Chapter 14 (1/2)
Dongting Lake, Yueyang City.
A young man sat lazily under the archway with a withered straw in his mouth.
The boy was dressed in a light gray coat with a long sword tied behind his back. His trouser legs were pulled up high, revealing his feet as thin as bones.
Beside him stood a very thin little donkey.
People are lazy and donkeys are listless.
The boy is the traceless wanderer here.
The summer sun is full of energy and wants to scorch the earth.
The guys in the street shops were sleepy, and the vendors all looked for the shade under the big tree.
It was a lazy afternoon, one that made people listless and the donkey listless.
But it was in such an afternoon that a burst of rapid hoof sounds sounded in the street like thunder.
The sound of horses' hoofs shattered the peace of the whole street.
Pedestrians woke up and gave way.
At one end of the street, three galloping horses galloped, and three men in green were struggling to whip.
”Get out of the way, get out of the way“
Then fruits and vegetables rolled all over the ground, and vendors' boxes and baskets flew all over the sky.
With the ”crackling” sound of the whip, some screamed and others screamed.
The long street, which was just quiet and lazy, was in chaos for a moment.
At dusk, in the long street, a child less than five years old was crying loudly and looking around.
In the crowd, a young woman lost her beauty and threw her vegetable basket on the ground.
She screamed and cried, desperate to jump on the child.
The thunder like sound of horse's hooves didn't wake up without trace. This heartbreaking and shrill cry made no trace jump up.
Seeing a galloping horse like electricity, he was less than two feet away from the child.
Everyone raised his heart to his throat. If you step on it, will the child wilt and die?
At this time, traceless, like an ape, bounced up and flew to the lost child.
A figure flashed by, and three horses ran like electricity. They didn't stop at all. In the twinkling of an eye, they had run five feet away.
After the woman screamed, her eyes turned white and her head fell back.
Fortunately, passers-by held them one after another. Some people grabbed them, some poured cold water, and some moved wooden stools.
A moment later, the woman woke up with a ”whining” sound. Zhang looked into the street and saw the fruits and melons in the long street, but there was no sign of the child?
He almost fainted again with a scream.
At this time, they saw a thin boy like a monkey coming with a child in his arms, but the child was the one who panicked in the standing road.
The crowd applauded one after another, and the applause was thunderous for a moment.
The woman looked up, pushed aside the crowd, came forward and took the child. ”Plop” knelt to the ground, but she choked and couldn't make a sound.
I don't know who said: ”the people of Cuiliu villa are too arrogant! Even flying horses in the long street, regardless of other people's life and death“
The crowd echoed one after another, and there was humanity: ”I owe this young man today. Otherwise, there will be another dead soul on the long street“
The crowd applauded again.
No trace flashed a pair of eyes, showed two rows of white teeth and grinned. Then he walked to the little donkey standing motionless in the distance as if nothing had happened.
The woman strode to catch up and wanted to kneel again. Traceless stopped her quickly.
”Thanks to your help, the children were saved from being robbed. Please leave your name and surname. When I go home, I will offer you a memorial tablet and kneel down with fragrance in the morning and evening, so as to protect your long life“
Traceless fool, I don't have many years to live. How can I live a long life?
He climbed slowly onto the donkey's back and said, ”my name is traceless“
A man and a donkey walked slowly on the long messy street and went alone.
The crowd looked at the skinny boy riding a skinny and listless little donkey, as if they saw that he was shining more brightly than the sun hanging in the sky.
The donkey was listless, traceless and sleepy.
A man and a donkey slowly came to the lake. In front of them, the blue waves were vast and the sails were intertwined. Gulls fly on the lake and the sky is as blue as washing.
No trace stands by the lake and looks into the distance. It's relaxing and happy.
On the surface of the lake, a boat was chopping and chopping slowly.
The boat stopped ten feet away from the lake. From a distance, it was luxurious and exquisite.
The boat is divided into four layers. The bottom layer only sees a row of windows and a row of wood pulp. The upper three floors are like attics, carved beams and painted buildings.
At the bow of the ship, a black brocade flag was hung on a flagpole two feet high. On the flag surface, the Big Dipper seven stars were embroidered with white silk thread, which was black and white.
On the open-air pavilions in the three storey attic, several women dressed in colorful clothes stood, dancing in the lake wind, as if they wanted to fly away in the wind.
A middle-aged man dressed in brocade stood still by the lake. Seeing that the boat stopped, he hugged his fist and said, ”is it the cold landlord of the star picking building? My villa leader learned that the landlord recently visited Yueyang and ordered me to wait here for many days. I also hope that landlord Leng will condescend and go to Cuiliu villa for a chat“
The voice is loud and full of Qi. Although it is far away, it can still be heard clearly.
A moment later, on the pavilion on the top floor of the painted boat, a man in royal clothes raised his voice and said: ”the landlord has been wandering on the water for several days. He is very tired. He will rest here today and visit villa leader Yue another day“
With a sigh of ”Hi”, the middle-aged man on the shore hugged his fist and turned back to leave.
No trace looked at the boat and thought, ”Lord Leng of the star picking building, this man's shelf is not small! People have been waiting here for many days, but they can't invite him“
However, after the long street incident just now, he had no good feelings for Cuiliu villa. It was not inappropriate to invite the owner of the star picking building.
At this time, a wisp of piano sound came from the boat.
The sound of the piano is melodious and graceful, very beautiful.