Volume 2 Saibei Xiaofeng Chapter 16 Cold House and Humble House Dao Chiren
"Let her see the good side?" Li Bing sat at the table, scratching his ears and cheeks: "Don't sleep, help me think about it." ”
Anzi was already lying on the table and half asleep: "Brother Bing'er, you can spare me." I'm only fifteen, how can I help you with ideas on this matter!" Anzi was dragged up and said lazily: "Beautiful, it's not simple. If I were like Jiang Chongjing, sitting on hundreds of commercial banks and counting money every day, I would also feel good. ”
"That's you, Yinglan'er won't be like this! She's an unrestrained girl. Li Bing knocked Anzi's head: "But you like business so much, I have a sworn brother in Chang'an, and his business is much bigger than the hundreds you said." There is an opportunity to introduce you to each other. He's not a few years older than you. ”
"Wow! really!" Anzi leaned over and said in a low voice: "So powerful, is his business as big as the Shufeng Chamber of Commerce?"
"There is nothing to compare with. Li Bing said a word, and he didn't know who he was talking about was Xiaowu, and he said that he was a big witch.
"Actually, you want to know what Sister Lan'er likes. Do you see that Jiang Chongjing and Brother Jiang soon knew? He has a good family background, good knowledge, good martial arts, good appearance, and a tall and burly figure. It's nothing more than these, and everything is good. ”
Li Bing frowned and was stunned: "That's it?"
Since Anzi got up, he analyzed it with a head: "Look. In terms of family background, although Jiang Chongjing's family background is good, his father has taken the president of the Shufeng Chamber of Commerce by means, and he is the next president of the Shufeng Chamber of Commerce, and his status is even different. But even so, it can't be compared to you. There are few people in this world who are better than your family background. That's a big win. As she spoke, Anzi showed great envy.
"In terms of knowledge, I don't know much, but I think Brother Bing'er's knowledge can know so many ancient words, even if he doesn't win him, he won't lose too badly. It's a tie. ”
In terms of appearance, Jiang Chongjing is really good, oily and powdery, and can dress up, unlike Brother Bing'er. After speaking, he glanced at Li Bing's brown leather coat and sighed: "Tut-tut, you usually don't care about this." Put you and Jiang Chongjing together, you are like a long-term worker in his family, there is no comparison, this is Jiang Chongjing's big win. ”
Li Bing was still complacent when he heard Anzi's analysis of the first two items, and as soon as he finished speaking, he said angrily: "How can this be regarded as a big win for him." I'll clean it up carefully, it's not bad. This...... This is...... This is when I came out, no one cleaned up, when I was at home, there were girls waiting, combing my hair and dressing, where did I use myself. No, this has to be settled, not that I lose!"
"Then you tell Sister Lan'er to go!" An Zi glanced at him, and then said:
"After that, you are tall and burly, Jiang Chongjing is a little higher than you, but it doesn't matter, the two of you are about the same size, so it can be regarded as a tie. ”
"This last one, in terms of martial arts, anyway, I can see that Brother Bing'er is also a half-ass. Sister Lan'er said that Jiang Chongjing won the first place in the competition of the Legalist Conference at a young age. Didn't Sister Yinglan'er also like him because of this? In terms of martial arts, you are considered defeated, and there is no hope. ”
Li Bing was said by Anzi, and he was unwilling: "Speaking of which, isn't it martial arts? I also have it now." That senior passed on a layer of internal strength to me, and I don't think I'm worse than Jiang Chongjing now, right?" In fact, when he said this, most of his heart was also unconfident.
Anzi gave Li Bing a look: "Yes, yes, anyway, you are all better than me." After speaking, he ignored Li Bing and collapsed on the bed: "Oh, I'm so sleepy! This kind of life of sleeping after eating and eating when you sleep is really happy!"
Li Bing took out three black silk books from his arms: "Isn't it martial arts? I still have cheats here, according to practice, I am so talented, will I lose to him?"
"Eh, Anzi, Anzi, don't sleep, get up and help me read the details! How do you practice these martial arts?"
