The next morning, before the sun rose, the roosters in the village began to crow.
Just after a cup of tea, the sound of "whooshing and whooshing" could be heard in the courtyard where the birthday class was located.
That was the news of young people getting up early to practice martial arts and playing with sticks, knives and forks.
The leader of the Shouxi class lives alone in a room, and it is said that he used to get up early in the morning.
But since he suffered a prison sentence in Qianjiang Fucheng, his body and bones have not completely recovered, and he even suffers from the problem of being lazy.
Hearing the whirring sound of practicing martial arts outside, he turned over in a daze, only to find that his back was soaked with sweat.
He grabbed the rolled-up cattail leaf next to him and patted his body several times. But once he stopped, he felt even hotter. He had no choice but to get up and open the door, and subconsciously touched the bunch of copper keys tied around his waist. Then he lay back on the bed.
A ray of cool morning breeze blew into the house, and the slightly cool class teacher felt sleepy again.
"Crack!"
The cattail leaf fan fell on the bed. The class leader barely opened a slit in his eyes and stretched out his hand to pull the cattail leaf fan.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
There was a soft sound from the bed.
"A plague-stricken rat."
The class leader thought it was a rat that had crawled onto the bed, so he cursed and grabbed the cattail leaf fan and started to beat it.
"Um?"
What caught my eye was a doll made of clay.
Wearing a crimson python robe, his head is made of loess, and his two emerald green bamboo leaf hat wings gently sway up and down.
"belch!"
The clay puppet that looked like a civil servant suddenly opened its mouth and let out a belch, and also spurted out a stream of fiery red heat, which made the class leader feel stuffy again.
"Am I dreaming?"
The class leader was puzzled and was about to sit up and take a closer look. However, he saw that the clay puppet's little mouth suddenly moved again, and it actually uttered human words:
"Master, listen to me. I am Jiafei. I have left since then. If anyone asks me again, they will tell me that I am nowhere to be found."
Duan Yulou, a former military student in the class, has become a bandit and is now running around Qianyuan Prefecture. I hereby tell you how to deal with it. You can make your own decision. Don't say it was unforeseen.
In addition, there is a packet of fragrant smoothie wrapped in lotus leaves, which has been distributed to all the children in the class to comfort them."
"Master, listen carefully, I am Jia Fei..."
"Master, listen carefully..."
After the clay puppet said the same words three times in a row, a ball of green air came out of its mouth, and then it became silent.
The old teacher rubbed his eyes and stretched out his hand to take the clay doll. He saw that the clay doll's two short legs actually started to move. Taking small square steps, he quickly jumped from the bed to the ground, and then slipped to the door. He jumped over the threshold, turned a corner, and disappeared.
"..."
"Snapped!"
"Hi~ha!"
The class leader slapped himself hard, covered his burning cheeks, got out of bed, rushed to the door barefoot, and looked in the direction where the clay puppet disappeared.
"Hey! The class leader got up early today. I think he met some young lady in his dream and couldn't help but want to come out and have a bath with her."
A few young students who were practicing in the courtyard saw the class leader coming out, and some bold ones laughed.
"Go! I'm training you. Oh, by the way, have you ever..."
The class leader wanted to speak but stopped talking.
"What?"
"Uh...nothing, just practice hard!"
After the class leader finished speaking, he covered his cheeks and turned around to go back to the house. He heard bursts of cheers coming from several rooms nearby:
"Wow! Bing Xiang Gai!"
"tasty!"
"Bah liu ba liu!"
"Da Wu Sheng! Da Wu Sheng!"
Several children shouted and ran out of the house. At the same time, each of them held a fresh and clean lotus leaf in their hands. They ran past the class leader and ran towards the backyard.
The class leader followed involuntarily and followed the children to the door of the house where Jia Fei lived, but he did not dare to move rashly for fear of disturbing the people inside.
The children looked at each other, one of the older children scratched his head, then raised his foot and lightly kicked the youngest child in the buttocks.
