Chapter 29 Chapter Twenty Eight
The sky is still dim, only the distant sky in the east reveals some light.There is still some time before the sun comes out.The wind was blowing from the north, and the bamboo forest was rattling, blowing to the west for a while, and blowing to the east for a while, without stopping for a moment.The wind blew on the person, and the bones of the person were cold.
Sitting in the yard, Xiao Jin was panting heavily, hot and humid like a donkey rolling in hot water.He barely raised his eyelids, and glanced at Daozeng who was sitting in meditation not far away. Seeing that his eyes were tightly closed, he seemed to have settled down. Move in direction.
"Do it three more times before you can go in and rest." Daozeng said slowly without opening his eyes.
"Monk, I... cough cough... I really... I will die if I continue to practice... Oh my waist! Damn it!" Xiao Jin screamed and squatted down, with one hand on the ground and the other on his stiff waist , shouted: "...the waist hurts...it's really going to die, the turtle lied to you!"
Dao Zeng said: "This 'Starting Hand Bahe Form' practices essence, concentrates on spirit, breath flows, and walks the Heart Sutra of Hand Shaoyin and the Small Intestine Sutra of Hand Taiyang. It started from Shaoze and Shaoheng, and flourished in Shaohai. , Xiaohai, infiltrated into the Du Meridian. At the beginning of the practice, there was indeed a sore feeling in the arm all the way, which was due to the lack of breath. The internal breath in your body is almost equivalent to that of others who have practiced for 30 years. How can you breathe? Unreasonable? Even if you don't have luck to stagnate your breath somewhere, how come you won't have back pain?"
Xiao Jin said with a bitter face: "He... Monk... You are right. I can feel it all. I can't breathe? Damn, my breath is too smooth. But... But I have already After squatting for more than two hours, my waist almost broke, not to mention the pain! Why don't you take this into account? No, I...I can't...I have to lie down..." He said Sitting on the ground with his buttocks, he didn't care that the bluestone bricks were covered with dew and it was icy cold.
Daozeng didn't force it either.After a while, he looked up at the still dark sky to the west, and said to himself, "Ah Ching has probably passed Juyeze at this time, and is about to reach Jiyin County. Donor Zhong said that Sun Jing's power Now that the southward expansion is very fast, we still have to move forward, and we have to pass through Dongyan County. She alone... should be able to survive."
Hearing a sound, Xiao Jin got up without making a sound, closed his eyes and took two deep breaths, gritted his teeth and continued to squat down, and said: "Monk, you just said that when you are lucky, you have to reverse your breath. Why? You didn't Did you say that you should never change your luck?"
Dao Zeng said: "You are right, but it refers to the ordinary inner strength mental method. Those inner strength mental methods are based on 'luck', and they pay attention to luck. Because of the flow of breath, wells, scriptures, glory, and harmony , has a beginning and an end, once it is reversed, it will definitely hurt the meridian, the breath will be disordered, and the meridian itself will be injured in the severe case, which may be life-threatening. But the "Duo Nua Heart Sutra" you practice is different, what you pay attention to is a "guidance" ', and it's not about making the breath go backwards, it's about the four words of 'making the best use of the situation'..."
Since Ah Qing left more than ten days ago, Daozeng hasn't talked about meeting her.Xiao Jin was at a loss, but he was too embarrassed to ask questions. Although he felt very uncomfortable, he still looked indifferent on the surface.Xiao Yu seemed to have lost her soul, clamoring to find Ah Qing.Boss Zhong and his wife vaguely guessed the reason for Ah Qing's departure, but they couldn't say for one thing, and they couldn't be sure for another, so they had to bite the bullet and order their subordinates to search around.As a result, the shadows naturally didn't see a single one, and they all said that they had gone too far and couldn't catch up.
Xiaoyu didn't eat or sleep for two days and two nights, just waiting for the news from Ah Qing, finally she was completely disappointed, knowing that Ah Qing had indeed gone back to Xiangcheng alone, she couldn't help crying, and passed out on the bed.Dao once checked the pulse and knew that it was caused by Qi and blood deficiency and excessive sadness. Although there is no serious problem, it needs to be taken care of carefully.So several people stayed in Zhongfu.
Only Shi Fu raised him in silence for two days. One morning, before dawn, he groped his way out the door and never came back. He left a letter saying that he followed Ah Qing.Mr. Zhong was so angry that he jumped up and cursed, and ordered people to search everywhere like a thief, almost turning the dock village over.However, Shi Fu, who was blind in both eyes, left calmly. It was not until Jishui passed that another person was entrusted to report back, saying that he had found someone from the former Lao family, and also inquired about some news about Ah Qing. Now I'm rushing day and night, don't worry, blah blah blah.
Everyone was relieved, but Boss Zhong was still so angry that his beard was raised.It's no wonder that a disabled blind man slipped away quietly from the palm of Boss Zhong, who is famous in the world and has dozens of people under him, it is really embarrassing.Boss Zhong was so angry that he almost performed a big show of cutting off his robes, but Mrs. Zhong finally acted quickly and dragged him in to clean up, so she was more honest.
These days, Xiao Jin held his breath and followed Daozeng to learn martial arts in this bamboo forest every day.Dao Zeng carefully studied the internal force left by Lin Ai in his body, and found that the internal breath between the eight extraordinary meridians was indeed extremely chaotic, and there was no pattern to be found.But in addition to this, there is a bigger inner breath in the dantian qi sea, which was injected into Xiao Jin's body when Lin Ai broke his kung fu, and it is the essence of his life.
But the trouble is, Lin Ai knows that the internal breath in Xiao Jinqi's eight meridians is messy, and it is impossible to untie it immediately, and he has reached the point when the oil is exhausted, so he can't think about it, so he has to input all these internal breaths into Xiao Jinqi. In Jin Dantian, he only hoped that he could keep his sea of Qi from being harmed for the time being, and what will happen in the future depends on his own fortune.So once Xiao Jin mobilizes his internal energy during martial arts, he can only use the internal energy in the eight meridians, or he has to suppress it forcibly and let the energy in his dantian flow.Dao Zeng changed several methods one after another, but he still couldn't let the two breaths merge with each other. On the contrary, once the two sides collided, Xiao Jin's meridian and collaterals were immediately disordered, and his internal breath rushed up, causing him to die of pain.
