Chapter 2 Let the arrows fly a little longer
When Makino heard Su Qin say that this broken stone was a 'rich golden toad', he slandered in his heart where this stone has anything to do with wealth, third prince, aren't you talking nonsense with your eyes open, but Makino didn't dare to show the slightest emotional fluctuation, he was afraid that he couldn't help but laugh out loud, so he turned sideways and took two steps back.
Gu Luoshu on the side looked at the stone with a curious face, with seven doubts and three expectations in his heart, and said in his heart Could it be that these stones really have a great origin, except for the strange shapes, but where is the strange Gu Luoshu really can't see it, if what Su Qin said is true...... This young man will definitely not lie, Gu Luoshu glanced at Su Qin, even if he didn't know why he trusted Su Qin a little more in his heart.
"One scene, one poem, one stone and one day. After listening to Su Qin's words, the old man standing in front of the stone nodded with a smile and said a word, raised his left hand and stroked the goat's whiskers on his chin a few times, and then said to Su Qin, young man, tell me about it.
"What this old gentleman said is that all things in heaven and earth only have their creation, just like there is an ancient saying in our mountains, called the mountain without stone is not strange, the water is not clear without stones, in fact, not only that, some strange stones can not only play a clear heart, pleasant effect, but also pottery, longevity effect, and this stone that looks a little weird and very much like a toad is not so simple, if I guess correctly, its original stone should be quartzite (Note 1), because "Yan Biography" It is recorded that in ancient times, when the Adis Mountains appeared, there were several volcanoes here, and this stone is probably after being infected and infiltrated by volcanic magma, it was broken into rivers after a long period of weathering, and then sharpened by water to form black-brown and dark red, so that it now shows a dark red above and dark color below, you see this place......" Su Qin said and pointed to a concave point on the side of the stone, "The texture of the stone in this place is clear and varied, and the inside should be more beautiful than the outside. The scenery is picturesque, mainly because the stone is particularly delicate and clean,* often deep into the sky and hazy, with extremely rich layers of primary and secondary echoes. ”
Speaking of this, Su Qin paused for a moment, showing a hint of embarrassment, "I said so much that it has nothing to do with it being called the Rich Golden Toad, just to give this extraordinary strange stone a worthy name, just like these ......"
Su Qin said and glanced at the other stones a few times, then raised his right hand and pointed at the stones, "I am going to call this stone 'Treading Waves', this is 'Rooster Spring', and this 'Flower and Full Moon', as for this turtle pattern stone, let's call it 'Bamboo Plum' for the time being, you look at his color, half like a bamboo and half like a plum, it is really the best among strange stones." ”
After Su Qin finished speaking, he looked at the old man, and found that the old man was staring at the rich golden toad on the ground and was a little distracted, and Mu Ye on the side could no longer be described as dumbfounded, he heard Su Qin take out the stone of the rich golden toad one by one, Mu Ye was secretly surprised, he had followed Su Qin since he was a child, how could he not know that Su Qin knew this?
And Gu Luoshu looked at Su Qin with envy, in his opinion, Su Qin, who had just spoken eloquently, was undoubtedly full of vigor and confidence, giving people a taste of pointing out the country.
"Childe, how do you know this?" Makino felt a lot more comfortable when he asked this question, but with his understanding of Su Qin for so many years, I'm afraid there is no answer, just like every time he asked Su Qin how to control the beast, Su Qin always smiled slightly and said to understand with his heart, to understand with his heart?
"How many times have I told you, read more books. Su Qin rolled his eyes as he spoke, at this time he was too lazy to pay attention to Muye, before he had a headache The stones in front of him were not cared for, but now he finally met a person who seemed to know the goods, so he naturally couldn't miss it, "This gentleman is an expert at first sight, the garden is not beautiful, the room is not elegant, if you like these stones, the price is negotiable." ”
"I'm interested in this stone, but you have to answer my question first. The old man came back to his senses at this time, looked at Su Qin and said with a slight smile, and silently recited in his heart the sentence he just said that the garden is not stone, the room is not beautiful, and the room is indecent.
Su Qin was overjoyed in his heart, and then said something that made the old man smile again, "Don't say a question, it's no problem for you to ask ten questions all the time." ”
"How do you know this? I'm afraid this question is a bit private, you don't want to say it's okay, do you know some ways to identify strange stones?"
"I used to catch prey in the mountains, you know, the Adis Mountains are full of rocks, in order to catch some animal traces from the rocks, I found some ancient books from the tribe to read, and slowly remembered. Su Qin said this quickly, as if in order to hide something, his eyes stayed on the old man's face a few times, and when he saw that the latter's expression did not change, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then continued to say that the way to appreciate strange stones is only to see them, hands, ears, and nose, look at them, understand their reason, argue their taste, and recognize their truth.
