Chapter Twenty-Three: The Clay Man's Abyss
"Xiao Langjun~But you want to come to the slave's Fuchun Building, be happy and happy~" The woman with heavy makeup and a big black mole at the corner of her mouth waved an embroidered handkerchief that exuded inferior fragrance and shouted to the two people who were squatting on the ground and carefully selected.
"Hey, auntie, can you not get so close to your body and rub the powder on my sleeve!" Yulong patted the powder on his sleeve in disgust and went around behind Chu Lingke, Chu Lingke picked up a small clay figure the size of a palm and put it in his hand to look at it carefully, it is really as Ah Mei said, the clay figure in Huizhou can be said to be the best in the whole Liang!
The expressions on the faces of the characters are very realistic, and the clothes on their bodies are also very detailed, no wonder everyone who comes to Huizhou wants to buy a pair of clay figurines and give them back to relatives and friends.
"Hey~ Xiao Langjun, who are you going to buy clay figurines for? But this clay figure is not doing well, I know a capable person who is a clay figure, if Xiao Langjun is willing to appreciate his face, it is the best~"
Chu Lingke put the little clay figurine back on the stall, turned to the woman and saluted, "I really want to find that capable person who is a clay figurine, I don't know..."
The woman covered the corners of her mouth with a Xiu Pa and grinned, "Xiao Langjun can call me Chang's mother, but how can it be cheap in this world~" After saying that, her eyes glanced directly at the bag on his waist
"Hehe, Chang's mother said with a smile, your subordinates are really not interested, but you can pay Chang's mother some silver taels as a thank you gift, how about it?"
Mother Chang's eyes were stunned, Chu Lingke's soul was taken away by him, she had never seen such a handsome man for a long time, and even the entourage next to him was three points more handsome than the man here!
"Oops~ Since Xiao Langjun has said everything, mother, how can I refuse~" Chang's mother approached Chu Lingke, raised Xiupa, put it to her mouth, looked around vigilantly, and whispered, "I also heard it when I solicited customers a few years ago, saying that there is a family in the innermost room at the corner of Lumen Lane, and the man in the family is surnamed Yuan, and his name is Qingshu, and he is the first in Huizhou to be a clay figure, so he has won the title of a clay man! There are many dignitaries and nobles who came to Huizhou to buy his clay figurines, but unfortunately they committed a crime a few years ago and their hands were wasted..."
Chu Lingke's deep eyes narrowed slightly, and his hands were wasted? Chang's mother covered her mouth again and whispered, "Moreover, that man seems to have some kind of madness, and I don't dare to confirm that this is all rumors... If Xiao Langjun believes it, he will go to Lumen Lane to take a look..."
"Thank you Mother Chang" handed over the bag on her waist "When I came, I didn't bring enough silver taels and asked my mother not to mind" Mother Chang's eyes were staring, and the corners of her mouth were about to grin to the root of her ears, and she took the bag of silver like a fetish, and then she remembered her gaffe, wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and pointed in one direction, "Xiao Langjun~ Can you see the sign with a pawnshop?"
Chu Lingke looked in the direction of his finger and saw a sign standing at the door of a small shop, "I can see it" "There is a path on the inside of the sign, go down the path, turn right three times, turn left again, and you can see the yard."
"So, I know. Goodbye" Chu Lingke looked at the jade dragon who was still squatting on the ground, called him softly, and walked forward, Chang's mother stood in place, looked at his back, pinched the bag in her hand, thought for a moment, and finally lifted her skirt and chased after it, grabbed Chu Lingke's sleeve, and bumped into the jade dragon, the jade dragon was annoyed when she came to see her, but now she hasn't hit it, and there is a wave of anger in her heart
"I said this lady?! What do you want to do with the money? Still chasing after it? ”
"Jade Dragon, don't be rude! Is Chang's mother still in trouble? Yulong, who had been trained by Chu Lingke, walked to the corner of the wall and sulked with his boots.
Chang's mother hesitated but said "Xiao Langjun, can you know the history of Huizhou thorns" "Naturally, I don't know what Chang's mother is doing?"
"This Huizhou assassin history is notoriously bad in our place, bullying the people everywhere, if Xiao Langjun encounters him, don't entangle with him... I can only tell Xiao Langjun this."
Chu Lingke nodded to indicate that he knew, and Chang's mother turned around and went back to pull the guests.
The jade dragon in the corner of the wall saw her go, walked back with a bad face, and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why did the prince give Na Laoshi Zichang's mother silver?" This kind of business should not be worthy of sympathy! Chu Lingke knew that he was uncomfortable, Yulong's father often wandered in Fireworks Alley for a long time, and after a long time, he fell in love with a woman, returned home and sold all the family property, and then took the silver two and the woman to fly away, leaving the young Yulong and his mother to rely on each other...
