Chapter 33: Outside the City
Cheng San picked up the string of copper coins, and then read out the words on the copper coins.
"Welcome to Our Lady of the White Lotus, the spirit of this world is manifested in all directions."
Bai Guichen said: "This copper coin looks like it is not too young, and there are people here who dare to mint copper coins privately?" ”
Shu Yan felt a little uneasy in his heart, so he urged everyone to leave here quickly.
After crossing the Huai River, the things encountered were always a little terrifying.
They walked north along the official road, but there were many refugees on the way, which made Shu Yan feel relieved.
At least there are ordinary people, many of these refugees came from the other side of the Huai River, and I heard those people say that there is a White Lotus Army organized by a surname Zhang over there, saying that he is the son of the White Lotus Virgin, and he has fooled many people.
It is said that this Zhang Shengzi has married three wives.
Shu Yan couldn't help but feel a little helpless, and this Zhang Shengzi gathered thousands of men and horses to grab a lot of money and food on the south bank of the Huai River, and now he is preparing to cross the river and return to his hometown Sui County, preparing to occupy Sui County and start a big career.
When Huang Yuwei heard this, her face suddenly turned ugly.
This was the case in the last years of the dynasty, where a group of people ran out for no reason to oppose the king, and then they were beaten to death by others.
And so on until one person ends it.
But what you see should be just the beginning.
Several people had different thoughts and continued to hurry.
The more he went in the direction of Sui County, the more people there were, and there were many fewer corpses on the road, and Shu Yan's originally heavy mood was slightly better.
Even, in the slightly more lively village, they saw the merchants selling food.
Cheng San took some copper coins and went to buy some baked cakes.
One by one, Shu Yan ate very fragrantly, Qixiu suggested that they could rest first, so they found a shade to rest.
Under the shade of this tree, Cheng San found a broken fan out of nowhere and fanned it in a graceful manner.
Shu Yan looked at it and found that there were extremely beautiful women walking not far away, these women were wearing white clothes, and the sleeves were embroidered with red lotus.
Shu Yan directly grabbed Cheng San's fan, and said helplessly: "You kid, such a swagger, maybe someone will see it in the future and beat you out." ”
Cheng San touched his front teeth and said with a smile: "Godmother, don't curse me, the fortune teller said, I was born rich and noble." ”
Shu Yan and Cheng San got along for a long time, and they became more and more comfortable, and they couldn't help but quarrel with Cheng San.
She didn't like children before, but now she thinks that it would be good to have a son like Cheng San.
Cheng San saw his godmother looking at him with more and more loving eyes, and suddenly smiled: "Godmother looks at me like this, do you think my son is more and more amiable?" Can't wait to give birth to me directly in the next life and be a pair of mothers and sons? ”
Shu Yan slapped Cheng San on the head.
"Okay, then I'll definitely have a small fight in two days and a big fight in three days."
The two of them joked like this, but Bai Guichen sat on the side and didn't speak.
Cheng San coughed lightly, looked at Bai Guichen and said, "Xiaozhou said, when you were in your mother's womb, you already recognized your godmother, so how can we calculate our generation?" ”
Bai Guichen glanced at Cheng San, obviously not wanting to deal with this guy.
Cheng San was not embarrassed to talk to himself, he said: "I look older than you, although I am particular about coming later, but I like to be the eldest brother to others since I was a child, you will call me the third brother in the future, how about I call the second brother?" ”
Cheng San's math doesn't seem to be very good, Bai Guichen turned his head and didn't think much of him.
But Cheng San didn't relent: "Call and listen, Miss Xiaozhou said that you will be like me, and you will know your fate." ”
Bai Guichen was stunned, and then said.
"Third brother."
Cheng San heard the third brother, and immediately hugged Bai Guichen's shoulder.
This guy said: "Our young man's shoulders are filled with vitality and ambition, the beauty has passed away, but the road is ahead." ”
When Shu Yan heard this, she couldn't help but glance at Cheng San a few times.
This guy is a bit eye-catching.
Huang Yuwei, who had not spoken, said: "Young man? ”
Huang Yuwei looked at Cheng San's expression, with a shocked look, indeed, Cheng San's appearance is a mature man in modern terms, with a long face, sharp edges and corners, a pair of peach blossom eyes, and a beard.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a seventeen or eighteen boy.
Cheng San looked at Huang Yuwei and said word by word: "Seventeen years old, Miss Huang can't see it?" ”
Huang Yuwei smiled awkwardly.
Bai Guichen on the side said: "I am eighteen years old this year, older than you. ”
The atmosphere was awkward.
Bai Guichen's appearance is more youthful, with deep eyebrows, but her face is round, her forehead is full, and her chin is narrow, she is a rather beautiful woman.
Shu Yan coughed lightly.
"It's almost time to rest, let's go, when we get to Sui County, we can have a good life and recuperate."
The group left the place and was about to move forward.
saw a lame old man pull Shu Yan's sleeve.
"Old sister, are you going to Sui County? But don't, the White Lotus Holy Sect has entered the city at this moment, and is alchemizing with the old masters, and the living people have entered the city, and they are going to make medicine introductions. ”
Shu Yan could understand what the lame old man said, but he didn't understand what it meant.
Cheng San hurriedly asked, "Old man, be careful, what is the White Lotus Holy Sect?" Who are the old men? What kind of Dan to practice? What to do? ”
The lame old man told them about it one by one.
This White Lotus Holy Sect is a cult that is prevalent in the Central Plains, and they don't know what kind of evil tricks they use, and many landlords and wealthy merchants in the city obey their orders one after another.
This Sui County Order has been running for a long time, and it is very remote here, and there has never been an invasion of anti-thieves, but it gives the White Lotus Holy Sect an opportunity.
Now I heard that the person in charge of this county is actually the leader of the cult.
He also brought virgin alchemy and medicine all day long, saying that he could live forever if he ate it, and he also sacrificed children, saying that he could bless this place without disasters and difficulties.
It's okay if it's nonsense, but in the past year, the wind and rain around Sui County have been really smooth, and there have been no rogues coming, and the imperial court has not sent officials, but it is a happy land.
So they met quite a few people along the way.
The old man continued: "If it is better for you to come on other days, these days are the birthday of the Virgin, and sacrifices are being taken everywhere in the city, especially women, you had better bypass Sui County, or enter the city in a few days. ”
As soon as the lame old man finished speaking, Shu Yan looked at Cheng San.
Cheng San opened his mouth and asked: "Then dare to ask the old man, what way to go around Sui County?" ”
The lame old man said: "If you want to cross the Vulture Mountain, there is a group of green forests entrenched in that mountain, which is really dangerous. ”
Shu Yan sighed slightly.
"Otherwise, we'll be here for a few days?"
When the lame old man saw Shu Yan say this, he immediately smiled and said, "If you want to wait a few days, you can come to my house to stay, and the old man will not charge you money." ”