Chapter 22: The Old Man of the Bookstore

Looking at this strange-looking little white dog, Lu Fusheng also softened his heart, and said softly to Xiao Chen An: "If you want, you can take it back." ”

Holding back the little white dog that had been cured by his senior brother in a short period of time, Xiao Chen An was full of joy when he heard that his senior brother, who had always hated doing superfluous things, promised that he could raise this puppy, but he couldn't help but worry and said: "I don't know if the old fat dog in Master's tall building will bully Xiaobai, if he bullies Xiaobai, I can't catch up, even if I don't bully Xiaobai, it's not good to rob it of food......" Xiao Chen An, who started the chatter mode, had already named the little white dog in front of him in his heart.

Yesterday, I saw this little white dog and I loved it very much, but I knew that my senior brother would never allow me to keep it, so I just bought a few pieces of meat for it to eat, and I didn't even dare to look back to see if it had eaten, for fear that I would not be able to let it go if I fell in love.

When it was already dusk, Xiao Chen An, who had been playing all afternoon, was indeed a little tired, and he fell asleep after holding the little white dog on the donkey cart for a while. Lu Fusheng, who acted as a coachman, picked up the whip and was about to kick on the donkey cart, when he suddenly found an inconspicuous shop diagonally opposite the end of the street, and the signboard on the curtain of the store only said the word "bookstore".

Taking advantage of the fact that the dusk drum had not yet sounded when the market was closed, Lu Fusheng, who was full of curiosity, took out a spirit talisman from the treasure bag on his right and pasted it on the donkey cart, he didn't want to cause Xiao Chen An any danger because of his carelessness, even if Xiao Chen An's cultivation level was similar to his own.

Stepping on the first brick in front of the door of the "bookstore", he suddenly felt a breeze rushing towards the door in front of him, and he didn't think much about pushing the door in. Since it is a business, how can there be a reason not to open the door to welcome customers. And compared to other dazzling store names, it is very problematic for the bookstore here to just write the business direction, and in Lu Fusheng's opinion, anything more than himself is problematic. Just like the third senior brother feels that any girl who doesn't like him is a problem, the self-confidence that comes from nowhere is the tradition of the Moshang shop.

Although it was almost dusk, it was still summer, but the temperature inside the bookstore was still much cooler than outside, probably because the windows were not covered with paper, but dark strips of cloth that blocked most of the sunlight. There aren't many furnishings in the store, only a few display cases that aren't shelves, because the cabinets with books are too small, and there aren't many books in the whole store. At the end of the shop there is a large iron counter with two red candles lit on it.

Lu Fusheng, who was a little hairy in his heart, felt the gloomy cold, but he didn't withdraw immediately, looking at the two red candles was still more glad, after all, it was not a white candle. He took out a fire fold from the treasure bag on his right, opened the lid and blew on it, and the fire fold exhaled a yellow flame. The other hand is removed, and the Buddhist relics bracelet in his hand is clenched in his hand. If you want to look deeply at the books on the display case, you have to walk out every step of the way, for fear that a trap will suddenly appear and hang you up or fall into a deep pit. I guess this can't be a bookstore-themed haunted house.

Each book was neatly placed on the display case, and at this moment Lu Fusheng realized that the spacing of each display case in the store was the same, the spacing between each book was also the same, and the spacing of the four pillars in the room was also according to a certain size. What an obsessive-compulsive shopkeeper.

Gently pick up a book and hold it close to the cover of the book to make it clear in the dark. I read them one by one and found that this bookstore in the luxury East Market sold not spiritual methods, but all the representative books of the era of a hundred schools of thought. For example, the Confucian Analects, the Taoist Tao Te Ching, the Mozi Mozi, and even the Buddhist Heart Sutra and the Bible of the Heavenly Kingdom Divine Religion.

"If you buy it, you will get the money, and if you don't buy it, you will get out. Don't rummage, if it's dirty, you won't be able to sell it. A short old man staggered out from behind the iron counter with a dim oil lamp. The thick earlobes seem to hang down to the shoulders, and deep wrinkles are carved into the corners of the eyes.

Although the old man in front of him is an elder, he is too unkempt. Although there are not many hairs, in order to cover up the Mediterranean hairstyle, five hairs are deliberately left on the top of the head, these five hairs are too easy to count and easy to identify, because Lu Fusheng's height can directly see the top of the old man's head, and it can be clearly seen that from the front and back of the old man's head, there are long but thin strands of hair extending together in five directions, which looks a little funny and a little sad at the same time. I couldn't hear it clearly, as if the old man had lost a few teeth and caused air leakage in his mouth.

The clothes on his body are also tattered and have a sour smell, if the old man said that he hadn't taken a bath for three months, Lu Fusheng at this time also believed it. For some reason, although the old man's body was not clean, his hands were white and slender, and the faint light from the oil lamp he was holding did not tremble at all.

