Lanke Chess Edge

Sometimes when the same person comes into contact with each other, there is no need to discuss with the other party the profound philosophical issues of where they come from and where they are going. Mind and attitude.

This Dazhen didn't care about fate, and he never wanted to talk about it, not to mention that his state of mind and Taoism were extremely positive. Since he felt that the old beggar didn't want to talk too much about himself and his feet, then he didn't want to talk about it. Ask, the other party didn't ask about Ji Yuan in detail.

'That's fine too. '

With this kind of thought in mind, Ji Yuan chatted with the old beggar more casually, since neither of them wanted anything from the other anyway, it was quite rare to meet someone they could talk to.

They didn't drink tea fast, and the tea was never cold. When all the tea in a big teapot was poured out, the old storyteller in the teahouse happened to finish his "Biography of General Huang".

Xing Mu "cracked~" had to be filmed, and the Huang family's loyal family ended up with all the best bows, which made the audience sigh.

Because the time is approaching noon, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and storytelling is a technical job that requires both physical and mental effort, so the old storyteller will inevitably be covered in sweat, wipe his face with a wet cloth and listen to the applause around him, Also put away some copper rewards on the table.

"Well, the timing is just right."

After Ji Yuan finished listening to the book, he drank the last bit of tea in the teacup and stood up.

The old beggar didn't move, but the little beggar also got up consciously. He felt that the stool must be returned. As for the plate on it, it must be empty.

One stool was reserved for the old beggar and the little beggar to sit on, so Ji Yuan carried the other stool, took the plate and teapot on it back to the teahouse, and took back the change that had just been crushed, and then went out to order the old beggar He nodded and turned to leave.

The old beggar and the young beggar are very interesting hosts, but the young beggar is obviously very reserved, and he has talked about everything that should be talked about, and he has no intention of entanglement.

After Ji Yuan left, Dr. Cha walked to the counter of the teahouse, hesitated for a moment and said to the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, do you want me to get that stool back?"

The shopkeeper stretched out his hand and patted him lightly on the head.

"Stupid or not, you!"

Outside the teahouse, the bench turned into two beggars sitting together, and the rate of turning heads dropped sharply for passers-by on the street.

The little beggar looked at the direction of the teahouse and then at the direction of Ji Yuan's departure, as if offering a treasure, he used his elbow to pestle the old beggar who was thinking.

"Grandpa Lu, look!"

When the old beggar turned his head, he saw a big pocket on the side of the little beggar's clothes, which was filled with preserved fruits and melon seeds.

"Hey, you didn't eat up your feelings just now."

"How can I not keep it for Grandpa Lu, more than half of it is hidden!"

That was half eaten, and the dim sum on several plates was not too small.

"Then you were in such a hurry to clean it up just now, why don't you save some for Mr. Ji?"

The little beggar muttered a little guilty, "I don't think he eats, and he is not short of money..."

The old beggar smiled and said nothing.

After sitting on the stool for a long time, the two beggars, the old and the young, felt that it was a bit weird for a beggar to sit on the stool and watch the passers-by, so they all sat back on the ground and put the broken bowl on the stool.

After about a quarter of an hour, the smell of the food in the surrounding restaurants became stronger and stronger. Even though the little beggar was already stuffed with pastries, he could still swallow his saliva, while the old beggar was lying on the corner with his eyes closed.

"You'er, something good is coming!"

The old beggar said something inexplicably, which made the little beggar confused for a long time before he finally understood what it was, because the doctor of tea from the Green Leaf Building was walking towards them with a tray.

On the tray are two large celadon bowls that are bigger than a beggar's head. Inside the bowls are full of delicious noodles, meat drizzled with sauce, and two pairs of chopsticks.

"Uh, hello, both of you. This is the braised pork noodles in sauce soup that our shopkeeper of Qingyelou specially asked me to order from the shop next door. He said it was for lunch for you two. Please take it easy!"

Dr. Tea placed two large celadon bowls on the bench, then cupped his hands and retreated into the teahouse. The old beggar looked there, and the shopkeeper of the teahouse was also cupping his hands.

He stretched out his hand without hitting the smiling face, and the old beggar bowed his hand in return.

"Grandpa Lu... this... Shall we eat it?"

"Eat, whoever doesn't eat is a fool! Why do you have a mournful face?"

