic Liu Xi is destined not to survive in the Xishan Liu family.So when Liu Xi was very young, she threw away this kind of herself with her own hands.

It is envy and longing.

Maybe one day, she can also laugh unscrupulously by Jing Lan's side, and indulge in Jing Lan's gentle tenderness without distraction.

Thinking of this, Liu Xi subconsciously glanced at Jing Lan.

Jing Lan slowed down the camel, walked three steps away from her and Ling Ding, quietly looking at Liu Xi's back, the deep emotion in her eyes would only be revealed when she looked at her.

She is Jing Lan's only one who can't help herself.

Jing Lan is also her only love.

The corners of Liu Xi's mouth were raised slightly, and the uneasiness in her heart that was originally depressed disappeared without a trace the moment her eyes met.

Just a quick glance gave her a reassurance.

Liu Xi's mood improved a lot, and she talked more, "Miss Jin, in fact, besides the East China Sea, there are many beautiful places in Kyushu."

"Sister Liu, tell me quickly!" Ling Dang asked excitedly, "What other places are also beautiful!"

"puff!"

This time it wasn't Jing Lan who couldn't hold back her laughter, it was Youyou who couldn't hold back her laughter first.

In the world, only a little girl named Jin Lingdang would dare to call her that.

Liu Xi glared at him, "What are you laughing at?"

Youyou approached the two of them on a camel, and reminded: "Miss Jin, you should stop calling Mrs. Liuxi, she is not much older than you and me, and call her sister, maybe she will be happy when she is happy. I will take you back to Donglin City next time."

"Really?!" Ling Dang looked at Youyou.

"True! It must be true!" Youyou deliberately called out to Liu Xi coquettishly, "Good sister, don't you think so?"

Youyou is sometimes annoying, making people want to deal with her severely, but thinking about it carefully, she seems to be the most understanding one.

Liu Xi remained silent.

Ling Dang said with a smile: "Sister Liu, when we go back, you can help me tell my grandfather that I will go to Donglin City with you for a few days, okay?"

"Alright..." Liu Xi could only agree.

"It's really great!" Ling Dang was very happy today!

Youyou deliberately slowed down the camel, retreated to the back, and walked side by side with Jing Lan.

She lowered her voice and reminded: "Young Master Jing, I took the risk of being punished by Liu Xi to block a knife for you. Don't forget to write me a credit in the credit book. We will settle the score when we go back."

"Miss Youyou really knows how to do business." Jing Lan replied in a low voice.

Youyou suppressed a smile and said: "The little girl is called Liu Xi's sister-in-law. It's fine if you don't refute it. You still dare to laugh out loud, what's the matter? Are you acquiescing to Miss Jin to be your little wife?"

"..."

"It's not easy for Liu Xi to pull your Jing family's brats, you, keep your eyes on the ground, at least you have to find a princess or something..."

"I do not want it!"

Youyou glanced at Jing Lan up and down in surprise, "Tsk tsk, your tone is not small, don't you want a princess?"

"My future wife is better than the Princess Princess!" Jing Lan finished speaking firmly, raised her eyes to look forward, glanced quietly at Liu Xi from the corner of her eye, and said silently in her heart: "Xi'er...she is better than the world. Any girl is better."

"Drive!" Too lazy to chat with Youyou anymore, Jing Lan urged the camel, caught up with the two people in front, and left Youyou alone behind.

Youyou looked at Liuxi's back meaningfully, and thought: "It's a pity, the best girl in the world is your sister-in-law. I want to see what kind of wife she will find for you in the future?"

The author has something to say: Update~The next chapter will start, and I will officially enter the dungeon [Mirage]. .