The two finally left Dongling City. Along the way, the villages were desolate and dilapidated, with no human habitation. In the abandoned thatched huts, even the shadows of jackals and wild dogs could be seen.
The crow on the dead tree at the entrance of the village occasionally croaked desolately.
Lin Xiaocha asked the system in her brain, [Xiaotong, do you know what's going on?]
System: [They are all villages that were ravaged by monsters. Homeless villagers flooded into the nearest city, Dong Ling City, and became the refugees you saw.]
Lin Xiaocha: [It's so pitiful.]
System: [Originally, most of them would freeze to death in a corner this winter, and then be thrown into the burial ground. And your suggestion of letting them build the Vermilion Bird Tower can be regarded as helping them survive this winter safely. That's why they like you.]
Lin Xiaocha was thinking about those refugees. In fact, she only did those things to increase the favorability of the hero, but she helped them by accident, and she felt that it was not bad...
Lin Xiaocha always kept a fist distance from him.
And Han Yu stood up straight from beginning to end, and the smell of pine and snow on his body was repulsive to others thousands of miles away.
He didn't say a word along the way, and Lin Xiaocha didn't bother him either.
Neither of them mentioned Tao Ji's matter again.
When she saw these desolate villages, she asked: "Xianjun, Tianyu Mountain is so powerful, is there nothing you can do about these monsters?"
"Too many."
"Does the empress not care?"
Han Yu was silent, and after a while he said:
"The people of Zhu Yunguo are good at using the method of controlling beasts, and most of the so-called beasts are monsters with a certain level of cultivation. The monks captured them and tamed them into spirit beasts for their own use or as gifts to others. For example, Fengzi Infant is just building a foundation, but with an 800-year-old black panther, he can dominate a side."
"In order to capture stronger monsters and consolidate their strength, the royal family not only failed to kill all the monsters, but allowed them to hide in the current Ten Thousand Monster Forest, and even opened three entrances in the Ten Thousand Monster Forest for the royal family to come in and go out to hunt. "
And Lin Xiaocha said after a while, "Xianjun, it's the first time I've heard you talk so much, your voice is really nice, can you say more in the future?"
Han Yu didn't want to say so much by herself, but this was what she cared about.
Lin Xiaocha found that the road started to be bustling with pedestrians, but they were completely different from the refugees. They were all in good spirits, neatly dressed, and many even held weapons in their hands.
"Xianjun, what are these people doing?" Lin Xiaocha asked.
"Go to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest."
"The Wanyao Forest you mentioned just now?"
"One of the entrances to Wan Yao Forest is under the jurisdiction of Feng Ziying."
At this moment, Han Yu heard a stomach rumbling behind him.
Lin Xiaocha clutched her stomach, feeling very embarrassed, Han Yu could hear her holding her breath.
He has been fasting for many years, and he has long been exposed to rain and dew but not human fireworks. The word "hungry" seems to be far away from him.
At this time the sun had started to set, and he remembered that she hadn't eaten anything since she woke up in the morning.
"Why didn't you tell me you were hungry?" He asked lightly.
Lin Xiaocha bit her lip and said nothing.
He saw a pavement, on which the word "Mian" was embroidered on a cloth flag that had lost its color due to wind and rain.
The boss was kneading the dough against the road, and there were mosquitoes flying around.
He frowned involuntarily.
But at a glance, this is the only one here that sells food, and the others sell more low-level instruments and elixir, as well as an inn.
He tugged at the reins and brought the horse to a halt.
Seeing that there was business, the noodle rolling boss just glanced at the two of them indifferently, and asked lazily, "What do you want, sir?"
After finishing speaking, he took off the rag from his shoulder and wiped the table perfunctorily.
Lin Xiaocha lowered his head and said softly, "A bowl of plain noodles."
"Su noodles?" The boss put the dishcloth back on his shoulders, looked at Han Yu with disdain, "What about you?"
"No." He answered simply, then looked at the stool, "Wipe the stool down too."
The boss looked at the clean stool and became even more impatient. He angrily tore off the rag and messed with it on the stool a few times before going to cook the noodles.
Han Yu looked at the stool, as if he was still dissatisfied, a layer of ice condensed on it before he sat on it.
The boss put the plain noodles in front of Lin Xiaocha impatiently, and went to cut the meat.
Han Yu looked at the bowl of noodles with clear soup and little water.
Lin Xiaocha moved her eyes and lowered her eyes, "I like vegetarians."
After all, he buried his head and ate noodles.
Han Yu calmly said: "Boss, add another plate of meat."
Lin Xiaocha put down her chopsticks and waved her hands, "No, no, I don't like meat."
Han Yu ignored her.
The boss ignored her.
Soon a plate of cut meat was thrown up impatiently.
Lin Xiaocha stared at the plate of meat for a moment, pursed her lips, and said in a low voice, "Thank you Xianjun."
Then he caught a piece of meat, his slender eyelashes trembled, and said in an almost inaudible voice, "I lied to you just now, I actually like eating meat."
Han Yu looked at her pitiful look, and remembered what she said: "The unkindness of heaven and earth regards all things as straw dogs, and the unkindness of saints makes the common people like straw dogs."
Dongling City was in such a state, thinking about it, she had suffered a lot, suffered a lot from hunger, and felt pity in her heart.
Lin Xiaocha ate food slowly, taking his time.
She hadn't finished eating a bowl of noodles for half an hour.
Seeing the sky getting late, and the sound of flies buzzing around the boss's chopping board gave him a headache, Han Yu asked, "Is it good to eat?"
Lin Xiaocha, who was eating seriously, raised her head now, she was a little teary, and she said in a bit of pain: "Xianjun, I will eat it right away, it would be a pity to waste it."
