Chapter 16: The Mad Old Man
Seeing this, Lingxu hurriedly stopped the old man, for fear that the old man would act excessively under impulse, but the old man couldn't resist Lingxu, so he could only shout emotionally: "You bird thief, let the little old man be easy to find." Acting like this at a young age, he actually learned some witchcraft to harm people, and ruined his conscience. ”
Tonggu finally understood why birds from different habitats appeared at the same time and in the same place, and it turned out that they were raised. Tonggu raised his hand to signal Lingxu to stop, and said to the old man with a gentle face: "Old man, you misunderstood, these birds are all raised by you?" ”
The old man saw that Tonggu was a reasonable person, and his emotions gradually stabilized, touched the sweat with his cuffs, raised his chin high and said: "Of course, these are the treasures that I have found in my life, but I didn't expect to be served by you. ”
Tonggu was not angry, and said calmly: "Old man, I have a crush on five birds, can you sell them to me?" ”
The old man looked at the five birds that had landed on Tonggu, and a sour feeling came to his heart, those were his heart's meat, and they had been obtained from far away. "If you don't sell it, you don't sell it, no matter how much money you have, you won't sell it." The old man waved his hand and shook his head.
Tonggu turned around and entered the house with the bird, and when the old man saw this, he thought that Tonggu was going to rob him, so he hurriedly rushed forward. Lingxu stopped the old man, and the old man couldn't break free and had to scold at the door. "Seeing that you are so young, you are still a big girl, how can you do robbers in broad daylight, and you are so oppressed by Xiao Lao'er, aren't you afraid that Xiao Lao'er I will go to the government to sue you? Xiao Lao'er sees that you are a girl's family, and he doesn't want to ruin your reputation, it seems that Xiao Lao'er is too kind, and now he can only go to the mansion once. In fact, when the old man saw that the birds had flown out, he forgot about reporting to the official in a hurry, and he was bent on getting back his birds, and chased them out directly, and then he just remembered the matter of reporting to the official.
The old man was about to throw off his sleeves and leave, when Tonggu came out of the room, holding in his hand a specimen of a bird covered in gold and ready to fly. Tonggu held up the specimen to the old man and said, "I'll exchange this for you, are you willing?" ”
The old man's eyes widened, he couldn't close his mouth, and immediately he stopped scolding and anger, and began to stutter when he spoke. "This... This... This is... Phoenix? ”
What Tonggu was holding in his hand was a specimen of a young phoenix bird covered in golden feathers. The phoenix is covered in golden feathers and is smaller in size before adulthood, and the phoenix is dazzling and shining in adulthood. The world only knows that the phoenix is reborn, but they don't know that this phoenix has achieved nirvana three times in his life, and the first time was when the phoenix was three hundred years old. At the age of 300, the phoenix is the age when it transforms from a young bird to a bird, and only a young bird that has successfully achieved nirvana can become a true phoenix. It's a pity that not all young birds can succeed in Nirvana, and this is the poor young bird in front of them who failed to nirvana and lost their lives. When the little medicine fairy traveled all over the world, he picked up this young bird on Buzhou Mountain and made it into a specimen, and Tonggu stole it when he saw the magic.
"Exactly." Tongya replied.
The old man trembled, beads of sweat slid down his forehead, and he didn't stand firm in his steps, and almost fainted. "Xiao Lao'er has only seen pictures of the phoenix in ancient books, and has always thought that the phoenix is just a legendary divine bird, and it will not exist in this world. I didn't think there was a phoenix in this world. The sky has eyes, and the little old man has not lived in vain in this life. The old man fell to the ground and wept bitterly.
"Old man, don't cry, are you willing to exchange?" Lingxu was anxious for his own girl and urged the old man to make a decision quickly.
"Yes, willing, these birds are for you, although these birds are not easy to find, but the little old man knows where to find them, and I can get them again. But this phoenix can't be found anywhere, although it is not a living creature, it is also extremely precious. The old man quickly stood up and made a posture to receive the specimen, as if he was afraid that Tonggu would regret not changing it.
Tonggu asked Lingxu to hand over the specimen of the phoenix to the old man, who was very precious and didn't know how to hold it, and finally held the specimen like a baby. "Girl, can you find a piece of cloth for the little old man? Just go out like this for fear of being robbed. ”
Tongya couldn't help laughing, he hadn't heard of anyone robbing birds. "Lingxu, go find a piece of cloth, and then you personally send the old man back."
The old man was afraid that there would be changes after a long time, so he trotted all the way out of the Thunder Mansion with the spirit ruins.
After a farce, Tsuya calmed down and put the five birds she had chosen on the spring bench in the courtyard. The five birds are: the frigatebird, the lilac bird, the silver-throated long-tailed, the red-tailed bream, and the knife-billed hummingbird. These five birds have their own strengths, but unfortunately they have not yet developed their wisdom. Tonggu's heart moved, and he took out five red pills from the old nest and fed them to the five birds. This red elixir is called "Kaizhi Dan", which was developed by Xiao Yaoxian specifically to enlighten ordinary birds and beasts. After the five birds took the pill, their eyes instantly became clear, and with a different color, now Tonggu can communicate directly with the birds in human language.
