Chapter 82 Collect the night incense
The sun's rays shone on the collapsed walls of the broken earth house, shining on the haystacks of dry grass, and two little girls in white curled up in a circle, with tears on their faces, swollen eyes, frowning, and falling into a deep sleep.
When Xu Changsheng walked in with some food, he saw that the two little girls were still sleeping, probably because they didn't sleep well last night and were tired.
He sighed, crept in, gently placed the food beside the second daughter, and then withdrew from the earthen house, and sat on the threshold quietly overlooking the scenery of the mountains.
The eaves were lightly covered with a layer of moss, which grew along the moist corners of the walls. The blue sky was rolled with a few white clouds, fluttering wantonly. The ground was full of colorful wildflowers, the yellow pines hung upside down with oily green parasitic grass, and the branches of the trees were jumping cheerful little sparrows...... The hearty breeze lifted Xu Changsheng's long fluffy hair, and gently swayed his weak waist against the grass.
When Qishuang Qilu woke up, Xu Changsheng was facing away from them, looking at the sky in the distance in a daze. They rolled over and sat up, catching a glimpse of some steamed buns and a roast chicken stacked on the haystack.
Is this the food he gave?" They looked at his back warily, remembering the events of yesterday, and their faces couldn't help but become bitter again.
The subtle sound did not escape Xu Changsheng's ears, he didn't look back, just said lightly: "Wake up, just eat something!"
His voice was so indifferent, so careless, falling on the ears of the second daughter, like a cold knife, without a trace of emotion.
But the next words made the frowning brows of the two little girls suddenly stretch:
"I went to the town to ask someone, your son-in-law's body was not found, and Du Shi Niang was gone, eat and drink enough, follow me to find it, maybe he is not dead!"
"Wow!"
The two girls smacked their chapped lips, grabbed the steamed buns in the oiled paper and swallowed them in a big gulp, they were indeed hungry.
"Eat slowly!" Xu Changsheng suddenly turned his head and said softly.
The two goddesses were stunned, staring at Xu Changsheng's well-defined face, he still looked down, but his eyes were like a cold lake, so clear that there were no impurities. How can such eyes hide bad intentions?
Li Jing'an really won the hearts of the people, and even the two maids under him were so loyal. β
Xu Changsheng smiled indifferently and stood up from the threshold. With his hands on his back, he was of medium height, with a thin figure, standing in the crowd, and he couldn't be more ordinary.
Who would have thought that such a very ordinary person would be a well-known existence in the whole of Kyushu. Who is the Forgotten Dust Sword Venerable, I'm afraid even a three-year-old child has heard of it, and this ordinary man, known as the proud son of the first day after the Forgotten Dust Sword Venerable, no one knows how strong his strength is, Yun Chenzi doesn't know, and Jian Yi doesn't know either.
Qishuang heard something from his words, stood up and asked, "What about last night......
"Haha!"
Xu Changsheng turned his body around, touched his nose with his hand, smiled awkwardly at the second girl, and said with a grin: "I just feel too bored, I want to tease the two girls! But fortunately, I have been wandering the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, and I have a very formal disguise method, and when you have eaten, we will start to act. β
The evening sun had sunk under the mountains, the golden sunset stained the sky red, wisps of cooking smoke rose from people's chimneys, and the smell of food lingered on the tip of the nose. On the streets of Gusu Town, there were three more dirty peasant men, and when pedestrians saw them, they couldn't help but hold their noses and avoid them from afar.
However, the man who walked in front didn't care about the eyes of pedestrians at all, his head was upright, and his face was full of refreshment. From time to time, he turned his head and proudly looked at the two short young men pushing the dung truck, the corners of his mouth hooked up a meaningful smile, and he shouted in his throat: "Collect - the night fragrance is gone!"
Two flower-faced young men in high hats pursed their nostrils, looked at the man walking in front of them with disgust, stared at a pair of glowing smart eyes, and wanted to cut him alive.
What a bad idea!
Collect night incense?
But this man's voice is getting longer and longer, and it is getting bigger and bigger. So, the old bustard of the Qinglou walked out with a twist on the bear's waist, waved his hand, signaled the three of them to stop, and called from afar: "Collect the night incense, come with me!"
The old bustard covered his nose with a handkerchief and walked in front of him from a distance to lead the way, and the man stared at the old bustard's dangling buttocks, looking at it in a daze and in a daze.
Even the two young men behind him stepped forward and grabbed his arm, he shook his hand dissatisfiedly, and said confidently: "Don't disturb me to see the scenery!"
Qishuang was speechless, couldn't help but raised her hand, slapped his head lightly, and whispered: "We're here to find Gongzi, not to clean up the night incense!"
After Qishuang said this, the man reluctantly retracted his eyes from the old bustard's buttocks, rubbed his head, and said with a displeased face: "What do you know, this is called experiencing the bitterness and bitterness of life, hey, hey, how to go through the back door." β
The man's eyes were a little gloomy, and he hurriedly chased after the old bustard, but he heard the old bustard scold in disgust: "Stay away from me, it stinks to death!"
