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008 Ventriloquism

Chenwangli Street has dining tables both inside and outside.

The food and drinks used include seasonal vegetables sent by the villagers themselves, ingredients and drinks brought by friends from other neighbors who came after hearing the news, and fruits and melons specially sent by Liang County Magistrate from Shannan County, Gannan.

Liquor, pigs, sheep, chickens and dogs.

The most important thing is the pieces of python meat that seem to be piled up into hills.

There are all kinds of things, and there are a lot of things. However, the floor of the East Kitchen on the street is too narrow, and it is impossible to move around.

After Chen Lizheng agreed, several cooks simply built two more stoves outside the street and moved the cauldron, pot, steamer and tripod.

As soon as the fire burned, the aroma of vegetables and meat overflowed, causing the dogs and children to run wild around the stove.

Magistrate Liang held Li Yu's hand and entered the street bomb room with everyone.

The interior is long from east to west and narrow from north to south. There are four eucalyptus tables, two long and two short.

Li Yu didn't understand the ancient banquet seating arrangement, so he was led by Liang County Magistrate to sit at the head of the teacher's chair.

Then the county magistrate Liang and the scribe Boqing made some concessions and sat on the east table. The county captain, county magistrate, Qiang Fu, pavilion chief, Chen Lizheng and others also took their seats after some pulling.

Because Xiong Ba was familiar with Li Yu, he was placed under Li Yu.

Next, Magistrate Liang lavished praises on Li Yu, praising him so much that Li Yu was so happy. Li Yu stood up and said he was lucky.

Then came the few words spoken by Bo Qinggong, whose words and sentences were very sophisticated. In addition, his words really had an "echo", as if every sentence was repeated, and it was very difficult for Li Yu to listen.

After the two elders finished speaking, the dishes and drinks were served.

Everyone eats, drinks, and talks.

When the county captain asked about how he killed the python, Li Yu answered him one by one.

Pull the long stick, stab the dagger, pierce the python's brain...

What he said about the whole process was quite simple. However, the century-old python was so powerful that everyone in the room could easily imagine how dangerous and thrilling it was, and even more so.

Xiongba, Chen Lizheng and others sometimes described the scene of the giant python struggling and breaking up the rock in Whip Mountain, which immediately attracted the admiration of the county captain and pavilion chiefs.

The county captain even said that if there was a chance, he would recommend Li Yu to be the chief of the pavilion.

Li Yu thanked him with a smile and toasted to drink together.

Li Yu didn't like the wine from Gannan Dancheng, so he turned his attention to eating.

The furnishings on the eucalyptus table are very rich.

Bone-in, large pieces of meat (较, 朐) are on the left, pure meat pieces (胾, min) are on the right; rice and soup are divided into dry and wet parts, and are placed on the left and right; dishes are slightly farther away from the eater, and seasonings are further away.

The eaters are slightly closer; the drinks are also placed closer to the right.

Very particular.

Li Yu turned his head and asked Xiong Ba about the banquet etiquette.

Xiongba said some words, "When you eat, you wait for the guests, and you don't want to eat without spitting", "Share a meal together without washing your hands," and "The mother of rice and millet uses chopsticks." County Magistrate Liang heard it and said with a smile: "Li Langjun

It's a 'stranger sent from heaven', so there is no need to be formal."

There was cheering and laughter among the guests.

During the break, Li Yu asked Xiongba again about Duke Boqing. He was very curious about this scholar who Chen Lizheng said was "well-read and knowledgeable" but actually spoke strangely.

Xiong Ba looked at Li Yu with a strange look and said, "Brother Yu, do you still remember that romantic thing you did when you first came to Chen Wangli?"

First arrival?

Affair?

Li Yu smiled awkwardly.

This refers to the "Xiao Long Bao Grabber" thing that happened when he just traveled through time.

Xiongba continued: "The girl's name is Wang Rong, and Duke Boqing is her father, Wang Zhang, Wang Boxing."

"Oh." Li Yu was stunned. What's the point? Can we still ask him to appraise the items later?

After the incident that day, Li Yu also thought about apologizing and clearing up the misunderstanding. But let alone a lady from a wealthy family, it was impossible for him to show his face to him. He couldn't even enter the courtyard of the Wang family's house.

However, Wang Zhang's attitude seems to be pretty good now. I think it should be possible to identify the items, right?

Then, Li Yu thought about the "echo" again, so he asked Xiong Ba if he had heard it.

Xiongba nodded and said in a low voice: "This is ventriloquism. Every time Mr. Boqing speaks, there is a repetitive sound in his belly. He has been suffering from this disease for a year. At first, the sound was small, like the chirping of insects. Over time,

There are more and more voices, and the voices are getting louder and louder, and they are no different from Duke Boqing. We have invited many doctors to come and see, but they can't do anything."

Li Yu found it novel when he heard it.

He had always heard of "ventriloquism", but he never thought that there was also "ventriloquismia". However, he always felt that the description of this disease had an inexplicable "sense of déjà vu".

It seems familiar, but for a while I can't remember why I have this "familiar feeling" or where I have seen it.

