Painter

Chapter 177 26: Gathering
There was a lot of snow among the Yunqiao Feilou, and at the welcome banquet in the Hebi Restaurant, everyone drank together for about half an hour.

The flail ghost general was three points drunk, and bluntly said that if he changed to another envoy from the capital, even if he was personally appointed by the sage, he would not bother to bother.

When they arrived outside the Hebi Building, Lu Qingxia left on horseback because she still had some business to do.During the banquet, Chen Zhonggong, who invited Li Chan to choose a day for the family banquet, was blown by the cold wind, and the excitement became stronger. He changed his words and said that choosing a day is worse than bumping into the sun. go home.

The Mansion of General Flag Ghost is not far from Hebi Lane, from Renshanfang to the east, bypassing Jiaonuchang and going south, the first mansion in Tieguo Lane is.Everyone entered the house and took off their snow-covered furs.The short table was full of dishes, and the coals in the copper basin were burning red. Several people sat and drank wine and talked about demons and thieves.

General Flail Ghost came back from killing thousands of miles. In winter, the results of the battle were still very fresh. He brought it up to the table to show off, saying that this grass-clothed man is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also proficient in heresy techniques. He often used demon methods to harm people secretly, and appeared in the identity of slaying demons and eliminating demons, causing troubles in Yujing and causing several cases.After the incident came to light, this official killed a brigade commander and dozens of soldiers from Shen Zhasi, fled thousands of miles, and was finally led back to Yujing by Chen Zhonggong.

This grass-clothed old man has extraordinary means, and with his heretical methods, he has killed many innate masters.But Shenzha Si Youban Flailghost General is already a warrior in the realm of divine transformation. The word "divine change" is called "supernatural power change" in Buddhism. For those who practice martial arts, it means that martial arts have transcended innateness and reached the state of changing like a god.At that time, Master Tongshou, a Buddhist master, taught the Dharma in the Ximing Garden of Xiaoyao Pavilion in Yujing.And warriors in the realm of magical transformation, who have tempered their martial arts to the highest level, can also walk on water like the ground, and enter the ground like water, which is not inferior to the Eighteen Divine Transformations of Buddhism.

Although Li Chan was used to seeing dead people, he was not as bold as Chen Zhonggong liked to drink in front of dead people's heads, so he changed the subject and talked about martial arts with Chen Zhonggong.When the excitement was strong, he held a sword competition, and it was the first time he had seen the ability of turning into a warrior.

Withdrawing his sword and continuing to drink, he talked about the monsters he saw while traveling east.Then the topic came to "wine".The Chen family has a rich variety of wines. During half a day, everyone drank wine, kumiss, white mash, and red koji wine, all from the Fine Wine Department. They have been stored for a long time, and they were brewed before this year. .

After dusk, it was already dark, and Li Chan declined to see him off.At the entrance of Tieguo Lane, he bid farewell to the Chen family, rode a black donkey, brought half a gourd of spirits with him, and carried a lantern with the word "Chen" written on it, and walked into the street.

The light in the narrow alley was faint, and the lights on the flying building were shining brightly. Li Chan walked through the night's wind and snow, and the smell of alcohol on his body gradually disappeared.

Back at Guangzhaifang, on a low ground, outside the gate of the abandoned garden, the tiger eye brass lock clicked and opened by itself.Li Chan was welcomed into the house by the monsters, and a little monster led the black donkey to the trough.The black donkey ate black beans and radishes mixed with black beans and radishes from the general's mansion at noon, licked the salt rocks in Guling, and saw his own hay.

Hong Yao took off the semi-wet sheepskin fur for Li Chan and hung it by the wall.Li Chan walked to the table, the monsters had just finished eating, and the dishes were extremely clean, without any oil or water.He tossed the gourd to Tu Shansi, sat down on the couch, leaned against the wall and took off his boots, saying, "The price of wine has risen quite a bit recently."

Tu Shanxi pulled out the cork, sniffed at the Lihuabai inside, and then took half a sip.

She let out a mouthful of alcohol, but hesitated to speak.After a moment of silence, he glanced at the bowls and dishes on the table that were empty of oil and water, and called out, "Ah Lang."

"Huh?" Li Chan put down her boots and looked up.

"There are more and more monsters in the family, but Alang is the sole breadwinner for the family. It will be difficult for Alang to get distracted if things go on like this." The fox girl's voice was cold, she wiped the corner of her mouth, and handed the gourd to Qing Yasha who was watching eagerly.

"What's the matter, do you want to earn money to support your family?" Li Chan was a little surprised, her eyes swept away, all the monsters were looking at this side, it seemed that what Tu Shanxi said was also what the monsters wanted to say.

Hong Yao walked to the side of the couch, put down a dry incense handkerchief, took away the wet boots, and said: "Although the Taoist monks in the temple don't care about worldly affairs, behind a pure practitioner, there is little It is said that there are thousands of tenants, plowing the Taoist fields and Buddhist fields of the temple, and raising them. Alang, not only no one is raising them, but also a lot of monsters. The paintings in Ximojuli are not sold well. If there is less money, the emperor's rewards are also quite a lot, but we don't have enough money to use it up."

