42. Chapter 42
When Xiao Zibai and Tang Lin were looking for an inn in the city to stay, they had a conflict over the choice of guest rooms.
Xiao Zibai insisted that it was enough for the two of them to live in one room for safety, and Tang Lin said that it was not bad to share the money to live comfortably. Although Xiao Zibai coerced and lured the innkeeper and tried to let himself live in the same room with Tang Lin, the shopkeeper's eyes were vicious, and he could see at a glance that Tang Lin was the owner of the two.
β¦β¦ Isn't this nonsense! One person wears silk and one person wears cloth, do you think that the one who wears silk is the main one or the one who wears cloth is the main one? The clothes on Tang Lin's body were very expensive at first glance, much more expensive than those on Xiao Zibai's body, so when Tang Lin slowly took a silver ingot and put it on the cabinet, and asked the shopkeeper to ask for "two upper rooms", the shopkeeper stretched out his hand without hesitation: "You two here, please!" β
Tang Lin glanced at Xiao Zibai with a smile, paced and walked upstairs step by step with the shopkeeper, leaving Xiao Zibai alone to look at the ingot of silver on the counter in a daze: Why didn't he think that this was the mortal realm earlier? The gold and silver used in the mortal realm are nothing to cultivators! A random piece of spirit stone can be exchanged for a large pile. Why didn't he think of that? Obviously, in the mortal world, he can also charge a large amount of money......
Xiao Zibai was very melancholy when he thought of this section, looked at the silver and sighed softly.
Just as the shopkeeper came out of the kitchen, she saw Xiao Zibai staring at the silver on the cabinet, and then swept the texture of Xiao Zibai's clothes and the style of his boots, and suddenly became vigilant. hurriedly walked over and put the silver in his sleeve, and glared at Xiao Zibai with warning.
Xiao Zibai: ......
He really doesn't like this bit of silver!
Xiao Zibai, who was suspected of stealing money, felt extremely unhappy.
Tang Lin found that Xiao Zibai hadn't kept up, and his mood suddenly became very bad, so he quietly stretched out his head from the second floor to look down, but he didn't find anything abnormal. He didn't know at first, but when the breeze blew in his ears and told him about it, Tang Lin couldn't help but laugh and cry. He shook his head, walked out of the inn door quickly, turned back after a while, and handed the things in his hand to Xiao Zibai: "Oh, I just bought it." β
Xiao Zibai followed the sound and looked over and saw Tang Lin holding a red and shiny rock sugar gourd in his hand.
His mood suddenly turned cloudy and clear.
Xiao Zibai took the sugar gourd, hesitated for a moment, and then pushed it to Tang Lin, and said to him, "You can eat it too." Tang Lin smiled lightly and pushed the sugar gourd back: "You eat first." β
They were pushing and pushing around for a long time, doing this meaningless thing, and they were still there silly. Tang Lin held the wrist of the sugar gourd, and Ah Dong silently shrunk himself into his sleeve, pretending that he was just an ordinary bracelet.
The three of them stayed in Hecang Mansion like this, quietly waiting for the elders of the sect to come to help. During this time, they traveled to all the restaurants and restaurants in the city, and all the places that sold wine were all wine soaked in demon flowers. I thought that this state of affairs was already very serious, but who expected that a new situation would be discovered soon after.
When Tang Lin was watering Ah Dong, he scooped a scoop of water from the inn well, and Tang Lin felt that it was wrong as soon as the water was scooped out, and when he sniffed it carefully, Tang Lin's face was a little not good-looking: "It's demonic again......" Ah Dong poked half of the vine from his wrist, dipped it in the water, and then quickly waved the rattan to shake off the water droplets on his body, twisting and swaying his body, trying to gesture towards Tang Lin.
Tang Lin recognized it for a long time, and asked Ah Dong suspiciously: "You mean that there is pollen and nectar in this well water?" β
Ah Dong nodded his head violently, and shook the half of his body that was stained with water in disgust. Tang Lin felt that his movements were unusual, and asked more, but Ah Dong's answer made him open the door to a new world.
