Chapter 32 The Suspicious Sanssouci Town
Walking through the castle tower, we came to the town, and saw that although the houses were a little dilapidated, they were all red and every household was happy; the streets were clean and clean, the alleys were empty, and the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums was heard from time to time in the distance. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info After a while, from the end of the street came a procession that could not see the end of the street: in front of it were four people carrying a papier-mΓ’chΓ© figure, like some kind of god, followed by dozens of smiling people, they were elegantly dressed and behaved quite gracefully, like a group of nobles, cheering and shouting rhythmically in the procession. After that, Hurala was like a flood that spread like a great crowd, dressed plainly, and looked like ordinary people, who brought their children and daughters, and did not cheer as before, but sang in unison like the nobles. Most people have a faint smile on their faces. There are often people who voluntarily march behind the procession in the streets. The momentum was so great that it seemed that the whole town had already been dispatched. Tong Xi was moved by this scene, so he followed the civilian team, and Dian Yin and Su Yue followed aside. After walking for a long time, I heard it, and the praise was to the effect:
In life, troubles and sorrows, whether rich or poor, can not escape.
Fortunately, Master is here, relieves my sorrows, gives me worry-free pills, and is blessed endlessly.
Dian Yin looked at everyone in the team next to him and smiled stiffly after singing, very strange, and asked a person next to him: "Excuse me, what kind of event is this?" The man turned his head to look at him blankly, and said, "Today is the Worry-Free Day, and it is a good day for the old mage to bestow the Worry-Free Pill. After listening to this, Su Yue nodded with Dian Yin, and followed and watched.
The procession circled along the gates and stopped under a large platform. When Dian Yin and the others arrived, they were crowded with people, and they saw an old man on the stage giving a speech to the public, looking very stylish. Dian Yin and the others stood far away, and the crowd was noisy, and they couldn't hear what he said at all, only hearing their cheers for a while. Tong Xi is small, and he will squeeze forward if he leaves them alone. Dian and Su were afraid that they would not be able to find anyone when the people dispersed, so they didn't let her go. Tong Xi's stubborn temper came up, what do you care about, she pouted and squeezed in like a loach, and disappeared in a moment. Dian Yin was anxious and angry, Su Yue was worried and worried, like this sea of people is like a tide, no matter how high the kung fu is, there is nothing to do.
Su Yue looked left and right, and found that there was a tree not far away, he patted Dian Yin's shoulder, jumped with both feet, took two more steps in mid-air, and went up the tree. The two shouted on the tree for a long time before Tong Xi heard it. The trio squeezed out of the crowd. Dian Yin was about to get angry, but Tong Xi smiled first: "I have made a fortune, they divided this pill in the front row, and I actually grabbed one, I heard those people say, this one is worth fifty taels of silver!"
Dian Yin said coldly: "What elixir is worth so much money?"
Tong Xi showed the pill. It was the size of a sparrow's egg, brown, spotted like a ball of mud, and it was ugly. But I heard Tong Xi say: "This is called Worry-free Pill, swallow three pills, and you can avoid worries for a year." Brother, give me some more money, I'll buy two more, but I can save fifty taels of snowflake silver, you don't know, those people in the front row are crazy to rob, and a moment ago they were like a few dead ......fish rolling their eyes."
"Can you find less trouble for me, do you know how dangerous it is!" Dian Yin's face was hideous, he couldn't bear it anymore, and he rushed out with all his anger in one go.
Tong Xi rolled his eyes and glared at him, and two lines of hot tears rolled down. Shao leaned, and suddenly swallowed the worry-free pill into his mouth, Su Yue hurriedly stopped it, it was too late.
Dian Yin turned his hand into a palm, and was about to pat Tong Xi on the back, intending to force the pill out, but Su Yue blocked him and said: "Are you crazy? She is a weak woman, this palm, even if the pill is forced out, can she still live?"
Dian Yin suddenly came to his senses, patted his head and said, "I'm also crazy, what should I do now?"
Su Yue said: "So many people have eaten the pill, and they are all alive and well, so I estimate that this thing will not kill her, let's take a look and then let's find an inn and settle down first." Dianyin nodded yes hurriedly. The three of them walked towards the town, and Tong Xi didn't say anything all the way.
The three of them entered an inn, and the inn was also lit up with lights and dressed up in a joyful manner. After settling Tong Xi, Dian Yin asked the shopkeeper to make a pot of tea, but Tong Xi would rather die than drink it. Su Yue saw that she didn't look like a big deal, and thought that it might be the flour dumplings that the scammer cheated money on. He told Dianyin what he thought in his heart. Dian Yin also felt strange, just after the shopkeeper finished entertaining the guests passing by, Dian Yin looked at the festive post on the wall, so he grabbed him and asked: "Driver, little brother, what day is today, the town is so happy." β
The shopkeeper had seen a lot of outsiders, so he was not surprised when Dian Yin asked him, and said with a smile: "The guest officer doesn't know, today is the biggest festival of the year in Sanssouci Town-Sanssouci Festival, and it is the anniversary of the old mage arriving in Sanssouci Town and saving the suffering people in the town. Dian Yin said: "He is dispensing medicine all over the street like this, does the person in charge of your town care?"
