Chapter VII: Judges' Inventory
Hmm~ When Zhou Bai woke up, it was already three poles in the morning, and I don't know when he had been moved back to the room. Yawned lazily, and walked out of the room just in time to see Gu Xizhi coming back from outside.
"Brother Zhou Xian woke up. Gu Xizhi put a dozen charms on the wall, "Come, help me stick all these on the wall, this old Shen is too rogue! Last night, while I was drunk, he actually took away a jar of my original wine!! Help me paste them all, these are the exorcism talismans I asked my porter to ask for in Lingyin Temple before." It's a pity that it was a few days late, otherwise it wouldn't have been like this. Zhou Bai looked at Gu Xizhi who gritted his teeth and couldn't help but laugh. Looking at a certain mass-produced rune paper printed, Zhou Bai pursed his lips, how could you not see that these are fake talismans for peace of mind.
The two of them were busy for a long time before pasting the rune paper all over the courtyard, all kinds of horizontal and oblique dragging, and the finished courtyard was the standard configuration of a haunted house, and people who didn't know probably thought that there were some thousand-year-old evil ghosts sealed inside.
After cleaning up the rabbit brought by Judge Shen, the two began to roast in the shade of the tree outside the house.
"Brother Zhou Xian is blessed, this is not an ordinary rabbit. Gu Xiyi skillfully brushed the oil and sauce on the surface with a brush, and explained to Zhou Bai, "This seems to be a spiritual rabbit specially stocked by the underworld for the king of Hades, the Bodhisattva is vegetarian but the king of Hades eats meat, and the general meat is not looked down upon, so he found a spirit rabbit to raise in the underworld, and Lao Shen is a judge, so he can get a few rations every month." ”
Zhou Bai smelled the aroma of meat that began to slowly emanate, and couldn't help but sigh, a little impatient.
The two of them ate separately. The tender rabbit meat melted in the mouth, turning into a rich aura that filled Zhou Bai's mouth. Zhou Bai's tongue was about to swallow it, and half a rabbit had a full five catties of meat into his stomach, and he didn't feel a trace of swelling.
"It would be nice to have yesterday's wine. Zhou Bai said casually.
"It's gone. It's gone. Gu Xiyi's face was nervous, "Ya'er sent me two altars this time, and they were all harmed by Lao Shen yesterday." ”
As soon as he saw Gu Xizhi's expression, he knew that there must still be stock, and only at this time would he lose all his temperament and become a living mortal. Zhou Bai didn't break it, he was already full after eating the rabbit meat, and the matter of the original wine was only mentioned casually.
After a nap in the afternoon, Gu Xizhi began to go out to collect stories, Zhou Bai looked through the stories collected by Gu Xizhi in the room, there were white foxes to repay kindness, there were mussel girls with pearls, and there were spirit monkeys who were literate. Reading them one by one, I didn't realize that it was dusk again. The sun gradually went down, and he didn't see Gu Xizhi returning, Zhou Bai was about to go out to look for him, but found that he and Judge Shen pushed the door in together.
"Ah~ This is a note posted in my yard. Before Zhou Bai could speak, Gu Xizhi was already surprised and said to Judge Shen, who seemed to be smiling, "Really, who is so boring, hanging around." Beckoned Zhou Bai to help clean up.
"Don't bother. Judge Shen looked at Gu Xizhi, who couldn't bear to look at him directly, with a little finger, and the wind in the courtyard suddenly rose, blowing up all the rune paper in the entire courtyard and rolling it into the distance.
Under Gu Xizhi's faceless and skinless dead grinding hard bubbles, Judge Shen took out the original wine that he had taken away yesterday. Gu Xizhi smiled, "Since it has been taken out, it is none of your business, Judge Shen has not gone to work yet, and it is up to me to do anything in this small farm yard." ”
"You have a pity...... Do you still have the face of a scholarly saint? Just drive an old friend away like this for the sake of a jar of wine. Judge Shen couldn't cry or laugh, "Eh, you broke my heart, you have to compensate me." ”
Peel off the mud print, take out the celadon bowl and pour it out. Zhou Bai was also not polite, "Brother Gu and I hit it off at first sight, and Brother Gu kindly invited me here." I am deeply grateful. Come, I'll respect my eldest brother!" took out the celadon bowl and poured out a full bowl.
"Brother Zhou Xian, if you want to thank you, pour less, use a wine cup. That's all I need to drink, you can leave me some......."
"Hahaha" The three of them looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
This time is different from yesterday, the three of them took a closer look and talked about the past and the present. Zhou Baifang knew that Gu Xizhi had a literary condensation sleepwalking in the underworld, so he got acquainted with Judge Shen. The two also hit it off at first sight, and Judge Shen was often in contact with ghosts and supernatural spirits, so for a while, Zhou Bai had been collecting stories from Judge Shen.
I also learned about the general situation of today's cultivation world, there is Laoshan Mountain in the north and Maoshan Mountain in the south, and there is discord between the two, and Laoshan is slightly advantageous in several battles. There are two major factions in the southwest of Emei and Shushan, with the same origin and Buddhism and Taoism. In the far west, there is Yuqing Kunlun, which is passed down from ancient times, has a profound heritage, and the descendants rarely wander in the world. Longhu Mountain in Xiangxi was enshrined in previous dynasties, but no one entered Beijing for nearly a hundred years. There is also a real martial arts Wudang, whose strength is still acceptable, but the background is shallow.
said that no one in Longhu Mountain entered Beijing, Judge Shen showed an inexplicable expression, combined with the plot of the second part of A Chinese Ghost Story, Zhou Bai seemed to understand something. When Zhou Bai asked the old demon of Montenegro, Judge Shen was furious, that demon was by no means a ghost! I don't know what kind of thing became enlightened, but it had the ability to steal the sky! Seven hundred years ago, he made a mountain of soil on Huangquan Road, and the black and white prints on it were mixed, and he was recognized by the ghost road. It is a pity that our Yin Si cannot take the initiative to take action against him, otherwise I can destroy his entire Black Mountain City by myself!
