Chapter 2 Outside the Pagoda
Hearing the little carpenter's warning, Miss Lin was not only not frightened, but became more and more interested, and asked excitedly, "What duel?" Is it exciting, is it powerful? Who and whom? Is there a way to say anything? No, you've been with us for half a year, when did you know......"
Hearing Miss Lin say such a lot of questions, the little carpenter held his forehead, and some didn't know how to talk about it.
Gu Baiguo next to him couldn't help but smile.
Although this Miss Lin was born in China, she traveled to Europa with her father when she was a teenager, and later went to school at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, so her thinking is more Westernized, and she lives in the temple, and she has a girlish curiosity about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, so when she hears the words of the little carpenter, it is inevitable that many messy questions will arise.
The Mr. Liang next to him and Miss Lin are a couple, and he is the most spoiled by this wife with good temperament and appearance, and outstanding talent, so he just smiled gently at her questions, which seemed to be a little conniving.
Gu Baiguo said: "Miss Lin, the people of the rivers and lakes are fighting, but it's just a sword exchange, it's very dangerous, what's there to see?" ”
The little carpenter waited for Miss Lin's excitement to pass, and then said, "I also said it to a friend." ”
Miss Lin asked, "What's going on?" ”
The little carpenter thought for a while and said: "Tonight's pomegranate flower pagoda about fighting, one side is an unknown little person, called Gou Qinggao, and the other person is more proven, this gentleman was originally born in Maoshan Daomen, called 'Xuyuan Daoren', he later betrayed the Daomen, fell on the rivers and lakes, and restored the common name, called Ma Cong - there is a blood feud between the two, it is said that Ma Cong defiled Gou Qinggao's wife, and killed him, as a result, Gou Qinggao pursued all the way, and finally succeeded in the battle with Ma Cong, and at nightfall today, the two fought... …”
He said it briefly, and then said: "If we want to rush to the Pomegranate Flower Pagoda here, it will be almost afternoon, and if you draw, copy and analyze again, I am afraid you will have to get it until night, so ......."
Miss Lin listened with great interest and said to the little carpenter, "Why don't you go and have a look?" ”
The little carpenter hesitated: "Huh? ”
Miss Lin said in a low voice: "Mr. Gan, thanks to your promotion, in the past six months, together with Bai Guo, I have accompanied our couple to travel through several provinces, helping to paint and measure many ancient buildings and protect our safety, but along the way, hooligans and bullies and soldiers don't know how many they have seen, but they have never seen the cultivators you are talking about, let alone this kind of duel in the rivers and lakes." I know it's a good thing that it didn't happen, but I've heard about it since I was a child, and I can't help but want to see it......"
As she spoke, she looked back at Mr. Lin next to her, and said coquettishly, "Can you tell Mr. Gan?" ”
It stands to reason that ordinary people avoid hearing about such things, for fear of harming the pond fish, but after all, they are not ordinary people, and with world-famous strange people such as small carpenters by their side, it is really difficult to have a sense of fear.
Mr. Liang, who was next to him, saw that his wife was looking forward to it, thought about it, and said to the little carpenter: "Mr. Gan, after the Jiangcheng incident, we are going to return to Beiping. Don't worry, we will listen to the arrangement when the time comes, and we will definitely not run around......"
The little carpenter didn't expect these two cultural people to be quite curious about this matter in the rivers and lakes, and couldn't help laughing.
He said: "The two gentlemen have been very helpful to me in the past six months, and it stands to reason that for the sake of your safety, I will never let you get into danger, but since the two of you have a request, then I can only meet the ......."
He studied under the master craftsman taught by Lu Ban, learned a practical method, and also had a lot of understanding of ancient architecture, and the secret art of the mechanism was an expert master, but these things, with the ever-changing architectural science, in the end are still different ways, so since he met Liang and Lin by chance, he remembered the recommendation of Marshal Gong that year, so he befriended him, and then learned that the two traveled around in order to protect and record ancient Chinese architecture, so they also followed him, one as protection, and the other to learn some modern architectural analysis means and methods.
Not to mention, these two, especially Mr. Liang, are really material, and he has really learned a lot in the past six months.
However, he is also an expert in structure construction, and has a wealth of practical experience, so every word also has a lot of inspiration and help for the work of Liang and Lin.
Several people can be regarded as teachers and friends, and they get along very well.
Now that Miss Lin has asked for something, Mr. Liang has helped to speak, and the little carpenter has not refused again, but has seriously explained, let them be with Gu Baiguo, and don't run around.
Because there may not be only those two people on the scene, if there are other people, if there are people with bad intentions, it will be a bit troublesome.
The two listened and quickly nodded in agreement.
The conversation was almost over, and the little carpenter got up and settled the bill, and then went out of the tavern.
