Who made me a peerless genius

"Candied haws, candied haws, two strings a bunch, buy two and get one free."

"I want to eat candied haws!"

"Look, take a look, Xialing's specialty Yuman cake, come to Xialing, if you don't try Yuman cake, it's nothing, Xialing's specialty Yuman cake~"

"I want to eat Yuman cake!"

"Come and take a look, it's hot out of the oven..."

"I......."

"I know! You want to eat again, right! But can you finish what you have on hand first!"

Xialing City, a city that has undergone several wars and renovations, is still glowing with incomparable vitality. From a distance, you can see that the buildings are row upon row, the ground is flat and smooth, the streets are full of traffic, people are coming and going, and it is very lively. Qu Chen was fine, but Mu Ling was shocked for a while, the prosperity of this city deeply moved her.

——But it was only for a moment, and she quickly turned her attention to the street snacks.

When he arrived in the city, Mu Ling went straight to the street snacks. Although Ming Zongyi held the financial power, he was quite clear about it, and he didn't take the opportunity to avenge his personal revenge. However, Mu Ling is insatiable, she has not yet reached the inn, she has seen several kinds of street food along the way, anyway, she has to taste a couple of things, Ming Zongyi finally couldn't bear it, and issued a warning to her .

"Don't look down on me! With such a little thing, I can..." Mu Ling said, staring at the snack on hand, after a moment of silence, she stuffed it into Ming Zongyi's hands as if nothing had happened. Averted his eyes, looked up at the sky, and said: "Ah, if you look closely, you can see that it's all sweet, it's too greasy, so it's not like you can't eat it."

"Come on! You just can't eat anymore! Don't order a lot of dishes for me for dinner!"

"Hmph! For today, I had to memorize the name of the dish all night last night. Later, I want to eat gold and jade, green willows, red beauty, hairpin flowers, jade trees, money, auspicious and wishful rolls, five blessings..."

"Where did you come from, Miss Qianjin! Do you have such a big mouth? And do you know what these dishes are, just recite them here!"

"I'll know when I taste it!"

"I knew it......"

Although Ming Zongyi expected that Mu Ling would be difficult to deal with before he set off, but after he actually set off, he found that this mascot was even more difficult to raise than he imagined. Be in captivity.

After stumbling along the way, the three finally found an inn and planned to stay overnight here.

Mu Ling ate all the way, and when it was time to eat dinner, she really lost her appetite. She picked up and put down the chopsticks, put them down, and then picked them up again. After a long time, the bowl was still full of rice.

Fortunately, Ming Zongyi and Qu Chen had expected Mu Ling's performance long ago, and the meals they ordered were for two people, and there was no waste.

"It's still early... let's go out for a walk, and see if there is anything suitable, and buy it as a gift."

After drinking and eating, Qu Chen suggested that the other two should do whatever they want.

Qu Chen has been to Xialing City many times, he is familiar with the road, and he walked to a certain place with a purpose along the way.

"Eldest brother, where are we going?" Ming Zongyi asked.

"Guyue Street, today's people have never seen the ancient moon, but this month has been illuminated by the ancients. It is a famous antique street in Xialing City. There are various relics from previous dynasties." According to the rules, let's go over there and have a look, if we are lucky, we might succeed."

"It doesn't sound very reliable..."

"That's right! Why don't you go and buy some candied fruit, Immortal Xuanhua will definitely like it!"

"No! He is a hundred-year-old man! It would be a ghost to eat candied fruit and dried fruit! Obviously you want to eat it yourself!"

"Damn it, it was hidden so deep, yet it was discovered..."

"It's a ghost if you can't find it! You almost have your own thoughts written on your face!"

Qu Chen, who was walking in front, showed a helpless smile. Hearing the bickering between the two behind him, he felt very relaxed.

At other times, Ming Zongyi showed a maturity that a 16-year-old boy should not have. It was only when he was talking to Mu Ling...well, maybe that Yun Tianji should also be counted, they are really hard brothers.

The three of them strolled in the bustling streets of Xialing City, feeling the mortal atmosphere around them. The life in Taixuan Mountain was almost no different from that of an ascetic monk. Such leisurely time was quite rare for the three of them.

"I'm hungry!" Mu Ling suddenly shouted: "It's all your fault! You insist on arguing with me! Now I'm hungry!"

"Stop coming here! You don't even eat dinner, just eat snacks. If you're not hungry, whoever is hungry!"

"What! You two ate all your dinner and there is nothing left. My weak and helpless little junior sister can only starve. This is simply abuse!"