After trying several times, half of Xiao Jin's life has been lost, and he almost yelled at the monk for murdering him for money, and he refused to try again.Daozeng had no choice but to let him practice the "Duo Nuo A Heart Sutra" patiently, slowly dissolving the chaotic breath like peeling off cocoons.As for how long it will take and whether it can be exhausted, all of them are not sure at all.
Putting aside his internal strength and not caring about it, Dao Zeng gathered his energy and taught Xiao Jin Kung Fu hand in hand.And this time, he changed his previous habit of being tepid and doing whatever he wanted, and was so strict that he seemed to be a different person.Xiao Jin was almost imprisoned by Dao Zeng in this bamboo forest to practice every day except for sleeping, and even ordered people to bring in food.The intensity of the practice in the past few days is almost several times that of ordinary people's training. If it weren't for the deep internal strength in Xiao Jin's body, he would not be able to sustain it at all.If this is the case, the bones all over the body are in pain as if they are loose, and it is extremely difficult to eat and swallow.
In the past, Xiao Jin would have retreated eight hundred years ago and refused to practice.However, he has endured all kinds of ordeals these days, his state of mind and endurance have changed greatly, and after knowing Daozeng's life experience, he feels danger all the time, knowing that if he is not strong enough, not to mention protecting others, even his own life is at risk. at stake.And Ah Qing's departure made him feel that he couldn't think of anything to stop thinking about her other than practicing kung fu...
Why Ah Qing left, he actually knew something vaguely.That night, when Ah Qing hugged him, he felt her hesitation and difficulty in choosing so deeply, but when Xiao Yu's cry came, her panic was so real... The rare leisure time for practicing martial arts, He was always thinking, what would have happened if Xiao Yu had barged in and seen everything?After much deliberation, the more I thought about it, the more dizzy I became.That's right, even I don't know how to face her and Xiao Yu at the same time, Ah Qing's wooden head is not stupid this time, so he just put oil on the soles of his shoes and ran away...
Really bad!He, Xiao Jin, has been wronged!
But now he can't find Ah Qing to explain to her, he can't even explain to Xiao Yu.Xiao Yu fell ill in bed, dizzy from fever, and only Ah Qing was talking about Xiao Jin... which caused Boss Zhong to look at Xiao Jin in a strange way.Oh shit!I can...but...but I'm really not human inside and out, so don't try to make it clear...
Just like this, he practiced recklessly for a few days, and has learned several sets of kung fu, including one set of long fist, two sets of close-handed grappling, and a set of light footwork.Xiao Jin has a good brain and can memorize things quickly. It doesn't matter whether his movements are standard or not, and whether his strength is in place, he can finish the fight first.Fortunately, his internal strength is strong enough. As long as Dao once explained to him the secrets of luck in detail and the feeling after luck is in place, he can feel it after a few tries, so he has to learn it. much easier.It's just that you need to keep your spirits up all the time, and beware of the intersection of the two internal interests, which is quite tiring.
Although Xiao Jin has also fought against several monks at the White Horse Temple, he has almost no fighting experience, and close-quarters capture is the most important thing in actual combat. , how to advance aggressively, and how to retreat freely... All these require actual combat and expert guidance.Daozeng's injury made it difficult for him to walk a few more steps, so he could only teach him the movements, and he could not compete with him.Fortunately, Mr. Zhong, the best teacher in the world, was there, so he taught Xiao Jin honestly and unceremoniously after dinner.In a few days, Xiao Jin fell more than hundreds of times, and there was no place on his body that was not bruised and swollen.
Whenever Xiao Jin was thrown dizzy and felt that he couldn't get up, Daozeng was beside him wondering where Ah Qing was now... At this moment, Sun Jing blocked the upper reaches of the Jishui River, fearing that it would be difficult to cross the river... Now again... Where should I go, she is a girl, although she is good at martial arts, she is still a bit troublesome... Xiao Jin began to feel a lot of emotion, only to feel that in such a troubled world, a girl can stand on her own, how can a dignified man of seven feet be willing to be the queen of others ?So I got up again and continued to practice.
But there is a saying that goes well, the first time is a good word, the second time it is nonsense.Xiao Jin was thrown too many times, but Daozeng really couldn't think of anything else, he could only repeat these few sentences over and over again.After listening for a few days, Xiao Jin's ears were full of earwax, and he was almost annoyed to death by Daozeng's nagging, but what to do?He couldn't openly rush over and knock him to the ground, he still had to grit his teeth and get up, but it was no longer emotional, but continued to practice angrily.
It was easier for Boss Zhong to throw him than to throw a dog at first, and he didn't even need to look. With a wave of his hand, Xiao Jin flew three or five feet away, leaving his other hand free to play chess with Daozeng.Xiao Jin fell dozens of somersaults and was so angry that he almost died.He became more and more serious, Boss Zhong couldn't do anything casually, he always had to block for a while and circle him three or two times in order to throw Xiao Jin as far and high as he could.
A day later, Boss Zhong began to struggle while sitting.Not to mention the continuous improvement of Xiao Jin's movements, after the movements are proficient, the breath flows more smoothly, and the strikes become heavier. Before, he couldn't even touch Boss Zhong's hands, but now he can sometimes confront him head-on.Boss Zhong pushed him up, and was thrown into a bun by Xiao Jin. Although he still threw him out, he couldn't hold back his old face, and finally apologized to Zeng repeatedly, put down the chessboard, and began to compete with him with both hands.
By the afternoon of the third day, Boss Zhong had to stand up.Xiao Jin seemed to have endless energy, being thrown out and attacking again and again.Boss Zhong was amazed at the strength of his internal energy, which seemed to never be exhausted, and at the same time admired his perseverance, and began to cheer up to fight him, and from time to time he would give him some advice from his own experience.
