It's winter now, it's snowing lightly in the sky, and there's a chill in the air.
But in front of Li Xiuyuan, a huge city full of flowers is located in front of him. This has been the most prosperous place in Jiangnan since ancient times. Even though the world is currently chaotic and demons are causing chaos, it has not affected the Jinling City at all.
The Qinhuai River extends to the outside, with boats painted like clouds on the river, and countless singing girls. Even in broad daylight, you can hear bursts of vocal music coming from there. It is obvious that many disciples of wealthy families are having fun there.
Li Xiuyuan was brought to Jinling City by his father when he was a child. He still remembers that he only spent very little time in Jinling City and just took a tour. But now nearly ten years have passed.
The last time I came here, I stopped the plague god in Jinling City.
And he made a bet with the gods in the sky near the pavilion he passed by before.
It's just that he didn't go to the city for fun that time.
This time, if time permits, he plans to stay in Jinling City for a while.
"To govern the territory of Yangzhou, Jinling City is the key." Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly. He had finished handling the trivial matters, and it was time to fight with the gods in the sky.
"Jinling City is the most important city in Yangzhou. If I can capture the ghosts and gods here and control the demons and ghosts here, then I can give orders here and lay out the layout of Yangzhou. It will not be difficult to manage this state well."
He has managed Guo Beicheng well.
But this is just the beginning.
Yangzhou is very big, and Guobeicheng is just one of its cities, and its importance is much inferior to that of Jinling City.
You must know that Jinling City will become the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. Since ancient times, it has been said that this place has a royal aura and excellent feng shui. It is not known whether it is true or not.
But one thing Li Xiuyuan is sure of is that the more prosperous the city, the more powerful ghosts and gods are entrenched here.
People fight for the city for the sake of the country, while ghosts and gods fight for the city for the sake of incense and Taoism.
Because the more people in a prosperous city pray to gods and worship Buddha, the more incense can be provided for a ghost and god.
Therefore, there are many large and small temples in Jinling City, including various ghost temples, all trying to get a piece of the Jinling City pie.
"Now that I'm here, I will take care of the ghosts and gods in Jinling City." Li Xiuyuan's eyes flashed, and he rode a strong horse and led four guards into the city slowly.
On an ordinary day, there is light snow falling in the sky. This is an auspicious snow. And along with this auspicious snow, unknown to the ghosts and gods in the city, a human saint has stepped into the city, preparing to bring peace to this ancient and prosperous city.
A completely new change.
After entering the city, there were more people on the streets. Li Xiuyuan and his guards got off their horses early and led their horses on foot.
"There are more people here than in Guobei County. I thought there were more people in Guobei County, but no matter how prosperous the city is, they can't compare." Wu Fei grinned and touched his bald head.
of snow water.
"The heritage of the thousand-year-old city cannot be compared to Guobei County. Everyone in the world knows Jinling City, but no one knows Guobei County." Li Xiuyuan said with a smile.
Guobei County is very prosperous, but its reputation is not obvious, and its foundation is also poor. Although there are big families like the Li family entrenched there, but compared with Jinling City, he still thinks it is more than a star and a half behind.
After all, it is limited there, Guobei County is just a county.
"Young Master, look at that, look at those two big snakes." Suddenly Ma Dong pointed at a craftsman on the roadside in surprise and said.
But I saw a performer sitting on the side of the road. In front of him were two bamboo boxes. In each of these two bamboo boxes, there were two green ones, one big and one small. The big one was as thick as an arm.
The body is entangled in the box, with half of the body sticking out. The small one is as thick as three fingers, and the body is slender and slender, nearly a foot long.
The two green strips swayed in various movements as the busker shouted, sometimes wrapping around his body, sometimes moving their bodies to the beat, as if they were dancing, and sometimes devouring each other, forming a large circle.
"Okay~!"
"Well done."
The fascinated people watching nearby applauded and shouted, and from time to time, they threw out copper coins as rewards.
