Piao Ranzi said goodbye to Chen Tuan's ancestor, left the dense forest, walked all the way to the southeast, and in the evening, got up and flew, and flew hundreds of miles overnight.

Hyosung waning moon, he is in the air, looking at the Yangtze River from afar, a city, densely populated, the spring breeze and the south bank of the Green River, when will the bright moon shine on me?

Drifting down outside the city. I asked the passers-by who got up early, and it was really Jingzhou in front of me, so I was happy and stepped into the city gate.

He had no intention of appreciating the customs of a different place, walking aimlessly along the street.

The sun is gradually rising, Shinong industry and commerce, five elements and eight crops, and the street scene is prosperous. Twenty days ago, the city of Shu where he arrived was also like this. Piao Ranzi found a breakfast shop and asked for the famous local steamed dumplings with soup and soup, but he couldn't eat them. It just so happened that there was a begging man in front of the door, begging along the street with a cane in one hand and a rice bowl in the other.

Piao Ranzi called the guy and gave him the money for the meal, and the guy looked at him: "Guest officer, this steamed dumpling is not to taste?"

"No, I'm giving you a tael of silver, take a cage drawer and I'll take it away. Piao Ranzi pointed to the steamed dumplings.

"Okay," the guy agreed, found the cage drawer, and put it on for him. "The guest officer walks slowly, and I'll come back next time." ”

Piao Ranzi carried the cage drawer, walked to the street, caught up with the begging young man, saw that he was still young, and said: "Little brother, go slowly, this plate of steamed dumplings will be given to you to eat."

He asked Hanako to look up and down at Piaoranzi, looked up at the sun, or was it rising in the east, and asked, "This is all for me?"

"Of course"

asked Hanako to take it and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, big brother, thank you, big brother, no wonder I had a dream last night, and I met a noble person when I went out early in the morning." ”

The two came to the side of the road, asked Hanako to squat, opened the cage drawer, and was just about to eat, when they looked up and saw Piaoranzi still standing beside him, put down their hands, and asked, "Big brother, is there anything wrong?"

"There's something going on, I'll talk about it when you're done. Piaoranzi said.

"Don't say it first, let me do murder, extortion and abduction, I won't do it," called Hanako.

"Okay, I'll ask you about someone, do you know?"

"Big brother, please speak"

"Let me ask you first, how long have you been in Jingzhou?"

"Oh, this, I was born in Jingzhou, I was born and raised in Jingzhou, my parents died when I was young, I had no relatives and no reason, and then I broke my leg and could only beg for a living. ”

"Okay, let me ask you, is there an old man named Hanako here?"

"An old man named Hanako? no, no, no," Xiaoyu Hanako hurriedly shook her head.

Piaoran was stunned for a moment, "Isn't it?"

"It's not that there aren't, it's too many, at least a few dozen. ”

"Oh, I didn't make it clear. Piao Ranzi smiled: "What I'm talking about is, is there a peculiar one called Hanako? Well・・・・・・ it's not a special begging for a living, but what kind of skills do you rely on to ask for food?"

"Yes, like some singing allegro, singing lotus falling, and brick-making, and singing, playing the violin on the street, you see, as long as you are walking with a bowl, and there is a bowl at your feet, almost all of them are asking for food. ”

"I'm asking about the elderly, this one, this one, this old age, the strange appearance or behavior. ”

"Big brother, that's it, what about me, I'll eat your meal, take you around, let's go around Jingzhou, aren't you looking for the old man Hanako? I'll take you to find it, how about it?"

"Well, as long as you find it, I'll reward you with a tael of silver. Piaoranzi said.

"It's a deal. ”

In the fluttering cloth pocket, there is still a lot of silver, of course, talking counts. Xiao Hanako ate half of the steamed dumplings in the cage drawer, took down a dirty cloth bag from behind him, put the cage drawer and rice bowl into it, and carried it well. Pick up the crutches, "Big brother, let's go"

"There's little brother Lao. Your Excellency, what is your surname?"

"What can I do if I put it down, I have to hold this bag. ”

"I'm asking you what your name is?"

"I don't have a noble surname, I don't call a high name, and I don't have a good name. ”

"What's your name?" Piao Ranzi saw that he couldn't understand his own words, probably probably Qi, who had never studied. It was too hard to chew the words, so I had to ask like this.

"I'm a stinky person who wants food, what is my name, everyone calls me Wang Xiao. ”

"Well, Wang, let's find an elderly Hanako. ”

"I know. The king led Piaoranzi along the streets and alleys, looking for them one by one. Walking around the city of Jingzhou, looking at these strange flowers for rice, it was an eye-opener.

There are bricks, holding bricks, pushing them on the chest, shouting at passers-by: "The master is okay"

Piaoranzi threw him two copper coins. I also saw a huqin playing and singing on the roadside, putting a bowl on the ground, and throwing a copper coin away.

"Big brother, the one who made bricks just now, you threw two, this one who played the huqin, how to give one?"

"It's too hard to make bricks, give two, and if you can still entertain yourself, you can give one." Piaoranzi said.

I met the one who sang the lotus flower again, holding two big cow bones, thunderbolting, and singing a happy song in front of the door of a married family:

This family is really auspicious, and the firecrackers shook the hall.

Men, women and children are rich and rich, and the family business is prosperous and auspicious.

Marrying a daughter-in-law is like a weaver girl with a cowherd.

There is a Tianhe magpie bridge meeting, and there is a golden dragon with a phoenix

・・・・・・

Piaoranzi looked and shook his head, and went back and forth with the king until the afternoon, and there were no strange people.

"I said big brother, I ate all the steamed dumplings in the half cage at noon, and took you around Jingzhou, even if you are a travel guide, you have to give a tip, right?" Wang Xiao looked at the depressed expression, and complained, "Besides, my legs and feet are not good." ”

"Don't worry, I'll give you this tael of silver. Piao Ranzi comforted him and asked, "I have seen all these old people who ask for food, and they are usually nothing strange." Are you thinking, is there anything special? For example, saying crazy things that ordinary people don't understand?"

"I'm thinking, I'm thinking. Wang Xiao pondered.

"For example, if you dress sloppily, what strange tricks do you rely on to ask people for money and food?"

"Well・・・・・・ I know there's a man named Mr. Flower. Wang raised his head and said: "You say crazy things, you dress sloppily, I don't know about strange tricks, but there is one trickster, but he doesn't take the initiative to ask for money, and he is called 'Mr. Hua'." ”

"Then you can show me. There was another glimmer of hope.

The king led Piaoranzi through the streets and alleys to the east of the city.

"This man has only been here for two or three days, he doesn't want to eat, no one sees him eat or drink, and every day he recites three words and phrases, and I hear people say, what kind of poetry is it? As he walked, he came to a large willow tree in the east of the city, surrounded by a few idlers, who parted from the crowd, pointed to the big stone, and said, "Look, the man behind the stone is." ”

Piao Ranzi looked behind the stone, and saw the old man, dressed in rags and wearing a hat, but with a burly demeanor, big ears and shoulders, bent eyebrows and round eyes, and hair like a halberd. I only listened to the old man around the big stone and read words.

"Hey, how come there is a sapling on the stone?" Piao Ranzi was surprised, the sapling on the stone was not fresh, and the bonsai with the mountain stone was pleasing to the eye. However, this small tree is full of colorful flowers, purple and red, bright and eye-catching. Flowers can't be named, trees can't be named, floating children have never seen or heard of it