Chen Bai sat in front of Ding Qing's grave all night.

Ding Qing, who was taught by Chen Bai and Xia, was buried next to the official road.

Low tomb, no monument.

Chen Bai stayed awake all night, and he kept thinking about why he came to this world.

When he first knew that he could practice, he was very excited, after all, everyone has a martial arts dream in their hearts.

But.

When he saw a young man trying to stay alive being killed.

When he thought that he had also harvested more than a dozen lives.

He began to wonder what the meaning of practice was.

Guarding, cultivating to the top, changing the world, all these things seem particularly ethereal to him, an outsider.

The stars rise, the stars disappear.

Frost falls, fog rises.

Chen Bai just sat still, more and more confused, and more and more decadent.

At this time, Xia Jiaoxi's voice sounded in Chen Bai's ears: "Mr. Chen, the sun has risen. ”

This sentence was like a spring thunder exploding in Chen Bai's ears.

"Yes, no matter what world you are in, no matter what happened yesterday, the sun always rises as usual, and life can only go on." Chen Bai muttered.

After Chen Bai figured it out, he got up instantly, swept away the previous decadence, picked up the firewood knife, looked at it and said, "It's okay to have no blade." ”

.….….…

Two days later, Chen Bai and Xia Jiaoxi could already see the gate of Lingdong Mansion.

If it is said that Hongshi County is more than ten times larger than Langshan Eup, then Lingdong Mansion is dozens of times larger than Hongshi County.

Although there is still some distance between them, the long wall seems to have no end and cannot be seen at a glance.

The street trees are more and more lush.

The crowd gathered everywhere also increased.

The wide road leads to the city gate of Lingdong Mansion, which is open and guarded by sergeants.

One road, welcoming guests from all over the world, accommodating all kinds of people.

The son of brocade, the hard-working porter.

Broken straw sandals, ornate carriages.

When Chen Bai and the others arrived at the city gate, it was already noon.

Lingdong Mansion is different from the Yi and county that Chen Bai has experienced, and there is no review, but it is necessary to enter the city to pay fees.

Although there is no censorship, the flow of people is too large.

The crowd that was about to enter the city lined up in three long columns, and although the crowd was full of conversations and children's crying, due to the patrol of the sergeants, the formation was never chaotic.

On both sides of the city gate, two wooden planks were erected, and several large characters were engraved on the boards.

"Entrance fee, ten dollars per person!"

In front of Chen Bai, a person who looked like a scholar joked with his companion: "In the entire Chaocheng Mountain Country, the payment for entering the city is also unique." ”

Another voice said with a smile: "Lingdong Mansion Three Uniques, Zhangtai Street, Liu Zizi, and Chu Fanxi, if you don't see any of them, you have to pay first." ”

.….….…

After Chen Bai and the others entered the city, they were a little at a loss. The wide streets, the bustling crowds, the hawkers, and the cars and horses were dazzling.

At this time, Xia Jiaoxi pointed to the side of the road and said to Chen Bai: "Mr. Chen, look! ”

Chen Bai looked in the direction pointed by Xia Jiaoxi, and saw a striking road sign on the side of the road, with an arrow to the right drawn on it, and three words were written on the arrow, "Zhangtai Street".

Chen Bai looked around and found that there was only one road sign on the criss-crossed streets.

I couldn't help but think to myself: "Using the Merry Land as a signboard, this Lingdong Mansion is indeed a bit unexpected." ”

remembered that Ding Qing once said that his family lived near Zhangtai Street, so Chen Bai said to Xia Jiaoxi: "Let's go, go to Zhangtai Street to have a look." ”

This is also the direction that most pedestrians go to.

Zhangtai Street.

Zhangtai Street has to be the name of a street, but nine horizontal and nine vertical, and eighteen streets are intertwined.

The scale of Zhangtai Street is comparable to the size of the entire Zhengshi County, full of green houses, restaurants, hotels, and even a three-zhang wide river interspersed and lingering.

Among them, there are countless arch bridges, and light boats are not counted.

Chen Bai and Xia Jiaoxi followed the crowd in the direction of Zhangtai Street, but before they entered Zhangtai Street, they were full of rouge and laughter.

It was as if the air in the vicinity had been dyed pink.

The vast majority of the crowd heading to Zhangtai Street were men. Literati, warrior monks, peddlers and pawns....

Approaching Zhangtai Street, the flow of the crowd has also accelerated a lot.

Enter Zhangtai Street.

People who come here for the first time, all are amazed, all kinds of painting pavilions and Zhu Lou stand in a forest, all kinds of bridge arches such as weeping rainbows and lying waves, the posture that can be seen everywhere, and the happy words that can be heard everywhere.

The prosperity of Zhangtai Street is inexhaustible in a few words.

Fortunately, it is not a rainy day at this moment, if it is a rainy day, it is estimated that the rain will be like fragrant sweat.

Chen Bai and the others were so shocked by the scene in front of them that they stopped.

It took a while before I was attracted by an abrupt voice.

"Just kidding, the history of Lingshan is only a few years, and you dare to write 100,000 years of bitter caryophyllus."

Chen Bai looked in the direction of the sound.

I saw a group of people surrounding a young boy.

A young boy, about sixteen or seventeen. Sitting on a stool, there is a long table in front of him, a bamboo flute on the long table, and a wooden board is set up next to the long table.

