Tribulation of Mysteries - Chapter 535

[Chapter 533 Fucheng (please vote for me!)]

The weather is getting colder.

Although the water in Taize Lake does not freeze in winter, it is bitingly cold.

In ancient times, medical conditions were backward, and a cold could kill someone…

In winter, the fishermen of Taize Lake often looked for tidal flats and deserted islands, and connected their boats to form “ship islands” and “ship villages”, which interacted with each other. They can join the group to keep warm, dry their fishing nets, etc.

However, the price of fish is also high during the New Year, so many fishermen still venture out to the lake to catch fish.

When the first light snow in winter fell, Aaron put the boat close to ‘Lao Yutou’ and ‘Lao Chutou’ and asked them to take care of it. He took most of the copper coins and headed for Taizefu City.

There were only some ordinary household items on the awning boat. He rewrapped the pages of the book that he had captured after killing “Yidi Liu” and buried them in the reeds.

Therefore, there is no fear of anyone discovering any clues.

…

After walking along the official road for an hour, a blue-black city wall made of bricks and stones appeared in front of Aaron.

There was a long queue at the city gate, most of them were honest farmers and small businessmen.

As for the martial arts masters and dignitaries wearing bright clothes and angry horses, carrying swords and knives, naturally there is no need to line up, and the soldiers guarding the city have to nod and bow to please see them off.

Aaron got to the end of the line and waited patiently.

At the same time, he raised his head and saw the huge plaque on the city gate tower, with three large characters written on it.

“Well… this should be ‘Taize Mansion’… I have learned something again…”

Aaron remembered secretly in his heart.

It is simply too eye-catching for a fisherman to read and learn.

Moreover, it was still open to question whether those noble scribes would be willing to accept him as ‘students’.

Aaron’s plan in his mind was to rely on his daily accumulation and learn secretly.

Anyway, there are a lot of materials. For example, the big money in his hand was later called ‘Dingyuan Tongbao’ at Yuyang Winery’s house, and the reverse side was ‘one dollar’… This is another six words!

There are certain rules in pictographic characters. The more you learn, the faster you will be able to guess even without guessing.

Aaron was not in a hurry anyway. This trip to the city was nominally to buy new year’s goods, but in reality it was just to look around, feel the situation, and learn Chinese characters along the way.

There are so many plaques and shops…you can learn a lot by asking and taking a look.

It would be even better if you could find a copy of Meng Tong’s Thousand-Character Essay.

‘No, no… buying a book is too ostentatious, I won’t take it…’

Aaron shook his head secretly, and slowly followed the team forward. He saw a list of papers at the gate of the city, which seemed to be a sea fishing document or something.

There was also a clerk who was reciting loudly nearby, obviously for illiterate people like them, and he immediately became interested.

“Hereby is a man who committed a crime against Ma Qian, killed two people, and fled… He is seven feet tall and has three moles on his left side… If anyone is found, he will be rewarded with five hundred yuan!” “

The White Jade Rat, a notorious thief… robbered dozens of houses at night… The crime is extremely heinous… If he is found, Clues… The government rewarded them heavily, and there were 13 companies in the city who raised money and were rewarded with a hundred taels of silver…”

…

Aaron looked at the words on the list and tried to compare them one by one with the words from the clerk’s mouth.

After all, he is not a child, and he has strong learning ability and subjective initiative.

After firmly memorizing the glyph and pronunciation, he glanced at the portrait curiously.

It turned out that Ma Qian’s head portrait was quite clear and had the style of a sketch, which was completely different from the ancient random drawings that Aaron thought.

As for the ‘White Jade Rat’?

There is no portrait at all, and I don’t even know whether she is a man or a woman or her age.

Aaron didn’t take it seriously and lined up at the gate of the city.

The soldier guarding the city glanced at him, and when he smelled the fishy smell, his face turned ugly: “It costs a lot of money to enter the city!”

Although he complained in his heart that this was hindering the development of business, Aaron said nothing, just paid the money and entered. Arrive at Taizefu City.

There are bungalows of different heights on both sides of the city, and the roads are not too wide.

Overall, a huge disappointment for Aaron.

It wasn’t until I walked to the East Market where the trading place was that I felt a little livelier.

Perhaps because of the collective gathering during the New Year, farmers from all over the country gathered here to sell some handicrafts they made.

Bamboo baskets, benches… and bamboo horses and grass dragonflies for children to play with…

The shops on both sides are crowded with people, and there are signs hanging outside.

For example, the word ‘rice’ is hung outside a rice shop.

The tea house has the word ‘tea’ hanging on it.

There are also salt shops, pawnshops, cloth shops, gold and silver shops, restaurants, teahouses, rouge shops…

After seeing too many blond and blue-eyed Westerners, looking at this kind of oriental market, Aaron feels a little familiar for some reason.

Aaron was like a countryman entering the city. He walked and stopped all the way, asking here and there, but he refused to buy, which made countless merchants criticize the poor.

However, businessmen pay attention to welcoming guests from all over the world with a smile, and since it is the Chinese New Year, this politeness and atmosphere cannot be lost.

Aaron didn’t go to those big business houses with rich slave thugs. He learned a lot just by being thick-skinned.

After walking around for a long time, I learned a lot of commonly used words, and I just waited to go back and digest them in silence.

Moreover, I also shopped around and bought the cheapest half a catty of ‘Gao Mo’ and a strip of bacon as New Year’s goods.

‘Gao Mo’ refers to broken tea leaves, and the stall owner is the coolie who carries the tea leaves in the tea house. These are finely broken tea leaves collected on daily basis.

There are various varieties of tea, mixed together, a little sour, but the taste is pretty good.

The bacon is wild boar hunted by hunters in the mountains. After it is dried and salted, they are reluctant to eat it and also exchange it for money.

The hunter looked tall and strong, but his smile was quite honest. He said that he wanted to save enough money to make new clothes for his wife and children.

Aaron looked at the torn linen shirt on his body and shrugged his shoulders.

Anyway, he has no money to buy new clothes for the New Year.

Just walking and watching, when passing by a high-rise compound, through the open door, you can see a huge square inside. Dozens of strong men are lifting stone locks and practicing martial arts, which makes Aaron stop. pace.

“This is the Qingshan Martial Arts School, right? The owner of the gym, Xue Qingshan, was a famous boxer back then, and he is getting stronger and stronger now…”

“This martial arts gym is only open during the Chinese New Year to attract people to learn martial arts from its master. Normally, the martial arts gym is open to the public. Close it tightly, and if you dare to peek, you will be beaten up, and you will be said to be secretly learning martial arts…”

…

Pedestrians around were talking a lot, Aaron looked at the two martial arts masters guarding the front of the martial arts hall, and felt that the muscles were quite developed, and as for more, Can’t see it anymore.

He slowly passed by the martial arts gym and saw the ‘Huichun Hall’ opened next to the martial arts gym.

Since ancient times, medicine and martial arts have not been separated. There are often buildings such as medical clinics and medicine halls next to martial arts halls, and they are very experienced in treating bruises and injuries.

Aaron stood in front of the ‘Rejuvenation Hall’ for longer than the martial arts director.

After all, this body can also get sick and may even die.

If you want to live, you have to find a good doctor and take medicine!

‘You have to pay attention to this in the future. Well, it’s best to teach yourself medical skills…’ He

also had a storyteller in the city for nothing, and waited until dusk before Aaron left the city through the same gate.

The soldier guarding the city deliberately tore open his package to check. When he saw the bacon and tea inside, he cursed and muttered “poor man” before waving his hand to drive him away.

After Aaron’s back disappeared, the city guard came to rest under the shed next to him.

There was another man in the shed with a smile on his face. He immediately came over to pour him tea and asked with a smile: “Master Jun, how are you?”

If Aaron were here, he would definitely recognize him. He is the one who often follows Hu The follower behind me.

“A poor man can’t even afford a piece of cloth.”

The soldier cursed and took a sip of hot tea.

“Thankfully, I thought he could get some good things if he went to the city alone.”

The member of the ‘Goldfish Gang’ who served the tea accompanied him with a smile: “Excuse me, ‘Master Tiger’ has given orders. These fishermen are all very skilled. Don’t take advantage of the Chinese New Year to bypass the fish market and bring rare fish to the city to sell. You have to be careful…”

After saying that, he said with some pity: “In the past, there were still leprosy Liu as an eyeliner. If there is any trouble, there will be no trouble. We can know in advance, but I don’t know where he died recently… Oh, it’s a pity, his filial piety is quite generous…”

“Oh, man, he either died in a casino or on a woman’s belly… As for the eyeliner Isn’t it easy? Just replace it!” The soldier took another sip of hot tea: “With the power of your ‘Goldfish Gang’, how can those water-legged people not obey?”

(End of this chapter)