I didn't intend to be a Fairy

After going around the lake, I passed by Xian Ning again, but I didn't stop there. I just stayed one night at the Three Pagodas Temple and then headed west.

The scenery for the first three hundred miles is still common, there are relatively more people who understand Mandarin, the temperature is slightly lower than that of Xianning but similar, and there are many pedestrians on the road. Three hundred miles later, the scenery begins to change to that of the plateau and mountains. In the cold winter, the grass is withered and yellow, the woods are bleak, the lake is as blue as fake, and the snow-capped mountains are reflected in it. At the same time, the proportion of people who can understand Mandarin has significantly decreased. The majority of the people are local herdsmen, and only a few noble officials can understand Mandarin. The temperature has dropped sharply, and the number of pedestrians has significantly decreased.

Go all the way to the border between Yunzhou and Dayan.

It is close to Xueyu and Yizhou.

Along the way, the most impressive thing was the lake.

All kinds of plateau lakes and streams, no matter how big or small, are like gems and jade belts on the plateau. Each color is different. No matter how clear or deep they are, they are all too beautiful to be true.

At the same time, the temperature also dropped sharply. I occasionally encountered tea and horse merchants on the road, all of whom were wrapped up like bears.

I almost found the feeling of walking in the Western Regions in winter before.

After seeing the scenery, we came back and turned south.

Winter is getting deeper.

However, going south is completely different from going west.

The higher you go west, the colder you go; the lower you go south, the warmer you go.

The scenery along the road also has obvious changes.

At first, it was a transformation from plateau scenery to normal landscape. When the transformation came back, going south, it was another transformation from normal landscape to tropical rainforest - the vegetation on the mountain roadside became visibly richer and unfamiliar to the naked eye, with quite a lot of... There are many types of vegetation, and there is vegetation at any height. The layering is not obvious. Unlike the common mountain forests in other places, except for a few tall trees and grass growing on the ground, there is almost no middle. .

There are often many ferns along the roadside.

Large trees often have platy roots and aerial roots.

Even Song You found it novel, let alone Empress Sanhua who was always very curious.

When the calico cat walks on the road, whenever he encounters strange grass that he has never seen before, he will go over to smell it and take a look. Whenever he encounters a tall and strange tree, he will turn his head when passing by. He stared at it with wide eyes until his head turned hard, then he took it back and looked at the new tree ahead.

The weather is getting warmer and we know fewer and fewer trees.

It's like entering a new world.

But it’s not completely unknown.

Sanhua Empress knows at least three kinds of common trees.

Bamboo, plantain, sugar cane.

Although none of these three seem to be trees.

Yes, there are a lot of bananas planted here, and many of them look like wild ones, growing on the top of the mountain or on the roadside. There are almost no ripe bananas near the road, and most of them are picked by passers-by to satisfy their hunger. But there are often ripe bananas on the top of the mountains farther away. They rest and sleep in the open every day. As long as they can be seen, Sanhua Empress Everyone would go there to pick them, either by themselves or with a bay-red horse, and they would pick them and feed them to the Taoist priests.

There are people growing sugar cane here.

And they plant a lot, and people often plant a large area of ​​one kind.

Lady Sanhua was extremely happy.

Many times the Taoist walked in front with a bamboo cane, and she also transformed into a human form, walking behind with a crutch, but it was not her small bamboo cane, but a long sugar cane.

Eat while walking.

Every time I tear off the sugar cane skin, I don't just throw it on the roadside. Instead, I use it as a dart, find a random target, aim and throw it out.

As we traveled south, it became warmer, we had snacks to eat, and we could play while walking. There were also an abundance of small animals on the roadside, whether they were birds in the trees, squirrels, snakes on the ground, four-legged snakes, or even mice. There are a lot of them, and there are also a lot of bugs, and you can easily find food. For Empress Sanhua, this place is happy, second only to the seaside and Lan Mo.

"We have reached the southernmost county of Yunzhou, and are almost approaching the southernmost point of Dayan land."

The Taoist looked through "Yu Di Ji Sheng" and then looked up at the surrounding scenery. He could roughly determine the direction, but he didn't know exactly where he went.

In fact, I'm afraid I don't even know it when I leave Dayan.

"call out!"

The girl took the sugar cane peel, aimed at a strange weed, and threw it away with a swipe.

And he has to make sounds with his mouth.

The sugarcane bark rotated and hit the weeds. The weeds were immediately bent down and swayed again after bouncing up.

The girl nodded silently, seemingly satisfied, and mentally imagined the weed as a monster. The sugarcane skin she threw became a magic weapon, and she had already chopped off the monster's head while spinning.

Then he took the sugar cane and brought it to his mouth.

"Bah!"

He took another bite, used both hands and head to tear off a piece of sugar cane skin, and repeated what he had done before.

She seemed not to have heard what the Taoist said.

"..."

The Taoist looked up at the sky again.

