Chapter Seventy-Eight: Street Acrobatics
People come and go on the streets of Nanzhaocheng, people are busy with their livelihoods, and a group of people running rivers and lakes come to the bustling streets. There were about a dozen people, both men and women, and children. At the head was a bearded man who spoke with a northwestern accent.
There is a large open space at the entrance of Yuelai Inn, and this group of performers chose to set up a scene here, and as soon as the gong sounded, it instantly attracted a large number of people. Doing business, what to do is to be more lively, Yuelai Inn wishes that the more people gathered at the door, the better, and they are all happy to play tricks at their own doors.
A shrewd boy with a thin monkey struck the gong, and when he saw that the onlookers were almost there, he tightened his clothes with his beard and beard, and went on the field to give a fist salute one by one.
"The old and young masters of Nanzhao City, since the northwest, I know that our Nanzhao City has the spirit of an emperor since ancient times. Thousands of miles, thousands of mountains and rivers, we made a special trip to Guibao Land to dedicate our unique work to the old and young masters of Nanzhao City. The nobles may be accustomed to seeing the wind and snow, and they are also used to seeing the routines from all over the world, and our little tricks are naturally playing big knives in front of Guan Gong. However, different flavors and different views, maybe our arrival can open the eyes of all old and young masters. I don't change the money, and I ask you for peace to the old and young masters of Nanzhao City. ”
The thin monkey-like child struck the gong and turned around and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have come to Guibao Land for the first time, there is no good gift to offer, yesterday my master traveled to find the Queen Mother to drink a drink, the Queen Mother promised a few peaches, and asked my master to bring to the nobles of Nanzhao City." The Queen Mother wants us to have a smooth wind and rain in Zhaocheng, and everyone can live a long life. But my master was drunk last night and didn't bring the peach down, so today in front of the nobles of Nanzhao City, I went to heaven to get back the peach stored in the queen mother's mother, and dedicated it to you. Everyone, a little applause, my skinny monkey is about to go. ”
The crowd was amused by the skinny monkey's funny performance and funny language, and the officials all stretched their necks, all wanting to see how the skinny monkey went to the Queen Mother to ask for a peach.
A girl took a bundle of very thick hemp rope and put it in the open space, then picked up one end of the hemp rope and blew the suona. As the suona sound came to mind, the head of the hemp rope actually lost by himself, and slowly stretched out into the sky with the sound of suona. In about two quarters, the hemp rope had been straightened, and the end seemed to be hidden in the clouds, and it was no longer visible.
The thin monkey turned over several times around the officials, jumped up, grabbed the hemp rope and climbed up. Strangely, the hemp rope was originally soft, but now it was extremely hard, and the thin monkey climbed on the hemp rope like a tree. After a while, the thin monkey seemed to disappear into the clouds, and it was gone.
The onlookers craned their necks and wondered one by one, could it be that this skinny monkey had really gone up to the Queen Mother? Could it be that they really had the ability to reach the sky? That was really amazing. In the face of everyone's praise, the jugglers all raised a smug smile.
Jin Buchang took this opportunity to ring the gong and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, the thin monkey is going to the queen mother to get peaches, I think the child is designated as being playful, and I see that the fairy daughter in the sky can't move her legs." I'll wait for him to come back and see how I clean him up, since I'm waiting, I'm waiting, I've passed a few sets of marksmanship in the next family, and I've made a fool of myself in front of all the old and young masters, and the officials have more applause and praise for a person. ”
After speaking, the two people below came with a spear, which weighed about thirty or forty pounds, and the two of them only stood on the ground, as if they had smashed a small hole on the ground. Everyone was amazed, Jin Bu tightened his belt, hugged his fist at the crowd, and easily picked up the spear as if he was carrying a straw.
Jin Buchang is indeed amazing, I saw him shout, and a spear as heavy as a pole danced like a tiger and a tiger, impermeable to the wind, and the onlookers only saw a piece of silver light surrounding Jin Buchang.
There was a burst of applause, and when Jin Buchang heard the applause, he danced even harder. I saw that the spear was in Jin Buchang's hand, if the dragon went out to sea and the tiger went down the mountain, pointing to the east and the west, and the move was not in vain.
After dancing for a while, Jin Buchang stopped his pace and the gun in his hand, but everyone saw that Jin did not change his face, did not change his color, did not beat and did not pant at all. There are those who know a little about it, and they all praise Jin Buchang's amazing strength and internal strength, Jin Buchang has no pride, just a burst of modesty, which makes the onlookers admire.
Just when Jin Buyi was making a succession, a tray suddenly slipped down the vertical rope, and a few big peaches were placed on the plate. Everyone exclaimed again, as if they had found a visitor from outside the world, and they were all surprised, could this peach really be the queen mother's peach?
