Chapter 44: The Assassin's House
In the evening, Shi Xuan arrived at the gate of the Thorn Mansion on time and waited, and the sound of chanting scriptures, shouting Buddha horns, and chanting mantras around him was endless, until the gate of the Thorn Mansion creaked open, and the steward who had registered everyone in the square during the day walked out, and everyone stopped their movements and looked at the door.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Thorn Shi will hold a banquet in the middle hall to entertain everyone, please go with the villain. The steward bowed politely in a loud voice, then turned and led the way inside.
Entering the door is the lobby of the state capital, with a solemn appearance, and those people in the rivers and lakes, swaggering and deceiving people involuntarily slowed down and walked cautiously. Shi Xuan was looking at the cultural relics with the mentality of observing cultural relics, looking around as he walked, and several highly respected people around him all looked at Shi Xuan with the eyes of those who saw the shallow knowledge.
Entering through the moon gate guarded by the officials next to the lobby, and passing through several courtyards along the corridor, you will come to the backyard of the palace, which is where Thorn Shi and his family now live.
The middle hall is very broad, the bamboo mats are placed in the inside, the hall is a green and clear pond, about these days stopped the snow, and said that the head is high, plus the next person to clean up, so there is no ice on it, the pond is about four or five times the size of the middle hall, there are several rockeries in the middle, around the rockery is the withered lotus leaves that are full of ponds, think about the summer, it must be even the lotus leaves infinitely green, reflect the beautiful scene of the lotus flower different red, the history of the thorn has not been less here to entertain guests.
The bamboo mats were placed along the central axis, with seven or eight rows on each side, and Shi Xuan walked to the remote bamboo mat near the window, knelt down and sat on the brocade ball, looking left and right. There are about two hundred bamboo mats, each of which has two to three people sitting on its knees, and there are also those who have one alone like Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan also saw that at the top of the first row here, there was the Zhiguang Zen Master of the Great Buddha Temple, who was indeed a little famous, and his disciples and grandchildren were sitting in the second row behind him, and when they saw Shi Xuan, they all looked arrogant and disdainful.
The dishes were very fast, probably prepared a long time ago, Shi Xuan was not polite, and he ate at the desk, which made those who held their own identity or pretend to be even more despised, and from time to time there were mocking and disdainful glances, Shi Xuan didn't care, the chef of the Assassin Mansion was really good, and now he was full, and if he met the Great Divine Envoy and the Divine Monarch and the like, the combat effectiveness would last.
Shi Xuan had just eaten half full, when he heard a deliberate cough from the master's position, and when he looked up, an elderly man with a white beard, an elegant appearance, and dressed in a housekeeper's costume stood on the main seat, and when he saw that everyone present looked over, he cleared his throat and said: " The villain is the second housekeeper of the Assassin Mansion, and he came to entertain you on the orders of my family, and you all know that my family is unwell, and I specially recruit all the world's masters to come for diagnosis and treatment, but yesterday it was said that there were many people who were abducted and abducted and mixed in, so I would like to ask you to show one or two in advance, so as not to delay the adult's treatment time. ”
Hearing that it was the second butler of the Assassin's Mansion, Shi Xuan immediately used the Qi Technique to look at it, and the thin and aging white qi was wrapped with a trace of red divine light, making the whole look vigorous, but there was no trace of his own cultivation, at most, he could use the idol to cast spells and drive the talisman.
Hearing that there was a need to show talents, most of the people in the hall clamored, and someone said in a strange manner: "Could it be that Lord Thorn Shi still wants to find some patients to try the means for us, you must know that the disease is like a thread." ”
The second housekeeper immediately answered: "If it's just an ordinary doctor, then please go back." "You're welcome at all. At this time, several strong men walked out and stood behind the second housekeeper with their hands in hand.
More than a dozen people's faces suddenly turned ugly, and after weighing for a while, they stood up and said goodbye, and the servants around them also politely sent them out.
Seeing that the second housekeeper had a tough attitude, the remaining hundreds of people discussed for a while, and then they barely had any objections, Shi Xuan had no relatives here, so he played with the teacup and looked at these people playfully.
The first to go to the middle is the Great Buddha Temple Zhiguang Zen Master, a loud Buddha horn, the prayer beads in his hand flicked, one of them flew out of the window, exploded over the pond, and fell a little firelight.
After doing this, Zen Master Zhiguang proudly performed a Buddhist salute around him, and then looked at the second housekeeper in the hall. The second housekeeper frowned and looked out the window, then at Zen Master Zhiguang, and finally bowed his hand respectfully: "Please go back to the original seat to rest first, and then go to see my family together after everything is over." ”
Shi Xuan secretly laughed in his stomach, these two housekeepers may have a lot of general knowledge, but the knowledge of magic is definitely not good, this monk is also able to recite an ignition technique, just now it was obviously ignited with ignition that the gunpowder in the rosary was used, which caused this effect, and Shi Xuan, who was sitting by the window, could smell a faint smell of sulfur.
