Volume 3 Life History Chapter 20 The Border of Nanmian

Bei Juese reached out and grabbed a white floc floating in front of the window and put it in the palm of his hand. I suddenly remembered that Concubine Yun had told him that when the cotton tree bears fruit in summer, the cotton wool fluttering in the wind floats over the head and rubs it around from time to time.

He hurriedly looked up the window and saw many trees on the other side of the street that he had never seen before, tall and straight, with green leaves. A gust of wind blew, and large white floc fluttered off the trees. This kind of tree is the "red cotton tree"?

Looking at those trees, Bei Juese couldn't help but think of everything that Concubine Yun had told him about Nanmian Country before, "The place where you can see the most beautiful scenery is the highest Feifeng Pavilion in Nanmian Palace", that unimportant sentence was clearly echoed in his mind at this moment.

"Will the red cotton tree seen in the Nanmian Palace be more beautiful than the one seen here?" Bei Juese looked at the cotton wool in his palm, and at that moment, he inexplicably wanted to go to the Feifeng Pavilion in the Nanmian Palace.

In the strange and hot place of Nanmian, Dong Wushu and his group rested during the day and set off at night, and came to Nanmian City, the capital of Nanmian, three days later.

I found the most luxurious and comfortable inn in the local area and settled down, and after a day of rest, everyone's spirits recovered, and, after a few days of adaptation, several people gradually felt that the sultry climate of Nanmian was not so unbearable, at least, now the East Invincible and the North Absolute Color can already brave the noon sun to walk outside the inn during the day.

Accompanied by Chen Yu, the East Invincible and the North Absolute came to the most prosperous street in Nanmian City.

The lively scene of the most prosperous street in Nanmian City is no different from that of the Central Plains, but the difference is the clothing style and architectural style here.

The women here are wearing the same kind of long skirts as the ones worn by Concubine Yun in the palace, with a stand-up collar and narrow sleeves, a high slit on both sides of the hem of the skirt that reaches the waist, and a pair of trousers that cover the top of the feet under the skirt, there is no big difference in style, only in the fabric and the embroidered patterns on the body.

Men wore straight-barreled kaftans with stand-collar plackets, and the style was much simpler than those worn by women.

Both men and women here wear a triangular hat, which is said to be woven from the leaves of a tree called the coconut tree; And the leaves used here to build the walls and roofs of the house are also the leaves of this coconut tree.

Chen Yu walked into a small shop on the street with East Invincible and North Beauty.

The shopkeeper brought over three green coconut fruits with a small hole cut for the three of them, and Dong Wushu and Bei Jue looked at the cyan Dongdong with puzzled eyes, but they didn't know what it was for.

Chen Yu saw their doubts and said with a smile: "This is the coconut fruit abundant in Nanmian, and the water in it is its juice, which is sweet and pure. Only fresh coconut fruit can drink this taste, except for Nanmian here, there is no other place to drink such a fresh taste, you can try it. ”

Under Chen Yu's encouraging gaze, the East Invincible and the North Absolute Color picked up the coconut fruit and took a sip, and it was as sweet and pure as Chen Yu said.

While they were drinking coconut juice, they brought in a plate of colorful fruits, some of which they had never seen before.

Chen Yu introduced them one by one, what dragon fruit, ginseng fruit, mangosteen, milk fruit...... I don't understand it at all. After Chen Yu introduced them, he was busy chatting with the store. Dong Invincible and North Peerless, who couldn't understand Nanmian at all, had to bury their heads in the plate of fruit and work hard.

By the time they had put a plate of delicious fruit into their stomachs, Chen Yu had finished chatting with the shopkeeper.

Chen Yu turned his head to them and said, "I just inquired, Prince Nanmian, who married the lord of Daming County more than ten years ago, inherited the throne as early as ten years ago, and is the current King of Nanmian. And the king of Nanmian will take the princess and princess out of the palace on the fifteenth day of every month to worship the Buddha at Guangyuan Temple. ”

Dong Wushu asked, "Where is Guangyuan Temple?" ”

Chen Yu said: "The shopkeeper said that this street can be reached ten miles to the north. However, because it was a temple frequented by members of the imperial family, it was not easy for ordinary people to enter, especially in the days around the fifteenth day, and no one was allowed to approach Koganji. ”

Dong Wushu asked: "Is there a fixed route for King Nanmian to go out of the palace to Guangyuan Temple?" ”

Chen Yu said: "Yes." One of the roads that must be passed is the largest street in the southern cotton capital. ”

Dong Wudi thought for a moment, and then asked, "Mr. Chen, can you help me find a few painters?" ”

"No problem."

Bei Juese asked, "Senior brother, what can you think of?" ”

Dong Wushu said: "Let's go back and talk about it." ”

The three of them returned to the inn, and Chen Yu went out to find the painter again.

Closing the door, Bei Juese, who had been holding back for a long time, couldn't help but ask: "Senior brother, what solution did you think of?" ”

Dong Wushu said: "If we go directly to the King of Nanmian to reveal your identity, we may face unpredictable dangers. Therefore, in order to minimize the danger, the best way is to let the king of Nanmian, or the relevant people, take the initiative to come to us without anyone knowing your identity. ”

Bei Juese asked very clearly: "How can we let others come to us?" ”

Dong Wushu said: "I plan to ask the painter to paint me a batch of portraits of red cotton jade pendants, saying that I will sell the jade pendant at a high price, and then paste it on the road that King Nanmian must pass through." According to what you said, there were only two jade pendants back then, and King Nanmian, who was still the prince at that time, gave them to Concubine Yun and his newlywed wife respectively, so King Nanmian should still recognize this jade pendant. ”

Bei Juese said with some unease: "After many years, what if he can't remember that he once had this jade pendant?" Or maybe he can't see the ...... with the jade pendant on it."

Dong Wushu interrupted him with a smile: "Before you start acting, you will pour cold water." Why don't you think on the bright side? Or is it that the king of Nammian has been obsessed with his dead wife? ”

"But ......"

"Don't. If it really doesn't work, senior brother, I'll give you another way to see King Nanmian, right? Dong Wushu patted Bei Jue Se on the shoulder and put on a very unhappy expression, "Are you doubting my ability to do things, Senior Brother?" ”

Bei Juese hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No! I didn't. "How dare he question the ability of the martial arts alliance leader?

Dong Wushu nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's good if you don't have it." Everything is going according to plan! ”

There are nine days left before the day when the king of Nammian leaves the palace to worship the Buddha.

It didn't take much time for the painter Chen Yu to find to draw dozens of lifelike red cotton jade pendants. After those drawings were completed, Dong Wuyi asked Chen Yu to write a few big red characters in Nanmian characters at the bottom of each picture, "Sold at a high price, negotiable", and then write the name of the inn where they lived, as well as the name of the contact person.