Tang Dynasty During the Zhenguan period, there was a shop on Chang'an Street that specialized in selling all kinds of precious and strange things called Qibaozhai. It not only sells rare birds, beasts and precious flowers, but also sometimes it also serves some noble officials and noble people in the capital who like to serve flowers, plants, fish and insects.
Qibaozhai's shopkeeper is an old man in his sixties. His surname is Tong and his name is Wanshan. Although he is old, he is knowledgeable. There are no rare birds and beasts in the world that he does not know.
On this day, it started drizzling in the capital, and there were almost no pedestrians on Chang'an Street, and Tong Wanshan was still sitting in the hall in Qibaozhai as usual. Looking at the drizzle outside, he sat in the store and drank fragrant tea leisurely. He thought no one would come to the door today, but unexpectedly, a man walked in braved the rainy day.
As soon as the man entered the door, he took off his water-flowing straw raincoat, and then bowed to Tong Wanshan, and said, "I have heard that the shopkeeper Tong is knowledgeable and has all kinds of rare birds and beasts in the world know everything. I have something here, so I specially come to the door to ask you to take a look."
Tong Wanshan glanced at the man and saw that he was wearing a cloth clothes, not like a wealthy family, so he didn't take it to heart, but just said lightly: "Take it out and I'll take it out and see it."
saw the man carefully take out a feather from his arms. Yes, it was a feather. After Tong Wanshan took it, he just took a look and saw his face showing an incredible expression. He broke the feather with his hands and took it to his eyes and turned it left and right. He saw that the feather was tough like a piece of bamboo, but hard as iron. At first glance, the feather was as dark as ink, but looking at it, he found that it was transparent all over.
saw Tong Wanshan looking for a long time and asked carefully: "Shopkeeper Tong, do you know that it is just a feather of a bird?"
Tong Wanshan's face changed and he said in a deep voice: "Tong is a little talented and knowledgeable. He has never seen such feathers. Please forgive me for being helpless. Please be smart!" The man said disappointedly after hearing this: "If even Storekeeper Tong doesn't know, I'm afraid no one in the world can recognize you in this world. I knew it."
Tong Wanshan laughed after hearing this, "Although I don't know this kind of feather, if you can tell me in detail about how to get this kind of feather, maybe I can see some clues."
The man thought for a moment and sighed, saying, "Since that's the case, I can only do this." After that, he began to tell his story.
The man said that his surname was Zhou and his name was Zixuan, and he was a candidate who went to Beijing to take the exam from Luzhou . That day, he was about to pass through a forest on his way to the capital, but unexpectedly he encountered an attack from a group of bandits there. Just as he was in the life and death plan, a young girl suddenly appeared from somewhere and saved his life. The girl went up and fought with the bandits without saying a word. At that time, because he was too frightened and was cut by the bandits on his leg and lost too much blood, he fainted on the spot.
When he woke up, he found that he was already lying on a bed. He looked around and found that this was a small wooden house. When he recalled the scene before he fainted, he must have been saved by that little girl.
At that time, he couldn't help but think in his heart that the girl looked not old last year, how did she fight against those bandits by herself? But then I thought about it, there are many strange people living in the wilderness. Maybe that girl is one of them? After he figured it out, he began to recover from his injuries with peace of mind.
Zhou Zixuan was injured by a bandit and could not walk in a short time, so the food he ate and drank was brought back by the girl from outside. The girl told him that his name was Yu'er and he lived here alone.
Under Yu'er's careful care, his injuries recovered very quickly. It took him just over a dozen days to go downstairs and walk slowly. Only then did he realize that the wooden house was built on a protruding huge rock on the cliff wall. The huge rocks were in the air on three sides, and only a row of rope ladders woven from vines were able to figure it out with the ground.The rope ladder is 100 meters away from the ground. Looking from above, Zhou Zixuan felt his legs and feet weak in an instant, but Yu'er had to climb out of the rope ladder every day. Yu'er told him more than once that because he is a man who is too heavy, he must not climb around when he is fine. If he needs anything, tell her and she will help him bring it back from outside.
Zhou Zixuan couldn't help but have some questions after hearing this: Since she said that the rope ladder could not withstand her weight, how did she get herself up after she was injured and unconscious that day? Is there any other secret passage here that can lead to the outside?
