Strange Records of Xijing

"Su Daochang, Su Daochang."

Hearing the familiar voice, Su Yan paused, a talisman was wasted.

More than three months have passed since the "half-faced ghost" case, Su Yan has lived in Xijing, and seems to have gotten used to the life in Xijing.Xijing is huge, and there are tens of thousands of non-human beings living in it. For a while, there is a cat demon in this family making trouble in the middle of the night, and for a while, it is that evil spirit coming to the door. Su Yan is not short of money.

Although he didn't say it clearly, he really took the words of the national teacher into his heart - Liu Lizi was placed deep in the cabinet, and the ghosts he caught were no longer one-size-fits-all, and he would just find places to wander around when he had nothing to do.

See more, think more, but don't talk too much unless necessary.

Because Pei Huaiyu was constrained to copy books at home, she missed the "half-faced ghost" case, and she was very upset afterwards.He heard about Su Yan's deeds from Gao Zekai, and he admired Su Yan even more. Five or six days out of ten, he would come to Taixuan Temple to look for Su Yan.

Su Yan was used to Pei Huaiyu's jumping off and coming uninvited. He put the invalid talisman papers aside, put down his pen, put away the written talisman papers, and then got up and went out. .

"Su Daochang, come here, I will take you to meet someone today." Pei Huaiyu said, approaching Su Yan, and whispered, "It's King Jin."

There are too many children in the royal family, Su Yan can't figure out the relationship here, until now he only knows that the emperor and his wives live in the palace, so he couldn't help asking: "Who is King Jin?"

"It's the son of the old King Jin. The old King Jin is the emperor's second elder brother. He passed away more than ten years ago. His eldest son inherited the title of King Jin." Pei Huaiyu said, "He said he wanted to ask you something. Please go to Prince Jin's mansion to discuss it in detail. The Prince Jin's family is nothing else, the cook is famous, I asked my mother to ask for it twice, but I couldn't get it."

Su Yan understood that this Pei Huaiyu actually wanted to take this opportunity to taste the cooking skills of Prince Jin's residence.

He had nothing to do with him, he had never been to Prince Jin's mansion, so it would be good to go to open his eyes.

With that in mind, Su Yan agreed.

Prince Jin's Mansion is in Chongqingfang, several streets away from Taixuan Temple.Pei Huaiyu came early today, so Su Yan rode horses with Pei Huaiyu and walked slowly on the street.

"There, look there!" Pei Huaiyu rode her favorite horse, Ashue, and pointed excitedly, "Did you see it? I heard that it is the most popular juggling troupe in the Western Regions recently. Let's take a look tomorrow."

Su Yan saw several tall women dressed in exotic costumes and colorful veils passing by, and there were several strong men with blond hair and blue eyes beside them.They led the camels and walked slowly into the West Market. One of the women with a yellow veil suddenly turned her head, blinked in the direction of Su Yan and Pei Huaiyu, and ran forward with a smile.

Pei Huaiyu was quite confident in herself, and she seemed distressed, but in fact she asked Su Yan ostentatiously: "Su Daochang, do you think that young girl has taken a fancy to me? It can't be done, it can't be done, this time How can something that has been wronged for a lifetime happen to me?"

Su Yan was not interested in these things, he glanced at Pei Huaiyu who was immediately elated: "Just as long as you are happy."

Pei Huaiyu didn't hear the tone of Su Yan's words: "Then when I'm free, I'll invite Daoist Su to watch it together. I heard that their Hu Xuanwu and Fire Swallowing dramas are both outstanding."

Su Yan looked at Pei Jingxing, not knowing whether to feel pity or envy, and finally chose to nod: "Okay."

The Prince Jin's Mansion occupies a large area of ​​Chongqing Square and is magnificent.From a distance, Su Yan saw that there were no evil spirits in the sky above Prince Jin's mansion, so he couldn't help but wonder what King Jin was looking for him to do, not drive away ghosts and catch demons.

King Jin was nearly forty years old, and he was sitting on the main seat with a big belly. Seeing Pei Huaiyu leading Su Yan in, he got up and said with a smile, "I have heard about Daoist Su's name for a long time, and seeing him today is really lucky."

Su Yan didn't think anything of it, and returned the salute lightly, but Pei Huaiyu who was on the side was taken aback. If Su Yan wasn't here, he would have thought that King Jin was the same as Shen Hongying, and asked someone to change the core.

