Chapter 186: Arriving in Mountain City
Although Lu Shizhen stayed several times, Li Xuandu and Qin Su still did not stay overnight in Xianjian Villa, and after the banquet was dispersed, the two said goodbye and left.
Next, the two will go back to Langya Mansion, but they will not go to Fucheng again, but go directly to the mountain market not far from Jinao Peak, and then turn from the mountain market to Guanhailou.
According to Qin Su's original plan, these two places were originally her must-go places, although there were some accidents now, but the itinerary remained the same, but the accompanying person changed from Lu Yanbing to Li Xuandu, as for Lu Yanbing, after dealing with the affairs of Langya Mansion, he would go directly to Guanhailou and wait for them there.
After the two entered the territory of Langya Mansion, they could see the continuous mountains that seemed to hang at the end of the sky, which was the majestic Taiqing Mountain, stretching for most of Qizhou. But just in response to a sentence, looking at the mountains and running dead horses, looking at the mountains seems to be not far away, when the weather is clear, even many scenery on the mountains are faintly visible, but walking on foot, and some walking, or how to walk the rivers and lakes, fighting and killing is just a matter between lightning and flint, most of the time is still spent on walking.
If it is a person, it is nothing more than a hurry, but now it is two people, so they can chat about some customs and customs in a hurry. Although Qin Su comes to Qizhou almost once a year, if you talk about the familiarity with Qizhou, how can it compare to Li Xuandu, who grew up here. Especially Langya Mansion, which is closest to the Qingwei Sect, is the place where the disciples of the Qingwei Sect have the most frequent activities.
According to the geographical division, the Jin Ao Peak of Donghua Sect is also in the territory of Langya Mansion, and the mountain city is sheltered by Donghua Sect on the bright side, but in secret, it is also necessary to deal with Qingwei Sect. Now the person in charge of Qizhou affairs is Tianweitang, although Tianweitang has been sent to open up the road to Beihai, but for various reasons, there has been no movement, so Tianweitang is still mainly active in Qizhou, if you want to handle the matter of money, and you must not have Tianfutang, the function of this hall is similar to that of the household department of the imperial court, that is, the word money and grain.
The hall master of Tianfu Hall is a woman, more than half a hundred years old, she still looks like a twenty-eight woman, not the person of the sect master Li Yuanying, but the same as Tianyou Hall, they are all people who belong to the direct management of the old sect master, the old sect master can see clearly, as big as a country, as small as a family, raising soldiers and gathering people, the most inseparable thing is the word "money and food", he has to hold it in his own hands.
Speaking of this, Qin Su couldn't help but wonder about the rejuvenation technique of this Tianfu Hall master, after all, they are all women, who doesn't want to stay young, but as long as they don't reach the immortal realm, they will still age slowly, but it is not so obvious, maybe looking like a woman in her thirties in her early age is not comparable to being in her youth after all.
Li Xuandu doesn't know this, few men will specialize in the art of rejuvenating the face, after all, there is a good saying: "If you don't have hair on your mouth, you can't do things well." "If you are too young, you will not have majesty, so most men will not care about this, but just go with the flow, such as Li Daoxu and Zhang Haishi. There are even more people who "love ugliness" like the old man, who don't even repair half of the skin, and the incarnation outside the body is even more ugly and ugly. There are people who care, and they will not make themselves look like twenty years old, about forty years old, so that they will not hide the fairy style, and secondly, they can have the demeanor of an elder, without losing their majesty.
Even Earth Master Xu Wugui and Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu are no exception, because the two of them are not just children or scholars.
In the face of Qin Su's inquiry, Li Xuandu could only say some things he imagined, but Li Xuandu, as a martial artist who had never even done Bigu a few times, naturally imagined things full of loopholes, which Qin Su saw through at a glance. Next, Qin Su began to popularize all kinds of content about rejuvenation and health preservation to Li Xuandu, how to open the valley, what exercises to learn, which pills to take, which pills are better, which pills are more affordable, and how to bargain......
Li Xuandu listened patiently at first, and after listening for a long time, seeing that Qin Su had no intention of stopping, he could only interrupt her and said, "Miss Qin, aren't you short of money, and you still care about this? Not to mention the example money that your uncle gave you, even if you write your own book, you can make a lot of money, right?"
Qin Suyi raised his eyebrows: "It's one thing that I'm not short of money, but who said that I can spend money indiscriminately if I don't lack money? Besides, my money is also earned by me word by word, and it is not obtained by trickery. ”
Li Xuandu said: "You are really a virtuous helper who lives at home." ”
Qin Su said earnestly: "At first glance, you are used to being extravagant, and you don't treat money as money, which is not good, and you hate less money when you use it, and now you are not shy in your pocket?"
Li Xuandu said: "I have wine today and drunk today, and I will be sad tomorrow and tomorrow." You can get by with money, and you can get by without money. ”
"You are always reasonable, and you are always reasonable. Qin Su said with a smile: "When I get to the mountain market later, if I like something, let me negotiate the price." ”
As it gets closer and closer to the mountain market, there are obviously a lot more people coming and going on the road.
