Yanjing, the imperial capital for seven hundred years, was the place where the farming and nomadic peoples of China realized the great integration. It stands majestically. It embodies the glory and dreams of the entire Chinese nation for hundreds of years, its decline and demise. The world has changed, dynasties have changed,
The emperor and his courtiers changed countless times, but this huge city stood silently on the land of Yanzhao.
Xu Sanxiao walked in this city where the ancient and the modern, the civilized and the barbaric coexisted. He had mixed feelings in his heart, as if he had returned to the past when he followed Zhou Zhirou around. Although the old blind man was vicious, the skills he taught him were genuine.
He was on guard against himself, but at the same time he treated himself well.
People's life is always at the mercy of fate in the ever-changing times. Family affection turns into hatred, and the purpose of raising people is to take advantage of them. Changes are unpredictable and cannot be controlled at all. No wonder many Taoist predecessors would rather avoid living in the mountains and forests and associate with wild beasts.
I didn’t want to deal with people in this mortal world. Thinking of wild beasts, I turned around and saw Huang Hu.
As the guarding beast soldier beside Xu Sanxiao, Huang Hu has always followed Xu Sanxiao wherever he goes. However, this guy is still wild and does not like to be kept as a pet. Most of the time, he
It hides in the dark and is self-sufficient in terms of food. This time when it comes to Beijing, it cannot be carried away by its temper. This guy is a ferocious beast among ferocious beasts. If it is stimulated by the outside world and its bestiality attacks, it will not be a trivial matter to hurt people.
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Huang Hu's neck was tied with a beautiful velvet rope by Mi Li'er, and a golden bell was hung on it. The end of the rope was held in Xu Sanxiao's hand, and he followed behind him, looking a little reluctant and listless.
It is about twice the size of the average domestic cat and smaller than the common leopard. It has shiny golden fur all over its body, short ears and a long mouth, and a majestic tiger stride. Even in this capital city where winds blow from all directions, it still looks very impressive at first sight.
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Xu Sanxiao and Huang Hu were walking on the street, attracting the attention of countless passers-by.
"Hey! Good guy, this cat is quite big. Look at the hair tube. It's so bright." A middle-aged uncle said.
Another person said: "Come on, can you see clearly? Is that a cat? That's called a lynx."
Xu Sanxiao looked around. There were more and more people watching. He couldn't help but wonder why such a secretive department as the Religious Affairs Office would set up its office in such a busy place. The two people who had different opinions came to ask Huang Hu what he was doing.
Is it a cat or a lynx? Xu Sanxiao answered truthfully that it was a cat, and the breed is called the Chinese ancestral cat. Then he asked, where is the religious office?
Everyone was confused when asked, and they all waved their hands and said they didn't know. Xu Sanxiao wondered secretly, did he hear it wrong? Or was He Wenyu deliberately teasing him? With his own ears and eyes, the possibility of the former was completely non-existent. Then
Ordinarily, He Wenyu would not make such a joke with him.
"Hey, sir, do you want to sell this cat?"
Xu Sanxiao asked along the way and continued walking. At the end of the road was a large temple with no other buildings. When he was hesitating, someone behind him suddenly asked. When he looked back, he saw a little girl and a man.
An old man with white hair and gray beard.
The little girl who asked the question had snow-like skin, bright eyes and white teeth, and she was an excellent beauty despite her young age. The old man had a kind face, with white hair and a childlike face, full of rosy colors. Looking at it with the eyes of Xu Sanxiao, this old man
Everyone is very human.
What's the reason for this? Xu Sanxiao muttered in his heart.
But the little girl didn't seem to have any patience. Her eyebrows tightened, her eyes widened, and she said angrily: "Hey, you're such a strange person. Why are you just looking at me and ignoring me when I'm talking to you?"
The old man said: "Nanny, please don't be rude." He said he was blaming her, but there was no hint of that in his tone.
