Chapter 545 The local monster is brave (monthly ticket 3)
Chapter 545 The local monster is brave (monthly ticket +3)
"Then do we have to go further?"
The cat raised its head and stared at the Taoist with a pair of amber-clear eyes.
"Don't leave."
"Then are we going back?"
"about there."
Song You paused for a moment and looked down at her: "We should go back by another way."
"Another one!"
"yes……"
The Western Region is really too big.
A land as large as several states or even a dozen states, with dozens of vassal states, could not be connected by just one road. The Song Dynasty had to go back and forth on two different roads to cover several states.
This is especially true in the Western Regions.
Even taking two different roads back and forth cannot connect them well. Even if there are some detours in the middle, you can only walk all the vassal countries once, and you are bound to lose a lot of scenery. It’s just that the world is infinite and people are always there.
After all, twenty years may not seem short, but it can be said to be neither long nor long, so there are bound to be choices.
So I had to go around in a circle and go back from the other side.
"Have you had enough rest, Sanhua Empress?"
"Miss Sanhua, you've had enough rest."
"Then let's go."
Song You walked down the mountain, leaning on his bamboo stick.
The mountains here are really green and gentle. There is almost no sharpness or abruptness on the slopes. The curves are so smooth. There are no protruding mountains or scattered stones on the mountain. Every inch is covered by spring grass.
It looks extremely smooth from a distance, and is so green that it shines in the sun. Apart from the grass, the only thing growing is the straight coniferous trees. Either they form a forest somewhere on the mountain, or they grow alone.
On the mountain, all the trees are rooted one by one, with their tops pointing straight to the sky.
The horse was actually happy.
The mountains and acres of green grass are at their most delicate and delicious. It eats them while walking, and the sound of pulling grass or chewing grass makes people feel extremely comfortable.
Living here must be very relaxing.
Song You thought as he walked down the mountain.
The group of people walked slowly down the green mountain.
How high is this mountain? How can it be as high as the clouds?
It's just that Song You didn't expose her.
There is bound to be another long journey ahead.
It took a year to walk here from Shadu, and it would take at least a year to go back to Shadu from here.
Fortunately, Song You was very patient.
The group crossed the Tianshan Mountains, from the north to the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and then walked from west to east, from spring to summer. Before they knew it, the grassland under the Tianshan Mountains was full of rapeseed flowers, and the entire land became a landscape.
The golden ocean was shining brightly in the sun, and the tip of my nose was filled with the sweet and sweet fragrance of rapeseed flowers.
The land here is so vast, with golden rapeseed flowers stretching endlessly, and the Tianshan Mountains dotting the sky in the distance. Therefore, compared to the rapeseed flower scenes in other places, they have two different styles.
In other places, landscapes are often used as paintings, embellished with small bridges and flowing water, or houses with white walls and blue tiles. They are exquisite and elegant small paintings, highlighting the beauty. Here, the entire world is used as a picture, with only the blue sky above the head.
There is only a sea of flowers on the ground, and in the distance where heaven and earth meet, there is only an endless stretch of Tianshan Mountains. The picture is very clean, but grand and vast.
There is only a dirt road among the rapeseed flowers, with grass growing on both sides. There is no sense of inconsistency in this painting.
The Taoist and his horse walked slowly through it.
There is no sense of dissonance at all.
If you had not seen it with your own eyes, you would never have imagined that there is such a scenery in the Western Region, and this scenery was achieved by walking through the Gobi, deserts and severe droughts.
The only dissonance is the Sanhua Empress——
There were many bees in the sea of flowers, and there were also many beekeepers. The Lady Sanhua would play with bees on the grassy dirt road all the way, making this otherwise quiet picture more energetic, but when the breeze blew
Over ten thousand acres of rapeseed flowers, everyone bowed their heads and rustled, and she perfectly blended into it while jumping up and down.
"Don't let Miss Sanhua get stung by a bee." Song You said to her as she walked away, "By then her face will be swollen like a pig's head."
"Will not!"
Cat said without turning around.
There is a tree ahead. It is the only tree in the vast land. It is an unusual tree in Dayan. It grows lush and green, casting a small shadow on the sun-drenched land.
The Taoist lay down under the shade of the tree.
The luggage was placed next to it, and the horse was freed, gnawing on the grass along the dirt road.
The calico cat then caught the bees even more boldly.
Although it is midsummer, I still feel a bit cool, and the breeze brings fragrance. It is very comfortable to lie down in such a vast painting for a lunch break.
At this moment, you are at ease, like a god.
Just when I was lying down and about to fall asleep, I suddenly heard a flapping sound of wings. Compared with my own swallow, it seemed a bit dull. It stopped on the tree above my head, and then I felt a gaze staring at me.
Song You opened his eyes and looked up——
There is a strange bird on the tree. It is as big as a palm and has a face like some kind of sharp-beaked monkey. It has no beak and has a pair of big round eyes. It has hands and feet and wings on its back. It stands on the branch and stares at it with its head tilted.
Taoist see.
As soon as it saw the Taoist looking at it, it spoke:
"Yan Ren! Is there anything to eat?"
Song You was naturally not afraid. It was a bit novel at most. At the same time, he felt that it disturbed his lunch break. He was a little helpless, but he was not angry either. Instead, he asked patiently:
"The next step is..."
"Is there anything to eat?"
"There are two more pieces of grilled naan."
"Grilled naan? You can't chew it! Try something else!"
"..."
Song You couldn't help but feel even more helpless.
