Fairy Sword Inquiry 1

Chapter 17 The place where the water dragon sings, like Shenxue in the Flying Moon Palace

Just as Zhang Xingyan was holding a knife to scare away the rogue Sun Liuzhi who was entangled with his father, and the father and son were talking on the street, they suddenly heard someone beside him admiring Xingyan loudly.

When the father and son looked around, they found that it was an old man in brown clothes who was turning out from the side of the stall and walking up to them.Looking at the appearance of this old man, he seems to be quite old, but he has a ruddy complexion and black hair.Look at the way he walked around from the side, his steps are strong and powerful, and he walks with the wind, and he doesn't use a cane like ordinary old people.It seems that this old man knows how to keep in good health.

After looking around for a while, I suddenly remembered the old man's compliment just now, and said humbly, "Hey! The old man praised me absurdly. Just now I was just scaring away a local ruffian. It's not a big deal." Hearing his humility, then The old man twitched his eyebrows and said with a smile:
"Brother's words are wrong! Only then did the old man see clearly from the sidelines. When the little brother saw the rogue entanglement, he almost didn't even think about going up to grab the knife and threaten him. This is exactly why you are quick-witted and decisive. See you later You choose the person to grab the sword. Although that person is a high-ranking man, he has a clear face and a blunt forehead. He is not a reckless man. Generally, people with this face will probably prevent you from drawing the sword. The last two sentences will give you a chance to speak harshly, strengthen your naughty heart, and make him think that you really have the intention to kill him!"

Hearing the old man's analysis, Xingyan was dumbfounded.He really didn't have time to think about the stormy incident just now.But after listening to this old man's analysis now, and thinking about it carefully, it really makes sense.If you had chosen a brash man with a full face and slanted eyebrows just now, he might be afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and not only would he not dissuade him, he might even take the initiative to offer his sword with both hands.In this way, there is no chance for him to slow down, and it is impossible for him to have time to say those threatening words.If that's the case, I really don't know how to proceed with the play just now!

Seeing the young man's thoughtful expression, the hale and hearty old man in front of him knew he was right, so he laughed and continued:

"What's more, from what my brother said just now, the old man also heard that from the place where the rogue lay down, he can judge that the servant is definitely not a very lazy and fearless person. In that room where you can't let go, you still want to How can this old man not admire you for being so meticulous?"

"Hey! Ashamed!" Xingyan couldn't help feeling happy after hearing the old man's compliment.His father is an old man, but in the end he is just a straightforward villager. Even if his son explains it in detail, he still can't quite understand the key points.When I met this old man who I met by chance today, I analyzed my sloppy pretentiousness just now so clearly and thoroughly. How can this make this 16-year-old boy unhappy?
When he was full of joy, he only heard the old man laughing again: "The so-called meeting is worse than meeting by chance. If you think about it, the two of you haven't eaten today. Why don't you let the old man do something for you, and invite you two to have a drink. What do you think?"

When the words were finished, the simple and honest old Zhang was about to resign, but the old man couldn't help but pick up the rabbit basket he had placed on the ground, and swayed away along the street without hesitation!

Seeing this, Zhang's father and son had no choice but to follow the old man all the way.In fact, for Xingyan, he just lost his job in Daoxianglou, and he still doesn't know where his lunch will be today. This move by the old man in brown suits him well!I was happy in my heart, and when I was distracted for a while, I saw that the old man was walking ahead like flying, and he hesitated for a moment, but he was already behind.Seeing the hale and hearty look of the old man in front of him, Xingyan was speechless to himself, quickened his pace and followed closely.

Just when Zhang's father and son trot along the way and were a little out of breath, the old man had already stopped in front of a restaurant.Stopping to take a breath, Xingyan looked up and found that this restaurant was very familiar to him: he had visited this restaurant a while ago, and it was his sad place this morning—"Dao Xiang building".

