The city tower is majestic, and green grass grows on the rammed earth wall. Raindrops fall, and the dew on the grass bursts like ice and jade in the wind.
In the drizzle and slanting wind, an oil-paper umbrella slowly moved forward in the line of rain.
Su Che was stepping on a pair of hemp shoes and wearing a sash, looking at the plaque with the four words "Connecting Mountains and Seas" on the tower.
"I heard that it was a handwriting written by a great calligrapher in this dynasty when he was in office."
Great Liang The children of the Guan clan with the surname A often have many talents, especially in the arts of playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and there are often famous masters in each of them.
For example, Yingchuan Yu Clan and Chen Commandery Xie Clan are famous for their poetry and calligraphy, while Langya Wang Clan is proficient in calligraphy. This is because the children of wealthy families mostly use their talents to understand the ways of their predecessors during their spiritual practice.
This is like if there is a shocking swordsmanship, if it is written as a sword manual, no matter how detailed the text is, it may become a barrier. If it is too detailed, the original True Intention of the swordsmanship will be lost.
But if it is integrated into calligraphy, painting, Cang Feng and his pen, later people will be able to taste the samadhi if they have the right conditions.
"It doesn't look like Yu Zhongcheng's writing."
Su Che turned around and looked at the wooden shed behind him. The dampness and coldness of the night had soaked the wood, and his nose was full of moisture.
Guobei County There is an unwritten rule that the four city gates should be locked before the sun sets.
As long as it's night, the city gate won't open even if Wei Huaiwen himself rides a horse to call for it.
This is the rule. In order to take care of those who were too late to lock the gates before the sunset and enter the city, Guobei County specially built a shed outside the four city gates.
If you arrive late, please spend the night in the shed.
Although it is ventilated from all sides, there are still some tiles to cover your head.
Despite the drizzle of light rain, Su Che and Lu Bai failed to arrive at Guobei County before dark.
"Master, it's wet and cold at night, I'm going to light a fire."
"Excuse me, sir."
Su Che and Lu Bai disguised themselves as merchants, Su Che was the young boss, and Lu Bai was the shopkeeper.
There was a ready-made pile of firewood in the shed. Lu Bai took some firewood from the pile and put it into the fire pit, then took out the firewood to make a fire.
Su Che rolled up some hay and spread it on the ground, and the two of them gathered around the fire to make a fire.
"Guobei County It's so lonely here."
Su Che felt this.
From Shanyin to Guobei, I didn't see many pedestrians along the way. Just from the traffic point of view, this place is actually poorer than Shanyin.
"Although there are many monsters among Mystic Mountain, under the constraints of Demon King, they are actually two worlds from each other. Guobei Here, humans and ghosts live together, and everything is more difficult."
Lu Bai carefully watched the flames that had just risen.
Su Che sat by the stove with his hands on his sleeves, watching the rising flames.
"It's not easy."
Before coming to Guobei County, Su Che specifically read the information collected in Imperial Demon Hunters.
The monsters in Mystic Mountain have established their nests many years ago, which is due to the Feng Shui situation and the geography. Later, Old Lion turned to the magic path, and in the past three hundred years, Mystic Mountain has been regarded as a breeding ground for him to train his followers. The proportion of monsters is naturally much higher than other places.
There are many ghosts in Guobei County. In addition to the many human disasters and repeated massacres in the past, the fundamental reason is that Yin-Yang Dharma King is an old ghost.
He is at the Fourth Grade level of cultivation. Looking at the world, there are countless Ghost Cultivator figures. It is said that he comes from a certain Mystic Gate sect.
This Yin-Yang Dharma King created a new world among Guobei County, named "Yin-Yang Realm", and recruited all the lonely souls and wild ghosts.
It would be fine if he just closed the door and proclaimed himself king. He recruits people and does not like to take care of things. The wild ghosts under his sect often do evil things.
Of course, the above information will not be released, it will only stay on Imperial Demon Hunters's internal Record.
Imperial Demon Hunters's attitude is very clear. As long as the evil spirits in the Yin-Yang Realm don't go too far, then they will turn a blind eye to Guobei County.
Su Che took out an earthen basin and three sesame cakes from the sack, cut the sesame cakes into small pieces with a dagger and put them next to the fire to cook slowly.
"Want to eat?"
The fragrance of wheat wafted out through the burning flames. Su Che looked at the steaming pot and advised Lu Bai.
"It's up to you."
Lu Bai smiled.
Once you embark on the path of spiritual practice, you have to replace the acquired essence with innate energy as food. Although Lu Bai is a warrior, he can also absorb the vitality of heaven and earth. He is not the kind of rice bowl that can eat up to 180 kilograms in one meal.
Even if you eat, you should never tire of fine food and never tire of fine food.
The meat and wine meal at noon was good, Bamboo Leaf Green had the aroma of medicine, freshly cut beef, Lu Bai used the chopsticks to eat some.
