Seeing Zhou Xiucai's surprised look, Guo Mo could completely understand.
In these times of limited information, the ethnic minorities in the desert were, in the eyes of the Han Chinese in the Central Plains, uncivilized barbarians.
Take Dingxing, for example. It belongs to the Jin Kingdom and its rulers are Jurchens. They are considered barbarians in the eyes of the Han people, not to mention the desert further to the north.
In the eyes of the Central Plains people, it is impossible for normal people to go to the desert far away in northern Xinjiang unless they really cannot survive.
"Zhou Xiucai, the first thing I want to say is that I am a Han, but I grew up in the desert. I still have my mother, master, sister-in-law and other relatives there."
"My name is Guo Mo. In the desert, there is a place called 'Seven Sages' Village'..." Guo Mo told Zhou exactly what he had experienced over the years and what happened at "Seven Sages' Village".
The scholar father and his daughter talked about it.
Huang Rong was also listening. This was the first time she understood Da Mo and Guo Mo's life in these years in such detail.
"My eldest brother is Mongolia's 'Golden Sword Prince Consort', so there is a team to protect the village in 'Seven Sages' Village. The size of the team should have expanded now."
"If Zhou Xiucai really has nowhere to go, I would like to ask Zhou Xiucai to come to Qixianzhuang and take charge of money and food matters. What do you think Zhou Xiucai would like?"
Only then did Zhou Xiucai understand Guo Mo's intention, and he was very moved.
To be honest, Guo Mo saved his daughter, and he was the savior of his family.
If you receive a favor from someone, you should repay it with a spring of water, not to mention that it is also a life-saving favor.
He is now desperate, and the place Guo Mo gave him is an opportunity for him to show off his talents.
"Thank you so much for your kindness, Zhou Cheng dares to disobey me!" Zhou Xiucai said with his hands clasped in fists.
Seeing that the other party agreed, Guo Mo thought for a moment.
"Zhou Xiucai, I'm going to write a book. You can take it with you. When you get to the Seven Sages Village, you can hand it over to my seventh master, the Yue Nvjian Han Xiaoying, and she will arrange everything for you."
After speaking, Guo Mo took a pen and paper and wrote a letter.
In general, he introduced his experiences since the separation, but did not mention the conflict with the master.
He also introduced the experiences of Zhou Cheng and his daughter in detail, and suggested that the Seventh Master let Zhou Cheng participate in and gradually take charge of the money and food affairs of "Seven Xian Village".
After all, there are now hundreds of people in the "Seven Sages Village", and the scale may expand in the future. It's okay to do it by yourself. There are very few people with financial ability, unless you do it yourself.
After writing the letter, he handed it to Zhou Cheng. He took out a full fifty taels of silver from the bag and handed it to Zhou Cheng.
"My benefactor, this is impossible. You saved our family and arranged a place to go. How could Zhou Cheng have the audacity to accept my benefactor's money?" Zhou Cheng hurriedly excused himself.
"Take this, take this silver. As soon as day breaks, you can hire a carriage and go to the desert." Guo Mo forced the silver to Zhou Cheng.
"You can be considered as leaving your hometown. It's hard to say when you will come back."
"When you arrive in the desert, if you encounter harassment by officers and soldiers, just report your name as 'Seven Sages' Village' and say that you are a family member of 'Golden Sword Consort'."
After Guo Mo finished explaining, without waiting for Zhou Cheng and his daughter to thank each other, he took Huang Rong out of Zhou Cheng's house and returned to "Gu Lai Tiao" in a hurry.
Guo Mo and Huang Rong also slept peacefully until dawn the next day as they were absolutely reassured by the people on the other side of the county government office.
After washing up, they simply had breakfast at "Ke Laitou". The two of them rode horses, carrying their belongings with them, and even made a special detour to Zhou Cheng's house in the west of the city to take a look.
Zhou Cheng and his daughter were not seen, so they must have left early in the morning.
