Lu Ming

Chapter 36 Xia Xianze

Crawling out of the carriage, looking left and right, after confirming that he had read it right, Xia Beggar asked with a dry mouth, "Where am I?"

"Outside the city of Hangzhou in the Ming Dynasty."

"There's some kind of gas in the car, so I'm hallucinating?"

"Dude, you have such a broad mind."

"Then what the hell is going on!?"

"You came to the Ming Dynasty, yes, the Ming Dynasty you know."

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Hey, I knew you didn't believe it, so let's see, there is a ladder at the base of the wall over there, you go to the top of the wall to see the ancient city first, here, I'll give you a telescope, don't worry, take a look at it slowly, and then come down when you see it clearly. Let's talk later."

Watching Beggar Xia climb up the ladder step by step, Cao Chuan shook his head and smiled, and began to carry cardboard boxes from the "space station".

It was a strange moment in the backyard. The beggar was looking around with binoculars on the wall, while Cao Chuan was working with his sleeves rolled up. He didn't speak, but was very attentive.

It was not until Cao Chuan moved all the boxes into the old house, and then took out two more chairs from the house, and after sitting down and waiting for a long time, the beggar seemed to calmly climb down from the ladder step by step.

In the backyard full of weeds, two men were sitting on chairs, staring at each other, silent.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"This is a long story." Cao Chuan sighed, slowly stretched out his left hand, and opened his palm: "Have you seen this ring?"

An hour later, Cao Chuan finally explained everything that happened after he got the ring.
Beggar Xia never said a word until after listening to him, he kept blinking his eyes. After a long time, he digested these incredible information.Then he stared straight at Cao Chuan: "I want to go to the city of Hangzhou that you said."

Cao Chuan was stunned: "You still don't believe in feelings? Okay, let's go now. But before you go, you have to change your look, you will be surrounded by onlookers when you go out in a suit, and I will also make up a set of origins for you, don't talk about it later. Ah, listen to my arrangement."

The beggar nodded: "I don't speak, you can arrange it."

Hearing this, Cao Chuan stood up, and in front of the beggar, he waved the "space station" into the ring, looking at him provocatively, and led him into the wing with the latter's wide-eyed eyes.

"Let's change clothes first, I bought a few more clothes this time because of the loss, and your hair is not long, so you need a hat." Cao Chuan said while rummaging in the box he brought.
The gate of the back garden, which had been closed for many days, slowly opened in Tangzhuang with a creaking sound. Cao Daochang took three steps and walked out of the back house with the beggar Xia.

What followed was a loud long drink: "Is there anyone alive!"

The next moment, seven or eight people rushed out from several nearby courtyards, and some of them were wearing clothes while running. Chu Jianli was dressed neatly, so he greeted him from afar: "Sir, it is considered to be out of the customs, brothers. , this one?" Before he finished speaking, he had walked to the front and saw the beggar Xia wearing a soft hat in blue clothes, he couldn't help but stop his mouth and looked at Cao Chuan.

Cao Chuan laughed: "This is Mr. Xia, who is also a native of West Kunlun. I went down the mountain recently and learned that I was practicing here, so I came here to catch up. Mr. Xia is a close friend of mine, and everyone should not neglect in the future."

After hearing this, everyone in Pingfengzhai was a little stunned: Have relatives and friends come to the door after only a few days?
Without waiting for the group to think about it, Cao Chuan waved his hand quickly: "Is the boat sent by the Liu family still there? The third master will accompany me to the city for a tour, and I will talk about the rest on the way."

When Chu Jianli heard the sound, he hurriedly ordered two people to row a boat. The group went out and boarded the Wupeng boat in the river, swayed the oars, opened the scull, and walked up the river, slowly heading towards Hangzhou City.

Xia Beggar just sat and looked out of the window all the way, listening to Cao Chuan and Chu San's fantasy-style conversation, and seeing the approaching ancient city of Hangzhou in his eyes.It was not until Wu Peng entered the Qingchun Water Gate and turned into the East Canal with twists and turns, and everyone stopped boats on the Taiping Bridge to land.

After the group went ashore, they walked through the narrow alley in just a few short steps and then turned into the Imperial Street. At this time, the market was flourishing in the morning, and all kinds of merchants and people were waiting.

Everyone walked slowly along the Qinghe, Taiping, and Xiuyi squares. Along the way, there were row upon row of houses, tea houses, wine shops, butcher shops, and merchants shouting and selling. The cloth shops were full of silk and satin, and the treasure shops were full of jewelry and spices. , medical halls, car dealerships, temples, fortune-telling, shaving and ear shaving and other miscellaneous businesses gathered, a prosperous city atmosphere.

Xia Beggar accompanied Chu San all the way and they talked about buying vegetables in baskets, buying only pigs, and accompany Cao Chuan in the thrift store. Silver ingots rolled out from the cuffs of a certain Taoist robe, and three sets of mahogany furniture opened their mouths. First of all, the shopkeeper of the thrift store, who even asked Yexiang to Huanghuali, was shocked for a while, and in a hurry, he ordered his staff to go out to hire a boat and serve tea himself.

In the afternoon, after a group of people came out of the restaurant after eating a table with eight cold and eight hot, Xia Beggar's expression had calmed down a lot, and it seemed that he had figured it out.Not long after, when he stood at the head of the Mayi Bridge and stared at a few skeleton-like starving corpses under the bridge for a while, he finally took the initiative to say to Cao Chuan the first words since his departure: "Go back."

Early the next morning, when Cao Chuan came out of the main room yawning, he was surprised to find that the beggar brother who got into the wing as soon as he came back yesterday, who claimed to be quiet alone, would be sitting in a suit and leather shoes. at the door.

Seeing him go out, the old man took a step forward, stretched out his hand gracefully, and bowed slightly: "I met him for the first time, my dear Xia Xianze, please take care of Mr. Cao in the future."

Cao Chuan shook hands with him subconsciously. For a moment, he seemed to be in a business party with staggered plans. Unfortunately, the two of them were just standing in a desolate courtyard. There was no banquet, only a pair of tables and chairs in front of the door.

"Haha, change your style, bro, do you want to understand?" After being stunned for a while, Cao Chuan reacted.

"The situation is generally clear, it's incredible, incredible!" Xia Xianze sighed, waving his hand to lead Cao Chuan to the desk and chair at the door, inadvertently, a mature businessman's temperament was revealed.

After the two sat down, Xia Xianze coughed: "Well, in general, if you put aside my involuntary participation in this article, the rest of the things are still very interesting."

After listening, Cao Chuan rolled his eyes: "Dude, it's just the two of us here. Is it necessary to talk like this?"

"I always have to properly express my outrage."

"It's useless. I said it yesterday. In the old world, anyone who knows this secret is not allowed to exist. Of course, in this new world, we are comrades-in-arms and can share any secrets."

"So, it's impossible for me to go back again?"

"Why are you going back, continue to beg for food?"

Hearing this, Xia Xianze shook his head and sighed, "I knew that was the case. Forget it, since this is the case, I have a question to ask you first."

(End of this chapter)