Chapter 20: A Delaying Tactic
"Do you ask me who I am now, or who I used to be?" the blind man's tone was calm. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Before Nanfeng could answer, the blind man spoke again, "I used to be a disciple of the Taiqing Sect, but now, I am just a blind hexagram master wandering around. ”
Previously, Nanfeng had already guessed the identity of the blind man, and he was not surprised when he heard this, but asked with words, "Master, I don't know your name yet." ”
The blind man tilted his head to face the south wind, "I know how, I don't know what?"
"Yes. Nanfeng nodded, and could see that the blind man did not like others to know his name.
The blind man had something on his mind, so he didn't speak again, and the south wind didn't continue to ask, and after a while, the bonfire went out, and the broken house fell into darkness.
In the early morning of the next day, the south wind got up early, but the blind man got up earlier than him, and was standing at the door facing south, he was already blind, and naturally he couldn't see anything, and he must be thinking about something at this time.
"Master, let's get on the road early. Nanfeng said.
The blind man nodded.
"Let's go west. The south wind said again.
The blind man shook his head, "It's useless, even if we enter the woods, we can't hide from Lin Zhendong's ears and eyes, let's go south along the road." ”
"Good. Nanfeng agreed, began to pack his things, and after a few moments, pulled the blind man out of the dilapidated house.
Since it was still early, there was not a single pedestrian on the main road, and when I walked, the south wind looked around frequently, and I didn't find anyone hiding in the forest.
Seeing the blind man's solemn expression, Nanfeng didn't bother him with anything, but just pulled him to walk south.
At midnight, a small town appeared in front of him.
When he saw the town, the south wind quickened his pace, and it was getting colder and colder, and the blind man was still wearing a single coat, so he had to make him a thicker coat, and he had to buy some food and bedding.
When he was two or three miles away from the town, Nanfeng noticed a young man standing on the side of the road in the distance, this person was about twenty years old, wearing a blank coat and a small gray cloth hat on his head.
When the two approached, the guy greeted him, "You two are finally here, come with me." ”
"Who are you, where are you taking us?" Nanfeng looked at this man vigilantly.
"I'm the second cousin of the city inn, and someone asked me to wait for you here," the man stretched out his hand to the south, "Come with me, you two, the meal is ready, and the carriage and horses are ready for you." ”
Nanfeng looked at the blind man suspiciously, "Master?"
The blind man didn't seem surprised, "It was the guy who prepared it for us last night." ”。
"Go back yourself," Nanfeng waved at the man, "we're not going." ”
"This, this ......" The guy waited here early in the morning, and waited for an hour before waiting for someone, but he didn't expect that he would have a hot face and a cool butt.
"Lead the way ahead. The blind man said to the man.
Seeing that the blind man agreed to go over, the man immediately led the way from the front, and the south wind pulled the blind man to follow behind, with a stomach full of doubts, things are like lice on the bald head, Lin Zhendong arranged food and lodging for them, obviously to ask for the scriptures to practice, the blind man should not be unable to see through this, why did he go.
"If you can't beg, you will threaten," the blind man lowered his voice, "slow it down, confuse it." ”
As soon as the blind man reminded him, Nanfeng immediately understood his intention to do this, Lin Zhendong was still begging, wanting to please them, if they insisted on not accepting, Lin Zhendong might come hard.
The town is not big, the inn is not big, and there is a carriage parked outside the inn, and there is no coachman in the carriage. There was a table of wine and food in the inn, and since it was not time for lunch, there was no one else in the inn except the shopkeeper and the guys, and Lin Zhendong was not there.
The wine and dishes are very rich, four main dishes and four matching, four main dishes with two meat and two vegetables, respectively, stewed rooster, yokan jelly, fried white siad and fried tofu, four with boiled beans and several pickled vegetables, in addition to the dish, there is a jar of wine on the table, which is unopened, and there is mud on the jar.
Such a table of vegetables at this time has to cost about seventy or eighty copper coins, not cheap and not expensive, but the wine is expensive, there is soil on the wine jar to indicate that the jar of wine is buried in the ground, buried in the ground wine is collectively called daughter red, daughter red at this time is not a variety of wine, but the family that gave birth to a daughter, buried in the ground after the daughter is born, and when the daughter gets married, dig out and drink good wine, this kind of wine has to be at least one or two silver jars.
