Half River Autumn Moon and River Spring [Rat and Cat]

After the second brother finished his shocking "haunting", he saw Gongsun Ce washing the cup in a leisurely manner, shaking the tea in it, then pouring it out calmly, pouring another cup of tea, and starting to wash the cup. Chopsticks... Bai Yutang propped his chin with one hand, looked at the shop waiter with a bored look, and tried to suppress the boredom of yawning...

Xiaoer feels frustrated, it's really strange, usually I can scare those Jianghu people firmly, why these few seem to have no reaction at all today, it is possible, his ability to describe the world as a shop boy was rejected People are so gorgeous that they ignore them?

Xiao Er was lamenting the cruelty of the world, but found that Zhan Zhao was looking at him with a smile all the time. Xiao Er finally regained his confidence in Zhan Zhao's amiable smile.

Zhan Zhao twirled between his fingers with the chopsticks, and asked with a smile, "Second brother, what kind of haunting method is it?"

Xiaoer felt that pair of chopsticks dazzled before his eyes, and after a long time, he said: "Master, do you really want to know?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Xiaoer said: "Okay, Lord, I don't think these people are ordinary people, so I won't beat around the bush. These days, I don't know who started it, saying that there is a demon sword that is about to be born, and ah, it is on the top of Qiongshan. On... all of a sudden, a lot of people from all walks of life rushed to Qiongshan, but the strange thing is, none of them survived..."

Gongsun Ce had just poured tea for the three of them, then he raised his head and glanced at the waiter; Bai Yutang picked up a cup of tea gracefully, took a sip, and narrowed his eyes slightly; Zhan Zhao frowned lightly, and asked : "Little brother, what do you mean, someone died?"

The shop clerk nodded, and continued, "That's right, moreover, they were all killed by the evil spirits in the haunted house!"

"Haunted house?"

Xiao Er excitedly said: "When I was a child, I heard from my grandfather that there is a ghost house on the top of Qiongshan Mountain. You must never go there. If you go, you will be haunted and you will never come back..."

Zhan Zhao said, "Do you really believe it?"

Xiaoer scratched his head in embarrassment, and smiled awkwardly: "To tell you the truth, when we were young, those adults would always scare us and throw us at the foot of Qiongshan Mountain to let ghosts eat us. Very well, when I grow up later, I am not so afraid, but recently, this kind of thing happened again, I feel, I feel..."

"Do you think those rumors from childhood seem to be true?" Gongsun Ce put down his teacup with a calm smile on his face.

Xiao Er paused for a moment, then nodded again, thinking to himself, why did he meet three god-like characters today!Tsk tsk tsk, look at his appearance, the young man in blue clothes is as gentle as jade, making people feel like a spring breeze; Like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world!

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a rather sturdy man shouting not far away: "Xiao Er, why is our wine still not served? I have to go to Qiongshan to get a knife when I am full. You Kid, don't delay Grandpa's important event!"

Xiao Er hurriedly replied, "Come on, come on!" Then he lowered his head and said to the three of them: "What kind of dishes do you guys want, I'm going to help you guys prepare it!"

Zhan Zhao saw that there were quite a lot of people in the store, and he didn't want to delay people's work, so he ordered a few dishes at random and let the waiter go.

After Xiao Er left, he asked the two people around him: "How is it?"

Bai Yutang put down his cup slowly, and said, "The shop is a bit small, but it's still clean."

Gongsun Ce nodded and said, "I just don't know how the food tastes."

Zhan Zhao: "..." Who asked them this?

Suddenly, I feel that I and they are people from two worlds... These two, it seems, both have a cleanliness?

Zhan Zhao was about to ask again, when he heard someone mumbling at the door: "Good wine, good wine, such a good wine, the old man has made me so poetic..."

Several people turned their heads, and saw an old man in ragged clothes sitting at the door, with gray and white hair and a gray beard drooping, holding a big yellow gourd, pouring wine into his mouth, waiting to drink After the pot was half full, he put down the gourd with a "huh", wiped his mouth with his sleeve that was so dirty that it could be used as a rag, and then shook his head and recited a poem: "Three or two cups can't exceed the sky, and a jug of wine is proud of everyone!"

As soon as the poem was finished, all the people in the restaurant looked at the old man.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the old man didn't dodge or evade, and even took a big gulp of wine with a smile. The wrinkles around his eyes were as deep as if a knife had carved him. He looked up and said with a smile, "Why?" , the old man's poem is not good? Then the old man will give you another one?"

After finishing talking, regardless of whether anyone paid attention to him or not, he took another sip of wine and began to chant poems in contentment, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at the old man.

I saw him drinking the wine in his mouth, his voice was vaguely old, Zhan Zhao pursed his lips, and only remembered that the old man seemed to recite such a poem:

"The red rain falls immediately, and the blood soaks the earth of the vault of mountains;

Genyu's flaws, the sword breaks the soul and forgets the river! "

Frowning unconsciously, Zhan Zhao turned his head to look at Bai Yutang and Gongsun Ce, only to see Bai Yutang shook his head, then looked at Zhan Zhao, signaling to wait and see.After a while, a man dressed as a scholar held a folding fan and said with a smile: "Old man, don't you think it's more comfortable to read 'Dao Duan Wang Chuan' to 'Dao Duan Wang Chuan'? ?”

