Hot as China, cold as snow

Liu Moran only felt that he stayed in the red gate of time and space for less than a second, as if he stepped forward with his front foot and stepped forward with his back foot, he was thrown out. The red plane suddenly appeared and then disappeared without causing any harm. attention and panic.

Liu Moran, who was thrown into a coma, slowly stood up from the ground, his body was wet from the rain, and there were still residual leaves of the crape myrtle flower in the crape myrtle family of Cangqiong Mountain.Looking around, there is no shadow of Cang Qiong Mountain here, the sun is slanting to the west, and the pedestrians on the side of the road look at Liu Moran strangely and point.The pants that were still wet on the legs were pulled hard, looked down, Liu Moran didn't know whether to cry or laugh, Hua Xi, who was also thrown into a coma, didn't stand still.He bent down to pick up Hua Xi and hugged her in his arms, absorbing the warmth.

"Hey, what can't this young man think about? He's going to commit suicide here, really."

"Mind your own business. Go."

The voice came from above, Liu Moran raised his head when he heard the sound, and the woodcutter who passed by was shaking his head and leaving.Next to it was the river, Liu Moran was standing on the bank of the river under the bridge, and his body was covered in water, no wonder he would be misunderstood by others.He hugged Hua Xi and left the shore, looking forward, there was a bustling road in front of him, attracting attention frequently.

The bustling street during the day, when the sun is about to set, the pedestrians on the street gradually decrease.At the corner of the street where no one is paying attention, there is a simple porridge shop. Liu Moran looked at him, he was penniless, except for the soul-binding hundred chains and half a piece of broken jade in his hand, he was also holding the purple myrtle family. Secret treasure sapphire flute.For Liu Moran, the sapphire flute is more important than his own life, because Liu Moran's real owner of the sapphire flute is Yun Che; and the half piece of broken jade has a deeper meaning to Liu Moran, the jade is life.He hugged Hua Xi tightly again, spotted the porridge shop with only three or two businesses, and went to ask: "Grandma, where is this place? What year is it?"

The owner of the porridge shop is a kind old man. His business is not good, but he can barely make ends meet.She was lowering her head and busy with the work in her hands. When she heard the voice, she raised her head, as if she couldn't see the person in front of her clearly. She narrowed her eyes slightly, and said after seeing Liu Moran's distressed appearance clearly: "Young man, here is The holy city, the capital of music. If we talk about this year, every day is not the same, it is now the third year of Ziwei calendar 520, autumn."

"The crape myrtle calendar." The crape myrtle clan in this era is so prosperous, and the calendars they created spread all over the entire continent. Why did no one know why it would disappear after a thousand years?

"Young man." The old woman looked at Liu Moran strangely: "It looks like you are a newcomer, you have just arrived here from a far away place! No wonder you are so embarrassed, you haven't eaten for several days! If you don't If you think the porridge here is thin, why not just have a sip here."

"No, thank you for your kindness, I don't have any money." The breeze blew through my clothes, and my clothes were slightly dry, and my stomach bulged unexpectedly.

The old woman looked at Liu Moran and said: "You young man has no ambition at all? You have hands and feet, what you can do is no better than my old woman, what you can do can't support the family! Just talk about what you have It’s worth a lot of money to sell it.”

Hua Xi gritted her teeth and was so angry that she was about to explode. "It's not for sale." Liu Moran hugged the red fox Hua Xi tightly.

Liu Moran's stomach groaned uncontrollably, and the evening wind was very cold.The old woman smiled when she heard it: "You stand in the way of my business, and I am soft-hearted. Seeing you as a well-educated and reasonable person, it is fate to meet you today. Hey, my old woman's good deeds, I will serve you a bowl of porridge. Slow down."

Liu Moran hesitated for a moment, and reached out to pick up the porridge: "I have written down the kindness of my mother-in-law today, and I will definitely repay it sooner or later."

"I'm not asking you to repay me for helping you, but to see that you are pitiful. Hurry up and find some work, survival is the real thing, this is the Holy City, why can't you survive! I see you have a flute around your waist, but you can play it?" The old lady filled the porridge and put it on the table, then rubbed her hands full of dimples on her apron, raised her eyes and asked.

Liu Moran put his hand on the flute: "I can play it."

"Young man, you are a foreigner. You probably don't know that silk and bamboo orchestras are prevalent in the holy city! If you can play, you can find a place to perform and earn some money. If you play well, your future is limitless. Why bother begging for porridge here, you can eat abalone and bird’s nest if you want! Why don’t you try it.”

"Please tell me, mother-in-law, where is the most famous singing and dancing place in this holy city?"

