Green scales

After the Waking of Insects, everything wakes up, and the rain is as thin as a cow's hair and wets the ground profusely.It rained all night last night, and the mist gradually lifted in the morning, enveloping the old city like a gauze.

Yongshui City, West Street.

There were few people on the street, only two or three breakfast shops were emitting steam, and the sound of bowls and chopsticks clashing with the fragrance awakened the citizens of Yongshui City.The sun rises slowly from behind the mountain, and the sunlight like a golden veil shines on the city through the mist.

A man in green clothes walked forward with an umbrella in the misty drizzle. The raindrops wet his clothes and hair, but he walked forward unaware, with the edge of the umbrella hanging down to cover his face The man in Tsing Yi didn't stop until he reached a wonton stall.

The owner of the wonton stall was an old man. Although he had gray hair, his waist was straight and he looked very energetic. When he saw someone coming, he asked, "Do you want some wontons?"

"Have a serving." The man in Tsing Yi spoke slowly, his voice was as clear as an orchid in an empty valley, like a cool spring.The old man responded and quickly lowered the round and plump wontons into the boiling water one by one.

"Sit down, it will take a while."

The man in Tsing Yi stepped into the shed and put down the umbrella, revealing his handsome and pretty face, and the fine strands of hair were wet and stuck to his cheeks, which made him look like I could feel pity for him.

The old man took the time to look up, but couldn't take his eyes away.He has set up a stall in Yongshui City for decades, and it is no exaggeration to say that he has seen almost every person in the city, but this is the first time he has seen this young master who looks like a banished fairy!

"Is the guest officer new here?"

Yuqin put the umbrella on the table, propped his chin on one hand to look at the fine rain outside, and put the other hand on the table, lightly tapping the table with his slender white fingertips, as if waiting for something.Hearing the words casually said:

"My husband and I live at the foot of the mountain outside the city."

The old man stopped moving his hands, and asked cautiously: "But Taoist Priest Xia outside the city?"

Yuqin heard the familiar name, and there was a trace of tenderness in her eyes, and she replied in a gentle voice: "Well, my husband has not returned all night, so I came to find him."

Everyone in Yongshui City knows Xia Xinglan's name. Three years ago, a Taoist priest came to the city, and within a day, he took down all the little monsters who had disturbed the city residents for many years.

Since then, Xia Xinglan's name has spread like wildfire in Yongshui City. Someone once persuaded Daoist Xia to move into the city to settle down, but Daoist Xia politely declined one by one, saying: "My wife doesn't like making noise."

The man in front of him...could it be that Daoist Xia's wife? !The old man was shocked in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and asked a few gossips casually, but Yuqin was not interested and rarely talked to him.But when the old man mentioned Daoist Xia, Yuqin seemed to be a different person, his eyes were like autumn water, and a fool could see how much love was contained in it.

Hey, strange thing, the Taoist priest married a male wife.The old man grinned, he was old, he had never seen any strange things, so he just shook his head and stopped asking.

"Do you want chopped green onions?"

"All."

Yuqin took out a chopstick, played it in a circle between his five fingers, and scanned the town that was still unfamiliar to him with his eyes.

Suddenly, the door not far from across the street was pulled open with a squeak, and the ear-piercing sound seemed very abrupt and eye-catching in this early morning. Immediately, a man was pushed by several burly men and fell down in embarrassment, rolling on the ground. lock up.

"Bah! You want to take someone away without money! Don't piss and take care of yourself!" A beautiful woman with heavy makeup stood at the door with her hips on her hips and said unceremoniously.

"You are forcing her into prostitution! Hua Niang said she is willing to go with me!" The man quickly turned over and stood up. Although there were few people on the street at the moment, they all looked at him when they heard the movement. The man was very embarrassed for a while, so he had to stop Crouching his neck retorted.

The beautiful woman folded her arms and spat, "What are you? The girl eats and drinks with me, what do I have to do with you? Drink the northwest wind!"

"I'm really good to Hua Niang!" The man's neck was red and blue veins swelled, obviously angry, but when he saw the big men beside the beautiful woman, he didn't dare to go forward, so he could only fight on the spot.

"Sincere? Can sincerity be eaten? A big man, so big that he can't even get a daughter-in-law, and he wants to get my girl's idea?!" The beautiful woman seemed to have heard some joke, and she laughed, The man's expression became even uglier immediately, he opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time but couldn't utter a word.

"Don't daydream if you don't have money! Close the door." After laughing enough, the beautiful woman suddenly changed her face, glanced at the man sarcastically, and left without looking back.

The man immediately took a few steps forward, but seeing the burly man firmly guarding the door, he lost his mind for a moment, and the crowd around him was getting bigger and bigger. Only then did the man realize that he had lost face in front of so many people, and hurriedly Quickly pushed away the crowd and left quickly.

The commotion on that side was getting louder and louder, which had already attracted many people to whisper to each other. Yuqin also moved his eyes away, and then his hands paused, and the chopsticks slipped quietly from his fingertips.

The old man squinted his eyes for a while, and when he saw who the man who was thrown out was, he shook his head and sighed: "Wang Shusheng was born in a scholarly family, but now he is going to be laughed at for nothing, and I don't know who he is." What will happen to the scholar's father, Jiuquanxia, ​​when he finds out."

"Is he Wang Cheng?" Yuqin asked.

The old man was taken aback when he heard the words, as if he didn't expect Yuqin to take the initiative to ask, he hummed subconsciously.Said: "Yes, everyone calls him Wang Shusheng. Dad is a scholar, but it's a pity that he can only study hard, and now he has become an elm head. It's a pity."