When Magistrate Liang mentioned "a strange man descended from heaven," others seemed to have just remembered Li Yu's identity as a "foreign man" and asked about it one after another.

"Does the alien really come from two thousand years in the future?"

"Were there still Han people at that time?"

"Are there really tens of millions of aliens?"

"What is a virtual game?"

"What is an airplane?"

"Above the bright moon, is there a moonless palace?"

"..."

When strangers come from the sky, it is inevitable to deal with the indigenous people.

At first, the aboriginal people thought that the aliens were weak and there was nothing surprising about them. But then they discovered that there were aliens everywhere in Shannan County, Gannan.

Outside the towering city walls of Shannan County, Gannan, there were hundreds of thousands of strangers gathered.

What even more horrified the aborigines was that this was the case in Shannan County, Gansu Province, the State of Zhao, and the same case in Jizhou. The official document received by the county stated that the entire Han Dynasty, the Sili Xiaowei Department, the Twelve Prefectures Governor's Department, and even the Governor of the Western Regions

There is no place in Shi Mansion where strangers can’t be seen!

Apart from the Han Dynasty, the same seems to be true for Northern Xinjiang, Western Regions, Southern Barbarians, and Eastern Yi!

Thinking of this, the aboriginal people's scalps went numb.

How many people are there?

One trillion? One capital? One Gai?

Not to mention other strange things, this quantity alone made the Han court hesitate and cautious in its attitude towards foreigners.

Therefore, the emperor and his ministers were cautious, and the county officials, including the pavilion chief and county officials, did not dare to move lightly.

Only in the light and dark places, explore the details.

The aborigines here know a lot about foreigners. But the more they know about them, the more doubts they have.

Hundreds of millions of people have plenty of food and clothing; people can fly to the sky, land on the moon, and cross mountains and seas day and night; thousands of miles apart, they can talk and laugh as if they are right next to them...

All these things are like magical things.

Li Yu did not hesitate to speak and talked about past events, feeling very emotional.

At that time, I just thought it was ordinary.

All the aborigines were fascinated by what they heard, their minds were swaying, and they were very yearning for it. The giant python dinner was served on the table, and they still felt that they couldn't taste it. Until someone exclaimed: "This python meat is actually a treasure!"

"

It turns out that someone gained a little bit of [physique] after eating the meat of a giant python and was ecstatic.

It was also at this point that the aboriginal people came back from their imagination and started eating.

Chen Lizheng took advantage of the situation and asked the county's craftsmen and doctors to make scales and concoct snake bile and python eyes. Before Magistrate Liang said anything, the magistrate readily agreed.

Yes, needless to say, a few pieces of python scales need to be distributed.

Then, Chen Lizheng asked Bo Qinggong to identify the [unknown fragment], [unknown scroll], and [unknown animal skin].

Wang Zhang nodded in agreement.

Li Yu was overjoyed and stood up to toast. Wang Zhang drank it all with a smile.

That’s it!

After Li Yu sat down, he thought that he would wait until the banquet was over or visit Wang Zhang early tomorrow morning to appraise the treasure. If there was a chance, he could also apologize to Wang Rong.

While I was thinking about it, Magistrate Liang's voice came to my ears: "Li Langjun."

Li Yu responded and saw that Magistrate Liang's ears were full of wine and his eyes were blurry. He laughed and said: "At the banquet, I appraise treasures and learn to pick up relics. Bo Qing opened his eyes for us. Haha, this is also an elegant thing."

Wang Zhang couldn't help but laugh, but he didn't refuse.

Li Yu was self-righteous and stood up to go back to his new house, but Xiong Ba pressed him down and told him to just go and get it.

In a village, Li Yu's new house was naturally not far from the street room, but it took Xiongba a full quarter of an hour to get back.

Xiongba entered the house, first came to Li Yu, scratched his head and said: "The [Scroll] and [Animal Skin] are still there, but for some unknown reason, after searching all over the house, there are only fifty-three [Fragments] left."

Li Yu said: "It's okay, I'll put the hundred coins elsewhere and use them for other purposes."

Magistrate Liang saw the movement here and asked what was going on. Li Yu shook his head, took the [fragments] and other items, and handed them to Wang Zhang.

Wang Zhang spread out a bunch of items and placed them on the long eucalyptus.

First, he took out the animal skin, groped around for a while, and after studying it carefully, he said: "In "Etiquette·Funeral Ceremony of Scholars", it is said that 'a person who is restored to life will be given the title of a nobleman.' Zheng Kangcheng..."

The words with echoes were really hard to understand, but Li Yu saw what he wanted to see.

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"Secret Records of the Restorer"

[grade] Xuanpin.

[Attribute] Regularly summons ordinary civilian skeletons (Strength 1~30), has a small chance of summoning Soldier Skeletons (Strength 30~59), and has a very small chance of summoning General Skeletons (Strength 60-69).

[Description] Resurrection, there is a division to summon souls and restore souls. By practicing this secret record, you can summon the souls wandering between the heaven, earth and wilderness, and gather them in the body of the skeleton.

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