Chapter 81: Xun Lingjun (I)
Xun Lingjun (above)
Xu Changan, Li Daoyi and Xiaobai took Chu Liang all the way.
Xiaobai has a new place to go, in Chu Liang's arms.
Chu Liang was small in his arms, and his clothes couldn't hold it, so he could only hold Xiaobai with both hands, which was much more comfortable than Xu Changan stuffing it into his arms.
The three of them and one cat walked on the road, and Chu Liang followed far behind.
Although it is southern, autumn is still a little cold, and the air has become unusually humid, and it creaks when you step on the ground covered with fallen leaves.
"Hurry up, you boy. Li Daoyi turned to look at Chu Liang, Chu Liang was carrying a small basket on his back, and he was still holding Xiaobai in his arms, so he was naturally a little slow. Li Daoyi stopped, looked at him, and Xu Changan also stopped.
"With your physical strength, you still want to be a general. ”
Li Daoyi said.
Chu Liang looked at Li Daoyi and complained: "I can't do it, look at you, let me carry a box and forget it, and throw my own baggage in." Still talking about me?" Chu Liang wrinkled his nose, his tone was a little unkind, with a hint of complaint.
"Yo hehe, you kid still blames Dao Ye. Dao Ye, this is training, do you understand, you don't want to memorize, let's take the sword!"
When Chu Liang heard the word "Imperial Sword", his face turned pale, and his upper and lower lips kept trembling.
Xu Changan asked him to step on the long sword, and as soon as he brought him into the air, Chu Liang's face was pale, out of breath, and he almost fainted. Xu Changan and Li Dao had no choice but to come down. Li Daoyi also blamed Xu Chang'an's sword skills for not being exquisite, so he would scare Chu Liang. But when he controlled the dust, not long after he took Chu Liang into the air, he had to be forced to descend.
With a smile in his eyes, Xu Changan looked at Li Daoyi with a black face.
"Stinky boy, a manly man, I've never seen you so afraid of heights, how will you be a general in the future!"
Hearing this, Chu Liang lowered his head and said nothing.
Li Daoyi turned Xu Changan's arm, looked at Chu Liang who was sitting at the foot of the tree and asked, "Do you think my words are a little heavier, after all, he still cares." ”
After being silent for a while, Chu Liang gritted his teeth and stood up, and said to Li Daoyi with red eyes: "Please Brother Daoist take me again." ”
Xu Changan and Li Daoyi were stunned, they both felt his frothing ghost appearance just now, as long as they looked at the mountains at their feet, this stinky boy hugged their waists and couldn't fly normally.
However, for the sake of his insistence, Li Daoyi still took out the dust whisk and pinched a legal decision.
This time the dust seemed to be a little bigger than just now, I don't know if it was an illusion, Chu Liang gritted his teeth and jumped up, hugged his two hands tightly, and secretly swore that he would never hold Li Daoyi's waist again.
Just ascended into the air, everything was fine, Chu Liang gritted his teeth and remained calm. But as the dust continued to rise, Li Daoyi seemed to hear the sound of Chu Liang's teeth trembling. However, what made him feel fortunate was that this kid didn't hum once and didn't hold himself.
He just wanted to boast, boy, yes! But suddenly he felt a light behind him, and when he turned his head, a small figure fell from the sky.
As soon as Li Dao saw this, the dust under his feet rolled up gusts of wind, and immediately turned into a burst of purple light and went down.
There is always no danger, Xu Changan is on the ground, and he also goes up with his sword and catches Chu Liang who fell from a high altitude.
The two put the unconscious Chu Liang on the haystack and lay flat.
"It's the first time I've seen someone who is afraid of heights. Li Daoyi said slowly, with doubts on his face.
"The world is very big, some people are afraid of heights, some people are afraid of the dark, it's normal. When I was a child, I heard Uncle Shi say that there are still people who dare to fight tigers, but they are afraid of snakes, and when they see a snake lying on the side of the road, they are immediately so frightened that they can't take a step. ”
Li Daoyi glanced at Chu Liang, who was in a coma, and sighed.
The two of them sat and waited for Chu Liang to wake up, and after Xu Changan had gone through a few weak battles, he learned to cultivate anytime and anywhere. And Li Daoyi was holding Xiaobai, but he didn't hold it for a few minutes, and he was slapped by Xiaobai, but fortunately Xiaobai put away his claws, otherwise he would have broken his appearance.
However, Rao is like this, Li Daoyi is also very angry, Xiaobai saw that the situation was not right, so he ran to the mountain, and Li Daoyi chased Xiaobai all over the mountain.
One person and one cat haven't come back yet, Chu Liang woke up first.
