Chapter 8 Mocheng Plum Breeze
Early that morning, a carriage drove out of the town and headed straight to the southwest, the distant Mocheng.
During this journey of thousands of miles, Bai Longfei suddenly flew with Luo Xing, and suddenly set up a car.
The two of them went all the way into the town, played the sharp store, changed the carriage, and did not stop, the most fortunate thing is that no one chased and killed on this road.
Bai Longfei also told the story of the sudden silver taels that day.
It turned out that in the afternoon of that day, when Bai Longfei wanted to get some silver in Bingxuan Town, he happened to meet someone who had a fight, and after a moment of observation, he stepped forward to solve the siege, and after being beaten, he knew that this person was not easy to mess with, so he kowtowed and admitted his mistake, and warmly invited Bai Longfei to his house as a guest, and finally took out a hundred taels of gold, saying that he must accept it, otherwise, he would not go in his heart. Bai Longfei felt that it was difficult to resist the hospitality, so he reluctantly accepted it.
Luo Xing was stunned, it turned out that silver could still be earned like this? Is it enough to rely on strength alone to solve the siege? Why is that family still so enthusiastic? What if you meet a powerful family?
Bai Longfei told him that he must learn to observe words and feelings, and when he does not have the corresponding strength, he cannot provoke people casually, otherwise there will be endless troubles. Then inadvertently, he said that a friend of his was called Luo Qingfeng, and he was very similar to Luo Xing, and the two often robbed the rich and helped the poor.
Speaking of this, Bai Longfei suddenly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly shut up and stopped talking.
Luo Xing suddenly looked at Bai Longfei, and when he asked about this with anticipation, Bai Longfei suddenly hesitated, and said that the world is so big, there are countless people with the same name and surname, and there are even people who look alike.
Luo Xing's doubts were even heavier, and when he always looked at Bai Longfei's eyes, he wanted to find something, but Bai Longfei catered to it so calmly, and he had to press down the doubts in his heart again.
On this day, Bai Longfei, who was holding Luo Xingfei, didn't know what he saw below, so he hurriedly fell, and after walking forward for a distance, he shouted into the mountains: "Oh, Xing'er, you said that we have so much silver, how should we spend it?" ”
Luo Xing was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Bai Longfei asked like this, and then said in confusion: "You can buy whatever you want." ”
"Uncle will take you to eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas first, and then...
While the uncle and nephew were talking, a group of masked robbers suddenly appeared to block the way, without saying a word, they started directly, and their skills were not weak, but for Bai Longfei, it was simply a group of miscellaneous fish, not worth mentioning.
After a light battle, the robbers obeyed one by one, and under Bai Longfei's inquiry, they knew that the big leader was the Imperial Qi Realm, so they asked the robbers to take the two to the mountain where they lived.
The big leader was very reluctant to give away a lot of silver taels, until Bai Longfei was satisfied, and then the two of them respectfully invited them down the mountain, and then sent them to the nearest town before returning, and the bandit leader who returned to the mountain cleaned up those uninformed subordinates, and then thought about it, or decided to quit, because this is a robbery that cannot be robbed, and the long-term loss-making business is really too lazy to do.
It wasn't until this time that Luo Xing understood, and it made him cry and laugh even more, because what Bai Longfei did was to rob the robbers.
Time flies, years shuttle, and long days pass quickly.
On the official road, a coachman brandished a horsewhip and "crackled" a little distance from the horse, and the horse galloped with the crisp sound, raising puffs of smoke and dust, and drove towards a large city a few miles ahead.
There were two people sitting in the car, a middle-aged man and a teenager, although they were sitting, they still showed endless wind and dust.
The middle-aged man poked his head out of the car, looked forward, and said, "Xing'er, look, there is Mocheng ahead." ”
The boy pulled back the curtain and looked forward, only to see a huge city in view.
Mocheng, the westernmost part of the Dugu Empire, with a population of about 300,000 in the city, is a relatively large city, and the west of Mocheng is a vast desert, countless generations want to work hard to turn the desert into an oasis, but it has been fruitless, but fortunately, with the efforts of the city lords of the past dynasties, a large number of trees have been planted in the unweathered land, and the wind and sand invasion have been controlled.