Xu Sanxiao wondered in his mind what the old and the young were like, and shook his head and said: "It is not a pet, and it is not for sale!"
The little girl said: "It's not a pet? So what is it?" After saying that, she came to Huang Hu, bent down and touched Huang Hu's head.
This move is undoubtedly extremely dangerous. Xu Sanxiao knows very well Huang Hu's nature, and the word "王" between his eyebrows is the most taboo to be touched. Except for Mi Li'er, even Xu Sanxiao himself, out of respect for Huang Hu, is extremely cautious.
Don't touch it. Seeing that the little girl's hand was about to touch Huang Hu's head, Xu Sanxiao was worried that Huang Hu would get angry and hurt someone, so he quickly said something to stop him: "Don't touch it!" He explained: This guy has a bad temper and is easily hurt.
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The little girl stretched out her hand, paused slightly, looked back and smiled, and said: "Isn't it just a cat? It's like a tiger. It won't die if you touch it." As she said that, she put her little hand on Huang Hu's.
The head and fingertips even playfully fiddled with it a few times.
Xu Sanxiao hesitated for a moment and did not stop, but something surprising happened. Huang Hu, who had been feeling depressed all the way to Beijing, not only did not have a seizure, but instead meowed very helpfully and stretched on the spot.
He even had the intention of getting closer to the little girl.
The little girl suddenly said: "Oh, so your name is Huang Hu, you really look like a little tiger."
Huang Hu crossed his body, rubbed the little girl's legs affectionately, and barked a few more times.
The little girl asked again: "You said you don't like being tied up like this?"
Huang Hu meowed again and seemed to be really communicating with the little girl.
Xu Sanxiao was secretly surprised, and suddenly remembered a nursery rhyme: Gongye is long, Gongye is long, there are tigers dragging sheep in Nanshan, you eat meat and I eat intestines. This nursery rhyme talks about one of the seventy-two sages of Confucius who is proficient in birds.
In the eyes of Taoist practitioners, the protagonist in this nursery rhyme is clearly a wizard with the talent of taming animals. There are many such people throughout the history of thousands of years, and they have written scriptures on taming animals.
The Big Mac is one of them. And this little girl seems to have this talent.
The little girl stood up, looked at Xu Sanxiao with her hands on her hips, and said with a serious look: "How can you treat it like this? You have tied the majestic king of the mountain into a pet cat, how do you deserve to be its owner?"
Xu Sanxiao scratched his head and said: "This guy is wild and untamed. Since you know its origin, you should know more about the consequences if its bad temper breaks out."
The little girl said: "This is a strange psychic beast. How can it attack casually? It is loyal to you, but you don't care about its feelings. It is not difficult to see how you treat your mountain guarding beast soldiers.
Your character is not that good either."
Sure enough, they were coming for him. Xu Sanxiao thought for a moment and guessed that these two people were from the religious office or from He Wen Yu Shi's family.
The old man said: "Nanny, please don't be rude. Mr. Xu is our distinguished guest. You, Senior Sister Yu, have invited him here to discuss important matters."
The little girl didn't mean to be polite at all, and said: "Look at him, he's not much older than me, and he has a cunning look on his face. Why is he with Senior Sister Yu?"
Xu Sanxiao was scratching his head. He didn't know why the little girl asked Yu about who he was. Who was this old man in the Religious Affairs Office or the Xuanmen Zongzong? He was afraid that he had annoyed her by not saying the right thing. After returning, he would
He Wenyu accused him of being a treacherous person in front of him. He could only say with a smile: "My little sister is also a member of the religious office?"
The little girl snorted, clasped her fists and said, "Thank you, you're too polite. I don't dare to be a little sister, and I'm not a religious official."
Xu Sanxiao had been mentally prepared before he came. Not only did He Wenyu look like an immortal, but his martial arts skills were extraordinary and holy. He was a very important figure both within the Xuanmen sect and in the religious office. People had heard about him.
