Lanke Chess Edge

Gyeonggi Prefecture is located on the west bank of the Tongzhou River Basin. The entire Gyeonggi Prefecture is actually embedded in a corner of Tongzhou, so in Dazhen, Tongzhou is also nicknamed Zhili Prefecture.

Although the Dazhen court did not officially endorse this aspect, in fact it was similar.

On this day, in the city of Changlefu in Tongzhou, no matter it was the yamen gate or the city gate, or even the street notice walls in some prosperous areas, there were officials rushing here.

The Tianyue Restaurant in Qingfeng Street is one of the most famous restaurants in the city, and there are many shops around it, including but not limited to restaurants, teahouses, cloth and groceries, making Qingfeng Street extremely prosperous, and it is one of the most prosperous places in Changle Mansion. street.

At this time, it was close to the meal time, and people came and went by the side of the restaurant, and there were some beggars sitting in the corner opposite the restaurant, waiting for good-hearted people to give alms.

It’s hot now, and beggars can’t go to places like the ruined temple bridge if they want to beg during the day. In this kind of location, a shadowy area in the corner has become a luxurious resting place.

It's just that seven or eight beggars of different ages here are willing to stand under the venomous sun, using a few pieces of rags or broken fans to shade the sun, and a small shadow in the corner is curled up by an old beggar sleeping there, emitting There was a burst of snoring.

"Go away go away... go away, don't get in the way!"

A few officers with sabers strode forward from a distance. The two in front cleared the way, and the two behind each carried a large roll of yellow cloth, and the other carried a bucket.

"Go away, go away, what about you, don't block the notice wall."

The first two officials came over, stretched their legs and kicked the drowsy beggars a few times, driving them away a little, looked at the bunch in the other corner, and frowned not too much Ignore it, and said to the two behind.

"Just post it here."

The officer carrying the bucket nodded and stepped forward, took a brush handle from the bucket and stirred it a few times, then brushed back and forth on the wall with the paste in the bucket.

The beggars on the side looked at the bucket in the hands of the officials and swallowed frequently. They knew that the paste was actually made of rice paste and could be eaten.

"Okay, post it."

The officials at the back began to unfold the yellow cloth, and the two colleagues at the side hurriedly helped to pull the corners, and then the three of them worked together to glue the upper corner of the yellow cloth to the wall, and then pasted it down little by little along the direction of the yellow cloth, until The whole piece of rhubarb cloth is spread and pasted on the notice wall.

Seeing the actions of the officials, many passers-by, ordinary people and wealthy businessmen in more glamorous clothes also stopped to watch from the outside.

"Hey, this notice is based on yellow cloth, this is the yellow list!"

"Yeah, did something big happen in the capital?" "You'll know what's written in a while."

"It's almost finished, this is... the recruitment list?"

After the official posted the notice, he looked around and left without explaining much. The people around him gathered around him even more. Some elderly people looked at the notice and read it out word by word. .

"Emperor Zhao Tianxia: My Dazhen has established the country for two hundred years, and now it is a prosperous age, everyone in the universe is obedient, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, and the Emperor's birthday in the autumn of the year of Yiyou..."

The elders read while stroking their beards, and occasionally paused to sort out the words behind them, so that they could read more smoothly.

"...I hereby issue this edict to call all the nobles from all over the world to participate in this grand event. On the occasion of the nine heavens and ten meetings, the gods will gather together to congratulate Dazhen and the Son of Heaven!"

After the old man finished reading, he took a few breaths around before discussing.

"Is this going to hold the Immortal Dao Conference?"

"Hey, didn't you read what the yellow list said, this is the Water and Land Conference."

"The capital is very lively now, maybe there will be gods there!"

"That is to say, if there are gods, shouldn't we also go and see, what if the gods like me to pass on my fairy art?"

"Dream, you are just like a pig!" "What's wrong with being ugly, gods still look at faces?"

"That day's teacher's title is so majestic..." "What's the use of that broken title, one thousand taels of gold is the real guy!"

The people around were talking about it, some were excited and some just heard something new, and some people were already discussing going to the capital to join in the fun, anyway, it must be more interesting than temple fairs and the like.

But for those beggars in the corner who had problems with food and clothing, this big event was still too far away, and everyone was listless, only the old beggar who was sleeping soundly in the corner opened his eyes.

'At this juncture, Emperor Dazhen is holding a water and land ceremony. Maybe the so-called gathering of immortals will turn into a group of demons dancing wildly? '

But after thinking about it, the old beggar thought no, but this time he couldn't sleep.

"Hey~~~~"

The old beggar yawned and sat up, rubbed his eyes, pinched out the gum from the corner of his eyes, rubbed it on his hands a few times, and then it bounced off.

"Grandpa Lu, why don't you go to sleep? You haven't had enough to eat yet."

Seeing that the old beggar woke up, a young beggar who looked like an eleven or twelve year old boy next to him said something to him. Seeing that the old beggar was about to get up, he hurried over to help him.

"Rubid is awake?" "Rubid, drink some water."

"I still have a stutter. I picked up two pastries just now. They're not bad!"

As soon as the old beggar woke up, the beggars next to him were all greetings and concerns. The former just took a few sips of water from a bamboo tube, took a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, and then waved at the others.

"Okay, okay, keep it for yourself, old beggar, I'm not hungry yet."

After saying this, the old beggar stood up, chewed the pastry in his mouth, and stretched comfortably. Some people around who were still looking at the yellow list and some people looked sideways at the group of beggars who made a little noise.