Although the old man was leaning and not tall, the figure of the old man under the light had an indescribable sense of uprightness, perhaps this was the aura of the king that Lu Fusheng wanted to exude in the Yipin Building.

Lu Fusheng, who had a unique idea, looked at this figure, and the first thing he thought of was not the unfathomable profundity of the old man, but the relaxation to confirm that the old man in front of him was not a ghost.

Lu Fusheng, who is accustomed to seeing all kinds of scenes, has practiced the ability to talk to people and talk nonsense, even if the old man in front of him is really a ghost today, he has the confidence to tell him that the sky is rotten, just as the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind.

Shi Li said softly after saying goodbye: "Old man, I want to buy books." ”

The old man pulled out a folding chair by the display case, sat down, and said tremblingly, "Then what books do you want to buy?"

Lu Fusheng, who thought he was meticulous in his observation, didn't even notice that there was a folding chair of the same color next to the display cabinet, and then the old man's question, he put one hand into a fist on his chest and replied arrogantly: "I want them all." ”

"Boy, greed is not enough to swallow elephants. ”

The old man in front of him pointed to the key point in Lu Fusheng's cultivation, but he still had to pretend to be calm and said: "Old man, I have been said to be a genius since I was a child. ”

"I'm afraid there is no next sentence Wan Fasong, people, energy is limited. If you pick up a sesame seed, then you are grateful to God for giving you a sesame seed, don't be too small. You pick up a watermelon, then you thank God for giving you a watermelon, don't be too big. You don't want to pick up everything, God won't let you pick it all up until you lose it all. After saying so many words at once, the old man also felt a little tired, so that he was a little panting in the rest of his words.

"Old man, I would like to ask you, have you read all the books here?"

The old man of the Mediterranean shook his head, sighed and said with emotion: "What can you do if you have seen it or not, in the end, it is not about guarding the small shop and watching the people on the street, watching batches of children who come to the store to buy books grow into teenagers, watching batches of teenagers grow old little by little, and watching batches of white bones into the soil." In the end, everyone has to obey the will of this day. ”

"Old man, I would like to ask you again, have you read all the books here, and the batches of children and teenagers who have come here. ”

He waved his hand and replied, "No." ”

Lu Fusheng pointed to the sky and said fiercely, "Since no one has read all of them, it doesn't mean that no one has read them all, and even if you read them all, it doesn't prove that no one can read them all in the future." My life is up to me, even though it covers my eyes, even if the earth buries my heart. And I tore the heavens and smashed the earth. to prove who is this day and who is this earth. ”

The old man of the Mediterranean was a little stunned by this set of words, and he supported the display cabinet next to him on the folding chair and reflected for a long time before he slowly said: "Your shameless appearance has the charm of my time." ”

Putting down the arm raised in the air, he pointed at the old man in the Mediterranean and said, "Old man, don't forget that you were also a teenager. ”

"Bang, bang. The display cabinet held by the old man of the Mediterranean shattered into powder in an instant under the old man's hands. The old man asked Lu Fusheng, who was stunned in place as he looked at the display cabinet powder floating in the air, "Boy, you can achieve the cultivation of the peak spirit at such an age, let's say, who is your master." The little white dog, who was also asleep beside Chen An, suddenly woke up and barked in the direction of the bookstore.

It turns out that the strange Mediterranean old man in front of him is still a hidden boss. Sure enough, the ancients said that the big hidden in the city is honest and does not deceive me, and thanks to his protagonist's aura, I can meet a hidden boss wherever I go shopping.

Bi Gong and Bi bowed respectfully and said, "The family teacher Mo is the shopkeeper of the small shop, Huang Chao." ”

The strange old man was a little emotional, and said with the emotion of recollection: "It turned out to be that kid, no wonder he can teach you such an apprentice." Among those juniors back then, Huang Chao was also a little something. ”

Listening to the strange old man's words, it was revealed that he had outlived his master, and he didn't know if his unscrupulous master had offended this strange senior. Judging from the momentum of crushing the display cabinet just now, if the old man in front of him wanted to kill someone, even if the senior brother was here today, he would not be able to run out of this shop. What's more, now facing the strange old man is himself, a cultivator who is still at a low level.

"Since he is Huang Chao's apprentice, he is naturally not an outsider. ”

"Huh......" Lu Fuchang, who was still a little nervous, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself: Fortunately, my unscrupulous master did something good back then. But the strange old man's voice sounded again, and Lu Fusheng tensed his nerves again.

"If I hadn't drunk too much the day before, I wouldn't have gotten up the next day. Your master Huang Chao has long been besieged and killed by a few of our old guys in the Shenmen Mountain Range. ”

Although I don't know what the master experienced when he was young, he already understood that this was the momentum of the war when he heard the word siege, and hurriedly prepared. The left hand is holding the relics bracelet, and the right hand is close to the body, ready to take out the spiritual treasure for escape from the treasure bag at any time. I secretly said in my heart: How many people did the master pit when he was young, and why everyone who saw him was an enemy.