Chapter 100 It is taboo not to mention anyone’s last name.
Li Qingxian looked at Ye Han. His face was slightly pale, as if he had suffered from the cold.
"Then go to the public house." Wu Jingtian said.
"Master Ye Wei, please come with me," Wang Laoshi said as he walked. "Tonight we are going to worship the Goddess of Mercy, so we have prepared a lot of food and will deliver it to the public house soon. Our Fangyuan Village is located in a remote area and there is nothing good. , these are home-cooked dishes, please don’t be surprised, gentlemen."
Han Anbo said: "Since it is food for worship, we can't eat it casually."
Some night guards looked at Han Anbo displeasedly, who had peed in the river earlier. Liu Xiang was wearing a tenth-grade official robe embroidered with white horses. He stared at hazel eyes and said, "Brother Han, isn't it? I've been gone for a few days and you still don't have a warm meal? Give it to God and feed it to others." It's all the same. I've even eaten offerings for the dead."
Wang Laoshi smiled and said slowly: "Of course, what we eat and what is provided to the empress must be separated. Masters, the village will hold a big ceremony to worship the fifth empress. Outside the village No matter what, the mistress has set a 'taboo' for the village. Unlucky words cannot be said. Also, the village is not allowed to call the new master Zhou by name before he names him." Several old night guards said with faces
. Suspicion appeared on his face, but quickly dissipated.
Wu Jingtian nodded and said: "Sacrifice is a top priority. Since we have set 'taboos', we must abide by them. Everyone, listen up. In this village, you are not allowed to mention names or say unlucky words." "Master Ye Wei
is Someone who has seen the world." Wang honestly smiled and walked forward slowly.
Li Qingxian felt that he had overlooked something again, but he felt that it was not important, so he didn't bother to think about it.
"Since the village is not allowed to call people by their first names, let's change our names to make it easier to address them. I like listening to books, so just call me "Listening to Books." Han Anbo winked at Li Qingxian.
Li Qingxian felt a little confused, nodded and said: "Then call me Sunshine Boy."
After saying that, Li Qingxian felt much clearer and muttered in his heart, there are so many things going on in Qi State, and he still needs a network when he encounters a sacrifice. name.
Like Li Qingxian and Han Anbo, everyone didn't think there was any problem and gave themselves new names one after another.
Liu Xiang smiled evilly and called himself "the one who releases water," Ye Han called himself "the lucky one," and Nie Shan behind Ye Han called himself "the one who climbs high."
Wu Jingtian directly changed his name to "Xiaowei".
Yu Ping frowned and said, "What new name should I give?"
"Foodie." Li Qingxian said casually.
"That's it." Han Anbo said.
Yu Ping pouted, too lazy to argue.
A group of people approached the public house. Standing at the door was an old woman wearing blue cloth. Her back was hunched and her face was wrinkled. She carried a wicker basket filled with mugwort on her left arm. She took out a stick of mugwort from the basket with her right hand and said with a smile. "We are all guests here, bring mugwort to keep you safe." The
gaps between her fingernails were dark, and she didn't know how much dirt had been stuffed into them.
The old woman handed the first mugwort to a night guard and said with a smile: "What do you call this master night guard?"
The young night guard was playing with the jade pendant with red fringe and fish patterns hanging from his waist. He was distracted and picked up the hand. Guo Ai Cao said casually: "Yun Zhigao, my friends all call me Yun San'er."
Wei's expression changed slightly in the middle of the night.
"I remember." The old woman smiled and reached into the basket to grab the second piece of mugwort.
The listener stepped forward and said, "My name is the listener."
The young night guard became alert, put down his jade pendant, and said hurriedly: "I made a mistake, my name is the cowherd."
The old woman in blue smiled. , said: "The name has been decided and cannot be changed casually. Here it is, the listener." He handed the second piece of wormwood to the listener.
The cowherd looked remorseful, and the cowherd smiled and said, "It's okay, I just said it wrong. Just remember it next time. My name is the herder." Except
for the cowherd, twenty people all gave new names. Some held mugwort in their waists, while others played with it in their hands.
The listener carefully stuffed the mugwort into his arms and said seriously: "Everyone, put the mugwort away, don't play around with it, don't lose it."
Sunshine Boy also put it in his clothes. Except for a few people who didn't care about it, most of them put it away carefully.