Jade Dragon, if a woman has a way to survive, who would come to such a place? Everyone has her own problems, and not everything in the world is perfect. Looking at Chang's mother who was standing in Wangchun Tower to solicit guests to laugh with her, and the woman who saw off the guests from it for a long time before turning around and leaving.
The path that Chang's mother said is really small, almost only one person can pass, Chu Lingke walked in front, Yulong followed behind and walked carefully, this path was dirty, there was an unknown liquid everywhere that exuded a peculiar smell, and he had to find a clean place when he stepped on it, and after walking for about a pillar of incense, he saw a wooden door supported by broken wooden planks at the end of the path
The wooden door was half-open, looking inside, there were half-human-high weeds everywhere, a thatched hut was lonely behind the weeds, quietly as if it was just an abandoned house that no one wanted, Yulong stepped forward and cut off the grass blocking the way with a knife, while shouting, "Is there anyone inside?"
After shouting for a long time and not hearing a response, Yulong took back the knife and scratched his head and asked suspiciously, "Could it be that the eldest lady said something wrong?" The capable clay man is no longer here? ”
Chu Lingke patted him on the shoulder, "Come in with me to check it out, what Chang's mother said is so detailed that it doesn't look like a lie" Yulong nodded, he opened the way, pushed open the broken wooden door and walked inside, the house is not an exaggeration to describe the four walls of the house, there are holes everywhere, mice are scurrying on the ground, and they don't panic when they see people, and they swagger past in front of them, and a dusty broken table stands in the corner of the wall, and passing by will bring up a cloud of dust, which makes Chu Lingke cough
Yulong took out the kettle he was carrying with him and handed it to him, Chu Lingke waved his hand, "It's okay, it's just choking" Continue to walk inside, only one bed collapsed, and the rest is all open space, Chu Lingke walked slowly in the house several times and didn't find anyone, Yulong's martial arts are not weak, but he didn't find anything, shook his head and said, "Shizi, it seems that our silver is in vain!" I'm dust in this room except you! What a clay man! ”
Even if Chu Lingke didn't believe it in his heart, he had to believe everything he saw in his eyes, and sighed "That's it, even if it's a fate, it's useless to look for it again" Raised his feet and walked to the door, and the moment when the last foot was about to step out of the threshold stopped, Chu Lingke looked back at the inside fiercely, no! There seems to be a place that has not been checked? Yulong, who was walking in front, found that he did not follow and walked back in confusion, but was stopped by Chu Lingke just as he was about to speak, and then made a gesture to signal not to speak, and followed him softly to enter together
The cloud-chasing boots on his feet gently stepped on the dilapidated wooden plank, squeak, and Chu Lingke's heart began to beat wildly as he got closer and closer to the bed, if he guessed correctly... The jade dragon followed behind him, holding the handle of the knife tightly with his left hand, ready to attack at any time, leaning down and picking up the list that had fallen from the bed with his hand, and slammed it upwards! The two people on the side of the bed were stunned, and the jade dragon's reaction was faster, and the knife on his waist had already swung out
"Don't!" Chu Lingke blocked his knife "Don't!" Yulong's eyes were slightly red, he gritted his teeth and looked at the bed, and said with some anger: "Shizi! Why not! This man has been fooling us for a long time under the bed! Let me slash him with a knife! ”
Chu Lingke touched his forehead a little speechlessly, Yulong was still young after all, and he still lacked training in looking at the problem, and forcefully withdrew his knife and explained, "If my guess is correct, this person should be Yuan Qingshu, who is good at making clay figures, as Chang's mother said."
The jade dragon grew up, and pointed under the bed in disbelief, "Don't be joking! How could this person be a clay man?! ”
Following the direction of the jade dragon, I saw a person curled up under the bed, I can only say that he is a person, his hair is unkempt on his head and the beard that has not been taken care of for a long time covers his entire face, and he can't see the facial features at all, the person is holding a ball of broken cotton wool in his arms, and there is a faint red plum blossom mark on it, and the whole person is curled up under the bed without any sound, and it looks like a dead person!
Chu Lingke sighed, squatted down, looked at Yuan Qingshu inside, and said as gently as possible, "Your Excellency should be a clay man, Yuan Qingshu's senior, in the next Chu Lingke took the liberty to come and disturb him."