The mother-in-law glared at him: "You young man really doesn't learn well. If you know some musical instruments, you just want to go to the sky. Where there are many people and miscellaneous people, I advise you to go to an ordinary teahouse. It must be that Qingling, no one can compare, I heard that she is the best musician!"

"Mother-in-law, please don't get me wrong. I am dissatisfied with what my mother-in-law said. The younger generation traveled thousands of miles to come here because they heard about the prevalence of silk and bamboo orchestras here, so they came here to learn."

"So it turns out that the most famous player in the holy city is Huamanlou. Young people, you still have a long way to go!" Passers-by walked into the porridge shop in twos and outs, probably because of business, and the old woman saw it. Very sharp: "You drink slowly, mine is going to serve porridge."

Liu Moran quietly put down the empty bowl in his hand on the table, and patted the red fox Hua Xi on the head: "I have to repay the old lady for the meal first, let's go!"

The woods are the quietest at night. The red fox Hua Xi runs ahead, with only a pair of bright eyes. A mink bear is chasing after him angrily. This is a large nocturnal carnivore.Liu Muran lay on the ground quietly, but in the dark night he could clearly see what was in front of him. When the two animals were approaching, the red fox leaped and landed after a large distance, then turned his head and looked at An angry mink bear.The mink bear took a big stride, trying to stretch out its claws to catch it, but who would have thought that it would step on the trap and be crushed to death by a big stone falling from the sky.Watching the food in hand run away, I became someone else's meal instead.

Liu Moran got out of the grass, patted Hua Xi's red head and said, "Good job!" The mink bear is too big to carry down the mountain, not to mention its fur is the most valuable, Liu Moran is around Sprinkle the medicine powder to repel animals, immediately peeled off the mink bear's skin, tore off a large piece of mink bear meat and gave it to the red fox Hua Xi, Hua Xi is also a picky eater and insists on eating the meat roasted by Liu Moran, Liu Moran loves it With a smug smile, he roasted the wolverine meat on the spot to satisfy his hunger.

After drinking and eating, the sky was bright, and he was about to clean up the mess on the ground, but he heard someone behind him shouting, "Who is it?" I understood, and scolded: "You ignorant kid from there, do you know what this place is? Dare to hunt here?"

Liu Moran hates this kind of villain the most, he relies on his power to bully the weak and he doesn't take him seriously: "I really don't know whose territory this is, I only know that the mountain in the world is the land of the king, relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, how could it be tolerated?" People are not allowed to hunt."

"Are you pretending to be a fool for me? I tell you, you go and ask, who doesn't know that this is Wang Huo's territory! If you dare to hunt here, you will have to pay the price." He said unreasonably, took out his weapon I called up.

Liu Moran wanted to leave at first, but he didn't want to be entangled by others. No matter how his three-legged cat's fists and feet were Liu Moran's opponents, he was knocked down to the ground. The man rolled his eyes, got up from the ground, Pointing at Liu Moran: "You wait for me." He ran away in embarrassment without even holding a weapon.

Liu Moran collected the mink bear's fur, picked up the remaining meat, and carried it to the market at the foot of the mountain, sold the meat, exchanged money, and bought the mink fur in the store, and the waiter in the store touched it. Touched it, looked at it, it was very fresh, then looked at Liu Moran, and finally turned around to find the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper came out, looked at Liu Moran, and then at the mink fur, without saying a word for a long time.

"You can give me this mink fur according to the price! This is the fur of a sick mink bear that I met accidentally on the mountain." Liu Moran is thin and thin, thinking that the shop owner thinks that the mink bear doesn't look like he killed it himself. , and don't want to attract too much attention.

There is only such a small mountain near the holy city, and there is still a main mountain on this mountain. Who knows that hunting and firewood cutting are not allowed on the mountain, and there is a charge for it.What's more, in the morning, Wang Huo's people have already ordered the surrounding shops to pay attention to a young man with a mink bear and a fox. The shop owner smiled when he thought of this: "Don't worry, you just skinned the mink bear not long ago." Yes, this blood stain has not been done there. But the skinning method is very sophisticated, and it has been a long time since I have seen such a complete mink bear fur, so the price is naturally indispensable to you, otherwise sit down and have a cup of tea, let's talk in detail."

"Shopkeeper, you can give me the fur of this mink bear." Liu Moran cupped his hands as a thank you, and the red fox Hua Xi lay down on Liu Moran's body to take a nap.

"I don't know if the red fox lying on your shoulder is for sale or not? This fur is also very valuable." The shopkeeper looked at the red fox and gestured a price in his hand.

"Shopkeeper, I only sell mink fur, not red fox." Liu Moran stroked the soft hair of the red fox Hua Xi, and stood up: "Shopkeeper, do you want to take care of this sable bear fur?"