During the day, Dao Zeng let Xiao Jin learn Arhat Tiger Fist, Long Fist, Grasping and Fighting, etc., and at night after midnight, he still let him practice the "Duo Nuo A Heart Sutra", teaching him how to draw breath, how to hold breath, and how to breathe out correctly.Although Lin Ai wanted to study the truth of the "Duo Nuo A Heart Sutra" and taught Xiao Jin a lot of ways to practice breathing, but firstly, what he taught were methods that were eager for quick success and quick benefits, and he wanted to see results as soon as possible. "Duo Nua Heart Sutra" is quite different from other inner strength methods, and the methods of cultivation are also very elegant.Among the three white-horse monks, only Lin Pu really learned the Dharma from their master, and Lin Pu passed it on to Daozeng.So Dao once said several methods and techniques of cultivation, Xiao Jin tried it, and suddenly felt that it was different from usual, and the faint heat rising from the sea of Qi under his belly became more and more obvious.
While teaching, Dao Zeng often said to himself: "Eager for quick success, alas, really... Uncle Lin Ai is still in sight, but we are eager for quick success again." Xiao Jin didn't listen to his nagging, thinking to himself: "What's wrong with being eager for quick success? The more anxious you are, the more profitable you will be!" The more diligent you practice.
This day, I finally finished practicing Zhuang Gong and the method of breathing and breathing. It was already dawn, but the clouds in the sky were thick and heavy, pressing on the top of the man's head rudely, and there was not a single crack in the four-fold.After dawn, it seemed that even the wind that had been blowing blindly all night could see the way clearly, and it began to blow steadily from north to south.The wind brought evil spirits from the north, and when it blew on my body, it hurt more than a knife.
"Damn, what kind of weather is this? God won't read the day wrongly. It will snow right now?" Xiao Jin was sweating hotly after practicing, but was blown cold by the cold wind in an instant. Clinging tightly to the body is extremely uncomfortable.He shrunk his neck, sneezed two earth-shattering sneezes, stomped his feet and said: "If it really snows, the wind will tighten, and there will be fewer ferries, and the horse feed on the other side of the river will be tight. I have observed it for two years. I have to make a good one...Ahem... Monk, how about it? Get some coffin books? Hey, don’t shake your head, I’ll tell you about this deal, and I will follow your surname if it’s less than three points. Now Ma Do you know what the price is..."
Just as he was blowing so much that he was spitting, he wanted to get some monk's money out, when he suddenly heard a noise from the path, and someone was coming over by brushing aside the bamboo branches blocking the path.Xiao Jin was overjoyed and said: "Breakfast is here! Eat first, eat first! Damn, I'm almost frozen, why is it so late today?"
After waiting for a while, the broken bamboo on the side of the path shook for a while, and someone came out with a basket, but it was Xiao Yu.I saw that she was wearing light clothes, and her hair was not tied in a bun, but tied loosely with a blue ribbon.She had been ill for several days, she looked thinner and her face was still pale, but her expression was much more energetic. When she saw Xiao Jin, she smiled sweetly, like a small chrysanthemum secretly blooming in the morning.
The last time Xiao Jin saw her was the day before yesterday. At that time, Xiao Yu huddled under the quilt and fell asleep again after talking to him lazily.In the past two days, the road was so tight that there was no time to leave the bamboo forest. When I saw Xiao Yu, I was suddenly taken aback. There was an indescribable feeling. It seemed that Xiao Yu's smile had separated the distance between the two of them. ...
Xiao Yu and Xiao Jin looked at each other, lowered their heads slightly, and said, "Are you hungry? Have some breakfast first." They walked to the stone table with the basket in hand, and put out steamed buns, porridge, etc. one by one.
Daozeng said with a smile, "Amitabha, I'm sorry." He picked up the steamed bun and ate it.Looking back, I saw Xiao Jin still standing aside blankly, swallowing the steamed bun and asking vaguely, "Why don't you eat it?"
"Oh... oh!" Xiao Jin came back to his senses, patted his head, and said, "Damn, these days I squat on horseback every day, and I'm so stupid!" He quickly grabbed the steamed bun and gnawed it.He gnawed anxiously, choked on his breath, and his face turned red from holding back.Xiao Yu filled a bowl of porridge and handed it to him, still lowered her head and said softly: "Don't be in a hurry..."
On weekdays, Xiao Jin can endure as long as he eats, and he doesn't stop until the bowl is licked clean, taking the opportunity to rest a lot.Today, however, his head was depressed, he swallowed the steamed buns in a few mouthfuls, licked his tongue after finishing the porridge, and said, "Huh... well, I'm full, I'm full!"
He walked to the side and was about to start practicing boxing when he heard Xiao Yu say, "Brother Jin."
"Ok?"
"I...I want to go shopping on the street, can you accompany me?"
Xiao Jin turned his head and saw that Xiao Yu looked at him with sparkling eyes, which looked like a fairy in the morning light.
