chewing dragon

Chapter 125 Yuan Shaojun

After the young waiter finished speaking, General Zuo still buried his head in the small bronze tripod, and Quan pretended not to hear it, while the other three mountain guests shook their heads in unison.

Only Qian Xiaoren stood up neatly and did not forget to invite Qi Jingzhi: "Brother Lu is here for the first time, do you want to follow me to see the excitement?"

Qi Jingzhi had heard about all kinds of deeds of Jiang Jun's son from Jiao Yulang early on, and he had seen ghost dragons, horned dragons, mountain dragons, boat ghosts, and other so-called dragon species one after another along the way. No matter what it looks like, I will naturally not miss it.

At the same time, he also wanted to take this opportunity to spread the news that the Chijin Sword had changed hands more widely, so as to save the Jiuzhen Wei family of Liaozhou from the disaster of destroying their family and family due to the crime of pregnant Bi.

Therefore, Qi Jingzhi immediately stood up and followed Qian Xiaoren downstairs quickly.

As soon as the two people went out, they saw a group of white clouds in the sky with a radius of ten feet, enveloping the sound of rolling thunder slowly drifting overhead.

In this peculiar white cloud, a tall chariot with four hubs and six scales gradually revealed its figure, with a round canopy, a square carriage, jade decorations on the dragon-shaped shaft, and golden roosters carved on the red-painted walls. Baoduo tassels, engraved with a luan bird on the balance, and a chilong holding the yoke.

There is a yellow ocher flag on the car, and on the flag is a green-haired ape with a one-horned head, two wings on its back, a sharp ax in one hand, and a red snake in the other.

There are five driving horses in front of the chariot, all of them are silver-white, tall and handsome, and when they are running, smoke is emitted from their hooves.

"That's Yuan Shaojun's flying thunder car!"

Seeing that Qi Jingzhi seemed to be very interested in the chariot in the clouds, Qian Xiaoren immediately explained with joy: "The horse is named Tengwu, and its name is Longju. It can run on the clouds. The flag is named Lawling, and the painting is the ghost of Lawling. According to legend, the most victorious ghost of the Thunder Department of the Heavenly Court in ancient times. The inscription on my pressing coin just now, the so-called urgency as a law, came from this."

After finishing speaking, Qian Xiaoren ran away, and at the same time shouted: "Let's go faster! I want to see what rare treasure Yuan Shaojun brought as a birthday gift!"

Qi Jingzhi hurriedly followed. Fortunately, the small courtyard of Shan Kexi was not far from the atrium. After a while, the two arrived at a huge courtyard with towering pavilions and a vast area.

At this moment, in front of the main hall in the courtyard, there were already many luxuriously dressed and imposing figures coming out to welcome them, and the corridors on both sides were crowded with people.

Everyone raised their heads and looked at the gorgeous chariot hovering above the courtyard of Jiao Mansion, which was slowly taking Bai Yun into the carriage.

Before the Feilei car landed, Qian Xiaoren looked around, and suddenly grabbed Qi Jingzhi, and squeezed into the corridor on the left without any scruples.

I don't know whether it's Qian Jiuye's face, or Qi Jingzhi's appearance is really scary at the moment, not only the servants of the Jiao family along the way are avoiding, but also those guests with lower status who can only stand far away in the corridor. No temper.

The two quickly seized the very front position under the left corridor, and there was only a small child in front of him who would not block his view. Standing in this position, he could hear clearly the voices of the big figures in front of the hall.

Qi Jingzhi glanced at the little boy in a brand-new brocade dress, and felt that the back and figure looked familiar.

"It wouldn't be so coincidental would it?"

Only then did he feel astonished, and Qian Xiaoren, who was at the side, had already stretched out his hand, slapped Xiaowazi's right shoulder hard, and said with a low laugh, "Hey, isn't this Ah Lang? Finally willing to go home? Ass Did it bloom?"

The little boy turned his head abruptly, with a drooping face, and his tone was full of hatred: "I ran out this time, and you, Qian Xiaoren, didn't instigate me?"

