Chapter 459 Sick Zhuge
With Hai Dongqing leading the way, Sea Dog was relieved and no longer followed Yin Xiu and others as guides, but went to other towns to find happiness with his sweetheart.
As for why there are lovers in this kind of place, according to Sea Dog, sailors like them are at home all over the world, and if they have money, they will have lovers.
Many times, when a sailor will be away from a certain place for several months, he will entrust his lover to the next sailor, or introduce him to each other.
Anyway, according to Sea Dog, the relationship between these people is messier and more complicated than the cables on the ship.
"Weijiagou is in front of us. Those people's ancestors all moved here from western Hunan."
Hai Dongqing stood on a crooked tree and pointed at the almost ruined village in front of him.
"The year before last, there was a battle between the army and the White Lotus Sect here. Several artillery shells were dropped, and the houses were knocked down in pieces, which is what it looks like now."
"Why are there White Lotus Sect everywhere?" Liu Banxian asked in confusion.
"It's normal."
Hai Dongqing was not surprised, "These generals and leaders rely on the White Lotus Sect's heads to get military expenses. It is inevitable that everyone is a White Lotus Sect. If those cats and dogs don't admit guilt, even they are White Lotus Sect." .”
"Hey, this world makes it hard for people to live." Liu Banxian shook his head.
"If you want to live, there is always a reason to live. If you want to die, it is also very simple."
Hai Dongqing's tone was still so gloomy, and he walked at the front to lead the way.
The snow that had fallen on the road in the past few days had not melted yet, and everyone felt soft and muddy under their feet as soon as they stepped on it.
Ma Xiaoyu pulled out her boots from the soil and looked at the black mud on her feet with disgust.
"You usually fight with others and are not afraid of blood. Why do you want to be clean now?" Yin Xiu gave her a hand.
Ma Xiaoyu glared at him, "I feel like killing someone right now."
"Understand, understand."
Yin Xiu didn't dare to mess with her, so she just stretched out her hand, grabbed Ma Xiaoyu's waist, and led her forward.
"By the way, have you seen snow before?"
"How is that possible? Malaysia is hot all year round, and even hail doesn't fall. My only memory related to ice and snow is when my aunt took me to the wet market to buy fish, sardines one by one, and the horse's head was placed in a box, covered by broken ice. Opening up, revealing scales and eyes gradually turning white.”
"What you described is like a horror novel. It was just going to the vegetable market to buy food."
"I don't think it's that scary, I'm just telling you this."
Ma Xiaoyu gently took off the velvet hat on her head, and her black and shiny hair immediately fell down and fell on Yin Xiu's shoulders.
"What about you? You've never seen snow before, right?"
"Me?"
Yin Xiu thought for a while and found out that in his "previous life" he did live in a place as far south as possible. The only difference from Malaysia, where Ma Xiaoyu lived, was that hailstones occasionally fell there.
But he has indeed seen snow, whether it is ice crystals in man-made ski resorts or snowflakes on the branches of the vast mountains in the North.
"I've seen it."
Yin Xiu stretched out her hand and lightly patted a branch on one side. The snowflakes immediately fell into a large area, falling on their heads and bodies, causing goosebumps all over their bodies.
"What are you doing?" Ma Xiaoyu's eyes widened.
"I didn't mean it."
"You'd better not be!"
While the two were talking, Ma Xiaoyu suddenly felt that the soft feeling under her feet disappeared, and instead felt a solid touch.
She looked down and saw that the black earth beneath her feet had disappeared and was replaced by a layer of old stone slabs.
“The stone road in Weijiagou used to be very long.”
Hai Dongqing explained: "However, with years of war and rampant bandits, no one has time to rest on this road. Some have been dug up secretly, and some have been buried in the soil and cannot be found."
"In troubled times, if the road is too good, it will be troublesome." Ren Qi, who has been walking at the end, said.
Hai Dongqing turned his head and met Ren Qi's eyes.
From the moment he saw Ren Qi in the warehouse, he had felt a sense of danger in Ren Qi. It was not like a beast in the jungle, but more like a monster hiding under a deep pool somewhere.
Ren Qi didn't pay attention to Hai Dongqing's vigilant eyes, and just pointed forward, "Those people are the villagers of Weijiagou, right?"
Hai Dongqing turned around and saw five or six people emerging from behind the haystacks that had been piled randomly on the roadside, holding pitchforks and hoes, and even two old haystacks with match ropes wrapped around them. The gun is very black.
