Ximen Qing and Wu Dalang both wore Confucian robes, walked out of the inn where they lived, and walked slowly on the streets of Yucheng.

Wu Haogu just opened the door and woke Ximen Qing up, so he invited him to have breakfast together. Ximen Qing told Wu Dalang that there was a shop selling buns in Yucheng that it was very good. So the two of them made an appointment to go out and find a place to eat buns.

In addition, Wu Dalang also found out that it was Ximen Qing who cured him, not Ximen Qing, and he also knew that Ximen Qing's font size was "Yanping".

Ximen Qing was still playing with a Japanese knife in his hand, which was the Japanese knife that Wu Haogu got from his father Wu Chengzhi before leaving Kaifeng Prefecture.

"This knife is somewhat similar to the several Tang knives I have collected. I guess it was made by a Japanese knife maker according to the Tang knives?"

As he spoke, Ximen Qing pulled out half of the Japanese knife, but found that the blade was covered in rust.

"Ah, it's actually rusted." Wu Haogu said embarrassedly.

"How long has it been since your sword been sharpened?" Ximen Qing sent the blade back to the scabbard.

"I don't know," said Wu Haogu, "It seems that my father bought it from the Daxiangguo Temple Market and never scratched it... This sword was really unlucky when he arrived at my house. It was so rusted that he wouldn't be able to go to the battlefield again."

"The knife can be sharpened if it rusts," Ximen Qing said with a smile, "It's just that people are dead, so they really can't go to the battlefield."

This is very knowledgeable!

Wu Haogu smiled bitterly. Now the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty are dead. Oh, not only are they dead, but the sword and armor do not seem to be very innovative.

Ximen Qing didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly laughed a few times: "When talking about human beings, can Dalang know who is the most immortal today?"

Who is the most immortal? Wu Haogu thought: Of course, he will soon become the Duan King of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, the king of the Song Dynasty, will be the most immortal.

"I don't know." Wu Haogu naturally couldn't tell the truth, he just pushed him to do it and didn't know.

"It's a Khitan!" Ximen Qing's words made Wu Haogu very confused.

He knew the Khitans' corruption, and there was not much left in the country's reign of the Great Liao Dynasty!

But this is from Ximen Qing, a doctor and a drug dealer... Oh, by the way, his family is from the "Youzhou Grand Cavalry". Do you still remember your hometown and think that one day you can recover Yan Yun?

However, this day has really arrived, but Zhu Ming has been in the world more than 200 years later.

"Dalang seems to know the decay of the Khitans?" Ximen Qing found that Wu Haogu's expression was calm, and asked with a smile.

"The Liao Dynasty was abolished and the Jin Dynasty..." Wu Haogu blurted out that the famous saying of later generations summed up the rise and fall of Liao and Jin Dynasty.

However, in the second half, I only talked about "gold" and stopped. The "gold" has not yet begun!

"What a Liao to release the deposed!" Ximen Qing smiled and said, "I didn't expect Dalang to have such accurate insights into the inside story of the Liao Kingdom."

Wu Haogu hurriedly explained: "This is not my opinion, it was said by two monks from Mount Wutai."

"The monk from Mount Wutai?" Ximen Qing asked, "Is that abstinent arhat one of them?"

"Abstain from the Arhat... Did Brother Xiao Yi see that painting?" Wu Haogu asked.

"I'm lucky to see it," said Ximen Qing, "The authenticity of this painting is truly something I have never seen in my life.

I wonder... can someone ask Dalang to make a painting?"

Wu Haogu nodded and said, "Brother Xiaoyi speaks, Haogu dares not obey orders."

Ximen Qing smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll make up."

While the two of them were talking, they had already walked to the downtown of Yucheng County. This small county was far inferior to Kaifeng Prefecture, but after all, it was a county under the jurisdiction of Yingtian Prefecture, Nanjing. There were also two or three thousand families in the city. Including the passing merchants, there were always 20,000 people living here. Therefore, it was a bit lively.

"It's this," Ximen Qing pointed to a shop at the intersection and said to Wuhao Ancient Road, "It's just hanging the old shop of the Sun family."

Wu Haogu looked at it and saw a shop with the flag "Sun Family Old Shop" hanging at the door was already open.

