Chapter 2 There are demons in the mountains and rivers, and aging
The man in green clothes and the little girl climbed the tower and just met Li Fuyao after he finished talking. Now it is time to drink and moisten his throat. Therefore, when he saw the man in green clothes and the little girl next to the window, Li Fuyao was a little surprised.
Baiyu Town is not big at all, so Li Fuyao, a resident of this town, had almost known everyone many years ago. Moreover, since he was a restaurant, there have been only a few drinkers coming and going. Even if there are a few more occasionally, they are all people in the town. But now, I have never seen the two people in front of me.
The man in green shirt sat by the window, looking at the center of the lobby, and happened to meet Li Fuyao's sight. The two looked at each other. The man in green shirt smiled and nodded as saying hello. Li Fuyao nodded slightly and gave a gift. He stopped worrying, but continued to talk about the next story.
Li Fuyao has been in a restaurant for several years, and he has told many stories. Generally, other storytellers have to start telling old stories that have been told. But for Li Fuyao, the stories are different every day, so naturally they like to hear him say.
After drinking, Li Fuyao started to tell the next story again. This story tells the stories of those monks from the mountains and rivers, but it is not just fighting and killing. Instead, there are many infatuated plots. After one story, the drinkers in the restaurant were a little sad, and the girls' eyes were red. Even the little girl who had just climbed the tower had some other emotions.
Li Fuyao, who had told several stories in a row, stopped talking, but stood up and signaled that today would be here. Then he took off his slightly wide blue shirt and handed it to the servant who had been waiting by his side. Then he turned around and thought about going to the restaurant shopkeeper to get his money today. However, before he had taken a few steps, the man in blue shirt shouted.
"Stay away."
Li Fuyao was a little surprised, but he still had a dull expression and did not rush to leave. After he sat down at the table, the man in green smiled and said, "What the young man said just now is very interesting. It is different from the common talk of storytellers in ordinary markets, and it does not seem boring at all. There are still many stories here, and I have never heard of them."
Li Fuyao looked calm and said calmly: "It's just a matter of making a living, and the stories inside cannot be taken seriously."
Perhaps he was a little surprised by the calmness of the boy, and the man in blue was a little surprised. He was silent for a moment and never spoke. However, Li Fuyao asked quickly: "Look, the gentleman doesn't look like a local, why did he come to Baiyu Town?"
The man in green clothes asked calmly: "Is the young man from the county government?"
A sentence has not been explained thoroughly, but both sides already know what the words mean. The man in the green shirt is telling Li Fuyao that since you are not from the county government, what qualifications do you have to ask him what he is doing here?
Li Fuyao was silent for a long time, but just looked down at the dirt that had been left on the wooden table for many years and could not be wiped clean no matter how hard he was. He had been in this town for more than ten years and had never met such an interesting person.
The little girl didn't go to see Li Fuyao, but was just looking at the scenery outside the window.
The man in blue shirt did not intend to delve into this issue, and quickly asked: "The young man is a local, so he should naturally know whether there is anything abnormal in Baiyu Town today?"
Li Fuyao suddenly laughed, and he looked up at the man in blue.
There was a hint of mockery in my eyes.
The man in blue shirt soon knew why. He just asked back. Now the boy is obviously reminding him that he is not qualified to ask him about the matter in Baiyu Town.
The man in blue suddenly sighed a little. He hadn't seen such an interesting boy in a long time.
A young man who can compete with him is rare in the academy, and meeting someone in this remote area will arouse his interest even more.
The man in green clothes was silent for a moment and asked with a smile: "Since the young man is a storyteller, he naturally talks about mountain spirits and wild monsters all day long, and he really sees the mountain and river monks?"
When he mentioned this, the young man frowned slightly, but it quickly calmed down. He smiled and said, "If you have read the books of sages and know the principles in the books of sages, it is not difficult. Do you really see those sages who write books of sages?"
Until now, the boy still refuses to give in.
The man in blue frowned, "The young man's temper is really not very good. He is still good in such a small place, but if he walks out of this place, his temper needs to be changed."
Li Fuyao shook his head calmly, "You don't have to worry about it."
The man in blue shirt laughed it off and quickly returned to the topic, "When I came here, I naturally have important things to do. If it cannot be solved, it will probably affect the people of this town. Therefore, I would like to ask the young gentleman to tell you the truth, whether there is anything abnormal in the town."
Li Fuyao said in confusion: "This matter is so big that it can affect the people of this town?"
The man in blue did not speak, but just whispered his sleeves slightly. The bowl of tea originally placed on the wooden table was strangely hung in the air, not far from the wooden table, about half a finger away. Therefore, except for Li Fuyao's close observation, the rest of the people could not see anything unusual.
