Chapter 91 Chapter 91: The King of the Gods (5)

Wanzhou, Nanhuai City. Yu Ran walked on the Ziliang Bridge with her hands behind her back, and the running water under the bridge cave made a sound.The surroundings are full of noisy people, every stall in the night market is hung with palace-like lanterns, and a ball of warm and luxurious light is wrapped in red gauze.Some stalls sell small steamed stuffed buns with bean paste, and some stalls imitate porcelain from Ziliang Palace, and some stalls sell exquisite patterned iron daggers with shark skin sheaths. On the belt, as a decoration is also first-class.But if you really want to buy useful weapons, you have to go to some stalls set up in the shadows. The stall owners keep a cautious distance from the general merchants. The weapons they sell are also dim and unremarkable. Dagger, put a strand of hair on the blade, often the strand will be split into two silently, and then look at those short stall owners wrapped in cloaks, buyers will find that it is a fake Heluo .

Nanhuai City is such an extravagant place, where the rich can buy almost everything, including the enjoyment of an emperor, and even if these enjoyments are given to the wealthy businessman of Tianqi City for free, he will be afraid of breaking the rules and refuse.No one dared to enjoy the life of princes and emperors there, and those who dared to do so would lose their heads at any time. But here is Nanhuai, even if the war is still going on in the distance, there are still singing and dancing every night. Yuran likes this place very much. Compared with her hometown, it is really a lonely place that makes people want to escape.But she was still not very happy tonight, and she could only go out to hang out by herself for several nights in a row.At first she was very comfortable eating her favorite bean stuffed buns, drinking a bowl of fragrant duck soup, and just wandering around like this, but soon these became boring.She began to regret that she let her grandfather go, and was easily bought by the little lion. Now Ji Ye and Asule are fighting in a far away place. It is said that they have won the battle, but there is no triumphant return of the army, and grandpa I don't know where to go.

She was thinking sadly, and threw away half a paper bag of golden bayberry in her hand. These candied fruits tasted a bit bitter. She thought about going back after shopping for a while, and she also wanted to buy a beautiful silk ribbon for the little lion, so that she could hang the little lion above her bed, and every morning when she woke up, she would see the naive little lion in the sun. The little guy swayed back and forth. She walked a few steps into the small street, and when she looked around, she heard a simple and deep voice behind her, but it was pleasant to hear. She turned her head curiously and saw the monkey.

There are many, many monkeys carved in ebony, each of them has a different look and is extremely delicately handcrafted, but without exception, they hang on a horizontal bar with their curved tails, while their hands and feet are holding the same The bells carved in ebony, the simple and deep voice came from those bells. "Ah!" She looked at the most naughty monkey with puffed cheeks in surprise, and stretched out her hand involuntarily to grab it.Just like what Yi Tianzhan said, this girl's hands are short, and she can't help but grab things she likes. "It's a wind chime," a man's voice that was as deep and melodious as the bell sounded came from above his head, "a specialty of Ningzhou, wooden wind chimes."

Yu Ran raised his head and saw the man selling wooden wind chimes.His clothes were simple and plain, like a not-so-rich Eastland merchant, but his extremely tall figure and a strand of light golden hair exposed from the hood all showed his origin.It was a feathered man, a feathered trader wandering around in the Eastern Land. They had learned the survival skills of the Eastern Landers, but they carefully covered their blond hair under the hood.The face exposed from the hood is clear and kind, but not young anymore, the traces of years are engraved in the corners of his eyes, but it is obvious that this is a very handsome Yuren when he was young.

"Wooden wind chime?" Yu Ran was attracted by the monkeys holding the bell, "Why haven't I heard of it?" The wooden wind chime seller was silent for a while, and bowed politely: "Your honorable man, you are also from the Yu clan, right? Then forgive me for exaggerating my description of my goods. Wooden wind chimes are not from Ningzhou. It is a special product, but it is a small thing in the forest in my hometown. When the ebony tree in our place is too old and dies naturally, we dig out its roots to make this kind of wind chime. The wood of this tree is as hard as iron. When it It is made into a wind chime, and when the wall of the wind chime is polished extremely thin, it will make a pleasant sound."

He smiled slightly at Yuran, those wrinkles were slightly opened, humble and warm. "Why are they all monkeys?" Yu Ran liked this fellow who met in a foreign land. "It's just that wind chimes are not easy to sell in a big city like Wanzhou." The Yu clan merchant was a little embarrassed. "There are too many rare things here, and I can only make such simple gadgets." He picked up a monkey to demonstrate to Yu Ran, and hung the monkey's long curved tail around the neck of another monkey, hanging down one by one, so that a string of monkeys climbed head to tail on his crossbar. superior.Yuran laughed "puchi".

"That's so fat!" She pointed to the fattest one. "There is also one that can bulge cheeks." The vendor picked up the mischievous little monkey that Yu Ran had taken a fancy to at first, and shook it as if to show off, "Guests buy one and hang it in front of the window." "That one... that one looks fierce! I want that one!" Yu Ran saw a staring little monkey in the corner. "Buffalo buffalo! Just like buffalo!" she waved the monkey excitedly. The vendor obviously didn't understand what she said, how could a monkey be like a buffalo?But he just smiled and looked at this active little girl.