"Who are you?" a middle-aged man asked.
Yin Xiu didn't answer, just looked at Hai Dongqing.
Hai Dongqing understood, walked forward and said: "We are from Laomutang Port, let's go to Changbai Mountain."
The man saw that he was dressed as a hunter and was carrying a bow, so he asked: "Now even the roe deer are about to hide for the winter. What can you catch when you go into the mountains?"
"You don't have to worry about it. We pay and you lead the way. That's it." Hai Dongqing said coldly.
"If it were in the past, it would be okay, but now? I don't have time."
The man took out a pipe from behind his waist, struck it with a match, and took a puff.
"Please go back. Walk another thirty miles from here to the old forest. There are idle lumberjacks there. They are familiar with the road to Changbai Mountain."
"It's too far. It's said to be thirty miles away. It's indeed separated by two rivers and a mountain. And there's heavy snow all year round. I'm afraid it won't be easy to get out even if you get in." Hai Dongqing said.
"Then I can't control it. If you leave now, you can still get through the woods in front of you. If you leave later, the road will be difficult."
"We can add money." Hai Dongqing glanced at him.
“It’s not about money, it’s really something I can’t handle.”
"Then I don't care, you have to continue our business."
"Oh? I often see people buying and selling by force, but I have never seen anyone forcefully pressing someone's head and asking them to do something. Not even the Buddha on the mountain would do such a thing."
As the man spoke, he held the pipe in his hand. His posture was obviously ready. As long as Yin Xiu and others made any movement, he would use the pipe to light the fuse of the matchlock gun.
Yin Xiu felt a headache when she saw it, so she approached Hai Dongqing and said, "I mean you don't have to do anything, but it also means that you don't take us everywhere to fight with people."
"Why, are you afraid that you won't be able to defeat a few farmers?"
"It's not a question of whether we can beat them or not," Yin Xiu glared at him. "We injured them. Do we have to walk to Changbai Mountain on two legs?"
Just when the two groups were in a stalemate, Liu Banxian came out and opened the paper fan with a snap.
"Brother, I see that your eyes are darkened and there are water spots at the corners of your eyes. Did something happen to you recently?"
"What?" The man was stunned for a moment.
"Oh, it's not just you, everyone is the same. What I mean is, have there been any strange things like missing animals and dead chickens and ducks in your village?"
"How do you know?" asked a young man.
"Huh?"
The man glared at him and then looked at Liu Banxian, "Who are you?"
"Oh, I am a fortune teller. People in the world call him Zhuge Zhuge, a living phoenix chick, a true poet, and a great master Liu Banxian."
"Uh, my name is Wei Dahong, sick, uh, no, Liu, live! Mr. Live..."
"Just call me master." Liu Banxian waved his hand casually, "What is the situation? Can you tell me in detail?"
Although Wei Dahong bowed to him at this time, he still didn't seem to believe Liu Banxian.
So Liu Banxian took out another deck of playing cards from the pocket he was carrying and threw the top card to Wei Dahong.
Just when Wei Dahong was confused, Liu Banxian told him not to speak or move, while he was holding the sword secret with his hand and frowning.
"You don't have to tell me, I won't ask you, and I don't even have to touch you. You just need to hold your breath and stare at this card, and I will know what you are holding in your hand right away!"
Wei Dahong couldn't help but widen his eyes, obviously shocked by Liu Banxian's momentum.
Liu Banxian stared at Wei Dahong. After a while, he said quietly: "The card in your hand is the three of diamonds, right?"
Wei Dahong took a breath and showed the card to his companions. Sure enough, it was the three of diamonds.
Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu clapped their hands and clapped their hands loudly.
However, after being taken aback, Wei Dahong came back to his senses and asked Liu Banxian: "Master, can you do it again?"
"What, you don't believe me?" Liu Banxian frowned.
"It's not that I don't believe you, but the brothers want to see it."
"Okay!"
Liu Banxian handed the playing cards to Yin Xiu, "Let's do it again. I won't touch this deck of cards. My assistant will hold it. You can come up and draw one yourself!"
Yin Xiu took a step forward, stood in the middle, with her back to the two sides, holding the deck of cards in her hands as if by magic. Sometimes she stretched them, and then she held a pile of cards in each hand, and used her thumbs to move a bunch of cards. The cards were thrown into the air, then spun and landed steadily on the other hand, and then inserted into the card pile.
