Chapter 16 Fairy and Candied
Haws The Golden Crow rises in the east.
The dazzling morning light pierces the earth, but it seems unable to illuminate the cloudy Qingtian County.
After checking out of the inn, Gu Zhinan did not immediately go to the county government office across the street.
Instead, he took Boss Pei around the inner city and entered the market town of the outer city.
Compared to the desolate inner city, the outer city, where public security is relatively poor, is full of the atmosphere of fireworks.
The streets were crowded with people, and all kinds of shouting and hawking sounds could be heard one after another.
Gu Zhinan bought some local specialties, such as steamed cakes, tofu pudding and fried dough sticks, along the street, showing them off as he walked.
"When are we going to the county government office?"
Pei Wanyu frowned slightly, her expression and tone showing impatience.
"Don't you like the city's fireworks?"
Gu Zhinan took a big bite of the meat bun and then took a sip of soy milk. The fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth, and he felt indescribably refreshed.
"I hate places with lots of men."
Pei Jianxian narrowed her eyes sharply, her beautiful face full of disgust: "Do you believe it? If I stay here for a moment longer, I will not be able to help but kill them all."
"."Gu Zhinan didn't know how to respond.
In fact, it’s not the fault of these passers-by.
In the game, the big boss Pei showed up in the Dijing Market for the first time, which directly caused a traffic jam among NPCs, and the players couldn't even move!
After all, which man wouldn't like a fairy who is stunningly beautiful, holy and flawless?
A certain Gu also wants to be the fairy's slave!
"Well, by comparison."
Fairy Pei suddenly narrowed her eyes and gazed meaningfully at the handsome and quiet scholar next to her: "You are a sensible person who knows the difference between respect and inferiority. If you had such a vulgar and mean expression, I would have killed you that day at Black Tiger Mountain."
"Thank you for the compliment, Fairy. After all, I studied the Spring and Autumn Annals, so I am naturally different from these country folk."
Gu Zhinan gave a dry laugh.
He thought that when the Mirror Flower Water Moon Treasure was developed, he would definitely fight you with iron cavalry and silver spear for eight hundred rounds, and kick you apart to avenge the shame of being a slave! "Let's talk business."
Fairy Pei closed her eyes and said coldly.
"Fairy, I'm not going to hide the truth from you."
After Gu Zhinan finished showing off the meat buns, he started showing off the fried dough sticks, smacking his lips and saying, "In addition to wanting to find out the cause of the Black Tiger Mountain incident from the Qingtian County Magistrate, I also want to redress the injustice of an old woman."
"An old woman?"
"good."
Gu Zhinan said: "In Qingtian County, there is an old woman who suffered great injustice and was killed by villains. Every day at 3:30 am when her son died, she would come to the gate of the county government and beat the drum to protest her grievances, but she could never get justice."
"Because the person who hurt her lived in the county government office. The worst thing was that she knew about it, but she could do nothing about it."
Fairy Pei's cold expression slightly fluctuated, and then she raised her eyebrows and said, "What does this have to do with me?"
“It’s very relevant.”
Gu Zhinan took out a piece of silk and wiped his hands, then said seriously, "The priceless treasure I promised to give back to the fairy yesterday is in the possession of that old woman."
He really didn't lie.
In the game, no matter which world line, when the Black Tiger Mountain dungeon is about to be cleared, there will always be a suspicious black shadow that will appear and kill the Tiger King to prevent him from giving his final testimony to the player.
Therefore, the players have no idea that the monsters in Black Tiger Mountain are actually related to the Qingtian County Magistrate and even the Jinyang County Governor.
He was even more unaware of the existence of a Mr. Gu Si.
Therefore, when players pass through Qingtian County, in addition to buying some supplies from the catfish monster merchant, they can only complete the side quest of the old lady "Wang Taijun".
If you help Madam Wang to successfully redress her injustice and bring the murderer Zhou Yuan to justice, you will receive the secret family treasure she has given you.
Thinking of this, Gu Zhinan was also quite emotional.
He had traveled there for ten rounds in his previous life, and every time he passed through Qingtian County, he felt that there was a sense of weirdness everywhere in the city.
Even though he collected all the evidence in the end and made Zhou Yuan plead guilty in court, he still felt that the county magistrate Chen Wendao was of the same ilk as this guy. He only gritted his teeth and sentenced him to immediate execution because of the noble status of Bai Yingying and Ye Feng, played by the player.