When the shopkeeper heard them say this, his face changed, and he sighed and said, "A raccoon dog! Now, the whole Sanssouci Town is theirs!" The two saw that Xiao Er answered the question, and went to find the shopkeeper again. The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man of medium stature, with a generous face, not like a businessman, but like a farmer. As soon as I heard that they came to inquire about the Sanssouci Dan, I first wanted to drive them back to the room quickly, don't come out, and when I heard that Tong Xi took the Sanssouci Dan, he introduced them into the inner room, and the shopkeeper was also a kind person, and arranged for Su and Dian to sit down and said: "The two guests who came from afar are really not secret: this Sanssouci Town has Sanssouci Dan, and now it is only a huge town, which is becoming smoky and poor. Merchants do not intend to pan, and farmers do not carry hoes. Everybody's just thinking about the pill. After taking the pill, he followed the Tao, his soul was unguarded, fluttering, his face was expressionless, and his face was bloodless. All the troubles are forgotten, and when encountering problems, they will only use this Dan to escape, and not want to forge ahead. Most of the elders and chief bookkeepers in our town have been bewitched into obeying the Sanssouci Pill, and there are also officials who voluntarily sell their conscience to participate in them!"
Su and Dian were shocked when they heard this: "What should I do?"
After Xiao Er learned of the situation, he said: "Since the girl only ate one, it should be fine, but the two guest officers need to be careful, don't make her angry." The more angry you are, the faster the disease will spread!"
The two nodded yes.
It's going to be dark. For now, it's best to get out of this grotesque place as soon as possible. The servants originally ordered two rooms, one for Tong Xi, and one for Su and Dian. Dian Yin was always at ease, so he often lingered at the door of Tong Xi. Tong Xi accidentally broke a cup, which also provoked him to kick in the door, Tong Xi saw this, and was even more annoyed, and his heart was even more disgusted with him.
The three of them had their own thoughts, and they were dull and speechless all night. When he got up early the next morning, Dian Yin found that Tong Xi was missing, and he didn't leave anything behind, so he asked the shopkeeper and the guy, but they all said that they hadn't seen it. The innkeeper thought for a while and said to them: "I want to enter such a state all the time after taking this pill, I am afraid that it will arouse the girl's resentment, so I will ask the old mage for medicine." β
Dian Yin thought for a while, and said curiously: "What resentment can she have?" Su Yue rubbed his clothes.
"Brother forgot, Liao Tingyun!"
Dian Yin was afraid of his brain, and asked the guy urgently:
"Where does the mage live?"
The man showed them the way to the old mage's mansion, and the two of them went with their weapons.
The old mage lived by a suburban river outside the southern city. The mansion was built very large, surrounded by rivers on three sides, and grounded on one side. When Dianyin approached, he found that the courtyard was full of white walls and white tiles. The structure of the mansion is exquisite, atmospheric, covers a vast area, and the flowers and trees in the courtyard are precious, even the city lord's mansion in Xia City is ashamed of itself. And all the houses in the courtyard have an exotic style, which is like the style of the Qi people's houses. Such a beautiful scenery is simply dazzling compared to the dilapidated houses in the surrounding area.
Neither of them had ever seen a palace of this style, and they ran back and forth twice outside before they saw the gate. When they entered, no one stopped them, and the guards acted as if they didn't see them. Walking into the hall, Norikuin was stunned by the spaciousness and luxury inside. Marble floors. There is a large pool in the middle of the wall, and there is a sculpture of white marble in the middle of the pool, although it is impossible to see who it is by the face, but looking at the hunched posture and dress, Dian Yin guesses that it is the old mage who gave medicine on the platform yesterday.
Dianyin has been working in the dart guard camp for several years, and he has never seen a building of this style. Su and Dian were looking around in the hall, and suddenly a stone door rose, and two people walked out of it, and the person who came out first was tall, wearing a big black robe with a yellow border, holding a long sickle with yellow light in his hand, eagle eyes, hooked nose, and a domineering appearance. The person in the back, Su and Dian, both of whom had seen it on the platform outside the city, was the old mage who was thin and slumped over the waist before.
The old mage said first: "Two distant guests, what is the important matter of coming to the cold house?"
Dian Yin hurriedly said: "You old liar who deceived the world and stole your name! trick my sister into taking your medicine, and now return my sister, and then give the antidote to the townspeople in Sanssouci Town who were deceived by you, otherwise don't blame you for not respecting the elderly!"
After hearing this, the old mage did not defend or deny it, but just smiled and said, "How about we make a bet?"
Su Yue said: "What kind of gambling method?"
The old mage pointed to the person holding the scythe beside him and said: "This is the old fool - Gao Sheng, if Your Excellency can win him, the old man will return Ling Mei, if no one can resist him, then ......" He said and took out two brown pills from his sleeve, and said: "The two of you will take these two pills, and you will stay in Sanssouci Town for my use in the future." The fool is here, and if you draw your sword now, I will answer it as you, how about it?"
Dian Yin first pulled out the "Scattered Dragon Double Blade" and said, "When I put these double blades on your neck, I can't help you." Before he finished speaking, the two knives were out, as fierce as a dragon, as fast as a frightened snake. Immediately he was in front of the mage. The moment the double knife was about to touch his head, a long sickle on his back had already hooked his body, and he only pulled it back, throwing Dianyin a few feet away. Dianyin sat on the ground with his buttocks, he didn't feel pain, but he smelled a burning smell, and his chest and abdomen also felt warm. When I looked down, I realized that an open flame was burning where the scythe had just been hooked. Dian Yin hurriedly slapped his hands with his hands, but he didn't know that Gao Sheng's long scythe had reached the top of his head.
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