Judge Shen swallowed his anger and continued to explain the various sects in the world to Zhou Bai. The Buddhist monasteries have their strengths, Shaolin Temple, Wutai Mountain, Yunxia Mountain, Baiyun Temple, etc., there are about a dozen alliances, which are closely related to each other and have many exchanges.
Zhou Bai took the opportunity to ask about Cihang Pudu, and Judge Shen was obviously a little jealous, "Although many people know about this matter, they try not to spread it to the outside world, so I can only reveal one thing to you, this person has great cause and effect in Buddhism, and I can't say much about the rest." Seeing the curiosity and understanding that flashed in Zhou Bai's eyes, Judge Shen carefully added a sentence, "If you provoke it, you must not let it escape." ”
The meaning in Judge Shen's eyes Zhou Bai understood that if this person had great cause and effect with Buddhism, Buddhism did not like him very much. If it is killed, when the spirit is destroyed, the Buddhists will applaud. If he was allowed to escape, Buddhism would definitely have to attack Zhou Bai in order to break the cause and effect.
Zhou Bai nodded in understanding. The doubts in my heart were not asked, did you say such a thing to make me take action?
When the wine was drunk, Zhou Bai Gu Xizhi was both drunk again, and he didn't even know when Judge Shen left. When he woke up, it was three poles in the sun, Zhou Bai had finished reading the stories collected by Gu Xizhi yesterday, drank his stored wine, and met new friends.
It's time to leave, too. Before leaving, Gu Xizhi wrote a page of righteous songs for Zhou Bai, which was reserved for Zhou Bai to practice calligraphy, Zhou Bai gladly accepted it, sent it to the market, and helped Zhou Bai find a donkey to walk.
The two said goodbye, and Zhou Bai walked along the official road to the old capital Jinling. The general soldier Xiahou received the order in danger, led the hussar general rank to lead the army to the north to conquer the aliens, and recovered the three places of Yuxu and Yan, and now the three states are initially decided. The emperor listened to the words of the national teacher Cihang Pudu, and moved the capital to Bianjing with hundreds of officials, which was the intention of the Son of Heaven to guard the country. And Jinling is the old capital, which is prosperous in the world. The purpose of Zhou Bai's trip was to help Gu Xizhi bring a letter to his wife and sister, and seeing his embarrassed expression when talking about his sister-in-law, Zhou Bai knew that there must be a story in it. Asked Judge Shen, Judge Shen smiled with an X, and the kind of expression that men understand made Gu Xizhi furious on the spot, which made Zhou Bai even more interested in the owner of Jinling Winery, who was likely to become his future sister-in-law.
Since he couldn't ride a horse, Gu Xizhi bought a donkey for Zhou Bai, but what he didn't expect was Zhou Bai....... Donkeys don't ride either. Fortunately, it was bought by a farmer, and it was better to be honest, so there was no joke, and Zhou Bai finally saw the outline of the Jinling city wall from a distance, getting closer and closer, Zhou Bai frowned, and found an abnormality, the dragon qi above Jinling City was unusually sluggish, and the original dragon qi was gathered by the luck of the previous dynasties, and then supported by the popularity of the capital, so it was mostly the golden dragon around the white fog. The capital has only been relocated, but the luck of the court in the old capital has all disappeared, leaving only the popular dragon and its shape empty. Turning to look north, it seems that he sees a huge centipede somewhere far away, tearing and biting the golden dragon that is powerless to resist.
After just a few days of experience in Lanruo Temple, coupled with the introduction of Judge Shen yesterday, Zhou Bai knew that this world was by no means as simple as the supernatural stories in the original work. That's it, anyway, this world is a vacation-like task, and when you get tired of playing here, you will go north and see this big centipede that steals the sky. Zhou Bai, who has a heroic and righteous spirit, is obviously a bug-like existence in the face of demons, so he doesn't care about this centipede that makes Judge Shen jealous. Hehe, do you want to eat the atomic bomb?
Before arriving at the city gate, Zhou Bai saw that both sides of the avenue were lined with simple wooden houses made of horse-drawn carriages and ox carts and wooden planks, and the boiling and dazzling "shops" of hawkers. He couldn't help but wonder, was there no fear that the soldiers guarding the city would come out to drive people out with such noisy stalls and selling? How could there be a market at the gate of the city? Even the houses were actually made, and it was obvious that it was not a market formed in a short period of time.
It is worthy of being the ancient capital of Jinling, the city gate guard is much better than a certain Guo He County, because of the teaching status of Zhou Bai Academy, so the entrance fee is exempted, and the city gate guard politely answered Zhou Bai's question. Since there has been no war in Jinling in the past hundred years, the great river and the moat are limited to the north and south, how can foreign races fly across. Jinling has a large population and a large flow of people, so the surrounding villages began to set up stalls outside the city gate every day, and gradually more and more, so the gate captain ordered restrictions, planned the distance and the size of each stall, and there must be a room to set up a stall. So all kinds of board garages were formed, set up stalls when they open every day, close the market before closing, all stalls must be removed, and no residue can be left, and violators will be severely fined.
Zhou Bai couldn't help but admire, what a Jinling city! No wonder it can become a popular dragon, and the will of the people is the dragon of humanity! I didn't expect that there would be such a place that would not be disturbed by the catastrophe. After inquiring about the location of the Gu Mansion, Zhou Bai said goodbye to the guards.