fifth form

Chapter 1922 Yang Soul Following
Li Shaojun stayed as a guest in Anle Palace for five days.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't just sit there and wait.

In fact, Zhang Xuezhou has a lot of things to do.

One thing was to find the whereabouts of Kong Anguo, which required him to visit the Confucius Temple from time to time to see if there were any Confucian scholars who knew the situation.

Another thing is that many people in Zhangjiazhuang stick together and don't want to separate. Although most of them have the status of residents of Chang'an City, they still live in the suburbs of Chang'an.

This made Zhang Xuezhou stroll around Laoshu Hutong these days, thinking about buying properties to connect the residential areas of many people.

They recently did something immoral, which is to kill pigs and cook them every day.

This smell of pig odor is fragrant to people with little fat in their stomachs, but it is unbearable for rich people, and some people even want to vomit because of the smell.

It just so happens that a higher-ranking official can crush a person to death. Even though Zhang Xuezhou is a low-ranking official, he is not someone that the small businessmen in Laoshu Hutong dare to provoke.

Rong Li and You Rongshi and others never stopped cooking pork. Some wealthy businessmen, who could no longer afford to offend them, tried to hide away and tried to find other places to live. They also registered their properties in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

"Aren't we a bit like the hooligans targeting Dijiang's inn?"

"The ruffians' actions were intentional, and our actions were unintentional. They won't die from breathing the air that smells like pigs, but if we don't supply meat to the people outside the city, our people will really starve to death!"

Rong Tianding still felt a little guilty, while Zhang Xuezhou analyzed the active and passive aspects of the matter.

Cooking outside the city is mainly simple. It’s not that you can’t cook outside the city, but the distance to collect firewood outside the city is very far, so you can only pick up some dry grass, vines, thorns and other things to burn for cooking.

It was almost impossible to get so many people in Zhangjiazhuang to spend money to buy firewood, so this matter was finally done in the city. The meat that was cooked to half-cooked only needed to be simply heated and boiled to become a good meal.

This is also one of the reasons why many people in Zhangjiazhuang are unwilling to live in Chang'an. No matter food, accommodation, transportation, etc., they all need money, and even wood for making fire needs to be purchased. This kind of life where money is spent everywhere is difficult to adapt to. Even Zhang Zhong sighs every day that things that are completely worthless in Zhangjiazhuang can actually be sold for money in Chang'an.

People's consumption concepts cannot be changed in a short period of time, and Zhang Xuezhou is not in a hurry. As long as everyone has a harvest from hunting and sells it, they will naturally feel confident when they have money in hand.

At this time, he just wanted to get the basic things in the city ready, so that more than a hundred people could live together.

"Cousin, you are right. I have been wandering around the area recently to see if I can bargain for a price. If I find a suitable house, I will go to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion to go through the formalities," Rong Tianding nodded.

"This smell is caused by our family. They will be so angry when they see us that they will raise the price. You can guide Zhang Changgong to do this." Zhang Xuezhou said, "They don't know Changgong, but Changgong is smart and should be able to handle this matter."

After taking over the high-priced house from Di Rang, Zhang Xuezhou didn't mind taking over some low-priced houses. After all, the properties he purchased were not one or two, but at least ten or eight.

"The longbow is still not flexible enough. Isn't the secondary bow out yet?" Rong Tianding asked.

"Ci Gong..." Zhang Xuezhou hesitated for a moment before replying, "We need to investigate this matter to find out the truth!"

For nearly half a year, Zhang Cigong has not reunited with the group.

If the other party goes to the Huainan Palace for help, he will probably get himself into trouble.

But Zhang Cigong should not tell others about the escape of the people from Zhangjiazhuang, otherwise many people in Zhangjiazhuang will have a hard time living in peace. It is very likely that Zhang Cigong’s misfortune was related to the loss of his horse and other things.

This disaster was caused by Zhang Cigong's dereliction of duty, but it was not serious enough to cause him to lose his head.

Zhang Xuezhou was also calm at this time and did not act rashly.

He nodded, indicating that he would do this at a more appropriate time to see if there was any possibility that Zhang Cigong could be released.