"Didn't we expect that you couldn't eat it?"

"I don't care! I want to eat...what to eat, big brother, don't go to Guyue Street, go find some roadside snacks first."

Qu Chen shook his fan lightly, and said lightly, "You have to ask Zong Yi about it, the money is in his hands."

Ming Zongyi immediately put his hands on his hips, showing a posture with his eyes above his head.

"Let me see the attitude I should have when asking for help."

"You..." Mu Ling hesitated for a moment between swearing and begging, but because she was not too hungry, she finally chose to swear aggressively. Ming Zongyi couldn't bear this grievance, and the two immediately fought In a group, fight and walk.

In the end, Qu Chen stopped them, and there happened to be a shop selling donkey meat nearby, so he ordered a bowl to appease Mu Ling.

Mu Ling has this appetite, but Ming Zongyi and Qu Chen, who just finished dinner, don't have it. The two sat together for a while, and Qu Chen glanced at a bookstore across the street. Words, people can understand at a glance that all the books sold in this bookstore are idle books.

In the Tibetan Dynasty, the social atmosphere was open, and culture was more important than martial arts. In addition, the Tibetan emperor waved his hand and allocated funds from the treasury. Thousands of academies sprang up all over the country, and the literacy rate soared from 12% to 35%. After finishing the calculation, he improved printing and papermaking techniques, which finally reduced the cost of publishing books, book prices and reading thresholds one after another. As a result, the book industry flourished, and various idle books came into being. I feel that it has been recognized by the people very quickly. Until now, it is not uncommon to see such novels as fantasy, mythology and fairy tales.

——Of course, during the Tibetan Dynasty, there were no such books as fantasy or martial arts.

"Go and have a look." Qu Chen said with a smile: "Fei Xing also asks me before he leaves, and if there is a chance, help him buy some idle books."

Chapter 37 Guyue Street

Ming Zong was able to read and write, and the price of books was considered cheap. Logically speaking, he could afford books, but he basically never bought any books, and he basically prostituted storytellers.

Because affordability can be divided into many situations, and Ming Zongyi's situation at the time made it impossible to spend money on his own hobbies, and he was not qualified.

Qu Chen walked into the bookstore with Ming Zongyi. He doesn't usually read casual books, but he also has a certain understanding of these scripts.

"Shopkeeper, are there some that are selling well recently?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Of course there are, and it's a very popular book."

As he said, he took out a book from the bookshelf behind him and handed it to Qu Chen. On the cover was the word 'dead blood' in scarlet, as if it was really written in blood, and it looked a bit oozing.

He asked casually, "What is this book about?"

The shopkeeper suddenly became interested and talked freely.

"Guest officer, looking at your outfit, you must be a person who yearns for the world, so you have to read this book. The book depicts an extremely dark martial arts world, in which intrigues and intrigues are all top-grade. The most authentic masterpiece! This book also has the main slogan "Give you the most authentic rivers and lakes". To be honest, everyone who wants to be in the world should read it. People are killed, guest officer, you are a talent, you can tell that you are a dragon and a phoenix at a glance, if you read this book, you must be like a tiger with wings."

In fact, Qu Chen didn't really care about these things. They were all for Zang Feixing anyway. Since he was sure that the book was selling well, he didn't bother to ask about the rest, so he went straight to the topic and asked, "How many copies of this book are there?" ?”

———If there are more than a dozen or twenty volumes, then you can only buy them on the way back, and you can’t take this pile of idle books to the birthday banquet.

The store said: "Three volumes, not yet finished."

Qu Chen didn't talk nonsense, and asked Ming Zongyi to buy the three books, and then asked Ming Zongyi if there was anything he wanted to buy. Ming Zongyi walked around and picked two books. , pay and leave.

After leaving the bookstore, Mu Ling's side had almost eaten, and the three of them continued on their way.

Not long after, they came to a long street. There were people coming and going in the long street, and they were all dressed in extraordinary clothes. On both sides were shops with simple shapes, which were full of the atmosphere of the years.

"Guyue Street..." Ming Zongyi understood that they had arrived without Qu Chen's emphasis.

People today don’t see the moon in ancient times, but this month once illuminated the ancients, Guyue Street, Guyue means that things from the past have been preserved to this day, that is, antiques.

"Let's have a look." Qu Chen said flatly: "But don't look at something too outrageous, remember, this is a congratulatory gift for a centenarian. Although I don't know what Senior Xuanhua likes, I think it will be Candied dried fruit...A Ling, do you remember?"

