Chapter 44: A Trip to Jiangzhou (2)
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "I said we will have so much money there? Lord Chen said: "There is no money to serve in the military, and it is generally ten taels of silver a month to hire a rune master, for the sake of the face of the Blue Dragon Society, the two of you only need to serve for ten years." ’”
"And then?" Duan Yunhan asked.
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "Senior Brother Liu said: 'Master Chen, let her go, she is my life-saving benefactor, I am willing to break her bones, I am willing to serve for twenty years. Senior Brother Liu was too sensy to speak, and I was embarrassed by him at the time. ”
Duan Yunhan said: "Senior Brother Liu's memory is a good thing! ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "Senior Brother Liu is also righteous, and he would rather go to military service by himself than affect me." But how could I, as his senior sister, escape from the battle? I said, 'No, just hold off for a few days, and I'll write a letter to my father, and my father will come with five thousand taels.' The Master Chen said, "Even if the head of your faction brings 5,000 taels of silver, it will only be medical expenses." Liujiabao's debt still can't be repaid. It's better to let Master Xiao bring more money and repay the debts owed by Liujiabao together! ’”
Duan Yunhan stuck out his tongue and said, "How can the master have so much money? ”
"yes!" Xiao Xiangxiang said aggrievedly: "I said that I would let my father bring money to ransom people, but I actually wanted my father to bring you to save us, so I agreed to whatever he said." Master Chen immediately asked someone to bring pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for me to write a letter. I was just about to write, but Senior Brother Liu said that he had a way to slow down. ”
Duan Yunhan exclaimed, "What can he do? Could it be that he has a treasure hidden in his house? ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "The treasure in Liujiabao has long been looted by the people of Wanqi Villa and these officers and soldiers, but Liujiabao itself is a treasure. ”
Duan Yunhan asked, "Senior Brother Liu wants to sell Liujiabao?" ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "It's better to sell it!" He mortgaged Liujiabao to Lord Chen. ”
Duan Yunhan said: "This Lord Chen originally wanted to occupy Liujiabao, wouldn't this be in his hands? ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "Senior Brother Liu just saw that he had this intention to do this on purpose, Senior Brother Liu said to me privately: 'Anyway, Liujiabao is nothing worth nostalgia for, it is better to give it to this Lord Chen, even if I don't give it to him, I will rob it.'" My father used to tell me that the people don't fight with the officials, and if Lord Chen wants money, give him money. The master also said that people in the rivers and lakes should look down on money. ’”
Duan Yunhan said: "That's right, many disputes in the rivers and lakes are for money. ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "Hmph! I feel sorry for him, he can use my father's words to teach me a lesson! Later, I saw that he really signed the title deed and transferred Liujiabao to Lord Chen. That Master Chen was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and gave us a hundred taels of silver to make coils. I got angry and turned around and left, but Senior Brother Liu actually took the silver from Master Chen and thanked him repeatedly. ”
Duan Yun nodded and said secretly: "Senior Brother Liu looks like a rich son, I can't imagine that he can bend and stretch, he is indeed more like a person in my generation, it would be better if he could drink a few more glasses of wine." ”
Xiao Xiangxiang continued: "When Senior Brother Liu saw that I was angry, he came to please me, took me to the best inn in Jiangzhou City, ate the best wine and snacks, and took me to buy some jewelry. Then accompanied me all the way to the mountains and rivers, and spent all the money he collected, so I was not angry with him. ”
Duan Yunhan thought to himself: "Senior sister is really ignorant, Senior Brother Liu sold Liujiabao cheaply in order to avoid trouble, and then used the two silver you got from selling Liujiabao to buy you happy, no wonder the master praised Liu Yulong and locked you up for ten days." ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said again: "By the way, when Senior Brother Liu and I were passing by Baling County, we saw someone selling a five-clawed golden dragon, which was more than two feet long, and Senior Brother Liu also bought him and gave it to me. ”
