Taiping Inn

No matter how reluctant Yao Xianglian was, she still went to see the Grand Princess Xuanzhen.

The Grand Princess Xuanzhen had already learned about the incident from Shi Zongxi, and knew that Yao Xianglian was not as unbearable as the rumors said. Seeing her pale face, it was obvious that she had been under a lot of pressure during this period of time. She couldn't help but feel a little pity in her heart. She didn't ask her to be polite, but instead comforted her with a few words, and then let Yao Xianglian leave.

In this way, the matter was settled. After all, becoming a monk is an expedient measure, and there is no need to make too much pomp.

Two days later, Yao Xianglian left home with a small bag, got on a carriage, and went to Yuying Temple outside the city. Before leaving, Yao Xianglian's mother dragged her sick body and talked to her all night, and finally the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly again.

Although the gentle attitude of Grand Princess Xuanzhen made Yao Xianglian feel at ease, she was sad and shed tears in the carriage when she thought about the fact that she would be alone with the green lamp in the future and would not see her parents, not to mention that she was still waiting to get married not long ago.

The carriage moved forward slowly. Because it had the sign of Yuying Temple, it went out of the city gate unimpeded and came to the gate of Yuying Temple along the mountain road.

After crying, Yao Xianglian felt much better. She wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief, carefully lifted the curtain of the carriage, and looked out.

A Taoist temple came into view.

Although Yuying Temple was not as good as the Da Baoen Temple, it was a royal Taoist temple after all, covering a very large area and with extraordinary style. In addition to the Taoist temple itself, there were thousands of acres of various fertile fields under the name of the Taoist temple, which was by no means comparable to ordinary small Taoist temples.

Yao Xianglian had been living a life of luxury since she was a child, and could not stand the hardship. Now seeing the grandeur of Yuying Temple, she could not help but think to herself: "I am the disciple of the Grand Princess Xuanzhen, so I will not be treated harshly. At least I can wear silk clothes, but I cannot eat meat. I have to eat vegetarian food."

While she was thinking about this, a voice came from outside the carriage: "Miss, please get off the carriage."

Yao Xianglian held her small bag in her arms, and got up and walked out of the carriage with a nervous mood.

An old woman with a serious expression stood outside, with drooping corners of her mouth and a murderous look on her face.

Yao Xianglian was a little scared, lowered her head, and dared not look directly at the old woman.

"Miss, please follow me." The old woman looked at Yao Xianglian for a moment, turned around and led her to Yuying Temple.

Yao Xianglian hugged her small bag tightly and followed behind. There were many silver notes of different denominations and some Taiping money in the bundle, about four thousand silver coins, which was half of Yao Zhongcheng's family property.

It is said that money can make the devil work. Even if you are a big thief, as long as you have money in your hands, you can have good wine and food in the prison. If you have no money, you can only eat pig food. There are also prisoners who are exiled. When they arrive at the place of exile, if they have money to pay tribute, they can be exempted from the killing stick. If they have money to bribe people, they will not only be exempted from shackles, but also get a good job and even be able to move freely. But if you have no money, you will not only be beaten half to death by the killing stick, but also do hard labor.

The same is true for Taoist temples. Not to mention the big expenses of food and clothing, even if Yao Xianglian wants to send a message to her parents, she will have to pay for running errands. So the old couple prepared some silver and money for their daughter, so that she can use it to manage relationships and not be bullied. Princess Xuanzhen also prepared generous gifts and asked her to take care of it.

It is really pitiful how loving parents are.

Yao Xianglian followed the old woman into the Taoist temple, and looked back after crossing the threshold. Behind her, the gate of Yuying Temple slowly closed. Her eyes were red again, but she dared not speak, let alone cry. She tried her best to hold back her tears, and only let the tears roll around in her eye sockets, but in the end, they still wet the bundle in her hand.

The old woman led Yao Xianglian to a side hall, but did not go in. Instead, she lowered her eyebrows and said, "This is it, please come in, young lady."

Yao Xianglian hesitated for a moment and slowly walked into the side hall.

A statue of the Supreme Taoist Ancestor was enshrined in the side hall. Except for the incense and candles on the incense table, there were no other lights, which seemed a little dim.

However, to Yao Xianglian's surprise, the Grand Princess Xuanzhen was not here. Only a young woman was standing with her back to her, facing the statue of the Supreme Taoist Ancestor with her hands behind her back.

Yao Xianglian did not dare to step forward rashly, and stood timidly at the door with her bundle in her arms.

The young woman turned around and looked at Yao Xianglian.

Yao Xianglian saw the woman's appearance. She was really beautiful, with skin as white as snow. She wore a golden perfume crown on her head. She was extraordinary and obviously not an ordinary person.

Yao Xianglian was a little lacking in momentum and asked in a low voice: "Excuse me..."

The woman smiled slightly: "My surname is Qin, and my given name is 'Su'. Miss Yao, don't you recognize me? It was me who sent you back to the Imperial Capital."

"Is... is that so?" Yao Xianglian hesitated. Now recalling the process of returning to the Imperial Capital, she couldn't remember anything. It was as if she woke up from the Nether Valley and returned to the Imperial Capital.

Qin Su said: "It seems that Miss Yao doesn't remember."

Yao Xianglian was about to speak, but suddenly felt sleepy and her eyelids gradually drooped.

A moment later, Yao Xianglian had become a different person.

Qin Su first set up a ban, then greeted him and said, "Great wizard."

Wu Xian sighed, "Since coming to this Imperial Capital, the little girl has wanted to commit suicide more than once, and even I was affected. Now she has finally escaped."

