Chapter 99: Fishing the Mountains and Seas Alone
Rusty and John, who were standing aside, couldn't help but sigh: "If you talk about business with someone like Alvin, your father must be the one who takes the initiative..."
After Elvin and McNeigh talked, Lao Jiuzhun's two sons really felt that they benefited a lot.
It was only Onion, who lacked interest and was even sleepy. The main reason was that she was too familiar with someone, so she knew what Elvin would say and what the meeting was going on.
"You two are incompetent things, why don't you take me and two distinguished guests around Tyriel?" McNee, who was originally smiling, pulled down his face and ordered to his two sons, "Do you use your eyes to vent your anger? I have to explain everything?"
"Oh, remember to take my two-headed unicorn out." The old wine barrel also mentioned this.
Alvin laughed in his heart. This old guy was so stinking like a stinking smell of money, but he happened to see what a two-headed kirin is. That time, I heard of such a thing in Bellama's tailor shop.
When several guards in strong suits pulled out the monster wrapped in the green flame from the cage, Alvin couldn't help but take a step back. The two kirins were as tall as two, and their heads were all clamoring, deafening. The two pairs of indigo-green eyes stared like four sapphires shining sapphires, horrifying and terrifying. The anger in the eyes expressed the brilliance of wanting to eat all the people present raw.
The experience of fighting with the monsters in the Traledi Mountains, one by one, couldn't help but come to Alvin's mind.
On the left and right, two huge heads kept twisting, and it was possible to break free from the painted black iron collar at any time. The iron collar was led by two black chains as thick as an adult male thigh, and each chain was pulled tightly by three to four guards. Alvin naturally knew that the black luster on the collar and the chain was a magic rune, and how could this kind of monster be controlled by human power alone?
"Swoosh! Swoosh!" Two sounds were heard. The poisonous crossbows in the hands of two other guards were fired. The dark green arrow penetrated into the green fireworks and plunged into the monster's body.
Now the two-headed Qilin became much more peaceful and became docile all of a sudden.
Only at this time did the servants at home dare to go forward and get the carriage frame lock.
"What a strong potion." Onian frowned and looked at the two poisonous crossbows, muttering this in a low voice. The golden eyes were hard to tell the difference between joy and anger.
Alvin naturally heard her sigh, but he didn't say anything.
"Didn't you scare you?" John walked up with a smile and invited Alvin and the others to get on the carriage.
"Hey, what are you talking about?" Rusty interrupted at this time, glanced at John with disgust, "Have you never seen these two magicians of what level they are? Can you be afraid of just monsters?"
"Come on, come with me." Rusty took the lead in getting on the carriage, declaring his status as a big brother. Then he handed it out and habitually wanted to pull the girl behind him into the car.
However, Onion didn't give him a chance to kiss her. She carried her skirt, smiled calmly, and got into the car.
Sora Rusty stretched out her hand, quite embarrassed.
John pursed his lips hard, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.
Then Alvin compared the "please" posture and asked John to get on the car first. However, John was very polite and insisted on letting Alvin get on the car first with a smile.
Alvin smiled helplessly, got in the car and sat next to Onion.
He looked at the gap between Rusty and John, and felt interesting in his heart.
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The four people in the car were chatting in a mess, and John and Alvin introduced the customs and customs of Tyriel City. Rusty asked Onian how he was doing recently. Alvin only said that he didn't know Rusty's thoughts, and his face was calm and gentle.
Two guards and coachmen drove the two-headed Qilin to the entrance of a luxurious and grand tavern. This rare monster attracted the attention of many people on the street, just like those pedestrians who had just walked along the way. Of course, many girls were scared by this ferocious monster and retreated to the side of the road.
"War Hall?" Onian looked up and glanced at the name of the tavern, and had less anticipated the dishes in the tavern. In her opinion, it would be difficult for a tavern with such a vulgar name to impress her. In fact, it was mainly a question of whom. If I only had Alvin, Onian would naturally not care about what kind of restaurant to eat in. Even those shabby shops could still eat with relish. But it would be hard for her to face the Philodidi brothers not to put her mind on eating.