Here Li Bing and Anzi are chatting privately in the room, and there are also two people who are chatting unhappily.
A small room with only one window. I don't know how many times the window paper has been broken, and it's covered with patches of straw paper.
The straw paper does not transmit light well, the room is a little dim, and there is a clay kang in the corner, and a straw mat and a tattered quilt are spread on the clay kang.
There is a rattan cabinet on the opposite side of the earthen kang, and next to the cabinet is a hoe and a shovel, which is considered a farm tool.
There was a small table in the center of the room, on which were a bowl, a pair of chopsticks, and a meat knife, and next to the table was a wooden stool with a missing leg and made of yellow mud.
It can be seen that the life of the owner of this house is both poor and lonely.
"Hey, sorry, I'm late. A man pushed the door in, white silk clothes, blue water belt, green jade pendant, or that dress, this person was the "Ibis Venerable" Ji Zihuan.
"It's not too late, it's not too late, I just arrived the day before yesterday. "There was a man sitting on the bed, and he was lying on the bed, with a book in his hand, and he was reading vigorously. This person is the friend Li Bing met in Jilu Prefecture a few days ago - Chiren.
Chiren got up and sat on the edge of the bed: "Didn't you say that you were going to arrive a few days earlier?
Ji Zihuan also wanted to find a place to sit down, looking at the bench with one leg padded with soil, he still couldn't bear to sit on it. I could only sit down on the edge of the bed by relying on Chiren.
"Hey, what else can it be, that little thing in the hall. A few months ago, someone found out that there was a page of "Three Phases Sutra" hidden in the 'Thousand Flowers and Apricot Workshop' in Jilu Prefecture, but I didn't know which phase it was. Ji Zihuan was very arrogant, but his demeanor was completely different from when he saw Li Bing before. It looks like he and Chiren should be best friends.
"Then how can you still come out? Qianhua Xingfang is so famous in the rivers and lakes, and has always been the leader of the green seedlings, if you want to move them, there should be a shortage of manpower, how can you let you out?"
"Originally, it couldn't be released, but something happened, we're going to join forces with the 'West Fourth Hall' this time, this person is enough, and there are more. Isn't this where I can escape!" Ji Zihuan couldn't stop looking at the house, and said coldly: "Why do you live in such a place? I don't even have saliva, I'm dying of thirst." ”
Chiren used the broken bowl to scoop a bowl of water from the water tank outside the door and handed it to Ji Zihuan: "Drink! Hasn't your uncle always looked down on Xisitang? How can you put down your body and go to them to join forces." ”
"I told you about the new 'Serpent Venerable' before, you still remember it. Ji Zihuan was a little clean, looking at the bowl that didn't seem to be washed very clean, the bowl came to his mouth, and he still put it down: "That's what I said, I like to invite merit, it's a very annoying one." You remember. She died last month. Even her Di Sect has been checked in Wuwei, and the manpower is clean, so it is useless. ”
"There weren't many people in the 'Joy Valley' under the hands of the 'Rat Venerable'. You also know me, this 'Ibis Venerable' still relied on his identity as an uncle, and in the end, he has no background. Although my uncle has a lot of manpower, his 'Jade Leopard Pan (pan)' is also far away in Guangzhou, and it is difficult to mobilize a large number of people to come to Saibei so far away. ”
"That's right, from south to north, it's quite a toss-up to be so far. Chiren looked at Ji Zihuan and disliked that the bowl was unclean, gave him a blank look, and took a sip of the water in the bowl himself.
"Not really. Originally, it was pointed out that there were many people under the Snake Venerable, and this should be possible. But the Serpent Venerable died, the tree fell and scattered, and the people under her hands were gone. Uncle had no choice but to go to the 'Tiger Venerable' of the West Fourth Hall. Anyway, they still have a bit of power in this area, aren't they. Ji Zihuan, who was sitting on the straw mat on the bed, was also very uncomfortable, he felt as if some small insect had crawled on his body, so he stood up, walked to the rattan cabinet, and flipped through it casually.
