Chapter 34: On the Eastbound Road
"This 、、、、、、" looked at the strong man, his face was ugly, but he didn't look like a bad person, he was far away from home, and it was not bad to have someone to walk together. "Then thank you strong man, but I don't know what I need to do?"
"You don't need to do anything old man, just chat all the way, have a companion, hehehe. The strong man laughed.
"May I ask the strong man's surname?"
"Under the surname Bi, the name is Hujun, he walks all over the world, specializing in selling goods. What is your surname, old gentleman?"
"My name is Chu Piaoran, I don't know where you are staying?"
"It's not far ahead, let's go to the inn together, and we'll set off. After the strong man finished speaking, he led the way in front of his head, came to the old store of the Wang family around the corner, and entered the courtyard.
Piao Ranzi followed in, Bi Hujun saw the store and said, "The shopkeeper, I'm in a hurry, this is money, take out the goods I have deposited." ”
"Yes, guest officer. The shopkeeper took out the key and asked the man to take it to open the door, and he followed him to the storeroom, and the man opened the door, and it was full of bulging cloth bags containing unknown goods.
"Old man, don't work for your big drive, just let the guy move. The strong man stopped Piaoranzi.
The guy carried a few cloth bags to the yard and asked, "How do you take them?"
"My brother went looking for a car and will be back later. Bi Hujun replied.
While he was talking, two big cars came from outside the courtyard, and a man with a thief's eyebrows came over and said to Bi Hujun: "Big brother, have you moved everything out?"
"Moved out. Let me introduce to you, this old Taoist surnamed Chu, is going to Minzhou Shuicheng Mansion, and we will have a companion along the way," Bi Hujun said to Piao Ranzi again: "Old man, this is my righteous brother, surnamed Shu Mingjing, we partner in business and have a care." ”
"I said, eldest brother, this Taoist master, at such an old age, it's inconvenient to pass with us, right?" Shu Jing's two thief eyes looked at Piaoranzi, and he was very displeased.
"Hehe, it's okay, although he looks old, in fact, he is very strong, so he doesn't need us to take care of it. Bi Hujun smiled at Piaoranzi.
"Since this brother is inconvenient, I will leave!" Piao Ranzi looked at that Shu Jing thief, not like a good person, and he didn't need to pass with them, so he walked out.
"Don't go," Bi Hujun came over, stopped Piao Ranzi, and glanced at Shu Jing. "The old man is thousands of miles away from home, let's talk all the way, save boredom, and besides, take care of each other. ”
"That's good, it's all up to big brother. Old man, please!" Shu Jing watched the guy load the cloth bag into the car, and instructed the two handlebars: "The head of the goods will go forward, and the three of us will sit in the back, go out of the east gate, pick the road and go straight." ”
"Yes, three masters. The first handlebar was loyal, paid no attention to them, raised his whip, and drove on.
The three of them were just about to get into the second car, and a Taoist priest walked in outside the courtyard gate, wearing a nine-beam scarf, wearing a purple dera, white socks and cloud shoes, holding a whisk in his hand, looking at his face, his face was as white as jade, and he was about forty years old. Chong Piaoranzi clasped his palms together: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Brother Dao is invited!"
Piao Ranzi knew that when he came out of the Lingshan Ancient Cave and was wearing a Taoist robe, this Taoist priest asked him, and he had to follow him, and he returned the salute with one palm: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, the poor Dao is polite." ”
"Brother Dao, if you recognize it well, your surname is Jiang. The Taoist priest asked.
"Brother Dao recognized the wrong person, and the poor Dao surname is Chu. ”
"You came out of Baihua Tower?" the Taoist priest asked again.
Piao Ranzi blushed for a while, and said in his heart How did this person know, which pot didn't open the pot, so he had to say: "I entered the Baihualou by mistake in the morning, and I was guilty of sin." ”
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, where is Brother Dao going?"
