Chapter 125: Humans and Demons
Under Wang Shi's strong request, Li Fuyao did not rush to leave, but stayed in this town with peace of mind. In the next two days, Wang Shi took Li Fuyao to wander around the town. He still had a lot of money on his body. Even if some people in the town really hated these two people, most people would not see that the money would not be charged, but the store was asking for a lot of money.
Perhaps in the hearts of these people, this is probably a way to strengthen their position.
The town is not big, and it is close to that Qingshan Town. In fact, if it weren't for the people of these towns who kept their mouths tightly over the years, if one of them went to Qingshan Temple for help, he wouldn't have let the river demon poison the town for so many years. But why no one went to Qingshan Temple, which was far away, was actually aware of it.
In the past two days, the town should have been immersed in grief, but I was so desperate that I encountered an annual festival in the town. Li Fuyao and Wang Shi were outsiders and were hated by the people of the town. Naturally, they didn’t know much about the situation. Therefore, except for knowing that there were many vendors on the streets in the town, I didn’t know the rest.
In fact, it was in the small courtyard where they lived. If it weren't for the haunted, many people might have thrown a few rotten vegetable leaves and sprinkled a few scoops of manure during the day and night.
Li Fuyao and Wang Shi went shopping separately. Wang Shi said he wanted to see if there were any lonely Taoist scriptures circulating in the study in the town. Although this possibility was extremely small, it was actually not impossible. After all, many monks on the mountain have dealt with secular people, and not all of them are big figures and high above them. But if they really meet, they can't spend less money.
Li Fuyao was not interested in these things. If he said he wanted to buy books, he would rather read some storytellers. After all, he was a storyteller before. He subconsciously saw good stories and wanted to read them. As for the three religions, Li Fuyao had no idea about the knowledge of Confucian saints, but he really couldn't stand the other two religions. When Li Fuyao said about immortality in Taoist scriptures and the suffering of life in Buddhist scriptures, he didn't like it very much. Therefore, when he walked to the entrance of the study street, Li Fuyao, carrying a sword box, was not interested in walking a few steps inside, but instead stepped into a street selling cultural, musical and antiques.
The Dayu border is mixed with fish and dragons, and this is even more so in the town. It can be seen more on this street. Any picture of the erotic palace painted by a down-and-out scholar is dared to speak out. It was painted by Dayu Guoma. The price is not high, but it is far more valuable than the painting itself.
Li Fuyao bought a character story in Dayu before, and that character story is quite conscientious. Although the vendor who sold him collected a whole tael of silver, the characters listed above were not Dayu once. People from Yanling Liangxi, as well as some small countries in Dayu and Yanling Liangxi are involved. It can be seen that for this book, the author has also traveled through large mountains and rivers.
After buying it, Li Fuyao read it over and saw a brief description of the life of the Great Zhou emperor Ji Baiye. According to the order of this book, the Great Zhou emperor ranked very high. The writer seemed to praise him quite well. The final comment ended with the sentence "Life is the master, but the national strength is limited. If it is not for the past generations, it will be burdened." Li Fuyao thought at that time that if he returned to Shaoliang City in the future, he would definitely give this book to the Great Zhou emperor for a good look.
As for the national master of Dayu Painting, Gu Changkang, heard that he was from Confucianism and had a good talent. He was just crazy and unwilling to waste his time on the road of cultivation. Instead, he liked painting, proficient in poetry and essays, good at portraits, characters, beasts, landscapes, and painting characters were particularly vivid and focused on the finishing touch. He believed that "the portrayal of the spirit is in the Aduo" was called "the master of painting" by the world, saying that no painter in the world can surpass his right hand. In addition to being good at painting, this painting is definitely a good person for literary scholars.
The doctors are not ashamed of the erotic pictures, and there are also great achievements. Rumors are all rumored that this master of painting in the painting will paint the erotic pictures every time he gets drunk, but he doesn't need to look at any woman painting. The woman's face is in his heart. This makes the Emperor Dayu who has always appreciated him a little helpless. However, although Gu Changkang's erotic pictures are quite large, he is a national player after all. Every pair is still very expensive. There are many nobles of Dayu. Although he is not ashamed, he doesn't know how many master's erotic pictures are hidden in private.
Some people even laughed at that this national master of Dayu's paintings in his life will be enough to have no worries for the rest of his life with just these few erotic pictures.
Although it is a joke, it is enough to show that Gu Changkang's unparalleled painting cannot be faked.
This Huajue is also known as the Three Jue, along with Gu Shiyan, a chess assistant from the Yanling Dynasty, and Yang Changshi, a peddler in the Hanlin Academy in Liangxi.
Gu Changkang won the championship with his paintings, Gu Shiyan was unparalleled in the world, while Yang Changshi's poems and essays were generally believed to be no one to be the best, especially Liangxi under the rule of Taoism, which was a strange thing.
Since the erotic picture of the national painter of the painting master is so popular, Li Fuyao will naturally not take it seriously now that this remote town on the border of Dayu is appearing.
After passing this calligraphy and painting shop, Li Fuyao came to another shop selling porcelain. The shop owner looked at Li Fuyao with a sword box on his back. He was a little afraid, without any enthusiasm, and seemed a little cold.
