Chapter 137: The Tree Moves the Wind and Shakes the Tree
In Pei Ruxi's previous life, a writer said: "The joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same. β
Pei Xiangrong has some sympathy for the widowed Xiao Long, which does not prevent him from thinking that Pei Jinfan deserves to die, nor does it affect him from inviting Pei Ruxi and Liang Jiannan mother and daughter to enjoy the music at the Treasure Restaurant.
Although Luoxia City is small, it has several resident troupes, the monks are the audience, and the mortals are also the audience. If you are tired of the performances of local opera troupes, you can choose from foreign opera troupes that come in turn, and occasionally wandering artists who are not attached to the troupe appear.
During the New Year's holidays, the Pei clan will invite the troupe to perform. Pei Ruxi has been an audience and feels okay, but it is not worth making a special trip to Zhenyu Restaurant to appreciate it. In view of Liang Jianan's interest, Pei Xiangrong was quite looking forward to it, and she sat in the position with the best viewing angle with a little curiosity.
The restaurant itself has a stage, and guests in the private room can see the newly decorated stage and hear the sounds on the stage when they open the window.
At this time, the sound of the piano wafted, and a young man wearing a high crown stroked the piano on the stage. Clothes as white as snow, long hair as black as ink, wide robe and big sleeves, looking at his aura, he is a foundation building monk.
However, people's bodies and minds are captured by the sound of the piano, and they listen quietly, stingy to distract precious attention.
In the private room, Liang Jianan, who was the lowest in cultivation and the weakest in will, looked in a trance, and was dug out by the sound of the piano and deliberately forgotten the past. Pei Xiangrong showed a moving expression, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, and thoughts surged in his eyes. Rao is Pei Ruxi, and his mind is also immersed in the melodious sound of the piano, forgetting where he is and what he wants to do.
The young man who stroked the piano plucked the seven strings, looked at the Pei Ruxi family of three behind the window, and smiled on his lips, proud of his musical attainments.
Look, Pei Ruxi was infected by the music he played, and he was fascinated by it.
Whether the person playing the music has any intentions can be heard, the sound of the piano changes, Pei Ruxi sighed, and felt sorry for the player's distraction.
Her sigh was very soft, but the young man in the stage heard it clearly, and his face turned red.
He took a deep breath to drive away the untimely pride in his heart, his fingers pressed the strings, and the sound of the piano stopped abruptly.
People lamented that the sound of the piano had been interrupted, and one after another sighs rang out, complaining that the young man had interrupted their mood to enjoy the music.
The next moment, the light and lively sound of the piano sounded.
It was music that was played with the heart, and people didn't have time to say anything, and they were captured again.
Pei Ruxi couldn't play the piano, listening to the young man's performance, he couldn't find the touch just now. Looking at the few pastries offered by the guy, she picked up a piece of lotus root flour osmanthus cake and put it into her mouth, and tasted the extraordinary deliciousness on the tip of her tongue, and her eyes couldn't help but light up.
Be sure to eat a few more pieces!
At the end of the music, which poured all his emotions, the boy took out his handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his face as if he were fighting a rival of equal strength. The tune was played to Pei Ruxi, and he looked at her and found that there were several empty plates in front of her, and all the pastries had been eaten by her.
The young man was a little dazed and hugged Yaoqin off the stage, thinking: Isn't the music I played with all my heart as good as pastries?
Someone praised him: "Little uncle, your piano sound is so infectious, you have already entered the Tao, right?"
The young man is the true disciple of the Lord of Tianyin Valley, one of the four sects on the east side of the Luoxia Mountain Range, and two-thirds of the disciples in the sect are Ledao monks. Ledao pays attention to entering the WTO, and the young man followed the troupe to walk all over the Luoxia Mountains, watching the world from the sidelines, and really replenished his mood and succeeded in building the foundation.