Who is King Jin?He is the eldest son of the second son of the former emperor, only a few years younger than the current emperor. The two grew up together in the palace, catching bastards and chasing pugs, doing all kinds of bad things together, and their relationship is very deep.After the old King Jin passed away, the emperor let the King Jin inherit the title of the old King Jin without saying a word, and also bestowed many treasures successively.

This kind of honor and favor is rare in the royal family. Because of the friendship between King Jin and the emperor, even if he is not walking sideways in Xijing, he is still a person who is not easy to mess with.King Jin has a bad temper, usually he is thankful for not giving others a hard look, but this time he was so kind to Su Yan, Pei Huaiyu only felt his right eyelid twitch.

King Jin glanced at Pei Huaiyu, who was obviously frightened, and said with a smile: "Huaiyu is here too, and it happened that a few new basses were brought in a few days ago, let's eat something fresh."

Pei Huaiyu was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Very good, very good."

Although he and Jin Wang are of the same generation, but there is a huge difference in age between the two of them, and they don't have much contact on weekdays.Today, with the help of Su Yan, I was able to taste the cooking skills of the King of Jin. Pei Huaiyu, whose heart is as wide as the Zhuque Street, forgot to explore the rare courtesy of the King of Jin today.

Su Yan was not good at this kind of politeness. When Pei Huaiyu was talking to King Jin, Su Yan would sit aside and drink tea, and by the way, check for King Jin to see if there was any evil in the mansion.

The King of Jin was dual-purpose, and most of his energy was on Su Yan. Seeing the latter's puzzled expression, he smiled and said, "How does Daoist Su look at my mansion?"

Su Yanshi: "Very good."

"Since Daoist Su likes it, why don't you follow me to the backyard to have a look?"

Su Yan didn't understand how what he said was so good that it fell into King Jin's ears and became a favorite, but since it's here, it's safe, so let's just watch it more.

Just as King Jin got up, he remembered something and said to Pei Huaiyu: "By the way, I got an excellent inkstone a few days ago. I heard that it was in the collection of some great literati in the previous dynasty. Are you interested?"

Pei Huaiyu is the most standard dude in Xijing. In fact, he doesn't play with words, but he likes to collect some calligraphy, painting and inkstones, and it's good to pretend to be a literati.It's not that he hasn't been to Prince Jin's mansion before. Hearing what King Jin said, he nodded with a smile and said, "Very good, very good."

Jin Wang then called the second housekeeper, and asked the second housekeeper to accompany Pei Huaiyu to get the inkstone, while he personally led Su Yan to the other side.

When Pei Huaiyu was completely gone, King Jin smiled and said to Su Yan: "Su Daochang, today the king invited Su Daochang to come, in fact, he wanted to ask Su Daochang to find something for the king."

Su Yan shook his head and said, "Prince Jin, I can only catch demons and exorcise ghosts, not looking for things."

King Jin looked at Su Yan and said, "Don't be too quick to refuse, Daoist Su. I'm afraid I can only ask Daoist Su for this kind of thing that the king is looking for."

Seeing King Jin's resolute attitude, Su Yan said, "King Jin will tell you what it is first."

King Jin smiled: "Please."

"A few days ago, the servant heard crying by the lake in the middle of the night, so he came to see it with a lantern." King Jin pointed to a lake not far away, and said, "He saw a woman crying by the lake from a distance. Clothes are not from the palace. The servants were timid and did not dare to approach, so they reported to me the next day. On the second day, I guarded the whole night with a sword, but I did not see anyone crying by the lake. They chose a few brave servants to guard the lake in turn, but they didn't see the weeping man. As a result, four days ago, the princess fell asleep by the lake in the middle of the night, and has not woken up until now. A woman came into my dream and said that she was killed innocently, and her bones were buried under the mud at the bottom of the lake. She missed a piece of clothing that her husband gave her, and her soul would not stay there after death. She asked me to find that piece of clothing for her. Otherwise, the princess will never want to wake up again."

"A piece of clothing?" Su Yan walked to the lake, "Where did the servant cry when he saw that woman by the lake?"

"It's right here." A servant came out behind King Jin, "That's where I saw it."

Su Yan walked to the place pointed by the servant, rubbed the dirt on the ground with his shoe, then raised his foot to try a shoe print left on the dirt, raised his head and asked the servant, "Did you see that?"

