Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 292 Daoist Qingtong visits
Time flies, and soon it will be the first day of the first month of the 26th year of Tongjin.

Early in the morning on this day, the women in the family dressed up beautifully and went to pay respects to Father Zhang.This is the first prayer of the new year and it is very important.

After saluting and greeting, it is the sacrificial activity.Zhang Wei and Zhang's father first went to participate in the public sacrifice in Jinhua Mansion.This is also a very important thing.Those who can participate in the public sacrifice in Jinhua Mansion are all gentry, celebrities, officials and wealthy businessmen in Jinhua Mansion.

Zhang Wei's family is naturally on the list.The public sacrifice was conducted under the auspices of the magistrate, and after noon, Zhang Wei and Father Zhang went home with a hanging piece of sacrificial meat.

At home, the family members also began to conduct family private sacrifices, and family private sacrifices were mainly arranged by the hostess.The production and display of various tributes are all done by the hostess herself, or command others to do them.

Fortunately, the three sisters of the Hu family have also received training in this area, and they have done well.Zhang Wei is a person with an official position, so the standard of sacrifice can be raised accordingly.

The main people who were sacrificed were Zhang Wei's mother, Zhou Wan, and Zhang's family.

For today's sacrifice, the Zhou family in Huangmei County also sent representatives, and Zhang Wei's uncle brought dozens of altars of good wine.Because it is a sacrifice to Zhou Wan, so her family will also send people to come.

This is also because Zhou Wan has a title and is a Yin official.As long as you become an official, whether you are a yin official or a yang official, you are different from ordinary people.

Ordinary people can't worship big and small animals.The senior three animals can only be used by titles above duke and marquis.The small three animals must be officials of the third rank or above.But Zhang Wei has the title of baron, so he can also use the third animal.

For ordinary people to offer sacrifices, fruits and pastries should not be placed on more than three floors, scholars and officials above can be placed on no more than six floors, and princes and princes can only be placed on nine floors.

Ordinary people's sacrifices can only be red, white and green, while scholar-bureaucrats can add black, Chu and yellow.Only princes and above can use purple, gold and silver.

In a world without gods and Buddhas, these rules certainly don't matter, but here, with substandard sacrifices and etiquette, family members in the underworld cannot bear this kind of "blessing".

Worship starts in the afternoon, and when the worship is over, the meat on the sacrifice is cooked and eaten. This is also a kind of etiquette, which represents the sharing (饮) of the living and the dead.

The second day of the first lunar month is the day of New Year greetings.On this day, Zhang Wei and the others took a fox cart and went back to Eshan to visit the old people in Zhangjia Village.

If it is normal, naturally there is no such time.From Jinhua City to Asan, it takes a few days at least.But with the fox cart, it is no problem to travel a long distance. I arrived at Zhangjia Village on the same day, and gathered the old people in the family in the ancestral hall to pay New Year's greetings and have dinner together.

Also let the old people in the family get to know Zhang Wei's three new wives.

In the third day of junior high school, I went to visit my uncle's house again.Anyway, with the fox car, the transportation is convenient.Etiquette must be in place.

On the fifth and sixth day of the lunar new year, Father Zhang took Zhang Wei to visit the tenant farmers, silkworm farmers, and mulberry farmers at home.Conscientious landlords will visit their tenant farmers and give them gifts so that they can work harder for themselves in the coming year.

Not all landlords are bad, some landlords are very good.

After the seventh day, the father and son of the Zhang family visited separately.Zhang's father went to visit some business partners, while Zhang Wei went to visit some friends and colleagues.

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, a Taoist appeared in Jinhua City with a dog.He inquired about the location of the Zhang family from others, and then brought the dog to the door of the Zhang family.

He said gently to Zhang's servant: "Please tell Mr. Zhang that Taoist Qingtong, Guan County, Meishan is looking for him."

The family member looked the Taoist up and down, he didn't know Taoist Qingtong.Those old concierges who knew Taoist Qingtong were all guarding the old house in Eshan.

But the Taoist in front of him had an extraordinary demeanor, and the white dog he was carrying was also shiny and mighty.