However, this time Onian was wrong. This tavern with a vulgar name tasted quite good. It was only noon that the store was full. Moreover, the red wine used here is specially provided by the Philodidi family, and some grades that are not seen on the market can be drunk here. Naturally, with the old wine barrel's business head, the Philodidi family must have a stake in this tavern.
"Oh, what wind blows you two?" The shopkeeper of the tavern looked sharp-eyed. When he saw the second-generation ancestors of the Philodie family arrived, he came directly to meet him.
"Are you two distinguished guests here?" The eldest brother Rusty turned around with a smile and introduced the Elvin and the others behind him.
"Oh! This is the famous Mr. Alvin!" exclaimed the tavern shopkeeper.
"Shh!" John quickly silenced the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper then reacted and quickly lit his head apologetically. John glared at the shopkeeper with resentment. Of course, he was doing it for Alvin to show it. In fact, what he actually wanted to complain about should be his elder brother Rusty.
After all, John was more sensible and knew that it would not cause too much trouble at this time. The news that Alvin appeared in Tyriar City should not be spread at this time. After all, the two sides had just reached an oral agreement, and it is hard to say whether there are any variables later.
"It's so famous?" Alvin couldn't help but wonder after hearing what the tavern shopkeeper said.
As if I saw Elvin's thoughts, Rusty explained with a smile: "Your "Believers" is here
There are also many people in Tyriar City who know about it.”
Alvin smiled a little surprised, but he never thought that Rusty played a crucial role behind the scenes of the city of Tyriel. He always thought that it was Chili, or the news that was spread from the Universal Church, and then it came to the city of Tyriel.
"Plus you are now the leader of the Free Army of the Universal Church." John added with a smile.
Thinking of this, it is not surprising that some people in Tyriel City know that they are, Elvin thought to himself.
"Go to the private room on the third floor, we need to talk about something." John looked at the shopkeeper and ordered.
The shopkeeper was also very sensible and led a group of four people upstairs.
But the style of some people cannot be concealed by their quick behavior.
For example, Onian and Alvin, especially Onian.
The snow hair, cold golden eyes, and peerless face have attracted the attention of countless men since she stepped into this tavern.
In the very busy tavern, it became much quieter in an instant, and almost everyone stared at the stairs.
Even the two minstrels who had been fighting red in the face of redness actually gave up their quarrels and moved their eyes to the woman with everyone.
Behind the two minstrels, a big belly and a slutty businessman also saw the beautiful couple behind the Philodie brothers, so he gave a wink to the shopkeeper who was at the end of the team.
The shopkeeper looked embarrassed and replied with his eyes: "Come here to explain later."
The fat businessman is nothing else, but the financial owner Shen Qiaoqiao behind the tavern. It turns out that the shopkeeper who is guarding the store is only responsible for daily affairs, and the fat boy Qiao is the real person who is doing business with the Filody family.
"Take it slow, take it slow, girl, don't you remember me?" One of the two bards actually ran out. The waved hand actually put the horizontal railing of the thick wooden stairs without any scruples.
Seeing the person coming, Onian took a step back. With her skills, she naturally couldn't be afraid of this person, but she couldn't be sure whether the other party would reach out to grab her feet with shamelessness.
Alvin took the man carefully, reacted immediately, shook his head and sighed, "Aren't you the bard in Belama Town?"
"Good memory!" The bard smiled and bowed half to Alvin, quite sloppy, and immediately bet on Onion again.
"You know?" John looked at Onian and Alvin, obviously showing great surprise at the bard's conversation.
Rusty, who was standing in front, looked contemptuous. He looked down on these artists the most, especially the bard who acted so frivolously. If that guy had done anything extraordinary just now, Rusty might have drawn his sword and unsheathed it.
"One encounter, one encounter." Alvin immediately laughed.
