Chapter 142: The Taoist Master threw himself into the mountains and the waves
After leaving Dongshui City, in order to catch up with the Taoist Master as soon as possible, Hu Wen took out two Thousand Miles Day Travel Talismans from his backpack and tied them to his horse with a red rope. on the legs.
This thing and the "Qianli Chuanxiang" are two convenient things in Daliang, but the price is not at all convenient.
Incense costs five taels of silver per column, and talismans cost more than ten taels of silver. For ordinary people, these two things are quite expensive.
There is still a price but no market.
In large states like Youzhou and Kyoto that can still maintain stability in troubled times, ordinary people can still find these treasures from the "fetish shops" in big cities. However, in large states that are more turbulent, people in the countryside can even find them. I didn’t know there was such a good thing in this world.
The counselors under King Wei have been trying to find ways to reduce the cost of these two divine objects. Unfortunately, as treasures left over from ancient times, it is already difficult to make them. If they want to modify the formula, Making it cheap...
Not realistic.
Looking left and right to make sure the red rope was not loose, Hu Wen got on his horse and ran towards the dense forest.
After walking like this for a whole day, the horse was panting from exhaustion, and Hu Wen also suffered from back pain from exhaustion on the horse.
After some calculation, he realized that he still had to run for a while to reach the dense forest, so Hu Wen casually found a tea shack on the side of the road, intending to take a rest first and regain his energy, so as not to tire himself out before finding anyone. Died on the way.
I found a clean shop, went in and bought two official coins. The waiter immediately became enthusiastic, served a pot of tea, gave some peanuts, and served a bowl of haggis noodles without any haggis. .
After wiping the chopsticks with his sleeves, he was about to pick up the noodles to eat, but his attention was attracted by several people on the table next to him.
There are two groups of people sitting at the table next to them. One group is dressed as a martial artist and should be the bodyguards running on the East River road. The other group has only two people, a rich man and a scholar.
This combination is not common, and what they talked about was also very interesting to Hu Wen.
At this moment, a man dressed as a martial artist was full of curiosity. He held the table with one hand and leaned forward with most of his body. His eyes were shining brightly. He looked at the young master and asked again and again:
"Young Master Zhou , are you saying that you saw the Taoist slaying demons at that time? "
"The word slaying demons is not the big scene at that time. I think it is more appropriate to use the word "moving mountains and filling up seas, making the world full of chaos"
The young master, who was called Mr. Zhou, opened the fan with the words "I am born rich" and shook his head. He had quite the temperament of a storyteller:
"Some time ago I After receiving a letter from Kyoto, I followed someone’s prescription and entered the path of infatuation. Fortunately, I met the immortal leader and his entourage, and I was able to save my life and get rid of my infatuation.”
Later, Young Master Zhou recounted everything he had experienced in the gambling village, such as the talking donkey, the girl who could change clothes just by spinning around in one place, and the girl who could move mountains and fill seas. , Taoist Priest of Ping Di Zao Luan, the man in front of me, the bodyguard, blushed and scratched his head, wishing he could see the powerful man turn the ground with his own hands.
After listening, he asked again and again:
"Sir, did the Taoist priest you mentioned go from Linsen to the Great Forest?"
"How do I know this?" Mr. Zhou shook his head: "But I think it should be about the same. He came via the official road. The official road should only connect Linsen City and Guixiang Road."
"Sure enough." The escort man was filled with excitement: "Our last escort trip was in Linsen City. At that time, we happened to meet a Taoist priest, accompanied by a girl and a donkey, so I thought about it. Not a group of people!”
After hearing this, Mr. Zhou also clapped his hands and praised it repeatedly. He even took out the money and asked the store to serve good wine and meat to entertain the escorts.
It's a pity that there are no cattle or sheep nearby, so the store can only serve some lard rice and smoked chicken for the few in front of them to eat and drink.
When Hu Wen, who had been listening in, heard the descriptions of these people, he already knew that the Taoist priest they were talking about must be the Taoist Zuo Chen. He also heard that Mr. Zhou said that the Taoist priest had continued to walk along the dense forest. Walking north, knowing that I was heading in the right direction, I made up my mind and planned to continue on the road to look for people after eating and drinking.
While he was eating noodles, the chat among the people next to him changed from Taoist priests killing evil spirits to trivial matters in life. After a few glasses of wine, the escort man seemed to have opened up the conversation box. First he spoke softly. He sighed, and then talked about his own affairs:
“I was a storyteller in Kyoto, but Because I offended a lot of people with this bitchy mouth, it was thanks to these friends around me that I was able to fish it out. Now that I am no longer in the industry, my heart is always itchy. I want to know more about such strange stories. , I was wondering if I would make a book and sell it myself if I heard more about this kind of thing.”
"What a great idea you have!"
The escort man didn't expect that just after he finished saying this, Mr. Zhou actually slapped his fan like a ringwood: "Let's piece together the little story in the beam. , it would be interesting to make a storybook and share it with others!”
After saying that, he said with a smile: “After the immortal helped me get rid of my obsession, I always feel that I feel so empty that I have to find something else to fill it with. I think it would be good to help you write books. Wouldn’t it be nice to build a bigger bookstore and make more picture books?”
Looked at it again. The scholar next to him: "Didn't you say that your handwriting is beautiful? It's up to you to record this. When the book becomes popular, you may be able to earn more money."
Scholar Han panicked He nodded and agreed.
The escort obviously didn't expect that he would encounter such a good thing. He was more nervous than surprised.
In the end, those friends who were running darts with him patted his shoulders and pushed him forward.
What followed was a huge thank you. Amidst their bustle, Hu Wen also finished his meal and drank the noodles and soup together.
He did not bother them, but kept all these people in his heart.
When you meet your uncle, you can give them a few more kind words.