"Exactly."

Su Yan looked at King Jin: "Where is King Jin's harvest?"

King Jin looked at Su Yan and asked in confusion, "What gain?"

"It hasn't rained in Xijing for the past two days. The shoe print left on the ground should be left when King Jin ordered people to drain the water, right? There is still a fishy smell in the soil. This part of the soil should be the silt at the bottom of the lake. After the lake was drained, King Jin sent people to dig at the bottom of the lake, trying to find the woman's body, but they couldn't find it."

When King Jin heard this, he was not angry but happy: "It is said that Su Daochang's spells are powerful, and now it seems that his eyesight is also excellent."

Su Yan shook his head and said, "When it comes to looking for clothes, King Jin is better than me."

King Jin sighed: "I underestimated Daoist Su. Daoist Su, why don't you go to the pavilion and talk in detail."

Su Yan doesn't like King Jin's approach—Taoist priests are not gods, and they don't have so many supernatural powers. When they face those inhuman opponents, sometimes a moment of unpreparedness will lead to unbearable consequences—The King of Jin wants to ask him for help , but still secretive to him, it can be seen that he is not sincere.

He, Su Yan, was catching demons and exorcising ghosts, but he didn't want to put his life on the line.He is not interested in perch or the cook in Prince Jin's mansion. At this moment, he has already begun to think about it: "No need. King Jin, I'm not good at finding clothes, so I'll take my leave first."

"Wait!" King Jin called Su Yan, "Daozhang Su came to the door in a hurry, why not leave after eating at the mansion."

Su Yan shook his head and said: "No need. Please also ask King Jin to tell Mr. Pei for me, I will go first."

King Jin had no choice but to ask a servant to lead Su Yan out.

After leaving Prince Jin's Mansion, Su Yan was not in a hurry to go back to Taixuan Temple, but rode to Ankang Square instead.

Su Yan remembered that Pei Jingxing had told him that his family lived in Ankangfang.Su Yan still had some questions about his visit to Prince Jin's Mansion this time. Looking at Xijing, the only person he could ask was Pei Jingxing.

"Come on, Daoist Su, please have some tea." Uncle Fu personally offered tea to Su Yan, and said with a smile, "Master just woke up, and he will be here in a while."

"Thank you."

"Is Daoist Su our young master's friend?" Uncle Fu laughed so hard that he could hardly see his eyes, "This is the first time that young master has friends here after he grows up."

Su Yan didn't know if he was Pei Jingxing's friend or not, but seeing the old man's happy face, serving tea and dessert, he couldn't bear the other party's disappointment, so he nodded.

"My young master's temper is a bit boring, but he's a nice guy, young and promising, and not arrogant about his talents." For the past few years, Uncle Fu was worried that Pei Jingxing's temperament would not make him any friends. Now that Su Yan came to the door on his own initiative, he really treated Pei Jingxing like a flower Same boast.

Thinking that Pei Jingxing almost died at the hands of Taoist Wan and that strange young man a few months ago to save him, Su Yan nodded, agreeing with Uncle Fu's words.

Seeing this, Uncle Fu praised Pei Jingxing even more: "From Daoist Su's accent, it doesn't look like someone from Xijing."

"Yes, I just came to Xijing a few months ago."

"Hahaha, so that's the case." Uncle Fu rolled his eyes and asked again, "Is this the first time Daoist Su has come to Xijing?"

"Correct."

Uncle Fu strikes while the iron is hot: "Xijing is fun all year round. There are places to visit in the southeast, north and south. If Daoist Su wants to find a local guide, you can also come to my young master."

"Uncle Fu." As soon as Pei Jingxing came in, he heard Uncle Fu say something to Su Yan, making himself look like meat on a chopping board, Uncle Fu was the butcher.

"Master is here." Seeing Pei Jingxing coming, Uncle Fu winked at Su Yan and asked Pei Jingxing, "Master, do you still use your meal to order mao today?"

"Yes." Pei Jingxing sat down, "Same as usual."

There was a smile in Fu Bo's eyes: "It's almost time for dinner, Daoist Su..."

Pei Jingxing looked at the cunning Uncle Fu, feeling a little helpless, and asked Su Yan, "Do you want to stay and have dinner together?"

Su Yan looked at the two people who were looking at him at the same time, feeling a little guilty for some reason: "Okay."