Chapter XXVIII. Proclamation

In the early morning of this day, it was still early and bright, and most of the customers in the store had not yet gotten up, but there was a slight sound of footsteps from the second floor of the inn.

After a while, it was Chu Qing who walked out of the door in full dress, only to see her walk up to the corridor, raise her feet, look at the backyard, and through the faint morning light, she vaguely saw the "carriage" set by the guy in front of the stable, nodded with satisfaction, and turned around and walked to the next room with a smile.

Chu Qing raised his hand and wanted to knock on the door, but suddenly stopped in mid-air, rolled his eyes, temporarily changed his attention, withdrew his arm, put his ear on the door, and stole inside, but after listening for a long time, there was no movement inside, he frowned, thought for a while, and then put his ear to it, held his breath for a moment, and after making sure that there was no sound inside, he got up angrily, "bang", kicked the door open, and rushed in angrily, just about to open his mouth and shout. When I looked up, the room was empty, and when I walked to the side of the bed and reached out to touch it, the futon was cold!

So he pursed his lips, sat down on the bed angrily, and muttered in a low voice: "Hmph, liar, I said that we will drive the carriage together this morning!" As he spoke, his eyes inadvertently swept to the table, and he saw a note pressed under the wine jug, and he was surprised, so he walked over, removed the wine jug, picked up the note and looked at it, but seeing that it was densely written with handwriting, Chu Qing stretched out his finger and pointed at the note while looking at it, one, two, three, four...... , As if he had written down the contents of the note, Fang raised his hand and shook it in the air, and the note came up out of thin air.

Seeing that the note was burned, Chu Qing walked out of the door, looked around, and saw that there was no one left and right, Fang turned around and closed the door, lowered the footsteps, walked back to his room, took the package he carried with him, woke up the little fat bear bag, whispered that it should not make a sound, and walked with himself, so he walked out of the door together and followed the stairs to the backyard.

After approaching the "carriage", Chu Qing couldn't help but wonder, only to see the so-called "rabbit horse", not to mention the short stature, but the ears were surprisingly long, the whole body was covered with brown short hair, and a white belly, there was no ordinary horse's mane, how to look at it, there was no sense of majesty, the strangest thing was that the tail, short and fat, was still swinging, Chu Qing walked around the "rabbit horse", and whispered to the little fat bear bag in surprise: "This, this is a horse?"

Hearing Chu Qing speak, he couldn't help rubbing his eyes, looked at the "rabbit horse", nodded first, shook his head again, rolled his eyes a few times, and didn't think of a reason, so he simply nodded deeply.

Seeing this, Chu Qing thought secretly: Perhaps, this is a horse, just a relatively cheap inferior horse. After thinking about it like this, he no longer doubted, raised his head and looked at the skylight, remembered that he had something to do, so he inserted the "Liang" word flag into the car, and carried the little fat bear bag to the car, covered it with a portable package, and then quietly untied the reins, and looked around, no one was seen, so he nodded with satisfaction, and pulled up the "rabbit horse" and walked out of the backyard.

Chu Qing pulled the "rabbit horse" out of the backyard, and walked along the market towards the official road, and did not meet a figure along the way, seeing that the shopkeepers on both sides of the street had not yet gotten up early, he couldn't help but feel grateful to the shopkeepers for getting up so early to set up the carriage, and the market was not long, but he felt that he had been walking for a long time, because this "rabbit horse" had short legs, and could only walk fast on four legs, but would not run off the ground on all four hooves like a horse.

Finally got on the official road, Chu Qing jumped up, sat on the wheel of the car, shook up a branch picked up on the road, hit the back of the "rabbit horse", and shouted "drive".

The "rabbit horse" was whipped by this, and immediately sped up, pulling the unshed car to "run wild", Chu Qing turned around and pulled the carry-on package again, worried about throwing the little fat bear bag out of the car.

In this way, a young girl in the prime of her life actually drove a donkey cart and ran on the official road in the early morning.

I came across a few passers-by who were walking on my feet, and I stopped to watch, pointed, and then burst out laughing.

