Chapter 55 The Little Girl in the Desolate Pavilion
Chapter 55 The little girl in the deserted pavilion
Author: The third update of Nan Guo Yue
Chapter 55 The little girl in the deserted pavilion
Qianguo is a small country in the southeast of Gezhou in the north, with only five counties.
However, its location is an important thoroughfare for all countries. It goes north to south, east to west, and can connect several large countries around it.
The reason why it has not been annexed by the surrounding powers is said to be because behind it stands a great master of ten realms of swordsmanship.
The swordsman's killing power is extremely high. A master of swordsmanship at the top of the tenth realm is enough to compete with some saints of the eleventh realm.
Therefore, although the pious kingdom is small, it can continue to exist.
Of course, it is not that the major countries do not have saints, sword immortals, and martial gods who can defeat the great masters of the Ten Realms of Swordsmanship. It is just that compared to the price to be paid, the benefits of annexing them are too small, so there is no need.
After all, although Qianguo has stated that it is neutral and will not participate in the disputes between neighboring powers, its country is small and has few people and few resources, so it has to rely on the big powers to survive better.
Huqiu County, the largest county in the Qian Kingdom, has a post house in the city called Qingniao Fei Post Station.
After being separated from the others, Li Changyi took Xiao Qianjun and Guo Nanjun eastward, and soon arrived at Huqiu County and found the Qingniao Flying Station.
Guo Nanjun had made an agreement with his brother before. After arriving at the post house, he quickly obtained the message that his brother Guo Hengbei had left in the post office.
Although Guo Hengbei left the message at another post in another place, through the mysterious and magical immortal method of Qingniao Flying Station, it can be read after matching the soul seal at any Qingniao Station in Beizhi Gezhou.
From the message on the jade slip, Guo Nanjun learned that his brothers Guo Hengbei and Wei Lun were thrown out of Linggui Town by Old Turtle, and also fell to the southeast of Beizhi Gezhou.
But not in the pious country.
But it was in Fengyu City, Yi State, which was a little further south than Qian State.
Yiguo is a small country like Qianguo, adjacent to each other. Fengyu City is only two days away from Huqiu County.
Guo Nanjun left a message to his brother and agreed to meet him in a small county called Xu County, east of Huqiu County.
There is a Xianjia ferry there, and you can take the Xianjia treasure ship directly to the capital of Wei Dynasty.
They are going to the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty to bring the ashes of Feng Gu, a member of the demon-slaying team, back to his hometown.
After sending the letter, the three of them visited Huqiu County.
Xiao Qianjun bought a rattle.
Guo Nanjun picked a comb.
Li went to the bookstore and bought dozens of volumes.
They asked someone to inquire and confirmed that the journey to Biluotian took more than two months, but only seven days passed in the human world.
The flow of time in the Boundary Sea seems to be very different from that in the human world.
Just like the rhyme left by Li Changyi through the twilight of the girl's cloud, across time and space, he stayed on the eaves of the city tower three thousand years ago for more than a month.
But in the eyes of Xiao Qianjun, Xiao Ye and others, he only left for less than a quarter of an hour.
When Li Qianyi and Xiao Qianjun just came down the mountain, there were still more than two months before the God of Donghua Mountain held a century-old wandering meeting.
Excluding the time spent on the journey to Xiufeng Mountain, the time spent in the town, and the migration trip, Li Guang calculated that it was now the date when the Donghua Mountain Traveling Gods Fair would be held.
No more, no less, exactly fifty days.
Although the trip to Donghua Mountain is still thousands of miles away, there is still enough time, so there is no need to rush.
After buying books and eating Huqiu County's special food, Li Qianyi, Xiaoqianjun, and Guo Nanjun headed east to Xianjia Ferry in Xu County.
When Taixu Old Turtle threw them out of the town, he also threw out their previous mounts.
Li Chaoyi and Guo Nanjun, one man and one horse, took Xiao Qianjun along the mountain road to Xu County.