These are not all of them. When she was a child, her family was poor. Although it was not impossible for her to eat, she lived a life of a piece of meat for a bowl of rice, so she couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw the waste.
Han Yu looked at her discolored face, Han Yu grabbed his bowl and pulled it over.
"Enough, let's go."
"OK."
But she obediently agreed while continuing to eat the noodles, and asked the boss to wrap the meat.
Han Yu didn't stop, took out the money bag from his pocket, and settled the bill with the shopkeeper.
Lin Xiaocha looked at him blushing, "Xianjun, thank you. I will return the money to you when I find my father."
Han Yu didn't hear it.
Boss: "Three hundred Zhu Yun coins."
Lin Xiaocha didn't know how much three hundred Zhuyun coins equaled, so he asked the system for help.
[Total RMB 300, one to one exchange.]
Lin Xiaocha:! ! !
"Boss, isn't this a bit expensive?" She asked.
"500." The boss raised the price again.
Lin Xiaocha has seen a piece of jade drop from 20,000 to 200, but he has never seen a bowl of noodles rise from 300 to 500.
Just about to speak, Han Yu stopped her.
Lin Xiaocha's eyes were full of guilt, "Xian Jun, I'm sorry for costing you, I'll sell the clothes and return them to you tomorrow morning."
Han Yu glanced at her, she only had this one piece of clothing on her body, what should she wear
Thinking of this, his heart skipped a beat and he stopped thinking about it.
"No." He answered firmly.
"Should I keep some of the rewards given by the city lord to Captain Zuo and distribute them to the refugees?" She sighed and said to herself.
"Wait a minute." The shopkeeper subconsciously tore off the rag from his shoulders, "Could it be that you are the little tea girl from Dongling City?"
Not to mention Lin Xiaocha, even Han Yu was a little surprised.
"How do you know me?"
The boss shook the rag, and said, "Now there is no one in Dongling City who doesn't know you. This meal is free, so don't use it."
"what?"
"My ancestors were refugees, and I was going to give them relief after overcharging you." While talking, he picked up the meat he just cut and stuffed it into Lin Xiaocha's hands.
"Girl, take it to eat on the way."
Lin Xiaocha declined but accepted the meat he handed over.
Reluctantly waved his hand to say goodbye to the boss.
Boss: What a nice girl.
It was getting late, Lin Xiaocha sat staggering behind Han Yu.
Appears to be sleepy.
Han Yu made the already unhappy horse go slower to prevent her from falling.
But the people behind were shaking more and more violently. It seemed like I fell down a few times and then got up again.
"Be patient."
Although Lin Xiaocha knew that Han Yu couldn't see her, she still rubbed her eyes, her eyes were sleepy, and said in a daze, "Okay."
The horse was still thumping along the night road, Lin Xiaocha said: "Xianjun, so I am very afraid of the dark, I don't know why, today I am not afraid at all, and I am still a little sleepy."
"Xianjun, can you talk to me to distract yourself?"
Han Yu didn't answer.
And Lin Xiaocha didn't seem discouraged, "Then tell me a story, okay?"
"Won't."
"Oh~" She replied regretfully, and then said: "Then Xianjun, can I tell you a story?"
"what ever."
Lin Xiaocha thought for a while:
"On Kunlun Mountain, there is a fairy in white clothes fluttering. When he went down the mountain to practice, he rescued a beautiful girl with a peerless beauty from the mouth of a monster, who was sacrificed as a sacrifice."
Hearing this, Han Yu couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
"Xianjun fell in love with the pure and kind beautiful girl at first sight, but the beautiful girl had no heart for love, and only wanted to cultivate immortality and save the common people, so Xianjun could only hide her love in her heart."
Han Yu was about to interrupt her, but when she heard the people behind her cheer up, she continued to speak energetically:
"Unexpectedly, at this time, the devil saw the girl's astonishing beauty, and planned to snatch the girl. The girl had the world in her heart, and told the devil that as long as he didn't continue to cause trouble for the common people, she was willing to commit herself to him."
"On the night of the wedding between the beautiful girl and the demon king, the fairy king suddenly realized that he must be a girl in his life, so he completely blackened and took the beautiful girl away from the demon king..."
Han Yu: ...
"After Xianjun took the beautiful girl back, he fought with her for seven days and seven nights..."
Han Yu frowned tightly when he heard this, and his temples twitched.
"Xianjun was shocked that the girl's talent is so outstanding, she is actually a cultivation wizard who can see the five spiritual roots once every ten thousand years, and she has entered the realm of transforming gods in just a few days. Fighting against myself for seven days and seven nights is hard to tell the winner."
Han Yu frowned and then loosened his brows.
Lin Xiaocha wanted to continue talking, but Han Yu interrupted her in a deep voice: "Okay."
Lin Xiaocha who was interrupted was very surprised, "Xianjun, don't you like the story I told?"
Han Yu opened her thin lips lightly, but closed them lightly again, paused for a moment, and said, "Well, so-so."
Lin Xiaocha was very frustrated, said "Oh" and stopped talking.
It didn't take long for her to fall asleep again in a drowsy state, and she was about to fall on his back as she watched.
The moment she leaned against his back, she suddenly woke up and shook her head, "No, no, I'm really going to fall asleep. Xianjun, why don't we play a game, I write, you guess."
Han Yu felt that she might really fall off the horse, and also felt that he had hurt her by denying her story just now.
So with a "hmm", it was a promise.
Lin Xiaocha stretched out her pointed index finger, pressed down gently on his back, and then slowly pulled a "one".
Han Yu:
The author has something to say: Lin Xiaocha: I have a lot of tricks. Surprised or not, is it unexpected