"I didn't expect you to know these things at a young age, I want these stones, you have the final say, but you have to find a way to help me transport them back to the city. The old man looked at Su Qin, full of deep meaning.
"This is no problem, I just don't know where you live, old man?" Su Qin nodded, a hint of surprise appeared on his face, and the old man thought that Su Qin was happy when he heard that the price was determined by him.
"Lingbi Fang, when you enter the city and arrive at the city lord's mansion, you should be able to see it, and the one with the peony embroidered on the gold plaque is. ”
Su Qin said Don't worry, I'll send it to you, and the price will be calculated when the time comes.
"The rough stone is like a person, not a face. Glancing back at the busy Su Qin, the old man whispered, then looked at the starling in his hand and muttered Could it be that the legendary realm of appreciating strange stones is really just a legend.
If the old man turns around at this time, I'm afraid he will find the smile on Su Qin's face that has succeeded in the conspiracy, but when the old man sees the legendary "image is three points, and the heart is like seven points." At that time, Su Qin was on the court for the first time, and he saw the rich golden toad that he had sold to the old man, polished into the shape of a stone, and bound under the four words 'Respect for Dao and Noble Virtue' hanging high above the emperor's throne.
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"Childe, why do you only need such a little silver?" Out of the Lingbi Workshop, Mu Ye couldn't help but ask, judging from the old man's appreciation of these stones just now, the price of Su Qin selling these stones for only fifty taels of silver was too low.
"Do you know why the foxes in the mountains are not powerful but are difficult to catch?" Su Qin smiled slightly, looking at his playmate who had followed him since he was a child, the latter first shook his head and nodded, and then said something that made Su Qin speechless, "Because foxes are enough?"
"Stupid, it has nothing to do with taste, and those who catch foxes by taste are a minority. Speaking of this, Su Qin stopped and glanced back at Lingbi Fang, "The place where the peony can be embroidered on the gold plaque is as far as I know, only the people of the Yan Kingdom dare to do this, you also saw it when we went in just now, the old man's status in Lingbi Fang is not low, we can't ask for a price, I'm afraid to pay back the money on the spot." ”
Taking people's hands short and eating people's mouths is soft, Su Qin did this because he didn't want to have anything to do with the old man, looking at Mu Ye who didn't understand, Su Qin sighed secretly, "I really doubt what you have in your head......?
"It's not that I'm stupid, it's just that I'm too lazy to think, it's good to have Childe here, by the way, what does what Childe just said have to do with the fox you talked about before?
"Did I say it mattered?" Su Qin looked at Mu Ye and said with a little seriousness Mu Ye, if I am not by my side in the future, you must remember to protect yourself.
"Why, I'll go there when Childe is there. ”
"Forget it, I told you that you don't understand, go, this son will take you to visit Qingyun City, the silver I earned from the monkey just now is enough for us to eat in the Drunken Immortal Building." ”
Makino smiled and said Hou Tatar's face changed at that time, now I see how he will compare with you in the future, just he still likes Princess Mu?
Hearing Mu Ye mention Mu Hate Jade, Su Qin laughed and said If you don't say it, I'll forget it, and I'll take you to find Xiao Yu in a while.
"Where's Princess Wood?"
"Splendid!" Su Qin smiled evilly.
What kind of place is Jinxiu? Muye didn't know, but looking at the look on Su Qin's face, it seemed to be a good place to go.
In fact, it is not, Jinxiu is just a man's gentle hometown.
Looking at Muye's ignorant appearance, Su Qin didn't break it, he just said let's go, first visit Qingyun City, and see what these people living in the city do every day.
"Let's eat first, so that we have the strength to wander around. Makino retorted.
In the end, Su Qin chose to compromise and said Okay, it's rare to hear you say such a reasonable thing, so I'll listen to you once.
When the two of them came to Zuixianlou, it was the best moment of business in Zuixianlou during the day, and the shopkeeper who was in charge of picking up customers frowned when he saw the two of them dressing up.
"What, there's no place?" Makino looked at the look of the shopkeeper and asked, while Su Qin on the side shook the purse in his hand and said that he wanted a quiet position.
Rich and easy to do, seeing the purse in Su Qin's hand, the shopkeeper's demeanor was a little more humble, saying that the position in the store was full, and asked the two of you to wait for a while, and there was a guest near the window immediately.
Su Qin nodded and said Okay, let's wait a minute, the master and servant were taken to a side hall on the first floor of the Drunken Immortal Building, there were only some simple seats in it, and when the two of them sat down, the shopkeeper had already brought tea, the best soup tea, Su Qin's tea had just been drunk, and when he was about to go to dinner under the leadership of the shopkeeper, a young man in silk walked in, and the cold winter Layue was holding a folding fan in his hand, pretending to be elegant.