Seeing Liu Moran getting up, the shop owner was also anxious, so he stood up quickly and said, "Ah, of course I accept it. I, who runs the shop, have no reason to drive customers out."

"Since it's accepted, why waste time if you bid me for the sable bear fur?"

The shopkeeper faltered and stopped the person, but he was also speechless.There was a lot of people outside, and someone kicked the door in. The shop owner was relieved when he saw Wang Huhu's person coming, and he moved away and said to Liu Moran, "I have no other choice. Don't blame me when you get to the underworld."

Liu Moran saw everything clearly, and the leader was the big man who watched the mountain early in the morning.The big man respectfully let the people in the back: "Master Tiger, this is the boy from the morning. He killed the biggest wolverine king in the mountains. If you don't deal with him, it won't be enough to shock your majesty."

The sable bear fur was next to him, Wang Huo stared at him, his face swayed: "It's you, who dared to break ground on your grandpa's head after eating a leopard. I'm so impatient with you! Today if you Don't want to leave here without paying a price." Wang Huo circled around Liu Moran: "Well, the fox on your shoulder is good, if you keep the fox, I, Wang Huo, will not pursue you and let you go One life."

There are already quite a few people gathered inside and outside the store to watch the excitement, the place is not open, Liu Moran can't stretch his fists, and he is not afraid of his martial arts, so he picked up the sable bear skin on the table and confronted Tiger Wang: "Get out of the way!" !"

Wang Huo has been doing evil outside this holy city for a long time. There are no tigers on the mountain, and monkeys are called kings. The gangsters surrounded them. These people are all three-legged cats. Before they worked for Wang Huo, they were ordinary people. Liu Moran pulled out the Soul-Binding Hundred Refinement Rope, but he couldn't use a cruel hand. To kill such a person who doesn't know martial arts, Liu Moran can't do it.

Liu Moran gave in step by step, but those people pressed on step by step. The two sides were in a stalemate and fought outside.There was a man dressed like a beggar who was watching outside. He saw the doorway and shouted at the crowd: "The officers and soldiers are here." Wang Huo's people immediately became confused.

Taking advantage of this time, Liu Moran used lightness kung fu and disappeared in a blink of an eye.After entering the holy city, Liu Moran turned around and stood still at the entrance of a remote and alley: "Come out." The beggar didn't know what effort he had made, and in the blink of an eye, he rubbed against Liu Moran's body. Jump silently.At that time, I didn't take a closer look at the situation, but now I look closer and realize that it is a disfigured face. It is beyond recognition.

"Why are you scared? Of course it can't be compared with your pretty face. There's no reason for a man to be so beautiful." The beggar smiled playfully.

"Thank you, little brother, who just untied me." Liu Moran took out some money from the morning's meat sale from his pocket and handed it to the beggar-looking man: "My little brother has been following me all the way, presumably because of these things ! Take it away and don’t follow me anymore.” The man took the money as well, smiling from ear to ear.Liu Moran was a little bored looking at such a powerful face, turned and left.The man still followed, Liu Moran turned around and asked, "You also took the money, why do you still follow me?"

"Did I say I was asking for money?"

"Didn't you take the money I gave you?"

"I'm not a fool. If you give it to me, I'll accept it naturally, but this is not what I want from you."

"Then what do you want? Only then can you not follow me."

"Does this road belong to your family? Why are you only allowed to cross it, and I am not allowed to cross it? It just so happens that I also take this road."

"Follow if you want to!" Liu Moran said that he couldn't but let him go.I found a store in the city, sold the skin of the wolverine bear, took the money, and went straight to the old woman's porridge shop.

It was early in the morning, but the porridge shop was cold and deserted. There was a big man standing beside the porridge shop, holding an ax in his hand, kicking over the tables and chairs on the side of the road, and shouting loudly: "If you set up a stall here, you have to pay protection." Fei. Did you hear me? If you don’t have money, you can use something to pay off the debt. Brothers, come and search for me.”

"Wait." Liu Moran stood up, "I'll give you how much she owes you." Then he threw a bag of money: "See if it's enough."

The big man with the ax looked at Liu Moran, weighed the silver in his hand: "Okay! Someone will give it to me, I don't care who will give it to me. Old lady, you are very lucky. Someone gave it to me today. Let's go." leave.

There were still muddy tears in the old woman's dim eyes. The old woman wiped her tears and walked in to see clearly. Liu Moran sighed: "Young man, you gave me the money, but I don't have the money to pay you back."

"I know, thank you for the porridge you invited me to drink." Liu Moran took out some silver from his arms and put it in the old woman's hand: "Can you serve me a bowl of porridge again?"