After tying up the cattle, twenty night guards wearing mugwort entered the house.
The room is spacious and bright, with a long yellow wood table placed in the center of the room.
Wang Laoshi followed in and said with a smile: "Masters of the night guard, wait a moment, the food will be delivered soon."
Everyone sat down, the cool breeze blew in the room, and the heat dissipated.
"I can finally eat fresh food, and I've been feeling weird these days." He put his feet on the dining table, leaned back on the chair, and rocked back and forth. The school captain said: "After lunch, take a rest for a while, but no one is allowed to wander around and must gather together. When it gets colder outside, ask the villagers about the wolf demon. If you find any traces, kill them. If you can't find them, kill them." We won't set off until tomorrow afternoon."
"It all depends on Mr. Wu," said Fangshui.
The captain's face darkened, and he cursed: "You have water in your head? There are only captains here, there are no Lords Five or Six. If you talk nonsense again, I... be careful." "Yes, yes, Lord Colonel,
I Wrong..." He quickly admitted his mistake, then turned his head and curled his lips, his hazel eyes filled with indifference.
The listener coughed lightly and said, "Since you are in someone else's village, you must abide by other people's rules. If something happens if you just follow your own rules, don't blame me, the listener, for not warning me." Most people nodded
. A few people just looked out the door.
The sunshine boy was silent, feeling more and more weird here, but he felt relieved when he thought that this was a great festival. In Qi State, the great festival was the most important, and the rules could not be violated.
After a while, female villagers came up one after another carrying meals and placed them on the table.
Some of the night guards' eyes were shining, and their gazes were glued to the breasts, waist and hips of the female villagers who were coming in and out.
The foodie looked at the fragrant food and swallowed his saliva.
Yellow pork knuckles, steaming beef stew, steamed white fish covered with chopped green onions, red braised pork ribs, colorful mixed vegetables, green rapeseed...
Before the captain could speak, someone picked up the scallion pancakes, some took the noodles, some picked up the rice, picked up the meat and vegetables with their chopsticks, and ate happily.
Especially the watery one, eating with big mouthfuls, picking and picking at the dishes, only picking out what he likes.
The foodie turned his head and looked at the reader with resentful eyes.
The listener gave him a sharp look.
The captain snorted coldly and said to Wang Laoshi: "Old man, you can eat with us."
Wang Laoshi said hurriedly: "How can this be done? These are for guests."
The captain said: "How can there be any guests to eat ? The reason why the master won't eat. If you eat, if you don't eat, we won't eat either."
Except for a few three or four people including the one who poured water, the others silently stopped their chopsticks and closed their mouths.
Wang Laoshi said with a smile: "Master Xiaowei has orders, so I dare not disobey. I am very lucky today. Normally I am not qualified to eat big fish and meat." After Wang Laoshi finished, he picked up
a bowl of rice with his left hand. He picked up the chopsticks with his right hand, picked up a piece of elbow meat, put it into his mouth, chewed it, and smiled with his eyes narrowed.
The captain then picked up the rice and picked out a piece of elbow meat.
The rest of the people hurriedly followed the captain, only holding their elbows.
The foodie remained motionless and looked at the reader.
The man listening to the book snorted coldly and went to drink water and eat solid food.
The sunshine boy took a few mouthfuls of dry food and looked at the lucky boy.
Lucky Sheng and the four of them didn't even eat anything from the village, but ate the prepared dry food.
In the large brick and stone public house, sunlight penetrated through the holes in the paper windows and illuminated the entire room.
The night guards were in a hurry, sweating profusely, and soon their dishes were messy. Everyone held their stomachs in their hands and leaned on their chairs, looking satisfied.
The index finger of his right hand holding water was clasped between his teeth, and he was burping. Every time he burped, his thin eyebrows, thin eyes, and moles trembled in unison.
Even the captain had his belly puffed out and looked lazily without saying a word.
After eating and drinking, everyone sat and chatted about the war between Yanzhou and Dahe.
The sunshine boy listened quietly.
After resting for an hour, the captain stood up, patted his belly, and said: "After eating and drinking, it's time to get to work. Everyone, follow me to investigate the wolf monster." The nineteen night
guards left the public room and followed Wang Laoshi to question the deceased. Relatives then went to investigate the two places where the deceased was found.
When we returned to the village again, the sun was setting and darkness was falling.
(End of chapter)