Volume 2 Mountains and Rivers Have No Way Forward Chapter 3 Going to the Appointment
It didn't take long for the lieutenant surnamed Xiao to return with his men. He saluted Zhuo Hua and General Li and said, "After the inquest is completed, the square shape will be granted." After speaking, he gave a bamboo sign to Zhuo Hua and told him to return it to them when he went out. After doing this, the lieutenant bowed and retired, and went on to do something else.
Zhuo Hua hurriedly shouted to him: "Captain Xiao, I haven't asked for advice yet." ”
He stood still, turned around and bowed to Zhuo Hua and said, "Respect the envoy to raise love, the surname Xiao Mingsui, the people of Changshan." If you have any questions, you can go directly to me, and don't embarrass us brothers. ”
As soon as Zhuo Hua heard his words, he knew that he had a misunderstanding in his heart, so he said: "Captain Xiao misunderstood, my errand on the official face during the day is the special envoy inspection, and at night it is free, my surname is Zhuo Minghua, I first came here and wanted to find someone to take me to taste the famous wine and food of this Changshan City, I don't know if Brother Xiao is willing to be this leader?"
Xiao Sui heard that Zhuo Hua didn't want to trouble him, and his heart suddenly relaxed a lot, so he smiled and said: "Zhuo Gongzi is kind, Xiao will definitely do his best to be a good landlord, so see you at Ge Ji Restaurant in the east of the city in the evening." ”
"Okay, Zhuo made a note of it. See you or leave you. Zhuo Hua stretched out his right palm to him, he was stunned for a moment, then laughed twice and stretched out his right palm and smacked Zhuo Hua three times, and said: "See you and leave." He turned around and left to check on the next batch of vehicles.
Zhuo Hua saw that he was far away, so he nodded slightly to General Li, who was already extremely embarrassed standing beside him, and then turned around and returned to the convoy.
With three shots in the sun, the phantom slave has already taken care of everything back and forth.
Zhuo Hua and the others lived in the post house of Changshan Kingdom, and Yi Cheng had already gotten the news and helped them arrange a few upper rooms early.
Because there was not much rest on the road, a few girls hastily went back to their rooms to rest early. Zhuo Hua was alone in the room preparing to create a new Cangyue Pearl, after all, Qin Ying's body had not yet recovered to its best condition, and it would be very helpful to be able to use Cangyue Pearls for restorative treatment at any time.
Zhuo Hua rummaged through the Qiankun Infinity Bag, trying to find out the half of the Yuehua Stone left over from the previous manufacture of the Cangyue Pearl. This moon stone is very peculiar, it does not emit light, nor does it absorb light, but can reflect all kinds of light, this soft light has a magical effect on the healing effect after serious injuries.
At the beginning, after Zhuo Hua and Lanling created this void, before creating the Seven Clans of Immortal Descent, one night Zhuo Hua and Lanling were lying on the grass at the foot of Cangwu Mountain and looking at the stars in the sky. At the beginning, the two chatted about some novel things that had happened recently, and they were in a very good mood. Suddenly, Lan Ling said, "There are too many stars in this sky, Zhuo Hua. Don't you think?"
"What?" Zhuo Hua asked, puzzled.
"I just think that there are too many stars in this void, you see! A star is a golden day, and a golden day may have several voids. There are so many, what a void! There are so many that I can't count them. Lan Ling said as he stretched out his finger and counted the stars on the dark purple canopy.
"That's normal! we're one of the many voids!" replied Zhuo Hua.
I don't want to see so many stars at night. Lan Ling said a little unhappily.
"Then you think there are too many of them and you don't look up! I also think there are quite a lot, and it's a bit crazy to see them densely. Zhuo Hua said along with her.
"I know!" Lan Ling sat up suddenly and said loudly, "I know what I want! The Xuanhuang Void has a moon at night," her two hands were likened to a circle, held high in the air.
"But there is no moon in this void in the first place?" Zhuo Hua asked.
"You log, don't discuss this with you!" she tore through the void and left.
Zhuo Hua waited quietly for her to come back, and with her body, it shouldn't take long to catch a small meteorite or comet. Sure enough, in the second half of the night, Zhuo Hua saw a flickering bright spot in the sky, moving rapidly, and gradually becoming the size of a bean. Between three or four breaths, the bean became the size of a fist, eventually turning into a disc that hung in the air.
Thus, this empty night has had a bright moon from then on.