The boy was a little excited, the long journey, in addition to eating and sleeping, was in a hurry, occasionally encountered some people and things, he just silently watched, listened, learned, more or boring, now finally arrived, knowing that he was about to really start learning the exercises, learning alchemy, couldn't help but be ecstatic, and said to the front: "I finally want to learn the exercises." After saying that, I couldn't help laughing.
The two people in the car were Bai Longfei and Luo Xing, who had traveled a long distance.
The carriage continued to gallop, and Bai Longfei was already sitting in the car, looking at Luo Xing, who was still poking his head out to watch, with a smile on his face, thinking about something.
As the majestic city drew closer, the carriage gradually slowed down.
I saw this city, the stone city wall of more than ten zhang high is thick and solid, the huge city gate is solemn and solemn, the two big characters of "Mocheng" show the majesty of the years, and the soldiers on both sides of the city gate are on duty with burning eyes.
At the moment when he was about to pass through the city gate, Luo Xing felt unusually small.
The carriage slowly moved between the markets, and finally after a long time, it stopped closer to Mocheng Academy.
Luo Xing was in the car from beginning to end, and his head was outside the car. From the shock outside the city, after entering the inner city, I can't help but sigh at the prosperity here, and the mountain city I have been to once is not far behind, but also busy, all kinds of things.
However, there is a characteristic of this city, whether it is the city walls, the streets in the city, or all the houses of any height and size, they are all made of stone, which is completely different from the places where Luo Xing lived in the past, because those places are basically made of bricks, or mud or simple thatched huts, and some sections of the road are even dirt roads.
Bai Longfei told that because the city is close to the desert and is often invaded by wind and sand, it will choose to build the city with stones in order to exist for a long time.
However, the most amazing thing is the height of the city wall here, because the highest city wall on this road is only about six zhang, and Luo Xing, who was puzzled, asked Bai Longfei and the coachman, and the answers given by the two were surprisingly consistent, I don't know!
The two of them picked up their packages, got out of the carriage, and after making inquiries, walked to an inn near here.
In this strange and prosperous desert city, Luo Xing walked all the way, looked all the way, and was dazzled.
When the two of them didn't walk for a long time, they looked up and saw that the inn in front of them was three floors high, and the four-character plaque of "entering the building and returning to the garden" was hanging under the eaves, and the lively sound came out frequently.
"Uncle Bai, you see, the name of this store is really good, and it is completely different from the names of other inns and hotels."
Bai Longfei nodded, smiled, and said: "Well, it is indeed elegant, and it is estimated that it means to enter this inn to eat and stay overnight, as if returning to home, comfortable and comfortable." ”
Luo Xing couldn't help but nodded, thinking that this place must be opened by a literati house.
As they spoke, the two of them arrived at the door.
The welcoming guy outside the door immediately smiled and said, "Oh, guest officer, you are here, welcome, welcome, please inside." As he spoke, he bowed down and waved his hand to make an invitation, and as soon as Bai Longfei and the two stepped into the store, the greeting man greeted the store again: "The two distinguished guests have arrived, so they are good to greet." With that, he stood up again to greet the new guests.
When the second child in the store saw the customer coming to the door, he greeted him with a smile and said, "Guest officer, what do you order?" Our store has... ”
Bai Longfei directly interrupted Xiao Er's words and said, "Put three or five of your signature dishes in the store, and then three bowls of rice, okay, that's it." ”
"Tea and wine to eat?"
"No, you don't."
"Okay, please wait." With that, Xiao Er left with a smile.
Luo Xingzi has followed Bai Longfei all the way, and he has eaten countless delicacies, and he knows deeply that it is good to have silver, eat whatever you want, and spend how you want.
The two of them watched and listened while waiting, and saw that the two people at the side table were drinking and eating food, while talking softly, one of them said: "Yes, it's been many years, and the city lord Gu has sent people to search and arrest people, but they can't catch those robbers, and they can't even find where they live, don't you say it's strange." ”
"Who's to say it isn't. Eh, have you heard, the Liu family has recently been robbed of a few boxes of medicinal herbs, and the angry head Liu Youcai has no way at all. ”
"What then? I can only consider myself unlucky. ”
"Indeed, the road in Molian Mountain is unpassable."