Besides, shopkeeper Liu, the owner of Daoxianglou, saw Xingyan and his son coming upstairs again, thinking that this rascal boy was still here to pester them for their wages. The official stopped in front of him, turned his head and pointed at the father and son, and shouted loudly to himself:

"Hey! My buddy, the three of us are waiting in the private room upstairs!" Hearing that he was being treated as a waiter, shopkeeper Liu, the owner of this floor, was almost suffocated to death.Just when he was about to have a fit, he saw that the old man was domineering, and he looked very old, so shopkeeper Liu only dared to secretly say bad luck in his heart, but he didn't dare to be negligent in his mouth, and respectfully led the three of them upstairs Sit in an elegant seat by the window.

Xing Yan remembered the seat arranged by shopkeeper Liu clearly.Three days ago, this place was where Ju Ying and her Uncle Cheng sat.As the saying goes, seeing things and thinking about people, seeing the familiar table and chairs, Xingyan remembered the cute look of the little girl Juying, who was eager to try a plate of pig's knuckles, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously—— But it doesn't matter, shopkeeper Liu accidentally glanced at Xingyan, and saw this former subordinate Xiao Paitang, now with a smile on his face.

"Laughing like this, it's probably because this kid is secretly having fun seeing that he was treated as a buddy just now?" Shopkeeper Liu speculated with a bit of a villain's heart, "This brat is really hateful!"

After the brown-clothed old man finished ordering, shopkeeper Liu went back to the back hall angrily, preparing to quickly change into a set of bright robes, and then came out to inspect.Not to mention shopkeeper Liu going to the back hall to try on clothes, let alone the hale and hearty old man, after the food and wine were served, he began to drink one cup after another, and enthusiastically persuaded the father and son to drink and eat. But he didn't say a word.However, although Xingyan ate the food and wine according to the old man's wishes, he was not as ignorant as his father.

After the old man had five or six glasses of wine, Xing Yan finally couldn't hold it anymore, put down his chopsticks and asked very politely: "Dare to ask this old man, I think we met by chance, but I don't know why the old man is so fond of the boy, why don't you ask me?" Inviting my father and son to come here to enjoy such a delicious meal? It’s not just because I chased away the six-fingered rogue and other trivial matters, right?” It was laughing loudly, the voice was loud, rolling and reverberating in the restaurant, and directly attracted the attention of the diners on the second floor. "My brother asked a good question! It's just that I don't know something. You and I have been friends for a long time!" "Oh?! But it seems that the old man and I have never met?" Hearing what the old man said, he woke up Try to think back, but no matter how much you think about it, you can't remember when you met this old man.When he was full of confusion, the old man said happily again: "By the way, I don't need to talk to the old man one by one. If you don't see me, just call me 'brother'." In fact, it was only yesterday that we met, little brother Brother should not forget so soon, right? " "Yesterday?" "

Rao Shi Xingyan is usually quick-witted, but at this moment he is quite hesitant, thinking hard in his heart, sorting out all the things he experienced yesterday:
"Yesterday morning, I slept in the Ping An Inn in Poyang County until it was three poles before the sun; yesterday at noon, I went to the water house on Nanji Island to eat shad - could it be that he was also eating shad there at that time? But the hall at that time There were not many people among them. If I saw this old man, I would never forget it; or in the afternoon? The incident last afternoon was really thrilling, and I will never forget it for the rest of my life; A tourist? But I don't seem to have any impression... Who is this old man?"

Seeing that he was confused, the old man smiled and said: "My little brother is quick-witted, but his memory is not very good. On that Poyang Lake yesterday, little brother Meng preached the deeds of the year for me, and gave me a poem when he was done. Why is this so? Forget it soon?" Hearing what the old man said, Xingyan was still a little baffled, the ominous scene on Poyang Lake yesterday afternoon was too shocking, and then he was "astonishing" immediately afterwards, and he was also shocked to the core Basu, at this moment, he is really confused about what he did before the change that day.