After finishing speaking, the old man shook his head to himself, scooped up the already boiled wontons and poured them out of the pot into a bowl. The plump and round wontons were served with tender green green onions, and there was a layer of shallow oil foam floating on the bottom of the soup. The steaming heat makes the index finger move.

The old man was carrying the wontons and was about to send them away, but he found that the table was empty, only the water stains and a few pennies on the table showed that someone was sitting there just now.

"Where's the person?" In the blink of an eye, the person disappeared.The old monk Zhang Er was puzzled, looked at the bowl of wonton in his hand, thought for a moment, then put the bowl of wonton in the steamer and covered it with a cloth.When there were more people at this moment, they began to shout.

"Sell wontons—"

In a moment of desperation, Wang Shusheng just ran forward in suspense. After getting out of the crowd, he ran towards the west gate.Yuqin was always behind him, holding an umbrella in one hand, and followed the man a hundred meters away at a leisurely pace.

To the west of the city was a bamboo forest. Wang Shu ran into the depths of the bamboo forest angrily, then roared hysterically and started beating the bamboo in front of him indiscriminately.

The rain has not subsided at the moment, and there is a growing trend.The spring rain sprinkles on the earth finely and densely, weaving into an airtight net and enclosing the bamboo forest.Yuqin just stood quietly in the distance, the rain had wet the corner of his clothes, but Yuqin didn't notice it, and just looked at the mad man not far away.

"Ah!!" Wang Shusheng yelled, holding the bamboo with one hand and panting heavily, and after a while, he collapsed and squatted on the ground, covering his cheeks with his hands, as if all his strength had been drained.

Yuqin stepped forward slowly, stepping on the bamboo leaves and making a rustling sound. Wang Shusheng felt someone approaching, took a deep breath, and shouted fiercely: "Go away! Get out!"

Yuqin kept walking until he got behind Wang Shusheng, and then Shi Shiran said, "You are Wang Cheng." The words were not questionable, as if they were just stating a fact.

Impatiently, Wang Shusheng stood up and turned around suddenly, and said loudly, "So what?!"

But Yuqin suddenly smiled, his jade-like delicate face looked even more refined against the mist in the bamboo forest.Wang Shusheng was taken aback for a moment.

"That's right." Yuqin said leisurely.Immediately after taking another step forward, Wang Shusheng suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and subconsciously took a step back.

"You...you." Before he finished speaking, Wang Shusheng was stunned suddenly, his eyes lost their spirits, and he looked at Yuqin blankly, but Yuqin's eyes, at this moment, were no longer the black pupils of autumn water just now, but had turned into black eyes. Golden vertical pupils!

Wang Shusheng stared at the vertical pupil as if possessed by a demon, as if his soul had been taken away, leaving only an empty shell.After staring at each other for a long time, Yuqin slowly closed his eyelids, but when he opened them again, his pupils turned black again.

But Wang Shusheng closed his eyes, and his body limply leaned against the bamboo, his head turned aside as if he was in a deep sleep.

Yuqin looked down at Scholar Wang, a look of contempt flashed in his eyes, he turned around and walked slowly along the road he came from.

A small emerald green snake hissed and spit out snake letters, and slowly climbed up to Wang Shusheng's body along his fingers.Yuqin paused, said without turning her head: "Keep an eye on it." Then she took her umbrella and left.

The little snake propped up her upper body, looked at the blue back in the distance, tilted her head, and then coiled herself around Wang Shusheng's arm.

The sun rose high, and the mist in the mountains dissipated a lot. At this moment, the rain stopped slightly.The moist air is surrounded by fresh grass and earth, which makes people feel refreshed.

There are more and more pedestrians on the West Street, and various shops have been set up one after another. All kinds of novelties are dazzling, attracting passing women and children to stop frequently.

Yuqin walked briskly through the crowd and returned to the wonton stand.At this moment, the old man was already packing up the kitchen utensils and preparing to close the stall, but he had a meal when he saw who was coming.

Yuqin said, "Uncle, are my wontons still there?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized, nodded again and again: "Yes! Yes! I kept it specially."

Yuqin responded, and said, "Make me another serving, and take both away." As soon as the words fell, Yuqin took out a food box as if by magic, and put the food box aside.

"Hey! Okay." The old man responded, and there was just a portion of wonton left. He originally wanted to take it home and eat it himself, but now someone wants to take it away with him. down.

The old man swiftly put the two wontons into the food box, paused halfway and asked, "Guest officer, your wonton is probably cold now, how about I warm it up for you again?"

"No need." Yuqin declined the old man's kindness in a warm voice, holding an umbrella in one hand and a food box in the other, standing in front of the stall and looking around, hesitated for a moment and then said: "Old man, may I ask what happened to the Xie family?" Walk?"

After the old man packed his things, he wiped his hands on the cloth in front of him, and then raised his finger to walk.

"Go along this street, turn left at Jishitang, and then you will see the Xie Mansion. His house is very grand and conspicuous. You must be able to see it."

After Yuqin thanked the old man, he turned and went.

"The people in Xie's mansion are not easy to get along with, the guest officer should be careful when going." The old man reminded.

"I'll pick him up, thank you." Yuqin nodded and replied.

The old man suddenly thought of what the man in Tsing Yi said when he first met him, and subconsciously blurted out, "Are you going to find Daoist Xia?"

Yuqin smiled slightly, raised his hand and raised the food box to signal to the old man: "Go and bring breakfast to my husband."

The old man could see that Yuqin was in a good mood at the moment, and couldn't help but feel a little infected. Thinking of his wife at home, he smiled and said: "Then guest officer, hurry up, the little old man should also go home and cook for the wife gone."

Yuqin raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded noncommittally, and then disappeared into the crowd.