Mu Ling lowered her head and pouted.

"What, what if the real Xuanhua would like this, isn't Senior Lu still drinking every day at a very old age, so what if he eats candied fruit and dried fruit, is he inferior to drinking and drinking tea, hum... ...."

The three of them strolled in Gu Yue Street. Besides the shops, there were also many hawkers who set up street stalls. Compared with shops with appraisers, they were more likely to pick up leaks and be slaughtered here. To put it bluntly, coming to this kind of The place depends on the eyesight.

The three of them walked around, Ming Zongyi and Mu Ling moved their hearts several times. The hawkers who yell here are really skilled enough to turn them around. Fortunately, although Ming Zongyi is young, he also has With a lot of social experience, she was able to break through the deception very quickly. Mu Ling on the other side was not so clever. She wanted to spend a lot of money to teach herself a lesson. If it was Qu Chen, seeing Mu Ling like this The posture, maybe I bought it, but it's a pity that the money is in Ming Zongyi's hands. He is hard-hearted and hard-hearted, just waiting to see Mu Ling's jokes.

Mu Ling had to give up.

The three of them walked for a while, and finally realized that walking outside the street like this was not an option. They always wanted to pick up leaks, but leaks are not so easy to pick up, and they should go to a regular shop to spend some money.

"Then let's go to this one... what do you think, senior brother?" Ming Zongyi stopped in front of a wooden pavilion and looked up. There was a square wooden plaque hanging on the shop, with a black background and a gold border. It is engraved with the four characters of "the wind of the ancient times", the pen is like a dragon and a snake, and it is majestic and majestic. It is known at a glance that it is from the hands of a master.

Qu Chen said calmly: "It's okay, you make the decision."

After getting an affirmative answer, Ming Zongyi stepped into it. Shi Qinghuan gave him a lot of money, but coming to this kind of place may not be enough to buy the gift he likes. To put it bluntly, the three of them I don't know what kind of person Xuanhua is, what if he really likes to eat candied fruit?

...But even if you really like to eat, it is impossible to give this to the other party's [-]th birthday. When the time comes to read gifts, what kind of copybooks, calligraphy and paintings are given by others, and it's up to you to send a bag of snacks. I can't lift my head up for the rest of my life.

There was only one boy in gray clothes in the shop, and when he saw the three of Ming Zongyi walking in, he immediately stepped forward and said with a smile: "Three, my shopkeeper is out for business and will be back soon, you might as well take a look first, Maybe there are some ones you like, and those with little talents and little learning, but you know a lot about the things here."

On the way of strolling, Ming Zongyi and Qu Chen also had a general discussion, set the main tone of the gift, and Ming Zongyi spoke up immediately, and said: "Some calligraphy books, calligraphy and paintings, take them out and have a look."

Xiao Er was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that Ming Zongyi was the one who made the decision among the three, but he quickly came to his senses and started to introduce Ming Zongyi and his party.

This Xiaoer is also eloquent and eloquent, and he introduced several copybooks, calligraphy and paintings to the three of them one after another. However, every time the three of them were about to be moved, he always had to add a sentence at the end helplessly. Identified as imitations/copying works', and occasionally some that are not imitations and fakes are also works of unknown people.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if it’s anonymous or not. The main reason is that these works really don’t satisfy them. Some imitations are realistic and have a certain artistic element, but no matter how realistic the imitations are, they are also imitations. , that's inappropriate, I'd rather buy an authentic work by an unknown junior than buy a counterfeit as a gift.

Ming Zongyi only had this little money in his hands, and he didn't expect to buy any authentic works by the master. He and Qu Chen were using their limited but limited appreciation skills to try to find a suitable gift, while Mu Ling was beside him. Feeling around, Qu Chen even had to pay attention to her so as not to break anything.

Just at this moment, two footsteps came, from far to near, followed by a feeble voice.

"My eldest lady, do you always want to buy some beautiful jewelry for yourself, or are you looking for a gift for the old man? We have walked three streets, from day to dusk, a full four hours."

Chapter 38 The Dead

Out of some painful memories, Ming Zongyi felt a little disgusted when he heard the word 'Miss'. He subconsciously looked, and there was a man and a woman. The man was in his early twenties, with handsome features, Wearing a good suit, he was originally a good boy, but unfortunately at the moment he is downcast, frowning, draws a long tail when speaking, shrugs his back weakly, and has no energy at all. Obviously he is an unlucky guy who does not have unlimited energy when shopping.