"So, your uncle is going to attack Qianhua Xingfang, what kind of means is he using this time?"
"Well, let them go. Anyway, I didn't feel at ease about it, so I didn't ask or listen. But you, what did you think about what I wrote to tell you?"
"What's the matter?"
"What else could it be to let you join my uncle's command. Look at you, if you want to have a plan, you want to have martial arts, if you want to come to my uncle's command, it will definitely be like a tiger. Now that the Snake Venerable is dead, the position at the entrance of the hall is vacant. You're here just in time. We can still be companions together. ”
Ji Zihuan had no scruples in front of Chiren, walked up to him, and quipped:
"You see, I've thought about everything after you came, I have so many Zhuangzi under my name, you can choose one to be your nest, you can do anything. Whether you want to be in the Central Plains or not, go back to Murowei, and develop your 'shamanism' depends on you. My uncle and I will fund you, whatever you want. What do you think. ”
"Hey. It's not that you don't know me, I'm used to being free and easy. I don't like to be constrained. Chiren also got up, stood beside Ji Zihuan, and patted him on the shoulder.
"Uninhibited, uninhibited. Look at me, don't you also do what you want? It's not that there is always something to do in the hall, and even if there is something, you can do it if you want to, and pull it down if you don't want to do it. Absolutely not to force you. Ji Zihuan said halfway, as if he also knew that Chiren had made up his mind, and sighed: "Forget it, let it be." Feel free to tell me when you've figured it out. ”
"By the way, the light said me. How did you come to such a place in Jilu State? and still live in this house. Ji Zihuan's eyes swept the entire room again, with a look of disdain.
This sentence seemed to suddenly touch Chiren's nerves, and he suddenly squatted down and took out a burden from under the cabinet: "Speaking of this, I also have something to ask you! I am a descendant of the Rouran royal family, you know this." ”
"Hey, do you still remember this? It's been more than 200 years since you were dead in the country, how can you still call the royal family the royal family? Do I still have to call you 'Tuoba Chiren' Prince?"
Chiren put the burden on the table, opened it, and said, "How rare am I to this false name? It's just that this matter is really related to Rouran, and it is also related to the title of this royal family...... A month ago, I received a letter saying that my grandmother was critically ill and asked me to hurry back to Jilu Prefecture to see my grandmother for the last time. ”
The baggage quilt is covered with three layers of cloth inside and out, and after opening, there is a delicate yellow rosewood box, which is carefully carved with complicated ghost and god patterns, which is worth a lot of money at a glance, and this dilapidated small earthen house is incompatible.
"Why do you still have relatives in Jilu Prefecture? Aren't you from Murowei?"
Chiren opened the lid, and there was only a straw letter inside: "I don't have my grandmother in my memory at all, and I always thought she was dead. But according to my aunt, my grandmother took care of me until I was two years old, and it wasn't until later that we moved to Murowe. ”
He handed the letter to Ji Zihuan: "When I arrived here a few days ago, my grandmother was already in the ground, leaving only this house and this box. ”
"Ah, how do I know this? What does the letter say?" Ji Zihuan watched Chiren take out the piece of straw paper, which was full of Hui texts.
"Don't worry about what the letter says. Let's see, what is this?" Chiren put the letter aside, and opened the box in a dark compartment, inside was a white silk, on which there were no words, only a light gray pattern.
"This!! this...... This ...... Where did you find it?" Ji Zihuan just saw this thing, and immediately became extremely surprised, and even his voice couldn't help but be a little higher.
I was just suspicious, but I didn't expect it to be. This is what your uncle, Venerable Leopard, has been looking for. Chiren threw this thing to Ji Zihuan to see.
Ji Zihuan didn't accept it or look at it, but became extremely anxious, and his originally high voice suddenly lowered very low: "You put it away quickly, can you take this thing out casually? Beware of causing trouble." ”
Chiren didn't seem to take this too seriously, just put the white cloth on the table, and heard Ji Zihuan ask, "Where did you get this thing from?"
