Chapter 385: Qingqiu is picturesque in autumn, and the city is full of craftsmen
At the end of September, the autumnal equinox.
As the old saying goes, there are clouds - the autumn equinox, the yin and yang are half of each other, so the day and night are even, and the cold and summer are even. The word "fen" of the autumn equinox means "half".
Qingqiu Town is bordered by the Lonely Sea of Tears in the north, and the Qingqiu Mountains in the south, standing majestically at the junction of the East and Central States, and is the northern gateway of Zhongzhou. Here, surrounded by mountains and waters, outstanding people, picturesque in autumn.
The shadow of the clouds passes through the sun, and the swaying is slanted on the mottled city and the riverside. The dark color of Qingqiu Town, under the mist of this golden autumn morning, is surging between the blue sky and white clouds by the wind and clouds.
Click, click, click~
On the wide official road outside Qingqiu Town, footsteps gradually sounded...
"Vientiane autumn equinox is infinite, a city of rivers sleeps in Shandong; Dongyang shui cold fish jumping, wild geese Qi Tianhua riding the wind; wind into a pen, clouds and ink, half-dyed Qingqiu immortals...... Qingqiu, Qingqiu~"
As the footsteps came from far and near, the clear sound of praise also rose faintly. For the picturesque Qingqiu Town of the autumn equinox in front of you, it quietly shines.
Zhao Xuan's eyes flashed with amazement, and he looked at the back of the green shirt in front of him who was straight in the direction of Qingqiu Town: "Master, this autumn equinox season is so good for the occasion, can it have a good reputation?"
Luo Yu, who was looking like 'rain and three waters', held a fan in one hand without looking back, and waved it left and right with the other: "Entering the meeting, why ask for a common name?... Enter the city. β
With that, he left the two of them and walked straight to Qingqiu Town, which was not far away.
At the same time, his free laughter was heard: "~ The beginning of the nameless heaven and earth, the mother of all things..." β
When Zhao Xuan heard this, he muttered to himself: "... The beginning of the nameless heaven and earth, the mother of all things? But how can such a beautiful autumn equinox phrase be nameless? What a fly in the ointment!"
"Smack!" Shu Fangyi held the peachwood sword in his left hand, and when he walked by, he raised his right hand and patted Zhao Xuan, stretched out his hand and pointed to Qingqiu Town first, and then pointed to the sky, and quietly reminded: "Qingqiu, Qingqiu." β
Immediately, he followed Luo Yu's back.
When Zhao Xuan heard this, after only a moment, he suddenly brightened up, and showed a smile: "Qingqiu point, clear and divided, means autumn equinox." Wonderful... Wonderful~!"
Looking at the back of the master's green shirt not far away, Zhao Xuan's face was full of admiration, and he sighed: "If there is one stone in the world, my master can monopolize eight buckets, I have one bucket, and the rest will share one bucket." β
Okay~, this Nine Emperor Princes are not polite, and when they praise their masters, they don't forget to bring themselves with them.
After a short time, the three of them disappeared into Qingqiu Town.
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Although Qingqiu Town is a small town, it is not as prosperous as Quzhong, Kyoto and other cities, but since Zhao Decangzhou, Qingqiu can be described as stable and prosperous, and the grand occasion is increasing day by day.
It was not the first time Luo Yu had come to this Qingqiu Town, so he was naturally familiar with it. Even Zhao Xuan, the Nine Emperor Princes, has traveled to Qingqiu Town.
And Shu Fangyi is - 'The new daughter-in-law passes through the door, and the people and the land are born'.
Following Luo Yu walking on the main street nearly two feet wide, Zhao Xuan also learned from Luo Yu, holding a folding fan.
This folding fan is not an ordinary bamboo paper fan, but the 'bamboo wind' fan that Wei Wuxian gave to Luo Yu, which is ranked at the bottom of the spirit rank.
