Sword of Coming - #1192 - Chapter 1192: Big Brother and Little Brother

Chapter 1192 Senior Brother and Junior Brother

In the territory of Yingchuan County, there were three horsemen driving side by side in the wind and snow. Following the map instructions, they branched off the relatively wide official road and turned into a small mountain road.

At noon, just because the heavy snow fell non-stop, the three people’s vision blurred, making the already rugged mountain trails more and more difficult, thanks to the three mounts, all of them were not inferior horses, but horses from the Beijing Taoist Academy. It is said to be a descendant of the mountain scorpion. Although the blood is thin, it is like walking on the ground. This time, besides their respective customs clearance documents, the most important thing was the official document that was written by the minister of the Ministry of Officials in their own capital, drawn and stamped by the real person protecting the country, and approved by the largest Taoist temple in Ruzhou.

Leading the ride, a young woman wearing a black gauze crown and a thick and warm blue-green Taoist robe.

With curvy eyebrows and plentiful cheeks, his figure looks thin and solid, riding a light yellow horse.

A pair of embroidered shoes were slightly exposed, and the golden stirrup was lightly tapped.

There are two horses behind, a man and a woman. The man rides a black horse, dressed in elegant green robes, wearing bamboo hats on his head and swords on his back.

The woman is burly, her skin is already dark, and it looks even more like black charcoal under the snow, but she is dressed in a fancy dress, a carmine red dress with gold circles and embroidered cuffs.

As a servant girl, she is not very old, but her figure is too strong. With a knife hanging from the waist.

She was also riding a tall horse with an old box hanging on each side. A box of clothes, a box of books.

There is also an invaluable square inch thing, which the young lady also gave her to keep. It was a treasure bestowed by the grandfather of the family when the young lady entered the cave.

With square-inch objects, they can travel lightly this time, except for their messenger bags and the two boxes hanging on both sides of the saddle, which can be folded and crossed, food boxes and flowers, and bottles and jars. They are all packed in squares.

A woman named Jiansu, who came to Yingchuan County, Changshe County, to serve as the abbot of a small Taoist temple. She just entered the cave in the winter last year and has no Taoist name yet.

Senior brother Chai Yu, styled Yuanjia, Guanhaijing, Taoist name “Shengmo”. His ancestral home is not in Nanshan Country, which belongs to Yingchuan County, but in the Hulu Country where Shimen’s Golden Coffin sect is located. The ancient trees in the country are towering, and it is very famous in Qingming Ruzhou.

The maid Su Cheng, nicknamed Fancy. He is an out-and-out “flower nerd” who is good at planting all kinds of flowers, especially peonies. In the capital, Jian’s gardens are all well-known, and half of the credit goes to Fancy.

In the past year, the weather has been strange. First, there was a severe drought in the summer last year, which is said to be rare in 500 years. The water gods and narcissus all over the world complained incessantly. I heard that many Hebos were directly exposed to the sun, and their golden bodies were cracked, and then it continued into winter. Blizzard, let’s just say that today is late spring, and the snow is still as big as a flower. Chai Yu held up his hat, put his hand to his mouth, and said, “Junior sister, in the spring of next year, the Jade Emperor City will issue a Taoist number as usual. When you arrive at the Taoist Temple in Changshe County, don’t forget to make up a few favorite Taoist names. It’s best to send them to the Jingcheng family and the Shimen Zushitang before the fall of this year, so that both parties can do it for you early. Prepare, help you plan and plan, strive for a certain Taoist name you like, and make sure that you can pass the Jade Emperor City. At least one letter exchange, listen to the advice of the senior brother, some Taoist names that are too meaningful, don’t think about them If you try your luck, you will definitely not pass. Although each Taoist official has three self-designed Taoist names, which can be reported by the Jade Emperor City, but the fourteenth Qingming Prefecture, a grand event that can only be met in a period of time, I hope here. There are so many Dao officials in the world, millions of them, three per person, together, there are tens of millions of Dao names, and the difficulty of successfully obtaining a seal can be imagined…”

Jian Su smiled and interrupted her brother’s broken thoughts, “Discussing a seal with the Jade Imperial City of Baiyujing is a matter of chance. It’s normal to pass, and it’s a surprise if you pass. Anyway, if you can’t get a seal, If it’s a big deal, just use our own backup Taoist numbers in Nanshan Country.”

Whether or not the state officials have Taoist numbers is a watershed. This means that the Taoist priests have found the masters, such as the vulgar and the crown, and have a character.

It’s just that in the world of Qingming, it is not easy to have a Taoist title.

The imperial courts of various countries have specially set up an archives dedicated to recording Dao numbers.

Because the fourteen states of the world, large and small Taoist temples, and all the jungles in the ten directions belong to the Baiyujing, the Taoist title of any Taoist official cannot be repeated.

Therefore, every time the period of Jiazi comes, it is a grand event of “seeking the Tao” as many as the crucian carp crossing the river. If you can get a Taoist title issued by the Jade Emperor City and send an official document, it will be regarded by Taoist officials as “getting the Tao”. Dao”, asking for a big good sign, so Chai Yu and Jian Su would call it “seeking a seal” in their small talk. Moreover, the Taoist priest who founded the Jade Emperor City was also the headmaster of Bai Yujing and the first disciple of Taoist ancestors, so the Taoist title obtained from this is of great significance.

Therefore, the Da Zhangjiao Kou Ming is like the “master” of the Taoist official Jiazi’s heyday of the imperial examination.

In order to compete for and reserve the Taoist title, on the spring day, the Jade Imperial City of the White Jade City, which is promulgated by the Taoist genealogy records of the Taoist priests in charge of the world, will “open the door” in Zishi, and transmit the flying swords and colorful talismans like a swarm of locusts. Covering the sky and covering the sun, they flocked here, just to help the Taoist officials in their own dynasty dojo to get a “beautiful” Taoist name that was seen early.

In the fourteen states, many of the great monks who had been in the upper five realms for a long time did not even have a serious name so far, in order to “take a chance”, and as a result, they have failed to obtain a seal after more than ten times.

Hua Qiao stretched out her hand to brush off the snow between the manes of the horse’s neck, and said, “Miss, the imperial court has reserved a road number, from Baiyujing to our Ruzhou, it has always been passed by the Chijin Dynasty, and it may be necessary to repeat it during the period. It was screened by the other great dynasties, and finally came to our Nanshan Kingdom. There are only a hundred or so names left, and they are all picked up by others. The meaning is mediocre. It doesn’t look like a Taoist number anymore. I don’t even know some of the characters, but there are still some three-character and four-character Taoist numbers. Is it like a word? If it’s a little more decent, it has long been snatched by those two sect patriarchs, or by The largest Taoist temples went through the back door with the imperial court and quietly bought them with a lot of money. Finally, the few good Taoist names left were all scrambled and robbed, breaking their heads.”

Seeing that the younger sister was still a little absent-minded, Chai Yu said: “There are often disturbances because of this, and many wealthy and aristocratic families are fighting openly and secretly for this, and they are at odds.”

Jian Su stretched out her hand to take the falling snow falling on her palm, and muttered, “Isn’t the Taoist name also an external object? It’s understandable for ordinary people to compete for fame and fortune, but we are Taoist priests.”

Chai Yu shook his head, feeling helpless, and was about to defend himself, so that Junior Sister’s ideas would not be so naive and unrealistic.

Jian Su obviously didn’t want to quarrel with her senior brother. She already smiled and said, “I know, I know, I will definitely take care of it.”

In addition, the Taoist names of all Taoist officials in the upper five realms, even those who have passed away, must not repeat their Taoist nicknames in future generations.

Hearing that Headmaster Lu has always suggested that the Taoist names of those Taoist officials in the Jade Pure Realm in history be opened to the outside world.

It is rumored that the headmaster also suggested that the names of some deceased Earth Immortals could be sealed and kept for a hundred years on behalf of Bai Yujing.

The descendants, disciples and grandchildren of the various dojos, or family members, if anyone succeeds in becoming an Earth Immortal in the future, they can fill the gap and be regarded as inheriting this Dao title. Before that, the Taoist priest could also follow the process and have a Taoist name that came step by step, but when he became an Earth Immortal, if he wanted to inherit the Taoist name, he could take a trip to the Jade Emperor City of Baiyujing and retrieve it in person. The dao name of the patriarch of the dojo, or the ancestor of the family, and the two dao names do not conflict, there is no need to choose, you can have two dao names at the same time, just like the self-name and alias of the literati.

But unfortunately, neither of these two proposals was approved. The whole world knew that the Taoist priest Bai Yujing who could reject the suggestion of Master Lu could only be Master Yu.

I heard that there is no such emphasis on Haoran Tianxia. Only some monks from Daxian Mansion will have their dao names strictly reported and filed by the Zhongtu Confucian Temple.

The genealogy monks of the Xiaomen School, as long as they don’t make any noise, they secretly enjoy themselves when they get cheap, and don’t publicize the matter, and of course don’t take the “old” Taoist name that is too famous. Generally speaking, it’s nothing. The Confucian Temple The academy couldn’t manage it, and the local court didn’t want to. As for those so-called Yamazawa Yexiu, you can take the road number casually.

To say that the wild world, let alone mention it, is a lawless land, and there is no rule at all.

The maid Hua Qiao was very worried, “Miss, when Hong Miao stepped down, he left a big mess. The identity of the female ghost who is running and breaking the ban has not yet been determined. This ghost has not been captured yet. The trail is unknown, so we still have to be careful. Try to take the post road official road as much as possible, and avoid these mountain trails.”

The ancient roads in the mountains are inaccessible, the roads are narrow, and horses cannot get up at all. The grooves between the mountain roads are mostly horseshoe potholes left by the tea, horse and salt merchants. With a turn, Chai Yu supported the bamboo hat on the top of his head, nodded and said, “What Hua Qiao said is not bad, we still have to be careful.”

Jian Su smiled and said: “According to the county records, there is an abandoned gymnasium with a long history in the mountain. We have seen it, and we will continue to take the official road.”

Chai Yu said helplessly: “Junior sister, if I remember correctly, you seem to have said that when you visited the Huangting Temple at the foot of JiCuifeng Mountain before, and the following two ancient ruins.”

The largest historical site in Ruzhou is the Huangting Temple built at the foot of Jicui Peak. She worshipped the ancestors, with a high morality and high morality, and was the deputy city lord of Nanhua City. She was honored as Madam Wei, and the Taoist name was “Zixu”, the first female Yuanjun in the Qingming world.

Mrs. Wei is also one of the ten candidates in the world this time.

Among her direct disciples, there is a female crown gifted with divine powers, who is in charge of the blooming and falling of all the flowers in the world. In the history books, she once had the act of “distributing the fragrance to the mountains and not blooming in the spring of the world”, so she was almost detained by Zhangjiao Yu himself. The Yanxia Cave in Zhenyue Palace thought about it, but the headmaster helped to intercede, and then walked with the female crown to all the states in the world, returned Baihua to the world, and made up for the fault, and then this punishment was relieved.

Generally large Taoist temples, especially certain palaces, often preserve a large number of inscriptions with a long history, such as the rebuilt inscriptions of a certain year and a certain month, the inscriptions of pilgrims’ donations, or the inscriptions that record the family’s production per mu, and other types of inscriptions. Incense tablet inscriptions that specifically record the inheritance of Taoism. Every time there is a temple fair, merchants gather and rub shoulders. Every time there is a dharma meeting, it is a miscellaneous place of immortals and mortals, and the spirits and monsters who take shape come together. Come here to listen to the treasures of green words of Taoist immortals, the bells and drums are chiming, and the jade chimes are melodious.