"Hefeng Restaurant" is just beside the pier.The outside looks very ordinary, the slightly sloping beams and columns, and the faded "wine" character flags, let people know that it is an old shop for more than ten years.Those who have visited here often know that the "Little Diaohong" of this shop is a must, not to mention mellow, not to mention astringent and then sweet. Therefore, although it is old, it is still the most popular in Dock Village. A popular restaurant. An old man sat in a seat on the second floor.He was holding "Little Diaohong" in his hand, but he didn't drink a sip.His appearance is a bit vicissitudes, his temples are already gray, the wrinkles on his face are as deep and wide as plowed fields, his eyes are narrowed into a line, and the corners of his mouth are slightly turned up, as if he is always smiling kindly. His surname is Ling, and his single name is Shan. He does have a title, because he is a member of the teacher's school, so he is called "Smiling Saburo".This is a clear call, and people who have dealt with him secretly call him "Smiling Mountain Wolf".At this moment, he was concentrating on putting the peanuts on the plate into his mouth one by one, looking around with a smile—in fact, only his head was turning around slightly, and his half-closed eyes never left the young couple sitting by the window. men and women. Going out from the window, the world is wide and you can see everything at a glance.After Jishui flows through Dongping from south to north, it turns to the east here. Thousands of years of scouring make this area a flat and fertile plain.Only the mountains can be seen in the distance, and more than two hundred miles to the east is Mount Tai. At this time, the sky was already bright, and although the clouds above the head still covered the sky airtightly, it was at least a little higher, so that people would not feel oppressed.Flocks of wild geese flew across the long sky with long hooting, and the colder the weather, they couldn't even stay here, and had to go to the warmer south. In Jishui, more than a dozen huge double-decker sailboats are sailing or parked at the pier. The long springboard connects the miles of river beach. Countless laborers are carrying boxes and bags of goods on the shoulders. One after another, the chant echoed on both sides of the Jishui River.It was almost deep winter at this time, and it was the time when resources in the north were in short supply. Despite the frequent wars, the major companies in the south of the Yangtze River gathered their best goods and rushed to send them to the north, hoping to collect one last year. Pen.Various flags were hung on those galleons, the largest and most numerous of which was the Xiao family.There are five large ships flying the black and gold "Xiao" flag, accounting for almost one-third of the fleet.Three ships were unloading, one had sailed eastward, and the other was not loading and unloading at the pier, but was parked far away at the bend of the river, with dozens of people busy under the ship. Xiao Jin gazed into the distance for a while, then thumped the table bitterly, gritted his teeth and said, "Look! Xiao Maogui also saw clearly that Hebei is about to run out of fodder and is loading a ship! Damn it! How dare you compete with me for business! Hey... It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that I am short of the principal, otherwise there is no reason for him to show off? But he should not be too complacent, although Hebei is short of materials, he may not know where to sell them! Damn, if he is greedy and wants to hoard It will take a month or two to sell again, once the heavy snow comes, the principal of the transportation will have to be bullish, forgive him, I don’t know how much labor is a day when it snows..." When he was beating his chest in annoyance, Xiao Yu also propped her head to look out of the window, but all she saw was the blue sky, the vast land, the lonely water, and the faint mountains... Xiao Jin's business classics, she couldn't listen. I understand, and I'm not interested in listening, but I just like listening to him so I can listen patiently.Later, when I heard him talking nonsense about "little turtle" and "damn", I couldn't help showing a smile. After talking for a long time, Xiao Jin felt that his mouth was dry. He took a few sips of tea, and suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Hey, Xiao Yu, didn't you say that you came to the street to buy things? Why did you bring me here?" Are you here for tea?" Xiao Yu let out an ah, withdrawing her mind from a distant place, and looked down at the teacup, but before she could speak, her face was gradually blushing.Xiao Jin's heart skipped a beat, and he thought: "Damn, she must have seen something, right? Oops, what should I say? Say it clearly? What if I'm afraid she'll go crazy again? Detours It's okay to go around in circles, the key is can she understand? It's hard for me..." Xiao Yu said softly: "Last night, I had the same dream again...I dreamed it many times...I...I dreamed about Ah Qing." "Ah, is it? Haha... Is that guy okay?" Xiao Jin laughed, lowered his head to drink tea, and muttered secretly in his heart: "Damn, why didn't you choose until noon to discuss things so early? It's okay." Have a meal. What's so good about this bitter and plain tea?" Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, and said: "I...I don't know...I dreamed, it seems to be something from the past. She sat on my bed and told me stories." "Ah, tell a story? Is the story nice?" "It sounds good. She told a lot of stories, including her father's, brother's, and her master's stories..." Xiao Jin said with a smile: "This guy is dumb, I didn't expect to tell stories. Is that all?" "She said..." Xiao Yu's expression changed, and he said, "She has fallen in love with someone." "Oh, oh..." Xiao Jin took a sip of tea slowly, frowned, and said, "It's cold. The weather... cold tea hurts my stomach... Damn, Xiaoer, add water! Xiaoer? Why is there no one here?" ? Little Er!" His face remained calm, his manners were decent, and he was not flustered.But... damn it!The face gradually burned up!Burning uncontrollably.He stood up, flicked the table with two fingers very old-fashionedly, and was about to go downstairs to find the boss to settle the account, when suddenly a small hand tightly grasped his wrist. Xiao Yu's palms were cold, and Xiao Jin shivered from the cold—she looked into his eyes, mercilessly stared at him who was about to tremble, and asked, "Ah Qing likes...is it you? " "No...no...no..." Xiao Jin couldn't hold back for a long time before saying: "...I don't know!" "You must know, don't you? You...you already knew. You knew when I couldn't remember anything, didn't you?" "I... I don't know..." Xiao Jin was sweating all over from Xiao Yu's aggressive gaze, and his throat was almost bleeding dry. He sat down and took a sip of tea, and said, "I really don't know... I... ...I...I have never been so ignorant in my fucking life! Do you believe it?" He propped up the table with one hand, raised his head, and stared wide-eyed, as if he was also a victim of a conspiracy. "Why did Ah Qing leave? Didn't she come to look for you?" Xiao Jin's eyes narrowed immediately, and he shrank back into the chair again, tilted his head to look at the beam on the top, and said, "Go...haha...Yeah, why are you leaving? Don't look at me like that, I really do