On the Avenue

Chapter 142 Xinxiang County with simple folk customs and Gongzhou Province with outstanding people

Li Tianqing wiped his hands, picked up the Sanren token placed aside, looked at it, and said, "The pattern on this token seems to be the legendary ancient Chinese gods named Fuxi and Nuwa. This pattern It’s extremely rare. The legends about these two ancient gods have been lost. Even in my Li family’s collection, there are only a few words recorded.”

He turned over the token and said: "The measuring stick in their hands is called a moment, also called a caliper. I have a copper moment at home with a movable cursor, which is used for precise surveying and mapping. It is said that Fuxi and Nuwa invented rules and moments to determine the radius. Making various tools. Later, when people talked about rules, they meant these two things. It is rare to see rules and rules as tokens. "

Chen Shi said: "This is the Sanren token."

Li Tianqing hurriedly put down the token, fearing that it would be thrown away too slowly, with a solemn expression on his face: "If you collect this thing, you will be decapitated!"

Chen Shi didn't take it seriously, put the token in his bag, and looked at the geographical map.

Seeing that he was careless, Li Tianqing said: "Xiao Shi, you don't know how powerful this thing is! The Sanren are a group of lawless fanatics who have committed numerous crimes and have been targeted by the government for a long time! These guys are disrespectful to the true God, Heaven Listens If you don't deal with them, you will be in danger if you carry this thing with you!"

"My grandfather is from Wuhu Sanren." Chen Shi said.

Li Tianqing hesitated after hearing this.

He has heard of the name Wuhu Sanren. He is a famous person among Sanren. It is said that he is the founder of the Southern sect of talismans. His methods are extremely evil and are despised by the righteous people in the world.

However, he had met Chen Shi's grandfather, Chen Yindu, an old man who looked very serious and did not look like a giant of evil.

"Among the scattered people, they are not all scum." Li Tianqing said.

Chen Shi said: "I am also a Sanren."

Li Tianqing was silent for a moment, took out a token from his pocket and placed it in front of Chen Shi.

This token is also a Sanren token.

Chen Shi was slightly startled and looked at him doubtfully.

Li Tianqing sighed and said: "When Xiao Wangsun gave me some advice, he gave it to me casually. He thought that I had good talent and could learn better things as a Sanren. I went back to Li Mansion to check the above information. The pattern is so clear, but..."

He was slightly proud and said with a smile: "I joined the Sanren much earlier than you! Obviously Prince Xiao thinks I am stronger!"

Chen Shi didn't argue with him about this.

When he joined the Sanren ten years ago, he had not yet had his divine fetus cut off, and he attended the Sanren gathering with his grandfather, much earlier than Li Tianqing.

"This year, the Qiuwei festival was held in August, while the individual gathering was held on the seventh day of June. There is a difference of more than a month."

Chen Shi suggested, "The Sanren gathering lasts for more than one day, and may be several days before and after. It is better to attend the Sanren gathering first, and then attend Qiuwei."

Li Tianqing hesitated and said: "It's just that I still need to go home. If I don't go back to the Li family, the Li family will think that I died outside and won't treat my mother well. Why don't you and I meet in the provincial capital of Gongzhou? Then we will go to Wuling, Henggong Mountain.”

Chen Shi smiled and said, "You go home first, I also need to brush up on my homework."

Li Tianqing stood up and said with a smile: "This time you and I take the Qiuwei Provincial Examination, we will definitely get Jieyuan and Yayuan, ranking among the top three!"

He was quite excited and whispered: "If you pass the examination, you can go to Xijing to find Xiao Jin."

"Xiao Jin..." Chen Shi's eyes flashed.

Li Tianqing glanced at him, straightened his chest and said, "I'm one year older than you. Xiao Jin doesn't like children."

Chen Shi sneered and said: "Counting the eight years since my death, I will be twenty years old, which is a perfect match for Xiao Jin."

Their eyes met, and fire burst into their eyes.

At this time, Hei Guo put his two front paws on their shoulders. They turned their heads and met Hei Guo's gaze. They read the message of persuasion in Hei Guo's eyes and then put down their grudges.

