Jin Xuanhua is a first-class strong man. The reason why he came out to receive Wei An in person was naturally not because of Wei An's behavior.
In fact, he had never heard of the name "Zhang Sanqiao" at all.
He did this just to give Pantian Sect face!
but!
When he confirmed that Wei An's purpose of coming here had nothing to do with Pantian Sect, Jin Xuanhua immediately turned his face and disowned him.
You are just an elder of Pantian Sect. What level do you have? You are not qualified to demote him to a higher rank.
"Farewell."
Seeing this situation, Wei An said nothing more, turned around and left, taking Jin Xiaobao back to the inn.
Before I knew it, it was noon.
Wei An and Jin Xiaobao entered a restaurant for lunch.
The two chose a table by the window and ordered several local specialties, such as donkey meat yellow noodles, desert sand chicken, mutton powder soup, etc.
"Executive member Liu, I heard that your daughter-in-law is happy. Congratulations."
Two diners walked into the restaurant and met an old man in luxurious clothes. They hurriedly walked up to greet him.
Liu Yuanwai laughed, cupped his hands and said, "Same joy, same joy."
The old man walked out of the restaurant with a smile on his face.
The two diners sat down and started talking.
The diner said: "Isn't it true that Yuan Liu's daughter-in-law has been unable to conceive? I heard that she has been treated by famous doctors from all over the country but can't cure her. Why did she suddenly become pregnant?"
The second diner smiled and said, "You didn't know that, but his daughter-in-law spent a lot of money to go to Lingguang Temple to pray."
"Linghuo Temple!"
The diner looked as if he suddenly understood, and sighed: "I heard that Linghuo Temple is very efficacious. I have long wanted to pray and try it."
The next conversation between the two men centered around "Linghuo Temple".
A thousand words can be said, go to that temple and pray for success every time.
For example, some people prayed for wealth and actually got rich, others healed themselves without medicine and became pregnant overnight, and so on.
Wei An listened casually and felt deeply that Buddhism was really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Chanzhou. Any "miracle" was regarded as the appearance of gods and Buddhas, and was then touted endlessly.
Not long after, a hale old man carrying a birdcage walked into the restaurant.
"Oh, I've met Master Wan!"
"Master Wan, you are here!"
All the diners stood up one after another and saluted the tall old man, showing great respect for him.
"Haha, everyone is well."
The hale old man put down the bird cage, sat down at an empty table, and drank tea by himself, playing with the birds.
Seeing this, Wei An asked the waiter in a low voice: "Who is Master Wan?"
The waiter gave a thumbs up and said: "This Master Wan is not an ordinary person. He served as a counselor to the Zen King and was favored by the Zen King. After retirement, he came to our Jinjia Town to retire. With his status, even if he is a Jin
When the head of the family meets him, he must smile and say hello."
Wei An understood.
After a while, someone stood up, bowed his waist and said with a smile: "Master Wan, have you had any interesting stories recently? Tell everyone about it, so that we can have fun too."
Master Wan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "There are no anecdotes, but there is a lot of fun."
Everyone turned their heads and pricked up their ears.
Master Wan took a leisurely sip of tea and said slowly: "Master Wu Jiu has a daughter who has just turned fourteen this year. He wants to betroth her to Mr. Fei Qing of the Jin family. This marriage was originally a done deal.
.Who would have thought that on the day of the engagement, Jin Feiqing would disappear, and she would not be seen alive or dead."
Speaking of this, Master Wan suddenly stopped and looked at everyone with a playful expression.
"Where is Jin Feiqing?"
"Isn't it an escape from marriage?"
"Jin Feiqing is known as one of the four young masters in Chanzhou. He is versatile in both civil and military affairs, and is uninhibited. He is not a person who likes marriage."
"What's wrong with marriage? Besides, the person is the daughter of Master Wu Jiu, so her status is not low."
…
Everyone was talking a lot and the atmosphere was lively.
Jin Xiaobao listened and asked: "Godfather, who is Wu Jiuye?"
Wei An did know that Master Wu Jiu had known some of the big shots in Chan State before coming to Chan State.
This Wu Jiuye, whose name is Wu Cansi, is the nephew of Zen King Wu Yutian. He also holds the two important positions of Taibao and Dazai. He is indeed the most powerful bureaucrat under Zen King.
In addition, he is still the Lord of Nine Pearls!
According to the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty, marquises were divided into nine levels, from one bead to nine bead.
Jiuzhuhou is second only to the Eight Kings!
For this reason, Wu Cansi's nickname is Jiuye. This name is known to everyone, whether in temples or among the people.
Wei An briefly gave Jin Xiaobao some science knowledge. At this time, Master Wan spoke again, saying: "Jin Feiqing is gone. Master Wu Jiu and Master Jin immediately launched a search for him, and finally found traces of him on the Shule River. He was on the way.
Heading to the Western Region."
"Why did Jin Feiqing go to the Western Regions?" someone asked.
Master Wan smiled slightly and said: "Jin Feiqing is not alone. He is accompanied by a beauty. Guess who it is?"
Everyone looked suspicious, and before anyone could say anything, Master Wan said: "The courtesan of the 'Renjian Building', Miss Luo Xi!"
As soon as these words came out!
"Ah this!"
The fire of gossip in everyone’s hearts suddenly burned brightly!
A rich man and a prostitute have made a private life-long commitment, and they run away from marriage for the woman they love. The prostitute is willing to elope with him...
The thrilling and exaggerated story was staged alive.