To find out, he pretended to go to bed that day. When he heard the sound of Yu'er closing the door and going out, he quickly got out of bed secretly, and then quietly hid behind the window to observe in secret. Unexpectedly, he discovered a shocking secret of Yu'er. Yu'er stood on the edge of the huge rock and opened his arms. Suddenly he saw a pair of wings growing on her back, and her mouth slowly turned into a bird's beak...
Speaking of this, Zhou Zixuan deliberately stopped and looked at Tong Wanshan, but found that Tong Wanshan was not surprised at all after listening to what he said. Tong Wanshan smiled slightly and said, "Young Master Zhou, as you said just now, you should know them. Why do you have to come to me with a feather? Is it just to see me look ugly?"
Zhou Zixuan shook his head and said, "Don't misunderstand by Manager Tong, I don't have this intention!" After saying that, he sighed deeply and continued, "Although I saw through Yu'er's true body that day and knew that she was not a human, I didn't feel scared at all. Because I knew she was sincerely kind to me. However, I was still worried about the imperial examination in Beijing. Although Yu'er was reluctant to leave, I finally let me go for my future. Maybe God blessed me. I won the championship in that scientific examination, and even answered the exam in the palace examination, and was the second place in the high school. But when I went back to find her happily, I found that she had left there at some time. I searched for a long time but couldn't find a clue for Yu'er, and in the end I had no choice. . I came here just to get your old advice and see if I could find some clues so that I could find her."
Tong Wanshan had a question in his heart after listening to it, so he asked curiously: "You set off from Luzhou to Beijing to take the exam. It was a long journey, but it was delayed for half a month because of your injury. How could you participate in the imperial examination on time?"
After listening to Tong Wanshan's words, Zhou Zixuan frowned slightly, paused and continued, "When talking about this, I owe Yu'er another kindness. On that day, I told Yu'er that I was afraid that I would miss the imperial examination because I wasted time, but Yu'er told me that I didn't have to worry about her own way.
Three days later, I just woke up and found that there was an cloak on the head of the bed, all of which were sewn with this black feather. I picked it up and found that the cloak looked very heavy. I didn't get it in my hand and found that the cloak was as light as nothing, and it was very warm.
At this time, Yu'er next to me asked me to put it on my body. I put the cloak on my body as I said. Unexpectedly, just with a thought, I floated up suddenly. It turned out that this was the "Niang Shang Feather Clothes" specially sewn by Yu'er for me. As long as I put it on, I could fly in the sky like Yu'er.
I was excited like a child. Who would have thought that at this moment, Yu'er's face suddenly turned pale, and then she vomited a mouthful of blood. It turned out that Yu'er had never closed her eyes for three days and three nights in order to sew this dress. Because of excessive hard work, she suffered great damage to her vitality.
I originally wanted to stay and take care of her, but she insisted on letting me take the imperial examination, and she also said that a real man should make achievements first, and then talk about the long love between children.So I promised her that I would come back to find her after the imperial examination. After saying goodbye to Yu'er, I walked in the air. The journey of one month was originally only a short three days now... "
Hearing this, Tong Wanshan lowered his head and pondered for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Mr. Zhou, I'm afraid your story has not been finished yet, right? "When Zhou Zixuan was asked suddenly by the other party, his eyes were obviously dodging and he didn't dare to look at Tong Wanshan. He said hesitantly: "Shopkeeper Tong, I have said everything I should say. I wonder why you said that? "
Tong Wanshan took a sip of tea, smiled coldly, pointed to Zhou Zixuan's belt and said, "Although you are wearing a cloth clothes, the golden python belt around your waist is not something a new Jinshi can afford. As far as I can see, after the imperial list came out, you should have climbed up to the high branch and didn’t want to go back to that small broken wooden house and Miss Yuer to suffer, right? "
After hearing Tong Wanshan's words, Zhou Zixuan seemed to be talking about his worries, and his face was flushed with shame. After a while, he slowly said: "Shopkeeper Tong's eyes are really like a torch, and he can't hide anything from you! "
It turns out that after the imperial list came out, Zhou Zixuan was attracted by the Minister of Rites Wang of the current dynasty, and wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law of the dragon. On the one hand, he couldn't bear to see the wealth and help that Lord Wang could bring him, and on the other hand, he couldn't forget Yu'er's tenderness. The greedy Zhou Zixuan wanted to enjoy the blessings of both fish and bear paws.