But Li Fuyao did not show any horror in this regard, but instead had a light in his eyes, "Mountain and River Cultivator?"
The man in the blue shirt opposite nodded slowly after a brief loss of consciousness.
He quickly asked again: "Confucianism or Taoism?"
Li Fuyao did not show a look of surprise, but the man in blue looked at Li Fuyao with some surprise.
Li Fuyao said calmly, "To be honest, I thought about going to see this mountain and river for a long time ago. I know that the Great Zhou is very small, but the mountains and rivers are very large, so I had a long time ago the wish of traveling through the mountains and rivers. I knew that you monks from the mountains and rivers could not come to this Great Zhou, so I thought about going out of the Great Zhou to see you. However, the reason why I haven't set off in a hurry over the years is simple, and I'm just saving money."
When talking about the four words "traveling around" in the mountains and rivers, I just open my mouth, but I still need a lot of money to go out.
The man in blue was not in a hurry to open his mouth, but the little girl who had never opened her mouth was chuckled and said, "Even if you save enough money, you can't go much far."
The little girl did not say in detail why, and Li Fuyao did not ask.
The man in green clothes was straightforward and did not hide it. He explained the purpose of this trip.
Li Fuyao frowned and asked softly: "Sir, is there a snake demon coming to Baiyu Town?"
The man in blue shirt smiled slowly, "A snake demon in blue hair is not very high, but how to look at it, killing all the people in such a small town is not difficult."
Li Fuyao's face began to look a little ugly. He was silent for a long time before whispering: "There is an autumn rain that has been falling for a long time. Judging from the past few days, there shouldn't be such a rain. If I think there is something else abnormal, I really can't think of it."
The man in blue nodded calmly and stopped asking questions. After all, this matter was useless to talk more about such an interesting boy, but looking at the boy, he really wanted to talk to him about something else.
"What do you know about mountains and rivers?"
Li Fuyao stared at the man in blue and thought for a long time before he slowly spoke: "For example, there are three religions in this mountain and river. The monks of the three religions are the actual masters of this mountain and river. They also know that the territory of the Great Zhou is all within Yanling, and they also know that there is a school in Yanling, which is a disciple of Confucianism, and the gentleman... seems to be from that place."
The man in blue smiled calmly and said, "I really want to know why you know so much."
Li Fuyao laughed at himself, "The gentleman said before that I was a local, but what he said was wrong. In fact, I am not a local."
"Mr. was born in Yanling Academy. Naturally, he knew that Yanling would have many places to enter the Academy every year, but this so-called many are still too few for the nobles in Luoyang City. Therefore, when they knew that there would be a child who would definitely occupy such a place, they thought about how to grab the place, especially when they knew that the child's background was really not worth mentioning, they had other thoughts."
Li Fuyao chuckled slowly and said, "Sir, what would you do if it were you?"
The man in green shook his head. In fact, the Academy is not unaware of what the nobles in Luoyang City do every year. However, after so many years of neglecting, in addition to the complexity of Luoyang City, there are also the children who are sent to the Academy every year, who are actually not very different in talent, so in the Academy, who ends up entering the Academy, it is actually not very concerned about who entered the Academy. However, it is not surprising to encounter one here.
"So you were sent to such a remote place to be the quota on you."
The man in blue shirt looked at Li Fuyao calmly.
"They still didn't kill them all, but they were afraid that I would appear in Luoyang City again. Although this matter was not big, it involved face after all, so they sent me to such a remote place, hoping that a child of a few years old would die for himself."
Li Fuyao looked up at the man in green clothes and said with a smile: "It's a pity that I'm still alive."
The man in green clothes looked at this young boy who was different from ordinary people and said in a cold voice: "So when you saw me today, you were thinking of asking me to take you into the school palace and lead you into the road of cultivation, and then you hope to take revenge."
Li Fuyao opened his hands and said, "It was a chance to see Mr. But since he met, does he not plan to see him?"
He said that he naturally wanted the man in the green shirt to see if he had such qualifications for cultivation.
So he spread his hands out.
The man in blue frowned and admitted that the short story the boy said before had aroused his interest in him.
He was silent for a moment, and finally put his hand on Li Fuyao's arm. After a moment, it seemed like something was wandering in his meridians, especially on his arms, there was a very obvious protrusion, wandering in his meridians.
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Silence for a long time.
The man in blue whispered: "My name is Yan Yu."
Then he immediately asked, "What's your name?"
"Li Fuyao."
"Would you like to go to the school with me?"
Chapter completed!