Since the capital of Xu Kingdom was broken by thieves, scholars all over the world have lost the way to the imperial examination.

Some people think that this is an opportunity for troubled times, and they are actively moving.

There are also people who think that the country is no longer a country.

Cheng Baiyu obviously belongs to the latter, and after the incident in the capital, he moved to his current residence and lived alone.

One day, when I was going out for a walk, I saw a woman on a tree branch.

The woman was unusually beautiful and weak, and she wept from time to time, which made people pity.

Seeing this, Cheng Baiyu was drawn by it, put it in his palm, and took it back to his residence.

The ancestral ebony plate was used to make the woman's couch, and she looked at her every day, haunted by her dreams, and loved her very much.

One day, he placed the woman's ebony plate on the windowsill and went to the yard to boil water.

When I returned to the house, I saw that the woman had been dried by the sun and was no longer alive.

When Cheng Baiyu saw this, he cried profusely, his liver and intestines were broken, and he cried every day by the woman's dry corpse.

A few days later, his friends came to visit him, and when he learned about the incident, he smiled and said that he knew how to solve it.

Cheng Baiyu asked, and his friend told him that this woman's name was Hua Luo, and it was only possible to generate if more than three women were hanged on the same tree.

The flower is the essence of water and wood, when exposed to the sun, it is naturally dry and flat, and it can be restored by pouring water.

Cheng Baiyu tried as he said, and the woman really came back to life, which made her happy.

This was originally a good thing, but his classmate and friend were jars, and when they encountered this strange thing, they would say it to everyone.

Soon, many classmates heard about this and came to watch.

Cheng Baiyu was overwhelmed, and out of helplessness, he endured the reluctance in his heart and decided to release the woman far away.

Fang put it on the original tree, and suddenly a crow flew in, took the woman in its mouth, and went away.

Cheng Baiyu was shocked when he saw this, and he couldn't catch up, so he hit him with a stone, but he didn't hit.

The crow is gone, leaving it where it is sad and remorseful.

After losing the woman, Cheng Baiyu's heart was like ashes, thinking about it, and his heart was determined to die, so he came to the tree again, wanting to break himself off......

Cheng Baiyu said this in one breath to a crazy young man, and when he said the back, he couldn't help crying.

When the crazy boy heard this, he laughed and said:

"So you're going to catch birds! I will, I'm good at catching birds! ”

As he spoke, he whistled out the window and beckoned again, and saw a bird that was heading south from the sky suddenly fall, directly into the palm of his hand.

Cheng Baiyu, who was still sad, saw this, his eyes widened, and he felt incredible.

The crazy boy looked at the bird in his hand, shook his head and said:

"It's not the one you're looking for, forget it, I'll give it to you first, you can strangle one to get angry first."

Seeing that the other party handed the bird to himself, Cheng Baiyu took it a little dumbfounded, and saw that the bird was trembling in horror, so he gently stroked the bird feathers, and as soon as his hand was loosened, he let it go.

"What are you doing, I finally caught it, why did you just let it go?"

The crazy young man looked at Cheng Baiyu with some dissatisfaction.

Cheng Baiyu shook his head and said:

"Confucianism has a saying, anger is not a gentleman.

This bird is not what I am looking for, and it will do him no good. ”

"Whatever you want, I'm hungry, go, make me something to eat."

The crazy boy instructed unceremoniously.

Cheng Baiyu heard this, nodded, and really went to cook.

First, he himself felt a little hungry, and second, this crazy boy was capable, which gave him a little hope.

After the two had a simple meal, Cheng Baiyu finally asked the name of the crazy boy.

Hearing the other party's name Shanyuan, he was a little curious about the origin of this young man.

can take such a name, the family conditions should not be bad, and it is estimated that some people believe in Buddhism.

It's a pity that he didn't ask anything, even if he wanted to help the boy find his family, he couldn't do it.

Subsequently, he asked how strong Shanyuan's ability to catch birds was.

Good fate, that is, Yeming means that as long as it is a bird, he can catch it when he sees it.

Moreover, Yeming also informed Cheng Baiyu that he still had a way to find the flying bird, which could help him find the crow.

Cheng Baiyu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked him to make a move.

Ye Ming smiled and said that if he wanted to help, he would be fine, and after the matter was done, he would hand over the ebony plate to him.

This ebony plate is an ancestral thing of Cheng Baiyu's family, for a fancy woman, it is going to be given away, can Cheng Baiyu agree?

Yes.

Cheng Baiyu took out the ebony plate from his arms on the spot, saying that he could hand it over to Yeming now.

On the contrary, Yeming refused to accept it, saying that he must get it after the matter is completed.

Cheng Baiyu was very moved when he heard this, he didn't expect this madman to be so principled, just this alone, I don't know how many people will be embarrassed.

I wanted to ask this person if there was any way to find the crow, but there was a man outside.

It was his classmate and friend, surnamed Zheng.

Seeing the arrival of Zheng Shusheng, Cheng Baiyu had some mixed feelings in his heart, and he had to thank him and blame him for the matter of the flowery woman.

Everyone came, and Cheng Baiyu naturally invited people in.

Zheng Shusheng came in, saw Yeming, and said with a smile:

"Brother Cheng, you are always idle here, and there are people every time you come."

As he spoke, he walked around Yeming, and saw that he looked a little crazy, but he didn't look like something weird, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

"It turned out to be a madman, I thought it was something rare!"

Zheng Shusheng said, and suddenly saw Yeming pick up the book that Cheng Baiyu was reading on weekdays.

This made him a little surprised, and asked:

"Are you literate in reading?"

Ye Ming smiled:

"That's nature, do you need me to read the last paragraph?"

"Oh, read it."

