Chapter 093: Hitchhiking
The carriage was not luxurious, not only was it not luxurious, but it was shabby, the curtain hung on the carriage was washed white cheesecloth, the paint on the carriage had peeled off a lot, and the horses pulling the carriage looked so old that they were about to lose their teeth. No matter how you look at it, there is a big word "poor" hanging on the front and back of the carriage, and it is simply the difference between heaven and earth and the carriage that can enter and exit the Changxiang Palace.
Such a carriage walked on this road, somewhat revealing an abnormal super self-confidence, which is very weird. However, it was such a shabby, in the eyes of the goldfinch, which added a bit of kindness for no reason, and also made her courageous.
So, after she had chased the carriage for a few steps, it finally stopped in front of her.
The golden finch ran over with the incense burner, first showed a grateful smile to the coachman, and then bowed deeply to the carriage: "Dare, dare to ask the owner of the car, but go to the Changxiang Palace?" ”
The coachman replied on behalf of the master, "Yes, why did the girl stop the car?" ”
The golden finch opened his mouth and smiled, and then asked a little eagerly: "I, I have something very urgent to go to the Changxiang Palace, can the uncle take me for a ride?" ”
"This ......," the coachman glanced hesitantly at the carriage.
"Amitabha, if the girl doesn't mind the sluggishness of the little monk's carriage and horse, the little monk is very willing to give the girl a ride." Before the driver's hesitation fell, a Buddha horn sounded from inside the carriage, and then the curtain was lifted, revealing a neat-looking bald head.
"It's you!" The golden finch was surprised, and no matter how polite he was, he put the incense burner in his hand on the carriage, and then climbed up with him.
The coachman was very surprised, but seeing that his master did not object, he did not say anything. Wait for the goldfinch to get in the car and sit down. I started to catch up again.
The goldfinch carefully held the incense burner and sat opposite the pure dust. He was grateful and surprised: "It's really good, I didn't expect to meet Master Jingchen here, why don't you go to Changxiang Palace!" ”
It is rare to sit with such a lively girl, and Jingchen smiled a little shyly: "The little monk hasn't come down the mountain for a few years, and now that he has come down the mountain, he will come over to see a few old friends." ”
"I see!" The Golden Bird nodded, and then kindly reminded, "But Master Jingchen went up in such a carriage. I'm afraid it's not easy to enter the Changxiang Palace. I know that there is a back door in the Changxiang Palace, and if those people in the Changxiang Hall don't let you in, Master Jingchen, you can go around to the back door and give you a few pieces of silver, and the steward of the gate will let you in. ”
Jingchen clasped his hands together: "Thank you girl for reminding me, the little monk has written it down." ”
The golden finch waved his hand generously: "You send me in a carriage, I should sue you for this, no thanks, but which incense hall are you going to?" If you go to the incense hall. After entering through the back door, each incense hall has its own temple gate. I don't know ...... this," but when the golden finch said this, he suddenly remembered that Jingchen was going to meet friends, so he patted his forehead and said, "Hey, I forgot, since Master Jingchen is going to meet friends, he can naturally enter when he arrives at the door of the incense hall, so don't worry about it anymore." ”
This little girl is really rare and innocent, Jingchen looked at the golden finch with some curiosity: "Why did the girl go to the Changxiang Palace?" Still in such a hurry? ”
"Oh, I'm here to deliver something." As he spoke, the golden finch patted the incense burner in his hand, then looked at Jingchen and said, "You know the Bai Guanghan Great Incense Master of the Changxiang Palace, right?" ”
Jingchen nodded: "Like thunder." ”
The golden finch said with some pride: "Bai Da Xiangshi is going to choose a waiter, our incense envoy of the incense academy has been selected into Bai Da Xiangshi's Jin Xiang Society, and he also passed the first two rounds of screening, and today the third round of screening will begin, but today she forgot to bring the incense burner, no, I will send it to her." ”
Jingchen nodded again and folded his hands: "Amitabha." ”
The Plantagenet looked him up and down in surprise, and muttered with some dissatisfaction, "What are you doing with this?" ”
Jingchen's face was slightly confused: "The little monk is used to it." ”
The golden finch thought about it, showed a little sympathy on his face, and then nodded understandingly: "I just came down the mountain, I must be very unaccustomed to it, right?" ”
