The hand that catches the ghost trembles slightly

Xia Yu and Zhu Junyang stayed in Fengcheng until the second day of the second lunar month.

On February [-], the dragon raised its head.

This day is around the time of Awakening of Insects, so it is also known as the Spring Dragon Festival, Dragon Head Festival.

Cities in the south will eat noodles, fried oil cakes, and pig heads on this day. In some places, sacrifices and dragon dances will be held. In the north, there are not so many specialties. Generally, everyone will just shave their heads.

Uncle Kai woke up at the vernal equinox. Although his hair was still brown, he was still in good spirits.

Spring returns to the earth and everything recovers.

After a few months, Zhou Yilin's injuries finally improved, and the remaining injuries that can condense out the body on their own can quickly return to their heyday as long as they are healed.

——It's a pity that his relationship with Si Wei is still very rigid.

And Xia Yu also understood: her and Zhu Junyang's comfortable days were over.

During this period of time, Zhu Junyang has never given up searching for Zhu Menglong’s whereabouts and where he once stayed, trying to figure out what he was up to, but unfortunately Zhu Menglong is very cunning and erased all traces of his activities in Fengcheng, leaving nothing behind. .

Zhu Junyang sucked the soul-fixing pearl out of Zhou Yilin's forehead and put it back into Xia Yu's body.

Xia Yu's soul and body gradually overlapped, and the Dinghun Orb shone with light, showing that he was still working hard.

As soon as she got back into her body, Xia Yu wasn't quite used to it yet, she was a little bit of the same hands and feet, so Zhu Junyang supported her from behind and walked with her.

After lying down for so long, every bone in my body cracked when I moved.

Zhu Junyang whispered to her: "Don't worry, take your time."

The two practiced walking while talking in a low voice, their gestures were very intimate.

Zhou Yilin only felt hot eyes, turned his head and walked out.

After the new year, the higher authorities sent people to repair the teleportation array in Fengcheng, and it happened to be completed a few days ago.If he has time to eat dog food here, he might as well take a look at the newly released teleportation array, try to study and understand how to use it as soon as possible, and send these two people away as soon as possible.

After another two or three days, Xia Yu fully adapted to her body. They stuffed their luggage into Zhu Junyang's small space, took it away, and set out on the road.

Before leaving, Zhou Yilin specially held a farewell party and was overjoyed.

Their next stop was Jiangcheng.

Jiangcheng is a large city in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is rumored that this is the hometown of Phoenix, so it is also known as Phoenix City.

Today, with the rapid development of science and technology, the city still maintains an antique appearance. Rows of small buildings in the city are built along the river. The blue tiles and white walls reflect the green water and bamboo bridges. On the boat, the boatman, wearing a bamboo hat, propped the boat and led them through thousands of households along the river, crossing the boundaries of time and space.

A green hill embraces the ancient city, a river bends around the city, a red and red stone street, and a row of stone stilted buildings.

This is the hometown of Zhu Junyang.

Jiangcheng mainly develops tourism, so the buildings in the city maintain the most primitive posture.The buildings facing the river are all equipped with neon tubes. At night, the colorful neon lights dispel the darkness and echo the reflections in the river. It is so beautiful that people cannot take their eyes off.

Zhu Junyang wanted to laugh seeing Xia Yu's appearance that he had never seen the big world.

The Jiangcheng Ling Office is a tea shop, built along the river, with a total of three floors.

Perhaps because of Jiangcheng's aggressive style, this teahouse is called Lingcha, not the Lingling teahouse that Xia Yu had imagined in his mind.

They arrived late, and there was no one in the tea shop, so they simply sat at the window on the second floor and chatted with the person in charge.

The boss of Lingcha is a very bookish young man.

Xia Yu seldom sees such a gentle man who even speaks softly.

——To be precise, since she followed Zhu Junyang, she rarely even sees men.

How miserable.

The boss's surname is Jiang, and his name is Jiang Tian.

He is a native of Jiangcheng and speaks with a Jiangcheng accent.He was born in a local tea family and made good tea.

Xia Yu hugged the teacup and took a sip.

The tea leaves are a bit bitter, but after swallowing, they return to sweetness, which makes people feel clear for a while, and the fragrance of tea remains between the lips and teeth.

She doesn't know how to taste tea, but she can feel the tea is good, so she took another big gulp, like a cow chewing peony.

Zhu Junyang said quietly: "Xia Xiaoyu, you drank eight hundred in one gulp."

Xia Yu almost choked on a sip of tea.

What tea is so expensive?

She couldn't help muttering: "Spiritual tea, spiritual tea, is this tea with spiritual energy?"

He whimpered: "Sister Xia, spiritual tea is very rare now."

Jiang Tian glanced at him and smiled: "Miss, you are joking. Spiritual tea is rare, so how could you just use it to run a tea shop? The three of you have come from afar, so I naturally want to treat you with the best tea besides spiritual tea." You guys, this tea is the top-quality Phoenix Maojian, and it can be sold for at least [-] catties."

Xia Yu was dumbfounded, only feeling that poverty limited her imagination.

Jiang Tian also raised his teacup and took a sip of tea, then put the blue and white teacup on the wooden table without making any sound.He looked at Zhu Junyang and asked, "Mr. Zhu is coming back this time to—?"

It turned out that he knew Zhu Junyang.

Thinking about it, this is Zhu Junyang's hometown after all. With Zhu Junyang's reputation, it's no big deal for the person in charge of the Spirit Office to know her.

