Chapter 13: The Journey to Qingqiu (2)
Fly north of Chaoyang Valley for three days to Qingqiu Country.
The country of Qingqiu, the products are abundant, the four seasons are like spring, the people eat grains, most of them live in tribes, and all kinds of tribes act in accordance with the regulations between tribes, and the strong are respected. The real human beings in Qingqiu account for only half of them, and most of them are monsters in human form, among which the highest status is the nine-tailed fox, which is particularly respected by the top and bottom of Qingqiu.
The Nine-Tailed Fox clan lives scattered, it seems very mysterious, they are arrogant by nature, they have never interacted with foreigners, and they are quite like emperors who live in seclusion in the mountains.
And the place where the Buddha beads guided Ye Qing and Rong Sheng was in a small city inhabited by humans, and the vast majority of the inhabitants in the city were humans, and there were very few hidden monsters.
"Rong Sheng, you see the difference between the two of them." Ye Qing first pointed to the young man with a stall selling vegetables and fruits at the end of the street, and then asked him to see an old lady who was watering a flower pot diagonally opposite the pharmacy.
Rong Sheng looked at the young man and then at the old lady, and after a long time, he didn't see a single one.
He looked at Ye Qing in confusion, but listened to her: "The little brother who sells fruits is originally a rabbit. ”
Rong Sheng opened his eyes wide and opened his mouth wide, turned his head to look at the guy at the end of the street, he was a rabbit? What about his long ears? What about his short tail?
He stared at him for a long time, until the young man noticed him, and the young man held up a fresh red fruit to him, and Rong Sheng bowed his head in embarrassment.
Ye Qing continued in his ear: "What about the old lady, her original form is a (wolf) grass, which can prolong life after taking it, and has the effect of treating abdominal pain, she is more than two hundred years old. ”
Knowing that the old lady, who was only over seventy years old, was actually more than two hundred years old, Rong Sheng was taken aback, he didn't dare to look at it in a daze, so he had to take a peek.
He saw two children as old as himself playing and running towards the old lady, and the children were naughty, and accidentally bumped into the old lady with their back to them, and the old lady sighed.
Rong Sheng hurriedly withdrew his eyes, and then heard a "bang" of the kettle to the ground.
"Look." Ye took his hand lightly and squeezed it gently.
Raising his eyes, Rong Sheng saw that the old lady did not show a fierce appearance, but smiled and picked two flowers and gave them to the two children.
Seeing that Rong Sheng was not so nervous, Ye Qing led him to the city, and said as he walked: "On the whole street, except for the two of them, everyone else is just like you. ”
Before entering Qingqiu, Ye Qing wanted to use this opportunity to help Rong Sheng get out of the shadow of the fear demon beast, so he deliberately observed for a while and found a rabbit and a (wolf) grass.
"In ancient times, there were people and monsters, not all of them were good people, not all of them would definitely do evil......"
Rong Sheng nodded, thoughtful.
After some food, the two went to the only temple in the city.
The temple is an extremely ordinary courtyard, an outer wall, an inner wall, if you look down from the sky, you can see a big "Hui" character, I heard that there is a clay statue of a human-faced fox body enshrined inside.
Ye Qing and Rong Sheng stood at the base of the exterior wall, carefully looking at the mural painted with color pictures.
"Gently, it has nine tails."
"The birth of the nine-tailed fox is an auspicious sign of peace in the world, so the residents have also prayed for the protection of the nine-tailed fox."
The mural mainly tells about the drought and flood, earthquake and other natural disasters in various places, the nine-tailed fox appeared to cast spells, once again to bring stability and peace to humans, as the root of the nine-tailed fox, Qingqiu country has always been the wind and rain and the people are healthy.
The two walked halfway around the outer wall and found the main entrance, but they were stopped.
The guard raised his eyebrows, spread his hands at her, and said sharply, "Golden Bean!" ”
Ye was stunned for a moment, and repeated in his mouth: "Golden Bean? ”
Do you still need to buy a ticket to enter this temple?
Seeing Ye was stunned, the guard explained: "Pray for the blessing of the fox fairy, you must first show your sincerity, without the golden bean, we will not let you in." ”
The guard said no more, urging the two to leave.
Ye Qing and Rong Sheng had no choice but to walk around the temple for another half circle, and found that there was really only one entrance.
In view of the fact that it was the first time she was doing a task, Ye Qing didn't know what kind of golden beans she would use to turn into a golden bean or fly directly into it, and what impact it would have on blessing the Dharma seal, so she could only choose the honest and practical method of "buying tickets" to get in.
Ye Qing took Rong Sheng out of the temple to inquire where there were golden beans, and before that, she had to figure out what golden beans were.
On the earthen bridge not far from the Fox Immortal Temple, an old man answered questions for them.