For plants, flowers are X organs, and the nectar and pollen secreted from flowers are produced...... Hehe.
What should I do, I suddenly feel like I can't look directly at these things that look very pure?
At noon, Tang Lin saw other guests drinking honey, the look on his face was very strange, Xiao Zibai asked him curiously next to him what was wrong, Tang Lin glanced at him, and kindly told him that he was okay. Xiao Zibai felt that Tang Lin was staring at other people's honey, maybe he wanted to drink it himself, and without waiting for Tang Lin to speak, he consciously and automatically gave Tang Lin a bowl.
Tang Lin: ......
"Thank you so much." Tang Lin almost gritted his teeth and said, Xiao Zibai was still waving his hand there and laughing: "It's okay, it's okay, no thanks, no thanks." β
Tang Lin really wanted to paste a whole bowl of honey on his face.
At this time, I suddenly heard someone slapping the table, shouting loudly what "Flower Picking Festival", and said that this year's Flower Picking Festival is coming, and I want to tell a story about the Flower Picking Festival again. Tang Lin and Xiao Zibai didn't want to pay attention to it, but as soon as these words came out, the people in the entire inn began to applaud loudly, with a fanatical look on their faces, and the two looked at each other, and they both felt that it was unusual, so they quietly pricked up their ears and listened quietly, but when they heard it, they were disappointed.
What is the "Flower Picking Festival", it is just a high-end atmosphere, and under the skin is an ordinary story of the fox demon butterfly girl. The Tao is that the fox demon fell in love with a scholar, the butterfly girl came to rob her, the two demons fought for a husband, no one refused to give in, from the sky all the way to the ground, and the fight was inextricable. The scholar is also a romantic character, who loves the charm of the fox demon and the beauty of the butterfly girl, and wants to be eclectic, but the two demons refuse to serve a husband.
There is no way, this scholar has only one person, and he can't saw it in half, so the two demons begged to Emperor Yunhua and begged the emperor to come up with an idea.
Emperor Yunhua is said to be the lord of a hundred flowers, and with a wave of his hand, he set the rules. On the fourth day of the first month of March, let the fox demon and butterfly girl go home, pick a bouquet of flowers, weave a flower cage, and insert it in the corner of their house, and there will be butterflies flying to the door. When the time comes, which family gathers the most butterflies, the scholar will go to whichever family he goes.
Tang Lin smiled when he heard this comparison, and whispered in Xiao Zibai's ear: "The victory or defeat has been decided." Xiao Zibai nodded, and the two continued to listen, and sure enough, the content was as expected. The fox demon was defeated in this battle, and the butterfly girl hugged the scholar, and when it came to this, Tang Linman thought that the story was over, who would have expected that there would be a tail behind.
ββ¦β¦ How can the demon fox be willing? When I went home and thought about it carefully, I felt that Emperor Yunhua was deliberately partial, and I was so angry that my eyebrows were upside down. Good you butterfly girl, good you Yun Huajun! I actually colluded and co-planted the trap and pit it! β
As he spoke, the man sucked the tea, slapped the lid of the tea bowl as a startling wood, and continued to talk with spittle.
The fox demon realized that he had been deceived, and he was furious, and invited the phoenix from his hometown to call the shots. The phoenix was a violent temper, a fire burned Emperor Yunhua to a fine light, and another fire sprayed the scholar to death, and he flapped his wings and went back, leaving the fox demon butterfly girl to weep at the embers of the scholar.
β¦β¦ What the hell is this god unfolding?! I never thought that I would meet Shenzhan when I heard a story, Tang Lin was a little dumbfounded, Xiao Zibai smiled, and whispered to Tang Lin: "I guess the fox demon and butterfly girl are together in the end." β
Tang Lin glared at him: Is this logic wrong! The two of them are obviously rivals in love! Xiao Zibai didn't speak, only bent his eyes and motioned for him to continue listening, but the ending was really as Xiao Zibai said, the fox demon and butterfly girl and the goblins lived happily together, and they also became the gods of flowers near Hecang Mansion. In order to celebrate the marriage of the two of them, Kawakura Province has set up this annual festival......
