Sorcerer

Chapter 21<The festival is not considered important. The atmosphere of the festival is not too enthusiastic.However, this is a day to say goodbye to the old and usher in the new. There are still a lot of new things on the street. Various colorful lights and banners are hung up one after another, and shops of all sizes also take advantage of this opportunity to give discounts and promotions.Huizhen Pavilion will also launch a new tool on this day every year.

Ma Xingjiang stood at the gate of the inner hall, and a little red and green hung in the snow-covered courtyard, adding a bit of freshness.However, he was not in the mood to appreciate these new atmospheres, his mind was full of complicated things.

"The shy face can't bear the eyes of others." Ma Xingjiang read softly.

This is a poem written by Yu Cheng alone. According to the literal meaning, it should mean that he has become the eyeliner of a janitor, but who is this janitor?Ma Xingjiang analyzed the several faces in his mind one by one, Gu Dagger had a sinister face, Huangfu Xun was old and slippery, and that woman was mysterious, each one of them could be this jian.

Lu Weilai came on snow, and soon came to Ma Xingjiang, bowed to Ma Xingjiang, and said: "Taiyin has entered the city."

Ma Xingjiang nodded and said, "Finally here." After changing the subject, he asked, "Have you heard anything about Zhao Tieban?"

Lu Weilai shook his head and said, "I guess this person should have been silenced."

"Bastard." Ma Xingjiang's rough face showed a hint of ferocity. First there was Zhao Tieban, and then there was Yu Chengdu. Up to now, he still doesn't know who is plotting against him.He let out a long breath, turned his head and said, "How is the investigation of the man who controls the beast?"

Lu Weilai said: "Looking for a needle in a haystack, there is no clue at all. Now I only know about the rune-patterned leopard, and the person who drove it didn't even show its face. According to records, beast witches should like tattoos, but more than 1000 years have passed, and they have become It is completely unimaginable what it will look like, so this article cannot be used as a reference."

Ma Xingjiang said: "It's fine if you can't find it. Although this person can control beasts, he may not be a beast witch. Back then, Jianshuang City swept the beast witches out of the mainland. It is said that when the entire beast witch faction went to sea, there were only more than [-] people left. , it may be possible to break the inheritance overseas. Tell the brothers who were present that night to stop talking about this matter."

Lu Weilai said: "I have already given orders to those brothers, but I'm afraid there will be some rumors from the second master."

Ma Xingjiang said: "I will tell him, lest he talk nonsense outside. It's all messy things. He was seriously injured on the wedding night, and now he sent his newly married concubine to the brothel." After finishing speaking, he was angry. Do not call one place.

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Du Chongshan and Tai Yin entered the door hand in hand, and greeted each other with smiles on their faces as they walked.

After entering the living room, the two sat down separately, and the servants brought tea.

Du Chongshan took a sip of tea, looked at the snow scene outside, and said, "Your Honor hasn't seen a snow scene for more than 30 years?"

Tai Yin sighed, and said: "Yes, it has been more than 30 years. Ever since I came back from the north, I have been nestled in Zha's body without moving, and my bones are crisp. When I saw the snow scene in the north, I didn't feel anything special. Now that I see it at first glance, it’s really beautiful.”

Du Zhongshan said: "You came in time. If you come two days later, there will be only remnant snow left. You should go to the Qingwu Tower to see the snow scene. You have to be in the Qingwu Tower. Those children I’ve seen it many times, and went again this morning.”

Tai Yin asked, "Are the children all right?"

Du Chongshan said: "It's all good, but it's a bit too stubborn. These days, I've been looking forward to you coming to take them to the trial. You quarrel with me every day, and I'm almost bored to death."

Tai Yin chuckled, and said: "Before I came, Mr. Wen held me and confessed to me for a long time, and it was obvious that he regretted it. He opposed so fiercely back then, but now he is old and desolate, and he is embarrassed to see his granddaughter. well!"

The two of them stopped talking and drank tea separately. After a while, Du Chongshan said: "By the way, what are you going to do with Du Meng? Now the whole Xiqu City is very nervous about this matter. You Jingwei 20 years ago That seizure made all these realm cultivators into frightened birds, and they were afraid that you would be like You Jingwei."