The three riders came to the dilapidated gymnasium in the mountains in the snow, and they were all disappointed. Originally, according to the content recorded in the local county annals, there was an anonymous dragon and snake song inscribed on the wall of the inner hall of the gymnasium. There is an allusion about the immortal family. There was a young woodcutter who strayed into this mountain. By chance, he was taught the immortal method. He returned to the mountains with his Taoist companions and built a gymnasium. The master of the Taoist gym is good at danqing. He once erected a screen in his own Taoist gym, and used his brush to dot the horses, which are ever-changing and lifelike. A horse “jumps” out of the screen and turns into a spirit to gallop between the heavens and the earth. The horse on the screen will lose its color. After a hundred years, the painted horses have all turned into line drawings. The owner of the museum likes to play in the world, and he often hides his name. Eagles and sparrows are vivid, they are true when they are seen, and they are false when they reach out and brush them. Legend has it that this fairy once painted a dragon on a white silk cloth and presented it to a certain last-dead-state monarch. Clouds lingered in the scroll of the silk cloth, and he kept it in the painting box, and there were often thunderous vibrations… In the end, the owner of the museum brought two The Taoist companions flew away together. The rest of the empty gymnasium, passing woodcutters and custodial merchants, all said that they could often hear horses raising their hooves on the wall at night, as if they were asking for water and fodder from passers-by who were staying here.

In the end, when they arrived at the gymnasium, which had already been reduced to ruins, there was nothing to be seen.

Not to mention the screen, even the horse map on the side hall wall is full of chisel marks, and even many blue bricks have been pryed away, it is estimated that they were carved into brick inkstones, which became the later literati Clear the desk on the table.

Jian Su sighed: “It’s a pity that it was abandoned like this, otherwise it would be more than enough to build a Fucheng Daoyuan here.”

Chai Yu smiled and said, “If the county annals record is true, and the pavilion’s master immortal once painted Sulong as a gift to the emperor of the previous dynasty, then the founding emperor of Nanshan Kingdom, who is the new king, is of course unwilling to rebuild the pavilion here.”

He took a break in the side hall, reluctantly used the broken wall to avoid the wind and snow, and took out the things from the square-inch objects, started to build a fire, set up a pot to cook rice, and warmed a pot of rice wine to the Taoist official Chai Yu.

Sitting on the small embroidered stool, Jian Su remembered something and asked, “What is the specific situation over there in the Spiritual Realm View?”

“Miss, I finally remembered the business.”

The maid Hua Qiao hurriedly put down the bowls and chopsticks, and took out a booklet from her sleeve, which finally had some use. It was the content she carefully sorted out from various channels, one by one, one by one recorded by her.

“As soon as the previous Guanzhu Hong Miao left, there were no Taoist priests in the temple. There were only a few Taoists who lived there. The temple blessing was Liu Fang. He was fifty-three years old. He was a local. , Half of the fields belong to their Liu family. It seems that the Liu family has an ancestral teaching. Each generation of the Liu family in future generations should allocate a little ‘incense field’ to the Taoist temple. Do your best.”

Jian Su smiled and nodded and said, “I’m very kind. When we get there, we’ll settle in the Taoist temple first, then visit Liu’s family, prepare a decent gift, and talk about our hearts.”

Chai Yu said with a smile: “Actually, Hong Miao, as the abbot Taoist priest, has never had a Taoist ultimatum. He is only an alternate Taoist priest. You are in the same situation as you. It is an exceptional appointment to be the master of the temple.”

Jian Su said: “It’s not an unusual use. After all, Hong Laoguan is a candidate Taoist priest in Guanhaijing. It’s not a good job to come to Changshe County to serve as the abbot Taoist priest.”

Hua Qiao grinned, “Ma Zhong, Liu Fang’s distant relative, is the spiritual view of entering through the back door. Hong Miao specifically mentioned in his resignation document that this Ma Zhong has a certain opportunity to practice. Of course. , Hong Miao’s resignation document also has an appendix, which does not need to be filed at the official side. Naturally, it is deliberately reserved for the new Guanzhu for reference. It is said that Liu Fang, the temple Zhu, promised the spiritual realm concept in his early years, and will allocate two acres of paddy fields to the Taoist temple. And a mountain full of persimmon trees, the mountain has already been handed over, but the two acres of paddy fields have been dragged on for all these years, and at first glance, it is suspected of repayment. Oh, poor mountains and rivers make bad people.”

“Dianke Chang Geng is a local literati with a middle-of-the-road family. When he was young, his family was rich. In the counties of Yingchuan County, he was a famous playboy. He was used to living a comfortable life. He is too old to make ends meet. When he gets older, he will be in a pinch. It is said that it is because Lingjingguan owed him a debt in his early years. It is a confused lawsuit. It seems that the amount is not small. It was not easy to pursue it later, so Chang Geng was allowed to enter the Taoist temple as a pawn, which has been an honest duty these years.”

“Chen Cong, sixteen years old. He is a relative of Dianke Chang Geng. They entered the spiritual realm in the same year.”

“Lin Xian.”

“Um?”

“Hey, next to the handle, add a word of consideration. My family has three stores in the county seat, and I have a little money. It is a wealthy family. Their ancestors were all local county magistrates. Because a few years ago, our Nanshan Kingdom Vigorously abolishing the redundant staff of Baishu subordinates, Lin Xian’s father’s generation could not survive, so he turned to business, and now he has a good relationship with the county clerk, and he can barely count as a local snake, which is relatively reluctant.”

“The soil paste. The soil paste that ‘all the yang energy is steaming, the soil paste is pulsating’.”

When Hua Qiao said this, she also smiled. The rain urges the soil to move, and all the plants and flowers bloom.

Jian Su asked, “The clay paste? Is it your real name?”

Hua Qiao nodded and said: “It’s his real name, but in fact, this person is of ordinary background. His ancestors were foreigners who migrated from other counties to Changshe County. The martial arts hall that had been opened for a few years will soon be out of business, and he may save some money. Only some family background can let the ointment enter the Taoist temple.”

Chai Yu said with a smile: “The surnames are rare.”

Jian Su frowned slightly, and the more she listened, the more she felt that something was wrong, “No matter how small the spiritual realm view is, it is still an orthodox Taoist temple recorded by the imperial court and funded by the local government. If you want to become a resident Taoist of this type of Taoist temple, it seems that you can’t just spend a few dollars. come in?”

Chai Yu couldn’t help laughing, “It’s not difficult to understand, Yingchuan County is not a big county, and Changshe County is the poorest one. The place is remote, and it is estimated that Taoist temples are too poor.”

Similar Taoist situations are not uncommon. It’s just that the junior sister came from a wealthy family in a country and cultivated since childhood. Of course, she doesn’t know much about this kind of local customs.

Let’s just say that the Taoist prefectures and counties within a country have their own scriptures that are difficult to read. Some counties are so rich, some are so poor that they can’t open the pot.

Many prefectures and counties that seem to have a vast territory may pay taxes every year, which may be far less than that of a county in other places.

Jian Su asked, “Did Hong Guanzhu write in the official document, did he teach them one or two kinds of entry-level Xianjia Daoyin?”

Fancy nodded and said: “Yes, but the effect is not good, maybe it is a little bit related to the Taoist official, only the horse is heavy.”

After all, how is it so easy to become a Taoist official, without the foundation of Taoism, if you want to obtain the status of a “second-class” Taoist official by virtue of the imperial examination, it will be more difficult to obtain a “turbid” Taoist ultimatum, and the requirements for literary talent are even greater. high.

Jian Su sighed, “Since Lord Hong Guan has not taken any of them away from the Spiritual Realm after his resignation, it can explain the problem very well.”

Whether it is a Taoist embryo, whether it has the qualifications for cultivation, whether the root is good or bad, the Taoist temples in the world, and the various wealthy clans, there are many secret methods of investigation.

Jane Su asked again, “What are the temperaments of these teenagers?”

Hua Qiao hesitated for a moment and said, “Lazy.”

“They are all tired and lazy. They do their daily homework and Taoist temple affairs. They can hide whenever they can, and none of them are diligent.”

“Miss, they are unreliable. It’s okay. I will be responsible for these daily cleaning affairs in the future, and let them do it, but I am not at ease.”

Chai Yu said with a smile: “After all, it is a land of fish and rice. There are still a lot of scholars who cultivate and read their families. There are some literary works, but they are scattered and not gathered.”

Chai Yu said again in his heart: “Hong Miao and Tan Tau, who came to the Taoist temple later, are quite old-fashioned in doing things, especially after Tan Tau’s investigation of Feng Shui, there must be no problem in Changshe County, only the vicinity of Taoist Temple, or the stable.”

Su Cheng grinned and said, “I heard that Tan Tau entered the cave realm at the age of 30. He is far worse than our young lady, and he is not a genius.”

Chai Yu shook his head, “Tan’s family has a profound background, and she is a well-deserved noble family. Tan Tau is the hand-picked heir of the patriarch. She will definitely not be as simple as the bright side, and she can’t just look at the realm.”

Chai Yu clearly remembered that when the owner of the Tan clan was a guest of the Golden Coffin School, he was the least interested in welcoming the patriarch who was sent to him. He even personally greeted a Jindandi who was a junior based on his age at the mountain gate. fairy. Furthermore, Tanjia is most famous for having a private altar. This is extremely rare in the entire Ruzhou with its vast territory. After all, in Ruzhou, there are no more than twenty altars of various veins that have the qualifications for private caskets.

Jian Su said: “Fancy, you will be in Changshe County when you arrive, and you will spend money to buy a house. I will find you when I have time.”

As the abbot of a Taoist temple, you can completely decide the whereabouts of the group of resident Taoists in the temple.

Don’t mention the abbot’s identity, just say that the Taoist priest who is the eight classics, and the resident Taoist who is not even a candidate Taoist, is like the difference between the officials in the yamen, and the difference between clouds and mud.

But Jian Su felt that there was no need for a new official to take the three fires, and the Taoist temple should be kept as it was. She devotes herself to studying and cultivating Taoism there, and they continue to mess around, so don’t bother.

Hua Qiao became anxious when she heard the words, and she hurriedly persuaded her own lady, “Miss, without me by my side, and without a caring person to serve, how can this work, absolutely not possible! Besides, in the spiritual realm view, it is the lady. A woman, the young lady is still so good-looking. Those tired and lazy people in the Taoist temple are not very promising, but they are just the reckless age of the blood and energy. God knows what kind of deeds they will do if they are not clear, the young lady is a cultivator Of course, I’m not afraid of some of them being muddled, but daily life is inconvenient after all, bathing, going to the toilet, washing clothes to dry…”

Chai Yu immediately nodded in agreement and said, “Hua Qiao is right, after all, there are differences between men and women, it’s better to let Hua Qiao place an order to practice in the spiritual realm view, just give some money, I believe the county government will not pursue such trivial matters. .”

Although he was not at all worried that there would be competitors in the spirit realm view, he just thought of the scene of those stunned youths staring at the bamboo poles to dry the women’s clothes.

