In front of a fruit shop stood two young men dressed as knight-errants.
While chewing the fruit in his hand, he kept chattering.
Among them, the taller man had a folding fan stuck in his waist, looking like a young man from an aristocratic family who was learning to travel in the world.
He threw a soft persimmon in his left hand and grabbed a huge apple pear in his right hand. He stuffed his mouth full in one bite, and he still had time to talk to the boy next to him who was half a head shorter.
It should be said that this boy who is half a head shorter is even more powerful.
Not only was he eating winter jujubes in his mouth, but he was also holding winter jujubes in his hands. He also turned up the hem of his clothes and carried a dozen winter jujubes that were half red and half green and yellow.
The tall man's ability to speak one sentence was enough for this kid to speak three sentences at least.
The fruit shop owner is an honest-looking middle-aged man.
But being honest doesn't necessarily mean you don't gossip.
The weather this morning was not sunny and there was a cool breeze. Although it was good, there were really not many guests.
The honest man saw the two young rangers chatting in front of him for a while, but they showed no sign of moving.
Don't dare to rush.
Besides, they also patronized the business.
Out of boredom, I felt that the two guests were standing here talking and they should not be afraid of others listening, so I couldn't help but secretly pricked up my ears and listened.
Before I heard a few words, I heard something like "I got ten thousand taels of gold."
No matter what the two young men talked about next, the honest man couldn't listen to a word.
The mind quickly came to mind, after "getting ten thousand taels of gold", you should build a new house, buy new clothes and jewelry for your wife, give birth to two or three fat boys, etc. How to spend the rest of your life freely.
"Hey, two little brothers, I just heard you say who took away ten thousand taels of gold from the imperial court?"
When three passers-by heard this, they became very curious and hurriedly asked, breaking the honest man's short-lived daydream.
The two young rangers who startled passers-by were none other than Mei Huaijin and Egg.
Seeing that someone was so curious, Dan Dan politely shaved off the jujube cores from his mouth and spit them out, swallowed the jujube meat, wiped his mouth, and said enthusiastically: "Ah, haven't you guys heard about it?"
The three passers-by shook their heads and said, "I haven't heard of it."
Eggy patted his head and said, "Oh, I have a bad memory. This is the news that came from the capital early this morning."
Someone immediately asked: "What news is it?"
Egg grasped the hem of his clothes with one hand and stood on a discarded stone slab. The old god said: "It's a long story, but I had enough time to cut it this morning. Please listen to me in detail~"
Before the passerby could respond, Mei Huaijin had already finished chewing the apple and pear, said "cut", crossed her arms and jumped onto the stone bar, saying: "It doesn't take long to say."
Immediately he raised his chin and recited: "Japan's poisonous plan brought disaster to Zhongzhou, the ancient temples in Fujian were covered with red clothes and burned, all the heroes gathered together and almost lost their halberds, but fortunately, the holy hand reversed the course of events!"
After saying this, Mei Huaijin glanced at the three passers-by and the fruit shop owner, and asked, "Have you heard about this?"
The fruit shop owner looked confused.
The three passers-by thought about the poem just now, nodded slightly at first, and then nodded like garlic.
"Of course we know this!"
"Mr. Xu, the storyteller, has been talking about this these past two days!"
"Those Japanese people are really full of bad ideas. They are always trying to attack us!"
"That is to say, even thousand-year-old temples like the Southern Shaolin Temple have been burned down. My mother is a Buddhist, and she still wants to go there and burn incense in her lifetime!"
"I don't know what kind of evil magic those Japanese bugs used. They actually resurrected a General Wala from twenty years ago and massacred many people in Fujian. The government couldn't do anything about it, and also killed many people who rushed to slay the demons.
A heroic righteous man."
"Thankfully, Zhongzhou is full of talented people! A young man wearing a Tathagata mask rushed out of the air and ripped off the head of the Navara Demon with one move, and the big guy was saved."
Mei Huaijin simply composed a poem, and the three passers-by explained clearly what happened in Fujian not long ago.
The fruit shop owner, who had no time to listen to the book, also understood the general story from a few people's mouths. He couldn't imagine those scenes in his mind, and thought to himself, "It sounds terrible. Why are they laughing so happily?"
The three passers-by talked happily, but Egg was not happy. He had a stinky face and didn't even bother to move his mouth.
Mei Huaijin didn't even look at the egg, and said, "Then do you know what happened next?"
A passerby came to his senses and said, "Hey, what happened next?"
Mei Huaijin took out the folding fan from her waist, spread it out and fanned it twice, and said, "The next step is 'the holy hand will go to Beijing to receive a heavy reward, and the two factories will go to Kunlun for joint defense'."
The three passers-by were confused for a while after hearing this, and began to guess what it meant.
Egg couldn't help it anymore, so he grabbed the skirt of his clothes with his left hand and raised his right elbow to push Mei Huaijin down from the stone.
"Go, go, can you talk properly?"
Mei Huaijin hummed and said, "Isn't this clear?"
Egg replied: "Do you understand?"
Mei Huaijin looked at the four listeners and murmured: "It seems not, so where should I start?"
Egg said: "Then let's start with receiving ten thousand taels of gold from the Tathagata's holy hand."