The blind man was not polite, and after sitting down, he picked up the chopsticks, although he was blind, but his nose was smart, and he could determine the variety and placement of vegetables according to the smell.
"Master, I'll eat first. The south wind hurriedly stopped the blind man from picking up vegetables.
"You underestimate him," the blind man shook his head, "and eat with confidence." ”
Seeing that the blind man was so confident, Nanfeng had no worries, poured wine for the blind man, and then served him to eat.
The blind man was not interested in meat dishes, and he did not eat many vegetarian dishes, but he drank a lot of wine.
While serving the blind man to eat, Nanfeng took the time to eat by himself, saying that Hanako was not a picky eater, and he ate everything that the blind man did not eat, and the age of his teens was when the meal was large, and after half an hour, there was nothing left on the table except for the dishes and the empty wine jar.
Nanfeng burped and wanted to pay the bill, but was told by the shopkeeper that the money for the wine and rice had already been settled, not only for the wine and rice, but also for the two of them.
The carriage was covered with a canopy, and the south wind lifted the curtain to take a look inside, only to see that there were not only clean bedding on the carriage, but also two sets of clean cotton clothes, in addition to two bags of dry food and some copper basins, jugs, night lights and other daily necessities.
The things in the car surprised Nanfeng very much, and Lin Zhendong prepared all the things he wanted to buy before, and none of them were left behind. What he didn't expect but would use, Lin Zhendong also prepared, which shows that Lin Zhendong thought more comprehensively than him.
The blind man did not refuse the meal or the carriage, and when he got into the carriage, he said to the south wind, "Let's go." ”
Nanfeng can't drive, he can only lead the horse forward, he has always felt that he is the most careful among the seven, but compared with Lin Zhendong, it is really too bad, Lin Zhendong may guess that he can't drive, the carriage not only has a rope to control the horse, but also an extra reins to lead the horse.
The blind man had drunk a lot of wine before, and there was no movement after getting into the car, and the south wind led the horse to hurry, he didn't know the road, but the destination of the two was Liang Guo, and it was definitely right to go south along the main road.
It was not every night that they could come across a broken house, and that night they slept in a carriage with a pole in front of it, and when they slept, they had to release the horse from the wheel, otherwise it would crush it.
Except for coming down halfway to relieve his hands, the blind man didn't get out of the car for a day, and he didn't eat dry food at night, Nanfeng knew that the blind man was thinking about how to deal with Lin Zhendong, and he didn't dare to gossip to divide his mind.
With the carriage, the speed of the two men was much faster, and they could go more than sixty miles in a day, and within three days they passed through two towns, and at each place there were people waiting at the intersection, and as soon as they came, they took them to eat and rest.
On the evening of the fourth day, a county town appeared in front of them, and as usual, there was another man waiting for them outside the city, but this man was not a man from the inn, but an errand boy from the bathhouse, and wanted to take the two to take a bath.
The two washed separately, and Nanfeng occupied a bath alone, which was the first time he had taken a hot bath in his life, the first time he used soaphorn, and the first time he had a pedicure.
After taking a bath, I was refreshed, and then I had to eat, which was also arranged by Lin Zhendong in advance, and the account had already been settled.
The two stayed in the inn that night, and because it was still early, they did not sleep, but drank tea and talked from the table.
"Master, how long will it take to reach the Liang Kingdom Territory?" asked Nanfeng.
"It's almost at the end of the month. The blind man replied.
At this time, it was the beginning of the month, and there were still more than twenty days before the end of the month, and Nanfeng was not without worry, "Master, we are eating and drinking now, and if we don't give him what he wants in the end, will he get angry?"
"Yes. The blind man twisted the teacup in a relaxed tone.
"At that time, what should we do?" Nanfeng asked, Lin Zhendong knew the whereabouts of the two of them well, and it was impossible for him to escape.
Instead of answering Nanfeng's question, the blind man asked rhetorically, "How do you remember?"
"I think it's okay myself, why are you asking this?" asked Nanfeng puzzled.
"Okay, from now on, I will pass on your eight Taiqing Sutras, how much can you remember......"