No, when I get there, I have to let those young men from small places gain more insight and let them know what the difference between immortals and ordinary people is.

Jian Su joked: “You can’t blame yourself. If you have the official status of Taoist official, I can take you to the post with you, and you can talk about anything. In the end, it’s better for you, you will feel sleepy as soon as you turn over a book in elementary school, and others are reading. , you should be washing books with saliva. If you are not too open-minded, how can you not even get a Taoist ultimatum, and you are still a candidate Taoist. If you are willing to put half of your mind on planting flowers and practicing martial arts, put it on endorsement Above, you have already passed the exam.”

Hong Miao, the previous master of the spiritual realm, belongs to this category. In fact, the realm is already enough, but he cannot pass the final assessment, and he has never been able to obtain the official ultimatum issued by the imperial court.

Hua Qiao whispered: “It really doesn’t work, I’ll find a altar to buy a private altar, don’t worry, miss, I’ve saved some money, and I can pay for it myself…”

Jian Su glared at him and said, “They are all candidates for Daoist officials, and there is only one assessment of the Beijing Daoyuan Academy. How can it fall short, can you pursue it a little bit?! It was agreed in advance that when you arrive in Changshe County, you will continue to endorse me honestly. , don’t be lazy, I will check your schoolwork every month, if you fail twice, you will go back to the capital obediently, including your great grandfather, it’s useless for anyone to intercede for you!”

A certain surnamed Fa altar is used to teach private ceremonies and issue ultimatums. In the Qingming world, it belongs to the “side door and left way”, but this is actually very common in the fourteen states of the world.

In addition, many monks and Dao officials on the mountain in history have established their own portals, built altars, passed down the line of law, and the incense has continued to this day.

Tan Tau’s birthplace, the county Wang Tan family in Xinmi County, is here, and has a private altar.

Therefore, there is a saying in the Qingming world that can be taken seriously or not, “I would rather provoke a sect’s direct descendant than go to a certain altar”.

Just because there are no exceptions, the “ancestors” who have private altars must be richer, and they are definitely not ordinary “rich”, at least the Taoist priests in the Jade Pure Realm started.

Some maverick monks, when they reached the realm of earth immortals, or even the upper five realms, were still just private Taoist priests.

Although the ultimatum given by various altars will definitely not be recognized by Bai Yujing, but Bai Yujing deliberately or unintentionally makes a side of this net, that is to say, these endless private Taoist priests, because of their unjustified names, cannot be accepted. As a Qingliu official in the imperial court of various countries, he cannot hold any position in various official Taoist temples, but he goes out and calls himself a Taoist priest, and there is no problem. In some dynasties that strictly forbid private purse, and even regarded all altars as a crime, these “unrighteous” side-door officials can only make a detour.

In history, the largest private altar is… a rice thief from the Yanzhou lineage!

But this matter has become a taboo topic for all Taoist officials in the Qingming world.

Pretty grimacing.

I had known that she would not talk about private matters.

The bells and whistles stop talking.

Chai Yu flipped through the large and small matters on the booklet, and it was orderly. Regardless of Su Cheng’s appearance… rough, she was actually very careful.

The reason why she has been dressed so brightly recently is something she can’t do, because in the downtown area, passers-by who are often asked for directions or accosted will say “this strong man”…

Hua Qiao complained: “Miss, the incense of the Lingjing Temple in Changshe County… means that there is no incense! Poverty is really poor! If it hadn’t been repaired again in the past two years, we would have to drink the northwest wind this time, literally. The kind! A goose feather snow collapsed several houses, and it was Hong Miao who asked his grandfather to tell his grandmother for a few donations from the local gentry. He only said that the Taoist temple next door to Changshe County, how could it be like this? We are stretched thin, and the Lingguan Hall and the Taoist Lecture Hall, which cover several acres of land, were only expanded last year.

Generally speaking, Taoist temples will have temple property, and there will also be incense donations for lectures and fasting rituals. If there are more good men and women, Taoist temples will not be short of money at all. The abbots of some Taoist temples are somewhat famous and can also serve as priests. Taoist temples are equivalent to having their own French origin. But in Changshe County’s Spiritual Realm view, you don’t have anything you want, and you don’t have anything you want!

If you put aside the repairs that Hong Miao had done, since a good person rebuilt it in the early years, it seems that no one has added a tile to the spiritual realm view for two or three hundred years.

Jian Su couldn’t help laughing, and said with a smile: “From another point of view, this remote Taoist temple called Spirit Realm was really solid at the beginning of its construction. Surely the civil craftsmen at that time did not cut corners?”

Chai Yu was drinking wine, worthy of being a junior sister, and her heart was really big.

Jian Su said, “It’s not very good. You don’t have to send it to us, it’s clean.”

She left Beijing this time to hide from Jingjing.

Otherwise, based on her family background and cultivation qualifications, she would go to those imperial imperial Taoist temples that enshrine the emperor and the empress dowager to transcribe the Taoist scriptures. It is still a little difficult, but it is said that Jian Su’s great-grandfather is willing to help in the operation of the Ministry of Personnel, plus the icing on the cake of the Golden Coffin School of the division, let Jian Su go to a certain large house, the imperial court to build a Taoist temple, and seek a job. There is still no threshold for “leisure and beautiful jobs” that do not seek real power.

Chai Yu remembered something. For some reason, it seems that the large-scale Taoist temples in various countries are now expanding the Lingguan Hall at the government level, and they are in full swing.

“The snow has stopped.”

Jian Su said: “Then continue on the road, and try to find an inn in Xuxian, which is next to Changshe County, before dusk, and get up early tomorrow, go to the Taoist Temple in Xuxian County, and then we will rush to Lingjingguan. “

On the central axis of each Taoist temple, the buildings are similar. After the mountain gate, it is the Lingguan Hall. There is a slight difference. The former is in the patriarch’s hall, and the portrait of the head teacher is often changed to the “original surname” of the patriarch who founded his own Taoist temple. However, the side halls on the east and west sides and the Taoist temples of various countries are different from each other. They often worship different Taoist gods, Xianzhen, Wenchang Hall, Yaowang Hall, Leibu Tianguan, Dragon King Hall, Marriage Temple, Wenwu Temple, etc. And foot.

Chai Yu took out a few bags, “Junior sister, take them all, you will need them later. Among them, the noodles were asked by me and a female warrior from Yashan. She once passed by our division gate, and it was me. She met by chance, and according to Yashan’s seniority, her master is that Mrs. Qi.”

A bag of gold leaves, a bag of broken silver, and a well-crafted “noodle”.

Before this trip, Junior Sister had never touched anything yellow or white in her life.

Jian Su smiled and said, “I’ll accept the gold and silver. As for this face, I’m not a martial artist. Am I so shameless?”

Chai Yu smiled and said, “It can always save a lot of unnecessary trouble.”

Hua Qiao exclaimed: “Mrs. Qi, Zhi Jing Wu Fu! She is our second disciple of Master Lin!”

The entire Ruzhou, whether it is a Taoist priest or a warrior, is proud of having a “Lin Shi” in his own family.

This powerful maid of Kong Wu, she always did this, she always dozed off when she heard the anecdotes of various gods, but when she talked about the martial arts masters in Ruzhou, she was full of energy.

Jian Su exited the dilapidated gymnasium, turned around and made a bow.

After going down the mountain and entering the official road, the three cavalry galloped all the way to Xu County, where they found an inn to settle down.

The county government of Changshe County has received an official document from Yingchuan County that the new Taoist priest, the abbot of Lingjingguan, will be here today.

A county magistrate, the magistrate must be a Taoist, but Han magistrate has always had a mediocre relationship with Lingjingguan, and almost never communicated.

The main reason is that Hong Miao, the former master of the sanctuary, is an alternate Taoist official. He has been in charge of the Spiritual Realm Temple for so many years, but he has never visited the county government office. Come to the door, does this official have to go to the spiritual realm to find you, there is no such rule!

Because I heard that the abbot of this Taoist temple, Jian Su, is a son of a big clan from a high gate in the capital. He is very young. Generally, such Taoist officials come to the place to be “gilded”, and they will move to other places after a few years. , the local officials know it well, and there is no need to make the relationship between the two parties too stiff, so this time, the Changshe county government gave Lingjingguan a little face, and let the county magistrate and the county lieutenant go out at the same time. All of them were recorded by the Ministry of Officials, and they had to be candidates of Taoist origin. If those large counties, ordinary Taoist officials, don’t have enough family background, don’t even think of becoming a county magistrate or county lieutenant.

Early in the morning, two distinguished guests came to the Spiritual Realm Temple. If I remember correctly, they may have set foot on the Taoist Temple for the first time.

The snow is not cold and the snow is cold. Yesterday was a good snowstorm. Today, the teenagers in the Taoist temple are frozen like quails, their heads are drooping, their sleeves are stomped and their feet are stomping.

After all, there were two high-ranking officials in the county government present, so it was not easy for the teenagers to openly bring out the charcoal cage to keep warm.

Lin Xian felt that the opportunity was rare, so he leaned forward and stood at the door of the living room. He bravely called out to Uncle Huang, who was sitting by the brazier in the house.

At this time, Huang Xianwei was stunned, where are the relatives?

Instead, it was the county chief who stroked his beard and smiled, “It’s the son of shopkeeper Lin, yes, he’s a resident Taoist priest in our local area. If you continue to work hard, study hard here, and strive for a candidate Taoist priest, you will be considered a glorious lintel. already.”

Lin Xian’s face flushed red, and his expression was very excited. Unexpectedly, the county prime minister recognized himself. He was very sensible and did not dare to disturb the county prime minister’s rest. The boy just felt warm all over his body.

Seeing that Lin Yuan could even chat with the county magistrate, Ma Zhong and Tu Jia were both envious, and Tu Jia rushed to Lin Yuan’s side and asked this question in a low voice.

Lin Xian asked, “Where’s that guy Chen Cong? Ma Zhong didn’t reply angrily. He was very thief. He was a ghost.

The two officials were drinking tea here, but unfortunately they were on official business and could not drink.

As a result, when it was noon, I still couldn’t wait for the figure of the new spectator, so I was a little murmured, but don’t go straight to the hilltop of the county government office? No, if that’s the case, both of them are close confidants of the Han county magistrate. There must be a subordinate official who came here to inform them, that is, they are still on their way to the Taoist temple? The concept of spiritual realm is too small, and Chang Geng, the guest in charge of dealing with people and things, also has many errands, such as cooking and cooking. Since it was time to eat, the old man made a lunch and added a few dishes. The two officials and masters I just dealt with it a few casually, and then continued to move to the living room to wait for the new Guanzhu who was said to have an excellent background. The ability to rely on a good family background alone is not enough.

From early in the morning, until it was almost dark, and I couldn’t wait for the figure of the new spectator, no matter how good my patience was, it would be exhausted.

Dian Ke Chang Geng boiled water again and again, and changed the tea leaves again and again. The two county magistrates continued to drink like this. With the Taoist family, they could really only drink water.

Huang Xianwei had a dark face, stretched out his hand to use iron pliers to stir the charcoal fire, and said softly: “This is too hot, Brother Qin, what do you say? People in the capital are amazing, they don’t say anything about the rules.”

The old man said indifferently: “Wait for another half an hour, it won’t be timed, we’ll leave when it’s time, and we really won’t serve you. Don’t go to our county office if you have the ability.”