I saw the wooden board written: "The bamboo flute is made of 100,000 years of bitter caryophyllus, weighing 10,000 catties, 1,000 yuan once, and those who can take it will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan." ”

The little boy didn't talk, pretended to be lazy, and ignored everyone.

Among them, there were several good deeds, who did not believe in evil, and threw down ten taels of silver to get the flute on the table, but saw that the flute did not move at all.

Every time the little boy received money, he always smiled slyly.

At this time, several monks in the crowd had a guess in their hearts, and muttered to the people next to them: "The weapon of the power general!" ”

At this time, no one stepped forward, and even a few people left quickly.

Chen Bai stepped forward and looked at the piccolo on the table, he had an inexplicable feeling that this flute was not heavy.

looked at the little boy in front of him, with red lips and plain teeth, and his skin was like snow. The hands are like soft wattles, and the eyes are full of stars.

Although she was dressed as a boy, Chen Bai concluded that the other party was a girl.

I didn't plan to debunk it, but just asked: "This little brother, can you get it, can you really reward 10,000 dollars?" ”

saw the girl winking at Chen Bai, and deliberately suppressed her voice and said, "Yes." ”

Chen Bai motioned for Xia Jiaoxi to pay, and Xia Jiaoxi stepped forward and took out all the money, seven taels of silver, thirty yuan, a total of seven hundred and thirty yuan.

Chen Bai was quite helpless when he saw this, and several boos came from the side.

But this girl didn't mind the difference of a few hundred dollars, and seeing that Xia Jiaoxi was about to take back the money on the table, she hurriedly covered the money and said to Chen Bai: "Try it!" ”

Seeing that the other party agreed, Chen Bai nodded, and was about to reach out to get the flute on the table.

At this time, a few voices came from the side: "Don't do it!" ”

"Ridiculous!"

Indeed, if it is really a powerful instrument, then who can hold it except to walk with a device?

Chen Bai ignored these voices, but continued to reach out to hold the flute.

Just when everyone thought that Chen Bai would still be like those people just now, purely giving money, they saw that Chen Bai had already picked up the flute and circled it between his fingers a few times.

At this time, a blind fortune teller across the street stood up and "stared" at Chen Bai.

The girl in front of Chen Bai also got up suddenly and looked at Chen Bai dumbfounded.

Chen Bai played with it a few times, put the flute down, and then said to the girl: "Little brother, is this okay?" ”

This girl, who is in her early sixties of one meter, is a head shorter than Chen Bai, and the girl did not respond at all to Chen Bai's question.

Chen Bai raised his hand and shook it in front of the girl's eyes, and the girl reacted and just said the word "you".

A voice in the surrounding crowd suddenly sounded: "It's not a force general's weapon, you can give it a try." ”

Hearing this, the girl stopped what she wanted to say.

Then he said to the crowd: "Closed the stall, closed the stall." ”

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said to Chen Bai: "This brother Tai only has eighty silver on his body, I will bet the flute to you first, and I will get it in two days." ”

Chen Baigang wanted to refuse, but when he saw the girl stuffing the silver money and bamboo flute into his hands, he rushed into the crowd and disappeared.

The crowd around did not disperse immediately, and some people greedily looked at the bitter stone bamboo flute in Chen Bai's hand.

Looking at the performance of the flute just now, it is indeed enough to be a qualified instrument.

Although it aroused everyone's greed, no one snatched it.

At this time, a voice came from the crowd: "This brother, I will give me two thousand silver, how about giving me the flute in your hand?" ”

When Chen Bai heard this, he shook his head, handed the money to Xia Jiaoxi, and played with the bitter stone bamboo flute in his hand.

I saw the bitter caryophyllum flute, the whole body is verdant, less than two feet, like an ordinary seven-hole flute.

But Chen Bai has been able to confirm that this is the weapon of the force general.

Even if he has an impulse, he can also carry this flute into his body.

Suppressing his inner thoughts, Chen Bai beckoned Xia Jiaoxi to leave, and the crowd dispersed.

.….….…

"Blind, did you give me a fake flute to trick me?" The girl bit the sugar gourd and said to the blind man next to her.

The man who is called blind, about fifty years old, has a slender body, an angular face, and if not his eyes, he should be an old man.

Although the blind man's eyes can't see, his eyes are always "staring" in the direction of Chen Bai and the others.

Without looking back, he patted the girl's head with his right hand and said, "It's not big or small." ”

The girl didn't mind, and continued to nibble on the sugar gourd and said, "Then, dear sixth uncle, tell me, why was that person able to take the power weapon just now?" ”

At this point, the girl stopped chewing and turned her head tentatively and said, "Is he your illegitimate child?" ”

"Still..."

"He's a general, too?"

The blind man was not annoyed by the girl's joke, but continued to "star" in the direction where Chen Bai was.

The mouth said: "If it were my illegitimate child, I would wake up laughing in my dreams." ”

"It can't be a general."

"That person, it should be a variable."

After speaking, he turned around and looked at the girl in front of him, and after a long while, he touched the girl's head and said, "Girl, you are also old enough to get married." ”

I saw the girl turn her head and look at the blind man, and said, "I'm not interested in men, I'll marry that Liu Zizi back home." ”