Volume 1 The Heart of a Young Man Chapter 36 Night Talk
Zhang Wei's appearance did not make too many waves in Li Xiao's heart, and he quickly recovered after a short period of surprise. This familiar and joyful name has long been history, and more than ten years of life have made him realize that he can no longer return to that perfect world. Paying for Zhang Wei, perhaps in his heart, is saying goodbye to that memory. He didn't think about befriending Zhang Wei, and his appearance would not change anything about this lawyer who had a difficult life. After giving the silver taels, he led Chu Chu away.
It was getting dark, and the insects in the distance and near were crying. There are fewer and fewer people on the busy streets, and the empty streets are much smoother than they used to be.
It was also the reason that there were no people, and the carriage did not go slowly, and the wheels rattled as it passed quickly on the cyan stone road.
Looking at the passing carriage, Li Xiao did not have any envy. As early as in Suzhou, he walked in and out by himself, and there were a lot of carriages in the house, but after his rebirth, he was not used to this mode of transportation. I also thought about driving a horse, but the streets of Suzhou City were not spacious, and I didn't have a horse driving license, so I broke off my thoughts early.
"Why did the young master pay the money for the lawyer?" The little girl said inarticulate with the candy man she had just bought. After following Li Xiao for so many days, I have a general understanding of my young master's habits, and I know more or less the young master's origin. The young master is generous and does not lack money, whether she bought herself from the traffickers at that time, or gave the porcelain lord a hundred taels a few days ago, she didn't see the young master hesitate.
But they are all beneficial, such as themselves, they have been a maid for the young master, and they can serve more or less, although the young master never allows himself to be a maid, such as changing clothes, such as warming the bed...... In any case, the money spent is also useful. There is also that county lord, who has at least the name of a county lord, even if he has no energy, he may be useful in the future.
But the lawyer just now, she didn't understand very much, this profession is not a lot in Haoguo, she saw a lot of it when she was in Yizhou, and traffickers often hire lawyers to fight lawsuits, but whether it is the one she sees or the ones she hires, they are all relatively senior lawyers, not to mention that now that she is in Beijing, if you want to make friends with a more senior lawyer, it will not be difficult to use the young master's ability, what I don't understand is that this lawyer named Zhang Wei attracted our young master.
Li Xiao didn't know what Chu Chu was thinking, in his opinion, paying for Zhang Lawyer was just a farewell, and it didn't make much sense. I didn't think that I would rely on Zhang Wei's strength in the future to get anything. The little girl has never experienced what she has experienced, she has watched that fun-filled TV series, and she doesn't know what the so-called TV series is, so he doesn't know how to answer Chu Chu's question.
"Eat your candy man." Li Xiao used to touch his head to kill, looked at the little girl's red face, and said.
Chu Chu lowered his head, biting the unrecognizable sugar man, and muttered. Seeing the little girl's puffed mouth, Li Xiao smiled, didn't care about it, and walked straight forward.
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When a new moon was rising, Li Xiao and Chu Chu walked to Taiping Street. It's not that the two of them are walking slowly, it can only be said that the food bought by the hawkers along the way is very fragrant, and the two who have just eaten enough did not resist the temptation, bought a lot, ate and walked all the way, and when they arrived, it was almost there.
When approaching the archway of the street, in the distance, you can still see the golden armor guards standing solemnly, and the bells are constantly ringing. I thought that the queen mother who was incense in the afternoon was done quickly, and she should leave after playing such a trip, who knew that the ink had been so long, and she had to listen to the abbot chant the Buddhist scriptures before leaving. Wouldn't it be that the two of them will be on the streets tonight, homeless?
After thinking about it, there was no other way, the guards in front saw that they had no intention of leaving, and stood motionless, there was no place to drill into the void, they could only go around a little far, and enter through the back door, according to the appearance of noon, those guards did not seem to pay attention to the back door of Wan'an Temple.
There is only a word difference between the front and back of the temple, but the two places are indeed far apart. It's not that the area of Wan'an Temple is large, but the street you enter is very tortuous. Li Xiao didn't like this setting, he wanted to cross the street over the wall, but after walking all the way, except for the house being a house, it was strange that there was no alley that could be climbed secretly. Could it be that the edge of the imperial city is set up like this to prevent thieves from climbing over the alleys. But at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can any thief dare to mess around, I am afraid that those ignorant people will be shot and killed one by one by the court masters hiding in the dark before they get close, how can there be a drama of escaping for their lives.
Li Xiao slandered the officials who designed the street in his heart, and complained about the old queen mother who didn't return to the palace so late. I don't know how long they walked, and the two went around to the back door of Wan'an Temple.
Passing by the same street, the same empty, the cold lights flickering, there is an indescribable gloom in it, only when you walk to the ruined courtyard, you will feel a trace of warmth.
