And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 146 Everything in the world has its own way of survival!

"Ma'am, what are your plans for the future?"

Chen Yuan asked the other party.

"Master Daoist, you are overestimating the women of the people. As a woman of the people, you can't be called a wife. If you don't dislike it, you can just call me big sister."

Hearing Chen Yuan call herself Madam, Yan Lanfang was a little embarrassed, put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hand, and said to Chen Yuan quickly.

"Okay, Pindao will call you Sister Yan."

Chen Yuan nodded.

"To be honest, the women don't know what to do!"

"When I arrived in Jianghuai City, after inquiring about it, the women found out that my husband had already married another wife. The current wife is the daughter of a servant of a high-ranking official in the capital. Mother and son, marry someone else."

Yan Lanfang shook her head and said.

When she spoke, she looked sad, but she knew in her heart that even if she found the husband who was the prefect at this time, it was unlikely that he would become her husband again.

Now one of them is a citizen and the other is an official. The identities of the two sides are very different. The other party may have changed his mind and made plans to abandon their mother and daughter. Let the servants of the mansion drive them away.

After Chen Yuan heard the words, he immediately guessed that the magistrate Lu Bozheng was most likely marrying the other's daughter in order to cling to the servant of the capital.

Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible. In just eight years, he climbed from an ordinary scholar to the position of a prefect.

The reason why he didn't meet was probably because he was afraid that the mother and daughter in front of him would drag him down.

"In any case, the woman is not reconciled. She hopes to meet her husband and ask him personally. If he dislikes the woman's poor background and is afraid that the woman will delay his future, after going home to discuss with the woman, the woman will discuss with him. Just get together and leave, it will definitely not delay his future."

"But why didn't he return home for eight years, so that he didn't even recognize his own daughter."

Yan Lanfang's tone was full of resentment, but there was not much hatred in her eyes when she spoke.

If she hates it, she probably can only hate herself for being blind in the early years and choosing to marry this Lu Bozheng, right?

"Are your husband's parents still alive?"

Chen Yuan asked Yan Lanfang again.

If Lu Bozheng's parents were still alive, he would not return home for eight years after the imperial examination. For his own future, he married another wife in the capital, abandoned his original wife and daughter, and even ignored his parents.

Then this Lu Bozheng is really an ungrateful person.

"His parents both got sick and passed away when we got married."

Yan Lanfang explained.

Chen Yuan nodded secretly. In this way, Lu Bozheng's guilt is one less.

Chen Yuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "If Sister Yan wants to see your husband, Pindao can help you realize your dream."

Then Chen Yuan looked at the other party and said: "A few days ago, when Pindao first arrived in Jianghuai City, he went to Qingyang Temple to spend the night. The host of Qingyang Temple hosted a banquet for Pindao. Among the guests that night was your husband."

Yan Lanfang trembled when she heard the words, and her eyes immediately turned red: "Master Daoist, your great kindness to our mother and daughter will be difficult for us mother and daughter to repay in ten lifetimes."

Chen Yuan shook his head: "The poor Taoist is a member of the Taoist school. Although he is not a knight-errant who loves to fight and fight injustice, he still wants to take care of some difficult things. Don't worry about it, mother and daughter." .”

Yan Lanfang said: "The Taoist priest is a fairy walking in the world. If something happened here, the women will enshrine the longevity tablet for the Taoist priest at home, and pray for the benefactor day and night."

In addition to the fellow ship boss, the big salamander, Chen Yuan can be said to be their mother and daughter, the benefactor who helped them the most along the way.

If it weren't for Chen Yuan, her daughter would have died at the mouth of the river demon when she passed through the "Luohunjian".

This time on the road to find her husband, she can only give up halfway, and may not be able to come safely to Jianghuai City, which is thousands of miles away.

After the mother and daughter had eaten and drank enough, Chen Yuan settled the bill for the mother and daughter and paid for the meal.

Then he took the mother and daughter to Qingyang Temple.

He didn't intend to let Yan Lanfang's mother and daughter live in the inn.

Both mother and daughter have been reduced to begging, and they must have no money to pay the rent.

And Chen Yuan is not rich, so naturally it is impossible to pay for the mother and daughter.

Jianghuai City, as the capital city of Chuzhou Prefecture, is not only expensive to rent a house, but also expensive to stay in an inn.

"Master, you are back!"

When Chen Yuan brought the mother and daughter back to Qingyang Temple.

Among the two young Taoist priests guarding the gate in front of Qingyang Temple, seeing Chen Yuan coming back, one of the young Taoist priests greeted Chen Yuan respectfully.

"Pindao is back."

Chen Yuan responded.

