Snapped!
As the gavel fell in the hands of the storyteller, the final word came.
There was a burst of cheers in Xu Ji Tea House.
This case has so many twists and turns that it is a pleasure to listen to.
On the other hand, there was a guest sitting alone at a table in the corner against the railing. It seemed incompatible with the noisy surroundings and was quiet.
This man was wearing a long plain white coat with a black and green brocade belt around his waist. He had thin skin and tender flesh, and rosy blood. He looked like a young man from a wealthy family.
But he has short hair, like a monk.
A monk but not a monk, a scholar but not a scholar, he was sipping Mingqian tea in his hand and listening attentively to the story.
The waiter in the teahouse walked up to the young master with a pot of tea and said enviously: "Master Jin An, you are the storyteller today."
Several black lines hung down from Jin An's forehead: "He is eight feet tall, eight feet wide, and has a majestic body. It is a cold weapon with a square, eight-sided copper horn and a hammer still stained on the hands of Jiang Hu Cao Mang."
"I am human!"
"I just want to be a living person with flesh and blood!"
The young man continued to flatter you: "All this is not because of your bravery, Mr. Jin'an. Therefore, it is reasonable for the people to spread the word about you, Mr. Jin'an, to be more and more miraculous."
"You have become famous throughout our entire Chang County this time."
"I have heard that many wealthy daughters and maidens of the old men in the Yamen are very fond of you, Mr. Jin'an. They send servants everywhere to inquire about you, hoping to invite you to have a drink with them. Appreciate the most lively Qingming temple fair of the year in Chang County on Qingming day one month later."
When Jin An heard this, he immediately became interested.
Of course, he was not interested in the fair-skinned, beautiful and temperament rich girls or ladies from official families, and wanted to covet their bodies.
Instead, he was interested in the most lively temple fair of the year in Nachang County.
This was the first ancient gathering he encountered after traveling through time.
It will definitely be very lively then.
Whatever you say, you have to see the grand occasion.
He used to like traveling, scenery, and various places of interest, otherwise he wouldn't have gone all the way from the south to Kunlun Mountain for a self-driving trip.
Jin An asked the teahouse boy: "Is this temple fair famous in Chang County?"
The waiter in the teahouse refilled Jin'an's cassia tea before the Qingming Festival, and said proudly: "Speaking of our Changxian temple fair, it is famous all over the country. There will be many young men, talented people, and celebrities from all over the world. The purdah ladies have come from afar to attend the temple fair.”
I don’t know whether it’s due to acclimatization or the change of seasons before and after Qingming. During this time, Jin’an was a bit angry and inflamed due to deficient fire, so he fell in love with drinking cassia seed tea in the teahouse.
Cassia seed tea has the effects of dispelling wind, clearing the liver, improving eyesight, moistening the intestines and laxative.
As soon as the waiter in the teahouse talked about the Qingming Temple Fair, he continued to introduce it with a proud look on his face: "Speaking of our Chang County, there is a thousand-year-old tree, which is a green money willow."
"No one knows the exact age of this tree. It is older than my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather, and its trunk is thicker than five or six big men hugging each other. It is recorded in the county annals alone for a thousand years. It is a sacred tree in Chang County."
"This thousand-year-old green money willow tree has lush branches and leaves, and the green shade covers the sky like a treasure umbrella. The tree is tall and straight. Its fruits are beautiful and strange in shape, like a bunch of copper coins, so it is also called the copper money tree or the money tree. It has become famous far and wide. The copper coin fruit From September to April of the next year, they will be hung on the tree, swaying in the wind, and unique. From a distance, it looks like the sky is filled with shining copper coins, so it attracts so many talented people and beautiful women to come to Chang County to participate in the Qingming Temple Fair."
"Because only on the day of the Qingming Temple Fair, the Man Mo Temple will be open to visitors to see the sacred tree. Normally, to protect the sacred tree, it is not open to the public."
After listening to the teahouse boy's introduction, Jin An suddenly became very interested.
"Okay, thank you for the reminder."
"I definitely want to see such a magical money tree at the Qingming Temple Fair in a month."
Jin An smiled and rewarded the boy with a few copper coins, which immediately made him beam with joy.
After the teahouse boy put away the reward, he seemed even more attentive: "Speaking of this thousand-year-old green money willow sacred tree, there is also a legend. It is said that people who have seen the sacred tree will attract the God of Wealth to the door and attract wealth. precious."
