CHAPTER XXXVII

"We are envoys from Shu Kingdom!" Fan Shijin looked for it with both hands, and then took out a letter, and the documents in this letter contained information to prove his identity.

The soldier's eyes under his helmet gradually came out of the shadows, and after carefully examining the group, he said, "This is the first time I have seen an envoy to another country without any gifts. ”

"Who said you didn't bring it? Look at the ferry boat, and in a moment there will be a large number of gifts to be sent to your palace!" Liu Cong pointed in the direction of the ferry, and said unashamedly.

The soldier nodded, and then withdrew his eyes into the shadow of his helmet, and once again could not see the soldier's eyes, so he had to speak into a pair of armor.

"Welcome to the Southern Tang Dynasty Jianye!Please move to the place where the envoys are received!" the soldier handed the documents in the envelope to Fan Shijin and made a way.

Liu Cong and others walked into Jianye City, as soon as they stepped into it, it rained in the sky, the rain was very fine, like spinning, and even the length of the raindrops could be seen clearly, the sound of ticking and ticking gradually became dense, followed by a downpour, accompanied by thunder, it seems that the rain will not stop for a while.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let the villain give you these umbrellas. The little servant who led the people to the reception of the messenger said.

Fan Shijin stood in the city gate, stretched out his hand to catch the rain, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "It's okay, I'll wait for the rain to go forward." ”

"Ah?!Brother Fan, why is this..."Bai Xiyue asked very puzzled.

Xiong Jingyi looked at Fan Shijin's figure stepping into the rain, and then said to Bai Xiyue: "You Brother Fan, this is a show of determination." ”

"What determination?" asked Liu Cong, also puzzled.

"Of course, it is this determination not to resist difficulties and dangers, and what can a little rain do. Xiong Jingyi laughed twice and followed.

Liu Cong and Bai Xiyue looked at each other, so they had to follow hard.

This rain is not a light rain, these few people only walked back, and their bodies were completely drenched.

Liu Cong walked for a while, as if he had taken a bath, and his mouth was full of rain.

This Fan Shijin walked ahead, laughing happily as he walked.

The streets were full of people sheltering from the rain, and the originally lively streets, the crowd of people rubbing shoulders, all ran to the eaves, and everyone looked at Liu Cong and the others in confusion.

I saw Liu Cong this group of people, striding meteors on the street, especially the leader of the person smiled extremely brightly, the hair was attached to the face, the rain flowed down the face, through the nose entrance, and flowed out of it, a foot on the ground, can splash a splash, a few people walked under the gaze of a group of people under the eaves of the street, chic and extraordinary, as if the rain opened the way for this pedestrian, stepping on the street full of rain, this pedestrian is not slow or fast just walking, that day there is a sentence in Jianye City: the dragon prince rains to open the way, send Shu envoys into the city。

The little guy took care of himself and found an oil-paper umbrella to support, and asked the people next to him if they wanted umbrellas, so he followed the side and led the way.

"That's it, everyone!" shouted the little man with the umbrella, pointing to an embassy in front of him.

This embassy is located in the prosperous area of Jianye, and it is quiet in the middle of the noise, so it has chosen such a piece of feng shui treasure. If you want to feel the prosperity of this Jianye, you only need to take only a few dozen steps, if you are tired of playing and want to rest, it is only a few dozen steps, walk into this hotel, enter this guest room, and you can no longer smell the noisy sound on the street. This quiet and noisy is separated by this door, between a wall, and a street.

As soon as the door of the embassy is opened, you can see the shopkeeper at the front desk, the fat shopkeeper rubs his hands, and looks at a few people with a smile, like a smiling Buddha.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I must have been very tired from the journey, what kind of guest room would I like to live in?" The shopkeeper still maintained a smiling face, which seemed to have no problem no matter how it turned, and it was always a smiling face.

"Ah, do you want money? Isn't this an embassy dedicated to receiving envoys?" Liu was still dripping with rain from his hair, and water spurted out of this opening.

The smile on the shopkeeper's face disappeared for a moment, but soon it returned to normal again, and he paused and said: "Receiving ordinary envoys is naturally an ordinary guest room, and receiving distinguished envoys is naturally a distinguished room that needs to be paid." ”

"That's natural, it should be like this, so what kind of guest rooms are there?" Fan Shijin stepped forward and asked.

The shopkeeper took out three metal talismans, which were like tiger talismans for soldiers, but not like tiger talismans, they were made of iron sheets and animal patterns, which were very delicate.

"This is the Vermilion Bird Talisman, it is the Vermilion Bird Room, and then the Xuanwu, the Green Dragon, and the White Tiger..."

After the shopkeeper took the talisman, he continued, "This is the guest room of the ordinary messenger. ”

"Co-authored this...? That's how money is needed... There are four types of honorable ones?" Liu Cong looked at the few talismans on the counter with a dumbfounded eye.

The shopkeeper's smiling face seemed to be a little eclipsed, and he sighed, but the breath didn't come out of his mouth, I don't know if it was in his nostrils... Or something else.

