The little Taoist priest winked at me and motioned for me to choose something else.
I ignored the little Taoist priest and just fell in love with this gourd.
This gourd is not jade, stone, gold, or silver. It is a naturally grown "old gourd", an "insect utensil" from the Qing Dynasty, and a model gourd.
The skin of the gourd is dark purple and has oxidized, forming an oily gem texture. The gourd cover can be opened to reveal the original "gourd vines", which are called "dragon whiskers" in the industry.
What's strange is that at the end of the dragon's beard, there is a mini gourd as big as a thumb. It's not finished yet. There is still a section of dragon's beard under the mini gourd. Under the dragon's beard, there is actually a mini gourd as big as a fingernail. gourd!
Such a one! A vine! Three gourds! It is simply a miraculous work of nature! Never heard of it before, let alone seeing it!
There’s something even better! Where is the big gourd belly! There is a person with a shallow name.
"Big Li Liu"!
This person is the master of making insect tools in the Qing Dynasty! The gourds he made were specially made for the royal family and Prince Baylor to play with. During the Republic of China, one of his ordinary gourds could be sold for thousands of dollars! Therefore, Da Li Liu is the out-and-out King of Gourds.
This thing, I dare to pat my chest and say, there is only one in the world! It is impossible to find the second one!
It is true that other official kiln porcelains are valuable, but the Forbidden City! There are similar or identical ones in the National Museum! This gourd doesn’t exist, it is an orphan!
If I meet people who play with worms and see this gourd, I believe they will kneel on the ground, crying and begging me to sell it to them!
That walking stick only costs about RMB 100,000 to last. This time I made a lot of money.
That night I stayed in the guest room of the Taoist Temple and spent the whole night speechless.
In the early morning, I was woken up by the chirping of birds outside the window. When I opened the door and went out, I saw the little Taoist priest sitting at the door in a daze.
The wind blew the little Taoist priest's long hair away. He was wearing a Taoist priest's robe and his eyes were lonely. For a moment, he no longer looked like the little Taoist priest who used to be full of swear words and live a carefree life.
"Good morning! What? Are you thinking about your master?"
The little Taoist priest leaned against the door and smiled bitterly.
He suddenly turned his head and asked me: "Xiaoxiang, do you live just to make money? Is there anyone you particularly care about?"
"You're talking fucking nonsense. Of course I have people I care about. There are dozens of them." I said.
"Don't have such a slumped look on your face so early in the morning. Taoist Master Ma just said that the fate has ended, but he didn't explicitly say that he will expel you from the door. Sanguan'er, the rhetoric that the fate has ended is just an excuse for the weak to escape. The strong do not need fate. For example, like me, when you are strong enough, the broken fate will be picked up one day."
"Depend on......"
The little Taoist priest looked me up and down and said, "Damn it, are you quite educated?"
"I'm better than you anyway. When I was in school, I could get over 90 points in Chinese and over 50 points in English. Can you do that?"
The little Taoist priest immediately argued with me: "Don't underestimate people! Do you think I never went to school? I was the representative of the physics class when I was in school! Do you know what the hell an atom is?"
I shook my head.
The little Taoist priest immediately said: "The atom is...well...the atom is the father of the molecule! You don't understand the principle of the atomic bomb, right?"
"Look, the atom gave birth to ten molecules. This is superbirth! Children fight with each other every day! Fission will occur during the fighting and collision! Finally, the father of the atom cannot control it! It will explode! This is the atomic bomb The basic principles!" He said seriously.
I took a puff of my cigarette, pointed at him and said, "You are buried as a Taoist priest. You should apply for a job to build nuclear bombs and contribute to our country's military development."
The little Taoist priest waved his hand: "I am mainly good at theoretical knowledge, but I am not very good at practice. Let's talk about it. By the way, has your tumor changed recently?"
"What the hell? This isn't a tumor, it's still the same as before."
The little Taoist priest thought for a moment and said, "I have decided. Let's set off early tomorrow morning. It's a long way to go! We need to have a good rest today!"
