Chapter 134 Looking at the world
The autumnal equinox was lying on Xu You's legs. In the past few days, she was busy and untouched to prepare for the New Year. She was really exhausted. The winter solstice was yawning, tilting her head, and unable to open her eyes. She never liked to stay up late and work on time. At a young age, she was even older than the old Taoist priest. Lu Shuang was afraid that she would freeze, so she took a cloak and covered it on the winter solstice, and held her in her arms. Both plants were beautiful, and she was more beautiful than flowers, and she was very eye-catching.
In contrast, Fang Sinian was in the best spirit. She went to sit with Zuo Qi and Shanzong to discuss the difficulties encountered in her practice. She was unsteady by nature, but she studied Bodhi without distraction. She made a thousand miles a day and made an amazing progress, which was an exception.
An Yao sat in the corner and rarely spoke. Whether it was during the New Year's Eve dinner or when he was staying around the fire, he sat alone, not chatting with others, nor chatting with others, and even had no alcohol during meals. He only ate some vegetarian dishes and avoided meat and greasy food. Xu You did not pay too much attention to him, and even didn't even look at him for a moment. In order to let him examine the Jingyuan group, examine the environment he is in, and examine those lives that are completely different from the past. Many times, it is better to subtly speak ten thousand nonsense than to say.
Except for a few people in Jingyuan, others didn't know about An Yao's identity as an assassin. So at first, some people were curious and toasted An Yao out of kindness, but their hot faces were pressed against her cold butt, which was directly ignored, which made everyone feel dissatisfied and even more deserted. He didn't care at all, and sat quietly. The scenes in front of him were like water droplets dripping from the eaves, hitting the thick scales on his chest little by little, dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong and reverberating between his ear drums.
Xu You waved.
Anyao hesitated for a moment, walked over, Xu You patted his side, asked him to sit down, and smiled and said, "Are you up to the next year?"
"I used to follow Chen Chan for ten years. In addition to practicing, I still practiced. There is no difference between the New Year and the usual!" An Yao said freely and easily, but there was an unconcealed loneliness in his tone, saying, "This is the first time so many people have eaten New Year's Eve dinner and gathered together to stay up to New Year!"
"first……"
Xu You picked up a piece of bamboo that fell out and threw it into the brazier. The running tongues of fire reflected each other's faces red, as if the aroma of wine was filled with mellow wine, and said, "Are you not used to it? Others may not be so noisy. I like the excitement, and everyone is happy to get together. You can't be bothered and sit still and haven't left until now, which is actually a bit beyond my expectations."
"I'm just curious, but I'm not used to it." An Yao smiled slightly at the corner of his lips, and said, "Also, Shuan Xu is quite... quite interesting."
"Do you know what I admire most?"
"Oh," Anyao turned his head, stared at Xu You, and said, "Please give me advice!"
"You have experienced a great disaster in your childhood, but you have never regarded the whole world as a hatred. Whether you want to admit it or not, at least there is still some kind of goodness in your heart. For these goodness, I am willing to do everything possible to resolve the grudges between you and me."
An Yao said silently. After a long time, he suddenly said, "Do you want me to kill someone for you?"
Xu You shook his head and said, "I don't need anyone to kill someone for me! If you nod and agree to let go of this grudge, I will give you freedom now and let you go. If you really have nowhere to go, you can also stay in Jingyuan, like Fenghu and Jingzhe, and receive monthly payments. As for what to do, you will be happy, but I hope you can preach the Book of Changes or other classics of various schools, as long as you are proficient in it, you can talk about it. If one day, I mean, if I ask you to kill someone for me, you can leave without complaints, and no one in Jingyuan will leave!"
An Yao was silent for a long time again and sighed: "Although I want to believe the promise of Lang Jun, I really don't dare to believe it!"
"I understand that with your past, it will not be so easy to believe in a person. So we don't have to hurry. If you look slowly, you will always see clearly my character. I am not a saint, I will lie, lie, and lie. If necessary, I will be fooled and cheat, but the promises I make to my friends have never counted."
