Jing Ge remembered that twenty taels of silver was already all their belongings, and it was really inappropriate to give them all to the old man, after all, they would have to eat and live in a hotel or something for a while. So he explained to Jiang Taigong a little apologetically.

"Don't say anything else, the old man still has one or two spare rooms in his house, give me the other ten taels, and stay at my house for the time being tonight." Jiang Taigong obviously didn't want to let go of the other ten taels, and the money that didn't arrive was not his own after all.

Shangguan Junyue shook her head, "It's not because of food and housing, I need to buy some medicinal herbs, so..."

"Medicinal herbs? For him? Jiang Taigong looked at Jing Ge and asked.

"Yes." Shangguan Junyue replied.

Jing Ge was puzzled, "Isn't my injury already healed?" Where are the herbs needed. ”

"It still needs to be conditioned." Shangguan Junyue said.

"Okay, but you'll have to remember to pay me back later." Jiang Taigong said, "From now on, go straight to the street, and there is a medicinal herb shop there when you turn a corner. He pointed to a place and said to Shangguan Junyue.

"You wait for me here, I'll buy some medicinal herbs and come back." Shangguan Junyue said to Jing Ge, who was sitting on a small bench reading a book.

Jing Ge hummed, still intently turning the pages.

He browsed so quickly that Jiang Taigong wondered if he had even looked into it. This book records the fate of various faces, palmists, and their temperaments, etc., and most of the fortunes of the fate are skipped, but they selectively look at the temperament and habits corresponding to different faces......

Whenever there was something incomprehensible, Jing Ge opened his mouth to ask Jiang Taigong, and Jiang Taigong also answered everything for the sake of silver.

Shangguan Junyue came back from buying some medicinal herbs and stood quietly behind Jing Ge. "Do you really believe in these illusory theories of fate?" ”

"Faith, if it weren't for fate, how could you and I meet and know each other in the vast sea of people." Jing Ge replied.

"So, all beings in the world are born with a certain number?" Shangguan Junyue stared at him.

"Heaven is set for three points, and seven points are up to me!" Jing Ge looked back at her. The moment you are born, many things are already destined to be unchangeable, but there are still many things that can be changed.

"Mai's physiognomy isn't all nonsense." Jing Ge knew she was wondering why he was reading the book.

"In fact, physiognomy together embodies the experience of predecessors in observing people and colors. A person's temperament, physical condition, and behavior over the years will be shown on your face, and it is difficult to hide it. The so-called physiognomy is to interpret a person by observing these appearances. Jing Ge explained that he was very interested in this kind of miscellaneous.

Jiang Taigong was so shocked when he heard his words that he couldn't close his mouth, and said, "You kid is not a member of my sect, but you can also understand the mystery." ”

"Oh? Is physiognomy like this? Shangguan Junyue was still puzzled.

"Little girl, do you know that appearance is not static. A person's physiognomy is influenced by his character and character at all times. So the appearance is also changing subtly. Jiang Taigong said.

"Most of the generous people have a blessed face, and those who are meek and gentle have a gentle and kind face. People with rough personalities have fierce faces, and most of those with narrow hearts have sharp beaks and cheeks, and their eyebrows are frowned. Some people look young and beautiful, and most of them are kind-hearted...... This is the projection of long-term mental behavior on the face, so the physiognomy also predicts the future fate. He said this, saying that it came from the heart.

"In that case, can the prince tell my fortune?" Shangguan Junyue asked.

"Uh..." Jiang Taigong's face showed hesitation.

"It's too public, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Shangguan Junyue smiled softly.

Mrs. Jiang laughed, "The girl's life is unspeakably expensive, and the old man doesn't dare to talk nonsense." ”

Jing Ge turned the last page, covered the book, and handed it back to Jiang Taigong. Jiang Taigong couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, "You read it so quickly, how much can you know?" ”

"About six or seven percent." Jing Ge responded, his memory was extraordinary, and he almost never forgot it. But this kind of physiognomy is naturally impossible to master so easily. This requires experience.