It turns out that apart from Sanhua Empress, even the little monsters you meet on the roadside don’t like grilled naan.
"In addition to grilled naan, there are also two dried loaches and a few dried mice..."
"Yan Ren! Give me some!"
"How do you know I'm from Dayan? How can I speak Dayan dialect?"
"I know how to read people! I learned from people!"
"That's pretty awesome."
"Give me some dried loach!"
"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult..."
"Why are you in trouble?"
"First of all, dried loach and dried mice are the rations of my Sanhua Empress, and they are made by herself. I'm afraid it's not easy for me to make my own decisions." Song You said, "Secondly, I'm a stranger to you, and I won't know you after arriving today.
It's really rude to announce your family name, not explain the reason, and ask for food with your mouth open."
"Then what will it take for you to give it?"
"what's your name?"
"Yan people call me Monkey Bird!"
"Monkey bird..."
Song You looked at it and smiled slightly: "It's quite appropriate."
"There are a lot of monsters here, and they often come to deceive people on the road. They are very dangerous. If you give me food, I will show you the way, tell you how to go, there will be fewer monsters, and tell you how to distinguish monsters."
"That's not necessary."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"If I'm hungry, I can give you some. But we don't bring much food. My Sanhua Queen doesn't like grilled naan either, so I have to give you less..."
"Give me more!"
This guy really doesn't know how to be polite at all, and he doesn't know what etiquette is. He just asks for it with his mouth. It's really annoying.
However, Song You had already agreed to it. At this time, he just shook his head and didn't care about it. He stood up and took out a loach stem from Sanhua Empress's robe, held the tail of the loach and gently broke it -
The dried loach made by Sanhua Empress was really good, dry and crispy, as if it had been deep-fried and baked. With just a click, the tail of the loach was pulled off.
The monkeys and birds on the branches are already looking forward to it.
Just then, a calico cat appeared on the dirt road ahead.
I don't know where I ran to play just now. I must have heard the voices here, and ran back to check in confusion. At this time, I poked my head out from behind a clump of weeds, tilting my head and staring at this direction without blinking.
"There's a cat!"
The monkey bird was just about to fly down to catch the loach, but when it saw the figure of the calico cat, it immediately flapped its wings and flew up again.
Just at this time, the sound of cars and horses was heard again on the dirt road.
The horses' hooves are crisp and the carriage is rocking.
The rapeseed flowers were not high at this time. When Song You and Houniao turned their heads, they could see two riders and a carriage walking along the dirt road.
Although the two cavalrymen were not wearing armor or helmets, they were still strong. They had a straight sword and a bow quiver hanging on their waists. They also had long spears hanging on their horses. They were full of blood and murderous intent.
They are dressed similarly to the attendants of Dayan military attachés.
The person driving the car behind him was a young scholar, who was also well-dressed and well-dressed. Someone else opened the curtains and looked outside.
"Puff puff..."
The monkey bird seemed to feel that this group of people was not easy to mess with, and seemed to be afraid of the bows and arrows carried by the two attendants. He actually didn't even want the loach stems, and turned around and flew away without hesitation.
This bird is heavy and flies very slowly.
"parking……"
A voice came from the carriage.
"Hush!"
The group of people stopped immediately.
Immediately, the young scholar opened the curtain of the carriage, and a tall middle-aged man got out. He actually had a sword at his waist, and he looked at Song You as soon as he got off the car.
"I can actually meet a monk here."
After saying that, he turned his head and glanced at the sky in the distance, then walked two steps forward, stopped two feet in front of the Taoist, saluted and asked, "Is the Taoist from Dayan?"
"Exactly."
Song You quickly put back the dried loach and stood up to return the greeting: "My surname is Song, and my name is You. I come from Yizhou. Don't you care about my surname?"
"My surname is Zhang, Zhang Wangchuan, he is the supervisory censor of Dayan and the embroiderer general." Zhang censor looked at him and said, "Why did you come here, sir, and why did you rest here?"
"It turns out to be Yu Shi Zhang..."
It sounds like they are officials sent by Dayan to the Western Regions.
Supervisory censors usually supervise officials and generals. If they are sent to the Western Regions, they are mostly to comfort the border troops or inspect the military situation. General Xiuyi Zhonglang is the diplomatic envoy of Dayan, which means that he is not only here to visit and comfort
In addition to the border army, he also has diplomatic responsibilities.
"I visited this place on my way downstream and saw that the scenery here is picturesque, vast and open, and it happens to be shaded, so I took a lunch break here."
"Sir, you are very elegant." Zhang Yushi couldn't help but smile as he said, "It's just that although the scenery here is beautiful, there are often monsters wandering around. Just like that monkey bird, it likes to beg people for food on the road. If people don't give it,
Or if you don’t give it enough to satisfy it, it may shit on you or hit you with rocks, or it may lead you to a place with vicious monsters and die without a burial.”
"That monkey bird did beg for food from me."
"That's it." Zhang Yushi said, "This monkey bird is actually nothing. There are often other monsters on the road. If an uninformed person is careless, he or she will be easily deceived and killed. Did you hear about it beforehand?"
"I haven't heard of it."
"Monsters are good at deceiving people by changing their appearance. Maybe we were transformed by monsters to deceive you, sir!"
Zhang Yushi showed a teasing smile.
The two warriors behind him also smiled.
But there was no fear at all on the Taoist's face, not even any hesitation. Instead, he smiled like them:
"That means the local monsters are brave."
When several people heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.