The few months I spent in Changjing were really fruitful.
Speaking of which, what I did in Changjing I often did in Yin Yang Mountain.
The Taoist cultivators are originally supposed to exorcise evil spirits, which has nothing to do with Taoism. No matter how high the Taoism is, they are no exception. When they are in Yin Yang Mountain, they will also respond to the requests of the people and go down the mountain to relieve the villagers of some disasters and give them some peace of mind.
It's just that the money earned in Yin Yang Mountain is not as much as here.
There are many rich people in Changjing, and even the poor, as long as they live in the city, the daily flow of water on their hands is far more than that of the self-sufficient villagers at the foot of Yinyang Mountain. Sometimes in Yinyang Mountain, you cannot receive money;
A small bag or half a basket of millet and wheat. Fortunately, they have experience and will take the sack with them when they go down the mountain. Otherwise, they would have to use the villagers' baskets to carry it up the mountain and have to return it to others next time.
Sometimes you can't even harvest grain, and you can only receive rice, straw, and wheat straw. You have to wait until summer and autumn, when the people at the bottom of the mountain have harvested, and they will leave a clump on the edge of the field, and you have to cut it yourself.
To be honest, Fulong Temple is not short of wheat and millet, but Song You also had to harvest it every year.
In addition to money, Changjing also gained other things.
There are farmers and poor people at the foot of Yin Yang Mountain. Although there are hundreds of people with hundreds of hearts, they are not as diverse as the people in Changjing. There are both rich and poor people in Changjing. You can meet a gardener in a single room of a shop or housekeeper, or you can
In the mansion assigned by the government, you can talk with the general, and you can also meet the ministers in the court, even the ministers, and all kinds of strange people.
But the biggest gain today is still the painting.
No matter who painted this painting, in terms of technique alone, it is rare in the world, and the court painters must not be as good as him.
It's a pity that I can't watch it twice more.
Song You was thinking in the scorching sun as he walked back to Liuye Street in Xicheng.
From a distance, I saw half a little head sticking out from the second floor, glanced at me, and then quickly put it back.
The Taoist just pretended not to see it.
When I got home, I left the door open and walked up to the second floor. I saw no little girl, only a calico cat. The sand table on the desk was flat and neat, with willow branches placed next to it. Even the orientation was the same as before.
This cat is quite smart.
"Ms. Sanhua didn't practice calligraphy secretly at home, did she?" the Taoist asked the cat lying by the window with half-closed eyes.
"Well……"
The cat opened its mouth and yawned, stretched out its limbs, and its claws stained with yellow sand bloomed, and then turned to look at the Taoist:
"What did you say?"
"It can be seen that Empress Sanhua didn't practice calligraphy at home. Think about it, with Empress Sanhua's talent, it's already great if she doesn't practice calligraphy. There is really no need to practice more." The Taoist said to Mao'er, who was also by the window.
He sat down on the couch, thought for a moment and asked, "Ms. Sanhua has to practice, catch mice, and learn to write. I'm afraid she's very tired, right?"
"Not tired!"
"Aren't you tired?"
"Not tired!"
"It seems that Empress Sanhua really has too much energy to use up." Song You nodded, "That's just right. After you have learned how to read, you also need to learn arithmetic. I also said that Empress Sanhua must be tired. If she learns more
I'm afraid I can't handle arithmetic. Now that I think about it, I still underestimated Sanhua Empress. In that case, why not teach Sanhua Empress how to count tonight."
"..."
The calico cat remained in a lying position, only raising its head and staring at him. After a while, it said, "Did you go out and catch a ghost?"
"It's not ghost hunting."
"Catch monsters!"
"No." Song You shook his head, "It's just that the painting was too real and scared people."
"Did you catch the painting?"
"I just used magic to isolate the aura and vitality of the painting to prevent it from staring at people in the middle of the night." Song You answered truthfully.
"Did you make any money?"
"Earn it."
"How much money did you make?"
"Two taels of silver."
"How much is two taels of silver?"
"Five taels of silver is comparable to the money I earned from catching ghosts by the river that night."
"So few."
"But it will last us a month."
"That's a lot!"
As he spoke, the Sanhua Cat suddenly turned over and got up, as if he remembered something: "By the way, when you went out just now, someone came to our house. The Sanhua Empress turned into a human and went down to see and talk to him. He said he came to us.
Help me catch mice somewhere."
"Where to catch it?"
"I don't know where."
"Where are the others?"
"Go away." Sanhua Cat stood up and looked up at him, "Sanhua Empress talked to him, but he didn't tell Sanhua Empress. He asked me where you were, and Sanhua Empress said you went out to catch ghosts.
Yes, he said he would come back later and we will talk about it when you come back."
"So that's it."
The calico cat didn't speak clearly, but he almost told what happened. Song You couldn't help but patted the cat's head after hearing this:
"Miss Sanhua is already very responsible."
"Yes!"
"It's just that that person is a bit bad. How can you not talk to Sanhua Empress because she is a villain?"
"Yes!"
"I'll take a nap first."
"OK!"
The Taoist lay down on the bed next to him.
The calico cat looked at him, then at the sand table on the desk, and after hesitating for a long time, he lay down.
The cat is sleeping by the window and the Taoist is sleeping on the bed.
I don't know how much time passed, but there was a knock on the door.
"Tuk tuk tuk..."