Asked if he had entered the Dao, Xu Shao's thoughts calmed down and said, "I am still far from entering the Dao. Thinking of the pastries that Pei Ruxi had eaten, he instructed the other party, "I want to taste the pastries that Pei Ruxi ate just now." β
"Please wait. The handsome guy at the restaurant smiled politely, "The kitchen is making pastries, and the guests should be patient." β
"Okay. Pei Ruxi is willing to wait for the food.
The pastry is delicious, and eating a piece is equivalent to concentrating on cultivation for a day and night, which is not bad compared to the pill. She asked, "When did you get a new pastry chef?"
"It's the owner who makes the pastries, not the chef. The guy said, "Our owner's surname is Qi, and the last time we came to Luoxia City was thirty-six years ago. β
Qi Boyan?
Pei Ruxi knew about the Jindan monks in the Luoxia Mountains, and said strangely: "Your host is a real person from Hexia Palace?"
The guy laughed and acquiesced.
The man walked into the clean and dust-free kitchen and respectfully saluted the busy woman: "Master, Miss Pei still wants to eat pastries, and Xu Gongzi also wants to taste the pastries you made." β
The woman wears a simple bias blouse, her hair is tied in a bun, her sleeves are rolled up to reveal her forearms, and she is kneading dough. The guy was attracted by her rhythmic movements, and for a moment he was intoxicated, trying to understand the mystery.
After kneading the dough, the woman moved on to the next step unhurriedly, and said, "What is Pei Ruxi's reaction?"
The guy woke up and hurriedly said, "It's normal." β
Pei Ruxi only cares about whether the pastries are delicious or not, and doesn't care who makes the pastries.
The man carried the pastries into the private room, and in addition to the freshly made pastries, there were ten golden carp orders on the tray.
These ten carp orders can be reused, as long as the Dragon Gate Secret Realm does not collapse, the Golden Carp Order is the key to enter the secret realm. The ordinary carp order that Pei Ruxi got can only be used once, and next time he wants to enter the Longmen Secret Realm and find a new carp order.
Without merit, Pei Ruxi said: "What does Qi Zhenren need me to do?"
The guy said, "The real person is optimistic about you and hopes that you are stronger than you are now." β
Pei Ruxi understood, accepted the ten carp order, and asked the guy to convey her gratitude.
The guy retreated, and Pei Ruxi's eyes fell on Pei Xiangrong: "Daddy, are you going to the Dragon Gate Secret Realm?"
Cultivators below the Jindan stage can go to the Longmen Secret Realm to practice, Pei Xiangrong went to the Longmen Secret Realm once, and replied: "There are rare birds and beasts and rare spirit grasses in the secret realm, I naturally want to go." But now that I'm the patriarch, what if there are three longs and two shorts, what will happen to the clan?"
A big drama is about to be staged on the stage, and the content is a group of monks of different strength who fight around a treasure orb, and each character does his best. In the end, the orb does not belong to the most powerful person, nor to the smartest person, but is obtained by the most inconspicuous person.
At the end of the play, Pei Ruxi was thoughtful.
What she did seemed to be too flamboyant.
The tree is big and the wind shakes the tree, and the name of the person is high and the name is lost[Note (1)]. Today, Qi Boyan releases kindness, and tomorrow there may be others who hate her and have murderous thoughts against her.
However, publicity is easy to provoke right and wrong, so why won't low-key be regarded as a soft persimmon?
Pei Ruxi rewarded the actor with a medium-grade spirit stone, and went shopping with Daddy and Auntie.
The smell of the New Year has not yet dissipated, and red lanterns are hung everywhere in Jinfang, and the festive atmosphere is strong. Pei Ruxi didn't like to go to the stalls, Pei Xiangrong and Liang Jiannan were not annoyed, they went shopping with relish, and from time to time they picked up something and asked Pei Ruxi what he thought.
"No view. Pei Ruxi said, "If you like it, you can pay for it." β
"Uninteresting. Pei Xiangrong said.