Xu You said it lightly, but for some reason it exudes strong persuasion and self-confidence. This innate leader charm is a talent that many people do not have. An Yao's eyes were confused, and he was erratic in the jumping of the fire, saying, "Ke Yueyao... I owe her a life after all!"
"Yueyao, Yueyao!"
Xu You repeated it and said, "As long as you have no objection to the settlement, we can always find a solution to Yueyao's matter. If you can't do it today, then tomorrow, this year, then next year!"
Danyao lowered his head, his thin body always ignored his danger, and said, "I am controlled by my husband and have nowhere to go, so naturally I follow my husband's instructions. But you asked me to take a look more, but I don't know what to look at?"
"Look at the world!"
Xu You said calmly: "You have been in the ghost realm for many years, let's take a look at this real world!"
An Yao stopped talking, sat beside Xu You, quietly looking at the crowd gathered in front of him until Dongfang Dabai.
The fire plate that had been burning all night returned to silence, and the sound of firecrackers seemed to be still crackling in my ears. The 12th year of Yong'an arrived as scheduled. Everyone returned to their rooms, washed and took a rest, changed into their new clothes, and then gathered happily in the yard. The girls and ladies of the rosy and took a wooden stick, laughed and beat around the fire plate, and the dust quickly spread out. Hexi Chounu was originally timidly hiding behind Du, and looked at her looking at her from time to time. I don't know what she said in the past, but the little girl actually boldly asked her to hold her hands next to the grass ash, holding the small branches, and also hit her like an adult.
Yu Tu stood not far away, staring at the Chou Nu, his green eyes were filled with the tenderness of the first snow.
An Yao stayed beside Xu You and asked strangely: "What is this for?"
"Drunk the pile of filth is also called "Drunk the wish". Have you read a lot of books and have you never read the "Supreme Sutra"?"
Danyao shook his head.
Xu You smiled and explained: "It is said that someone was named Kuang Ming. When he passed by Pengze Lake, he was invited by the lake's god Qinghongjun to visit the cave. The god was very kind to Kuang Ming and asked him what he wanted. The god's servant secretly told Kuang Ming that he wanted the god's maid to do what he wanted. Kuang Ming said this. Although the god was reluctant to leave, he still gave him what he wanted. In the future, no matter what wish Kuang Ming made, he could satisfy his wish. Even if he was not a god, it would be similar. One day, he got up late as he wished. Kuang Ming was furious and picked up a stick to hit her. He was so scared that he hid in the pile of filth. Later, people learned to hit Kuang Ming to hit the pile of filth, all trying to make a wish that would satisfy all kinds of extravagances and desires, which was considered to be a joyful thing!"
The filth pile is also a manure pile. At the beginning, it was indeed all the manure piles were beaten, but later it felt dirty and indecent, and gradually evolved into the hot fire on New Year's Eve and the wood ash on the first day of the New Year to replace the manure pile. It can be seen that many people have to take advantage of the situation and take shortcuts when seeking immortals and worshiping Buddhas.
"So that's what it means!" Dong Xie was happy to fight and turned around and said, "The old people say that the fight will be as good as they wish, but I thought it would be like it after they fight. Unexpectedly, it was a girl's name or a fairy maid. Xiaolang, seeing how majestic he is as a maid, he can get what he wants!"
Xu You smiled and said, "Is that so? Is this the reason why she has been hiding in the pile of dirty things for hundreds of years and being chased by someone with a stick to her spanking? If you like this kind of majesty, I will help you think of a way, and it is not impossible to do it."
Lu Shuang joked: "Then when people go to the main day, they will not fight as they wish, but the Winter Solstice!"
"No, no!" The winter solstice felt a little sore in his butt, and his little face was full of a pleasing smile, and he said, "I'm talking about playing, what's the point of being a god? It's better to follow Xiaolang!"
Fang Sinian said: "Sister, isn't it a bit bad for you to have a rat like this?"
