600 Close to Nostalgia(1/2)
Su Chen stood on the flying sword, staring at the Gusu County where smoke was rising in the distance, and the Yaowangbang Villa station not far away, and was stunned for a long time.
As he was close to Gusu County, he felt a little timid in his heart and stopped.
There, there was everything he was extremely familiar with.
Every inch of the hometown here is extremely familiar with, with traces of his hard practice. Those familiar old people and fellow disciples of the Medicine King Gang live here.
This land also has countless memories of his youth.
Those most bitter, joyful and heartbreaking experiences he had.
He has survived his most difficult years here. Since leaving Gusu, no matter how many suffering he has experienced, it has never caused many more troubles in his heart.
Since I'm back, I'll still have to walk in.
Su Chen was not in a hurry. He probably would have to stay in the mortal world for a year or two.
Apart from impacting the realm of God Transformation, there is nothing else to do. There is plenty of time and you can go to see it in every place. Unlike last time I came back, I had the mission of Penglai Immortal Sect and the itinerary was too hastily.
Su Chen didn't want to be too shocked, so he stopped in the suburbs dozens of miles outside Gusu County and fell from the flying sword with Annu, Taoyao, and Zhuang Luyi.
The two demon ancestors of Crab Domineering and Shrimp Ninja, Su Chen also released them out of the demon-torture gourd, but their transformation was not yet complete, and the carapace had not completely faded, so they could only wear a black robe to cover them.
The crab bar desperately compressed his demon body, and his figure was still ten feet tall, extremely burly and sturdy, like a small iron tower, and his eyes were like red lanterns.
The shrimp man is half a foot tall, looking thin and tough, with a sharp look, and looks like he is not close to anyone.
They act as guards of two servants, which is quite suitable.
Let them take wood outside the city and make a wooden boat.
Su Chen and his group of six people took a small boat and arrived at Gusu County along the water, and parked at the county pier.
Ximen Wharf is as lively as ever, with crowds coming one after another.
There are many merchant ships transporting rice and cloth moored near the dock, and the tanned porters are busy loading and unloading goods.
On the dock, there were many wealthy merchants, rich people, and rich people from all over the world. However, when they saw Su Chen’s group, the young man was wearing a blue shirt and a green ejaculation. The three women were extremely beautiful and as fluttering as immortals. The two black guards were almost extraordinary.
There are countless talents in Jiangnan, but they have never seen such an outstanding person.
These merchants and heroes were all frightened and took the initiative to retreat.
"Young master, Miss, do you want to ride in a sedan chair? The small sedan chair is the most stable and down-to-earth!"
When a black-faced sedan chair boss saw that their young men and ladies arrived at the pier, he did not dare to look up. He just nodded and asked humbly.
Su Chen glanced at him, with a familiar face and said strangely: "This guy is familiar face, but have you seen him?"
The head of the black-faced sedan chair was flattered, and quickly nodded and shook his head, "I dare not, just call the young master Xiao Lao Hei. The young master has been a porter at the wharf for generations, and Grandpa Zeng has been a porter at the wharf for generations. He has met noble people and has been developed for a while. Our ancestors are all black-faced, and they are all passed down from their ancestors. Everyone who has seen them on the wharf knows it."
"Oh, so that's it. The black-faced porter before was your great-grandfather, no wonder he was familiar with him."
Su Chen nodded lightly.
The black-faced sedan chairwoman was stunned and cautious, "Have you... seen a villain's great-grandfather?"
"Don't say this."
Su Chen threw a small piece of broken spirit stone and said to the sedan chairman: "Go, let's prepare a carriage for the three ladies behind each."
Taoyao, Zhuang Luyi and the others probably haven't been in a sedan chair, so let them try it out.
As for himself, I'd better walk.
The black-faced sedan chair bearer had never received a "stone" from the customer. He stared at the crystal clear stone in the rough palm and was stunned, but he quickly realized.
This should be the "jade" that only wealthy families have, it is more valuable than gold!
"Okay! Get up with the sedan!"
The head of the black-faced sedan chair was ecstatic and hurriedly called out more than a dozen young sedan chair bearers. The sedan chair carried three ladies behind the young master.
On both sides of the street, various vendor stalls were soliciting business, selling fresh fruits and vegetables, various water and wine, large bowls of large bowls of tofu flowers, colorful candied haws, steaming glutinous rice cakes, fragrant and comfortable osmanthus cakes, and the pastry cakes that make people drool at the smell...
There are also some stalls that sell origami umbrellas, lotus lanterns, juggling shadow puppets, mud pottery lions..., dazzling and dazzling.
These fresh gadgets are not visible in the world of immortal cultivation.
"Sister Anu, what is this? Can I eat it?!"
"Hey, what a beautiful gadget, how many spirit stones does this floral doll sell?"
Taoyao has been through the earthly land in the world since then, and is very curious about everything here, chattering non-stop, wanting to eat anything when he sees it and wanting to buy everything.
"This one does not use spirit stones, only copper plates! That is, the money used in the mortal world."
Anu smiled.