"Hey, you two, stop talking about buying a house and talk about me instead!"

Looking at Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding chattering non-stop, Li Shaojun couldn't help himself.

He didn't want to hear about these trivial matters of buying a house. What he wanted were powerful herbs, elixirs, and even the realm of supernatural powers and the realm of self-centeredness.

Li Shaojun believed that their three generations of ancestors and grandchildren would bring about a future of continuous improvement, becoming a great family of cultivators and even occupying a secret place to live in peace and become the master of a holy land. This was almost their dream for several lifetimes, and Li Shaojun felt that this was much more important than the trivial things that Zhang Xuezhou and others had bought in Chang'an City.

"What's there to complain about?" Zhang Xuezhou said without even looking up. "Your safe return proves that you have been treated with courtesy by the Grand Empress Dowager and have become her guest of honor. I can no longer make any more recommendations for you at this moment!"

"That's right, I've done everything I should do for you as your cousin. You can't always stay in our house," Rong Tianding nodded.

"You two are so unkind!"

Li Shaojun cursed, his heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly changed his tone.

"You don't even cherish a Taoist like me, who is the only second successor. When I become a high official in the Han Dynasty in the future, you will definitely regret not treating me well," Li Shaojun scolded.

"You looked desperate before going to Anle Palace, but now you're so proud after taking a few breaths. I regret going to the North to recruit you, for I'm afraid you'll become an official and cause trouble that will implicate me in the future," Zhang Xuezhou said regretfully.

"I have lived for so long, but this is the first time I have seen people like you who are so stubborn and hard to enlighten." Li Shaojun said, "When I ascend to heaven and enjoy bliss in the future, you won't even be qualified to be my servants!"

"I don't want to be a boy!"

"What's so good about being a boy?"

Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding both snorted, obviously looking down on Li Shaojun's status as a boy sitting in front of them.

"I...I...I will make the Life-giving Pill and the Eight-step Immortality Pill with the help of the Han Dynasty, and then I will make the Bliss Pill and the Longevity Pill. From then on, I will be a carefree immortal. Don't regret it then!"

Li Shaojun pointed his fingers at the two men's heads and spoke repeatedly.

He had a furious look on his face, and his extremely angry look made Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding laugh at him.

"You're lying to us again with these nonsense," Zhang Xuezhou said with a smile, "How many times have you told us about this, and I haven't seen you come up with any magic pills to help us!"

"That's right," Rong Tianding said, "you always talk nonsense!"

"Your cultivation was helped by me," Li Shaojun said dissatisfiedly, "If it weren't for my help, you wouldn't have been able to cultivate to this level. I have done my best for you!"

"That's because I have talent, and you just gave me some pointers. Don't take this as your credit," Zhang Xuezhou said indignantly.

"Every leader of our school gives people elixirs, but you have been fooling us and haven't given us a single pill!"

Rong Tianding also kept squeezing him.

When Zhang Xuezhou returned home, the first thing he did after meeting Li Shaojun should have been to discuss the other party's entry into Anle Palace and other matters, but Zhang Xuezhou did not stop communicating with Rong Tianding about the real estate.

When Li Shaojun spoke repeatedly and Zhang Xuezhou distanced himself from the matter, Rong Tianding knew very well that there might be a fourth party eavesdropping between the three of them.

This made Rong Tianding also open his mouth to cooperate.

He has been through so many things over the years following Zhang Xuezhou. Although his cultivation is weaker, his flexibility is not much inferior to Li Shaojun and Zhang Xuezhou, and he can join in to play as a three-person team.

After a series of insults and comments, Li Shaojun was so insulted that he had to lie down on his bed. Only then did the insults come to an end.

"she left!"

Zhang Xuezhou whispered only when Rong Tianding went out to serve the food.

This made Li Shaojun breathe a sigh of relief.

"Can her soul travel so far?"

Li Shaojun glanced in the direction of Anle Palace, his eyes clearly filled with fear.

The Grand Empress Dowager has this ability to patrol with the yang soul, and he has caught the Grand Empress Dowager's eye, so he will have to be extremely careful with his words and actions in the future.