After having a relationship with her, I will definitely feel unhappy. It is inevitable to weigh the weight. But I didn't expect that this first step would be such a beautiful little girl.
"May I ask who you are, girl?"
"I am Zhao Yuehan, the disciple of Xuanmen Fu Tianju." The little girl said proudly with her chest raised.
Xu Sanxiao couldn't help being surprised when she heard the words "Fu Tianju". A person of Tianzi generation? One generation higher than Zhou Zhirou! If you think about it, isn't this little girl also one generation higher than him?
Sure enough, the little girl pursed her lips with a smile and said, "Yes, you are the direct disciple of Zuo Dao Zhou Zhirou. Based on seniority, you should call me Senior Aunt."
Xu Sanxiao was always casual and didn't care. He smiled and said, "You are so young, I'm afraid that calling you like this will call you old."
Zhao Yuehan said: "What's the matter? Many Xuanmen disciples with gray beards still call me Senior Aunt Grandma. I can bear whatever you call me."
The old man said: "Nanny, don't be ridiculous. Mr. Xu is not a disciple in the sect, so why do you need to obey so much? Don't forget that we are ordered to welcome guests. How dare you not listen to Master He's words?"
Speaking of Senior Uncle He, Zhao Yuehan was not convinced. He stuck out his tongue and said, "What's the matter? A Senior Uncle from the outer sect, apart from being handsome, didn't have much ability. He forced Senior Brother Dao Jun away as soon as he came back."
Well, if he wasn't Senior Sister Yu's father, I would have stopped giving him face."
The old man said with a tigerish face: "Uncle Master Fu gave you to me to teach you before going into seclusion. If you don't obey me again, I will call you a ruler."
Zhao Yuehan said: "Zhao Qishan, don't scare me with that crap. At home, you are my uncle, and at the master's door, I am your sister-in-law. My master is in seclusion, and you want to act like an uncle with me.
No, I’m right here, you can give it a try.”
The old man smiled bitterly and shook his head, then smiled at Xu San and said: "This little devil star, you have seen that I can't do anything with her."
Through the conversation between the two, Xu Sanxiao suddenly realized that going to Beijing to meet He Wenyu this time was not simple. It seemed that the person in charge of this matter was not Sister Xiangu, but her extremely vicious father. He suppressed his thoughts,
He said: "It doesn't matter. Guests are welcome to do as they please. If this is the authentic Taoist way of hospitality, I will follow it."
Zhao Yuehan said crisply: "You said this, don't say I'm embarrassing you."
Xu Sanxiao nodded with a smile and said: "Young Master, if you have any rules, just point them out and I will leave if you mark the way."
Zhao Yuehan said: "What did you come to Beijing to do this time?"
Xu Sanxiao was slightly stunned. This question seemed obvious, but after thinking about it more deeply, it was not so easy to answer. He said that he had agreed on cooperation with the Religious Affairs Office? But it seemed that what he valued more was his attitude towards He Wenyu.
Are you here for Sister Xiangu? And you seem to be a little unprofessional. With a twist of your mind, you answer: "I'm here to see the fish."
This answer is considered to be both. Asking fish when you see something, not saying what to do, it can be for love or for public service.
Zhao Yuehan pursed her lips and smiled and said: "You are smart, let me ask you again, they are secretly rumoring that Senior Sister Yu has become your double monk. Is this true?"
There is a tricky question. It is said that it is likely to ruin He Wenyu's reputation in Xuanmen. These so-called orthodox people have always been shameless about this kind of thing. But if they say it is not the case, it seems that they dare not do it. Xu Sanxiao
After hesitating for a moment, he said: "You and I, Senior Sister Yu, are just in love with each other. I don't know if we are considered a couple."
Zhao Yuehan rolled her big eyes and said: "Your answer is considered appropriate, but don't be complacent. The person you want is the most dazzling member of the Xuanmen Longmen Taoist Sect.