In the evening, Liu Fang and the guest Chang Geng stood in the corridor outside the living room and gently pulled the house. Liu Fang said that Yang Mazi’s family had just killed a pig. Let’s go drink two cups.

Chang Geng rubbed his hands and nodded, repeatedly saying that it is good to be brave, and it is good to be brave.

Turning his head and glancing at the extremely ugly faces of the two officials in the house, Liu Fang shook his head gently, and said in a low voice, “It’s still the same, life is hard.”

Hong Guanzhu is not good at managing relationships, but Lingjingguan and the county government have maintained their politeness on the surface. Face. How will you get along in the future?

Chang Bo smiled and said, “It’s a pity that the county magistrate Han didn’t come today.”

Liu Fang sighed heavily, “Let’s just wait for the shoes to be put on after the Taoist temple. The new temple masters may not be afraid of this, but it’s just that we, the resident Taoists who do not depend on both sides, suffer.”

The relationship between a Taoist temple and the local government is more of the former relying on the latter, and some poor Taoist temples that rely on the incense of the people to maintain their daily lives. Can give or not, give more and give less, anyway, it is a doorway, it depends on the relationship between the Taoist temple and the local government. Not coincidentally, the spiritual realm view is on this list.

Ma Wuye, grass is not fat, and the concept of spiritual realm is in Hong Miao’s hands. It is the idea given by the aide, Chang Geng, that allows a Taoist temple to issue two Taoist robes for young people to wear in winter and summer every year. With Taoist incense money? It is only said that the last time various parties raised money to repair the Taoist temple, it was Chang Bo who helped to go out and contact. It is estimated that this is why Hong Miao has a “honest duty” in his comments on the resident Daoist, regarding the venerable Chang Geng.

In the words of that boy Chen Cong, if a pilgrim is willing to throw two copper coins into the merit box, it is the sound of thunder.

In the eyes of Miaozhu Liu Fang, Chen Cong, a child who is lazy or a little bit lazy, is smart and energetic, and usually speaks a little interestingly, which can relieve boredom.

Looking at the honest and honest young man, in fact, Yan’er is bad and full of ideas. This doesn’t seem to have persuaded Lord Hong Guan to come, saying that relying on others is worse than relying on yourself. We Taoist incense is not prosperous. ?

In the twilight, the top of the hill where the Spiritual Realm View is located is an inconspicuous hill, but the old locust trees on both sides of the road still look the same.

The three turned over and dismounted together at the foot of the mountain. Jane Su led the horse away, raised her head and smiled: “The scenery of the Taoist temple is much better than I imagined.”

Hua Qiao said helplessly, “Miss is too good to talk.”

Chai Yu squatted down, stretched out his hand to wipe off the thick snow on the road, then grabbed a handful of dirt, twisted his fingers, sniffed, and nodded, the soil and water here are okay.

Hua Qiao is not surprised by this, the young lady’s senior brother Yu is actually very close to the young lady, but the young lady doesn’t seem to have any thoughts about this senior brother.

At the Taoist temple, the two county magistrates were actually about to return home, and they were full of anger. As a result, they went out and saw three foreigners walking towards them.

Lin Yuan’s eyes suddenly lit up, just based on the positions of the three, he could guess that his new watcher was the young and beautiful… elder sister in the middle? !

Is she the new watcher of our spiritual world view? ! The teenager only feels that there is hope in life. In the future, he will get along with such a beautiful woman day and night every day, and he must pay attention to schoolwork sooner or later!

Tu Gao asked curiously, “Which one is the spectator?”

Ma Zhong stared blankly at the fairy who seemed to be walking out of the New Year’s picture.

Chen Cong quickly glanced at their clothes, hehe, these three horses are so impressive, they can’t be seen in the county town!

Jian Su handed the reins of the horse to the maid next to her, and made a stern showdown with everyone, “Jian Su, the new abbot of Lingjing Guan, the Taoist priest, I have seen all the fellow Taoists.”

Chai Yu wanted to introduce himself, but after thinking about it, he gave up. Chai Yu, a disciple of the seventh generation of the Golden Coffin Sect, and as the evangelist of the Patriarch’s Hall, was actually quite deterrent when he arrived at the local prefectures of his own country.

The maid was fancy, deliberately put on a fierce face, and glanced at the young man. Fortunately, they were all laymen with turbid breathing, and it was estimated that they were thirsty and not timid.

Lingjingguan is not the kind of temple that has been passed down from generation to generation. It can open its doors to entertain people from all walks of life. Even if it is so poor, how can there be friends from other places who come here to harass, hungry and staring every day?

Chai Yu intends to stay here for a while, anyway, under the guise of traveling down the mountain, so that he can accompany his sister on a landscape journey.

The guest Chang Geng hurriedly returned a good-looking Jishou, and pulled a temple blessing around him, “The guest Chang Geng and the temple blessing Liu Fang welcome Jian Guanzhu. These two masters are counties in our Changshe County. Sir Qin, county magistrate Sir Huang, the two adults have been at our Taoist temple since 19:00 to wait for the spectator. We can’t wait any longer. Seeing that it was getting late, the county magistrate of Qin made an appointment with the county magistrate Huang. Waiting outside, the Taoist temple is not big, and it is dark today, if there are no words here on the mountain, it is estimated that Lord Jian Guan will have to find it hard.”

Seeing the slim young woman’s crown in front of her, the anger in the hearts of the two officials disappeared in an instant.

As for the decent remarks of the guest Chang Geng, they were also pleasant to the ears.

A small spiritual world view, a talented person, I will communicate often in the future, and have tea and talk with the master Jian Guan.

Chang Geng’s cooking skills are not bad, so when he turned around, he asked the yamen to send some seasonal vegetables to Taoist temple. Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and the incense of spiritual realm view, can’t our county government help?

Jian Su apologetically smiled and said, “Jian Su has no dao number yet. I have met Qin County Chancellor and Huang Xianwei. I’m sorry to keep the two adults waiting for a long time, and I’m afraid. This is an official document, please take a look.”

She took out the official document from her sleeve and handed it to the two county officials.

Qin Xiancheng took the official document. The sky was dark. The old man squinted and glanced at it. He nodded and said, “It’s correct. I’m the county magistrate of Changshe, and I would like to congratulate Jian Guanzhu on his appointment.”

In the official document, it was clearly stated that one day he must arrive at Lingjingguan to take office, but Jian Su did not expect that the county government would let two officials come to Lingjingguan to meet him, and he never thought that they would be here early in the morning. wait.

She thought for a while and smiled: “It stands to reason that when I first arrived, I should take the initiative to visit you at the county government office.”

Jane Su reminded in her heart: “Fancy, let’s see how I will chat with them next. If you need it, you can ride a horse to the county seat and find a bigger restaurant later.”

Chai Yu did it on purpose, in the final analysis, she still hoped that the younger sister could return to the teacher’s door to practice. She really wanted to practice Taoism in the red dust, so she chose a Taoist view close to the teacher’s door.

The Golden Coffin Sect is in the country and belongs to the top three avenues, but in recent years, it has been crowded out by the joint efforts of the two front sects. Zhou Daoguan may have “heard” of a Golden Coffin Sect in Nanshan State, but it is estimated that he can’t even remember the name and Dao number of the leader. the sect, right? The other two immortal gates, in a strict sense, do not belong to the local dojos of Nanshan Kingdom. Just because there are vassal hilltops outside Zushan, and the mountains and rivers border Nanshan Kingdom, they are regarded as guests by His Majesty the Emperor. The head of the Golden Coffin Sect was not even able to become a real protector of the country. It’s not that the Nanshan Kingdom’s court is unwilling to support the Golden Coffin Sect, but it’s really not appropriate to have a bad relationship with those two behemoths who are “on the side of the couch” in the same country.

Junior sister never paid attention to these inside stories, and even if she heard about it, she would just ignore it. But Chai Yu, as a re-disciple of the contemporary master of the Golden Coffin School, was highly valued and loved by his master. As soon as he entered the Longmen realm, he intended to let Chai Yu be placed as a servant in the Nanshan State Rites Department and hone in the officialdom for a few years. , When there is a sign of forming an elixir, he immediately returns to the mountain gate to retreat. As long as the elixir is formed, while the opening ceremony is held, Chai Yu can take charge of the Ministry of Industry of a country.

The two officials still declined Jian Guanzhu’s dinner invitation, saying that they still needed to return to the county government immediately to inform the county magistrate of the matter, and some procedures needed to go through each room of the county government.

Jian Su sent them all the way to the foot of the mountain. The Taoist temple is really simple, and there is no mountain gate or archway.

There are no stables in the Taoist temple. Fortunately, the temple wished Liu Fang that there was a place to take care of the horses in his village at the foot of the mountain.

Hearing that the Guanzhu had already eaten dinner, the venerable Changbo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The lunch at noon had eaten up a lot of the Taoist family. Jia, I didn’t use my chopsticks much, so it’s cheap for those **** who just waited for the officials to leave the restaurant and started to devour them. Don’t look at the temple Zhu Liu Fang, who is old and eats less. When he left the table, he burped and went to the living room. On the way, I walked slowly, stretched out my hand and pulled out the shredded meat from the gap between my teeth. Today’s meal is not far from the New Year.

Chang Bo led the new Guanzhu to a room, worried that she would have grudges in her heart, so he specifically emphasized that the quilts, washbasins and other objects in the room were newly bought by the Taoist temple from the county seat.

Jane Su nodded with a smile, and thanked the well-rounded old man. She had a good impression of this guest, indeed… being honest, she was actually very observant, but she didn’t give off that slick feeling.

When the old man arrived in the house, he always stood by the door. When Jian Su sat on an official hat chair, the old man said goodbye and did not forget to gently close the door.

Jian Su stretched her waist. Compared with the family in the capital, in the Shimen Dojo, everything she saw and heard here was new.

There was a legendary fairy in the Nascent Soul Realm from her ancestors, and her great-grandfather, the current owner of the house, was a golden elixir, but at this point, in the words of the great-grandfather himself, it was already exhausted. At the point where the energy and oil are exhausted, let alone the Nascent Soul Realm, it is the second floor of the three floors of the Golden Core Realm. Don’t even think about it in this life. Therefore, the outside world praised him as a young golden pill, but the old man said that he was a veritable old golden pill.

In any case, becoming a Jindan Earth Immortal, the great-grandfather of Jiansu, still belongs to the family’s well-deserved ancestor of ZTE. Although there is a Nascent Soul in the ancestor, the Jian family is still not a family of Zhongming Ding food that has been attached to the hairpin for generations, just because That patriarch, the process of enlightenment was covered by clouds and mist, and seemed to be a little unspeakable, so that there was no record in the family, genealogy and biographies, and in the Nanshan Kingdom, whether it was in the middle five realms, forming a pill, or even becoming a Yuan Ying In the realm, I haven’t really put my mind on the open branches and leaves of the establishment of the mountain or the officialdom of the imperial court. I just closed the door to practice, and I didn’t accept many disciples, so when the ancestors quietly died, there was no such thing as The Jian family, which formed a climate, quickly declined all the way, until Jiansu’s great-grandfather was a genius, and with the ancestral preaching book that no one could understand, he practiced smoothly and succeeded in forming elixir. It was only when the Jian family began to revive the family tradition. Jian Su’s grandfather and two uncles were successively admitted to Taoist officials. The Jian family was thus able to gain a firm foothold and a place in the Nanshan Kingdom’s court.