After the old beggar finished stretching, he waved to the little beggar who asked him the first question.

"You'er, let's go shopping in the capital?"

The little beggar stood up with a broken ceramic bowl, looked at the yellow list over there, and wondered if Grandpa Lu heard the person reading the yellow list while he was sleeping, and the answer he gave was rather tangled.

"The capital... so far away..."

"Hey, just say if you want to go?"

The old beggar put his hand into the hole in his clothes, scratched the itch under his armpit, closed one eye and squinted the other, and asked the little beggar with a smile on his face.

"I want to! The most lively and magnificent place in the world, of course I want to go!"

"Haha... let's go then!"

The old beggar stretched out his hand and patted the little beggar on the back, then half pushed him and walked forward together.

The little beggar took a few steps in a daze and then looked back. All the beggars behind were watching him and the old beggar go away, and suddenly realized that he was leaving with Grandpa Lu?

It was also at this time that the beggars behind shouted goodbye.

"Take care, Ruburt!" "Be careful on Xiaoyou Road!"

"Uncle Lu, look at Xiaoyou!"

The old beggar grinned and looked back, waved his hand, said "take care, take care" casually, and continued to lead Xiao You towards the front of the street.

The group of beggars watched their backs, and finally sat back where they were, waiting for leftovers and other alms this afternoon.

"Grandpa Lu, what are we going to do with Uncle Zhang and the others after we leave?"

The old beggar seemed to have a lot of fleas all over his body. He scratched the front with one hand and the back with the other. Hearing what the little beggar said, he muttered for a while.

"They don't rely on us to support them. They are better at begging than you. Besides, some of them have lost their legs and hands now, and they don't have abscesses on their bodies. It's not difficult to do some serious work. Don't worry." Worry about it."

Whether it's a monk or a capable person in the mortal world, or some demon, or a liar, there are not a few people like old beggars who know about the Water and Land Dharma Assembly and rush to Gyeonggi Province.

Even if there weren't some evil spirits coming, just thinking about the appearance of a charlatan gathering in the capital to "join in a grand event", to a certain extent, it can be regarded as a "dance of demons".

Although Tongzhou is adjacent to Gyeonggi Prefecture, Changle Prefecture and Gyeonggi Prefecture are separated by two prefectures after all. The old beggars and young beggars wake up and beg for food while walking on the road. Anyway, the weather is not freezing right now.

Such a journey is not too slow, but it took only a month to walk from Changle Mansion to Gyeonggi Mansion on two legs.

Early this morning, two beggars, one old and one young, lined up outside the city gate into the long queue waiting to enter the city. Because they slept next to the city gate last night, they woke up this morning and the city gate was still open. At that time, the two beggars came to the front of the line.

A burden-bearing farmer in the line behind couldn't help but leave a distance of two feet from him, because the two beggars not only smelled bad, but also the old one would scratch it from time to time, fearing that he might have lice.

The old beggar yawned and looked back and forth at the line several times. Seeing that the line was getting longer and longer, and sometimes seeing some dogs in the line with "high-level" guys, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. .

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

"The city gate is open!"

As the soldiers in the city opened the gates, the passages of Gyeonggi Province were revealed to those who wanted to enter the city.

Originally, beggars were not allowed to enter the gate of the city, but in the eyes of the little beggar, although the old beggar was unkempt and scruffy, he pretended to be very imposing when confronted by the guards.

The sentence "I came to participate in the Water and Land Ceremony under the imperial edict." He said it with confidence, and he did not dodge the direct gaze of the soldiers, which made the soldiers let him go after hesitation.

The capital city is indeed very lively, in the past, it was not comparable to Changle Mansion, not to mention the days like this today, which makes the little beggar directly dazzled.

But even so, after wandering around the city, the two beggars still started their old business and were going to sit down and beg in a suitable place.

"Hey! This place is good, you can smell the aroma of vegetables on both sides, and you can see pedestrians from all sides."

The old beggar dragged the little beggar and happily walked to a corner opposite a teahouse. There were several restaurants around. The two sat down and the little beggar took advantage of the opportunity to put the broken bowl in front of him.

Seeing that the old beggar was about to doze off again, the little beggar looked around curiously.

‘The capital city is really big and lively, there are not many beggars! '

Turning his eyes around, he saw a person on the table at the entrance of the opposite teahouse, holding a teacup and watching him calmly. That person was like a special magnet, which immediately attracted all the attention of the little beggar. force.

Across a street that is not too wide, only four or five feet away, the little beggar's eyesight can fully see the appearance of this man. He looks like a learned gentleman, but although his eyes are half-opened, it is difficult to look at him at this moment. Underneath it can be seen that it turned out to be pale.

"Grandpa Lu, there seems to be a blind man watching us at the teahouse..."

"Hey, silly boy, what kind of blind man is looking at us, don't blame yourself for saying that!"

"But I really feel that way..."

Scratching his itch, the old beggar sat up and glanced in the direction of the little beggar's line of sight. This glance was a stunned moment, and he couldn't look away after turning his head for a closer look.

Tranquil and calm, with no waves in the eyes, unable to reveal the divine light, but the body is in harmony with nature, and a sense of freshness arises spontaneously, both in the eyes and in the heart.

The old beggar glanced at the little beggar beside him, and murmured in a daze.

"You'er... this is no ordinary blind man!"