Seeing that Xingyan was still in a daze, the old man didn't explain much, he just said:

"The old man has heard the words of the sages, 'If you do good with your heart, you will not be rewarded for doing good; if you do evil without intention, you will not be punished for being evil.' What my brother has done in the past few days is exactly the big act of 'doing good without intention' that day!" Hearing this, the young man who had kidnapped the Shangguan and had always harbored evil intentions jumped in his heart. Just as he was about to speak, he saw that the old man continued enthusiastically, "Punish the strong and help the weak, and don't ask for self-reward, it's me." What a good man of the generation did! Happy! You can understand it!" After finishing speaking, the old man raised his neck, gurgled a few times, and poured a glass of strong wine into his belly.Smacking his lips, he said again, "When I think about what happened yesterday, I feel happy! The old man still didn't expect that my younger brother could write a good poem, and he thought of the line 'drunk on Zhou Langtai to go to the moon, and the sound of the flute sent the dragon to sleep in the cave'" It's wonderful! It's refreshing! It's really vivid, and it can be clear!" Before the words fell, the hale and hearty old man raised his neck one after another, and drank two more glasses of strong wine.I don't know if he drank too much alcohol, but now the old man is talking a little too much: "I don't know you two, this old man has always hated evil like an enemy, and the most he can't see the good people suffer and the wicked go free! Well... what a 'clear flute to send the dragon to sleep '! Just because of this poem, I will give my little brother a small gift today!" Speaking of this, the old man who is full of enthusiasm and heroism is obviously drunk, his face is flushed, and he is serious. It's naive.Without waiting for Xingyan and his son to talk, he got up and said vaguely: "Wait a minute, let me see what is in this sleeve." Maybe the old man came out quite hastily, and now he is holding a bag in the wide sleeve of his robe. I touched for a while, but it was useless for a long time, and the drunk face became even redder.Seeing this situation, he woke up and said:
"Actually, you don't have to be polite, kid, you just don't get rewarded for nothing! To be honest, I don't know..." Just as I was about to give in, I saw the old man wave his hand and stop talking with his face flushed with the smell of alcohol. : "I, Yun Zhongjun, have such incomparable etiquette when speaking. Brother, don't worry, wait for me to look for it slowly!" So the father and son woke up and saw the drunk old man in brown clothes, closed their eyes, He couldn't stop muttering, but he was chanting incantations like the gods he saw in the past. "Haha! Got it!"

Just when the father and son wondered if the old man was in a trance due to drunkenness, the "Lord Yunzhong" suddenly burst out laughing, obviously very proud, and boasted:
"Haha! It seems that the old man's memory is not bad, and he did not forget to bring one or two presents that can be handed out when he left-this is really a good habit! Here, this stone flute is given to my brother, which is just right. That 'the sound of the clear flute sends the dragon to sleep in the cave'! Haha! Wonderful!"

The old man said to himself that he had already taken out a jade flute from the sleeve of his robe, and stuffed it indiscriminately without any explanation.Xingyan saw that he was already half-drunk, and was afraid of breaking the jade flute when he gave way to him, so he had no choice but to follow the old man's wishes and take the jade flute and hold it tightly in his hands.

Seeing that Xingyan accepted it, the old man was very happy, and said with some lisp:
"Okay! I'm... I'm a man... I shouldn't be acting like that little girl!" Hearing this, Xing Yan had no choice but to shrink back the refusal words that had already reached his lips, and just stared there Dizi smirked.The jade flute he is holding now is made of exquisite jade, mellow and round, as if it was formed naturally; .In the hole at the end of the flute, there is a plum blossom wreath, the silk color is bright red, flowing with the wind, and it contrasts with the crystal and indifferent body of the flute, and it really complements each other.