Qin Su said, "People's words are scary."

Wu Xian said straight to the point, "Miss Qin came to see me, I'm afraid it's not to reminisce about the past."

It was Qin Su who brought Yao Xianglian back to Imperial Capital through Yaoyue Cave Heaven. Along the way, the two of them have become familiar with each other.

Qin Su is not a person who likes to go around in circles, so he does not deny it: "If you have something to do with the great wizard in the Zi Mansion, he cannot get rid of it for the time being, so I will come on his behalf."

"Mr. Qingping has something to say." Wu Xian's temperament has changed a lot because of Yao Xianglian's influence. He is not old-fashioned, but a little lively. "Then I naturally have to listen carefully."

Qin Su thought about his words and said, "On the way to the imperial capital, I had already told the great wizard about the ambition of the Zi Mansion. In order to do things cheaply, we established a secret association, pursuing the name of "Taiping Inn" , do private matters."

Wu Xian nodded slightly.

Qin Su continued: "At the earliest, the inn had six people in charge and several members. To this day, it was a little inconsistent. So after Zifu entered Beijing, he stopped the monthly meeting of the inn and started to reorganize. Now the inn The scale is getting bigger and bigger, and the six people in charge are inevitably short of difficulties, so he decided to double the six people in charge, that is, the twelve people in charge, including six forehands and six deputys, roughly Similar to Shangshu and Shishang. "

Wu Xian said, "This reminds me of the Ten Witches of Lingshan."

Qin Su continued, "The inn is divided into six departments, with twelve leaders, and they are partners. Take me and Zi Mansion for example. Originally, I and Zi Mansion each received one, but now Zi Mansion gave up his one. Leave it to someone else and get one with me. He is the forehand and I am the deputy. The same is true for the other five. There are still several vacant positions now. I wonder if the great wizard is interested?”

This time, Li Xuandu restructured the inn. The original structure of the six departments remained unchanged. It was still the owner, the shopkeeper, the runner, the chef, the servant, and the accountant. It only added the deputy, and at the same time, the positions of each person have been changed.

Li Xuandu and Qin Su belong to the host, Li Xuandu are both the chief and Qin Su is the deputy. Ning Yi replaced Li Xuandu as the forehand of the shopkeeper, and his deputy was temporarily vacant. The chef's forehand and deputy were temporarily vacant. Li Feiyan is still the forehand of the dormitory, and Shi Wuyue is the deputy. Shangguan Wan was the forehand of the serial servant, and Lu Yanbing was added as the deputy of the serial servant. There is only Li Rushi in the account room for the time being.

As a result, the three departments of the boss, the pawnshop and the Servant were already full, one person was missing from the shopkeeper and the accountant, two were vacant from the chef, and a total of four were vacant.

At the same time, Li Xuandu once again clarified the responsibilities of each department. The owner of the east has the smallest number of people, mainly responsible for decision-making; the shopkeeper is responsible for overall planning, personnel changes, contact and dispatch, and execution of decision-making; the number of people at the hall is the largest, responsible for leading the scattered and dormant workers in various places, mainly collecting intelligence; the chef is responsible for internal punishment and external punishment Assassination; the servants are responsible for checking for omissions and filling in the gaps, and dealing with matters other than their responsibilities; the accounting office is responsible for the responsibilities of the department, statistics, examinations, lists, etc.

Qin Su also gave another set of names to the six ministries, with the headmaster ranked first, which was the Tian ministries; the shopkeeper took over the headmaster, and the second seat was the earth ministries. Then the account holds financial power, and everything is not enough to be money-free. The first is the Spring Ministry; the number of people at the hall is the most, like a bunch of flowers, it is the Xia Ministry; the chef is the master of killing, and the autumn Ministry is the autumn Ministry; the miscellaneous service is the autumn Ministry; The broadest responsibilities, but no specific responsibilities, it is like the vast white winter, and it is the winter department. There is no specific difference between spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Wu Xian did not refuse at all, nor did he agree immediately, but said, "The snake cannot do without a head. Even the ten witches of Lingshan back then had a distinction between the main and the second. I think the inn will be no exception."

Qin Su had long expected Wu Xian to ask this question, and said, "The inn was created by Zifu, so he is naturally the leader. However, Zifu has no idea of ​​a monarch and a minister, but it is just a matter of a common plan. There must be a decisive decision. People, otherwise they will fall into a shirk. If the great wizard does not want to stay in the inn and wants to imitate Wu Peng and leave Lingshan, the Zi Mansion will never stop him."

Wu Xian smiled and said, "It was not that I didn't want to stop Wu Peng back then, but that Wu Peng had Wu Yang's help, and there were many people and powerful people, so I could no longer stop him."

If Qin Su was silly by Wu Xian, he would have been very embarrassed. But now Qin Su and Li Xuan have been together for a long time and have improved a lot. He just smiled slightly and said, "I gave the wrong example, If you make a mistake, I hope the great wizard will forgive you. I wonder what the great wizard wants to do?”

Wu Xian pondered, "Since I said that, I can't think of a reason to refuse."

Qin Su heard Wu Xian say this, so he informed the Six Divisions truthfully, and then said, "As the great wizard, he naturally cannot be the deputy. It just so happened that the chef, that is, Qiu Division, had his forehand vacant, and I wonder if the great wizard was not allowed to take the position of deputy. Who is willing to serve as the head of this department?”

"Punishment and killing." Wu Xian pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes."

Qin Su had a smile on her face: "I will make a deputy candidate as soon as possible and then ask for the advice of the great wizard."