Chu Qing glanced at him and thought to himself: You walkers, and you still laugh at me for having a car to sit in!

In the shouting and cheering all the way, Chu Qing drove the donkey cart for about an hour, and the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increased, and he saw a few men on the side of the official road blocking passers-by from a distance, peddling things.

After confirming that it was the porters who changed careers, Chu Qing nodded, jumped out of the car, pulled the reins and slowly leaned over, and listened quietly, those men were nothing more than introducing the benefits of "General Liang", and even coaxed and frightened, selling all kinds of "General Liang" things at a high price.

Those few men were like hanging on the river for a long time, but they didn't sell a copper plate, they couldn't help but get angry, and after seeing the rough man bow his head and whisper a few words in the ear of the older man, he swaggered straight towards Chu Qing.

When he walked to a distance away from Chu Qing, the man raised his hand and pointed and shouted: "I said that little girl, if you don't hurry, you are leading a donkey cart to block our fortune, what is the purpose of the scholar who is with you?"

When Chu Qing heard this, he glanced at him without saying anything, and there was no fear on his face, still standing still.

The man looked around, and saw that the scholar was indeed not there, so he swallowed his saliva again, strengthened his courage, and shouted: "That little girl, the uncle told you to drive the donkey cart away, did you hear it!"

Seeing that the time was ripe, Chu Qing jumped to the car, clasped his hands together, slapped a few times, and shouted loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please listen, this girl is here to announce something important on the order of General Liang!"

When the people present heard this, they couldn't help but gather around, and stood in a circle with the donkey cart as the center, tilting their heads and opening their mouths wide, waiting for the next step.

The rough and rough man was confused by Chu Qing's sudden move, but everyone no longer listened to the fact that they were shouting and selling goods, and they couldn't help but be angry in their hearts, pulled their shirts, exposed their chest hair, strode up, stretched out their hands and grabbed Chu Qing and said, "You kid, what nonsense are you talking about here, you can come down for Uncle Ben." ”

He originally thought that he was a stout man, and he reached out to pull a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, which was not easy, but he didn't expect his hand to reach it, only to see Chu Qing squatting down unhurriedly in the car and punching him in the chest.

The man suddenly felt as if he had been hit hard by a sledgehammer, and fell down on his back, but he felt that the blood in his chest was surging, and he was lying on the ground, his face was pale, and he couldn't speak for a while, and the rest of the men couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this, and looked at each other.

Watching the excitement is not afraid of big things, this is the common psychology that people have had since ancient times, and everyone in the audience saw such a brutal man, who was beaten down by a young girl, and couldn't help but have no doubts, but instead started to coax and cheer.

Chu Qing smiled, stood up again, raised his hand, and motioned for everyone to shut down, those people were surprisingly obedient, and the audience suddenly became silent.

Chu Qing stood on the car, swept his eyes down, and saw that the man who was knocked down by himself was helped up by his accomplices, and slowly gathered over, it seemed that he had no idea of anything else, Fang coughed a few times, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this girl is on the order of General Liang, and hereby announces that in order to thank the friends of the rivers and lakes for their love over the years, from now on, General Liang will order people to distribute talisman flags in the house for free, on a first-come, first-served basis." As he spoke, he raised his finger and pointed to the direction of the official road leading to the Liang Mansion.

When the people present heard this, they whispered to each other, of course most people hoped that this was true, because a Ling Qi was sold for a minimum of one or two silver, which was really not cheap, but there was no way to verify Chu Qing's words.

After a while, someone finally shouted out everyone's heartfelt words, and said: "Little girl, there is no evidence, you won't be deceiving us, will there be some Jiangyang thieves hiding on the way?" ”

Chu Qing smiled slightly, squatted down, and said, "This big brother said it well. As he spoke, he lowered his head and took out a dozen pieces of paper from his package, shook it into the air, and then said: "Look! This is a notice issued by General Liang's Mansion, with the seal of Liang's Mansion on it, please verify it." ”

When everyone heard this, they stepped forward to ask for it, and when they got it in their hands and carefully identified it, there were merchants who had dealings with the Liang Mansion, took out the tickets on their bodies before, and after carefully recognizing the big seal on it, they couldn't help but say happily: "It's true, it's a real big seal." ”

As a result, everyone present no longer doubted, so they dispersed in a hurry, and ran in the direction pointed by Chu Qing, for fear that they would not be able to get the order flag if they fell behind.