"yes. You say, in today's world, there are so many masters, flying around, and they can't help it? ”
"If there was a way, would those robbers still be allowed to go away with it?"
"Yes, fortunately, we have been in this desert city for the rest of our lives, and we are all poor people, so we don't have to worry about the robbers."
"People rob the rich and the poor look for the poor, even if we go, look at what we are dressing, people don't necessarily care about us."
"That's right, it's just that if City Lord Gu doesn't do anything, I'm afraid that he will be scolded to death, and there may be a loss of his official position, after all...
"Shhhhhh
When the man heard this, he hurriedly looked left and right, and hurriedly said, "Drink and drink." ”
Luo Xing asked in a low voice, "Uncle Bai, why do you say there are occasional robbers?" ”
"Some are forced to do so, some are taken advantage of, some are unwilling to work for others, some rob the rich and help the poor, and so on, depending on personal ideas and needs. However, this is not a good way to make money, and there are not many bandits in the empire, I believe you have seen it along the way. ”
Luo Xing nodded, and then said, "Then why are there still robbers, they are not afraid... ”
"If you're afraid, don't do it."
Luo Xing felt that Bai Longfei's words were very reasonable.
At this time, the shopkeeper held the tray in both hands, smiled and said loudly: "Objective, your dishes are here." After putting the five signature dishes on the table, he said: "Objectively, you use slowly, satisfied with yourself, dissatisfied with us, you use slowly, something calls for a small one, if you need a room, please explain in advance, our store has a good one... After saying that, he heard the other tables calling, and hurriedly walked away.
The two were very satisfied with the service attitude, and they picked up the chopsticks while secretly praising them, and ate them, but they didn't hear what was said clearly.
Mocheng College, the largest college in the West Desert, four big characters "Mocheng College" are arranged horizontally at the truss above the two open big iron gates, the tall stone pillars on both sides stand upright, the courtyard wall is two feet high, and two multi-storey pavilions stand on the left and right in the courtyard, which looks very magnificent.
The two uncles and nephews, who had eaten and drunk enough, had already come to the gate of the academy at this moment, and were about to march forward, but they saw a guard on duty immediately stepped forward, stopped the two, and said: "Stop, this is Mocheng Academy, outsiders are not allowed to enter at will without permission." ”
Bai Longfei clenched his fists and smiled, and said, "This brother on duty, I want to find a teacher here named Mei Feng." ”
"Teacher Mei Feng, who are you?" The guard asked, confused.
"A friend from afar."
"Oh, Mr. Mei seems to be today, it seems... The guard said unhurriedly.
"I'm tired of my brother." As he spoke, Bai Longfei smiled and handed ten taels of silver to him.
When the guard on duty saw the silver, he quickly looked left and right, put it away instantly, and immediately smiled: "Oh, you are so polite, how embarrassing is this, please let the two of you go in later, and immediately go in and inform you." As he spoke, he hurriedly ran towards the courtyard after telling the other guard.
Not long after, a person of medium stature, wearing a particularly ordinary gray robe, with a somewhat unkempt hair and a scruffy beard, walked out, and saw Bai Longfei standing at the door, stepped forward a few steps, glared at Bai Longfei, angrily grabbed Bai Longfei's collar and said, "Bai Longfei!" What are you doing here, and do you still want to trick me? ”
"How can it, I can still pit you, Brother Mei, what happened last time was really not intentional by the younger brother, but... Seeing this, Bai Longfei immediately explained with an embarrassed grin.
Before Bai Longfei could finish speaking, Mei Feng said again: "Hmph! Don't come to this set, I won't believe you anyway. Unless, if you give it back to me, I'll forgive you as if you knew you were wrong. ”
"Oh, Brother Mei, that thing really can't be used yet, but, Brother Mei, come and see, what is this?" As he spoke, Bai Longfei grabbed Mei Feng and grabbed his hand, pulled him to a little farther away from the courtyard door, looked left and right, beckoned to Luo Xing again, faced the courtyard wall, took out a storage box from his arms and opened it quickly, closed it immediately, and put it in his arms.
At first, Mei Feng was still puzzled, but after just one glance at the contents of the box, his eyes lit up instantly, and he said excitedly: "You, you, how did you get this thing?" ”
"I got it by chance, but it'll be yours in a moment."
