Chapter 38: Seeing Hell in the Day (Part 2)
Shu Mountain belongs to the magnificent Emei Mountains, since ancient times there is a saying that "it is difficult to climb Shu Mountain as the blue sky".
Xiao He and his entourage went down to Shu Mountain, passed through Sanxian Town, and a few days later stopped in Shuikou Town to look back at the immortal Shu Mountain, which was like a sky dotted in the endless dragon veins, majestic and awe-inspiring.
"It's Shuikou Town in front, and it's time for us to take a break from walking on the mountain road for a few days. Fanchen, Xiao He, what do you say about Xu Dabeard?" Murong Yan was wearing a warrior's shirt at this time, and she was not as beautiful as everyone, but heroic.
"Okay, let's rest here. Out of this Shuikou Town, even if it is away from the boundary of Shushan Road in Liangzhou, it is less than half a month away from the junction of Jingzhou. Xu Dabeard took the lead in dismounting and said to a few people.
"I have been to this Shuikou town once, the folk customs here are simple, the specialties are abundant, especially a well here is particularly famous," Xiao He also dismounted, he revisited the old place, and naturally opened the conversation, "This well is called 'nectar', and the well water inside is as sweet and refreshing as nectar." Fanchen, when we settle down, let's go fetch some water to make tea. β
Luo Fanchen nodded when he heard this, "Well, hearing you say this, I'm a little thirsty, let's find a post station to settle down quickly." β
Several people led their horses and walked slowly on the streets of Shuikou Town. It coincides with the town market, and the crowd is bustling and the cries are endless.
Luo Fanchen has not had many opportunities to see such a scene since he was a child in Shu Mountain, and he was attracted by those fresh and strange gadgets at this time, and he was dizzying.
When she saw a vendor selling pipa and drumming instruments in front of the stall, she immediately became interested and walked over. Xiao He watched it interestingly, and followed closely.
"This boy, do you want to buy a pipa or a drum?" the peddler did not dare to slack off when he saw that the business was coming.
"Do you have Changxiao here?" Luo Fanchen asked.
"Yes, yesβ" The vendor immediately pulled out a large bundle of Chang Xiao from under the stall.
Luo Fanchen looked for a long time, and suddenly his eyes were fixed on a piece of purple bamboo, which was made of high-quality material, with fine texture and straight body, which was an excellent material for making Xiao.
"Do you sell this purple bamboo?" Luo Fanchen asked.
"Well, I just picked it from the mountains a few days ago, and I see that you are also an expert, and you know that this piece of bamboo is not ordinary. Let me tell you, the best purple bamboo forest in Liangzhou is the most precious. I'm not an expert in making Xiao, so I'm afraid that I'll mistake this bamboo, so I'll take it out and sell it..."The vendor said the extraordinary thing about this purple bamboo, and at the same time secretly observed Luo Fanchen's face.
Luo Fanchen held it in his hand and played with it, and immediately couldn't put it down: "How much does it cost, I bought it." β
The peddler stretched out a finger: "One hundred taels, not one less." β
Luo Fanchen frowned, obviously thinking that it was too expensive, and a hundred taels was enough to buy a few good horses. She slowly put down the purple bamboo in her hand and said, "Forget it, I still won't buy it." β
The peddler was not angry, and put away all those Changxiao and flutes,
"And what else would you like?"
"No, thank you... Xiao He, let's go. Luo Fanchen smiled at Xiao He and left the stall.
Xiao He secretly made up his mind in his heart, and he answered and left with Luo Fanchen.
Xu Dabeard found a post station, paid the silver taels in advance, and handed over a few horses to Xiao Erhaosheng to serve.
The four of them opened three rooms, one each for Luo Fanchen and Murong Yan, and one for Xu Dabeard and Xiao He, so I won't talk about the reason.
After resting for a long time, Xiao He knocked on Luo Fanchen's door and said:
"Fanchen, let's go to the 'nectar' well and fetch some water. β
Luo Fanchen opened the door, answered, and then picked up the animal skin water bag with Xiao He and walked towards the well.
When they came to the vicinity of the well, they saw a crowd of people, and a wall of people surrounded the well.
"Fanchen, let's go and see the excitement. Xiao He said, grabbed Luo Fanchen's arm with his backhand and drilled to the front of the crowd.
