The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the stone streets of the old town a charming orange-red color.
Yunsong stepped on it and vaguely saw the ripples of time.
As its name suggests, the town is old enough.
Wang Youde accompanied him and introduced proudly: "Our old town has a very long history. If the ancestors' records are correct, the town was established during the reign of the Ying family of the Dalong Dynasty."
"It has been ups and downs for almost two thousand years. No matter who was the emperor before and who is the commander-in-chief now, our old town will always stand here."
Yun Song listened silently.
What dynasty is the Dalong Dynasty?
He did know the Ying family name, Ying Zheng, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, but he remembered that Ying Zheng's surname was Zhao.
The size of the old town is not that big. It has two main streets that are crookedly connected to the mountains and rivers, and both are paved with bluestone slabs.
There are many styles of houses along the street, including newer brick houses, antique wooden buildings, and stilted buildings with novel shapes.
With two main streets as the core, there are many small alleys surrounding it.
There are mostly bungalows in the alley, scattered and dotted.
As the saying goes, although the sparrow is small, it has all the essentials, and all the shops that a small town should have, and the business opportunities are active——
In front of the hotel with the signboard of "Baijinglou", a waiter wearing shorts and a white towel on his shoulders is greeting the guests: "Sir, you are here. The private room on the second floor has been reserved for you..."
Outside the pharmacy where various elixirs, ointments, dried herbs, snake sloughs, dried toad skins, and animal bones were placed at the door, an apprentice was shouting: "The King of Medicines has passed down strong prescriptions, and men and women have used body sticks; I have seen the newspaper on the radio,
The Congress of All Nations applauded..."
Someone on a stilted building shouted "There are good foreign cigarettes", a sign outside the window of a pastry shop read "There are Western assorted cakes", and a bookstore called "Zao Bao Wenzhai" was listing various works.
Classics, newspapers and periodicals...
In addition, there were people shaving their heads on the street, some playing monkeys, some spreading a red cloth and selling wild medicine, some shouting, 'Grind scissors and sharpen kitchen knives.
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Although Wang Youde behaved badly in the Taoist temple and the beheading village, he showed great style when he arrived in the town.
As soon as the three of them entered the town, someone took the initiative to say hello.
As he walked along the main street, the people who greeted him also continued along the way.
Wang Youde responded very reservedly. When he rarely spoke, he mostly nodded, and some just walked over without looking.
The big elephant consciously took several steps back, carefully avoiding the pedestrians coming and going.
But he had a lot of dry firewood on his back, and he was clumsy, so he would not scratch anyone's clothes or shop.
Wang Youde impatiently wanted to send him away.
Yun Song couldn't see it and said: "Fusheng Supreme Heavenly Lord, King Almsgiver, you promised to treat others to a banquet, but if you break your promise, you will go to tongue pulling hell after death!"
Wang Youde was startled and said: "Little Master, the Tongue Pulling Hell is a Buddhist teaching. What does it have to do with your Taoism?"
Yun Song didn't expect that this guy would question himself.
But he reacted quickly and said with a sneer: "We Taoists are going to ascend to the nine heavens and become immortals. You sinners who are unfaithful still want to have anything to do with our Taoists? What, you are trying to get relatives?"
Wang Youde was speechless by him, so he had to say to the big elephant: "Throw away all these dry firewood, do you still want to take me to my house?"
The big stupid elephant said in a daze: "It's not easy to go to the mayor's house empty-handed for the first time. I'm thinking of using firewood as a gift."
Wang Youde was blocked again, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay, I appreciate your gifts, so you can throw them away - as it happens, there is my grocery store here, so you can just put all the firewood here."
Yunsong looked up and saw a plaque saying 'Hefangxing Global Department Store' hanging on the second floor of a store next to him.
He was shocked by the name of the store: "Global Department Store?"
Wang Youde smiled reservedly and said: "Yes, my shop has matching fires from the East, foreign wax from the Folangji country, hemp rope from the Lijiapo country of Nanyang, and foreign stockings from the country of my sister, so I got this name.
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Yunsong asked: "Is there a world history book?"
Wang Youde said: "We don't have them here, but I have them at home. We have "Twenty-Two Histories" and "Historical Records". I will give you a few copies of them tonight."
Yunsong bowed his head and said, "Blessed and blessed are the supreme gods."
Wang Youde's residence was not on the main street. He led Yun Song around the street, and then detoured north to a large house at sunset.