On the top of the jade flute's blowing hole, there are two words engraved in the ancient Wending seal script:
神雪
These two ancient seal characters are powerful and elegant, just like the finishing touch, immediately imbuing the ancient meaning of the jade flute.Just as Xingyan was staring at the jade flute in his hand, the half-drunk old man suddenly slapped his head and shouted: "Look at my brain, I'm really confused! I'm afraid I'm really a little bit drunk...today When I give a flute, it’s considered a gift of fish, but why don’t I simply teach people how to fish? It’s okay to have a flute, but there’s no score! Wait, the score...” The drunken old man’s tongue twitched again. Concluded: "I, I should have brought that score too? Little brother, wait a moment, wait for me to get it slowly!" So he woke up and saw the old man staring at him for a while, and then he took it out of his sleeve with a proud expression. Take out something.When he took it out, he woke up and took a closer look, and saw that it was an ancient silk book.The cover of this book is deep blue, set against the background of seaweed and dragon patterns, and on the white forehead of the cover, there are three large black seal characters written impressively:

Water Dragon Yin

Now that he took out the book, the old man gave it away again.Xingyan was afraid that the fine silk surface would be stained with oil and water, so he had no choice but to accept it obediently.Seeing him being straightforward, the old man was also very happy, raised his glass and laughed loudly:
"Haha! Happy! In the past two days, I have witnessed my brother's feats of punishing the evil and helping the weak, and I have been benefited by my brother's publicity about his deeds and writing poems. The day before yesterday, this old man helped my brother see the real face of that person, and today I can give it to you again." You use the score and the flute, forget about this old man's worries."

"Ugh! I can't drink this wine any more. If I drink any more, I'm going to be drunk!" "You two, I'll take my leave!" Standing up, muttering indistinctly:

"Hey, no matter what kind of hero he is... a hero, after a thousand years... there will be again, how many people will recognize him!..."

"Dude! Come check out!"

As he spoke, the old man beckoned and called the "buddy" from the left to come over and pay the bill.And the shopkeeper Liu who was pointed by the old man, but had already changed into a bright robe, didn't believe that the strange old man was still calling him this time, so he stood there looking around.Just as he was shaking his head, the drunk old man suddenly yelled loudly and strangely: "What are you looking around? It's you! Come and pay the bill!" After hearing the confirmation, the shopkeeper Liu was like a deflated ball, and said straight in his heart: " Unlucky", but it's not easy to attack, so I had to walk over with a smile on my face, and told the old man how much the food and drink cost.After hearing him pay for the food and drinks, the red-faced old man greeted him with a breath of alcohol:
"Here! This ingot of silver is for you, and then! The rest, I will return it to this little brother." As he spoke, the drunken old man handed Liu "buddy" a horseshoe silver in a crooked manner. Then he muttered again: "You old waiter, dressed in fancy clothes, but you just don't know how smart that guy is!" After saying that, he staggered towards the stairs. "Old man! Watch out for your step! Wait for me to help you up." Xing Yan saw that the old man was eight or nine times drunk, and his feet were staggering unsteadily, fearing that he would fall, he loudly stopped him and told him to walk slowly.Hearing his reminder, the old man turned his head and grinned, "It's okay! I'm not that stupid drunk!"

Saying that, the old man continued to sway forward.Seeing him like this, Xing Yan wanted to step forward to support him, but at this moment, shopkeeper Liu stopped him:

"I said brat, what do you want you to worry about? What the hell is that old man, why does he fall so easily! Well, this is the money I got from the dinner just now. Sigh, it's really stupid people have good luck, I don't know What kind of bad luck did you have today, you bastard, and you got caught up with such a fool—”

Shopkeeper Liu’s taunting and scolding stopped abruptly at this point, and he raised his head and looked at the former clerk in shock—it turned out that he counted the leftover money for Xingyan, but it was not bad, which was exactly what he wanted. Previously withheld the boy's wages!
"..." Just as the two of them stared at each other in amazement, they suddenly heard a "plop" and then a rolling sound of "cheeping".Xing Yan heard the sound and looked back in shock, but it turned out to be the drunk old man, his feet were unsteady, and he just rolled downstairs without knowing it!

Hearing the rolling sound, Xing Yan groaned inwardly, he couldn't care less about chatting with shopkeeper Liu, and hurried downstairs with his father and old Zhang Tou.

However, when I got to the lobby downstairs and went straight out of the main entrance of the restaurant, I found that the street was bustling with pedestrians, but the drunk old man who gave the flute and the book had long since disappeared...

(End of this chapter)