Volume 1: Qilin Jade Pendant Chapter 8: Miscellaneous Servants Outside the Building
The hazy morning light shrouded the continuous mountains, and the sound of horses' hooves came from the depths of the mountains.
Yesterday, the two negotiated, and the robbers immediately gave Di Hao a gift of apprenticeship, which caught Di Hao off guard, his hands and feet were tied, and he couldn't stop it, so he went with him. However, I still admire this person's scheming.
According to the words to leave a letter, the robbers brought the horses and retrieved Di Hao's package, which contained other items except for the silver two and the silver lock. He also sent Di Hao a few taels of broken silver, took away the guards, secretly left the cottage from the back mountain, beat the horse and galloped, and then rushed out of the mountain at dawn.
Stepping on the official road, slowing down, believing in the reins, he suddenly remembered that the tanuki who had been following him had not seen him since he was drunk.
Maybe you ran away, right? You don't have to starve with you anymore, find a good family to stay, catch mice, and live happily.
Time flies like a white horse, I have been away from home for almost half a year in a blink of an eye, I have experienced too much warmth and coldness, and I am used to seeing the hot and cold world. All kinds of scams in the downtown area, deception between people. was originally a warm and kind heart, but it gradually became cold and hard.
The eyes that used to be bright and radiant have now become cold and sharp.
In the past six months, the body has grown a little taller, the person is thinner, the face is tanned black and red, the body is indeed stronger and stronger than the original, and it can withstand the wind and rain, the heat and cold. Self-deprecating:
"That's the difference between flowers in a greenhouse and wildflowers. “
Soon after leaving the mountain, he exchanged the horse for silver taels, which had already been spent. On this day, Di Hao was walking blindly on the street, and a voice came from behind him:
"Little brother, where are you going?"
Di Hao looked back and saw that a thin monkey-like man with a rat whisker was looking at him with a smile. Knowing its meaning in his heart, he said lightly:
"Go to the rivers and lakes!"
The skinny monkey man pouted
"Little broken boy, do you know what rivers and lakes are?"
Di Hao raised his eyebrows, "Then the master will tell you, saying that the rivers and lakes are big and can accommodate the world; “
"Well said! The little brother is a master, come! This immortal will send you a hexagram!"
A man in his forties with stiff facial muscles and a green robe walked up, holding up his hand, and the words "Immortal Guiding the Way" were written.
came to Di Hao and said with a smile:
"This little brother, if you count a hexagram, you can't count the money. ”
Di Hao looked at the two big yellow teeth that his grin was exposed, and his heart felt cold
"It's okay, but the master doesn't have any money!"
An ugly smile squeezed out of the half-dead face:
"Don't charge money, give the little brother four sentences for free, if the little brother thinks that the immortal I am right, just eat a meal." ”
Without waiting for Di Hao to refuse, he shook his head and sang:
"Young boy Fuguilang,
Brocade clothes and jade food are fragrant;
Once my parents are gone,
Broken bowls jingle and go in all directions. ”
The sound of a broken gong attracted many passers-by to stop and watch. Di Hao glared at the other party angrily, and said for a while:
"Do you see that I have a broken bowl, Master, do I need to knock the bowl when I eat?"
At this time, an untimely cat meow came from behind him:
"Meow!"
turned around and scolded: "Damn cat, you are everywhere!"
The tanuki "swished" and disappeared. Di Hao muttered:
"No one asks about the poor in the downtown area, and even the stinky cat dislikes me. ”
With that, he turned around and left, and a cat meow came from ahead.
Di Hao walked aimlessly, feeling that someone was following behind.
As soon as he turned around, a huge banner of immortals guiding the way almost touched his nose. Jiang Mengtian said angrily:
"You're not done!"
"Little friend, you haven't given the hexagram money yet, if you don't give it, I'll follow you!"
The half-dead face was half visible from the side of the immortal's guidance banner. With two big yellow teeth, he looks like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.
Di Hao ignored him anymore, turned around and left. Come to the food stall on the side of the street and salute the stall owner:
"Uncle, I lost my money on the road, can I appreciate the stutter?"
