Chapter 112, Three Days of Son
On the morning of the third day, after breakfast, the four of them headed west to Pegasus, and three days later arrived at the prosperous capital of Sanzi.
Three days of the capital, located in the north and south of the traffic rush; black and white two mountains embrace each other, like dragons and phoenixes flying; the north and south of the big mountain are continuous, the mountains and rivers are stacked and green; the middle of the Lushui disc ring meanders, the aura is full of energy, the scenery is beautiful. According to legend, the ancient Emperor Fuxi, the Red Emperor Shennong and the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor once stayed here for a long time, which can be described as the wonder of the creation of the universe and the treasure land of the gods and spirits.
Today, Sanzidu has already developed into a famous metropolis within a radius of thousands of miles. The four of them turned over and dismounted, and entered the majestic and tall city gate, where a spacious street paved with bluestone slabs led straight inside. But see that both sides are two or three storey pavilions, black tiles and white walls, multi-storey courtyards, high ridge cornices, winding corridors, pavilions and pavilions; the building rises from the waterside, the courtyard borrows the mountain, Dai Qing tile, horse head wall, flying chair, small lattice window; stone brick and wood carving, small bridge and flowing water, simple and elegant, make people look at it and are fascinated. Go further, gradually in the center of the city, you can see the shops on both sides, singing and selling, gold plaques and silver ornaments, flags fluttering, a prosperous scene.
"'Shennong Inn'!" Hua Qinglou suddenly raised his face and shouted, "I dare to name it!"
"There's also a 'Fuxi Hexagram Altar' over there?" Meng Jiang looked and pointed into the distance.
"It's even more daring to call over there!'Three Emperors Colorful City'!" Li Qingtong shouted.
"Then we'll stay at the 'Shennong Inn' tonight. Liang Qingshan Road.
While talking, the four of them came to the front yard of the inn. The innkeeper had already come up and greeted him enthusiastically, and the four of them followed, and immediately a man came and led the horses in.
"Could it be that the Red Emperor Shennong once lived with you?" Hua Qinglou asked with a smile.
The boss also replied with a smile: "Don't say it, guest officer, the human emperor Shennong really stayed in our store." ”
"So...... Is this small building and courtyard an ancient building with tens of thousands of years of age?" asked Liang Qingshan.
"I see this brick and this tile, it's the newly burned style of Jingdezhen in the south!" Hua Qinglou said with a smile.
"Guest officer Takami. The location of this inn courtyard is really the location of the ancient courtyard, but the pavilions and pavilions of the year have long been destroyed by the water and fire of the passing years. The current inn was built in imitation of later generations, but it is also 180 years old. ”
The four of them entered the store, Liang Qingshan sat down to rest, and Li Qingtong, Hua Qinglou and Meng Jiang, three young men and women, were attracted by the prosperity of the three days, and threw down their bags and ran out of the door, but saw the "Three Emperors and Five Colors City" not far away The five-storey building is in this mountain city water market with two or three floors of pavilions, and it looks like a flock of chickens; and the colorful city is a brand-new red wall, green tiles, yellow doors, and golden pillars, and the color is completely different from the surrounding pavilions with green tiles and white walls, and it is particularly dazzling; in addition, the colorful flags fluttering upstairs and downstairs, the gongs and drums are noisy, and the crowds on the street are still rushing there, which arouses the curiosity in their hearts even more.
"Little brother, why is this 'Three Emperors Colorful City' so lively today?" asked a guy who stopped the door of the inn.
"Childe first arrived, I don't know, this 'Three Emperors Colorful City' was opened the day before yesterday, you see, the celebration of the flower basket salute has not been withdrawn, one to three floors is department store sales, the first five days are preferential treatment, all goods are 50% off, where to buy more than 100 taels of silver, you can also participate in the lottery activities, winning the lottery and the grand prize, today is the third day, the three guest officers do not go to join in the fun?
"What is a prize?" Meng Jiang asked Li Qingtong with a raised face.
"I don't know very well, Senior Brother Fifteen, you know, right?"
Hua Qinglou said: "Vientiane in this world, how can there be anything I don't know? There are many ways to buy lottery with prizes, and the three sentences and two sentences are not clear, go and see if you know?"
"Two sons, can you go and have a look?" Meng Jiang looked at the two of them with expectant eyes.
"Wait, where are you going?" Liang Qingshan shouted from behind. He was still not very worried about the three of them, so he chased them out of the room.
