Fairy Sword Inquiry 1

Chapter 57
"Isn't it? Let's look for it carefully!" "It should have fallen off, and I hung it around my waist. Now look at the thin hemp rope that tied the money bag, it has been cut." Annoyed, he showed Xingyan the rope around his waist: half of the hemp rope was left hanging there, and the gap was smooth, as if it had been cut by someone. "That's right! I must have been among the crowd just now, and when I wasn't paying attention, someone secretly cut it off!" "Unlucky!"

Hearing Chen Ziping's words, Xingyan secretly groaned in his heart.

Because, the money they spent on Luofu Mountain this time was all placed on Chen Ziping alone.Because it was the first time to go to Luofu Mountain, Xingyan brought a lot of things with him.Although the nameless sword was thrown in the inn room, and it is not in danger of being stolen, but these jade flutes, music scores, and talisman scriptures are all treasures of Xingyan, and they are all carried with you. Putting on the heavy purse, he looked a bit wolfish.Therefore, the two agreed that all these silver taels should be placed on Chen Ziping.

It's just that this Chen Ziping, Daoist Chen, obviously doesn't walk around the market as often as Xingyan.If it were this young man who woke up, even in the bustling crowd, when chatting with others, he would naturally stand upright and protect the valuables he was carrying.

"Oh, it must have been stolen by some thief." Xingyan sighed.Look at the men and women wearing silver ornaments all over the street, think about the money that has just been stolen, even if it does not come to spend, it is not worrying about not having a market. "Brother Zhang Dao, it's all my carelessness!" Chen Ziping apologized with a frustrated face.

"It's nothing. Money is something outside of the body. This person who is not familiar with the place will inevitably be taken advantage of by some young people." But, having said that, now both of them have lost interest in drinking tea—besides, Now I have nothing in my wallet, and I have no money for tea.

Now, a very real problem is placed in front of the two of Xingyan: how to solve the rent of the inn they are staying in now, and the travel expenses in the future!
According to Chen Ziping, even if he hurried on a donkey, it would take five or six days to reach Naluofu Mountain.If he had sold his strength now because of the shortage of money, it would probably take more than half a month to arrive.It's just that, as the saying goes, "a penny can't beat a hero", this truth has been true since ancient times.If he was penniless like now, if he had to go all the way to eat and sleep in the open, it is estimated that the two of them would be almost the same as two down-and-out beggars when they arrived at the Shangqing Palace on Luofu Mountain.

"Don't worry, there should be a solution." Seeing Chen Ziping's self-blame and anxious expression, Xingyan couldn't help but comfort him.Unlike Chen Ziping, Zhang Xingyan has been hanging out in this market since he was a child, so he is not in such a hurry.The young man thought that as long as he was willing to bear hardships, there are still many ways to make money in this market.

"Go find a restaurant and teahouse to help for a few days?" Xing Yan first thought of his old job. "It's not right, it's not right, not only will you hang around for a long time, but you won't be able to earn a lot of money." After a little thought, the young man himself denied this idea.

"That's right!" Xingyan suddenly remembered the jade flute pinned to his waist—now, this jade flute "Shenxue" has been wrapped in a cloth cover with a color that is not very eye-catching, so as to prevent it from falling on the road. When the villain sees the flute, he gets excited.This flute cover is exactly the handwriting of the dragon girl Lingyi'er, but it is really not well sewn, the stitches are crooked and the feet are tight.However, even if this set is ten times uglier, Xing Yan would never dare to laugh at the whim of the girl.

"Brother Zhang Dao has thought of a way?"

Seeing that Xingyan seemed to have realized something, Chen Ziping couldn't help but feel refreshed.

"Yeah. See if this works—I'm carrying a flute with me, and I'm used to playing a few tunes. Why don't we follow the example of the guy who played sticks on the street just now and find an open space on the street to perform? ?”

