Chapter 11: Red Face

The capital, the spiritual void.

The agarwood in the meditation room is serene. On the small table in front of the window, the atmosphere of fighting between the chessboards is thick.

The hand holding the sunspot is slender and slightly pale, but the falling son is decisive.

"Dao Chang really doesn't know where Qingyunzi is?"

The old Taoist priest of the fairy wind Dao bone touched a long goatee, and raised his eyes helplessly: "Lord Wang, the poor Dao has been said hundreds of times, and your people haven't turned over here, why don't you believe it?" The poor brother has a grotesque temperament, and he doesn't like these rules and precepts the most, so he loves to travel all over the world, and he hasn't come to see the poor road two or three times in the past ten years, and the last time was the year before last. ”

After that, he slowly put down a white seed, blocking the original attack of the sunspot approaching step by step.

Qi Heng held the sunspot and played for a while, but he couldn't stop.

A cold smile suddenly hung on the corner of his lips, "If this spiritual void falls, or if the Dao Immortal goes, I wonder if that Qingyunzi will rush back to offer condolences?" ”

The old face of the Purple Cloud Dao man suddenly stiffened.

"Ahem, lord, I have something to discuss. Or, the poor way divides a hexagram for you? ”

Qi Heng was motionless, his eyes kept falling on the chessboard, as if he was more interested in the chess pieces in his hand, as if it was not himself who had asked the people of Ziyun Dao to help him find people.

The people of Ziyun Dao had to buckle the rope to find out the astrolabe that had been sealed in the dust for several years, and then crossed their legs and closed their eyes for a moment, and suddenly they were dripping in cold sweat, and the old eyes that were often drooping and only had a thin slit left wide, as if they were greatly frightened.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the Ziyun Dao people, Qi Heng raised his eyebrows.

"Dao Chief's skill has regressed?" Although it is a question, it has a sense of certainty.

Ziyun Daoren's old face darkened, and he snorted and wiped his sweat and said, "It's not that the poor Dao is not strong, but the person you are asking for is...... Hey, the secret of heaven cannot be revealed, and only that little rabbit cub dares to put on a seven-star array and change his life against the sky......"

"This king doesn't want to listen to nonsense."

The people of Ziyun Dao immediately followed the good flow: "The general direction is in the south, there are mountains, there is no water, I really don't know where the poor road is." ”

Qi Heng raised his head slightly, looked at the innocent gaze of the old Taoist priest, snorted coldly in his heart, and directly got up and waved his sleeves and left.

Looking at the figure surrounded by everyone in the distance, the little Taoist priest standing in front of the door couldn't help but ask with concern: "Master, is our Taoist temple going to close down?" Am I okay with it? Having said that, this prince is really angry with the crown~"

Ziyun Dao's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he whipped the little Taoist's ass lightly, "Shut down, you big-headed ghost!" You six unclean lazy things, hurry up and fetch water to cook! In the resentful eyes of the little Taoist priest, he muttered words like "deep love and longevity", and went to his own care.

Taixing County.

This day is the first seven days of Dani's grandfather, Pei Baoer thought to herself, the other seven may not have the energy to toss, this first seven should still let Dani go to worship.

It happened to be her turn to rest in the shop today, so she accompanied Dani to the street to buy some paper money, ready to go out of the city to worship, but in a street corner near the city gate, I saw a small stall, with a yellow flag of "fortune telling and looking" hanging on the top, and a crude piece of straw paper was pasted in front of the stall, with various service details written on it, for example, helping people to see the feng shui points and burials, helping people change their fortunes and settle down in their homes, and even catching ghosts and warding off evil spirits were written.

The sentence that attracted Pei Baoer the most was, "The price is fair, and the children are not bullied!" ”

She looked at the sloppy Taoist priest who seemed to be napping, thought about it, and walked over with Dani, ready to ask the price of the service, thinking that if it was cheap, she could spend a little money to buy peace for Grandpa Dani.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she walked to the stall, she smelled a strong smell of wine, which was the smell of wine emanating from the Taoist priest.

People in the Daomen still drink? It's a sheep's head and a dog meat seller!

Pei Bao'er couldn't help but show disgust, and Dani also pulled her sleeve and whispered: "Why don't you forget it, just burn some paper money for grandpa, and his old man will be relieved to see that I have a place to live in the spirit of heaven." ”

She hesitated, then turned and left.

At this time, the Taoist priest suddenly opened his eyes and saw that there were few patrons, so he enthusiastically recruited them.

"Hey, the two little ladies want to see the fortune telling? Come on, come and take a look, you can't suffer a loss if you keep it, maybe you don't want money! ”

This is all the usual routine of fortune tellers, Pei Baoer ignored him, and was about to leave with a small shoulder basket, but was hit by a passing lady, and the paper money in the basket was scattered all over the ground.

