Small town
It was snowing in the sky, and the thick clouds were pressing against the sky. The white salt and snow particles made people's faces hurt. The howling wind blew all night, and the weather suddenly became strangely cold. People on the road were rubbing their hands and their noses were red.
It was almost New Year. Pei Ziyun sat in the inn, looking at the snow falling outside the window, and the mountains and rivers in the distance were covered with snow and white, and heard a faint cry.
"Boss, what's wrong?" The boss was posting a couplet. It was almost past, and there were few customers. The boss announced that everyone who came to eat and stay today was 20% off.
At this time, when Pei Ziyun asked, he sighed: "It was a mother and daughter. The man died of illness halfway through. He died of people and had no money to go back, and was crying."
"The mother and daughter are about to sell their bodies and buy coffins and bury the man. The crying disturbs you!"
Pei Ziyun didn't say anything after hearing this, and went out. A cold wind came up with snow. Pei Ziyun looked at the river that was frozen not far away, and the snow and smoke on the ice were dancing like smoke.
Pei Ziyun saw two people squatting under the eaves, and did not step forward. After a long time, he said: "Boss, boss!"
The boss rushed up and said, "Young Master, your food is almost ready. What are your instructions?"
"I remember that three ounces of ordinary coffins are enough. How many ounces are available in your store? I'll give you this." Pei Ziyun took out two ingots of silver from his arms and threw them away.
The boss took it and saw two or five taels. As soon as he looked, the boss saw that it was thin, with frost white on the edge, thin and deep on the bottom. When he bite, he was slightly white inside. This was 980% of the best official silver. He said immediately: "Young Master, are you?"
"Send it to this mother and daughter, give it back to your hotel, buy a coffin, and go back as a treasure."
As soon as he said this, the boss's smile froze, and then he became much more sincere: "Young Master is really kind-hearted, but I don't want this store fee. This store has been passed to me for five generations. If a customer dies in the store, I never charge the store fee. Don't worry, I'll send this money."
Pei Ziyun sat down and nodded. At this time, a guy came over to serve the wine and food and said, "Young Master, your wine and food are here."
Pei Ziyun pointed at it, and the guy took the plate and went downstairs.
Pei Ziyun looked at the snowflakes in the distance. Since he killed Japanese pirates many days ago and burned Taoist talismans, no thieves attacked along the way.
go back?
If such a thing happens, you will not be able to complete the task of asking for a ban when you go back. At that time, the sect will replace people to do this. Who is the great contribution?
If you lose your points, you will lose your opportunity to be selected as the leader. You cannot retreat in this matter, so you have to move forward.
Thinking of this, I still had some depression that could not be dissipated, and my face seemed a little depressed. I took the wine and drank it in one sip. I felt that it was hot and swallowed from my throat. I just took the food and ate a few bites before my eyebrows could soothe.
"Young Master, I see that you are depressed and things are not going well. Can you enjoy a glass of wine? I can also help you to relieve your knots." A voice came, and Pei Ziyun looked up. It was a Taoist who led a Taoist boy and stood in front of Pei Ziyun and said in front of the table.
"This Taoist came strangely. Let's make a decision to see what he wants to say." After thinking about this, he said, "Please sit down, just drink."
The Taoist sat down in front of Pei Ziyun, picked up a peanut with chopsticks, which was burnt and crispy. He drank another cup directly, which seemed very refreshing.
Pei Ziyun smiled and poured a glass of drinks himself. Seeing the Taoist boy beside him, the Taoist boy looked delicate with his hairpin, his face was red with a cold flushed and expressionless face. A sense of familiarity came, which made Pei Ziyun frown.
"Who is this girl? She looks familiar, and looking at her expression, she seems to be unkind to me!" Pei Ziyun was shocked and hesitated for a while. Pei Ziyun laughed: "Master, you are afraid you are here to cheat wine, food, food, but this is nothing. I am in a bad mood. Master, if you want to drink, you will beg for the sake of your drink. In the wind and snow, we both happened to drink together and say something."
"My man, add some more dishes and prepare for these two seats." Pei Ziyun turned his head and shouted at the guy.
"Okay, wait a moment, come soon!" The guy responded, and came up with the bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses later. The little Taoist also sat up, picked up the bowls, chopsticks, and picked up the dishes and ate, as if he was a little hungry.
The man took the wine pot, poured himself a glass of hot wine, raised his head and drank it, and said, "The wine is good. Did you give the mother and daughter some money? It's a kind heart."
"The New Year is approaching, and those who are still living in the inn are all people. I have it, so why are you stingy with a little good fortune?" Pei Ziyun took a few glasses of wine and saw the Taoist thinking, then smiled: "This is just a little bit of grievance in people's hearts. It's not a good heart. In other words, people have more people, more people are close to good, and more people are more evil. People have good and evil, so how can they be white if they are black."
"There are many people who are close to good, and the poor are many people who are evil. People have good and evil. How can they be white if they are neither black nor white?" The Taoist nodded and sighed: "It's incisive."
"The world is so chaotic, people compete to eat, and I can't talk about good roots anymore, and I, Taoist, are also deeply affected."
"Now the world is safe for seven years, and the good seed is born from peace. Young Master, how long can the peace in this world last?"
Pei Ziyun drank a glass of glass, ate some dishes, looked at the falling snow, and smiled: "Taoist, you are curious about what I think. What I want me to say is that this world's major events will be together for a long time, and a long time will be together. For thousands of years, it has come and go."
