Carrying the Sword into the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 106 - Words from the Shangguan
Xue Hu was driving a carriage while drinking, bumping in this rugged mountain road. Gu Xiao leaned lazily in the car to enjoy the mountain scenery of Lingzhou. Although he had been in Lingzhou for several days, he had been entangled with Chi Qianren and others, so he could not have the leisure to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Lingzhou.
Now, following the instructions of Tianya’s elder brother, I went to the city to buy it. Since I had been free for half a day of my life, I might as well take this opportunity to enjoy the snow scenery here. Especially in this winter, the warm sunshine shines through the shadows of trees, making people feel lazy.
Gu Xiao was sleepy when he was bumpy with the carriage, and leaned against the carriage in a daze and closed his eyes to rest. Lin'er was very curious about the mountain, and his almond eyes kept looking around.
The snow in his arms seemed to have returned to his hometown in Wuguishan. He was very excited in Lin'er's arms. He wanted to jump out of the car to find some hares and pheasants, but Lin'er was pressed firmly by Lin'er who was worried about it. However, Gu Xiao still understood the snow-treading habits. As the "Wuguishan overlord", how could he suffer in Lingzhou?
Although he closed his eyes and rested, Gu Xiao still asked Lin'er to let Stephen Snow go and let him go. Seeing that Stephen Snow agreed, Lin'er also agreed to him. He immediately stretched out his pink tongue and licked Lin'er's palm, then jumped out of the carriage, plunged into the snow, and ran with the carriage.
Lin'er watched Taxue's figure disappear into the forest, and couldn't help but patted Gu Xiao worriedly, and said, "Tamixue is gone, do you want it..." But she saw Gu Xiao tilting aside and falling asleep in a drowsy place.
I couldn't help but admire Gu Xiao's heart, but just as Lin'er was looking around and calling him to Snow, I saw Snow crawling out of the snow at some point, and I was still holding half of the leftover snow rabbit in my mouth.
Lin'er then felt relieved and thought to herself that Gu Xiao had already known the habit of stepping on snow, so she let herself go to play in the snow.
Seeing the snow rabbit in its mouth, Lin'er couldn't help but think of the roast rabbit in the wind and snow temple. She smiled and turned to look at Gu Xiao who was in a deep dream. The boy was leaning against the carriage and sleeping soundly.
Lin'er pulled the cloak and gently put it on Gu Xiao. After the two set off, they took off their disguise masks and looked at the sleeping face of the boy in the carriage. Lin'er held her cheek and looked at her secretly. Thinking about her time together these days, her pretty face turned slightly red.
Just as Lin'er was looking at the sleeping Gu Xiaozhi with all his attention, the car suddenly stopped, as if Xue Hu had seen some emergency situation and stopped the carriage.
Lin'er in the car was already looking at Gu Xiao with his chin on his back. When Lin'er was about to fall out of the car, he almost threw Lin'er out of the car. When Lin'er woke up, Gu Xiao was quick in shape, his arms relaxed, and he held Lin'er down.
During the three years of experience going down the mountain, Gu Xiao developed the habit of keeping alert when sleeping, so he reacted so quickly and with sleepy eyes, Gu Xiao asked Lin'er, "Is it okay?"
Seeing Gu Xiao reacting like this, Lin'er said that he had been sleeping in the car before, so he could see him secretly. Lin'er's pretty face was red, and she wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.
Gu Xiao didn't know the girl's thoughts, but he thought Lin'er was disturbed by this sudden situation. Before he could come back to his senses, he was about to comfort him, but he saw Xue Hu's big head drilling into the carriage with his rough voice and shouting: "Master, brother Gu, there is a person squatting on the road in front. I didn't notice it just now and almost hit him. You are fine..."
Xue Hu was originally here to inform the two people in the car about the situation in front of them, but he stretched his head in but saw Gu Xiao holding his master's waist. Even though this man didn't understand the relationship between men and women, he could see some clues at this moment. His master's pretty face was lying on Brother Gu's arm with a blushing face. Brother Gu's eyes were sleepy. Could it be...
Not daring to think too much, Xue Hu hurriedly twisted his head aside and shouted loudly: "I saw nothing."
Seeing that his guards had misunderstood, Lin'er was embarrassed and angry and hurriedly got up from Gu Xiao's arms. Gu Xiao's sleepiness faded slightly. Hearing Xue Hu's words, he realized that in order to relieve the embarrassment, he spoke to Xue Hu: "Brother Xue, you said just now, someone squatted on the road?"
"Yes, he was wearing a white dress, and he couldn't see clearly from afar. If I hadn't pulled the reins in time, I'd be afraid we would have bumped into him." Xue Hu replied with his head in his face.