Li Fuyao glanced casually and did not take any attention to the object he liked, so he was unwilling to say anything more. He was about to turn around, but the shop owner moved a large porcelain bottle in the store without any trace, revealing a very valuable jade wine pot. This made Li Fuyao remember the wine gourd he gave to Wu Shanhe at the foot of Jianshan for no reason. In fact, it was originally Liu Yibai's.
Li Fuyao glanced at the shop owner and signaled him to offer a price.
The boss frowned and thought that it had been a long time. In the end, the two parties sold for 40 taels of silver. Li Fuyao picked up the jade wine pot and went out. He was in a good mood. First, because the boss did not ask for a price all over the place, and second, he really liked this thing.
After leaving the house, Li Fuyao hung the jade wine pot around his waist, as if he didn't care much.
At noon, Li Fuyao came to the restaurant again. The waiter who served the food was cold. He looked at the boy who had been poisoned a few days ago and was struck by lightning. After the poisoning that day, he also collected the dish. He saw several dishes of side dishes eaten up, but he did not see the bodies of the two. The waiter understood that the poison had not yet occurred, and he was not very concerned about it. But that night he heard that the two had found the haunted yard and lived in it, which made him fall into an ice cave. Since
It is obvious that neither of them would let him go, but if he said he would run away, he would not be able to leave a yard he had just set up in the town a few days ago, which was a reward given by the big man in the town. After staying in fear for a few days, he originally thought that since the two men were gods on the mountain and had eaten poisoned food, they might not be willing to care about him, a little man, so they relaxed. But now they are here again. Could it be that they are here to seek their lives?
But the waiter thought too much, and Li Fuyao ignored it. It was still at the window. Li Fuyao asked for a pot of wine. After the waiter brought it up tremblingly, he threw the jade wine pot on his waist to the waiter and asked him to make a full drink. After the waiter turned around, Li Fuyao told him again, "Don't poison this time."
The waiter was cold all over and almost fell down.
Li Fuyao laughed at it.
Sitting by the window, Li Fuyao looked away, thinking about Wang Shi's whereabouts, and looked dazed.
Drinking alone is not very elegant. Li Fuyao just felt that he wanted to drink. When the three rounds of wine were about to come to the bottom, a middle-aged woman came to the restaurant.
The woman had a good face and her chest was even more magnificent. After going upstairs, she attracted the attention of countless people. However, after looking around for a week, she ignored her and sat directly opposite Li Fuyao, without fear of criticism. After sitting down, she didn't say a word, but her eyes were extremely cold.
Li Fuyao sniffed and sighed softly, "What a heavy demonic spirit."
Li Fuyao put down the wine pot and frowned and said, "The demonic energy is so strong. You still appear in front of me, a swordsman, aren't you afraid of being slashed by me with one sword and taking the demon pill? Or do you have a grudge against the river demon before and have been bullied by him for a long time. After I was killed this time, you came to thank me for it, but when you see your eyes, it was so cold inside, and it didn't look like it."
The woman said coldly, "The river demon you killed before is my husband."
Li Fuyao nodded, untied the sword box, placed it on his knees, and said calmly, "Since that's the case, we have a deep hatred, why can we still talk to me calmly? It seems that your realm is not my opponent."
The woman sneered and said, "Compared to the hypocritical old man, I would rather believe you swordsmen. It is hateful to kill my husband, but in your swordsmen's eyes, my husband is evil, so it is natural to kill him."
Li Fuyao poured a glass of wine, put it in front of the woman, and then said softly, "But if you are willing to come in front of me, it means there is something more important than killing me."
The woman nodded calmly and drank the other glass of wine.
The woman sneered and said, "Explanation is made. If I have the chance, I will still kill you. But before killing you, we may be able to cooperate once."
Li Fuyao pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled and said, "I hope to hear it clearly."
The woman lowered her voice and said, "In this town, in addition to us, there are many other demon cultivators. Why does my husband have such a woman every year? The reason is not for himself, but for an old demon cultivator who practices a evil technique, he needs a woman. My husband is doing his job for him, and the mastermind you are looking for is him."
Li Fuyao said in surprise, "How do you know we are looking for the mastermind?"
The woman had no expression on her face, "You and the Taoist priest with the bull-nosed nose are not leaving. Are you looking for something to find behind the scenes?"
Li Fuyao laughed at it.
The woman continued to speak, "I came to you today because the old demon cultivator not only did not avenge his husband after his death, but instead treated his body as flesh and blood, leaving no old mercy. If not, even if I die, I would not deal with so-called monks like you."
Li Fuyao raised his head and touched his chin.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Of course I killed that old demon cultivator, and then I will try to kill you again." The woman looked calm, but her eyes were firm.
Li Fuyao said distressedly, "It seems that I will suffer any loss no matter what. Besides, my realm is okay to deal with you little demon cultivators. I am afraid I can't handle such an old demon cultivator."
The woman sneered, "Don't you believe me?"