The Taoist woke up in a daze, feeling only a thin layer of sweat on his face.
It turns out it’s time to sleep and sweat.
He stood up and looked at the calico cat, then walked downstairs.
The door downstairs was still open. Standing at the door was a middle-aged man dressed as a butler. Although the door was open, he did not come in. He only stood outside the door and knocked on the door frame.
There were several servants beside him.
When he saw the Taoist and the cat coming down, he handed them over.
"Sir, you are polite."
"Please come in."
"My surname is Liu, and I am the steward of the Taiwei Mansion."
"Disrespect, disrespect."
"Don't dare, I just heard that your husband has a magical cat named Sanhua Empress. It can catch mice for people. No matter how powerful the mice are, they can get rid of them." Butler Liu looked at the Sanhua cat behind Song You and said:
He was surprised by the beauty of the calico cat, and then turned his gaze to the Taoist, smiling and saying, "I didn't expect that sir has the ability to exorcise evil spirits and subjugate them."
"Catching rats is the skill of Sanhua Empress. I am responsible for exorcising evil spirits and subduing demons." The Taoist said to him, "We each perform our duties."
"I wonder where Sir is doing Qingxiu?"
"Yizhou Lingquan County."
"Yizhou? May I ask where the fairy mountain cave is?"
"It can't be called a fairy mountain, nor can it be called a cave. It's just a small temple. It's just me and my master. It has no reputation."
"I see."
Butler Liu's eyes flickered a few times: "That's far away, sir. Why did you come to Changjing?"
"Yunyou Tianxia." Song You also looked at the housekeeper, with a smile on his lips, and said at the same time, "I heard from my boy, did you come here to get rid of the rats?"
"Exactly!"
"But the Taiwei Mansion?"
"Exactly!"
Butler Liu sometimes glanced at Song You, and sometimes at the cat behind Song You. At the same time, he looked helpless and said, "I don't know what's going on. The rats in Dongcheng seem to be particularly powerful. My master has been there these days."
I was disturbed by it all the time, and I was often bothered by it when I was studying at night. I was so annoyed that I tried all my methods, but I couldn't get rid of it. I heard a foreigner said that sir, there is a magical cat here, no matter how powerful it is.
You can catch all the mice in one night."
"To be honest, the people who came to invite my Sanhua Empress before were all in a similar situation to the one I live in."
"That's just right!" Butler Liu said with a smile, "My master has always been generous. If we can really get what he wants, let alone five hundred coins, we will give him five taels of silver. So what?"
When the calico cat next to him heard this, his expression suddenly condensed.
Although Song You hasn't taught her to count yet, after all, she has been incarnate for a long time, and she also knows that five is greater than two.
Five taels of silver is naturally more than two taels of silver.
"When are you going?"
"I wonder if I can have some free time at this time?"
“It’s very relaxing.”
"Then I'll invite you."
"Please close the door."
The Taoist walked out, and the cat followed immediately. Butler Liu saw the cat next to him, and felt that the cat was spiritual and the rumors were true.
Wait for the Taoist to close and lock the door before setting off.
The Taiwei was originally the highest military officer of the imperial court, the head of the military attachés in the world, and had the power to command the world's troops. However, there are always discrepancies in the facts. Often, dynasties or emperors felt that the Taiwei was too powerful and did not appoint a Taiwei, or even appointed a Taiwei but did not
Not giving real power. Just like in this dynasty, the emperor himself is a martial emperor, and the power of the world's military and horsemen will never be given to others. He will always hold it tightly. In addition, there is a prime minister above the Taiwei, and there is a prime minister above the prime minister.
The imperial advisor, who was deeply trusted by the emperor and had a lot of prestige in the court, had his actual power reduced again and again.
Moreover, I heard that the lieutenant was already very old and in very bad health, and he was probably going to die soon.
But he is also a member of the Zhengyipin family, so naturally he lives in the best area of Dongcheng.
The mansion is also extremely big, with mountains and water.
Song You walked into Taiwei's Mansion with Butler Liu, then stopped and said to Butler Liu: "I'll just send Empress Sanhua here. Empress Sanhua will hunt rats in the house, and she usually catches them in five days."
.I will come to the mansion tomorrow morning to pick up Sanhua Empress. For the next four days, I will send her to you every evening and pick her up in the morning. I hope you can treat my cat well and not let her be wronged or bullied."
"This is natural."
"Thank you very much."
The Taoist glanced at the cat in front of him. She was very cute and cute wearing a red string necklace. He couldn't help but smile and touched her head: "I'd like to trouble Empress Sanhua. The Imperial Palace is big, Sanhua
I'm afraid it will be harder than before, so please be more careful."
"Miaan~"
"I'm leaving."
The Taoist shook hands with the housekeeper, and also with the servants around him. Someone else came from the house. It seemed that he had heard about the name of Empress Sanhua and wanted to see the strange things. He also looked at them all before turning around and walking out of the palace.
Wei Mansion.
It happened to be cool in the evening, so I took it as a leisurely walk.
The cat squatted on the spot and watched the Taoist leave.
Someone came to ask her to catch mice again, which made her happy, but as a result, she couldn't sleep next to the Taoist at night.
Moreover, she is learning to write recently. If she is too busy at night, she will definitely have to sleep during the day, which affects her time to practice secretly. If she doesn't practice enough and writes well, will the Taoist priest think that she is so smart as a peerless genius?