"The opening of the 'Three Emperors and Five Colors City' is a big deal, we want to go and see the excitement!" Li Qingtong said.
"What is so beautiful about the mundane things in the world?" Liang Qingshan said.
"The five materials grow in the mountains, and the seven treasures are in the city. Fifth Senior Brother, these three days are a metropolis that connects the north and the south, and 100% of them will gather strange treasures from all directions!"
"Fifth Senior Brother, I want to see if there is any good silk and satin material. Meng Jiang said in a pretty voice.
"Then let's go and have a look!" Three of the four people asked for the same thing, and Liang Qingshan had no choice but to accompany him.
The four of them followed the crowded crowd and flocked to the "Three Emperors and Colorful City", and when they entered the building door, they felt that their eyes were bright, and they were really dazzling. The first two rows are children's toys, leather monkeys, building block strollers, three-color stones, five-element chess, everything, Li Qingtong and Hua Qinglou couldn't help but be childlike, and touched them all the same.
Liang Qingshan said with a smile: "The two junior brothers, I still want to go back in time and return to the days of the little kids." ”
The two of them smiled wryly, and then stepped forward. The back three rows are all children's clothes and children's equipment.
"Children are really happy now!" Meng Jiang sighed softly.
The four of them went up to the second floor. The second floor is full of women's fashion. What is a long scarf, a double-beaded spirit shoe, a three-color jacket, a five-color brocade jacket, a seven-trick fairy skirt, and a nine-tailed fox fur...... Seeing that Miss Meng Jiang was dazzled and amazed. Further inside, there are all kinds of silk materials, such as the Hangzhou silk of the stream, such as the Xuan silk of paper, the Shu satin of the group flower, the colorful cloud brocade, everything. Miss Meng Jiang looked left and right, touching the slippery satin with her hand, she really couldn't put it down, but in the end she only spent a hundred taels of silver to buy a silver-white Hunan satin with gold silk dark lines, and then reluctantly left.
"Sister, this gold and silver satin doesn't look like you can wear it?" asked Li Qingtong.
"Of course I didn't wear it, I wanted to use it to make a new robe for Brother Wan. Meng Jiang said softly.
"This starling parrot, I really don't know how many generations of blessings it has cultivated? Or it has stepped on the dog and been lucky. Hua Qinglou sighed exaggeratedly.
"Senior Brother Hua, I'll also buy you a piece of satin to make one, right?" Meng Jiang turned his face to him.
"I don't want your sympathy and compassion for the weak. Hua Qinglou sighed exaggeratedly again and shook his head. "You want me to be completely paralyzed in front of the parrot?"
"Senior Sister Meng, don't listen to him, how can he have a word of truth?" Liang Qingshan said.
Hua Qinglou hurriedly shouted: "God, don't bring such a blow to the weak!"
"Go to the third floor!" came Li Qingtong's cheers from the front.
The three of them hurriedly followed. All four of them widened their eyes and let out inexplicable sounds of surprise from their mouths. If the first floor is full of dazzling colors, the second floor is overflowing with brilliance, but the third floor can no longer find a better and more appropriate word to describe it, and can only express their mood with surprise. The counter on the third floor has been changed to a vertical one, with a total of six rows, and you can see it at a glance when you step on the third floor, all of which are rare treasures, spiritual artifacts and artifacts, most of which are related to cultivation, and many of them have never been seen before. The shark pearls from the East China Sea, the green jade of Yaoguang Mountain, the armor of the Yangtze crocodile, the boots of rhinoceros skin, the strong bow of Jianqimu, the sharp arrow of Huiji copper, the innocent sword of Ziyang Mountain, and the flame spear of Qingyun Mountain...... This is the pearl and jade weapon they have occasionally seen before, and there are even more that they have not seen, and they can only be identified by the words on the label, including rhinoceros horns, snake horns, green dragon horns, dark bear gall, fire snake gall, ghost demon gall, 100-year-old ginseng, thousand-year-old soft-shelled turtle, 10,000-year-old Ling worm, Dongting golden mussel shell, southern red snake molt, Beihai silver kun scales, golden smoke incense ding, purple gas pill furnace, red flame pearl...... The four of them opened their eyes and bought it one after another.
