Lingxian Zhenjun

"Seeded cakes~~big and round sesame seed cakes!"

“Fried gourd~~”

"Wenbaozhai has newly purchased a batch of pens, inks, papers and inkstones. If you are a good book collector, you may wish to step into the store to have a look!"

The noise of people in the market, the sound of yelling and selling, and the sound of hip-hop fighting, bustling with people passing by, looked at the two Taoist priests, one big and one small, in surprise. You must know that Buddhism flourished in the Southern Dynasties, and there were tens of thousands of monks in thousands of temples. , Taoist priests are almost extinct or practiced in the mountains, walking on the street like this seems strange.

Chen Yuan walked behind the fat Taoist master and apprentice, relatively less noticed, with a clean sleeve and a simple outfit, no matter how you look at it, no one will care.

After entering the city, I asked the clerks in the nearby restaurants and found out where the theater troupe was, so I went there while looking at the street scene.The pavilion where the troupe is located is at the intersection of three long streets, with three floors, quite gorgeous.

It's a pity that there was a note of closure on the door, and it was a pity that Chen Yuan couldn't see the furnishings inside.

"Old man, why isn't this troupe open?"

Turning back to the street, it happened that someone came out from the shop next door. Chen Yuan stepped forward to salute. What is the building doing? The old man advises you, don’t go to the theater, I heard that the building is not clean, it looks evil.”

Chen Yuan frowned, standing outside the door just now, she didn't feel any evil spirit, but she still smiled and asked: "What's so evil, didn't the troupe master of this theater invite an expert to come over to exorcise evil spirits? "

"I looked for it, and it was the master of the Gaotang Temple outside the city, but it was useless. Instead, I was beaten and ran back to the temple."

"That's great, you met us."

The fat Taoist came over with a smile in his arms, compared to his bluffing temper before, he has restrained himself a lot, "Master, do you know where the troupe master of the theater lives?"

In fact, what he said was very similar to Chen Yuan's question. He is a Taoist priest, and it seemed reasonable to ask him to drive out ghosts.

After all, Taoist priests don't come to the door, and when they come to the door, they must come to relieve disasters.

The old man looked at the two Taoist priests, one big and one small, nodded, and pointed to the street on the right, "Just go there, Taoist priest, and walk along the right side, and you will see a courtyard with Li's house written on it." door, there it is."

After thanking the old man, Chen Yuan immediately turned to that street with the fat Taoist master and apprentice. Compared with the bustling here, it is a little quieter. It should be the square street where the wealthy families live in the city. Walking through a section of the street, there is a single building mansion.

"Master is here!"

After there were few people, Xiaodao Tong ran forward to look around, and finally stopped in front of the second courtyard, and excitedly pointed to the plaque on the courtyard gate.

"Yingxian, what a way to be impatient!" Sun Zhengde scolded with a serious expression, and Chen Yuan quickly smiled, "Kids, when he is young, yell a few more words, so as not to grow up If you yell any more, you won’t be able to obey your orders.”

"Oh."

Xiao Daotong bowed his head in response, then raised his head and smiled again: "Then Master, can I knock on the door?"

"Yes." This was answered by Chen Yuan on behalf of the fat Taoist. Xiao Daotong knew how powerful this teacher was, so when he spoke, it was naturally the master who spoke. He turned around and clenched his small fist and knocked on the door a few times. Down.

squeak~~
The lacquered red door was opened a crack in a moment, revealing half of the old man's face, he looked suspiciously at the little Taoist boy at the door, and then his eyes fell on the fat Taoist priest who walked up the stone steps, "My Taoist priest, you are late, Our master has invited a master, so you can go back."

Most likely, he regarded Fat Taoist as a sorcerer who was recruited to exorcise evil spirits.

"Old man, we are not here to exorcise ghosts." Chen Yuan stepped forward, the appearance of the long beard and toga gave people a comfortable feeling, the old porter looked up and down before saying: "Sir, you What is there to find the master's house?"

"It's nothing, just trouble to send a message to your master."

Chen Yuan thought for a while, "Just say: Brother San, can the bedding be changed?"

"That's it?" The old concierge thought that Chen Yuan and others were coming to play tricks on him, but when he heard the word 'senior brother', he hesitated: "Then... sir and this Taoist priest, you wait outside the door for a while, the old man goes in Let me know."

Immediately afterwards, he closed the door again, stomped his back step by step steadily, and walked slowly to the front yard.The old man knew that after the shopkeeper of the silk shop left this morning, he brought a young man over at noon, saying that he was an expert from Canglan Mountain, and he should still be talking to the owner in the hall right now.

Bypassing the feng shui wall, the door of the hall in front is open, and the voice of the shopkeeper of the silk shop is coming from inside.