The few pieces of cake baked in this broken earthenware basin were fragrant, and they had already been hardened by the fire. Lu Bai was not in the mood to grind his teeth.
Su Che didn't care. He scratched the hot wheat cake with his fingers, cut off a piece, put it in his mouth and chewed it hard.
"Master, someone is coming."
Lu Bai pulled a magic talisman from his sleeve and whispered in Su Che's ear.
Su Che nodded slightly.
There were indeed footsteps not far away.
As for whether the person coming is a human being, it's hard to say here Guobei County.
A yellow paper lantern swayed left and right on the road.
The hands holding the lantern were sallow, and a middle-aged scholar wore a turban on his head and a worn-out Maiyi, with a vermilion wine gourd hanging on his waist and a bamboo basket on his back, wandering on the road.
He staggered, saw the fire in the shed, and moved over step by step.
"Everyone... I apologize if there is any conflict."
He first bowed in the direction of Su Che and Lu Bai, then turned around and bowed in all directions.
Then, the scholar carefully blew out the candle in the lantern and smiled at Su Che, showing his white teeth.
"Young Master has a good face, so he shouldn't be a ghost."
Lu Bai frowned and looked at him.
"What do you mean by doing this circle of worship? Are there ghosts sitting around the two of us?"
The scholar heard him drink and waved his hands quickly.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. Students don't have that ability. It's just that I don't mind being polite to many people."
"It's not surprising that there are so many people here. The hairs on our necks are so frightened that they stand on end. We don't even look at where this place is. How can we make such a joke?"
Lu Bai felt in his heart that it was better not to cause trouble and deliberately put on a cold face.
"There is firewood prepared by the Yamen in the shed. You can go make it elsewhere and don't bother us."
"That's right, that's right."
The scholar looked apologetic and saluted several times with fists in his hands.
Su Che smiled when he heard this.
This scholar is quite interesting.
He seems to have no cultivation, but he is walking on the night road. I guess he must have some difficulties.
"Why go to all the trouble? Come and warm the fire with us. You can also save some firewood for those who come later."
Su Che said that he gave up a piece of land and invited the scholar to sit down.
"Oh, that's so disrespectful."
The middle-aged scholar said and sat down next to the two of them.
"Sir, we are also going to Guobei County."
The scholar stretched out a pair of waxy hands and burned them on the flames.
"Hmm."
"Doing business?"
"My family owns a herbal medicine shop. Let's go to Guobei with the shopkeeper to buy some medicinal materials."
The scholar was shocked when he heard this and moved his position a little further.
"That's a big deal, but Shanyin County has good medicine..."
At the end of the words, there was even some vibrato.
Su Che felt like laughing in his heart, this guy thought he was a ghost.
"Those Anemarrhena and Coptidis Rhizoma, which have cold properties, are better from Guobei."
"Yes, yes, it's cold and warm. My young master is knowledgeable."
The middle-aged scholar nodded one after another as he spoke, and took the opportunity to secretly tilt his head and squint at the shadows of the two people under the fire.
"The great shopkeeper of my family is the real master in the good medicine shop, and he is truly knowledgeable."
Su Che smiled and pointed at the cold-faced Lu Bai next to him.
"Oh, sir, if you didn't tell me, I would have thought that this gentleman was the big boss of some kind of business..."
Lu Bai was amused by him even though he had a cold face.
"I'm not afraid of the jokes between the two of you. The student has also read a few photo books. I just think that the young master looks rich and noble, but the shopkeeper has an official look."
"He is used to being bossy."
Su Che handed over the wheat cake.
"Sir, do you want to eat cake?"
"No, no, I brought some nourishing medicinal soup."
The scholar lifted up the red wine gourd and shook it, and there was a sound of water inside.
"What are you doing at Guobei?"
Lu Bai frowned, he always felt that there was something strange about this scholar.
"Collect the bill."
"It's just you. If there's a dog at the door, I'm afraid you won't be able to get through it. Are you still collecting the bill?"
"Oh, I am just taking advantage of my master's family's great power to make ends meet."
While several people were talking, they heard the sound of gongs outside.
"Officials handle cases, and idle people avoid them."
The chants came one after another. Lu Bai raised his ears, but did not hear any footsteps.
I really don't look at the almanac when I go out, Lu Bai gave Su Che a look.
Today I really encountered ghosts one after another.
Third Young Master Su originally practiced Lunar Method, and his sensitivity to Yin energy is much better than that of Lu Bai. Of course, he can feel the gusts of Yin wind coming slowly.
"Mr."
Su Che reminded the scholar with a surprised face, "Those people who come down here are the real officials."
On the word "zhen", Su Che has an accent.
"Students know, know."
There was cold sweat on the scholar's face, but his expression was calm.
Su Che nodded slightly in his mind, thinking about it, since he was asking for debts at Guobei County, he had seen unclean things several times, so it was not surprising.