I didn't intend to be a Fairy

In late summer, Longzhou Stone Forest.

This is a high mountain, and the caravans coming and going walked out on a dirt road. I don't know who built a simple pavilion on the top of the mountain. A few wooden pillars were used as pillars, and the top was covered with thatch. It may not be able to protect people from the rain, but it can protect people from the terrible weather in the northwest. sun.

The Taoist stopped here with his horse, sitting casually under the shade, looking ahead while enjoying the mountain breeze.

A few steps ahead is the cliff.

Nearby is the back of a calico cat. It sits up and curls up into a ball. It looks like its entire body is made up of two balls. The big ball is the body and the small ball is the head.

In the distance, it is open and strangely dangerous. Countless rocky mountains are like a forest of bamboo shoots. They are tall, thin and dense. They grow densely on the ground. Except at noon, the sun cannot reach them directly.

It's morning now, and the pale golden sunlight shines slantingly, making many diagonal lines in the stone forest, making it even more dense and spectacular.

A group of people just came up from below.

When I walked downstairs, I felt like I was walking among many stone pillars. I could only follow the road marks and donkey dung made by the caravans on the ground. If I accidentally went deep into the stone forest, I would probably lose my way soon. At that time, I only knew that the environment was complicated. It's like a maze, I don't know what it looks like.

Now that I have reached the mountain, overlooking the stone forest from a high place, I know where I came from and what the stone forest looks like. The previous journey has become a little more magical.

Looking further into the distance, the view becomes wider.

A large river runs from west to east, dividing the sky and the earth. In the distance, you can see the end of the world. Nearby, there is a piece of flat fertile land with many houses scattered among them. There are fruit trees among the houses, and there are also old farmers driving donkey carts. Walking slowly on the road below, the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs accentuated the silence, making it look like a paradise.

The calico cat turned its back to Song You and faced the scenery in the distance. Except for her hair being blown by the wind, she remained motionless as if she was absorbed in watching. No one knew what was going on in the cat's little head.

"Miss Sanhua."

"Well?"

Hearing the voice of his Taoist priest, Mao'er didn't move at all, but suddenly turned his head back and stared at the Taoist in confusion.

"What is Empress Sanhua thinking?"

"What meow?"

"Let me ask Sanhua Empress."

"Empress Sanhua..."

Mao'er kept her body facing forward but turned her head back, staring at the Taoist, thinking for a moment before saying, "Empress Sanhua is looking at the scenery."

"Want to see the scenery?"

"..."

The cat stared at him without moving, as if retrieving its memory, and then said: "There is a great practice between the mountains and rivers..."

"It seems that Sanhua Empress has reached the point where she has realized the great way of heaven and earth." Song You couldn't help but smile when he heard this, knowing that she was actually learning to speak from him, but he didn't expose it.

"Yes!"

"What about the other cats?"

"What meow?"

"I have always been curious. Cats often do this, especially domestic cats. They sit somewhere, look out the window or something in the distance and then stop moving. What are they thinking in their minds?"

"Well……"

The calico cat still maintained this posture, still thinking for a moment, and then said honestly: "The calico cat doesn't know what other cats are thinking."

"What about Sanhua Empress before?"

"Sanhua Empress doesn't remember what she was thinking before." Sanhua Cat stared at him seriously, "Sanhua Empress has become very smart, and she can't remember what happened at that time. When people grow up, they become smarter. I don’t even remember what I was thinking when I was stupid as a child.”

"rational……"

"But ordinary kittens are smart too!"

"nature……"

Song You nodded with a smile and looked away.

Mao'er also retracted his gaze and continued to look into the distance.

The wind howled, and there was a tinkling sound coming from the stone forest. I could only hear the sound but not see the person. Even the stone forest was so complicated that I didn't know where the sound came from. It wasn't until they got closer that they could vaguely see the sound of the caravan from the bottom of the stone forest. It only appeared occasionally and was blocked most of the time.

I don’t know where this businessman came from.

The Taoist had rested enough and slowly stood up.

Although Mao'er didn't look back, she noticed his movement, so she stood up, turned her head and looked into the distance, followed him and left, and then said:

"Miss Sanhua likes it here."

"Um……"

Song You couldn't help but turn his head following her.

The flat land below is blocked by a river in front of it, with stone forests on the left and mountains behind it on the right. Being sandwiched in the middle really gives people a feeling of isolation, independence, comfort and safety from the outside world. It's perfectly normal for cats to like it.

"There is a road ahead to go down. With so many caravans passing by, I guess there must be a Maodian carriage and horse shop down there. We will stay here tonight."

"I guess too!"

One person and one cat walked down the mountain.

The cat's steps became cheerful.

This mountain is actually very high.

The village next to the stone forest looks very close, but in fact the road leading to it winds through the mountains, and it takes quite a while to walk down it.