Now Luo Yu has Guo Laozu's Bafang Liuhe Fan, which is such a high-level sword fan. So he gave the 'bamboo wind' fan to Zhao Xuan, who had just entered the qi refining process, as a disciple gift.
Zhao Xuan naturally couldn't put it down when he got the treasure fan, and he showed off in front of the second senior brother who only had a broken peachwood sword, and Shu Fangyi did not 'rectify' this prince and junior brother in private.
At this moment, Shu Fangyi was walking side by side with Zhao Xuan, while watching the prosperous scenery in Qingqiu Town.
Although Shu Fangyi's mother was a Terran cultivator, he himself had never set foot in the mortal world of the Terran race. Even if you see it in Lingzhou, it is also the 'boundary city' of the enchantment guard, and at most you have seen that Dao city that is somewhat similar.
But... Even Dao City is not as big as this Qingqiu Town!
I also heard the teacher say that Qingqiu Town is just an ordinary town, and even more majestic and magnificent cities can be said to abound in Zhaodi.
Shu Fangyi looked at the crowd in front of him, and at a glance he saw the street on the side, and at this moment he was secretly frightened, "Qingqiu Town, which is bigger than Dao City, can only be regarded as an ordinary town, how big should that Quzhong Town and Kyoto Yanping City be...?"
With a small doubt in his heart, Shu Fangyi watched it more carefully.
I saw teahouses, cloth shops, dangkou, wine shops and so on on both sides. In the open space on both sides of the street, there are many small traders and vendors holding oilcloth umbrellas who are shouting hard.
"The tarpon is fat, fresh and cheap~!" this is the fish seller shouting.
And after a bun stall on the side of the fish stall, Bao Sanniang, who still has the charm, is twisting the waist of the water snake, and beckoning to the people who come and go: "What about Su Ding Bao~ I guarantee that you hold it softly, eat warmly, and work comfortably....."
A thin little lewd man passed by, his eyes swept unscrupulously over Bao Sanniang's swimming water snake waist, and finally wandered to his chest, and the thief smiled: "Hehe~ Sanniang~ I only like to eat meat buns, how can I sell two meat buns?"
"Yo~ You still have two! one will suffocate to death, right?" Bao Sanniang proudly held up her full chest, crossed her waist in the mist, and looked even more tempting. Especially with the thin water snake waist, it is simply a blood gushing blood.
The onlookers around suddenly looked at the smiling thin lewd man and burst into laughter.
Shu Fangyi and Zhao Xuanzhi stared at the water snake waist of Sanniang, staring intently and saying in unison: "Hmph~ waist essence!"
In a melon and fruit stall near the left, under the oilcloth shed, an old man retracted his gaze at Bao Sanniang, revealing a smiling expression, as if shouting out the flowers: "Look at it~ This morning's newly beaten dewy peach~ A pretty face as big as an eighteen girl, white with powder, pink with red, red with ......fragrance in red!"
This shout, I heard that Shu Fangyi and Zhao Xuan were looking at each other, and secretly exclaimed, "Jiang is still old and spicy, come here!"
At this time, a sweet aroma came, and the two were attracted to it.
I saw a rock sugar gourd being sold, and I happened to pass by, raised my head and used all the strength of the milk, howling: "Honey ~ Heyβββ rock sugar gourd!"
Before the sound fell, a knife sharpener not far away, who came to pick up the burden and shouted: "Sharpen scissorsβββ ~ kitchen knife!"
For a time, pedestrians on the street passed one after another, carrying burdens and carrying merchants, driving horses to go shopping, driving donkeys to pull goods, and so on... In short, there are all kinds of colors, and there is an endless stream.
Shu Fangyi looked around curiously as she followed Luo Yu deeper into the street. Stepping on the smooth road paved with bluestone, I only felt that the cloth was light under my feet. The colorful autumn sun is sprinkled among the green tiles and mahogany. Above the cornices, signboards are hung high and flags are fluttering.