Li Tianqing said: "Without further ado, I'll go home first! See you in Gongzhou, Xiao Shi!"

He left in a hurry.

Chen Shi looked him away and whispered: "I must be Jieyuan, as for Xiaojin... But having said that, Tianqing's ability is also very important. If I don't work hard, he will definitely surpass me."

A strong sense of urgency arose in his heart, and he hurriedly washed his clothes and dried them. Then he took many ancient books to the old willow tree in Huangtugang and studied hard. If he had anything he didn't understand, he could ask Zhu Xiucai for advice.

For a time, Chen Xiucai's knowledge increased by leaps and bounds.

After six or seven days, Zhu Xiucai said with emotion: "Xiao Shi, I have taught you all my knowledge, and now there is nothing left to teach. You can start teaching."

Chen Shi was both excited and a little scared, and said: "Teacher, I just feel that I still have various shortcomings and find it difficult to implement the knowledge of the sages and masters..."

Zhu Xiucai shouted: "Hey! How can you say such depressing words? The words of masters and sages should be studied three times a day and should not be wasted. Xunzi said, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Only by reading thousands of books and traveling a thousand miles, can you practice them one by one. This shows the wonderfulness of the Master and the sages.”

Chen Shi said solemnly: "The students have been taught!"

Zhu Xiucai's face softened and he said: "You are already a scholar now, and I was also a scholar before I died. Your knowledge is no weaker than mine, why should you feel inferior? The world is so big, you can go and conquer it."

Chen Shi was so proud that he immediately bid farewell to Zhu Xiucai, offered three bundles of incense to his godmother, turned around and left Huangtugang, returning to the village to pack his things.

After he finished packing, the villagers spontaneously came to see him off, led by Granny Wuzhu, Granny Yuzhu and others.

——Huangpo Village was originally torn apart, but after Creator Xiaowu escaped, Hu Xiaoliang used his magic power to put Huangpo Village back together. The villagers were all safe and sound, but they were a little frightened.

Chen Shi was filled with emotion and said: "Everyone came to see me off, which makes me ashamed. Please come back."

Mrs. Wuzhu said: "Xiucai, if you win the imperial examination and become an official, don't forget to take care of us fellow villagers!"

The villagers said one after another: "Be careful when passing through Feixian County, the people there are xenophobic."

"If you miss, don't come back."

"Yes. After drinking this glass of wine, hurry up and hit the road."

"We're waiting to set off firecrackers!"

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Chen Shi got on the wooden cart, which drove out of Huangpo Village. Chen Shi looked back and saw that the villagers were fighting with each other. When he was far away, the sound of crackling firecrackers came from the village. The villagers beat gongs and drums and were as happy as if they were celebrating a festival.

"I will win the imperial examination, and even win three yuan in a row in the imperial examination, and come back as the top scholar, so that I can make fish and meat for you, the most popular ones, the spicy ones!" Chen Shi said fiercely.

Heiguo ran happily in front, Chen Shi held the compass, and the wooden cart entered the mountain and walked along the mountain road. In the afternoon, he walked out of the Qianyang Mountains. However, before walking too far, there was still a mountain ahead. Chen Shi slowed down a lot. Inquiring about the road all the way, we walked intermittently until evening and arrived in Feixian County.

Before the sun set, he finally followed a caravan to the county seat of Feixian County.

The folk customs in Fei County are simple. Human heads were hung on wooden stakes outside the county town, and more than a dozen people were hanged from trees. Before Chen Shi entered the county town, his money bag was stolen. He hurriedly chased the thief, but saw someone running away carrying the blame. .

When he turned around, the wooden cart was gone!

Chen Shi was furious, caught the thief who stole the money bag, took back the money bag, and dislocated the thief's arm.

On the other side, the black pot dragged the knocked out dog thief back.

Chen Shi held the compass, and the wooden cart roared towards him and stopped steadily in front of him. More than ten people were chasing after me, shouting: "My car, my car! Those stinky out-of-towners are trying to steal my car!"

There were many people around, and some government servants squeezed into the crowd and asked, "What's the fuss about?"