However, when it came to Jian Su’s father’s generation, they began to fail. There was no one in the house who had the qualifications to practice, and no one was admitted to the Taoist official.

It wasn’t until Jian Su was introduced that this predicament was changed, and the family could be said to be proud again.

But no matter men and women, children of aristocratic families, when they get old, they can’t get around the matter of marriage. The Jian family has always regarded themselves as the first of a scholarly family, and simple parents are really unwilling to fall into the reputation of clinging to the powerful, but it is reasonable to marry. After all, it is impossible. Avoid, plus Jiansu’s cultivating qualifications are good enough, Jiansu’s parents are not in a hurry, but those fathers and grandparents in the family ancestral hall have some thoughts in this regard, and want to help her find a good family, except for a few Jingcheng Junyan, who is already an official Taoist official, and Jian Su’s fellow senior brother Chai Yu in the Golden Coffin Sect, aren’t they a good match right now?

Therefore, when Jian Su took the initiative to request to go out of town, and finally selected the spiritual realm concept of Nayingchuan County, Changshe County, as the abbot Taoist priest, senior brother Chai Yu followed in an open and fair manner.

In fact, at such a young age, Jian Su can serve as the abbot of a government-run Taoist temple. Regardless of how shabby the spiritual realm view is, it is still not enough to rely on the face of the Jane family. In fact, the number of abbots in any government-run or government-run Taoist temple in Nanshan Kingdom is a contest between the Jin and the two sects.

Jian Su is only nineteen years old now, and before she is twenty years old, she is already in the Dongfu realm, and successfully entered the middle five realm, which is no different from the carp leaping over the first dragon gate.

The key is that Jian Su is talented and intelligent. She has read the family’s collection of books since she was a child. She often had unique opinions when she was young.

Therefore, when she was fourteen years old, she was admitted to the Taoist official who passed the examination in the capital of Nanshan Kingdom, and her ranking was extremely high. Back then, this incident was quite a sensation in the capital.

For example, among ordinary masters, it is equivalent to someone who passed the imperial examination at the age of fourteen and was ranked in the top three.

It’s a pity that Jian Su’s practice is still a bit slow, and it is still a little bit short of the real genius “Tao Seed” on the mountain.

Otherwise, the number of people who come to the Jian family to ask for marriage will only be more, and it is estimated that the threshold has already been crossed.

There is an earth immortal in the family, which is so good.

Jian Su stood up and hung a scroll on the wall. The portrait was of a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a travel crown, sitting cross-legged on a futon.

Inscribed on the painting is a poem written by cinnabar, with eight characters at the end, meaning similar to the message, “Leave the country, sit and forget, and cultivate the Tao honestly.”

The signature is Qingxiao real person. This is the Taoist name of the Yuan Ying Patriarch of the Jian Su family.

What a beautiful meaning of this name.

However, Jian Su has checked the archives of the Ministry of Rites of the country, and there has never been such a Taoist official in the history of Nanshan Kingdom.

Today, the Taoist official who owns this Taoist name, Jian Su, has heard the name for a long time, and can be called thunderous. Just because the other party is a celestial priest of the Hongnong Yang clan in Youzhou.

There was a sound of pushing the door behind her, and Jian Su retracted her gaze. It was Hua Qiao who had returned to the Taoist temple. This burly maidservant was skilled in her movements. She put the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, water in the pen holder, and bamboo yellow arms on the lamp to make offerings to the study room, one by one. Take it out and put it on the table. Dozens of Taoist classics were taken out from the bookcases and bamboo crates. Because there were no bookcases in the house for the time being, they were all placed on the table, as well as a complete set of porcelain tea sets. As well as some precious letterheads secretly made on the mountain, they are “stunners” in paper, and ordinary rich people can’t afford them.

A set of pastel flowers and nine sets of plates, used to display melon and fruit desserts.

Thanks to the small room, this desk by the window is quite large.

The maid even took out the hammer nails that had been prepared for a long time, jingling. It turned out that she had to choose the hanging position of the vase on the wall. Flowers could be arranged in the porcelain vase. The wall vase of the half-moon vase was designed to hang on the wall. .

Don’t look at how tall and majestic she is, in fact, she is ingenious. She only talks about the sachets she knitted by herself, which is the favorite of the women of the Jian family.

There is an ancient inkstone on the table, which is very close to the celadon wall vase.

The suddenly rich and extravagant family, and the scholarly family of Gengdu and heirlooms, always have their own decorative styles.

Hua Qiao took a few steps back, glanced at the wall vase, then leaned closer to the wall, supported the vase, and muttered, “Miss, I will go to the county town tomorrow to help you buy some winter and summer bedding, mosquito nets, and also This bed is too small. Why don’t I hire a skilled carpenter to make a bed with money? I will abide by the agreement, not to show the realm of martial arts and family techniques here, the big deal is to hire a car to the foot of the mountain , I deliberately choose a twilight to come here, and I will carry it myself, anyway, just a few steps of the mountain road, over the wall, to ensure that the ghost is not aware of it!”

“No, it’s not a trip to the Spring and Autumn Period. The grandfather has a mantra, Taoist priests are not poor and who are poor.”

Jian Su smiled and shook her head: “Besides, with such a big bed, you can move it up the mountain, how can you move it into the house?”

Looking at the decorations on the table, Jian Su laughed at herself: “It’s not so poor, it’s almost as good as hiding and enjoying the happiness.”

Hua Qiao glanced under the desk and said in a heartfelt voice, “Hong Miao said that there is a family talisman of Tan Tau secretly pasted on the bottom of the desk, which can last for several months. Miss?”

Jane Su said in her heart: “Be careful sailing the ten thousand year ship, just keep this talisman.”

She sighed softly, there was no officialdom outside the mountain.

This kind of favor is owed. Jian Su couldn’t help but appreciate it.

Fancy nodded, a little depressed, “Miss, I looked at Lin Xian’s young men, and my eyes were not right. When I looked at Miss, my eyes seemed to have charcoal fire.”

Jian Su smiled and said, “You know again?”

Hua Qiao suddenly remembered a face, “Especially pay attention to the young man named Chen Cong. He looks quite Zhou Zheng, his eyes are thief, and he hides a lot of thoughts.”

Jian Su joked, “Is it possible that you have bad intentions?”

Fancy shook her head and said, “That’s not true. It can be seen that he is the only one who is not so reincarnated as a lecher, and he pays more attention to the lady’s clothes.”

Jane smiled.

Pretty and sternly said: “Miss, people’s hearts are unpredictable, the intention to harm others is indispensable, and the intention to guard against others is indispensable. Since there are people who want to see beauty, there must be people who want to see money.”

Jian Su smiled casually and said, “Oh? That boy is still a money fan? So why don’t you talk to me?”

Hua Qiao rolled her eyes and said, “Look at his thin arms and thin legs, and he is shivering from the cold. When I pass by him in the future, I am afraid that a gust of wind will blow him with my quick steps.”

Jian Su held back her smile, “Then take it easy.”

Hua Qiao is a martial arts prodigy with amazing natural physical strength, but the Jian family has neither a martial arts master to worship her, nor a suitable martial arts secret book for her to learn. , is a little guilty. It is always said that this child of fancy, it would be great if he could go to Yashan in the Chijin Dynasty to try his luck since he was a child. Unfortunately, he did not enter our house until he was ten years old. For a top sect like Xie Shan, I believe that she may have great achievements.

There was only one chair in the house, Jian Su let Fancy sit, she sat on the edge of the bed, put her hands on the edge of the bed, and asked with a smile, “Stop the ink, go to the county town to find an inn, and then buy a house.”

The whole person seemed to be stuffed with chairs and asked tentatively: “Miss, are you really not allowed to live in the Taoist temple? I asked, the temple wishes Liu Fang to have a room, and he doesn’t live often. I’ll pay him to rent it.”

Looking at the pitiful her, Jian Su felt a little soft-hearted, and without waiting for Jian Su to say anything, Hua Qiao laughed and said, “Miss, I have already negotiated the price with Liu Fang, and I will take the house over there. Order!”

As expected of Senior Brother Chai, he really taught me a clever trick!

Jian Su said helplessly, “Okay.”

They say they are masters and servants, but they are actually sisters.

Hua Qiao smiled brightly and said, “Miss, let’s talk for a while?”

Jane nodded.

Huaqiao took out a book from the pile of books on the table. She didn’t like to read books, but there was a treasure hidden in this Taoist book.

Jian Su looked at the soft and flirtatious movements, and couldn’t help joking: “Have you met your lover again? Is it like every three autumns if you don’t see each other in one day?”

Fancy grinned, “I’m not worthy of him, miss… I’m not worthy of my conscience, either.”

Jian Su nodded and said, “That’s for sure.”

Hua Qiao took out two “pages” from the book, which she carefully cut out from the two Shanshui Di newspapers.

The Jian family is not one of the first-class wealthy and wealthy portals in the capital, so every expensive Shanshui Dibao will be carefully preserved. This is a two-page Dibao that I finally collected after asking the lady for help. “Lover”, of course, is a joke by his own lady, just because there is the same pure martial artist on the Di Bao.

But it is another world.

His name is Cao Ci.

On a page of the Di newspaper, he wrote about how he broke through the border and retreated from the enemy in a place called Fuyaozhou in the vast world. On the second page of the Di newspaper, it was written that he won the battle between the blue and white of the Confucian Temple in China.

Win again!

This also has something to do with the prosperity of Ruzhou’s martial arts. Gossip about this Cao Ci will be spread on the mountain. In other states, it may only be heard of this person on the top of the mountain.

However, such a person who is far in the horizon is really a figure far in the horizon for Hua Qiao.

From Hua Qiao’s point of view, Cao Ci, who is a majestic world, is unattainable and unattainable, and he is not much different from the city owner and landlord of the 12th floor of Baiyujing Five City.

It may be because of preconceived ideas, she has a bad impression of another Cao Ci’s peers, to be precise, very bad.

If you lose and lose again, how can you still have the face to entangle Cao Ci endlessly?

Hua Qiao started talking again: “Miss, can you imagine that Cao Ci is only in his early 40s now, and he is already the master of the end of the martial arts.”

“I take him as the second Master Lin, isn’t it too much?”

“The Di Bao said that Cao Ci has never lost anything so far, and he will definitely not lose to anyone in the future.”

Hearing this, Jian Su asked with a smile, “Didn’t he have a master, and there is no competition between them. Since there are competitions and teaching boxing to feed boxing, there must be winners and losers, right?”

Hua Qiao’s eyes widened, her face dazed, she shook her head, and said dully, “How do I know about the situation of their master and apprentice teaching boxing, anyway, that world said that Cao Ci never lost.”

Jian Su said with a smile: “I heard that there is another person of the same age with the surname Chen. Although I lost a few games, but the most recent match made Cao Ci’s face swollen?”

Hua Qiao said angrily, “Bah! This kind of person doesn’t teach any martial arts at all, so is he worthy of being a martial arts master?!”

Jian Su joked: “If you saw that Chen Yinguan one day, would you dare to scold him face to face?”

Hua Qiao suddenly lost her anger, and said listlessly: “Of course… I don’t dare.”

