Chapter 10 Transactions
The light and shadow are gradually sinking, and the day is slanting in the west. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The time of the day is too short, the light is only a moment when the time is wasted from the peak to the languishing, even if there is more reluctance to keep in the heart, people can only chase the little by little hidden sunset to embark on the return journey.
Poor and lowly Shaoguang, fleeting, faint sigh, about to end this short stay.
When the last rays of the sun vanished, they saw an oasis on the other side of the dune, wisps of smoke swirling upward, and before they reached the top of the tree, they were scattered by the raging winds.
There are more camels, there are more people, I can hear the laughter of people from afar, the hoarse chanting spreads far away, mixed with the monotonous Qiang drum and flute, ancient and solemn, fortunately there is that laughter together, but it makes people feel intoxicated with a sense of yearning.
It seems that it should be a new businessman who just arrived today, and it seems to be an old acquaintance with those yesterday, and a bonfire was set up by the lake in Half Moon Bay, and more than a dozen people gathered talking and laughing, and the wrinkles on their faces were piled up in several layers. There were bold women dancing to the beat with a small drum in their hands, the simple Khan singing, and a half-grown boy running around the fire, applause and laughter.
It's a beautiful picture.
Jingri Guming didn't enter the tent, Shi Yanwen looked at him, didn't urge, and followed the little fat man into the tent, but Shi Yanwen came out in the blink of an eye, but the little fat man took the opportunity to hide in the box, thinking that he was sleepy, Shi Yanwen didn't care about it, took something and went out.
"There are similar activities in the palace of Miaojiang," Jingri Guming leaned outside the tent and looked at them, relaxed, and his sad face was faint: "It's just that there is a lot of red tape, and a glass of wine has not yet been eaten, and you have to prepare a cart of good words before you have a stomach, and you don't dare to slack off, you are really tired and panicked, so every time someone leaves the table early, and someone has to accompany you to the end." β
Shi Yanwen took out the big drummed and wanted to hand it to him, but when she heard this, she directly put the big dan on him, thought about it and said, "It's also a happy memory." β
"Yes." If you ignore the words of the banquet, you will calculate.
ββ¦β¦ When Jingzhong was young," Shi Yanwen glanced at him, compared his waist, and continued: "When I came here, I also liked to be lively, not as quiet as now. When I had fun, my little face would be stained with mud, my hair would be messy, and when I got home, I would happily pounce on me and tell me what I was playing and what I said. You probably wouldn't have imagined that Jingzhong at that time was very coquettish, and sometimes I had to sleep at night with the story, and no one could cure him. β
"Really?" Jingri Guming pulled the corners of his mouth, but he suddenly thought of Qiao Rulai's harsh words when he spoke to him, and he was very emotional with his domineering tongue and eager to eat him alive.
"The consequences of the rebirth are much different."
"Reborn...... Sort of. Shi Yanwen looked at the child over there and smiled, "Later, there was a children's bonfire party, somehow the spark collapsed on his feet, although Jingzhong was smart but too young after all, not to mention that it was summer, the children around him were scared away, and he was about to burn on his legs before he could react." At that time, I was not far away, and I didn't think of any other tricks in a hurry, so I directly tore the trouser hem with my hand, Jingzhong was fine, but my hands were burned red, it seemed that since that time, Jingzhong rarely played with other children......"
"The mind is too heavy," Jing Ri Guming snapped again, "as kind as that kid." β
"Yes, they're all just as kind, no matter how things change."
Jing Ri Guming thought of the blue wolf, "Miao Palace's New Year's sacrifice, the blue wolf is always very happy, except for the royal family's sacrificial hunting activities, that child doesn't want to disappoint his father, but he always can't bear to hurt those innocent animals, and the things he hunts are naturally very few, and they are the same until now." β
Now, there are no hunting activities in the Miao Palace.
"Kindness is worth cherishing, but it's undesirable to think too much," Speaking of this, Shi Yanwen suddenly remembered another thing, "Speaking of which, the relationship between King Miao and Jingzhong ...... Seems good. β
Shi Yan's text meant to test whether the other party knew, and her words were evasive, her eyes lowered, for fear of revealing any clues, but she didn't expect that as soon as the words came out, it seemed to poke at the unknown laugh point of the person, and she couldn't stand up straight when she looked at him with a smile.
Shi Yanwen looked inexplicable, "......", so where is the joke?
When Jingri's lonely laughter stopped, a series of coughs followed, and this time it seemed to be real. Shi Yanwen twitched the corners of his mouth and decided to keep silent, and raised his hand to caress his back with a retreating attitude, at least until someone coughed.