Duan Yunhan echoed: "The second senior sister of our Blue Dragon Society naturally summons a dragon among the beasts, even if it is a five-clawed golden dragon. ”
"That's right! Senior Brother Liu said this!" Xiao Xiangxiang frowned and continued: "But after coming back, my father found out what happened in Liujiabao, and he was furious. said that I shouldn't have let Zhang Laosan come back first, act on his own, and then punish me with ten days of confinement. It was Senior Brother Liu's idea to go to Liujiabao, but he was not punished, don't you say my father is partial? ”
Duan Yunhan naturally understood that there was nothing improper about Xiao Muzuo's disposal, and asked casually: "How do you know that Senior Brother Liu has not been punished!" ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "He was not punished!" For the past ten days, he has been running under my window every day to tell me sorry and tell me jokes to make me happy. If he hadn't come to talk to me every day, I would have died of boredom. ”
Duan Yunhan asked, "Senior Brother Liu still tells jokes?" ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "Yes, one day he said that there was a man from the Chu State who was very confused. One day when he was crossing the river in a boat, he accidentally dropped the sword at his waist into the river, and he immediately carved a mark on the boat with his sword, saying: 'This is where my sword fell, and when I reach the shore, I will jump down from here to find it.' When the boat came to shore, he took off his clothes, shoes and hat and jumped into the river to look for his sword, but he could not find anything. ”
Duan Yunhan nodded and said, "Well, this is the story of carving a boat to seek a sword. ”
Xiao Xiangxiang nodded and said, "There is another story that says, oops...... Oh no! ”
"What's the story? Haven't heard of it. Duan Yunhan asked, "There is also a story called 'Oops...... Oh no'? ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "I suddenly remembered that I promised Senior Brother Liu that I would help him refine the summoning beast this afternoon, and I just forgot the time to talk to you here, Senior Brother Liu probably can't wait." ”
Duan Yunhan asked, "What summoning beast do you want to help him refine?" ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "There is a chameleon among Senior Brother Liu's summoned beasts, but he can't refine it to the advanced level with his own internal strength, so I, the senior sister, promise to help him." Senior brother, I'm going down the mountain. ”
Duan Yunhan looked forward to seeing his junior sister come to visit him for a long time, but he didn't expect to leave so soon, so he reluctantly asked, "Are you going back?" ”
Xiao Xiangxiang said: "Senior brother, I'm going back, Senior Brother Liu is estimated to have been waiting for me for more than an hour!" Come back another day to ask Senior Brother about your new summoned beast. "Then walk quickly down the hill.
Duan Yunhan looked at Xiao Xiangxiang's back as he walked farther and farther away, and an indescribable annoyance surged in his heart, and he secretly said in his heart: "Senior Brother Liu has only been waiting for you for an hour, and you hurried to see him, I have been waiting for you here for a month, can you really regard Senior Brother Liu as more important than me?" ”
Then he comforted himself and thought: "Senior Brother Liu's family is unfortunate, and he is eager for revenge, but his rune cultivation is not enough, and it is common for Senior Sister to help him." Besides, I once promised Liubao to take care of Senior Brother Liu, and now Senior Sister is fulfilling her promise for me, but I am displeased here, I am really sorry for the word 'chivalrous'. ”
Although Duan Yunhan comforted himself so much, he vaguely felt that Xiao Xiangxiang was a little colder to him than a month ago, and the distance between the two also felt a little farther away.
He reflected: "The master punished me to guard the tomb, the original intention was to let me concentrate on cultivating rune arts, but now I am impetuous, I have no intention of cultivating, I am afraid that I will disappoint the master and the master." ”
Thinking of this, Duan Yunhan tried to calm his heart, but the tree wanted to be quiet and the wind did not stop, and the more he wanted to calm down, the more irritated he became.
He wanted to drink some wine to relieve his irritability, but he couldn't find a drop of wine after rummaging through the thatched hut, and then he realized that his sister didn't bring wine with him to deliver the meal this time.