I didn't intend to be a Fairy

The hillside is gentle, full of weeds, the sky and the earth are vast, withered and yellow, and the two dead trees on the top of the slope are originally the only embellishments in this open world, but today a group of people are resting here.

The little girl skillfully picked up the dead branches and weeds, piled them up in the most burning way, bowed her head to meditate, and stretched out her fingers.

"Canopy..."

There was a pile of fire in front of him.

I don't know how many times I have done this kind of thing in recent years, it seems to have become her habit, so it is of no importance.

After the little girl finished, she just yawned and stretched, without any intention of being praised, and without any follow-up actions, she sat down beside the Taoist casually, and turned her head to look at her curious face. stuff, think about your own business.

The wind blows the fire in one direction.

The black horse was tied to a dead tree in the distance, and the bay red horse stood alone on the other side. Both horses lowered their heads and gnawed grass quietly.

The Taoist turned his head and looked down.

There is an official road below, but weeds are also growing.

I don't know how long no one has passed by.

A swordsman's voice came from beside him:

"Not a single person."

"yes."

It's been a long time since I walked this way, at least forty miles, but except for some pedestrians when I just left the city, I didn't meet anyone after that. It seems that in this direction, no pedestrians have passed or come. The world is vast and empty, and the eyes are golden. If you find a small hillside, you can see very far away, but there are only them in this world.

This feeling is both lonely and at ease.

There was a rustling sound in front of him.

It was the swordsman who took out the mutton bought in the city, skewered it and roasted it on the fire without using anything.

Song You also put away his thoughts and went to help.

The little girl has already finished her work, so she can sit beside the Taoist and watch the adults busy. If she gets tired from watching, she can lean on the Taoist. In addition, she has plenty of time to do her own things and think about what she wants.

The best fresh mutton really does not need to be marinated, it is only roasted, and the meat will be full of fragrance when it is cooked, without any fishy smell.

Song You took out another small clay pot.

Inside is dried chili noodles ground by myself, and a variety of spices are added to make it a unique dry ingredient in this era. Not to mention it is used with meat, it is delicious even if it is dipped in water and boiled on wood. It's a pity that so far, only two people and one cat have enjoyed it in this world.

Sprinkle carefully over roast.

This thing is very expensive, and Song You only planted two plants in the middle of the year, and it hurts to waste it.

Then he opened the package sent by Liu Junshou. As Song You thought, it was just some snacks and dry food inside. Some of them had to be eaten in two days, and some were easy to carry. In addition, there were some dried persimmons. Song You took a few pieces of dim sum and shared half with each of the swordsmen, and served the delicious roast mutton for today's lunch.

It's nice to have such a meal during the trip.

Although it was a troubled year and he was so nourished, but he was calm and free of ghosts, and he was eliminating demons all the way, so he didn't feel ashamed.

After eating, there will be a persimmon per person.

Empress Sanhua didn't eat this, but seeing that both of them had their own snacks, she was not far behind.

The little girl got up and trotted away, groping around the edge of the quilt bag for a while, and seemed to find out two small balls, and came back to sit down again. It was a small ball that was not much bigger than a thumb, and he didn't recognize what it was at first glance.

Until the little girls took the ball and smashed each other.

"Snapped……"

Peel off the gray wood slag on the outside, and peel off the eggshell, and inside are two dark green to black eggs with beautiful pine flowers.

Even Song You was taken aback.

I don't know when she learned it, nor when she did it. I only know that she did put a lot of private cat items in her bag, miscellaneous and everything, but since Empress Sanhua never Looking through Song You's things from the quilt bag, Song You naturally wouldn't look at what she had packed in her bag.

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The little girl noticed his gaze, raised her head, and gave him a strange look, as if she didn't know what he was staring at her for, but she didn't care, she just peeled the eggshell, wiped the dust casually, and put a Put a bird's egg into his mouth, chew it.

The other one was handed to the Taoist priest, who shook his head.

He handed it to the swordsman, but the swordsman also declined, and she didn't care, so she continued to put it in her mouth.

Eating expressionless, but happy in the heart.

How clever people are—

If it were a cat, the eggs and meat that could not be eaten could only be eaten by bugs, but people can think of so many ways to turn meat and eggs into something that bugs don't like to eat.

No wonder only people raise cats, but no cats raise people.

Fortunately, I am smart and love to learn...

The little girl was very happy when she thought about it.

After eating, he cleared the fire, sat in silence for a while, and then continued on the road.

This walk went from noon to dusk.

Before leaving the boundary of Pujun County, there are still few people on the official road. Walking down this afternoon, I only met an old farmer who went up the mountain to mow grass, and two waves of pedestrians going to Jingyu.

The existence of Xueyuan seems to have turned Guijun into a scholar-ghost-mouthed Zhongyeshanzi County. It is not lonely, but in reality it is lonely. Except for the local people in need who may enter and leave Guijun, there are no people from other places. Entering Hezhou from Guijun, no one will go to Yanzhou from Guijun in Hezhou, and merchants and travelers will not pass here.

Since the outbreak of the plague, it has been more closed.

Today's journey was good, and there was little delay on the road. The group arrived at the junction of Pujun and Guijun before sunset.

