Chapter 103: Jin Xianguan sacrifices chickens and gambles for his life

Li Yunhan, Miaojin and Shaoling left Liuhua Town and walked west for more than half a day until they arrived at a hillside with lush vegetation. The three of them were very hungry and tired, so they found a shaded area and sat down to rest.

Miao Jin looked around and said, "There is no shop in front of the village here, so it is so deserted." ”

"Well, this place is called Wild Wolf Slope, and I used to come here when I was collecting medicine." Du Shaoling threw a few small insects into the chicken coop without raising his head, and said.

"Wild Wolf Slope ......" Miaojin was quite puzzled when he heard this, and asked Li Yunhan why he brought them here?

"It's just passing by," Li Yunhan smiled indifferently, "The destination hasn't arrived yet." ”

"Don't sell it!" Shaoling muttered while playing with the little spot in the chicken coop, "My stomach is already hungry, and I can't walk at all." ”

"Where is Brother Li going?" Miao Jin asked.

"Golden Immortal Temple."

"Looking for Princess Pingyu?"

"Well, she's the only one who can help us right now." Li Yunhan smiled, "Don't be discouraged, when you arrive at the Golden Immortal Temple later, you will have your own food and wine to entertain you." ”

"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Li." Miaojin nodded.

After resting for a while, I suddenly heard a few quick screams from the little spot. When everyone looked up, they saw seven or eight gray wolves popping out of the deep grass at the bottom of the slope, their eyes glowing green, and they howled at them from time to time, which was terrifying.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly stood up and drew their swords one after another.

After holding each other for a while, seeing the wolves walking away, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yunhan looked around for a while, turned around, and said, "This place is deep and dense, and wild beasts are infested, so let's hurry up and get on the road." ”

Golden Immortal View.

Since breaking off the relationship with Wang Jie, Ping Yu has felt heartache and loneliness. She wanted to stay away from this sad place and go to Jingting Mountain, but Zixu insisted on letting her stay to help Li Yunhan, and she was very confused about this.

Ping Yu rested quietly in the temple for a few days, and his mood calmed down a little. Recalling her interactions with Li Yunhan for more than a year, she tried to find an answer from it, but she still had no clue after thinking about it.

On this day, she was swimming and playing in the bathroom, and Ning Xin entered the house to explain that the court would hold a cockfighting match tomorrow, and the saint invited her to go.

"It's a pity that my Sissy is gone, what's the use of going." Ping Yu gently stroked the water and sighed lightly.

"Your Highness, this is not appropriate." Ning Xin's expression was solemn, "It is said that Your Majesty has arranged the first match, let you challenge Lin Fu." ”

"Brother Huang, what's the matter," Ping Yu smiled bitterly, "Let me ...... the first game"

"Maybe Your Majesty wants to make you happy, too; Over the years, as long as His Royal Highness is in Beijing, which event or amusement club in the palace will be missing you? Ning Xin said earnestly.

Ping Yu felt a little relieved when he heard this, and said, "Okay, then choose another good fighting." ”

Before the words fell, a maid entered the house to report, saying that someone outside the temple asked to see her.

"Who?"

"Qingchengzi - Li Yunhan."

"Why did he get here...... Missing! Ping Yu said angrily.

"Your Highness, Mr. Li is afraid that you will not see you, so I sent a letter to the little girl." The maid handed over the letter, a little embarrassed, "He said it was for your love - the book." ”

"Love Letter ......" Pingyu was secretly amused when he heard it, opened it, and saw that the letter read: "Senior Sister Xiaoying: Mo Dao's floating clouds cover his eyes, and he is worried about not seeing him for three days." ”

Ping Yu put the letter aside lightly, whispered a few words to the maid, and ordered her to go and introduce her.

After the maid received the order, she brought Li Yunhan and the others into the temple. The maid led the way in front, Li Yunhan and Miaojin followed, and Du Shaoling carried the chicken coop and looked around from time to time.

Miao Jin smiled: "It's still Brother Li's love letter that has magic, and he entered the door at once." ”

"Of course, a good word is warm in three winters." Li Yunhan said.

"What about me?" The corners of Miaojin's mouth twitched.

"You and I have a soul, why do you need that thing." Li Yunhan smiled at Miaojin.