Before Luo Fanchen could answer, he was pulled over by Xiao He, feeling a little dissatisfied in his heart, but feeling the temperature brought by Xiao He's big hands, he felt a trace of sweetness in his heart inexplicably.
Xiao He and the others squeezed to the front of the crowd, but saw a woman dressed as a bride wearing a hijab and holding a spoon of wine in her hand and slowly walking towards the well.
"It turned out that the bride came to 'borrow wine', Fanchen, you must have never seen this. We have a custom in Shushan Road, the bride who has not passed through the door must come to the well in her hometown to get the well water, and drink it with her husband in the future, so that they can give birth to a son as soon as possible!" Xiao He introduced with interest, "The last time I saw this meeting was when I was a child, and the master was not dead at that time..."
Xiao He's mind drifted to when he was young, but he didn't pay attention to Luo Fanchen's strange appearance next to him.
Luo Fanchen frowned, broke free from Xiao He, she strode forward, and grabbed the bride's arm in full view, the bride was startled, and the spoon in her hand fell to the ground.
"Demon, you haven't shown up yet, you are walking around during the day, are you looking for death!" Luo Fanchen shouted.
Xiao He heard Luo Fanchen's drink, and hurriedly looked at the woman, but he didn't find anything unusual.
The woman lifted her hijab and opened her eyes with rage.
"Who do you say is a demon, you prodigal son, I think you don't want to live anymore!
The crowd was suddenly boiling, and many men had already rushed over, wanting to subdue Luo Fanchen. Xiao He rushed forward first, his strength was slightly outward, and those individuals flew upside down one by one, without touching Luo Fanchen's body at all.
When the woman saw that these two people were hard stubble, she shouted: "This person knows how to demons, you should report to the official quickly!"
Many of the people had already reported to the headhunters stationed in the town, Luo Fanchen saw that the situation was no longer in his favor, and formed a sigil in his hand out of thin air, and slapped his palm, and the sigil was firmly imprinted on the woman's forehead.
"See if you can stand this 'Demon Seal', and then you will know if you are a demon!" Luo Fanchen shouted.
The sigil was densely painted with intricate symbols, and after a while, it emitted a dazzling light, and wisps of white smoke came out of the woman's forehead, making a "zizi" sound.
"Ah~ I'm not a demon. The woman cried out in pain, and Xiao He suddenly saw a cloud of black smoke suddenly coming out of her mouth.
The bride suddenly closed her eyes and fell straight down.
Xiao He stepped forward and grabbed it, the black smoke was pinched into pieces, and then quickly regrouped together, it fled back and forth, and suddenly slammed into a man's mouth.
The man's expression suddenly changed, and he shouted: "They are Taoist priests from Shushan, and they actually kill people here, and the big guys have seen it!"
The black smoke came out of the man's mouth again, and Luo Fanchen was about to cast a spell again, but the crowd surrounded the two of them, and she watched the demon flee, and sighed:
"Lucky to let this little ghost escape!"
Xiao He looked at the angry crowd around him, and whispered to Luo Fanchen: "Fanchen, you can't be so reckless next time, this time we are * annoying..."
"That little ghost just now told us the name of Shushan, and we can't escape at this time, otherwise not only will we not be able to clear the suspicion, but Shushan will also lose face..."
"Let's... I said you, can you give me a way?" A man of medium stature and dressed up in a yamen hunt stepped forward through the crowd.
He looked at Xiao He and the others, didn't speak, and walked straight to the woman who fell to the ground. The catcher shook the tip of the woman's nose with one hand, pressed her neck again, suddenly opened his eyes and thought for a while, and then shook his head:
"Dead thoroughly, I said that the two of you ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and actually killed people in the downtown area?"
Xiao He stepped forward and arched his hand: "This woman was not killed by the two of us, my lord, please Mingjian!"
"Damn, you're still arguing! Are all your bull noses in Shushan very majestic!"
The bride's family also rushed forward, holding the corpse and crying and grabbing the ground, and the scene was very difficult to control.
"Okay, you all step down for me! I, Wu Zijiu, am the head catcher of Shuikou Town, and I am responsible for this matter, and the families of the deceased will all step down, Lao Zhang and Lao Li, you will detain these two!" Wu Zizheng shouted.
Xiao He and Luo Fanchen glanced at each other and shook their heads helplessly.