Beautiful mayor's wife

"What? Have you seen this font? Where have you seen it? Do you know these characters? Tell me quickly, what do the characters on the jade piece mean?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.

"I saw this kind of character in an ancient book. According to ancient records, this is an ancient character. According to legend, it was created by immortals, so it is also called immortal character. Because this character is too profound and too It was complicated, hard to memorize and write, so someone later developed another simple script, which gradually replaced the immortal script, and after a few years, the immortal script was completely forgotten." Ouyang Zilan said .

"Writing from ancient times? Created by immortals? What kind of ancient book are you reading? Even such a long-term thing is recorded? It can't be made up?"

"That ancient book is indeed very old, and many places are broken. I read it out of curiosity."

"Then do you know this kind of writing?"

"I don't know, I just glanced at it in a hurry, and didn't look at it carefully."

"Is that ancient book still there?"

"Should it be there? I saw it in a bookstore. That book is so worn out that no one would buy it."

"Go, quickly take me to find this ancient book."

……

In this way, the two left the General Military Mansion in a hurry, then turned left and right, and after spending half an hour, they walked into a fairly large bookstore.

"What kind of books do the two guest officers want to buy?" A middle-aged man greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Let's just take a look." Ouyang Zilan said something perfunctory, and then led Ma Xiaoyao into the bookstore. When she reached a row of bookshelves, Ouyang Zilan stopped.

"What's wrong?" Ma Xiaoyao asked softly.

"That ancient book is gone." Ouyang Zilan pointed to the bookshelf: "The ancient book was placed here before, but now it's gone."

"Will it be put somewhere else?" Ma Xiaoyao and Ouyang Zilan searched the entire bookstore, but they didn't find the ancient book.

"Shopkeeper, I saw a dilapidated ancient book on this bookshelf before, why is it gone now?" In the end, Ouyang Zilan had no choice but to ask the shopkeeper, that is, the middle-aged man who came out to say hello just now.

"Oh, you said that ancient book, I threw it away."

"Throw it away? Why did you throw it away?"

"That ancient book is too worn out, no one bought it at all, I thought it was taking up space, so I threw it away."

"Where did you throw it? Find it quickly, I'll buy it."

"you buy it?"

"Yes, I'll buy it! Hurry up and find it!"

"Oh, let me think about it... I seemed to be thrown into the trash at that time... Well, yes, it was thrown into the trash. I will look for it, and I don't know if I can find it."

"You must find it, that ancient book is very important to me."

"I will try my best."

……

After waiting for more than an hour, the shopkeeper came out with a dusty torn book in his hand: "You guys are lucky, if you come one day late, this book will be thrown into the stove and burned." .”

Ouyang Zilan snatched it away, opened it and looked at it a few times: "That's right, it's this book, how much is this book, I bought it."

"How much is it..." The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and said, "This book is a lonely book. I don't think there will be a second one in the entire secret realm..."

"Okay, don't bother, hurry up and quote." Ouyang Zilan said impatiently.

"I don't want too much, I want a cost price." The shopkeeper stretched out a finger: "Just 1000 taels of silver."

"How much?" Ouyang Zilan's eyes widened: "1000 taels of silver? Your broken book is worth 1000 taels of silver? Why don't you go and rob it!"

"As I said just now, this is an orphan copy. There is no second copy in the entire secret realm. Since it is an orphan copy, it must be more expensive..."

"What a joke! Since this book is very precious, why did you throw it into the trash and prepare to burn it in the stove? I think you clearly want to take advantage of the fire and see that we want this book, so you just Asking prices all over the sky, the shopkeeper, the business is all about reputation, you are not afraid of closing down if you are doing it?"

"I was joking with you just now. This book is a rare copy. It is very precious. How could I throw it into the trash? I was just afraid that it would be damaged, so I kept it away..."

"Since it is stored, why is the book covered with dust?"

"I seldom clean it, and it's only natural that I get some dust."

"As expected of a profiteer, white can be called black, black can be called white, I really admire you."

"Okay, I don't have time to chat with you here, this book is 1000 taels of silver, whether you want to buy it or not, I am reluctant to sell it."

……

Ouyang Zilan was furious, it was the first time she had seen such a shameless person in her life, she sneered, then pointed to Ma Xiaoyao: "Do you know who he is?"

"I don't care who he is." The shopkeeper said angrily, "Are you going to buy it or not? If you don't buy it, leave immediately!"

"Let me tell you, his name is Ma Xiaoyao, and he is the commander-in-chief of the White Tiger Banner." Ouyang Zilan said lightly.

"What is Ma Xiaoyao, what is the general soldier, I... uh..." The shopkeeper suddenly changed his expression, looking at Ma Xiaoyao with horror on his face: "You...you are the general soldier..."