"Ten thousand taels of gold, I have never seen so much money in my life, not even ten thousand taels of silver!"
"Neither do I. How many carriages can be loaded with so much money?"
"I only know that some carriages from wealthy families can usually seat four people."
"Then the carriage arranged by the imperial court can carry five or six strong men, so it won't be a problem, right?"
"Shouldn't be a problem."
"Then it won't be difficult to load a cart of gold."
"Are you saying that ten thousand taels of gold only weigh as much as five or six strong men?"
Egg stretched out his right hand, pressed his thumb on the hooked four fingers, and said: "Pinch and count..."
Mei Huaijin folded up the folding fan, counted the eggs and said, "It doesn't sound like a lot, does it?"
The egg was unexpectedly not angry, and continued: "Hey! It doesn't sound like much, but it's enough for hundreds or thousands of people to spend a lifetime, enough for one person to spend several reincarnations!"
Mei Huaijin said: "Yes, but this is what people deserve. After all, it helps Zhongzhou eliminate a big harm."
"That's right, that's right." Egg affirmed, and then asked, "Then how should we take away such a large sum of money?"
While the two were singing and chatting, three or two pedestrians passing by the fruit shop stopped and listened to the two young men chatting. The more they listened, the more interesting they became, so they bought melons and fruits from the fruit shop owner and ate them.
It sounds.
Then I heard Mei Huaijin banging the folding fan and looking at the eggs, and said angrily: "Didn't I just say to use a carriage?"
Egg questioned: "Is it really just a carriage?"
Mei Huaijin said: "If one carriage is enough, do we have to use two carriages to pull it?"
Egg shook his head and said: "What I mean is that when it comes to transporting ten thousand taels of gold, isn't the bigger the array, the safer it is?"
Mei Huaijin said: "You mean if you encounter robbers along the way? That's true. If you put the gold on multiple carriages, even if you encounter robbers, if you can escape one carriage, you will earn one."
Egg agreed: "Yes."
Mei Huaijin said: "No, this is a carriage arranged by the imperial court. Who dares to rob it?"
As soon as Egg said the word "could it be", he hurriedly covered his mouth.
Even if the following words were not spoken, all the listeners already knew it was "No one dares to rob the imperial carriage?"
Mei Huaijin added: "It is said that after the 'Tathagata Holy Hand' arrived in the capital, he only accepted a simple reception from the court, then asked for a carriage from the court, asked for four more guards, and drove away."
Dandan said in surprise: "It was actually his own suggestion. If you are really a brave man, aren't you afraid of any accidents on the road?"
Mei Huaijin said: "That's not true, and the four guards I want to come are also very particular."
Egg said: "Oh, how do you pay attention to the law?"
Mei Huaijin covered her mouth with her hands and whispered: "Two are from the Jinyi Guards of the West Factory, and two are from the East Factory."
Although the voice was not loud, at some point the ten pedestrians standing around still listened to Mei Huaijin's words.
Dandan raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion: "So the 'two factories' in your poem just now are the East and West factories. Can the guards from these 'two factories' be as powerful as one against ten?"
Mei Huaijin said: "Hey, these 'two factories' guards are not only capable of defeating ten by one, but also represent the face of the imperial court. If this carriage is robbed and all four guards die for it, wouldn't it be a harmonious outcome?"
If the imperial court is against us, how can the imperial court give up?"
Egg said: "So the Holy Hand of Tathagata only picked four guards to follow and send ten thousand taels of gold to Kunlun Realm?"
Mei Huaijin nodded and said: "I left Youjing in such a grand manner."
Egg said: "Whoever robs you is going against the imperial court! Will that..."
The unfinished words are obviously "guarding and stealing".
Mei Huaijin cleared her throat and said seriously: "This is the time to show off the dignity of the imperial court. No one will violate taboos and get into trouble, and the imperial court will not slap itself in the face by guarding against others."
…
Egg and Mei Huaijin were so tireless that they talked eloquently for nearly an hour.
The audience surrounding the fruit shop grew from four to seven, ten, or thirty people.
At first, the boss was worried about the crowds around the shop, but when everyone spent money to buy fruits to quench their thirst, he was so happy that he could not open his mouth from ear to ear.
Of course, as temporary guest storytellers, Egg and Mei Huaijin also received many fruits from enthusiastic listeners.
The two of them were not polite and ate more slowly, but they still talked in a lively and eloquent manner.
Until a large group of officials and a large sedan appeared outside the inn thirty feet diagonally in front of the fruit shop.
This lively two-person story-telling program has just come to an end, and the listeners are still not satisfied and reluctantly dispersed.
Dan Dan and Mei Huaijin looked at each other and smiled while stroking their round bellies.
"But it's finally here." Dandan stretched and raised his chin, "It's lunch time. How about killing me again?"
Mei Huaijin said softly "Let's go" and led the way towards the inn.
The fruit shop owner listened to what these two people said for nearly an hour, and he could sort of recognize their speaking styles.
Guess this "kill another meal" is to compete with others to see who can eat more.
He looked at their bulging bellies, and then looked at the "Red Dust Inn" that he had never set foot in.