Chen Shi said quickly: "Everyone, you are here just in time. I caught this little thief who stole my money bag. There was also this man who stole my dog ​​and was knocked unconscious by my dog. These dozen people stole from me. car……"

The government officials gathered around, and one of them shouted: "That stinky guy from out of town has come to Fei County to run wild! Take him down!"

All the government officials rushed forward and were knocked down by Chen Shi with three punches and two kicks.

He did not kill him, but said unhappily: "I heard that your Fei County is xenophobic, and that's true."

The government officials stood up and shouted: "We in Feixian County have never been xenophobic, so there is no need for slander! Those stinking foreigners are waiting, don't leave!" After saying this, they left bitterly.

Chen Shi planned to stay in an inn, but no inn dared to take him in. He was looking for an inn everywhere, but he saw a group of government officials and county magistrates approaching in a fierce manner.

Chen Shi hurriedly took the blame and fled from Feixian County.

The magistrate of Feixian County led everyone to the outside of the city, but failed to find Chen Shi, a stinky out-of-towner, and returned with hatred.

The magistrate of Feixian County said: "If we catch him, let him sit on a wooden stake and hang him on the wooden stake!"

Sitting on a wooden stake means that one end of the wooden stake is sharpened, the buttocks sit on it, and the body slowly sinks with its own weight. The wooden stake is gradually inserted into the human body. The victim cannot die for a while, and is in excruciating pain and screaming.

Chen Shi couldn't rest in the city, so he had to find a ruined temple outside the city and barely spent the night. In the middle of the night, he only heard noises outside. He didn't know whether it was demons or evil spirits coming out to act. Some were sucking human blood, and some were sucking human souls. , some eat meat and make bones.

But the strange thing is that these evil spirits only glanced at Chen Shi in the ruined temple from a distance and did not come forward.

——There are many hanged people outside the city, and some people sitting on wooden stakes. They have enough to eat, and there is no need to provoke a living person.

"The folk customs in Gongzhou are more simple than those in Xinxiang."

Chen Shi said sincerely, "No wonder evil spirits like jujube can be raised in the countryside."

At this time, Xiaozao had been named the Black Mountain Tiger, and his evil spirit was refined by Chen Shi, but before that, he was a human-headed jujube tree, which was indescribably weird.

The folk customs in Gongzhou were really scary, and Chen Shi knew something was wrong. He rushed to Min County the next day. He carefully entered the city and went to the medicine shop to buy some strange medicinal materials, such as blood charcoal, white cloves, and hanging rope. Ash etc.

Chen Shi was ground into powder, mixed with cinnabar, and black dog blood was added, and talismans were carefully drawn on the inside and outside of the wooden cart.

The talisman he drew was the fourth-grade talisman recorded in the Creation Treasure Book, and it was called the Tridaca demon. It was stronger than the brain worm and threadworm drawn by Wei Yimin, a scholar in blue.

After Chen Shi finished the painting, he painted it several times.

In the middle of the night, many people wanted to take advantage of him, but before they got close, they suddenly saw smoke coming from the wooden cart. Suddenly, the surrounding smoke was thick and choking.

I saw a red light emitting from the smoke. The Minxian thieves approached the red light cautiously, but saw a wooden cart in the red light with four wheels on the ground and speeding towards it. There were many arms around the wooden cart, which were extremely strong. With a few punches, they could The thieves smashed into the wall or embedded themselves in the ground.

The door of the car is wide open, and the mouth in the door is full of sharp teeth. Long tongues fly out of the mouth, swinging around, catching a person and pulling him into the door!

Just a few whizzing sounds were heard, and all the thieves were eaten by the giant demon and disappeared without a trace.

In the middle of the night, the giant demon extricated several people, naked and full of stench.

Along the way, Chen Shi saw a lot of people's sentiments in Gongzhou. It took more than ten days before he arrived at the provincial capital of Gongzhou. The journey was quite difficult.

Chen Shi raised his head and saw three or four Ten Thousand Souls flags floating in the sky over Gongzhou, fluttering in the wind.

The power of those Ten Thousand Soul Flags made him feel frightened, and he felt deeply powerful.

"Gongzhou's Ten Thousand Soul Banners are so powerful!"