Tongya's eyes were crooked, and he smiled and said to the five birds, "I'll give you a name."
Gotori nodded in agreement.
She pointed to the warship bird and said, "You call it coal." ”
The warship bird had wisdom and understood the meaning of coal, and thought: This name is too ugly, but Tonggu is his master, and he has no choice but to agree.
Then Tonggu pointed to the lilac bird and said, "Your name is purple potato cake." Then he pointed to the silver-throated finch and said, "Your name is Danzi." Then he pointed to the red-tailed plover and said, "You are called a sailor." Finally, pointing to the hummingbird, "You should be called a strong man." ”
The birds are speechless, what is the name of this? None of them sounded good. The most outrageous thing is the strong man, this hummingbird is the smallest bird, where does it look like a strong man? Helplessly, the master spoke, and the birds could only listen.
Tonggu put his hands on his hips and put on a leader's appearance and said: "Now that you are all enlightened, those birds in the yard will listen to your command, and I will only give you orders if there is anything in the future, and you can distribute it again." ”
Although the five birds felt that this master had some intellectual problems, they did not dare to question it, so they took the order and flew to the flock of birds.
The Zhao family and the Qin family came to Jueqian Courtyard to see the excitement, but they didn't see the old man who was looking for trouble, and they were a little disappointed. But in a blink of an eye, he saw the birds all over the yard and became interested again, Zhao pointed to the birds and said, "Little beast, are you going to be a beast training girl?" ”
Tonggu didn't bother to pay attention to the two, and only replied lightly: "So what?" I didn't let you pay any money. ”
Zhao was just about to reprimand, but was stopped by Qin, covering his face with his palm, and whispering a few words to Zhao. Zhao's eyes rolled and said, "Okay, it's all up to you." With that, the two of them left the courtyard.
After this, a few days of calm life passed through Ansheng, and there were no waves. It's just that Tonggu moved from the big house on the right to the main room in the courtyard where the original owner's mother lived, this room is relatively large, the lighting is good, and it is more comfortable to live in. Shang Yishe didn't come to disturb Tonggu recently, but Qian Yu and the subordinates sent by the Seven Princes came a few times, and in addition to inquiring about Tonggu's physical condition, they also sent a lot of precious medicinal materials and supplements. In the past few days, Shang Yishe has been busy repairing the mansion, but in fact, he has been secretly investigating the assassins and arsonists.
Tonggu thought that such days would continue, but the Zhao family sued the old lady again, and took the evidence, so Tonggu had to go to the old lady's Zhuqiushan Courtyard again.
Tonggu knelt down and bowed to the head and said: "Grandmother Ci'an, Tonggu worships." ”
The old lady raised her hand and motioned for Tonggu to get up. "You girl has been making a fuss for three days, which has caused the old body to be uneasy. I heard your mother say that you have raised a yard of birds, and now these birds are flying everywhere and making all the yards dirty, how can you act like this? If this is spread, it will not ruin the reputation. ”
Zhao opened his mouth and said: "The old lady is right, this bird raising is a small matter, and the loss of festivals is a big matter, and the neighbors have been spreading it by word of mouth these days, saying that the three girls of the Lei family have done the beast training girl." Our Lei family is an official eunuch family, how can we raise such a despicable beast trainer, doesn't this lose all the face of the Lei family. Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your sisters, if they have a sister like you, how can they say goodbye. ”
It dawned on Tonggu at this moment that the leisureliness of these days was just the calm before the storm. "Tonggu didn't think about it enough, and he thought that his grandmother's birthday banquet was coming, so he found some birds to choose and offer them to his grandmother at the birthday banquet. Now it seems that Tonggu's filial piety is self-defeating, and the granddaughter will get all the birds away, and look at her grandmother and mother Haihan. Tonggu had an idea and said that this matter was done to the end of filial piety.
Through previous contact, Zhao thought that Tonggu was a straightforward artillery temper, but now Tonggu used this soft force to resolve the predicament, which caught Zhao off guard.
Seeing this, the Qin family hurriedly came up to the round and said: "It's rare for the three girls to be filial, but there must be a rule for everything, the three girls are indeed a little clumsy, and your mother is also thinking about your reputation, since it is a misunderstanding, a small punishment is enough." ”
Zhao got off the donkey and said: "Yes, yes, although the third girl is kind, but she also broke the rules, the old lady might as well punish her." ”
The old lady said to Tonggu with a serious face: "In this case, I will punish you for copying Xiao Dai's record three times, and you will be given two days to get rid of these birds." These playthings are not uncommon for the old body, so let's find other things for the birthday gift. The old lady said this and left.
Tonggu was worried, and hundreds of birds were very troublesome to deal with. Lingxu was curious when he saw his girl pacing in the courtyard, and stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with the girl?" Why are you worried? ”
Tonggu pointed to the hundred birds in the courtyard and said, "I'm worried about where these birds are going, and I don't know where to settle down." ”
Lingxu raised a cute smile and smiled two tiger teeth and said, "Girl, I have a way to do this." ”