Qian Xiaoren immediately pinched Xiaowazi's shoulder fiercely: "Hehe, you are really talented, dare to call your ninth brother's full name in person?"

Jiao Yulang immediately bared his teeth and was about to explode when he suddenly saw Qi Jingzhi who was beside Qian Xiaoren, his small eyes straightened immediately.

Qian Xiaoren didn't doubt that he was there, but took the initiative to introduce him: "Brother Lu, this is the demon king of Jiao's Yu family. His name is Lang, and his small character is Yulang. Yulang, this is Luqiyunlu from Linshan. Brother."

Hearing the name Lu Qiyun, and Qian Xiaoren calling Qi Jingzhi his brother, Xiaowazi's expression suddenly became strange.

He rolled his eyes, and asked pretending to be puzzled: "Linshan? So, you two just came from Shan Kexi? Are you all here?"

Hearing that Jiao Yulang was like Qian Xiaoren, giving those mountain guests a mess about their seniority, Qi Jingzhi suddenly understood where he got his lazy temper.

Qian Xiaoren nodded to Xiao Wazi, and replied: "Not only did those few come, but they also brought a lot of good-looking winning money. Speaking of winning money..."

Qian Xiaoren paused for a moment, then changed the subject suddenly, with a smirk all over his face: "Now we have to praise our stupid Young Master Lang, Brother Niu, I just mentioned it in passing to buy a mountain." For the allusion to Qian, you should rush to Linzhou to hunt for treasures. If you hadn’t kept sending letters back, I’m afraid my father would…”

Before he finished speaking, Qian Xiaoren suddenly stopped talking.

The smile on his face disappeared, and he became suspicious immediately, and his eyes kept turning between Qi Jingzhi and Jiao Yulang: "Brother Lu, you said at the gate of the mansion that you had some friendship with the younger generation of the Jiao family, but what did you mean?" One?"

At this moment, all the guests in the courtyard stopped, and there was silence in the atrium.

It turned out that while Qian Xiaoren and Jiao Yulang were whispering, Da Jiang Shaojun's flying thunder car had already collected the white clouds, stopped the thunder, and slowly landed in the courtyard.

As soon as it came to a complete stop, a young man wearing a purple gold crown and a brocade gown of black jade horned dragon came out of the carriage. He was also leading a big one-horned sheep with red head and tail and a long beard.

At this moment, even Qian Xiaoren forgot the question just now, and turned to stare at the strange-looking big sheep.

As the other party got closer and closer, Qi Jingzhi gradually saw the face of this Great Jiang Shaojun.

I saw that he had a long face, with a high and raised forehead, extremely deep facial features, thick and thick eyebrows, bright and sharp eyes, except that he was much taller than ordinary people, he was completely human, far from In the pillow dream, the dragon face that Old Wei revealed after peeling off the donkey skin was bluffing.

While walking like a dragon and walking like a tiger, the aura in his whole body does not leak at all, he looks like an ordinary person who does not know how to practice, so that people can't see his cultivation level at all.

On the contrary, the big sheep that He led to the hall was quite miraculous. Its head and tail were red like fire, and the horn growing on the top of its head was not a single horn, but two horns that were close together and born together. .

What is even more amazing is that there are three longan-sized fruits on the long beard of the big sheep that almost hang down to the ground, one golden, one red and one green, all of which are fresh and mouth-watering.

At this time, Yuan Shaojun in Qi Jingzhi's eyes was smiling, and he was bowing to the only old woman sitting in front of the hall: "God-mother is on the top, and my child wishes mother endless life and more funds for the sea house!"

The old lady is of course that Jiao Po who is called Aunt Jiao. Although her head is full of silver hair, she is very energetic, and the wrinkles on her face are very light.

"Get up, good boy!"

Jiao Po couldn't help being overjoyed, she got up from her seat neatly, stretched out her hand to help Yuan Shaojun up, and asked with concern, "I wonder if Mr. Guangyuan is okay? Is your journey going smoothly?"

