Chapter 017 Eunuch
Beimang and Beiliang trade, which to horse buy tea proportion is very high, most of the coarse tea, used as a dietary supplement, but over time, there are gradually several ancient tea horse road was built to transport some of the Longjing Biluo Dahongpao this kind of good tea, before the rain before the Ming Dynasty this period of time is particularly busy, the tea road on the businessmen and merchants in an endless stream of customers, leaving behind the city as a large border city in the south of the North Mang, the near water, coupled with the city there are several eyes of water quality is excellent, good springs, including Bird’s Tongue Spring is one of the seventy-two famous springs in the world, making the city teahouses and tea pavilions are staggered. One of the bird tongue spring is one of the world’s seventy-two springs, making the city teahouse tea kiosk staggered. Northeast corner of the city near the silver ingot bridge there is a small waterfront tea house, do not hang a plaque, the door hangs a bamboo birdcage, parked a parrot green red beak, said the parrot learns to speak, but this naive goods to see the guests attentively shout Gong Gong Gong, this is not a scolding to beat it, it is really irritating, coupled with the simplicity of the tea house, selling tea is not a top quality tea, just the old West Sichuan side of the cover bowl of tea, eating cheesy tea is also common, also appears to be cold, and the door is closed. It also appears to be cold, the boss is a somewhat scholarly old man, sideburns gray completely, face is middle-aged man, with his cold and distant nature, where to pull together familiar customers.
The only store mate is a young man, looks pretty decent, all day long sat on a wooden sword, occasionally caught the unknown into this small tea shop of the face of the guests, drumming up all the strength to warm up to serve, but too much force, but let those guests tired of paying for tea also do not intend to come back, a small tea shop business more and more cold, well in the rent is not expensive, the capital is also not much, the tea shop can barely support, twilight, the old man clinically sit down! The old man clinically sat down in the twilight, to a python skin erhu tuning strings, previously a door-to-door guests know what they are talking about, see this ebony erhu sound quality, want to pay eighty taels of silver to buy, no matter how much the young man encouraged to instigate, said eighty taels of silver can open a larger teahouse, but unfortunately the old man is not for sale, so that young people are angry and almost killed the parrot to eat meat, at this moment, he made a bowl of scallion noodles with egg for himself, at the next table, burying the head Swallowing, said vaguely: “Old yellow head, continue like this, our tea house can be a losing business, I know you do not lack of money, but in the past my brother said, out of the jianghu, their own big money is one thing, but since it is to do business with the people, must not lose money. Old yellow head, don’t pretend that you can’t hear me, tell you something serious, if you keep pretending to be deaf like this, I’ll really get angry with you.”
The old man with a cold demeanor glanced diagonally at the young man with the sword, sneered: “Wen kid, you are not just thinking of earning money, so that the tea shop into a teahouse, when there is a reason to talk to me to hire two beautiful little lady to help laborers? Are you crazy about women? I still have a few hangs of money here, the big names can not go to the green house, to find some of the posture of the wild prostitutes is still more than enough, but unfortunately, the private prostitutes are not like the official prostitutes, can not give you to break the virginity of the red packet.”
The young man surnamed Wen took a big bowl and slammed the table, said angrily: “Old yellow head, what is this calf, I am this kind of person, right?”
The old man’s smile played with flavor: “Kid out of breath ah, dare to slap the table in front of me. Believe it or not turn around and throw you to the north mang palace head, let that old lady for a change of taste?”
A goosebumps shabby swordsman fawningly smiled: “Old yellow head, you and I rely on each other for life, in order to peace for the noble in order to peace for the noble, hungry or not? I’ll go and make your old man a bowl of good onion noodles?”
The old guy didn’t eat this, waved his hand and said, “Go and carry that learned naive bastard into the house.”
The young man stepped up to eat the noodles, not a single one left, but also licked the bottom of the bowl, still full of interest, went to the door and took off the birdcage, trying to teach the parrot some new tricks along the way, he said, “Master”, it will reply “Eunuch”, he said, “Auntie”, “Auntie”. He said “Guliang”, it still said “Gong Gong”, so angry that he cursed “your grandfather”, it is still “Gong Gong “, was cursed three eunuchs of the young man reached into the cage to teach this unenlightened flat hair beast, green parrot a flutter, dropped a few feathers, the old man helplessly said: “This simple goods have been considered in the parrot in the flower of the years, there were not a few hairs can be lost, you kid with a beast of burden what. ”
Throw the birdcage on the table, the young man changed a few sitting position are uncomfortable, simply carry a bench, according to the old yellow head of the strange saying, head and feet resting on the stool, the body suspended, hands folded cross under the back of the head, looking at the ceiling daze, in the past this is a roast goose store, the ceiling has a layer of dirty grease, the young man sighed: “Old yellow head, I am very melancholy ah. Why don’t you tell me another jungle story, I love it when you do.”
The old man, who is always in a bad temper with everyone, said in a bad mood, “There is nothing to say.”
