When Liu Qing found Xu Qingfeng, they had already left the border of Gyeongju and arrived in Yangzhou.

Out of Yangzhou, then out of the province, into the Zhili boundary, and then two counties, to the capital.

After walking more than 300 miles, there are still more than 400 miles left.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, they rested for one night in a market town next to the official road, and arrived at a county seat at noon the next day.

They stayed in that county that day.

Because this day is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, they want to enjoy the lanterns in this county seat.

In the afternoon, I didn't leave, but visited the celebrities of this county, and heard that the readers here were going to hold a Lantern Festival poetry meeting, and they also happily participated.

This made Liu Qing quite speechless.

I'm going to go to Beijing to catch the exam, and I like to play so much.

These literati are simply too sassy.

Xu Qingfeng did not follow those companions in the afternoon, but went to the flower and bird market in the county town to buy a parrot and put it in a cage.

- This is when he gave Liu Qing incense at noon, Liu Qing explained to him, asking him to buy a parrot, it doesn't matter whether he can speak or not, Liu Qing can open the spirit of the parrot and make it a new land god and divine envoy.

When he went to buy a parrot, he also asked the seller: "Can you talk this parrot?" ”

The seller replied honestly: "I haven't adjusted it yet, if I can speak, it won't be this price." ”

This thing can't lie, because whether it can speak or not can be verified on the spot.

Liu Qing originally said that it didn't matter if he couldn't speak, Xu Qingfeng naturally wouldn't care about this, and he could save a little money.

The old slave who followed him was a little incomprehensible and asked him why he wanted to buy a parrot. Now if you want to participate in the scientific examination, you should focus on reading books and writing articles, instead of being discouraged by playthings.

This old slave was assigned by Xu Qingfeng's father, who used to be Xu Qingfeng's father's scholar, and was an old qualification in the Xu family.

Assigned him to come over and follow the young master, he already has a certain element of supervision, and when he encounters something that he thinks is wrong, he can also give his opinion.

Moreover, Xu Qingfeng can't scold him yet, because people represent his father's will, and scolding is disrespectful to his father.

Regarding the old slave's doubts, Xu Qingfeng replied with a smile:

"This is not a plaything, this is God's guidance to me, this bird is a divine bird, you have to be respectful to it in the future."

The old slave didn't say anything, but his face was obviously unbelieving, and there were some worries.

After buying the bird cage back, Xu Qingfeng hung the bird cage in his guest room, then bowed to the parrot and asked tentatively:

"Your Excellency, can you speak now?"

The old slave looked at the young master, and the worry on his face was even worse.

After the young master brought a statue of the god of the land of Liuzhen home to make offerings, I felt that the whole person had become chattering.

He also told the master, but the master didn't take it too seriously, so he didn't dare to talk more.

Now seeing that the young master actually bowed to a bird that he had just bought, he felt that this matter was too serious, and when he returned home, he must tell the master about this matter in detail, so that the master could understand the seriousness of this matter.

But then, something happened that made him jaw-dropping.

I saw that the parrot in the cage stretched its waist, and then spoke:

"I'm thirsty, I'm hungry, give me clean water, give me delicious food, I want meat!"

It can really talk!

And this listening is not trained by others, but has its own thinking and language organization ability.

He heard the young master say that there was a black starling who could only talk to people in the Land Temple in Liuzhen, and he thought it was an exaggeration of a scholar.

I didn't expect to witness such a thing today.

Xu Qingfeng instructed the old slave: "Did you hear what the divine envoy said?" Hurry up and get some clean water and some meat. ”

The parrot added: "The water should be boiled cold water, and the meat should be cooked meat, I don't eat raw meat, I don't drink raw water." ”

The old slave was horrified in his heart and hurriedly went over to do this.

When I came back, I heard Xu Qingfeng talking to the parrot:

"Divine envoy, you have read the last few articles I have done, do you think it is possible for Zhongjinshi to be big?"

Parrot's voice: "The article is still okay, there is that level, but whether you can win or not depends on luck." ”

Xu Qingfeng: "Luck is on it, and it depends on the blessing of the land lord." ”

Parrot: "Don't worry, as long as you are pious enough, the Lord of the Land will definitely bless you, after all, you are also the person favored by the Lord of the Land." ”

He raised his voice again: "Don't eavesdrop on the people outside, quickly bring water and food, and then go to the door to keep guard, don't let others come and hear us." ”

The old slave hurriedly pushed open the door and went in, thinking to himself:

"This bird is really wonderful, I can know it when I eavesdrop on it outside the door, and the words it says are also strange, it is not an ordinary bird."

I already have a little awe of this parrot in my heart.

Thinking: "If this land god can really bless the young master high school jinshi, then it will really be a glorious ancestor, and I will bow down to him sincerely in the future." ”

Every day, he had to follow the young master to bow down to the statue of the land god, but there was no piety in his heart.

But now that I have witnessed the miracle, my thoughts are different.

Before eating in the evening, he followed Xu Qingfeng to hold incense and kneel down.

At this time, Liu Qing received a prompt from the system, and there was one more believer.

This made him a little surprised, and a little depressed, thinking to himself:

"This old slave used to disdain me and thought I was a false god, but now when I saw the parrot and said a few words, I became my believer. But this scholar surnamed Xu, I have shown so many miracles, and he still has not become my believer. These readers, it's so hard to serve! ”

Xu Qingfeng didn't believe in the existence of Liu Qing, the land god, and he was also very respectful to this land god, but in his heart, he had a deeper belief, so there was no way to become Liu Qing's believer.

In the minds of most readers, God is nothing more than something that is juxtaposed with "strange forces", which is unspoken by saints.

Their faith is in the saints of the world, not in the gods.

Although there are some people who believe in saints and gods at the same time, the belief in saints is something engraved in their bones, and it is difficult to replace it.

When Xu Qingfeng's companions came back in the evening, they saw that there was an extra parrot in his room, and they were all very interested.

The lifter who went to the Land Temple in Liuzhen with Xu Qingfeng that time was also there, and asked with a smile:

"Brother Xu, did you buy this parrot because you thought of that starling envoy in Liuzhen, and you also wanted to raise such a strange bird?"

Xu Qingfeng replied with a smile: "That's what I mean, but I don't know if it will succeed." ”

In front of outsiders, and potential competitors, he was still not ready to reveal that the land lord was going to help him in the jinshi.