However, games are always games.
Without triggering the quest, players cannot touch Chen Wendao, the neutral NPC.
Just like the Great Xia Imperial Master who sits high up in the temple, with a hypocritical and sinister face.
All signs showed that there was something wrong with this guy, but without a health bar, there was nothing he could do. None of the 7749 endings could kill him! He survived until the eighth expansion pack! "In the game, you have to do all kinds of investigations, run through a lot of maps, ask hundreds of NPCs, and collect all the evidence before Zhou Yuan's health bar will appear. It's really disgusting."
"Now that we are in the real world, if we don't enforce iron-blooded justice, completely eradicate evil, and restore peace and order to the people of Qingtian, we will be ungrateful to Boss Pei for his friendship and support."
Gu Zhinan said to himself.
I already have a simple and crude plan in mind.
At this time, a faint female voice came from my ear: "How long is it until the third quarter of the morning when the old woman will appear?"
It is reasonable that a person with poor direction skills cannot understand the weather.
Therefore, Gu Zhinan patiently explained: "About one incense stick."
"How long is one stick of incense?"
Gu Zhinan raised the book basket in his hand and said, "Let's finish the food here and then walk to the county government office. It will be enough. Fairy, do you want to have a bite?"
Sword cultivators are also a type of Taoist Qi cultivators, and those who reach the sixth level can practice fasting.
But the desire for delicious food has not been lost.
"You can eat it yourself."
The fairy lady looked uninterested.
Perhaps she was annoyed by being stared at by passers-by, so she lifted her veil and turned into an empty alley.
Gu Zhinan followed and took out a long object from the bamboo basket: "What about this?"
"This is."
Pei Wanyu's eyes flickered, and a hint of excitement appeared in her eyes.
"Candied haws, fairy, you can try it."
Gu Zhinan said with a smile and placed the candied haws in Pei Wanyu's palm.
Seeing the other party holding it with her jade hand, he felt even more emotional.
In the game, the wall of the imperial palace that records the life of Empress Yaotian shows a special memory in the form of CG:
On Boss Pei's sixth birthday, her mother sent her to the Lingxue Sword Sect and bought her a string of candied haws at the market at the foot of the mountain.
This was also the only time in her life that she felt maternal love.
Although it was only for a moment.
But it left a deep impression on her for the rest of her life.
Even after she became an empress, she personally drew on the screen wall the image of the string of candied haws that she remembered.
Gu Zhinan looked at Pei Wanyu quietly.
Look at her slender, jade-white index finger, rubbing the sugar coating awkwardly and carefully.
I saw her looking at it carefully, bringing it close to her lips and teeth several times, but she never swallowed it.
Look at her red eyes.
"Fairy, eat, why don't you eat?"
Gu Zhinan reminded softly.
"It's been so many years. I can't seem to remember how to eat it."
Fairy Pei's eyes turned red, she shook her head, and her tone was softer than ever before.
"Of course, I lick the sugar shell on the surface first. It's made of sucrose and honey. It's really delicious."
Gu Zhinan also picked up a string of candied haws and demonstrated patiently.
The scholar was seen eating with gusto.
Fairy Pei's expression was also moved. After hesitating for a moment, she slightly opened her lips, stuck out her bright and tender tongue, and tentatively touched the huge string of sugar with the tip of her tongue.
As the sweetness spreads across the tip of your tongue.
In an instant, it was like an electric shock.
She seemed to have regained the happy memory of her childhood! The next moment.
Fairy Pei, who is detached from the world, has flushed cheeks and narrowed her beautiful eyes in a daze. She puts the candied haws directly to her red lips, and licks the sugar coating back and forth alternately with her rosy lips and sweet tongue!
Gu Zhinan was stunned.
She is really good at licking.
Eating a candied haws can actually give you an FBI warning!
Mr. Gu, who had already reached the state of "no horse in his mind" in his previous life, cleverly replaced the string of candied haws.
The urgency of being promoted to the eighth rank and activating the magic of Mirror Flower and Water Moon is still increasing!
The two returned to the inn across the street from the county government office.
At this moment, it is exactly three quarters past noon.
"I like candied haws very much."
"You can prepare more along the way."
After the two of them stood still, Fairy Pei spoke the first sentence.
"Okay."
Gu Zhinan nodded, but his eyes looked towards the entrance of the county government office.
At this moment, on both sides of the stone lions at the gate, a group of ragged, skinny people had already lined up in a long queue.