The three of them had not been walking for long, and a small river had already appeared in front of them. Luo Yu looked at Qinghe, he suddenly stopped, and for a while he seemed to have infinite recollection, and gradually smiled.
Immediately, he raised his finger to the river and introduced to the two disciples behind him: "This river runs through the center of the town from east to west, and its name is Qinghe. And the stone bridge over the river is called Junde Bridge. β
Zhao Xuan had known about this for a long time, and naturally there was no change.
And the book is clear.
Luo Yu smiled: "You guys will take a look at the bridge with the teacher." β
At this moment, on the Junde Stone Bridge of the Qinghe River, the peddlers on both sides of the river are pawns, the merchants and the people have never stopped, and there are also talented and beautiful people who stop to watch the autumn colors on both sides of the Qinghe River.
In just a moment, the three of them came to the Junde Bridge.
Under the bridge, the clear water of the Qinghe River is murmuring, the water flow is soft and sparkling like scales, and there are fish and shrimp games hidden in it, and they are always scattered by the wooden boats that come with the waves. The boat swayed left and right under the bridge, sparkling, but there was no slightest turbidity in the water quality, which shows that the name of Qinghe is worthy of its name.
The voices of people on both sides of the river are boiling compared with the clear river, and between stillness and movement, a unique picture is intertwined.
And just when Shu Fangyi was fascinated, Luo Yu looked at the simple tea shop under the shade of the trees on the embankment of the Qinghe River and asked, "Shu'er, Xuan'er, what do you see?"
When Shu Fangyi and Zhao Xuanzhi heard it, they leaned on the side of the bridge and looked up at Luo Yu, and they successively said how the customs and scenery of the two sides of the strait were...
However, Luo Yu stood by the stone railing in the middle of the bridge, looking at both sides of the Qing River, and did not judge the answers of the two.
Unconsciously, I thought back to my youth when I was like this, and I set up this bridge with my teacher.
At this time, when I returned to my hometown, I was already in a great mood, 'The past is in a hurry, but it is only a dozen spring and autumn. I am still the same, the scenery is still the same, but it is like a different world. At that time, I on the bridge~ seemed to miss and reluctant to give up the previous life. But now I'm not there, but I'm still... So.... β
Feeling this, Luo Yu suddenly laughed silently, as if he had become the master of the year, he couldn't help but stretch out his palm, gently rubbing, feeling, and muttering with relief on the guardrail: "The disciple looks forward to the master and builds the bridge, and the green shirt does not change the cross-strait relationship, I... It's still me. β
Shu Fangyi and Zhao Xuan looked at the teacher's back in a daze, and saw that the master was distracted, Zhao Xuan touched the book Fangyi beside him, and asked quietly: "Senior Brother Shu, what's wrong with the master?"
Shu Fangyi shook his head slightly, and following Luo Yu's gaze, he looked at the extremely deserted tea stall under the bridge on the right...
At this moment, Luo Yu retracted his gaze: "The left and right are noisy, the heart is like stopping water, how can you show your true face if you are not quiet? β
After saying that, he left behind the two disciples with a thoughtful look and walked towards the other side alone.
Zhao Xuan saw his master leaving, and was about to catch up, but Shu Fangyi frowned and grabbed his arm.
"Senior brother?" Zhao Xuan looked back puzzled.
And Shu Fangyi shook his head slightly: "The teacher is not satisfied with our answer, let us stay and watch the market." β
"Uh... "Zhao Xuan was stunned in his heart, 'I am so intelligent, why didn't I hear this meaning in my master's words?'
Seeing that Zhao Xuan didn't believe it, Shu Fangyi patted the bridge railing: "You and I stand on the heart of this clear stream bridge, but we can only see the bustle and hustle and bustle on both sides of the strait, that is, the teacher said that the heart can't stop like water, so I can't see the difference here." I didn't see it, so I naturally had to keep watching. β
"Uh...!" Zhao Xuan smashed his mouth, thought about it, and felt that it seemed that there should be some truth.
