Chapter 28 Announcement
It was early this morning, and the genius was dawn. Most of the customers in the store had not yet got up, but a slight sound of footsteps came from the second floor of the inn.
After a while, Chu Qing walked out of the door in a neat dress. She walked up to the corridor, raised her feet, looked into the backyard, and vaguely saw the "carriage" set up by the shop in front of the horse pan. She nodded with satisfaction, turned around and walked out of the next room with a smile.
Chu Qing raised her hand and wanted to knock on the door, but suddenly stopped in the air again. Her eyes turned, she temporarily changed her attention, with her arms retracted, put her ears on the door, and eavesdropped inside, but after listening for a long time, there was no movement inside. She frowned, thought for a while, and then put her ears over, holding her breath for a moment. After confirming that there was no sound inside, she stood up angrily, kicked the door open with a "bang", and rushed in angrily, just about to shout. She looked up and saw that the room was empty. When she walked to the bedside and reached out to touch it, the bedding was cold! She knew in her heart that Feng Shuzhu was not in the room last night.
So he pouted, sat on the bed angrily, and muttered in a low voice: "Hmph, liar, I promised to drive the carriage together this morning!" As he spoke, his eyes accidentally swept to the table, and saw a note pressing under the wine pot. He was surprised, so he walked over, moved the pot away, picked up the note and looked at it, but saw that it was covered with handwriting, Chu Qing stretched out her hand and pointed it at the note, one, two, three, four..., as if she had recorded the content on the note. Fang Yi raised his hand and shook in the air, and the note fell out of thin air.
Seeing that the note was burning, Chu Qing walked out of the door and looked around. Seeing that there was no one on the left and right, she turned around and closed the door, lowered the footsteps, walked back to her room, took the package, woke up the little fat bear bag, and whispered that it should not speak. She walked with her, so she walked out of the door and followed the stairs to the backyard.
After approaching the "carriage", Chu Qing couldn't help but wonder. She saw that the so-called "rabbit horse" was short, but her ears were surprisingly much longer. Her whole body was covered with short brown hair and a white belly. She didn't even have the mane of an ordinary horse. No matter how you look at it, she didn't like it, and she had no sense of majesty. The strangest thing was that the tail was short and thick, and was still shaking constantly. Chu Qing walked around the "rabbit horse" and whispered to the little fat bear bag: "This, is this a horse?"
The little fat bear bag had not woken up, but was still sleepy at this time. When he heard Chu Qing talking, he couldn't help but rub his eyes. He glanced at the "rabbit horse", nodded first, shook his head, and turned his eyes a few times, but he didn't think about it, so he nodded deeply again.
Seeing this, Chu Qing thought to herself: Maybe this is a horse, it's just a cheaper inferior horse. After thinking about it, she no longer wondered. She looked up at the skylight and remembered that she had something to do. She inserted the "Ray" flag into the car, then carried the little fat bear bag to the car, wrapped it with her body, then quietly untied the reins, looked around, and nodded in satisfaction, pulled the "Rabbit Horse" and walked out of the backyard.
Chu Qing pulled the "Rabbit Horse" out of the backyard and walked along the street towards the official road. She didn't encounter any figure along the way. Seeing that the shop owners on both sides of the street had not yet got up early, she couldn't help but feel grateful for the shopkeepers who could get up so early to get a carriage. The street market, which was not long, felt that they had been walking for a long time because the "Rabbit Horse" had short legs and could only walk back and forth with four legs, but they would not run off the ground like a horse.
After finally getting on the official road, Chu Qing jumped over and sat on the ear of the carriage, threw up a branch he picked up on the road, hit the back of the "rabbit horse", and shouted "drive".
The "rabbit horse" was whipped and immediately accelerated its speed and pulled the car without shed to "run wildly". Chu Qing turned around and pulled the package with her, worried that she would throw the little fat bear bag out of the car.
In this way, a young girl actually drove a donkey cart and ran on the official road in the early morning.