"Really, can you really give it to me?" Mei Feng stared at the White Dragon Feidao excitedly.
Luo Xing on the side looked at Mei Feng, his behavior was indeed different from some ordinary people, maybe the flowers that Uncle Bai took that day were very important to this person, but for such a down-and-out appearance, he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, and secretly said Is this person sure that he is the former peak alchemist of the continent?
"Brother Mei, it's not difficult for you to give this thing, but I have something to ask for."
"Say it quickly, say it quickly, and I'll promise you anything." At this moment, Mei Feng showed an impatient look.
"This kid has a lot to do with me, but my exercises are not suitable for him, I brought him to you today just to let Brother Mei think of a way to teach him to practice, after all, his age is not young." Bai Longfei said, and looked at Luo Xing with his eyes again.
Bai Longfei thought about it and didn't tell Mei Feng the truth.
"Isn't it just a little doll, no problem, no problem." Mei Feng glanced at Luo Xing and agreed without hesitation.
Bai Longfei smiled, looked at Luo Xing and said, "Xing'er, come and see your Uncle Mei." ”
"I've seen Uncle May, Uncle May is good." Luo Xing said as he bowed and saluted, but he felt very awkward as soon as he finished speaking.
"Okay, okay, hahahaha, you will follow me in the future, and I will teach you the exercises." After speaking, he stroked Luo Xing's head.
"Thank you, Uncle May." Luo Xing said very obediently.
"This kid is really sensible, well, not bad." After speaking, Mei Feng gently patted Luo Xing's shoulder again, very satisfied.
At this time, Luo Qingfeng had already handed over the pine box containing the ice crystal hibiscus flowers.
Seeing this thing, Mei Feng took it with trembling hands, stared at the box for a moment before putting it in his arms, then turned his head, wiped away the tears that he did not want to expose in the corners of his eyes, and said in his heart: I think what a beautiful scenery I was at the beginning, how many people don't want to stammering with me all the time, begging me for alchemy, I didn't expect this to happen, and no friends came to the door, even if there were occasional people here, they all coveted my medical heritage, but no one ever thought about the solution to my burning disease.
I have searched the empire, entered the iceberg, entered the desert, and failed to find the two herbs that cure the disease, Mei Feng, who had already lost confidence, really didn't expect that there was still a person who thought about his body, and gave him one of the most difficult to find ice crystal hibiscus flowers, and the request was only to let himself teach the child exercises, this kind of thing is simply too easy, thinking of this, I still feel that I am too stingy, the white dragon flying man just arrived, he grabbed the collar of the person, and mentioned the last thing without asking, which is even more embarrassing at the moment, But the most thing is the sour feeling of excitement in my heart, how many years have passed, this kindness is too great.
At this time, Mei Feng was like a shy child, his eyes didn't dare to look directly, so he lowered his head and said thank you, and then said no more.
"Haha, then please ask Brother Mei a lot, and my nephew is very sensible, don't look at him with children, and if there is no him, this flower will never be obtained, and Brother Mei can inquire by himself in the future."
Mei Feng couldn't help but be surprised when she heard that this flower was related to this child, because a person's luck was really indescribable, and she only waited for her leisure time to ask about it, and she frowned and said.
"Okay, I know, I don't need you to teach me, other things, I can slowly understand them later."
Seeing this scene, Bai Longfei smiled and didn't say anything, because he knew that there were some things, as a brother, there was no need to say more, just know it in his heart, and then arched his hand towards Mei Feng, patted Luo Xing's shoulder again, and said.
"Uncle will hand you over to your Uncle May, I won't say much about what I asked, I believe you understand, if you have time, I will come to see you." After speaking, the corners of his eyes were slightly moist, and he turned his head to the side, holding back his tears.
This long time flies, day and night of companionship, Luo Xing has long regarded Bai Longfei as a relative, the sudden parting made Luo Xing extremely lost in his heart, and suddenly hugged Bai Longfei, choked and said: "Well, I understand, I will." ”
The two hugged each other and got along for a long time, but it was difficult to give up at this time.
Mei Feng was beside her, and she was even more moved when she looked at it.