Zhu Junyang replied: "I need to go back to Zhu's house for some private matters."

Jiang Tiandao: "So that's the case, then do I need to arrange a place for the three of you?"

"No need." Zhu Junyang said, "I just want to ask you, has Zhu Menglong ever been back?"

Jiang Tian said uncertainly: "I'm not sure about this, but he hasn't been found in the city yet."

Jiang Tian is different from Zhou Yilin, Qin Chengshan, Yao Wenjing, Xue Yaguang and Ding Ling.

The five major cities of Fengcheng, Longcheng, Kunlun, Xuecheng, and Lingcheng are all modern cities. The citizens respect ghosts and gods at a respectful distance. powerful.

Jiangcheng is different.

Jiangcheng has a history of more than 1000 years. It has a rich cultural heritage, internal aristocratic families, and local people have some devout beliefs in ghosts and gods. Naturally, the Spiritual Office must send a capable person to manage it.

Jiang Tian said he was from the Jiang family, let alone the founder of the Jiang family.

He is the river demon of the River of Tears at the end of the Yangtze River, the spirit of water, and because of the worship of the local people, he became a demigod, that is, the river god.

So in the area of ​​this river, he can sense it, and his ability is comparable to Zhu Junyang's.

He said no, that is no, saying that he is not sure is just a modest word.

The Zhu family is in the depths of the Mountain of Tears. Considering that Xia Yu is just an "ordinary person" and just a child, Zhu Junyang chooses to rest here for the night, and then go on the road the next day.

Not every spiritual office has accommodation, and Jiangcheng does not.

The three-storey small building of Lingcha is used to entertain tea guests, and even the boss Jiang Tian doesn't live here.

After locking the door, Jiang Tian extended an invitation to the two of them for the last time: "The three really don't want to go to Jiang's house with me?"

Zhu Junyang also refused again: "Thank you, no need."

Jiang Tian bowed his hands to them, turned around and walked towards the distance along the Qingshi alley.

The temperature in Jiangcheng is not low, and you only need to wear a coat in early spring and late winter.It was dark when they first arrived, and now they can't see the change of the sky. They can only judge from the pedestrians in the alley. It is already late at night.

When the cold wind blows, it is still a little cold.

They set foot on the bamboo bridge, crossed the River of Tears, walked upstream along the river, and could see a row of neon lights of inns in the distance.

Zhu Junyang asked her: "Where do you live?"

Xia·Choice Difficulty·Yu: "Go... this... that..."

Zhu Junyang didn't urge her, he pulled her with one hand, and woohoo with the other: "Where is woohoo? Where do you want to go?"

Woohoo: "I listened to Sister Xia and Sister Zhu."

Xia Yu: "This...that..."

After struggling for a long time, she still hadn't made a choice. When she looked up, she happened to see a "Starfish Inn", and immediately made a decision: "I think this starfish."

Zhu Junyang directly led them in.

Although the name of this hotel is very ordinary, the interior decoration is very special.

At first, Xia Yu thought that the inn here was only covered with antique leather on the outside, and the interior was decorated with modern decoration just like the outside hotel, but who would have thought that the interior and exterior decoration of the inn were almost the same, and it really restored the ancient The appearance of the inn.

There are several wooden benches and wooden tables when entering the door, and the counter is on the right hand side. There is a young man dressed as a waiter at the back. As soon as he sees them, he shouts: "Are the three guest officers working at the top or staying in the store?"

Xia Yu had the illusion of stepping into a martial arts novel, imagining herself as a female knight, and said with a blank expression, "Stay in the hotel."

The waiter shouted again: "Do you three live separately or together?"

Xia Yu said, "Together."

"Please also show your valid ID."

She was immersed in the dream of being a knight, but she didn't react for a while.

what's the situation?Do you still care about heroes asking for ID cards?

Zhu Junyang knew what was going on in her head without looking. He took out his ID card and scanned the code with his mobile phone to pay.

After paying the money and registering the information, the waiter yelled upstairs: "Three guests are staying in the hotel, room No. [-]~"

"Come~" A voice like a yellow oriole came from upstairs, and a girl in emerald green jumped down a few steps from upstairs, with hairpin tassels ringing, "Three guests, please come with me~"

It really feels like traveling through time and space.

Several people walked up the wooden stairs and turned left on the second floor.Looking down from the railing, you can also see the drowsy waiter behind the counter, who has lost his previous energy.

The girl pushed open a wooden door, gave them a key, and said, "Use this key to lock the door from the inside."

Xia Yu quickly took the key.

The girl said again: "There are hot water and toilets inside. If you two need food, you can call me at the railing. My name is Xiaocui."

It sounds like a fake name.

"That's fine, thank you, Miss Xiaocui." Xia Yu hesitated for a moment, then asked again, "But...would it be disturbing to call you here?"

Xiao Cui smiled and said, "Don't worry, although this is a wooden door, but when it was made, a sound insulation layer was specially added inside, and the sound insulation effect is very good."

"Ah, good, thank you."

Miss Xiaocui didn't go downstairs, but directly went up to the third floor.

The three of them walked in, Xia Yu turned back and locked the door, winking at Zhu Junyang: "Boss, did you hear that? The sound insulation is very good~"

The author has something to say: the sentence that a green hill embraces the ancient city seems to be the sentence in Shen Congwen's "Border Town" describing the ancient city of Fenghuang, his hometown. The Phoenix city in the novel is what the name needs~