National Division

01

"Fortune-telling by word-testing, fortune-telling by word-testing—the iron mouth is straight, the calculation is complete, the measurement is accurate, the silver is five points, the measurement is not accurate, and no money is taken—"

The crisp yelling sounded on the street, attracting the attention of passers-by.

Qi Jun uncomfortably moved the cloth banner with "Tianji God Fortune Teller" written in thick black characters on his shoulder, and coughed dryly: "Be quiet..." He could imagine the guards in the dark What should be his expression at this moment, he must be pressing his stomach desperately, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh out loud.

"Ah?" Zhibai held a piece of glutinous rice cake in one hand, yelled a few times, took a bite, and asked vaguely, "Why do you keep your voice so low that others can't hear you, so why come to us for fortune-telling?"

Qi Jun just wanted to support his forehead: "Why do you have to do such a... thing so loudly?" Do you have to worry that others won't hear such tricks of deceit?Besides, Emperor Zhengye, who has sat on the throne for 20 years, came to the street to carry banners, and he even shouted——is it proper to cover your face with a cloth?

"In the past, when we had no rice to eat and no cloth to make clothes in the mountains, Master took me down the mountain to test Chinese characters." Zhibai didn't know what Qi Jun was thinking, chewing glutinous rice cakes sweetly, "I will carry the tricks for Master." yelling."

"How old were you at that time, and you carried banners?" Qi Jun frowned.At that time, Zhibai was at most eleven or twelve years old, but his master really had the heart to ask a child to carry this thing.Although the banner is made of cloth, it still has a pole, so it is not easy to carry it on the shoulder.

Zhibai took another big bite of glutinous rice cake indifferently: "Master will buy me sugar cake when he gets the money."

Qi Jun felt a little distressed.It's just a piece of white sugar cake, judging by Zhibai's appearance, it's still a delicacy.

"Measurement and fortune-telling—" Zhibai yelled again, and immediately shattered Qi Jun's distress: "I said, this, this is not very pleasant..." If it is known that the majestic Emperor Zhengye and The national teacher came here to tell the fortune...

"Oh, it doesn't sound good—then let me change a few words." Zhibai cleared his throat, and yelled louder, "Calculate the past life and the next life. Thousands of miles of marriage are connected by a thread, and future fame and fame are half-fingered. Listen first and pay later, disciples of Guigu, don’t ask for money..."

This seems to be nowhere to be heard...

"Fortune teller—" Don't say it, Zhibai's yelling really attracted guests.A young man opened the wooden door facing the street, stuck his head out and greeted eagerly.An old woman ran out from behind him, pulling him to go inside: "It costs five cents for anything, enough to eat for a few days!"

"Mother!" The young man struggled to break free, "We must find Xiaoxi!"

His face was sickly, his hair was messy, and his eye circles were red. When he said the word "Xiaoxi",

His voice was a little choked up, "I earned the money by myself, I don't need your and dad's money!"

"Oh, my idiot—" the old woman beat her chest and stamped her feet, "You are trying to force your mother to death..." But when she heard her son say that she didn't need her money, she didn't stop her.

Zhibai saw that the mother and son were funny, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Madam. If the calculation is not accurate, I won't charge you a cent."

The old woman rolled her eyes and pulled her son violently: "If you don't want to say anything, I will ask this little gentleman to figure it out. Do you know what my son wants to do?"

Qi Jun cursed secretly!For fortune-telling, you always have to say what you want to calculate, but this old woman wants to calculate without saying a word. They really don't know anything except that they know to find this "Xiaoxi", but what they want to calculate ?

Zhibai just smiled: "Then please ask this big brother to write a word."

Brother...Qi Jun felt a toothache again.Zhibai looks like a young boy, but he is actually nearly forty years old.This young man is only about 25 or [-] years old, and he has the nerve to call him Big Brother—it seems that although he looks young, his face is old enough!

The young people never felt that there was anything wrong with it.In his opinion.Knowing that the white top is the sky, that is, the appearance of eighteen or nineteen years old.The skin is white and tender.She is more delicate and moist than ordinary women. If it weren't for the straight and thick black eyebrows with masculinity, maybe some people would mistake her for a little girl.