"Thank you stepmother for thinking about it, father-in-law is well!"

Yuan Shaojun smiled sincerely, and while helping Jiao Po to sit back, he said: "My child is traveling so fast, I dare not delay at all, but in Pengze, I was caught by Mr. Qing Hong, and he dragged me to talk for a long time. , it was a bit late."

"It's not too late, you came at the right time! Speaking of which, the old man is about to die, so it's hard for you to miss me so much, and you came so far away."

"What is the mother-in-law saying, you are in the prime of your life now, and living another three or five years is nothing but trivial matters!"

As soon as Yuan Shaojun said this, the guests who had been listening with bated breath immediately echoed in unison. For a while, the whole courtyard could hear the sound of congratulations, and there was a lot of joy.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jiao smiled happily, and her voice was full of gratitude: "Mr. Qing Hong is far away in Pengze, but he still misses me as an old woman, and sent someone to send a congratulatory gift early. I know that he is looking at you. It's only because of face, you have to thank him for me."

Yuan Shaojun waved his hands indifferently when he heard the words: "What did the mother-in-law say? You have given me the grace of rebuilding. Who in the Dajiang Shui tribe would not be grateful? Originally, Lord Qinghong wanted to come in person, but for some reason recently, Peng Ze The water level suddenly rose sharply, Lord Qinghong was responsible for it, he dared not leave without permission, and he specially asked the boy to convey his apology on his behalf!"

"Hey, this is so old!"

Jiao Po shook her head again and again: "The old lady's trivial achievements really can't afford such a big blessing!"

But Yuan Shaojun laughed: "My stepmother saved me and raised me, she has done a great job, no matter how great the blessing is, I can bear it!"

He raised his finger to the big sheep he had brought, and said in a loud voice: "The sheep with parallel horns and red head and tail are idiot dragons! There are fruits under the idiot dragon's beard. Those who eat the golden fruit will increase their life by one year, and those who eat the red fruit will produce blood and expel blood." Illness, those who eat green fruits will only satisfy their hunger. This time, the baby is here to prolong the life of the adoptive mother by 60 years!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole courtyard exploded.

Almost everyone looked at the golden fruit under Chilong's beard, and those who were staring at Qi Jingzhi's strange face or the red golden knife also shifted their targets.

Jiao Po couldn't help but stood up, stretched out her hand to hold Yuan Shaojun's arm tightly, and said eagerly: "This is too much, let alone me, even if the entire Chaozhou Jiao family is tied together, I will not be blessed to endure this." Wait for the fetish! Listen to me, you leave the red fruit behind, then get on the car immediately, and take this idiotic dragon back to Dajiangshui Mansion, don't stop for a moment on the way!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yuan Shaojun was only silent for a while when he heard the words, and then he showed an extremely relieved smile.

He turned around and supported Jiao Po, and pushed the old woman back on the seat, then reached out and grabbed Chilong's horns, and lifted it up completely, and the other hand took it off without hesitation. Got the golden fruit.

At this moment, the breathing of countless people in this atrium suddenly became heavy.

I saw Yuan Shaojun threw the idiot sheep on the ground, then offered the golden fruit with both hands, and said with a light smile: "Mother, this fruit is transformed by the essence of heaven and earth, once picked off, the medicinal effect can only keep a stick of incense After that, it will be dispersed between heaven and earth, and there will never be time to send it back to Dajiangshui Mansion."

"Then you..."

Before Granny Jiao could finish her sentence, she was blocked by Yuan Shaojun: "My good mother learned that I have eaten this golden fruit many years ago, and eating it again will only satisfy my hunger, and will not prolong my life." .”

"The one who is most qualified and blessed to eat this fruit at this time and this place has no one else but his mother-in-law. Please accept the child's filial piety! If you are hesitant and cause some misfortune, it will not be beautiful !"

Hearing this, Jiao Po gave Yuan Shaojun a helpless look, and had no choice but to reach out and take the Chiyang Jinguo.

She put the golden fruit into her mouth, chewed it for a while, and then swallowed it.