After a while, when they arrived at the bathroom, the maid invited Li Yunhan into the house alone. Without waiting for Li Yunhan to move, Miaojin stepped forward and grabbed him and walked into the bathroom alone.

The room is filled with steam, mixed with the scent of roses, mint and other flowers and plants.

Ping Yu turned his back to the door, exposed his upper body, and poured water on his body from time to time. She heard footsteps and whispered, "It's finally here; Come on, come closer. ”

Miao Jin walked behind her silently.

"Rub my back, okay?" Ping Yu called softly.

Miaojin put her right hand on Pingyu's shoulder, but she grabbed it. Ping Yu kept rubbing it, and said, "Yo, this hand is quite tender, just like the little lady." ”

Miao Jin was silent and pinched her hard.

Ping Yu was in pain and threatened: "Hmph, you owe me too much, do you understand?" ”

"Of course I do." At this time, Li Yunhan entered the house and said loudly, "Don't you owe senior sister a chicken, I brought it to you today." ”

Ping Yu turned his head in surprise and saw that it was Li Yunhan and Miaojin, and he was immediately embarrassed.

At this time, Ning Xin stepped forward and took Li and Luo out of the bathroom.

After Pingyu got dressed, he summoned Li Yunhan into the house.

Ping Yu asked, "What kind of chicken?" ”

Li Yunhan said, of course, it was a cockfight.

"Okay, tomorrow the palace will hold a chicken king competition, and I'm worried about it." Ping Yuyi raised his eyebrows, "What about the chicken?" ”

Li Yunhan greeted outside the house, and Shaoling carried the chicken coop into the house, and said, "Your Highness, this business is too cost-effective, a dead chicken is replaced by a live chicken." ”

Shaoling opened the cloth on the chicken cage as he spoke, and the rooster spotted was restless and clucking inside.

Ping Yu looked at the small spot, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he saw that it was thin and small, and said to Li Yunhan: "You came to see it this time just to send a fighting?" ”

"Well, I have something important to see the emperor, and I ask my senior sister to help."

"The chickens stay, nothing else to talk about." Ping Yu glanced out the window and said coldly, "You can go." ”

"If Senior Sister doesn't agree, I won't leave!" Li Yunhan said solemnly.

"Oh?"

"This matter is related to the safety of the Tang Society, and it is very urgent, so I have to face Your Majesty!" Li Yunhan said eagerly.

"Yo, that's a big breath." Ping Yu thought for a moment and had a plan, "If you want me to agree, take a gamble first, do you dare?" ”

"Bet, you've got the right person!" Du Shaoling took the lead.

Li Yunhan's face sank and asked her how to gamble?

"Tomorrow's cockfighting competition, what about this chicken, if it can win Lin Xiang's black-headed general circle, let alone see my imperial brother, even if you are a four-grade Shangshu, it will only be a ......" Ping Yu said and moved his little thumb slightly.

Li Yunhan's heart tightened when he heard this, and he was speechless.

Du Shaoling said eagerly: "Then, if you lose......

"If you lose, you will have to listen to me in the future." Ping Yu stretched out his slender arm and touched Li Yunhan's face, "In the future, this face will belong to me, I can touch it if I want, and kiss it if I want to...... Do you dare? ”

Li Yunhan tightened his face and said nothing.

"Your Highness, please respect yourself;" Miao Jin walked in and said with a straight face, "We really have something important to meet the saint face-to-face, not to lie to you, let alone to make a fortune as an official!" ”

"Yo, this little mouth is pretty sharp." Ping Yu turned his head, looked back at Li Yunhan, and said with a smile, "Why are you afraid?" ”

Li Yunhan gritted his teeth and said, "I'm done!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Li Yunhan took off the jade pendant, held it with both hands, and said, "If I lose the bet, I am willing to take this pendant again." ”

"Okay, guts." Ping Yu glanced at the jade pendant and said with a smile, "Senior sister, I have a high spirit, and I even want someone to bring the jade together!" Afterwards, she instructed Ning Xin to take Li Yunhan and the others out of the house and arrange for them to live in a guest room in the backyard.

Li Yunhan rested in the house for a while, saying that he was going to the market to find a drink, and went out alone.

Shaoling was worried that Li Yunhan would lose the gamble, so he asked the maid in the temple for a large stack of books, hoping to find out some secret recipes for winning cockfighting.