There is a pass here, and there are defenders.

Although the terrain here is flat, there is a big river running from east to west. The water is deep and fast. A pass is set on one side of the river, named Beifeng Pass. It is not only a rare pass in Hezhou, but also the most important pass.

Song You and the swordsman lead the horse towards the pass.

Xu, the defenders, hadn't seen anyone heading towards Guijun for a long time, and the swordsman was very heroic and very vigilant, so he stopped them early and came to ask.

"Who? For what?"

"I have met the school captain. My surname is Song Mingyou. I am a wandering Taoist. I am going back to the county." A handwritten letter from Junshou Liu, please do me a favor."

After hearing this, the guard guard did not ask him what he was going to do in Guijun, nor did he immediately accept the ultimatum and handwritten letter he handed over, but was stunned for a moment.

Then he turned his head and asked the comrades around him to inform the general, then put away the weapon, took the ultimatum, opened it to check, and looked up at the bay red horse behind Song You, the three-flowered cat in clothes and a hood, and the heroic warriors around him. The extraordinary swordsman seemed to be comparing something.

Gradually, the slight negligence on his face quickly dissipated, and his vigilance gradually turned into solemnity and respect.

"Meet Mr. Song!"

"Dare not dare."

Then there was a sound of armor.

The general guarding the pass came with his own soldiers.

General belly, beard, thick back, what an imposing general.

"Boom!"

The general clasped his fists together: "The person who came is Mr. Song Yousong who slayed demons all the way in Hezhou?"

"Just little goblins."

"Young General Zong Xiuwu, please be polite."

"Polite."

Song You originally thought that they knew about his deeds of defeating demons all the way in Hezhou, so they treated him so politely, but unexpectedly after chatting for a few words, he heard General Zong say:

"Since this year, news of Mr. killing demons and eliminating demons has often spread to our ears. In August, General Chen passed by, and he specifically told us that a gentleman came all the way north, passing through Hezhou, If you hear about the plague in Guijun and the monsters in the snowfield, you will definitely live from here on, let me wait carefully, don't neglect sir, Zong has a plan in mind, the two must be the same person."

"General Chen?"

"Chen Ziyi, General Chen!"

"General Chen returned to the north?"

"Since this summer, the eighteen tribes of the Northern Grassland have once again aggressively invaded. The imperial court was shocked and ordered General Chen to quickly return to the north to resist the Great Wall."

"I see."

Song You just nodded.

Although the defenders here are in Pujun, Hezhou, in fact, they have been guarding against Saibei people before. Because Hezhou is really flat and there are few natural dangers, if the Saibei people conquered Yanzhou and went all the way south from Heyuan, the whole Hezhou would only have these few passes guarded by the river to defend against. If this place is lost, the entire Hezhou will have no resistance in front of the cavalry, and the Saibei people can gallop all the way south, until Angzhou, the Central Plains Dynasty will have a natural danger.

Most of the military power in the north is in the hands of General Chen, and this general who guards the pass may also be a member of General Chen.

It's just that the Saibei people have already been defeated before, and they have lived peacefully for a few years now. It would be fine if there was a small group of harassment, but this General Zong is talking about a large-scale invasion, which inevitably makes people feel strange.

I don't know if it was General Chen Ziyi's cronies in the northern frontier army who saw that General Chen had been left in Changjing for a long time, so they made some drama, or it was the same as what General Chen Ziyi said before, going to the north to investigate the ghosts of his own soldiers in his dream caused by things.

Song You didn't think too much about it. After Guijun was the snowfield, and after the snowfield was the border of Yanzhou. Now that General Chen had returned to the north, he could probably see him.

"To tell you the truth, guarding the gate is boring. Whether I'm waiting for a general or a soldier, when I'm on duty at night, I often tell the story of Mr. killing demons and eliminating demons, which is worse than the long night." General Zong said, looking up into the distance. The sinking sun said, "It's getting late now. After crossing this bridge, we will return to the county. Why don't you rest overnight in the camp, and come back tomorrow morning, and let us entertain you, how about it?"

"The general is very kind, I think it's better for me to pass the customs." Song You thought for a while before saying to him, "General Zong's courtesy has been received, I am very grateful, but I am here only to go back to the county, although today is late But you can take advantage of the daylight to go one more way, the general just needs to let us pass, and he will be very grateful."

"good!"

General Zong didn't talk nonsense, he waved his hand and immediately let him go.

Song You saluted him, and together with the swordsman beside him, led two horses, they walked slowly through the pass.

Sometimes it's a little dreamy to think about it, that a person like him will be able to receive courtesy from all over the state just by his name one day. If he had just come down the mountain from Fulong Temple that year and was lying on the ancient cypress tree on the Jinyang Road to rest in the afternoon, he probably would not have imagined it.

Things in the world will indeed take people to places that they did not expect.

It's just that this name didn't come out of thin air. It came from the accumulation of various legends after traveling through three seasons and four counties in Hezhou, hunting down demons and eliminating demons everywhere.

After passing the customs and crossing the river, you will return to the county.

Day and night happen to alternate, there are many bones on the road, strange birds sing in the wilderness, and the setting sun frightens pedestrians. If you walk alone on the road, you may unknowingly walk with ghosts.