In the early morning, orioles fight for the trees, and the morning light is dim.
Yang Zhaoxi was wrapped in a fragrant soft quilt and slowly opened her eyes. In such confusion, she couldn't remember where she was for a moment.
The faint sound of chanting came in through the window and hovered in the room, making people calm and peaceful, and making their thoughts clear. But it was the "Prajna Heart Sutra" that my mother often recited:
"...The five aggregates are all empty, and we can survive all suffering... Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, form is emptiness, emptiness is color... neither birth nor death, neither dirt nor purity, neither increase nor decrease... there is no path to suffering.
, there is no wisdom and no gain...According to Prajna Paramita, the mind has no worries. Therefore, there is no worry, so there is no fear..."
Suddenly something occurred to him, and he looked sideways, only to see that there was nothing around him. Zhang Dayou, an expert in civil and military skills, had already stood up and left without knowing when.
The long piece of narration that was neither poetry nor poetry from last night suddenly came to mind again, and I felt that this strange and cynical Zhang was full of melancholy and bitterness. And these disturbing thoughts were hidden behind
In my heart, I have been depressed for a long time, but no amount of martial arts can solve it.
While I was thinking wildly, there was a cautious knock on the door, covering up the sound of chanting. Then there was a woman's questioning voice, which sounded slowly outside the door, crisp and slightly childish: "Young Master Yang? Young Master Yang? Have you gotten up?"
Yang Chaoxi heard the voice sounded familiar, so she responded: "The door is not locked, please come in, girl!"
The wooden door opened with a creak, and a short, thin girl walked in, leading Chaoyang. She smiled like a flower and said, "Mom, I asked Qiao Niang to fetch some water and bring it to you. It's already breakfast."
It’s ready! After you wash up, you can go to the main room to have some..."
Yang Zhaoxi saw her struggling to carry a small wooden bucket, walking to the window with three steps, filling the wooden basin with water. Then she straightened up, waving her sleeves to wipe away the sweat on her forehead. She frowned and smiled, and spoke and behaved.
At this time, she actually looks like Su Mian.
He immediately took off his straw shoes, stood up and clasped his fists, saying: "I thanked the girl! I think the girl's mother is Aunt Su, right? I don't know how to call her?"
The girl's smile became even stronger, her eyes flashed, she shook her head and said: "My name is Qiao Niang! I heard from my mother that you are still a little Taoist priest, so you must have learned many magic spells from the old gods in the mountains, right? Then, then
Can you turn these stones into gold?"
While Qiao Niang was speaking, she unfolded a small hand as white as jade, revealing a few pebbles the size of fingertips. Her clear peach blossom eyes were full of humor and mischief.
Yang Chaoxi thought about it, and said with a smile: "This is easy! But Qiao Niang must first tell Xiaodao, where did the Zhang Daxia who lived with me last night go this morning? And why did he leave without saying goodbye? What if Xiaodao was
If your mind is distracted, then you won't be able to use the magic of 'turning stone into gold'!"
Qiao Niang frowned slightly, pouted her lips, and said in annoyance: "Huh! You are a little devil! But if you want to do a trick, you will charge a lot of money. It turns out that little Taoist priests are just as cunning and deceptive!
"
Yang Zhaoxi looked at her angry look, as if she had seen Guan Lin'er a few years ago again, and her heart ached, and she immediately said kindly: "Ha! Qiao Niang has mistakenly blamed Xiaodao. Let's do this, Xiaodao will turn it into gold for you first. If
After getting better, how about you tell me the whereabouts of that hero Zhang?"
Qiao Niang clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Wonderful, wonderful!"
Yang Zhaoxi secretly used his inner breath and used the catching technique in the "Wind Catching Shadow Hand". He only lightly put his left hand on the back of Qiao Niang's hand, and all the pebbles jumped up. Immediately, Yang Zhaoxi turned his left hand up and grabbed it one by one.
, then he put the pebbles into his palms.
Qiao Niang saw it interestingly and couldn't help but giggled: "Young Master Yang's skills are so handsome! If you are willing to learn needlework and needlework, I'm afraid ten embroiderers will not be as good as you!" Yang Chaoxi smiled modestly, but did not say anything, and raised his right hand.