When the stall owner looked up, he saw that it was a handsome young man. He smiled and said:
"Sit there and wait, I'll serve you a bowl of noodles right away. ”
As soon as he sat down, the immortal pointed the way, and sat next to Di Hao, and two big yellow fangs were greeting Di Hao.
There was not much time, the stall owner brought a bowl of noodles and put it in front of Di Hao, Di Hao hurriedly got up and thanked him, and was about to sit down to eat noodles.
The noodles in front of me were gone, and I saw that the immortal was holding the bowl of noodles in his hand, and I only heard a "squeak", and a white dragon got into his mouth, and the bowl was empty. Big Yellow Tooth moved
"I'll go first. ”
Seeing that Di Hao was dumbfounded, he couldn't help but praise:
"Talent!"
The stall owner smiled and said, "Little brother, I'll bring you another bowl." ”
Di Hao had eaten and walked along the street, and a banner of an immortal guiding the way flickered in front of him,
"Little brother, I'll give you a hexagram. ”
A half-dead face was revealed, and two big yellow teeth were showing off at Di Hao. Di Hao screamed in surprise and ran away.
The banner of the immortal guiding the way was always dangling behind him, and he couldn't shake it off even if he ran.
"Little brother, the hexagram is here. ”
An obscene voice sounded behind him. Di Hao suddenly felt creepy.
Di Hao ran desperately. scolded in my heart:
"Exhaust you old coffin!"
Running out of the town, I don't know how far I had gone, I couldn't run anymore, I found a big rock on the side of the road, and sat on it and gasped.
The white shadow in front of him shook, Di Hao rubbed his eyes, looked at it, and exclaimed, "Mom". Lying on the stone and holding his head and howling:
"Old fairy, spare me, I'll burn more paper money for you!"
"Smack"
Hit on the ass:
"Little friend, be kind, the immortal has not yet returned to his position, curse me to death, and take the hexagram:
The little carp did not become a dragon,
Trapped in a three-foot pit.
He is stormy and thundery,
Take off and dance in the sky.
Take the hexagram money!".
A pair of dirty hands reached out in front of Di Hao's eyes. Di Hao squinted at the half-dead face and squeezed out a dry smile
"Grandpa, staring at a person's pit, aren't you afraid of damaging yin morality?"
After speaking, he ignored the reaction of the zombie face, and simply sat up cross-legged and closed his eyes to practice and recover.
Suddenly, transcendent things, fugue is too empty, everything in the outside world disappears from the senses, and enters the realm of selflessness and delusion, I don't know how long it takes, I wake up. The exhaustion is swept away, and the energy is hundredfold.
When I opened my eyes, I heard a cat meow in my ears
"Meow!"
Frightened, Di Hao jumped down from the boulder, and at some point there was the damn cat squatting beside him, staring at the glass ball like a cat's eyes.
Di Hao's anger started from his heart, and a raccoon cat dared to bully himself, the way of the world has really changed. A pride rose from the bottom of his heart, pointed at the stinky cat, and shouted:
"Heroes are born bold and heroic,
I want to be higher than the heavenly test;
The left palm hides the sun and the moon,
The right is the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.
Stepping on all worlds without sticking to the footsteps,
Dressed in a robe of deception and robbery;
Dare to provoke the thunder anger of the master,
It must be called the sky and the blood and rain.
After Di Hao finished shouting, he suddenly felt that his pride broke out of his body, soared into the sky, and his depressed mood was swept away. The temperament of the whole body has changed greatly, the original indifference and gloom have disappeared, and the whole body is awe-inspiring.
"Meow!"
The tanuki snapped and jumped behind the fairy to show the way. Di Hao turned around and left, one person and one cat swaying behind him.
The middle-aged man in the green robe looked at Di Hao's back, squinted his eyes, and muttered in his heart:
"This kid is so angry, and his heart is also very high. Listening to this tone, he didn't listen to the legends of the immortals, and his brain seemed to have a little problem. Such a person will not live long nine times out of ten, and if he can survive, he will become a great weapon sooner or later. “
How did he know that Di Hao was reborn as an immortal emperor, but his memory was sleeping, and this ambition was really not exaggerated. Big yellow teeth flying
"Boy, do you know what a hero is, do you know what a god and demon are, just you, think too much!"