Zhou Zixuan returned to the wooden house again. This time he came back not to fulfill his original promise, but to persuade Yu'er to be his concubine. Although Ran Yu'er was full of tears, but he still agreed to his request. But what he never expected was that Yu'er promised him was just a delaying strategy. Yu'er left without saying goodbye that night and has been missing. Zhou Zixuan felt sorry for Yu'er, so he wanted to find Yu'er, so he swallowed his anger and came to Qibaozhai to find clues.
Who would have thought that Tong Wanshan suddenly sneered when he heard this and said unhappy: "Young Master Zhou, if you are still planning to lie to me halfway through the words, then we have nothing to say. Please go back! "
Zhou Zixuan said excitedly: "I have told the truth. If you don't believe it, I have no choice. Could it be..."
Tong Wanshan directly interrupted Zhou Zixuan and said, "Young Master Zhou, you are the second best in the new subject and the son-in-law of the Minister of Rites of the current dynasty. How could you spend so much energy to find a woman of unknown origin? Aren't you afraid of annoying your father-in-law? Unless there is another hidden truth!" These words mercilessly pointed out the loopholes in Zhou Zixuan's words.
Zhou Zixuan showed pain after hearing it, as if the words just now hit his unknown pain point. He hesitated for a long time and gritted his teeth to continue to tell the truth behind. It turned out that Wang Shangshu was fighting openly and secretly in the court, but he was caught and reported to the emperor. The emperor was furious and directly removed Wang Shangshu from his post as the people, and the Miss Wang accepted it. The real blow was not affected by the strife and died soon after.
At this time, Zhou Zixuan not only did not receive any help from his father-in-law, but was also implicated. His colleagues in the court knew that he was Wang Shangshu's son-in-law, and everyone was interested in alienating him, fearing that he would be implicated by himself by the time he would be unable to lose a lot of rice. At this time, Zhou Zixuan had nothing, and then realized that only Yu'er in this world was sincere to him, so he wanted to find Yu'er back to accompany him.
Tong Wanshan heard that Zhou Zixuan did not lie to him this time, but Tong Wanshan said sarcastically: "Young Master Zhou, you are such a heartless man who follows the wind!" Zhou Zixuan was not angry after hearing this, and did not refute. Instead, he knelt on his knees and said, "Shopkeeper Tong, I already know that I am wrong. I hope you can give me a chance to reform myself!"
Tong Wanshan thought for a while and said, "I can give you the opportunity once, but I open the business here and charge for people's eyes is not low, let alone such an unheard of strange things? I wonder what the reward Mr. Zhou is going to give me?"
Zhou Zixuan quickly took out a stack of silver notes , one hundred taels per piece, a total of ten. Unexpectedly, Tong Wanshan shook his head without even looking at it: "The yellow and white things are rewards for ordinary things in the palm of your eyes. What you are looking for is a heavenly person who can fly in the air. These common things are naturally not possible."
Zhou Zixuan thought for a while, and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, as long as you can help me find Yu'er, I will present the 'Niang Shang Feather Clothes' with both hands as the reward for this time." Tong Wanshan suddenly felt energetic when he heard this and asked quickly: "Have you ever brought that feather Clothes?"
Zhou Zixuan did not answer, but took the straw raincoat over. He turned over the straw raincoat and saw that inside the straw raincoat was a cloak made of black feathers.
Who would have thought that the seemingly ordinary straw raincoat had hidden mystery, but Tong Wanshan didn't buy it and said coldly: "Do you say this is the 'Nichang Feather Clothes'? Who knows if you just found some chicken and duck feathers sewn, which is not as magical as you said." When Zhou Zixuan heard this, he became anxious on the spot and said excitedly: "How could I lie to you? If you don't believe it, I will put it on now and let you see if this is really 'Nichang Feather Clothes'!"
"It's so good, let me see its magicality when you put it on!"
Zhou Zixuan put on the black feather suit with some impatientness. It was really magical. The feather suit looked very fat, but when Zhou Zixuan put it on, the feathers actually fit on his body piece by piece, and it looked like they were born. What's even more amazing is that a pair of wings suddenly grew out of his back. Just as they were breathing, Zhou Zixuan's mouth also turned into a bird's beak.
At this moment, Tong Wanshan suddenly turned around and turned a vase behind him for half a circle. With a "pop", a big net fell from the sky. He said that it was soon enough, and directly covered Zhou Zixuan tightly. Tong Wanshan turned the vase again, and the big net immediately tightened and tightly strangled Zhou Zixuan tightly.