Jingchen was stunned, and the golden finch said again: "It's okay, it's okay, anyway, you are a person outside the world, so you don't have to care about other people's eyes." ”
Jingchen smiled slightly: "The girl is really a pure-hearted person. ”
The golden finch was amused, and then said seriously: "I'm not a good person, it's you who are good to me and are willing to let me get into the carriage, so I will remind you." You just came down the mountain, you don't know that people's hearts are sinister, don't think that everyone is like me in the future, otherwise you will suffer. ”
Jingchen was stunned again, his face was slightly confused, and a smile appeared in his eyes: "Thank you, girl, the little monk has written it down." ”
As he spoke, the carriage stopped, and the goldfinch lifted the curtain and looked out, and said, "It's here!" She hurriedly jumped down, and then turned around and said, "Thank you Master Jingchen, I'll go to the back door, if you can't get in from here, remember to go through the back door too, I still have something urgent, go first." ”
Jingchen nodded: "Girl, go get busy." ”
The golden finch ran a few steps, then stopped and turned back and said, "Master Jingchen, you have done good deeds as soon as you get off the mountain, and the Buddha Lord will see it!" ”
After she finished speaking, she hurriedly ran away with the incense burner, Jingchen was stunned for a moment, and then folded her hands together: "Amitabha." ”
After the coachman parked the carriage at the gate of the Changxiang Palace, the steward who guarded the door came out to take a look, and after seeing the coachman and the down-and-out carriage, he hurriedly ordered someone to open the door of the palace.
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Because they wanted to stay here for half a month, after drawing lots and grouping them, Chi Shao led them to their residence.
There are many guest rooms in Changxiang Palace, but Chi Shao did not arrange a separate room for them, but the men and women were separated, the county lord of Danyang, An Lan, Fang Yuxin, and Zhen Yuxiu lived in the same big house, and Fang Yuhui and Xie Lanhe lived in the same room.
The room is naturally good, don't say that the materials and carvings of the tables and chairs in it, and the simple tea set on the table, are all official Ru kilns, Fang Yuxin picked up a teacup and glanced at it, and recognized the same set she had seen in the palace before, so she gently put it down. In addition, what is even more amazing is the fragrant wood and strange stones on the Duobao Pavilion, as well as the Boshan furnace on the incense table, those things, even the lord of Danyang County saw it, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, it was really rich in the world, and it was unspeakably expensive.
Zhen Yuxiu has no problem with such a room. Not only no opinion. And very satisfied. Let's talk about it. Her boudoir can't even compare to a corner of here, but the fly in the ointment is that she wants four people to live in the same room. She is willing to be closer to the Lord of Danyang, and she is also willing to be closer to Fang Yuxin, no matter what, these two people can play a non-negligible role in her future, but what is An Lan?! Thinking about it, she glanced at An Lan. There is a deep disgust in his eyes, a sinister and cunning villain who climbs up only by tricks, and he will especially pretend to be innocent in front of others! It's unappetizing!
Because An Lan has always been concerned about the arrangements after the grouping, she didn't pay attention to the furnishings in the room, and after following Chi Shao into the room, she directly put the package in her hand on the bed closest to the door. In fact, the furnishings of the four beds in the room are almost the same, and the light is all taken care of, but An Lan's action is in Zhen Yuxiu's eyes, which makes her very angry.
So Zhen Yuxiu snorted in her heart. walked over and said, "I want to be close to Sister Yuxin, you can change it with me." ”
An Lan was about to unwrap the package. It's just that after touching her hand, she suddenly remembered that she forgot to bring the incense burner, and her face immediately changed. And looking at Zhen Yuxiu, the county lord of Danyang and the others, they all thought that she was unwilling, so Fang Yuxin said: "I'll change it with the county lord's sister, so that I can also rely on you." ”
The county lord of Danyang immediately smiled: "It just so happens that I also want to sleep in your place." ”
The packages of the two of them hadn't been opened yet, so they directly changed positions as they spoke. An Lan came back to her senses and glanced at them, she didn't care where she slept, but since they had changed, she didn't say anything.