The wind was light and the clouds were light. It was clearly winter, but the climate was similar to the summer in Yizhou, but much cooler than the hot summer. A swallow flew left and right in the air, free and easy.

Actually, I'm eating.

Due to climate reasons, even in the cold winter, there are many mosquitoes here. There are many bugs in the air, which are delicious meals for swallows. Flying around so irregularly is not only playing for fun, but also preying on bugs flying in the air. They eat them while flying. full.

"well……"

The Taoist touched the neck of the bay-red horse, and as soon as he put back the "Yu Di Ji Sheng", he heard a neighing sound in the distance.

"Moo..."

It's long and clear, reaching directly over the forest tips and into the sky.

The dense rainforest in the distance shook.

A herd of elephants walked out and strolled over.

"..."

The sugarcane peel that Sanhua Empress was about to throw stopped in place, and she turned her head, looking blankly at the elephants walking towards her with a fair and delicate face.

The herd of elephants is not small in size, with dozens of animals in total. They walk in an orderly manner. The strong adult male elephants are walking at the front. The female elephants and their calves are protected in the middle of the group. Each elephant is closely related to the other elephants. An elephant walked from the rain forest at a suitable distance.

Seeing the two people and the horse on the roadside, the elephants became a little wary and paused for a moment to observe. However, after only a brief pause, they judged that they were not a threat and then continued walking over.

As the elephants got closer and closer, their huge size became more and more clear in the girl's eyes.

In comparison, not to mention myself, even my own horse looks very petite.

"Moo..."

The elephant made a sound and passed in front of them.

The Taoist leaned on his staff and stepped aside. He did not feel any fear at all, nor did he show any sign of danger. He only looked at the passing elephants. What’s interesting is that they seem to be able to sense his friendliness and the natural atmosphere from him. These elephants are not afraid of him at all. When passing by, both elephants and little elephants all look at him.

The two sides' eyes met, as if they could communicate.

The girl also followed the Taoist to the side. She looked up and stared at these behemoths, but her eyes were more wary. When she was wary, she was filled with wonder.

The long tusks dangled in front of her.

He is not even half as tall as an elephant's legs.

Slowly the elephant herd also moved away.

One party is friendly and the other trusts, completing a chance encounter that requires a lot of fate.

"call……"

Sanhua Empress breathed a sigh of relief, took the sugar cane, turned to the Taoist priest and said: "These elephants are so big, the small elephants are as big as horses..."

"Didn't Sanhua Empress see elephants in Changjing?"

"Not so much!"

"I see."

"And the elephants in Changjing have no teeth!" Sanhua Empress was still amazed, "They are as big as monsters!"

"The world is big and wonderful."

"It's so unfair that they get so big and the cats get so small."

"Let's go..."

The Taoist withdrew his gaze and took steps forward.

The girl quickly followed.

“Bah chi…

"Bah, bah, bah..."

After eating two mouthfuls of sugar cane, I was surprised for a moment.

There is a small city ahead, located in the rainforest and on the bank of a large river. Most of the people living there are local people. Although there is a government, it is almost self-governing by the local people. When he got here, the Taoist was sure that he had really reached the southernmost county of Yunzhou, but it was not Bu County, but Dai County.

The people here are very honest and enthusiastic.

Song You caught up with a family getting married and had a banquet. The locals liked to eat insects and there was a banquet of hundreds of insects. The Taoist also tasted a lot of it, which made Empress Sanhua stare at him without blinking.

There is also fragrant bamboo rice.

It uses tender fragrant bamboo, and the inside is glutinous rice mixed with fruits. After cooking, the inner membrane of the bamboo will wrap the glutinous rice tightly. When eating, peel the outer shell of the bamboo, like tearing the shell of sugar cane or peeling a banana. The skin reveals the glutinous rice inside, which is long and soft. The fragrance of bamboo is mixed with the aroma of glutinous rice fruits, which is very delicious.

The most important thing is that eating it always reminds me of Song You's childhood memories in his previous life.

In addition, due to the hot weather here, the appetite is not good when the weather is hot, so he likes to eat sour food, which suits Song You's appetite.

After staying here for a few more days, counting the time, the cold winter was almost over, so the Taoist set off in a hurry, walking along the line to the south of Yunzhou to the other side.

Go and find Bujun, which is also in the south of Yunzhou.

Stepping out of Daijun is Bujun.

Bujun is no longer a tropical rainforest, but you can occasionally see tropical plants, such as the combination of Numajun and Daijun. The temperature is slightly lower than that of Daijun, but it is equally warm.

After walking 200 miles into Jinjun, about two days' journey, swallows flew from the sky and told them that they had found the red river. Under his guidance, not long after, the Taoist group came to the red river.

"So that's it..."

The Taoist looked at the river and smiled.

He originally thought that the river water would be red, so that the unique red rice could be grown. He also thought about the reason. In the end, the river water was still ordinary river water, even very clear, but there was some fine sand in the river. These fine sand showed a The vermilion color makes the river water look red.

The water rushes down and goes straight to Luchuan.