Chapter 7: The Story of the Joint

The hard work of the lottery continues. It's the third day since the post was posted. Master Shu sent someone to give the gift twice, saying that the manuscript was about to be closed, and his house was full of baskets filled with paper, and even the mourning hall was occupied.

Zhu Pingjin ignored Shu Lao'er's call. Zhu Pingjin is the big wrongdoer in this matter, and Shu Laoer is famous and makes money. How can there be a good thing in the world to sit and collect money? It is estimated that in the past few days, all kinds of people who have inquired about the news in the name of mourning have blocked the alley outside Shu Lao'er's door. They will not come to mourn empty-handed, and they always have to bring two handfuls of noodles for a pound of pork, right? Thinking of this, Zhu Pingjin on the recliner smiled.

Busy working until the treetops on the moon, the palace people with back pain heard Shizi shout to stop, and then they breathed a sigh of relief. They collected the leftover manuscripts and continued to send them to Master Shu's house, and according to the instructions of the prince, they went out of the house overnight to find the two authors and bring them into the palace.

One of the visitors who arrived first was dressed as a Taoist priest, of medium age, with no white face. After he made a head, he first introduced himself according to Cao Sanbao's arrangement. His real name is Hou Dong, his road name is Yuding, and his name is Hou Sanfeng. Xindu County, his father is a county student. Chongzhen broke into Sichuan for ten years and burned the new capital, and the whole family died except for him. After the catastrophe, the clansmen looked at him stupidly, so they helped sell the remaining land and entrusted it to a passing Taoist priest as an apprentice. He first built a palace of alchemy in Qingcheng Mountain. Perhaps because of the peep into the heavens, he was punished by heaven, and the master went to the immortal last year, so he went to Qingyang Palace in Chengdu Mansion to continue to seek immortals.

"That Jianfu Palace was originally a famous view of Xianshan, why did you transfer from Jianfu Palace to Qingyang Palace?" Zhu Pingjin asked.

"Master alchemy, has reached a great accomplishment. The sun is rising, as evidence. The Taoist priest replied very seriously: "Poor Dao has followed the master to learn the Tao for several years, and has obtained the true transmission of the Wai Dan refining. However, after the master ascended, the senior brothers and disciples ......, so the poor road left Jianfu Palace and came to Qingyang Palace. ”

"What have you and your senior brothers done?"

"They dislike the poor Dao refining Dan is not good, and they can't dedicate it to the palace."

"Which palace?"

"Fushun Palace. Every year, Jianfu Palace has to be refined into five golden pills to dedicate. ”

"Why do they say that the quality of the Dan you refined is not good?"

"Dansha is the first in alchemy." Taoist priest Lang Lang said, "However, the master once said that everything has a way, and you must not go against the way of heaven with human desires. Excessive dansha, although the pill is ruddy and shiny, it is very easy to make the person who takes it evil and dizzy. Therefore, the poor road is not for it. ”

"This sentence 'and be brave enough to chase the poor', but you wrote it yourself?" Zhu Pingjin sat on the throne and asked very seriously.

"Exactly. The poor Dao will never dare to deceive the world! ”

"This sentence is well connected!" Zhu Pingjin praised the Taoist priest, and then threw out a question: "This son of the world casually asked: Master Ru soared in the daytime, have you ever seen it with your own eyes?" Do you see a big silver-white bird, carrying Master Ru, roaring into the sky? Or a large dragonfly with huge wings spinning up on its back? ”

The Taoist priest was extremely stunned: "The trail is not blessed, and I have never seen it when I went down the mountain to buy that day." Most of the brothers said that the master was angry and left, but one of the brothers said that it was a crane that carried the master west. How did the prince know that it was a big silver bird, or a dragonfly, and not a crane? ”

"It's just speculation." Zhu Pingjin replied. He thought, the answer is wrong, and ten points will be deducted. No, one vote no.

"Since Mr. has been learning since he was a child, why don't he still do his job?"

"Naturally, the students thought so." I don't call myself poor, I have become a student, "it's just that I have a long career, and the students are shy ...... their pockets"

"Not fundamentalists." Zhu Pingjin thought again.

