Chapter 22: Anecdotes from the Southern Wilderness
Leaving the ferry town, go west to the avenue for three days, is the most famous town in the West Wilderness, the city of immortals.
It is said that the people of Middle-earth who come to the Great Wilderness, whether it is a monk or a trader and a tourist, seven or eight out of ten will come to the city of Fallen Immortals to walk on a journey, this place is actually the largest gold cave in the West Wilderness, there are all kinds of gambling halls, Ling halls, and smoke houses, and most of the operators are demons, and naturally there is a unique charm that Middle-earth does not have.
When Ling Fox Zhenzhen came out of the store with a bag of bark paper, the city was already full of lights, like a sea of fire.
It's dark here and it's more lively than daytime, the surrounding crowds of people, the noise comes and goes, and there are countless men and women who are covered with a thin veil shuttling back and forth, although Dingyun City is also prosperous, but it is not this kind of extravagant and fragrant method.
She walked all the way and watched greedily, and when she turned a corner at the intersection, she suddenly noticed two young men covered in alcohol on the side of the road approaching her, blocking her one after the other.
"Could the girl be a servant of a certain house?" Their eyes were red with drunkenness, and they looked at her face for a while, and their waists for a while, their eyes were very presumptuous.
Ling Fox Zhenzhen shook her head: "I'm not." β
The two of them are inevitably surprised, this place is very close to the Acacia Bridge, not to mention that it is also dark, how can not the servants wander around here alone?
However, it is said that there are many beauties in the wilderness, they have come these days, beautiful "people" are rare, and beautiful "demons" are everywhere, and it is easy to meet someone who is not a demon, seeing that although she is wearing a simple blue dress and skirt, she has never smudged the fat powder, but it is difficult to hide her beauty, and she can't help but want to say a few more words.
"The girl is from the Great Wilderness, she lives in the Immortal City, and she forgot to report her identity, we are from the Xuanniao Peak in Middle Earth......"
Halfway through the conversation, they saw two monks walking across from them.
Now, because of a rare incident that has not been seen for decades, there are more than ten times more monks in the city than in the past, and it is normal to meet monks on the street, but these two are very unusual.
One had a face like a powder, and wore a red jade on his waist, while the other walked very gently and gracefully, with a small white jade ring on his braided hair swaying gently with his steps.
As fellow monks, they can naturally feel the majestic aura in the two jade artifacts - those are the two famous treasures of the Taishang Mai, the big red jade and the jade Qinghuan.
The two of them immediately changed their expressions and bowed respectfully: "I didn't expect to be lucky enough to meet the Taishang Mai Monk here, I have been admired for a long time, and I am polite." β
Qin Xi returned the gift, but after the ceremony, he tugged Ling Fox Zhenzhen's sleeve and motioned her to avoid going to the side.
This city has prospered to the point of prodigality, and many monks who were originally quite personable in Middle-earth have changed after they came, and they can even do things to besiege women in the streets, which is unimaginable in Middle-earth.
Moreover, the words of the two drunken Xuanniao Peak monks were extremely tasteless, and after a few words of greeting, they talked about the affairs of the major Lingguan in the city, and their eyes were irregularly looking at those Lingren who wore the power gourd, and the faces of the Middle-earth monks were almost lost by them.
Qin Xi was about to find an excuse to leave, when he suddenly heard the drunken Xuanniao Peak monk laugh and said, "The two Taishang Immortal Friends are also here for the banquet of the Fire God, right? After hearing about the miracle, there will always be people who will be confused by the illusion and can never be recovered, the two of you have to look closely at the girl behind you, such a beauty is not cheap for any mountain spirit and wild ghost." β
The feast of the god of fire, miracles, and miracles in the Great Wilderness, a place rejected by the gods, also have miracles?
Qin Xi wanted to ask for details, but when he saw that the two of them looked obscene, he smiled in response.
The two Xuanniao Peak monks saw that the Taishang Mai monk seemed to know the beautiful girl, so they boldly made their jokes through the wine, who thought that neither of them answered, most of them were holding a famous posture, they simply invited the two famous monks to go to the Ling Hall to drink and enjoy the dance together.
Zhou Jing arched his hand and said lightly: "Thank you for the invitation, but the master has teachings, and you are not allowed to linger in the land of wind and moon." The two of them took their own hands and took their leave. β
It seems that most of the people in the fairy city are demons, and the Lingguan either only entertains male guests, or only entertains female guests, so you can imagine what to do.
The Master has said that wine can be tasted, but not drunk, love can be discussed, but not madness, and everything must be measured. The monks of the Taishang Mai not only have cultivation, but also cultivate their minds, like these two monks, when they come to the great wilderness, they indulge to the absurd, drunk and dreaming of death, greedy for pleasure, it is really not the same.
After walking a few steps, I suddenly heard a loud sound of gongs and drums from the corner of the street, and a loud voice said: "Today, I will talk about this bizarre old incident, when, who, and where it is impossible to examine, but it is undoubtedly true, it is a great news." You've heard it, if you find it interesting, please give a little reward!"
The gongs and drums beat for a while, and the loud voice said: "But it is said that in ancient times, there was an empty country, and there was a king of the south in the empty country......"