"Uh... this, I'm afraid it will damage the face of our Shangqing Palace? How can you say that I am also the master of the 'Sihaitang' of the Shangqing sect!"

"Hey! Who knows about this now! As for the matter of face - didn't Mr. Wu Zixu, Mr. Wu, ever play the flute in the Wu market?"

"That's...that's true." "By the way, I'm afraid this method is still a bit inappropriate,"

Chen Ziping seemed to think of something suddenly, found a reason, and poured cold water on Xingyan:
"I used to come to Luoyang with my brother to buy bamboo paper, and I am familiar with the customs here. The residents here, no matter Han or Yi, can sing and dance well. Almost everyone can use the local bamboo flute and gourd flute. Play more than a dozen songs—I'm afraid Brother Dao is doing a show..."

"Hey! That's right, I guess they're just playing tricks, so let's find another way." So the two of them faced the clear river beside the bridge, helpless.exactly:
When the head of the staff is golden, the strong man has no color!
"Oh, it's all my fault. If I hadn't been so engrossed in watching it just now, I wouldn't have..." "Ah! Yes!" Chen Ziping's self-pitying words reminded Xingyan, and he intercepted Chen Ziping's words at that time head. "Huh? What's the solution?" "It seems that Brother Chen, you really made a promise. This time, we really want to sell that talisman."

Back in the inn, Xing Yan went to the owner of the shop and told about the loss of money just now—when the owner frowned, Xing Yan hurriedly revealed that both of them were Taoist priests of the Shangqing Palace, and they were always good at painting For the talismans, I hope the owner of the store can help me with some paper, pen, charcoal and ink, so that I can draw some talismans and sell them, so that I can pay the rent for the store earlier.

It seems that this Shangqing Palace is really famous all over the world, even here in Luoyang, it seems to be quite influential.As soon as he heard the name of Shangqing Palace, and then looked at the demeanor of Xingyan and Chen Ziping, the expression of the owner of the shop immediately softened. The two waved the talisman.

So, Xingyan went back to the guest room, treated the room he lived in as a quiet room, took out the "Town House Exorcism Talisman Sutra" that the old Dao Qinghe gave him when he parted, and began to copy the patterns in the book Those talismans.

"Hey, I didn't expect that old man Qinghe to be so good at predicting things! However, even this old man didn't expect that he would use this book so soon, right?"

Although, that respectable Shangqing disciple has always hated these "ghost painting symbols" things, but because of his own negligence, he lost his purse. It was not easy to object to writing and selling talismans, so he sat on the sidelines speechless.

After drawing a few pictures with heart, Xing Yan gradually figured out the way.After all, this young man from Raozhou also entered the "Non-Self Realm" and learned a few skills from the dragon girl Lingyi. In Xingyan's subconscious mind, he already had quite a good intuitive understanding.

Therefore, after drawing a few pictures, Xingyan seemed to realize that these talismans that claim to be able to ward off evil spirits and suppress demons are by no means purely deceiving tricks as Chen Ziping despised.Xingyan found that in all the stippling lines in these talisman patterns, there seemed to be some kind of Yi theory implicitly, which was quite consistent with the way of Yin-Yang and Five Elements.These dots are horizontal and horizontal, combined according to certain rules, they seem to have some kind of mysterious power.

"It seems that just like the five tones of the jade flute implicitly correspond to the five elements, these talisman pictures also implicitly correspond to a certain meaning. I'm afraid I was a little bit wrong about the old man Qinghe before!"

Thinking of this, Xing Yan became more devout, from the heart of fooling around at the beginning, to writing and tracing with concentration and concentration.

Following the movement of the pen tip on his wrist, Xingyan gradually entered a state of "as if no one else was there", and his whole body and mind seemed to begin to follow the lines of the talisman.

The Chen Ziping who was not far away was unaware of this, and was still unhappy there.Thinking that because of his own carelessness, he was reduced to relying on those few paper talismans to earn money, this disciple of the Shangqing felt ashamed and ashamed.