"Since the gentleman has refined the golden pill, why do you need to ask for that worldly fame?" After pondering for a moment, Zhu Pingjin said: "My Shu Wangfu has had a fate with seeking immortals and seeking Danduo for three hundred years. If Mr. can let go of vulgar thoughts and concentrate on alchemy, this son is willing to help Mr., find the depths of the clouds, sit in the palace, and then pick up some children, specializing in gold, stone, water and fire, okay? ”

Since the dedication of King Zhu Chun to Chengdu, there is a legend in Shu that the palace has a secret method of gold and silver, so it is rich in the world. This is a great thing for the unsuccessful people in the alchemy world, Yuding Dao people, who can't be sought. So, the Yuding Daoist happily performed the bow, and Shi Shiran waved his hands and feet and went out.

The second contributor was late. Zhu Pingjin summoned an immediate audience, but it was Li Sixian, a little eunuch, who rolled into the palace gate first.

I saw that the minion's hat flew, his belt was scattered, his cloak was scattered, and his face was covered with blood. As soon as he saw Zhu Pingjian, he howled loudly first.

"But the thief has returned to Chengdu?" Zhu Pingjin stood up suddenly, "Speak, speak quickly!" ”

No matter how stupid the little eunuch is, he also knows that his embarrassed image has caused the master to misunderstand: "It's not a thief!" The slave went to ask for someone, but as a result, she was beaten! As he spoke, Li Sixian howled again.

It's good that Butcher Zhang is killed back! Zhu Pingjin dropped the boulder in his heart, returned to the throne and sat down: "Why are you so embarrassed? ”

It turned out that Li Sixian took a few honor guards to invite contributors, because it was late at night, Li Sixian was afraid that he would miss the master's time, so he asked a guard to ride a horse to call the door first, and he arrived later. But when Li Sixian arrived, the contributor's yard had already been caught. Li Sixian rushed into the courtyard gate, and before he could speak, he was grabbed by a woman inside in the chest, and he was beaten violently on his head and face.

"That woman is especially fierce! The wounds on the slave's face were all caused by the woman! Master, look at this opening. The little eunuch howled dryly, and at the same time brushed away his messy hair, revealing half of his bloody face, "Look, master, it was the tigress who dug it with her fingernails, and there were four bloody paths in a row, from the nose to the neck. Master, the slave and maid have already tied up the dominatrix and asked the prince to be the master of the slave and maid! ”

"Confused! This son wants you to bring back the person who submitted the manuscript, not a tigress or a dominatrix! ”

"That tigress is the one who submitted it!" Li Sixian hurriedly explained.

Oh? Zhu Pingjin involuntarily touched his face and neck, and a familiar feeling welled up in his heart. You have to find out the reason for the beating first, Zhu Pingjin thought about it, otherwise there might be chaos.

"Where's the guard of honor who knocked on the door first? Ask me! ”

The one-kneeling guard of honor was dressed in half-worn armor, young but tall and loud. The Honor Guard Division is an empty shelf with officials and no soldiers, and the honor guards are generally drawn from the Chengdu Left Guard, the only directly governed force in the Shu Palace, about two or three hundred people. Usually enter the city on duty, and go out to raise the flag as a guard of honor.

"The last general Chengdu left guard deputy Qianhu, full of honor guard master of honor guard Song Zhenzong, has seen the son! After Gonggong Li gave the order, the last general entered the door of the house first, and then pulled with others. If the prince wants to blame, he will bear it as one and not do anything to Gonggong Li! ”

Fight when you come to the door, strange thing! There is no love without a reason in this world, and there is no hate without a reason.

"You tell me the reason for the pull first!"

"Yes! The last general dismounted and first called the door of the family, and then asked if so-and-so was at home. It said that the last general asked that so-and-so to follow the general to the palace quickly, and then the family began to scold the last general......"

"Do you call the door with your hands or feet?" Zhu Pingjin interrupted the guard.

"The last general has also read a few books, and he also knows etiquette, righteousness and shame!" The guard blushed and protested in a stiff voice, "The last general made it clear to the family that it was the Shu Wangfu who invited her to come over to the mansion." ”

"You don't have any scars on your body, didn't that family do anything to you?"

"Naturally, it's moving! The last general was the first to go in and was beaten the most. But the last will be people who have practiced martial arts since childhood, and they can't beat me. The guard of honor then added loudly: "The last general didn't fight back!" ”

"Why don't you fight back?"

"I don't hit women!"