A woman wearing a bright red silk apron and rubbed rouge lead powder on her face was shouting loudly, calling on customers to buy buns.

Ximen Qing probably came to Yucheng often and recognized the woman. He went up and asked, "Second Lady, can you sit?"

"It turned out to be Ximen Xiaoyi, please come in quickly." The woman called "Er Niang" greeted Ximen Qing and Wu Haogu with a smile on her face, and let them sit at a table by the window.

The table was not very clean and a little greasy. "Second Lady" found a rag from somewhere, rubbed it randomly, and asked Ximen Qing: "How many big meat buns are there?"

Ximen Qing said: "Take two mutton stuffed and two vegetarian stuffed, and then two bowls of porridge.

In addition, I will send another 200 large meat buns to Zhangjia Inn to Wu Erlang."

"Okay, okay, let's get it."

After getting a big deal, "Second Lady" was so happy that she couldn't stop laughing. Ximen Qing pointed to her back and said, "The old owner of the Sun shop is Sun Yuan. He was originally a chef from Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo. He said he had worked in Wanglou. He returned to Yucheng because he couldn't afford a house and opened a bun shop on Crosspo Street. The second lady was his daughter. A few years ago, she hired a husband named Zhang Qing..."

This story sounds familiar!

Cross Po, Sun Erniang, Zhang Qing, human flesh buns... Thinking of this, Wu Haogu smiled.

Even "Ximen Qing" has become close friends with Wu Dalang. This Sun Erniang's bun seems to be different from that in Water Margin. It cannot be made of human flesh.

Besides, if this bun is spread in the county town, how could it be a life-threatening black shop?

When a basket of buns (two meat fillings, two vegetarian fillings) and two bowls of hot rice porridge came, Ximen Qing asked about the destination of Wu Haogu's trip.

"First go to Xuzhou, and make an appointment with someone to read a copybook," said Wu Haogu, "and go to Haizhou again."

"Haizhou?" Ximen Qing said, "My family also has industries in Haizhou... It's a good place, with thousands of sails gathering and cultural heritage. There is also Yuntai Mountain for more than ten miles to the sea, which is 200 miles away. It has been the first place in the East China Sea since ancient times. According to legend, it is the fairy mountain in Haidong. Su Dongpo once wrote a poem to praise: The mountains on the lush Cangwu Sea are there, and the abbot of Penglai is invincible."

"Yuntai Mountain on the Sea..." Wu Haogu heard Ximen Qing say this, and then he remembered that the terrain of Haizhou is different from that of Lianyungang in later generations.

After hundreds of years of change, Mount Yuntai in later generations has been connected to the mainland. It is no longer a large island hanging on the sea. However, it is still a famous scenic spot and is said to be the hometown of Monkey King Sun.

"What a great victory in the East China Sea!" Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Brother Xiao Yi, why not visit Yuntai Mountain together."

"Okay," Ximen Qing nodded, "It's a matter of determination. When Dalang's business in Xuzhou is over, you and I will travel together to Yuntai."

After hearing Ximen Qing mention the business in Xuzhou, Wu Haogu remembered the business of the "good man version of Ximen Qing" in front of him. The big head is in Xuzhou, and it seems to be the local snake in Xuzhou. So he inquired: "Brother Xiao Yi, have you heard of the Xuzhou sing genius Ma Panpan?"

"Singing Ge?" Ximen Qing shook his head and frowned, "I recognize some singing Ge, but I don't know that Ma Panpan is the man."

"I don't know?" Wu Haogu was stunned. "Ma Panpan was the confidante of the former lay Buddhist Dongpo when he was in Xuzhou. Brother Yi didn't know?"

Ximen Qing smiled: "Da Lang doesn't know anything. I am just a doctor. Although I have had contact with Xuzhou singers, I am also treating them. I don't know much about allusions and good stories.

If Ma Panpan had been Su Dongpo's confidante when he was in Xuzhou, he would have retired long ago, how could I know?"

It turns out that "Ximen Qing" was not lustful... Wu Haogu thought: Such a gentleman is definitely not the prototype of Ximen Qing, a bad guy in "Water Margin" and "Jin Ping Mei" that combines gangsters, bullies, profiteers and lusts.
Chapter completed!