So he nodded and said: "It's really unfortunate that the guest, my young master has gone out, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back for a while."

The concierge thought very simply, this man is a Taoist, so he must be looking for Zhang Wei.

The Taoist was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm not looking for your young master, I'm looking for your master."

At this time, a dog's head suddenly protruded from behind the door. The dog and the white dog beside the Taoist looked at each other, both of them were taken aback.

The Taoist also saw Huang Dou at this time, and he was also slightly startled, and said, "What a handsome Meishan dog!"

At this moment, Huang Dou came out and asked, "Are you looking for Zhang Wei?"

The Taoist frowned, then shook his head and said, "No, I'm looking for Zhang Wei's father."

The dog took a deep look at each of them, and then said to the concierge: "Go and inform the master!"

The concierge nodded and hurried in to report.

Huangdou only asked at this time: "Are you from Meishan?" He had just heard his introduction behind the door.

Taoist Qingtong nodded, and said: "I can see that you are also a Meishan dog, but Meishan dogs don't refine horizontal bones."

The orthodox Meishan dog, also known as Meishan driving mountain dog, is a group of professional and capable hunting dogs.When hunting, noise is very taboo, so those dogs don't advocate refining the horizontal bones.

If you refine the crossbones, you will become a chatterbox...

Soybean said lightly: "My situation is a little different." He got it from taking pills.

At this time, hurried footsteps suddenly came from the courtyard, and then he saw Zhang's father rushing over in a hurry. As soon as he saw this Taoist, he immediately shouted: "Brother Liu! It's been more than ten years since I saw you!" ! You finally came to me!"

Seeing Father Zhang, Taoist Qingtong smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, long time no see."

Father Zhang was very excited at this time, and quickly took Taoist Qingtong's hand and said, "Please come in quickly! Go in and talk!"

The two went in hand in hand, and then served tea and water.Soybean also followed into the living room.

As soon as he sat down, Father Zhang couldn't help asking: "It's been more than ten years since we left, why haven't we heard from you?"

Taoist Qingtong said with a smile: "You know, I always like to travel around. I just came out of a secret place a while ago, and I haven't been able to contact the outside world for these years!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly said: "You have changed a lot in these years, and this business has become bigger and bigger."

When Father Zhang heard this, he shook his head with a smile and said, "It's all due to my child."

Taoist Qingtong heard this, and said with a smile: "I said that he has the talent of a dragon and a phoenix, and now it really comes true!"

Hearing Taoist Qingtong's words, Father Zhang smiled wryly and shook his head, saying, "It's not that you don't know, he almost died."

Sure enough, when Taoist Qingtong heard this, his expression froze immediately, and he said, "What's going on?"

Then Father Zhang told him what happened in the past few years.

Taoist Qingtong was also dumbfounded after hearing this.Then he said: "Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhong has such a vicious heart at such a young age!"

Then he said with some shame: "I have been trapped in a secret realm all these years, and I almost missed my nephew's life unexpectedly."

Father Zhang waved his hands and said, "This is luck, and it is also his catastrophe. After this catastrophe, it will be much better." After speaking, he also laughed.

Two people are chatting, and two dogs are also chatting.

Taoist Qingtong's dog is called Baiyu, and he is a beautiful bitch.Ever since she entered the living room, she had been staring at Huang Dou with piercing eyes.

Huang Dou looked at her a little unnaturally, so she asked her, "What are you looking at?"

She replied: "I've seen some Mei Shan dogs, but none like you. They are more like the army than you are."

Huangdou thought for a while and said, "Maybe our growth environment is different. What kind of Meishan dog are you?"

But Bai Yu said: "I'm not an orthodox Meishan dog either. I met Qingtong in Erling Country when I was very young, and he trained me to be a Meishan dog."

It turned out to be like this, Huang Dou suddenly realized.He thought for a while and said, "Would you like to take a stroll in the yard?"

Bai Yu looked at him calmly and said, "You want to fuck me?"

Huang Dou was blushed by her directness, and he defended: "I didn't mean that!"