"Poor Dao wants to go back to his hometown to visit relatives. ”
"Hmph, you are very old, since you are a monk, you should have sat in the mountains to watch the tiger fight, lying on the bridge to watch the water flow, and you have to go home, where the heart is not clear, how to cut off three corpses and nine insects, come and come, follow me!" The Taoist priest waved at him, turned around and walked away.
Piaoranzi was stunned, this is to make himself a real monk, so how can he do it! It is easy to leave the Buddha Gate and enter the Dao Gate, when will he be able to return to his hometown! He shook his head.
Bi Hujun and Shu Jing saw that they were asking and answering, and they were already impatient, and asked Piaoranzi: "Are you going with you, or are you going with us?"
"Let's go, I'll go with you!" Piao Ranzi felt that it was better to follow Bi Hujun to write, after all, they were merchants, and if that Taoist priest wanted to take him to that Taoist temple to practice, wouldn't it be difficult to realize the dream of returning to his hometown.
The three of them got into the car, the handlebar was silent, and with a whip, the horse's hooves were freed and jogged on the streets of Shucheng, and the pedestrians on both sides dodged.
In the car, the three of them were silent for a while, and Bi Hujun asked, "Old Mr. Chu, do you recognize that Taoist priest?"
"I don't know, he recognized the wrong person. Piaoranzi said.
"You have been in this robe for some years, haven't you?" Shu Jing said.
"Well, I've been wearing it for decades. ”
"You always became a monk in that Taoist temple?"
"Uh, which one? That 、、、、、、 Qingyangguan, I'm just an old man who cooks on the fire, and now I'm older, go home and take a look." ”
"Have you always taken some elixir, how energetic you are, how you look like an eighty or ninety-year-old man, but like an eighteen-year-old young man. Shu Jing said with a smile, that kind of vision.
"Ah, I 、、、、、、 and I also learned the rejuvenating and rejuvenating exercises with those Taoist priests, but I didn't learn it, my bare voice changed, and my body is still this old body. Piao Ranzi had no choice but to open his mouth and make up nonsense.
The streets of Shucheng are prosperous, and there is a scene of leveling the years. It turns out that in this land of abundance, there have been no soldiers and bandits in the past few hundred years, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, but now it is a rare peaceful time.
Piaoranzi returned to his heart like an arrow, and he had no intention of watching the exotic scenery, but he found that their clothes had changed, and they might have changed the dynasty a long time ago.
Two carriages, through the streets and alleys, came to the east gate, the city guards stopped the two cars, came over a lieutenant officer, and said: "Stop and check!"
Shu Jing jumped out of the car and smiled: "This military master! We are merchants, serious businessmen, you just raise your hands and let go!"
"Look at you kid, you look like a serious person, with a treacherous face, come and search for goods!" The Chinese officer's face sank, and he was businesslike.
"No business, no treachery, of course you have to be cunning, this master has a good eye!" Shu Jing approached the middle officer, took out a paper bag from his sleeve, looked heavy, carried the soldiers, stuffed them in his pocket, and still smiled wickedly: "It's a little meaning! The military masters work hard, take it and drink a cup of tea." ”
The lieutenant officer squeezed his hand and sneered in a low voice: "You are also interested, okay, I'll let you go!" With a wave of his hand, "Let go!"
The two cars exited the East City Gate. Gradually drove away from Shucheng, looking at the towering city gate, and said in his heart, in his life, he never thought of living so far away, it seems that the road home is still very long.
"Two, the soldiers guarding the door, do you have to check everything?" asked Piao Ranzi.
"No, that's how they make money," Shu Jing said.
"They all take bribes?"
"Of course, if you don't pay a bribe, don't want to ship the goods. Bi Hujun said. "However, we are not afraid of him to inspect it, it's just that this cargo was turned over by them with knives and guns, and it was all over!"
"But I don't know what kind of business you are doing, what kind of goods are you transporting?" asked Piaoranzi casually.
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