"No one from outside has come in for a long time. Don't be nervous. I'll show up and want to chat with you."
The tall old man turned his head and glanced sideways at the sunny sky. He put his hands behind his back and walked along the stream. He said to himself: "Little girl from the Jiu Ming family, he asked you to come in and didn't mention me to you.
'Mayor Fushan'?"
Xin Yue took her hand away from the hilt of the sword and saluted respectfully: "The ancestor of Nine Lives is traveling far away for business. He didn't have time to tell me more about the situation in the forbidden area. I'm sorry for this junior."
In fact, she didn't see Jiu Ming at all, she didn't even say a word, she only received a small black bottle.
Shocked in her heart, she underestimated this "Mayor of Fushan" who suddenly appeared.
The forbidden area is not simple. She wanted it to be simple at first.
"Traveling far away? I think he went to look for weapons that he had in hand. He suffered a lot in the hands of an old man like me. He wants to find a place for him. Ha ha, I have been waiting for him for a thousand or eight hundred years, but there is nowhere to go anyway.
"
The tall old man stopped three feet in front of the two people and the donkey.
The fox girl had no way to respond to these words, so she could only bow slightly and signal, "Whatever you say is right."
"Your business is not honest. You exchanged a few ordinary pigs for fist-sized Caiyunjin, and purple ginseng that was more than two hundred years old. Are the things outside so worthless now? Taoist brother, can you break it for the old man?
Are you tearing away your reasoning?"
The tall old man named people, as if he wanted to seek justice.
Continuing to walk forward, I passed two people and a donkey by the stream, and they seemed to be just chatting.
Zhang Wenfeng thought thoughtfully and replied: "There is no absolute fairness in business. Everyone gets what he needs. It's a matter of what you and I want. If the fist-sized Caiyun Gold is taken to the outside world, a family of five will have no worries about eating and drinking delicacies from the mountains and seas for a lifetime.
But in the desert wasteland, you may not be able to exchange for a leg of lamb for barbecue, and Caiyun Gold is a treasure. "You can't eat it if you are hungry, and you can't clothe it if you are cold."
In our transactions with those men in Fushan Town, there is no question of who suffered the loss or who took advantage, nor did we rely on force to force us to do so. Mayor Fushan Town, please be clear about this!"
As long as he is willing to reason, he will not be embarrassed by his elders.
He may be pretending to be reasonable, but actually he wants to use his power to bully others. For example, Bian Wuguo, the free-spirited monk from the Xihua Pavilion, used his power to bully others in front of Protector Xie.
Refuted once.
In the last sentence, he secretly pointed out that the men in Fushan Town wanted to rob it by force.
He only sat down to discuss deals when he encountered tough situations, and he didn't use force at all.
I was also secretly glad that I didn't listen to the advice of Xin Yue, a violent fox, and ransacked Fushan Town, leaving behind a few prey to count.
Since Fushan Town can exist within the forbidden area, there must be a reason for its existence, and he does not want to disturb its balance.
The tall old man walked forward, let out a strange laugh, and said: "He is a sharp-tongued person who uses strong words and confuses the conversation. That's all. How you want to trade is a matter between you. I don't care.
Such trivial things. Taoist brother, your cultivation is not very good, you have a bad temper, and you are full of tricks. If you meet the smiling fox of Nine Lives, you will be beaten out of your excrement."
Zhang Wenfeng silently handed over his hand to let you get it right. He was almost beaten to death by Jiu Ming's graceful slap.
After thinking about it more, Jiu Ming didn't mean to kill him, so he controlled the intensity and just smashed his magic weapon to make him suffer some pain, otherwise Bai Wuchang wouldn't be able to save him in time.
Of course, he always remembered that slap in his heart.
It's never too late for a monk to take revenge for a hundred years or a thousand years.
"Hey, I guessed it right, okay, you didn't get beaten to death? Jiu Ming is very brave, he dares to beat you with evil hands."
The tall old man smiled strangely and said, "Come and take a walk with me. No one has chatted with me for a long time."
"It is better to obey orders than to be respectful!"
Zhang Wenfeng gave Xin Yue and Donkey a look to reassure them. He had already heard that this old man who appeared out of nowhere knew about his relationship with Mo Ye, otherwise he wouldn't have made such fatuous remarks about Jiu Ming.
The old man didn't know that he was beaten severely by Jiu Ming in front of him, and he met Mo Ye later.
He didn't know how the old man saw it?
The guess is that he "saw" him jump into the island, and then jump out of the island a few months later, alive and kicking.
Baba showed up to chat with him, and it certainly wasn't out of boredom.
The previous accusations that he was not doing business properly were just a formality. Maybe he wanted to find out the whereabouts of Mo Ye?
Xin Yue quietly stuck out her tongue. This was the first time she knew that Guanzhu Zhang returned the inheritance to the ancestor of Nine Lives, and there was such an incident in between. No wonder Guanzhu Zhang didn't like to see her during that time.