The surnamed Chen, in addition to being a young martial artist, is one of the ten young people in the world, Chen Shiyi? It seems that he is still an official, Chen Yinguan?

Oh, it’s bells and whistles, flashy, look at our Cao Ci, isn’t it just Cao Ci? Are there nicknames and titles?

Just the name of Cao Ci is enough.

Thinking of this, Hua Qiao’s mood improved.

It was dark at night and there was nothing to do, Chai Yu was carrying a money bag full of money from the Nine Emperors selected from the treasury.

Opening the knot of the bag, Chai Yu opened his five fingers, and nine coins popped out from the inside. These are all kinds of treasures used as carving mother coins. They are all year names with excellent meaning, and behind each year number is a meaning A period of peaceful years when the country was strong and the people were safe. Among them, there is another bag hidden in the sleeve of Chai Yu’s Taoist robe, which holds several coins carved from snow-white ivory, but there is no need to make such a move.

There is this treasure, in the family.

In fact, Chai Yu’s ancestral home is not Nanshan, but a vassal state bordering the Chijin Dynasty. There, there is an official in the imperial court called Qian Fa Shilang, who manages the coinage of Mingquan Bureau and Baoyuan Bureau. The Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Households all have them, and they are usually held concurrently by the right servants of the two departments. Occasionally, there are also officers who serve as the head of the Qianfa Hall. Usually, it is a precursor to being promoted and reused by the imperial court. Occasionally, there is a large government in the local area, and there is also a coinage bureau, which is convenient for collecting materials and casting locally. Relatively speaking, Qian Fa Shi Lang of the Ministry of Industry has more power, and the copper coins he cast can be used in one country or even several neighboring countries. Engraving the money sample The money sample is sent to the Ministry of Industry for appraisal. After this, the ancestral money is imitated and cast, and then the mother money is cast with the ancestral money. Even if it is mother money, the beauty of its appearance is by no means the currency of a country. As for the ancestral money, especially the “copper coins” carved from ivory, the Ministry of Industry and Industry of the imperial court will carefully record each one, have a serial number, and transfer it to the imperial treasury, which will be kept tightly sealed and not leaked. And all of Chai Yuzhi owns these treasures, which is related to his ancestors serving as ministers and servants of the Ministry of Industry. In addition, there are several forbidden books in the family, which are secret and treasures, and absolutely dare not let outsiders know about them. For example, there is a book of Rites. The official chapter is devoted to such taboo content as Tugui surveying the depth of the geodesic veins and how to build a royal city in the middle of the earth.

Therefore, Chai Yu’s family has a deep family background, and almost all the Taoist officials of the family are born with a keen intuition for gold, iron and earth veins.

Ma Zhong and Tu Jia both found it interesting, but Chai Yu didn’t stop them. The two rural teenagers watched from afar, constantly throwing money on the ground and picking up money again.

Behind the small Taoist temple, near the vegetable garden, there is a dry well.

Chai Yu had already put away the nine mother coins and pulled out a talisman from his sleeve. The two teenagers were startled. The Taoist priest just blew it lightly, and the yellow paper talisman instantly burned, as if holding a lantern. The lanterns illuminated the whole vegetable garden brightly.

Chai Yu stood beside the wellhead, raised his arm and raised the talisman, and then looked down, it wasn’t too deep, but there was some snow at the bottom of the well.

Two fingers twisted the talisman, chanted the incantation silently, and finally threw it to the bottom of the well. A talisman was driven into the snow at the bottom of the well as fast as an arrow. During this period, the fire burst into flames, like a slender fire dragon hanging in the well.

No difference.

To be careful, Chai Yu waited until the talisman at the bottom of the well was completely burnt out, then walked around the well, took out a long golden rope from his sleeve, and then took out a pocket copper coin sword, which was no more than a foot long and hung on it. In the golden long rope, he intends to fall into the well with his sword.

If there is an evil spirit hiding in it, encountering this sword is tantamount to seeing a scorching sun in a tomb.

I dare not say that with this copper coin sword, you can slay demons and eliminate evil on the spot, but it is certainly not difficult to force them out of the well.

Chai Yu made up his mind that before leaving the Taoist temple, he would give each of the teenagers a copper coin of relatively ordinary material and shape.

But if they know the goods, they can find a Xianjia ferry port or a large county temple and sell it, which is also a considerable windfall.

Tujia secretly glanced at Ma Zhong.

Ma Zhong was a little absent-minded.

Inside the Taoist Drum Tower, Chen Cong was lying there, watching the fire from the well in the vegetable garden.

Both Changshe County Lingjing Temple and Naxu County belong to Taoist temples in small counties, so according to the ritual system, they are not qualified to hang such big bells and drums. In the late “Stop the Great Tranquility”, the Taoists of all generations who have lived in the spiritual realm since its establishment have only heard about it. Either someone is willing to travel long distances to those Taoist temples, and when they come back, they can brag about it. Hong Miao, the previous master of the temple, once said that when the imperial decree built the giant temple, the bells in the morning and the drums in the evening are loud and distant, and can be heard dozens of miles away.

A few old-fashioned teenagers are just like listening to heavenly books anyway.

All the rest of the Taoist temples pay attention to the red tape. When it comes to the spirit world temple, every time a pig is killed, the pilgrim will go down to help drag the pig’s tail, and then carry two pieces of meat back to the mountain to open a small Taoist temple. , It’s not going to happen, there’s no time to live?

Just when Chai Yu sacrificed the copper coin sword, the sound of the twilight drum sounded in the Taoist temple.

Chen Cong was taken aback, but he didn’t even bother to turn around. It must have been Uncle Chang working here.

Chai Yu was stunned for a moment, then smiled casually. After all, he was a Taoist official, and he was a “received Taoist priest” who had just arrived. He had to pay attention to a rule and put the pocket copper sword in his sleeve.

Looking at the dry well, Chai Yu turned around and made a bow at the Drum Tower.

Originally, I was suspicious, and if it spread to the ears of my junior sister, I would probably be laughed at a few times.

All night.

The new official took office, the watcher was simple and simple. He turned on the lamp and read several account books of Lingjingguan. It didn’t take much time to chat with his maid Hua Qiao for almost a night in the boudoir.

Chai Yu lived in a very simple guest room, and he had no sleepiness. Except for the breathing and breathing of his homework at night, the next door was the place where the teenagers lived. Except for the snoring, there was nothing… unbearable.

After finally waiting for the morning bell to ring, Chai Yu opened the door of the house, only to see Chang Bo who was cleaning the courtyard, and began to beat the ice awls hanging over the eaves with his broom, breaking the ground.

Seeing this, Chai Yu felt helpless, so did he use a broom? You can use a bamboo pole to hit the ice awl.

But Chai Yu still didn’t say anything, instead he took the initiative to say hello to the old man.

Chang Bo hurriedly stopped what he was doing and called out to Immortal Chai respectfully.

Chai Yu glanced at the main hall of the Taoist Temple and asked tentatively, “Chang Dianke, can I enter the main hall to see?”

Uncle Chang was delighted when he heard it, and said with a grin: “Don’t talk about going to see it, if the Taoist priest sees something he likes, he can move it away, as long as I don’t see it. The valuables in the Taoist temple are almost all there. In the main hall, there are all the items, all of which have been reported in detail with the county government. The officials and masters of the household and workshop will come here to check each year as a rule, and if there is any need for repairs The place that needs to be reported is a trivial matter of the officials and gentlemen. It has not been replaced for many years. It is better to lose it accidentally. It seems that it was the year before the year. The master of the workshop visited our Taoist temple in person. After reading it, I said it was strange, is your spiritual conception so firm, you are safe everywhere, and the clerk in the household listened to it, and didn’t seem to say a word.”

Obviously, the other party is reminding the spiritual realm view, if you can repair or not, you should pay attention to it, don’t be dumb, children who can cry have milk to eat.

As a result, then the county government workshop will have oil and water.

As for the household, you can also make a small profit. Even if the money is not much, you can invite your colleagues in this room to have a drink, eat meat, and connect with each other. Isn’t it a good thing?

Chai Yu choked for a moment.

It’s really out of sight.

Isn’t the local folk customs a bit simple?

Chai Yu was relieved after thinking about it again. This Chang Geng used to be a genuine scholar, no wonder no wonder.

It seems that it is very good for this old man to be the Taoist watcher.

Maybe you can really help your junior sister and help with Taoist affairs?

There is only one thing, even if it is an outsider, Chai Yu is still uncomfortable and unhappy. After hesitating for a while, Chai Yu asks: “Chang Dianke, it seems that you are not particularly good at playing bells and drums at the door?”

Chang Bo said embarrassedly: “Hong Lao Guanzhu has taught him a few times, fast and slow, and I am old, so I can’t remember it, and I can’t learn it.”

Chai Yu was speechless for a moment. As for whether the old man can’t learn, or is it troublesome, God knows.

Then Chai Yu didn’t even bother to ask “Do you know what the content of Zhongwen is” in cooperation with Chenzhong and Mugu.

Chai Yu had to ask another simple question, “Uncle Chang, there are Dao Nao, Lin and Lang here in the Taoist temple, right?”

Uncle Chang was at a loss, “What did the Taoist say? There are nao, board, and copper chimes, but I don’t need them at ordinary times. Hong Lao Guanzhu is gone, and now he is eating ashes in the utility room.”

Chai Yu had no choice but to explain patiently: “The Fa Zhong is named Lin on the left and Lang on the right. The body of the bell is often engraved with cloud patterns of spells. Generally speaking, the county Taoist temple should have it, but the material may be relatively ordinary.”

The old man snorted, “The Daoist said directly that it’s the kind of big bell with a long handle. Yes, why not, Hong Lao Guanzhu shook and chanted, it was very nice.”

Every time a few teenagers can take the opportunity to fall asleep. Among them, Ma Zhong and Tujia are even more powerful. They have already developed a unique skill that can make them fall asleep with their eyes open.

Chai Yu rubbed his eyebrows and said nothing.

This old regular guest, he was a scholar when he was young, but he definitely didn’t study hard. Most likely, he didn’t even think about taking the Taoist examination at all? Is it self-awareness, can’t even think about it?

Uncle Chang glanced at the Tongpu house, it was rare to open the door so early, Lin Xian looked very energetic, they were all carefully arranged, and Tujia specially changed into a new Taoist robe.

As for Chen Cong, his junior, he was still the same, sleepy eyes, and when he rolled his eyes, he saw that the courtyard had been cleaned, and walked towards him quickly, smiling as he was about to take the broom.

Guanzhu Jiansu walked out of the door, glanced at the resident Taoist priest in his Taoist temple, nodded lightly, stepped into the main hall first, and began to offer incense.

Except for Chai Yu and Hua Qiao, the others waited.

As for Liu Fang, who wished to pray in the temple, he didn’t go up the mountain, and he almost didn’t offer those horses as his ancestors.

Hearing the bell of the Taoist temple on the mountain, the old man was relieved to go to sleep, and he fell asleep. The king and Laozi didn’t even want to wake up, he must sleep well today.

Jane Su started her first morning class.

Although she was facing only some teenagers, but fortunately, the contents of these coursework were all contents that she had been familiar with for a long time. In the past, it was listening, but now it is just lecturing.

In addition, before coming to Taoist Temple, she still did some lesson preparation, and once asked a family who belonged to the Taoist Temple to worship, but Jian Su was still a little nervous at first.