After Zen Master Zhiguang returned to his seat, he was immediately surrounded by the praise around him, and although he tried his best to act like a master outside the world, the expression on his face that was about to glow had betrayed him.
After that, everyone walked to the center in turn according to the seating order, but unfortunately most of them were street performances, which were seen through by the second housekeeper at a glance, and a small part of them had martial arts internal strength, but the second housekeeper did not invite them to wait for the next time to enter together, and there were some You Fang Lang Zhong and the like, showing some prescriptions, but they could not satisfy the second housekeeper.
In this hour, there was only one custom, each showing a technique, one was to condense a faint thunder light in the palm of his hand, and the other was to freeze the tea in the teacup into ice cubes, so that the second steward nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time asked them to wait in their seats.
Maybe there were three high-ranking people who were selected, and the second housekeeper was not in a bad mood, so there was no such thing as kicking everyone else out, just asking them to leave on their own after the end of the day.
Since Shi Xuan's location was close to the window, when it was time for him to play, there were only two or three of them before he played, and looking at their expressions, I was afraid that I didn't want to go up to show them, so I just left on my own later.
Shi Xuan stood up, stretched his body, and slowly walked to the middle of the middle hall, feeling the eyes on both sides, some watching the show, some disdainful, some not taking it to heart, and the mocking eyes of the gang of people in the Big Buddha Temple. You can even hear whispers in private: "Coming here at such a young age won't be just a mixed meal." ”
"At his age, Lao Tzu is still working as a coolie for his master. ”
"Tut, there is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm. ”
"I don't know what trick this little Taoist priest is going to perform, haha. ”
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Shi Xuan had made up his mind before, and he would show it fiercely, striving to see the assassin Shi immediately, so when the first few people showed it, he was making some preparations, quietly putting a spell on the window, and speeding up the introduction of the outdoor air.
In the midst of the ridicule and disdain around him, Shi Xuan seemed to be standing in his own room, and said to the second housekeeper with a relaxed expression: "Let's look at the poor means." He gestured as if no one was around, whispered a spell, and then pointed into the air and launched a long-prepared large-scale spell "Dripping Water into Ice".
"Haha, I didn't expect this kid to do a good job, there must be a lot of performances on the street. ”
"Amitabha, this little benefactor still put in a lot of hard work, but unfortunately the image is not like God. ”
"That's, that's, how can you compare to you, master, that single hand can kill him. ”
"Uh, why is it a little cold?"
"It can't be that you were seen through the means just now, and now your heart is cold, oops, it's a little cold. ”
"Ahh
Everyone looked around in amazement, only to see beautiful hexagonal snowflakes flying in the air, some falling on their heads, some in teacups, and some on their hands, bringing a chill.
In mid-air, a little snowflake was still condensing, and then it flew along the wind blowing into the middle hall, and the snow fell more and more, and everyone looked at the scene in front of them in amazement, looking at this misty and beautiful snow.
Someone stood up in surprise and knocked over the teacup in front of him, and someone looked out the window sharply, and then shouted, "It's not snowing outside!" Following his voice, everyone found that the night outside was bright, although it was a cold winter, but it was indeed not snowing.
I was really shocked, including the well-informed second housekeeper, including the Zen master Zhiguang of the Great Buddha Temple, who was speechless for a long time in the snowy room, looking out of a clean window through the goose-feather snow.
Shi Xuan was very satisfied with the effect he caused, the technique of dripping water into ice itself was not so strong, but this was a harsh winter, although there was a few days of sun, but the night was still very cold, so he first brought in the cold air outside, and then after nearly an hour of preparation, he achieved this snowflake scene in one fell swoop.
When the snow in the hall gradually stopped, everyone came back to their senses, but they didn't say a word, carefully controlling their breathing, for fear that if they were a little louder, they would annoy the little Taoist priest in plain clothes in the middle of the hall.
The second housekeeper had finally seen the Chixia Divine Monarch, and after coming back to his senses, he stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "This immortal chief, please go back to your seat and wait, after the little one sends the rest away, he will immediately lead you to meet my lord." ”
After the remaining two or three saw such a magical Dao method, they naturally didn't dare to show anything more, so they immediately got up and said goodbye, and hurriedly followed most of the people out of the house, and even the three monks who had magic in their bodies also showed that they wanted to leave.
Shi Xuan stepped forward to stop them: "Everyone, there is something in the poor road, I want to ask about it privately, I don't know if it's convenient." The tone is very tactful and the attitude is very firm.
Among them, Zen Master Zhiguang thought of offending the little Taoist priest in front of him, his face turned white with fright, and the legs and feet of the little novices behind him were trembling. Zen Master Zhiguang finally suppressed his fear and replied: "The little monk naturally knows everything and says everything. The other two agreed with grimace. ps: Christmas Eve insists on updating and asking for recommended tickets~