Chen Shi was shocked and confused. These Ten Thousand Soul Flags continued to absorb the souls of the dead people in Gongzhou, and their power had been refined to the level of a heavy treasure!

At this time, many scholars came to Gongzhou Provincial City to take the exam. Although the scholars were scholars, they did not have official positions and had to make a living. When he came to Gongzhou Provincial City, he saw that there were scholars looking for work everywhere and it was overcrowded. .

Especially since Xinxiang Province does not have its autumn season, scholars from Xinxiang Province also go to Gongzhou, resulting in more scholars here.

He was looking at the Wanhun Banner when suddenly several brokers came up to him and asked, "Xiucai, are you also here to look for work in the provincial capital?"

Chen Shi hesitated. There were still more than ten days until the seventh day of June. He really wanted to find something to do and couldn't just sit back and rest.

But, what kind of work can I do in the city?

Selling charms?

At this time, a tall man pushed aside the brokers and came over. He looked Chen Shi up and down and said, "Brother, are you from Xinxiang County?"

Chen Shi said: "He is from Xinxiang County."

The tall man heard his accent and smiled: "You're from Qiaowan Town?"

With a Xinxiang accent, he said: "I am also from Qiaowan Town. Don't pay attention to these brokers. These guys have dark hearts! If you go with them, they will sell you to a farm on the outskirts of the city. First, I'll give you a bowl of rice. If you eat it, you'll be poisoned by corpse poison. , you will be turned into a zombie. At that time, you will be a walking zombie, working tirelessly in the fields with dozens of people, eating pig food, sleeping on the floor, and wearing the rags until you die from exhaustion. , you have to bask in the moonlight, turn you into a zombie, and have to work for them. "

Chen Shi was stunned and asked, "Is there such a thing?"

The tall man smiled and said: "You are my fellow countryman, so I saved you. Otherwise, I wouldn't even bother to tell outsiders. Have you had dinner? If not, I will take you to eat!"

Chen Shi followed him, and the tall man said: "There is also a kind of evil magic here in Gongzhou, which can brainwash monks and make them do things for themselves. They are not afraid of death, tireless, and do not ask for reward. People who practice this magic have hands There are dozens or hundreds of talented people here, all of whom are godsons. It is not natural for them to work for their adoptive father, so what kind of reward do they need?"

Chen Shi was surprised and said: "How can this be so?"

The tall man took him to a restaurant, found a place to sit down on the street, and said, "There is also a technique called nourishing technique. He raises dozens of disciples who obey his orders, passes on the techniques, and the disciples practice the techniques. Fa, half of the magic power gained through cultivation will flow to the teacher unconsciously to help the teacher practice. Similarly, a disciple can also accept a disciple and let his disciple support him, but the prerequisite is that you must be able to modify the technique. "

Chen Shi was stunned.

The tall man said: "These are all harmful methods, and serious people don't bother to do them. I usually do business of exorcising evil spirits and refining evil spirits, and I joined the Gongzhou Talisman Master Association. You draw a sign on this piece of paper, and I will take you Joining the association and doing business in Gongzhou Province will not make you rich, but you can still have enough food and clothing. "

He took out a piece of paper, and sure enough it had the name of Gongzhou Talisman Masters Association on it.

Chen Shi drew the mark under his guidance. The tall man took the piece of paper and said, "I'm in a hurry, so I need to go to the toilet first. You order the food, and I'll be back when I'm gone."

He stood up and came to the shopkeeper, said a few words to the shopkeeper, then turned and walked towards the backyard.

The shopkeeper came forward with a few strong men and said with a smile: "Xiucai, you have been sold to our restaurant by your elder brother."

Chen Shi's eyes widened: "What? I was sold?"

The shopkeeper unfolded the piece of paper on which he had drawn the pledge. There were a few more lines on the paper, but it was a deed of betrayal. He sneered, "You drew the pledge yourself, don't you recognize it?"

Chen Shi laughed angrily: "Originally there were no words on this paper, but they were added later! Do you still have Wang Fa in the provincial capital of Gongzhou?"

"Somebody come!"

The shopkeeper clapped his hands and sneered, "Let this poor scholar from the countryside see what it means to be a king!"