Li Fuyao said calmly, "Why do I believe you? According to what you said, even if the old demon cultivator is not missing the old love, you should be more provoking him to kill me. After all, your husband died under my sword, but as a wife, you are not like this. Instead, you came to ask me for help and killing the old demon cultivator. I can't argue. I think you have colluded with the old demon cultivator, take my life and lead me to the bait. In this way, it seems that I will kill you with one sword now."
The woman was furious and stood up to refute, but Li Fuyao waved her hand and said softly, "It seems that there is something that is hard to say if you risk your life to come and deceive me."
The woman sneered, "Don't you want the truth? Then why don't you believe me?"
Li Fuyao stopped talking, but put one hand on the opened sword box.
The two swords inside, Qingsi and Xiaoxue are both full of sword energy.
Li Fuyao expressed his attitude, and the woman dared not stay and left quickly.
Only after this woman with a low level left did Li Fuyao close the sword box again.
After a while, Wang Shi climbed the tower.
After sitting down, Wang Shi smiled and said, "What do you say?"
Li Fuyao yawned and said helplessly, "What she said, I believed it seven or eight points, but I still couldn't figure it out if I still had two or three points."
Wang Shi poured a glass of wine and said, "Tell me."
Li Fuyao unbuttoned the jade wine pot on his waist, took a sip of the wine inside, and said, "Even if all she said was the truth, I couldn't understand why she came to inform me. Could it be that my sword was wrong? But if she didn't mention that the man was his husband in this sentence, she only found other reasons to ask me to trouble the old demon cultivator. It would be more reasonable, but I didn't believe it. Instead, this made me feel a little more true. After all, a woman's temperament is not as simple as we see. There are many things that can't be seen through and can't be guessed."
Wang Shi smiled and said, "Since that's the case, let's go and have a look."
Li Fuyao's eyes lit up.
Wang Shi took out a bright yellow talisman from his arms, and he smiled and said, "This demon-seeking talisman is not of high level, but it is better to hide it. As long as you put a mother talisman on the demon cultivator, this talisman can be traced. I posted one when she went downstairs just now. When we took out this talisman in the evening, we will see what happened. However, if the old demon cultivator he mentioned is of a high level and he is unwilling to kill us just because he is unwilling to alarm the snake. If we bump into this, we will really suffer. If the old demon cultivator has a low level of cultivation, we will not be sure to win against us. It doesn't matter. Mr. Li, whether to go or not, you have the idea."
Li Fuyao touched a line of small words on the sword box and said softly, "I will definitely go, but if I can't beat it, I will definitely be the first to run."
Wang Shi laughed silently.
Li Fuyao looked as if he was taken for granted.
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After the woman left the restaurant and had not yet reached a remote courtyard, the triangular-eyed man was actually looking at her in the dark. When she completely disappeared from sight, the triangular-eyed man walked out and looked at the restaurant in the distance, with a calm expression.
Behind him was a young and strong man with a hoarse voice.
The triangular-eyed man turned his head, looked at the man, and smiled and said, "Are you guessing that Chunniang's trip done?"
The man spoke hoarsely, "It shouldn't be that easy. Although most monks on the mountain are stupid, the young swordsman with a sword box on his back doesn't look like such a person."
The triangular-eyed man shook his head, "It's not certain, he's just a half-aged child, maybe he's so eager for quick success and instant benefits. The old guy wants to pull us all to Qingshan to die. If we have no way to go, we can only get rid of him first. Qingshan Temple is where we should go to those things that are shameful? The old guy doesn't think about his ability and wants to take revenge. Not to mention whether the master of the temple has anything to do with Qingshan, Qingshan Temple alone is not something we can provoke. The old guy is also confused. He hides and practices that great method, and insists on going to die."
The young and strong man sneered and said, "The old thing has actually lived too long, so he forgot what fear is. Why do monks of the Three Sects have to make decisions in the mountains and rivers? He really can't figure it out?"
The triangular-eyed man smiled and stopped saying anything more.
In life, there are all kinds of plans, and what big people should think for fame and profit. Things like small people planning are nothing more than to make themselves live longer. If you have the opportunity, you hope to go further on the road of cultivation.
Taoist real people say that they do not seek for immortality, but Buddhist monks say that they do not seek for Buddhahood, but they do not seek for peace in Confucianism. The Confucian teachings ask that peace is not his business.
He is just a demon, just wanting to live as well as possible.
After waving his hand to say goodbye to the young and strong man, the triangular-eyed man walked alone in a remote alley. He murmured in a low voice, "Changsheng? Who is the six saints of this sect really live? We small characters, even dare not have the idea of becoming a big monster, and they still talk about the matter of eternity, that is, you monks on the mountain have a higher heart. But who knows if their lives are thinner than paper?"
No one knows what the original form of this triangle-eyed man wants and likes, but he only knows that he has never killed anyone with his own hands, and has never done anything that is harmful to the will of heaven except for the instructions of his ancestors.
But who knew that, many years ago, he wanted to study at the Yanling Academy. There was really no difference in teachings there, but now it is already different from the past, so he had to stop thinking.
Let's roll around in this secular world with peace of mind.
At least it's not too difficult to live.
Chapter completed!