Lu Gong greeted everyone one by one, and when he saw the little sword demon sitting on the first seat, he was obviously stunned for a moment, because he didn't remember that there was such a friend in the county.

Mo Yunzi looked at Lu Gong coldly and asked, "You are the carpenter?" ”

"Carpenter?" Lu Gong was stunned again, and after coming back to his senses, he smiled dumbly, nodded and said, "That's right, I'm a carpenter." ”

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, don't grind there, hurry up and auction that wood carving, I don't have time to accompany you here." Mo Yunzi urged.

"I'm sorry for keeping you waiting, I'll start the auction right away." Lu Gong saw that the little sword demon was arrogant, thinking that the little sword demon must have a great background, so he didn't dare to contradict it, and he promised it.

Lu Gong greeted everyone he knew, and then walked to the vicinity of the wood carving and announced the official start of the auction. He reached out and pinched the red cloth, lifted it, and showed everyone his latest proud work.

The wood carving has a soft orange-red color, and the overall shape is an oblique cylindrical shape. The curved base of the wood carving is carved with flowing clouds, and above the clouds is a tall building, and there are flying fairies at the waist of the building, and there are half-open and fully open windows on the body of the building, and there are people in the windows, and the carvings are vivid.

Whether it is a flowing cloud, a tall building or a villain, all conform to the original shape of the entire tree root, and there is no drastic cutting, and the original wood is preserved to the greatest extent. The surface of the wood carving has been polished, smooth and shiny, and it looks very pleasing to the eye.

This piece of wood carving, whether it is wood or carving, is a masterpiece, even in the eyes of a layman. It will also feel beautiful. See the true face of this wood carving. Everyone's eyes are bright.

Zhao Zheng looked at the wood carving. Nodding secretly, this wood carving fully met his requirements. However, Mo Yunzi also wants to participate in the auction, and if he grabs this wood carving with Mo Yunzi, it will definitely cause a conflict between the two. He is not Mo Yunzi's opponent, and it is not a wise move to set up Mo Yunzi as an enemy for a wood carving.

There was a lot of talk, and many people expressed their thoughts about buying it.

"It's rare to see a rosewood of this size this year, when I got this piece of wood. But it took a lot of thought, for fear of wasting this good material. I had been conceiving the subject matter for a month alone, and finally one night, when I was facing the moon, I found the inspiration and remembered to carve a pavilion in the sky. I named this work 'Qiong Lou Mu Yu', the starting price is 5,000 taels of silver, you can actively increase the price, this time it is the same as usual, the highest price wins. Lu Gong twisted his beard and introduced it to everyone with some triumph.

And so the auction began. The wealthy businessmen who took a fancy to this "Qionglou Muyu" took action one after another and continued to increase the price. Soon the price was raised to seven thousand five hundred taels of silver.

Mo Yunzi frowned, glanced at the many bidders around him with cold eyes, and said with a threat: "I will pay eight thousand taels of silver, if someone increases the price again, I will add this sword in my hand as collateral." If anyone is interested in my sword, they can try it at a higher price. ”

As soon as these words came out, it was like a scoop of cold water, which extinguished everyone's enthusiasm for bidding. Anyone can hear the threat in the words of the little sword demon, and if anyone dares to increase the price again, they will definitely offend the little sword demon. No one wanted to offend the powerful warriors for a wood carving, so they dismissed the idea of bidding, and the auction fell into a cold field.

Zhao Zheng glanced at Mo Yunzi deeply, hesitated, and gave up the idea of bidding.

"It seems that this 'Qionglou Muyu' is mine." Seeing that everyone was silent, Mo Yunzi laughed proudly.

Lu Gong saw that no one participated in the auction, his face was difficult to see, and now the price was far lower than his expectations, although he also made a lot of money, but it was not worth the hard work he paid for many days. He glanced at the crowd and asked reluctantly, "Friends, is there anyone else who is willing to increase the price?" ”

"No need to ask, no one dares to increase the price. No one would lose their life for a piece of wood carving, right? Mo Yunzi sneered.

"Yes, you're absolutely right." Lu Gong's face became even more ugly, and he gave up the idea of persuading others to raise the price, otherwise he would definitely offend the young martial artist in front of him. He dryly announced that the wood carving belonged to Mo Yunzi, and then asked Mo Yunzi's name, and Mo Yunzi replied calmly.

Because Mo Yunzi had just been born at this time, and he had not yet made a name for himself in the rivers and lakes, no one here recognized him.

The two sides made a deal on the spot, and the family carefully put the wood carving into a large wooden box filled with cotton, carried it behind Mo Yunzi, and left the courtyard together.

Zhao Zheng watched depressedly as Mo Yunzi took away the wood carving he wanted, but there was nothing he could do. He did not linger and subsequently left the courtyard as well.

Walking on the road, he repeatedly pondered about the wood carving, the wood carving he had to get one, and if he couldn't get this Qionglou Muyu, he had to find a way to get other wood carvings. Many of the wood carvings carved by Lu Gong before have gone to the local area, and you can consider buying these early works.

In addition, he also thought of stealing or snatching Qionglou Muyu from Mo Yunzi. Moyunzi is not a good bird, so you don't have to be polite to Moyunzi. It's just that it's too risky to do so, and there's no certainty about it, so it's not appropriate to act rashly.

He returned to the inn where he was temporarily staying, and met Xu Hong and Xuan Xuan in front of his room. The two seem to have been waiting for him, a little unusual.

"Why are you two guarding the door of my room?" Zhao Zheng asked curiously.