It is said that the golden bean is one of the favorite foods of the fox fairy, growing in the deep belly of the continuous mountain peaks of Qingqiu country, and the number is scarce, although it is called the golden bean, it is a nearly transparent white fruit, the size of a small finger nailshell. People dedicate it to the temple, dry and grind it into powder, and the fruit is golden yellow, and then sent to the temple tower by a special person, and at the fifteenth o'clock of the first month of each month, it is scattered into the air, and it is scattered with the wind to bless everyone.
After listening, Ye Qing thanked the old man and prepared to go to the mountains to pick fruits.
"Little girl, did you inquire about the golden beans to go to the temple to pray for blessings?" Seeing that Ye Qing was still carrying a little boy, he kindly reminded: "It's not a coincidence, golden beans bear fruit once in ten years, and they have already borne fruit once last year, and there will definitely be no golden beans this year." ”
"There are no golden beans in the mountains, are there anywhere else?"
"What a clever little girl." The old man laughed, stretched out his hand and pointed to the north: "The Ru family of Jiukeng needs a girl to help with the work, you can go and take a look." ”
The old man left halfway through his words, Ye Qing looked at his distant back, and had a feeling that he had finally connected with the task NPC in the game.
Going out of the Fox Immortal Temple, she asked a few people, either ignoring her, or saying something "Today's weather is very good for traveling", only this old man not only explained what a golden bean is, but also provided the next clue to get a golden bean.
So, Ye Qing took Rong Sheng to a place called Jiukengzi in the city.
There are more than a dozen families in Jiukengzi, but fortunately, there is only one family surnamed Ru.
went straight to Ru's house, Ru's was a young woman in her early twenties, with a blue towel wrapped around her forehead, holding a four or five-year-old girl in her hand, from the time the two entered the door, the little girl's eyes kept falling on Rong Sheng's face.
Ru learned the reason, said frankly: "My family Langjun went into the mountains to pick beans last year, on the way back, fell off the cliff, and there was still a breath when he was carried back, and several doctors in the city came to see and left, and I also went to the temple to ask the fox fairy a few times, but I couldn't pick up half a life." ”
"My mother and daughter are having a hard time, and the beans left by Lang Jun are still of some use."
"If you can weave a hundred double happiness baskets in five days, I can give you two golden beans."
Ru's craftsmanship is good, Lang Jun cried a little more when he died, and his eye was injured, resulting in the work that was received last year could not be completed, the double happiness basket is very complicated, and there are few people in the neighborhood who can weave the twin baskets, even if they can weave, they also rely on craftsmanship to eat.
Golden beans have a certain value, but they are not a currency in circulation.
Even if Ru had some golden beans, they would not come in handy, and she was panicking.
Ru tried to teach Ye Qing to weave a simple basket, Ye Qing knitted it well, so Ru kept her.
The basket was quite boring, Ye Qing asked Rong Sheng to play in the yard, but he stayed next to her and didn't go anywhere.
Rong Sheng sat on a small cushion and meditated, and on the side, Ru's daughter squatted beside Rong Sheng, holding a small face in her hand and looking at him with a smile.
At first, Ye Qing was slow to weave, but after getting started, she gradually increased her speed, Ru was worried that she couldn't do it two days ago, and then found that she also stepped up her time to do it at night, and within three days, Ye Qing had finished weaving a hundred double happiness baskets.
Ru handed the golden bean to Ye Qing and asked her to stay.
"Xiao Ye, you have good craftsmanship and sharp movements, you are the girl who eats this mouthful of food, I am willing to teach you all the weaving methods I know, you can stay!"
When Ru said this, he glanced at Rong Sheng from time to time.
"Your brother is also very well-behaved, how good it is to stay with my daughter!"
On the third day of the Ru family, Ye Qingzao noticed that the daughter of the Ru family was interested in approaching Rong Sheng, although the ancients were precocious, the ancients were also too precocious.
Then again, Rong Sheng looks handsome, not only the daughter of the Ru family, but the little girls from several families around like to play with Rong Sheng, but what about him? He always has a cold face and doesn't like to deal with people. Rong Sheng is actually a very polite child, but Ye Qing found that he really didn't like to talk to little girls.
Despite the fact that there was a girl who rose to the challenge, Rong Sheng couldn't resist it, but still had a few words with her......
During the period when Ye Qing was weaving the basket, he was thinking about an extremely important issue.
Whether it is modern or ancient, there are many things that confuse people's hearts, how to keep Rong Sheng awake, especially not for ...... Confused by beauty?
On the evening of the third day, Ye Qing came up with a brilliant plan.
At night, when Rong Sheng fell asleep, she spread a layer of enchantment in the house, and if there was any danger, she could immediately sense it.
Subsequently, Ye Qing turned back to Chaoyang Valley.