"This matter has become more and more mysterious in the past ten years. Every year, there are reports of people getting rich overnight. I heard from the elderly in my family that this thousand-year-old green money tree was not so magical before. It was ten years ago. One night, after the bronze coin fruits of the Qingqian Willow turned into ancient copper coin fruits overnight, the saying that the sacred tree could attract the God of Wealth to the door and attract wealth began to slowly spread in Chang County."
"So every Qingming temple fair in the past ten years or so has attracted more and more tourists from other places to participate in the temple fair every year. They all come with the dream of getting rich, especially the wealthy businessmen."
"The temple fair only comes once a year, Mr. Jin'an, don't miss the opportunity."
The waiter in the teahouse became more and more excited as he talked about it, and in his mouth, the folk temple fair turned into a strange and mysterious rumor.
"Then you are rich?" Jin An asked.
The waiter in the teahouse smiled coquettishly: "That's not true."
Jin An smiled and he understood.
Folk rumors cannot escape the three laws of true fragrance:
It is said...
legend……
like……
Looking at the back of the teahouse boy turning away with the teapot in his hand, Jin An's eyes were full of interest.
A magical night?
Bronze coin fruit turned into ancient copper coin fruit overnight?
Does it mean that this thousand-year-old tree has undergone a genetic mutation?
People only know that animals can undergo genetic mutations, and the common ones are albinism, albino foxes, albino apes, albino cows, etc...
But plants are also alive. Just like humans, plants can breathe the spirit of the air of heaven and earth. Plants can also experience pain, and plants can also undergo genetic mutations.
This is like those so-called compassionate vegetarians, who are just deceiving themselves and others.
If you can't see the bloodshed and the pain of slaughter, then the plants are no longer alive. Isn't it ridiculous?
A thousand-year-old tree with genetic mutations?
Hanging with ancient copper coin fruits?
Jin An became interested.
…
It has been two days since Jin'an arrived in Changxian today.
That day, he went down the mountain after burying the Taoist priest under the old pine tree, and then he was amazed. He actually met an old scholar and a horseman on the official road who were about to go to Chang County. Since the road was muddy and difficult to drive after the rain, he planned to stay in a nearby village first. One night, I unexpectedly encountered a murder case.
After he solved the case, he was favored by the magistrate of Changxian County and hosted a banquet. At the banquet, he also asked the wealthy squires who attended the banquet to raise a reward of three hundred taels of silver for him. Jin'an immediately knew that this magistrate of Zhangxian County was a man who did not rely on the people's wealth. My parents are good officials, fair and righteous, and do not take kickbacks.
Things are cheap here.
There is not much housing pressure, and there are no war-torn refugees. People have plenty of money, so inflation is not serious.
The yearly expenses of a family of four are about 20 to 23 taels of silver.
The reward of three hundred taels of silver was probably a modern prize of one million.
Ever since he experienced coffin temples, trumpet urns, and Taoist Qi surgery, Jin An knew that this world was different from the world of the ancients in his impression. So he abandoned the luxurious and corrupt life of fine clothes and fine food from the very beginning, living in drunkenness and dreaming, with little beauties and maids warming the bed every day.
He has been sitting in this teahouse for the past two days.
Not only listening to books, but also listening to anecdotes from various places and understanding the customs and customs here.
It is also a rough geographical map of the world that can be understood through the comings and goings of merchants.
Therefore, Jin An, a regular customer, was already familiar with the owner and the boy of this teahouse.
Jin An initially thought he had returned to ancient times, but in the past two days he discovered that the customs, customs, and human history here were inconsistent with any dynasty in history.
Kangding Kingdom, he had never heard of this ancient dynasty.
…
Day, gradually getting sleepy.
Night falls.
The soldiers at the city gate began to prepare to close the city gate and no longer let anyone into the city.
The Changxian county government office was not peaceful after nightfall today. There was a major case of private possession of gunpowder in Changxian County. This case was no longer under the jurisdiction of a small Chang County. Today, the superiors sent someone to personally inquire about the private possession of gunpowder. Detail of concealing gunpowder.
Magistrate Zhang of Chang County was waiting anxiously at the county government office. The banquet he had set had already been heated twice by his servants, but still no one came. The sound of panicked footsteps broke the night.
A government official and two jailers hurried to the county government office, especially the two jailers who had pale expressions on their faces as if they had been frightened.
"Lord County Magistrate, this is bad, people are dead! People are dead!"
"Li Dashan, who hid the gunpowder secretly, is dead. He, his death is so strange and evil! You should rush to the cell and have a look. The prisoners in the cell are now clamoring to change places. Evil things are happening in the cell. Got it!"