Li Chan looked at Hong Yao, then at Tu Shansi, then at the two Yashas and other little demons, "Have you discussed it before I left?"

Tu Shanxi nodded.

"I'm happy if you want to support your family." Li Chan rubbed the back of her neck, "Have you thought about what to do?"

Just as Tu Shanxi was about to speak, Xu Da snapped: "Ms. Fox Immortal said, I want to be a loser!"

The so-called Mr. Negative Bureau is a mirror grinder who walks around the streets with a mirror grinding box.Perhaps because of the common use of lead and mercury, in the eyes of the common people in the market, mirror grinders also have something to do with Taoist priests, so the common people also call mirror grinders "negative game celestial beings".

Li Chan nodded, "It's a good job, you can do it if you want."

Tu Shanxi said: "Can Ah Lang help me write a cover letter?"

"Okay."

The little demon brought four feet of linen, and Li Chan dipped the ink in the Tingchao stone inkstone and wrote sixteen characters.

After Tu Shanxi thanked him, he took the cloth cover to hang up the ink to dry, and Li Chan asked again, "Where are the others?"

Hong Yao said: "I'm only good at female reds, copying scriptures, and mixing fragrances."

Li Chan said: "Pleasing fragrance is also a good job."

Xu Da shouted: "Let's go to the streets and alleys, spread some incense, and receive some offerings..."

Before Xu Da finished speaking, Li Chan flicked his fingers.From a distance of Zhang Xu, the invisible force pushed down the fluff on the white cat's forehead, and popped out a brain collapse.

"Just stay at home and don't make trouble for me."

"Ah Lang, why is it so unfair! How can the Goddess Goddess and the Fox Fairy Goddess go out, is it because we are not daughters?" Xu Da was indignant.

Sao Qingniang put Song Wuji in a copper bucket, ironed the sheep's fur, turned her head and said, "Even if Shaolang has planted the Tao, he can protect you, but it doesn't matter if you make trouble in Xuandu. The trouble is not small."

"Ah, this..." Xu Da rolled his eyes, grabbed the Huo Huo general next to him, and reprimanded him: "Look, we said earlier that this would not work, didn't we?"

"Yes, yes..." General Huo was confused and nodded in agreement.

Chi Yasha said in a low voice: "Ah Lang, we don't have ideas like the two ladies, we only have this strength to use, it would be nice for us to occupy the mountain and become king, but in this city of Yujing, we can only be porters and thugs. "

Qing Yasha snorted, "What's the use of that?"

All the demons talked about it, some wanted to use demon methods to make money in the casino, and some wanted to be a gentleman.

Li Chan vetoed them one by one, and finally said: "Drinking at General Chen's house today, I praised the good wine of the Liangjiu Department, but he persuaded me to open a restaurant in Yujing."

Hong Yao said: "This is a money-making business. The only ones that can make wine in Yujing City are the Fine Brew Administration and a few official stores. The other foot shops are just selling alcohol on behalf of others. Since Alang has people, why not open a foot shop, we don't need to make wine. , only selling wine, the income is quite considerable.”

Tu Shanxi glanced at the cloth cover that was drying ink, "I walk around the streets, but I'm flexible. I want to open a restaurant? I'm afraid it's not very convenient."

"It's not very inconvenient." Sao Qingniang said softly, "Does Shaolang still remember those rewards, that Longtao Talisman Book? Put this object in the foot store, if you have no eyesight, you won't be able to see everyone If you have insight into the details, if you see this and that Longtao talisman book, you will not cause trouble."

"Okay, it's better to use the emperor's tiger skin as a big banner, or Madam Sao Qing has an idea!"

All the monsters praised him for being reasonable.

Hong Yao was thoughtful, "I'm afraid that those who have some vision, but don't really have it."

Xu Da said, "The one with half an eye?"

Tu Shanxi smiled faintly, "That's not a problem."

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Two days later, Li Chan went to Chen's house for a home banquet at the appointment, and asked about the affairs of the fine wine department.I met Lu Qingxia again.

Lu Qingxia once studied with Yang Yuanzhang, who was one of the great Confucian scholars of the dynasty and a disciple of Yang Sheng.Because Lu Qingxia is upright and jealous, her official career has never been smooth, but she has always been famous.Tang Xian had long wanted to make friends with Lu Qingxia. Although Li Dan, who was recommended by Lu Qingxia, was from an unknown family and came from a poor family, Tang Xian did not refuse at all. next post.

The date of Xinyuan Gathering is just the fourth day after Xiaoxue.In the early morning of this day, Li Chan put on the green robe and black boots bestowed by the emperor, took a box of pens and ink, and rode out on a donkey.

Leaving a group of monsters at home, Xu Da trained all the little monsters to serve wine and food, and make fragrant medicine with red medicine.