For a moment, Bai Longfei deeply buried the reluctance in his eyes, held back his tears, silently pushed Luo Xing away, took his hand to the side, handed Luo Xing the two packages containing ice crystal hibiscus flowers and clothes, and whispered something in Luo Xing's ear.
Luo Xing listened and nodded frequently in agreement.
Mei Feng looked at it with a slight smile.
"Okay, come in with your Uncle Mei, remember to practice hard, in the future..." Before he finished speaking, Bai Longfei suddenly stopped his voice and looked at Mei Feng again: "Brother Mei, please leave this matter to you, I'm leaving." ”
"Well, Uncle Bai take care, I will cultivate well."
Mei Feng frowned, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, long-winded." ”
Bai Longfei smiled, resolutely turned around, flew up, and left quickly.
Seeing Bai Longfei fly away, until he completely disappeared, Mei Feng said in his heart Brother, take care, I will live up to my trust, and then took Luo Xing slowly into the academy and went straight to the residence in the East District.
Luo Xing was very dull all the way, and he didn't pay attention to everything in the academy, so he just lowered his head and walked forward silently with Mei Feng, not knowing what he was thinking.
Seeing this, Mei Feng just smiled faintly and didn't say anything.
Mei Feng at home in the academy.
Pushing open the wooden door, the courtyard is not big, just like an ordinary person's house.
As soon as Luo Xing entered the house, he smelled the strong smell of medicine and smoke all over the house, and he couldn't help sneezing again and again, and he burst out with a handful of snot and tears, wiping his tears and struggling to breathe the fresh air outside.
Mei Feng laughed out loud when he saw Luo Xing's embarrassed appearance when he escaped, and at the same time, he sighed again: Hey, I haven't laughed like this for a long time.
After opening all the windows for a while, the smell of medicine in the room finally faded.
Although the smell of medicine was much lighter, Luo Xing still covered his nose, and immediately asked in surprise: "Uncle Mei, the smell of medicine here is really big, too pungent." ”
Mei Feng said helplessly: "I am an alchemist, and there is no smell of medicine in the house, so what else can it smell like?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Luo Xing was immediately stunned, and then he hummed and looked around. I saw that there was nothing in the house except for some daily furniture, which can be said to be very simple.
It's just that Luo Xing didn't understand that the former peak alchemist of the continent, with such a high status, must have a lot of gold and silver things, but why can't he put some decent furniture, and couldn't help but say: "Uncle Mei, why didn't you get some decent furniture?" ”
Hearing this, Mei Feng was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that this kid didn't ask anything useful, but focused on this kind of thing, and couldn't help frowning: "Child, you remember, no matter how beautiful it is, no matter how expensive the ornaments are, they are just things outside the body. As long as it's enough and practical, you know? ”
After listening to this, Luo Xing felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say why, so he had to respond lightly.
"The Crooked Legend of the Plum Breeze"
Mei Feng has always had a headache about his own name, and even very sensitive, because there was once something that made Mei Feng feel crying and laughing.
Here's the thing: One day, student A from other colleges came to find student B of Mocheng College, and the two of them were relatives, so they discussed with each other and wanted to learn from each other and confirm it, so they competed at the school gate, and it happened that Teacher Mei Feng happened to pass by and saw this scene.
After the joust.
Some envious student A: "Cousin, you are so amazing, admire and admire, can you tell me who your teacher is?" We enrolled at the same time, why are you so good? Which teacher taught you? ”
Calm Student B: "Teacher Mei." ”
Some angry student A: "You are so good at martial arts without a teacher, who can you learn from whom?" I'm not going to come to you to steal the arts, tell me what you'll lose? ”
Student B who smiled helplessly: "It's really Teacher Mei, if you don't believe it, then forget it, I can't help it." After speaking, he pouted helplessly and spread his hands.
Student A pouted and mocked: "It's impossible, you just fool people, and you still have no teacher?" Self-taught? ”
Student B, who roared angrily: "I!! It's really Teacher Mei, Teacher Mei from our college, the teacher's surname is Mei, his name is Mei Feng, do you understand! ”
Completely stupid student A: "Huh。。。。。。 ”
In the end, Teacher Mei Feng flicked his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and left in a huff.