Outside the guest room window, the scenery is clear and white.
The blue clouds lingered around, changing into various shapes, like towers, mountains, birds, beasts... and finally turned into a spirit fox, casting an infatuated gaze on the world of mortals.
Yang Chaoxi's thoughts were racing: That tiger demon is naturally a very powerful demon cultivator. If it is difficult to find it as a Taoist cultivator, you might as well borrow the skills of demon cultivator Liu Xiaomu to find it! Besides, she is a friend rather than an enemy, and her Taoism is deep and versatile.
Demon cultivator, Taoist cultivator. If you can invite them, they will definitely be a big help!
As soon as the thought fell, Yang Zhaoxi stood up, found his baggage, and took out the pottery xun. When the mouth of the xun was pressed to his lips, he breathed out softly. In an instant, outside the long pavilion ten miles away, the farewell person felt reluctant to leave.
Along with the sobbing sound of the xun, it flows out. The tune is sad and sad, with three sighs in one chant, like resentment, admiration, weeping and complaining.
When the song ended, Yang Chaoxi himself was immersed in the inseparable sadness of "Breaking Willows".
However, after waiting for a long time, Liu Xiaomu was nowhere to be seen? Yang Zhaoxi was a little unwilling and played ancient songs such as "Song on the Sea", "Plum Blossoms Fall", "Wind into the Pine", etc. one by one, but still there was no response.
In the next few days, Yang Chaoxi kept the xun in his arms and never left it. But when he had time, he took it out and played it, which made everyone in the Beggar Gang look at him. He looked slightly embarrassed, so he had to find a quiet place as much as possible and play again.
, but after all, he did not wait until Liu Xiaomu appeared.
This plan didn't work, so I put it aside for the time being. When he got up that morning, Yang Zhaoxi guided two apprentices, then found a beggar of similar stature, threw him a set of neat and intact clothes, and changed into his rags.
Bad shirt.
After thinking about it for a while, he felt that it didn't seem right, so he pulled off his turban and turban, and messed up his hair. Then he dug some soil from the vegetable patch, smeared it on his head and face, and then he went out in a dignified manner.
This outfit really worked wonders! Yang Zhaoxi left Nanshi and walked all the way north. Pedestrians in the streets, young and old, whoever saw him, all stayed away.
Children enjoying themselves, idle guards, idle libertines...occasionally would come up to tease him. He would roll on the ground and yell, until the teaser felt bored and ran away angrily.
Then he got up again and continued moving forward as if nothing had happened.
When they arrived at Tongyuan Canal, it was already an hour later. The disheveled Yang Zhaoxi was walking "aimlessly" while a man carefully observed the surrounding situation. His messy hair was spread down, blocking part of his sight and also blocking his sight.
He was so embarrassed that when Meng Quchang and his bad guard passed by him, they didn't even recognize him.
The busy civilians on both sides of the channel and the patrolling guards naturally noticed this beggar who was "not doing his job properly". But there are many beggars in Luoyang city, and it is not unusual to encounter one or two occasionally, so no one paid attention to him.
Yang Zhaoxi walked up and down, letting out a few vague weird laughs from time to time, pretending to be stupid. His eyes quickly scanned the scene along the canal:
The libertine with a sly eyebrow pretended to be a farmer, rummaging through the sand and rocks on the shore; the bad guard with a knife in his hand shouted on the shore, urging the lazy farmer; the sand mining boat in the canal swayed slightly.
Baskets of sand, stones and other objects were fished out...
Yang Zhaoxi quickly saw Xiong Baisha. His nine-foot-long figure was thrown into the crowd, and it was difficult not to attract attention. In addition, there were several people who were obviously Lianjiazi, who also pretended to be civilian husbands and mingled with the real people.
Among the civilian husbands...
It seems that there are more and more people with ulterior motives here, and things are becoming more and more abnormal. I just don’t know, is Gongmen turning a blind eye, or is he adding fuel to the flames? Or maybe the river dredging is a deliberate act. Layout?
The section of the canal being dredged is not too long, estimated to be only two or three miles. In less than two sticks of incense, Yang Zhaoxi, who pretended to be crazy, had finished reading this section of the canal.
Under the seemingly calm work, the undercurrent of savings has become more and more. It seems that it will only break out at a certain moment and turn into a huge wave, drowning all the conspiracies, calculations, black and white, good and evil.
I saw it one day and went back the next day. A beggar’s outfit is inconvenient to reuse. I wonder which beggar would run to this channel instead of begging seriously?
Yang Zhaoxi put on the robes he had worn for the first time, transformed into He Jiulang, and ran to Tongyuan Canal to earn 250 yuan a day. Because he had been there last time, he didn't need to sign the labor contract again, so he was happy. After getting the bamboo basket and wooden shovel, I got off the boat and started working.
Since he was about to enter the water, Yang Zhaoxi still took off most of his clothes and folded them in the cabin. Then he came up to the nine-foot-long Xiong Baisha and said with a smile: "Xiong Da, I'm here to join you again!"
Xiong Baisha was busy when he suddenly saw him, and his face twitched with fright. Looking at this "He Jiulang" who looked harmless at first glance, he couldn't help but think of the fast and violent fire in the restaurant beside the pond in Guiyifang. , a decisive and ruthless figure, he almost lost the bamboo basket and wooden shovel in his hand. After a while, he squeezed out a smile: "Hey, hey brother, how are you at home?"