After listening to such a story, Tang Lin's whole demon was not good.
"What a strange story!" Until the evening, Tang Lin couldn't help but complain to Ah Dong, Ah Dong waved the branches, stood up and patted Tang Lin's shoulder, and gestured with the leaves: "I have other stranger stories and legends, do you want to hear them?" β
Tang Lin replied without hesitation: "Don't!" Ah Dong nodded obediently, really shrunk up and didn't plan to say anything. Tang Lin hesitated and glanced at the wall behind himβXiao Zibai lived next door to himβand whispered to Ah Dong, "Why don't you tell me another one?" Just one. β
Ah Dong shook the branches and leaves happily, and began to tell Tang Lin a story with his teeth and claws.
The next day is the annual Kawara Blossom Festival, where a small cage made of willow branches and flowers is inserted into the doors and windows of every house, and a woodcarved butterfly is about to fly in the cage. Tang Lin, who had listened to the story all night, walked out of the door with a tired face, and happened to bump into Xiao Zibai who came out to find him.
Tang Lin's eyes lit up and asked Xiao Zibai, "Do you want to listen to the story?" β
Xiao Zibai grinned: "Don't." β
was so angry that Tang Lin struck him hard with his knuckles.
Because the two of them were disguised as mortals, it was customary for them to use some early days in the inn today, and they went out normally after signing a contract. The external excuse is that the family is doing business and wants to find a shop, but in fact they are looking for clues in the city - anyway, they live in the house, and it is better to go out and check it out than to stay in the room all day without going out.
Because it is common to go out on weekdays, I didn't deliberately inquire about anything before going out today, and I didn't notice that today is the flower picking festival. You must know that the flower festival is the time when young men and women are looking for friends and friends, the teenagers and girls who have no time to take care of him on weekdays dress up in this day, the teenagers are alone, the girls are in groups of three or five, throwing flowers to show love, inserting willows to convey affection, the streets are full of soft eye waves, and there is a wind and moon β‘β‘ hidden under the willows.
On this day, the more good-looking young men and women are, the more they will be rightfully watched, and it is purely normal to throw flowers all over their bodies. At the end of the day, at dusk and sunset, butterflies as big as bowls will fly and stop on the heads of the selected young girls, who will be called the god of flowers, and will have the opportunity to meet the fox fairy butterfly god.
Xiao Zibai and Tang Lin are both outstanding in appearance, at this moment the two of them are walking together, one is a gentleman with a smile on the corner of his lips, and the other has a long eyebrow and a slightly raised complexion, and he didn't walk a few steps on the street, and before he knew it, many girls came around, whispering about the appearance of the two, and throwing flowers at the two of them with a smile, which was even mixed with a few wicker branches belonging to the teenager.
"Beautiful! Young man! The green bamboo is green, not as good as you. Wouldn't you be as good as you? It is long and unscrupulous.
Beautiful! Young man! The peach blossoms are shining, not as good as you. Wouldn't you be as good as you? Xun is beautiful and prosperous.
Beautiful! Young man! Qiong Yu Zhenzhen, not as good as Jun Ye. Wouldn't you be as good as you? Xun is virtuous and benevolent. β
While they were singing, they surrounded the two of them, all of them with clear eyes and flowers.
Where has Xiao Zibai seen this battle, the discussions of those teenagers and girls have been clearly heard by him, and in the face of these flirtatious branches, he is at a loss to stand in place. Tang Lin, who was smashed more flower branches, didn't think anything of it, but he was dissatisfied when he saw Xiao Zibai's appearance, stretched out his sleeves to block those flowers for him, and without saying a word, he pulled Xiao Zibai and walked directly to the remote alley.