He took an earring inlaid with an unknown gemstone and compared it to Liang Jianan, and said, "This one looks good, you can buy it." β
Liang Jiannan looked at him meaningfully, and whispered in a low voice: "Why don't you spend money to buy it yourself? Master, other people's opinions are changing from time to time, and you must be wronged if you hide and don't dare to show your true preferences." β
Pei Xiangrong struggled very much, thought twice, and reluctantly put down the exotic earrings.
A shinyly dressed male cultivator squatted down, picked up the earrings that Pei Xiangrong had put down, and asked the stall owner how to sell them.
The stall owner: "There is only one pair of earrings, give me three spirit stones, and you can take them away." β
The male cultivator was about to try on the earrings, but he didn't put them on, and a threatening gaze came from the side, he shuddered, looked at Pei Xiangrong stiffly, and said in a trembling voice: "Senior?"
Pei Xiangrong didn't speak, his eyes were cold.
The male nun flinched, put down the earrings, and quickly walked away.
The earrings were lying on the red velvet in the box, Pei Xiangrong wanted to stretch out his hand but was afraid of face, and he cowered, and Pei Ruxi, who was watching from the sidelines, sighed.
Liang Jiannan picked up the earrings and said, "Xixi, don't mock your father." β
She held Pei Xiangrong's shoulder, stood on tiptoe and used a spell to fix the earrings on his earlobes, and said, "Master, it's not me praising you, you actually look good wearing these earrings." β
"Didn't you deliberately lie to me?" Pei Xiangrong shook his head uncomfortably, his earrings swayed slightly with the rhythm of his head shaking, he erected a water mirror, and saw a transparent phantom following him in the mirror.
That's Liu Lanzhi.
She said, "Don't wear these earrings, husband, you look like a woman when you wear them." β
Pei Xiangrong avoided her and silently recited the Tao Sutra to suppress the evil demons.
"Xixi, pay for me. Pei Xiangrong doesn't want to suppress his preferences, he is handsome, he looks good with light makeup, and he looks good with thick makeup, and he must be jealous of him if he laughs at him.
After shopping in Jinfang and then back to the word street, Pei Xiangrong harvested a lot of things, Liang Jiannan bought a rusty Xiaoding at a high price, Pei Ruxi did not buy any items, and was given a set of twelve exquisite dolls by Daddy and Auntie.
In the wide cave mansion with strong aura, Pei Ruxi put the twelve dolls together with the three dolls given by Liang Jianan. The twelve dolls do not run, and are pushed down by three flexible dolls and used as seats.
Is the doll made by A-Niang jealous?
Pei Ruxi took the three dolls away with a smile and knocked them on the head one by one: "Don't bully other dolls." β
The dolls grimace at her, and she puts the twelve dolls into separate crystal boxes as decorations, allowing the three dolls to run around the cave. Spreading out a blank rune paper, Pei Ruxi ignored the movement made by the doll, and drew a talisman with his eyebrows.
The clan lacked the knowledge of the runes she needed, so she deduced the drawing method according to the runes she bought from the treasure building, and copied the runes recorded in "Good as Water", vaguely touching the bottleneck that was difficult to improve. Uncle Pei couldn't give her advice, so he suggested that she find other talisman masters to discuss, maybe she could get some inspiration.
Luoxia City does not have a second-order talisman master.
The third-order sword talisman made by Li Yao is to seal the sword qi in the rune paper, the method is simple and rude, there is no skill at all, and it is impossible to discuss the drawing talisman with her.
After drawing a talisman, Pei Ruxi dusted off the talisman paper and opened the book on the formation method.
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Su Tanrong sneaked into the Su family's ancestral house with the help of Scarlet Pupils, put down the family letter, and left secretly. When passing by Jinfang, she made a temporary move and came to Zhen Yu Mei Restaurant for dinner.
Xu Shao was playing the piano on the stage, she listened with her cheeks, heard half of it, and whispered to Scarlet Pupil: "In my previous life, Xu Shao asked Lesheng to give him guidance on piano skills, but Lesheng refused to give instructions because he was not suitable for Ledao, guess what happened later?"
Scarlet pupils guessed: "He gave up Ledao?"
