Treading Blood to Sky’s End Chapter 48: Wishing tree
Zhang Tianliu went to eat after taking a bath, while the girls stayed behind to take a bath.
By the time they finished eating, two hours had passed!
The sky is getting dark, and Wushan Town does not have the brilliant starry sky of Lianshan City, nor does it have the night market with lights like dragons, but it has the beauty of dim shadows, and in the mist, little lights extend inwards like a dream.
But it is a town after all. There is no urban area to speak of. Most of them are built along official roads. It seems that if you stay away from this road, you will get lost.
The official road leads not to ruins, but to another checkpoint on the pilgrimage border.
However, the official road was built along the border of Wuguo City. It was once a major thoroughfare in Wuguo and it was an ancient road with a history of three thousand years.
After Zhang Tianliu and his party left the inn, they first bought fire silk cloaks and then started visiting Wushan Town.
There are many small stalls and vendors in the night market of Wushan Town. The things on the stalls all look like antiques, such as strange and simple stone carvings, rusty bronzes, beautifully carved jades, and many broken pots and tiles.
"Sir, this is a good thing..." Seeing Zhang Tianliu pick up an ancient bronze mirror from his stall, the vendor quickly stood up and introduced it.
"It's a good thing, but it's a pity that we don't need it."
The hawker was not discouraged after hearing this, and was about to introduce something else, but Zhang Tianliu smiled, put it down and left.
He is not an expert, and he does not know much about antiques in the world, but he is not interested in such rough and inferior products, even if they are antiques.
The girls also stared wide-eyed, looking at the stalls one by one, and finally found an exquisite bronze hosta. They gathered together and discussed for a long time. When they had decided to buy it, they asked the price, Oh my God! Three thousand gold! Even buying eight of them is not enough!
Not daring to touch anything, the eighth girl shook her head and wanted to run away.
The vendor was anxious and said hurriedly: "How about I give you a cheaper price."
"How much cheaper?" The person who asked was Nanzhi Ah Liu, and she was also interested in the things, but her expression was indifferent, and she didn't look like she was selling anything, which made the vendor a little bit conceited.
"Uh... one thousand, no, three hundred taels of gold!" The hawker thought to himself that this woman must be helping another woman to inquire about the price, so after finishing speaking, he said with a look of regret: "This is my purchase price. , these girls don’t know how rare this thing is! If I hadn’t been short of money recently..."
Before I finished speaking, the girls had already disappeared!
This is the advantage of Wushan Town. If you turn around and walk a few steps, you won't be able to see people, and you can't help them if they get entangled. This is why Zhang Tianliu dares to live here. If it were another city, he might not dare to enter.
The girls were strolling around and suddenly discovered that the young master was missing!
Ah Qi was a little anxious and wanted to call Wei, but was stopped by Hong Jue first.
"If you don't see me, just go back to the inn and don't make any noise."
Hong Jue is very thoughtful and knows Zhang Tianliu's situation clearly, so it is best not to attract other people's attention. This is probably why the young master took the first step.
Unexpectedly, before Sister Hongjue told the girls what was going on, Zhang Tianliu came back, handed a bronze jade hairpin to Nanzhi and said, "What's so good about this thing."
Nanzhi's faint expression finally showed a hint of surprise.
Ah Qi said in surprise: "Hey, isn't this the hairpin that Sixth Sister just fell in love with? He wants three hundred gold. How much did the young master spend?"
Ah Qi not only felt sorry for the young master, but also felt extremely complicated because the hairpin was the sixth sister's favorite thing.
Zhang Tianliu raised three fingers proudly.
"Really three hundred?" Ah Qi was shocked.
Zhang Tianliu shook his head.
"Thirty?" Although Nanzhi felt that it was cheap, he also felt that he owed the young master. After all, thirty gold was still a huge amount of money.
Before Zhang Tianliu could shake his head, Hong Jue smiled and said: "Looking at the proud look on the young master's face, it should be three or two."
"Wow! It's only three gold!" The girls were in an uproar, which attracted many people's attention. Fortunately, the fog was heavy, so passers-by just glanced at it and went their separate ways.
Zhang Tianliu put down his finger and said: "It's three taels, but it's not three gold, but three silver."
At this moment, all the girls were stunned!
"I'm right too." Hong Jue smiled.
"But it's still a loss." Zhang Tianliu actually sighed helplessly, and told the girls in detail about this fake and inferior product, so that they could understand that nothing else is valuable.
"Someone told me that most of the ancient objects made of bronze and jade are like one piece. The patina will fill the gaps. If it is not polished and wiped, it is even difficult to distinguish between jade and copper. And this hairpin has obvious inlay gaps. What do you think? They were installed recently. When I said this, the boss sold it to me as a modern handicraft."
Nan Zhi held the hairpin tightly, leaned on crutches and approached Zhang Tianliu and bowed: "Thank you, Master."
"Little things." Zhang Tianliu said.
