That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 451
There was a tall black lacquered counter, which was wiped clean and shiny, with several large wine jars behind it.

A yellowish-green copper coin, round on the outside and square on the inside, was twirling on the counter.

A shopkeeper, wearing a half-new green robe and a non-confucian square scarf on his head, stood behind the counter, staring at the rapidly spinning copper coin in a daze.

At this time, it was still early and it was not time to eat, so there was no one in the hotel. The only guy was sitting on a long bench not far away and dozing off, his head was like a chicken pecking at rice, bit by bit of.

At this moment, a group of seven or eight people entered the hotel.

With a snap, the shopkeeper reached out and slapped the rotating copper coin under his palm, and then slowly moved his palm away, revealing the word "Huanglong" on the copper coin.

The shopkeeper raised his head, and there was already a smile on his face, "Several guest officers, do you want to stay in the shop or stay at the top?"

The leader was an elegant middle-aged man with a gentle smile on his face, "Let's have some food first, and we don't want any wine. Let's make a pot of tea."

"Okay, sir, please sit down first, and I'll be here soon." The guy who was still dozing off just now woke up at some point, and immediately began to yell enthusiastically.

The clerk led a group of people to a table by the window, wiped the table vigorously with a wet towel on his shoulder, and then ran to the back kitchen in a hurry.

The elegant man at the head is named Li Shanzai, and now he is the young craftsman of Tianji Pavilion, and he is only one step away from the top craftsman. He is expected to pass this threshold within three years, and his status is comparable to that of a The master craftsman of the Shangshu can only work hard for qualifications. When he has passed the realm of the ten-story building of the earth immortal, when can he be promoted from a master craftsman to a master craftsman. Only when he becomes a master craftsman can he be qualified to Strive for the position of the next cabinet master.

Of course, the internal promotion of Tianji Pavilion is not entirely based on the realm of cultivation. If you have contributed to the sect, you will also be promoted. Among the few master craftsmen today, there is one who is just a cultivator who has just entered the realm of the earth fairy However, because he had improved the Shenwei General Cannon, he was specially promoted by the pavilion master as a master craftsman.

Lin Lang, who betrayed the sect this time, is Li Shanzai's direct disciple. If something like this happened, he would not be able to run away with a charge of lax teaching. If Lin Lang can be caught and what he stole back, He can still make up for his mistakes, but if Lin Lang escapes, his future future will be very worrying.

Apart from Li Shanzai, there are six disciples who are a generation younger than him, most of them are craftsmen or master craftsmen, and the last person is the unlucky "Uncle Hua". His surname is Hua and his name is Xishan. Shanzai is generally made by a young craftsman, but Li Shanzai's young craftsman's work is based on the real cultivation level, while Huaxi Mountain is good at all kinds of ingenuity, and has participated in the design of Tianji Crossbow and Seven Star Crossbow, so He was awarded the title of Young Craftsman, and it was precisely because of his poor cultivation that Lin Lang had an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Li Shanzai glanced at the shopkeeper standing behind the counter, looked away, and said softly: "This time I spent 100 taels of gold to buy the news from the Dark Guard House. Lin Lang should be a prairie man from outside the Great Wall." , Whether it has anything to do with Wang Tinglin's family is hard to say now, but it is definitely not a temporary intention, but a long-planned plan. The meaning of the master craftsman and several master craftsmen is that this matter should be calmed down as soon as possible, and the cabinet should not be disturbed. Lord, don’t let the wind leak out.”

Huaxi Mountain has a majestic appearance, three long beards, and a very good manner. He subconsciously stroked his beard and said slowly: "Before I came here, I was lucky enough to meet a master craftsman. The hexagrams, different hexagrams overlap, Xun Xia Dui Shang, it is actually a hexagram image with a strong wind."

Li Shanzai frowned, "The upper hexagram is Dui, and the lower hexagram is Sunda. Yang line, the beginning and the top are yin lines, strong in yang but soft in yin, strong in middle but weak in end, and also foreshadows the image of destruction. It means that if you make a big mistake, you will be in danger of being destroyed, so the hexagram is called big But, is there going to be a side accident on our trip? Or is it because Lin Lang is so important that if we don't bring him back, our sect will be in danger of being destroyed?"

Hua Xishan sighed and said, "How could you and I have guessed the mind of the great craftsman?"

The other six Tianji Pavilion disciples couldn't help being horrified when they heard what the two elders said, but they couldn't help but feel a little puzzled in their hearts. Since Lin Lang is so important, why don't the master craftsmen and master craftsmen in the pavilion do it themselves? It is to let these little pawns chase after him, even if Lin Lang's cultivation level is not good, isn't he afraid of the word "what if"?
In fact, for Tianji Pavilion, Lin Lang is not a big deal. After all, the value of things kept by Huaxi Mountain is quite limited. Therefore, even if the things stolen by Lin Lang are really lost, it will not hurt the Tianji Pavilion, but Li Shanzai and Huaxishan's trip will not be smooth sailing, as the hexagram said, there may be troubles risk of destruction.

As for the master craftsman Li Shanzai and Master Huaxishan who sent them to hunt down Lin Lang, one is to ask them to atone for their crimes, and a group of more than ten people hunts down Lin Lang, even if he has no backup , but this is not a grassland after all, and I can't escape even if I want to.The other thing is to let them bring their young disciples to experience more. After all, the Confucian sages have long said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books.

Li Shanzai said in a deep voice: "Qing'er sent me a letter earlier, saying that she had found Lin Lang's trace in Runan Mansion, and she and Ying'er had already gone to the direction of Beichan Temple. It is not convenient now. After dark, we sneaked into Beichan Temple and captured the thief in one fell swoop."

While talking, Xiao Er put all the prepared food on the table one by one, and the group stopped talking and concentrated on satisfying their own appetites.

The shopkeeper who had been standing behind the counter looked at the group of uninvited guests with deep eyes, and there was a bit of gloom in the slightly cloudy eyes.But what is surprising is that whether it is Li Shanzai or Huaxi Mountain, the two of them are unaware of the gaze of the shopkeeper. It is amusing and surprising that the peak human immortal, who is only one step away from the earth immortal, has not even noticed it.

After a while, the shopkeeper withdrew his gaze and looked down at the yellow dragon copper coin.

He pinched the copper coin with two fingers, and then threw it out suddenly.

The copper coins flew out of the inn in an instant, across the street, across the layers of houses, and finally came to the front of Beichan Temple, passed through the mountain gate and twelve archways, and flew into the bell tower.

The copper coin slammed into the huge copper bell, making a dull sound. The copper bell swayed from side to side, and the sound of the bell could be heard all over the temple.

This copper coin is naturally smashed to pieces, but the word "Huanglong" is clearly printed on the copper bell.

In the side hall, Deyun, Desi, and Dese, who were entertaining Xu Beiyou with a plain cloud banquet, changed their expressions slightly after hearing the bell, and looked at each other with strange expressions.

Only the monk who called himself Yasha was still indifferent to this, and raised a glass of vegetarian wine to Xu Beiyou.

Naturally, Xu Beiyou also heard the ringing of the bell, and stretched out two fingers to twirl the wine glass lightly, with a half-smile.

(End of this chapter)