Seeing the water dripping from the donkey, the fox girl expressed her kindness: "Lu Zijin, let me help you clean the blood and dirt on your belly."
The donkey shook his head like a rattle and ran towards the deep pool at the foot of the mountain with his butt between his legs. The fox girl's sleeve hid the sharp short blade that could easily cut through the skin of the demon pig. When it was hunting with the fox girl, it saw the fox girl pulling out her hand.
Came out.
Is it reasonable for a big man like him to ask a female fox to clean him?
As it turns out, it’s still important to cleanse the belly!
The donkey rolled comfortably in the water, turned a pool of clear water into turbid muddy water, washed it thoroughly, climbed ashore and shook off the water drops on its body, and slowly dried it under the blazing sun.
The remaining half jar of wine was taken out of the basket on the ground.
"My Healing Game"
Thinking that he should be able to return to the Taoist temple tonight, he stopped saving and drank down every drop of wine.
After this incident, it was impossible to continue searching for treasures in the forbidden area. In addition, the harvest was quite fruitful. In the words of the visitor, "it's safe to leave the bag behind."
The fox girl set up a stone stove and started a fire to cook the broth and reheat the roasted lamb.
About half an hour later, Zhang Wenfeng returned alone, but the mysterious mayor of Fushan did not follow.
The fox girl and the donkey looked at each other and both breathed a sigh of relief. It was too uncomfortable to be with a strange master, especially in this kind of barren mountain wilderness with no rules and a lot of pressure.
How about meeting the ancestor of Nine Lives?
From what the old man said, it was probably a fight.
After lunch, we chatted for a while and no one mentioned the tall old man.
Zhang Wenfeng glanced at the sun in the sky and said with a smile: "Let's go straight back home, and there won't be any further delays on the way. My family must be worried after being out for such a long time."
Xin Yue couldn't agree more: "I don't know what happened to Xin Xing?"
The donkey agreed with "Ah eh". He had finished drinking the wine. Why not go back?
The main reason is that the forbidden area is too dangerous. Any "mayor" who walks out will be out of reach. He glances at him and dares not to move. In other words, the viewer is like a normal person who can talk to the other party and he understands everything.
of cold sweat.
I heard that there are at least three cities like Fushan Town in this area of the forbidden area.
If you are looking for some treasure, don't get into trouble.
After packing up, we set off again with two people and one donkey. The donkey lagged behind and sniffed out of habit.
After walking more than ten miles into the mountains, I heard a man shouting "Hey, you" from in front of me.
The two of them exchanged glances and walked forward cautiously. At a turning point a hundred feet away, a man with a dark complexion and coarse linen clothes was leaning under a tree. His clothes were in tatters, and his legs were exposed. He fell dead not far away.
A giant gray-brown wolf, with a short spear pierced through the neck and nailed to the ground.
"Be careful of fraud, none of these guys are good people."
Xin Yue reminded in a low voice, she looked around but could not see the injured man's companion.
A few people should go out in the wild together, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with the danger.
Zhang Wenfeng nodded slightly. He was not such a good person that he casually rescued people in the wild. His chat with the mayor of Fushan was just about what he saw and understood on that isolated island, speaking in general terms.
He also took the opportunity to inquire about various forces in the forbidden area, but the old man was very unauthentic and just smiled weirdly and did not reveal any more inside information.
"Go around to the edge."
"Yes, this kind of trick is too vulgar, we will ignore it."
Xin Yue turned around and asked Donkey to follow her, and sneered at the injured man who looked nervous when he saw them.
Can it be faked more? The battle traces on the ground nearby can be made wider.
The two of them walked into the sparse forest. The seriously injured man suddenly shouted a few times. From the grass and the mud covered by leaves, several men wearing linen clothes or with their bare upper bodies came out, and they shouted at them.
Archery.
"There really is an ambush. Have these guys received news about the strangers in Fushan Town? What a coincidence, they happened to ambush us on our way back south."
Xin Yue sneered, drew her sword and struck Li Xiao's flying arrow.
Her swordsmanship was not as good as Zhang Guanzhu's, but she had no problem protecting the two of them from sparse arrows.
Zhang Wenfeng took off the two baskets from the donkey's back and slapped the stupid donkey on the back.
"Leave it to you!"
He doesn't actively provoke killings, but when others do, it's no wonder that he retaliates with tooth for tooth and blood for blood. He doesn't have the habit of not fighting back when he's beaten.
The donkey said "Ah uh", stretched out its four hooves, and leaped out like an arrow missing.
"Don't let it go at all, these guys are so annoying and they don't know their own abilities!"
Xin Yue missed several arrows in a row. Two of the men were very strong. The force transmitted from the arrows made her take two steps back and shouted.
When it comes to strength in the wild, you also need to have a good eye.