He was also very interested in the bookstore.
It is better than those in the Kyoto library.
The horse was riding on the road again, from the sun rising to the sun setting, from the moon setting to the sun rising, and finally arrived at the edge of the large dense forest.
Hu Wen did not take the main road in Linsen, but chose another small road. It was easier to stop Zuo Chen by cutting in the middle.
When he arrived at the side of the dense forest, he suddenly found that there were many soldiers gathered here, armed with armor and knives, and there were a lot of people with shabby clothes in custody beside them.
If you look closely, you will see that there is no color on the faces of these people, their faces are thin and their muscles are yellow, and their lips are blue and white. Hu Wen can tell at a glance that they are the result of knocking five stones apart.
That stuff is a powerful and harmful drug. Inhaling it into the body can make people feel ecstasy, but it will cause the body to become depleted and waste one's life in vain.
Because of its strong addictive nature, many people cannot stop smoking it once. Even if they spend a lot of money, they want to do it again, which makes them bankrupt.
King Wei naturally strictly prohibited such harmful things, which led to many beasts who relied on the five-stone distribution to run into the dense forest and set up a five-stone village.
In this situation, have everyone in Wushi Village run away?
When the soldiers who were escorting the prisoners saw Hu Wen coming on horseback, they raised their swords with their swords pointing outwards:
"Who is coming? Get off your horse quickly!"
Hu Wen immediately came from He took out a bronze medal from his arms. "The majestic king is walking in barbaric language."
The soldiers who were still waiting for him were weak at the feet and almost knelt down in front of this man.
Anyone who can walk like a majestic king is a capable person, and seeing this bronze medal is like seeing the majestic king himself. How can their calves not twist their muscles?
Hu Wen had no intention of taking advantage of the situation. He just looked around and then asked:
"What's going on?"
"Come back, sir!" A man who looked like a squad leader immediately came out among the soldiers: "We are soldiers from the nearby Linsen City, and we were ordered to come here to capture the thieves from Shisan Village."
"These thieves are bandits. Haven’t you always been hiding in the dense forest? Why are you willing to leave now?”
After listening to Hu Wen's words, the squad leader's expression became a little strange:
"Sir, it seems that a god came to this dense forest recently, and directly wiped out the gambling village, and scared all the dirt in the forest. We were so distracted that we thought this dense forest was no longer a good place to make a living, so we all ran out. We got the news in advance and came here to block people."
Hu Wen couldn't help laughing after hearing what the team leader said.
He really didn’t expect that this Taoist master would show his hand and not only destroy the gambling village, but also destroy other ghost villages in the aftermath.
Is this an unexpected surprise?
After a few words of encouragement to the soldiers, Hu Wen did not stay here too long and rode his horse into the dense forest.
The horse's hooves stepped on the muddy ground in the forest, and its speed slowed down significantly.
Hu Wen subconsciously reached out his hand and pressed his forehead.
The strange little sound shook from his ears again.
He would feel like this every time he entered the dense forest, which always made him uneasy.
I shook my forehead and threw out all the tiny noises in my head. I rode my horse deep into the forest. When I was hungry, I mixed dried meat with fruits. When I was thirsty, I looked for water from the roadside streams and springs. It was quite easy.
Another night, Hu Wen built a bonfire under the tree, tied the horse to the tree stump, and leaned against the tree trunk to rest, relieving the fatigue caused by running around these days.
Drowning by the campfire in a daze, Hu Wen's eyelids became heavier and heavier. Finally, he could not resist the temptation of sleepiness, closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
After falling asleep, there was the sound of shuttlecock in the haystack next to him.
A few foxes actually poked their heads out from the tall bushes!
"There are humans here!"
"There are humans! There are humans!"
"What should we do? Should we throw him out of the forest?"
"I see how long he looks. He's so handsome, why don't you tie him back and show it to the eldest lady, what if the eldest lady likes it?"
"That makes sense!"
This group of foxes took out some ropes from somewhere and tied Hu Wen up directly.
And their rope seemed to have some magic attached to it. Even if there was such a big noise, Hu Wen was still sleeping soundly, with no intention of waking up.
After tying up the people, the leader of the fox transformed into a handsome scholar. He stretched out his hand to untie the horse's reins, and asked his little foxes to throw Hu Wen onto the horse's back, and then led him Ma sang a little tune and walked towards the depths of the dense forest:
"Today is a happy day for many good marriages, and you can be drunk and happy~"
......
The road in the forest is not easy to walk.
After coming out of the gambling village, continue walking deep into the dense forest. There is no road in the secular sense in the forest.
Travelers will not come here, and woodcutters will not come here. No one walks in the middle of the mountains and forests, and there will be no way out where the feet are not stepped frequently.
But the surrounding scenery is even more refreshing than in the villages and towns.
Tall trees stand tall, streams flow through the forest, and donkey carts creak and creak.
Zuo Chen specially drew a talisman with the words "Luck arrives" and pasted it on the donkey cart.
Afterwards, their journey was extremely smooth.
When you are hungry, just reach out and the branches and buds of the trees nearby will automatically hang down and hand over the freshest fruits.
No need to use a knife when shrubs block the road, the tall grass will naturally fall to both sides.
When it is difficult to cross the river, the tall wood will bend and turn into a wooden bridge to carry a group of people across the river.
Use a small cup to cross the stream, and you will have a glass of refreshing fruit wine. Drinking and singing, it is rare to be free.
I just followed the pathless path and walked in the forest for a day and a night.
At this moment, Zuo Chen and the others finally encountered something different.
It is a group of foxes.
Climbing on the tree, staring under the tree, whispering:
"This Taoist priest is also handsome!"
"Take it back and see if the eldest lady likes it!"
(End of this chapter)
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