Can such a young fortune teller be accurate?The young man couldn't help asking a question in his heart, but now he is full of despair, divination and divination are just trying to comfort his heart, a dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor, so why does it matter whether the fortune teller is always young or not?

It's just—"I, I can't write..." In the whole family, only Xiaoxi can read and write. Now that she is gone, there is no one who can write.

"I can't write..." Zhibai tilted his head and thought for a while, "Then say something."

"Qixi of Qixi—no, no, Qixi of Qixi!" The young man said one word, and then changed it hesitantly.

Zhibai shook his head and sighed: "Brother said this word for a while, and said that word for a while. It can be seen that he was undecided in his heart. The two words were all intentional, but there were too many. I am afraid that what the elder brother asked for started from 'Suspicious'."

"Overthinking?" The young man was startled, and turned to look at the old woman.

"What carelessness?" The old woman hurriedly interrupted, "Sir, don't talk nonsense, let's figure out what happened to my son first."

"Well--Brother said Qi first, and then didn't use Qi. Seven is also a 'wife'. First there is a wife, and then there is no wife. The eldest brother lost his wife, right?"

"Ah!" The young man was dumbstruck in shock, "Mr. Xiao is really a fortune teller! What a fortune teller!"

The old woman was startled at first, and then she curled her lips and said: "What is this? You just said that you wanted to find Xiaoxi Naizi - if not, you came here because you heard about my family's affairs outside! I Although I don’t know how to read, I also know that the character for ‘seven’ in Qixi Festival and the character for ‘wife’ in wife and concubines are not the same, so how can they be said together?”

Zhibai shook Duo's head in his hand, still smiling and not angry: "If it is written, it is natural that we can't talk about it together. But elder brother can't write, but he read it, so Qi and Wife have the same pronunciation, so naturally it can be used. "

"How can there be such a reason..." The old woman seemed to want to jump up, but the young man's eyes lit up, and he reached out and took Zhibai's hand, "Mr. Xiao, if you say so, my Xiaoxi You didn't do anything to offend me at all, it was all my family's suspicion, but?"

"Son!" The old woman immediately refused, "Why are your father and I suspicious? She was not in the room in the middle of the night, and came back from outside with disheveled hair at dawn, and there were still wet marks on the back of the clothes. .This is not going out to fool around, but what to do? Could it be that both your father and I are dead, and you want her to go to the grave early in the morning?"

The young man was very helpless to his mother's unrestrained speech: "Mother, what are you talking about! You and my father are in good health, why did you talk about going to the grave?"

The old woman simply sat down on the threshold, patted her thighs and cried: "Oh, my life is so hard! I have suffered all my life and saved money to marry a daughter-in-law. I am still an unruly woman! My foolish son, marry me! Once you become a daughter-in-law, you will forget about your mother! Tell yourself, she has been in our house for four years, which year does she not say she is sick on Qixi Festival, and she goes back to sleep in her own room before dark, and you are not allowed to go in? I have long been suspicious I'm sorry, I just said I'm tired. What are you tired? Whose wife is tired every Qixi Festival? If you hadn't gone out this year, I'd be extra careful to go into her room to have a look, I'm afraid She kept it in the dark! Oh, what a crime I have done!"

"Mom!" The young man coughed again in a panic, "What are you doing so loudly? My little gentleman has already said that it's all because of your wishful thinking! You said you were saving money to marry a daughter-in-law, and Xiaoxi came to our town after fleeing famine." Where did you spend a penny for the dowry? You entered our family for four years, worked day and night, and gave birth to a son for me. Just like that, you still don’t like her. Now, now that the dog has no mother, I also Are you happy without your wife?"

The old woman jumped up from the threshold with an agility that didn't match her age at all: "What? I'm all to blame after all this? Xiaoxi, that girl, she doesn't know how to do field work or stew rice. My old lady married a daughter-in-law and came home, do I still need my old lady to serve her?"