Stopping unhappily, the man turned back in embarrassment and said, "We will not let go of any place when we do investigation." Maybe Du Shi Niang hid your son-in-law in the toilet of the Qinglou. β
Qilu fanned the tip of her nose with her hand, and said disdainfully: "Do you really dare to imagine that you are not afraid of being smoked to death?"
The man didn't think so, and looked up and said, "Why don't you dare to imagine that going to the toilet with different young women is also a ghost!"
Qishuang smiled faintly, it was quite a lot of fun to stay with this unserious Xu Changsheng. It's just that if it goes on like this, when will I find out the news of Childe.
I don't know if Childe is still alive?
She looked up at the sky. In the dark sky, night had fallen, and a lonely wild goose flew low, perhaps folding one of its wings, flying very slowly and with great difficulty.
Entering the green building through the back door, the old bustard leaned back and shouted at the corridor: "Girls, come and pour the night incense!"
So, a group of girls dressed in light gauze, lining the obscene clothes and Miaoman's figure looming, dressed up with flowers and branches, walked out with a night pot.
Xu Changsheng's eyes were suddenly attracted, his eyes lit up, he excitedly picked up the toilet on the car, and hurriedly ran towards the group of sweet and lovely-looking little girls with gentle and caring personalities.
"Girls, pour it to me, pour it to me......"
"Girl, you're a little yellow, but remember to drink less and drink more water. β
"Girl, you have so much, you have poured half a bucket. β
Girl, you are so lovely, like a beautiful jasmine. β
......
Xu Changsheng carried the bucket and walked around the girls with great interest, and the explicit words caused some women to turn red, and they felt that what he said was very reasonable, so they couldn't help but joke around him.
"You two hurry up and bring the bucket, you can't fit it!"
Xu Changsheng had a smile on his face, and he was among the flowers, beckoning to Qishuang Qilu from afar.
Qishuang Qilu covered her nose with her sleeve, walked in front of Xu Changsheng with the toilet, and said with a sly smile: "Since you are so interested, tonight's toilet will be handed over to you!"
Xu Changsheng hurriedly grabbed them with his hand, and said with a sincere face: "Blessings and hardships are shared together, brother!"
"Who's your brother?"
Qishuang Qilu glanced at him with disdain, but he was dead-faced, and stepped forward to pull the corners of their clothes with a smile on his face.
The second daughter's heart was horizontal, her willow eyebrows were raised high, and then she raised her feet, gathered her legs, patted the corners of her clothes that were dirty by Xu Changsheng, and left in style.
Xu Changsheng, who had walked around among the flowers, opened the door of the toilet with a long strip of cloth on his nostrils, squatted down, and scooped it out with a scoop of dung. was splashed all over, and could only cry and complain about his face, looking at Qishuang Qilu who was watching the play from afar, and he wanted to kill people.
"The waist is slender. The age is the only way to be old. Just been touched by the romance, and the weeping poplar bun. Beginners learn strict makeup, like a depiction of a shaved figure, timid rain and shy cloud affection. How coquettish the move is.
Fighting for Nai's heart, he will not pity his son-in-law first. It was long and late at night, and he refused to enter the mandarin quilt. With Xie Luoshang, Yingying stood up with a silver slug on her back, but said that you should sleep first. β
With a wisp of unclear atmosphere, a clear song sounded from the thatched pit, Qishuang Qilu straightened her body, with a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth, I didn't expect Xu Changsheng's singing voice to be very moving, but how could this lyric make people blush so much?
Many singers took the lamps and leaned against the railings, looking curiously at the men singing in the latrines.
Xu Changsheng suddenly became energetic at work, straightened his thin chest, swayed and put two buckets on the car, and squeezed his eyebrows at the girls who were prostrate on the railing, looking happy.
Qishuang Qilu laughed softly, like a star in the sky, bright and moving.
They suddenly envied Xu Changsheng's self-amusement, and thought of the very special teenager they came into contact with a month ago.
If they were all there, life would be good.
It's a pity that Li Wangchen died, and the life and death of the son were uncertain.
When the three of them pushed the stinky dung truck to the street, it was already the moon star and the black magpie flying south. On the quiet and peaceful street, pedestrians have returned home.
The lonely and collapsed Taibaiju Inn has been searched by people over and over again, and as long as it is something that can still be used, it has been taken away.
Qishuang Qilu, who had been busy for several hours, smelled the smell on her body with disdain, and felt back pain and fatigue.
But he didn't want to, Xu Changsheng, who was enjoying himself on the side, opened his loud voice again, and shouted out the energetic words: "Collect the night incense!"
It's endless, isn't it?
Qishuang Qilu wanted to kick him again, but the golden rice grains dyed on his body still broke the second daughter's thoughts.
For several days in a row, the three of them searched almost door to door, and finally learned one thing: Du Siniang and Yang Jingyu were missing.
Qishuang Qilu sat on the haystack with a worried face, looking at her tanned red hands, palms full of broken calluses, these days have really exhausted the two of them, although the mood is not good, but you can eat hemp and sleep, it is also very good.