I met a few passers-by who were walking around, stopped to watch, pointed at me, and then burst into laughter.
Chu Qing glanced blankly and thought to herself: You guys are walking and laughed at me for having a car! So she ignored it, but shook the reins and accelerated the speed, leaving those people far behind.
As he shouted along the way, Chu Qing drove the donkey cart for about an hour, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road. He saw a few men on the official road stopping the pedestrians and selling things.
After confirming that they were the porters who changed careers, Chu Qing nodded, jumped out of the car, pulled the reins and leaned over slowly. He listened quietly that those men were nothing more than introducing the benefits of "General Liang", coaxing and scaring, and selling all kinds of "General Liang" things at high prices. As pedestrians gradually gathered, the men became more busy, but those who were walking outside were very cautious and could be very damn. Most of them watched coldly. Some were moved, but when they saw that others were silent, they became hesitant.
The men were erect for a while, but they didn't sell a single piece of copper. They couldn't help but get angry. After seeing the rough man lowering his head and whispering a few words in the older man's ear, they walked straight towards Chu Qing with a swagger.
When he reached a distance from Chu Qing, the man raised his hand and shouted loudly: "I said, "I'm saying, "You are not rushing to go, and you are leading a donkey cart to block the direction of our wealth. What's the purpose of this? What's the scholar with you?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Qing gave him a blank look, without saying anything, and she still stood there without fear on her face.
The man looked around and saw that the scholar was indeed not there, so he swallowed again, plucked up his courage, and shouted: "That little girl, the old man asked you to drive away the donkey cart, have you heard it?" Because the man himself was full of confidence in speaking, it didn't matter that this shouting immediately attracted everyone present. Everyone calmed down and looked at them.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Chu Qing jumped into the car, put her hands together, and slapped several times, shouting loudly: "Young and young men, please listen. I am here to announce important things under the order of General Liang!"
When the people present heard this, they couldn't help but gathered over, stood in a circle with the donkey cart as the center, raised their heads and opened their mouths, and waited for the following text.
The rough man was confused by Chu Qing's sudden behavior, but everyone stopped listening to their shouts and selling goods. He couldn't help but feel angry. He pulled his short shirt and exposed his chest hair. He strode up and grabbed Chu Qing and said, "You kid, what nonsense are you talking about here? You can come down for me."
He originally thought that a strong man would pull down a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl. It was not easy, but he did not expect that his hand had not reached. He saw Chu Qing squatting down slowly in the car and punching him in the chest.
The man suddenly felt as if he was hit hard by a sledgehammer and fell down on his back. However, he felt the blood in his chest surging. He lay on the ground with a pale face and could not speak for a while. The other men were shocked to see this and looked at each other.
Watching the fun is not afraid of big things. This is a common psychology that people have had since ancient times. When the onlookers saw such a arrogant man being knocked down by a girl, they couldn't help but have no doubts, but instead started to cheer and shout.
Chu Qing smiled, stood up again, raised her hand, and signaled everyone to stop the sound. Those people were surprisingly obedient, and the venue suddenly became silent.
Chu Qing stood in the car and swept below her eyes. Seeing that the man who was knocked down by her was supported by her accomplices, she slowly gathered over. It seemed that she had no idea of causing trouble. She coughed a few times, cleared her throat, and said loudly: "Young and young men, I am hereby advising General Liang to announce that in order to thank my friends for their love for many years, General Liang will order people to issue protective orders at the mansion for free, first come first served." As she said that, she raised her finger and pointed to the direction of the official road to Liang's mansion.
When the people present heard this, they started to talk to each other in a low voice. Of course, most people hoped that this was true, because a sign flag would cost at least one tael of silver, which was really not cheap, but there was no way to verify Chu Qing's words.
After a while, someone finally shouted out the thoughts of everyone and said, "Little girl, you are not a fool. You are lying to us, are you hiding some great thieves on the way?"