Next to the team stood a group of yamen runners dressed in neat black clothes and with strong backs, maintaining order.
It forms a sharp and ironic contrast.
"Wow, wow, wow, wow, my son is so miserable! I beg the county magistrate to help my son!"
Just then, the wailing of a heartbroken old woman was heard.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.
Then I saw an old woman, who was about 80 years old, limping to the gate with a cane.
The old woman had sparse silver hair that was blown to dishevel by the wind. She looked extremely haggard and looked angry. She kept crying and mumbling all the way.
Seeing the pitiful look of the old woman, even Fairy Pei, who usually had a blank expression on her face, couldn't help but be moved.
“This old woman is.”
"Yes, she is the one we are waiting for, and she is also the one who holds the treasure."
Gu Zhinan walked straight up to her and called softly to the old woman, "Old Lady Wang."
The old woman was crying and complaining to the people queuing nearby.
When she heard someone calling her "old lady", she was slightly startled.
Then, he turned around tremblingly and looked at the young scholar in front of him with an extraordinary appearance: "Sir, are you calling me?"
"certainly."
Gu Zhinan said: "In the entire Qingtian County, everyone knows that you are the mistress of the Wang family, the first martial arts school in the county, the "Divine Fist Sect."
"Alas, it's all in the past. It's so unfair! I have nothing now."
The old woman wiped away her tears, then walked forward with an excited look: "Sir, my family is in such a pity! My only child was killed by the villain, and my daughter-in-law was also -"
"Alright, alright! Madam, these young men know!"
Gu Zhinan quickly signaled to stop.
It's not that Master Gu lacks sympathy! It's mainly because the old lady talks too much, and she keeps repeating the same few words to everyone she meets!
If the player meets her ten times in Qingtian County, he will hear her say the same thing ten times! The key is that you can't CTRL skip!
Pure torture.
"Well, you give me the complaint, and I guarantee that I will give your family justice today." Gu Zhinan said bluntly.
The old woman was stunned for a long while, like a drowning person grabbing a floating log, tears welled up in her eyes, and she almost knelt down: "Really? Sir, you really didn't lie to me? Sir, you are so kind, if you can really redress my son's injustice, I will definitely reward you with a treasure! Please, sir--"
After interrupting the old lady's recitation for the second time, Gu Zhinan snatched the petition from her hand and was about to sound the drum.
A voice suddenly came from behind:
"Young people can't do that!"
"Um?"
Gu Zhinan turned around and saw a bearded man dressed as a hunter walking out of the queue.
The hunter pulled the scholar away from the old lady and said earnestly, "Young man, don't ask for trouble. Everyone present knows who murdered the head of the Wang family. There is nothing we can do! The murderer Zhou Keke is now living in this county government office! Do you know who his backer is? Will it be useful to report to the police?"
Tsk, this uncle is quite nice.
Gu Zhinan looked back at Fairy Pei who was resting with her eyes closed, and smiled, "It's okay, I also have a backer, and my backer is harder and thicker."
After saying.
He looked at the skinny people who lined up in a long line and looked like refugees: "Uncle, what are you doing? Are you collecting relief food?"
Every time you come to Qingtian County Yamen in the game, you can always see people queuing up in long queues.
Although he was puzzled, he rarely went up to have a conversation with them. Instead, he might as well raise his perspective and take a look at the scenery under the fairies' skirts.
But now, this is a real world that is closely related to me, and it is not a bad thing to know more information.
"Relief grain? That's true, but we are just distributing it to the court."
A thin young man in a mandarin jacket nearby sneered.
As soon as he finished speaking, he was immediately stopped by his old father behind him: "You are dying!"
The hunter uncle cleared his throat and said, "Young master, you are from another place, right? These days, the people of Qingtian County are offering "monster-suppressing donations"."
"What donation?" Gu Zhinan frowned slightly.
An old man with a white beard beside him continued, "In recent years, evil demons have appeared frequently in our county. Babies and women in the city have repeatedly disappeared, and people are in a panic. The surrounding demon suppression guards are as good as dead, and they don't care at all!"
"Yes."
The hunter nodded and continued, "There is no other way. Our county magistrate has formed a demon-suppressing team to patrol the county day and night to capture demons."
Gu Zhinan was both angry and amused when he heard this: "So, your donations are used to support the county magistrate's private army to suppress demons? How interesting! You should at least first find out what kind of monsters and demons this army you are helping him to support is made up of, right?"