not know!" "I know." Xiao Yu nodded, his eyes sparkled: "I know... I remembered everything, so... it turned out to be like this... I'm so stupid. She likes you, I'm so stupid!" Xiao Jin looked at the sparse customers around, and almost wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in. He lowered his voice and said, "Miss, can we go back and talk about it? Didn't you come out to buy something? What do you want to buy? I'll take care of it! " He slapped his chest boldly.Fortunately, their voices were not loud, and they were relatively far away from the crowd. The yelling on the pier downstairs drowned out their conversation.Xiao Jin only saw the old man with a strange smile looking at him from time to time, and thought: "Damn, old man, what are you listening to? I have a lot of affairs, sir!" "Do you like Ah Qing too?" Xiao Yu continued to ask aggressively regardless.Xiao Jin grabbed his hair violently, gritted his teeth, his face was almost distorted, he couldn't say the word "yes", but he couldn't squeeze out the word "no", he froze on the spot for a while. "So... I understand." Xiao Yu said in a daze, "So it's true." "What... what is true?" Xiao Jin shouted in panic, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!" This time it was Xiao Yu's turn to retreat back into the chair.She took a deep breath, held it in for a long time, and then let it out slowly, sighed: "Ah Ching... is more stupid than me. But... I won't let her be so stupid, don't worry." Smile lightly. Xiao Jin was so dazed by this smile that he almost said "good", but he finally had a little sense and took tea to pour himself.I just didn't know what to say, when I heard a "boom" downstairs, someone picked up the gong and said loudly: "Guests from the south and north, come and have a look! Authentic Shanxi Xinzhou Codonopsis, invigorating the middle and nourishing Qi, invigorating the spleen and benefiting the lungs! Who has weak spleen and lungs, shortness of breath, palpitations, lack of food, loose stools, shortness of breath and cough, internal heat and quenching thirst... One branch works and another branch works! One branch is not genuine, You just smashed my stall..." Xiao Jin hurriedly looked down, and saw a big man on the embankment in front of the building beating gongs and selling goods.On such a cold day, he was naked to the waist, his face was flushed—I don’t know if he was in good health or he was frozen—a dirty red belt was tied around his waist, and he had a full beard and a fierce look.A rag was spread on the ground in front of him, and a dozen roots of ginseng were placed in a mess. His voice was thick and loud, and after a few yells, more than a dozen people gathered around him, all looking at him with their arms folded.Xiao Jin looked at it for a while, clapped his hands and said, "Hey, Dangshen! I remembered, the monk once said that if you are weak, eating ginseng is the best. Let's go, let's go and have a look, and buy you two sticks to make up for it!" It was better for him to join in the fun, and besides sitting so awkwardly with Xiao Yu, he didn't know what happened, so he immediately jumped up and was about to run down.Xiao Yu shouted: "Brother Jin!" and stretched out his hand to him.Xiao Jin was stunned for a moment, Xiao Yu grabbed his hand and ran downstairs with him instead. "Smiling Mountain Wolf" Ling Shan's eyes turned cold twice, he stretched out two fingers inadvertently, made a gesture, and followed them downstairs in a leisurely manner.After the three or four guests in the building waited for them to go downstairs, they each silently threw a few pieces of silver and went downstairs. Xiao Jin didn't know about these things, and dragged Xiao Yu to squeeze into the crowd, occupying the front row.I saw that the small Codonopsis ginseng placed on the stall was only as thick as a finger, and the large one was only two fingers wide. The big man said: "Come here, folks and elders, take a closer look! The authentic Shanxi goods, we brought them all the way from Leling, for nothing else, just to sell fate and make friends. Let's travel far and wide, pay attention It's a sense of righteousness, isn't it?" Xiao Jin didn't listen to his nonsense, squatted on the ground, picked up a ginseng and looked at it carefully for a while, and said: "Well... this is indeed Western Codonopsis ginseng, this... this is Shu ginseng?" Xiao Yu said: "Brother Xiao Jin , do you know?" Xiao Jin said: "Why don't you know? I learned how to dig ginseng from an old hunter before! Look at this Western Codonopsis ginseng, there are many horizontal stripes under the root, but the skin is flat. This Sichuan ginseng is different. , less horizontal stripes, and the skin is uneven, look, there are many vertical grooves. Old ginseng people say that the straighter the vertical grooves, the better. Also, the skin of Western Codonopsis ginseng is gray and white, while Shu ginseng is mostly yellow It's white, and it's clear when you look at it against the light." Seeing that he spoke clearly and logically, the big man couldn't help being very surprised, nodded and said: "This little brother is really accurate! I'm also an expert in Ganqing, I'm being polite." It was the first time for Xiao Jin to be called an expert. He lost the party ginseng, stood up and clapped his hands with a smile: "It's a small thing. It can't compare with a twenty-year-old ginseng, but it's just enough. After all, these days, if you can find a decent ginseng It's easy. Just a few sticks? It's better to sell more of these things than less." Putting on a look of sweeping everything. The big man slapped his thigh, smiled and said, "As soon as you open your mouth, you really have a background! Yes, there is more! They say that the goods from the south are easy to go, so I pulled a whole car here. Who knows that it has been parked here for more than a month. I don’t even have anything interesting to take a look at, no, my head is turning white with worry! If I can’t get rid of it after the New Year, it’s not like I’m going to lose all my wealth here! Or, you are an expert, can you show me? If I can help you next time, I will be grateful!" He said repeatedly cupping his hands. Xiao Jin's palms were sweating, his heart was beating wildly, and he thought: "Damn, this is my chance to prosper, right? This guy is so stupid. Now that there is war in the north, there is more shortage of such things than in the south, but he just sells them in the south." The south is going north to fight for fate, who has the time to care about his participation... But I don't have any money... Fuck it, I can borrow it from Boss Zhong first, I think the monk is with him I have to make this deal!" Pretentiously hesitating, he nodded and said, "It's not impossible...Everyone is out to hang out, who doesn't have a problem? Besides, you are not bad, if you can help, I will definitely help. But..." His eyes turned to the sky. "But what? Brother, you, you say!" "To tell you the truth, brother, I am also in business. Originally, I went north this time to send a shipment of wool goods, but the buyer hadn't arrived for a while due to the war, so I stayed here. I have some money in my hand. , but not many, I'm afraid we won't have any clues until the goods are sold..." Xiao Jin looked at him and said boldly. The big man hurriedly said: "Let's... let's just try to pay for the way home, and don't want a cent more! Don't say whether