Di Hao stopped, contemptuous of Big Yellow Fang
"Don't you know that wolves eat meat in the world, and dogs eat for thousands of miles? Don't you know that you are not old and have no ambition to live a hundred years old? Don't you know, can you only do it if you think about it? You don't even dare to think about it, you can only follow me to eat!"
After speaking, he quickened his pace.
Looking at Di Hao's distant back, I scolded in my heart, this kid still dares to teach me a lesson? Even your own father doesn't dare to talk to me like this. A few steps after him
"Little friend, you have to be honest, if you accept my hexagram, do you want to slip away without making a sound?...
The chattering sound always echoes in my ears. Di Hao quickened his pace and hurried forward, and gradually felt that there was no sound behind him.
As soon as his mood relaxed, a half-dead face poked out from above his left shoulder
"Little friend, aren't you tired?"
Di Hao shouted "Mom", and the girl ran away. I don't know how long I ran, but I felt that my legs were weak and my air was empty.
Sitting on the side of the road, meditating and practicing the God of War technique. I don't know how long it took, but I felt that the vitality in the sea of qi was gradually filled.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that by consuming physical strength to the limit, I could slowly exhaust the aura in the dantian. Cultivating the God of War technique again, the amount of spiritual energy in the dantian increased slightly.
Just like a beggar who found a gold ingot, he was extremely excited, got up and ran again, and if he couldn't run, he couldn't run and then cultivate. And so on, and so on, and so on.
Half a day passed, and there was no more nagging in my ears. muttered in my heart
"Hmph! old immortal, tired can't kill you!"
I opened my eyes and was startled. The half-dead face almost touched his nose, and with a sudden, the face shrank back again.
"Hehe, little friend, let's discuss, I'm not in a hurry to ask for money, let's go together, when it's convenient, when it's convenient, when it's convenient to give it, alas, it's convenient for yourself to be convenient with others." ”
The immortal pointed to the road and said with a smile, Di Hao couldn't get rid of it, so he had to say:
"Master, I'm wandering around all day long, I can go wherever I like, go or stay, whatever you want!"
Standing up and walking forward, the immortal showed the way from behind him:
"Xiaoyou, walk all the way, get to know each other, my surname is Zhao, the people in the rivers and lakes call Zhao Banxian, where are you going to go with your surname Gao?"
Di Hao had a toothache, this guy was like a dog skin plaster, and he couldn't get rid of it. Looking at the pair of big yellow teeth with disdain:
"Master, I've come from where I've come from, and I'm going to go where I'm going. The common name is false, and meeting is fate. ”
"Meow!"
An inopportune cat meow came from behind him. Di Hao glared back, scared the tanuki swished, ran far ahead, and squatted on the side of the road.
Di Hao smiled: "What a stupid cat! I'll call you a stupid cat in the future!"
"Meow! Meow!"
There was an angry cat meow ahead, and the sound was so ugly and a little infiltrating. Di Hao ignored it and just hurried away.
At this time, Zhao Banxian came over:
"Qingyuan City is not far ahead, let's go to the city to play?"
Di Hao ignored him and quickened his pace. A sly smile appeared on Zhao Banxian's zombie face.
When the sun was in the west, a medium-sized city appeared in front of it, and the tall gate tower read
"Qingyuan City" three big characters.
The city gate was guarded by military guards who checked passers-by. The two of them walked slowly towards the city gate, and Di Hao asked Zhao Banxian to walk in front.
The gate army checked Zhao Banxian for a long time, but he didn't find a copper plate, and he kicked Zhao Banxian's ass and shouted angrily:
"Get out!"
Zhao Banxian stumbled into the city, Di Hao walked up to the door army, reached out and took out a primary paper talisman and stuffed it into the door army's hand. Mouth said:
"Guys, great work!"
The door army looked down and saw that there was a primary paper talisman in his hand, which could buy ten taels of silver, and there was no price. With a smile on his face:
"Sir, please come into town!"
Di Hao walked into the city gate with his little hands behind his back, looking at the familiar streets and bustling pedestrians, he sighed in his heart and muttered:
"After three years, I'm back. ”
Zhao Banxian looked at Di Hao with sparkling eyes in front of him, and a pair of thief eyes kept aiming at Di Hao.