Miaojin looked melancholy, looked at Xiao Ban in a daze, and said: "You said that this Xiao Ban never goes out of the door, does not step out of the second door, and looks like a stuffy hillbilly, can he do things?" ”

Shaoling advised her not to worry; said that as long as he found the cheats of cockfighting, it would be successful.

"What cheats, don't dream...... I think we're going to die this time! After saying that, Miaojin lay on the bed.

Du Shaoling lowered his head and rummaged for a while, then sighed: "Alas, I was fooled again, what kind of broken books are they; "Yin Fu Collection", "Wuzhen Sutra", "Huandan's Resurrection of Life", ...... No, I'll borrow them again. ”

"Come on, it's better to slaughter it as soon as possible, stew a pot of chicken soup, and make up for the stuffed teeth between your body!" Miao Jin quipped.

"Don't gloat! Without Xiaoban, do you still want to see the emperor? ”

"Cough, that's not to blame Brother Li, I have to bet with that yellow-faced woman!" Miao Jin sat up as she spoke, walked to the table and picked up the teacup. She looked up suddenly, but Xiao Ban was gone, and she couldn't help but feel nervous, and hurriedly looked around with Shaoling.

The two followed the sound to a small courtyard, only to see Li Yunhan pressing Xiaoban with one hand and holding the kitchen knife with the other, and was about to chop it off hard. Madara was so frightened that she couldn't stop wailing.

Shao Ling hurriedly drank and stopped.

"Be quiet." Li Yunhan glanced back at him, and then chopped it down. He pointed to the bloody cockscomb on the ground and said, "This crown is big and fat, and I will fry it at night for you two to drink." ”

"Hey, scared the hell out of me! You're ......" Miaojin's eyes widened.

"We'll find out later." Li Yunhan said as he smeared some hemostatic powder on the cockscomb wound, and took out three small gourds from his waist, "This is the ...... I just bought from the pharmacy."

"What do you want to do?" Shaoling looked confused.

Li Yunhan just laughed and said nothing.

Shaoling was curious, opened a small gourd, sniffed it, sneezed a few times, and said, "Choke me, choke me." ”

Miaojin opened another small gourd, smelled it, and was disgusted: "It's too sassy, it's stinky, you want to smoke me to death......"

"Aren't you hoping that Madara will win?" Li Yunhan restrained his smile and said slowly, "The hypertrophy of the cockscomb is easy to become the target of the opponent's attack, and it must be removed; This mustard oil, when applied to chicken wings, will choke opponents and prevent them from opening their eyes; There is also this sassy thing, called aged raccoon paste, which is applied to the head and ass of chickens, and the opponent is timid and panicked when he smells it, and he hates pecking and fighting......"

Du Shaoling suddenly realized when he heard it: "Could it be that this is the legendary cockfighting cheats......

"That's right." Li Yunhan nodded, "In the early years, when I lived in Yangzhou, I witnessed some people doing this. ”

Du Shaoling said excitedly: "If you are cheap, you are smart, and if you are stinky, you are invincible; Now we're saved! ”

Miaojin is still skeptical, saying that the side door is left, can it really work?

"Okay, then we'll see tomorrow!" Li Yunhan smiled slightly.

Shaoling wanted to apply mustard oil to the chicken, but was stopped by Li Yunhan and said, "What's the hurry, these two things will only be used when they are on the field; Otherwise, tonight will really smoke us into some stinky fish and rotten tofu. ”

Shaoling made an "um" sound, looked at Xiao Ban with pity, and stroked it for a while; And when he asked him, what else did he have to say?

Li Yunhan said that there is still a little hemp boiling; Ordered him to mix some meat dumplings with rice wine before going to bed, and give Xiao Ban a full meal, so that he could sleep beautifully tonight.

"Okay, I'll make a note of it." Shaoling responded while hugging Xiao Ban and leaving.

"Remember, the hemp is boiling, just put the size of soybeans, don't give too much!" Li Yunhan said again.

While the three were talking, a maid came to meet them and invited them to the living room for dinner.

When they arrived in the living room, looking at the table of vegetarian food in front of them, although Li Yunhan and the others couldn't help but be a little disappointed, because they had been hungry for too long, they sat down and devoured it for a while, and quickly ate the seven or eight plates of vegetarian food like a whirlwind.

After the meal, the three chatted for a while, and Ning Xin walked in, saying that Duke Pingyu wanted to see Li Yunhan.

