Folk custom: At the beginning of the wedding, the bride takes off her painted skin

Chapter 140 Entering Yan Kuan’s past

"That's just the information I got from snooping, and I heard that the thing is still a dirty thing, called 'juicy rice'."

Li Daoxuan was also gauging his reaction when he spoke.

This guy definitely knows that juice contains rice.

After sitting for a while, Zuo Xiaowen recovered a little and said, "Such an evil thing must be filth."

Yan Kuan was silent, and after a while he said: "That's true. The custom of soaking pig cages can be found in many places, but the custom of 'juice with rice' actually only exists in Yanjiawan, south of our Shanshui City. nearby."

"Yan Jiawan, your surname is Yan..." Zuo Xiaowen muttered, and suddenly said: "Could it be that the woman you liked back then was the one who got pregnant out of wedlock and was imprisoned in a pig cage, and then you left Shenwu City? Bar?"

"You!"

The veins on Yan Kuan's forehead jumped violently, and he suddenly stood up, with an extremely angry look on his face, and deep... regret!

Li Daoxuan glanced at him and said nothing. This situation was already obvious.

Zuo Xiaowen guessed correctly.

Yan Kuan probably ended up like this because he and the woman he liked back then ate the forbidden fruit before getting married.

"what!!"

It is impossible for Yan Kuan to really fight Zuo Xiaowen because of such a sentence.

Hmm... If I had just left home for a long time and was still a young and energetic young man, I might really have done it.

But now, the gray hair and the wrinkled corners of the eyes are announcing that Yan Kuan is no longer young.

Although he still has the full beard... it just makes him look rougher.

He wailed in pain and squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.

After a while, he finally regained his composure. He stood up and sat on the stake with an expressionless expression, "Let the two brothers laugh."

"Is your return this time related to this matter?"

Li Daoxuan asked.

"Hmm... The family asked someone to send a message, saying that there was something strange about her tomb, and asked me to come back and take a look."

"Your family has a wide range of channels. With the chaos here in the north, they can still spread the news from Shanshui City to you in Shenwu City."

When Zuo Xiaowen spoke, it seemed that he never thought about it and just said whatever came to his mind.

Yan Kuan was also a little choked by his words, but he still explained: "I have some contacts with several aristocratic families in Shanshui City, and they sent the letter to me."

Li Daoxuan tapped his knees lightly with his fingers, and glanced back and forth between the two of them.

In the end, it fell to Yan Kuan, "I went to Shanshui City this time because of the rice juice... Is this something sold in the city?"

"This... there should be one. I can take Brother Fang to ask you then."

"I have some friendship with them."

As a matter of favor, Yan Kuan accepted Li Daoxuan's matter without hesitation, not to mention that Li Daoxuan saved his life to some extent.

"Okay, let's go then."

Li Daoxuan patted his butt and stood up. Time was already tight. He had wasted several days in the Ghost Mountains and he could not delay for too long.

The three of them immediately set off again.

It wasn't until noon the next day, when he walked through the mountain road pinched on both sides, that at the end of Li Daoxuan's field of vision, a river finally appeared with a vast ocean and an endless river.

It lay flat on the horizon in the far distance, vague and indistinct, and connected with the clouds and mists in the distance, it seemed to turn into the sky.

And Shanshui City is located on the endless plain between mountains and water.

To a certain extent, the geographical locations of Shanshui City and Shouwu City are actually similar, but the place where Shanshui City is located is flatter.

"Let's go. If we walk faster, we can go into the city and have lunch."

Although I encountered a few evil spirits along the way, in front of two seventh-rate grain eaters, Li Daoxuan and Yan Kuan, they were somewhat insatiable.

On the way here, Li Daoxuan also learned about the situation in Shanshui City from Yan Kuan.

Like Hand Witch City and Wind Cave City, they are jointly managed by aristocratic families.

There are only two aristocratic families in Shanshui City.

Chung and Choi.

Although there are two of them, their strength is extremely great. Take one alone and it is almost the same as the three families in Shouwu City united.

In other words, there must be at least three Liuliu grain eaters in this family.

As for the seven-flow grain eaters, there are even more.

Looking at it this way, Li Daoxuan had the feeling that this Wu City was really a small town in a ravine, let alone Puliu Town where he was born.

Wangshan ran the dead horse.

Wangcheng is similar, especially the city on the plain.

After about an hour, the three people arrived at the gate of Shanshui City. Crowds of people came and went occasionally, compared to Hand Witch City.

This is quite prosperous.

Among the three of them, Li Daoxuan and Yan Kuan both stank of corpse, and the other ordinary people dispersed in shock.

When we got here, Zuo Xiaowen, who had been coughing all the way, said: "You two, let's say goodbye."

"Ah."

Li Daoxuan nodded. They met by chance and had nothing to say.

Yan Kuan said kindly: "If Brother Zuo encounters something that can't be solved, you can go to the Cui family to ask for help. Just ask me, Yan Kuan, and they will notify me."

"Okay, thank you."

After saying that, this sickly scholar-looking man just coughed every few steps and followed the flow of people into the city.

"Brother Fang, let's go too. Let's go to Cui's house first."

"it is good."

[In a troubled world of five turbidities, you trekked hard and crossed the Ghost Mountain to light up the second city, Shanshui City. Your survival points +6 (green). 】

The panel pops up, and the text description looks like a new map has been expanded.

Li Daoxuan conveniently added the accumulated survival points to his energy and blood.