The eldest lady heard that the Taoist priest said that she didn't want money, so she was immediately moved, squeezed between Pei Baoer and Dani, sat down in front of the stall, and yelled that she wanted to tell fortunes.

The two of them had to squat down and pick it up, listening to the Taoist priest fooling the eldest lady while picking it up.

The Taoist priest said seriously: "This aunt must have had some ups and downs in the first half of her life, especially in terms of heirs. ”

The eldest lady was surprised: "How do you know?" I only had a son when I was thirty years old......"

Pei Baoer felt funny in her heart, if this lady was either trusted, she would be a naΓ―ve and honest person. As soon as she agrees with this, it will be easier to guess behind the fortune teller.

She was not interested in this kind of charlatan, but Dani listened to it a little intoxicated, and she was still pulled by her before leaving.

After worshipping outside the city, he returned to the south gate of the city, but he disappeared from the stall and the Taoist priest. Pei Baoer thought to herself, maybe there was no one to help the business, so she went to other places to fool around.

As a result, when she was about to return to Osmanthus Lane, Dani was surprised: "Why did that fortune teller come here?" ”

Pei Baoer looked at it, but no, the whole belongings were moved over. Because there are many people living in the streets and alleys nearby, and it is not yet time to eat at this time, it is when the three aunts and six wives are walking through the streets and alleys to engage in interpersonal relationships, and there are actually people in front of the stall who are asking Taoist priests to look at palmistry, and some people stop to watch.

"What? Do you want to go too? She pinched Dani's thin face and teased: "Don't you want to count marriage?" I'm afraid it's a little early, so let's eat more and grow up......"

Dani blushed and said, "I'll pick up Yan'er", and threw her down and went into the long alley.

Pei Bao'er smiled, and suddenly remembered that there was not much oil left at home, so she simply went to the Chen family oil shop in the west of the city to get oil, if she could see Mrs. Chen or other Chen family members who had taken pictures, maybe they would give her some discounts.

As a result, there was still some distance from the oil shop, and Pei Baoer saw that there were two men and a woman pulling and pulling at the corner in front of her, and one of them was Liu Yun!

Wait, and Miss Chen San? How did the two of them get together? Don't......

She hadn't seen the other man, but he looked like a thief, thin, and loosely dressed, and he didn't look like a serious person.

Pei Bao'er quickened his pace and walked over.

In this short period of more than ten seconds, she watched Liu Yun protect Miss Chen San behind her, the man grabbed Liu Yun's shirt and refused to let go, saying something in his mouth, and tried to bypass Liu Yun to pull Miss Chen San, the latter was so frightened that his little face turned white, Liu Yun seemed to be annoyed and unbearable, and kicked under the man's crotch.

When Pei Baoer rushed to the front, she happened to see the thin man holding his crotch and jumping away with a twisted face, and then limping away, leaving a classic villain dialogue of "You wait for me".

Her eyes widened in surprise, "Ah Yun, why are you ......?"

Liu Yun in her impression is a simple and well-behaved young man like a sheep. Because of his previous bad luck, he often woke up from nightmares in the middle of the night, and she also learned the skill of waking up from the kang, climbing down to comfort him on the floor, and then climbing up to sleep in seconds. She is used to keeping this little brother behind her, but she didn't expect that he would also take the initiative to stand up for others and protect others.

Liu Yun was also shocked when he saw her, and subconsciously glanced at Miss Chen San. The redness on his face because of the dispute and pushing has not yet dissipated, but in Pei Baoer's eyes, it has become a shame that is just beginning to bloom.

"Ah ......" He wanted to call Ah Jie, but he immediately realized that something was wrong and directly vaguely passed. He explained briefly: "The idler wanted to mistreat the girl of the Chen family, and I happened to touch him, so I helped drive him away." Miss Chen San also said a few words and thanked her again.

Pei Baoer realized that it was Miss Chen San who came to the shop for her mother to pick up something, thinking that there were few people on the street at this point, and the Chen family was behind the shop, only a few dozen steps around, but she didn't want to be unlucky and meet such a brazen idler.

Knowing that the person who helped her a lot happened to be Pei Baoer's "husband", Miss Chen San blessed Pei Baoer and the others with gratitude, and prepared to leave with palpitations. Pei Baoer learned that she was going back to the oil shop, so she simply accompanied her over, but her thoughts fluctuated in her heart.

That night, as soon as Liu Yun returned home, he was "tortured to extract a confession".

Pei Bao'er cleared her throat, "Ahem, Ah Yun, you have grown up and have a girl you like, this is a good thing." First love is always beautiful, but it is often easy to die. Because, if the other party doesn't like you, it's easy to ......"