you buy it or not, come and have a look, you are showing brother face!" Said Afterwards, the voice trembled. Xiao Jin felt that Xiao Yu was holding his hand tightly, so he took it back and said to the man: "I have a lot of things to do, if I'm far away, I will..." The big man laughed and said: "It's just ahead, a few steps away, look over there—" He pointed to a wooden house on the river beach outside the pier: "It's inside, sir, do yourself a favor, come and have a look, it's me Zhao Three benefactors!" He was full of benefactors and uncles, and Xiao Jin almost floated three feet off the ground. Seeing that the place was not far away, he thought, "Even if you can't do it, you should make friends. The so-called walking in the rivers and lakes depends on having many friends." .” Nodding now.The big man was overjoyed, bowing his hands to the spectators to apologize, while flying as if he had collected something, he led the way in front and led Xiao Jin Xiaoyu over. Ling Shan watched from the side, his brows became tighter and tighter, and someone beside him whispered: "The boss hasn't come yet, should we do it first?" Ling Shan shook his head and said, "Let's follow first, the boss said, Make sure everything is safe. I think this ginseng seller is also on the right track, so tell the brothers to be careful." Xiao Jin Xiaoyu followed the big man off the pier, walked around the river beach, and walked towards the wooden house.The inner part of the river beach is covered with reeds as high as a person, and there are countless trails in the middle.The man seemed to have walked by many times, leading them around, boasting about how upright his goods were, how hard-won his goods were, and how he was tricked into coming here and almost lost his money. Wealth and life... Xiao Yu pulled Xiao Jin a little behind, leaned close to his ear and said carefully: "Brother Xiao Jin, don't we discuss it with Brother Zhong and the others?" Xiao Jin said: "What are you discussing? See, I'm an expert in this!" Xiao Yu Said: "That's not what I mean... I'm worried... Aren't you afraid of being cheated by him?" Xiao Jin snorted and said, "Cheat me? Hehe, the person who cheated me hasn't been born yet. I tell you that this business has to be done." It's done, then I, Xiao Jin, will..." Walking confidently. After a while, I walked to the front of the house. The house was very simple, and the wood looked like messy trees cut down along the river beach. In some places, the gaps were so big that you could put your whole hand in.Because it was built on the river beach, the lower floor of the house was elevated, and it was necessary to walk up a crooked wooden ladder to enter the door.A few boards were also roughly nailed to the raised place. Xiao Jin said: "Where is this place? It's so trendy, why don't you take the ginseng to the village?" The big man blushed, and said: "This... our small business, we were cheated again, and we eat all the ginseng. It’s on credit, where’s the money to rent a house to put ginseng in? Please come inside!” Fearing that Xiao Jin would suspect him, he jumped on the ladder and pushed open the door.It was very dark in there, and I couldn't see anything clearly.The big man walked in first, and enthusiastically said to Xiao Jin: "It's all inside, come in and take a look!" Xiao Jin's mind was full of the dream of getting rich, so he walked up the stairs without hesitation and stepped into the house.Before taking the second foot, Xiao Jin's head buzzed, shouting that he was fooled! It turned out that there was a bald-headed monk sitting in the middle of it, with a face full of bitterness, and it was the first Yuanxing of the Precepts and Disciplines of the White Horse Temple.
"Hefeng Restaurant" is just beside the pier.The outside looks very ordinary, the slightly sloping beams and columns, and the faded "wine" character flags, let people know that it is an old shop for more than ten years.Those who have visited here often know that the "Little Diaohong" of this shop is a must, not to mention mellow, not to mention astringent and then sweet. Therefore, although it is old, it is still the most popular in Dock Village. A popular restaurant. An old man sat in a seat on the second floor.He was holding "Little Diaohong" in his hand, but he didn't drink a sip.His appearance is a bit vicissitudes, his temples are already gray, the wrinkles on his face are as deep and wide as plowed fields, his eyes are narrowed into a line, and the corners of his mouth are slightly turned up, as if he is always smiling kindly. His surname is Ling, and his single name is Shan. He does have a title, because he is a member of the teacher's school, so he is called "Smiling Saburo".This is a clear call, and people who have dealt with him secretly call him "Smiling Mountain Wolf".At this moment, he was concentrating on putting the peanuts on the plate into his mouth one by one, looking around with a smile—in fact, only his head was turning around slightly, and his half-closed eyes never left the young couple sitting by the window. men and women. Going out from the window, the world is wide and you can see everything at a glance.After Jishui flows through Dongping from south to north, it turns to the east here. Thousands of years of scouring make this area a flat and fertile plain.Only the mountains can be seen in the distance, and more than two hundred miles to the east is Mount Tai. At this time, the sky was already bright, and although the clouds above the head still covered the sky airtightly, it was at least a little higher, so that people would not feel oppressed.Flocks of wild geese flew across the long sky with long hooting, and the colder the weather, they couldn't even stay here, and had to go to the warmer south. In Jishui, more than a dozen huge double-decker sailboats are sailing or parked at the pier. The long springboard connects the miles of river beach. Countless laborers are carrying boxes and bags of goods on the shoulders. One after another, the chant echoed on both sides of the Jishui River.It was almost deep winter at this time, and it was the time when resources in the north were in short supply. Despite the frequent wars, the major companies in the south of the Yangtze River gathered their best goods and rushed to send them to the north, hoping to collect one last year. Pen.Various flags were hung on those galleons, the largest and most numerous of which was the Xiao family.There are five large ships flying the black and gold "Xiao" flag, accounting for almost one-third of the fleet.Three ships were unloading, one had sailed eastward, and the other was not loading and unloading at the pier, but was parked far away at the bend of the river, with dozens of people busy under the ship. Xiao Jin gazed into the distance for a while, then thumped the table bitterly, gritted his teeth and said, "Look! Xiao Maogui also saw clearly that Hebei is about to run out of fodder and is loading a ship! Damn it! How dare you compete with me for business! Hey... It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that I am short of the principal, otherwise there is no reason for him to show off? But he should not be too complacent, although Hebei is short of materials, he may not know where to sell them! Damn, if he is greedy and wants to hoard It will take a month or two to sell again, once the heavy snow comes, the principal of the transportation will have to