Those men also took the notice, took out the ticket given by the Liang Mansion when they delivered the goods before, and after gathering together to carefully identify it, they found that it was indeed a real seal, and turned around to look at a few truckloads of goods, and couldn't help but curse, mistakenly thinking that they had been deceived by the Liang Mansion.

Later, the old man looked crying, and arched his hand and said: "Little girl, according to this, this Liang Mansion will start to distribute the order flags for free from now on, but the few truckloads of goods promised to me before, General Liang has something to say?"

When Chu Qing heard this, her eyes rolled, and she thought about it, and said with a straight face: "General Liang has explained, you and others are also hard workers, and these truckloads of goods can also be exchanged for silver taels at the house." After saying that, he did not pay attention to the crowd, but took the remaining notices in his hands and chose thick trees on the side of the road and pasted them.

When those men heard this, they discussed with each other, so they made a bitter face, pushed the car, and walked in the direction of Liangfu.

After Chu Qing finished posting the notice, she blinked her eyes and stretched out her fingers, one, two, three...... , counted it again, thinking about the things that Feng Shuzhu explained, he did a few things himself, and there are still a few left. Then he nodded slightly, looked around again, and then smiled, confidently untied the reins, shouted, and drove the "rabbit horse" cart to continue walking.

When he saw stout trees along the way, Chu Qing stopped to paste the notices, and when he met passers-by with dexterous legs, he would also send a few of them, and told them to publicize them widely.

Those who have good deeds, seeing that there is a big seal of the Liang Mansion as evidence, they ask for a little more, and secretly want to go back to the village to post notices, thinking that they have made such a great contribution to the Liang Mansion, and they may be able to ask for some rewards.

Chu Qing walked and stopped all the way, it was almost noon, when the sun was in the sky and he was thirsty, when he raised his eyes, he saw a small tea stall from a distance.

Unlike before, there were no men in the tea stall peddling all kinds of "General Liang" things, but gathered with a few people who were walking and resting, holding notices in their hands and whispering.

Approaching the tea stall, Chu Qing found a shady place to park the car, took off the cloth bag, packed the little fat bear bag, turned around and looked, I don't know who posted five or six notices around the small tea stall, I didn't feel funny in my heart, and whispered to myself: "I finished it for me." ”

Walking into the small tea stall, Chu Qing found a vacant seat and sat down, and shouted: "Man, come to a bowl of tea to quench your thirst." ”

The guy turned his head and raised his eyes to look at Chu Qing, but he didn't move, but pointed to the teapot next to him and said, "Little girl, pour it yourself, it's free, drink it as you like." ”

When Chu Qing heard this, he took the big iron kettle, poured the tea, leaned over, and pretended to say in a loud voice: "Man, what are you looking at, I don't do business." ”

This time, the guy didn't reply, and said loudly: "The notice of the Liang Mansion, what do you kid inquire about, go and go." After speaking, he continued to talk to those people in a low voice.

Chu Qing pretended not to know and responded, returned to his seat, drank a few sips of tea, and took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness to secretly feed the little fat bear bag a few sips of tea, thinking about what else to do. He raised his eyes and looked at the sun, knowing that he was in a hurry, so he took a big sip of tea, got up and walked out of the tea stall, and went to get the "rabbit horse" cart.

Suddenly, I found that the car was gone!

Chu Qing clearly remembered that he parked the car in the shade of the tree next to him, but he disappeared at this moment, rubbed his eyes, searched left and right, but still did not find it. So he carried the cloth bag, ran over with a few arrows, and saw that there were two wheel tracks left on the ground, so he followed the traces all the way down, and finally came to the small tea stall house, only to see the "rabbit horse" bowing his head in a large water tank to drink water.