Tai Yin said: "I don't have the strength of You Jingwei." Then he sighed, "This matter is quite weird, let's check the situation first."

The two drank tea and chatted for about an hour. Du Chongshan bid farewell and left. Tai Yin walked to the door and said, "Brother Chongshan, why don't you move in with the children, it's better than staying in an inn."

Du Chongshan said: "Forget it, this house is not spacious, and besides, it is Lingtu's ancestral property. If those naughty ghosts come in, they must not demolish the house."

The two smiled at each other.

"By the way," Du Chongshan suddenly took out a small jade tablet from his storage bag, handed it to Tai Yin, and said, "This jade tablet feels like something from the cultivation world, but after a long time of research, there is no result. See You are knowledgeable, do you have any impression of this?"

Tai Yin held the jade tablet and looked at it for a long time, his complexion became complicated, he seemed sad, and there was a bit of anger in his middle, and said: "This is a piece of talisman, but it has been damaged, and the materials and carving techniques are all in the style of Northwest China. .where did you get it?"

Du Zhongshan said: "The Snow River outside the city."

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The beauty wrapped in silver makeup outside and the celebration of the New Year have nothing to do with Wu Maxi. In the past few days, his world has only artistic conception and almost no entertainment.

Xia Yeyingyu's xing performance is extremely good, and Wu Maxi can almost clearly feel the growth of her cultivation level by using this artistic conception to practice every day. If she practices at this speed, she may be able to advance to the third level soon.

Although he has corrected the maddened weaving route, he still has a feeling of jitteriness.

On the Tianshu Continent, people are divided into twelve signs according to their birth dates, and Wu Maxi belongs to the sign of Scorpio.People with this kind of representation have extremely keen intuition, and this kind of talent has allowed Wu Maxi to avoid many dangers.This time, Wu Maxi felt that her heart was pounding with fear, and she also thought it was a warning from her intuition.

However, after checking her body several times, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, and there is no phenomenon of madness. Wu Maxi doesn't know where the problem is, so she can only speed up the time to study the principle of artistic conception while practicing carefully, so as to Hope to find the problem sooner.

For the study of the principle of artistic conception, it can be regarded as really embarked on the track, following the thread of the "primary principle of artistic conception" step by step, and started a normal learning process of artistic conception, with many gains filled in my heart every day. He felt extremely fulfilled, with a new-born feeling.

But in these studies, there are many problems encountered.He has no foundation on the principle of artistic conception at all, which makes his study very difficult, and he has no teacher to ask for advice, so he can only rely on hard work.

Occasionally, he would have the idea of ​​asking Heng Ruyi for advice, but this idea would be strangled to death by himself.

Speaking of Heng Ruyi, Wu Maxi dreamed of her last night.

Since these days, he has rarely dreamed, and even if he dreams, most of them are about artistic conception.But in the dream last night, Wu Maxi was flipping through the book "Elementary Principles of Artistic Conception", and when she looked up, she saw Ruyi standing next to Peach Blossom, smiling shyly at him.

Could this be a moral?

Wu Maxi couldn't figure it out, so she continued to delve into the principle of artistic conception.

Yesterday evening, Wu Maxi took the time to go out to inquire about the news. Yu Cheng died alone, and Ma Erye killed him.

This really surprised Wu Maxi.Although the bureau was set up by himself, he really didn't have much hope for this bureau, thinking that at most it would make Yu Chengdu trouble for a while, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good, and it was done in one step.

But this game also brought about a side effect, Ma Erye got ruthless and sent Yang Luqiu to the Yanliu Pavilion, where she became a second-class seji——Zhupai girl.

A small room, a bamboo card representing identity, the piao customer pays to turn over the card, enters to do business, and goes out after the business, the bamboo card is turned back again, waiting for the next one, this is the bamboo card girl.

The status of the bamboo card girls is much worse than that of the street girls. Most of the street girls are free, while the bamboo card girls are almost all involuntary, and the contracts of selling themselves are in the hands of others.