After more than half an hour, when even Chen Ziping, who had done so well, began to get a little impatient, Zhang Xingyan, who had been sitting in front of the desk and drawing talismans, was considered accomplished.

Now, the desks in front of the young man's desk, the bed next to him, and the floor around him are all covered with talismans painted with strange patterns.There are quite a few scraps of paper that still look like ink stains and haven't dried completely.

It turns out that in the "Town House Exorcising Talismans" presented by the old Dao Qinghe, there are all kinds of talismans, all kinds of talismans, such as warding off evil spirits, suppressing monsters and catching monsters, seducing ghosts and magical powers, and even the six animals. Prosperity, bountiful crops, headaches, and mosquito bites all have corresponding talismans!The real one is:
There are no corners and corners, big or small, all kinds of things are covered!
——I don't know where the old Dao Qinghe got this magnificent book of talisman scriptures.

After tossing and tossing for a long time, Xing Yan didn't have time to investigate carefully, anyway, he drew a few pictures of each kind - according to the young man's mind, it might be possible to spread the word widely.

When the ink on these pieces of talisman was completely dry, Xingyan called the slumped Chen Ziping to pick up these talismans together.

After all the talismans were assembled on the table, Xing Yan also asked this cultivator from the Shangqing Palace to take a look at how he drew the talismans.

Hearing the wake-up question and asking, this Chen Ziping, Daoist Chen, held up a piece of evil spirit talisman with two fingers and looked at it a little distractedly.

And the young man woke up, staring at Chen Ziping's expression, feeling quite nervous in his heart - after all, the two of them will rely on these thin pieces of paper for their journey in the next few days.

Xingyan, who was observing his words, suddenly found that this Chen Ziping, who hadn't taken it seriously at first, looked at him, and the expression on his face gradually became serious.

"What's the matter? Is the painting ugly and ugly?" Xingyan asked nervously.

"No——Now let me tell you, these talismans drawn by Daoist Zhang, I am afraid they really have some skills!" "Really?"

Hearing what Chen Ziping said, Xingyan breathed a sigh of relief. "Yes, I stared at this talisman for a while, but I felt very refreshed. Those worries just now seemed to be swept away!" "Really?!"

Received the praise of this Shangqing palace disciple, woke up and immediately became energetic, took over the words and said: "As the saying goes, 'If you don't know how to draw a talisman, you will make ghosts and gods laugh; if you know how to draw a talisman, you will make ghosts and gods scream'! I just painted these talismans. At that time, I still put in a lot of work!" "I don't know how to draw a talisman... This is quite interesting." "Yes, I heard that from your uncle Qinghe." "Oh, it was him Ah. Shall we go out now?" "Okay. Uh! Wait for me a little longer, and I will draw another talisman."

Just as he was about to pack up his household belongings and go out, Xingyan felt his heart move, sat down again, and began to draw talismans according to the rules.This time, he turned to the last page of the "Suppressing Monsters" section and said:
"That's it!" Then, he began to seriously draw the most complex and mysterious talisman pattern in the whole book—according to the description attached to this talisman, it is claimed that if the talisman is made by a person with high power, it will be the fairy, bird, and beast. You have to obediently be restrained by it!Of course, Xingyan didn't expect to suppress any fairy birds and beasts - even if he could, he could meet those fairy birds and beasts?Xingyan thinks this way in his heart:
"Yesterday I heard from the old man that there was a Taoist priest who came to Luoyang to sell talismans, but was humiliated by the little fox fairy in the end. As the saying goes, no matter whether the talisman is useful or not, it is best to choose the one who is said to be the most powerful." Yes, draw it just in case."

When the ink on the last talisman was dry, Xingyan and Chen Ziping packed up these talismans and made a stack, and borrowed a bamboo table and stool from the owner of the shop, and started to set up a stall in front of the shop. Seller.