Chu Qing smiled slightly, squatted down and said, "This big brother said it well." As he said that, he lowered his head and took out a dozen papers from his carry-on package, shook into the air, and then said, "Please see! This is a notice issued by General Liang's mansion, with the Liang's mansion seal on it. Please verify it."
When everyone heard this, they all went up to ask for it, took it in their hands and carefully identified it. There were merchants who had contact with the Liang Mansion. They took out the tickets they had on their bodies and carefully recognized the seal on them. They couldn't help but say happily: "It's true, it's true seal."
As a result, everyone present no longer doubted it, so they scattered and ran towards the direction Chu Qing pointed, fearing that they would not get the flag.
The men also took the notice and took out the tickets given by the Liang Mansion during the delivery. After gathering together and carefully identifying them, they found that they were indeed real seals. They turned around and looked at several trucks of goods. They couldn't help but curse, thinking that they had been cheated by the Liang Mansion.
Later, the elderly man cried and bowed, "Little girl, from this point of view, the Liang Mansion will start to issue free flags from now on. But can General Liang have any explanation for the truckloads of goods that he promised me to wait for?"
When Chu Qing heard this, her eyes turned around, and she thought about it and said seriously: "General Liang has told me that you are also a hard-working person. These trucks of goods can also be exchanged for silver at the mansion." After that, she ignored everyone, but instead chose thick trees in her hand and pasted them on the side of the road.
When the men heard this, they discussed each other, and then they looked bitterly, pushed up the cart, and walked towards the Liang Mansion.
After posting the notice, Chu Qing blinked her eyes, stretched out her fingers, one, two, three..., counted again, thinking about what Feng Shuzhu told her, she did a few things herself, and there were still a few left. Then she nodded slightly, looked around again, then smiled, untied the reins with confidence, and shouted, and drove the "Rabbit Horse" carriage to continue walking forward.
When Chu Qing saw thick trees along the way, she stopped to paste the notice. When she met a passerby with agility, she would also give her a few pictures and give her instructions to promote it widely.
Someone who is a quasi-fighter, saw that the seal of the Liang Mansion was used as evidence, so he asked for a little more. He thought of going back to the village to post a notice. He thought that he had made such a great contribution to the Liang Mansion, and it might be possible to ask for some rewards.
Chu Qing stopped and stopped all the way, and it was almost noon. It was the sun in the sky and she was thirsty. When she looked up, she saw a small tea stall from afar.
Unlike before, there was no man selling all kinds of "General Liang" things in the tea stall, but gathered with a few people who were resting on the road, holding a notice in their hands and whispering.
When he approached the tea stall, Chu Qing found a shaded place to park the car, took off the cloth bag, packed the little fat bear bag, and turned around and saw that someone had posted five or six notices around the tea stall. He felt funny and whispered to himself: "I did something for me."
When he walked into the tea stall, Chu Qing found an empty seat and sat down, shouting loudly: "My man, come and have a bowl of tea to quench his thirst."
The guy turned his head and looked up at Chu Qing, but did not move. Instead, he pointed to the teapot next to him and said, "Little girl, you pour it yourself, free, drink it casually."
Upon hearing this, Chu Qing took the big iron kettle, poured the tea, leaned over, and then pretended to say loudly: "My man, what are you looking at? I'll stop doing business."
This time, the guy didn't even look back and said loudly: "The Liang Mansion's notice, you kid, ask what to ask, go." After that, he continued to whisper with the people.
Chu Qing pretended to be unclear and responded, returned to her seat, took a few sips of tea, and secretly fed the little fat bear bags of tea while everyone was not prepared, thinking about what else to do. She looked up at the sun again, and knew that it was time to hurry, so she drank a cup of tea, then got up and walked out of the tea stall to pick up the "Rabbit Horse" cart.
Suddenly I realized that the car was gone!