"I want the one with puffed cheeks too." "Thank you for your patronage." The vendor politely took off another wind chime and handed it to Yuran. "This is just like me." Yu Ran smiled, "Then I have to buy another one for Asule, otherwise he will be unhappy." "Is he your friend?" "Yeah," Yu Ran picked among the wooden wind chimes, "He's actually a very boring person, he won't say anything when he's unhappy, and he always needs others to find out, and then you coax him, and he'll be fine." She finally chose a monkey with the biggest eyes, and nodded with satisfaction: "This one looks like him! The eyes are bigger than mine! Boss, how much is one?"

The peddler raised a finger: "Small business, just sell one hand money, one penny." Yu Ran then touched her belt, her face was a little embarrassed, she lowered her head, flirting with each other. "Little girl, don't you bring enough money?" The vendor was very understanding. Yu Ran looked at the three monkeys in his hand, nodded and pouted.She only has two pennies left, and now she thinks she made a mistake in buying the paper-wrapped golden bayberry just now, otherwise she would have exactly three pennies now.She complained again in her heart about that Asule, the rich man who always had to pay his bills, happily followed Ji Ye and the others on the expedition, which made her so embarrassed.If she didn't want to buy one as a gift for him, she wouldn't be short of money.

"Then I won't even buy it." Yu Ran reluctantly wanted to hang all three wooden wind chimes back on the crossbar. "How much money do you have?" Feeling hopeful, Yuran raised her eyes slyly to look at the vendor, raised two fingers on her cheeks and shook them. "Is it for two friends?" The vendor whispered, "Then, the one that the customer likes is considered a gift from me, two silver cents, and three wind chimes. Carve everyone's name on it, so that it is worth cherishing, best friends, never forget each other." "Yeah!" Yu Ran laughed.She was happy from the bottom of her heart, and she smiled unobtrusively, showing her two lovely white front teeth. The vendor took out a carving knife from his pocket and carved the word "Buffalo" on the back of the first monkey. He cut the knife steadily and powerfully, and the two characters were carved almost instantly. The sawdust was blown away, revealing the neat and smooth Donglu Regular script. "The second one is to carve the turtle," Yu Ran said, "the turtle that can swim." The vendor smiled and nodded, and carved the word "turtle" on the back of the big-eyed monkey. "What about you?" he asked. Yu Ran was slightly taken aback.She didn't know whether to say her name.She has the surname Yu, one of the most noble surnames, and her surname means honor and power in the forests of Ningzhou. "Engrave your nickname, it will match the turtle and buffalo." The vendor said, "What is the nickname of Zunke in Shenshiwen?" "Sashimore, then help me engrave Sashimore." Yu Ran said. The vendor smiled: "What a special name, I rarely see such a name. As a Yuren, this word is still so unfamiliar to me." "It's a kind of flower, there are more in Donglu, it's called Hibiscus. Sasimore Hibiscus!" Yu Ran thought the name was really nice, and it reminded people of the red color like brocade, so he couldn't help saying it out loud. The vendor's carving knife carved the name Yuran gave himself on the back of the monkey.This name was written by the girl in the middle of her diary and at the end of her letters many years later. She loved this name because it was a secret that belonged only to her and two others.It's a pity that the historians of later generations didn't know it, so when they wanted to find a legendary woman from the voluminous Yinmo Wendian, they always passed by a strange name named "Sashimore Jinhua" , the artistic conception of the signed text is erratic, like a labyrinth of words. Although it is obvious that it is written by a woman, it is difficult to understand what she is expressing.Some people speculate that this is the female history of a great noble family, the lonely spring love in the austere mansion, and because of this, they are somewhat fanciful when they read it in the middle of the night.In the end, these unpopular words are always put in the pile of old books to collect dust. Yu Ran handed over her only two silver pennies, happily ran away holding three wooden wind chimes. Behind her, the Yu clan merchant quietly watched her bouncing back.After she completely disappeared in the crowd, the vendor threw all the wooden wind chimes into the flowing water aside.I don’t know how many cute monkeys fell from the bridge like diving together. The ebony wood was too heavy, and they sank directly to the bottom of the river. When the people around heard the sound of falling into the water, the merchant was no longer there. "I'm not stupid, I'm just not talkative." Even though it was far away, Xiaozhou still heard Xiyuan's words.This is the second time she has said this to Xiyuan. To be honest, I always feel that Xiaozhou is a bit like Bai Yi, and Bai Yi also has a lot of affection for Xiaozhou. Apart from the teacher-student relationship, I'm afraid... boldly speculate that Xiaozhou is not Bai Yi's daughter, right? Anyway, it's hard to say if it's not Lord Anping's, but the emperor's.In the era of Emperor Xi, when the Duke of Chuwei was in Tianqi, Bai Yi and Xi Yan should have served as soldiers in Tianqi, right?Then there is a possibility for Bai Yi.Because no matter how I look at it, I feel that Bai Yi's status is very important in the heart of the Duke of Chuwei.Anyway, I don't think Xiaozhou is like the fierce Emperor Xi.