"We're here for you because we have something important to tell you." Xu Hong said solemnly.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Zheng was quite surprised, and he couldn't imagine that there would be anything important about these two people.

"I listened to Master Xuanxuan lecture along the way, untied a lot of knots, and no longer had nostalgia for Hongchen, and planned to find a nunnery to cut her hair as a nun, and never again ask about the world." Xu Hong's tone was calm, but there was a sense of firmness.

"You're going to become a monk?" Zhao Zheng was surprised.

"Yes."

"But ......" Zhao Zheng had no interest in being a monk or a nun, and kindly advised, "What's so good about being a monk, don't act impulsively." ”

"I didn't have an impulse, it was a deliberate decision." Xu Hong shook his head.

"You're free now, why don't you find a good man to marry. Start a family. Why do you want to become a monk? ”

"Zhao Gongzi. You think that you can be happy when you start a family, but I have no interest in starting a family. I've been a geisha for many years, and I'm used to seeing men's faces, so for me, it's better to be a nun than a man to marry. Xu Hong lowered her brows and sighed lightly, "And after experiencing Zhou Kui's incident." It made me even more disappointed in people's hearts. People can do anything for the sake of wealth, and only Buddhism can change the world and awaken the goodness in people's hearts. ”

"Everyone has their own aspirations, and since you have a way to become a monk, I won't stop you. It's just that I want you to be more careful in making this decision, because being a nun is not just about shaving your hair off. ”

"Don't worry, I thought about it for a long time before I made this decision, and it wasn't impulsive." Xu Hong stretched out Qianqianyu's hand and grabbed the black hair on her shoulder. The fingers of bamboo shoots peek through the silky black hair, making it look black and white. "It's better to shave off these three thousand troubles early."

Zhao Zheng saw that Xu Hong had made up his mind, so he no longer persuaded him, turned his head to look at Xuan Xuan who was standing quietly, and said with a wry smile: "Master Xuan Xuan is really powerful, he can persuade Sister Xu to choose to become a monk in just a few days." ”

The benefactor did not persuade her, but she herself became enlightened. At most, the poor monk only opened a temple door for her, and she chose to step in by herself. Xuan Xuan recited the Buddha's name, shook his head, and said.

"I don't dare to chat with you in the future, lest you say that you are enlightened and go to Shaolin Temple to become a monk."

"You are different from Xu Shizhu, you are not the kind of person who will escape into the empty door, you have too many desires in your heart, and there are too many entanglements in your body."

"How can people have no desires, and the monk's desire to go to Elysium is not also a desire."

"Don't slander the Dharma, wanting to go to Elysium is not a desire, but a kind of 'willingness', the essence of the two is very different, let the poor monk come and talk about it for you." Xuan Xuan opened the chatterbox, and he had to make a tirade again.

"Stop, stop!" Zhao Zheng hurriedly waved his hand, "I'm afraid of you, so let me go." I have no interest in Buddhism at all, I am a layman, and I can't climb the golden threshold of Buddhism. ”

Xuan Xuan was choked back by a large number of words, stunned for a moment, and then shook his head as if he hated iron and steel: "Alas, I have no relationship with the Buddha." ”

Zhao Zheng couldn't wait to have a chance with the Buddha, so he no longer discussed it with Xuan Xuan, and turned to Xu Hong and asked, "Sister Xu, which nunnery do you want to go to to become a monk?" Do you have a plan? ”

"To the east of this place, there is one of the five mountains, the Hengshan faction, which recruits believers widely, and it is the largest nunnery in Dayan, and I want to go there to become a monk." Xu Hong replied.

Among the long list of forces on the rivers and lakes, "one temple, three Qing, five mountains, eight gates and nine sects...... the Hengshan faction belongs to one of the five mountains, and the sect is established on the Hengshan Mountain, which is a nunnery. There are many nuns in the Hengshan sect who rely on martial arts to strengthen their bodies, and some of them are quite good at martial arts, and the head of the sect is among the first-class masters. However, the Hengshan sect does not require martial arts to be practiced, and the disciples who are starting can choose by themselves, and there are also a considerable number of nuns who concentrate on Buddhism and do not touch martial arts.

If Xu Hong goes to an ordinary nunnery, Zhao Zheng may never meet her again, but if she goes to the Hengshan faction, the two may be able to meet on the rivers and lakes in the future.

Zhao Zheng nodded and said, "It's good to go to the Hengshan faction, maybe you can learn two-handed martial arts." ”

"I don't care about learning martial arts, but I heard that there are two female masters there who are very good at studying Buddhism, so I want to go and worship him." Xu Hong said.

"You're going east, and I'm going south, and they're far apart, so what can I do?" Zhao Zheng made a mistake about this, he didn't have enough time, if Xu Hong was sent all the way to the Hengshan faction, it would delay a lot of things.

"Don't worry, the poor monk will be responsible for escorting her to the Hengshan faction." Annihilation is all about the road.

"You're sending her?" Zhao Zheng asked.

"It was I who brought her into Buddhism and sent her to the Hengshan sect, and it is my duty to do so."

"In that case, I'm very relieved, but after it's delivered, will you still go to the Valley of the Evil Bee?" Zhao Zheng said worriedly. If Xuan Xuan Xuan does not go to the Evil Bee Valley, this quest line will be broken, and he will not be able to obtain the profound power of Xuan Xuan Xuan in the future.

"Since it's a great place for penance, of course the poor monks want to go." Xuan Xuan Yakou agreed.

"That's good." Zhao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm sorry for the more days. There will be no more interruptions in the future, at least not for a long time.