The house has a high-walled courtyard, and the walls are smooth and white with plaster.
The courtyard is three or four meters high. There are two stone lions as tall as a person sitting outside the door. The wooden door is neatly covered with copper nails and has a copper ring with an animal head on the left and right -
Absolute majesty and solemnity, absolute momentum like a rainbow.
Wang Youde stepped forward and knocked on the door. The door opened quickly, and a man in a long gown came out. After seeing his appearance, he was overjoyed: "Master, you are back."
He first saw the big elephant blocking the sky behind him and asked: "Why did you bring back a stinky beggar?"
Yunsong beside him suddenly changed his expression and walked away.
Wang Youde was so frightened that he quickly stretched out his hand to pull Yun Song: "Little Master, little Master, please stay here. This is a misunderstanding! Didn't I, the housekeeper, mean that you..."
Yun Song said without looking back: "Fu Sheng is the supreme deity. The master has taught me the path since I was a child. A man with lofty ideals will not drink water from a stolen spring, and an honest person will not be fed by someone who complains!"
"Donor Wang, we will meet again later. Finally, Xiaodao will give you a piece of advice. First you were suppressed by a ghost and then encountered a beheading village. You must have been lucky to be Tai Sui recently. No matter where you go or what you do in the future, be careful. Xiaodao is afraid
You will die next time you meet a ghost!"
Wang Youde didn't bother to explain, so he could only apologize repeatedly, and escorted the housekeeper to apologize to him.
The housekeeper knelt down on the spot, stretched out his hand and slapped himself loudly.
Seeing this, Yun Song got off the slope and walked into the Wang family's residence with an unhappy look on his face.
The big stupid elephant followed him with low eyebrows and followed every step with fear and fear.
The Wang family's house is quite large, but it's not luxurious. It just has a few small buildings with gardens in the high-walled courtyard.
In order to express his apology, Wang Youde wanted to summon the famous people in the town to treat Yun Song to a big drink.
Yunsong said indifferently: "We cultivators pay attention to the natural way, be quiet and do nothing, and don't like too much mundane things."
"So you can just let the kitchen prepare this big drink. There is no need to call other people to accompany you. We can eat it ourselves."
People with many eyes and mixed eyes will inevitably reveal their secrets.
After all, Yun Song is a Xibei guy, and he has a headache about this matter, so Wang's housekeeper looked down on him earlier and gave him an opportunity to get angry.
Firstly, he could get angry and teach the butler a lesson, and secondly, he would find a reason to act coldly in front of Wang Youde in the future.
Wang Youde felt ashamed of himself. The dinner he served was nothing to say. It was indeed a great feast:
Eight cold and eight hot, twelve plates and four bowls.
Nine-turn large intestine, roasted sea cucumber with green onion, crystal pork elbow, roast chicken, roast goose, stewed lamb, braised beef, lucky pig head, everything is available, all hard dishes.
Yun Song looked at these dishes and kept reciting "Fu Sheng Supreme Heavenly Lord".
Wang Youde thought he was pitying the chickens, ducks, geese, fish, sheep, and pigs at the banquet. In fact, he was lamenting that after traveling for several days, he could finally let go and have a good meal!
Originally, he was going to show off the careful and polite manner of eating that he had learned during blind dates to maintain his superior demeanor.
But as soon as the food is served, the big elephant grabs the plate and pours the food into his mouth, just like a garbage collection truck lifting the trash can and pouring it into the truck bed!
Yun Song was stunned. The nine-turn large intestine and sea cucumber roasted with green onions had already reached the bottom of the plate!
Seeing the big elephant's hand dragging his elbow again, he knew that he couldn't do it if he didn't do it...
I don’t know if it was because someone was snatching the food, but Yun Song was very full after eating this meal.
Wang Youde naturally found a guest room for him in the house to entertain him. As for the big elephant, he was carried out by his servants.
Why carry it?
I can't bear it anymore and can't walk anymore!
After Yun Song returned to the house, he closed the door, closed the windows, and extinguished the lights. After he went to bed, he put down the mosquito net, and then took out the money for Ju Yin Dan he had just obtained.
As a result, before he saw the money, someone appeared outside, and then there was a knock on the door.
Yun Song saw from the figure that it was Wang Youde with a slender girl, but he still asked warily: "Who?"