"My grandmother left a letter, there are not many words, except that she said that she didn't see me at the end and regretted it, she only asked me to put these things away, and it didn't say that it was useless. I thought about it, you probably know it, so I'm going to ask you. ”
Seeing that Chiren didn't move, Ji Zihuan became even more anxious, and hurriedly put the white silk book back in the dark compartment and put it away, and then wrapped it in coarse cloth layer by layer. Put it back where it was.
"This 'white silk book' must be one of the "Three Phases Sutra". The "Three Phases Sutra" is divided into three types: 'black, white, and yellow', and each type has seven silk books. My uncle has been looking for it for so many years, but I don't know what these silk books are for. Every time I asked my uncle, he only said that the 'Lord' wanted it, and told me not to ask, because if I asked too much, I would be burned. Eh, how did your grandmother get this thing? ”
Both of them sat on the bed, and you and I talked word by word. The atmosphere in the room was no longer as casual as before, but became solemn.
"This is going to start with Rouran, to start with shamanism. Rouran is a country of theocracy, shamanism originated from Rouran, and it is also the state religion of Rouran, and the high priest of shamanism is the king of Rouran. Our Tuoba family is both a royal family and a core member of shamanism. Rouran destroyed the country, but shamanism has been passed down, and now there are traces of shamanism in Hui, Murowei, Jinya and even the Tang Dynasty. It is not only the teachings that have been handed down, but also the arithmetic, martial arts, culture, calendar, and so on of shamanism. My grandmother's ancestor was the 'Si Shi', and the shamanic calendar was a family for generations. Grandmother said that this thing was handed down from the family, and what exactly it was for. I don't know. ”
"Then this 'white silk book' is handed down by the 'Rouran' royal family?"
"It can also be said that Rouran's 'Si Shi' is a very important official position. ”
"In that case, it makes sense. At present, I know that several copies of the "Three Phases Sutra" that have appeared are also related to some ancient civilizations. In this way, there is a good chance that your one is the real one. After speaking, Ji Zihuan glanced at the burden again.
"So what's the use of this thing? I've been watching him for the two days I've been waiting for you, and I can't tell why. ”
"Didn't I say that? I don't know, but since you have a page, you can put it away. I'll ask my uncle what the hell this is all about?"
"It's good ......"
Tuoba Chiren also felt that this topic was a little depressing, and suddenly the conversation changed: "Eh, that's right." Since you're fine, come back to Murowei for a few days. Let you see the scenery of our Northeast Great Forest Prairie. ”
"It's good, but although I don't want to take care of the affairs of this Qianhua Xingfang, my uncle has other things for me, so I won't accompany you. Or after February next year, I'll go to Murowei to look for you when I have free time. ”
"What are you going to do next February?"
"Last month, I got the news that a page of the "Three Phases Sutra" fell into the hands of the Wuwei Jiedu envoy, so my uncle took me and the 'Rat Venerable' to the Jiedu envoy's mansion to grab things. I didn't get the scripture book, but let me find a sword, guess what. ”
"There are so many swords, I guessed it. ”
"The sword list of Tianji Palace is one of the 'Four Swords of the Meridian Sect of the Northern Regions'!" Ji Zihuan's eyebrows danced, and the interest of showing off came out again.
"Ah! The sword of the Meridian Sect, you dare to take it, they know about it, and you still have to go back? Beware of being seen by them!"
"That's right, I originally planned to secretly collect it and forget it, but I ended up with a big wrongdoer, and I had to buy this sword with 100,000 yuan. Isn't it stupid for you to say that such a hot potato has to be bought for 100,000 yuan?"
"So you sold the sword?"
"Can you still sell it? We have made an appointment to trade with my Zhuangzi in February next year. Are you stupid or not?"
"Hahahaha...... It's really stupid!"
The cheerful atmosphere returned to the room, and the two of them were talking and laughing, and it was another day.
It's a good day like that.
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Although I guess you don't read my books, I still want to thank you for spending a simple but happy birthday with me.