"Just now, Pindao had something to do, so the gray donkey of Pindao came back by himself, did you see that?"

Chen Yuan asked the young Taoist priest.

"I see. The donkey raised by the Taoist priest is very miraculous. It can find the way back by itself. Just now the donkey stopped in front of the Taoist temple, and the donkey has been taken to the side courtyard stable by two other brothers to take care of it."

The young Taoist responded to Chen Yuan.

"Master Daoist, who are these two female benefactors?"

Another young Taoist secretly looked at Yan Lanfang's mother and daughter, especially the beautiful and mature Yan Lanfang.

"They were met by Pindao when he was on a boat, and they had some fate with him. When they first arrived in Jianghuai City, they were targeted by thieves and stole their money. When they were in trouble, they happened to be met by Pindao. Bring it back."

"Can you help their mother and daughter find a place to live in the temple? Let them live for a short period of time and have a place to stay?"

Chen Yuan said to the two young Taoists in front of him.

"This……"

The two young Taoist priests looked a little embarrassed. Qingyang Temple is a Taoist temple mainly focusing on the main road, and there are few women in the temple, let alone girls.

Moreover, the people who interacted with their temple masters were all dignitaries in the city. The good-looking mother and daughter, if they lived in the Taoist temple and were favored by that dignitary, they might not be able to explain to Chen Yuan.

However, who made this request? It was Taoist Master Qingming who had been ordered by the temple master to treat each other with courtesy.
"Daoist, don't worry, we will take care of this matter."

After hesitating for a moment, one of the slightly older Taoist priests readily agreed.

"Follow him. If you're fine, you can help out in the Taoist temple."

Chen Yuan turned around and said to Yan Lanfang's mother and daughter.

In the Qingyang Temple, it is enough for him to live in vain, but the people he brings can no longer be like this.

"The women know, Daoist, the women can cook, and the women can help cook in the temple."

Yan Lanfang said hastily.

"Then you go with him."

Chen Yuan said to Yan Lanfang's mother and daughter.

After Yan Lanfang's mother and daughter left, another young Taoist said:

"Master Daoist, yesterday the Master told us that if you see the Master Dao come back, please go to the Master's residence and talk to him. He has something to ask you."

Chen Yuan nodded and said: "The poor Taoist knows, and the poor Taoist happened to have something to ask you, the master."

After speaking, Chen Yuan walked towards Qingyang Temple.

Soon, Chen Yuan came to the Qingyang Temple, where the master Changchun Taoist lived.

When he came here, Chen Yuan saw that there was an old Taoist who looked like a celestial being, and was sitting cross-legged on the futon, as if he was meditating. It was the Master of the Qingyang Temple, Changchun Taoist.

Sensing Chen Yuan approaching, Changchun Taoist opened his eyes.

Seeing that it was Chen Yuan, the Changchun Taoist smiled and said: "The Taoist priest has been away for three days, and he should come back after calculation. How can we achieve our goal?"

Chen Yuandao: "I was lucky enough to meet the painting sage. The painting sage is generous and promised to teach the painting skills of the poor. The poor is busy learning the painting skills, so he stayed there for two more days."

Changchun Taoist: ...

He didn't know what to say for a while, the sage of painting had a great reputation, and there was an endless stream of people who wanted to learn painting skills and painting from him, but there were very few people who could really see him.

Rumor has it that even the current emperor has been rejected by the painting saint, let alone someone else.

Where does the saying of being generous come from?

However, the Changchun Taoist thought of Chen Yuan's identity as a Taoist who was born in Fuhu Temple. He has a noble status and high abilities. He is not an ordinary person. In reason.

"Master, sit down and talk."

After the Changchun Taoist invited Chen Yuan to sit down, he called the Guanzhong Taoist to serve Chen Yuan tea.

"By the way, I just heard from the Taoist guarding the gate that the temple master wants to see the poor Taoist for something?"

Chen Yuan asked Changchun Taoist.

"Yes, there is indeed one thing that needs to be troubled by the Taoist priest."

Changchun is humane.

"My lord, please tell me."

Chen Yuan was a little curious.

"Three months ago, outside the Qingyang Temple, a sloppy old Taoist suddenly came and scolded Qingyang Temple for corrupting the Taoist ethos. As a Taoist priest, he didn't want to practice, and he was with the powerful all day long..."

"From then on, every ten days and a half months, he will appear in front of Qingyang Temple and yell and scold, making Qingyang Temple lose face."

"Even if the old Taoist comes forward, it's useless. He also said that our Qingyang Temple is a place where filth is hidden, and the old Taoist is the chief culprit."

"Although it didn't have any real impact on the Qingyang Temple, but every ten days and a half months to make such a fuss, it also made our Qingyang Temple lose face."

