Mrs. Shizi, she is both wise and brave

Chapter 81 Little Taoist

At this time, the Lantern Festival had just passed, and the common people no longer stayed at home, and came out to work to earn money one after another, and the streets seemed very prosperous.

Su Jingning couldn't help but lifted the curtain and looked outside for a while after hearing the excitement.

Nian Qing was also muttering on the side, obviously liking this scene very much.

The carriage went all the way to the end of Banpo West Street, and the gate of Qingyun Temple was in the corner.

When Su Jingning got out of the carriage and entered the temple, she suddenly felt quiet, and the noise behind her was only faintly audible.

She couldn't help nodding, this Qingyun temple is a good place to get quiet amidst the hustle and bustle.

Just after the new year, there are not many people in the audience, and there is a six or seven-year-old Taoist priest at the door who is receiving pilgrims.

Seeing Su Jingning and the others enter the door, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly ran towards them.

"Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, do laymen want to offer incense or divination?" The little one spoke in a childish voice, but his expression was very serious, which seemed very interesting.

Nian Qing teased him beside him: "Why are you receiving pilgrims by yourself at such a young age? Where are the Taoist priests in this temple?"

The little Taoist tilted his head and wondered: "Xuan Luo is the Taoist priest in this temple. Why can't he receive pilgrims? Master said that since you live in the temple, you must do what you can, and you can't sit back and enjoy it."

Nianqing was suddenly at a loss for words.

Su Jingning smiled and squatted down to keep her gaze level with him: "The little Taoist priest is right, but I am so stupid. Self-reliant people deserve respect from others, and the little Taoist priest has done a good job."

Xuan Luo was ignorant when he heard it, but it didn't prevent him from knowing that it was a good word, so he immediately became happy, and asked again: "The layman wants to offer incense or divination?"

Su Jingning smiled and said, "No, I'm here to find the Taoist priest Shouzhenzi."

Xuan Luo let out a "huh" and said, "Are you here to find Master?"

Su Jingning was a little surprised, but she didn't know that Shou Makoto had such a young apprentice.

However, this has little to do with her, she nodded slightly and asked again: "Is the Taoist priest Shou Zhenzi here?"

Xuan Luo nodded and looked at Su Jingning and Su Jingning carefully for a while, as if to judge whether they were bad people.

Finally came to a conclusion and said: "Master is in the temple, come with me."

As soon as he said that, he ran to the back first.

Su Jingning immediately followed with Nianqing.

The Taoist temple is not big, so there are only two entrances in total.

The front is dedicated to the Taoist gods, and the back is the residence of the Taoists.

When Su Jingning entered inside, Shou Mako was squatting at the door of the kitchen eating something.

Su Jingning took a closer look and saw that it looked like a chicken leg.

Xuan Luo stood aside angrily and accused Master of stealing food.

Shou Mako might as well let him come in suddenly, rolling his eyes from choking and not forgetting to hide things behind his back.

Naturally, Xuan Luo didn't want to go to snatch it, one big and one small suddenly became a mess.

On the contrary, Su Jingning and the two were taken aback.

"Xuan Luo is not in good health, and he can't eat too greasy food, so the master avoids him to eat." A boy's voice suddenly came from beside him.

Su Jingning turned her head, Shen Lingze did not know when she stood by her side.

She nodded and went to look at the little Taoist priest, and saw that he was still jumping up and trying to snatch the chicken leg from Shou Mako's hand.

But just a few times, his face started to turn red, but his lips turned white.

Seeing this, Shen Lingze yelled "Xuan Luo".

"Brother!"

The little Taoist looked over and saw that it was Shen Lingze who immediately left Shouzhenzi behind and ran over here.

When I got there, I complained to him: "Master stealing chicken legs behind my back, Xuan Luo is so angry!"

Shen Lingze patted his head softly and comforted him: "It's okay, that thing is too greasy, senior brother brought you Poria cocos cake, we won't give it to master."

The little Taoist nodded fiercely, made a face at Shou Zhenzi, and looked at Shen Lingze eagerly.

Seeing him chuckle like this, Shen Lingze called Chunshui outside to bring the pastry.

Xuan Luo cheered when he got the pastry, but when he opened it, he didn't eat it first, but brought it to Shen Lingze and gave him a piece first.

Shen Lingze took it as usual and ate it, but he brought it to Su Jingning again and motioned for her to take it too.

Su Jingning raised her eyebrows, and after thinking about it, she reached out to take a piece and thanked her.

Even Nianqing got a piece.

He just picked up a piece of pastry and prepared to eat it, but when he saw the empty-handed master frowned again, he struggled for a while and ran to Shou Mako with the pastry, and said earnestly: "Master, You need to know how to share good things, so don’t steal them next time!”

Shou Mako was so happy that his eyes disappeared, he nodded repeatedly in response.

Only then was Xuan Luo satisfied and went to grab another piece of pastry to eat.

Su Jingning didn't expect that she would get a piece of dim sum on the first day of her visit. Although she didn't like Fuling cake, she didn't want to impress the child, so she ate it bite by bite.

After eating, she followed Shen Lingze to meet the Taoist priest Shou Mako.

"Jing Ning was in an emergency at Xiangguo Temple before, so she failed the good intentions of the Taoist priest, and I ask the Taoist priest to forgive me." She saluted and apologized again for the previous incident.

Shou Zhenzi waved his hand indifferently: "You girl has nothing to do with the old Taoist hexagram, don't worry about it."

Su Jingning felt relieved and thanked him for saving her grandfather's life.

Shou Zhenzi rolled his eyes, pointed at Shen Lingze and said with a smile: "This is the old way that the good apprentice of the old way asked for, so you don't need to thank the old way, just thank him."

Su Jingning was taken aback, and looked at Shen Lingze, seeing that he only smiled and said nothing, so she had no choice but to respond.

Shou Mako nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand and said: "Aren't you busy? Go! You still have to work for me when you come back!"

Su Jingning and Shen Lingze bowed and retreated after hearing the words.

In the backyard, only Shou Makoto and Xuan Luo master and apprentice were left.

Xuan Luo looked at the master's cheap smile and couldn't help but follow his gaze. When he saw the back of the senior brother and that beautiful sister walking side by side, he couldn't help being a little puzzled.

Why is Master smiling so cheerfully?

He thought for a while and couldn't figure it out, but saw the master's hand quietly stretching out to his pastry, and immediately yelled and jumped up holding the pastry.

Su Jingning and Shen Lingze went out from the side door of the Taoist temple.

There was a dead end outside the door, and there was no need to worry about anyone peeping. The two of them got into an ordinary-looking carriage and drove out, slowly merging into the traffic on the street.

Su Jingning did not take Nianqing with her this time, but left her in the audience, so she and Shen Lingze were the only ones in the carriage.

Unavoidably uncomfortable in the small space, Shen Lingze coughed lightly and directly talked about the situation of the three foreigners.

"Those three people have not done anything except contact with the person who sells vegetables and pours Yexiang." He frowned and said, "They didn't respond when your uncle returned to the capital."

Su Jingning pondered for a while and hesitated, "Could it be that no one has contacted them and that's why they're so quiet?"

(End of this chapter)