Bei Tangjin leaned on the railing and looked into the distance. In front of him was a green lake, connected with the distant mountains. As dusk fell, mist seemed to rise on the lake, making the lights on the boats flicker on and off, looming, as if in a dream.
.
"Miss! No, Master! This slave has found the best place to tame parrots here!" Su Tao suddenly pushed the door open. She poured herself a cup of tea, drank it all, and said: "Master, you don't know that
How rare is it for a parrot to be able to recite a volume of the Heart Sutra? So many people are rushing to buy it!"
Su Tao talked for a long time, but Bei Tangjin didn't turn around. She was suspicious. The lady said that this ancient city is most famous for domesticated parrots, so she wanted to find a very spiritual parrot to go back to celebrate the old lady's birthday. Why, she is now
I found the parrot, but the lady didn’t care at all?
"So, have you bought the parrot?" After a while, Bei Tangjin turned around and entered the house.
When it came to buying a parrot, Su Tao's face became very angry and said: "Miss, no, sir, the old man selling the parrot is very stubborn. No matter what I say, he won't sell it to me!"
When Bei Tangjin heard this, he frowned and said, "You don't want to sell it?" Isn't this a place that specializes in selling parrots? Why don't you want to sell them?
"Not only that, the old man refused to put the best parrot outside, but put it in their backyard to prevent bird thieves! It's really annoying! Who would want to steal his bird? If you want to,
You can steal his bird wherever you put it!" Su Tao became angrier as she spoke, as if she wanted to peel off the old man's skin.
"Prevent bird thieves?" Bei Tangjin frowned even more.
This ancient city is famous for being rich in parrots. The people who come to buy birds are either dignitaries from the capital, celebrities, aristocratic families or wanderers. If we can really prevent these people, then this old man will not be easy!
"Take me to see it!" Beitang Jin stood up suddenly. She wanted to find a way to buy this parrot. She also wanted to meet this strange old man in person!
"But Master, at this hour, I'm afraid they are closed and no longer doing business!"
Bei Tangjin smiled slightly and said, "Since he is a weird old man, he is different from others."
After getting off the carriage, Bei Tangjin looked up and saw a courtyard-style stilted building with several red lanterns hung on it. The lanterns did not depict flowers, birds, insects, fish, or flying dragons and phoenixes, but pictures of the Five Elements and Bagua.
Five Elements and Eight Diagrams? Although there are figures of Five Elements and Eight Trigrams carved on fences in the ancient city, and this is probably the only place where this figure is painted on lanterns.
Bei Tangjin climbed up from the side. Before he entered the door, he heard the sound of birds chirping, "chirping, chirping," and all kinds of sounds. When Bei Tangjin opened the curtain, he saw that the room was full of hangings.
The bird cage is colorful and colorful, it’s really dazzling!
When Bei Tangjin took a closer look, he discovered that these bird cages seemed to be arranged in an unorganized and messy manner. In fact, they were arranged in a formation!
Bei Tangjin was shocked. If she hadn't observed carefully just now, she might have been trapped inside! Thinking of this, she became more careful, cracked the formation step by step, and finally got out. When she looked back, those
The bird cages are arranged very neatly!
"Sir! This old man actually set up a formation!" Su Tao said bitterly, but when she raised her head, she fell silent.
***
PS: Concubine Yang once had a parrot named Xue Niang, who could recite the Heart Sutra and write poems.
By the way, the background of Xiaojin’s writing is Miao territory, so the building is a stilted building...