The two of them no longer had any worries, left the west gate and headed southwest.
"Rong'er, there is a river not far to the west from here. Since we are already here, why don't we stop by and have a look?" Guo Mo suggested.
"Brother Mo, are you talking about the 'Yishui River'?"
Yishui River is one of the three rivers. The three rivers are Yishui, Xushui and Laishui. Its source is located in the mountainous area in the west of Yixian County, Hebei Province, with rivers and streams crisscrossing it and poplar green land.
According to legend, Jing Ke took Yandukang Tu and Fan Yuqi's head to the State of Qin to assassinate King Ying Zheng of Qin. Before leaving, many people saw Jing Ke off at the edge of the Yishui River. The scene was very tragic.
The phrase "The wind is blowing and the water is cold, and the heroes are gone and never come back! Entering the tiger's den and exploring the dragon's palace, looking up to the sky and shouting, it turns into a white rainbow!" has infected many loyal and heroic people.
But when the two of them rode horses and arrived at Yishui, it was almost dark. There was no village or shop in front of them, and only Yishui was flowing quietly.
What about paying homage to the river as promised? Guo Mo just felt lonely after watching it, and had to spend the night in the wilderness.
Huang Rong didn't care. Since she left "Peach Blossom Island", she had traveled all over the country for more than half a year and had a lot of experience sleeping in the open. What's more, she now had "Brother Mo" by her side.
Fortunately, the two of them were prepared. When they came out of Dingxing County, Guo Mo bought two kilograms of cooked beef and a few flatbreads as dry food on the road, and also filled a jug of wine.
Just beside Yishui, a clearing was made and two bonfires were set up next to it.
It's just that it's a bit difficult to burn trees in this season, so Guo Mo tried his best to find some fallen trees or dead tree trunks in the forest.
While it was still dark, Guo Mo went down to the river to catch a few fish.
Huang Rong immediately looked at him with admiration. A person who grew up in the desert actually dared to go into the water?
Guo Mo smiled silently. He couldn't say that he was still an amateur swimmer in that life, right?
I don’t know how Huang Rong handled it. Without any seasoning, she actually grilled the fish so delicious that Guo Mo killed two of them.
Night has come, and even with two bonfires, there is still a slight chill.
Guo Mo's inner strength was so successful that he was almost immune to the cold and heat. He hurriedly took out a large cloak from his horseback bag and put it on Huang Rong.
"Rong'er, can you tell me the story of 'Peach Blossom Island'?" Guo Mo said.
"Is my father said to be 'evil' in the world?" Huang Rong asked.
"There is a saying," Guo Mo quickly changed his words when he saw Huang Rong's face was a little ugly; "But I think your father should be 'evil has three parts of righteousness, and righteousness has seven parts of evil', so outside the world An expert cannot be tolerated by the world."
Huang Rong looked at Guo Mo in surprise, "Brother Mo, if dad hears you say that, he will definitely become a close friend."
Huang Rong leaned against Guo Mo and recounted every detail of her stay on Peach Blossom Island.
He mentioned that his mother "died" due to dystocia when she gave birth to him, but he had never seen her grave. He only knew that there was a cave on Peach Blossom Island that only his father could enter and exit.
Speaking of my father, he occasionally mentioned his apprentices Chen, Mei, Qu, Lu, etc., but they were no longer on "Peach Blossom Island".
Speaking of how she didn't like learning martial arts, whenever her father taught her martial arts, various situations always happened, and her angry father was helpless.
Speaking of a "fun" old man imprisoned on "Peach Blossom Island", I ran away from home because my father quarreled me because I liked to play with him...
Guo Mo said nothing and listened quietly. Some of them knew about it in their previous lives, and some of them heard about it for the first time.
Imagine what Huang Rong described, "Peach Blossom Island"? I will always look for opportunities to visit it.
"By the way, Brother Mo, why do I think you are so familiar with Mei Chaofeng? Have you known each other before?" Huang Rong suddenly asked.