Is he soy bean that kind of dog? !
Bai Yu looked at him carefully and said, "I'm still young, and I don't want to have puppies yet."

Huang Dou growled, "I didn't mean that!"

"Then let's go outside for a stroll." After she finished speaking, she stood up and walked outside.

Soybean also stood up and quickly followed.

During this period of time, Pretty Slender went home to accompany his old father.It's New Year's Eve, Man Huangshen also missed his daughter, so he recruited her.

Now in the Zhang Family's compound, apart from Soybean and Baiyu, there are also a group of puppies.

These puppies were kept in a yard, and a special person took care of them.These little brats were the ones the Zhang family was going to take to Tianmen County.

The two dogs strolled around and came to the yard naturally.

The yard was full of little puppies running and jumping. When these puppies saw Soybean coming, they all let out a 'woo woo' sound.

Apparently soybeans are also a regular here.

"Are these all your children?" Bai Yu finally changed his face and asked.

There are at least a hundred puppies, and even if Soybean wants to give birth, it needs so much time to breed!
Soybean sighed and said, "No, aren't these?"

"Oh, what are those?" Bai Yu continued to ask.

"..." Huangdou was a little tired and didn't want to answer this question.

After looking at it for a while, Bai Yu also noticed the problem. These puppies seemed to be in good condition. She finally understood, and said, "Is this for training Meishan dogs?"

Soybean finally nodded.

These puppies are all going to be trained as Meishan dogs, and then become a member of the wind gate.

Bai Yu couldn't help but said, "There are so many, how many do you want to train?"

Soybean smiled and said, "Of course it's all of them!"

Hearing this, Bai Yu shook his head and said, "It's impossible, it will consume a lot of energy and resources."

Huang Dou smiled, she couldn't understand that this was normal, Zhang Wei was rich and good at alchemy, all of this was not a problem.

At this time, Zhang Wei was being taught at the Chen family.

At this moment, Mr. Chen Gong was so angry that his beard was staring high. He said angrily: "My Chen family's daughter is absolutely impossible to follow you without a name! As for being a concubine, don't even think about it!"

Zhang Wei could only be taught with his head down, what else could he say?Chen Gong's daughter has been with him for more than a year. Even if it is really as white as a piece of paper, others will look at it with colored glasses.

This is the Chinese New Year, although Chen Gong is very happy that his daughter is back, but more heartbroken.How could it be my good daughter's turn to be with Zhang Wei for no apparent reason!
Chen Gong's son, Chen Run, smoothed things over and said, "Father, Brother Zhang didn't mean that either. There will be a solution in the future!"

This son's words made Chen Gong's blood pressure rise even more with anger. At this time, you are not fighting for your sister's fame, but still giving him excuses. Why do I have such a stupid son? !
"Shut up! This autumn is about to begin, are you sure? If you are not sure, why don't you go to study!"

Seeing that Chen Gong really lost his temper, Chen Run could only give Zhang Wei a self-seeking wink, and then ran away.

Zhang Wei sighed and said, "Uncle Chen, Zhirui followed me, and I am also lucky. I never dared to expect such a lady like me before, so please give me some time."

Chen Gong sneered, and said, "Give me time? Are you planning to divorce your current wife, or are you planning to drag my girl into an old lady?"

"Or do you plan to cut first and play later, cook raw rice and cook it? It will ruin my girl's life?" Chen Gong said gloomyly.

"Uncle, you are worrying too much, Zhirui and I are in love with each other."

Zhang Wei had to explain again!
This time the meeting broke up badly, Zhang Wei was kicked out and could only go home depressed.

In the Chen family, Chen Zhirui was also caught in the boudoir by her old mother, and asked: "Daughter, what do you think? This is not a way, your father can't let you do this!"

Chen Zhirui said indifferently: "There is nothing we can do about these things about the baby. Anyone who knows Zhang Wei knows that I have been by his side for a year. Let me ask you, who would dare to want such a woman except Zhang Wei?"

When her mother heard this, she couldn't help stamping her feet anxiously: "My silly daughter, you have suffered a lot like this! You will be bullied in the future."