The old beggar looked at the little beggar angrily, he might not have made such a meal in half a year.

"Woo... If I knew it, I wouldn't have eaten so many pastries..."

The old beggar was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing "hahahahaha...", which attracted the eyes of passers-by around him.

Afterwards, the two beggars grabbed their chopsticks, used the bench as a table, and gorged themselves on the big celadon bowl. Even if the little beggars were full, they wouldn't waste the noodles if they tried their best.

The "Zi Walk, Zi Walk" was so delicious that some passers-by couldn't help but change their original intentions, and turned to the noodle shop next door. It was really delicious to see the two of them eating.

. . .

As the time approached the Mid-Autumn Festival, more and more "skilled people" from all over Dazhen came to Gyeonggi Province. At the same time, those who had money and time to do good things from all over the country also rushed to the capital in large numbers.

Therefore, Gyeonggi Province, which was very lively in the past, is now even more lively every day as if it is about to celebrate the New Year, and you can see all kinds of interesting things on the streets from time to time.

If when you go to the street, you see someone with strange clothes or looks, or simply acting weird as a whole, there is no doubt that you have seen a "superior".

The people in the capital and many good-natured people are generally very curious about the Water and Land Ceremony, and treat it as a major festival.

It's just that for the officials in charge of this matter in the DPRK, there are some complaints. One by one, the courts are built, one by one is built, and the work is rushed, and the money goes out with the water.

Especially for those high-ranking people who gathered here, the imperial court will have to take care of their board and lodging and other messy things after reporting. The last time I chased people away, I couldn't move them. In the end, I was afraid that things would turn ugly, so I had to let the beggar stay in the hall.

On the sixth day of August, outside the Chu Mansion on Yongning Street.

Today, the master of the Chu family is going to invite a person who is said to be a great person to visit his house, and the house has already been busy a day in advance.

In the evening, the master of the Chu family and the two sons of the Chu family rode horses, led a family servant, and carried eight large sedan chairs all the way along Yongning Street to the Chu Mansion. This scene was not small.

When they arrived at the gate of the majestic mansion, Old Man Xu, who was in charge, had already come up to lead the horse for Master Chu.

"Uncle Xu, how are the banquet preparations going?"

Master Chu looked at the sedan chair, and asked Old Man Xu again just to be on the safe side.

"Don't worry, sir, everything is ready."

"Um!"

Master Chu nodded, walked towards the sedan chair with the two sons who had dismounted, bowed and said.

"The two masters have arrived at the humble house."

"Um!"

There was a soft "hmm" in the sedan chair, and then two old men in their sixties and seventies came out, a man and a woman, dressed in long robes, the man was serious and the woman had good eyes, and they had a fairy-tale appearance. Demeanor.

The old man Xu squinted his eyes to look at the two people carefully. The movements of his hands and feet did not look like Lianjiazi's at all, but he might not be a bluffing liar. He just used the intuition of a warrior to collide with his blood, inexplicable Looking at them is a little uncomfortable.

The masters whom the two Master Chu spoke of got out of the sedan chair and looked at the lintel of the Chu Mansion, and their expressions showed a smile. Just looking at the lintel of the Chu Mansion, one can tell that the Chu Mansion is absolutely rich and noble.

Master Chu cupped his hands again, and then stretched out his hand to lead.

"Master please!"

"Well, Master Chu will lead the way."

The old man Xu frowned immediately, and the strong qi in his body was also slightly swelled. He dared to let his master lead the way, and regarded him as a servant?

Master Chu laughed along, and led the two of them into the mansion, followed by the other servants.

"Okay, please come in, Master!"

When the two masters entered, Old Man Xu couldn't help asking the two young masters who were walking slower.

"Young master, what are those two great masters capable of calling and shouting at the master?"

The eldest son looked at the group of people who were going away, and leaned closer to the old man and whispered.

"Uncle Xu, those two are really good people. We have seen with our own eyes that they can make clay clods on the ground form little people to dance, they can hold candles in their hands and swallow them in their stomachs, and they can swallow the splashed water. Put it back in the basin."

"That's right, I've seen it too. As the saying goes, it's hard to get rid of the water, and they can do it. It's said that it's called Yushui. The master also said that it can only be demonstrated in front of me and other ordinary people. If it's real, it will be overwhelming. "

"oh……"

Old Man Xu didn't believe it, but his master and son were not the kind to be fooled casually.

