Zhao Kai and his party traveled for several days, mostly on post roads in the suburbs. They rarely encountered a place to stay, but there happened to be a place in front of them...
Zhao Kai narrowed his eyes slightly and saw a small mountain village in front of him. Although it was only the first light of dawn, smoke was already rising from the roof of the mountain village.
The blue-gray smoke spreads out in all directions under the milky white sky, like a beautiful picture. But no painter can imagine how to depict it.
This place is close to the border of Qinghai and Sichuan, and there are already many Han people.
I saw an old man in a green cloth jacket standing at the door of a house, holding a pipe of cigarette in his mouth, looking at the sky, and murmured: "It seems that the weather is good again today, it's time to take out the quilt to dry it"
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Zhao Kai turned his head and glanced at Tie Xinlan and Zhang Jing. Seeing that their faces were slightly tired and that they had not had hot food for several days, he gestured to them and walked forward alone.
He said hello to the old man and said with a smile: "Master, do you have anything to eat or drink? The four of us are quite hungry at this time. Well, we can pay some silver as reward."
The old man looked at Zhao Kai up and down, then looked at Tie Xinlan and the others who were standing behind Zhao Kai, and said with a smile: "Young officials are so polite. As long as you don't mind the poor food and drinks in the old man's house, please come in quickly.
"While talking, he was already smiling and greeting the guests.
The country people were very hospitable. Zhao Kai smiled, turned around and waved to Tie Xinlan and the others, and after inviting them to come over, they followed the old man into the house together.
At this time, the old man had cleaned the table, put six pairs of bowls and chopsticks on it, and said with a smile: "You two sit down for a moment, old man to see if the rice is ready."
It seems that they just caught up with them for breakfast, but Zhao Kai had to complain, shouldn't they have porridge for breakfast? Why did the old man sound like he was eating white rice!
As soon as the old man walked in, the smell of rice came out. The little fish beside him had his stomach growling and stared at the kitchen door with his eyes wide open. He looked like he was reincarnated from starvation, which annoyed the two girls.
He laughed straight away. Zhao Kai also smiled and shook his head, thinking that in some aspects this ghost spirit was quite in line with what his age group should look like.
After a long while, a gray-haired old woman finally came out, holding a large bowl of steaming brown rice in one hand, with a piece of bacon and a few pickles on top. She went back and forth three times and brought six bowls of brown rice to the dining table.
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The old lady bent down and said with a smile: "The four young guests can use it first. You are welcome. The food will not taste good when it is cold. I will call the old man right away."
Zhao Kai looked at the old lady's leaving back, narrowed his eyes slightly, touched the bowl with his index finger, and raised the corners of his mouth in a charming arc.
Zhao Kai suddenly stood up, looked at the stumbling old lady, and said with a smile: "Since you are here, why bother leaving in such a hurry."
The old lady stopped, turned around, looked at Zhao Kai and said with a ferocious smile: "I didn't expect that you would see through this."
The conversation between the two was incomprehensible. Tie Xinlan and Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Kai completely unaware of the situation. Xiao Yuer lowered his head and thought for a moment, then reached out to touch his rice bowl, and immediately retracted his hand.
, frowned and said: "It's really hot."
But Xiao Yu'er's brows straightened out immediately, and he smiled and said, "I finally know what's going on."
As he spoke, Xiao Yuer poured the bowl of rice onto the table. The dry and hard brown rice was spread all over the table, but a small green snake wriggled out from the rice.
Tie Xinlan exclaimed, "Snake!"
It was a green phosphorus snake, still squirming on the dining table, its body glowing with a disgusting green light.
Zhang Jing, on the other hand, seemed much calmer. After looking at the green phosphorous snake and thinking for a moment, she murmured: "Snake... green phosphorus snake... the spirit of Qinghai, the deer-eating god!"
After hearing Zhang Jing's words, Tie Xinlan's face became even more ugly.
Except for Zhao Kai, only Xiao Yu'er still kept smiling. Xiao Yu'er blinked and asked with a smile: "What did you say?"
Tie Xinlan looked pale and said in a trembling voice: "You don't understand...you don't understand..."
Xiao Yu'er said: "It's just a little snake, what's there to be afraid of?"
The old lady not far away kept smiling secretly.
Tie Xinlan took a deep breath and said: "This jade phosphorus snake is the symbol of the 'Spirit of Qinghai, the Deer-Eating Lord'. Where the symbol is, others will not be far away."
Tie Xinlan looked at the old lady standing not far away, her face full of disbelief.
Xiao Yu'er frowned and said, "What is this deer-eating god?"
Tie Xinlan said: "Have you ever heard of the name 'Twelve Stars'?"
Xiao Yu'er's eyes flashed and he said: "It seems like I have heard of it, but it seems like I haven't."
Tie Xinlan sighed and said: "These 'Twelve Stars' are the most cruel and vicious group of bandits in the world in the past thirty years. They rarely attack on weekdays, but if they see something worth attacking, they will
Those who are favored by them will never be able to escape again. In the past thirty years, it is said that the 'Twelve Stars' have only failed once."
The old lady opposite became even more proud when she heard this.
Xiao Yu'er said: "This snake is naturally the person in the 'Twelve Stars'."
Tie Xinlan said: "Yes, this 'Deer-eating God' is the most vicious and cunning person among the 'Twelve Stars'. His home base is in Qinghai... Alas! I should have thought that he would attack me."
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Xiao Yu'er said: "Why should you have thought of it so long ago?"
At this time, Zhang Jing interjected: "The only time the Twelve Stars failed, it is said that it fell into the hands of Yan Nantian. If they knew that Yan Nantian had a hidden sword manual left behind, how could they let it go."
Zhao Kai finally spoke at this time and said with a smile: "You made two mistakes."
"What two points?" Xiao Yu'er asked with a smile.
"First, now that this treasure map is on my body, it is natural that it will cause trouble for me, not you, Miss Tie. Second, it is just an ugly snake, and it dares to call itself 'The Spirit of Qinghai, Food
Deer God Lord. Hehe, he is not afraid of making people laugh to death." Zhao Kai chuckled.
"What did you say, kid!" The voice was sharp and thin, making people's skin crawl.
At this time, Lord Jade Snake God had completely stripped away his disguise. He was about forty years old. He was wearing a pair of green tights. His body was thin and long. His whole body was soft and he seemed to have no bones.
At that time, those thin and small eyes were staring at Zhao Kai, just like a snake, a poisonous snake!
"Did I say something wrong? We are obviously just twelve robbers. We have to find some nice names for ourselves. The robbers are really not scary. We are just afraid that the robbers are educated. Ugly snakes like you should be hiding here
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I'm too lazy to care about anything, but you just came here to die, so I was disrespectful and accepted your dog's life, oh no, it's a snake's life." Zhao Kai showed his white teeth and smiled very happily.