"Haha!" The Taoist laughed: "Young Master is joking. The general trend of the world is indeed a long time to be divided, and a long time to be divided. But for you and me personally, being born in peace or in troubled times, there is a difference between the world."
"Our Great Xu Dynasty collapsed from the previous dynasty and was in control of the country. This year is the seventh year. The court is stable. It is a blessing for the world and a blessing for the people."
Pei Ziyun listened to the Taoist words and laughed: "This world is far from peace."
After a pause, he said, "A man can be stable in three years. Therefore, the ancients said that he would not change his father's way in three years."
"Thirty years can be called stable for those who are kings. Only seven years have passed since the founding of the Great Xu Dynasty, and at least twenty years of peace will it take. The world will be truly stable."
The Taoist heard this and smiled: "Young Master really sees it thoroughly. Now the emperor is a little unstable. He is eager to clear away the dragons and snakes in the world and pave the way for the prince. This is a disaster and ambush. There are variables in the world. What do you think about this?"
Pei Ziyun was shocked, and the country swallowed the wine, and smiled with a drunken smell: "The Taoist is joking. My Daxu first stood up, and I ascended the throne forty-five years. It has been the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period. I hope the emperor will take care of his body, rule for twenty years without worries, and enjoy peace from the world."
"Young Master said it right, it's the reason. But the young master said before that the world is not determined, and now he said he hopes that the emperor will have 20 years of peace. He is saying that without these 20 years of peace, will there be a deep disaster?"
"If this happens, the young master and I agree, and the world's energy is still changing. If I see this talented young master, I will be able to support the masses in the future."
Pei Ziyun snorted coldly: "I'm a Taoist priest, you understand better. Does the Taoist priest want to get the tide or the wind blows?"
The man listened to Pei Ziyun's words, drank wine and smiled without saying a word, then stood up: "The wine is almost done, look, the mother and daughter thank you for coming."
Speaking of which, the mother and daughter came over, and the mother raised her head and looked at Pei Ziyun, and thanked her deeply.
"My man went to the state to take the exam, but still failed. He had no face to go back to his hometown. After hearing the news, my mother and two rushed to come, but they found it in this inn."
"I'm already sick, I'm serving you, but I can't save you yet, I've only seen the last time."
"I spent all the money I carried with me. I don't want to meet the young master who sent me ten taels of silver."
As he said that, he started to cry. Pei Ziyun comforted her a few times and learned that she had a son and several acres of land in her family. She probably had enough money to get them back. She said: "No matter what, buying a coffin and sending it back will be considered as falling leaves."
The boss came up and persuaded them to leave.
Pei Ziyun is a big customer and is generous. The boss burned a large bucket of hot water to the house. Pei Ziyun soaked it in the bucket, and then the boss added water from time to time.
"I'm really troubled by the boss."
"There is no such thing as a gentleman."
Pei Ziyun came out of some god and asked, "How is the people's sentiment along the way?"
"Fortunately, the first step is to have good security. In the past few years, there were chaos, killing and killing, and thieves were everywhere. Although my shop was passed down from the Five Generations, it was closed. Now the world is peaceful, so I have lived a good life."
"Don't look at the mother and daughter being a little miserable, the ones who died on the road a few years ago were too late to bury them." The boss said, his muscles twitching, and he obviously remembered the miserable appearance.
"I would rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled person." Pei Ziyun nodded and stood up. The boss retreated and cleaned up later.
Pei Ziyun was lying in the quilt and saw an old book. When he saw it, he saw it was a novel. He leaned on the bed and read it casually, and gradually fell asleep.
The night gradually became deeper, and the wind blew, and a flash of light suddenly appeared under the eaves, entering from the window, and Pei Ziyun screamed, as if she was wailing, and there was no sound in the blink of an eye.
The room was silent for a long time, and snowflakes kept falling. After a long time, Pei Ziyun's voice suddenly came from inside: "Master Taoist, why don't you enter?"
"Papa" There was applause from outside, showing a Taoist: "Your Duke Jie Yuan, you are so alert and avoid attacks, how can I fall into danger?"
Hearing this, Pei Ziyun opened the window: "During the Ridge and Dao Brother are talking about national affairs, I don't want Dao Brother to come and kill me in the evening. I wonder who has revealed my news? I hope Dao Brother will confess."
The Taoist man had already gone away with the boy. He listened to the voice and turned around and bowed: "Mr. Jie Yuan, you use your sword to look at us. How can I tell who made a mark on you so that we can know our path?"
"Master, if you didn't want to say it, you wouldn't have answered a long time ago."
"That's right, this is a dignified and open plot. If you look to your side, you will be looking for the person who buried the Taoist talisman." As he said that, the Taoist was about to go away.
"Yes, Song Zhi and I are in a quarrel, so we must be a favor for outsiders. This is a blatant plot. Unfortunately, I really have to bear it, because how can I tolerate the person who framed me without retribution?"
Pei Ziyun thought sadly, and suddenly a flash of inspiration was that the Taoist boy led by this Taoist was the daughter of the leader who attacked Jiang Fang and killed him. He had seen him at the inn.
But there was a familiar person at that time. Could it be the person the original owner knew?
He shouted: "Master, walk slowly, can you tell me the name of the little girl you are looking for?"
Chapter completed!