"It's okay! Brother Xiong, I went hunting with my father these past two days and let two rabbits escape. My father thought I was useless, so he kicked me down the mountain again..." Yang Zhaoxi smiled plainly and unintentionally. When he got the chance, he opened his mouth and told the reason why he hadn't come for the past two days.
Xiong Baisha gradually calmed down, scratched his head and said with a smile: "Brother He, since you haven't been here these past few days, the official has arranged for a partner. It's just that the work is useless, half as slow as you." Before he finished speaking, his head was shaking. He emerged from the muddy water.
Yang Zhaoxi turned his head to look, his blood instantly solidified, and he shouted out loud: "Yellow... eel, there is actually an eel in this muddy water!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Chaoxi breathed a sigh of relief. He was just about to call out this man who was out of water by name.
The man in the water climbed up into the cabin. His face was mud-colored and his beard was thick. He said without any trace: "What's so strange about the eel? Little brothers are so rare, so strange!" After saying that, he turned to look at Xiong Baisha, "Xiong Da, this is Who is the brother?"
Xiong Baisha introduced enthusiastically: "Brother Shang, this is Brother He who worked with me a few days ago. He is very strong and has good water properties. He will not die if he is suffocated in the water! Haha!"
The man named Shang smiled and clasped his fists: "So it's Brother He! I've heard from Xiong Da a long time ago that you can hold your breath underwater for a hundred breaths. My name is Shang Qingguan, and I also live in Mangshan..."
Yang Zhaoxi could only clasp her fists and say, "My name is He Jiulang, and I am the ninth eldest son in the He family."
However, many doubts welled up in my heart: Isn’t Shang Qingguan the "Shangqing Temple"? Could it be that the temple owner, senior fellow apprentices, and others had expected that I would follow the clues and come to the river dredging area to investigate? So I sent senior brother Huang Shuo in front of me. Come here and lurk among the civilians?
Huang Shuo, the pseudonym of Yu Lingzi "Shang Qingguan", said hello, put away his enthusiasm, and turned to Xiong Baisha and said: "Xiong Da, since Brother He is here, let's hurry up and get to work! To avoid being called bad guys When Wei saw it, he came to extort our hard-earned money again."
Xiong Baisha responded hurriedly, waved to Yang Zhaoxi and said: "Congratulations, congratulations, brother, we're going into the water first. You've come all the way, and you're bound to be tired and tired, so don't work too hard."
Yang Chaoxi smiled, took the rope from the hands of the sailors on the boat, tied it to the bamboo basket, and held the wooden stick tightly with the other hand. Then he leaned back and fell neatly into the water.
A loud "plop" woke up Xiong Baisha who was still standing at the bow of the boat in a daze. Immediately afterwards, the familiar shouts and curses of the bad guards rang out from the bank of the canal again. Xiong Baisha frowned and muttered: "The dog barks really loudly." It’s so noisy! One day I won’t do any work anymore, and I’ll chop these bastards into pieces with one knife...
After a busy day, it was dusk again. Yang Zhaoxi and other "civilians" had eaten hot porridge, and then went to the tent to collect foot fees.
The promised two hundred and fifty bucks were only left in hand when they were given to two hundred bucks. Before Yang Chaoxi could ask, Chief Meng Qu raised his eyebrows and pointed to a few worn-out wooden hammers next to him: "You I used too much force today and broke the wooden hammer. I'm missing the fifty dollars I'm missing from you, so I can make up for it."
Yang Chaoxi was speechless and turned around with an aggrieved look on her face. She had a new understanding of the public servants' ability to take advantage of others. However, after only twenty steps out of the curtain, two dark scabbards appeared. , crossing in front of him.
A bad guard said: "Boy, you are lazy at work today! I can see it clearly on the shore..."
Another bad guard also said: "I can see it clearly too!"
The first bad guard continued: "If you don't want me and the two of you to report you to Chief Meng Qu, you can spend money to eliminate the disaster!" As he said this, he placed his calloused hands in front of Yang Chaoxi.
Another bad guard followed and said: "Those who know the truth, waste money and eliminate disasters!" Then he also put his hand over.
Yang Zhaoxi looked at the two of them with a wry smile: "Two officials, I only have 200 yuan, but I still have to use it to buy rice... Can it be less?"
The first bad guard rolled his eyes, grabbed a hundred dollars from his hand, turned around and left.
Another bad guard went to grab the remaining one hundred dollars, but was unexpectedly grabbed by the waist of the first bad guard and dragged away: "Don't do anything absolutely, have you forgotten the instructions given by Marquis Dong Wu? Also, in the future, You are not allowed to imitate my speech, or I will chop you up and use you as firewood..."
Yang Zhaoxi looked at the thin one hundred dollars in his hand and shook his head helplessly. Just as he was about to return to Nanshi, he heard that very familiar voice saying: "Hey brother! Wait for me, brother has something to say." He turned his head and looked, But it was Huang Shuo.
The two of them had been fishing for mud and sand all day, and they were both covered in gray mud. Only their blinking eyes and neat white teeth showed some life.
Yang Zhaoxi then pretended to be dumbfounded and said: "Brother Shang, are you calling me? I've been working so hard all day long, and now I only have this hundred coins left..."
Huang Shuo came closer and patted his shoulder: "One hundred coins is not a small amount! Officials also have families to support, so look around." As Huang Shuo spoke, he looked left and right, seeing civilian husbands and bad guards. After they were far away, he lowered his voice and said, "Junior Brother Yang, it's not appropriate to talk here. Let's find a restaurant and chat while eating."
Yang Chaoxi nodded: "There are restaurants nearby. I'll take you there, Senior Brother Huang."