He glanced at the back of Shizun's departing green shirt, and saw that Shizun really didn't call the two of them to follow, and suddenly said depressedly: "Then aren't you and I punished?"
Shu Fangyi straightened his clothes, it was a peachwood sword tightening his belt, turned around and smiled slightly, stretched out a finger, and pointed at Zhao Xuan: "It's not you and me, it's you." β
"I!why?" Zhao Xuan immediately disagreed.
But Shu Fangyi shrugged helplessly: "The teacher has said it~ 'Stay in a different place, you can sit in front'." I've found a place, and my brother still needs to work hard to observe it. β
As he spoke, Shu Fangyi left behind Zhao Xuan, who was confused and claimed to be only one fighter, and disappeared into the crowd.
Seeing that the master and the senior brother had run away, Zhao Xuanna was in a hurry at this moment! He hurriedly climbed on the side of the stone railing of Junde Bridge and looked around, looking around, up and down, left and right, not to mention how carefully he looked. Even a few boats and a few fish in the river, he counted them!
He's been to Qingqiu Town before, and he's never seen anything different!?
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Let's ignore Zhao Xuan, the Nine Emperor Princes who is at the bridgehead and playing 'Let's Find Faults', just talk about the 'rain and three waters' that are walking alone in the noisy street market at the moment.
At this moment, although Luo Yu is easy to look mediocre, but when the folding fan is gently shaken, he does not lose a bit of grace and free and easy childish atmosphere.
He was walking down the street, about to go around a giant tree in the sky, and as he was approaching the riverbank, he heard a displeased shout from his right.
"You craftsman, how can there be an engraving that is not traced first?"
Luo Yu stopped his figure and turned his head sideways, but saw a simple craftsman carving booth in front of a cloth-clothed scholar holding a thumb-sized jade, as if he was looking for a craftsman to engrave it.
And the craftsman is a sturdy middle-aged red-faced man, this craftsman looks that although the coarse cloth is short, and the patches are dense, but on his stupid and smiling face, under the thick eyebrows, the eyes look bright. There seemed to be a faint flicker in his eyes, and the faint light was as sharp as the small carving knife in his hand.
Seeing this, Luo Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he simply approached to watch.
I saw that the carver looked up at the scholar, and still raised his carving knife with a smile: "I use a knife~ I never trace." Don't look back under the knife, vertical and horizontal, carving all the things in the world. β
When Luo Yu saw the small carving knife, his eyes suddenly froze, and his heart was shocked: "Sword weapon!?"
And the scholar was already frowning: "It's unheard of, Ben Xiucai sees that you are clearly a trickster with poor skills~ Hmph!"
With that, the scholar threw up his sleeves and left.
"Hey~ buy mussels without beads, there are no beads in the eyes..."The craftsman said, and lowered his head.
Luo Yu was still standing in front of the stall, looking at the stone inscriptions carved from several sides, looking at the stone inscriptions that had been carved from several sides.
Although the stone tools in the hands of the craftsman are made of ordinary materials, the lines and handwriting on them are vigorous and powerful, and the curves are flowing, as if they were achieved overnight, and there is no superfluity at all.
The craftsman man, who was obsessed with the objects in his hands, suddenly noticed Luo Yu in front of the stall, and he immediately raised his head and smiled: "Guest, what do you want to engrave?"
Luo Yu looked at the red-faced craftsman who didn't have half a magazine in his eyes, and also smiled: "Passing by and curious, let's take a look." β
"Look...?" The craftsman's smile disappeared instantly, and he lowered his head again to look at his 'masterpiece', and then waved his hand to Luo Yu, and drove away angrily: "Damn it~ Pick up the guy under the bed, don't do the right thing, don't get out!"
This attitude of turning 180 degrees made Luo Yu, who was caught off guard, cry and laugh.
Seeing this, he changed his words and said, "Then carve one." β