In addition to people like Jiang Taigong, who are old and refined, young children can feel the good and evil of people the most. The imperial capital has Mo Kun's notoriety, and the night can stop babies from crying, which is of course an exaggeration. However, young children with a childlike heart instinctively approach those who are generous and charitable, and fear those who are wicked.

Jiang Taigong has decades of experience and a vicious eye, and he can see at a glance that Jing Ge and Yue'er are not cruel and unreasonable, so they dare to ridicule them and ask for money. If he encounters a fierce person, Jiang Taigong will only say a few kind words to send them away, where dare to collect money.

"It's not too early, so Mrs. Lao will take us back for a night." Jing Ge helped him clean up the stall, and Shangguan Junyue went to lead the horse.

Under the guidance of Jiang Taigong, the three of them came to an old mansion. Although the house in the city is old, it is not small, with a dozen rooms and a small courtyard.

Jing Ge followed him into the lobby, the simple home was spotless, and it was obviously cleaned from time to time.

"The old man has no children under his knees, only one daughter, who works as a weaver in the Gusu Weaving Bureau, and will come back later." Mrs. Jiang made a pot of tea and said.

Jing Ge respectfully took the teacup handed by Jiang Taigong with both hands, and his eyes were involuntarily attracted by a weapon hanging in the center of the hall.

It's a bronze greatsword. The sword was rusty and corroded into several large holes in the front and back, the blade was completely empty, and the hilt was carved with strange patterns, which looked simple and cumbersome.

Jiang Taigong saw Jing Ge's very interested appearance and introduced: "This sword, the name banished, is a war sword used by the ancestors. ”

Taigong stretched out his hand and stroked the bronze giant sword, and a look of pride appeared in his eyes, "In the past, the ancestor of the Jiang family followed the first emperor to conquer the world, but my ancestor of the Jiang family did not have a good reputation when he fought in the Central Plains. It was because the ancestor couldn't bear to shoot at the Terran compatriots, and later when he went north to conquer the demons, my Jiang family ancestor was holding this giant sword and cut off the heads of the two demon generals, but unfortunately in the end, the blood stained the yellow sand, and only this sword was sent back. ”

So that's the case, no wonder you can have this old mansion in Gusu City, I think it was the reward that the ancestors of the Jiang family got back then.

"Hey, kid, don't you know, the most important thing the old man wants to do in this life is to pick up his sword and get on the horse, fight in all directions, and reproduce the glory of his ancestors." Jiang Taigong said that when he rolled up his sleeves, he was about to lift the giant sword.

Jing Ge was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted, "Don't get excited, be careful." ”

Most of this giant sword is half a person high, I don't know what kind of metal mixed bronze it is for, not to mention nearly a hundred catties, where can the old man who is over the age of sixtieth can afford it.

Bang, the giant sword fell to the floor under the pull of Jiang Taigong, smashing the bluestone floor and cracking.

Jing Ge stepped forward and grabbed the hilt of the sword, lifted it up and put it back in place, sure enough, it weighed more than 100 catties, who could stop this giant sword from cutting down? There is no need for a blade at all, and a sword is slashed. It's just that a few people can wield this giant sword as they wish, at least Jing Ge can't.

Jiang Taigong laughed dryly, "Although people are old, but their hearts are not old, they will die in this life, and they will die on the battlefield, and after a while, the old man will go to join the army." ”

Jing Ge pursed his lips and said in his heart, your old man is so old and he won't stop for a while, can the army accept an old guy like you?

Jiang Taigong sat back on the chair and drank the teacup slowly. What about Yue'er? Jing Ge found that Yue'er was not in the hall, and the bamboo urn where Jiang Taigong was dressed as a fish was gone.

Jing Ge walked out of the hall and walked through the courtyard to the small kitchen, looking at Shangguan Junyue, who was clumsily handling the river fish there with his sleeves rolled up. I couldn't help but smile.

She lit a fire, set up the pot, threw the river fish with many scales far into it, and picked up the wooden shovel and shoveled it with her hands and feet.

Sweat dripped, and she didn't bother to wipe it, mixed with the smoked tears falling to the ground, she fried it very seriously, very focused, so focused that Jing Ge couldn't bear to disturb her, and after a while, the fish was scorched.