I found a treasure pavilion along the street, sold a few paper talismans, and earned a hundred taels of silver. The two of them and a cat came to an inn, had a simple meal, and rested early.
The next day, everyone came to the street to hang out, and Zhao Banxian said to Di Hao with a smile:
"I'll teach you how to do it with one hand, and anyone can see a lot of things that others can't see. ”
The corner of Di Hao's mouth twitched:
"Master has been roaming the rivers and lakes for half a year, and I haven't seen anything, and I will do this too. ”
Zhao Banxian raised his hand and pointed to a man walking opposite:
"If you look closely, what can you see from this man?"
Di Hao stared at the man passing by and thought for a moment:
"The man is twenty-four or five years old, he has had stomach problems since he was a child, his legs are stiff, his parents are in the hall, his wife is one year older than him, she is seriously ill, and he has a pair of children in front of him, the daughter is older and the son is younger, and he has not eaten at noon, so he is rushing home for lunch. ”
Zhao Banxian listened, his eyes lit up, and when Di Hao finished speaking, he asked in surprise:
"How do you see that?"
Di Hao's little face flicked:
"You are a half-immortal, I am a true immortal, this is very simple, I can see it from his face. ”
Zhao Banxian was amazed in his heart, and he looked scheming on the surface
"You are still too young and have little experience in life, I will add to you, this man is a carpenter, and he has injured three ribs in a fight. ”
Di Hao didn't believe it: "How do you know that he is a carpenter, and he has injured three ribs?"
Zhao Banxian said unhurriedly:
"His right hand is obviously larger than his left hand and the green tendons are protruding, indicating that his right hand is stronger than his left hand in his usual work.
His stiff legs and knees were due to the stiffness of his joints due to the lack of blood flow due to the long hours of cross-legged work.
You see the shaking of his body when he walks, the right side shakes less, which means that there is a hard injury, and the body leans forward unevenly, which means that the hard injury is on the right flank, and there is a carpenter here. ”
Di Hao stared at Zhao Banxian with big eyes of surprise, with a two-pronged expression. Zhao Banxian pretended to be unfathomable and walked forward, and said in his mouth:
"The world is full of knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article!"
Di Hao found it interesting, and caught up and continued to play this game with Zhao Banxian. Zhao Banxian pointed to a fish seller in front of him and said:
"Just him, tell me what he does, what are his specialties?"
Di Hao watched it for a long time, but he didn't see anything, there was always a layer of fog covering it, and he couldn't figure out his origin, so he was unconvinced:
"Isn't it just a fisherman?"
"No, he's not fishing, he's a fast catcher in the yamen. ”
Di Hao came to be interested: "The immortal shows the way, tell me quickly?"
Zhao Banxian's eyes widened:
"Again, I, Zhao Xianren, remember. If you look closely, this person is only in his thirties, if he is a fisherman, he has been fishing at sea all the year round, and he is eroded by the sea breeze, and he has more or less rheumatism on his legs, and he cannot walk well.
You see the shadow of a snake sneaking into a crane when he walks, although he pretends to be an ordinary person and tries to cover it up, but his skills for more than 20 years have been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, no matter how he hides it, there is also a shadow in it.
If you look at the fast boots he was wearing, they were not changed for the convenience of chasing prisoners. Look at the robe around his waist, with a slight bulge in his lower abdomen, where the rope binds the man. Look at his hands, the action of catching fish with his right hand, with the shadow of knife technique. Well, it should be a ground boring cutter. ”
But what he said, Di Hao couldn't understand. Because I have never experienced it, I have never seen a knife technique, nor have I seen a rope that holds people.
I truly realize that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read a thousand books. One wants to learn, the other wants to teach, so the two of them and a cat shuttle through the streets, competing in the flow of people.
Of course, Di Hao lost, and if he lost, he would invite Zhao Banxian to a big meal at noon. When the money is gone, he goes to sell the talismans.
In this way, I lived in this city for nearly half a year. Di Hao's observation of people and things is remarkable, and he has learned a lot of survival knowledge. This knowledge comes from the accumulation of life and cannot be found in books.