He didn't dare to look up at Xu Changan, and walked his head tightly. Xu Changan knew what he was thinking, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "For the general, be careful to have the world in mind and look at the overall situation." Strategize in the strategic, decisive victory thousands of miles away. It doesn't matter if you can fly high in the sky, what matters is whether you have the ambition to accommodate the sky!"
When Chu Liang heard this, he raised his head and glanced at Xu Changan gratefully.
Li Daoyi came back, and at this time he had a few more scratches on his body, although they were not deep, but they still saw blood marks. "What are you laughing at!" he glared at Chu Liang, and then looked at Xu Changan, if it weren't for your cat, if it wasn't for the autumn now, I would have to catch it and boil a pot of dragon and tiger fights!"
Xu Changan knew that Li Daoyi just wanted to take advantage of his words, so he patted Li Daoyi on the shoulder.
"Let's go, it shouldn't be far from Fengwu Mountain, even if we walk, we can catch up with the six big competitions. ”
"Nonsense, it is estimated that the first snow will fall, and the six big competitions will begin. As soon as Li Dao said, he walked forward. But as soon as he took a few steps, he was turned to look at Chu Liang, who was staying in place.
"Boy, we're afraid of being too tall for us to walk, don't tell me you can't even walk. ”
Listening to Li Daoyi's somewhat angry tone, Chu Liang hurriedly beckoned: "No...... No, are we going to get it back?" he looked at Xu Changan with big eyes, he knew that this cute kitten belonged to Xu Changan, and children like small animals, so he also liked Xiaobai in his heart, and wanted to touch it, but he didn't dare.
"It's okay, let's walk, it can find us. Hearing Xu Changan say this, he hurriedly followed.
The three of them walked to a small town, and Li Daoyi bought a backpack for Chu Liang, threw all the baggage into it, and took out a small box from his arms, which he also let Chu Liang carry.
Seeing the weight of Chu Liang's face change, Li Daoyi said with a straight face: "You have to carry it well, don't think about throwing these things halfway." I can tell you, the least valuable thing in this is the little box with a silver ticket in it!"
Chu Liang has lived a poor life since he was a child, and when he heard a box of silver tickets, his eyes widened. Li Daoyi saw that this kid was a little money fan like himself, and he suddenly felt a little more good. In order to motivate him, Li Daoyi also opened the box, and it was really full of silver tickets.
This box was sent to the door by Xu Geng stupidly at the beginning, but Lan Yu didn't care about this, so he threw the box directly to Li Daoyi.
Originally, Xu Changan wanted to use these silver tickets to help the poor people in Yangcheng, but Li Daoyi didn't do it, and asked with a glaring eye: "You gave the silver tickets, do you have to rely on Xiaobai to gamble to support you?"
Hearing this, Xu Changan never mentioned it again.
After all, the sages have said: "If you are good, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be good alone." "He is not as good as when he was in Chang'an, if he gives it out, he will really have to let Xiaobai and Li Daoyi go to play tricks and gamble to support themselves.
Therefore, they "carried" a huge amount of money on the road.
When the three of them left the town, they walked all the way to the south, Xiaobai also came back, Chu Liang hugged Xiaobai as he wished, and held him in his arms.
However, these things are really a bit heavy, and occasionally I will have a quarrel with Li Daoyi.
Gradually, he was not afraid of this Daoist brother, he knew that Daoist brother just liked to play and make trouble.
After walking all the way and walking for a day, they finally walked out of Jingmen Prefecture and arrived at Fengwu Prefecture, the southernmost state in the territory of the Holy Dynasty.
Fengwu Prefecture is famous for Fengwu Mountain, and some people even say that Fengwu Prefecture is named because of Fengwu Mountain.
It is said that in ancient times, the two great powers fought in this Fengwuzhou, and finally the aura of this Wuzhou was exhausted, so it was called "Fengwu".
After a long time, the aura of this Wuzhou was slowly restored, but most of it "flowed" from other states.
Among the twenty-four states of the Holy Dynasty, the other states have some sects, large and small. Only this Wuzhou does not have any sects, and the aura is also the thinnest among the twenty-four states. Therefore, the six big competitions or some larger competitions are all selected here, and there is no so-called host, and everyone seems more fair.
Entering Fengwu Prefecture, the three of them felt warmer than in Jingmen Prefecture, after all, this Fengwu Prefecture was located further south.
The three of them stepped into Fengwu Prefecture, as if they had just entered early autumn.
The ground was full of golden, and the smell of fruit came. Even when they came to this county, there were girls wearing long skirts, passing by, and the wisps of incense were refreshing.