Lin'er saw Gu Xiao and the other two asking questions and answering each other and no longer paying attention to the embarrassing situation just now, so she felt a little embarrassed and said to Gu Xiao: "We have been going for a long time. According to Brother Tianya, this place is close to Lingzhou City. Why can anyone dare to rob the road here?"
"You'll know if you go and take a look." Gu Xiao was also curious, so he lifted the curtain and got off the carriage to check.
Lin'er then stood up and wanted to go, but happened to see Xue Hu turning his head, and glanced at Xue Hu in shame and anger, then quickly followed Gu Xiao's steps. Xue Hu was left alone to scratch his head and sigh, but as a guard, Xue Hu still tied the reins of the horse and chased Lin'er.
Gu Xiao walked closer and saw clearly. As Xue Hu said, a man was squatting in the middle of the road with his back facing the carriage, his shoulders shaking constantly, as if he was throwing something in his hand.
When he approached the man, Gu Xiao saw his true face. This man was about 35 or 36 years old, wearing a tattered crane cloak, his hair was messy, but he could not hide his handsome face, and his eyes were shining with a light of wisdom. He was constantly throwing a few copper plates in his hand, and he kept muttering something in his mouth.
Gu Xiao couldn't help but be curious, approached him and finally heard his words clearly.
"Qian is the sky, Xun is the wind, Xun is the upper part of Qian, and you will be happy to meet friends in a foreign land." The man with a crane buckle squatted, picked up the copper plate on the ground and threw it up again.
Three copper coins were spinning around the air for several times and landed in the snow. The man with a crane picked up the copper coins again and lost them three times in a row.
Gu Xiao was curious, so he watched from the side without saying a word. He just quietly watched the man with a buckle throwing the copper plate, and then made a gesture of silence with Lin'er and Xue Hu who were walking behind him.
Gu Xiao and the other two watched the man with a buckle pick up the copper plate in front of him, and heard him whispering to himself: "It's the Gua again. It's cold and cold. Where did you come from to meet friends in a foreign land?"
Then the man stood up and stretched: "Forget it, forgot, it's a weird thing today, it's not easy to tell. It's better to enter the city earlier and have a drink to warm up your body."
Seeing that the man had finished divination, Gu Xiao said, "Brother, are you going to enter Lingzhou City?"
The man with crane buckle seemed to be startled by Gu Xiao's mouth. Looking back, he saw Gu Xiao and the other two standing behind him. He stared at Gu Xiao's face for a long time. The man with crane buckle smiled and said, "It turns out that the hexagram is really not to deceive me. It's because he met a friend in a foreign land. Little brother, what did you say just now."
"It's cold here and there is no people in front and behind. If Brother Tai walks to Lingzhou, it's probably still some time. There's a carriage. If Brother Tai doesn't abandon him, how about it? " Although Gu Xiaowang, this person is not clever, he can't hide his spirit, so he invited him to walk with him.
"Yes, this big brother, this place is desolate. Since we meet, it is fate. Why don't we give you a part?" Lin'er also spoke.
The man with a buckle who had been staring at Gu Xiao was attracted by Lin'er's mouth. When he turned his head and saw Lin'er's appearance, his originally comfortable expression disappeared. He only saw him frowned slightly, walked to Lin'er's side, and looked around Lin'er.
This made Xue Hu, the guard, a little angry. Brother Gu and the master invited each other with kindness, but this person was rude and stepped forward and said angrily: "How can you be so rude? My master saw that you are alone and if you go to Lingzhou, it would be very unchanged. Only then would you be kindly willing to take it, but you are rude."
The man seemed to have not heard Xue Hu's words, took a few steps back, scratched his head and said, "Why did the dragon bone and phoenix shape fall into the people? No, no."
Seeing the man's crazy expression, Lin'er stopped Xue Hu without even minding, and then said, "Brother, we and the other three have important things to do. If we don't give up, we have to set off quickly."
Gu Xiao was also confused by the man's words and words. Lin'er spoke. Only then did Gu Xiao remember that it was important to go to Lingzhou to buy dry food first.
He immediately spoke, "Brother Tai, as this girl said, the three of us are going to set off now. If Brother Tai doesn't want to, I won't force you, so I will leave you here."
After saying that, he winked at Lin'er and Xue Hu, and the three of them walked towards the carriage. When the man saw Gu Xiao and the other two were about to leave, he hurriedly chased him and stopped him in front of the few people.
"The Gua, the Gua, if you meet friends in a foreign land, you will say whether you are a friend or a friend or a fellow traveler." The man saw that Gu Xiao and others were about to leave, and quickly spoke.
