The calico cat stood at the head of Song You's bed very early. He squatted still at first and looked at his face for a long time. Seeing that he didn't look like he was about to wake up, he wanted to call him but was afraid of disturbing him, so he didn't call him.
That didn't work either, so I chose a compromise and started to lower my voice, shouting very quietly like a Taoist priest. I was afraid that he would hear me, but I was also afraid that he wouldn't be able to hear me.
Highlight a dilemma.
I have no choice but to go to the temple fair today to buy a horse.
And what the Taoist said was not "I", but "we".
Who would have thought that a little big cat could one day buy a big horse?
"Taoist priests, Taoist priests..."
Song You was finally woken up by her.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that the cat's head was almost stuck in his eyes.
"Miss Sanhua, what are you doing?"
The monkey charmer and the monkeys cooperate tacitly. One teaches the monkey to do things, and the other pretends to be stupid and funny. The monkey charmer threatens the monkey with a knife, and the monkey immediately gives in. When the monkey charmer is not paying attention, he grabs the knife to counterattack. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is early.
It was a well-organized play, but it was performed naturally and made everyone laugh.
"Master Dao, is there anything else?"
"Who else could it be?"
It is common for Jianghu talents to be so generous.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man narrowed his eyes, paused in the action of planning rice, and looked up at Song You: "Could Master Dao be joking with us?"
This is interesting.
"I'm passing through a treasure land. I have no money in my arms and my belly is growling. Let's sell some herbs first.
"..."
"Miss Sanhua, follow me closely."
The Jianghu artist suddenly looked condensed.
The charlatan was confused: "If you lose your money, you should report it to the official. There are so many people in this temple fair, it is inevitable that some thieves will be among them... The official will not see that I can do some tricks, so he really thinks that I can take things away."
Can anything happen out of thin air? Are you trying to frame us?"
However, Song You stood in front of him and asked: "Aren't you afraid of official investigation?"
There are monkey tricks.
The calico cat turned and stared at him with a serious expression. After a few seconds, he spoke again, urging: "Get up quickly! Hurry up!"
I don’t know how many people who have traveled far and wide have come here.
After much tossing, I finally went out.
"Don't dare."
I saw people crowding outside the Yuewang Temple, full of moving heads. Green smoke was like clouds on the roof of the temple, and a sound of blowing and beating came from that direction. The streets suddenly became very crowded. And everyone with the Yuewang Temple as the center
The alleys were full of vendors, setting up stalls, or people playing tricks, and the crowds were so crowded that it was almost impossible to walk.
Song You was helpless, fearing that he had forgotten his clothes again.
"good!"
Just when he was about to leave after reading it, Song You suddenly felt something strange. He reached into his arms and found that the half-assed money was still there, but the two pieces of official silver were missing.
It can only be said that people in Jianghu are hard to tell about good and evil, but they are somewhat particular.
"Please go to the house."
Nowadays, no more than in later generations, ordinary people do not have high trust in the government. People in the world have their own solutions to problems. If you report to the official, you will be ridiculed by your peers. But it is difficult for ordinary rich people to realize that they have actually
The money was stolen by this man two feet away. Even if he found out, as soon as the money came back, he would be afraid of revenge from the Jianghu people and would not report it to the official again.
Only then did everyone realize that it was the real thing.
This is what makes it lively.
Jianghu people pay attention to each other.
Most of the people walking around me were following the way.
Song You carried half a coin and two pieces of official silver in his arms, which were heavy and bulging all the way.
This man looked to be in his thirties or forties, with a big body, a round waist, and a fleshy face. At this time, he and several of his subordinates were holding a bowl and eating a lot of rice.
Song You, like other people, couldn't help but stop where he was, listening to the jingle-like and humorous shouts, with a smile on his lips.
"Find me some clothes!"
After passing the Zhizhou ceremonial guard and taking a few steps forward, you can see the Yuewang Temple.
"Lord Zhizhou's guard of honor only has so many people? What happened this year? Last year it was as long as half a mile!"
It's really not wrong at all.
Song You listened and only smiled.
This journey has been truly eye-opening.
"Get up quickly, let's go to the temple fair."
Song You couldn't help but think about it:
"rational."
"!!"