The young people are also anxious: "But Xiaoxi can spin and weave! The cloth she weaves is praised by people from all over the world, and she earns more money than others when sold in cloth shops. Over the years, our family's Most of the things are earned by her weaving, otherwise how can I have the money to buy a house in the town? How can I have the money to buy some land?"

The old woman was so speechless by her son that she opened her mouth and couldn't make a sound, so she simply sat down and howled again.However, she didn't even shed a tear, she just howled dryly, saying that her son was not filial.The young man couldn't care less about it anymore, so he said bluntly: "Mr. Xiao, help me figure out, when will Xiaoxi come back?" Then he took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, "Here is the money. Mr. Xiao must help me calculate carefully."

This piece of broken silver weighs two qian, the old woman squinted her eyes while howling dryly, when she saw the silver, she jumped up and snatched it with her hand: "Why are you giving so much!" After digging for a while, I found a smaller piece, about three to four cents heavier. I told Zhibai.He conveniently put the two yuan silver into his arms.

Qi Jun frowned, if it wasn't for the bullying by an old woman, he would have stepped forward and thrown him out.When Zhibai was in the palace, who would dare to tease him?That old woman still has unwashed ashes in her nails!Even the money she took out was considered dirty by Qi Jun.

Zhibai was always smiling and didn't take it seriously.He just shook his head after hearing the young man's words: "Xi is half of a multi-character, but it is not a multi-character. Brother, if you want your wife to come back, I'm afraid it's probably not going to happen."

"Ah?" The young man's face suddenly changed.

The old woman sneered at the side: "I just said, she must have a relationship outside, you still want to come back, just dream!"

"This old lady—" Zhibai glanced at her, "Breaking a marriage is harmful to morality. Although you were suspicious before, it was not a serious crime after all. At this moment, you still want to lie and hurt others. Bo is going to have a little retribution."

"Bah!" The old woman was about to jump up again, "What is my mother afraid of! I have had this mouth for decades, and I haven't seen any retribution! Come on, come on, that man, do you dare to beat my mother?" Seeing Qi Jun's face was gloomy, and he couldn't help swallowing back the words he wanted to scold, and forced himself to say a hard word, but he was scared in the end, and slowly retreated into the door.

Qi Jun turned around and took Zhibai's hand: "The hexagram is over, let's go." The family, the farther away the better,

02

Zhibai didn't intend to stay any longer, just smiled at the young man, and followed Qi Jun obediently, planning to yell a few more times: "Forget—"

However, after only uttering a single word, Qi Jun stuffed a piece of cake into his mouth with lightning speed, and all subsequent yelling disappeared.

This place is a small town on the banks of the Yangtze River. Although it is not a water and land fortress, it is still well connected.The town is not small, there are some delicacies from the south, and there are several elegant and clean inns, so Qi Jun will allow Zhibai to live in this town for a few days.

"This is Jinhua Building's vegetarian cabbage heart, braised spring bamboo shoots in oil, and vegetarian crab..." The guard placed the dishes bought by Pegasus on the table.

"Vegetarian crab?" Zhibai naturally knew that what the guards put in front of him must be a vegetarian dish, so he couldn't help being surprised, "Is this also vegetarian?"

On the plate in front of him were clearly two red-steamed crabs, covered with oily sauce.Uncover the crab shell, inside is the picked out white jade-like crab meat, and there is plump crab paste on it.Is this also a vegetarian dish?Even Qi Jun, as an emperor, had never seen him before.

The guard hurriedly said: "According to the shopkeeper of the restaurant, the crab meat and crab paste are all fried from duck eggs."

Speaking of which, duck eggs are not considered a serious vegetarian, but the practice rules of Zhibai are not as strict as those in a serious temple, and it’s okay to eat eggs once in a while.Qi Jun was afraid that he would not be able to bear it if he was a vegetarian all the year round, and he would not object: "Sure enough, it is well done! Try it soon."

"But this crab shell one by one" Zhibai hesitated.Crab shells are really meaty things!Even though the meat paste inside is made of duck eggs, it still smells like meat when placed inside the crab shell.

