Chapter 121: Chatter Meets Mute
The division of Chu was different from that of Wei, which distinguished regions by state capitals, counties, counties, and villages, while Chu divided regions by Tao.
Originally, the state of Chu had nineteen provinces, but after the Liu Warring States Incident, the land area was reduced, from the original nineteen to thirteen.
The Qingjian Road of Chu is the most livable of the thirteen places in Chu State, almost all the year round is the appearance of beautiful mountains and rivers, there is no winter in a year, even autumn is rare, it seems that there are only spring and summer.
Therefore, this year, there were withered yellow fallen leaves on the Aomi Road, which means that it is autumn, and the Aomi Road is in autumn!
The news of Qingjiandao's entry into autumn immediately caused a sensation in the entire Chu State, and many literati rushed to Qingjiandao, all wanting to take this opportunity to write a few famous sentences that have been passed down to future generations.
Qiu Cheng sat alone on the steps of the door, holding his head and looking at the yellow leaves on the trees not far away, as if he was thinking and in a daze.
This was already the seventh day that he had arrived at the Qiu family's foothold in the Chu Kingdom, and he had come in as an ordinary disciple, and no one knew his identity as the young master of the Qiu family.
Because of Qiu's "chattering disease", after the third day of his arrival, those people began to selectively bypass him far away.
In this regard, Qiu Chengyun is already a little surprised, he is at home, isn't it the same? From his own father to the miscellaneous maids, they all avoid themselves.
"Why don't you go for a walk in the countryside?" Autumn was really boring.
After arriving here, he didn't have a clue to start an investigation, whether it was to investigate whether there were people who had been rebelled, or to investigate the purpose of the Trumen personnel to go to Wei, he had no idea where to start, and in the past week, he had already grabbed several handfuls of hair in worry.
He felt that for the first time in his life, he had encountered a setback.
Qiu Cheng stood up with his legs propped up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and walked towards the suburbs alone, he heard that there were many literati here, and maybe he could find a way to find out some useful news.
"Big tongue, out of the city?" The soldiers defending the city saw Qiu Carrier from a distance and began to wave their hands to greet him.
How bad was Qiu's words? In just three days, his words spread throughout the city.
"Little eyes!" Aki rolled his eyes.
"Don't stick out your tongue when you go out, it's windy. The soldiers laughed.
The appearance of the Wei and Chu people is almost the same, and in terms of accent, they are also strikingly similar, so ordinary people can't tell the Wei and Chu people.
Autumn carried out of the city gate, walked out of a distance, looked back at the city tower, the door of the city gate was written with three big characters, including Yang City.
A few days ago, I listened to an old man tell the story of Hanyang City, it is said that a long time ago, a big sun fell from the sky and fell in Hanyang City, but when everyone went to look for it, they did not find any trace of the sun, and since then this city has been called Hanyang City.
The old man said, "There should be a sun hidden in this city!"
This old man can be regarded as half a chatter, and Qiu Chengyun can talk to him, but two days ago, this old man died suddenly, and it is really impermanent.
Qiu Chengyun specially went to visit the family of the deceased old man, and saw that the old man's family was poor, and he also left some broken silver, which was regarded as a thank you to the old man for being willing to chat with him and tell him stories.
After the autumn carrier left the city, he walked less than three miles, and he saw some literati who were wearing swords or holding folding fans.
Qiu Chengyun glanced at it casually, and knew that these people were all pretending to be forced, and basically had no writing skills, so they might just be here to join in the fun.
Five miles further there was a grove of trees of all kinds, and there was a brook and a stone bridge, and the place was the most beautiful in a radius of ten miles.
Sure enough, when the autumn carrier arrived here, there were already many literati here, and there were so many people that they were almost shoulder to shoulder.
Qiu Cheng took a few looks, and then left here, he didn't want to stay in this crowd, there was a very small grove not far away, only a pool of water, plus forty or fifty big trees.
Qiu Cheng was a little surprised, because he found that someone had already occupied this place, and beside the pool of water, there was a figure standing, a black shoulder-length dress, and a black gauze on the outside, this back looked a little tempting.
"Girl, are you here alone?" asked Qiu Chengyun as he walked not far behind the girl.
But after a long time, the girl didn't turn her head to respond to him, which made Qiu Carrier a little puzzled, so she continued to speak: "Girl, in the next Autumn Carrier, dare to ask the girl's name?"
Qiu Cheng maintained a pretentious posture, looked up at the girl a few times, and found that the person still didn't look back, which made Qiu Cheng a little annoyed, and said in his heart Which girl is this, so rude.
"Girl. Qiu Cheng stepped forward directly and stood beside the girl, and then her expression became unnatural, and the girl was crying......