However, due to the sudden addition of a behemoth nearby, the void was clearly a little uncomfortable. Because the flood that spread across the continent lasted for several years. Although Zhuo Hua and Lan Ling did not receive any influence in the Cloud Sky Monument.
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Finally, Zhuo Hua found the half of the moon stone, which was given to him by Lanling that night, and she said that Zhuo Hua had never seen the new moon, so she brought a stone that was broken off from the meteorite and gave it to him.
Zhuo Hua crushed a piece of God-level Nikkeijue, used his strength to shake the powder and other accessories with this half of the Yuehua Stone to a molten state, and then poured the lava into a spherical mold, and after it cooled, he opened the mold and took out the beads, and a new God-level Cangyue Pearl was ready.
More than two hours passed, and Lao Yao came to Zhuohua's door, knocked on the door a few times and said, "Yuanjun, the envoy of King Changshan asks to see you." ”
Zhuo Hua smiled, and replied while cleaning up the utensils on the table: "Let him wait in the courtyard for a while, and I will come out." ”
Lao Yao answered the call and went to pass it on.
Zhuo Hua cleaned up, tidied up his appearance, pushed the door and came out to the courtyard, the envoy of the King of Changshan was already standing there, and when he saw Zhuo Hua coming, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Weichen represents my Lan clan, the king of Changshan, to see the envoy of the patriarch." ”
With a smile on his face, Zhuo Hua said "no courtesy" and motioned for the messenger to sit down and speak. But when Zhuo Hua sat down and was about to take out the teacup to drink tea, the envoy was still standing there, motionless.
Zhuo Hua looked at the envoy suspiciously, and the envoy said with a smile on his face and embarrassment: "Don't blame the envoy, although the Tianzi flag on your car has already indicated your identity, but for the sake of safety, the lower official also needs to check the seal letter and document of the envoy. ”
"This is natural, and it is your duty to be cautious. Zhuo Hua said, and then took out the seal letter and document that Tian Chong gave them and handed it to the messenger.
The messenger carefully identified it, and then took out the seal atlas and made a careful comparison before embarrassingly returning the thing to Zhuo Hua.
Zhuo Hua put his things away, and asked seemingly casually: "Why is the envoy so nervous?
The envoy laughed and replied, "The envoy is just to prevent thieves from sneaking into the city, so he was cautious and nothing else happened. After the official's errand was completed, he took his leave first. After speaking, he bowed to Zhuo Hua and Lao Yao and exited the courtyard.
Seeing that the messenger went out, Zhuo Hua gave Lao Yao a look, and Lao Yao followed him out with understanding.
In the evening, Ge Kee Restaurant in the east of the city.
When Zhuo Hua came out in the afternoon, he took the three girls shopping, and the three girls had to go in almost every store to have a look, because of various things in Xunyang City before, they basically didn't go shopping well, and Yan Guo was located in the north, which was somewhat desolate. The Changshan City of the Shenzhou is the capital of Dayi, and the merchants from the south to the north gather here, and the goods are also distributed in the Changshan City, so the popularity is also much stronger. Zhuo Hua followed the three girls for about an hour and felt bored, so he handed the money bag to Zhuo Yun, and told them that when they were done, they would go to the Ge Kee Restaurant in the east of the city to find him, and then walk to the east of the city alone.
Zhuo Hua asked several people before he found the Ge Ji Restaurant in Xiao Sui's mouth, this restaurant is not luxurious, it looks very inconspicuous from a distance, compared with the rows of people's houses next to it, except for one more second floor, there is no special decoration.
Zhuo Hua observed the restaurant a little and walked straight in. The shopkeeper at the door had already leaned on the door frame and dozed off, but when he heard a customer coming to the door, he immediately cheered up and stepped forward to greet him: "How many are you?"
Zhuo Hua nodded and smiled at him: "Two, my friend will arrive later." I have two seats on the second floor facing the street. ”
Xiao'er looked Zhuo Hua up and down, and saw that his goose-yellow robe was depicted with gold edges, and the jade belt around his waist was very eye-catching, so he must have been a master who could not afford to offend, so he took Zhuo Hua to a table facing the street on the second floor with a smile on his face.
When Zhuo Hua sat down, Xiao Er asked, "Son, what do you want?"