Seeing that her mother was in a hurry, Chen Zhirui quickly comforted her and said: "Mother, this matter will take some time, don't worry, Zhang Wei will not treat me badly!"

Seeing her so confident appearance, her mother was anxious, but she couldn't talk to her.Chen Zhirui, like the women in the Chen family, has a kind of unruly wildness!
Her grandparents were like this, they followed a poor scholar and left in front of her!The same is true for her aunt, who also left with an uneducated Cao Bin.

Although they are all betting right, they are at least regular wives, not mistresses and concubines!

The two Chen family women bet everything on themselves, but this silly daughter not only bet everything on herself, but also owed a whole lot of debt to gamble!

Seeing his mother's anxious look, Chen Zhirui held her hand, comforted her gently and said, "Mom, you don't know what kind of person he is. You haven't been to Tianmen County, and you don't know what he did in Tianmen County." What."

"He is different from ordinary people. He is a person who really does great things. He dares to do something and takes the lead. He is not the kind of person who is a vegetarian."

"Tianmen County has changed in a few years under his governance. When I was his assistant, I saw his unconstrained governance ideas, saw his subtly push new policies, and saw his actions for the people and people. style."

"I knew it was impossible for such a man to disappoint me."

Chen Zhirui said firmly.Seeing her appearance, her mother seemed to have a light on her face at this moment!

It's not that the poisoning is too deep, or it's really dormant!
Her mother finally sighed, shook her head and said: "The girl can't help herself, that's all, I don't care anymore. But you have to remember, no matter what, your mother's family will always be your backing!"

Chen Zhirui buried her head in her mother's arms when she heard these soft words, and said, "I know, mother, you are the best for me."

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Zhang Wei returned home depressed, and then a servant came to report: "Young master, the master is entertaining distinguished guests, please come over when you come back."

"Honored guest?" Zhang Wei thought for a while, who else is an honored guest now?
He nodded and said, "I see."

After speaking, he walked to the living room.

As soon as he entered the living room, he saw a man dressed as a Taoist talking to his father.This Taoist is very vague in his memory, but he should have seen it before.

Just when Zhang Wei was thinking, Zhang's father said, "Wei'er, do you still remember your Uncle Liu? This is your Uncle Liu, Taoist Taoist Qingtong!"

Hearing his father's words, Zhang Wei immediately realized that this is Taoist Qingtong!

This father's noble man, the father can make a fortune is because of him.

He hurried forward to salute, and said, "Zhang Wei met uncle." This is what he called him when he was a child. When he was still very young, this uncle often came to his house, and he always called him that.

Taoist Qingtong saw Zhang Wei, looked Zhang Wei up and down for a while, and suddenly said: "My nephew has changed so much, I can't even recognize him!"

Zhang Wei was a little shy when he was a child, and he was always curious and afraid when he saw him.

Now Zhang Wei is a personable gentleman!

"I heard that my nephew is practicing in Qingwei Dao?" Qingtong asked.

Zhang Wei nodded.

"It's a pity. At the beginning, I said that I would let you join my Jinding Temple. But at that time, your mother refused because you were too young. If you followed me back then, my Meishan lineage should have such a great talent!"

Taoist Qingtong said half truth and half lie.This made Zhang Wei hurriedly said: "Uncle is absurdly praised. My nephew should not be praised like this."

Taoist Qingtong shook his head and said: "The Qingwei sect is also a big sect, and in my opinion, the cultivation level of my nephew is no worse than mine. This is not a big one!"

The two praised each other, took their seats, and continued to chat.

In the Meishan lineage, it is better to say that they are folk warlocks than Taoists.The practice of magic in this vein is related to people.Moreover, many Meishan masters only practice skills, not dharma, do not seek longevity, and do not seek god status.

They believe that birth, old age, sickness and death are part of the samsara of heaven, and even if they die, they can still protect their younger disciples in the underworld, and they have little interest in death and becoming immortals.

The Meishan lineage is a lineage with its own underworld.The scale of their underworld is not weaker than the underworld led by Lord Taishan.Their underworld is not based on the underworld system like City God, but their own "altar" system.

(End of this chapter)