Chapter 302: The Concubine Does Not Harm the Country, She Only Wants to Harm the Imperial Master (VI)
The Zhao family came here to stay with relatives. Yu Huo didn't want to disturb them too much, so he took Xiao Zhuzi and said goodbye.
At this time, it was still a day and a night away from the capital. Yu Huo went directly to the carriage shop and rented a mule cart for five taels of silver, and hired a driver for another five hundred coins.
The road to Shangjing became more and more prosperous. It was not as poor as Sishui Pass. Even though people were conscripted to do hard labor, the mental outlook of the people on the street was still much better than that of Sishui Pass.
Although they were also wearing linen, they were clean without even a patch on their bodies. When Xiao Zhuzi saw this scene, his eyes gradually revealed longing.
There were many vendors hawking their wares on both sides. Before leaving the city, Yu Huo bought six hot meat buns on the roadside and gave two to the driver.
It was too hot to travel at noon, so the driver stopped the carriage in the dense forest outside the official road to cool down.
Yu Huo had nothing to do, so he continued to teach Xiao Zhuzi to read.
Unfortunately, Xiao Zhuzi’s brain is really not very smart. I wrote the word "You" to him more than ten times, but he still couldn’t remember it!
Yu Huo was getting more and more impatient. He pointed at him and sneered, "What's the point of you saying you're so dark? Is it to cover up the fact that you're an idiot?"
Xiao Zhuzi: “…”
Let me say it again, scholars are really annoying!
The driver beside him couldn't help but chuckle when he saw Xiao Zhuzi being scolded for not being able to learn. He asked him curiously, "Sir, are you a scholar?"
Xiao Zhuzi is dark-skinned, thin and very strong. He doesn't look like a scholar, so don't blame the driver for asking this question.
As expected, Xiao Zhuzi shook his head and said, "I'm not an educated person. I just want to learn to read so that I can tell fortunes for others with my master in the future."
Fortune telling? Could it be a Taoist priest?
Shock flashed across the driver's eyes. The Taoist priests he remembered were all immortal-looking, with white hair and beards. This dark-skinned one was the first time he had seen one.
Including the young man Yu Huo, who looks fair and clean. It would be more reliable to say that he is a scholar who went to Beijing to prepare for the imperial examination rather than a Taoist priest.
The real thing doesn't match the image!
Just as I was sighing to myself, I suddenly heard the young man's dissatisfied sneer in my ears.
"Stop talking nonsense! I only agreed to teach you fortune-telling, so don't just claim relatives! Besides, if my master knew I took a little geek like you as my apprentice, he would be so angry that he would do a factory reset."
The words had a strong modern flavor. Xiao Zhuzi didn't understand and looked confused: "What settings?"
"Nothing, just stop showing your big teeth!" Yu Huo was already annoyed and didn't give the other party any explanation. Instead, he said sarcastically: "You still have the nerve to smile? It's been so long, why haven't you died of stupidity yet? You have a really strong vitality!"
When he gets angry, his mouth is like poison, spewing all kinds of nonsense.
Xiao Zhuzi looked dissatisfied when he heard this, while the coachman looked confused.
Because just now, the mysterious image of the Taoist priest in his mind instantly fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
"I told you to teach me fortune-telling, but you insisted on teaching me to read..." Xiao Zhuzi didn't dare to yell like Yu Huo, and could only mutter in frustration: "What's the point of learning this? Fortune-telling is just fortune-telling, why write words!"
Unfortunately, Yu Huo had sharp ears and eyes, and heard it very clearly.
He laughed in anger: "Okay, okay, you've come up with a really clever shortcut. You're really smart. Then just calculate it directly. Calculate it for the driver now."
Xiao Zhuzi was stunned, and the coachman was also stunned.
But who could have stopped Xiao Zhuzi from wanting to study? He could only bite the bullet and turn to the driver, giving him a dry laugh: "Uncle, have you ever lost anything at home?"
He didn't know how to tell fortunes, but when he thought about how Yu Huo helped Zhao Youcai find the pearl, he used his useless cleverness to guide the coachman to follow his ideas.
The driver makes money from them, so he will naturally follow their orders. When I thought about it this way, I really thought of something.
Then he said, "Um...I can't find my hoe."
Xiao Zhuzi spread out his little black hands and said, "Write a word."
How could the driver write? He could only write one word, which he had somehow memorized when Yu Huo had taught Xiao Zhuzi how to write.
He thought about it and wrote the word "You".
This word was written casually by Zhao Youcai when he was looking for pearls.
Seeing the driver going on the road like this, Xiao Zhuzi was amused and immediately said with full confidence: "I guess... it was eaten by your chicken!"
"Ah?" The driver's eyes seemed full of outrage.
Xiao Zhuzi was completely unaware and continued, "Well, go back and kill the chicken. You'll definitely find your hoe in its stomach... Ah! Brother Yu, why did you hit me~"
Yu Huo shook his palm, which had been slapped red. "I didn't just hit you, I wanted to kick you! And you were even eaten by a chicken... Do you want to watch what you're saying?"
Xiao Zhuzi covered his forehead with his hands, looking aggrieved: "Brother Yu, is that what you said last time?"
Yu Huo rolled his eyes, looked at the driver, and began to clean up after him: "Your hoe is inside the door. Do you have a door in your house that is often closed and rarely opened?"
The driver thought this answer was quite plausible and immediately recalled, "Hay barn? The season has been nice lately, and I feed the horses by leading them outside to graze on the roadside grass. I haven't been inside the hay barn in ages."
Yu Huo hummed: "Then remember to go back and take a look."
The driver took it to heart with some doubt, but said thank you.
Xiao Zhuzi on the other side still didn't understand: "Brother Yu, why do you give different answers to the same question about finding lost items?"
Yu Huo sighed softly: "This is why I asked you to learn to write. Only when you truly understand the meaning of the characters can you interpret them according to the situation.
At that time, the reason why I said that Mr. Zhao's lost property was eaten by a chicken was because what he lost was a pearl, and in the twelve zodiac signs, the Rooster is the zodiac sign, so it was determined that the chicken had eaten it.
What about today's hoe? The chicken obviously can't eat it, so we need to start with the structure of the word.
The character 'You' looks like two closed doors, so I guess the hoe is behind them. Do you understand?"
Xiao Zhuzi's eyes were filled with clear stupidity, and he slowly shook his head.
Yu Huo clicked his tongue, closed the Thousand Character Classic, lifted the carriage curtain, pointed at a piece of animal bone on the roadside, and ordered, "Then let's do something else. Go pick up that bone and boil it."
Xiao Zhuzi, with a black question mark face, asked: "Why?"
Yu Huo sighed and said, "You won't be able to become a fortune teller in a short time. I decided to teach you how to play the game of ghosts first."
Xiao Zhuzi: “…”
When they were on the road again, the smile on Xiao Zhuzi's face was much more sincere. Although playing tricks was not nice, it was fun!
Time seemed to pass particularly quickly while they were playing. When they entered the suburbs of Beijing, they saw a huge building made of stones in the distance.
The carriage slowly stopped, and the sound of a piano could be heard faintly in my ears.
Yu Huo followed the sound and looked towards the mountain top opposite the building. There were some small black dots on it, as if many people were standing there.
At this moment, the piano music seemed to pause for a few seconds. Yu Huo felt the particularly burning gaze falling on him, pretending to be unaware and raised his hand to adjust the fine cotton cloth in front of him, and quietly curled the corners of his lips...
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