Chapter Twenty-Four: The Masked Stranger
When I left Xufu, I was hesitating whether to take away the BMW rewarded by King Wu, which would definitely be used for future travel, but I thought about it again, after all, this BMW is not something that belongs to me, so naturally there is no reason to take it for myself, and the horse's fur is bright and robust, and it is too ostentatious to ride on the street, so I will give up. I walked out of Xu's Mansion alone, and I didn't think about where to go, so I wandered around the street.
At this time, there was no one in the market, I walked from one end of the street to the other end of the street, wandering in the street, and my lonely figure was stretched by the waning moon for a long time......
Soon it was time, the morning light on the horizon was faint, I looked at the side of the ditch, only to see the clouds and mist on the river surface, like a fairyland. A faint pink glow overflowed from the sea level where it connected with heaven and earth, like a sleepy-eyed shy girl. The air was filled with a light veil of mist, the leaves and flowers were flickering with crystal clear dewdrops, the birds on the trees were crying crisply, and occasionally a small bird passed by, and suddenly rested on the branches above my head, a drop of dew slipped down and was dripping into my hair, which shocked me, this morning dew is really chilling to my heart!
The night was completely opened, and the first rays of morning light pierced through the mist, gently sprinkling on everything, and it was a new day. One by one, people began to wake up and get busy, smoke rose from the cooking stoves, and the shops opened early, shouting loudly in the streets, soliciting the occasional customer.
I saw a familiar figure - the grandmother who sold copper jewelry. I walked to her shop and stopped, picked up a beautiful bamboo flute and asked, "Grandma, how much does this bamboo flute cost?" ”
"Xu Gongzi hasn't been here for a long time." Grandma smiled, "Do you want this bamboo flute and two penbeis?" ”
"Get me one!" I tried to squeeze out a smile and pulled out two penshell coins and handed them to Grandma.
I thought about it for a moment and decided to change back to my original appearance, since this matter has been discovered by Sui'er, there is no point in continuing to live as Xu Cheng, it is better to be myself.
I bought a sturdy-looking horse at the market and rode it towards the strange inn. This ordinary horse's physical strength is really not as good as "chasing clouds and snow", and it took me a whole day to reach the location of the original inn - a secluded hill.
I tied my horse to a tree and searched all around, not to mention the nameless inn, this broken place didn't even have an ordinary inn, I returned to the place where I was, it seems that I am no longer the destined person of the inn.
At this time, a man carrying a burden came to me, and I hurriedly stopped him as if I saw a savior: "Is there a nameless inn here?" ”
The man put down his burden and rested for a while, wiped the sweat beads on his face, and gasped and replied: "There is no inn within a radius of five kilometers, let alone the nameless inn you said. ”
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"I've lived here for more than 30 years, and I'm more familiar with this terrain than anyone else, and I can even remember where there is a river, and how many people are in that place, so I can't lie to you!" With that, the man picked up his burden again and left.
I untied the leash on my horse and jumped up, "Ride!" "I don't know where to go, so let the horse run as it pleases.
The horse galloped towards the depths of the hill, and the further in, the more trees there were, and suddenly, a branch of my face was cut, and blood flowed down my cheek, and in pain I tightened the reins in my hand, and tightened the horse's neck to prevent it from running inside, and I turned around, and the blood on my face continued to flow.
I saw a small stream, and I stopped, just as my mouth was a little thirsty, and I hadn't drunk water all day. I knelt on the ground, picked up a handful of water in my hand, put it in my mouth, and drank it in large gulps. The horses must have been thirsty too, and came over to drink.
The water was so clear that I could see the reflection of my face in the water, and the left side of my face was cut by a branch, and it was still bleeding, and it looked very scary.
I picked up a sharp stone from the ground, washed it in the water, and then gritted my teeth and scarred my face with the stone - from my right forehead to my chin. The blood from the wound gushed outward, from the forehead to the lower jaw, and from the lower jaw to the ground, and slowly penetrated the ground, and it was open like a flower......
After a while, I cleaned the wound a little with the water of the stream, tore a piece of cloth from my body, covered my face, mounted my horse, and set off towards Hancheng. I admit that I can't let go of Sui'er, so let me face her with a new appearance and identity in the future.
After another whole day, I returned to Hancheng, and with all my savings, I bought a simple house, and during the day, I found a place in the middle of the city to sit on the ground and began to tell stories. Let's talk about the time when I was a big tsubaki.
From then on, my fame began to spread in Hancheng, and more and more people listened to my stories, and each person who heard me tell a story threw a punshell coin on the ground next to me.