Before the three of them went down the mountain, in addition to Liang Qingshan's heirloom treasure bag "Shimu Bag", each of them gave an ordinary storage bag, which in addition to putting some necessary clothes, commonly used pills and commonly used blades, they also brought three thousand taels of silver to each person for consumption and emergency use on the road. When they arrived at the Hou Mansion, Mrs. Xu gave Li Qingtong and Miss Meng Jiang three thousand taels of silver each, so Li Qingtong became the richest of the four.
Hua Qinglou looked at it for a long time, and finally selected the purple gas pill furnace, and asked for a price of 1,200 taels.
"Grab the money!" he asked, grimacingly.
"The top Dan furnace on the market, it is your fate to meet it, and now it is a 50% discount, is it still expensive?"
Hua Qinglou gritted his teeth and took out six hundred taels of silver to buy it.
Li Qingtong fell in love with the Red Flame Bead, because the label said that it was actually a Flame Bead, and the energy released by it was equivalent to a small fire;
"Blow!" Hua Qinglou said disdainfully.
In fact, Hua Qinglou first fell in love with the Red Flame Pearl, but when he quietly asked the price, two thousand taels of silver, there was no electricity immediately.
Regarding the seller's advocacy, Li Qingtong would rather believe it than believe it. Besides, even the fire beads of calamity energy are worth this price, so they bought the red flame beads for a thousand taels of silver.
Liang Qingshan only spent three hundred taels of silver to buy the golden cigarette incense tripod with a price of six hundred taels of silver.
"Fifth Senior Brother is too picky!" Hua Qinglou said with a smile.
"Buy only the right ones, not the expensive ones. Liang Qingshan smiled and said, "It's only been a few days since you left Qingyang Mountain, three thousand taels of silver, it sounds like a lot, but how long can you spend such a flowing amount of money, and when you can't even afford steamed rice, what will you do?"
"Sister, are you reluctant to spend money to buy it?" Li Qingtong asked Meng Jiang.
"Not really, it's mostly ...... I don't know what to choose?" Meng Jiang was at a loss, and Nuo Nuo said.
"That'...... Fifth Senior Brother, you can help choose one for your sister. Li Qingtong turned his face to Liang Qingshan and said.
"Come on! Senior Sister Meng. You're just getting started with the exercises now, so you don't need to rely too much on any treasures, and you don't need any high-end treasures at the moment, so don't spend a lot of money on treasures like the two of them, you can't use them at a high price. Liang Qingshan Road.
"The fifth senior brother is right, today Meng Jiang will listen to the fifth senior brother. ”
"This fire snake gallbladder is a good product for purifying the heart and cooling the blood, and it is an excellent medicinal material to prevent fire from falling into demons in the stage of refining qi, and the price is only four hundred taels of silver; You can only spend five hundred taels of silver on the two things together, are you willing?"
Meng Jiang didn't understand, but after listening to the fifth senior brother, he cleared his mind. What Senior Brother Fifth helped me choose is exactly what I am using at the moment, so why hesitate?"
In this way, the three of them bought what they wanted, and happily went to the fourth floor to gamble.
The so-called gambling lottery is that each person takes out one-tenth of the price of the commercial goods they buy to buy chips, buys a column of chips for every ten taels of silver, and gives two columns of chips for more than 100 taels, so as to gamble on the lottery. The price of the jackpot ranges from 10 to 30 times the amount of chips. There are several ways to gamble on the lottery, such as simple collars, archery, etc., and complex dice shaking, lottery and so on. The four men bought silk and satin treasures for a total of two thousand five hundred taels of silver. If they all participate in the lottery, they need to come up with another two hundred and fifty taels of silver.
"It's fun, I'll participate!" Hua Qinglou cheered and took out sixty taels of silver. Then he asked Meng Jiang, "What about you, the beautiful girl Meng Jiang?"
"I ......?" Meng Jiangnuo said, "I won't participate." ”
"Fifth Senior Brother, can't you play?" Hua Qinglou turned to Liang Qingshan.
"I'll do whatever you want, I'll play with you if you like. Liang Qingshan Road. He actually doesn't like to play this kind of game, and always thinks it's all a trick to cheat money.
"Seventeen, what about you?" Hua Qinglou finally turned to Li Qingtong.
"Not only did I participate myself, but I also paid my sister's chip money, so let's play together. Li Qingtong also felt that this game was a bit interesting.
"No, I won't play. Meng Jiang looked at Li Qingtong and said.
"I said seventeen, you are the rich man of this trip, including six thousand taels of silver, why don't you be generous and pay all our chips?"
Hua Qinglou said with a smile.