Since talking to the scholar, Li Xiao was not as curious about the courtyard as he was at the beginning, from the scholar's words, we can know that the courtyard should be the victim of some conspiracy in the court, and now those people are still alive, with the energy of those people, now the weak self can't resist, the mysterious scholar looks unusual, but he can only sit in the tea stall not far away and take a few looks, curiosity is curiosity, and it is not worth taking his life.
When I arrived at the back door, there were really no guards guarding it, and the empty back door followed the empty street, and no one entered or exited. Li Xiao looked around for a moment, and rushed in with Chu Chu quickly.
The moonlight is charming, and the silver light is scattered in the temple, which is extremely cunning. Walking in the temple, there is no one around, only the ethereal bell strikes.
The tranquility of the surroundings made Li Xiao very comfortable, as if the tiredness of the day was gone. Chu Chu also likes this kind of environment, accompanied by the sound of the bell, a pair of little feet stepping on an unknown beat, humming a song that is not audible, dumb, like a song from the little girl's hometown.
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"Ahem" An inopportune cough suddenly sounded. As the source of the sound looked, the abbot Pu Jing stood by the bamboo forest, the red robe hiding in the green bamboo, and the silver moonlight was scattered, and there was no sense of disobedience.
"Childe had a good time today?" Pu Jing walked over and said with a smile.
"It's okay today, but I'm a little tired." Li Xiao touched his head and replied embarrassedly: "The abbot didn't chant for the Queen Mother in the front yard, why did he come to the backyard." ”
At this time, Li Xiao inexplicably had a feeling of being arrested after skipping class and going out to play when he was a student, Pu Jing did not restrict his freedom, but people kindly let him stay in the courtyard, but he naughtily ran out with the little girl at this time, the old queen mother is still in the temple, if it is discovered, it will not be a mess, the abbot is guarding the backyard at this time, it should be to prevent the palace guards from catching him, a gentleman who disturbs the rules of Buddhism.
"Chanting has always been the strength of Puhui junior disciples, and the nobles in the palace also like to listen to Puhui junior disciples chanting scriptures." Pu Jing said slowly: "I don't know if the son has time, talk to the old man." ”
Puhui master Li Xiao has seen him a few times, he looks white and pure, a pair of red phoenix eyes are very appropriate, and he looks like a star at that time, and his words are even more indescribably elegant. For those nobles in the palace, he didn't know if they liked to listen to Master Puhui's chanting, or if they liked to watch it.
"I've been here for so many days, and I haven't talked to the abbot yet, and I'm fine at this time, and I hope the abbot will give me advice." Li Xiao smiled and returned a Buddhist salute, and then motioned for the little girl to go back to the courtyard first, while she followed Pu Jing for a leisurely walk.
"Where did Childe go today?" Pu Jing, who was walking in front, followed suit, and said slowly.
Li Xiao put his hands behind his head and replied leisurely: "I went to the nearby downtown and bought some food." ”
"Oh? Childe is not used to eating fast food in the temple. Pu Jing said.
Naturally, I'm not used to it, it's been so many days, and it tastes really good at the beginning, but it doesn't change for a few days, and no matter how it is, I will get tired of it, of course, I can't say it so straightforwardly. I don't know how these masters who have lived for so long in the temple have persevered.
"The abbot misunderstood, Li Xiao came from Suzhou, and he hadn't seen so many Jingshi delicacies, so he bought some food, and it was not in vain for Jingshi and his party." Li Xiao explained: "By the way, when I passed by the street behind the temple today, it was different from other streets, it was very empty, and the abbot lived in the temple, did he know anything?" ”
Pu Jing stopped and sat down on the stone bench to the side. Li Xiao was not polite, he was really tired after walking for so long, so he also sat down.
"At the beginning, that street was inhabited by officials from the court, just like Xuanzheng Street now, but later it ......" Pu Jing put down his hands and said in a solemn tone, not knowing why he wanted to stop talking
"What happened?"
"Well, it doesn't hurt to say it." Pu Jing continued: "Later, that is, sixteen years ago, there was a change in that place, and the officials who lived there moved out overnight, some were demoted and went elsewhere, some resigned and returned home, and some disappeared. In just one day, the originally bustling streets were gone, leaving only the scene you see now. ”
Sixteen years ago, how could it be sixteen years ago, the day he was reborn was also sixteen years ago, what happened that year, what was the sea of fire that he dreamed of, what happened to the street by the imperial city, he wanted to know, because he always felt that he had something to do with the accident in the mouth of Monk Pu Jing, or that he was also in it. But at that time, I was just a newborn baby, and all I could feel was the dream that had been haunting me for more than ten years.
can't be said to be troubled, I never believe in gods and demons, the so-called Zhou Gong's interpretation of dreams is just a long-term accumulation, but a repeated dream shows that he has experienced it, and he has a deep memory, but throughout the past and present life, a fire of that scale can only be seen in film and television dramas. The plot of the movie does not repeat itself a dozen times, so most likely, only before rebirth, the body of the baby saw everything.
It's outrageous to say, but maybe it's the last memory of this world left by the original owner before he occupied this body.