The journey of the heavens by Jia Huan, the salted fish

Chapter 825 Taoist Cousin 9
Qingxu asked Jia Huan to visit his small Taoist temple.

The two of them each rode a horse and set off without anyone else.

He didn't take Zhen Yanhe with him either.

He is now obsessed with the world of books and doesn't want to move.

Qingxu Taoist Temple is not far from Jia Huan's Zhuangzi.

On a mountain next to Jia Huan's villa, halfway up the mountain.

The Taoist temple is not big, with only three entrances.

At the gate is the front hall, where Skanda is enshrined.

The main hall is dedicated to Sanqing.

At the back is the wing and kitchen.

It’s really a small Taoist temple.

But Qingxu was very satisfied.

Such a small Taoist temple is just right for him, but it is too big for him and he is not used to it.

After all, he is only one person.

Even if you want to recruit a young Taoist boy, you have to find someone who is suitable for you, oh, that is, someone who has the qualifications to practice.

He promised his master that he would pass on the sect.

"How?" Qingxu asked Jia Huan.

"That's right." Jia Huan smiled, "And you and I live not far from each other. We can travel faster through the cliff between the two mountains."

The cliff is difficult for ordinary people to pass, but for two monks, Jia Huan and Qingxu, it is easy.

Although Qingxu cannot fly, he can use the lightening technique. After using it, he will be as light as a leaf, blown by the wind, and float over the cliff.

The two entered the room and took a look again.

Because of the Marquis's attention, the furniture and furnishings placed by the servants for the Taoist temple were not of the highest quality, but they were not bad either.

Yishui's mahogany furniture, tea cups from the official kiln, and kitchen knives in the kitchen are all made of fine iron...

The woodshed is filled with firewood.

Qingxu: "Let's have lunch here. I'll cook it myself. It's a warm pot meal."

He couldn't wait to try his hand at making spiritual food.

Jia Huan smiled and agreed.

"Then I'll go to my farm and bring back some ingredients."

Qingxu agreed, and he took the opportunity to wash the pot and light the fire.

Like Jia Huan's Zhuangzi, the Taoist temple is also close to a mountain stream, making it very convenient to get water.

The two divided the work, and it wasn't long before Qingxu was processing the ingredients in the kitchen.

Jia Huan gave some advice from the side.

Food cultivation is also a kind of spiritual practice. Qingxu feels that cooking a spiritual meal is of great benefit to improving one's own cultivation.

Not to mention eating spiritual food.

The energy contained in it was the amount he accumulated from three days of meditation.

This was Qingxu's first time making spiritual food. Even with Jia Huan guiding him, he still ate simply.

A vegetable porridge, a plate of fried cabbage, a plate of scrambled eggs with green onions, and a plate of cold wild vegetables.

Simple yet delicious, full of energy and satisfying.

After eating, Qingxu sighed: "It's a pity that I have to wait another two months before I can move to the Taoist temple."

Jia Huan: "It's only been two months, and the patience has passed. During the Chinese New Year, the Hou Mansion will prepare more delicacies. Although they are not as delicious and energetic as spiritual food, they are rich in taste and you will definitely like them."

"Really?" Qingxu's eyes sparkled, full of expectation.

Jia Huan smiled and nodded: "Really."

He likes this little friend very much. He has the same hobbies as him, and the two of them really have something in common.

After dinner, the two returned to the Hou Mansion before the city gate closed.

The days that followed were much more boring.

Jia Huan goes out for a stroll every day, while Qingxu practices in his yard.After all, it was rare for Ah Piao to make a fuss.

With so many Ah Piao in the capital, if something could cause trouble, the capital would have been in chaos.

Jia Yu returned to his mansion half a month before the New Year. During this period, he went to Qingxu's yard once and had some words with Qingxu.

After that, Jia Yu followed the Marquis to visit others and receive visitors.

The status of Jia Yu's heir was secure, which made the other concubines extremely depressed.

In a blink of an eye, New Year's Eve is here.

Jia Huan and Qingxu followed the other men of the Jia family to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, and then attended the Jia family's New Year banquet.

There are not many members of the Jia family in the capital. In addition to the two families in the Hou Mansion, there are also three families living in the capital.

The rest of the clan members are all in their hometowns.

The Hou Mansion's hometown is in the south of the Yangtze River, where the climate and economy are stronger than those in the capital, and the tribesmen prefer to stay in their hometown and dominate.

Qingxu sat in his own seat calmly, not talking to the other brothers around him.

Those concubines thought that a Taoist priest who became a monk would not be of much help to them, so they gave up the idea of ​​targeting Qingxu and did not try to win over him.

Qingxu felt a cold gaze. He raised his head and met Madam Hou's gaze.

There was murderous intent in Mrs. Hou's eyes, and she had a strong murderous intention towards Qingxu.

If the people sent by Mr. Hou had not found Qingxu first, Mrs. Hou would have sent people to kill Qingxu.

It's just that Mr. Hou concealed it well and found out the truth of the matter before attacking Mrs. Hou.

Mrs. Hou lost the opportunity and was unable to kill Qingxu first.

Qingxu has been living in the Hou Mansion since then, and she can no longer touch Qingxu.

Her confidants in the Hou Mansion were eliminated by the Marquis, and other servants were not allowed to be used. She could only endure Qingxu hanging around in front of her.

But fortunately, she didn't have to endure it for long.

This kid will move out of the Hou Mansion after the Chinese New Year. When the time comes to ask her brother to take action, she doesn't believe that he can't kill such a little bug.

Mrs. Hou's natal family is a martial arts family. They have a certain amount of military strength and also maintain some private soldiers.

Just let those soldiers pretend to be bandits and loot the Taoist temple...

Jia Huan saw Mrs. Hou's change in expression and chuckled.

Mrs. Hou was so self-righteous that she really regarded Qingxu as a poor country boy that she could crush at will.

Don't you even open your eyes to see Master Hou's attitude?
Don’t you think it’s weird that the Marquis allowed his son to become a monk and even built a Taoist temple for him?
The Marquis is not a person who would feel guilty about his son.

Unless it's profitable.

It's a pity that Mrs. Hou was blinded by anger.

During the Chinese New Year, the men and women in the mansion are very busy.

From the first to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the Jia family has been attending banquets.

Some banquets are held by one's own family, and more often they are attended by other people's houses.

Jia Huan followed the second lady back to her natal home and received tens of thousands of taels of silver notes from her grandfather as lucky money.

Jia Huan's eldest half-brother did not follow the second wife back to her parents' home, so naturally he did not receive so much lucky money.

The second wife's natal family also liked Jia Huan more.

In Jia Huan's eyes, they were just relatives, not as aloof as nobles when facing merchants.

On the contrary, Jia Huan's elder brother Jia Xu, although his attitude was good when facing all his relatives, he always gave them a feeling of being superior to others.

Comparing the two, the family members naturally like Jia Huan more.

Grandpa also liked Jia Huan very much, but on the surface, he valued Jia Xu more.

After all, Jia Huan is just a dandy, and from now on he will just be a rich and idle man.

And Jia Xu will definitely become an official and will be of great help to their family.

When the first month passed, Qingxu left the Hou Mansion and moved to the small Taoist temple.

He did not bring any servants of the Hou family.

Of course, the servants of the Hou Mansion are not willing to suffer hardships with a master who has no future.

(End of this chapter)