It’s just that the group of teenagers still talked twice about whether they were listening to the class or “watching the class”, and the guest Chang Geng, who was sitting in the corner, had already started pecking at the rice, which made Jian Su quietly relieved. , is getting better, after all, she was admitted to the ultimatum at the age of fourteen, and coming here to give a lecture is actually similar to the teaching of a country’s champion to Mengtong Murano.

Chai Yu and Hua Qiao, who were standing at the door, were also relieved.

At the end of the morning class, it’s a fasting meal.

Chang Bo has already gone to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

Officially run Taoist temples in various places, in addition to the rituals such as fasting, rituals, etc., must be vegetarian on the 15th day of the first year. In addition to not eating meat, there are also taboos of five meat and four sins. In addition, it depends on the rules established by each Taoist temple. They are all strictly vegetarian, and absolutely do not eat meat or drink, and marriage is strictly prohibited. However, the Taoist temples built by ordinary officials are not included in this list, such as the spiritual realm concept. Furthermore, sometimes, whether or not the Taoist temples at all levels directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court of a country can eat meat or not depends on the personal preference of the emperor or the real person protecting the country.

There was a large round table that could seat about ten people. As a result, there were steamed buns, white porridge, a few plates of winter pickles, and a large jar of chopped peppers and garlic.

The teenagers all held their breaths, and only waited for the new Guanzhu to give an order, and then they could move their chopsticks.

Jian Su said with a smile: “Chang Dianke, Taoism is very particular. Today is just fifteen. This garlic is among the four xins. Let’s remove it.”

Chang Geng quickly apologized, rubbed his hands, and took the jar of chopped peppers and garlic away.

Chai Yu was a little helpless, didn’t Hong Miao never care and teach?

The eyes of several teenagers followed the jar of chopped peppers and garlic.

I just depend on it for dinner. Without this thing, the food is already extremely bland, what else can I do?

Fancy is a little curious, is this thing really that delicious? If you don’t rinse your mouth after eating, when you talk to someone, isn’t it all the smell of garlic?

“Eat all. As for chatting at the dinner table, we can all be free.”

Jian Su smiled and took a sip of white porridge. She took the lead with her chopsticks and picked up a chopstick of winter pickles. She chewed it carefully. Hey, it tasted quite good.

Because of the presence of Lord Jian Guan, the teenagers were very polite.

When Jian Su put down her chopsticks, several teenagers were still eating steamed buns and making porridge. Fancy can see the way, especially that Chen Cong, who seems to be eating slowly, in fact, he really eats a lot!

Hearing that Immortal Chai and the big ladies were going to the county to buy something, Lin Xian volunteered to help lead the way.

It turned out that Lord Jian Guan did not come down the mountain with them, and the young man disappeared all of a sudden. After leaving the Taoist temple, he began to feel sick.

Jian Su began to wander around the Taoist temple. Outside the main hall, there were guest rooms, a fasting hall, a kitchen, and a storage room where farm implements and sundries were stacked. In fact, there were only a few houses.

Tujiao and Ma Zhong were very attentive and led the Guanzhu “door-to-door”.

Only Chen Cong squatted under the eaves with his arms in his sleeves, basking in the warm sun, yawning lazily.

Teenagers have always adhered to one purpose, to be lazy if they can be lazy.

At the end of the day, except for a change of view, to this tired and lazy boy, there seems to be no difference.

Compared to the excitement of the other teenagers, Chen Cong was curious about several things that he couldn’t say.

For example, will there be toilets and urinals in the house of the new patron? Usually people have three urgency, Jian Guanzhu also uses the public toilet in Taoist Temple? And in the future, the personal clothes that Jian Guanzhu hangs in the courtyard, hang on the bamboo poles, and dangle with the wind, will it damage the majesty of the Guanzhu? The young man thought about it and thought it was very possible that Lord Jian Guan would let the black charcoal maid rent a house outside the Taoist temple, or a village or county town, so that he could solve many troubles at the same time. Just ask Chang Bo if he has any spare money, rent an empty house in Liu Fang’s village, and then resell it to Jian Guanzhu. He will only earn her a few dollars in a year. It’s a pity, a penny stumped a hero, and he lost such a fortune in vain.

Dinner is still a veritable vegetarian meal. Fortunately, before Jian Guan picked up the chopsticks, he said with a smile that as long as it is not a fasting day on the 15th day of the first lunar month, he does not avoid meat and spicy food.

Chen Cong hesitated to speak, but was stared at by Uncle Chang who seemed to be an unpredictable prophet. The young man finally held back, otherwise he would have almost blurted out a sentence, “Jian Guanzhu, should we avoid food or not in Taoism?” It’s a matter of eating meat or not!

There is no need to hold morning and evening classes except on Liuwu Day. In the evening classes of the Taoist temple every day, incense and candles are first burned, and then the so-called chanting scriptures. Among them, as the first step of the Taoist evening altar, the virtual rhyme is actually fixed. However, when the old master Hong was replaced by a young master, the rhythm was also like singing and reading. Lin Xian and the others listened with great energy. At least on the surface, Chen Cong was still drowsy. The scriptures are also selected from the Taoist classics authorized by the imperial court. Every year, one hundred years, the ten directions, the inspiration, the clear and tranquil, the redress and the sin, the ascension to heaven and the way to get away from the lost… It seems that Daomen rituals are such old rules that are passed down day by day.

When the evening class was over, Ma Zhong and the others found Immortal Chai outside the door, and asked him where he came from, if there was that kind of fairy magic that soared through the clouds, as the book said, in the kind of magic that was higher than the sea of ​​​​clouds. Do you practice Taoism in the mountains?

Chen Cong went to Chang Uncle’s house. As soon as the twilight drum sounded, he had to go to sleep. Today is different from the past. After all, the spiritual realm has been changed to be the master of the house. In the past, the master of Hong Laoguan never cared about this and didn’t sleep at night. , Once the gate of the Taoist temple is closed, the back door will not be locked. Just slip out and stroll around. It’s enough to make up for sleep during the morning class. Toilet bar.

The old man continued to read the old book, which also had no title on the cover.

Chen Cong remembered that many years ago, whenever he wanted to read, Uncle Chang would hand over the book to him, and he would explain a few words when he was in a good mood, but it seems that since the beginning of the spring last year, it might be the end of the winter of the previous year? After that, he won’t let him read this book. Chang Bo’s reason is that your kid’s memory is okay, and it’s not interesting to read it again.

In fact, it’s not just about this book. I remember when I was a child, Chang Bo still liked to talk a lot, and he was willing to talk to him about everything, but the later he was, the less he liked to talk.

This made the young man a little sad, as if he grew up day by day, Chang Bo was getting old day by day.

Chen Cong really remembers the content of the book, the first one seems to be about the rites and music of Taoism, what is the monarch who encourages the music, what changes the customs, the world is peaceful, the good and the good are happy, and they say that the bell is the head of the golden music. , The Immortal Palace of the Brahma Palace, must be used to show the sincerity of the audience, and the songs of ghosts and gods… For these, the teenagers are all ignorant, so-called knowing is just knowing, Chen Cong is also not very interested, the only thing that thinks The interesting thing is that at the end of a certain subsection in the book, there is often a sentence like “but Mozi is not right”, “but Mozi is not right”.

When I asked Chang Bo in the early years, I realized that “Mozi” was a person.

The boy asked curiously, “Changbo, does the old master who wrote this text have a grudge against that man named Mozi?”

So tit-for-tat that you have to write an article to “scold the fight”, and if you meet, you must not roll up your sleeves and fight?

When the young man spoke, Chang Bo stretched out his hand and twisted the wick, shook his head and said, “There is no hatred, on the contrary, they are still good friends.”

Chen Cong wondered, “How do you know this?”

The old man smiled and said, “It seems from other books.”

Chen Cong said helplessly, “Uncle Chang, you only read the most miscellaneous books.”

The old man began to chew on words, “‘Most’ can’t be talked about, it’s relatively more.”

The young man smiled and said, “Okay, in the future, I must engrave a seal on one side, and the inscription is ‘Changbo has seen it’, or in more written language, ‘Changbo has seen’, how about it?”

The old man said: “It’s better to change the word ‘look’ to the word ‘read’. When you are young, you need to read. When you are old, you can pick up books to read.”

“The ancients said that reading a hundred times is self-seeking, and it has deep meaning.”

“In the past, people who wrote books were preaching, and people who read books took it seriously. The more you go on, the more accessible the books are, and the more truths they have, the more they are worthless.”

Chen Cong didn’t like to hear some of these, but just whispered a question that he cared most about, “Will Lord Jian Guan really drive us away?”

Chang Bo shook his head and said, “No.”

“Why?”

“At first glance, that Jian Guanzhu is a rich man from a big family.”

“What’s the point of this, do rich people have to be kind-hearted?”

The old man smiled and shook his head: “That’s not the truth, what I mean is that Jian Guanzhu won’t care about petty profits, and the children of the real wealthy family, their method of calculating gains and losses is different from those of us who are resident Taoists. , To put it simply, she didn’t like us and felt upset, so she threw us out of the Taoist temple. It’s okay for the two of us to say that we were helpless and had nowhere to complain. In the end, making a mess of chickens and dogs will only delay her clean life. In this way, Lord Jian Guan can save some money or arrange his own manpower in the Taoist temple, but for her, every inch of time is an inch. Jin, you can take it seriously, but she thinks it’s a very real and most valuable truth, especially if she is being dealt with by the common people, she will be very troublesome and really want to make trouble again and again, and even go to the county government to file a lawsuit. By the way, Jian Guanzhu is a loss-making business that does not pay for the gains, so do you understand?”

Chen Cong smiled brightly and said, “When it comes to money, I understand!”

The old man smiled and said, “Virtue!”

Ding Ke Changbo, inside and outside the Taoist temple, is indeed a good-natured man who is easy to talk and has no temper, but if he is said to be “kind and amiable”, it is really only the young Chen Cong who faces his younger generation.

Chen Cong was habitually lying on the table and said, “Uncle Chang, what you say, the reason is such a reason, but you don’t reach out and slap a smiling person, and you don’t blame people for being polite. This principle is always universal. Is it right? Do we want it? Well, it means filial piety, meaning, expressing?”

Uncle Chang snorted, “I don’t have that spare money.”

Chen Cong raised his head and wiped the table back and forth with his chin, “Giving gifts is really a skill!”

The old man smiled and said, “I’m usually not very bright, but my brain is not enough now? Don’t you like to carve seals? I touched some different stones in the river. How much is it?”

The boy’s eyes lit up, he gave a thumbs up, and said sincerely, “Uncle Chang, it’s okay.”

The old man smiled. Being so praised by the stinky boy makes me feel… actually okay.

It’s better than being told by this kid, “I can’t beat Cui Yu, but I can’t beat a Ma Zhan.”

This kind of **** is bound to happen, the old man can guess.

The young man thought about it and muttered in a low voice, “What is written in the seal?”

“I see that Immortal Chai seems to be a pair with our Guanzhu? Otherwise, I came to Yingchuan County from the capital, and it’s a thousand miles away. Yes, you must not wear your **** off? But in case that Chai Xian is unrequited, I don’t want to flatter the horse’s hoof.”

“Writing about calling the wind and calling the rain, flying through the clouds and driving the fog? Isn’t it too tacky?”