be bullish, forgive him, I don’t know how much labor is a day when it snows..." When he was beating his chest in annoyance, Xiao Yu also propped her head to look out of the window, but all she saw was the blue sky, the vast land, the lonely water, and the faint mountains... Xiao Jin's business classics, she couldn't listen. I understand, and I'm not interested in listening, but I just like listening to him so I can listen patiently.Later, when I heard him talking nonsense about "little turtle" and "damn", I couldn't help showing a smile. After talking for a long time, Xiao Jin felt that his mouth was dry. He took a few sips of tea, and suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Hey, Xiao Yu, didn't you say that you came to the street to buy things? Why did you bring me here?" Are you here for tea?" Xiao Yu let out an ah, withdrawing her mind from a distant place, and looked down at the teacup, but before she could speak, her face was gradually blushing.Xiao Jin's heart skipped a beat, and he thought: "Damn, she must have seen something, right? Oops, what should I say? Say it clearly? What if I'm afraid she'll go crazy again? Detours It's okay to go around in circles, the key is can she understand? It's hard for me..." Xiao Yu said softly: "Last night, I had the same dream again...I dreamed it many times...I...I dreamed about Ah Qing." "Ah, is it? Haha... Is that guy okay?" Xiao Jin laughed, lowered his head to drink tea, and muttered secretly in his heart: "Damn, why didn't you choose until noon to discuss things so early? It's okay." Have a meal. What's so good about this bitter and plain tea?" Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, and said: "I...I don't know...I dreamed, it seems to be something from the past. She sat on my bed and told me stories." "Ah, tell a story? Is the story nice?" "It sounds good. She told a lot of stories, including her father's, brother's, and her master's stories..." Xiao Jin said with a smile: "This guy is dumb, I didn't expect to tell stories. Is that all?" "She said..." Xiao Yu's expression changed, and he said, "She has fallen in love with someone." "Oh, oh..." Xiao Jin took a sip of tea slowly, frowned, and said, "It's cold. The weather... cold tea hurts my stomach... Damn, Xiaoer, add water! Xiaoer? Why is there no one here?" ? Little Er!" His face remained calm, his manners were decent, and he was not flustered.But... damn it!The face gradually burned up!Burning uncontrollably.He stood up, flicked the table with two fingers very old-fashionedly, and was about to go downstairs to find the boss to settle the account, when suddenly a small hand tightly grasped his wrist. Xiao Yu's palms were cold, and Xiao Jin shivered from the cold—she looked into his eyes, mercilessly stared at him who was about to tremble, and asked, "Ah Qing likes...is it you? " "No...no...no..." Xiao Jin couldn't hold back for a long time before saying: "...I don't know!" "You must know, don't you? You...you already knew. You knew when I couldn't remember anything, didn't you?" "I... I don't know..." Xiao Jin was sweating all over from Xiao Yu's aggressive gaze, and his throat was almost bleeding dry. He sat down and took a sip of tea, and said, "I really don't know... I... ...I...I have never been so ignorant in my fucking life! Do you believe it?" He propped up the table with one hand, raised his head, and stared wide-eyed, as if he was also a victim of a conspiracy. "Why did Ah Qing leave? Didn't she come to look for you?" Xiao Jin's eyes narrowed immediately, and he shrank back into the chair again, tilted his head to look at the beam on the top, and said, "Go...haha...Yeah, why are you leaving? Don't look at me like that, I really do not know!" "I know." Xiao Yu nodded, his eyes sparkled: "I know... I remembered everything, so... it turned out to be like this... I'm so stupid. She likes you, I'm so stupid!" Xiao Jin looked at the sparse customers around, and almost wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in. He lowered his voice and said, "Miss, can we go back and talk about it? Didn't you come out to buy something? What do you want to buy? I'll take care of it! " He slapped his chest boldly.Fortunately, their voices were not loud, and they were relatively far away from the crowd. The yelling on the pier downstairs drowned out their conversation.Xiao Jin only saw the old man with a strange smile looking at him from time to time, and thought: "Damn, old man, what are you listening to? I have a lot of affairs, sir!" "Do you like Ah Qing too?" Xiao Yu continued to ask aggressively regardless.Xiao Jin grabbed his hair violently, gritted his teeth, his face was almost distorted, he couldn't say the word "yes", but he couldn't squeeze out the word "no", he froze on the spot for a while. "So... I understand." Xiao Yu said in a daze, "So it's true." "What... what is true?" Xiao Jin shouted in panic, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!" This time it was Xiao Yu's turn to retreat back into the chair.She took a deep breath, held it in for a long time, and then let it out slowly, sighed: "Ah Ching... is more stupid than me. But... I won't let her be so stupid, don't worry." Smile lightly. Xiao Jin was so dazed by this smile that he almost said "good", but he finally had a little sense and took tea to pour himself.I just didn't know what to say, when I heard a "boom" downstairs, someone picked up the gong and said loudly: "Guests from the south and north, come and have a look! Authentic Shanxi Xinzhou Codonopsis, invigorating the middle and nourishing Qi, invigorating the spleen and benefiting the lungs! Who has weak spleen and lungs, shortness of breath, palpitations, lack of food, loose stools, shortness of breath and cough, internal heat and quenching thirst... One branch works and another branch works! One branch is not genuine, You just smashed my stall..." Xiao Jin hurriedly looked down, and saw a big man on the embankment in front of the building beating gongs and selling goods.On such a cold day, he was naked to the waist, his face was flushed—I don’t know if he was in good health or he was frozen—a dirty red belt was tied around his waist, and he had a full beard and a fierce look.A rag was spread on the ground in front of him, and a dozen roots of ginseng were placed in a mess. His voice was thick and loud, and after a few yells, more than a dozen people gathered around him, all looking at him with their arms folded.Xiao Jin looked at it for a while, clapped his hands and said, "Hey, Dangshen! I remembered, the monk once said that if you are weak, eating ginseng is the best. Let's go, let's go and have a look, and buy you two sticks to make up for it!" It was better for him to join in the fun, and besides sitting so awkwardly with Xiao Yu, he didn't know what happened, so he immediately jumped up and was about to run down.Xiao Yu shouted: "Brother Jin!" and stretched out his hand to him.Xiao Jin was stunned for a moment, Xiao Yu grabbed his hand and ran downstairs with him instead. "Smiling Mountain Wolf" Ling Shan's eyes turned cold twice, he stretched out two fingers inadvertently, made a gesture, and followed them downstairs in a leisurely manner.After the three or four guests in the building waited for them to go downstairs, they each silently threw a few pieces of silver and went downstairs. Xiao Jin didn't know about these things, and dragged Xiao Yu to squeeze