Li Yunhan followed her to the front of the main hall, and Ping Yu had been waiting for him for a long time; She said that it was rare to get together here, and she wanted to take him to the garden to catch up.

Li Yunhan agreed, accompanied Ping Yu to walk in the garden, and chatted a few words from time to time.

On the lawn, Master Jingchen was leading a group of Dao Gu to practice swords, and when she saw Princess Pingyu arrive, she was lined up on both sides with a sword in hand, which was very neat.

Looking far away, the clouds in the west are as gorgeous as brocade, the pavilions and pavilions are lined up one after another, and the flowers and plants are fragrant and verdant...... Li Yunhan couldn't help but sigh when he saw it: "What a magnificent palace!" ”

"Of course." Ping Yu was very proud and said with a smile, "Last time, you were in a hurry and didn't have time to appreciate it, so today I will take you to see it well." ”

"Well, it's worth the trip to this fairyland with my senior sister to accompany you."

Ping Yu said "um", and said: "This view is built for me by the imperial brother, leaning on the peaks of the south, looking at Chang'an City in the north, with a radius of hundreds of miles, no less than 100 pavilions and pavilions, lakes and streams, flowers, birds and beasts, there are no strange ......."

"It's so luxurious, I don't know how much it will cost the treasury." A trace of worry crossed Li Yunhan's face, "Senior sister is intoxicated with Huang Lao's way, so why do you want to build so much?" ”

"You don't understand that." Ping Yu sighed lightly, "In the more than 100 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been constant battles in the palace, deceit, and blood; Today seems to be infinitely beautiful, but it is difficult to predict that tomorrow blood will be sprinkled with mud and dust. The changing world and the impermanence of life have been deeply experienced by me since I was a child. The imperial brother took pity on me for how difficult I was born and how I was single-mindedly devoted to the Tao, so I built this view and let me meditate and cultivate......"

"It's just a passive escapism. Even if you escape into the empty door, you are still concerned about the red dust and it is not easy to take it back. ”

"Entering the WTO and being born is just a thought for me. If you are really obsessed with power and wealth, no one will stop you; Sooner or later, though, you'll end up with nothing to lose. Besides, escaping into the Dao Gate is not as bad as you think—only loneliness, bitterness, and a long wait......" Ping Yu said eloquently.

"But for me, a layman, if I can't drink wine and eat meat happily, and I can't laugh and express my heart to the common people, then what's the point of living!"

"Those rules and precepts, of course, can't help you." Ping Yu stared at him, his eyes revealing a tenderness, "As long as you follow me, you can enter the door as the way and go out as a vulgar." What about you, stepping on the immortal mountain Taoist temple and alchemy to cultivate yourself; Stepping on the world of flowers, drunk and singing. Don't say anything about wine and food, as long as you want, you can enjoy the beauty, wealth and glory of the world. ”

"Chic life, can have geometry! Do you really want to be a false Taoist priest......

"True, false, false, true; In Sendai, my heart is full of mortal dust. Ping Yu's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at him stupidly, "In my eyes, you are the whole world." ”

"Mysterious and mysterious; What if I don't say yes? ”

"There is one more sad person in this world."

Li Yunhan smiled dryly and said, "Then I'll shave my hair and become a monk." ”

"Will it? At the end of the day, you're still a stealing feral cat. ”

"Senior sister is quick and sharp-tongued, which is really embarrassing!" Li Yunhan slowed down a little and said, "It's a pity that Yunhan is standing in his old age, and there is nothing to accomplish, so how dare he escape into the empty door lightly!" ”

"Want to make a career?" Ping Yu smiled indifferently, "As long as you follow me, not to mention a small official position, even being a prime minister is just a finger." ”

Li Yunhan hesitated and said, "Of course I want to be developed; However, joining the company is not the only purpose. ”

"That's a shame for her."

"Oh?"

"Miss Luo." Ping Yu smiled bitterly, "In life, there should be giving and taking, and going with the flow; Why should you miss your future for a dusty woman! ”

"No, Senior Sister misunderstood." Li Yunhan stared at her and said solemnly, "Having the common people in your heart is also the ambition of Yunhan's life." ”

Ping Yu saw that it was difficult to move him for a while, and his face became melancholy; She stared thoughtfully at the darkening sky in the west, silent for a long time.