Speaking of which, the yellow-maned horse he was riding originally belonged to Feng Gu and was ridden up Xiufeng Mountain by a human demon.
After the human demon died, Guo Hengbei gave it to Li Quang.
At noon, it started pouring rain on the mountain road.
Li Qianyi and the other two found shelter from the rain in a village beside the road, and continued on their way when the rain stopped.
It was difficult to walk on the mountain road after the rain. After an hour of hard riding, night had fallen.
Li went to look out on a small slope and saw what seemed to be a house not far ahead, so he planned to spend the night there.
After a cup of tea, they finally arrived at the house.
At this time, the night became darker and thick fog drifted on the mountain road.
After the three of them got closer, they saw that the house was a large pavilion.
Guo Nanjun recognized the words on the beams of the pavilion, turned around and said to Li Chaoyue: "This pavilion is called Sansanli Pavilion. When we get here, we should be only thirty miles away from Xu County."
Li went forward and said: "The mountain road is slippery and there is thick fog, making it very difficult to travel. Let's rest here for the night and start again tomorrow."
Guo Nanjun nodded: "Well, listen to sir."
The pavilion is quite large and does not look like an ordinary resting pavilion. In addition to allowing passing merchants and horse teams to rest, it should also serve as a certain trading place.
In addition to the east-west mountain road that Li Chaoyi and the others walked, there is also a north-south official road that passes through the pavilion and connects the north and the south.
This can be regarded as a small thoroughfare near Xu County.
However, I don’t know since when, the two mountain roads and the thirty-mile pavilion have been abandoned.
The once prosperous and lively place has now become a deserted pavilion.
Li Qingyue and the three of them dismounted.
Just as they were about to enter the pavilion, a six or seven-year-old girl came out of the pavilion, holding on to the edge of the door, looking at them timidly.
The little girl is very thin and wears a patched coat. She is from a poor family.
Because she was too thin, her face had no color, but her big eyes were very bright.
"Big brother, big sister, are you from the west?" The little girl looked at them for a while, and when she saw that they didn't look like bad people, she asked in a low voice.
Li Chaoyi and Guo Nanjun looked at each other and replied, "Yes, we are from Huqiu County in the west."
"Have you ever passed by Ningjia Village?"
"Yes, we encountered heavy rain at noon, and we took shelter in Ningjia Village."
"Great! Big brother, have you seen my father and mother-in-law? Are they coming to see me soon?"
"Your father and mother-in-law? Are you from the Ning family village?"
"Yes, my name is Ning Xiaozhi, my father's name is Ning Dazhu, and my mother's name is Hu Cuihua." The little girl was very happy to see that Li Changye and the others had been to Ningjia Village, "Brother, have you seen them?"
Li Changyi recalled the villagers he met in Ningjia Village when he was taking shelter from the rain.
Nods: "Yes."
The little girl became even more happy and asked crisply: "Then daddy and grandma have already set out to find me?"
"Is it just because the eldest brother and eldest sister are riding horses, and dad and aunt are walking a little slower, that's why they haven't arrived yet?"
Li Changyi looked strange and asked: "Are you here, waiting for your father and mother-in-law?"
The little girl smiled and replied: "Yes, I am sick. My father and mother-in-law want to take me to the county town to find a doctor."
"But I was in a hurry when I left and forgot to bring the money. Daddy and Aniang went back to get it."
"My father and mother-in-law asked me to wait here. They will be back soon. When I bring the money and go to the county hospital, my illness will be cured."
Li Chaoyi and Guo Nanjun looked at each other again, and both fell silent.
They happened to be taking shelter from the rain at Hu Cuihua's house in Ning Dazhu at noon.
When chatting, Hu Cuihua mentioned that one of her eldest daughters was lost three years ago. If a guest encounters her on the road, please be sure to give them a message and they will go find her.
Looking at the thin but expectant little girl in front of them, Li Chaoyi and Guo Nanjun didn't know how to answer the question.
Under the night, behind the little girl, in the corner of the deserted pavilion.
Clearly lying there were the withered bones of a six or seven-year-old girl!