On the morning of the fourth day, the two girls were sleeping soundly on the haystack, their unkempt hair falling from the dust of the campfire, and they were dirty and twisted together.
Xu Changsheng walked back from the town as usual, and brought a lot of delicious food.
Seeing that Qishuang Qilu was sleeping soundly, there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. A man sat in front of the door, and today he had an extra pot of wine in his hand.
In the face of the undry breeze, he carefully pulled out the top flower on the pot, sniffed lightly on the tip of his nose, closed his eyes and was intoxicated, looking addicted and unable to extricate himself.
For a long time, he seemed to be unable to bear his hunger and thirst, and looked up to the sky. But before he could swallow a mouthful, he was choked and coughed wildly, with a lot of tears in his nose. This miserable face, choked red by wine, is like a rooster crowing on a fence in the morning, with a big red crown.
Qishuang Qilu was awakened by his coughing, and saw his red face, and the stubborn wine jug that fell to the ground, stubbornly dripping with elixir, couldn't help but smile like two spring flowers.
"Don't laugh, hurry up and eat something, and follow me to Gusu Temple to investigate!"
Xu Changsheng straightened his color, wiped away his tears and snot, and then picked up the water bladder and rinsed his mouth constantly.
It should be said that the Gusu Temple suppressed a murderous monster, and Du Shi Niang, the main messenger behind the scenes, would definitely not leave Gusu Town, but they visited Gusu Town, but they couldn't find any trace of her, and it was very likely that she was hiding in the Gusu Temple that suppressed the snipe.
But the three of them can't go to Gusu Temple in such an open and honest way, they still need Qiao to pretend to be in order to avoid Du Shi Niang's eyes.
At noon, a rather gorgeous carriage slowly drove to Gusu Town from afar, and the person driving the horse was a maid wearing a light green high-waisted skirt and a double snail bun, tall and tall, with heavy makeup painted on her face, and she really couldn't see how beautiful it was.
The carriage stopped in front of Yangliu Street in Gusu Town, and the maid on the railing asked the pedestrian how to go to Gusu Temple, and then continued to drive the horse to the path behind Xuanhua Street.
The carriage came to the trail at the foot of the Gusu Temple, and the maid who drove the horse paid special attention to the way up the mountain, and then opened the curtain, walked into the middle of the court, and slowly helped a pregnant woman out of the carriage with another mediocre-looking maid.
Borrowing the bright breeze, I saw that this woman looked graceful and luxurious, with plum blossom glazed hairpins on her head, and three beads of crystal beads and red jade beads falling below. She was dressed in a wide skirt with a low waist, a big round belly, and a face that was not too good-lookingβher face was wide and round, rouge-smeared, gouache, and especially the flaming red lips on her lips, which were almost up to her nostrils.
The two maids carried incense and candles in their hands, and awkwardly helped her walk slowly along the mountain road. The three of them took one step at a time, and they didn't know how many times they rested on the stone steps before they arrived at Gusu Temple.
Looking at it, today's Gusu Temple seems to be very quiet, there is no smell of incense, there is no sound of monks chanting, and even if you know it, you don't know where you went.
The wind blows the leaves and falls, and the pine waves come for a while.
The gate of Gusu Temple was tightly closed, and the whole temple was surprisingly quiet. Along the way, there was not a single tourist, which made the three of them feel very strange!
"Something's wrong, there's a barely smelly smell of blood in the air!"
The pregnant woman said softly without moving her lips, walked down the stairs to the gate of Gusu Temple without changing her face, raised her hand and knocked, but no one responded!
The two Buddhas in front of the temple stand quietly on the ground, twisting the Buddha's trick as if to welcome every visitor.
The woman knocked vigorously again, but there was still no monk in the door to greet her. She sat down with some disappointment and scolded coquettishly: "This monk of Gusu Temple is really rude. I've come from afar, I can't just leave, you find a way to open the door, let's just walk in!"
"Yes, ma'am!"
The two maids blessed the pregnant woman, rolled up their sleeves, pulled their long skirts, and slammed into the gate of Gusu Temple together.
With a bang, the door of Gusu Temple was easily knocked open by them, and it turned out that the door was not bolted inside.
The two maids stumbled under their feet, fell directly into the door, raised their heads resentfully, and stared at the pregnant woman, looking like you were dead.
"Haha!"
A thick voice came from the pregnant woman's open mouth. But the two maids were frightened, and they came out in a hurry, took her hand, and whispered: "Be careful of being recognized." β
"Ouch hey, it's getting gas. Ah, it hurts, it hurts, it's going to give birth, it's going to give birth, help me in!"
The pregnant woman's expression tightened, and the corner of her eye inadvertently caught a glimpse of a certain place in Gusu Temple. Suddenly hugged his stomach, looking like he was dying of pain.
The two maids took advantage of the situation to help her into the temple.
Under the corner of the wall in front of the Gusu Temple, a bewitching woman had a cold face, but the corners of her mouth rose slightly. The little white hand holding on to the corner of the wall grabbed it lightly, and she suddenly grabbed a hole in the wall.
I saw her tiptoe and jump into the temple.