Chapter 54: No Door
Cui Shusheng followed Shi'er, walked through a winding path, and when the sun was about to set, he finally came to a deserted house with wild grass and few people.
Although the house in front of it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, the outer wall can not withstand the erosion of the years and has collapsed partially, but it still gives people a simple and solemn feeling, there are two lifelike stone lions sitting next to the two stone pillars of the gate, after countless days and nights of wind and rain still can not hide the majestic atmosphere, a pair of big copper bell-like eyes carved brightly, not angry but mighty, has been silently guarding the house for the master's family.
Cui Shusheng originally thought that the place where the cultivators lived would be a grass house or a dilapidated temple, which would be in line with their fashion of being poor and happy, but in the end he was taken aback, and the mansion in front of him was obviously a mansion covered with dust by time! Although it looked tattered on the surface, the two solemn stone lions at the door could fully demonstrate how prominent this family was before it fell into disarray! How could ordinary people afford to invite stone lions? Not to mention that there were still two giant stone lions! The pair of stone lions at the door alone cost a lot of money, and the scene outside had already shocked Cui Shusheng, and he didn't know what kind of situation it was in the house!
As a person who reads, how can he be blinded by these things outside his body! Cui Shusheng recovered from the shock, secretly scolded himself for not being angry, and then put away the careful thoughts in his head, and followed behind Shi'er seriously.
Stepping on dozens of stone stairs, picking up a large pile of Cui Shusheng's books in one hand, and carrying his own backpack, he didn't even breathe for a moment, which really surprised Cui Shusheng again, and secretly sighed that the physical fitness of cultivators is really good!
In the hidden space, Liu Lingfeng and Liu Ting didn't like each other, and they were still making a little noise, Wang Xuan was a little worried that the two of them wouldn't quarrel and quarrel with each other when the time came, and it would be embarrassing at that time.
Wang Xuan and Lao Yan watched the changes in the outside scene, and when they saw the two lifelike stone lions, Wang Xuan just sighed slightly, and then looked away, but Lao Yan was reluctant to move away.
Lao Yan's eyes lit up, and his eyes flashed with a greedy look, which was exactly the same as when Liu Lingfeng saw the beauty, in Lao Yan's eyes, it was not a carved artwork worth appreciating, but a lot of money beckoning to him, originally because of some things he had experienced before, he had suppressed his greed, but at this time, Lao Yan's heart began to be restless again.
Wang Xuan obviously noticed this, he was worried that he couldn't find Lao Yan's human weakness, and as a result, the stone lion in front of him exposed his greed.
Money and beauty, one is the abyss that makes people fall, and the other is a steel knife that scrapes bones, which are not things worth nostalgia for, but these are just the weaknesses of human nature, which can reflect the ugliest side of human nature, and they are also things that Wang Xuan can use.
A cold light flashed in Wang Xuan's eyes when he looked at Lao Yan, and when Lao Yan's gaze moved over, Wang Xuan retracted his gaze.
"Hey, these two stone lions are so valuable outside, there must be something even more valuable in that house. When the time comes, I will take a few of them, and I won't be discovered! Hehe, the value of these things of the age is not ordinarily high! When I go back from this strange world, I will definitely become a millionaire! When the time comes, won't all the beautiful mansions be a piece of cake?" Lao Yan kept staring at the stone lion, the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and the smile on his face was almost uncontrollable.
Wang Xuan glanced at Lao Yan with disdain, and said in his belly, "This old boy's YY ability is quite strong! Seeing that two stone lions can be excited like this! I really don't understand! In other words, even if you can remove the two of them, you have to have a life to get out of this world! Hey, poor man, you know that you are daydreaming!"
When I came to the door of the house, I was surprised that there was no wooden door that could be closed, only a door frame standing alone.
And where Cui Shusheng stood there hung a plaque with rough workmanship above his head, and it could be seen that it was not in that position at the beginning, but that later people used a sharp blade such as a sword to engrave three words on a wooden board, but in Cui Shusheng's opinion, the rough workmanship of the wooden board was not worthy of the three woodcut words with a thousand pen powers.
Cui Shusheng stood under the plaque, watched carefully, and whispered the words on the plaque, "There is no door, since there is no door, how can it be a residence? superficial, really superficial...... I thought that this writer must have a proud backbone, but I didn't expect that he was also a person who sold his reputation and reputation! However, most of the people who want to be heroes are superficial. ”
Cui Shusheng shook his head gently, slightly disappointed in his heart, pushed away Shi'er who was standing in front of him, and stepped into this doorless residence first.
After listening to it, Cui Shusheng's emotion belonged to the second monk who was confused, after all, he didn't read much, and he didn't know what Cui Shusheng meant.
Shi'er carried something, walked a few steps behind Cui Shusheng, suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the plaque again, with a thoughtful look, and after staying for more than ten seconds, he turned around and left.
Walking to the doorless house, the first thing that catches your eye is a pavilion, a small Champs garden, the area of the yard is very large, but it is too empty, except for the weeds and fallen leaves all over the ground and a few dilapidated flower pots, there is nothing else superfluous.
The scene in front of him also made a few people hidden in the shadows sigh, antique buildings are now surrounded by cement monsters in the city is difficult to see, which has also led to the general reduction of everyone's aesthetic standards, and now in the other world to see the garden full of ancient building elements, everyone is bright.
"Hey, it's a pity that this garden is deserted! But if you can take care of it well, it feels like it is another garden complex that can be compared to the Suzhou Garden!" Liu Ting let out an exclamation from time to time, and was full of praise for everything in front of her.
Wang Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, you have the opportunity to live here, and you can take care of it as much as you want when the time comes!
Liu Ting snorted, and continued to admire the structure of the garden, everyone followed Shi'er's figure in different scenes, as for when their hidden state would be lifted, Wang Xuan thought that they should wait until Yan Chixia appeared.
