But I'm a male fox

Chapter 22 I have always regarded you as my sister

From Fengyin County, along the official road to the south for about three days, you will reach the Qingxuan Mountains that stretch for [-] miles.

The mountains here are steep and the water is fast, so the folk customs are tough, self-defense and the king of the mountain are everywhere, and they are not friendly to foreigners who come and go.

It's just a trick of luck, the Qingxuan Mountains lie across here, and it is the only way for business travelers from the north to go south to Yunmeng Province, so small traders like Zhang Mi have to go into the valley no matter how unwilling they are.

That afternoon, before it was dark, Zhang Mi stopped the caravan in a ruined temple at the foot of the mountain.

"I'm going into the mountains tomorrow, and the road ahead will be difficult. Let's eat some meat tonight and have a good rest."

As soon as the words fell, all the guys cheered in unison, tied up the mules and horses in a hurry, and prepared to light a fire for cooking.

As a person who brought art to the car, Li Cheng hid aside to read the newspaper with a little help.

That's right, newspapers.

If Li Cheng remembers correctly, the earliest official newspapers in the previous life should have been born in the Tang and Song dynasties, while private newspapers were not later than the end of the Ming Dynasty.

In this world, it seems that the existence of immortal cultivators has strengthened the unofficial power, and the flying magic weapon has improved the efficiency of information transmission. Newspapers that are updated in a timely manner and that the public can buy at will have appeared very early.

As a businessman, Zhang Mi is very concerned about the news from all over the world, and has the habit of buying newspapers along the way, which makes Li Cheng cheaper at this moment.

The newspaper in my hand is called Sanhe Zabao. Compared with my colleagues in the previous life, the layout is rough and casual, and the content is not too much. It is mainly divided into three parts. .

It is a ranking list of practitioners' strength.

The leaderboard is a cliché, but it can always be born naturally.

After all, even if ordinary people can't practice fairy arts or martial arts, they certainly can't help but want to gossip about those wonderful legends after dinner.

If you gossip too much, you will start to compete in combat power.

What are the four emperors and seven generals who are stronger, one is Lu, the other is Zhao, three Dianwei, four passes, five horses and six Diaochan, yesterday Guan Gong fights Qin Qiong, tomorrow Wukong fights Thanos and so on.

If you want to ask if this kind of behavior makes sense, it probably doesn't make sense...

But have fun, hey, that's enough.

In short, the demand exists objectively.

It is said that a well-connected family discovered this opportunity, collected some less sensitive information that could be made public, and made it into the top three rankings every once in a while, and distributed it all over the world for a fee. Newspapers like Sanhe Zabao also Happy to buy and publish.

Taking the one in Li Cheng's hand as an example, there are 12 people included in the Tianbang, which is the ceiling of the brightest faces in the world today.

Those included in the Dibang are all masters of the upper third grade, most of them are elders of famous families, or suzerains of middle sects.

The list of people is quite special, because its purpose is to promote geniuses, so the age of the list is limited to no more than [-].

Li Cheng looked through it carefully, and found that Liu Shishi's name was on the list, and it was ranked fourth. Its description is:

Leng Yueshuangjian Liu Shishi, the chief disciple of the new generation of the White Lotus Sect, his strength is about the late stage of the sixth rank, and he is good at unknown moves.

Good guy, Lengyueshuangjian, it's really a suitable nickname for her-but it's only a superficial impression.

In Li Cheng's heart, although Liu Shishi looked cold on the outside, she was actually a very warm woman on the inside.

He curled his lips and continued to read the rest of the paper.

As a time traveler fox, he needs to do everything possible to gain common sense about this world.

"elder brother!"

Zhu Chongxiu came over suddenly and handed a bowl of rice porridge with sliced ​​beef to Li Cheng.

"Thank you." Li Cheng took the bowl naturally and did not raise any objection to the title.

Long before departure, in order to avoid possible inconvenience when a man and a woman are together, Li Cheng made an agreement with Zhu Chongxiu to be called brother and sister outside.

If someone asked about his name, Zhu Chongxiu would reply that it was Li Chongxiu—for some reason, when he had made such a decision, Zhu Chongxiu blushed for a while, and Li Cheng was quite puzzled by his flattered look.

Back to the present moment, Li Cheng pulled the dinner into his belly three times, five times and two times, and when he looked up, he found that Zhu Chongxiu hadn't left, squatting aside and watching him.

Not only the girl, but also the caravan guys including Zhang Mi were staring at him with wide eyes.

"Hey? This dish is all ready, why don't you eat it?"

"Mr. Li, everyone wants you to eat first."

"Uh, why?"

"After you finish eating, we want to eat while listening to your lecture, let's eat!"

"...It's easy to say, easy to say."

Li Cheng nodded in agreement, but immediately knocked Zhu Chongxiu on the head again.

There was a loud bang, crisp and clear.

The girl covered her head, pouted and asked, "Brother, why did you hit me?"

"Children should concentrate on eating, you finish eating first, don't think about listening and eating for a while."

"Oh......"

"Also, after listening to the book today, I will test you to see if you still remember what you learned yesterday."

"Okay, okay!"

Seeing that the girl immediately cheered up, ran to the corner, squatted on the ground and practiced calligraphy with a branch, Li Cheng showed a "gratified" smile.

For some reason, the characters in this world are very close to the simplified characters in the previous life.

In the past three days, although Li Cheng couldn't teach Zhu Chongxiu how to practice, he took time out to help the girl learn to read, and he was actively involved in the cause of literacy.