The people under the bed did not react or curled up together, Chu Lingke said a few more words but to no avail, Yulong saw that he was uncomfortable squatting like this, so he proposed to move the bed collapse away and move out of the way, this time what he said made some sense, so the two of them worked together to move the bed apart little by little, and soon Yuan Qingshu under the bed was completely exposed, and now he reacted, as if he hadn't seen the light for a long time, he stood up violently and hid around with the ball, but the four walls of the family could only finally curl up in the corner
The two of them couldn't react to this scene, and in the end, Chu Lingke swallowed his saliva and stepped forward to sit on the ground and talk to him directly, Yulong quickly took off his coat and spread it on the ground, Chu Lingke nodded with satisfaction when he saw him, and Yulong was embarrassed and turned his head to look elsewhere
"Yuan-senpai? Might you hear me? My name is Chu Lingke, I am from Daliang City, not from Huizhou, my predecessors don't have to be afraid of me, just now my guards were a little anxious and almost injured their seniors, and I will punish him for four hours when I go back! ”
The jade dragon on the side sneezed two solidly, looked at the broken house leaking everywhere and touched his arm in pieces
Chu Lingke saw that he didn't react, so he stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, still didn't react?! This person should have a reaction when he is alive, right? How can this abyss predecessor seem to be unable to see or hear! Chu Lingke, who has always acted decisively, also made a difficulty, and simply supported his chin with his hand to look at him, Yulong looked at the two of them with big eyes and yawned at the small eyes, leaning on the pillar on the side to close his eyes and recuperate
You look at me, I look at you, just like this, after half a pillar of incense, Chu Ling Ke straightened up and patted his forehead, how is this scene so familiar! Isn't this the wooden man game that Ah Mei loved to play when she was a child! At that time, Chu Lingke had to play with her for a long time every day, and Chu Xiang asked him to sit on the chair, and she stood in front and looked at him with her cheeks puffed out
"Brother, don't move! Don't laugh! Otherwise, you'll lose! If you lose, you have to buy candy for the candy man! At the beginning, Chu Lingke was full of confidence, and it was not easy not to move or smile? Who knew that this little girl actually started to move, Chu Lingke had an extremely sensitive place on his body, and others itched for a long time when he touched it, Chu Xiang's little hands began to break little by little, and when Chu Lingke was only a finger away from his neck, he laughed directly, and the tears of laughter flowed out
Chu Lingke wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and hugged Chu Xiang up, "Okay, you! When will the little girl bully her brother again?! Well? ”
Chu Xiang pouted and said dissatisfiedly, "Brother is fierce, my brother is smiling and wants to buy candy for Nan Nan to eat!" Okay, okay, but don't tell A-Niang! Otherwise, my brother will be miserable! ”
Chu Xiang's little head was like a rattle, "Don't say it!" Who knew that this little girl had very little for dinner, and Shen Yunlan asked as soon as she asked, and chased him for a long time...
Thinking of this, Chu Lingke seemed to know something, and slowly approached Yuan Qingshu and made a gesture "It's rude, senior" After that, he stretched out his slender hand and began to tickle, and it began to have no effect, and Yuan Qingshu, who did not react around his armpits, began to tremble, and made a hoarse sound from his throat. It's useful at first glance! Keep up the efforts, and sure enough, Yuan Qingshu began to laugh, so frightened that Yulong almost fell to the ground.
"Where did you learn such a scoundrel method as the son of the world?" Jade Dragon asked, scratching his head
What do you say? Is there anyone else next to this son who is even more scoundrel? Chu Lingke replied with a smile, and the jade dragon suddenly realized, "Ah! It's the emperor! I said, how can the emperor marry the girl back, it turned out to be a scoundrel! ”
Liang Qi, who was far away in Daliang, sneezed into Chu Xiang's medicine bowl, and looked at the medicine bowl slowly, Liang Qi touched his nose and called Ayu, "Cough, go and tell the medicine pavilion to fry a pair of decoctions again!" After that, he put the medicine bowl on the desk and looked at Chu Xiang embarrassedly, "Xiang'er, don't dislike it, I am... I'm thinking about what you think! ”
Chu Xiang was lying on the chaise longue, looking at his blushing appearance, he couldn't help but hook a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, "Concubine, how can you dislike the emperor?" Liang Qi was shocked by her smile, the expression on his face was still the same as Fang Cai's surprise, and he slowly stroked her little face with his big hand in disbelief, and asked in a trembling voice, "Xiang'er, Fang Cai... But laughed ? But my delusion?? ”
"Does the emperor still think it's a delusion at this time?"
Liang Qi directly picked her up and hugged her tightly, "I thought... Never again... Xiang'er "
Chu Xiang raised his hand and stroked his sideburns, "How come, the concubine has always been there"
The figures blended, Ling'er by the window looked at the two of them and squeaked, but no one answered, waving her little wings and flying slowly out of the window.