Chapter 80 The roadside mountain god invites you

"Interesting, interesting..."

Song You shook his head, feeling doubly amused.

After tidying up for a while, we set off.

Just when I feel better, my steps become brisker. I don't necessarily walk faster, but time passes faster, and the grass, trees, mountains and clouds on the roadside become much more pleasing to the eye.

The little girl walked in front, holding her little bamboo stick, but she didn't use it as a stick. Instead, she waved it around in her hand, hitting the heads of the grass on the roadside. Sometimes when she encountered butterflies, she would jump up and hit them.

Song You looked at her and found it interesting.

Sometimes I can’t help but think——

How boring would this journey be without her?

"Sanhua Empress, aren't you sleepy?"

"Sanhua Empress is not sleepy!"

"Is that tiring?"

"Not tired!"

"Is it fun?"

“Fun!”

The girl didn't look back and strode forward, waving the bamboo stick in her hand. Only her voice came out: "It would be more fun if I had a knife!"

"oh……"

Only then did Song You understand——

She learned it from that heroine.

In the middle of the afternoon, the girl finally got tired. She rubbed her eyes and turned back to look at Song You, asking him if she could sleep on the back of the horse. Of course it was possible. So she turned back into a cat and returned to Song You.

In the cloth bag on the horse's back, he went to sleep.

The journey was indeed much less interesting.

Walking from the mountainside to the top of the mountain, and from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, I passed by the former site of the former village and came across many abandoned pavilions. In some places, I can still vaguely distinguish the earthen barriers that were set up before. The original stone-carved boundary monuments are

Most of them are still in place, but half of them are covered by weeds.

The sun is tilting farther and farther to the west.

When we reached the halfway point of another mountain, another pavilion appeared in front of us.

The scenery here is quite good.

There is a mountain on one side and a cliff on the other. The dense shrubs on the roadside are scattered with flowers of different colors, and there is a sense of beauty in the mottled chaos. The dirt road passes through the flowers and grass, all the way up the mountain, and when you reach the mountain

At the edge, it looks like it breaks off halfway up the mountain, and beyond that is the blue sky.

The pavilion is at the end of the visible road. Next to it is a pine tree that grows on the mountain. It leans out towards the roadside and the cliff, as if to greet travelers along the road.

At first, Song You thought it was another abandoned pavilion, and was still wondering how this pavilion could be located here. But after taking a closer look, he discovered that——

Where is this abandoned pavilion?

The green tile roof reflects the light, and the pavilion pillars are bright red, as if they have just been painted. It is clearly a new pavilion.

As I got closer and changed the angle, my view was no longer blocked by the pine branches and pillars of the pavilion. I could still see a tall man sitting in the pavilion, dressed in neat robes, still drinking tea.

The sound of horse hooves gradually approached the pavilion.

The man in the pavilion turned his head and looked at Song You with a smile, as if he was waiting for him here and extending an invitation.

"..."

Song You was thoughtful and then walked over with a smile.

There is a stone table in the pavilion, a teapot and tea sets, and two tea bowls. One is placed in front of the person in the pavilion, and the other is placed on the other side.

The man in the pavilion looks middle-aged, with a slightly square face, thick eyebrows, rough skin, but well-dressed.

He looks like a celebrity.

As soon as Song You entered the pavilion, he stood up.

Song You also immediately stopped.

So one of them stood in front of the stone table, and the other just arrived at the entrance of the pavilion, saluting each other.

"Be polite."

"Be polite."

"Please take a seat."

"good."

The two sat down across the stone table.

Then I saw the middle-aged man making a gesture of invitation:

"Please have some tea."

Song You picked up the teacup.

Take a look at it first, and you can see that the bleached floating green tea is pretty good. When you smell it, you can tell that the tea has a strong aroma and it’s a good tea. After a pause and a sip, it’s a little bitter and not soft enough.

The middle-aged man looked at him with a smile:

"How brave of you."

"Just a cup of tea."

"How about this tea?"

"generally."

Song You put down his tea cup and didn't want to drink anymore. He just looked at this man and said, "Why are you waiting for me here, Your Majesty the Mountain God?"

"I once met one of your ancestors, and I am an old friend. Now that his descendants are here, I naturally want to come and meet him." The mountain god said to him, "The mountain road is rugged, so I set up a pavilion on the roadside.

, please drink a cup of tea, sit down, have a rest, and chat for a while."

"Why didn't you come to see me last night?"

"I saw you chatting happily with the wild ghost from Pig Tail Mountain last night. If I came to meet you, wouldn't I disturb this pure fate?"

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

Song You's gratitude was extremely sincere. The mountain god could consider and take care of his encounter with the kid. It was pure goodwill and worthy of thanks. However, he paused and asked doubtfully: "It's just that I was here last night."

When I encountered an evil thing in the mountains, Your Majesty was clearly there, why didn't you come out to meet me?"

When the mountain god heard this, he suddenly paused in raising his glass.

"You knew I was there?"

"Not only do I know that Your Excellency the Mountain God is present, but I also know that those evil things that gathered here were probably invited by Your Excellency. Otherwise, I was just passing through the mountains, how could I have provoked so many evil things at once... It is impossible for all the evil things in the mountains to be present.

Let's gather there for a court meeting?" Song You smiled and said, then turned to look at the mountain god, "Although I heard in the market town that you have a bad temper, you have established a market town here to provide convenience for the fairies and ghosts in the mountains.

and protection, and gave them fire as light to drive away evil spirits on the mountain roads. I guess he is also a benevolent and charitable mountain elf. Why do you let these evil things come to make things difficult for me? Is it related to my predecessors at Fulong Temple? "

"You are smart."

"But that was at least a hundred years ago. I have never met or known that senior. Why would Your Majesty the Mountain God embarrass me because of this?"

"I'm not that stingy."

"Are you here to give me alchemy materials? In that case, I would have let down your kindness."

"But it's not."

"oh?"

"Although your senior has boundless power, he has not practiced the method of prolonging life. I'm afraid he would have died a long time ago." The mountain god raised his cup to drink tea, as if he didn't think it tasted good. He hesitated and put it down again.

"Besides, I actually have no grudge against him. Last night I just wanted to see how capable the descendants of Fulongguan are and whether they can inherit the style of the one from back then."

"That's it." Song You smiled without showing his inner thoughts, "So what do the mountain gods think?"

"You know it in your heart, why bother asking?"

"Such words always have a different flavor when others say them."

"Ha! Interesting!" The mountain god smiled, "You are better at talking than your master!"

"I don't know which master it is."

"It's been too long, and you haven't seen him yet, so there's no point in knowing who he is." The mountain god shook his head, "You did surprise me a little bit, but I only discovered it today."

"Appreciate further details."

"You are not humble."

"It's good to hear about yourself from others."
To be continued...