The young man is familiar with the roguish nature of the mountain is not on me I am on the mountain, eyes suddenly warmed up, said to himself: “know the old yellow head you are an old jianghu, there must be a lot of interesting things hidden in the stomach, you like to rot in the stomach, do not want to say it, do not want to say it, anyway, I Wen Hua is also a man with a story. I used to wander the world with my brother, two men, young man ass can be pancake ah, so the night is always not too easy to fall asleep, can not sleep what to do, talk to talk to always to talk about women, my brother looks good, I am very jealous of the ordinary day through the village to ask for water to drink, if I go to knock on the door, those annoying women with me to see a look at a loss of chastity of martyrs, not to mention to give water to drink, just open the door and close the door, hey, change the door. Just open the door and close it, hey, change the Xu kid went, like a wolf like a tiger, pulling and tugging, not to mention give water, even the body would like to give together, alas, this thing is not to blame Xu kid, good-looking people, are parents to make the effort, when the son of what can be done, not to blame and envy. Every time I see a handsome little lady, I have to say to him, then thought Xu kid is about not eaten pork but have seen the pig run, mouth thief big, said that this is not that bad, the I suffocate, I told him that sooner or later one day practicing sword practice out of the great hall of fame, find a good striped warrior as a daughter-in-law, angry at his death. Old yellow head, the result you guess what, he said the world of women, and then water spirit, but also have to eat, drink and shit, you think those in the jianghu high fairy sister, also have to fart is not?”
Young said oblivious, a pat on the thigh, a butt on the ground, patted the dust, re-laying on two benches, continued: “He said that see a woman can not be nervous, or deserve a lifetime bachelor, last time to the north of the Liang side of the rush, saw her, the palms are full of sweat, and then an idea, think of Xu kid’s statement, really not nervous, but once I think of her farting! The scene, it smiled a little silly, probably did not give that fairy sister left a good impression, alas, this is about what Xu kid said the bear’s paw and shark’s fin can not stay in a bowl. Later in the lake met Xu kid, together with the kung fu pooping, he gave me a trick, more ruthless, said if still nervous, don’t be afraid, just imagine the fairy warrior ladies toilet pooping, heck, at that time, the old man almost sat on his butt in his own shit!”
The ever old man raised his head and nodded, “Kind of interesting.”
Wooden sword youth laughed, muttered to himself, “I don’t care who Xu kid is, at that time, traveling together in the jianghu group was really poor, he also brought an old servant with missing incisors, with the old yellow head of your family name, but that old yellow is as thin as a bamboo pole, the wind blowing on the shaking, and a poorly built horse, that’s all he has left of his household goods, but I’m dead set on saving face, and I’m a vain man. I like to pretend in front of other people, see the master pretending to be a son, see the outsiders, everyone said that this horse is my, this old servant is also my family, Xu kid also never reveal, but also with the help of me to help help me to cheat those who embark on a spring and fall tour of the little girls, he willingly pretended to be my companion, a few times if not I do not compete with the stuffing, almost got it, where can’t you get the turn to make fun of me or a child! So, I would like those rich and noble children to make friends with meat and wine, it seems to be generous, but after all, compared to their family background, that is also a nine cow one hair, Xu kid is different, how much he has on the body of the family, he is happy to share half with me, see me hungry, maybe also give me, so I Wenhua this life is recognized as a brother in need, I Wenhua later luckily stepped on the dog poop, made the great warrior, and then have If I am lucky enough to step on shit and become a warrior, then if I have any friends who are good for me, they will be the ones I met after I became rich and powerful, and I can’t call them brothers. Even if you talk to them as brothers, but compared to Xu kid, it’s still ten streets away.”
Somehow to the North Mang left behind the city of wooden sword Wen Hua, back to God, curiously asked: “Old yellow head, I’m wondering, unusual high people, you appear not to fly eaves and walls, not pneumatic mountains and rivers, not big kill quadrangle, are fucking embarrassed to say that they are high people. You when a woman is pregnant, with a big belly everyone knows you are pregnant with a child? But the old yellow head you how, look at you teach me the sword, quite like a thing, not to say that you have very little money on the body, how even the half a bit of ceremony is not to pay attention to? Did you commit a crime? Wouldn’t a group of government troops suddenly rush out one day and annihilate us?”
The old man did not make a sound.
Wen Hua said with some regret, “It seems that old yellow head you also have some unspeakable sadness na, I understand, do not reveal your scars.”
The old man laughed softly and scolded, “You don’t even have as much insight as that learned simpleton, what can you understand.”
Wen Hua got up and said angrily, “Old yellow head, you can insult my looks, but you can’t insult my learning!”
The old man waved his sleeve and said, “Get lost!”
Wen Hua immediately changed his face and said with a cheeky smile, “Old yellow head, tell me a jianghu story, what you tell is more interesting than those storytellers. Tell me anything you want, I’ll give a back knock and shoulder rub.”
The old man said with a stern face, “If you want to listen, do a bowl of noodles first.”