At first, Empress Sanhua was still thinking about buying a horse, but she was gradually attracted by these tricks and followed Song You obediently, staring at the excitement with her eyes wide open.
The latter one can prevent others from reporting to the government to a certain extent.
Song You was thoughtful and nodded while answering.
"Let's see how you are doing."
"Um?"
"Then I'll say goodbye."
It only took a quarter of an hour to get dressed and wash up, but the calico cat kept following beside me, not leaving, watching intently, as if supervising, but also urging.
"I see."
In fact, when he was performing tricks, he did not use the method of moving around, but pure hand skills. However, he did not defend or deny it at this time. He only looked at Song You for a few times and then handed it over:
"May I ask where you are coming from?"
The charlatan immediately turned around and waved to the people around him. He neither openly admitted that his property had been stolen nor denied it. He even said something like, "It is fate that I met you, so we will make up for your lost property. Just treat it as such."
He didn't say any polite words like "make a friend" and just let his subordinates get the money.
There are those who play Shenxiansuo.
"How offending."
But the man was still worried. While looking at him, he asked:
"Don't dare report it to the official!"
There are magic tricks.
"Thank you."
If you move the case again, the risk will be even lower.
"No hurry, no hurry."
The Yuewang Temple is in Dongcheng, and we have to walk for a while. I happened to walk a little further and found a restaurant I had never eaten before to have breakfast. Then, under the urging of Empress Sanhua, I walked towards Dongcheng.
Looking around again, there were cheers.
Facing his gaze, Song You thought for a while before nodding.
The calico cat immediately shrank back and didn't answer for a while. It wasn't until its eyes flashed a few times that it said:
The charlatan artist looked up following the shadow and saw a young man leading a girl. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and asked with a silly look: "What does the official want from us? We won't start until after dinner."
After talking about it, he was already a little angry.
Song You then walked towards the Jianghu artist.
He didn't say anything, just waited here for a while.
After saying that, he bit the corner of the quilt and dragged him to the side.
"Master Tao is joking." The middle-aged man smiled, and he actually felt a bit free and easy. "This technique of swinging back and forth is originally a transformation of Jianghu magic. Besides, these days, we are doing the same thing. Apart from this line of work, there are other
Is it a business that brings more money? Or does the Taoist think it is more glorious and easier to pretend to be a master and deceive those noble people? "
"forget about it."
"Herbs grow tall, if ten people go to pick them, Jiu'er will die..."
The further you go to Yuewang Temple, the more popular it becomes.
"But I have another question." Song You asked, "If you have this ability, why do you do this?"
"Walking through the rivers and lakes, selling for money or not, the stalls are rounded up first, and everyone walks by to show their faces, without taking any money.
"Is that Lord Zhizhou?"
"It's not a big deal." Song You said politely, his voice low, "It's just that when I was watching Shi Shi's trick here just now, I lost some money on my body. I don't know if Shi Shi saw it."
"Master Dao!"
"I just fell asleep."
Song You would stop for a moment wherever he went.
"What do you think?"
Song You weighed it twice and put it away.
Throwing dishes and bowls, climbing upright poles, walking tightropes, drilling into fire rings, inserting iron guns into throats, and strangulating necks with iron ropes are all skills that require hard training.
The two pieces of honeycomb silver girdle were not the two pieces that were lost, but the numbers were exactly the same.
"I'm just curious." Song You's expression was as usual, "This is what Shiba does. If you meet an experienced head catcher and something like this happens, I'm afraid he will be the first to suspect Shiba, right?"
"There are many people in the temple market, and the cat is too small. I'm afraid it will easily step on Sanhua Empress." Song You paused, "If Sanhua Empress turns into a human form, she can walk with me. If she goes out in the form of a cat, she has no choice but to go out."
I will go shopping with Sanhua Empress in my arms."
"I'm going to Fulong Temple in Yin Yang Mountain, traveling to the Song Dynasty."
"Go early, otherwise all the horses will be bought."
Song You was about to leave when he was stopped by the man again.
"Well!"
The calico cat ran back to the house in a flash.
The food was quite good, with large pieces of cooked meat.
In fact, the risk has been reduced to very low.