"Hey! Little brother, stop talking nonsense!"
Seeing several yamen runners surrounding them, the hunter quickly shouted, "The county magistrate is right! The Demon Suppression Division did nothing, but he stepped forward to protect us! We will never be able to repay his kindness in three lifetimes! What is this little donation?!"
"good!"
Someone nearby immediately echoed, "In the past two years, as long as we raised the charity funds on time, those evil monsters immediately dared not show up. This shows that the demon-suppressing team under the command of the county magistrate is full of strong people. How can a kid like you question it!"
"Humph, you despicable outsider! You have ulterior motives!"
"Maybe it's a demon!"
Looking at the indignant expressions of the crowd.
Gu Zhinan smiled but did not say: "The reason why the demons do not show up is because these demons are from the county magistrate's family."
It doesn't make sense.
If he really is the fourth Master Gu who is broad-minded, trustworthy and righteous, just like Mengchangjun, I'm afraid he will really do something.
"You don't have to worry too much. Dynasties change, time passes, and the people are always the easiest to be fooled."
The white-clothed female sword fairy beside her crossed her arms and watched coldly the whole time. In the end, she couldn't help but console him: "It's human nature."
"On the contrary."
Gu Zhinan shook his head, his pair of gentle jade-like eyes firmly looking at the fairy in white in front of him: "The people have sharp eyes. They know who is good to them and who is oppressing them."
"Is this what they call understanding?" Fairy Pei frowned slightly.
"Fairy, I want to make a bet with you."
"Oh, tell me about it."
Gu Zhinan leaned close to the female boss's snow-white earlobe and whispered something.
"Okay, no matter what you want to bet on, I'll bet with you!" Fairy Pei's eyes were proud, she even felt that she was the winner at this moment.
"Hey! That's what the fairy said!"
Gu Zhinan's heart was filled with emotion, and his mind instantly switched to an incredible MVP settlement scene.
"call out--"
The bronze mirror on his chest emitted a brilliant golden light! "You have received a side quest [The Fourth Master Gu is here, and the sky will be clear]: eliminate all evil spirits and save the people of Qingtian."
"Mission Reward: Experience Points: 300."
Huh? The main quest of investigating the chief guard of the Southwest Demon Suppression Division has not been completed yet, and now there is another side quest?
What a weird mission name!
After a moment.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Master Gu held the Wang family's petition in one hand and a drumstick in the other, and beat the drum in front of the yamen wildly.
"Stop, stop, stop! Who are you and what are you suing for?" A middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe and holding a badge of the chief clerk walked out.
"I want to sue the Qingtian County Magistrate, Chen Wendao!"
As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked.
Court.
A plaque with a bright mirror hangs high in the center.
On both sides stood warriors and yamen runners with stern faces and killing sticks.
After making love with his foxy concubine all night last night, County Magistrate Chen, with a dazed look on his face, lay on the desk, opened his bloodshot eyes and looked towards Dian Xin.
His eyes were immediately fixed on the peerless beauty who was wearing snow-white clothes, with a Taoist bun, and looked like a Taoist fairy.
His eyes lit up.
I was just about to say a few gentle words to the beauty.
Suddenly I realized that the cynical young scholar next to me must be the troublemaker today!
"Who in the hall is suing me? Hmm?"
Chen Wendao slammed the gavel, and the runners on both sides responded immediately with powerful shouts.
It was also the first time for Fairy Pei to attend an official occasion in the secular world. She pursed her lips, looking a little unnatural.
Instead of going through this formality.
She would rather wipe out the county government with a single sword.
But since the guy next to her promised her a treasure afterwards, she had no choice but to endure it.
"Speak."
She looked at the scholar next to her and urged him coldly in her inner voice.
She is not afraid of any strong person, but she hates the embarrassment that makes her scalp tingle.
"Don't worry, fairy. I am preparing something."
Gu Zhinan closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Just like the great devil Faker who won five championships in his previous life and still needs to prove himself -
He is also praying to God.
But what he asked was——
Under the gaze of the whole audience, Master Gu threw the scarf on his head to the ground, lifted the hem of his scholarly robe, opened his eyes wide, and shouted in a clear and loud voice: "Chen Wendao! Fuck your mother!!!"
Pei Wanyu: (⊙⊙) Chen Wendao: ∑(O_O；) (End of this chapter)
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