Chu Qing clearly remembered that she parked the car under the shade of the tree next to her, but disappeared at this moment. She rubbed her eyes and searched left and right, but still couldn't find it. So she carried the cloth bag and ran over several arrows. Seeing two rut marks on the ground, she followed the traces and searched all the way. Finally, after she arrived at the small tea stall, she saw the "rabbit horse" lowering her head and drinking water in a large water tank.
Chu Qing looked at no one noticed, Fang went over and pulled the reins and whispered: "The weather is hot, I forgot that you are thirsty, have you drunk enough?"
I don’t know where the “rabbit horse” understood Chu Qing’s words, or was afraid of being beaten, so I shook my tail and obediently followed Chu Qing to the official road.
Chu Qing looked back at the tea stall and saw that everyone had dispersed at this time. Several of them left the tea stall and had already walked onto the official road and walked towards the Liang Mansion. The remaining guys stood under the tree, holding a notice, staring at the "Liang"-shaped flag inserted in the tea stall, muttering to themselves.
Chu Qing smiled, took off the cloth bag, put out the little fat bear bag, and said, "Bag bag, we are going to Shuangshan Lake."
The little fat bear heard the sound and drilled into the exit bag. He looked at Chu Qing in confusion and scratched his head.
Chu Qing smiled and said, "Brother Feng has something to do, so we have to hurry up and hurry up." After saying that, he shook the reins and shouted softly: "Go!" Run towards Shuangshan Lake.
Along the way, I met many pedestrians in groups of three or three, and hurriedly, most of them holding notices in their hands. It seemed that they were going to Liang Mansion to ask for a protective flag. When they met someone older, Chu Qing would stop the car and take a walk.
Several elders who took the car started chatting when they saw Chu Qing's beautiful faces and kind hearts.
"I heard from the girl's accent, I'm not a local, right?" asked an old man with a gray beard.
Chu Qing held the reins, looked ahead, and replied, "The old man has such a good eye. I am from Shimen Town."
"Shimen Town, that's not a thousand miles away." The white-bearded old man said in surprise.
Chu Qing smiled slightly and thought to herself: "For mortals, it is indeed a long journey, but she and Bagba flew over all the way, and they were playing and walking." But she still smiled and said: "It's okay, I came over all the way." Because she was worried that these people would keep asking about her, Chu Qing thought about it and turned around and said, "Old man, where are you from?"
The white-bearded old man said, "We are all rural villages nearby. Isn't it really unfair to do this recently? First, we had a double-faced Buddha, and then General Liang. Today, God is open to his eyes. Liang's mansion is mercy and issuing this protective flag for free. We all want to go to Liang's mansion to seek rewards." As he said that, he shook the notice in his hand, and several other people in the car agreed.
Chu Qing pretended not to know, frowned and asked, "Well, how about this General Liang, how do you wait for you?"
The old man with white beard sighed and said, "General Liang is actually Liang Zong, the son of the Liang Shilang. Didn't he just break the double-faced Buddhist temple? He is really kind to the people. However, although we can understand the young master's difficulties in selling the banner, we often have a few taels of silver. How can we bear it if the common people in the countryside?" After speaking, he also choked up a little.
When Chu Qing heard this, a nameless fire suddenly rose in her heart and said sternly: "What's the point of Liang Zong making money like this?"
The old man with white beard stabilized his emotions and said, "Little girl, you don't know that the sword immortals of Liang's house who walk and patrol the mountains every day also need to eat and dress. The expense is really not small. Therefore, when the free issuance of the order flag, Mr. Liang is really concerned about the people."
Chu Qing snorted coldly and whispered: "I didn't expect Brother Feng to miscalculate and bought a name for Liang Zong."
The white-bearded old man saw Chu Qing's mouth move, but he didn't hear anything clearly. But he accidentally saw a cloth bag slanting on Chu Qing's body, with a Buddha statue embroidered with silk thread. The workmanship was extremely exquisite. He recognized it as an object from Kongjue Temple. He reached out to pat him. Unexpectedly, the tentacles felt the flesh inside, and moved, as if there was some small animal in it. He said in surprise: "Little girl, your cloth bag is a thing from Kongjue Temple."