The guard smiled and said, "I have asked carefully, this crab shell is also made of Chengmian, fried in vegetable oil."

"Huh?" Zhibai quickly reached out to grab it.On the way, he was beaten back by Qi Jun with a chopstick: "What is it like!" He was raised in the palace for 20 years.Why are the rules getting worse?

"Woo—" Zhibai withdrew his hand, tears streaming down his face, "It hurts!" Qi Jun's hand was heavy, and when he pulled down with his chopsticks accurately and ruthlessly, a red mark immediately appeared.

Qi Jun said with a straight face: "It deserves it! Who told you to grab it with your hand-does it hurt?"

The guard lowered his head as low as he could and quietly moved towards the door.Emperor Zhengye's previous sentence was full of morale, but it changed afterward.As a bodyguard, looking at his face is also an important skill, and he knew very well that he was no longer needed at this time.

"Can it not hurt?" Zhibai stretched out his hand to Qi Jun's eyes. "Look! It's all red!"

Qi Jun coughed dryly: "It's rude to call you again." As he spoke, he had already caught Zhibai's hand. "

In the past 20 years, Zhibai's appearance has hardly changed much, but it is a little rounder than before.He laughed at himself for being fat in middle age.But Qi Jun felt that it was all because of eating too much and being lazy in the palace.For example, this hand seems to be a little softer than when it was sixteen or seventeen years old when pinched, but the skin is still as white as jade, and the red mark is particularly vivid.

"Okay, okay, just rub it." Qi Jun rubbed it carefully with his fingers, "Isn't the dish still steaming? Just reach out and grab it. What should I do if it's hot?"

Zhibai pouted, and then threw the matter out of the blue: "Is this crab shell made of dough? It really looks real!"

Qi Jun said angrily: "You have never eaten crabs, how do you know what they really look like?" However, he didn't recognize them just now, which shows that the craftsmanship is really good.Although it can be seen if you look closely now, the luster is indeed different, but once the sauce is poured, the difference will not be obvious.

Zhibai ate this meal with great interest.The food in the palace is naturally exquisite, but it is not as fresh and unique as outside.While eating and talking, the two talked about today's fortune-telling family: "It sounds like the parents-in-law at home suspect that the daughter-in-law is unruly - but if this woman really leaves home at night and returns in the morning, how can she return the money?" Her clothes are disheveled, I'm afraid I never wronged her."

Zhibai chuckled and said nothing.

Qi Jun became displeased: "Just say what you have to say, why don't I let you refute me?"

Zhibai made a grimace: "Then I'll just say it - the divination can't be wrong, there is nothing wrong with this woman, it's all due to the carelessness of the family."

"So, she didn't stay out all night?"

Zhibai smiled again: "It's true that you don't return at night."

Qi Jun frowned: "Not only did she say that she would not return home at night, but she also said that there was nothing wrong with it, so what did she do? Could it be that she went to the fields to do a night's work?"

"Even though it's not in the middle, it's not far away—"

Zhibai dragged out a sentence in a tone of voice, and Qi Jun was so angry that he almost laughed: "I learned this sentence when I taught you to read? Say it quickly! Otherwise - there is no way to deal with you!"

"Okay, okay!" Zhibai didn't think there was anything terrible about doing nothing, but his eyes lit up, "It's not convenient for double cultivation along the way."

Qi Jun pressed his forehead.As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he knew he was wrong. Zhibai had grown older these years, but he still didn't know what it means to be ashamed as before. When he mentioned Shuangxiu, his eyes sparkled, he was like a wolf and a tiger!

"What?" Zhibai blinked innocently, "Is the emperor tired? After all, he is old. If he is not healthy, then——"

"It's against you!" Qi Jun gritted his teeth, flipped the table and rushed over.Say he's not healthy?Although he is now the Supreme Emperor, but he has never left his bow and horse for many years, and he has practiced with Zhibai. He is over forty and still stronger than ordinary young men.Between the beds, there are even more spirits of dragons and horses.Zhibai has said that even though he doesn't have that kind of celestial relationship, it is not a problem for him to live hundreds of years like Peng Zu.That being the case, isn't he in his early forties now just the beginning of his life?Who dares to say he can't make it!

