Chapter 9 0009

To be honest, no matter how decorated Qifang's sedan chair is, Changfang's sedan chair alone is so magnificent that people can't hold back their tongues.The bright sedan chair in the Changfang was made in the hands of Grandpa Wan Jinbiao’s grandfather, the court official; In terms of length, the raw materials of these two pieces of jujube wood are always two feet three or four. Jujube wood is a kind of wood that grows extremely slowly, and it is extremely difficult to choose such a long and thick jujube wood; The poles of the sedan chair are all covered with vermilion varnish, so that people can be seen in the light, and there are nine silver hoops inlaid at the joints of the heads; there are glass windows on both sides of the sedan chair, and there are seven windows around the glass. It is adorned with angular leaves made of numerous green glazed beads and golden leaves.

The bright sedan is rippling with brisk pace, and the light shines from the eight-treasure glazed lamp hanging inside the sedan, making all the colors on the sedan stand out like shadows and pictures, and the stars flash brightly. Crystalline: pink glazed lotus flowers are inlaid on the official lamp at the corner of the sedan chair, and there are slender and long glazed necklaces under the lamp.On the roof of the first sedan chair, a unicorn embroidered with silver all over its body stands proudly, with its front hoof curled up, its mouth open to the sky, and the silver whiskers on both sides curled upwards. The string trembles endlessly; Qilin's two eyes are looking at the bright candle flames on all sides of the sedan chair, and the gleaming green light is bursting out, as if it were alive.

"Just relying on these two big pearls, this Qilin can be revived!" "I'm fascinated by the embroidery work. Look at the scales and armor on that Qilin's body, how exquisite and delicate the embroidery is! It's all made of fine hair-like silver threads, how much effort does it take?!" "If the fourth magistrate sees this kind of spectacle," said the town's funny man, Big Man, biting the mouth of his pipe, "he won't be able to sleep,—I'm afraid that eight generations of his ancestors have never seen such fine silver embroidery, so big pearls!"

"Look at the two sedan chairs," someone said, "The firecrackers for welcoming the sedan chairs are going off again." The second lit sedan chair was from the second house; among the seven families in Wanjia Building, the number of people in the head of the second house was not very high, and it was handed down for many generations, until it was in the hands of the great-grandfather of Mr. Xiaogu, Mr. Chaoxiang. Exuberant, but suffered another fire disaster, which burned a large area of ​​real estate in a street into burnt wall frames.But Erfang is a house clan who is very competitive and desperate for face, so in the hands of Grandpa Chaoxiang, he ceded half of the wild reeds to the long house, made a huge sum of money, and reset the property that had been robbed by fire.When the young master became the family, the second family seemed to have added a red umbrella that could cover the sky. No matter what he did, the young master would always walk ahead of the other families.Young Master Gu skipped school and refused to study since he was a child. He played with guns and sticks all day long. When he grew up, he turned into a lively bison, as if he had horns all over his body.The bright sedan chair from Erfang was not as ornately decorated as the previous one, but it had a wild look.

The twenty-four bearers of the second sedan chair were all young men selected from the gun team of the second room, no more than twenty-three or four years old, each wearing a sleeveless tight-fitting animal leather vest with a wide belt around the waist There is a circle of silver stars all over the belt; the hat is also sewn from four pieces of animal skin with the tile hair facing outwards; the trousers of the black Y trousers are rolled up high, revealing a section of strong and hairy calf, and the feet are covered with thin soles. The boots were also decorated with a ring of furious animal hair.When the bright sedan chair was brought over, the crowd far away couldn't tell whether it was a group of people carrying the sedan chair or a nest of tigers and leopards.The gongs and drums following the bright sedan chair also played a rough and hasty idea, and the bearer of the sedan chair moved forward and backward three times, and took flowery steps, making the fake tiger sewn from the whole tiger skin on the roof of the sedan chair look like a tiger. , and even the tail flicked left or right.Although the sedan chair in the second room is also decorated with colorful colored glass around it, which is equally dazzling and dazzling, but those colored glass beads are all strung together into all kinds of ferocious animal pictures, not even a single flower. However, a two-foot-high three-legged copper tripod was placed in the tripod, and sandalwood was burned in the tripod. In addition to the bright lights emitted from the fluttering flame tongues to illuminate the colorful troupe on the car body, it also left a lasting impression on the whole street. The next strong aroma.

Young Master Gu of the second room was wearing a black bunt, riding a saddleless black horse, leading the bridle and sprinting to the front from the side of the sedan chair. There were three or four horses following him, and none of the gunmen brought them tonight. gun. "Hey, Master Gu." Dabanya pulled the pipe out of his mouth this time: "I said you are bold, you are really bold, this is the four judges who are coming to the meeting...Baoye Yeye brought them all Gun, you're playing empty-handed." "Dabanya, you bastard!" Little Gu's eyes were always sharp when he spoke: "I don't play with a gun, but if I play, I won't put my heart on other things like Baoye Yeye , It’s meaningless to play like that! It’s meaningless, you understand? That’s just false boldness.” The second bright sedan turned into the big square in front of Wanjialou, and along the perimeter of the square, tall poles Standing up like a dense forest, all kinds of horse lanterns and lanterns are shaking on the top of the pole. There are more people watching the game here, and people's heads are rolling all over the place. People were crowded everywhere on the wall, and several streams of people followed the bright sedan chairs from all the streets and all the way into the square.Young Master rode up to the stone steps in front of the building and looked up from under the stone steps. On the high platform of the twenty-fourth floor stone steps, there was a row of chairs for grand masters, all of which were still empty, only the master of the first house and the master of the fourth house. The old nephew Wan Liang was talking.