It was already late autumn, but the place was still busy harvesting crops and picking fruits. If it was in Tongzhou in the north, it is estimated that it would have been wrapped in a jacket by now.
Chu Liang's eyes widened, looking left and right, after all, this was the first time he had walked out of Jingmen Prefecture.
Xiaobai was sleeping soundly in the back basket, and seemed to be disturbed by the laughter of the people from the joy of the harvest, and jumped on Chu Liang's shoulder.
They walked through the bazaar, and the aroma of fruit, vegetables and wine came to their noses.
Li Daoyi and Xu Changan calculated the days, and it was still early before the Six Sects Dabi, so they temporarily beat the sharp and repaired here.
The three of them found an inn to stay, Xu Changan practiced for a while and then asked for a pot of wine to drink alone; Li Daoyi walked up the street with his hands behind his back to see the customs here; as for Chu Liang, after obtaining the consent of Xu Changan and Li Daoyi, he took some broken silver and went shopping.
As soon as Li Dao looked around, someone saw that he was wearing a Taoist robe and the shelf was also up, so they asked him for advice. Li Daoyi was not ambiguous, and even coaxed and deceived a group of people to watch, facing a group of people, although he now has silver taels, he still can't help but fool people. Only in this way did he feel that he had found the feeling of breaking into the rivers and lakes at the beginning.
Chu Liang took the silver, which was a huge amount of money for him at the beginning, he saw a lot of things, and wanted to buy them, but in the end he held back.
"Oranges, big oranges, guaranteed sweet, not sweet no money. ”
Chu Liang walked around for a long time, his mouth was dry, and when he heard this, he immediately stopped.
The seller of oranges was an old man, looking kind and tired. Although Chu Liang "bullied" the old woman in Yangcheng, he could see this kind of old man, and his heart would move slightly.
Two baskets were placed in front of the old man, and a wooden sign was inserted on them, on which was written, "Oranges are five ...... per catty"
Chu Liang looked at the big orange and walked to the stall.
"Grandma, is your orange sweet?"
The old man's eyes narrowed, and he hurriedly nodded and said, "Sweet, sweet, not sweet, no money." ”
"Can you taste it? If it's sweet, I'll buy more." When Chu Liang heard this, he said. After all, he gave all the silver out, he was afraid that the Taoist brother would glare, if it was sweet, he would go back, anyway, this bit of silver should not care too much for the Taoist brother, besides, he was not a gift, but a transaction.
When the old man heard this, he hurriedly said, "Good, good!"
It's just that Chu Liang didn't notice that this is already the edge of the street, and there are not as many people as just now.
The old man pointed to an orange, Chu Liang took it out and peeled it, he put the orange in his mouth, and found that the orange was not as good as the appearance, the fruit was firm, shriveled, and even very bitter.
"Your orange is not sweet!" Chu Liang frowned.
The old man didn't care about him, just pointed to the orange that was peeled by Chu Liang and said, "Then what about this?"
"I bought it!"
When the old man heard this, he smiled slyly, like an old fox.
She lifted the wooden board inserted in the basket up, and Chu Liang's eyes immediately widened.
His father was obsessed with military books, and although he was poor, he was literate since he was a child, and he looked at those big characters, and he was a little incredulous.
"Oranges are five hundred wen per catty. ”
The price of oranges is only five cents a catty, and when he saw this plank, Chu Liang didn't care, but he didn't expect that this old man was much more reckless than the one who bullied him in Yangcheng!
The orange he had just eaten made Chu Liang a little nauseous. As if he had eaten dozens of flies in his stomach, he looked at the old man, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!
He expected that even if it was 500 yuan a pound of oranges, this one would only be a few cents. Unexpectedly, the old man took out the scale and put the orange that had been eaten a little on it.
The old man squinted his eyes and smiled slightly: "This orange is two catties, a thousand yuan, that is, one tael of silver." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand towards Chu Liang.
Chu Liang was stunned for a moment, and immediately looked at the scale, but the old man didn't accept it, and directly handed it forward. Chu Liang recognized those scales, it was indeed a catty!
However, he is not an honest man, nor is he a fool. At this time, he had already realized that this old man was a liar. Whether it's to cover up half of the planks marked with the selling price, or that weigh, it's all done with tricks.
Chu Liang thought to himself, saying that he can do things with wooden boards, but I can run faster than you, ignore you, you can't help it.
Chu Liang, who originally wanted to help the old man, suddenly sighed and prepared to run away. He has money, but he doesn't want to give it away.
The old man seemed to see his intentions, and immediately lay down on the ground, and kicked over the oranges, and the oranges with full color rolled to the ground.
"Beat people, beat old people!"