Zhou Zixuan shouted in a panic expression: "Shopkeeper Tong, what do you mean?" Tong Wanshan's eyes showed fierce light and said viciously: "A ungrateful villain like you, it is a waste to keep such a treasure. It is better for me to take your life and keep this treasure, which can be regarded as atonement for you." As he said that, he took off a steel knife on the wall.
Zhou Zixuan was so scared that he burst into cold sweat, and said tremblingly: "This is the capital... If you kill me... you can't escape..."
Tong Wanshan suddenly burst into laughter after hearing this, pointing at Zhou Zixuan and said: "Murdering is illegal, but if I kill a bird, what is the crime? Don't forget what you are now?"
Zhou Zixuan has now become a bird man, and he instinctively wants to take off his feathered clothes and reply. As it was, but the big net was too tight and he couldn't move inside. Only then did he realize that he was fooled. Tong Wanshan was planning to embezzle the treasure!
Just as Zhou Zixuan was struggling constantly in the big net, Tong Wanshan had already put the cold steel knife on his neck. When it came to this life and death plan, Zhou Zixuan calmed down a lot. He said with tears in his eyes: "You can kill me today, but can you tell me the whereabouts of Yu'er before I die, so that my soul could find her, and it would be a waste of my life."
Zhou Zixuan closed his eyes after saying that, and a line of clear tears kept dripping down the corners of his eyes, and Tong Wanshan's knife was put down. He turned the vase again and loosened Zhou Zixuan's restraints himself. Zhou Zixuan looked at him with confusion. Tong Wanshan said softly: "A person is about to die, and his words are kind. I just wanted to give it a try just now to see if you have any regrets. Now it seems that you really know that you are wrong. Since that's the case, I will give you a chance. If you can really find Yu'er, please don't be innocent again in this life. She is defeated!"
Facing Tong Wanshan's earth-shaking changes, Zhou Zixuan was slightly stunned and thanked Tong Wanshan repeatedly. Tong Wanshan said slowly: "I really don't know where Yu'er is going, but judging from the feather you gave me just now, Yu'er should be a descendant of the 'Wing Clan' at the beginning of the world. I have read it in an ancient book. The Wing Clan was once mainly distributed in Ningzhou, Donglu Lanzhou, which is now in Wujiangbin and Fuzhou. You can search in these two places, and maybe you can find her! "
Zhou Zixuan bowed deeply to Tong Wanshan. Just as he turned around and left, Tong Wanshan called him and threw the 'Nichang Yuyi' over: "Take this away! With it you may be easier to find Yuer. "
Zhou Zixuan walked out of Qibaozhai with great gratitude. After Zhou Zixuan left, Qibaozhai returned to his former peace. Tong Wanshan walked to the desk and took out an exquisite wooden box from the drawer. Opened it, it contained a black feather as dark as ink. It was exactly the same as the feathers Zhou Zixuan gave him before.
It turned out that this was not the first time Tong Wanshan heard of the "Wing Clan". When he was young, his parents were killed by thieves because of a sudden change in his family. His uncle not only did not help him, but wanted to take the opportunity to occupy the family business left to him by his parents and hired criminals to make money and kill him. Just because he thought his life should be like this At that time, he was rescued by a girl from the Wings. The girl also exhausted her efforts to sew a "Nichang Feather Clothes" for him and entrusted her life to him.
But after a few years, he secretly ran out with the girl on his back because he couldn't stand the hardships, and used the Nichang Feather Clothes to open the Qibaozhai with the money he had dismissed, and in the end he only left a feather as a souvenir. Until now, he felt guilty for his behavior.
He didn't know if Zhou Zixuan came to find him, or if he accidentally ran into him. But now it doesn't matter. He just hopes that he can fulfill Zhou Zixuan and that girl Yu'er, and just make up for the mistakes of the girl he had let down before!
Xiao Ran wants to say: People all say that people are not sages, but once some mistakes are made, they will not be able to make up for this life.
You have to forget the flowers planted in the past and love the fruitful trees,
First to start a career when meeting a noble person, and start a family when meeting a good person.
First to take a look at this life,
Eat and drink, not getting sick, is a blessing,
If you can meet someone you love and love yourself,
Make some money, That is a great blessing.
But some people are always not satisfied and always want more, but in the end they become nothing.