"Girl, what's wrong with you?" Qiu Chengyun couldn't help but ask, thinking to himself, is this a short-sighted person? Preparing to commit suicide by diving here? If this is the case, it is thanks to himself that he found out, otherwise a young life may be lost.
The girl turned her face, and the face was amazing, and the beauty was incomprehensible.
Qiu Cheng felt that it was powerless and rude to use any words to describe the beauty of this girl.
After the girl turned around, she didn't speak, just looked at Qiu Chengyun.
"Nine times out of ten, if something unsatisfactory happens to the girl, tell me, a stranger, that I will keep my mouth shut. Qiu Cheng patted his chest and reassured.
The girl still didn't speak, just pointed to her ear, then to her mouth, and then shook her hand at Qiu Chengyun.
Qiu Carrier didn't react at once, and when he realized it, he was a little stunned, he was a deaf and dumb person?
"Are you deaf and mute?" said Qiu Chengyun as he slowed his voice, guessing that the other party should be able to read his lips.
The mute girl shook her head, pointed to her ears, and shook her hand.
"Deaf, born?" Qiu asked.
The mute girl nodded.
Qiu Cheng is born deaf in both ears, which will lead to the inability to speak, after all, I can't hear what others are saying, how to learn the language?
"Why can't you think about it?" Qiu Chengyun continued to ask, and he was also guessing in his heart, could it be that he was discriminated against?
The mute girl pointed to her eyes, then shook her hand again.
Qiu Chengyun's head tilted, his face was dazed, what do you mean? Could it be that he can't see with his eyes? Or is he blind?
The mute girl pointed to her eyes and approached Qiu Chengyun, as if she was expressing something, but Qiu Cheng really didn't understand.
The mute girl made a few more gestures one after another, it should be sign language, but Qiu Chengyun still couldn't understand it, and he hadn't learned sign language either.
"So, I'll guess, if I guess right, you just nod, and if you guess wrong, you shake your head, how about it?"
The mute girl nodded.
"Your eyes, something is wrong, you're about to go blind, and then you're in a terrible mood, and you can't think about it for a while?" asked Qiu Chengyun.
The mute girl shook her head.
"I'll think again. Could it be that you want to see someone you want to see, but you can't see it, the pain of lovesickness day and night makes you overwhelmed, so you think about this life?"
The mute girl shook her head and stomped her foot angrily, which made Autumn carry a little embarrassed.
"Could it be that you are practicing some miraculous skills, and you need to face the pool water like this, and at the same time there will be tears in your eyes?"
The mute girl took a breath, held her forehead with her right hand, and exhaled her breath with a helpless expression.
Between the two of them, there was silence again, the atmosphere seemed to be a little awkward, and Qiu Chengyun didn't understand what the situation was now, did he save a flower girl who wanted to commit suicide?
The mute girl squatted down, grabbed a handful of sand from the ground, and threw it into her eyes, but the sand did not disperse in her hand.
Qiu Cheng suddenly realized and said with a smile: "You have sand in your eyes, right?"
The mute girl nodded with relief, probably thinking in her heart that she could communicate clearly with this stupid person.
"I'll help you blow the sand out?" Qiu Chengyun said hesitantly, after all, others are girls, and helping to blow the sand seems a little intimate, and it doesn't seem to be very good, and the dumb girl may not agree.
But perhaps it was because her eyes were really uncomfortable with the sand, and the mute girl actually nodded and agreed to Qiu's help.
After Qiu Chengyun was stunned for a second, he immediately turned his head away, held his hands over his mouth and nose, and then let out a breath, and after holding his breath for three seconds, he sniffed deeply.
Luckily, no bad breath......
Qiu Cheng carefully stretched the upper and lower eyelids of the mute girl with two fingers, and then gently blew on her eyes.
Suddenly, tears rolled in the eyes of the mute girl, and sand mixed with tears trickled down her face.
"Okay, the sand is out. Qiu Cheng took a step back and said.
The mute girl also took a step back, and then bent down to thank Qiu Carrier.
Qiu Cheng waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to thank him for a trivial matter.
"By the way, why are you here alone?" Qiu Chengyun asked curiously, in this wilderness, a little girl, still a deaf and dumb little girl, alone here, it seems a little unreasonable.
The mute girl didn't speak, nor did she look at the autumn carrier, just looked at the surface of the pool in a daze.
Qiu Chengyun felt that this mute girl still had something on her mind, but she couldn't tell it to herself, and she didn't necessarily want to tell it to herself.
Qiu Cheng saw a big stone not far away, so he sat on the stone and stared at the water in a daze.
After a while, Qiu Chengyun felt that someone was sitting next to him, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was a mute girl.
So, the two of them, no one bothered anyone, just sat quietly on the stone and looked at the water in a daze.
At this moment, the chattering autumn carrier seems to have become a mute.