Volume 2: Going Deep Chapter 33: The Rabbit Descends to Earth (2)
Fu Qichuan didn't look up, only said: "Ci Xin said that these radishes have a demonic smell, and some places are still incomplete, I suspect that these cut places should have been ruined by something." ”
Ziling took out one and sniffed it, looked at it for a long time, and said strangely: "What's the demonic smell?" Why didn't I smell it? ”
An Mujin laughed at her, "Your nose is really bad, I can smell it and you haven't smelled it yet?" ”
Ziling immediately glared at him, so frightened that An Mujin didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.
Now they found an inn, opened four rooms, and stayed for the time being.
After the tea and dinner, they sat together, studying the strange batch of turnips.
"It's just that there is a demon smell, but I haven't seen a bite, there are many demons in the world, how can you tell the difference?" Ziling stared at the pile of radishes, and it took a long time to hold back such a sentence.
Fu Qichuan didn't have time to speak, but he saw Ci Xin pick up a radish and bite hard at the cut surface, obviously it was too late to stop it, so he had to watch her reaction silently.
She chewed in her mouth, and suddenly a bitterness mixed with a stench rushed out, and Ci Xin was about to gag, so she quickly ran outside and vomited happily.
When everyone saw this scene, they couldn't help laughing.
After a while, Ci Xin came back from outside, and as soon as she sat down, she kept drinking water, and after a while, she said: "This radish is bitter, astringent and smelly, I really don't know that the demon who lacks virtue gnawed on others halfway." ”
Fu Qichuan smiled and tapped her head, and said, "You, you, you're just too impulsive, and the three of us didn't have time to stop you." ”
Ci Xin smiled, scratched his head embarrassedly, and didn't speak again.
After a while, Fu Qichuan said, "It seems that tomorrow will have to meet that vendor for a while." ”
Everyone looked at each other, speechless, and there was no better way at the moment, so they had to agree with Fu Qichuan's approach.
Early the next morning, they quietly lay in ambush in the place where the hawkers frequented, and in a short time they saw the vendor from yesterday stepping down from a splendid carriage and still sitting in the same place as yesterday to set up his stall.
They watched from a distance for a while, and saw that there were people stopping to buy and sell in front of other people's stalls, but only his small stall was deserted and out of place with the world.
Seeing this, Fu Qichuan came directly from a distance, and the hawker saw them from a distance, and there was only one thought in his mind - escape! So he hurriedly packed up his stall and wanted to roll up the cover and leave, but Fu Qichuan stepped forward and grabbed him directly.
Fu Qichuan didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "The radish you sold me yesterday is bitter and smelly, let's say, how should you compensate?" ”
The peddler knew that he was wrong, but he was not to be outdone, and quibbled: "You are nonsense! I...... My turnips are all fresh, you ...... You're spewing blood! ”
As he spoke, he was about to start beating Fu Qichuan, but he was not tall enough, and the vendor couldn't do anything with him with all his might. It was An Muhibiscus who pulled him up directly.
At this time, there were many people around them, all accusing the hawkers of outrageous behavior and only bullying outsiders.
A person familiar with the matter broke the news while knocking melon seeds, "This person's name is Zhong Yicai, and the things he sells are all bitter, astringent and smelly, no matter if you are radish or any other vegetable, it has the same taste!" So his stuff, we locals never sell. ”
Zhong Yicai's face was blue and white for a while, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, he hurriedly said: "A few guest officers are really sorry, the little one doesn't know that there is a problem with the radish, and the little one is willing to compensate, willing to compensate." He said, looking at them with supplication in his eyes.
"That's not good, you have to give us an explanation anyway, right, Zhong Gongzi?"
Zhong Yicai was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How do you know that I am a son?" "Isn't this person capable of mind reading?
Ziling stepped forward and smiled evilly, "The carriage that brought you here should be expensive, right?" How could ordinary people afford such a carriage? ”
An Mujin put down Zhong Yicai, and he hurriedly said: "What the heroes said is that the little ones will give you an explanation." ”
As soon as he had said that, he whistled, and in the distance came a carriage with a special groom on it.
Fu Qichuan immediately said: "Then we might as well be respectful." ”
After saying that, they walked in one by one.
The son of a wealthy family is the son of a wealthy family in the end, and the car that sells vegetables on the street exudes a smell of wealth from top to bottom. A carriage for the five of them was more than enough.
Ci Xin and Ziling don't care about anything, anyway, they threaten to force entertainment and other hard work to those men, and they just take the fresh fruits and snacks on the small table to eat. Ziling is even more familiar, as if she is at home, and pours herbal tea from the big white porcelain teapot next to her to drink.
Zhong Yicai only lamented in his heart that he provoked a group of demon stars for no reason, and he ate and drank by him, where did he dare to say a word.
Seeing his frightened expression, An Mujin smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I just want to know that you are from a wealthy family, why do you have to work hard to sell vegetables?" ”
Zhong Yicai sighed and said: "It's not to please my sick grandfather, he has worked hard all his life, but this year's melons, fruits and vegetables have been ruined by something, resulting in no matter what he planted, it is not only bitter, but also very smelly, causing him to be unbearable for a while and fall ill." He added, "If it weren't for my grandfather's happy life, how would I have sold those vegetables!" ”
After hearing this, Ci Xin felt that he was not so annoying, but just to please his grandfather, and he was also a hard-working person.
Everyone sighed, this filial grandson is also rare.
"Then why don't you take it back to your grandfather with your own money? Make him happy? Ziling asked suspiciously.
"Well, he can see it, though I don't know how." With that, he shook his head helplessly.
