Chapter 10: Su Laodian Hears of Strange Things
The scholar was curious and climbed up the tree, wanting to get closer to see what kind of bird was so beautiful. But when he climbed up, there was nothing in front of him, and there was no birdsong.
Some of the disappointed scholars thought it was just a hallucination caused by their own worries, so they climbed down the tree and continued to seek death. When he put the tie around his waist again to the tree to kill himself, the sound of a bird chirping like fairy music sounded over his head again. The scholar didn't resist the temptation to go up the tree to look for it again, but the result was the same as the last time, and he still found nothing.
This made the scholar very puzzled, and he pinched his thigh hard, and found that if he could feel pain, then all this was not a dream. But what kind of bird is chirping? It's weird. Forget it, anyway, he is a dying person, so much do he care, this time the scholar is determined to die, no matter what happens, he will not look back.
Just as he took off the tie from his waist for the third time and put it on the trunk of the tree, several golden feathers fell from above, and the scholar saw that they were not extraordinary, and hurriedly reached out to catch them, but these feathers turned into brilliant gold when they fell into his hand. When the scholar looked up again, he saw a colorful phoenix flying up from the tree with brilliance and disappearing into the vast sky.
Later, the scholars used the gold to get through the difficult days, and the books they wrote were also appreciated by the dignitaries and nobles because of their unique views, and they were recommended to become officials. He was grateful for the kindness of the phoenix, and built a pavilion next to the tree to name the Fengxiang Pavilion, and then was destroyed because of the war for many years, and the people who had a heart left the name of the pavilion to make the place name in order to commemorate this legend, for the encouragement of future generations.
"Well, what a good guy with affection. After listening to the story of a little dart master, Lu Qian praised the scholar again and again.
"Forget it, don't talk nonsense, what kind of book do you write with all that gold? If it were me, wouldn't it be more profitable to get a few pigs to raise?" Cui Shiyuan has always been bored with this kind of story, feeling that it is all made up by adults to coax children.
"Uh...... Hey...... Everyone has their own ambitions, and everyone has their own aspirations. Cui Shiyuan's words made the little storyteller very unable to get off the stage, so he had to giggle and play the round to relieve the embarrassing atmosphere.
"Liu Ji, don't mess around with the two young heroes, go to the front and see if there are any spare rooms in the Jiang family's old store. After the old master finished speaking, the young man named Liu Ji urged his horse from behind and ran straight to the town in front.
"Two young heroes, my kid in the dart game is not sensible, if there is any offense, please bear with me. After the old dart master called Liu Ji away, he slowed down the pace of the horse and came to the vicinity of Lu Qian and the two and said.
"What did Ji Lao Dart Tou say, the dart master of the Gui Dart Bureau is disciplined and knowledgeable, which shows that your old man teaches well on weekdays. Lu Qian responded politely.
As soon as everyone entered the realm of Fengxiang Pavilion, Liu Ji, the little dart master who had gone to inquire about accommodation, rushed back.
"In return, there are still five rooms left in the Jiang family's old shop, which is just enough for the accommodation of our people. I have already paid the deposit when I first arrived, and I am just waiting for you to arrange a room. ”
"Good boy, thank you for your hard work. "The old dart master loves this child the most on weekdays, because he grew up in the dart game since he was a child, and he is not much different from his own son.
Liu Ji was happy when he heard the praise, and returned to the team of dart masters, and the group continued to march in the direction of the old Jiang family's store in the town.
Before dark, the crowd finally arrived at the place. This is a very quaint inn, the dark brown wood has cracked in some places after years of wind and sand erosion, but fortunately this does not affect the stability of the whole house.
When they entered the inn courtyard, some people had already pulled the horses they were riding to wash and drink. The two-story building is much wider on the inside than it looks from the outside. The upper floor is a row of bedrooms, of which the upper room is the first one. At the bottom are a few square tables for guests to eat, each of which has been wiped down by the guys, making the whole inn very clean and tidy.
Looking at the counter again, outside a pile of wine tanks, there was a middle-aged shopkeeper with a slightly fat figure and a round face with a mustache. At this time, he was burying his head in his calculations, and a pair of small eyes that were naturally smiling kept rolling in their sockets, looking both funny and shrewd.
The sharp-eyed guy saw Lu Qian and his group coming in, and he was busy with the guest master, and the guest master was waiting for a short time. When the shopkeeper heard a familiar voice, he put down the abacus in his hand and raised his head to look. Seeing that it was Ji Lao's dart head, it took a lot of effort to squeeze his body out of the narrow gap between the counter and the wine vat.
"Ji Lao Darthead, has it always been good?"
"Shopkeeper Jiang is polite, the old body is still tough, and the business in your store is thriving day by day!"
"Haha, a small business, a living, just a living. ”
The tone of the conversation between the two is an old acquaintance, and there are several tables of guests dressed as dart masters around who are dining, it seems that this Fengxiang Pavilion is strangely said to be a prosperous place for dart masters in the past.
Lu Qian was thinking about it, and the little dart master Liu Ji came over: "The two young heroes have worked hard all the way, the chief dart head told me to take you to the room to rest first, please come with me." ”
"Okay, I'm sorry for you. Lu Qian and the others followed Liu Ji up to the second floor and came to a particularly spacious Tianzi upper room.
"Two young heroes, your room has arrived. In order to thank you two for saving my life, I have specially prepared two sets of new clothes that fit well. If you need any help, just call me, my room is on the northeast corner of the stairs. ”
After speaking, Liu Ji, the little dart master, gave a salute, turned around and left, and only Lu Qian and Cui Shiyuan were left in the huge room.
"Oh, comfortable, this is life! Look at this big bed, and this good material on the body, it is almost comparable to my treatment in Tianwangzhai. Cui Shiyuan fell on his back on the bed, and his mouth was comfortably chanting.
Lu Qian took off his robe and put on a knight's costume in a green shirt and white shirt, and from the moment he put it on, an indescribable youthful heroism arose.
Hearing Cui Shiyuan mention the past of being a thief again, he just wanted to clean him up, but suddenly saw two figures outside the door, talking about something in a low voice.
"Hey, Lao Li, have you informed the guests of this house?"
"Notify what?"
"What else could it be, of course haunted!"
"Uh, not yet, it seems that they are all knights on the rivers and lakes, there should be no problem, right?"
"What's wrong with the chivalry? Isn't the chivalrous just a life? If you don't notify you, something happens in the middle of the night, and the shopkeeper's blame has nothing to do with me. ”
Lu Qian walked to the door in a few steps, and suddenly opened the door, and the two guys who were muttering outside were suddenly startled, and one of them was a little bolder, and his crotch was a little wet.
"What kind of haunted place are you talking about? Come, come inside and tell me more about it. Lu Qian was very interested in this novelty, and regardless of whether they wanted to or not, he dragged the two guys into the house.
"Master Ke, we know it's wrong, so you can spare the little ones. The two guys mistakenly thought that Lu Qian was going to blame them for talking at the door and affecting their rest, so they repeatedly apologized and admitted their mistakes.
"Hehe, yes, tell me what that ghost looks like?"