"Hey! Yuhao, don't be close to others! You have some skills to deceive those rural girls who have never seen the world. This big man who has seen the world at first sight can know you?" Another bard standing beside Fatty Qiao couldn't stand it anymore and started to sarcastically. "Or are you afraid of this poem before you start fighting?"
"Hmph! Just the stinky stuff in your belly, can I be afraid of you?" Yu Hao twisted his head back and looked at the other party with a disdainful look, "Come on, Quanba, let me see what's going on with you today!"
"Fighting poems?" Alvin heard this. He had never seen this thing before. He happened to be a coincidence and immediately became interested and stopped to watch.
Onion turned around and looked at Alvin, and smiled helplessly.
She knew that Alvin was quite a bit keen on poetry, but the bards in the market were fighting for knowledge, so she was afraid that he would be disappointed. After all, what level was that Yu Hao? She had seen it in the town of Bellama.
"Come on, Mr. Qiao, tell the title of the poem again." Yu Hao smiled flatteringly at the fat man Qiao, "Aren't I afraid that the guests who later didn't listen?"
"Hmph, there is nothing in your stomach, and you're still so stupid." Quanba looked at Yu Hao and spat disdainfully.
Fatty Qiao was not afraid of trouble and said with a smile: "I said just now that you both said that you have walked through famous mountains and rivers, so this poem is based on mountains and seas. There must be mountains, water, wind, and momentum."
"There must be mountains, water, wind, tsk tsk..." Yu Hao pondered for a moment, "I have it."
"I'm sure I don't need to say it first?" Quanba smiled sarcastically, "I'm really afraid that you will be suffocated to death."
"You wash your ears, listen..." Yu Hao scolded Quanba and began to tell the poem in a casual manner.
"Oh, the rushing stream, your direction is the sea."
As soon as Alvin and Onian heard the sentence starting with the word "ah", they both laughed out loud. Both of them thought that this was too similar to Bellama's accent at that time. Alvin even thought that Yu Hao might have memorized such a poem, and when they wanted to use it, they would be finished.
"The foot sounds that never look back every day and night hit the lonely heart."
As soon as this sentence was released, Alvin smiled and sighed: "There are still other words."
"Ah, my heart is blowing towards the wind of the lambsan.
I swear to go to the ocean full of tears of my lover and go and take a look.
The scenery of my life in the past is like the mountains retreating from both sides of the straits.
I can't keep me, I can't keep me - like the passing years."
This method of chanting emotions with the scenery is quite common for minstrels. Diners who often listen to minstrels chanting are also expected to have a certain degree of turn of the last sentence. The main reason is that Yu Hao's voice is not particularly prominent, and it is a little dull, so the ending sentence is a bit unsatisfactory. However, overall, it is also a medium work.
After hearing this, Quanba curled his lips contemptuously, sneered and said two words: "That's it?"
"Come on, come on." Yu Hao looked at Quan Bana's confident appearance from beginning to end, and his heart felt a little relaxed, but it was not easy to show it on his face, so he had to use the courage to mock him back.
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I was too lazy to pay attention to Yu Hao anymore, so I cleared my throat:
"The wind storms through the mountains and the sea, chasing his own singing.
And I, hiking thousands of miles just to pursue you.
I project my own shadow on my way, seeking to light a bright light like your eyes.
You are like the stars, you are like the sea.
And I hope I am a towering mountain and sit by the sea with my chin on my back.
Watching stars into the sea, chasing the moon by the wind.”
It seems to be a conversation between "I" and "you", but in fact, the feelings between the two are written very vaguely. They can be love between men and women, or they can be a persistent pursuit of ideals for people, and there can be multiple explanations.
Especially the sentence "Gathering the stars into the sea, chasing the moon by the wind", is very well written and is used to end with great momentum and power. After hearing this sentence, many of the onlookers who were watching the fun couldn't help but applaud.
Even Alvin nodded secretly and glanced at the minstrel named Quanba.