Gu Xiao felt sympathy when he saw this person crazy and took him into the car. As Xue Hu swung the whip in his hand, the carriage re-loaded and set off for Lingzhou again.
Although he was kind-hearted, Gu Xiao was a little embarrassed for a moment when he was stared at him, so he had to sit down.
"Little brother, the name of the surname? Where is he? How old is he this year?" After staring at Gu Xiao for a long time, the man with a buckle finally spoke.
Gu Xiao scratched his head. This man behaved strangely, but since he had brought him on, he could not drive him out of the car anymore. He could only talk to the man: "I'm the one with Mu, the name is Yi, and this year's 18, a native of Liangzhou."
"Eighteen, eighteen!" The man with a buckle was familiar with him. He didn't think Gu Xiao was perfunctory. He seemed very happy to hear Gu Xiao's life and age. Then he glanced at Lin'er who was holding Xue next to Gu Xiao, and continued to speak, "Is this girl your wife?"
Lin'er, who was drinking water with a water bag, almost choked when she heard the man's words. She was about to explain, but Gu Xiao scratched his head and smiled: "Brother, I am really good at joking. This girl and I met by chance, and we just walked with each other."
"So that's it. I've misunderstood it. I'll forgive me for my crime." After hearing Gu Xiao's explanation, the man with a buckle bowed and apologized to Lin'er.
Lin'er just felt that this person was crazy and didn't take it to heart. Seeing that he was polite, she replied with a greeting now without saying much.
Gu Xiao smiled and said, "I don't know if my brother can tell you the name, it's not in vain for you and me to ride the same car together."
"Well, I call him Shangguan Renyan. Ren is everyone's person, and words are words of words, people from Zhongzhou." The man with a crane buckle answered casually when he heard Gu Xiao's question.
When Gu Xiao and Lin'er heard the name of the man with a crane, they couldn't help but look at each other. Shangguan Fu's surname has existed since ancient times, but this name is indeed so strange, but people's names are all named by their parents. Although Gu Xiao and Lin'er felt strange, they did not show any expression.
But Shangguan Renyan laughed loudly, and then said, "You two think my name is a bit weird. I am ashamed. When I traveled around and met someone, I bet with him. I lost and had no gambling money to give him. As a result, he teased me and said that I had no faith, so I took my name apart and read it."
After saying this, Shangguan Renyan seemed to be sad because of the fact that someone changed his name, and he started sobbing on his own.
Gu Xiao and Lin'er were crazy when they saw this person. They were still laughing loudly just now, but now they were crying sadly. They met each other but didn't know how to comfort them.
Lin'er was so sad when she saw this person crying, she softly said, "How much do you owe him to gambling? If I can afford it, I will pay it back for you. Don't let him change your name again in the future."
Shangguan Renyan heard Lin'er speak, and immediately stopped crying and said, "The name is nothing more than a code name. I can call Shangguan Renyan or Shangguan Wuyan. I am crying for the person who changed my name."
When Gu Xiao heard this, he really felt that this person was too weird and said curiously: "Why do you want to cry for him?"
Shangguan Renyan's expression suddenly became solemn again. He stared at Gu Xiao's face for a long time and said, "Because he is my best brother, I treat him like my elder brother. But when he dies, I kept calling myself Shangguan Renyan just to commemorate him."
If someone else heard this person's crazy words, he would have regarded him as a madman, but Gu Xiao and Lin'er felt a true sadness from Shangguan Renyan's eyes. This was definitely not the look of a madman, Gu Xiao and Lin'er thought to himself.
"Brother Shangguan is mourning, but if your brother has a spirit in heaven, he knows that you always care about him, I think he will feel comforted." Gu Xiao said to comfort Shangguan Ren.
Shangguan Renyan heard Gu Xiao comfort him, looked at Gu Xiao, and suddenly smiled meaningfully again. His face was full of hope and said, "He is not worth dying, but there is still someone who can survive for him, that's enough."
As soon as these words came out, even though Gu Xiao was confused by him, he really didn't know what he was saying. But after Shangguan Renyan said those words just now, he seemed to have become a different person. He closed his eyes and rested in the carriage and stopped talking.
Lin'er pounded Gu Xiao with her elbow and whispered: "Is this man crazy? Do we really want to take him with us all the way?"
Gu Xiao scratched his head and whispered: "At first I felt it wasn't. At this moment, I can't tell you, but I can't leave him alone in the snow and ice. Didn't he say he was going to Lingzhou? We are good people to do it to the end and take him to Lingzhou."
Lin'er saw that he was in the Wujiao Inn on the way, and this person was crazy again. If he really left him, he would feel a little reluctant and nodded in agreement.
On the snowy road, the three of them took the same car.
There is nothing to say along the way.
Chapter completed!