Zhibai was picked up by him every morning for these years to practice boxing. Although he has practiced for so long, he is still a master of boxing, but his body is more flexible than before. He slipped under the table like a loach, and got out from the other side. He turned his head and grinned at Qi Jun, showing two rows of white teeth.

However, after all, this martial art is not something that can fool people. No matter how much effort you put into practicing it, you will have a certain level of ability.Zhibai escaped Qi Jun's grasp by relying on preparations before the provocation, and immediately rushed towards the door.It's a pity that he just reached out to touch the door panel, and Qi Jun grabbed him by the collar.

Seeing that the door can be touched with one's hand, as long as the door is opened, there are still guards standing outside. When the time comes, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Supreme Emperor will be embarrassed to insist on being a hooligan, isn't he?Zhibai had wishful thinking in his heart, regardless of the back collar being captured by Qi Jun, he struggled with punches and kicks, trying to pull the door open.

It's a pity that his flamboyant fists and embroidered legs were not enough in Qi Jun's eyes, and he was swung up after only a few struggles.After spinning around for a while, he was already thrown on the bed.

Qi Jun pounced on a tiger, viciously suppressed Zhibai who was still struggling to get up, and ripped the opponent's collar with a jab.With a bully look on his face: "What did you just say? How dare you provoke me in front of me with such a trivial trick?"

Zhibai was very dissatisfied: "It must be that you didn't put all your heart into teaching me boxing and kicking!" As he said, his right hand secretly shook out something from the sleeve, and wanted to stick it on Qi Jun's body.

But he has already played this trick once, and Qi Jun grabbed his wrist as soon as he stretched out his hand: "It's another talisman. Huh?" After sticking it to the body, he couldn't move immediately, making Zhibai move his hands up and down for a while.If it wasn't for Zhibai's lack of courage, it might have turned upside down that time.

If the wise and wise Emperor Zhengye stumbled twice on the same stone, he would have been an emperor for decades in vain!

Zhibai was caught and couldn't take his hand back, so he could only laugh, blinking desperately while laughing.Seeing that Qi Jun couldn't laugh or cry, he pulled out the amulet in his hand and threw it far away, reaching out to tickle him: "With such a despicable method, how dare you use it again and again..."

Zhibai has grown delicate and fleshy all these years, and he is afraid of pain and tickle, his whole body trembles when he is scratched by Qi Jun, and tears come out from laughing.He originally had a pair of beautiful eyes, with the end of the eyes slightly raised, but now the corners of the eyes are reddish, there is still water in the eyes, his breathing is rapid, and he is indescribably alluring.Qi Jun's heart fluttered, and he lowered his head and pressed down on the slightly opened mouth.

The two have been practicing double cultivation for decades, and they are extremely familiar with each other's bodies. Zhibai put his legs around Qi Jun's waist, and groaned, "Bullying people again..."

Qi Jun loves to hear him play tricks, he pushed hard, and when he heard that Bai yelled, he lowered his head and bit his fleshy lips: "I just bullied him, what can you do?"

Zhibai has always been indifferent to what he says, and complains to himself while enjoying it.He is a little older now, and although his appearance hasn't changed much, his voice is no longer completely clear and clear as a teenager, but it has become a bit more magnetic. He speaks breathlessly, and Qi Jun's ears are like adding fuel to the fire.The two actually had a flirtatious conversation, bickering at the same time, fortunately both of them had practiced for several years.The breath is long, not afraid of suffocation...

After a while, the rain cleared and the clouds closed in the house.Zhibai was lazily lying in Qi Jun's arms, poking here and there on his body with impolite hands.Qi Jun didn't care about him, just squinted his eyes and bit his ear lightly: "When did I learn this problem..."