What to do? I forgot to bring the incense burner, although the Tianshu Hall did not let them all prepare the incense burner, but just now she saw that not only the Danyang County Lord had prepared the incense burner, but Fang Yuhui and Xie Lanhe also had it, it seemed that she was the only one who didn't!
Zhen Yuxiu snorted coldly, glanced at her with disdain, turned her head and walked away.
Chi Shao stood outside the door, watching this scene with cold eyes.
After they had almost cleaned up, a maid came over and said that Master Bai had returned, and Chi Shao went in and told them not to clean up, and to follow her to see Master Daxiang.
An Lan's heart suddenly chuckled, her eyelashes trembled, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated. The county lord of Danyang also stopped the movements in his hand, Fang Yuxin was in a group with her, so she couldn't help but cooperate, and the county lord of Danyang moved, so she hurriedly walked over.
Zhen Yuxiu glanced at An Lan, and then stood with the main station of Danyang County.
There are four people in one room, but some people are isolated on the first day, no matter who this matter is, it is a lot of psychological pressure, but Chi Shao noticed that An Lan seems to be completely indifferent to this situation. I don't know if it's really not taking it to heart, or if she's psychologically strong enough to ignore such a thing.
An Lan was the first to walk out, Zhen Yuxiu's dissatisfaction could almost overflow from her eyes, and she immediately pouted and said: "It's just no one in sight, the county lord is still here, who is she!" ”
The county lord of Danyang hurriedly said: "Don't say that, when we enter the Changxiang Palace, we are all the same identity, and there is no county lord." ”
"People are not born the same, and they can't be the same in the future." Zhen Yuxiu stared at An Lan's back, and said unceremoniously: "It's just that the county lord is generous and doesn't care about people, but makes some people arrogant." ”
Fang Yu was timid, for fear of annoying Chi Shao, so he quietly pulled Zhen Yuxiu's clothes and said in a low voice: "Don't say it." ”
Zhen Yuxiu pursed her lips, An Lan didn't pay attention to her words, and it was not interesting for her to talk alone. She was also very depressed An Lan was so calm, no matter how cynical she was, she could endure a word without replying, it was really not simple. She was a little unwilling, and was about to walk to An Lan's side to see what her expression was, but at this moment, another maid came from the front, and after coming to Chi Shao's side, she was about to speak, but when she saw An Lan, her face was surprised: "Hey, you're not—"
Her name is Lan Indigo, when Baili Ling ordered someone to ask An Lan to come up to the Xiangdian to see her, she was the maid who was waiting on the side, because Baili Ling asked An Lan to go to the Xiangdian on an errand at that time, so she had a deep impression of An Lan.
Chi Shao frowned slightly: "What's wrong?" ”
Lan Indigo withdrew his gaze from An Lan at this time, looked at Chi Shao and said carefully: "The little incense envoy who came to the incense courtyard at the gate of the hall seemed to be looking for someone in the Tianshu Palace, but he accidentally collided with the Ming Servant Xiang of the Yuheng Palace, and the Ming Servant Xiang deliberately played a majestic role and was slapping his mouth at the door." ”
There is no contradiction between the great incense masters of the Changxiang Palace, in the eyes of outsiders, but only the people in the hall know it. There has always been a competitive relationship between several incense halls, and over time, there will naturally be contradictions. And there is a contradiction, the most obvious manifestation is that the subordinates of the various incense halls are full of gunpowder smell.
Yuheng Hall is the main hall of Cui Wenjun's great incense master, and the identity of Ming Shixiang in Yuheng Hall is equivalent to the identity of Chi Shao in Tianshu Palace, which is not easy to offend.
Before Chi Shao could speak, An Lan immediately asked, "What is the name of that incense envoy?" ”
At this time, the incense envoy of the incense courtyard rushed here, and she intuitively felt that there would be no second person except for the golden finch.
Lan Indigo glanced at her: "I don't know about this. ”
An Lan looked at Chi Shao a little eagerly: "Chi Shao Xiang, can I go out and have a look, I guess that little Xiangnu is likely to come to me!" ”
Chi Shao's face was indifferent: "I'm going to take you to see the Great Incense Master now, don't you want to go?" (To be continued......)