Rebirth: The Gatekeeper

Bei Tangjin leaned on the railing and looked into the distance. What he saw was a green lake, which was in line with the distant mountains. As the sun set, it seemed as if a mist had risen on the lake, making the lights on the boats flickering, faintly visible, like a dream .

"Miss! No, son! This servant has found the best place to tame parrots here!" Su Tao pushed the door open and entered, she poured herself a cup of tea, drank it all, and said, "Young master, you don't know that How rare is a parrot that can recite a volume of the "Heart Sutra", so many people rush to buy it!"

Su Tao talked for a long time, but she didn't see Bei Tangjin turning around. She was suspicious. The young lady said that this ancient city is most famous for its domestication of parrots, so she wanted to find a very spiritual parrot to go back to celebrate the old lady's birthday. Why, she now Found the parrot, and the lady didn't care at all?

"So, have you bought the parrot?" After a while, Bei Tangjin turned and entered the house.

As soon as he mentioned buying a parrot, Su Tao's face became very angry, and said: "Miss, no, my lord, that old man selling parrots is very stubborn, no matter what I say, he won't sell it to me!"

Hearing this, Bei Tangjin frowned and said, "You won't sell it?" Isn't this a place that sells parrots?Why not sell it?

"Not only that, but the old man refused to put the best parrot outside, but put it in the backyard of their house, saying that it would prevent bird thieves! It's really annoying! Who would care about stealing his bird! If you want to Steal his bird, you can steal it anywhere!" The more Su Tao said, the more angry he became, as if he wanted to peel off the old man's skin.

"Prevent bird thieves?" Bei Tangjin frowned even tighter.

This ancient city is famous for being rich in parrots. The people who come to buy birds are not the dignitaries of the capital, but also the famous family and the rangers. If these people can be prevented, then this old man will not be easy!

"Take me to have a look!" Bei Tangjin stood up suddenly, she wanted to find a way to buy this parrot, this strange old man, she also wanted to meet for a while in person!

"But young master, at this hour, I'm afraid they will close their doors and stop doing business!"

Bei Tangjin smiled slightly and said, "Since he is a weird old man, he is different from others."

After getting out of the carriage, Bei Tangjin looked up and saw a stilted building in the style of a courtyard house, with several red lanterns hanging on it. The lanterns did not depict flowers, birds, insects and fish, nor flying dragons and phoenixes, but five elements and eight trigrams.

Five elements and eight trigrams diagram?Although there are pictures of the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams engraved on the fences in the ancient city, and this picture is still painted on the lanterns, I am afraid this is the only place.

Bei Tangjin climbed up from the side, and before entering the door, he heard the sound of birds chirping, "chirp, twitter" and all kinds of sounds. When Bei Tangjin opened the curtain, he saw that the room was full of hanging Bird cages, colorful and varied, are really dazzling!

When Bei Tangjin observed carefully again, he found that these birdcages seemed to be placed in a disorderly and messy manner, but in fact, they were arranged in a formation!

Bei Tangjin was startled, if he hadn't observed carefully just now, he might be trapped inside by now!Thinking of this, she became more careful, cracked the formation step by step, and finally walked out. When she looked back, the birdcages were arranged very neatly!

"My lord! This old man actually set up a formation!" Su Tao said angrily, but when she raised her head, she fell silent.

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PS: Concubine Yang once raised a parrot named Xue Niang, who could recite the Heart Sutra and compose poems.

That's right, the background of Xiaojin's writing is Miaojiang, so the building is a building on stilts...

Guess who the bird thief is?

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