In these days, sacrifices are a big deal, and few things are more important than sacrifices. On the birthday of the Yue Wang Shenjun, who is widely believed in the local area, and on this grand temple fair, no matter whether it is a feudal official, a trafficker or a soldier raised in the
The boudoir's daughter all went out at this time and rushed to the Yuewang Temple.
Song You turned back and looked at the middle-aged man who was still doing tricks and performing moving skills.
"We also have our own rules." The middle-aged man picked up the rice bowl again and said as he was digging, "We only take official silver, not copper coins or broken silver. If an expert sees through it, or someone has any guesses, as long as we can
Anyone who comes to us to tell us where they came from will be returned."
It’s not that the people in the world are rich, it’s that the people in the world know how difficult it is to be in the world and are particular about it, so they either don’t read it, or if they do, no matter how embarrassed they are, they still have to give it a piece of cake.
"How much property did Master Tao lose?"
Song You had no choice but to get up.
This man told him vividly not to be trapped by what he knew. This man was also a fastidious person. Although Song You was not a Jianghu person, he was willing to accompany him for a while.
"Twenty taels of official silver."
I could faintly hear people around me discussing:
He has a strong physique and a dull complexion, but once he raises his eyebrows and stares, not even half of his stupidity is gone, and only a frightening ferociousness remains.
Song You couldn't help but think about it.
An empty basin can create birds, fish, and snakes in the blink of an eye, and with a wave of the hand, it can make them disappear for no apparent reason. Similar to the magic of later generations, the magician also needs a piece of cloth to cover it, and it is not a trick.
The method is exquisite swiftness.
"..."
"Taoist priest!"
"I don't know, let's look for it first."
Song You is still gentle and calm:
"I just saw the technique of swiping back and forth with one hand. Although it is not superb, it is still at the pinnacle. It is much more advanced than me, so I came to ask."
There are fire-breathing ones.
"Who knows."
“A sumptuous meal at your fingertips.”
Song You accidentally met Yu Zhizhou who was coming to attend the temple fair, but he did not come forward to say hello, but stopped like other people and watched Yu Zhizhou and his people go away.
Before anyone arrived, I heard shouts first.
"It turns out he is a Taoist priest, disrespectful."
"Master Dao is trapped by his own knowledge. In the eyes of most people, this is just a trick to hide from others. Even if they know that there is a ghost, how many people can think of retrieving objects from the air? Even if, even if someone can respond,
Come here, we have already left."
When a rope is thrown into the sky, it is immediately covered by smoke and clouds, and the rope becomes straight, and people can climb up along the rope. When people gradually lose sight of it and climb into the clouds and mist, the rope becomes visible to everyone again.
It fell down and the smoke dispersed. There was no one above the head, only a cry of fear was left.
Whenever someone came to ask for a reward, Song You would never shy away and would give him a few copper coins.
In the end, I simply stopped using torches and just spit fire out of my mouth.
There are acrobats.
"good!"
Song You stood still in front of him and said with a smile.
"Shall Sanhua Empress go out in the form of a cat, or in the form of a human?"
"good."
After wandering for so long, it was already past noon. These jugglers and jugglers stopped one after another, saying they were ready to eat, and the onlookers gradually dispersed.
Even at the inn next door, there were people throwing money down.
Dayan's official silver was minted from ten taels. Only official silver was taken, and no copper coins or scraps were taken. On the one hand, it was convenient to carry, and on the other hand, it could exclude poor people based on their face value. It was a mentality of robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
Two figures, one large and one small, walked towards the place where the crowd was the densest.
At first, drinking oil and spitting fire only made everyone feel lively and added a bit of excitement to the temple fair. But soon the onlookers discovered that it was more than that - the oil in the man's mouth had already been sprayed clean, but as long as he joined in
Take a big breath in front of the torch, and the flames will be like a dragon again.
"Take human form."
"..."
"..."
So the copper coins jingled all over the floor.
“Where to buy a horse?”
"That's it, thank you for your advice."
I won’t report to the official this time.
Just paying attention to what is right and wrong cannot turn black into white and confuse right and wrong.
Capt. Luo is experienced and capable in handling cases, so he must have doubts. When the time comes, he will come to ask him for advice, but he still has to say something.
I just don’t know whether he ran faster or Luo Baantou chased him faster.