"This is a matter that the Son of the World already understands." Zhu Pingjin said: "You didn't know that so-and-so was a woman at the time, and you didn't mention the fact that this son offered a reward for continuing the poem." In the middle of the night, let a woman come to the palace, what do you want that woman and her family to think? ”

"Gonggong Li didn't tell us about the prince offering a reward for continuing the poem, and we stand guard every day, so we don't know anything!" The guard was still unconvinced, and turned his head to look at Li Sixian.

Li Sixian, this little eunuch, is not a stupid person. He already knew what he was doing wrong, and his head was lowered on the floor tiles.

"That's it! Let's invite the girl in. Remember yes please! Zhu Pingjin sighed.

When Luo Yuhong crossed the high threshold of the main hall, it was like stepping into a ghost gate. A big-faced boy of about his own age, who he didn't know, was sitting on a tall chair in the center of the hall, staring at him with a pair of ghostly eyes like copper bells. Luo Yuhong complained to herself again in her heart, she had been living well in the past few days, but after her younger brother who came back from school said that he had offered a reward for continuing the poem, why couldn't he hold it when he heard it.

"Mengzhen is not afraid of difficult expeditions, thousands of rivers and mountains are just waiting for leisure." It is clearly changed with Mao's poems. At the Spring Festival Gala of several units that year, Luo Yuhong and Zhu Pingjin were in the chorus together, and the two sang the magnificent "Long March" at that time, and the two also held hands after that. Luo Yuhong's reaction at that time was the joint code issued by Zhu Pingjian. She then filled in a "I like the snow of Bashan for thousands of miles, and the three armies will be happy after the end." "Let my brother go to the Huangcheng Dam to vote. The little kid still refused to go, saying that the law was wrong, and shook his head and argued with himself for a long time......

But the boy sitting above him doesn't have a shadow of his husband at all! If he was really the prince of Shu and beat the people in the palace just now, would he pull him out and cut off his head? Does it hurt to cut off a head? Won't it look miserable? Luo Yuhong's heart trembled.

No, since I'm here, I have to try and figure it all out! Luo Yuhong clenched her fists.

Zhu Pingjin was observing the visitors and thinking about it at the same time. The person who came looked ordinary, but he was very tall, and he must be a little taller than himself anyway, and he raised his eyes with his fists to look at himself. Is she tall because girls develop earlier than boys? Zhu Pingjin thought that what was the secret language of his connection, and he must not cause misunderstanding between the other party and the palace people......

After 0.01 seconds, Zhu Pingjin still asked about the joint code of questions everywhere in and out of the house in the past few days:

"Heavenly King Covers the Tiger!"

"Admitted to 985!" Luo Yuhong rushed to answer like lightning. Except for Zhu Pingjin, no one knows what she said.

"The answer is wrong! One vote no! Zhu Pingjin patted the armrest of the throne and roared angrily: "Come on!" Pull it out and kill ...... Can't be killed! ”

Zhu Pingjin's voice was fierce, but Luo Yuhong stood in place and did not show weakness. She asked aloud:

"Pagoda Town River Demon!"

"All into the second one!"

Zhu Pingjin replied and asked again:

"Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron!"

"Carbon, nitrogen, oxyfluorone!"

"Core Values!"

"The old lady doesn't know!"

In an instant, it's all over.

"Leave it all to this son!" Zhu Pingjin ignored Luo Yuhong's changing face and bright eyes, and ignored the confusion of the eunuchs to probe their brains, waved his two palms forward, and said sharply: "This son wants to discuss poetry with this girl!" Close the doors of the temple! Everyone withdrew from the main hall ten feet away! Cao Companion accompanies you to stare at it, and if you dare to approach the eavesdropper, you will immediately take it down and beat it to death! ”

Cao Sanbao heard the news of his godson's beating, and just arrived, and before he knew what was going on, he heard a series of shouts from the prince, and he was so anxious that he even changed his voice and hurriedly responded. He urged the palace people to leave quickly. After everyone retreated, he closed the door of the temple with his own hands, and circled around the hall twice, making sure that no one was nearby, so he called the two godsons to give careful instructions, and stood guard outside the temple gate with floating dust in his hand.

The main hall is very high, very quiet, and you can't hear a sound. Up and down are carved beams and painted pillars all around, and the candles shine high; The caisson is coiled with a golden dragon and a jewel. On the sandalwood throne sat a young man in a gorgeous robe and a golden crown, without saying a word. Luo Yuhong felt that the air around her was so unfamiliar, her breathing was so stagnant, everything didn't seem real.

Suddenly, all her tears welled up.