She found that Jing Ge was coming, her pretty face was flushed, her lips were teary and her eyes were teary and she was so aggrieved that she said, "Woo, it's burnt." ”

Alas! You stupid girl don't put some oil, can you not burn?

Jing Ge walked over, gently took the wooden shovel and said, "Let's go to the hall and rest for a while." I'll just come. ”

Shangguan Junyue obediently walked out of the kitchen to the hall, and Mrs. Jiang beckoned her over, "The girl comes over to play chess with the old man." ”

He no longer called her a girl, but more affectionately.

"Taigong, how do you know that I can play chess." Shangguan Junyue sat on the opposite side of the chessboard.

"If the old man can't even see this, he dares to hang a brand with the appearance of Mai?" Jiang Taigong said with a smile.

Although Shangguan Junyue is not good at stir-frying and cooking, she is proficient in all the beautiful pianos, chess, calligraphy and paintings behind the door. Especially in chess, even the old valley master of the Medicine King Valley is not her opponent.

"Taigong said before that my life is unspeakably expensive, what about Jingge?" Shangguan Junyue sat in front of Jiang Taigong and asked.

"He's good." Jiang Taigong replied casually.

"How's that good?" Shangguan Junyue asked.

"Good temperament, treat you well." Mrs. Jiang looked at her and said, "He has a generous and optimistic temperament and is not lacking in decisiveness, and treats you gently and pampered." If you talk about the personality, you are not as good as you, but how can a person like him be bound by the so-called personality? ”

Shangguan Junyue was silent, and couldn't help but think of the sentence he just said, three points are fixed, and seven points are up to me. What a self-confidence and arrogance.

"Taigong, you think so highly of him?"

Jiang Taigong thought for a while, and said in response to the question: "Little girl, I think he should be a credible person." ”

Shangguan Junyue was thoughtful when she heard this.

They played rapid chess, one after another, but after a cup of tea, Jiang Taigong's last son fell, "You lost." ”

Shangguan Junyue was competitive and did not admit defeat.

"Again."

The two played three sets, all of which were lost by Shangguan Junyue.

"Outside the mountains, I don't want to be so good at chess." Shangguan Junyue admits defeat.

At this time, Jing Ge just brought two dishes to the hall, and Shangguan Junyue said coquettishly like a little girl, "You hurry up and help me win it back." I lost to Taigong in three sets. ”

Jing Ge walked over, Taigong touched his beard and looked at him with a smile and said, "Want a plate?" ”

Although Jing Ge can play Go, he is also stuck in the realm of knowing how to play, and he is far from being proficient, and he can't play Shangguan Junyue for ten, let alone Jiang Taigong.

"It's okay for the next set, but it's by my rules." Jing Ge said.

"Oh? Your rules? Let's talk about it. ”

"It's very simple, you and I each hold a color, take turns, whoever first connects a five-child line of the same color between the vertical and horizontal slopes of the chessboard wins." The rule is simple, but it's not Go, it's backgammon.

Jiang Taigong and Shangguan Junyue understood such a simple rule as soon as they heard it. Jiang Taigong agreed, so they began to play backgammon.

played several games, and this kind of backgammon Jingge was played from childhood to adulthood, and naturally won easily.

"As long as you follow the rules of Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai can always win." Jing Ge said proudly.

"Even in Go, Ben Shuai never lost, because Ben Shuai never played with someone better than me. Hahaha. Jing Ge laughed and stood up, and walked to the small vegetable garden in the corner of the yard to pick some other vegetables to fry.

"You see, he is the real chess master, and he has never lost." Jiang Taigong looked at his back and said to Shangguan Junyue.

Shangguan Junyue pursed her lips disdainfully, "If you don't play chess with someone who is better than yourself, this is also a chess saint?" ”

"It's true that you're better than him, but you've lost." Jiang Taigong sat back in his chair and said with a teacup. "If it is put on the battlefield, a person like him will definitely be invincible and invincible."

Shangguan Junyue was stunned, yes, he has a calm and calm temperament, is resourceful, and stinky and shameless, and will not fight against an opponent who is not sure. Maybe a good general.