“Otherwise, I will write about giving birth to a precious son early? After Jian Guanzhu, there will always be a Taoist companion, and a Taoist companion will always have a child…”

When the boy said this, he laughed to himself.

The old man squinted at the young man, and Chen Cong rolled his eyes, “I’m just joking, I think you’re nervous, I said that whenever there is a big event, you’re the only one who can tell the truth? Uncle Chang, it’s really not me. This junior said you, your habit of being stricter than self-discipline, must not be changed?”

The old man smiled and said, “If I can take care of you, I should burn high incense.”

The young man clasped his fists in both hands, and said with a hilarious smile, “It’s easy to talk and talk.”

Chang Bo reminded: “Have you thought about the seal?”

Chen Cong began to talk to himself: “Master Jian Guan is now our preacher, the book says that Degao is a teacher and a model, and the book also says that there is a regular advance and retreat, all rules, quiet and holy. The king of action, the book also says that the simplicity is unmatched in the world. Oh, it’s simple, but it’s not just adding meritorious decorations… Well, the name of Jian Guanzhu is not bad, quite good!”

Chang Bo said with a smile: “It’s good or bad to have such a content, but do you think that you are a resident Taoist, and it is appropriate to give such a seal to the new abbot?”

Chen Cong nodded, “That’s right, the meaning is too big, it’s similar to the message sent by the elders of the family to the younger generation, it’s really inappropriate. Straight, gentle and honest, simple and clean and beautiful, it’s actually good, but it seems It’s too slick and disrespectful. I’m afraid it would be appropriate to replace it with Immortal Chai to send it? Yes, there is not such a sentence in the book, the beginning of the work is simple, and the end will be huge? Haha, this reminds me of horses It was a romance novel that they didn’t hide, and I saw that Wanjun knocked out a fierce general from it, all the officials should take a good look at it, the red robe and red hair, the red horse riding alone, and the water on the waist to grind the slips…”

“Stop, stop.”

Uncle Chang felt a headache, bent his fingers and tapped the table lightly, “Actually, it’s simple, just engrave the word ‘Jian’. If the other party doesn’t like it, you’re not rude. The seal of the collection of the Lord’s side.”

Chen Cong said helplessly, “Uncle Chang, it’s really simple, thanks to you if you can figure it out!”

The old man smiled and said, “It’s not easy to teach you to write the word ‘Jian’ in ancient seal script. Look carefully. Before the sun is exposed to three poles, it is a double pole. Taoist priests should cherish their time. There is a hidden heart.”

Chen Cong looked up, Chang Bo raised his finger and wrote a word in the air, the bottom “door” was low and “sun” high.

Chen Cong wondered, “Can it be done?”

Chang Bo said, “It’s up to you whether you can do it or not.”

Speaking of this, the old man laughed to himself and shook his head. Chen Cong asked curiously what he was laughing at. Uncle Chang just shook his head, and the young man became more curious to ask the reason.

Chang Bo said, “Do you think the phrase ‘I can do my own thing’ is okay?”

This is the first time a teenager has heard this expression, which means to stay away from officialdom and walk in the countryside? It seems to be used on Jian Guanzhu, is it not bad? From the capital to Changshe County.

Chang Bo held back his smile, “I advise you not to send it. Let’s change the content, just engrave the word ‘Jian’ in that ancient seal.”

Otherwise, you will really be swept out by the Lord of Jian Guan.

Chen Cong asked, “Why?”

Chang Bo smiled and said, “Because the original meaning is the self-reporting of an abandoned woman in the countryside.”

Chen Cong sat up straight and stared: “Uncle Chang, just think we’ll get out of bed together! The weather outside is freezing cold, and it will really freeze people to death! I can say, your body… “

Having said that, the young man lay down on the table again and continued: “Actually, Uncle Chang’s body and bones are still quite good, and he is healthy. I remember it very clearly. When I asked you about your age the year before, you said it was sixty-two. When I asked you last year, It will be sixty-one, this year, it must not be sixty, the more you live, the younger you are, very good! Haha!”

The old man smiled and nodded.

“I go wild”. This seal, if there is a chance in the future, you can give it as a gift to Wen Hai Zhou Mi, who went from Haoran to Wilderness.

“Uncle Chang, why don’t you carve the seal.”

“Worried about being ugly and showing timidity? Was it thrown into the trash can?”

Chen Cong grinned, in fact, he was afraid of self-defeating and not beautiful.

Chang Bo said: “Giving gifts is yours sincerity. What’s the matter if I catch a knife on my behalf, sooner or later I’ll show my fault.”

When he started to make sense again, the young man waved his hand, “It’s alright, it’s alright, I’ll engrave, I’m not good at engraving. My handwriting is not bad. Compared with Chang Bo, the difference is at most within an inch!”

The old man laughed and scolded, “Stinky brat doesn’t even make drafts for bragging.”

Some so-called calligraphy masters and masters hide their characters.

But Haoran embroidered a tiger, but he is a well-deserved person to hide his words.

In the Haoran world, Cui Yu, who was once known to the world as the first disciple of Wen Sheng, was the most despised calligrapher.

Therefore, among the hundreds of schools of thought, there should not be a place for calligraphers.

A curse.

Those painters on the mountain who are known as the masters of Danqing, or those who are awaiting edicts from various countries, feel that they are better than the other.

But those qi practitioners who specialize in calligraphy are frustrated.

So much so that Confucian scholars and literati with little knowledge in Middle-earth Shenzhou began to feel that being called a master of calligraphy was indeed an unpleasant or even abusive statement.

Since the text is to convey the Tao, then the text is the carrier, how can you, Cui Yu, regard it as a small skill of carving insects? !

As a result, Cui Yu said directly, do you think you are a holy saint?

For this reason, there was also a lawsuit in the Confucian Temple. Of course, the old scholar who was a Wensheng came forward to be responsible for the smashing. Instead of the nonsense student, I will make a mistake for you.

But it is said, it is only said that as soon as the old scholar walked out of the Confucian Temple and arrived at the Gongdelin, he patted the first disciple on the shoulder with all his strength.

After many years, it was “rumoured” that it was a discussion in the Confucian Temple behind closed doors. The old scholar was really furious this time. He patted his chest and said, “I never felt that my students were really wrong. It’s because I’m Wensheng, yes? Not once, my students, never say wrong, do wrong!

The dignified sage, in front of the Confucian Temple masters and the school palace, sacrificed wine, Siye, and a group of academy mountain leaders, swearing the three-character classics.

I dragged them and apologized and admitted their mistakes. It was because they were unlucky. I was so unprincipled in the stall, who couldn’t write a good article after eating cold pork head!

Whenever they make a mistake once, I, the gentleman, will let them apologize in person!

At that time, a young man in a Confucian shirt with a hosta on his head sat silently on the steps.

After the meeting, the old show sat down beside him.

The young man asked with a smile, did you lose the quarrel?

The old Xiucai shook his sleeves, turned his head and spat on the ground, as if he felt that something was wrong, he hurriedly stretched his neck and looked around.

That’s the only thing that says it can’t be done!

After a moment of silence, the old Xiucai sighed, in fact, the quarrel has never been won or lost, or it has always been lost.

The young man nodded.

The old scholar patted the first disciple’s arm, stood up, walked away with a big laugh, went to Gongdelin, and made a cup of… wolfberry tea. Cui Yu, is this wolfberry tea really as good as you said? Why did Mr. find that Mr. Xiping’s eyes were not quite right?

Cui Yu said with a smile, anyway, that’s what the medicine book says. I think Mr. Xiping is greedy, right?

The old scholar laughed and said that it is necessary, and I can’t drink wolfberry tea. Where can students like you go?

Chen Cong fed a few times and shook his palm, “Uncle Chang, what are you thinking?”

Chang Bo smiled and said: “It’s nothing, think about some old things that are not worth mentioning.”

In fact, the old man did leave some treasures at the bottom of the box for the young man. Among them, there were two seals, which were engraved with “Be careful with fire candles” and “Ling Ze”.

Cui Yu had been to Luopao Mountain in the past, and he also visited Linlu Academy in Piyun Mountain. Of course, Shanjun Wei Bo must take the initiative to rush to the academy to meet the national teacher.

Cui Yu once instructed Wei Bo about one thing. If you need Wei Shanjun in the future, use the word “Lingze”, but if someone persuades you to use something else, listen to one word of persuasion, but it can’t be the neighbor next door. You, you just listen to the persuasion and change, without the word Lingze. As for why, what, and who, just wait patiently, and when the truth comes out, you Wei Bo will naturally know the answer.

Wei Bo was like a cloud and mist at the time, but his heart was inevitably shaken. In the dark, he always felt that this was a very important event for him.

Cui Guoshi, is this a prophet of uncertainty? Or is it the result of Dao’s deduction?

Cui Guoshi, who seemed to have completely guessed Wei Bo’s thoughts, had a slightly sarcastic expression on his face, and said with a smile, he had to admit that sometimes, luck is better than brains.

What can Wei Shanjun say, just take it as a good word. Anyway, Xiuhu said that he had a bad mind, and it really wasn’t a bad thing to say.

Chen Cong said softly, “Uncle Chang, you said that your birthday is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and I haven’t had a birthday for you before. In fact, I’ve saved some money over the years. I’ll go to the county seat and invite you to a good drink. ?”

Chang Bo smiled and said: “No, I don’t like drinking. I understand it.”

The young man hummed, but was obviously a little disappointed.

The old man said, “Let me tell you something about the book?”

Chen Cong shook his head, “I’m sleepy.”

Chang Bo, however, said to himself: “In the ancient poetry of five characters, the third character is often used as a key. Seven ancient and song walks are about the fifth character. Then a person’s key is determined when he is young.”

“Looking at people is like flipping through a book~www.NovelMTL.com~ is reading people. When you grow up, you will also leave this Taoist temple, travel far away, and go out to study.”

“Those who have made great achievements in ancient times and who are famous for thousands of years have not only outstanding talents, but also extraordinary ambitions. Tianxingjian gentlemen are self-improving. In ancient times, Taoist scholars, scholars, sages, and sages all started from young people. I learned a few truths from books. , don’t need much, you have to go far, leave your hometown, travel thousands of miles, to verify whether these principles are right or wrong, or to correct, improve, or even to overthrow these principles that were taken for granted when I was young…”

When the old man said this, the young man murmured softly: “Uncle Chang, but I don’t want to travel far away at all, you are old.”

The book said, parents are not far travel, travel must be well.

But the world is big, and he only has a relative like Chang Bo. Even if he can achieve the so-called travel in the book, he has to travel so far. When he comes back, Chang Bo still cooks fire and rings the bell every day in the Taoist temple. Playing drums and cleaning Taoist temples?

In fact, the young man has long forgotten that the real difference between the senior brother and the younger junior brother is not in the future, but in the past, in fact, when they first met.

At that time, the old man squatted down, touched the head of the child “patched” from a piece of natal porcelain, smiled warmly, and said with a smile: “Hello, I have been forgetting to introduce myself all these years, in fact, my name is not Chang Geng, nor is it yours. What uncle Chang. This is the end of this dao protection. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand this, and you don’t have to remember today. Don’t be afraid, because my real name is Cui Yu, and I am your senior brother.”

Just because Cui Yu came from the Three Sect patriarchs after they scattered.