"What is copper plate? Where can I replace the spirit stone with copper plate?"
"This...I don't know. A spirit stone can probably be replaced...a lot of copper plates!"
Zhuang Luyi was not so curious. Although she grew up in Penglai Immortal Sect, she occasionally went to the mortal world and was quite familiar with it.
Unfortunately, there were countless spirit stones in the storage bags of the four of them, but they didn’t have a tael of silver. You can’t buy a candied haws, just give them a spirit stone.
Finally, Su Chen came up with an idea and asked Annu to take a spirit stone to the pawn shop at the dock, saying that it was the East China Sea spiritual jade and it was to be pawned as gold and silver.
The pawn shop owner has a good vision. Seeing that Anu has a great temperament, he must have been from a wealthy and noble family and would not fool him with fake goods.
Moreover, the spirit stone in her hand is pure and extremely lively. The spiritual energy is almost overflowing. It would be better to use it to make a close-fitting jade pendant.
The pawnshop owner was overjoyed and said that this jade could be used as a pawn for ten taels of gold. In fact, ten taels of gold are just an ordinary piece of precious jade, which is far worse than the spirit stone in front of him.
Anu didn't care about it either. The gold was probably enough for Anu to use it for a long time.
The small things on the market in the dock are cheap, and most of them only need 10 or 20 copper coins. One or two gold can be exchanged for 10,000 copper coins.
The group of them bought while walking. After visiting Ximen Wharf, they bought a lot of gadgets, but they couldn't spend a dozen gold.
Su Chen walked through the lively Ximen Wharf and passed by the "Hanshan Temple" and couldn't help but stop for a moment.
The Hanshan Ancient Road, which was burned into a pair of ruins and rubble by his anger, has been rebuilt into Hanshan Temple by the prefect Zhao Juzhen.
Outside the gate of Hanshan Temple, there is a stone tablet engraved with Zhang Ji's "Night Mooring on the Maple Bridge".
"The moon sets, crows cry, frost is everywhere in the sky, and the river maple fishing fire is facing sad sleep."
"The bells came to the passenger ship in the middle of the night when Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City."
Su Chen looked at the stone tablet and was stunned and lost his mind.
When he was a teenager, he could not read and did not understand what was engraved on the stone tablet.
I can’t express my sadness in my heart.
Now, he looked at the stone tablet and recalled Fo Xiao in the cold winter when he was over 10 years old. After returning from fishing, he accidentally heard the conversation between his parents on the fishing boat. He reluctantly bid farewell to his parents and went to Gusu City to seek life alone. From then on, he was wandering outside and lived in a foreign land.
But every word is crying!
Su Chen stroked the stone tablet, closed his eyes, and felt as heartache as a knife!
Anu, Taoyao, Zhuang Luyi and others were all quietly and well-behaved behind him, and did not dare to make a noise to disturb him.
They had never seen Su Chen look so sad.
Anu once heard some of Su Chen's past in A Chou's mouth, and she felt quite sad. A man would not shed tears easily because he had not reached the sad place.
Su Chen's sadness in this life is probably all in this small inscription.
...
After a long time, Su Chen stroked the monument, opened his eyes and sighed.
Nowadays, there are no Taoist priests in Hanshan Temple, and only some monks come in and out to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name.
Thinking of the former master Hanshan Zhenren, he was quite moved.
If he had not tracked the water bandits, and had entered Hanshan Temple, he accidentally discovered a volume of "Xiaoyaoyou" cultivation code left by real people in Hanshan.
Perhaps, he was just an ordinary swordsman. He spent his whole life in the Wujun world, and he looked up to the masters in the Wujun world.
He will never embark on the ethereal road of seeking immortals, traveling thousands of mountains and rivers to Chaoge Fairy City, go to Penglai Fairy Sect, and go to the East China Sea to find immortal fate.
Only then did I realize that this world is so magnificent that mortals can transform themselves into immortals and travel to the fairyland.
Su Chen stopped in front of Hanshan Temple for a long time before heading to Gusu County.
On the way to the county town, Su Chen casually asked the black-faced sedan chairman and asked about the recent situation of the Medicine King Gang.
The black-faced sedan chair bearer was confused and said that there were many gangs in the world of Suzhou, but he had never heard of any "Medical King Gang" in Gusu County.
Only then did Su Chen realize that since the death of the former leader of the Medicine King Gang, Sun Baihong, had no successors, and had completely declined in the Wujun world. With the Horse Gang and the Giant Whale Gang, they completely disappeared.
He asked about Tianying Gate again.
The black-faced sedan chairwoman knew about Tianying Gate, and immediately said excitedly.
Tianying Gate has been operating in Gusu County for a long time and still exists.
Su Sanmei became a master, took over the position of leader of the previous Jackdaw, led the Tianyingmen to prosper for 20 or 30 years, and almost became the largest gang in Wu County, at its peak.
However, the second brother of Su won the top scholar and became a high-ranking official in the court. The Su family continued to have offspring and entered the court. The Su family was interested in developing their careers, so naturally they gradually became unwilling to have too many connections with the world.
To be continued...