Three: Goddess Bridge
The Shennu Bridge has a stone base and wooden beams, spanning 150 feet across the Pu River. Anpingfang and Qinghefang are on the north and south of the Shennu Bridge, with towering towers facing each other. They are two famous bridges in Xuandu City.
Although there is a gentle breeze and drizzle, there are still thousands of pedestrians going in and out of Qiao City every day holding oil-paper umbrellas of various colors. Some wealthy people ride in carriages, while others reveal the cinnabar-colored spiritual talismans on their wrists and use the secret formula.
The eighth-level "No Clothing Technique" allows you to release the umbrella and prevent the rain from touching your body. However, the incense money consumed by this spiritual response method is much more expensive than riding in a carriage.
Li Chan was walking along the street wearing a black-bottomed casual clothes of a demon hunter. He looked at the tricks posted on this side for a while, and looked at the shadow play on the other side for a while. After a while, he stopped again and listened attentively to the brothel.
The prostitutes there sang "The curtain is light and the curtain is heavy and the gold is hooked" in a low voice.
The young man did not show any impatience. Although he was born in Yujing, he still felt that the scenery of Xuandu had a unique flavor. Speaking of it, Xuandu was not any worse than Yujing. If the Holy Emperor had not moved the capital twenty years ago, all the nobles in the dynasty would have been
The Qi followed Long Dong, and maybe Xuandu is still an imperial city today.
But after listening to it for a while, I felt that the singing style of the prostitute was too sticky, as sticky as the candy figures on the street, and it was sticky and stringy.
The madam at the door repeatedly invited Li Chan to come in and play. This man's eyes were so attractive that she was ten years younger. She wished she could go into battle in person and complete the business without taking his money. Then she saw Guo Xun.
I shouted that Captain Guo had not come for a long time and wanted to harm my girl, so I held his arm and pulled him inside.
The captain in casual clothes had a rub on his shoulder, and his face was embarrassed and a little proud. However, he saw Li Chan smiled and showed no intention of moving. The young man took a half step back with an oil-paper umbrella, his face expressionless.
He looked at Guo Xun.
Guo Xun quickly scolded the madam and hurried back to the two of them, and the three of them continued walking along the street.
"Captain Guo has a great reputation." Li Chan glanced at the Madam who was not far away, "Everyone will give you some face when you are here, and the case will be easier to handle."
What Li Chan said was ironic. The most popular place for news in Xuandu City is Xiajiu Fangdang. People work in Xiajiu Liu and worship official servants as Bodhisattva. Who dares to tell the evil things he has done in front of Bodhisattva?
?I don’t dare to say bad things about others for fear of being retaliated with in kind, so I have a sense of loyalty in the Jianghu—the Jianghu is the Jianghu, and no one is allowed to report it to the official.
Guo Xun glanced at the young man and felt that he needed to fight back, "Are you here to investigate the case or are you here to visit the brothel?"
Li Chan said seriously: "This case is not easy to investigate. The watchman was the first to die in Bailu. You tortured the reporter Li Zheng, looked for witnesses, and looked for clues. What's the use of finding it? Do an autopsy and find out
Then the watchman’s internal organs are empty, so what’s the use?”
Before leaving the Shenzha Division, Li Chan read the file carefully.
As he walked, he said: "Now that we know it's a demon causing trouble, we need some damn evidence to find the culprit."
Guo Xun sneered: "That's easy to say."
"So we have to find out the news first." Li Chan said, suddenly stamped his feet and called the young man a few steps in front of him, "Little Prince."
When the young man turned around, Li Chan turned around and walked into the alleyway on the west side. He only said: "This way."
A mile is divided into one hundred households in Dayong. The three characters Bailuli are engraved on the short stone stele erected at the entrance of this alley.
However, I don’t know which famous artist in ancient times wrote it.
Li Chan seemed to be wandering aimlessly, but he walked towards the depths of Bailuli very purposefully. The "Little Crane Yi" was the supervisor of the case, and Guo Xun was the guard to prevent Li Chan from escaping, but the two of them were
Falling behind, looking at each other like followers, Guo Xun smiled awkwardly, and the young man looked worried.
Deep in Bailuli, there is already the bank of Pu River. Next to the embankment, at the door of a small shop with yellow walls and gray tiles, a tooth-edge Qingzhaozi hangs, with the three ink characters "Fairy Wine" written on the white background.
.This restaurant is famous far and wide. It is said that a certain real person from Xuankong Temple traveled here and became friends with the owner. He threw his gourd into the owner's well, and the well turned into a wine well, and the water in the well became fine wine. Therefore, the fairy wine became
name.
In the Liu Ji Mutton Shop across from Shenxian Wine, the doctor slammed the large porcelain bowl onto the beech wood table. The sound was very loud, but the soup did not spill out at all. Instead, the red oil on the soup surface and the crispy fungus shreds were shaken.
And the slices of mutton as thin as cicada wings trembled together.
Li Chan shouted hello.
The doctor put on the towel, smiled shyly, and served another plate of vinegar and parsley and a plate of scallops.
Li Chan took a sip of the boiling soup. After a while, he was sweating. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the other two people, "You don't want to eat?"
Guo Xun shook his head, but the boy said nothing. Li Chan bared his teeth and smiled: "Young man, I'll have a bowl too, I'll treat you."
The young man didn't think the mutton stew was delicious, but just looking at Li Chan's eating style, he couldn't help but feel hungry. He also wanted to try it, but he couldn't save his face, so he just said in a nonchalant way: "You remember Shen Zha Si
account."
"That's such a pity." Li Chan lowered his head and continued to sip his boiling soup, then threw a clam head into his mouth and bit it loudly.
The boy's mouth twitched.
Guo Xun noticed that the young man's throat was moving, and he quickly called the doctor. He wanted to ask for another bowl, but he ordered two bowls instead.
The three of them drank soup together. Li Chan ate early and drank a lot from the large porcelain bowl. He took a jug and poured a glass of fairy wine. The wine was as thick as oil. When he poured it into the cup, a beautiful layer of wine bubbled up.
Li Chan sipped the hops and sighed with satisfaction.
"PhD!"
"Why!"
Li Chan looked outside the door and looked eastward along the river bank. He could see the Goddess Bridge. The Goddess Bridge was more than three feet wide and there were many vendors under the eaves.
"This Goddess Bridge looks quite new."
"The guest must be from out of town. This bridge has only been built for more than 20 years. It was built with money from the Cui family."
"Building bridges and paving roads is a good deed."
"No, without this bridge, where would the North and South Bridges be?"
"Aren't you afraid of disturbing Mr. Pushui Mansion?"
"Go to the shore and take a closer look to the east. Aren't the Pushui Palace Temple and the Goddess Temple standing by the bridge? Which of the merchants here doesn't offer incense every month?"
"Goddess Temple? What is the origin of the goddess in the temple?"
"This is also a good story. It is said that when the bridge was just being built, the craftsmen disturbed Fu Jun's purity and caused a lot of weird things. Fortunately, the city god issued a decree and asked the goddess to give the decree and sacrifice to Fu Jun.
Resolved. Later, the bridge was built, and the goddess, who was originally a mortal, also obtained the status of a god."
The doctor is very envious of the mortal girl who became a god, as well as the fairy wine shop across the street, which one is not a stroke of luck and a chance. This kind of thing is not uncommon in Xuandu, but if you can't envy it, you can only comfort yourself by saying
Chapter completed!