The Changchun Taoist narrated the difficulties encountered by the Qingyang Temple.

"With the scale of Qingyang Temple and the relationship with the government, it should be difficult for Qingyang Temple to drive away an ordinary sloppy old man?"

Chen Yuan frowned and asked.

"The Daoist doesn't know. We tried all kinds of methods to lift that sloppy old Taoist away. Who knew that the sloppy Taoist's body weighed as much as a thousand catties. Even if four or five Taoist priests went up together, they couldn't lift him at all. Instead, he spit all over his body."

"In addition, I also reported to the government later. After the government sent the Yamen to come, they wanted to lock him away with shackles, but they couldn't lock him at all. With a light force, the shackles and chains would be automatically opened."

"This sloppy old Taoist should be a strange person, possessing spells. Counting the time, he should come again in these two days. I am afraid that only the Taoist priest who has magic spells like him can drive him away."

The Taoist priest Changchun explained.

"So the temple master wants Pindao to help Qingyang Temple solve this trouble?"

Chen Yuan asked Changchun Taoist.

This Changchun Taoist obviously didn't know that in the Daojing Pavilion of his Taoist temple, there was a god who was much more powerful than him living in seclusion, otherwise he would not have wanted to ask him to take action.

"That's right, now only Taoist Priest can help Qingyang Temple solve this trouble."

Changchun Taoist smiled wryly.

"can."

After thinking for a while, Chen Yuan agreed.

"However, the temple master also wants to do the poor Taoist a favor."

Chen Yuan then said.

"It doesn't matter what the Taoist priest says."

Changchun Taoist agreed.

Chen Yuan then told Changchun Taoist all about Yan Lanfang's mother and daughter, as well as the ins and outs.

"Pindao is going to let the mother and daughter meet with Zhifu Lu, and wants to temporarily settle them in Qingyang Temple."

After speaking, Chen Yuan expressed his thoughts.

This matter is of great importance, Chen Yuan naturally wanted to inform Changchun Taoist, and got his consent.

"The Taoist priest went out for a trip, but he really picked up a big trouble."

After listening to Chen Yuan's narration, Changchun Taoist suddenly became bitter.

Qingyang Temple is an official Taoist temple recognized by the government. Several of the ancestors in the temple have been canonized by the emperor. Therefore, Qingyang Temple has always been different from those Taoist temples that live in seclusion in the mountains. They have a close relationship with the government.

The mother and daughter brought back by Chen Yuan are the original wife and daughter of Lu Bozheng, the current prefect of Chuzhou.

According to Chen Yuan's narration, the inside story of this matter is quite complicated.

If he took in the mother and daughter, it could be said that he would offend the magistrate who had a fairly good relationship with Qingyang Temple.

"Forget it, since the Taoist priest has brought back, then do as the Taoist priest said."

After hesitating for a moment, Taoist Changchun's eyes flashed with determination, and finally made up his mind.

"It seems that Qingyang Temple and Guanzhu have a good relationship with the dignitaries in the city, but they haven't reached the point where they are in the same boat."

Seeing Changchun Taoist agree, Chen Yuan teased Changchun Taoist.

Ever since Chen Yuan learned that he was invited to a banquet by the Changchun Taoist last time, and wanted to make friends with Lu Bozheng, the prefect of Chuzhou, who is the husband and father of Yan Lanfang's mother and daughter, Chen Yuan had some understanding of the Changchun Taoist and Qingyang Temple. bad impression.

As the saying goes, people are divided into groups, and things of a feather flock together.

Just now, when Changchun Daoist talked about that sloppy old man blocking the door, he suddenly felt that what the other party said made some sense.

Seeing Changchun Taoist choose to agree after hesitating for a moment, his impression of Changchun Taoist and Qingyang Temple has changed a lot.

"Where did the Taoist priest say, although my Qingyang temple is an official Taoist temple, for some reasons I have to deal with the government, but as a clean place of Taoism, it is not indiscriminate."

Hearing Chen Yuan's ridicule, Changchun Taoist quickly explained.

He was afraid that Chen Yuan would divide himself and Qingyang Temple into the same kind of people as the prefect Lu Bozheng.

"Pindao knows."

Chen Yuan nodded.

He felt that because of the official Taoist nature of Qingyang Temple, it was nothing to make friends with the government and the court, as well as the dignitaries in the city.

Although the Qingyang Temple is large, it is an ordinary Taoist temple without practice inheritance after all. This is their way of survival.

Everything in the world has its own way of survival!

As long as they can stand on the big issues, such as Yan Lanfang, don't stand on the prefect Lu Bozheng's side, then they can be regarded as good.

(End of this chapter)