On this day, I talked about Pangu opening the world - I saw this big man with a huge axe slashing at the heavens and the earth, and from time to time he raised his fist and smashed it hard, raised his huge foot and kicked it hard. Slowly, a large bubble emerged, and a transparent and powerful substance gushed out of the bubble and continued to rise, turning into a clear sky; The chaotic and heavy things continued to sink, forming a thick earth. Later, Pangu straightened up his thick chest again, straddled his legs, stood firmly, stretched out his strong and powerful arms, supported the sky with his hands, and pressed on the ground with his feet, and persisted without eating or drinking for more than 18,000 years, and finally fell forever......
"One more story!"
"One more story!"
The crowd began to heckle, and in order to stimulate me to continue telling the story, the shellfish coins thrown on the ground "screeched". Looking at the layers of the crowd, I couldn't leave, so I simply told a few stories in a row - "It is said that this Nuwa Niangniang was walking by the water one day, and after seeing her beautiful face, she decided to create a human, so she fabricated human beings from the soil on the ground, which is what we look like now, and later she found the colored clay and fabricated three gods to help us human beings survive in the world......"
"There were hundreds of wars between Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor, the last time, the two each led the army in Zhuolu for a decisive battle, only to see Chiyou slash at the Yellow Emperor with the Tiger Soul sword, at the critical moment, the Yellow Emperor's mount blocked the knife for him, and then the Yellow Emperor used the Xuanyuan Sword to subdue Chiyou, and cut his body into several large pieces and buried them in different places......"
"And said that day Danque in the mouth of the nine ears of grass ready to send to Shennong, but when talking with the big chunshu, a nine-spike grass seed fell from the mouth, impartial, is falling on the opposite side of the big chunshu, and then the seeds began to break the ground, and gradually grow, during this period the big chunshu has been by her side, and then ah...... "I wanted to speak and stopped, suddenly thought of something, mixed feelings, speechless for a while.
"What happened next?"
"yes, what happened?"
My thoughts were distracted by them, and I replied hastily: "Later, they found Che Lingzhi and asked Che Lingzhi to transform them into human forms and live together sweetly." ”
"Gone?"
"It's gone!" I replied, "When we're done, let's all disperse." ”
The crowd dispersed one after another, and I was just about to get up when I saw Sui'er holding Xiaozhi's hand and standing opposite me. Sui'er was still expressionless, and asked coldly, "What do you call Mr?" ”
Although my face has been scratched beyond recognition, and I am still wearing a mask, knowing that Sui'er will not see my face, I still lowered my head and replied sullenly: "If you don't change your name, you can't change your surname, and you can't change your surname, and the contemptible person is called Wu Qing." ”
Sui'er bent down and put down a punshell coin, "Mr. Wu is really eloquent, and the story he tells is fascinating!" After speaking, he took Xiaozhi and walked to a rice shop.
After a while, Xiao Zhi ran over and said to me in his immature voice, "Uncle, can you talk to me again?" Your voice is similar to my father's, but I haven't seen my father for a long time, and my mother says my father is dead. He clearly promised me to stay with Xiao Zhi all the time, woo woo woo ......" Xiao Zhi cried quietly as he spoke.
"What's your name?" I asked him deliberately.
"My name is Xu Zhi, uncle, you can call me Xiao Zhi."
"Xiaozhi, don't be sad, your father is gone, you are a man in the family, you have to be strong, so that you can protect your mother." I gently wiped Xiao Zhi's tears, "Xiao Zhi wants to listen to his mother, my uncle tells stories here every day, and Xiao Zhi can come over at any time." ”
"Uncle, can you take off your mask? I want to see if your face looks like my daddy. ”
"Xiao Zhi, my uncle's face is very scary, I'm afraid that taking off this mask will frighten you."
"Xiao Zhi is not afraid! Uncle, just take off your mask and let me take a look! He pleaded.
I really didn't know how to refuse his request, so I agreed to him: "Okay, but Xiaozhi must not be frightened by his uncle's appearance!" ”
I gently took off my mask, revealing that terrifying face, and Xiao Zhi immediately covered his eyes in fright after taking a look.
"Xiaozhi!" Sui'er was shouting, and when she saw Xiao Zhi here, she immediately ran over, and I put on my mask in a panic.
Sui'er hugged Xiaozhi and scolded him softly: "Why did you run here?" ”
"I heard my uncle's voice very similar to my father's, and I wanted to run over and listen to him." Xiao Zhi replied with an aggrieved face.
"Xiao Zhi is not sensible, Mr. Wu is disturbed!" Sui'er said, picked up Xiao Zhi, and accidentally took off the mask that we had just put on in a panic.
"I'm sorry!" Sui'er freed up a hand to help me pick up the mask and hand it to me, seeing my face, she was so frightened that she staggered and almost fell, Sui'er struggled to control her body and stood up straight, and hurriedly left with Xiaozhi in her arms.
I shook my head helplessly, put on my mask, picked up the shellfish on the ground, and left.