Liu Yun was confused at first, and then reacted, but hugged his stomach and smiled.

"Laughing at what? Am I not right? Pei Baoer rolled her eyes unceremoniously.

Liu Yun smiled, but his eyes fell on the window lattice.

"Sister, do you remember the first time we met?"

Pei Baoer raised her eyebrows, okay, she has grown, and she knows how to change the topic. She recalled very cooperatively, and casually teased: "Of course I remember, I see that your painting skills are not bad, and you are beautiful and delicious, so I am ready to go over and tease you......"

At that time, she was walking out of the pawnshop in Baishui Town, carrying the two taels of silver in exchange for the bracelet in her arms, and walked to the market to understand the price of prices in this time and space, when she saw a small stall in the corner.

He sat quietly and did not sell. In front of the stall, there was a large piece of calligraphy, with words such as "reading letters" and "writing letters on behalf of the family", and several picture scrolls were piled up in front of him, and there were couplets with black characters on an orange background hanging on the top. At that time, it was almost the New Year, and it was in time for the market day, and many nearby villagers came to sell their own chickens, ducks, vegetables and fruits, and some people asked the price of Spring Festival couplets in the past, and they thought it was cost-effective and bought it home and posted it.

Pei Baoer saw the joy of others preparing for the New Year, thinking that she had fallen into this different time and space, lonely and miserable, and couldn't help but feel a little bleak in her heart of "being alone in a foreign land as a stranger". Seeing that Liuyun's appearance was exactly the same as that of the old man, he couldn't help but feel sad, and looked at him dazedly dripping two tears.

Liuyun was a little at a loss, he hesitated for a while, got up and walked over and took the initiative to ask her: "This lady, but there is an accident in the family, do you need me to help you write a letter?" ”

He lived in this town for half a year, read letters sent back from afar for many people, and wrote letters to many women and children, so he regarded her as one of those people.

Later, Pei Baoer learned that the year before she crossed over was not very peaceful, the old emperor died, and there was a war in northern Xinjiang. The imperial court conscripted, and Ding Zhuang in this neighborhood went a lot, and this station was fought intermittently for a year before stopping. Along with the good news, there was also a list of soldiers who had been rewarded and promoted, or who had been killed or injured and missing.

Speaking of this now, Pei Baoer thought about it again, she didn't know the specific identity of the original owner, why the original owner gave birth in the broken temple with a big belly, and whether her husband and family died in the war, these questions made her extremely depressed.

Liu Yun suddenly said: "Actually, if you didn't look a little like my benefactor, I wouldn't have walked over to talk to you that day, and we wouldn't be what we are today." ”

Benefactor?

Pei Bao'er looked at him with some puzzlement.

"It's the benefactor who saved me from fire and water, she is a woman, and she is three points similar to you."

She was even more confused, "So what? "How did they jump to the topic of benefactors?

"The biggest difference between her and you is in those eyes." Liu Yun had some nostalgia on his face, walked over to the bookcase, took out one of the picture scrolls, and spread it out for her to see.

The depiction depicts a woman reclining on a railing, holding a fan in one hand and leaning out with the other, as if to pluck a flower branch hanging down from the promenade. The sleeves of the shirt naturally droop, revealing slender arms, and even hand ornaments such as armbands are exposed, which is not common in ancient paintings of ladies who pay attention to chastity and grace.

What caught Pei Baoer's attention the most was not the bold movements of the person in the painting, nor the pair of peach blossom eyes that she looked forward to Shenfei, but the bun on her head, how she looked like her favorite pill head in the past.

"Shouldn't you ...... because Miss Chen's eyes are a little similar to hers?"

Liu Yun blushed and nodded.

Therefore, my little sheep did not like Miss Chen San, who was about to marry a wife, which was very good. Pei Baoer let go of a worry.

She couldn't help but joke again, "This woman is indeed very beautiful, cough, but the amount of hair seems to be a little scarce." Haha, I don't know whose girl it is, do you have any relatives? She was already thinking about how much money she would reserve for the little sheep for a dowry in the future.

Unexpectedly, when the little sheep Liu Yun heard this, the red tide on his face receded. After a long time, he struggled to hold back a sentence, "She is already a wife." ”

Pei Baoer sighed, and heard a more explosive gossip: "Since ancient times, she has been so thin, and she has passed away due to illness." ”

She was still vaguely aware in her selfish heart that she couldn't say that her body was related to the woman in the painting, for example, half-sisters and the like. But when he heard the news that the other party had gone, his previous thoughts were completely cut off. That's it, anyway, I'm not the original owner, and it's good to live like this now, so there's no need to be bothered by these.