Ma Xiaoyao nodded expressionlessly: "I am Ma Xiaoyao, if you don't believe me, I can show you the waist card." Having said that, Ma Xiaoyao took off a jade card from his waist and waved it in front of the shopkeeper. The word "General Soldier" is written on the card.

"Oh...the villain has eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai, please forgive me Zongbing Ma." The shopkeeper was frightened, and hurriedly apologized.

"Shopkeeper, you must pay attention to integrity when doing business. If you can't even do the most basic integrity, then there is no need to continue to open your shop." Ma Xiaoyao said lightly.

"Yes, yes, what the commander-in-chief taught me is that I will definitely remember the word integrity in the future, and never dare to deceive customers again." The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly.

"How much money is this book?" Ma Xiaoyao pointed to the ancient book in Ouyang Zilan's hand.

"It's an honor for Mr. Zongbing to come to my shop to buy books in person. How can I ask for your money... This book will be given to Mr. Zongbing." The shopkeeper said fawningly.

"You have to pay for things, even if I am the chief soldier." Ma Xiaoyao didn't appreciate it at all: "Say, how much is it?"

The shopkeeper's face twitched: "One...one tael of silver..." How dare the shopkeeper ask for Ma Xiaoyao's money, but he couldn't refuse, so he could only quote the lowest price in the end.

"This is ten taels of silver. It should be enough to buy this book." Ma Xiaoyao took out a handful of broken silver and threw it on the counter.

"Oh, I don't need so much, I really don't need so much." The shopkeeper waved his hands repeatedly.

"That's it, just don't say that I took advantage of you later." After saying a word, Ma Xiaoyao led Ouyang Zilan out of the bookstore.

When the shopkeeper chased them out again, Ma Xiaoyao and Ouyang Zilan had already gone far away. The shopkeeper stretched out his hand and slapped himself on the mouth: "I made you blind to Taishan, made you greedy, and made you know what to do. It's all right now, I've provoked you!" Commander-in-Chief, I'm sure you'll have a hard time in the future."

……

There are people coming and going on the street, and the sound of hawking keeps coming and going, which is very lively.

Ma Xiaoyao and Ouyang Zilan chatted and watched the surrounding scenery. When they saw something they liked, they would buy it with money. After a while, their hands were full of all kinds of things. There is a difference between people, Ma Xiaoyao is carrying some books and weapons, while Ouyang Zilan is carrying some jewelry and clothes.

"It's funny when you think about it. Just now when the shopkeeper heard that you were the chief soldier, he almost peed his pants in fright." Ouyang Zilan said with a smile: "I followed you for a while today. This feeling is really good. I will have a chance in the future." Still have to try."

"That shopkeeper is really too much." Ma Xiaoyao snorted softly: "Seeing that we were in a hurry to buy that ancient book, he asked for a lot of money and treated us like fat sheep."

"You are not a fat sheep, you are a tiger." Ouyang Zilan said.

"If I am a tiger, then you are a tigress."

"You are the tigress."

"Don't worry, I will reason slowly for you. You just said that I am a tiger. What is a tiger's wife? Of course it is also a tiger. Tigers are also divided into genders. I am a male tiger and you are a female tiger. Usually , a female tiger is called a tigress."

"What a mess, Ma Xiaoyao, I warn you, don't call me a tigress in the future!"

For women, the word tigress is not a good word. Under normal circumstances, tigress is used to describe a woman who is irritable, domineering and unreasonable.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about it." Ma Xiaoyao said with a smile: "Let's go back quickly, and then study the words on the jade piece."

After the two walked around the street, they returned to the General Military Mansion with their large and small bags.

in the bedroom.

Ouyang Zilan put the jade piece on the table, then took out the ancient book and began to read: "I found it, it is really similar to the writing on the jade piece...it should be the same kind of writing."

"Let me see." Ma Xiaoyao leaned over and looked carefully for a while: "Well, it really looks like..." Ma Xiaoyao counted and found that there were more than 200 mysterious characters recorded in the ancient books, and each mysterious character had a There are notes, marked in ancient characters, all in traditional characters, which Ma Xiaoyao can barely understand.

Comparing the text on the ancient book, Ma Xiaoyao finally figured out the meaning of the text on the jade piece.

The first four characters on the jade piece are independent, namely "Heaven", "Palace", "Earth" and "Picture". Together they are "Map of Heavenly Palace".

"Tiangong map?" Ma Xiaoyao's eyes showed a trace of doubt: "What a big tone, it's actually called Tiangong! It seems that this place is not simple? Zilan, have you heard of Tiangong?"

Ouyang Zilan shook her head: "I've never heard of it."