How to tell whether you are a person in the rivers and lakes is actually very simple, in addition to looking at the realm of cultivation, there is also dress. Many people in the rivers and lakes like to be curious and pretend to be different, different from ordinary people, such as those who have to wear white mink fur in the hot summer, or those who have to be shirtless in the winter, those who are obviously Taoist monks but carry guns and knives, and those who are not monks but have a bald head.
Among these people, Li Xuandu and Qin Su are very ordinary. At this time, not far from them, there was a bewitching woman, wearing a large-sleeved dress that exposed her shoulders, and her white shoulders made people's eyes nowhere to put it, and she walked swaying, like a lotus leaf swinging in the wind. In this troubled season, daring to walk the rivers and lakes alone is so swaggering, naturally it will not be a woman from a good family who does not go out of the door.
Li Xuandu's gaze swept over the woman, his face did not change, and he was awe-inspiring.
Qin Su also glanced at it, hesitated for a moment, covered his face with his sleeves, and when he lowered his sleeves again, he had already taken off the skin on his face, revealing his true face.
Li Xuandu was slightly surprised: "How can you be willing to use your true face?"
Qin Sudao: "In the past, I walked the rivers and lakes alone, for fear of causing trouble, but now I don't have you?"
Li Xuandu smiled: "Flattered." ”
The two turned into the main road and walked side by side, which was a little eye-catching at this time. Pedestrians coming and going, regardless of gender, young and old, will throw a curious gaze, and if it is a man, most of them will have a bit of amazement. Mainly due to Qin Su, who has restored his original appearance, his appearance and temperament are very outstanding, and in the mouth of the people in the rivers and lakes, he is a proper fairy style. However, Li Xuandu is not much inferior, the world's appearance of men is far less harsh than that of women, many times it still depends on how generous it is, the so-called bearing, invisible and intangible, mostly reflected in every move and every word and deed, Li Xuandu walked with Qin Su, not cramped and restrained, not afraid of hands and feet, and behaved calmly, plus he is also dignified, the two complement each other together.
Li Xuandu sighed softly: "I haven't been here for many years in this mountain city, the last time I came, it was the second year of Tianbao, the second senior brother took me back to the East China Sea from the imperial capital, passing through here, he saw that I was confused, so he had to take me here to relax, and bought me a lot of gadgets, all of which were boring and boring." ”
Qin Su said softly: "Your second senior brother treats you really well. ”
Li Xuandu said with nostalgia: "My son is nothing more than that." ”
Qin Su said with a smile: "For this Mr. Zhang, Bingyan is three points afraid, three points respectful, four points close, and twelve points not angry, and I always feel that Mr. Zhang prefers you more and snubs her." ”
Li Xuandu laughed heartily and said, "That's right. ”
The two walked for about half a day, and finally came to the town where the mountain market was located. Because the two of them were in a hurry overnight, the sky was bright at this time, just in time for the end of the night market in the mountain market.
The so-called night market, also known as the ghost market, is generally traded in the second half of the night to before dawn, because it is traded at night, many goods are difficult to distinguish between true and false, good and bad, so it is easy to be deceived, especially many stolen goods from the wrong way are often taken off here, so it is necessary to have a good eye, may pick up leaks, and may also be careless will cause a fishy shame.
The two of them walked into it, and although there were all kinds of lanterns hanging on both sides of the street, almost not inferior to the imperial capital city during the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, many things were still difficult to distinguish.
The two of them walked down the street, and saw that many people did not speak directly when bargaining, but shrunk their hands in their sleeves, and then the two of them gestured with their cuffs to the cuffs, and outsiders could not see it, which was very different from doing business outside.
Qin Su was surprised, but heard Li Xuandu say: "This is called 'swallowing gold in the sleeve', which is not only a quick calculation method used by merchants in Qinzhou and Jinzhou, but also a way of bargaining. Most of the goods handled here are not clean, and they may even have blood on them. ”
Of course, it doesn't mean that the thing is dirty, but that it came from the wrong way, and the blood means that there is a life lawsuit on the thing.
"Su Su, what do you like, don't ask the price easily, this place is different from ordinary places, as long as you ask the price, then wait for the slaughter. Li Xuandu admonished.
"Do you also gesture in your sleeve like them?" Qin Su suddenly frowned: "What kind of rule is this?"
Li Xuandu patiently explained: "An object, sold to an expert and sold to the wronged boss are two prices, and then there is the sky-high asking price to sit on the ground to pay back, so these sellers often give several prices, if you ask the price but do not buy, and are heard by others, the seller will rely on you, saying that you have leaked the reserve price." ”
Qin Su nodded.
Li Xuandu took Qin Su's hand and said in a low voice: "These stalls are not good, and most of the stall owners are traveling merchants who came here temporarily, and if they want to see some good things, they still have to go to regular shops." ”