Under the encouragement, Erwazi swallowed, tiptoed to the door, hugged the lotus leaf bag tightly, freed up a little hand to knock twice on the door, and the door opened by itself.
"Squeaky!"
Erwazi stretched his head and looked inside. There was a faint musty smell in the house, which was the smell of the old house after it had been vacant for two or three days.
Seeing that no one was in the room, all the children crowded into the room. The head teacher also followed behind and looked into the back room. Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat. The bed was neatly arranged, and it looked like it had never been moved.
"I'm really gone..."
The class leader murmured to himself.
"Wow!"
"Ah! Wow! You pushed all my ice-flavored caps off the ground! You pay! You pay!"
The second kid grabbed the other kid next to him and cried.
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"I know! I know! I know..."
The scorching sun is shining in the sky, steaming and baking the earth.
There is an official road between Gyeonggi Ferry and the Imperial City of the capital that can pass four carriages.
During the day, people pulling carts and transporting goods came and went on the official road, and along the way there were many small businessmen from nearby villages setting up stalls to sell various goods.
Among them, tea stalls are the most common, especially in summer, there is one almost every one or two miles apart.
"Tea shopkeeper, please serve two bowls of tea."
The tea shopkeeper was taking a nap in the shed when he suddenly heard someone shouting outside, so he lazily came out and saw two guest officials, Bai and Qing, who looked like young gentlemen.
Seeing that these two people were of good temperament, the tea shopkeeper immediately put away his laziness, trotted forward, and greeted the two of them to a relatively clean table. He sat on a long bench and greeted them.
People sit down.
"Snapped!"
Jia Fei took out a small piece of silver from his pocket and put it on the table. The shopkeeper smiled even more:
"Oh! Thank you young masters."
"Easy to say."
After Jia Fei finished speaking, the tea shopkeeper bowed and returned to the tea shed. After a while, he brought out two bowls of the cleanest white porcelain tea cups.
"If you two objectively have any other instructions, just say hello to me."
Jia Fei waved his hand gently, and the shopkeeper returned to the shed with a smile. Cheng Yu picked up the tea cup and took a sip of herbal tea. The tea was not strong in taste, but it had a hint of sweetness and earthy smell.
"Brother Cheng, the capital city seemed very close yesterday, but if we really walked there, it would be farther than Qingchuan County to Qingluozhuang. Why?"
"This is my first time here in the capital, but you have stayed here for several years. Why do you ask me now?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Cheng Yu said with a smile.
"That was three hundred years ago, and before my spiritual wisdom was developed, my memory has long been blurred. I probably only remember what happened at the Marquis' Mansion in the city, and I never left the inner city."
Cheng Yu nodded slightly, looked up in the direction of the capital and said:
"Perhaps it's because the capital is located on a high ground and is large in scale, so it doesn't look far away, but it's actually not that far away. That's why it's so easy to run away from the mountain."
After Cheng Yu finished speaking, he remembered something again, pointed at the bag of tips on Jia Fei's chest and said:
"I see that there is a lot of trouble in this capital. After you and I return the exquisite dice to its original owner, we can leave here."
"Ah? I wanted to visit my old place again, especially the palace, which I have never set foot in before. This time I also want to see the difference between the emperor's children's eating, drinking and eating."
Jia Fei said with some reluctance upon hearing this.
"You have been registered by the Jinwu Guards at this moment. Even if they do not regard you as an enemy, if you really want to break into the palace they are guarding...and don't forget that there are still those Xirong monks in the capital."
When Jia Fei heard this, he immediately thought of the golden thread that once bound his demon pill, and frowned:
"If that's the case, then we might as well not leave anymore and just leave."
Cheng Yu smiled and shook his head when he heard this:
"Last night I asked you to take the troupe and cross the river to leave Gyeonggi Province. I went to the capital alone to return the dice, but you refused. You insisted on letting the clay puppet make the trip for you. You guarded me yourself. It seems that I can
As if leaving without saying goodbye.