A few people walked out, and when they arrived at the door, they heard the storyteller on the stage talk about the battle between the Holy Hand of Luban and the black-hearted lama on the Tibetan border, and the little carpenter couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
This Jianghu people, really listen to the wind is the rain, and use false rumors to spread falsehoods, without any basis at all.
The group walked along the riverside towards the pomegranate pagoda, and on the way, Miss Lin was probably provoked by the storyteller of the wine shop, and asked curiously about the little carpenter's past - although the cultural circle is relatively open, it is still far away from the people in the rivers and lakes, so although she knows that the little carpenter is a powerful person, she does not know that he is such a strange person in the storyteller's mouth.
The little carpenter smiled bitterly at Miss Lin's question, and regretted taking them to the wine shop a little, but he didn't have any intention of hiding it from the two, and when they talked about the past, especially Miss Lin's concerns, they also gave simple answers one by one.
Especially the battle under the Changbai Mountain, for this, the little carpenter talked to the two, and their faces were gloomy when they heard it, but they were full of righteous indignation.
Indeed, any Chinese with a conscience would be furious when they heard about it.
Talking about the past and chatting about the past, before I knew it, it was afternoon, and several people had already come to the vicinity of the pomegranate flower pagoda.
The little carpenter did not go to the other side of the tower, but went straight to a small restaurant nearby, opened the curtain, and looked inside, only to see that there was a young Taoist priest sitting in the inner room, who was as calm as water, and was looking towards the door.
The two looked at each other, but the Daoist knife-like cold face showed a warm smile, nodded at him, and said, "Sit." ”
The little carpenter walked in, and then introduced to everyone: "This is Mr. Liang, Miss Lin, they ...... Also, this is Gu Baiguo......"
He focused on Mr. Liang and Miss Lin, after all, their parents were relatively famous, especially Mr. Liang's father, who even influenced the national political situation in the late Qing Dynasty, and was very famous......
As for Gu Baiguo, he just skimmed by.
Then he introduced this Taoist: "This is Li Mengsheng and Li Daochang who came down from Maoshan Mountain." ”
Liang Lin and the others were not from the rivers and lakes, and when they heard this name, they didn't react much, only Gu Baiguo heard it, his body shook for a moment, and then he bowed to the Taoist priest who looked as calm as a mountain, expressing his respect in his heart.
After all, this person is the king of Fu who is in the middle of the day on the rivers and lakes.
Fu Wang Li Daozi, also known as Li Mengsheng.
The reason why he appeared here was to arrest the traitor of Maoshan and the people from afar.
After that guy betrayed Maoshan, he has been doing evil, careless of people's lives, I don't know how many evil things he has done, and he has tarnished Maoshan's name, and now he is finally willing to show up, Maoshan will naturally not let him go, so Li Mengsheng made this trip.
The reason why the little carpenter knew about this duel was naturally from Li Mengsheng.
The two have been separated for several years, but they have never broken contact.
Now that old friends meet, there are naturally a lot of words to say, but after all, there are outsiders, and Li Mengsheng has always been cold, so the scene is not warm, but fortunately, the craftsmanship of this restaurant is good, authentic local restaurant, the little carpenter ordered a table of noodles, what steamed Wuchang fish, fried bacon with mud, osmanthus in tomato sauce, Huangpi Sanhe, family portrait, hibiscus chicken slices, etc., are very representative Jiangcheng dishes.
When this table of dishes was served, the big guys couldn't care about being polite, and they stretched out their chopsticks one after another to taste the food.
However, Li Mengsheng was a vegetarian and ordered two vegetarian dishes to eat together.
They have been in a relationship for many years, but they don't need to be polite, although there are more Liang Lin and the two, but Li Mengsheng also admires Mr. Liang's father Liang Fuzi very much, so he didn't treat him as an outsider.
After eating, the little carpenter left the table to relieve his hands, and when he came back, he met Li Mengsheng, and the two stood outside the restaurant, looking at the dim sky, and the pomegranate flower pagoda in the distance, so they didn't go in.
Li Mengsheng said a few words to the little carpenter, and the topic changed, but they talked about Qu Menghu.
Only then did the little carpenter know that the two actually knew each other, and they knew each other very well.
He has been busy cultivating in the past few years, but he hasn't seen Qu Menghu for a long time, and he doesn't know how he is doing in that Erdel.
Li Mengsheng told him that Qu Menghu was a talented person, and he had a hearty personality and attached great importance to righteousness, and he was a person worth befriending, but the Erdler he took refuge in was not a good thing, and in his hands, he had committed several crimes, and he also killed a few evil spirit cults, that is, Adler's murderers......
The little carpenter sighed, knowing that the evil spirit sect dragon and snake were mixed, and the mud and sand were all down, and it was too difficult for Qu Menghu to transform it.
The two were chatting about this, but there was a long howl in the distance.
Li Mengsheng raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "The main lord is here, let's go, go and take a look......"