"No door, I think it's uninhabited, right!" Cui Shusheng thought that the scene inside the house would be better, but he didn't expect it to be even more barren, overgrown with weeds, cobwebs everywhere, dust accumulated very thickly, broken stones can be seen everywhere, there are many unnamed plants and some low shrubs in the garden, I don't know if these things are deliberately planted by the owner of the garden or because of negligent care and grow seeds that drift in the wind.
Except for him and Shi'er, there is not even a ghost here, but since this is a Taoist priest's home, it is normal that there are no ghosts.
After Shi'er returned to the familiar environment, his mood became very relaxed, he took off all the things hanging on his body, took out the hat he had worn, and threw it away, the hat began to roll on the ground, and Shi'er took light steps and followed behind the hat, and Cui Shusheng hurriedly followed when he saw this.
The hat stopped when passing a slightly undulating bluestone road, Shi'er walked to the side and picked it up, turned back to Cui Shusheng and smiled kindly, and motioned for him to continue walking.
After picking up the hat and playing around in the air a few times, Shi'er jumped into a long corridor, which had fallen into disrepair and was in tatters in several places.
If there is no guidance from Shi'er, Cui Shusheng is sure that he will definitely get lost in this, looking at the constantly changing scene around him, there are several rockeries scattered on both sides of the corridor, and there are turquoise pools flowing under the corridor, a few weeping willows quietly leaning against the pillars of the corridor, and there are fish chasing each other and playing in the pool, such a harmonious and natural and energetic scene is in stark contrast to the decaying scene that reveals desolation and despair in front.
Shi'er used the hat in his hand to push open the wooden door in front of him that was crawling with cobwebs and thick dust, and Cui Shusheng also walked in, the room was quite large, but because it was uninhabited all year round, the ground was full of fragments of various shabby curtains, candlesticks, scattered tables and chairs, etc., and there was no place to put his feet.
Shi'er tidied up the things on the ground a little, cleared a way, walked to the other side, pushed the wooden window open, and the whole room instantly brightened up a lot, dispersing the originally cold and humid air a lot.
Shi'er took Cui Shusheng to a dusty bed, pointed to the bed board, made a sleeping position with his hands, and signaled that he would sleep here tonight.
As far as the eye can see, the whole room except for this bed is still intact, there is no one that can be used, although the conditions are still relatively difficult, but after all, there is a place to stay, so as not to sleep outside.
Cui Shusheng nodded with satisfaction, and said, "I have lived in so many houses, this one is the best! Hero, I really don't know how to thank you, please accept Xiaosheng!" After speaking, he bent down slightly in front of Shi'er and bowed his hand.
From this point of view, the house where Cui Shusheng lived before should not be his own, and he didn't even have a house to live in like this, which is also quite powerful! If this kind of person can't be named on the gold list in the future, he may be so poor for the rest of his life.
Hearing Cui Shusheng thank himself, Shi'er waved his hand, supported Cui Shusheng, and showed a gratifying smile on his face, put his back basket, holding a hat, Shi'er smiled at Cui Shusheng, and then walked out of this room with something on his back, and did not forget to help Shusheng close the door before leaving, it can be seen that Shi'er is a very careful person.
Looking at the back of Shi'er leaving, Cui Shusheng was a little puzzled, "It looks like this way, he is a good person! But why are the people in the village so afraid of him? I really don't understand!"
There should be some secrets between this, but when it comes to Shi'er and his mysterious Dao Master, Cui Shusheng doesn't plan to ask further, after all, it's not good to ask about other people's affairs casually, as long as Shi'er has no ill will towards him, the other Cui Shusheng don't care at all.
After thinking for a while, Cui Shusheng began to clean up his house, which was full of some messy things, and it took a lot of effort to clean it up.
Shi'er, who left Cui Shusheng's room, stepped on the stone stairs and came to a pavilion, this pavilion is not like other places, it should be because people often rest here, everything is placed neatly, much cleaner than other places, Shi'er casually hung his hat on the wall, and after unloading the back basket, he ran to the place where he usually sleeps.
I saw a big wooden basin placed on the bed, the wooden basin contained some colorful things, Shi'er's face was full of happy smiles, all the things in the wooden basin were poured out and fell on the quilt, and when I looked at it, good guys, it was all sewing kits used by some women to make needlework, and there were already some children's toys.
Shi'er looked at these things, his eyes were full of tenderness, he took out the beige sewing kit he had just bought today in his arms, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, whenever he saw these things, his mind would always appear that the voice and smile of the beautiful woman, he didn't know that this was the so-called like, he only knew that this feeling was wonderful, whenever he saw a woman, his heart was like a deer crashing, he was obsessed with this wonderful feeling, maybe this is the purest love!
Wang Xuan and several people saw this scene in the dark, and they also had their own ideas, Liu Ting admired people who were infatuated with Shi'er, because she herself was more infatuated, but she was even more crazy and extreme about falling in love.
In Liu Lingfeng's eyes, he thinks that Shi'er is the same kind of person as him, and they both like to collect things, but he collects women's bodies, and Shi'er collects women's objects.
Wang Xuan was deeply touched by the scene in front of him, because he saw his former shadow on Shi'er's body, which reminded him of the ambiguous scene between himself and Chen Ying.
Just as Wang Xuan was reminiscing about the past, an untimely voice ruined the atmosphere in front of him, making Wang Xuan very unhappy, and after listening carefully, it turned out that the sour scholar began to recite poetry again.
"Read more than 10,000 books, and write like a god!"
Shi'er was staring at the sewing kit in his hand in a daze, and was disturbed by Cui Shusheng like this, came back to his senses, put down the sewing kit, and ran to the window.