Seeing that Chu Qing was negligent, she was touched by an outsider. She was afraid that the little fat bear bag would run out, which would cause everyone to suspect her identity and cause unnecessary trouble. So she moved the bag to her side, put it on her legs, and hurriedly said, "Well, yes, it's from Kongjue Temple. I'm asking for meat to be used. I'm hungry on the road." While saying that, she stroked the bag a few times, worried that the little fat bear bag would misunderstand to eat it when she heard her words, but she didn't know that the little fat bear bag inside had already fallen asleep and even made a "snoring" sound.
Everyone was surprised, and the scene was so awkward for a moment. Chu Qing secretly complained that it would be better to put on a little cat than to put on a meat. Then she gently patted the cloth bag with her hand and said self-righteously: "I used to put on a meat, but last night, I picked up a stray kitten last night. I saw it pitiful, so I took it in." She was afraid that everyone would say they wanted to see it, and then pretended to be sad: "This kitten had just been weaned and lost her parents, so I was afraid of people, so I put it in this bag."
Although everyone was skeptical, they still said "oh". After thinking, they had never seen any animal purr when they were sleeping, so they stopped asking.
When Chu Qing saw that she had lie, she said in a gentle voice: "Old man, do you know Kongjue Temple too?"
The white-bearded old man squinted his eyes, as if he was trapped in a long-standing memory, and smiled and said, "You don't believe it. Many years ago, I was rescued by the monks of Kongjue Temple." As soon as this said, people around him, including Chu Qing, suddenly felt novel and suddenly became excited.
Seeing this, the old man with white bearded felt proud and said slowly: "It was when I was very young. Once my mother was sick. The doctor said she wanted to use crucian carp as medicine. I went to Shuangshan Lake to catch fish. Who knew that on a sunny day, a strange wind suddenly blew up the boat. The originally calm lake surface had a huge whirlpool, as big as a few acres of land!" The old man said and gestured. Although the people in the same car were not young, he couldn't help but become nervous when he heard this magical story and asked what to do next.
The old man pretended to pause, stretched out a finger, shook it, swallowed and spit it out, and then continued: "In the whirlpool, a palm as big as a temple gate is stretched out! The hairs on the fingers are as thick as pickaxe." Everyone exclaimed after hearing this.
Chu Qing had listened at first, but when she heard that the hair was as thick as a pickaxe, she immediately knew that the old man was telling a story. She wanted to expose it and ask the old man, if the hair was as thick as a pickaxe, could he still see his fingers? But then she thought that everyone was interested, so why should she throw cold water on her body? She also pretended to scream, but the shouting was too exaggerated, which scared the "rabbit and horse" and almost overturned everyone.
Chu Qing stretched out her tongue and gently sootheed the "rabbit and horse" a few words before the car body became stable again.
The old man with white beard wanted to continue to exaggerate, but when the "rabbit horse" flashed, the old bones almost dispersed, so he changed his mind temporarily and said, "It was really thrilling at that time. As a result, a monk flew in the air and reached out to save me to the shore. Later, he found out that it was a monk from Kongjue Temple."
Everyone thought it would be a very long and thrilling story, but they didn't expect it to be told in an instant, and they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. However, the old man's story aroused everyone's nostalgia for Kongjue Temple, and they praised the monks for their compassion and salvation of all sentient beings.
After a short rest, the old man with white beard sighed: "Now, Kongjue Temple has gradually faded out. This place is already the temple of Mr. Liang. When our children and grandchildren are old, we will probably tell many stories about Mr. Liang's elimination of demons."
The old man's longing for his children and grandchildren couldn't help but arouse everyone's yearning for the future. For a moment, laughter and joyful air were filled with joy in the car.
But bursts of yellow dust and smoke rolled up behind the car, churning endlessly, as if it were fog, waiting to dissipate.
Chapter completed!