As soon as the scholar finished speaking, the old man laughed "hahaha", then patted the back of his head, and slightly opened one eye: "Young man, old man, I'm getting old, and it's not right not to love your flamboyant little pleasures." Those messy blunt lumps, you can feel comfortable reading it yourself!"

After saying that, he carried the big yellow wine gourd humming a ditty and left.

Zhan Zhao turned his head, and saw Gongsun Ce staring at the old man's back, lost in thought, and just about to ask a question, someone shouted cheerfully: "Masters, your order is here!"

Zhan Zhao looked at Xiao Er's busy face, and asked, "Brother Xiao Er, who was that uncle just now?"

Xiao Er glanced at the old man who had gone away, and said while putting the vegetables: "That's old man Zhou, a drunkard, who drinks wine on credit in front of our restaurants every day, and always chants after running from one house to another. Some strange poems, early on some people thought he had something to do with the legendary demon sword, but after seeing him yelling every day, there were only thunder and no rain, and few people paid attention to him, except for the newcomers People will be interested in him, ask about his situation, old credit customers like us have long been familiar with him!"

Zhan Zhao said, "Are you willing to credit?"

Xiaoer smiled: "Of course, old man Zhou will pay double the money on the second day after drinking wine on credit, who would not be happy!"

Xiaoer left after putting away the vegetables. Zhan Zhao picked up the root vegetable heart and put it in Bai Yutang's bowl, then asked, "Mouse, tell me your opinion?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while and said, "That old man, it's not easy."

Zhan Zhao looked at Gongsun Ce again. Gongsun Ce was thinking about something at first, when Zhan Zhao looked over, he suddenly said, "Let's go to the book market later? I know there's a pretty good book market nearby, and the books are sold for [-]%. Quite complete."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and they had a tacit understanding to bow their heads to eat.

After they finished their meal, they followed Gongsun's words and went to the nearby book market. As soon as they arrived at the book market, Gongsun followed him into his own house, running around flipping through books in joy, completely ignoring the white jade behind him. Tang and Zhan Zhao.

The two of them were bored, they could only sit in the small tea room in front of the book market and chat.

"Mouse, I always feel that the old man seems to know something."

"Well, that poem is clearly the prophecy of the birth of the demon sword that Mr. Gongsun said, and according to Xiao Er, the old man is definitely not as poor as he looks on the surface, but he walks around in front of the restaurant every day to pretend to be crazy. what?"

"Indeed, I'm still more concerned about that poem. The first two sentences should indicate that 'red rain falls from the sky, and the peaks are soaked in blood'. The latter sentence seems to be saying that the place where the demon sword was born is in the north, and there is also 'Wangchuan' In other words, does it mean that the birth of this demon sword will take many lives?"

"If the red rain from the sky and the blood-soaked peaks are the first half of the prophecy, then the second half of the poem is more like the second half of the prophecy..."

The two looked at each other, and suddenly said in unison: "Is this whole poem a complete prophecy?"

Zhan Zhao coughed twice, took a sip of tea from his cup, and said, "I always think that old man is an important clue."

Bai Yutang was noncommittal, recalling the poem old man Zhou read in his mind...

Immediately, the red rain falls, and the blood soaks the earth of the vault of mountains;

Genyu's flaws, the sword breaks the soul and forgets the river!

The two were lost in thought when Gongsun Ce, who had bought a bunch of books, suddenly threw two thick books in front of them.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came back to their senses, and looked down at the book in front of them. There were two identical titles written on the blue cover - "Book of Changes".

Looking up, he saw Gongsun Ce looking at the two with a smile on his face. Zhan Zhao picked up the "Book of Changes" on the table and casually flipped through it, then asked, "Mr. Gongsun, why did you suddenly want to buy "Book of Changes"?" , and, one purchase is two copies?"

Gongsun Ce sat in front of the two of them, poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and smiled slightly: "This is not for me, but for you two."

Zhan Zhao was surprised: "Give it to us?"

Gongsun Ce nodded: "You must read this book by heart these few days."

Bai Yutang also picked up the book, and after flipping through a few pages, he asked calmly, "Sir, what did you find? I would like to hear more about it."

Gongsun Ce smiled and shook his head: "The secret must not be revealed, but the student is not joking with the two of you, remember, this book must be read, life and death are at stake!"

Zhan Zhao said: "Sir, don't be so secretive, just tell me! Is it related to that old man Zhou?"

Gongsun Ce smiled: "Okay, I'll tell you a little bit."

The two leaned over at the same time.

Gongsun cleared his throat: "The old man is a good man, although he is a bit secretive."

The two looked blank, feeling that Gongsun's words were more itchy than not.

Holding the pile of books he bought, Gongsun said contentedly: "Okay, let's go on the road, Qiongshan Mountain is not far from here." Then he went to lead his little donkey.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had no choice but to follow, each holding a copy of "Book of Changes".

After a while, Zhan Zhao still couldn't help asking: "Mr. Gongsun, you let us get acquainted with "Book of Changes", what about you?"

Gongsun was reading a book of "Biography of the Kingdoms", and when he heard Zhan Zhao's words, he raised his head and replied inadvertently, "What are you talking about, I was able to recite it backwards when I was eight years old."

Zhan Zhao looked down at the book in his hand that was thick enough to be thrown like a brick, and then fell silent.