After shuffling the cards like magic, Yin Xiu unfolded the playing cards, held them like a fan in his hand, and said to Wei Dahong: "Please!"
Wei Dahong paused, and after handing the gun in his hand to the person next to him, he cautiously stepped forward.
He reached for the cards, first lightly touching the card on the left, and then reaching to the right as if he was electrocuted.
"They're all the same, just pick one."
Under Yin Xiu's urging, Wei Dahong quickly took out a card from the pile of cards as if taking firewood, then put his hands together, fearing that a corner of the card would be exposed, and carefully moved it in front of Liu Banxian.
"Master, if you look elsewhere, I will know. Tell me, what time is the card in my hand!?"
Even Wei Dahong didn't know what cards he had in his hand.
Liu Banxian smiled and said, "I don't even need to look at it, eight of spades!"
Wei Dahong spread out his sweaty hands, and sure enough there was an eight of spades crumpled in the palm of his hand.
"How is it possible!?"
"How is it impossible?"
Liu Banxian opened the fan again and fanned lightly, "I am not one of those ordinary charlatans."
Wei Dahong and the villagers behind him were now convinced, looking at Liu Banxian as if they were seeing a living god.
"Master, we do have some trouble, weird trouble!"
Liu Banxian nodded calmly, "I had a fortune-telling before I went out in the morning, so I came here. Otherwise, do you think we are just going to that distant forest? Don't worry! With me, Liu Banxian, here, no trouble will be a problem!"
Speaking of emotional excitement, Liu Banxian took a step forward and made a gesture like a roc spreading its wings, "Destroy all the demons and monsters together!"
"Okay!"
"Master!!"
“What a magical power!!!”
Even Ren Qi was shocked by this appearance. He raised his thumb halfway before reacting, and pressed it back again.
"Let's go, invite the master back to the village, and treat him well!"
"Don't be so grand. I like to keep a low profile!"
"Okay, keep a low profile!!"
Surrounded by the enthusiasm of Wei Dahong and others, Liu Banxian was carried into the village without even his toes touching the ground.
Hai Dongqing was stunned, "How did you do it?"
"Do you think traveling in the world is just about fighting and killing?"
"Isn't it?" Hai Dongqing was still stubborn.
Yin Xiu ignored him and just strode forward to catch up with Liu Banxian and the others.
Ma Xiaoyu also followed Yin Xiu.
Then Yin Xiu felt a pain in her waist. She took a breath and turned around to meet Ma Xiaoyu's eyes.
"If you have anything to do, you can ask me directly. You don't need to pinch me with your hands first." Yin Xiu said.
"Then if I ask you for the password to the safe, will you tell it?"
"You ask first and then talk."
"I don't ask that."
Ma Xiaoyu blinked, "I just want to ask, how did you do it just now?"
"Don't you understand?" Yin Xiu smiled.
"Nonsense, if I understood it, why would I ask you what to do?" Ma Xiaoyu pursed her lips.
"It's very simple. The first card on that deck of cards is the three of diamonds. It's unbreakable."
"I guessed that. What about the eight of spades? What's up with the eight of spades?"
When Hai Dongqing saw what the two were muttering, he couldn't help but come forward to listen.
However, Yin Xiu hugged Ma Xiaoyu's shoulders and pretended to say something red-faced in a whisper, which made Hai Dongqing walk away knowingly.
"Is it almost done?"
Ma Xiaoyu said with a cold face, "If you don't explain clearly, you know what the consequences will be just from this, right?"
"Don't worry."
Yin Xiu grinned, "Actually, this is very simple, because except for the three of diamonds, all the remaining cards are eight of spades."
"There is such a trick?" Ma Xiaoyu said in surprise.
"What kind of trick?"
Yin Xiu didn't take it seriously, "This is called magic."
"They're all the same, they're all just pretentious things."
Ma Xiaoyu shook off Yin Xiu's hand and walked forward on her own.
Yin Xiu fell at the back and couldn't help but sigh, reluctantly took her hand back and followed.
At this moment, in the forest not far behind Yin Xiu, a green light flashed past, like a firefly flying through the forest on a summer night. It was unobtrusive, but exceptionally unique, adding to the ordinary environment. A different atmosphere.
(End of chapter)