Zheng Shusheng said this, and Yeming really began to read:

"If a friend comes from afar, he must first suffer his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, empty his body, act chaotically, whip dozens of them, and drive them to other hospitals."

"What are you reading here? Babbling, bullshit, what a madman! ”

Zheng Shusheng was scolded inexplicably, and he was in a bad mood.

It's just that he can't pull his face to deal with a madman, and after being bored, he chatted with Cheng Baiyu again.

This man has a lot of words, but it is true, chattering, and speaking very energetically.

When I saw this at night, my eyes lit up, and I liked to talk a lot.

immediately participated in the discussion, Zheng Shusheng didn't really want to pay attention to this madman who scolded him at first.

But after talking for a while, there is a feeling of finding a soulmate.

Usually everyone doesn't like to communicate with him for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet someone who can talk to me all the time, not to mention how happy I am.

After the two chatted, Zheng Shusheng no longer cared about the little contradiction, and talked side by side with Yeming.

The two of them chatted about it, but Cheng Baiyu suffered.

Although Cheng Baiyu himself is not taciturn, he does not talk much.

It's torture to be caught between these two guys.

Zheng Shusheng and Yeming chatted until the evening, and the topic was endless.

But after all, he was mortal in the flesh, and he couldn't stand it a little, so he said that he would rest for one night first and talk about it tomorrow.

He needed to rest, but Luminous didn't.

It's hard to meet someone who can talk to you all night, so naturally you have to grasp it.

Zheng Shusheng was dragged to sit in the room and chatted all night.

It's just that this guy is really bad, and in the second half of the night, he can't stand it anymore and falls asleep.

Cheng Baiyu has been asleep for a long time.

Seeing that there was no one to chat with, Yeming smiled and fell asleep, although he didn't need it.

Early the next morning, as soon as Cheng Baiyu got up, he saw that his classmate and friend took the initiative to resign, and he was unwilling to stay for a moment.

This made him very surprised, in the past, this one needed him to give an eviction order many times in the open and secret before he was willing to leave, but he didn't expect that this time he would take the initiative to resign, which is really strange.

However, no matter what, if this one is willing to go, he can also be clean.

After sending Zheng Shusheng away, Cheng Baiyu saw that Yeming still looked like he couldn't finish talking, and he also had a headache.

This one seems to be even more noisy than his classmates.

"Hehe, the person is gone, Lao Cheng, we also plan to find the crow!"

Ye Ming smiled and put his arm around Cheng Baiyu's shoulders, looking like two good brothers.

Unexpectedly, this person actually took the initiative to mention it, Cheng Baiyu was a little moved, this feeling of being cared for by others is so good.

Then I heard Yeming say:

"Maybe when you find the crow, you will find that the flower has already been eaten, and if you are sad, you will kill yourself, and then your things will be all mine."

Seeing Yeming's expectant expression, Cheng Baiyu chose to silently close his heart.

Sure enough, no one in the world really cares about themselves.

But in order to find the crow and find the flowery woman, Cheng Baiyu still asked:

"Can you really find the crow?"

"Of course, but the crow is certainly not ordinary, and we need to find something to take it down."

"What's that?"

"Hehe, you'll know then."

Yeming looked like "I'm a master, I just don't say it".

Cheng Baiyu is too lazy to care, anyway, he just knows that the other party is really capable.

At the urging of the night, after packing up some things, he set off.

"Crazy...... Brother Shanyuan, where are we going? ”

"Go to town."

Hearing Yeming say this, Cheng Baiyu guessed that he might be going to the city to buy something.

He didn't really want to go to the city.

Because he lives outside Jinyuan City, the so-called entering the city is to go to Jinyuan City.

In his eyes, there is a feeling of entering the nest of rebellious ministers and thieves.

It's just that he is a powerless scholar, and he can't do anything about these things.

Ask yourself, he feels that he does not have the talent to go through heaven and earth.

In today's troubled times, it is already good to be able to rely on the status of the "former dynasty" Xiucai to be tax-free and not starve to death.

However, many of his classmates are now very active, thinking that even if there is no imperial examination, they can take advantage of the situation.

Although Cheng Baiyu doesn't know where these people's confidence comes from, he will not mock other people's dreams.

He only thinks that he is not enterprising, that's all.

Jin Yuan City, as the base camp of the major families in Gyeongju such as Li Zhuyong, seems to be very quiet in this era of chaos everywhere.

Mainly because there are other prefectures and counties in the way, Jin Yuan City basically does not face a direct threat.

On the way into the city, Cheng Baiyu saw many mutilated corpses that had died of starvation, hanging, and eaten by people or wild beasts.

However, in these days, such a situation is very common, and everyone is used to it, and they don't feel how terrifying.

There are those who are brave enough to rummage directly through the dead in the hope of gaining something.

When Cheng Baiyu saw this, he was still a little stunned in his heart, and he was wearing a scarf on his head, indicating that he was not an ordinary person.

After all, in these years, literate readers are all treasures.

Even the anti-thief "King Jin" will not deliberately embarrass the reader, not to mention that he is from a big family and knows the importance of literacy and hyphenation.

Although Cheng Baiyu didn't want to admit it, he still had to say that the attitude of "King Jin" towards scholars was okay, at least their fame was also recognized by others.

Yeming cried and laughed along the way, and talked to stones, wood, and dead people from time to time, which was the only laughter and laughter along the way.

It wasn't until they walked into Jin Yuan City that everything became alive.

There are a lot of people in the city, there are many shops, there is a lot of fireworks, and the number of people dressed in brocade and silk has obviously increased.

It's even rare to see fat people who are barely seen outside.

Soon after arriving in the city, he heard someone shouting:

"The second master is going to play on the big stage in the east of the city, and there will be no place if he goes late!"

With a call for peace, many people directly put down what they were doing and rushed to the east of the city.

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