Chu Qing looked at it and saw that no one was paying attention, Fang went over and pulled the reins, and said in a low voice: "The weather is hot, I forgot that you are also thirsty for a while, have you drunk enough?"

I don't know which "rabbit horse" understood Chu Qing's words, or was afraid of being beaten, shook his tail, and obediently followed Chu Qing to the official road.

Chu Qing looked back at the small tea stall again, and saw that everyone had dispersed at this time. Several of them left the small tea stall and had already walked onto the official road in the direction of Liangfu. The rest of the guys stood under the tree, holding the poster, looking at the "Liang" character flag planted on the tea stall in a daze, muttering to themselves.

Chu Qing smiled, untied the cloth bag, released the little fat bear bag, and said, "Bagbag, we are going to Shuangshan Lake." ”

Hearing the sound, the little chubby bear bag got out of his pocket, looked at Chu Qing puzzled, and scratched his head.

Chu Qing said with a smile: "Big Brother Feng has something for us to do, and we have to hurry up." After speaking, he shook the reins and shouted softly: "Drive!" and ran in the direction of Shuangshan Lake.

Along the way, he met a lot of pedestrians, hurrying on the road, most of them were holding notices in their hands, it seemed that they were going to Liang Mansion to ask for a talisman flag, and when they met someone who was a little older, Chu Qing would stop the car and take a while.

Several elderly people who were hitchhiking, seeing that Chu Qing had beautiful eyebrows and a kind heart, they chatted.

"Listen to the girl's accent, aren't you a local?" asked an old man with a white beard.

Chu Qing held the reins, looked ahead, and replied, "Old man has good eyesight, I am from Shimen Town." ”

"Shimen Town, that's not a thousand miles away. The white-bearded old man said in surprise.

Chu Qing smiled slightly, and thought secretly: "For mortals, it is indeed a long way, but I and Baobao flew all the way on Xiao Jiu, and we still walked while playing. But he still smiled and said, "It's okay, I came all the way while playing." Worried that these people would keep inquiring about him, Chu Qing thought about it, turned away and said, "Uncle, where are you from?"

The white-bearded old man said: "We are all villagers in the nearby mountains, isn't this really peaceful in the near future, first the double-faced Buddha, and then General Liang, today God opened his eyes, the Liang Mansion is gracious, and this talisman flag is distributed for free, and we all want to go to the Liang Mansion to ask for rewards." As he spoke, he shook the notice in his hand, and several other people in the car also echoed him.

Chu Qing pretended not to know, frowned and asked, "That old man, this General Liang, how are you waiting?"

The white-bearded old man sighed and said, "This General Liang is really Liang Zong, the son of Liang Shilang's family, didn't he just break the double-faced Buddhist temple, he is really kind to us and other people." But, this peddling order flag, although we can also understand the hardships of the son, but at every turn a few taels of silver, we and the countryside people, how can we afford it. Later, his voice choked up.

When Chu Qing heard this, a nameless fire suddenly rose in his heart, and he said sharply: "Then Liang Zong is so wealthy, what's the trouble?"

The white-bearded old man stabilized his mood and said: "Little girl, you don't know, the sword immortals of Liangfu who walk every day and patrol the mountains also need to eat and dress, this cost is really not small, so this time the order flag is distributed for free, this Liang Gongzi really cares about the people." ”

Chu Qing snorted coldly and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that Big Brother Feng miscalculated and bought a name for Liang Zong." ”

The white-bearded old man saw Chu Qing's mouth move, but he didn't hear what he said, but he inadvertently saw the cloth bag on Chu Qing's body, on which a Buddha statue was embroidered with silk thread, the workmanship was extremely exquisite, he recognized it as a thing of the Kongjue Temple, and stretched out his hand to pat it, but he didn't expect the tentacles to feel the meat inside, and moved, as if it was filled with some small animal, and said in surprise: "Little girl, your cloth bag, but it is a thing of the Kongjue Temple." ”

Chu Qing saw that he was negligent for a while, and was touched by outsiders, for fear that the little fat bear bag would run out, causing everyone to suspect his identity and bring unnecessary trouble, so he moved the cloth bag in front of him, put it on his lap, and said busily: "Well, yes, it's from Kongjue Temple, I begged for meat, and I was hungry to eat on the way." As he spoke, he stroked the cloth bag a few times, worried that the little chubby bear bag would misunderstand that he was going to eat it when he heard his words, but the little chubby bear bag inside had already fallen asleep, and he actually made a "snoring" sound.