In Chu Liang's stunned, the old man lay on the ground, and his whole body convulsed. Suddenly, countless people rushed towards here.
The old man took out a puff fan, covered his face, and lay straight on the ground.
Chu Liang looked at the crowd and was speechless.
People blamed Chu Liang one after another, and even Li Daoyi, who was "fortune telling" not far away, was also alarmed.
As soon as Li Dao looked at this scene and saw the appearance of the old man, he knew that Chu Liang had been falsely accused. He is not very old, but after all, he is an old man, and he has always been the only one who deceives people, where is it the turn of someone to deceive him, even if it is his younger brother.
He was about to stand up when he was stopped.
When I turned my head, it was Xu Changan who had a little smell of alcohol on his body.
"He won't be afraid of this kind of thing, teach that old woman a lesson!"
"Why are you so sure?"
Xu Changan whispered in his ear and said, "This kid told me a word. ”
Li Daoyi looked at Xu Changan suspiciously.
"If I don't have morality, then people can't kidnap me with morality?"
Hearing this, Li Daoyi stood in place and looked at Chu Liang.
The people around began to accuse Chu Liang of coming, but no one stepped forward, let alone helped the old man.
Chu Liang clenched his fists, even if he was pointed out by Qianfu and misunderstood, he would make this old woman suffer a little.
He was about to raise his fists and rush over when a man stepped forward.
"Little brother, wait!"
This person was wearing a green shirt, which was somewhat similar to the one on Xu Changan's body, but he was much older than Xu Changan, and his elegance was much stronger.
As he spoke, he took out a minot, and stood beside the old man.
"Old man, I'm sorry, this is my brother, this bit of silver is not a tribute, it is regarded as an apology and medical expenses. ”
The old man's head tilted slightly, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the ingot of silver, which was estimated to weigh ten taels.
The middle-aged green-shirted scribe arched his hand to the people around him and said, "Don't worry, I will take good care of this old man." As soon as the words fell, many people dispersed.
Xu Changan and Li Daoyi also walked away, but they didn't go far, but watched this scene from a distance.
The middle-aged young man made a gesture to hand over the silver, but he didn't expect to stumble under his feet and fall to the ground. Chu Liang hurriedly went to help the scribe, but saw the middle-aged green-shirted scribe squeezing his eyes towards him, Chu Liang understood, so he shouted loudly: "Brother, brother!" The more he shouted, the more sad he became, the old man opened his eyes and saw that he seemed to see blood, and hurriedly closed his eyes.
"Brother, I'll take you to the hospital!"
With that, he picked up the middle-aged scribe and walked away.
The old man waited for a while, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to him, he rolled over and climbed up, and looked at the tree.
There was a bird's nest in the tree, and the ingot of silver was tossed high by the middle-aged green-shirted scribe, and it happened to fall into the bird's nest.
The old man gritted his teeth, looked left and right, and once again made sure that no one was paying attention to him, so he spat on his hand, rubbed it, and began to climb the tree. She was a little excited, this order could make a lot of money.
But halfway through, a group of people suddenly came out, led by the green-shirted scribe and the child who was falsely accused by himself.
"Old man, weren't you knocked over by me?"
The old man was stunned for a moment, at this time he was on the tree, neither up nor down.
"Hmph, believe it or not, as soon as I let go, you won't be able to leave!" the old man had a broken jar.
The middle-aged scribe in the green shirt clapped his hands, and three or five pawns rushed over. At this time, the crowd gathered again.
"I heard that an old woman was cheating all over my county, relying on a holy pilgrimage law to do evil deeds everywhere, but I couldn't do anything about her, I saw it today, it was really so!"
The old woman lay on the tree, and she didn't care about her face, so she said: "The law of the Holy Dynasty 'does not punish the people of the ancient world!' (the people above the ancient people can not be punished if they make mistakes)'I have long passed the ancient world, can you punish me?'
"To be old and not die is to be a thief!"
Many people saw the old man's face clearly and said loudly.
The old man didn't care at all, but raised his head.
The green-shirted scribe laughed loudly and said, "The laws of the Holy Dynasty should be obeyed. ”
Then he turned to the people around him and said: "In the newly arrived county, we will abide by the Xun law, but we will never bend the law for personal gain! Today's events, you have all seen it, and this official ordered that the portrait of this old woman be posted in all the towns and villages under its jurisdiction. In addition, I would like to ask you to testify that this official has not been sentenced!"
Then he turned to look at the old woman.
"I didn't punish you
As soon as the words fell, applause erupted around them, mixed with voices.
"Xun Lingjun is good!"
"Lingjun" was an honorific title for the county guard (county lord) in ancient times. Three Kingdoms Shu Xun?? Condyle?