Chapter 74 Trying to swallow the huge bronze sun
Xiao Baojing wandered on the street with Yaoyao.
When she was in Xiangshui County, she got five taels of silver from participating in the wandering gods. She spent three taels of silver along the way and still had 2 taels left.
She and Yaoyao sat in front of the wonton shop, ordered two bowls of wontons, and thought: "We will stay in an inn for the next two days. When the team of wandering gods from Xiangshui County arrives in Yejing, I can follow them to participate in the Wanshoutai competition." For the inauguration ceremony and the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Banquet, get another ten taels of silver.”
But Yejing is expensive.
In an ordinary inn, people would dare to ask for two taels of silver a night!
Xiao Baojing held the money and stood shivering in the autumn wind with Yaoyao.
I can’t afford to live there!
After staying at the inn, we won’t have money to buy food tomorrow!
Yaoyao said weakly: "How about we go find the owner? He will definitely not let us sleep on the street."
Xiao Baojing: "But how are we going to explain sneaking out?"
Yaoyao was frightened: "Yes, the master will definitely be angry when he finds out that we have escaped..."
The two of them were feeling sad when a family of strange spirits passed by on the street.
They were dressed in red and smelled of saltpeter.
It's like firecrackers turning into essence.
The child with pigtails held her mother's hand tightly and said with a sweet voice: "Mom, can you eat enough if you go to Mansudae?"
"Yes! I heard that the wages paid by the Fourth Princess are quite high, and they also include food and accommodation!"
"Great!"
A long line of children in red clothes and braids clapped their hands in surprise, and for a while the whole street was filled with crackling sounds.
Yaoyao watched them go away and looked at Xiao Baojing.
She said crisply: "Your Highness, let's go to Mansudae to work too, right? Food and accommodation are included!"
Xiao Baojing originally thought that since she and Yaoyao didn't have much strength or means, it would be difficult for them to be selected to work in Wanshou Terrace.
But unexpectedly, the officials responsible for recruiting craftsmen let them in easily.
The Wanshou Tower is a hundred feet high and scattered at different heights. Xiao Baojing and Yaoyao followed their grandma as they climbed up the stairs pantingly. They saw the carved and gilded wooden ladder next to them automatically rotating and rising, carrying several young gentlemen and ladies standing on it. They easily climbed up the stairs. Arriving at the high palace.
elevator!
Xiao Baojing was shocked!
I didn’t expect that there are elevators in this world!
Xiao Baojing knew that in ancient times, people also invented and used machinery, such as the Mohist family in Qin Dynasty.
But I don’t know what fuel supplies the Mansudae machinery to operate...
When they arrived at a splendid palace, the task given to the two of them by grandma was to sweep the floor.
"What's so difficult about this?" Yaoyao said disdainfully, "What I'm best at is sweeping the floor! I've been sweeping the floor for decades!"
She swung the broom and swept quickly. Just as she was sweeping, she was attracted by the jewels and jade furnishings in the palace, and she gathered around to watch curiously.
On the elegant agarwood ancient shelf, there is a complete set of white jade statues of the twelve zodiac signs, as well as various exquisite and small antique utensils.
Yaoyao exclaimed: "These things are so beautiful. It turns out that the emperor is so rich! Then doesn't he get to eat two bowls of braised pork every meal? Oh my God, braised pork with white rice, he lives like a god!" < br>
Xiao Baojing stood at the door with his broom in his arms, glancing at the palace maids passing by from time to time.
She remembered that Grandma Zhao’s adopted granddaughter was also working in Mansudae, and she didn’t know if she could meet her...
As I was looking up, a voice suddenly came from the end of the winding corridor: "Greetings to the Fourth Princess!"
The shadow of fragrant clothes and temples in the distance.
Xiao Nanjia walked from far to near, followed by several officials.
Seeing Xiao Nanjia approaching, Xiao Baojing imitated others' gestures and got down.
She clearly noticed Xiao Nanjia's gaze passing over her head.
Weird and scary...
Xiao Nanjia did not stop and walked forward while talking to the officials: "Are all the jade stones brought from Jiange inlaid on the Longevity Terrace?"
"Replying to the princess, we have asked jade craftsmen to polish it and inlay it on the wall. Now only the top forty-ninth floor of Manshou Tower is left undecorated. In another half month, it will be completely completed!"