Zhuo Hua said bluntly: "When you first arrive in your place, you don't know much about what special delicacies Changshan City has, so I recommend one or two for my little brother." ”
Seeing that he had an extraordinary temperament and was kind to others, the shopkeeper immediately had a good impression, and his initial restraint was dispelled a lot. Xiao Er recommended with a smile: "In our Changshan City, the three must-eat delicacies are: braised goose noodles, scallion oil chicken and rice fish." At this time, you are out of luck with rice and fish, and you can still eat the other two. ”
Zhuo Hua nodded and said, "It sounds good, just ask for these two, another scrambled egg, and a soup." Let's wait until my friend arrives. ”
Xiao Er responded happily, and just turned around and was about to leave, he would come over again and ask, "Do you want to drink?"
"I don't want your wine!Every time the bottom of the pot is mixed with water!hahahaha!" I heard a hearty laugh from the bottom of the stairs, and it took a while to poke my head out. It was Xiao Sui.
Seeing that it was Xiao Sui, the shopkeeper pretended to be angry and replied: "Captain Xiao, when did you order the wine mixed with water!
While speaking, Xiao Sui had already come to the table and sat down. While pouring water into the teacup in front of himself and Zhuo Hua, he said to Xiao Er: "Forgive me and don't dare!Haha, go and scald the wine, burn the knife! ”
The shopkeeper named Xiao Liu came back immediately, and Xiao Sui waved his hand to signal him to come over.
Xiao Sui asked Xiao Liu in a low voice, "Is there any beef recently?"
Xiao Liu looked around and replied in a low voice: "There is no private slaughter!
Xiao Sui said: "Naturally, I can only eat what the official family sells, come...."
He didn't say the word "come" for a long time.
Xiao Liu patted Xiao Sui's shoulder and said, "Come on two or two, you can't eat it if you have more, can you?"
Xiao Sui smiled and pointed at Xiao Liu, and said "ghost clever". Xiao Liu went downstairs.
After Xiao Liu left, Xiao Suicai turned around and said to Zhuo Hua: "Brother Zhuo, I saw you downstairs just now!
Zhuo Hua replied to him: "Brother Xiao is really temperamental, but before the laughter arrives, he arrives first. ”
Xiao Sui gave a salute with his fists and said, "Let Brother Zhuo laugh." Xiao is this character, he likes to go straight, but he can't stand those twists and turns. You also saw it when you entered the city during the day today, and whoever drove it had to be checked. If some thief sneaks into the city, the people of the city will suffer!"
While speaking, Xiao Liu put a few dishes on the table, and the wine was also hot and put it in their hands, and said "slow use" and retreated.
Zhuo Hua looked at the dishes and asked Xiao Sui: "You invited me to this restaurant, could it be that their food is very delicious?
Xiao Sui smiled and said, "Their things will be able to eat, I can only afford to invite you to eat this, don't dislike it, come and come, drink wine and eat meat." Xiao Sui diligently helped Zhuo Hua pick up the beef. Zhuo Hua asked curiously: "That little second said just now that there is still privately slaughtered beef, what is going on? This privately slaughtered cattle is a serious crime! Who has the guts?"
Xiao Sui's chopsticks stopped, raised his eyes to look at Zhuo Hua, and asked, "Did you notice that many people were holding white fur in their hands or in their frames when you entered the city during the day?"
Zhuo Hua thought for a while and replied, "After you reminded me, there is such a thing. ”
Xiao Sui snorted and continued: "A few years ago, for some reason, the monarch promulgated a new rule, every farmer must hand over a silver fox skin, and every ten households must hand over a white dog skin, and the merchant will be doubled. At first, it was nothing, and in winter, when the farm was slack, we went to dig fox dens and wild dog holes in the mountains. However, this white variety was originally scarce, and if it was hunted all over the country, it would be extinct within two years. ”
Xiao Sui took a sip of wine and continued: "I can't catch it, but I still have to pay this fur tax! If you can't catch it nearby, you can only take the risk of going farther away, and some merchants simply started this business, trafficking furs from Beilun Continent to Zhongshenzhou." Furs are getting more and more expensive, and how can ordinary people afford them? They can only lie that their cattle have run away, and secretly have to sell their cattle for money to buy furs and pay taxes. I don't know what iniquity I have made. ”
"Isn't there anyone to persuade the monarch?" asked Zhuo Hua after helping Xiao Sui finish pouring the wine.
"It's useless! How many people have been imprisoned at this time, and I have also persuaded them, isn't this a Zhonglang general demoted to a city gate patrol!" Xiao Sui drank the wine dry and slammed the quilt on the table.
At this moment, I heard a noise downstairs, and several women ran up from downstairs crying, and when they went upstairs, it turned out to be Qin Ying and them.