As for Yan Kuan, he said he was going to Cui's house, but in fact, the two of them found an inn first, ate and drank enough, changed and washed before going out.

Otherwise, after spending a few days crawling in the mountains and forests, I had to deal with evil spirits.

This person is really a bit unsightly.

Shanshui City is divided into north and south. The Cui family that Li Daoxuan wants to go to is in the south of Shanshui City.

Along the way, Li Daoxuan also discovered it. Compared with Hand Witch City, Shanshui City can at least be regarded as a city for personal life, and everything is still going on in an orderly manner.

And unlike Hand Witch City... not many people died.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that they have not experienced the large-scale evil events like the Hemu outbreak.

"The Cui family is quite wealthy."

Li Daoxuan walked two streets in a row. Everywhere he passed were the Cui family's mansions, but he didn't even see the Cui family's gate.

"It is said that they have settled in this Shanshui City since the last chaotic era."

"Tsk."

Li Daoxuan shook his head and said nothing more.

The two turned another corner, and Li Daoxuan finally saw the gate occupying half the street.

A truly wealthy family.

Yan Kuan didn't brag. Before he could get closer, one of the Cui family's gatekeepers went back to report, and the other came to greet him from a distance.

"Uncle Yan, hehe, you are back. The head of the family has talked about you several times."

The concierge who came here seemed to be in his early twenties, but he was very lively. After speaking, he looked at Li Daoxuan.

"I have met Lord Grain Eater."

He was stooping very low.

"It's okay, don't be too polite."

"This is my brother. I am here to meet Brother Cui." Yan Kuan waved his hand and said, "Lead the way."

"okay."

The concierge led the way, and Li Daoxuan, who had just arrived, followed him into the Cui Mansion, winding through the rockery pavilions.

From a distance, I saw a man wearing splendid clothes at the door of the Cui Mansion Hall.

Judging from his age and appearance, he is almost the same as Yan Kuan now.

As for the rest... Not to mention the seventh-rate family leader, even the sixth-rate ancestor, Li Daoxuan had killed several, so it was nothing strange to see them.

But Yan Kuan and the head of the Cui family obviously had an unusual relationship. After the two met, they even hugged each other, which made their eyes filled with tears.

Li Daoxuan stood aside and watched, and it could be seen that their expressions did not seem to be fake.

They really have a friendship.

"Brother Cui, this is the brother I met when I came back, the one who saved my life. His surname is Fang, his name is Fang Jie, from Shouwu City."

After Yan loosened his hands, he introduced him from the side.

"Brother Fang, this is Cui Lang, the head of the Cui family."

"Hello there!"

Li Daoxuan stretched out his hand out of habit, but then he remembered that there was no such custom here, and then he had to lift his hand up and scratch his head.

Cui Lang didn't realize what Li Daoxuan meant and laughed.

"Come on, brother Fang comes in and says, since he is Lao Yan's brother, he is also my Cui Lang's brother."

The moment he turned around, Li Daoxuan noticed the same kind of aura on him.

This Cui Lang is also a [thief].

The three of them entered the room one after another, sat down and served each other tea, water, melons and fruits.

Cui Lang, who was sitting in the main seat, suddenly said: "Brother Fang is from Shouwu City?"

Li Daoxuan nodded, "Exactly."

"I heard that a lot of big things have happened in Shouwu City recently..." Cui Langyi pointed out.

Li Daoxuan glanced at him and said directly, "Do you know me?"

Cui Lang narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I heard that City Lord Li of Shouwu City is also a [thief], and he is extremely young and very powerful."

"No talent, it's down."

After being recognized, Li Daoxuan had nothing to admit, and nodded: "The news about Master Cui is quite widespread. What happened not long ago has actually reached this Shanshui City."

"It turns out to be City Lord Li."

Cui Lang stood up in a hurry, bowed to Li Daoxuan, and said with a smile: "Sometimes we miss you to welcome him from afar, and sometimes you miss his welcome from afar."

Li Daoxuan didn't expect that he would have such an attitude, so he had to stand up and help him, "Why is Master Cui so polite?"

Cui Lang reached out and called the maid beside him, and said directly:

"Serve tea, serve good tea!"

Yan Kuan also stood up, and first glanced at Cui Lang, "You are not willing to take out the good tea of ​​love, are you?"

Then he looked at Li Daoxuan and rubbed his hands.

"Lee Daoxuan."

"Haha, I've met City Lord Li."

Yan Kuan also made a bow, looking very respectful.

"The Witch City owned by City Master Li and our Shanshui City are both separated by a thin strip of water. We can move around more in the future."

After Cui Lang sat down again, the enthusiasm in his eyes was even higher than before.

"Good talk, good talk."

Li Daoxuan believes that all these problems can be handled properly, and he only needs to be responsible for supporting the gods of Wu City.

"By the way, if the news is true, City Lord Li must have just finished his work in Wu City. How come he still has time to visit our Shanshui City?"

Cui Lang said, pretending to be a little dissatisfied, "If you come here, you don't inform me in advance so that I can prepare in advance. It's really not enough of a friend."

Li Daoxuan: "Haha."

He looked at Yan Kuan, who was sitting opposite.

The latter said very wisely: "Brother Cui, City Lord Li came here this time for the sake of our Shanshui City's 'juicy rice'."

"What, you also want juice with rice?"

Cui Lang's expression seemed a little surprised.

(End of this chapter)