Wang Youde's voice sounded: "Little Master, please open the door. The night is long. I will give you a good baby. With this baby, you will not feel that the night is dark."
Upon hearing this, Yun Song jumped out of bed.
He was in a surging mood, and what he had dreamed of had finally come to an end—no, this king has a lot of moral integrity and cannot have too much contact with his people!
Moreover, he is a Taoist priest!
With a troubled mood, he opened the door heavily.
Under the bright moonlight, he saw a pretty girl with long legs and slender waist standing behind Wang Youde.
Wang Youde turned around and said, "Lian Lian, I haven't met the Taoist priest yet."
The girl smiled shyly at Yun Song and said, "Taoist Priest, I would like to send you my regards."
Yun Song felt that his brother's defense line was on the verge of collapse, so he made a decisive decision: "Blessings are born in the supreme heaven. People who practice Taoism are pure in heart and have few desires, and they devote themselves to the Tao. Donor Wang, you should take this female benefactor back. The path is about to rest."
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Wang Youde said in astonishment: "What does Xiao Zhenren mean by this? What does your cultivation have to do with this baby?"
He pointed to Lianlian's arms.
Lian Lian raised her hand, carefully holding an elbowed copper tube in her hand.
Wang Youde, an old man in the world, naturally understood what Yun Song meant by what he just said.
He smiled teasingly and said: "Little Master, you see, many things in our world are different from yours on the mountain. We are prone to misunderstandings. What happened at the door just now was a misunderstanding. Now..."
When Yun Song saw the copper elbow tube, he knew something was wrong. He had misunderstood Wang Youde's words.
But this cannot be blamed on him. Wang Youde deliberately misled him, probably because he wanted to use this to explain the previous incident where the housekeeper scolded the big stupid elephant but he took over.
But the previous misunderstanding is the reason for him to pretend to be cold in the future. This is the meat he has eaten in his mouth, and you still want him to spit it out?
He immediately answered: "There is no misunderstanding. Xiaodao has already seen the gadget in Miss Lianlian's hand."
"The small way is devoted to the Tao, and it is this kind of gadget that I have to reject. It is a grotesque trick that cannot be tolerated by my Tao."
Wang Youde thought he was trying to keep up his reputation, so he smiled and said, "But does the young master know what this treasure is? Just listen to me first and then..."
"Of course Xiaodao knows," Yun Song continued to intercept his words, "If Xiaodao didn't know, how could he rashly reject Donor Wang's kindness?"
"This is a flashlight. It's a Western gadget. It has a light bulb and something called a battery. When you turn it on, it emits light, and when you turn off the switch, it turns off the light."
In order to prevent the flashlight from being called differently in the old town than on Earth, he simply pointed out the function of the flashlight.
Wang Youde was speechless.
At this moment, he really wanted to push Lian Lian to Yun Song.
The feeling of failure in pretending is not good!
Yun Song closed the door with a calm attitude and said: "The path is to cultivate Yang every day and cultivate Yin at night. I have already trained my eyes to be able to see at night, and there is no need for such Westerners' strange skills."
"Also, Xiaodao is about to practice. Please ask Donor Wang to tell your family not to disturb Xiaodao again."
Wang Youde left dejectedly and placed his hand on Lian Lian's butt.
Yun Song dipped his finger in his saliva and opened a piece of window paper and watched their backs until they disappeared. He was so envious that he was separated from his peers: "Pervert man!"
Make sure no one is outside.
He went back to bed and took out a Juyin Dan silver coin. He pricked his finger with a needle and squeezed out a little blood and applied it on it.
The black money suddenly turned into a dark pill.
It's about the same size as a lollipop.
This is the Juyin Pill.
It was freezing cold, and the air in the room began to feel cold.
Yunsong was overjoyed, this thing is an air conditioner!
However, the chill emitted by Juyin Pill comes from Yin Qi. When it appears in the air, it will continue to evaporate and produce Yin Qi, so it is usually sealed with wax pills.
After Yun Song took a look, he took out the silver coin from the windlass and squeezed out a drop of blood, and turned into a ghost again.
After becoming a ghost, everything he saw changed:
The room became chaotic and blurry, and the shapes of tables, chairs, and walls were no longer so clear and fixed.
On the contrary, the folds of the Juyin Dan shone brightly, emitting a silvery white light.
He picked up the Juyin Pill and drank it.
Bliss!
Chapter completed!