It was clasped with the left hand, shaped like a scallop. Then it pretended to be shaking the dice cup up and down, left and right, like a dice cup in a gambling house, and murmured some strange spells.
Qiao Niang listened to the "dong dong da da" sound between his palms, and her peach blossom eyes had already turned into crescent moons. Suddenly Yang Zhaoxi stopped her hands, stretched them out in front of her, and pretended to be mysterious: "Qiao Niang still needs to blow one more blow."
Immortal Qi, this technique is now complete!"
Qiao Niang became more and more interested, and immediately raised her mouth and blew on his closed hands. Only then did Yang Zhaoxi slowly open her hands, only to see that the pebbles before had long since disappeared, and a few dazzling golden grains appeared.
Beans, suddenly appeared in the palm of my hand!
Qiao Niang's peach blossom eyes were wide open, with many little stars twinkling in them, as bright as a galaxy: "Young Master Yang is so awesome! These golden beans belong to Qiao Niang! Hehe!"
After that, fearing that Yang Chaoxi would regret it, she snatched the golden beans from his hand and ran out of the house. As she ran, she smiled and said, "Mother! Mother! Look, Qiao Niang turned the stone into gold."
Doudou! Cluck cluck..."
Yang Chaoxi wanted to ask about Zhang Duyou's whereabouts, but was thrown into the room by this little girl. She could only shake her head and laugh. She immediately took the filled basin and started washing up carefully.
After washing up, as soon as I stepped out of the threshold, I saw Su Mian standing at the door, and beside me stood the dejected little girl Qiao Niang.
Su Mian straightened her face and scolded Qiao Niang: "You little girl who is obsessed with money, why don't you quickly return the golden beans to Young Shaoxia?! How can I apologize to Yang Shaoxia? If you still dare to do this, my mother will call you
Have a great meal of 'bamboo shoots mixed with meat'!”
Qiao Niang's mouth tightened and she was about to cry. She bowed pitifully and said, "Young Master Yang, don't blame me... Qiao Niang knows your mistake! Qiao Niang shouldn't be greedy for your golden beans... 嘘嘤嘤!"
Yang Zhaoxi hurriedly helped Qiao Niang up and smiled at Su Mian: "Aunt Su, please don't blame Qiao Niang! It was just a joke with Qiao Niang, how can we really get angry? Besides, last night I
I've received a lot of support from my aunt, but I'm quite bothered by it. I would like some money to express my gratitude!"
Su Mian's expression softened slightly, but she still took out the golden beans that Qiao Niang was holding and forced them back into Yang Zhaoxi's hands. Then she turned around and said seriously: "Qiao'er, Young Master Yang is just using a trick to make you happy. In this world,
Where can there be magic like 'turning stone into gold'? Remember, everything in the world has a cause and effect. It would be better not to worry less about the cake falling from the sky in the future!"
Qiao Niang nodded sadly, bowed to Su Mian, and then turned around to go about her business.
Yang Zhaoxi looked at the red sandalwood rosary beads in Su Mian's hand, and suddenly realized: It turned out that the person who recited the "Prajna Heart Sutra" before was actually Aunt Su in front of her.
He immediately bowed his hands and apologized to Su Mian: "Xiao Dao was naughty for a while, but Qiao Niang was wronged. I hope my aunt can forgive me!" Seeing that Su Mian didn't take it to heart, he continued to ask, "I don't know that Zhang San Zhang Da
When did the hero actually leave, and where did he go? He didn't even leave a note."
Instead, Su Mian said curiously: "Zhang Daxia came to say goodbye to me at dawn and said he was going to an old garden. Didn't he mention it to you? He also said that his oil shop would be in Nanshi soon.
If you want to find him, just go to Nanshi."
"Old Garden..."
After Yang Chaoxi pondered for a moment, he slapped his forehead and laughed at himself, "Haha! I remember Xiaodao! Last night Zhang Daxia was talking in his sleep and wrote a long article. He mentioned 'Old Garden' several times and said it was for
Written by an old friend... Xiaodao has even forgotten this, he is really confused!"
Su Mian also smiled and said: "Perhaps it's because you guys are too tired from the hard fight last night. The four next door didn't wake up even after sleeping for a while! Xi'er, you go to the main room to eat something first.