Zhibai giggled and kept touching his hands.When he and Qi Jun first met, he suffered a lot. For a few years, he was trembling in front of Qi Jun, and he didn't know when it started, he might not be afraid at all.I like to tease the tiger's whiskers when I have nothing to do.Although he has always been at a disadvantage in the matter of double cultivation, and he doesn't have the courage to turn himself over and become the master, but he has done a lot of things to take advantage of small troubles.

Qi Jun only thinks that he is becoming more and more like a cat, who obviously can't take advantage of it, but also likes to tease him, he really cares about eating but not fighting.Allowing him to pinch his chest for a moment, he felt angry again, and was about to deal with him again, when he heard a few light knocks on the door, and the guard outside said in a low voice: "Master, there is a young man , took a child to ask to see the young master, and said it was for fortune-telling."

03

Qi Jun knew who he was talking about as soon as he heard it, and frowned: "Sent away!"

Is it true that Zhibai is a fortune teller?What's more, look at the old woman's nonsense.Helping others may not end well.

"Wait!" Zhibai stopped him, "Bring someone in. I'll meet you."

"What are you seeing?" Qi Jun frowned, "Aren't you here to play with what you're doing? What's more, you don't think it's 'probably not going to happen'. Do you want to compromise your practice to help him?"

Zhibai smiled and sat up to put on his clothes.

"Yesterday he wanted his wife to come back, so of course he couldn't do it. But he said the seven characters first and then the evening characters. There is a will in the dark. This Qixi Festival is the festival of the cow girl, and they will be separated all year round. There will be a while, so he and His daughter-in-law, there is still a chance to meet her."

Qi Jun was puzzled when he heard this: "Since there is still a fate to meet again, let him wait, what else do you need to do?"

Zhibai lifted his chin triumphantly: "If it weren't for me, he might not be able to have this fate. I also want to use his fate to earn us some benefits."

The more Qi Jun listened, the more confused he became.Help him get dressed.He asked, "What good do we have?"

He moved his hand, Zhibai didn't bother to move, leaned against him as if he had no bones, and smiled: "Do you know what his wife is?"

This is a bit mysterious - not "who", but "what".Qi Jun has been with him for decades, and he can tell the strangeness immediately: "Could it be that his wife is some kind of ghost?"

Zhibai smiled, put his ear on his ear and whispered: "If my guess is right, then Xiaoxi is a magpie. She must have benefited from him before, so she came to repay this kindness with marriage. The so-called Qixi Festival I feel unwell at night. That's because I went to the Milky Way to build a bridge for the cow girl!"

Although Qi Jun was prepared in his heart, he reckoned that this Xiaoxi was not an ordinary person, but he didn't expect it to be such a "Xiaoxi", so he was silent for a moment before saying: "So it turns out that Niunu's wedding is real?"

The story of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl meeting Qixi Festival is a familiar story, but Qi Jun has always regarded it as a legend.Not to mention anything else, what is the Milky Way in the sky, where does this river start and where does it end, whether it can sail boats or irrigate fields, who has seen it?Even the Milky Way is an illusory thing, and the Cowboy and Weaver Girl on both sides of the Milky Way are naturally non-existent. Who would have thought that what Zhibai said today is actually true?

"Naturally." Zhibai raised his leg to let him put on his trousers, rubbed his shoulder lazily, and yawned, "If you don't believe me, every year on the second day of Chinese Valentine's Day, I catch a magpie to have a look. The hair on the upper back must be messy, it is because of the bridge for people to walk and step on. So there are two parents-in-law in the family. Seeing that the daughter-in-law does not come home at night, her hair is disheveled in the morning, and the clothes on the back still have traces. It's all true, but Xiaoxi didn't do any wrongdoing, and the parents-in-law were overwhelmed, and they forcibly ruined a good fairy relationship. If not, relying on the weaving that Xiaoxi learned from Zhinu Cloth craftsmanship, within ten years, the family can become very rich. Looking at it now, it’s just that they don’t have such a blessing.”

This rhetoric made Qi Jun confused, until he went to see the young man Wang Dalang, he still felt a little dizzy.