Soon, he ate all the rice in the bowl and stood by the fire.

Although he was still carrying a gavel, because there was no table, Li Cheng patted it with his palm and said:

"Today, let's tell a brand new story."

"Before I tell you, I want to explain that this story takes place in an imaginary place and has nothing to do with reality. Please listen to it and don't make random associations..."

After gaining a better understanding of today's world, Li Cheng has to say this sentence every time before storytelling.He was afraid that someone would misunderstand the stories he made up to reflect the imperial court, famous families and decent families, and that would be no fun.

"Mr. Li, don't worry."

Seeing Zhang Mi nodded, Li Cheng continued to speak:

"There is a poem that says:

Chaos is not divided into chaos, and no one sees it.

Since Pangu broke the Harmony, opened up a clear and turbid distinction.

Covering the group of students and admiring benevolence, inventing everything to be good.

If you want to know good luck, you must look at the biography of Shi E on Journey to the West.

It is said that in Daqian overseas, there is Dongshengshenzhou, and within it is the country of Aolai, which is close to the sea, and there is a mountain in the sea, called Huaguo Mountain. "

"Our story begins with a stone on Huaguoshan..."

Li Cheng decided to copy Journey to the West this time.

As the four great classics, its appeal needless to say, even Zhu Chongxiu included, all the guys listened to it fascinated.

When it was time to talk about Sun Dasheng making troubles in the underworld and attracting the attention of the Heavenly Court, Li Cheng slapped again and said:

"If you want to know what will happen next, let's listen to the next breakdown!"

A group of guys immediately scratched their heads and did a real COS of Sun Dasheng.

Zhu Chongxiu even sneaked over and asked if she could write all the words correctly in a while, could she hear the next episode in advance.

For such a small request, Li Cheng naturally smiled...but firmly refused.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. He still has tasks to complete, so I will never forget them!

crunch.

When everyone was feeling uncomfortable, the wooden door of the temple was suddenly pushed open, and the cold wind from outside came in.

The people who opened the door were three tall men with long knives in the waist and hips, and full beards.

The leader scanned the crowd with wolf-like eyes, and said in a low voice:

"Excuse me, everyone, our three brothers also want to take this place to stay overnight."

Chapter 23 Look, it's a female Bodhisattva

In the ruined temple, everyone fell silent for a while.

In the end, it was Zhang Mi who broke the slightly tense atmosphere, smiled and cupped his hands and said, "We are destined to meet each other. This temple is big enough for everyone to shelter from wind and rain. How can we talk about disturbing?"

"Haha, the old gentleman's words are really comforting."

The leading man strode in, took a corner slightly away from the caravan, sat cross-legged with his two companions, and took out some cakes to eat.

Li Cheng observed secretly and roughly inferred that the three of them had practiced martial arts for a while, but none of them had reached the ninth rank.

But it is definitely enough to cut an average adult male.

In the ruined temple in the wild, it is no wonder that the caravan was nervous when they met such three people of unknown origin - Li Cheng looked out of the corner of his eye, and several of the guys also secretly put their hands on the short knives.

It seems that everyone can't sleep well tonight.

"This cake is really hard."

Among the three, a strong man with a rosy nose swallowed half a cake, spat, and cursed.

Then he stood up, walked directly in front of the caravan and said, "Your place smells so good, isn't it stewed meat?"

Without waiting for everyone to answer, he snatched the bowl from a ten-year-old boy and said, "Since we are destined, let me have a taste."

"you!"

The young man stood up unconvinced, but looking directly at the burly man's swollen face, some words seemed to be stuck in his throat.

After three days of contact, Li Cheng was fairly familiar with most of the people in the caravan. He remembered that the young man had an introverted personality, didn't like to talk very much, and...

And when eating, I always like to save the best food for last.

In other words, he still has the beef in his bowl!

Although the young man couldn't speak harsh words, someone in the caravan still stood up and yelled angrily at the burly man with the wine-grooved nose: "You bastard, how did you steal something from someone? Return it quickly!"

However, Jiuzuobi still ate the beef with no one else around.

For a while, the two sides were at war with each other.

It was Zhang Mi who finally smoothed things over.

Those who are in business don't want to cause trouble?He directly took out another piece of beef from the salute, cut it in half, gave half to the young man, and gestured to pass the half to the leading strong man sitting behind, saying:

"It's cold at night, eat more meat to keep out the cold."

At the same time, by Zhang Mi's side, a few strong men cheered up and made a gesture of defending the boss.

"Hahaha, thank you, thank you."

The leading strong man took the beef and gave Jiu Zuo Nai a look, and the two sat back together.

An encounter seemed to end there.

Gollum.

In the temple that had just regained its tranquility, the sound of stomach growling suddenly echoed.

Li Cheng subconsciously went to see Zhu Chongxiu.

For girls who are growing up, it is normal for them to be hungry quickly.

Zhu Chongxiu's face turned red, and he folded his hands on his chest and said, "Brother, I'm already full!"

Then who is it...

"Who's hiding there?"

The wine groove nose on the opposite side suddenly finished shouting, pulled out the knife, walked towards the back of the Buddha statue, and said, "Okay, there is an ambush here!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone became vigilant and looked at the Buddha statue in the middle of the temple together.

The Buddha statue was made of clay, and it has not been repaired for a long time. The whole face has been worn away, and the whole body is covered with dust and cobwebs. Only the slender left hand holding the jade bottle can make people vaguely guess that the sculpture should be a woman. Buddha.