"How far away? In which city?"
To be honest, I still don’t know where the old martial arts association’s headquarters is, and I don’t even know its leader. They have been very mysterious in the more than a year since they were established.
The headquarters of the Changchun Society is in Northeast China, and the headquarters of the Puppet Society is in Beijing, so I was curious.
The little Taoist priest smiled mysteriously and said: "We have traveled more than a thousand miles here. Our base camp is impregnable, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Let's put it this way, even if the top masters of the Changchun Society and the Puppet Society join forces to attack! Then we will not be afraid at all! We There is no land route there! There is no water route! You can only take the air route!"
The little Taoist priest is still trying to pass things off.
Where exactly is the city he describes?
This city has a long history, but it is very inconspicuous on the map. I will reveal the twelve words in advance to see who can guess it correctly first.
"Zhongtian Tower, Huaguang Tower, Baita Mountain, Nanjing Pass..."
The next day.
We said goodbye to Daoshou, and the three of us went straight to the Land of Abundance!
That's right, What is Wu, Xie Qirong, Fifty-fold, Save the Misfortune, etc. This is the gathering place for all the great masters of the old martial arts club! The base camp of the old martial arts association! Just in Langzhong.
I still have an impression of that TV commercial from those early years.
"The five grains of spring are bright and fragrant, and the world is intoxicating for three thousand years!"
Then a few men carried wooden buckets and, damn, laughed and ran on the water.
There are also those lyrics: "Feng Shui is so sentimental, so romantic, so beautiful, so beautiful, so beautiful, so beautiful..."
The last "Jinxiu" is the final destination we arrived at after two days' journey, Langzhong and Jinping Mountain!
"Xiao Xiangzi, and this Master Yu, we are going to take the cable car from here. The car watchers are on duty in rotation. The person on duty these two days should be Master Bing. Master Bing has a weird temper. What did he ask? You all Try to answer truthfully and don't make him angry, do you understand?"
This is the first time I heard the term "car watcher", but I understand that when you go to other people's territory, everything must be done according to their rules.
Thinking that I was going to see Xie Qirong today, I took a deep breath and adjusted myself so that I wouldn't show any fear.
It has been several years, and I, Xiang Yunfeng, am no longer Wu Xia Ameng.
I shouldn't be so afraid of him, I should face him bravely and try to look him directly.
It is hot in the mountains and the paths are difficult to walk.
Following the little Taoist priest over the top of the mountain, the scenery can be described as "naturally dangerous".
There is no road at all. Looking at the cliffs, there are only two chains running from east to west. There are small cable cars on the chains. Below the cable cars is the extremely fast river.
At this time, an old man wearing a ragged cotton-padded jacket was watching next to the cable car. The old man was taking a nap.
In the hot summer, he was covered in a thick cotton-padded jacket, but he was not afraid of the heat and didn't seem to sweat at all.
Master Yu glanced at the old man in the cotton-padded jacket, immediately frowned and said to me: "Be careful, this old man is not simple."
As soon as Master Yu finished speaking, the man suddenly opened his eyes.
At that moment, it gave me the illusion that it was winter all around, dark and cold!
"Sanguan, who are these two people and what are they doing here?" His voice also sounded cold.
The little Taoist priest immediately said: "Master Bing, they are my friends. They were invited by my grandpa to come to our meeting this time."
"Oh, that's it, haha... take a slap from me!"
Without any warning, he suddenly flashed in front of me!
Without saying a word, he raised his palm and slapped me directly on the chest!
I felt like I was being pressed down by a huge mountain and couldn't move forward!
Master Yu pushed me away! He raised his right hand and slapped the old man in the face! The noise is huge!
Thump thump thump!
Master Yu and the old man took three steps back at the same time!
The old man laughed loudly and said: "What a strong palm power! Are you from Qingjiang or Fengcheng?"
Master Yu's right hand dropped, he stretched out two fingers and hid them behind his back, and said lightly: "Fengcheng."