This kind of nonsense begins with a real story, and when you hear it, you will know that it is a real person, this should be the storyteller that the second senior sister said, they often tell stories to people in prosperous towns, most of them tell some ancient anecdotes, and sometimes new, but for fear of offending people, they have to hide their real names.
Ling Fox Zhenzhen looked around, and sure enough, she saw a white-bearded old man on the corner of the street, wearing a lifelike beauty mask on his face, and he was imitating the tone of the favorite concubine in the story.
He is talking about an emperor named Nanwang in ancient times, who was originally very virtuous, but he had a favorite concubine who attracted bees and butterflies all day long, and refused to settle down, but Nanwang loved her very much and tolerated and cared for her in every way. One day, a capable man from afar Ling Yu defected to the king of the south, this Ling Yu did countless heinous things in his hometown, was hunted down to this point, begged the king of the south to take him in, the benevolent king of the south cherished his talent, took him in, and treated him like a brother.
As soon as Linghu Zhenzhen heard the book for the first time, and was listening attentively, she felt that Qin Xi asked, "Is there really such a king of the south?"
She said casually: "Didn't I say it just now is a bizarre old thing, there is no doubt about it." β
He said curiously: "No, isn't this King of the South a fool?"
He listened very devotedly, but there was too much nonsense when listening to the book, she looked for Zhou Jing everywhere, hoping that he could spit out the nonsense to his senior brother, who knew that Zhou Jing thought the story was boring and left alone.
She had to stay away from him.
"Who would have thought that day, Ling Yu trespassed into the soup pool and ran into the favorite concubine who was bathing! This is exactly the heavenly thunder that has stirred the earth fire, and the dry plain coincides with the flames! Don't look at this Ling Yu murderous like hemp, ruthless and cunning, partial life was impressed by the beauty of the favorite concubine, private meetings day and day, night and night, but I don't want to spend a long time, and there will be a time when it will be revealed. β
This Ling Yu coveted the beauty of the favored concubine, and actually came up with a big rebellious idea, trying to elope with the favorite concubine, although the favorite concubine could not give up the glory and wealth of the pampered days, but the fetus in the womb grew bigger and bigger, and finally, in the middle of a cold spring night, they eloped.
Qin Xi said strangely: "It still doesn't work, isn't it a sinister and cunning hero?
This man is so annoying that he must never listen to books with him in the future.
Linghu Zhenzhen said: "You should be made up blindly." β
"There should be an organization in making up a story, and how can it be a good story if it doesn't make sense. "He's very demanding.
She took two more steps forward, farther away from him.
But it is said that after the king of Nan learned that the two eloped, he was naturally very angry, and the beloved woman and the brother he trusted betrayed him at the same time, and he used all his forces to hunt him down, and finally caught two negative people in a barren mountain, and personally stabbed them, and since then he has been depressed and unhappy, and he can no longer show his joy again.
The story came to an abrupt end, and even Ling Fox Zhenzhen was a little dissatisfied, what kind of unfinished story is this?
Qin Xi sighed inexplicably: "Such bullshit is beyond common sense, but I have to believe that it is true." β
Why? This time it was her turn to be amazed.
There were people around him talking loudly about Fang Cai's storytelling, and his tone was disdainful: "I don't know how many versions of the Southern Wilderness Emperor's broken things have been arranged, this is the worst, I think most of them were written by the Southern Wilderness Emperor, and he wanted to write himself generously and wisely, but it backfired and made him a fool." β
This is the Western Wilderness, the folk customs are quite rough and bold, and it is naturally unceremonious to mention the matter of the Emperor of the Southern Wilderness, and someone immediately said: "It's still the version I heard the day before yesterday!
Ling Fox Zhenzhen finally figured it out, there is indeed such a thing anyway, the king of the south is the emperor of the southern wilderness, the favorite concubine is really his favorite concubine, and there is indeed such a person as "Ling Yu", who abducted the favorite concubine of the emperor of the southern wilderness and eloped - no wonder the emperor of the southern wilderness doesn't care about anything, this anger is afraid that it will be difficult to eliminate.
Unexpectedly, someone laughed and said: "It's called Ling Huyu!"
Ling Hu Yu poured three words into her ears, and she couldn't help but be stunned for a momentβa little familiar, did anyone mention it? And she has the same surname, a rare surname.
About because this story is not exciting, there are very few people who give money, the storyteller took off his mask, sighed again and again, took a water bladder to drink, and suddenly saw a white and slender hand handed over a few coins and gently put it into the gong and drum, he hurriedly got up to thank him, and then heard a soft and calm voice say: "What you said is true?"
When the old man saw that it was a beautiful girl, he smiled and said: "It's just an old thing that happened decades ago, and it was passed on by word of mouth. β
Ling Hu Zhen thought for a while, and then asked, "Have you seen Ling Hu Yu, who is he?"
The old man shook his hand: "The old man is just a storyteller, where can I see such a powerful monk in Middle-earth, but I have heard that the fox feather is beautiful, the girl thinks, if he is not good-looking, can he hook up with the favorite concubine? β
With the same surname as her, she is actually a monk of Middle-earth, and she is still a big villain, which is interesting.
She took out ten cents and handed it over, and the old man couldn't help but be confused: "This is?"
"Inquiry fee. β
Before the words fell, the person had gone away.