, Auntie will come after waking up these sleepy bugs..."
The shadow of the sun is getting higher and higher, and the shadows of the trees are swaying.
The broken light spots were printed in front of the house, and from time to time they swayed into a blurry pattern.
Half an hour later, Yang Zhaoxi and his "four lowly friends" had already had breakfast in the main hall, and began talking to each other about the thrill of last night.
Since it was not past noon and the market opening drum had not sounded yet, Su Mian, as the chief shopkeeper of "Chaoyuan Bushi", had a rare opportunity to sit aside. While making tea soup, he listened to the two voices of Zheng Liulang and Du Shazhou.
, competing to brag and chat with Su Juanjuan, but they laughed and said nothing.
Yang Zhaoxi and Carpenter Liu were lazily leaning on armchairs, chatting about the gains and losses of last night's action. Suddenly they saw a cheeky waiter coming in from the front hall of the shop and went straight into the main room.
After saying a few words to Su Jin, he cupped his fists at everyone and retreated decisively.
Yang Zhaoxi asked softly: "Brother Liu, although this guy walks fast, his breath is very steady. He is considered to be a skilled practitioner. Why are you willing to just be an ordinary guy in this shop?"
Liu Carpenter smiled calmly: "Of course, Shopkeeper Su has good skills. Although among the three sisters of the Su family, only the eldest sister Su Mian has never practiced martial arts, but in terms of vision, skill, and judgment, only Shopkeeper Su is the most powerful.
, can be called the leader in 'using wisdom without force'! The guy just now is said to be a bandit leader who surrendered when Shopkeeper Su went to Bashu to sell cloth more than ten years ago..."
Yang Chaoxi's eyes lit up when he heard this strange news, and he immediately got closer, fearing that he might have missed a few words.
At this moment, Su Mian picked up the charcoal and tapped the tea table a few times. After a few people were silent, he smiled kindly and said: "As soon as the door opened this morning, I sent a few of the waiters out to watch.
Look, I finally got the news. Everything in the city is business as usual. There are no sea arrest notices posted, and there are no guards patrolling around to arrest the culprits. It seems that Yuan Zai probably wanted to calm down what happened last night."
After Su Juanjuan heard this, she raised her chin and smiled proudly: "Sister, Juan'er told you last night! That dog official Yuanzai not only stole the chicken but failed to lose the rice, he also exposed the secret of Rushuijian to us.
, we also encountered the scandal of his second son having an affair with his beloved concubine, and the ironclad evidence that he killed the carpenter indiscriminately. At this time, Yuan Zai felt very guilty. After all, if any of these three things spread, he would be very worried.
Yes! Cack!"
Zheng Liulang immediately echoed: "Hey! Sister Juanjuan is right. Let's go back to each other and enjoy the good food and drink. If he comes again in Yuan Zai, he will definitely make him Yuanfu's chickens and dogs!"
Du Shazhou also laughed and said: "That's it! If someone doesn't offend me, I won't offend anyone. If someone offends me... then the hunchback will not make it easy for him. Hahaha!"
Liu Carpenter coughed twice, but his words were much more pertinent: "Yuan Zai has always been domineering. He can settle the affairs that care about people's lives and the family's affairs with a wave of his hand, but he may not take it to heart. Only the sword like water is more involved.
"Guang, that's why he took action and didn't want to break up with us easily."
Su Mian rolled her eyes at Su Juanjuan first, then continued with a smile: "In my opinion, it's better for you guys to be careful! Especially Carpenter Liu, don't be in a hurry to go back to Bei City, and be careful not to be caught by someone 'waiting for the chance'
Come on. I've asked Qiao Niang to prepare a few sets of outfits. You can put them on before leaving the workshop. Remember to go out separately, so as not to be picked up by the bastards of Yuan Mansion."
Yang Zhaoxi was convinced: "Aunt Su is still thoughtful. We all wore disguises when we acted last night. If we take off our masks and change our clothes today, Yuan Zai may not recognize us even if we meet face to face!"
After hearing this, several people felt relieved. Then they all stood up to say goodbye, put on their new robes, and went out of the workshop.