Visible to the naked eye, Grandma Jiao's complexion became more and more rosy, and the aura around her was obviously a little more lively than before, as if she was decades younger.

Seeing this scene, many people in the courtyard couldn't help sighing aloud, some admired, some envied, some regretted, some regretted...the various aspects of life can be seen here.

Yuan Shaojun clapped his palms and gave a long laugh, took out a small jade box from his sleeve, took off the remaining two fruits, one red and one green, and put them into the box, then stuffed the jade box into Po Jiao's hands: "The green fruit can Helping the practice of Banxia in the second realm, Chiguo can help monks overcome the catastrophe of transformation in the third realm, let the mother-in-law save it and give it to others!"

He paused, and added: "The material of this jade box is not bad, and it can keep the medicinal effect for three years. After three years, there will be only medicine jade, but no medicine fruit."

When Jiao Po heard this, she was stunned at first, and then sighed helplessly: "You!"

Yuan Shaojun laughed again: "Mother-in-law, my child's birthday gift has been presented, today is your birthday, I can't take the cake."

"I heard that the Jiao family specially minted a batch of longevity coins for the mother-in-law. I look forward to getting one later, so that I can be blessed by the mother-in-law! Well, the mother-in-law can't use ordinary coins to celebrate her birthday. If money fools me, at least it must be ancestral money that has been revived!"

After he finished speaking, he stood aside on his own, and didn't go to greet other dignitaries in Chaozhou, which seemed to look all around with disdain.

Jiao Po gave Yuan Shaojun a doting look, and then nodded to a steward of the Jiao Mansion standing at the bottom of the steps.

The steward bowed, turned to face the courtyard, and said in a loud voice: "The auspicious time has come, the Xuanzi, Yuzi, and Dianzi generations of each family of the Chaozhou Jiao family will come forward one by one according to their seniority." , Congratulations to my aunt, great-aunt, and great-great-grandmother on their birthdays! The rest of the offshoots of the concubines and the descendants of the descendants of the descendants of Zhongzi, who have been estranged for a long time and have not received kindness, are exempt from worship!"

The voice fell, and the drums and music blared.

At the same time, several waiters carrying trays came to the courtyard and stood by the corridors on both sides.

Qi Jingzhi could see clearly that the trays of these waiters were full of brand new copper coins. On the front, most of the money texts were auspicious words such as Songhe Yannian, Guiling Crane Shou, Fushou Longevity, Longevity and Wealth, and the back corresponded to immortals. , tortoise, crane, pines and cypresses, Ruiyun and other patterns.

Next, each family of Jiao's lineage will be divided into different shifts according to their generation, elder and younger, to come forward to pay birthday respects. Among the Xuanzi generation at the top, there are still infants, who can only be hugged and kowtowed by the wet nurse. There are also white-haired people in the generation, who knelt down tremblingly and had to be supported by someone to get up.

Jiao Yulang was considered young among his peers, but he wasn't at the bottom either. He was unremarkable among a group of kids.

After the birthday worship, the waiter standing by the porch stepped forward and took the longevity money to give to the birthday worshipper.Those who have to give money will bow and thank them again, and leave in order.

Like this, it took a long time.

Seeing it in his eyes, Qi Jingzhi inevitably had a more intuitive understanding of the word family.

Although the Jiao family in Chaozhou has a long history, but now the largest is no more than the Marquis. It is really astonishing that a single direct lineage has such a spectacle and has bred so many Dingkou.

As for why Jiao Po Long Mu, the strange woman of the Jiao family, stayed in his father and brother's house all his life, although Qi Jingzhi was a little curious, he also knew that he should not inquire about it.

I don't know how long it took, when all the descendants of the Jiao family who celebrated his birthday finally retreated, even Grandma Jiao, who had been sitting all this time, couldn't help exhaling softly.

She suddenly seemed to remember something, her eyes searched the corridors on both sides, and at the same time she asked, "Is Xiaojiu from the Qian family here?"

(End of this chapter)