Chapter 66
The author has something to say: [This chapter writes about the protagonist searching for Lingguang. I also searched and found that the names were the same.
The original name used was Lingguang God, but this person is indeed recorded.
So before, I looked for the word in ling and found the appropriate "羽". I didn't expect it to be the same again. I changed it to "凌风" here, and I will also change it in the previous chapter. Please forgive me. 】
Director Pangpang Wang approved a sum of travel expenses and said that he would reimburse them for the other expenses when they returned.
When giving the money, Director Wang coughed and said, "Try to come back before New Year's Eve. I'm not stingy, I just don't want to delay your New Year celebration."
When he returned to the kindergarten, Li Yang packed three sets of clothes, including Winter Melon Spirit's. He had to take it with him.
Li Dongqiang knew that they were going out to play again and wanted to bring some toys with them, but Li Yang said, "You can only bring one."
Without thinking, it hugged its new favorite, the cabbage dog head.
Zhou Du packed up quickly, and except for a stack of paper figures brought by Li Yang, he didn't bring any other tools. The two of them got into the car.
Li Dongqiang encountered an extremely difficult problem.
There is no child seat in Xiao Zhou's car, so he either becomes a winter melon or wears a seat belt.
It thought about it and chose the latter.
When Zhou Du slowly drove the car out of the kindergarten, Li Yang had already finished the navigation on the center console screen.
The journey took nearly six hours. Li Yang set an alarm and said, "I'll drive in three hours."
After getting Zhou Du's response, he pulled his coat to the top, put on his hat, closed his eyes and began to rest and recuperate.
It's already four o'clock in the afternoon. I'm afraid it will be very late before we arrive.
The young man buried the lower half of his face in his collar, leaving only a pair of raven eyelashes exposed. This seemed to be his gesture to create a sense of security.
No one spoke in the car. Li Dongqiang also closed his eyes and fell asleep holding Bai Cai Gou Tou.
The alarm rang, and when Li Yang opened his eyes, he realized that his cell phone had been turned off.
After waking up, I looked outside the car. It was dark, and there was fog on the highway through the mountains.
"Let me drive." Li Yang adjusted his sitting posture.
"Wait a moment, I'll call you at the next service area."
Li Yang looked at the navigation and saw that they had already crossed the provincial border. The next service area was more than 20 kilometers away.
He unscrewed the bottle cap and was about to drink the water when he suddenly thought of something and handed it to the man in the driver's seat.
After Zhou Du finished drinking, he took it, tightened it, put it away, then picked up another bottle of mineral water and took a few sips.
After thinking about it, I picked up my phone and searched for Ling Feng, but there was nothing I wanted to see.
Li Yang turned his head to look at the Winter Melon Spirit, who was sleeping soundly, so he turned half of his face back slightly, looked at Zhou Du, and lowered his voice to ask: "Don't you know Lingfeng God?"
Since Liang Tang and others jokingly called him Ziweixing, and he did show his extraordinary abilities in several attacks.
Li Yang had never seriously read the development history and records of various gods, but he always felt that Zhou Du would know or have heard of it.
But during the meeting, Zhou Du didn't mention it at all, and Li Yang was unsure.
But his intuition was right. The man said lightly, "I know."
"So you won't say it at the meeting?"
"I can't say what I know in public."
"What?"
Zhou Du said: "I'll tell you in detail when we get there."
"Okay." He wanted to see what the shameful thing was.
They drove onto the auxiliary road and entered the service area. Li Dongqiang was still asleep and Zhou Du opened the car door and picked him up.
"Pee, pee," Li Dongqiang rubbed his eyes with his little hands, "I can't hold it anymore."
Zhou Du hurried to the public toilet to take the melon and drain the water.
Li Yang also went over and washed his face and hands. When Zhou Du came out again, he put Li Dongqiang on the ground. Li Dongqiang was still dizzy and rubbing his eyes. He walked over with his short legs and took Li Yang's hand.
Two adults and one child walked into the fast food restaurant. Since they had entered the territory of the neighboring province, they ate food with the specialties of the neighboring province.
After ordering the food, Zhou Du went to a convenience store and bought some drinks and snacks.
Li Dongqiang looked eagerly at the sign with a large pizza printed on it, "Xiao Zhou, can my benefactor and I eat that?"
Li Yang: "I don't want to eat."
But Zhou Du was inexplicably easy to talk to. He turned around and went into the pizza shop, ordered a six-inch bacon and shrimp pizza, and came back with the hot box.
The waiter had already served the meal. After the two finished eating, Li Dongqiang was even hungrier. He gobbled up everything in no time and went ahead holding the bag of pizza boxes. The two adults followed behind.
The waiter at the fast food restaurant was wiping the table and watching them through the glass window. He finally dared to gossip with his colleagues: "Are they a family of three?"
It is almost the New Year now. There are cars coming and going on the highway, and many people are resting and eating in the service area. But the groups are either families traveling or visiting relatives, or couples going home together, there are brothers, and there are also lonely people, but I have never seen two men with a child.
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After resting, we set off again, and Li Yang drove. To get to Yizhou City, we had to pass through the provincial capital, and when we were still a hundred kilometers away from Yizhou, we encountered a traffic jam.
Fortunately, it was not yet the peak period of the Spring Festival travel rush. We finally arrived in Yizhou at nearly 11pm after a slow drive.
The palace of Lingfeng God is located in an ancient town. This ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River is quite famous. Many travel bloggers or people who follow the trend have been here. Therefore, in recent years, the Yizhou government has vigorously developed it and turned it into a tourist attraction.
After parking the car in the parking lot, Zhou Du carried the luggage while Li Yang and Li Dongqiang walked over, but they were stopped by the security guard at the gate of the scenic area.