But after arriving at the bottom, being in this mountain, neither could see the river in front of it, nor could it reflect the feeling of being wrapped in the towering stone forest and mountains surrounding the village. The cat raised his head carefully while walking with small steps. Looking at it, it can be seen from her expression that the scene she saw after coming down seemed to be different from what she expected.

"Ms. Sanhua Empress must know that the same thing looks different when viewed from different directions, and it is the same thing no matter what perspective it is from."

Song You walked while talking.

As expected, there is indeed a thatched shop below for merchants passing through here to stay and rest.

Song You also asked for a room.

Because the conditions are simple, the prices are also very cheap, much cheaper than Maodian outside Changjing and next to the ghost market.

But not long after moving in, Song You became the silent one.

Because he only heard from the caravans that at the end of spring this year, Chen Ziyi died of his injuries and passed away in Changjing.

The merchants talked about it and described the details at that time.

This is Longzhou. If you go further, you will enter the Lianshan Corridor, which is an important commercial and cultural channel connecting Changjing to the Western Regions, and connecting Dayan to the countries in the west. Many of these merchants come from Changjing.

After sitting by the window and looking out for a long time, a cat suddenly jumped up on the window edge, came into his sight, and turned to look at him:

"What is the Taoist thinking?"

"..."

Song You turned his gaze to her and thought for a moment before replying: "I'm just a little sad for General Chen's ending, and a little worried for him."

"Huh? What are you worried about?"

"Although General Chen is both wise and brave, and has many advisers under his command, most of his advisers are on the northern border, and he is too upright in his conduct." Song You told her very formally, "Although the new emperor has a good nature, He doesn’t have many bad intentions, but he is weak and unstable, and he easily listens to one side or the other, and there is a Taoist priest beside him, who is somewhat of a true master of the state."

"Can't understand……"

"I'm worried that they have calculated that General Chen may have a back-up plan that will prevent him from being resurrected." Song You paused, "But I feel that we will meet him again eventually."

"Can't understand……"

"Forget it then."

Song You reached out and touched her head.

The cat also let him touch it, while staring at him seriously: "Don't be sad!"

"nature."

Song You smiled slightly and quickly put the matter behind him, and said to her: "Tomorrow is the beginning of autumn again. What would you like to eat, Miss Sanhua?"

"Have a good meal!"

The cat's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yes."

"But this seems to be a small place, and there isn't much food for sale."

"Ms. Sanhua's words are wrong." Song You said to her, "Although this is a small place, it is a place where merchants come and go frequently. Dayan's silk tea and porcelain are sold from here, and the good things from the west are sold here. Money and food also come in from here, just like the spices used by Empress Sanhua to make braised vegetables, some of them are also introduced from here. What’s more, the bitter cold land in the northwest has its own specialties. "

"specialty!"

"Just like the mutton here, it's one of a kind." Song You said and paused, "Just give Empress Sanhua the essence of an egg, and then some good mutton."

"OK!"

The cat did not hesitate and was extremely well-behaved.

The Taoist also continued to sit by the window and look out the window.

If nothing else, it is really quiet here.

It wasn't until night fell that Song You climbed into bed, closed his eyes, and seriously felt the charm of the beginning of autumn.

Overnight, Li Qiu's spiritual power increased again.

…

Early next morning.

The merchants who lived in the Maodian all discussed how wonderful it was that all the vegetation next to the houses turned golden last night, as if the scenery around the Maodian had turned autumn in just one night, but only the surroundings of the Maodian were like this.

No matter how interesting it was, the merchants still had to run around for a living, so they packed up their things and moved on, either to the west to the Western Regions or to the east to Changjing.

It was just early in the morning in the thatched shop that was full of people last night, but the Taoist was the only one left, sitting down to have breakfast calmly.

Breakfast was ordered last night.

There are not many tricks, just a whole piece of lamb neck, a bowl of slurry water, and an egg.

The mutton is the best lamb bought at the east end of the village, and the lamb neck is the best. You only need to add onion, ginger, salt and cook it, and nothing else is needed. It will be tender and juicy, and the meat will melt into your mouth with just one sip. It was even more delicious than the mutton from the northwest that I had eaten in Changjing before.

Slurry soup is a local specialty. The fermented sour soup has just the right sourness. It can be drank directly as water to clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

When you cook a bowl of noodles, you don't need to add any seasonings, not even salt or vinegar. You just scoop it into a bowl, pour it in with a pot of slurry water, and it's slurry noodles. It's simple, refreshing and appetizing.

The Taoist and the cat shared the food and enjoyed themselves.

The swallows also ate a little bit.

But Song You couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"It's been ten years..."

Looking back on the past, I have the feeling that I have traveled through many mountains and rivers and seen everything in the world, but when I think about Jinyang Road back then, it seems that yesterday is not that far away.

It's amazing.

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