"Ahem, I'm sorry," Jingri Guming's face turned red from choking, and he grabbed Shi Yanwen's increasingly powerful hand with his backhand, "I just thought of something else." β
"Seems to be a good thing." Shi Yanwen replied without being salty.
"It's a good thing, it's also a secret," Jingri Guming glanced at him, the evening light was dim, the ghost desert was black and fast, the full moon had not yet revealed its brightness, and the jubilant bonfire in the distance first illuminated everything around, and the black hair exposed from Shi Yanwen's neck could be vaguely seen, Jingri Guming raised his hand to help him press the brim of his hat, and said, "But I can't tell you now, let's go back and talk about it." It's a little cold here, do you want to go over there and have a fire together? β
Shi Yanwen admits himself unluckyβhe has been using this delaying policy since he was seven years old.
"Won't bother them?"
"The more people there are at the bonfire party, the more lively it is," and the solemn chant sounded, and Jingri Guming was a little impatient, and pulled him to walk away, "And that kid has been beckoning his hand for a long time." β
It was the bouncing boy, standing outside the circle of people and waving to them, seeing them walking away with a smile on the face of the simple businessman, he could feel the enthusiasm from afar, Shi Yanwen's heart warmed.
"What are they singing?"
"A homesick song."
"No wonder it's so exciting, it's a pity that Yanyun can't understand Miao ......"
"Ha, it's just a miscellaneous poem, I'll teach you."
His poems are complaining - homesickness makes people sad.
The autumn wind is sorrowful and kills.
Out is also worried, in is also worried.
Who in this room does not have worries?
It makes me white-headed.
There is a lot of wind in Hudi, how to repair the trees!
As I move farther and farther away from home, my clothes are getting slower and slower.
The mind cannot be spoken, and the wheel of the intestine turns.
β¦β¦
The ancient road has accounted for two, and more people really came to the desert market on the second day, and the two of them still went their own way, ducks and goose steps, got up when the lake was full of crystal, and set foot on the desert market when the sun was a little full.
Everything was in order, and the only trip that was disrupted was the breakfast that was eaten up by the little fat man.
The little fat man seemed to like Jing Ri's lonely fingers, and his tail was around him all the way and refused to leave, but fortunately it was his left hand. Shi Yanwen thought, at least he didn't need to help when he bought things and paid for them.
They went to the largest tents and bought some food for a full stomach, and then wandered around, fighting with the little fat man more than once to save their rations.
Fortunately, Jingri Guming cleverly threw half a piece of dried fruit to lure it away.
Otherwise, the attention of this road is inevitable.
"That piece of jade," Shi Yanwen's footsteps stopped unconsciously, "I seem to have seen it somewhere." β
Jingri Guming took a look at it, there was only a rag on the stall, and the business was not very good, and there were some jade carved stones on it. At first glance, it looks very inconspicuous, the material is lower, the lines are complicated, and there are still defects in many places, but its carving is meticulous and rare, depicted in detail, vivid, although it is far less than the daily matching of the lonely song of the sun, but it also has its superiority.
The stall owner was an old man, with gray hair, a little hunched back, and his eyes were pale gray, and he was already at an age when he was about to sink into the earth.
When the two squatted down in front of him, the old man was already drowsy.
Shi Yanwen looked at the old man and sighed slightly, picked up the middle half of the jade Jue and looked at it, the old man saw that there were guests coming to the door, and he also smiled at them with a strong spirit, and introduced the goods on the stall in jerky Miao language.
This half of the fish is made in imitation of the winning fish in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, engraved with wings, smart and lovely, it was originally a pair.
"Sir, I like this pair of fish very much, can you give it to me?"
Jing Ri Guming smiled, guessed five points about this fate meeting at some point, and took another similar Arowana pendant, "Good things come in pairs, how about one person?" "Central Plains?" Before he could answer, the old man's hoarse voice sounded, and the old man seemed to be very happy, "You are from the Central Plains." β
"Yes," Shi Yanwen raised her head slightly and smiled at the old man, "We are from the Central Plains." β
The old man seemed to be very familiar with this smile, his eyes were full of confusion, but he didn't have a clue after thinking for a long time: "Are you ...... Where are the people in the Central Plains? It's been a long time since I've seen anyone from the Central Plains......"
"Jiangnan," Jingri Guming smiled disappretently, "We are from Jiangnan, and the old man is also from Jiangnan?" β
"Jiangnan is good, Jiangnan is good," the old man's eyes flashed with nostalgia, "The water in Jiangnan is clear, the people are elegant, the old man has been there once before, it's really a good place, it's a pity that the old man has only been there once......"
Jingri Guming took the two pieces of jade and weighed them, and then asked casually, "How did the old man come here?" β
"Alas......" the old man sighed heavily, "The family is in the country, if it is not a national disaster, who wants to abandon the family?" Wasn't the Central Plains invaded by the Demon World? The old man dragged his family to Miaojiang to go to business, and unfortunately encountered a sandstorm, and the family business that he had finally laid down was destroyed, and he never went back, hey......"