"Hurry up. It must be completed before the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Yes!"
Xiao Baojing held the broom.
It turns out that the Wanshou Tower was built under the supervision of Xiao Nanjia himself.
Xiao Nanjia hated monsters so much that she would invite so many spirits to come and do work, and even provide food and shelter... As she was thinking about it, a clear and gentle voice suddenly came: "Miss Xiao, long time no see."
Xiao Baojing looked at him: "Master Lu."
Lu Yu'an asked with concern: "Isn't Miss Xiao with Warlock Shang? Why did she enter Wanshou Tower alone?"
"Ah..." Xiao Baojing touched his braid and made up a random reason, "We got separated halfway. Me... Yaoyao and I heard that not only were the wages high here, but food and accommodation were also included, so we came over. We I just came in today, and I didn’t expect to bump into Mr. Lu as soon as I arrived.”
Lu Yu'an glanced at Yaoyao who was looking east and west in the palace.
After pondering for a long time, he said gently: "Mansudae is not a place you should stay. It's better to leave as soon as you have just arrived."
It seemed that it was inconvenient for him to say too much, so he turned into a shadow and caught up with Xiao Nanjia's back again.
Xiao Baojing hugged the broom tightly.
Mr. Lu said it lightly, but things in Yejing are expensive. A night's stay costs two taels of silver. It's no different from robbing someone in the open!
After she and Yaoyao left Wanshou Terrace, they had no choice but to sleep on the streets!
"Your Highness," Yaoyao suddenly called her, "come and see what this is?"
Xiao Baojing walked over and Yaoyao was pointing at a shrine.
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She replied: "This is a small pavilion used to worship gods or ancestors' spiritual tablets. Look -"
She stretched out her hand to lift the beaded and jade curtain of the shrine and couldn't help but pause.
The statue enshrined inside has a bald head, small eyes, a hooked nose, and is rather ugly.
Yaoyao pouted: "Which god looks like this? Your Highness, are you lying to me?"
Xiao Baojing scratched his head.
Yaoyao is a little girl who loves to be clean. She reached out to clean the inside of the shrine, but suddenly she touched something.
It is a thin, short and dry finger bone.
"How disgusting!" Yaoyao immediately threw it out of the flower window and wiped her hands on her skirt in disgust, "These people are so immoral. They hid the bones so deep that I almost didn't clean them up! ”
Xiao Baojing scratched his head again.
She remembered that there was also a finger bone in the Xiangfu Temple.
…
In Wanshou Terrace, there is a Datong Shop where the spirits can rest and sleep.
There was a lot of noise in the Tongpu. If it weren't for the demon subduing master, Xiao Baojing suspected that they would be fighting each other soon.
Fortunately, the food here is very good, with meat and vegetables, and white rice.
The cook put a very fragrant green vegetable leaf into the rice and steamed it together. The steamed rice was fragrant, soft and glutinous. Xiao Baojing and Yaoyao ate two full bowls at night.
Late at night, the sound of snoring could be heard in Datongpu.
Xiao Baojing was so noisy that she couldn't sleep. She covered her slim belly with a blanket and left Datong Shop with her pillow.
The dangerous building is a hundred feet high.
Looking down from the front of the palace tower, you can almost have a panoramic view of the entire Yejing.
She raised her head.
The sun, moon and stars cast in bronze are still rotating slowly.
They are as huge as mountains and seas, covered with ancient and mysterious patterns. They are arranged in complex combinations according to the order of the heavenly stems and earthly branches. They float quietly on the entire Longevity Terrace. They have almost become a symbol of Ye Jing and the royal power and wealth, and are respected and worshiped by the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty. .
She rubbed her eyes.
I vaguely saw a person standing on top of the bronze sun.
The Taoist robe has gold hairpins and dark black wide sleeves swaying in the night wind.
He stared at the bright moon in the sky, and the voice behind the fox mask seemed to be laughing or crying.
National Preceptor?
Xiao Baojing was curious.
He stayed up until midnight and came here to cry in the grave?
She climbed up the stairs and finally reached the forty-ninth floor with great difficulty.
Just as he was about to call him, he saw his shadow change quietly and grow a pair of pointed ears, like some kind of dog beast.
The dog beast opened its bloody mouth and tried to swallow the huge bronze sun into its belly.
Is the national master using props to practice in advance? !
Xiao Baojing: No!
(End of chapter)