Friends in Xiqu City described the bamboo card girl as follows: Walking into a room, there is only one bed, the bed is covered with a quilt, and the quilt is a girl.There is nothing in the room, only a bed and a girl, that is to say, the purpose of entering the room is not pure.

When they learned that Yang Luqiu had become a bamboo brand girl, all the piao friends in Xiqu City were overjoyed, but soon they began to scold their mothers. They didn't know where the bastard came from, and they went to wait every day before dawn. Flip Yang Luqiu's cards, and it takes a whole day, even a few days.It's been four or five days, and these piao friends haven't seen Yang Luqiu's face yet.Every time I feel unbearable, I have to find other girls to vent my anger.

Ju Hansong wrung out the towel, gently applied it on Yang Luqiu's forehead, stretched out his right hand, and stroked her pale face.

Yang Luqiu opened his eyes and smiled, warm and happy, but so weak that it hurts.

Ju Hansong's nose was sore, and he quickly raised his head, but two lines of tears still flowed out uncontrollably, half of them flowed into the corner of his mouth, and the other half fell from his chin.

Yang Luqiu held his hand and said softly: "Ju Lang, don't cry, isn't it good? If one day, God can't stand this anymore, let's go find your friends together, okay?"

Ju Hansong's throat was choked up, he couldn't speak, he was sobbing all the time.Yang Luqiu held his hand, sighed slightly, and did not speak.

Bamboo Brand Girls opens at [-]:[-] am and closes at [-]:[-] pm.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Guinu knocked on the door, and Ju Hansong had to leave.

Yang Luqiu's illness has been cured a lot, but Ju Hansong is still worried, and repeatedly asked him to bid farewell.

It was already very dark, Ju Hansong ate something casually by the roadside, and then walked towards Beishi. He also had to set up a stall to earn money.

Passing through a dark alley, three figures suddenly appeared in front of him, lined up, blocking the way.When Ju Hansong looked up, the three of them all wore malicious smiles.

The man in the middle pointed to Ju Hansong's nose, and said: "Tomorrow, if you go again, be careful, your dog legs." After speaking, he put his finger on Ju Hansong's nose, then turned and left.

The other two looked Ju Hansong up and down, with menacing eyes, and followed them away.

"Damn, these days, I've been exhausted. Yesterday, Su Yue'er and Su Yue'er were working hard, and accidentally yelled, 'Lu Qiu', and I was kicked by that bitch." Here, get kicked off the bed. Cao, you are not professional, I paid for it.” Not stuttering, just a very strange way of speaking.

"Damn you must have thought that you couldn't hold back when raising Luqiu, and hung Su Yue'er in mid-air, you deserve it."

The three people's chatting and laughing sound came from a distance, which made Ju Hansong tremble all over.He clenched his fists tightly, his veins popping out.

If this was three years ago...

Ju Hansong laughed self-deprecatingly, emptying out such meaningless thoughts in his mind.

He spread the animal skins at the end of the market in the dim light, and was about to place the goods when he stopped suddenly, thought for a moment, rolled up the animal skins, walked a few steps towards the middle of the market, and placed the goods next to other vendors , sat down, and imitated the peddler next to him, yelling.

Wu Maxi watched him move the booth and listened to the inflected yelling, feeling a little sore in her heart, but her expression was still cold and hard.

He walked over, knelt down and said, "Yu Ledan."

Ju Hansong looked at him, recognized him, and didn't speak.

He didn't want to take on Yu Loudan's job, his finances were getting tighter and tighter, ten gold coins were not even enough for materials, and he didn't have time.But the person in front of him is kind to him, and he really can't refuse. After thinking about it, he plans to practice alchemy tomorrow while taking care of Luqiu.

After a long silence, Ju Hansong said: "Come and get it tomorrow."

Wu Maxi nodded, got up and left.

"Hey……"

Ju Hansong's voice came from behind.Wu Maxi turned her head and looked at him.

Ju Hansong was silent for a while, and said, "Twenty gold coins each."

To sit on the ground and raise the price, this is really going to slaughter yourself like a pig!

There was a tinge of anger in Wu Maxi's heart, and then she was dispelled by guilt. She had to bear the main responsibility for raising Luqiu to become a bamboo card girl.

He nodded, turned and left.