"This is a snake charmer. He raised these two snakes really well." Li Xiuyuan smiled, but he saw that the eyes of these two green snakes already had a look of wisdom.
This is a sign of becoming a spirit.
In other words, these two performing snakes are the lowest level spirits. It is no wonder that they can cooperate with the snake charmer's orders.
If they are snakes in the mountains, forget about calling them and drinking them. If they don't bite you, that's already considered good.
"Young master, how about we go over there and have a look? There are people around there, so there must be other fun to watch." Ma Dong said again,
Li Xiuyuan said: "Don't worry, after watching other people's performances, how could you not leave some reward money?" After saying that, he took out some broken silver from his arms and threw it out.
It landed accurately in the bamboo box containing the snake.
When the snake charmer saw the silver reward, he immediately shouted: "Da Qing, Er Qing, why don't you kowtow to thank this young master?"
The two green rustling animals started to move, swinging their bodies and lowering their heads in the direction of Li Xiuyuan, as if to say thank you.
"Okay~!"
His performance made the people watching nearby cheer incessantly.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and continued to lead the horse forward.
Passing by another place, I saw a group of people gathered around a stone next to the Qinhuai River, pointing and pointing.
But he saw a Taoist lying on the stone. He was wearing a Taoist robe, with bare feet and no shoes. His chest was open and he was sleeping soundly, snoring like thunder.
"It's snowing, but this man is not afraid of the cold and sleeps on a stone. What a strange person."
"He's been sleeping here for seven days. I've seen him before. I didn't expect him to sleep here even though it's snowing today. I came here specifically to see him and thought he had frozen to death."
The people nearby gathered around the Taoist priest and felt very surprised.
And after watching one batch, another batch came, and there were always many people surrounding the place where the Taoist slept.
"This Taoist has such a high level of cultivation, he will soon reach the golden elixir." Li Xiuyuan passed by and took a look, and he was also surprised.
Outsiders watch the fun, insiders watch the door.
Li Xiuyuan felt that there was a heat in this Taoist's body, and the snow within a foot away was melted. He believed that if you get close to this Taoist, you will feel as comfortable as warm spring, and you will not feel cold at all.
Being able to achieve this step shows that this Taoist has begun to swallow the sun and has reached a very advanced stage.
As long as the yin and yang are harmonized, and the dragon and the tiger are in harmony, they can form a golden elixir and become the true immortal of the land to behave like his master, the blind Taoist.
"I wonder how this wild Taoist compares to the Taoist priest?" Niu Er couldn't help but say.
"Definitely not as good as the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest has reverted back to his old age and looks younger and younger. He looks so old. How can he be as capable as the Taoist priest?" Ma Dong said.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and left with his guards without saying anything else.
After he left, the Taoist who had slept for seven days suddenly opened his eyes and woke up from his sleep. He looked around with hazy eyes, but he didn't find anything special.
After muttering a few times, he turned around and got ready to sleep.
But the barefoot Taoist noticed that there were more and more people around him, disturbing his rest, so he rolled and fell into the river next to him.
"Oops, someone fell into the water." Someone shouted immediately.
But when everyone was attracted, they saw a Taoist floating on the cold river, face up to the sky, snoring and sleeping soundly.
After walking around the bustling Jinling City, Li Xiuyuan still felt that he was still unsatisfied.
The prosperity of ancient times is also a place worth remembering.
"Young Master, listen, there is someone performing a chest-breaking rock-breaking performance in front of you, should we go and see it?" Wu Fei loves the excitement the most. He goes wherever there are crowds of people, and he is not afraid of scaring people with his evil look on his face.
"We're not going. We're going to the Marquis Mansion to collect debts. We'll have to find a place to live later, so we can't go on playing all the time." Li Xiuyuan said.
With that said, he led the horse and the guards and walked towards the Hou Mansion.
The Lihou Mansion in Jinling City can find out just by asking around. Just like the Li family in Guobei County, no one knows about it.