Everyone was surprised, how embarrassing the scene was for a while, Chu Qing secretly complained, saying that it was better to pretend to be meat, it was better to say that it was better to pretend to be a little flower cat, and then gently patted the cloth bag with his hand, and said to himself: "I used to pretend to be meat, but last night, I picked up a stray kitten last night, and I saw that it was pitiful, so I took it in." He was afraid that everyone would say that he wanted to see it, so he pretended to be sad and said: "This kitten has just been weaned and has lost its parents, so I am afraid of people, so I put it in this bag." ”

Although everyone was skeptical, they still let out an "oh", and after thinking about it, except for cats, they had never seen any animals make "purring" sounds when sleeping, so they stopped asking.

Chu Qing saw that he had lied, and said softly: "Uncle, do you also know about the Kongjue Temple?"

The white-bearded old man squinted his eyes, as if he was stuck in a long memory, and smiled: "You don't believe it, many years ago, I was rescued by the monks of Kongjue Temple. As soon as these words came out, the people around him, including Chu Qing, suddenly felt a novelty and suddenly became excited.

Seeing this, the white-bearded old man felt pride spontaneously, and said slowly: "That was when I was very young, once my mother was sick, and the doctor said that he wanted to use crucian carp as a medicine guide, so I went to Shuangshan Lake to fish, who knew that on a sunny day, a strange wind suddenly rose, and the boat overturned, and a huge whirlpool arose on the originally calm lake, which was as big as a few acres of land!" The old man even said with a gesture, although the people in the same car were not young, but listening to this miraculous story, they couldn't help but get nervous, and asked what happened next.

The old man pretended to pause, stretched out a finger, shook it, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and then continued: "In that whirlpool, stretch out a palm the size of a temple gate! When the crowd heard this, they exclaimed.

Chu Qing originally listened attentively, but when he heard that the hairs were as thick as a pickaxe, he immediately knew that this old man was telling a story, and he wanted to expose it, and asked the old man, if the hair pickaxe was thick, could he still see his fingers? But after thinking about it, everyone was interested, why should he pour cold water, so he also pretended to exclaim, but the shouting was too exaggerated, which startled the "rabbit horse", and he stumbled, almost overturning everyone into the car.

Chu Qing stretched out her tongue and gently comforted the "rabbit horse" a few words, and the body stabilized again.

The white-bearded old man wanted to continue to exaggerate, but by the flash of "rabbit horse", the old bones were almost scattered, so he temporarily changed his mind, long story short, and said: "It was really thrilling at that time, but a monk flew in the air and stretched out his hand to rescue me to the shore, only to learn later that it was a senior monk of Kongjue Temple." ”

Everyone thought it would be a very long and thrilling story, but they didn't expect it to be finished at this time, and they couldn't help but be a little disappointed in their hearts, but the story of the old man aroused everyone's nostalgia for the Kongjue Temple, so they praised the monks for their compassion and purified all sentient beings.

After a short rest, the white-bearded old man sighed: "Now, the Kongjue Temple has gradually faded out, and this place is already Liang Gongzi's dojo, and when our children and grandchildren are old, it is estimated that many stories of Liang Gongzi will be told about righteousness and demon eradication." ”

The old man's longing for his children and grandchildren can't help but arouse everyone's yearning for the future, and for a while, the car was full of laughter and laughter, full of happy air.

Behind the car, bursts of yellow dust and smoke rolled up, churning endlessly, like fog, waiting to dissipate.