Wang Dalang was already looking forward to seeing Zhibai in the next room, and when he saw Zhibai coming in, he was about to kneel down holding the child: "Mr. Xiao, my child has lost his mother. I am so pitiful. I beg Mr. Xiao to look at it for the sake of this child. Sheng pointed out the maze and let me find Xiaoxi, my whole family is grateful to Mr. Xiao!"

The child was only two years old, chubby and very cute, ignorantly holding his fingers in his mouth and only looking at Zhibai.Zhibai originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, but when he saw this child, he couldn't help but sighed: "Let me tell you directly, your parents are so thoughtful, they leaked the secret, the relationship between you and your wife The fate has already been broken. Now I can only help you see her again, as for wanting her to come back, that is impossible. "

Wang Dalang was in a state of despair, and it took him a while to cry with his arms around the child: "Well, you can just ask me to see you, even if you ask the child to see your mother again..." He still had the possibility in his heart that maybe his wife had met her. The son is reluctant and will go home with him.

Zhibai sighed: "Forget it. The day after tomorrow will be the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, when the moon is first shining, come and find us by the river."

After sending Wang Dalang away, Zhibai got busy, rummaged through the luggage, finally found a branch, and smiled: "It just came in handy!"

Qi Jun didn't know when he stuffed a tree branch in his luggage, so he looked at it with his hand, and saw that there were still a few leaves hanging on the branch, which were as green as life, and as soon as he took it out, there was a The scent of sweet-scented osmanthus permeates: "What is this?"

"Osmanthus twig in the middle of the moon." Zhibai smiled cunningly, "The last time I went to the middle of the month with His Majesty's blessing, I secretly broke off a branch. Although it can't grow on the ground, it is a good thing. Today it is not It will come in handy!"

"When did you break it..." Qi Jun was really speechless.How fast this guy's hands are, no one has seen him break other people's osmanthus branches.What's more, at that time, could he be able to foresee the events decades later and fold them up for future use?

Zhibai hummed a little song and took out the knife: "Since it was folded secretly, it is natural that no one can see it. Such a good thing is rare, even if you don't need it. It's good to keep it in your hand."

The corner of Qi Jun's mouth twitched, but he finally closed his mouth.

Zhibai eats and eats with a knife all night.As a result, he tossed until dawn, but Qi Jun didn't see what he was doing at this moment.

"This is called Guan Xingcha!" Zhibai himself was triumphant, and pointed to Qi Jun, "This is a place for riding people. There are 28 stars carved on the body of the bar, so it is called Guan Xingshuo."

After Qi Jun finished reading, the corner of his mouth twitched again.The so-called taking advantage of people is to cut off a small piece of the thickest branch to create a flat ground.And the 28 constellations are basically small holes dug out with the tip of a knife. At first glance, they look like holes gnawed out by insects.

Zhibai was very dissatisfied with his attitude: "Wait until the full moon night, you will understand. Hmph, do you think the Milky Way is so easy to go? Without the 28 stars to guide the way, any ship will get lost in the starry sky. We It is also using the osmanthus branches in the middle of the moon to borrow the yin energy of the moonlight to get in safely."

Whenever Zhibai talked about such a topic, Qi Jun's eyes were dimmed.God is sorry to see, his impression of cultivation so far is nothing more than dual cultivation, and he can only listen to it.

On the night of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the night wind does not move, there are no clouds, and a bright moon hangs in the sky, like a fine brass mirror, round and bright.

When Qi Jun and Zhibai came to the riverside, although Mingyue had just left Dongshan Mountain, there were already many people walking on the road who had come out to watch the lights.Fortunately, they agreed on a secluded place outside the small town, and there was no sign of anyone by the river.

A few guards followed from afar, they didn't know where the two masters were going, they only vaguely guessed that it was like a dream to go to the moon palace, and they were going to meet the gods again, envious in their hearts, only regretted that they didn't have such a blessing .

Wang Dalang had already been waiting by the riverside with the child in his arms, Zhibai smiled and handed the child a piece of crispy candy, then took out the cinnamon sticks in his arms and threw them into the river.A small piece of osmanthus branch grows in the wind, reaching a foot long, like a small boat. Wang Dalang was stunned, thinking he saw a fairy, and almost knelt down again.