As for Tu Shanxi, he turned into a handsome man, with the pseudonym "Tu Zhaoying", carrying a mirror case on his back, and carrying a cloth cover, on which were written sixteen characters: Jianruozhishui, light like lightning; Grinding, the concubine Ling went to take photos.Leaving Guangzhaifang, wandering the streets and alleys, looking for women in the boudoir to polish their mirrors.

Li Chan passed Daxiangguo Temple to the north and Yutang to the west.The black donkey walked slowly, swaying towards the Lingguang Bridge, before he reached Zhichen Lane, when he looked up, there was snow on the eaves in front of him, and he was facing the wind.

This land boundary is the residence of the Tang family of Mengzhu and the Chen family of Guling.

In the past two days, Li Chan, Chen Haochu, and Chen Zhonggong had a lot of contact. Although these uncles and nephews were also surnamed Chen, they were not offshoots of the Guling Chen family.Chen Zhonggong followed the sage to exorcise demons and made military exploits. He is a newly established nobleman.The Chen family in Guling is the home of many princes.

Li Chan rode a donkey and approached the entrance of Zhechen Alley, there were already a lot of horses and carriages on the side of the road, and what the passers-by were talking about was this Xinyuan Gathering.

Because Xinyuan Gathering invited the young leaders in Yujing City, outside Zhichen Lane, young men and women who formed associations under the names of those young heroes gathered regardless of Tianhan.

A storyteller patted Xingmu in the foot shop outside the alley and said:

"Everyone, when it comes to Yaji, the most fascinating ones are the two episodes of Yaoyue and Hutian. Legend has it that a mortal was once invited by the gods to the moon, and came back after eating a bowl of jade chip rice, and gained longevity ever since. There was also a scholar who was invited into the fairyland by the old man, but when he saw the fairyland in Qiongshan and the divine fruit of the Yushu, he didn’t know it was just a broken pot after he got out of it.”

"But legends are just legends after all. The most famous gatherings in Dayong Kingdom are the three most famous gatherings in Yuliang, Lishan and Xinyuan."

"These three elegant collections, hey, each has its own merits. Let's first say that a hundred years ago, Shi Jilun, a wealthy man, built a garden at the foot of Yuliang Mountain. Liang Shisanyou. However, the reason why Yuliang Yaji is famous all over the world has nothing to do with these Shisanyou, but the extremely luxurious layout of the garden, and there are many famous actresses hidden in the garden. The poems are right, but the most interesting ones, tsk tsk, are those beauties."

"How beautiful is the beauty? It's a pity that we can't see it. Besides, this Lishan Collection, just over 50 years ago, the famous people at that time gathered at the foot of Lishan. This Lishan is also called Xuanjian Mountain. The patriarch of Jianzong learned the way of swordsmanship here. Experts and famous scholars gathered here to compete with swords. On the day of Gathering, everyone showed their magical powers. This chasing figure just Shocked everyone, and the next one, Changhong Guanri, was jaw-dropping again. But the result? In the end, Wang Danyang wrote a preface for this Lishan Collection. This Lishan Collection is compared to swords, so Wang Danyang But without a sword, a mouse whisker pen, a piece of silkworm cocoon paper, a brush like a dragon and a snake, and a piece of cursive calligraphy, which actually included the sword skills used by everyone in this gathering! This is great, the gathering of swords, but in the end It is famous all over the world because of a piece of calligraphy, and everyone knows it."

"After the Lishan Gathering, it is naturally the Xinyuan Gathering. Not long after the capital was moved back then, Princess Changle, the concubine of the Tang Dynasty, invited many famous people from Yujing City. All the famous people talked about the Tao, practiced meditation, and discussed the practice of supernatural powers. Such an elegant collection, although there are many celebrities, is very rare, but there have been several times in Yujing City. Why did the Xinyuan Collection rank among the three major collections? It was not the "Xinyuan Collection" by the painting saint and Yang Yuanzhang's "Xinyuan Collection". "Yuan Ya Ji Ji Ji"..."

In the sound of storytelling, a young man in a green robe and black boots rode a black donkey through the crowd.

It wasn't until the black donkey arrived at the gate of the Tang family's mansion, and the young man handed over the post, that someone discovered that this person was also invited to participate in the Xinyuan Gathering.

Soon, no one paid attention to that stupid donkey and the young man.An oil-painted vehicle passed Lingguang Bridge, and there were men and women cheering on the side of the road: "The White Dragon Girl is here!"

The oil wall cart entered Zhenchen Lane amidst a burst of cheers. The girl in white walked out of the carriage and was about to enter the door. When she saw the black donkey being led away by the door and the young man in green robe and black boots in front of her, she felt familiar and remembered again. After a startled glance that night, his complexion suddenly changed, he smiled slightly, bowed his hands to him as a greeting, and walked into the gate of the house.

Because of this handcuff, the people outside looked at the young man in surprise.Among the young people who have risen to fame in Yujing City recently, there seems to be no such person.But he met the dragon girl in Fengchen General's Mansion, and he didn't know the origin.

　Four thousand words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)