Ah Qi clung to Zhang Tianliu excitedly and said, "Young master, please help me buy one too!"
Zhang Tianliu nodded and said: "As long as it is a handicraft."
The women also approached him one after another, with obvious intentions.
Only the youngest Bago Xiaonizi curled her lips and ran to a stall by herself, pointing at the same bronze and jade objects and saying: "Fake..."
As he said that, he repeated what Zhang Tianliu had just said. Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the hawker became angry and said angrily: "Don't buy fake ones, what else are you looking at? Go, go, go..."
Bago was stunned, his eyes turned red, and he ran back to his sisters aggrievedly.
The girls were speechless.
They all know that even if the young master makes it simple, the other party must be willing to accept it. You are fake as soon as you come up, and it is already polite for others not to slap you.
There is a thousand-year-old tree in the center of Wushan Town. The trunk is so huge that thirty people holding hands may not be able to hug it. The crown of the tree is even bigger, spreading in all directions like a banyan tree. When you go under the tree, you feel like it is blocking out the sky and the sun. .
At this time, there were many ever-lasting lanterns hanging on the tree, all of which were as small as a palm's size.
"Young ladies, please make a wish!" An old woman came over carrying a pole, and hung twenty or thirty small lanterns on the pole, just like those on the trees.
"How much does one cost?" Zhang Tianliu asked.
"Not much, just one tael of silver per lamp." The old lady smiled kindly and added: "Tell the lantern your wishes to the lantern, and then hang the lantern on the sacred tree, and the lantern will be able to convey everyone's wishes through the sacred tree. It’s very effective to convey wishes to the end of the world.”
"Tianya?" Zhang Tianliu was a little confused, but he quickly gave him one or two pieces of gold and said, "I want nine, and there is no need to look for the rest."
The old woman happily untied nine small lanterns for everyone, one for Zhang Tianliu and one for each of the girls.
Zhang Tianliu was not afraid that his wish would be heard by others, and said directly to the lantern: "May the world be peaceful, the world be peaceful, and all living beings be healthy." Then, in the eyes of everyone's surprise, he picked up the long pole on the side and lifted the lantern towards the tree. Hanging up, and at the end, he put his hands together and bowed.
The girls also secretly made a wish, each hung their own lanterns on the treetops, and finally followed the example of the young master and bowed.
Zhang Tianliu took Ah Qi with his left hand, and put his right hand around the overwhelmed Ah Si girl. He put his arms on their shoulders and asked, "What wish did you two make?"
"I won't tell the young master." Ah Qi's face turned red.
Ah Si was obviously not used to it, and his body was shaking like a frightened little rabbit.
"I know even if I don't tell you, Ah Si wants to be healthy, but Ah Qi is homesick, right?"
The two women were startled and asked at the same time: "How do you know, Master?"
"Is this really necessary?" Zhang Tianliu chuckled and let go of the two women.
Awu Muwan suddenly grabbed the corner of Zhang Tianliu's clothes, shook it and said: "Young master, let's take a guess at Muwan. Find Shuyuanｗww.zhaoshuyuan.com"
"Goodbye light."
Mu Wan smiled cheerfully and said: "I know I can't hide it from the young master, but the young master will definitely not guess the eldest sister."
Zhang Tianliu said disdainfully: "We are good, that is your eldest sister's greatest wish."
Mu Wan didn’t believe it, so she pulled Hong Jue over and asked and found out that it was indeed what the young master said! Although the words are different, the meaning is the same.
Bago Xiaonizi was dissatisfied again, jumped out, put her hands on her hips and raised her belly and said: "What about me."
"Get out of here."
"You..." Myna was so aggrieved that he threw himself into the arms of his eldest sister and cried: "Sister, look, the young master has bullied me again!"
Hong Jue was speechless, thinking to herself, do you really not have this intention?
The girls also snickered secretly. Everyone could see that the eighth sister hated the young master. I’m afraid her wish was that the young master would go away!
This side is noisy, but the other side is relatively deserted. Ah Er and Ah San are still praying for something. One of them is cold-tempered and the other is autistic. Except for following the actions of the other girls, they are very silent the rest of the time.
Zhang Tianliu looked at the sacred tree, hazy, and the small lights were really dancing in the foggy leaves like elves.
He seemed to be attracted by the dreamlike beauty in front of him. As he looked at it, he unconsciously muttered a number: "One thousand and thirty-two."
The old woman on the side was startled and stared at Zhang Tianliu in surprise: "Young Master is so amazing. He counted the number of lanterns at just one glance. Including the Young Master and the ladies, there are exactly one thousand and thirty-two lanterns hung today." ! ”
Zhang Tianliu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and smiled at the old woman: "I can earn a hundred gold in one day. Isn't the old woman the richest man in Wushan?"
The old lady blushed, and then joked: "Master, don't make fun of me." After that, she hurriedly recommended the wishing lantern to a group of young people who had just walked over.