Master Wan drank tea and said with a smile: "You guys just wait and see the good show, maybe the dust will settle in a few days. Haha, that girl Luo Xi will either fly up a branch and become a phoenix, or sink to the bottom of the river.
Beauty is a bad thing."
Wei An listened, pondered for a moment, stood up, walked to Master Wan's table, raised his hands and saluted, and said: "I, Zhang Sanqiao, come from Pantian Sect and have met Master Wan."
"Oh, my friend is from Liangzhou?" Master Wan looked at Wei An, stretched out his hand and said, "Please sit down."
Wei An sat opposite him and said with a smile: "Zhang is new here and has no friends. He happened to encounter a difficult problem. I wonder if Master Wan can give me some advice."
He turned over his hands and took out a cloth bag and put it on the table. "One hundred thousand low-grade rough stones is not respectful."
Master Wan's expression flashed. He did not pick up the bag and asked with a smile: "I don't know if my friend has encountered any difficulties. Let's talk about it first."
Wei An squinted his eyes at Jin Xiaobao and said softly.
"I see, you want to get the entire Jin family's inherited skills for this adopted son."
After hearing this, Master Wan twirled his beard and said in deep thought: "This matter is extremely difficult and almost impossible to succeed."
Wei An asked, "Master Wan, there's nothing you can do about it?"
Master Wan smiled and shook his head and said: "The difficulty in this matter lies precisely in Jin Xuanhua. This Mr. Jin has a very stubborn temper and always speaks his mind. Moreover, when he was young, he was betrayed by his relatives and almost died, so he hated traitors deeply.
, show no mercy.
Since Jin Xuanhua has determined that Jin Xiaobao is the descendant of a traitor, he will never give you a good look."
Wei An understood and asked again: "Who is Jin Xuanhua's biggest enemy?"
Master Wan chuckled and said, "He has no enemies in Chanzhou."
"not a single one?"
"The Jin family is one of the four great nobles in Chanzhou. The reason why it has such a prestigious reputation is precisely due to the uniqueness of the "Eagle Wing Kung Fu".
People who practice this martial art can fly in the sky!
The Jin family travels freely and is good at reconnaissance of the enemy, surprise assassinations, etc., and it is difficult for the enemy to fight back.
With these advantages, the Jin family was famous and respected in Zen state. Even the king of Zen relied on them to maintain stability and deal with foreign enemies.
Tell me, how could Jin Xuanhua still have enemies?"
Master Wan spread his hands.
Wei An quickly understood and said calmly: "It seems that I underestimated the difficulty of this matter from the beginning."
Master Wan thought for a while and suddenly mentioned: "Looking at the entire Zen state, there should be only one person who can change Jin Xuanhua's mind, the Zen King!"
Wei An couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Master Wan said with a smile: "Zenzhou is different from Liangzhou. In your place, Dong Zhuo is not the most noble person, and his status is not as good as that of Liu Shenfeng. But in our case, as the Lord of Zenzhou, the Zen King is also the highest leader of Buddhism.
, I respect him so much that only the Zen King can control Jin Xuanhua."
Wei Anxin received the spiritual understanding.
There happens to be an opportunity right now, the Land and Water Conference!
If Wei An could severely damage Buddhism in the Western Regions and help Zen King win, then he would make a request to Zen King.
Then, whether it succeeds or fails in the future is entirely a matter of Zen King's words.
"Thank you Master Wan."
Wei An cupped his hands, stood up and walked away.
Seeing this, Master Wan looked around at the people around him, with a touch of pride on his face, and picked up the cloth bag.
…
…
It was late at night, and Jinjia Town was peaceful.
Suddenly, a black shadow rose into the sky, crossed the high wall, and sneaked into the Jin family mansion like a ghost.
Not long after, a fire broke out in the kitchen.
Whoosh, whoosh, the fire shot into the sky and the fire spread!
Soon, the huge fire alarmed the patrolling nursing staff.
"The water is running out, the water is running away!"
Someone hurriedly beat gongs and drums to greet the servants, and the servants hurriedly put out the fire.
Everyone woke up from their sleep, and everyone was busy fetching water to put out the fire. There was chaos in the Jin family mansion.
The dark figure took the opportunity to break into a study room and rummaged around randomly and quickly.
"What a courageous dog!"
In vain, a cold shout came, "Who gave you the courage to break into my study room, Jin Xuanhua?"
The black figure turned his head and saw a tall white-haired old man appearing at the door. It was not Jin Xuanhua.
Jin Xuanhua looked at the black figure with his eyes. He was tall and tall, wearing a dark black brocade robe. His hair was disheveled and slightly gray. His face was covered with a red cloth and there were deep wrinkles on his forehead.
"Who are you?" Jin Xuanhua asked.
The black shadow said nothing, suddenly moved sideways, climbed out of the window and escaped from the study, passed through the courtyard walls at extremely fast speeds, escaped from the Jin family's mansion, and disappeared into the night.
In less than a moment, the black shadow ran for more than a hundred miles in one breath, already far away from Jinjia Town, and stopped in a deep mountain wilderness.
"Huh~"
The black shadow gasped and looked back in the direction of Jinjia Town.
"Are you looking for me?" Suddenly, a sarcastic voice came from above.
The black shadow suddenly looked up.
They saw Jin Xuanhua standing in the air, with his hands behind his back, looking at the black shadow like a monkey, with an expression of indescribable contempt and disdain.
"Didn't anyone tell you that no one in this world can escape the pursuit of me, Jin Xuanhua?" Jin Xuanhua sneered.