Soon, I saw the thin monkey slipping down his body, the thin monkey tightly clamped the rope between his legs, and dragged a tray with both hands, and on each tray were three or four fresh peaches.
As soon as the thin monkey came, he began to brag about how he met the Queen Mother in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and how he met a group of immortals. Jin Buchang pretended to be angry and asked why the thin monkey had waited so long, and the two went back and forth, answering words and gags, which made the onlookers laugh back and forth.
Seeing that the time was ripe, the thin monkey hurriedly turned over the gong and stretched out to the front of the onlookers one by one to ask for a reward. Jin Buchang shouted on the side: "Ladies and gentlemen, as the saying goes, it takes a long way, just for three meals a day, the old man understands my more than a dozen people, food, clothing, housing and transportation, and rewards a few mouthfuls of food, and the reward is a lot, you can bring back the peach of the queen mother and absorb the fairy qi." ”
A group of performers shouted at the door of the Yuelai Inn again and again, and more and more people gathered at the door of the inn. The owner of the inn simply boiled several large pots of tea and sold it, and this back and forth was like visiting a temple fair, making a lot of money.
At dusk, this juggler played all eighteen kinds of weapons, until Jin Buchang announced the end of today, and everyone was still reluctant to leave.
Seeing that it was over, the innkeeper hurriedly asked Xiao Er to help pack his luggage, and the money was not exchanged, so he stayed directly at the Yuelai Inn and chartered more than a dozen rooms. The innkeeper also smiled from ear to ear, wishing that they would stay here longer, so that his business would get better and better.
At the time of the third watch, when the night was dark and the wind was high, two figures, one tall, one short, one fat and one thin, appeared on the roof of Yuelai Inn. Both of them were wearing tight-fitting night clothes, only two eyes were exposed, and after the two of them identified the direction on the roof, they ran straight out of the city.
Who knew that just when the front feet of the two had just left, another slender figure followed, this person was also wearing night clothes, and he was not weak in light work, although he set off late, he could still maintain a distance of four or five zhang from the former. The three of them stepped on the roof tiles one after the other, but they didn't even make a sound.
In less than half an hour, the fat and the thin came to a manor outside the city, and far away, the two hid behind a tree, probing to observe the farm.
"Master, this should be the Zhenyuan Gang, should we go and inquire first?"
The thin man seemed to be eager and anxious to behave, but the fat man immediately interrupted him, leaving no room for words.
"What's the matter? It's up to the two of us? If you really annoy that killing god, let alone the two of us, even ten of us won't help. What we need to do now is to determine the direction first, and then investigate slowly, and don't lose your life because of recklessness, you know?"
The thin man nodded, but asked a little unwillingly: "Master, is he really that terrible? Could it be a legend, they pride themselves on being decent people, aren't they not fond of killing?"
The fat man didn't answer the thin man's words, but his thoughts went back to the past, and the scene in front of him still made him palpitate.
The fat man suddenly turned his head, his eyes flashed, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Your Excellency has been chasing me all the way, but what is the purpose?
The thin man was taken aback, there was someone behind him? The thin man hurriedly raised his hand, without even looking back, shook his hand and threw a few silver needles, and shot directly out of the place where the fat man's eyes looked.
Ding ding, three subtle crisp sounds came, and at the same time, a figure flickered by, passing to the right hand of the two. The fat and thin two were frightened for a while, in such a night, they could accurately knock off the silver needle, and then transfer at a rapid speed, this person couldn't help but have amazing perception, and his light skills were far above the two of them.
The silver needle is as small as a hair, and it is issued while it is in the night, how can ordinary people hide? Moreover, the thin man and the fat man are very confident in their own secret weapon kung fu, and now they can see that the person who comes can actually beat the silver needle very accurately, except for the superb internal force that makes the eyes can see normally in the night, the two of them can't think of any other way to explain.
The thin man raised his hand, and the silver needle was about to be sent out again, but the fat man quickly reached out and pressed the thin man and shook his head, because he knew that the silver was useless to the person who came.
The fat man drank again in a deep voice: "Your Excellency's internal strength is exquisite, and I admire it, but I don't know who your Excellency is, please show up and see it." ”
In the darkness, a lazy voice came: "Second Jin, what kind of manly husband do you also deserve to talk about?
The fat man trembled, it turned out that this man knew him, but he refused to show up, could it be someone who knew each other? But he had carefully identified the voice, and among the people he knew, he could not hear who it was.
The fat man who was called Jin Lao Er suddenly made a difficulty, and his words and deeds were under the noses of others, but the other party was friend or foe, and he didn't even know it. Now it's hard to advance and retreat, and I really don't know what to do.