He was nimble, and he only turned three or two times under his feet, and easily squeezed out of the center of the crowd, leaving only a resentful gaze behind him, sneering at his incomprehensible feelings. Tang Lin pursed his lips and stood still in the corner, first brushed off the remaining flowers and green leaves on Xiao Zibai's clothes, and then turned his head to pat himself, Xiao Zibai was slapped twice by him and reacted, and also reached out to pat it for him.
Tang Lin said "no", but when he was patting his clothes, he rubbed Xiao Zibai's hand a few times. His face was a little hot, so he put up his sleeves and let Xiao Zibai pat on his clothes, and when he looked up, he suddenly saw that Xiao Zibai's white hair was still dotted with petals that had leaked through the net, and he stretched out his hand to brush it off, but he didn't want Xiao Zibai to straighten up at this time, and his fingers flicked lightly, brushing Xiao Zibai's lips.
Tang Lin's hand stiffened.
Xiao Zibai didn't.
He turned his head and looked at Tang Lin fixedly, his eyes were so bright, as if the brilliance of the whole world was in his eyes. Tang Lin was looked at by these bright eyes, and suddenly found that Xiao Zibai was so close to him, so close that he could hear each other's breathing.
The hustle and bustle of the streets a few feet away seemed to separate them from two worlds.
Tang Lin's ears were so quiet, so quiet that he could hear Xiao Zibai's soft and long breathing, and the smell of ice and snow on his body caressed Tang Lin's nose and ears, Tang Lin shouted desperately in his heart, urging himself to say something to break this ambiguous atmosphere, but his life experience in the past few decades could not help him at all at this moment: he seemed to have forgotten how to speak.
The wind blew from the side of the street, and thin petals flew up, and Tang Lin wanted to open his mouth to say something, but he felt that his tongue had completely turned into stone.
Xiao Zibai's eyes were still as bright as that, he stretched out his hand, grabbed Tang Lin's cheek, and slowly came over.
Time seemed to stand still in an instant, and it was as if a thousand years had passed.
Tang Lin felt a bang in his head, and all his brains turned into paste in an instant, and Xiao Zibai's lips gently pressed against his. At this moment, he was so close to Tang Lin, closer than when he was so close, so close that Tang Lin could even count each of Xiao Zibai's long and slightly curled eyelashes, and the faint smell of ice and snow filled Tang Lin's world, making him a little breathless for a while.
Xiao Zibai's lips were cold and soft, but they were as sweet as honey, and Tang Lin almost indulged in them......
β¦β¦ Wait a minute! What did he just think of?
Honey!?
Tang Lin's mind suddenly turned again, and the attributes of flower pollen and nectar flashed through his mind, which was better than pouring a basin of cold water on his head, and Tang Lin's consciousness immediately recovered. He pushed away Xiao Zibai, who still wanted to deepen the kiss, and while wiping his lips with his hands, he asked him angrily, "What did you eat before you went out?" β
"Uh......" Xiao Zibai didn't expect things to change like this at all. He patted his somewhat drowsy head, sorted out his thoughts, and replied hesitantly, "...... Bun? White porridge? Oh...... I also drank a little honey before going out. β
"Don't you like sweets!" Tang Lin glared at him, and Xiao Zibai explained: "That honey was originally intended for you, but you didn't touch it, I think it's ...... waste."
"Don't drink honey next time!" Tang Lin said categorically, thought about it and added: "Anything related to nectar and pollen is not allowed to eat!" β
Xiao Zibai nodded hurriedly, reacted after a while, and said happily: "Can there be a next time!" β
ate Tang Lin's chestnut again.
Xiao Zibai stretched out his hand and rubbed his head, but quietly pursed his lips and smiled, laughing so hard that Tang Lin shook him with an eye knife. After shaking off the eye knife, Tang Lin pulled Xiao Zibai to turn around and leave, but when he turned around, he found that there was a circle of teenagers and girls around the two of them, and everyone stared at them with wide eyes.
Tang Lin &...... Xiao Zibai: