Chapter 27 Crane Cry
Chapter 27 Crane Cry
After analysis, Xu Qing felt that there were two places in his yard that were highly suspicious of being haunted.
One is the old paulownia tree, and the other is the ancient well next to the paulownia tree.
Old trees and ancient wells are also the most haunted areas in folk customs.
"But there's nothing to be afraid of. If this ghost really has that much power, it wouldn't be hiding from me." After Xu Qing thought it over, he realized that there was nothing to be afraid of.
It makes him sound like everyone is a ghost.
He had been a ghost in the bronze mirror for a long time, and his soul was able to leave the body and was even named "the devil from outside the domain"!
Last night, out of caution, he did not leave his body to investigate. After all, when encountering a ghost suddenly, caution is the first priority.
If the other party comes again tonight and no substantial harm occurs, he will leave his body and try it out.
In the morning, he studied and practiced martial arts as usual. Out of suspicion, Xu Qing put some strength on the old sycamore tree. If the other party was the source of the ghost, he could also create a psychological shadow in the other party's heart.
As for whether there will be revenge?
You've been a target for so many days, and you really have a grudge and want to take revenge. Why didn't you take action last night?
Perhaps he was too devoted to the boxing practice, which stimulated his masculine energy. After a round of boxing, the originally cold yard actually became a little warmer.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but why do the leaves of the old sycamore tree look a bit humble and pleasing to the eye?
Xu Qing then went to the west yard to have breakfast and asked Zhou indirectly whether she heard any ghostly noises last night, but the result was that nothing happened.
It seemed that he was the only one who heard the voice.
After breakfast, Xu Fu came to report on the chicken farm.
Dong Dahai has a wide network of contacts, so the racks for the chicken farm were set up quickly, and they were just waiting for the first batch of chickens to be released.
Jiangning Prefecture is one of the most economically developed prefectures in the world, with a huge consumption of meat, so these chickens have no trouble selling.
You can’t make much money from opening a chicken farm itself. The main purpose is to train people to do the work through the chicken farm.
No matter what business you do, it involves organization. Once you have a certain scale, you will have a large number of people who depend on you for food. If the leader is famous, as long as he does not rebel, the government will have to win him over. In this way, you can bully the people instead of letting others bully you.
With manpower to do the work and fame, you can naturally accomplish bigger things.
If Xu Qing started out by selling highly profitable products like soap and perfume, even though he was a juren, people would rush over like sharks seeing blood, causing a lot of trouble.
After Xu Qing listened carefully to Xu Fu's report, he picked up a few unimportant points and asked again. If there was any discrepancy with what he had said before, Xu Fu's loyalty would be questionable.
Fortunately, Xu Fu was consistent and passed Xu Qing's test without knowing it.
This happens to him every now and then.
The method is actually not very clever, but there is a key to it: you have to have a good memory, and be able to remember everything, big or small, after seeing or hearing it.
"Afu, go buy some wine and meat later, and then come to the noodle shop to find me." After Xu Qing gave instructions to Xu Fu, he went straight to the noodle shop in the city.
This is a place that specializes in selling rouge and powder.
Old Feng is careless and just gets by with some wine and meat.
Miss Feng is a real master, and she has connections with the prefect and the education commissioner, so of course I have to put in some effort.
In addition, after passing the examination to become a scholar, under normal circumstances, you don’t have to be too afraid of the prefects and county magistrates, but you can’t afford to offend the superintendent of education, because they can select you, but they can also deprive you of your fame.
According to Miss Feng, Zhou Tixue might actually be the person's biological uncle.
After walking around the flour mill and buying some good things, they waited for Xu Fu to come and went to the Yan clan school together. It only cost half a penny to buy wine and meat for Lao Feng, but it cost a full five pennies to buy rouge and powder for the female teacher.
There is no way, you can’t save where you shouldn’t save.
It is the busy farming season and the provincial examination is coming soon, so Mr. Feng gave the students a holiday.
However, on the way, the Yan family members seemed to be somewhat hostile towards Xu Qing.
Yan Shan appeared again.
"Brother Xu, many of my clansmen have heard that you studied contemporary literature with Mr. Feng, and they are somewhat dissatisfied."
Xu Qing sighed, "Mr. Feng has been teaching at Yan's for a long time. I really didn't learn contemporary literature from Mr. Feng. Even if I did, I can't compare to the children of your Yan's family."
Yan Shan's mouth twitched, and he said leisurely: "Brother Xu, what are you doing here today?"
Xu Qing pointed at the wine, meat, rouge and powder she brought, "I didn't succeed yesterday. I thought it might be because I didn't bring a gift. I'll give it to you today to see if I can impress Mr. Feng."
He looked like he didn't care whether you believed it or not, he believed it anyway. Yan Shan couldn't help but sighed to the sky, "I'm not afraid of others being better than you, I'm afraid of others writing better and more fluent articles than you!"
Xu Qing couldn't bear to see his good friend sad, so he comforted him, "It's okay, everyone else is here to compete for the third place in this prefectural exam."
Yan Shan couldn't help but roll his eyes. How could Xu Qing say such cold words in such hot summer weather? He said quietly, "There is no ranking in the prefectural examination."
Xu Qing coughed and quickly went to Feng's house.
The friendship among these scholars can capsize at any time.
It’s okay. Once he achieves success, how can he not have brothers?
Besides, Xiao Yan, you don’t know how deep the water is!
Yan Shan watched Xu Qing enter the gate of Feng's house, and felt as if snowflakes were floating around in the hot summer. Forget it, let's go back to Juan Qing'er.
Qing'er is his only son and is only five years old.
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"This is gouache from Ninglufang. I heard that their gouache is made from the same raw material as Dai Chunlin's." The girl was pleasantly surprised when she saw the gift Xu Qing brought.
Ninglufang is the powder shop that Xu Qing went to. Dai Chunlin is a very famous rouge and powder shop in the capital. The fine products in it are all tributes to the royal family, which cannot be bought even if you have money.
"Have you been to Ninglufang?"
"No, this is the one that Uncle He's aunt uses. She gave me a box before. But when my dad found out about it, he got really mad and forbade me to go to Uncle He's house again." The girl casually complained about Lao Feng.
Old Feng had just received the wine and meat, and after listening to his daughter's complaints, he couldn't help but say, "He Shunyin treats you well because you look like your mother. I don't let you go because I'm afraid..."
Xu Qing thought: "What kind of Yin Liting plot is this? Old Feng, are you Yang Xiao?"
Feng Xifeng was still hesitant to continue talking when he saw Xu Qing was present. Xu Qing then sent Xu Fu to the chicken farm, which was not far from here, so Xu Fu didn't have to go around in a long circle.
It was another diligent and studious day, during which Xu Qing and the girl became more familiar with each other.
Before dusk, under Lao Feng's "elegant and easy-going" gaze, the master and the apprentice bid farewell to each other reluctantly.
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Late at night, midnight.
Xu Qing was awakened again by the sound of "dong dong dong" knocking on the door, and then the sound disappeared and the surroundings became very quiet.
This time he was well prepared. He immediately got up, lit some incense and candles, and his soul left his body.
Boom boom boom!
Xu Qing's soul was enveloped by the incense, and he suddenly heard the "dong dong" sound that had woken him up earlier.
"It turns out that this sound is transmitted directly into my soul."
He estimated that after he fell into a deep sleep, his soul and body were somewhat separated, so he heard the sound.
Now he was in a state of being out of his body, and the sounds he heard became extremely clear.
Xu Qing followed the sound and locked onto the source.
The source of the "dong dong dong" sound was indeed the old phoenix tree.
This old tree, which was unusually quiet to the naked eye, made an eerie knocking sound under Xu Qing's spiritual observation. Its branches and leaves swayed, and a large amount of moonlight was seen flowing into the branches and leaves of the old sycamore tree.
It turned out that the swaying branches and leaves were actually an illusion caused by the inflow of moonlight.
"Is it because of this sound that it can absorb the moonlight?"
Xu Qing did not approach the old sycamore tree rashly, but tried hard to remember the sound he heard.
"This is not a knock on the door, it's the sound of breathing." After remembering the strange sound completely, Xu Qing suddenly realized.
Afterwards, he returned to his body, entered a state of "absolute concentration", and simulated the breathing sound.
Before long, he seemed to see a crane dancing and singing in his soul.
At the same time, in the bronze mirror, in the martial arts column, the word "incomplete" on the crane-shaped pile disappeared, and at the same time, two blurred words appeared behind the "great success" evaluation, which vaguely showed that it was,
"Crane cry".
(End of this chapter)