56, Gift of Magic Book
They, Caimen, couldn't afford to offend Tang Zaifeng. Tang Zaifeng not only had a great reputation, but was also a powerful local tycoon. So they lied and deceived, half true and half false. Read 520 official website
Although Caimen looked powerful, it was a low-class business.
"The business of cooking and arching is more fishy and less sharp..."
Knowing that Bai Gui had read Tang Zaifeng's story about the fantasy of Goose City, Jiang Beihai invited Bai Gui to leave the crowd and wait until there was less space. His tone was slightly apologetic, and he also spoke with Jianghu Chundian, which is the jargon of the Jianghu. When outsiders heard this, they would only think it was a riddle and could not guess the meaning.
Fishy means fake. Sharp means true.
When Jianghu people deal with Jianghu people, they try to speak Jianghu Chundian to avoid leaking any information.
"I understand, I understand!"
"We all come out to make a living, it's not easy."
Bai Gui understood the implicit meaning of Jiang Beihai's words, which was not to interfere with these things, and apologized to him on behalf of Caimen. As for those who didn't understand and were deceived, it had nothing to do with him, Jiang Beihai.
Being able to understand that Caimen was deceiving people and not saying it, this is a favor to Caimen's business!
But Bai Gui was also very polite. He didn't say Jianghu Chundian, but said official language, indicating that we are not the same kind of people.
You go your Yangguan Road, and I go my single-plank bridge.
Jiang Beihai didn't think it was strange. He smiled and said, "Brother, you can't learn any tricks by following Mr. Tang's Goose City Fantasy. The tricks can't fool people with sharp eyes. These are some of my master's tricks about the color door and the medicine method. I'll give them to you."
At the end, he added, "This is more accurate than what Mr. Tang wrote!"
The color door business is easy to understand but difficult to master. For example, the fairy picking beans just now used the silk method, the medicine method, and the color method. There are very fine silk threads on the peas. These threads are specially made and ordinary people can't see them. The magician also relies on hard practice. Some peas are specially configured with the medicine method. They will become bigger when rubbed with hands. The color method is a mechanical skill. It is not hidden on the coarse porcelain bowl, but on the red silk.
The magician who performed deliberately deceived the audience with words, thinking that the coarse porcelain bowl and bamboo chopsticks have mechanisms. In fact, these two are the most normal.
"Thank you, sir."
Bai Gui changed his address, bowed his hands, and took the magic book. The word "sir" not only means teacher, but also means respect. Jiang Beihai gave him a magic book, but he was not qualified to be his teacher.
"If you don't want to practice magic, you can give it to others when you meet the right person, but remember not to pass it on randomly, otherwise I will be the sinner of Caimen."
Jiang Beihai smiled bitterly. If it was any other time, he would definitely not pass on the magic of Caimen, but the young man in front of him had read the Goose City Fantasy Edition written by Tang Zaifeng, and he had a rough understanding of magic and knew the rules very well. It was not a big mistake to give him some exquisite magic.
In addition, hard practice alone could not learn any exquisite magic. For example, the preface of Echeng Huanbian says: "Magic is a minor skill, but if you want to explore its mysteries and get its subtleties, without the master's teaching, it will be a waste of hard thinking."
And he also wants to hunt down the evil disciple who killed his master, his junior brother Huang Xianshou, whose strength should not be underestimated. The sword, elixir, bean and ring of Caimen are basic skills. The sword is to swallow the sword, the elixir is to swallow the iron ball, the bean is to plant the bean, and the ring is six linked rings, that is, to connect the iron rings without gaps. The acrobatics of Qianzixing are highly practiced, which is a killing skill. Some secret medicines of Yaofamen are used properly and skillfully, and they are also very powerful in killing people. Those small mechanical skills can also kill people invisibly.
The two exchanged a few more polite words and said goodbye.
Looking at the direction where Jiang Beihai rode away, Bai Gui was stunned, shook his head, and ignored him.
Return to the place where the carriage was parked.
"Brother Bai, who was the person you just met?"
Zhou Yuan asked impatiently.
"He is also a magician!"
"It's just that he is different from the magician who was performing just now."
Bai Gui said concisely.
"Magician?"
Several people exclaimed, because the man's clothes were very different from the magicians who were performing.
One looked like a crosstalk performer, and the other looked like a martial arts performer.
Bai Gui told others about some of the magicians recorded in the Goose City Fantasy Book. As for the magic book Jiang Beihai gave him, he followed the rules and did not spread it to others, nor did he tell them.
They found an inn in the city and stayed there temporarily.
Although Zhou Yuan's family had a dyeing shop in the city, it was only a two-entry yard and could not accommodate so many people. It was not a big deal for several people to disperse, as they would only stay for two or three days anyway.
When they arrived at the Higher School, there were dormitories for accommodation.
It was already dusk, and the hustle and bustle of the day was gone. There was only silence, and occasionally the barking of the small dogs raised in the backyard could be heard.
The inn used a novel kerosene lamp, not a candle, which was quite bright.
The lamp was carved with a hollowed-out pattern of ladies, which was beautiful as the light shone on it. There was a small line of German printed on it, which should be sold by a foreign-funded company in Germany.
Bai Gui had time to look at the magic book given by Jiang Beihai.
He opened the first page, which recorded a small magic trick, which was to blow out the candle to restore vision. Hide sulfur powder in your fingernails, blow out the candle, and then put the medicine on the candle wick, and it will soon be lit again.
There is also a cup of drunkenness, which is to pick some poplar flowers and fairy peaches in the garden, dry them, grind half of each into powder, add a little to the wine glass when drinking, and then pour hot wine into the wine glass, the drinker will get drunk immediately, but drinking some licorice soup can sober up.
There are also several magic tricks at the end, including pointing to stone shattering, drawing cats to catch mice, and bottles showing beauties.
However, these are all "illusions" that deceive the audience with medicine methods, and there is no record of the color method door (mechanism) of the color door, which makes Bai Gui a little disappointed.
If he has the Luohuo of Zhu Liankui's big fish transformation, it is not a problem to hide a few guns on his body.
Luohuo is the big magic trick in the color door.
A person wearing a long robe and covered with a blanket can transform into many things, with water, fire, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, jumping in the grass, and food and use. Let people know that the things are on their body, but they don't know how to carry them. How can a gown carry so many things?
The little tricks are like the fairy picking beans.
"Maybe it will be useful later."
He memorized the book in his mind and threw it into the brazier, burning it.
This is a low-class thing. At that time, the opera industry was not allowed to be on the stage. It was not until it was praised as the national essence during the Republic of China that it showed up. Caimen is even worse than the opera industry.
Although this thing cannot be said to be a strange skill, it is not easy to explain in the hands. If anyone reads it out of thin air, it will be considered a violation of the promise to Jiang Beihai. Anyway, he remembered it in his mind. With his current talent, he can't forget it.
What disappointed him a little was that there was no interlayer in the book.