"Hey, Shiye, where is our leader Baoye?" Little Guye said, "When all the bright sedan chairs have entered the arena, it's time to start the race!" Seeing Little Guye, Wan Shiye hurriedly left Wan Liang Lai put his arms around his leather robe and ran down the stone steps, saying: "Don't worry, Brother Gu, our Wanjia Building has a distinguished guest tonight, and Brother Bao Fang rode a horse to invite them." "An honored guest?!" Young Master Gu's eyebrows were darkened, "Do you know who it is?" "The eighth master of Guandong Shanguan who was released from the Liuhe gang in the black pine forest and surrendered to the prison." Wan Shiye smiled at the young master, "You should call him a distinguished guest!" The young master shrugged his shoulders disdainfully and said A little angry: "Guests, of course, Shibao and you are both strong outsiders, and I am really afraid that the four judges will really hit the black tiger to steal the heart. The arrival of Guan Baye just strengthens your courage. Isn't there any honored guest? !...I said Shiye, although Shibao is two years younger than me, he is the head of the Wanjialou clan, you can't show your timidity in front of outsiders, and don't put the fourth judge in front of outsiders. In my eyes, what are you doing while being careful about candles?!"

"I! I don't mean that, Brother Gu," Wan Shiye said, "It's just that Brother Bao said that it is necessary to be on guard against others. If other four judges come in, we will be prepared. I said: Your second wife is boastful." Calling it bold, I think it is a bit brave and foolish, if the four judges really took the opportunity to get involved and caught us off guard, do we have to set a street for him to burn?!" "Okay," Little Guy spread his hands and said, "I'll let you be prepared. I'll watch the meeting with more peace of mind. What's wrong?! But I have to say something clearly, that is, his four judges are really here during the three-day meeting. It is also a matter of our Wanjialou family, there is no need to ask Guanba to help him; he is a hero, he has never asked outsiders to intervene in Wanjialou's affairs, he is a guest tonight, please invite him tomorrow morning He walks, so as not to leave a message for him to say in the future——Wanjialou was hit by four judges, and it was all because of someone who drew his sword to help. We can't afford this favor!" Wan Shiye smiled wryly and shook his head, he really didn't want to To see through the erratic temper of Little Guy, he is usually the one who has the most heated fights with his friends from all over the world, and he has thought about passing the pass more than once, let's just talk about it tonight It was too unreasonable, but after the other party finished a few angry words, he stopped arguing, turned his horse's head around and said, "Forget it, it's important to start the race. Look, there are five bright sedan chairs entering the arena." Now, we can't waste time, I'll go to Shibao, if he doesn't come, there's no one in charge!"

As soon as the young master got his horse back, he ran into the back alley from a corner of the square. When Liuhe's legs leaned into Wanliang's shop, the bright sedan chairs on the street hadn't finished.This group of rough men pushed the salt carts for a long journey all day, except for the frost-stained willows, decayed grass and fallen leaves, and wild reeds and sandstorms under the hazy sky.As soon as the salt cart entered Wanjialou, the noise of crowds, lamp shadows, dragon whips, and gongs and drums pushed them into a colorful dream. A bright, brisk carnival world jumped into their hearts in an instant. Eyes, it's no wonder that all of them look like badger dogs that have just come out of their holes, putting all their remaining energy into laughing and bursting out. "Fuck it grandma!" The big bear cursed like drinking water: "I bet his mother's bloody curse, I've never seen this kind of excitement! What is this? A pile of gold and silver The finished sedan chair is rare! It’s rare!" As he spoke, he leaned against the wall under the eaves of Wanliangpu, put one leg on the handle of the salt cart, and swung the back of his hand to one side, wiping his saliva.

"Ai ai ai, be more civilized!" Shorty Shi Er said, "I didn't ask for rain! X Xiong's saliva is so eye-catching!" "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter," the big bear said, "If my mother doesn't shake it, it will be fine? What a pity! It will matter." "Hey, what kind of girl is this? Such a handsome girl? !" Shorty Shi Er pointed to the girl who was riding a horse carrying a lantern and walking in front of the lit sedan chair and said, "This is three points more beautiful than the beauty on the drawing paper! Whoever is lucky enough to marry such a wife should stay in bed all her life ..." Shorty Shi Er licked his upper lip with his tongue, and was about to find something more to say, but someone grabbed the back collar of the coat from behind, pulled it backwards, and then lifted it upwards. So he can't say anything.The second dwarf Shi Er covered his neck with his hands and turned his head away, driving the second car (the driver of the second car) Xiang Lao San's face turned blue with cold. "Shut up!" Xiang Lao San said two words in a low but loud voice:

"If you want to live out of Wanjialou, just shut up!"