The security guard was chewing his skewers, glanced at them, and said, "Have you booked a hotel or inn? If you have, ask the boss to come out to pick you up."
"Not yet." Li Yang said.
"You have to buy tickets, 75 for adults and 30 for children."
After scanning the code, the security guard let me pass and reminded me: "The ticket is valid for two days, don't lose it, and remember to bring it with you when you go to other places."
After Li Yang and others entered, they found that there were too many traces of human intervention. Apart from the stone bridge and the sailboats on the creek, which still showed some antique charm, even the exteriors of the houses were decorated almost the same.
There are strings of lights between the trees and on the bridges, and the colorful lights are reflected on the river.
There was a constant flow of people, and Li Yang's shoulders were touched several times by strangers, so he picked up Li Dongqiang.
Li Dongqiang climbed to a high place and looked into the distance, then he exclaimed, his clear pupils flashing with colorful light.
They searched for three hotels and inns in a row. As it was too late and there were many people on the road, it was not surprising that they were all full. Finally, they found a small inn near the end of the river, which had one room available.
Li Yang made the final decision.
This is an inn renovated from a private house, all made of solid wood. The room is on the second floor. After putting away the things, Li Yang took a shower first and came out drying his hair. Zhou Du took a look and said, "There is no hair dryer in the room."
"I'll go downstairs and ask the boss for it later." Li Yang wiped her short hair half-dry and wanted to rush Li Dongqiang to the bathroom to take a shower.
Li Dongqiang ran around and yelled, "I don't want to take a bath! I hate taking a bath!" He felt something was wrong and reassembled the words, "I hate the first bath and the last bath, but I like the bath in the middle."
It’s so cold in this weather that even fairies would hate taking a bath.
Li Yang tried to reason with him, for example, that not taking a bath would cause worms. Li Dong turned into a winter melon with a bang, wanting him to see where the worms were on his body.
Zhou Du picked up the winter melon and said, "Go blow dry your hair first, I'll take care of it."
Li Yang nodded, went downstairs, and asked the front desk owner, "Do you have a hair dryer?"
The boss opened the drawer and looked. "No more. They were all taken to the room by other tenants. Please wait a moment. I'll go up to see if they have finished using them."
There was a sound of footsteps coming up the stairs. The proprietress came out holding a teapot and lifted the half-high door curtain. Seeing Li Yang sitting in the lounge area, she walked over and poured him a cup of hot tea.
"Warm yourself up, don't get cold."
"Thanks."
The proprietress sat opposite him, poured herself a cup of tea, and asked casually, "Where are you from?"
"Nanjiang."
"Is this your first time in Yizhou? You must have a good time here. There are many famous ancient towns in Yizhou where you can spend several days and nights."
Li Yang said: "Do you have any recommendations? I feel like your town doesn't have much to offer."
Nowadays, the famous ancient towns across the country are basically the same, and they are almost the same no matter where you go.
The proprietress had no intention of defending the local area. She smiled and said, "So you want to experience the authentic Jiangnan atmosphere? There are a few small towns you can go to, but we also have such a place in Changjia Town, in the East District. You can go to the East District tomorrow to experience it first. If you feel adapted, you can decide whether to go to those small towns. After all, modern young people say they want to get away from the hustle and bustle, but in reality they can't sit still when they go to a quiet place."
"Eastern District?"
"Yes, Changjia Town is divided into two areas, the west area, and the west area has been developed into a commercial scenic spot. You didn't book a hotel online, so you were charged an entrance fee when you came in, right?"
Li Yang nodded.
The proprietress continued, "Business owners here, whether local or foreign, will pay an extra fee to the scenic spot to waive their guests' tickets. But this is not publicized, so usually the security guards will let guests in only when the hotel or inn owner they are familiar with comes out to pick them up. If you stay for a long time, remember to say hello to my husband when you go out to other attractions and ask him to pick you up."
"Okay, thank you. But what's the situation in the East District?"
"There are too many ancient buildings. The government wants to protect them, so they haven't been moved. They are still in their original state. There's not much to see. They're all occupied by elderly people. Twenty minutes is enough to walk around them."
“Are you local or…?”
The lady boss chuckled. “Although you look young, I’m not very old either. Everyone calls me Sister He, which means “He” in lotus flower.”
Li Yang followed the trend and said, "Sister He, I heard that there is a temple in the East District that is dedicated to a divine general. Do you know the history of this temple?"
"Oh, you came here just to ask?"
Li Yang said calmly: "My major in college is folklore. I want to write a paper, so I came here to do some research."
"So that's how it is, there is such a profession?" The proprietress put down her teacup and said, "There is one like this in the East District, but when we were young we always thought it was a temple, but it turned out to be a palace. It is very small, about the same size as an ordinary large house. It has an owner, a very long-lived grandfather in our town. His son moved to the city with his family decades ago, so he is the only one left to guard it. There is a statue of a god inside. I remember that I liked to go exploring when I was a child, but I don't remember anyone burning incense there."
The existence of palaces and temples is no longer surprising to locals, and there is nothing attractive about them to outsiders.
"Anyway, no one has been there, and it's rarely open. I don't know about anything else, and I don't know if it works or not, but if that statue can bless you with peace, health, and everything you wish for, I'm sure the door would have been worn out by people walking on it." The proprietress smiled and said.
Yes, if it has any effect, no matter it is a miracle from gods or not, the house would be crowded with pilgrims.
Li Yang also knew that he wouldn't be able to dig out much useful information by asking the younger generation, but he kept what Sister He said in mind and planned to try his luck tomorrow to see if the owner would open the door, as well as ask some of the elderly people around.
The boss came down with a hair dryer, and the boss lady said, "Go dry your hair quickly, or you'll catch a cold."
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