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Chapter 514 Is the golden scale a thing in the pool?

"Your mother is still very healthy for her age! This long journey must have been quite tiring for her."

They arranged the donkey's back by the roadside and let it carry Wang Jin's elderly mother.

The two of them weren't in a rush to go to each other's homes for drinks. Instead, Wang Jin was given a temporary tour guide on the roadside, who led him around the market and bought plenty of things before they went there.

"Brother Lu, is your donkey still from Bianjing City?"

"Yes," came the reply from the roadside.

"I live in a remote area mainly for peace and quiet."

He led the donkey by the roadside, but didn't enter the village, because he was afraid Wang Jin would misunderstand.

"But someone has come to invite you, Brother Lu, to take up an official post?" Wang Jin asked.

"That's true." Lu Bian smiled.

"The Duan family of Dali, though small and weak, has managed to maintain peace in their territory by using the mountains and rivers as a natural barrier. They are also known as the Kingdom of Wonderful Fragrance, and every household there reveres Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and Salvation from Suffering in the South China Sea."

"Most of the emperors of Dali abdicated voluntarily in their old age, and after abdicating, they became monks at Chongsheng Temple, where the custom of venerating Buddhism flourished."

"I have a skill in stone carving. The abbot of Chongsheng Temple specially invited me to carve a sutra pillar. The abbot was originally the emperor of Dali. He was amazed by my talent and wanted to invite me to be a general. He would come to my door every few days."

The troubles he spoke of on the roadside were actually tinged with envy in Wang Jin's eyes.

"Brother Lu, you made an image of the Bodhisattva, but was the Bodhisattva guiding you here?"

It's hard for Wang Jin not to make this connection.

Back then, statues were carved along the roadside outside Bianjing city. Countless people witnessed the scene but did not know the real names of the statues. Only Wang Jin knew the names clearly.

Coach Wang is a good friend.

In fact, he only needed to reveal a little bit to his superiors to secure a life of wealth and honor.

"It's hard to say what fate will bring," he said with a smile by the roadside.

They arrived home in no time. Wang Jin glanced at the courtyard gate, marveling at the unique charm of the roadside dwelling.

More than a dozen brightly colored birds, whose names I do not know, stood on the roof ridge, creating a scene reminiscent of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix. Two peacocks, one black and one white, flew down and chirped as they saw Wang Jin and his two guests arriving by the roadside. They walked around the three of them, sizing up Wang Jin and his elderly mother.

"Don't be afraid, it's a domesticated bird."

He beckoned Wang Jin and his elderly mother to sit down in the main room, then unloaded the goods from the donkey's back and killed a chicken to start stewing it.

Wang Jin glanced around the layout of the house by the roadside. It didn't feel like a wealthy family's home, but rather filled with the warmth and everyday life of its inhabitants. Sitting at the table, he felt completely relaxed and truly enjoying his life.

He carried a jar of wine back to the main room from the roadside, placed a ceramic bowl in front of himself, Wang Jin, and his elderly mother, and began to pour the wine.

"That's how it is in Dali. First, you drink, and then you eat," the roadside man said to Wang Jin.

"Such customs are truly different from those in the Central Plains," Wang Jin said.

"Auntie, you should drink too."

A bowl of wine was also poured for Wang Jin's elderly mother by the roadside.

"what?"

Wang Jin was stunned.

"You find it strange, don't you? Haha. Like I said, in Dali, even an eighty-year-old auntie enjoys a couple of bowls of wine every day, doing whatever she pleases," he laughed by the roadside.

"I'm an old woman, and this is the first time an official has ever invited me to drink." Wang Jin's mother was very respectful to the roadside man, picking up the earthenware bowl and gesturing to him before taking a small sip.

"This wine!!" Wang Jin's mother's eyes lit up.

"This is Baihua Wine."

"It is made by aging and brewing with petals picked from flowers in all four seasons. It cannot be brewed anywhere else except in the south of the clouds."

"Here, flowers are not only for admiring, but also for making wine and eating. There are flowers that can be used in dishes in every season of the year."

"If you ask where in the world life is most comfortable, it has to be here." "Indeed," Wang Jin also exclaimed. "Just look at the climate, it's so cool that you don't feel hot when you practice martial arts."

"You should definitely pay attention to sun protection."

"Because it's closer to the sky, the sunlight is much harsher than in Bianjing. You can see that many locals have dark skin, all from being tanned by the sun," someone said by the roadside.

"Hahaha~!!" Wang Jin burst into laughter.

The peacock stepped over the threshold, followed by the little fox Pingping. As soon as they entered the house, they saw two strangers sitting by the roadside in the main room, chatting happily.

"A guest has arrived?" the peacock asked.

"And this is..." Wang Jin jumped up from the table, bowed slightly, and looked towards the roadside.

"Don't worry about her, she's not my wife, just someone I live with. The birds on my roof are hers."

"How should I address you?" Wang Jin asked, looking at the Buddha Mother Peacock King Bodhisattva.

"Ha, how polite. And why do you address this fellow?" Peacock retorted to Wang Jin.

“I call him Brother Lu. We’re good friends in Bianjing,” Wang Jin said.

“My name is Peacock, so you can call me sister,” Peacock replied.

"Sister Kong".

The peacock nodded.

Peacock also sat down at the table and poured himself a bowl of wine.

Seeing this, Wang Jin secretly marveled at the fierce and untamed customs of Dali.

He had never seen a woman with Peacock's appearance in Bianjing City. The roadside women who said they were just living together meant that they weren't going to get married.

Brother Lu is truly blessed.

"Brother Wang, you've come from Bianjing City? Has something happened?" Peacock curiously looked at his mortal friend by the roadside.

There are ordinary friends by the roadside, even from an unknown road, and he is a dignified and upright ordinary martial artist.

"Alas, this brings us to the matter of the new emperor's ascension to the throne."

“Brother Lu, you’ve also encountered Gao Qiu. He was just a street thug, and I taught him a lesson last year. I don’t know how, but he somehow managed to curry favor with Prince Duan. He transformed into Grand Commandant Gao and became my superior.”

"I'm not afraid of officials, I'm afraid of being managed."

"Back in Bianjing, I only ever encountered that guy on the road. He was always blocking the way when he played football in the street. I never had any conflict with him, but I heard from others that his name was Gao Qiu." He took a sip of wine by the roadside.

"He bullied you, and you ran away without doing anything?" Peacock asked Wang Jin.

“Of course,” Wang Jin replied.

"What a coward."

“If it were me, I’d chop his head off first before leaving,” Peacock said.

"If I get caught afterward, I'll have to pay with my life."

“Yes, you still have an elderly mother to support, and you have no descendants. You must not do anything rash,” someone by the roadside chimed in.

"It's not too late," Peacock smiled.

"Let your brother Lu instruct you in martial arts. You can leave your mother here for him to take care of, and go back to Bianjing City to seek revenge on Gao Qiu."

After saying that, the peacock looked towards the roadside.

"This isn't a good idea," Wang Jin said.

Wang Jin's elderly mother drank the Hundred Flowers Wine in the earthenware bowl in one gulp, her cheeks flushed.

"Son! Your friend is right!! This house is the accumulation of your Wang family for generations, and you just throw it away like that? Your father and grandfather have worked hard for the Song Dynasty for generations to get a minor official position, how can you suffer the humiliation of that little scoundrel Gao Qiu today!"

(End of this chapter)