Xing Yan said that the inn where the two stayed was not just facing the street, the front door of the inn was still some distance away from the street in front.In the middle is a corridor paved with bluestone slabs.On both sides of the road, there are two green bamboo forests.Together with Chen Ziping, Xingyan placed the table and stool at the side of the bamboo road, under the shade of bamboo, and started selling his talismans.

And that Chen Ziping, Daoist Chen, hasn't turned the corner in his heart yet, he is fidgeting next to Xingyan, really restless.Xingyan knew his difficulties, so he asked him to go back to his room to rest, and it was enough for him to peddle by himself—anyway, young people are familiar with this kind of thing.But that Chen Ziping was quite concerned about his loyalty, although he was extremely opposed to the behavior of Shangqing Palace disciples selling talismans in the street, but he was embarrassed to leave a reminder that he was selling talismans here alone.

So, the final result was that this Chen Ziping moved a bamboo stool and moved it a little far away to put a short distance from this talisman—even so, this person has never done this before. The orthodox disciple of the famous sect still felt uncomfortable, and always felt that he was doing something bad, his eyes were only fixed on the gap between the bluestones in the street in front of him, and he didn't dare to face the pedestrians on the street.

But the young man who had been confined to the market for a long time and had not had time to be influenced by the wind and rain of the Qing Palace on Luofu Mountain, was not so particular and scrupulous.After all, I have been with that old Dao Qinghe for so long who only relies on talismans to mix his drinking money, this set of rhetoric for selling talismans is just like opening his mouth, there is no hindrance!However, although in order to cooperate with the sales, now Xingyan also changed into a short-breasted Taoist attire, and he shouted with confidence, but he did not play the banner of "Shangqing Palace" - firstly, it was Chen Ziping who firmly disapproved; secondly, Xingyan himself did not have much confidence in these talismans.Xing Yan said in his heart, before he entered Luofu Mountain, he smashed the signboard of Shangqing Palace, that would be bad.However, after Xingyan yelled a lot at the top of his voice, at most he would get pointers from passers-by. Occasionally, two or three people would stop curiously, but they would just rummage and pick at random without making any purchases. intention. "Oh, bad luck! I'm afraid it was that Taoist senior who ruined the reputation of our amulet sellers in Luoyang!" Xing Yan couldn't help but sigh.

Now, the sun has gradually risen, and the sunlight has gradually moved to the bamboo table in front of Xingyan.There is also some sunlight, obliquely passing through the sparse bamboo leaves above the head, casting mottled spots of light on the young man's body.

After yelling for so long, and being illuminated by the warm spring day again, Xingyan also gradually became weak.Now, the boy is not as full of momentum as he was at the beginning.Now the yelling in his mouth has gradually changed from the loud and high-pitched "suppressing demons and warding off evil spirits" to "repelling mosquitoes and flies".And that voice also became really like a mosquito...

Now, Chen Ziping, who is sitting on the bamboo bench not far away, although he has received good training from the Shangqing Palace, is now, like Xingyan, starting to feel a little drowsy... At this time when there are so few people, this one is lowering his head and pleasing to the eye. , Xingyan listlessly, but suddenly felt a figure coming to the case, and seemed to keep flipping the talismans in front of him with great interest. "Ah! It's finally going to open?" Xingyan immediately cheered up, gathered all his energy from the beginning, raised his head, and prepared to make a big sale.However, just when he was about to speak out and boast about the talismans, Xingyan saw that the person who was flipping through the talismans was the little girl who made trouble with Zhao Yigun and Brother Zhao this morning—now, this red-hot A short-breasted little girl with a pretty face like Shi Yufen, with a small mouth just like Zhu Yu, was pouting high, with one hand on her hips, and the other pointing at the stall owner in front of her, she raised her face and said angrily: " Big brother, you want to sell the demon-suppressing talisman too?"

(End of this chapter)