"Is it the two of them?" The young man glanced at Su Qin and the two of them up and down, and then said to the shopkeeper in an old-fashioned manner, these two barbarians may not be able to afford the silver, let's go eat first.
Hearing that the young man was so unreasonable, Makino was about to step forward and be stopped by Su Qin, from the time the young man came in to the present, Su Qin did not pay attention to the young man's handsome face and the arrogance on his face, but to look at the look on the face of the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper just looked at the young man with a bitter face on the side and didn't dare to say anything.
"There has to be someone who comes first and comes, right?" Su Qin stepped forward.
"Joke, I haven't lined up since I came to Drunken Immortal Tower for dinner, do you know who I am?
"It doesn't matter to me who you are. Su Qin smiled, and then said that to be a man is to talk about some rules, isn't it?
"You tell me the rules?" the young man laughed, turned his head and shouted to the shopkeeper, what should I do if these two people don't know how to lift?
There were also two strong men in green clothes who came in with the shopkeeper of the Drunken Immortal Building, with bows and crossbows on their bodies and a few pheasants on their backs, Su Qin guessed that this young man probably had just come back from hunting.
"This son, if you don't have anything urgent, let Qi Gongzi start the meal first, and we can give you some discounts. The shopkeeper Wang had a smile on his face, although he was speaking to Su Qin, but his face was facing Qi Gongzi.
"Shopkeeper Wang, what are you doing with his nonsense, just drive these two leper dogs out. ”
"We have money. Su Qin looked at the shopkeeper Wang and said with a smile, "So there is no need for discounts." Then he met the gaze of Qi Gongzi, "The dog really can't spit out ivory in its mouth, and if you want us to go, you can, but I don't know what you can do?"
"I don't know what is alive or dead. One of the two people standing behind Qi Gongzi opened his mouth and scolded, but when he was about to step forward, he was stopped by Qi Gongzi who was laughing angrily, "This is your own death." ”
"Ruda, bring a bow and arrows. ”
Muye stretched out his hand to his waist at this time, where a dagger was hidden, and Su Qin watched all this quietly, and saw that Qi Gongzi had taken a bow and arrow, and the king shopkeeper panicked at this time, "Qi Gongzi, why do you have to be as knowledgeable as these barbarians, you allow me to be accommodating." ”
Ignoring the obstruction of the king's shopkeeper, Qi Gongzi took out a feather arrow from the quiver, put it on the bow and arrow, and pulled the string and aimed it at Su Qin.
Makino's knife lit up, and his eyes turned red, if it weren't for his other hand being held by Su Qin, he would definitely pounce on it like a tiger at this time.
But Su Qin didn't move, he quietly watched Qi Gongzi take a bow and arrow to his face, his heart was like water, and he didn't panic at all, he often dealt with wild beasts in the mountains, he knew what this Qi Gongzi was doing, and wanted to make himself feel afraid? Su Qin sneered secretly, and said in his heart You have to at least pretend to be some murderous energy.
Looking at Su Qin, who was not afraid, Qi Gongzi sneered, the hand holding the bow raised a little, and the arrow flew out, Su Qin turned his head and saw the feather arrow shooting on a butterfly pattern on the window lattice of the side hall.
"Arrows are good. Su Qin looked at Qi Gongzi and said, and Makino breathed a sigh of relief at this time, seeing that Qi Gongzi actually handed the bow in his hand to Su Qin, Makino was stunned for a moment, and compared arrows with the third prince? Makino actually chuckled at this time.
"It's your own lack of fun. Su Qin said in the tone of Qi Gongzi just now, stretched out his hand to carry the quiver on his body, then looked around, turned around and came to the place where he was drinking tea just now, and picked up the tea lid on the teacup.
After saying a good word, Su Qin didn't make any preparations, threw the tea lid up, and waited until the tea lid fell to the same height as the window lattice...... Bend the bow and draw the arrow!
The strings ring.
Feathered arrows flew past the tea cap.
Seeing that Su Qin didn't shoot the tea cover, Qi Gongzi opened his mouth and laughed, and was about to laugh at Su Qin, only to see Su Qin quickly grab three feather arrows again, without the slightest pause, the action was smooth, and the three feather arrows were divided into three ways to shoot at the tea cover.
Su Qin, who shot out three feather arrows, rushed out after him, as if a raptor crossing the river was like a rainbow, and his speed was even faster than that of feather arrows.
PS: (Note 1): I don't know if it was also called quartzite in ancient times, just for the convenience of reading, I hope not to take it seriously. ps2: Compared with Su Qin? Another: clench your fists and ask for the next collection, bend over, bow, and prepare for the next chapter.