"These people are all divided into three, six, nine and so on, don't talk about this guest room, so what is your choice?"

Liu Cong turned his head to look at Fan Shijin, then looked at Xiong Jingchong, tilted his head and said, "Or... Or we would have stayed in a regular room. ”

"Shopkeeper, what is the difference between these distinguished rooms?"

The shopkeeper smiled and arranged these four talismans in order, and the ones in turn were Xuanwu, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Qinglong...

"Let's stay in the White Tiger Guest Room!" Fan Shijin stretched out his hand and clicked on the White Tiger Talisman.

The chubby shopkeeper stretched out a hand, like a smiling Buddha slapping out.

"Five taels...?" Bai Xiyue stepped forward and guessed.

The shopkeeper shook his head, the smile still did not disappear on his face, although the head was shaking, but no matter from which angle, the person's smile was the same.

"Ahh

"Shopkeeper, let's stay in this White Tiger Guest Room. Fan Shijin made a final decision, and stretched out his hand to point the white tiger talisman.

The shopkeeper accepted Fan Shijin's silver taels, and then beckoned Xiao Er to bring these distinguished envoys to the guest room.

There are two entrances to the left and right of the front desk, the entrance to the Premium Room on the left and the General Room on the right. There are two lanterns hanging above these two entrances, the lantern on the left is made of bamboo, wood, rattan, wheat straw, animal horn, metal, silk and other materials, and is divided into four painted patterns, with figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, and koi carp drawn, compared to the lantern on the right, made of ordinary crude cloth, and the candles inside do not seem to be as bright as the left one.

These two lanterns, one bright and the other dark, shone on the shopkeeper in the middle of the station, as if shining two faces, one smiling between the eyebrows and eyes, and the other like a smile on the mouth and putting it upside down, with such a bitter expression.

"I didn't expect to walk in like this, and there was a feeling of a cave. Xiong revered and praised as he looked around the open area.

As soon as you enter the entrance on the left, you will see an outdoor open-air tea drinking place. However, there is rain hanging today, so I can only pass under the eaves, and I can't sit down on this tea.

"I want to see what is so noble about this White Tiger Guest Room!" Liu Cong always thought that the fifty taels were not worth it.

"When we bought horses in Chang'an, we also used a lot of silver taels, but the horses also fell off, and the money was lost!" Bai Xiyue remembered the horse that Chang'an City bought with a lot of money, and the horse was lost on the waterway to Nantang.

After listening to the conversation of this group of people, Xiao Er smiled and said, "Several officials, it must be the first time to come here!"

"It's just right, Xiao Er, you want to introduce us to the noble place of this White Tiger Guest Room!" Liu Cong hurriedly asked Xiao Er.

"Our guest room is divided into four categories! This Qinglong guest room was originally designated by King Tang for VIPs, and later it was handed over to the shopkeeper to take care of, so this Qinglong is the most expensive. The shopkeeper walked from under the eaves with a few people, and after walking to a place, the shopkeeper stretched out his hand and pointed to a tall building not far away, and then said: "This is the Qinglong Guest Room." ”

This Qinglong room is located on top of this high-rise building, and the window of the guest room can overlook the beautiful scenery of Jianye.

After walking for a while, Fan Shijin found that this distinguished guest room with a hole in the sky was actually just a long corridor in the shape of "Hui", and there was a road leading to the guest room at the corner of each corridor.

After walking the Xuanwu Corridor, the next step is the White Tiger Corridor, the wood of the Xuanwu Corridor is all green, and the wood of the White Tiger Corridor is grayish white, and the pillars of the corridor are carved with their respective patterns.

"This is ......" The shopkeeper was just about to introduce this place when Fan Shijin interrupted him.

"It's the White Tiger Guest Room!" Fan Shijin said with a smile.

"The official is really well-informed! This is the White Tiger Guest Room!" the shopkeeper made a gesture of invitation.

There is an entrance at the corner of the corridor, but if you don't enter the entrance, and then go forward, this corridor is the Vermilion Bird Corridor, and the wood grain and pattern of the Vermilion Bird Corridor show the meaning of grace and luxury.

"Hmm...!What is such a fresh and elegant scent...?" Fan Shijin withdrew his gaze towards the Vermilion Bird Gallery, and his nose was hooked by the fragrance.

"Hahaha, sir, look at these two sides!" said the shopkeeper who came to the side of the entrance corridor and pointed to the jasmine flowers underneath.

The bottom of this corridor is hollowed, and there are flowers and plants planted below, especially the entrance of this corridor, which is planted with white jasmine at the bottom.

"Jasmine blooms in late spring, jade bones, ice muscles, and fragrant yarn. The talent is fairy, soft and green, and the moonlit night is clear and snowflake-watching. Xiong Jingyi saw this situation and couldn't help but chant a poem.

"This poem is very appropriate! This Zheng's jasmine poem is really a good poem! Let's enter this white tiger guest room!" The gloomy cloud on Fan Shijin's face didn't know when he had already disappeared, and he was in this glyph-shaped corridor, but he had already faded away from this bitter taste after walking half of it.