Su Tianrong chuckled: "I don't know if he gave up on music or gave up on himself, I liked to listen to him play the piano before, but when Le Sheng denied his music talent, his piano sound became extremely ugly." β
"It was a dream. Scarlet said, "Your dream is just a possibility for the future. β
"I know, I'm just telling you an interesting story......" Su Tianrong was a little nervous, and put down his propped hand, "Xu Shao, is he looking at me?"
Another guy who doesn't listen to him play the piano carefully, is the music he plays really that bad?
Thinking of the pastries that Pei Ruxi had eaten and the delicious pastries he had tasted with his own mouth, Xu Shao stood up and walked towards Su Qianrong. The yaoqin behind him was playing automatically, and he looked at Su Qianrong: "You seem to know how to play the piano, why don't you go up and play a song?"
Su Tianrong knew that he was finding fault, and waved his hand and said, "I won't!"
Xu Shao: "It's okay, go up and play a song." β
Relying on her cultivation to be higher than Su Qianrong, Xu Shao picked her up, pressed her to the position of playing the piano, and stood aside with his hands and looked down at her: "Don't be stunned, play the piano." β
Su Tianrong strained his face and said angrily: "I said that I can't play the piano, can't you hear it?"
Xu Shao chuckled: "I can hear you." He bent down and told Su Qianrong, "Little girl, your true face is not visible, right?"
"You!" Su tilted his eyes and wanted to punch Xu Shaoqingjun's face.
"Hehe, you can't beat me. Xu Shao's tone was extremely inadequate.
Su Tian tolerated and endured, and played a nursery rhyme.
She was not a monk of music, and the music was played mediocrely, and the audience was very dissatisfied.
Because Xu Shao was on his side, they endured it silently.
Qi Boyan, who happened to come to the hall, had a look of displeasure on his face and said, "Xu Xiaoyou, this is my restaurant." Looking at Su Qianrong, who was forced to play the piano, "I'm sorry, you don't have to pay for dinner here today." β
Su Tianrong thanked Qi Boyan.
Back at Pei's ancestral house, she complained to Pei Ruxi: "Miss Pei, Xu Shao bullied me!"
Pei Ruxi looked at the book and said without raising his head: "If you are bullied, you can't bear it and fight back." β
Xu Shao is a foundation building monk, she is the eleventh layer of qi refining, and there is a huge disparity in strength, how to fight?
Su Tianrong still wanted to ask for advice, but the scarlet pupil said in her mind: "If you have a talisman, you can beat the Yuanying monk, not to mention a mere Xu Shao." β
So Su Tanrong went to the Zhendelica Mansion in a hurry, showed the talisman, beat Xu Shao to the brim, stepped on his back and said, "Do you know the lesson? I can't afford to provoke you!"
Xu Shao's handsome face was close to the ground, and his mood was ten times more embarrassed than when Su Tanrong played the piano, and he was very unconvinced: "If you have the ability, don't bully me with a powerful talisman!"
Su Tianrong hehe: "I don't have the ability, I just bullied you with a talisman, what can you do?" let go of his feet, "It's a bad feeling to be bullied, you've experienced it, don't bully others anymore." β
"It's just to tease you, it's you who are more serious. Xu Shao jumped up and fled far away, patting the dust on his body while being wary of Su Tianrong, and said half-truthfully, "I didn't touch a single hair of yours, you hit me, please apologize." β
"Good. Su Tianrong thought about it and felt that he had a point, so he apologized seriously.
Xu Shao didn't expect her to really apologize to him, and said in her heart: This is not a stupid girl.
At this time, a soft sound came, and he and Su looked over, only to see that the window of a private room was pushed open.
There was Su Qinghan sitting in the window, and the person pushing the window was Su Ci, and they heard Su Tanrong's voice, and looked at her suspiciously in disguise so that she couldn't recognize her original appearance.
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Note (1): The tree is big and the wind shakes the tree, and the person is famous and famous. ββFrom "Journey to the West"