"My lord, that's how things are. I accidentally got acquainted with this Canglan Mountain expert who went down the mountain to practice. When I heard that there was something wrong in our theater, I volunteered to come here."

"Leader Li, you are a rich man in Jiangcheng County, and your vision is wider than that of ordinary people. You must have heard of Canglan Mountain, right? I am a disciple of the mountain gate. I happened to come here after traveling along the river."

Opposite the shopkeeper of the silk shop, there was a young man in brocade clothes. He had a handsome appearance, a tall and straight figure, and his gestures and gestures were quite generous. Li San, who was seated first, couldn't help but nodded.

"Canglan Mountain... I have heard some rumors that there is an expert outside the world in the mountain, but unfortunately I have never seen it. When I saw it today, it was really extraordinary. I just don't know how this gentleman exorcises evil spirits, why I haven't seen you magic weapon?"

magic weapon...

The young man frowned slightly, a little surprised that Li San knew the word magic weapon.

'It seems that I have seen some things in the world. '

He thought, kept smiling, and patted a long sword on his waist, "This is a magic weapon. I am from Canglan, and I mostly use swords as weapons."

Just as he was talking, the old porter was already standing at the door, looked here twice, and called out in a low voice.

"Master, I have something to disturb."

"What's the matter?" Li San was still quite relaxed towards the servants, picked up the teacup and blew it, and joked with a smile: "It's not important, let the master take you in later!"

"This……"

The old man at the porter stood there in embarrassment, but he opened his mouth anyway: "A gentleman came outside the door... He said he wanted to bring something to the master. He said: Third brother, can the bedding be changed?"

Bah!
The teacup fell to the ground and was smashed to pieces.The shopkeeper of the silk shop had never seen such an expression on the face of a team leader who had experienced a storm. He saw Li San, who was in the first place, with his eyes wide open and his expression dull.

"Master?" the shopkeeper of the silk shop called.

Over there, Li San came back to his senses, stopped in a daze, smiled in surprise, and slapped his chubby palm on the table excitedly, with a sound of 'Peng', then stood up from the chair, and walked out, Greet the old man at the porter and hurry to the courtyard gate to welcome people in.

"My lord, what's the matter with you... the master is still here..." The shopkeeper of the silk shop quickly got up and chased after him, "the master is still talking to us about exorcising evil spirits..."

Before he could speak, Li San stopped at the threshold and quickly interrupted him with a wave: "My fourth son is back, what kind of evil is he driving away, he is not afraid of any evil, you see the master for me Bar!"

After finishing speaking, he lifted his robe, twisted his fat body, and ran towards the courtyard gate, shouting as he ran.

"Fourth!"

"Fourth brother, I'm here, brother misses you to death."

The voice faded away, leaving only the shopkeeper in the hall and the young man standing there in a daze, the two looked at each other, their faces darkened.

……

Chen Yuan walked into the house, went down the stone steps, and heard a familiar voice calling him from a distance.

Behind the feng shui wall, a fat old man with a round and fat body, but already showing signs of aging, was running faster than usual with his robes in his hands. When he saw Chen Yuan, his eyes turned red with a smile.

"Senior brother three." With a glance of 20 years, he is fat and old, but Chen Yuan can still recognize the outline of San'er, and arched her hands to meet the approaching figure.

"Fourth!"

Li San directly held Chen Yuan's arched hand, looked up and down with wet eyes, "Except for your beard, you haven't changed at all. Let's go and talk to senior brother inside."

He spoke quickly, and while pulling Chen Yuan, he called the steward who came in a hurry, "Go and tell the back cook that there will be a banquet tonight, and then go to the backyard to call the wife, and say that our fourth son, the great benefactor, is back to see me." This senior brother!"

The steward had never seen his master so attentive, and he didn't dare to be negligent, he responded several times, and rushed into the courtyard with two servants.

"Fourth, it's good that you come back, you can make this place your home, and you can live as long as you want."

After passing the Fengshui wall and returning to the front yard, Li San was reluctant to let go all the way, nagging endlessly.At this time, the shopkeeper who came out of the hall saw Chen Yuan, greeted him politely, and then invited the young master beside him to leave together.

The moment the two sides intersected, the young gentleman pressed the head of the sword without a trace, swished the bottom of the sheath, and swept away Chen Yuan's thigh.Chen Yuan didn't even look at it, she walked naturally, raised her knee against the tail of the sheath lightly, flicked it back lightly, and walked to the hall together with the fat Taoist and Li San, the little Taoist boy turned his head and still went The two shopkeepers made a grimace.

"A little bit..."

"This little boy..."

The young man withdrew his gaze, followed the shopkeeper of the silk shop straight out of the courtyard with a gloomy expression.