Everyone was lost in thought.
After a while, Fu Qichuan opened his mouth to break the dead silence, and he said: "The first disciple in Xia Xianglin Palace, Fu Qichuan, this experience of going down the mountain is based on eliminating harm for the people, and please tell me the location, so we can check it." ”
I saw Zhong Yicai's face was happy, but it was dim, and he said lightly: "It's useless, I've invited a lot of people to come and see it over the years, and they all returned disappointed." ”
An Mujin smiled: "How do you know if you can't try it?" ”
Zhong Yicai said lightly: "Forget it, I've been disappointed so many times anyway, not this time." Immediately, he shouted: "Go to the Qinxin Lake Vegetable Garden." ”
The carriage then turned around and walked towards Qinxin Lake.
When Ziling heard about Qinxin Lake, she became energetic, "Is the vegetable field near the beautiful Qinxin Lake?" ”
Zhong Yicai nodded and said, "The girl guessed exactly." ”
"I've heard that there's an old palace near Qinxin Lake, right?" Fu Qichuan thought for a moment and guessed.
"Exactly, but that palace has been abandoned for a long time, and a few months ago someone heard a rustling sound from inside, and some people speculated that it had been uninhabited for a long time, provoking mortal immortals to come and live here." He paused, and then said, "There are often people who go to worship, but if the spirit is not spiritual, I don't know, anyway, I don't believe in this." He shrugged his shoulders and said lightly.
Ci Xin said with a smile while eating the fruit plate: "How can an immortal go down to earth to live in a broken palace? ”
Zhong Yicai waved his hand and said: "Eh, Miss is wrong, since everyone knows that there are immortals living here, they have been very diligent in renovating the entire abandoned palace, and it is no longer what it was before." Now the name of the small palace is also given, called Qibao Palace. ”
Ci Xin nodded, only felt that the name was too literary, and he didn't bother to think about it, so he buried his head in eating again.
"That palace has been renovated, and the gods still live in it?"
"Exactly."
Ziling didn't understand, didn't Daddy say that once the abandoned house was renovated, the immortals ran away, and they still lived in it, which can only mean that the people living in it may not be immortals.
"By the way, I also heard that around the Lantern Festival, the immortals in the Qibao Hall plan to open the door to recruit talents, and then take everyone to fly to the sky and the moon together." Zhong Yicai's eyebrows fluttered, not caring about their opinions at all.
After crossing a mountain, I saw the Qibao Temple, which is located on the shore of Qinshui Lake, at the foot of Yixian Mountain.
Although the year has just passed, the industrious working people are now preparing for the loosening of the soil and preparing for the next year's harvest.
Why does everyone like to plant a vegetable garden here? Because it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is a great place.
The carriage stopped, and everyone got out of the car, only to see a gorgeous palace standing on the opposite bank, two or three stories high, and some small lanterns were hung in front of the eaves.
Seeing that people come and go here, there are those who believe in the gods and goddesses, and there are also working people who loosen the soil, so it is not lively.
Under the leadership of Zhong Yicai, they came to the Zhong family vegetable garden, which is very large, with all kinds of fruits and vegetables.
"This is my garden." Zhong Yicai introduced.
An Mujin nodded, "I didn't expect your vegetable garden to be quite big." ”
Zhong Yicai raised his eyebrows proudly, "That is, the so-called eating mountains by the mountains and draught by water, isn't that the truth?" ”
Fu Qichuan squatted down to check his family's radish, there was nothing wrong with it on the surface, but when he pulled it up, he was dumbfounded.
I saw that the little radish was gnawed beyond recognition, one bite on the left and one bite on the right, but the tooth marks were neat.
Fu Qichuan thought for a moment and said his thoughts, "Just looking at these tooth marks, they should be gnawed by rabbits." He affirmed, "When I gave Xiao Baixian a carrot before, the radish that she had eaten was finished, and that's it." ”
"That'...... How does this rabbit do it, not eat the top and gnaw the bottom? "Ci Xin is like this, and he often likes to say it in one sentence.
"This ......" Fu Qichuan was asked, after all, he didn't know why.
"Maybe it's a demon?" Ziling said suddenly.
"Aren't demons eating meat? Do they also eat vegetables? Ci Xin didn't understand and asked blankly.
An Mujin pulled her out and educated: "Let you study hard, you don't listen, now it's okay, I don't even understand some basic knowledge." He looked at her ignorant little eyes, and explained helplessly: "Demons eat meat and vegetables." ”
She frowned, still looking like she didn't understand.
"You know how to bully Ci Xin all the time." Ziling stepped forward and grabbed his ear, and said while teaching him.
"Oh, Miss, it hurts." An Mujin begged for mercy vigorously.
This scene made everyone laugh, and Ci Xin also changed his complexion just now, and the one who laughed was called happy.
After a while, Fu Qichuan opened his mouth and said: "If it is really a demon, then I think that Qibao Hall is the most suspicious place." The crowd looked at each other until he could speak.
"Because this Qibao Hall and the Zhong family's vegetable garden are very close to each other, and secondly, because those immortals have just moved in, the vegetables in his vegetable garden are not delicious."
"Then are we going to the Qibao Hall to find out?" Ci Xin asked excitedly.
Fu Qichuan waved his hand, "Don't worry, aren't they going to make a big move tomorrow?" Let's just go in with the group. ”
Everyone nodded, it seemed that the mystery of all this would only be revealed tomorrow.
Out of the vegetable garden, everyone looked at the bustling downtown area, thinking that it was not time to open the door, and the crowd was endless, so tomorrow, wouldn't there be no place to stand?