Two quarters of an hour later, in a certain hall in the mansion, the two masters suppressed their emotions and tried to calm down, but they couldn't hide the joy on their faces. In addition to the left and right chapters, there were many gold and silver ingots on the tables in the hall, and they pressed They requested that they prepare the five cooked animals, the five raw animals and the five live animals, which respectively represent the cooked cattle, dogs, sheep, pigs, and chickens, as well as the uncooked and live animals that have been killed.

Even with the lights on, the hall still looked a bit dim, which made the two masters have strange expressions on their faces.

"Moo..." "Baa..."

"Cluck..."

The five live animals all seemed extremely disturbed.

"Hehehehe... We are very satisfied with the preparations made by the Chu family. Master Chu, you all should avoid it for a while, we are going to cultivate!"

Master Chu and his servants nodded, and carefully exited the hall.

Old Man Xu in the corridor outside kept frowning, these two masters were too weird.

"master……"

Master Chu immediately raised his hand to stop him, and nodded at the other end of the garden.

"Tell me in the past."

A group of people stayed away from the hall and corridor for a while, and went to the garden.

"Uncle Xu, the current Holy Majesty's convening of the Water and Land Ceremony naturally wants to meet people with real abilities. These two masters are obviously one of them. They are very different from those who are idlers and martial arts masters pretending to be. As long as... ..."

Master Chu was only halfway through speaking when suddenly...

brush~~~

A white light shines from the backyard of the mansion, presenting an arc-shaped ripple that spreads rapidly, sweeping across where they stood almost instantly.

"Ah..." "Ah..."

"Bang~" "Boom..."

The door of the hall was knocked open from the inside, directly knocking the two finely carved wooden doors out of the door frame.

"Forgive me! Forgive me..." "Let's go now, let's go!"

The two masters who were still very proud just now stumbled and ran out from the inside, as if there was a tiger chasing behind them.

"Hey... Master..."

"Let's go now..." "Nothing, nothing!"

The two of them were obviously frightened, they ran so fast that they even lost the hairpins on their heads, and ran fast all the way.

Master Chu only had time to wave and shout in a daze, and seeing that they had already escaped out of sight, he hurriedly led his men to chase after them.

When they reached the gate of the Chu Mansion, the members of the Chu family failed to catch up with the two masters. They only saw how they were tripped by the threshold and rolled down the steps. One master even forgot to stand up and run, but kicked his hands on the ground and ran.

The members of the Chu family stared at the door, and after a long time, Old Man Xu's laughter brought everyone back to their senses.

"Hmph... Master!?"

Master Chu looked at him and suddenly remembered something.

"What is that white light?"

"Uh, I don't know, it seems to have appeared from the backyard of the mansion."

"Let's go, take a look!"

Seeing the appearance of the two masters, no one wanted to chase them back now, they all went back to the mansion and rushed to the inner mansion, asking the servants along the way, and learned from them that the white light was coming from the direction of the Book Pavilion.

The members of the Chu family entered the bookstore all the way, and the halo inside seemed to have not completely dissipated, and there was still a faint glow in the corner of one of the large bookshelves.

Old Man Xu strode forward directly, without using a ladder, he jumped lightly, and took off the upper set of books, that's where the glow came from.

"Tongjian of Hundred Houses?"

Master Chu looked around, and then pulled out the books one by one. When he got to the second book, he brought out a piece of rice paper the size of a book page. The fluorescence also disappeared without a trace, as if it had become an ordinary copybook.

"Good word..."

Master Chu couldn't help but read the content on the paper.

"Su Shuge observes the land spirits of the hundred prefectures, and spends his leisure time sweeping away the evil dust in front of the court."

The handwriting is clear and dignified, with a unique momentum inside, which is exactly the decree left by Ji Yuan before he left Shuge.

It turned out that the Chu family hadn't seen the writing left by Ji Yuan back then. Instead, when the servants cleaned the bookstore, they thought that someone in the house forgot to take it back after reading the book, and this piece of paper was obviously related to "Hundred Houses". , I put it in the book and put it back on the bookshelf, and I didn't see the light of day until today.

At this moment, Ji Yuan, who was renting a private house and practicing in his sleep, had a feeling in his dream, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. I don't know if it was laughing at Chu Fu or "an expert".