The one he called Miss was a girl next to her who looked about the same age as Ming Zongyi Mu Ling. She was petite and handsome. She wore colorful clothes and a phoenix headdress on her head, showing a bit of grace. , you can tell at a glance that it is a wealthy family.

Seeing the urging of the man next to him, the girl was dissatisfied immediately, put her hands on her hips, and said coquettishly: "I really don't have the willpower, it's only such a short time, how many times have you complained, I'm fine as a girl, let my elder brother practice well later!" You soft-boned!"

"That's better than wasting four hours here with you..." The man whispered back, naturally heard, but before the girl got mad, a chuckle came from the side.

"Long time no see, Brother Qi has found a new job?"

"Huh?" The man looked lazy, and he pulled his ears weakly, "Who, suddenly called me a brother, we are very familiar——"

Before the word '?' could be uttered, he turned his eyes and saw Qu Chen standing with a smile on his side. His voice stopped immediately, his legs softened after working for four hours, and he knelt down on the spot. , forcibly supported the doorpost on one side, so he didn't perform such a big gift.

"Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu Qu!"

The man's expression changed too quickly, his facial features were almost twisted together, his voice was full of panic, his legs were trembling uncontrollably, as if he saw a fierce tiger ghost.

Qu Chenyun said calmly: "It's been a long time since I saw you, how is Brother Qi doing recently?"

"Father!"

The man suddenly yelled, rushed over and hugged Qu Chen's thigh, with runny nose and tears, extremely bitter, "My lord, you are an immortal descended from the world, with unrivaled power and invincible power, you have to keep your eyes open!" , the little one is diligent and conscientious, not even daring to step on an ant! Master! The little one has to kowtow three times when he encounters meat while eating. Don't dare to let it go!"

The man's sudden action stunned everyone in the field. Ming Zongyi and Mu Ling looked dumbfounded, but the girl was the first to react. She was furious and shouted with her hands on her hips: " Qi Mingguang, what are you doing! Stand up for me, bastard! Do you still want to do it! You have completely embarrassed our Yaoguang family!"

Ming Zongyi captured the key words... Yaoguang Shijia, Shi is not a very common surname.

"Miss!" The man called Qi Mingguang said loudly with confidence, "Young master is not someone else, he is my savior, he has the grace to rebuild me, I have no father or mother, he is better than my relatives." Father and mother are still close, my son is my living Buddha! When you meet a living Buddha, what do you do twice?"

The girl was so angry that her seven orifices were smoking, she lifted her foot and kicked it, but Qi Mingguang easily dodged it.

Qu Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and patted Qi Mingguang's shoulder with the folding fan in his hand.

"Brother Qi was joking, get up quickly."

Qi Mingguang just stood up and smiled apologetically beside Qu Chen.

"My lord, hey, hey, I recently found a job at Master Yaoguang's house, and I'm being honest. Look, I can't fight back when I'm beaten or scolded. Tell me, little one." Does this count as a new life?"

Qu Chen shook his folding fan and nodded slightly.

"That's right, but the way to be a human being is not to swallow one's anger, but sometimes to fight back appropriately."

"Keep it in your heart, the little ones must be in your heart!"

"Qi! Bright! Light!" The girl couldn't help but growl.

Ming Zongyi on the side couldn't help it anymore, and asked, "Brother, this is..."

"An old friend." Qu Chen smiled faintly, and looked at the angry girl, "Is this girl Shi Feng'er?"

"Exactly!" Shi Feng'er was furious, with her hands on her hips, and her chest puffed out, making Ming Zongyi on one side feel that she and Mu Ling should have a common language, "Who are you, and where did you hear this girl's name?" Number?!"

Qu Chen said with a soft smile: "Your cousin often told me that she has a cousin who is disobedient and she has been taught a few times to be dishonest, and seeing her now, it is indeed so."

"Fart!" Shi Feng'er said without hesitation: "Who dares to teach me a lesson——"

In the middle of her speech, she suddenly seemed to be stuck by someone's neck, and an unbelievable light came out of her eyes.

"Okay... There is nowhere to go if you break through the iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort! Shi Qinghuan ran to your side! Qi Mingguang, take him down for me! There will be rewards!"

Her voice fell, but she didn't get a response for a long time. She turned her head and found that Qi Mingguang was looking at her with a shocked expression on her face, with an expression of disbelief on her face, as if saying, "Do you want to right-click and swipe back?" Let's see what attitude I had towards him just now'.

Ming Zongyi whispered to Mu Ling, "It feels like she resembles you not only in her breasts."