If I really leave, I will definitely send you across the river first, and I will not let you stay outside my barrier in this important place in the capital."
When the cat demon heard this, he curled his lips and hummed softly, feeling a little more comfortable in his heart. He opened the bag with ease and looked at the dice with a faint purple light inside:
"This dice is indeed strange, but is it really worth Brother Cheng's trip to the capital for this trip... Or maybe Brother Cheng's trip is not for the dice, but for the owner of the dice. Then
A little princess?"
As Jia Fei spoke, his voice lowered, and finally he couldn't help but peek at Cheng Yu's expression.
But when Cheng Yu heard this, he smiled softly and said:
"You can say yes, you can say no. I just think that this dice might be able to solve some of the mysteries in my mind."
"Mystery..."
Jia Fei murmured to himself, but heard Cheng Yu remind him softly:
"Someone is coming over there."
When Jia Fei heard this, he kept silent and turned to look in the direction of the visitor. He saw two people driving a donkey cart, looking like they were porters from the dock, driving slowly towards this side.
After about half a cup of tea, two people and a car finally arrived at the tea stall. The tea shopkeeper heard the squeaking sound of the axle and stuck his head out:
"Hey! Brothers, it's time for you to rest early today!"
One of the two porters drove a donkey cart to the roadside. After unloading the donkey, he tied it to a small tree and let it graze on the spot. The other man walked to the table and said carelessly:
"Hey! Don't mention it. For some reason, the number of cargo ships on the river has been much less than in previous years. No, it's just noon, and there are no more goods coming from the dock."
"Well, the sun is scorching right now, so it's a good time to have a bowl of herbal tea to escape the heat."
The tea shopkeeper arranged for the two of them to sit down at the only other empty table, turned back to the tea shed, and came out carrying two large stoneware bowls.
"Tons, tons, tons, tons... hiss! So refreshing!"
"Hey! Do you want to hear something new on the road?"
One of them grabbed the tea shopkeeper and said mysteriously.
Hearing this, the other person held down the man's hand and winked at Cheng Yu before looking at the tea shopkeeper.
The tea shopkeeper remained silent and shook his head slightly. The man simply pulled the tea shopkeeper in front of him, leaned close to his ear and asked in a low voice:
"Where did it come from?"
The tea shopkeeper glanced at Cheng Yu secretly, covered his mouth and whispered:
"He looks very strange. He must be a young man from the city who is passing by."
The two nodded, and the tea shopkeeper pulled a long stool and sat at the table and asked:
"What's new? Come on, tell me."
One of the porters chuckled, leaned forward, pointed in the direction behind him, lowered his voice, and said with a mysterious look on his face:
"It's near Lien Lizhuang in the north. Didn't we not dare to make deliveries at night because of the thieves who came out of the cutting path?"
"That's right! Oh, I heard it was the most violent the past few days, so much so that I didn't dare to come out to relieve myself in the middle of the night."
"Yes, I heard this morning that those thieves had offended the military post last night and were uprooted. Moreover, the government also killed two barbarians, Xizuo."
"Ouch! Barbarian? Ah...shh! Why did Barbarian get involved in this?"
"That barbarian must be with the thieves who cut the path."
"Good boy! It's incredible! It's only been a few months, and the barbarians have already come to the borders of Gyeonggi Province!"
"No, in previous years, the barbarians would just take advantage of the autumn harvest or the beginning of winter to make trouble in the north. But before autumn has even begun, they have all made trouble in the capital. Hey! I don't know what this government is doing.
food.
According to me, you need to be careful about your tea stall, maybe there are some that have slipped through the net nearby."
As the three of them were talking, they all glanced at Cheng Yu again. However, seeing that the two people at the table were just drinking tea and looking at the scenery, without paying any attention to their own side, they started chatting again.
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Both Cheng Yu and Jia Fei were happy to listen to some new things for nothing, but after a few embellishings, each of these people's hearsay skills became better than the last, which made them both laugh.