Qi Biao ignored him and just looked at Xingcha.Although Zhibai has magical powers, it is the first time he has seen such a sudden change from small to large before his eyes.

When Guan Xingcha grew up, it still looked like a piece of dead wood. The place where Zhibai peeled off a piece of bark was flat and slightly concave, just enough for three or four people to sit down; Xiao Kong, I don't know if it is due to the moonlight at this moment, but it is shining brightly, as if countless stars have fallen on the branches, and it is no longer the shabby proof of insect bites. It really deserves the name of the star.What's more, the river was rushing downriver without a break, and the Xingcha didn't have a rope, but it was firmly parked on the river's edge, not moving with the water at all.

The three of them and one child climbed onto the Xingcha, and there was no wind around, and the osmanthus leaves on the branches also became bigger at this time, like sails, and they looked like they were full of wind, pushing the Xingcha in the air. Going upstream in the middle of the river, its speed is ten times faster than that of ordinary boats.

The wind was whistling in my ears, but I didn't feel the pain of the wind blowing against my face when I sat on the bridge.

At first Wang Dalang didn't dare to say a word, but he gradually became bolder and asked tentatively, "Could Mr. Xiao be an immortal?"

Zhibai smiled and said, "It's just a practitioner."

04

Wang Dalang said anxiously: "This, this is to find my wife? Then, who is my wife?"

Zhibai didn't answer, but asked instead: "Brother, do you usually do good deeds and release some birds?"

Wang Dalang scratched his hair, a little embarrassed: "It's not a good deed. But in the past, in the countryside, the monkeys liked to use some slingshots to hit birds—the sparrows were nothing more than those sparrows. When it came to farming, they still had to eat millet, so it was easy to hit them." If they were beaten, why would the magpie be in the way? If someone was injured, I would have to pick it up and apply some medicine, keep it up for a few days, and then fly away when it's done, it's not a good deed."

Zhibai smiled slightly: "This is kindness. Eldest brother's life is originally a lonely fate, and it is 'most likely not to succeed' in starting a family. Family wealth. It's a pity that your parents don't believe in it deeply, and your luck ends here."

Wang Dalang couldn't blink his eyes when he heard this, he opened his mouth but couldn't close it, it took him a while to understand Zhibai's words, and he murmured: "I, my wife is the magpie who built the magpie bridge that day?" No answer, let him think for himself.Turning to Qi Jun, he said with emotion: "If I have a glass of wine, I can sit on the boat and drink while watching the moon."

Qi Jun snorted, took out a silver flat pot from his arms, and put another pack of pickled bamboo shoots into his hand: "Take it."

Zhibai leaned on his shoulder happily: "It's still better with you."

Qi Jun snorted again: "Sycophant." Even though he said that, his heart felt tight, he put his arms around Zhibai, and looked up at the sky, only to see that when he was speaking just now, the surroundings had changed unknowingly .

The bright moon above the head is still there, and it casts a silver light on the front of the boat, as if guiding the way, but the moon has moved to the mid-heaven, hanging very high, and there are stars all over the sky beside it, it is the stars and the moon. , Guan Xingcha's speed has slowed down, and the place he is driving is no longer in the middle of the original river. There are palaces and palaces on both sides of the bank, but they are all hidden in the mist, so they can't be seen clearly.And the river water under his feet changed from greenish yellow to silvery white.At first, Qi Jun thought it was illuminated by the moonlight, but when he looked carefully, he found that the water itself was silvery white. He picked up a handful of water, and it was shining brightly in his hand, as if he was holding a handful of stars.

"This is—the Milky Way?" Even though Qi Jun was prepared, he couldn't help being shocked.

Guan Xingcha seemed to be conscious, and docked towards the shore.

There are steps made of white stones on the bank, leading directly to a small building.Although the building is small, it is extremely exquisite. If you look closely, it is built of white jade. The doors and windows are all made of fragrant wood, carved with patterns of exotic flowers and herbs.