"But peace has been restored in the Central Plains, why don't the old people go back?"
"What are you going to do when you go back? The ancestral house was all crushed to the ground, and I was the only one. β
Shi Yanwen was slightly stunned and was about to speak, but Jing Ri said first: "I'm sorry, I mentioned the sadness of the old man." By the way, how did these two pieces of jade Jue sell? β
The old man smiled and said open-mindedly: "They are all from the Central Plains, and the two of them will take it, and the right should be fate." β
"Then what's going on," Jing Ri Guming took a gem from his head, "It's better to exchange this, ordinary glass is of similar value." β
The old man was stunned and was about to refuse, but Jingri Guming got up and left. Shi Yanwen looked at him, got up and sighed: "Old man, the desert is barren and the end of the world has fallen, so let's go home early." β
The two had already walked away, the old man was silent for a while with the glass beads, the sun was scorching at noon, but his vest was inexplicably cold, it was really old.
"Go home...... ...... home."
The old man collected the beads, struggled to get up, bent up, and slowly packed everything.
The things on the King of Beijing are worth a thousand gold, and they are more than enough as travel expenses, but I don't know if I can buy some other things.
Sure enough, there are more people, and there are more troubles.
There was no one at the end of the road, but there were a lot of camels lying down, and the camel bells rang with the wind, and the fish alternated.
Shi Yanwen held the half of the jade, and Jingri Guming was sitting next to the camel, and also looked at the dragon fish pendant, which seemed to be a little indecisive, and even the eyes were a little obvious and obscure.
Shi Yanwen wanted to speak and stopped, thought about it and sat down, her expression under the hood was calm, but it implied loneliness.
"Do you want to go back?" Shi Yanwen asked.
"If you come, you will be safe." Jingri Guming put away the dragon fish in his hand, "Why is Yanyun so anxious? β
"When is the gentleman going back?"
"Wait."
"What are you waiting for?"
"Naturally, we are waiting for the sun to set," Jingri Gu Ming half-closed his eyes, "before I can go on the road." β
"I'm sorry," Shi Yanwen turned sideways slightly, the blue in his eyes was clouded, "It seems that he has caused trouble for Mr. again"
The figure felt a little depressed, and Jingri Guming wanted to pat him on the shoulder with his hand, but after thinking about it, he held back.
"The gentleman's heart is as clean as jade, but the wind and sand attack people are pervasive, so let's respond to all changes with the same." What's more, the wind and sand never stoppedβbut the unimportant things were left untouched.
It was originally a comforting word, but Shi Yanwen felt even more guilty when she heard it, but in her heart, the general secretary felt that something was wrong, and she hid it and wanted to come out.
ββ¦β¦ But to be able to investigate my affairs so carefully and clearly, the forces are not simple. β
Jingri Guming hooked the corners of his mouth, "The information network of the royal family is naturally not simple. β
"Royalty!" Shi Yanwen's eyes moved, "You mean King Miao?" β
"Not a blue wolf." Jingri Guming was very quick to deny, laughing with irony, "It originally belonged to the forces of the old king of Miaojiang, and he tried every possible way to show his sense of existence by killing rebellion. β
"King Miao won't allow it."
"That's why I can't let King Miao know," Jingri Guming closed his eyes, "and they did it." β
It is too dangerous to infiltrate the royal family's traffic network, especially in Miaojiang, where the chaos has stopped.
And Miao Jiang doesn't need such a dangerous thing.
"So......" Shi Yanwen looked into the distance, his fingers clenched Yu Jue, and his heart was like a sinking boulder, "Mr. doesn't stay with the waiters, is he using his example as bait?" β
"Yes."
"It's been a delay of three years because there is no suitable opportunity?"
"Yes."
"Sir really has to answer all questions."
"Because," Jing Ri Guming opened his eyes and looked at him, raising his eyelids lazily, "If Yanyun wants to help me, he always knows." β
"Then," Shi Yanwen's face sank like water, the fluctuating emotions in his heart were concealed, but his voice seemed to hide a spike, "the poisonous ...... that day"
"Don't miss the opportunity, you have to grasp the rare opportunity," Jingri Guming wanted to pat his white hand holding Yu Jue, but the moment he lifted it, it only blocked the sunlight, and the scorching sun that was divided by his fingers had begun to fall in the west, and it would be a few hours before he entered the cold night, and time seemed to pass much faster than he imagined.
"In another hour, let's go back to the temple. I haven't had a pulse diagnosis for two days in a row, so Yao Lao must be in a hurry. β