The Winter Solstice was surprised and said, "Okay, you can even speak idioms in Shinian. Who taught you? Master Qiyi or Master Fenghu?"
Fang Sinian now has three masters, He Ru, Zuo Qi and Shan Sect. She raised her head proudly and said, "Master Jingzhe!"
If it is He Ru or Zuo Qi, the Winter Solstice is not easy to make fun of, and there is nothing to say about Shanzong, and he said, "You, learn idioms from now on and follow the other two masters. Jingzhe is not good. He can't even understand it clearly. He will teach you."
Fang Sinian was unknown, so he said, "What's wrong? Did Master Jingzhe teach him wrong?"
"It's not just wrong, it's a big mistake!" The knowledge of the Winter Solstice is a hundred times stronger than that of Fang Sinian, a rural wild girl. She was stunned and said, "The two ends of the head rat are the words of Emperor Wu of Han, Tian Fen, who denounced Han Anguo, and the two treacherous ministers conspired to deal with other loyal ministers, so they can only be used on bad people. Is the sister a bad person?"
Fang Sinian hurriedly said, "My sister is very good to me, she is not a bad person!"
"That's right, do you think the Jingzhe School is right?"
"This..." Fang Sinian was embarrassed and said, "As a disciple, you cannot be disrespectful to your master..."
"Ha, that's right!"
The winter solstice is still waiting to be arranged by Shanzong. Xu You can't stand it anymore and smiled and scolded, "Okay, you're just sharp-tongued. Sinian, don't pay attention to her and quickly beat the foul pile. If you get beaten by others until you get what you want, your good luck will be gone!"
"Really?"
Fang Sinian immediately turned his head and focused on picking up the stick and slapped the grass ashes. Xu You pointed at them and said to An Yao: "Did you see it? This is what the world should look like!"
After fighting the pile of filth, everyone stood in turn, first drinking pepper and cypress wine, and toasted Xu You from young to old age. This rule is different from the past because the New Year is the beginning of the new year, which marks that young people grow one year old, while the elderly lose one year old, so they grow first and then grow.
When everyone toast, they will give a kegui pill from Lushuang. This pill is made of realgar and wine. The man puts it on the left side of the waist and the woman on the right side of the waist to ward off evil spirits.
After everyone respected it, Xu You raised his wine glass and said, "How good is the fragrant pepper, it is rich and rich. The taste is precious, and it can eliminate all diseases. The beginning is the beginning of the year, and the month is the first day. I will live forever, and I will pray for the first good luck."
Everyone shouted: "Yongjie Meisheng, pray for the first good luck!"
Then he looked up and drank the wine in the glass. Everyone looked happy and looked happy. It seemed that there had never been such a happy and comfortable New Year. Then he drank peach soup, ate gummy and tasted the five pungent plate. Anyway, the custom of celebrating the festival has not changed much in the past century. Although Xu You combined his previous memories, his personal experience was different from the memories in his mind. After all, it was quite interesting and completely different from the boring Spring Festival in later generations.
In the afternoon, gradually calmed down. Xu You summoned Shanzong to the room and handed him a sealed letter and a note with seven addresses, saying: "When the city gate is closed, leave Qiantang, follow these residences to Jinling to find Zhan Wenjun, and ask her to do me a favor..."
After hearing Xu You's words, Shanzong said, "Don't worry, my husband, I will send this letter safely!"
"Also, you will take Fang Sinian with you!"
"Ah?" Shan Zong was stunned and said, "I'm afraid that bringing her will make a mistake!"
"It's not a mistake! There's no need to hurry on the road. I'll give you three months to get back in April. I can't create a master-level warrior behind closed doors. Fang Sinian needs your experience in the martial arts world and needs to go out to see the world more. I'm very relieved to follow you!"
As long as there is plenty of time, Shanzong doesn't mind taking Fang Sinian out for some experience, and smiles: "Okay, I will let her suffer a little more."
"Go and prepare. I have already told you to bring 50,000 yuan with you for emergencies. I won't give you a gift when you leave, and the journey will be smooth!"
Chapter completed!