Di Hao knows this very well, whether he is interested is false, and secretly learning is true. In the future, to avenge your parents, what kind of environment, what kind of danger may occur. Accumulate more life experience, and you will have more survivability.
Slowly, as Di Hao accumulates more and more experience, the three religions and nine streams all have different characteristics, and everyone also has their own characteristics, finding out the unusual from the ordinary, this is the true meaning of observation.
The two sides began to win and lose each other's bets, and their interest shifted to the environment, which had a huge impact on the development of events, and the two predicted the course and outcome of the development of events based on the existing environment about what happened on the street every day.
Later, the two began to change the environment and let things develop according to the outcome they set. After half a year, Di Hao feels full of self-confidence and a sense of control over people, things, and the world.
On this day, Zhao Banxian said to Meng Hao:
"I've been playing this game for half a year, and there are no new tricks, so it's impossible for anyone to observe everything in the world and master the rules. I'm leaving, we're getting along well.
You are a child wandering by himself at a young age, and I don't feel at ease, there is a branch outside the building in this city, and I am a friend with a branch manager.
Introduce you to him, find something to do, save some money, and grow up to start a family. ”
When Di Hao heard that Zhao Banxian was leaving, he felt uncomfortable. But he was tenacious and didn't show anything, but asked curiously:
"What's the place outside the building?"
Zhao Banxian's eyes narrowed:
"I've been wandering the rivers and lakes for a year, and I don't even know the building outside the building, and it's a joke to say it. I'll tell you a little bit about the world.
The countries of this world are called the mundane realm in the eyes of cultivators. In the mundane world, mortals cultivate their bodies and are called samurai.
Outside the mundane realm, there is also a kind of cultivator who mainly cultivates qi, that is, monks. Monks are divided into immortal cultivation, demon cultivation, ghost cultivation, demon cultivation and so on.
The building outside the building belongs to the category of immortal cultivation, boy, you remember, there is a ballad circulating on the rivers and lakes:
Outside the mountain, Outside the mountain,
The two elders of the wind and dust are ahead.
Zixiao Yellow Wind Immortal Pavilion,
East, West, North and South are sad.
These represent the top forces in the cultivation realm. Okay, you just need to know it, and if you agree, come with me. ”
As soon as Di Hao heard that Louwailou belonged to the top forces, if he wanted to take revenge, he had to practice his skills first, and if he wanted to track down the murderer, he had to enter the circle of Xiuzhen first.
I originally wanted to participate in the assessment of the disciples of the Xiuzhen Sect in a few days, but since I had such an opportunity, why bother to participate in the assessment.
Without saying a word, he followed Zhao Banxian and left, and the little civet cat followed silently.
Two people and a cat turned left and right along the street to an alley, through the alley appeared in front of a small alley, on the left side of the alley there is a building complex that covers an area of more than 100,000 square meters.
The wall is more than two zhang high all around, and it is a magnificent black gate facing the alley, and the door plaque reads "Louwai Lou Qingyuan Branch" several vermilion lacquer characters. At the door stood two big men in green clothes.
Zhao Banxian stepped forward and whispered something to the big man. I saw the big man turn around and go in, and after a while, a person came out of it.
This person is in his thirties, shrewd and capable, and walked quickly to Zhao Banxian and said respectfully:
"What kind of wind blew you here, big brother, hurry up and go inside with your little brother to drink tea!"
Zhao Banxian pretended to be the boss, and said with his hands behind his back:
"I still have something to do, so I won't go in, Deacon Zhu, this is a little friend I have met, I ask you to take care of it and find him something to do. ”
Deacon Zhu glanced at Di Hao:
"No problem, the branch is just short of a Xiao Si chopping wood, so I don't know if this little brother is capable?"
When Di Hao heard that he could enter the outer building, he was happy. stepped forward and gave a salute to Deacon Zhu:
"Deacon, don't worry, I'm fine. ”
Deacon Zhu looked at Di Hao and said, "The hard work of splitting wood, you have to think about it, once you enter this door, you can't regret it anymore." ”
Di Hao's fiery eyes looked at Deacon Zhu and nodded heavily, Deacon Zhu gave a salute to Zhao Banxian and said to Di Hao:
"Come with me. “