Wen Hua mouth twitching to go to the stove room to do a bowl of onion noodles, intentionally added some less onion, respectfully served to the old man table, the latter take chopsticks and stir, more and more onion can not find a few grains, Wen Hua had to laugh foolishly, the old man is not calculating, slowly said: “There is a great reputation in the jianghu and every time out of the sword kills people have to bath and burn incense Zhuojie swordsman. ”
Waiting for half a day, see this old man focusing on eating noodles, to the old yellow head of the shrewd stingy, but also to eat the noodles will not tell the story ah, Wen Hua hurriedly urged to ask: “Then what?”
The old man did not sell the story, lowered his head to eat the noodles and said, “Then he was slaughtered once.”
Wen Hua rolled his eyes and had to curse in his stomach.
The old man continued to say flatly, “There is a division in the jianghu that has a high esteem for young and beautiful female warriors, and every time he walks in the jianghu, he attracts countless young and handsome people to tout him. Then? Then the jianghu learned that she has a leg with the division sister, it turned out to be not love men love women.”
This time the old man had some conscience and asked himself a question.
Wen Hua laughed evilly, “That is, he didn’t run into a graceful young and handsome swordsman like me before he went astray.”
The old man picked a chopstick of noodles, a sucked into his mouth, swallowed it and slowly said, “There is a respected old-timer in the jianghu, the year of his seventieth birthday, a double happiness, the grandson married a daughter-in-law, the old-timer himself married a beautiful concubine, the young grandmother’s age is even younger than the grandson’s daughter-in-law’s age, and then? No then.”
Wen Hua snapped, “There are still such old unashamed martial arts seniors? How can this be, we young people are new to the world, how can we snatch women from these old bastards?”
The old man finished the last mouthful of noodles, he is an old man who has a rule of eating and living, his chopsticks are resting on the side of the bowl, even if he takes a ruler to measure, his chopsticks must be one inch away from the bowl, not even the slightest difference. He took over the erhu, said: “So the dynasty, or jianghu, I don’t like to see some old man deadbeat with the young people, a person squatting in the outhouse not shit is just, not even fart, like a word? You say that since these people have stayed in the toilet, why not simply go and eat shit, I, an old farmer, in this day and age, plant a good seedling here, run there to dig out a piece of vegetable beds, the harvest to be good, rely on what? In addition to relying on the heavens, but also rely on fertilization, so it is necessary to use those who are in the pit and shit.”
No wonder the old man likes Xu kid’s set of reasoning, different and similar ah, except that Wen Hua had some odd faces, thinking that you a person who only just finished eating noodles, himself is an old man, and thatched pits and shits, this is quite unlike the words.
The old yellow head laughed, looked out the window, tone flat said: “help relatives do not help reason, this is easy to say to relieve anger, but really when the injustice of things in the head of their own, only to know that the world’s largest, or a word of reason, rather than love and righteousness two words. But the matter of abiding by reason and observing etiquette, easy for people to become widows and orphans, not as easy as love and righteousness.”
Wen Hua listened to a burst of head, white eyes, “Old yellow head, do not talk to me about these.”
The old man laughed: “Some people beg me to say I don’t say, your kid also pick fat and thin, the problem is that all pick thin, not as good as the previous crop seedlings, your kid’s vision is not good, this life is also practicing sword sloppy.”
Wen Hua did not like to hear this, changed the topic and asked: “Old yellow head, have you seen more than I have practiced sword understanding of the genius?”
The old man sneered, “What do you think?”
Laughing and smiling, Wen Hua picked up the empty bowl and chopsticks and was about to take them back, when the old man suddenly asked, “Remember when I said that I told you to do one thing to kill a person after you have achieved great success in sword practice?”
Wen Hua froze for a moment and said, “Of course, when the time comes, even if you let me take the sword to kill the emperor, I feel no second thoughts.”
The old man waved his hand and drove him away, “Killing an emperor may not be as interesting as the person I want you to kill.”
Wen Hua does not have so many curved intestines, and not mediocre, do not look at his free time with the old yellow head playful, really practicing the sword, crazy mess, that stock of ruthlessness, I do not know whether it is brought from his mother’s womb, or left behind in a previous life, even the old man Huang, this eye of the top of the guy are secretly appreciated.
Wooden Sword Wenhua walked out a few steps, coldly turned around, a face of embarrassment and asked: ”Old yellow head, this parrot yells eunuch every day, you would not be the eunuchs in the previous Spring and Autumn and the eight countries, right? Have you seen His Majesty the Emperor and Empress Dowager?”
Old Yellow Head took a deep breath and smiled.
Wen Hua turned and ran.
The old man leaning against the back of the chair in front of the window, the table in front of the birdcage, the cage of parrots on the age, although the green red beak of the precious Dai Mei species, in the past, only the Imperial Palace to feed the tease up, but this one does not know when it will die, so it is not worth the money. Self-deprecating just this world a here a hoe there a hammer head old farmer old man squinted his eyes, drowsy, murmured: “a thousand mountains beyond a thousand mountains, this is the Jiangshan. The six palaces of powder and beauty only see you, this is the beauty. Jiangshan and beauty are ancient and difficult to be complete, and love and reason are even more difficult to be complete …… than some women, how many men in the world are eunuchs.”
The parrot was there again, brokenly chanting, “Eunuch, eunuch ……”