into the crowd, occupying the front row.I saw that the small Codonopsis ginseng placed on the stall was only as thick as a finger, and the large one was only two fingers wide. The big man said: "Come here, folks and elders, take a closer look! The authentic Shanxi goods, we brought them all the way from Leling, for nothing else, just to sell fate and make friends. Let's travel far and wide, pay attention It's a sense of righteousness, isn't it?" Xiao Jin didn't listen to his nonsense, squatted on the ground, picked up a ginseng and looked at it carefully for a while, and said: "Well... this is indeed Western Codonopsis ginseng, this... this is Shu ginseng?" Xiao Yu said: "Brother Xiao Jin , do you know?" Xiao Jin said: "Why don't you know? I learned how to dig ginseng from an old hunter before! Look at this Western Codonopsis ginseng, there are many horizontal stripes under the root, but the skin is flat. This Sichuan ginseng is different. , less horizontal stripes, and the skin is uneven, look, there are many vertical grooves. Old ginseng people say that the straighter the vertical grooves, the better. Also, the skin of Western Codonopsis ginseng is gray and white, while Shu ginseng is mostly yellow It's white, and it's clear when you look at it against the light." Seeing that he spoke clearly and logically, the big man couldn't help being very surprised, nodded and said: "This little brother is really accurate! I'm also an expert in Ganqing, I'm being polite." It was the first time for Xiao Jin to be called an expert. He lost the party ginseng, stood up and clapped his hands with a smile: "It's a small thing. It can't compare with a twenty-year-old ginseng, but it's just enough. After all, these days, if you can find a decent ginseng It's easy. Just a few sticks? It's better to sell more of these things than less." Putting on a look of sweeping everything. The big man slapped his thigh, smiled and said, "As soon as you open your mouth, you really have a background! Yes, there is more! They say that the goods from the south are easy to go, so I pulled a whole car here. Who knows that it has been parked here for more than a month. I don’t even have anything interesting to take a look at, no, my head is turning white with worry! If I can’t get rid of it after the New Year, it’s not like I’m going to lose all my wealth here! Or, you are an expert, can you show me? If I can help you next time, I will be grateful!" He said repeatedly cupping his hands. Xiao Jin's palms were sweating, his heart was beating wildly, and he thought: "Damn, this is my chance to prosper, right? This guy is so stupid. Now that there is war in the north, there is more shortage of such things than in the south, but he just sells them in the south." The south is going north to fight for fate, who has the time to care about his participation... But I don't have any money... Fuck it, I can borrow it from Boss Zhong first, I think the monk is with him I have to make this deal!" Pretentiously hesitating, he nodded and said, "It's not impossible...Everyone is out to hang out, who doesn't have a problem? Besides, you are not bad, if you can help, I will definitely help. But..." His eyes turned to the sky. "But what? Brother, you, you say!" "To tell you the truth, brother, I am also in business. Originally, I went north this time to send a shipment of wool goods, but the buyer hadn't arrived for a while due to the war, so I stayed here. I have some money in my hand. , but not many, I'm afraid we won't have any clues until the goods are sold..." Xiao Jin looked at him and said boldly. The big man hurriedly said: "Let's... let's just try to pay for the way home, and don't want a cent more! Don't say whether you buy it or not, come and have a look, you are showing brother face!" Said Afterwards, the voice trembled. Xiao Jin felt that Xiao Yu was holding his hand tightly, so he took it back and said to the man: "I have a lot of things to do, if I'm far away, I will..." The big man laughed and said: "It's just ahead, a few steps away, look over there—" He pointed to a wooden house on the river beach outside the pier: "It's inside, sir, do yourself a favor, come and have a look, it's me Zhao Three benefactors!" He was full of benefactors and uncles, and Xiao Jin almost floated three feet off the ground. Seeing that the place was not far away, he thought, "Even if you can't do it, you should make friends. The so-called walking in the rivers and lakes depends on having many friends." .” Nodding now.The big man was overjoyed, bowing his hands to the spectators to apologize, while flying as if he had collected something, he led the way in front and led Xiao Jin Xiaoyu over. Ling Shan watched from the side, his brows became tighter and tighter, and someone beside him whispered: "The boss hasn't come yet, should we do it first?" Ling Shan shook his head and said, "Let's follow first, the boss said, Make sure everything is safe. I think this ginseng seller is also on the right track, so tell the brothers to be careful." Xiao Jin Xiaoyu followed the big man off the pier, walked around the river beach, and walked towards the wooden house.The inner part of the river beach is covered with reeds as high as a person, and there are countless trails in the middle.The man seemed to have walked by many times, leading them around, boasting about how upright his goods were, how hard-won his goods were, and how he was tricked into coming here and almost lost his money. Wealth and life... Xiao Yu pulled Xiao Jin a little behind, leaned close to his ear and said carefully: "Brother Xiao Jin, don't we discuss it with Brother Zhong and the others?" Xiao Jin said: "What are you discussing? See, I'm an expert in this!" Xiao Yu Said: "That's not what I mean... I'm worried... Aren't you afraid of being cheated by him?" Xiao Jin snorted and said, "Cheat me? Hehe, the person who cheated me hasn't been born yet. I tell you that this business has to be done." It's done, then I, Xiao Jin, will..." Walking confidently. After a while, I walked to the front of the house. The house was very simple, and the wood looked like messy trees cut down along the river beach. In some places, the gaps were so big that you could put your whole hand in.Because it was built on the river beach, the lower floor of the house was elevated, and it was necessary to walk up a crooked wooden ladder to enter the door.A few boards were also roughly nailed to the raised place. Xiao Jin said: "Where is this place? It's so trendy, why don't you take the ginseng to the village?" The big man blushed, and said: "This... our small business, we were cheated again, and we eat all the ginseng. It’s on credit, where’s the money to rent a house to put ginseng in? Please come inside!” Fearing that Xiao Jin would suspect him, he jumped on the ladder and pushed open the door.It was very dark in there, and I couldn't see anything clearly.The big man walked in first, and enthusiastically said to Xiao Jin: "It's all inside, come in and take a look!" Xiao Jin's mind was full of the dream of getting rich, so he walked up the stairs without hesitation and stepped into the house.Before taking the second foot, Xiao Jin's head buzzed, shouting that he was fooled! It turned out that there was a bald-headed monk sitting in the middle of it, with a face full of bitterness, and it was the first Yuanxing of the Precepts and Disciplines of the White Horse Temple.