"I only know that Mr. Alvin's paintings are unique. Do you still have any research on this poem?" John, who was standing on the stairs, quipped at Alvin.
Alvin waved his hand with a smile, but walked straight to Nashin Jojo.
Onian looked at Alvin's movements and couldn't help but lower his head, shook his head, and raised the corners of his mouth.
"I am also a passing poet. Can I write the previous song?" Alvin asked with a smile on his face.
Seeing such a beautiful young man walking up to him, Fatty Qiao didn't react for a while.
Everyone was even more excited to watch the excitement. After all, this was the person brought in by the Philodie brothers, so their identity was naturally extraordinary. But the young man actually turned down and proposed to compete with these two bards. That was really interesting.
Yu Hao had only seen Alvin's ability to paint, but he didn't know that Alvin could write poetry. However, he thought that these noble poems and paintings were just playful works and might not be much smarter than him, so he would not mind Alvin's ugly appearance. As for how he noticed the aristocratic identity of Alvin and Onian, it was because he had been traveling around the world for so many years, and with his experience, his eyes naturally became much more poisonous. Who are nobles, who are rich and gentry, and who are common people, he could tell at a glance. So his crazy pursuit of Orian in Belama was just his wishful thinking, and he knew in his heart that this was impossible. However, Yu Hao was a master who refused to accept his fate.
The bard named Tunba was generous and said he didn't care. However, he also had his absolute confidence in it. He did not believe that someone could recite better poems today than him.
"Since both of them don't care, it's not too big to add one more person." Fatty Qiao said with a smile, "Anyway, everyone in the audience is all judges."
Alvin nodded and asked with a smile: "The mountains and seas are the topic?"
Fatty Joe didn't understand what Alvin was laughing at, and laughed politely.
Then the young man with a jade-like appearance said: "Okay, my song is called "Fishing Mountains and Seas alone."
His poems and essays fell like thunder:
"Fishing alone in the mountains and seas"
Fishing alone in the mountains and seas is lonely, and you can see the world and listen to the tide.
The wind moves the nine provinces and raises the clouds, and I waved my sword with the mountains.
Thousands of heroes compete on the mountainside, and I talk and laugh outside the mountain.
It is better to have a long and long-lasting beauty who embraces fame and fortune than to have a long time to drink.
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After everyone heard this, they were silent.
Even Onian, who is well versed in Alvin's knowledge of poetry and prose, could not help but widen her golden eyes. Just the opening chapter "Fishing alone in the mountains and seas", these four words were enough to pass through her wonderful eyes.
How dignity, how dignity, how imposing it is to recite such a poem.
The young man who came to the north to escape on an air boat with her finally had a state of mind that was difficult to resort to words after a little transformation. Putting aside the concealment of all kinds of things, he finally had the imperial aspiration to "swallow the world".
The wind and clouds stir, and the world is about to be chaotic, implying Alvin's judgment on the world situation. The so-called country is just his waving his sword. And there is another explanation in the first half of the sentence, that is, the wind rises and clouds shakes, implying that someone wants to ride the wind and rise to the sky.
Thousands of heroes rushed to the hillside, but he had already walked down the peaks and walked out of the mountain. How proud he was in the world. As for the last two sentences, it was Alvin's usual self-deprecation, and this is what Onian understood.
It turns out that chanting poetry is also related to a person's momentum.
No one present could chant the effect of Alvin.
Because no one has the same state of mind as him.
People who can transform the power of time and space naturally have a clear understanding of seeing through the world.
So Alvin's last two sentences were not just self-deprecating.
Therefore, no matter how arrogant he is, no one in this world can understand him.
With a thousand explanations, who can really understand him?
However, it is not important to understand or not to understand. What is important is that this eternal article really shocked everyone present.
It seemed like a thousand years had passed in the slow silence of everyone.
Even Shen Qiaoqiao was the first to come back to his senses, he only asked one question: "Who are you...you...the hell?"
Chapter completed!