At the foot of Longhu Mountain, the morning bell rang at this time, and the Taoist priests of Tianshi Mansion had already begun to do morning service. The sound of scriptures came from Tianshi Mansion and could be heard for miles around.
The nearby residents are also used to it. Some of them even read a few verses from scriptures while working in the fields with hoes. It can be said that Tianshi Mansion is the most sacred place in the eyes of these residents.
At this time, there was a young man and woman standing outside the door of Tianshi Mansion. They were standing in front of the door of Tianshi Mansion. The young man looked at the door plaque of Tianshi Mansion in front of him, his eyes twinkling.
The gate of Tianshi Mansion is about five rooms wide and two meters high. More than a dozen wooden pillars stand in front. A straight plaque hangs above the main door, which reads: Tianshi Mansion of the Si Han Dynasty. The big characters are dazzling with golden light,
Extraordinary momentum.
There is also a pair of couplets engraved on the two wooden pillars closest to the door. The first couplet is "The Immortal Guest from Qilin Palace" and the second couplet is "The Prime Minister's Home in Longhu Mountain". The domineering power of Tianshi Mansion is clearly visible.
On the far left side of the gate, there is a large drum with a pair of drum hammers hanging on both sides. There are three large characters written on the drum: Notification Drum.
"Uncle Master, are we going in like this?"
Seeing the extraordinary imposing gate of Tianshi Mansion, Jiang Tingting's aura weakened a bit, and she asked Qin Yu who was standing aside with some worry.
"Well, just go in."
Qin Yu's eyes became determined, and he took a step forward and entered the main door without hesitation. Upon seeing this, Jiang Tingting hurriedly followed.
However, what surprised Qin Yu was that not long after entering the main entrance, the road in front of them disappeared, and the second "Yimen" was already closed.
"Is anyone there?"
Qin Yu knocked on the door handle for a long time, but found no response. After pushing hard, he found that the door was bolted from the inside.
Qin Yu frowned, stood in front of the door and closed his eyes, his ears slightly raised. After a long time, Qin Yu's eyes flashed with light, he looked back at Jiang Tingting and said, "Let's go out."
Although Jiang Tingting didn't understand why her uncle wanted to go out, she still followed her. Just as the two turned around to leave, behind the Yimen, a young Taoist priest quickly ran inside and ran to several young people.
Beside the Taoist priest, he said breathlessly: "Uncles, that man has left."
"He is aware of current affairs and knows that our Tianshi Mansion does not welcome him."
"That's right, it's best to know how to retreat when faced with difficulties."
Several young Taoist priests burst out laughing, and Liu Yang ordered the young Taoist priest: "Wait for half an hour before opening the ritual door."
"Uncle Liu, if Master and the others find out that I have closed the ceremony gate, I will be punished." The little Taoist priest replied with some embarrassment.
"What are you afraid of? Master and uncle are doing morning lessons at the moment and they won't come out so soon." Liu Yang said nonchalantly, and patted the little Taoist priest on the shoulder to express his comfort.
"That's good..."
"Boom! Boom!"
Before the little Taoist priest finished speaking, he was interrupted by a burst of drum sound. As soon as Liu Yang and others heard the drum sound, their faces changed drastically. One of the Taoist priests opened his mouth in surprise and stammered: "Then
Qin Yu actually went to beat the announcement drum."
Not only Liu Yang and others heard the rapid drumbeats, but even the Taoist priests at the back who were doing morning prayers also heard the drums and stopped their morning rituals one after another. Among them, the Taoist priests in their fifties at the top exchanged
After looking at each other, one of them asked: "Who is playing the drum?"
"Brother, let me go and take a look." An old Taoist on the left stood up, saluted the Taoist priest in the middle, and then walked towards the front door.
At this time, outside the main entrance of Tianshi Mansion, Qin Yu was beating drums with both hands, which was powerful and powerful. In addition to attracting the attention of the people in Tianshi Mansion, it also attracted the attention of residents outside Tianshi Mansion.
"Who is this young man? How dare you play the drum? No one has ever dared to play the drum except during the annual Three Purities Ceremony."
"I don't know. Look, the Taoist priests from Tianshi Mansion will come out soon."
All these residents stopped and stood looking at Qin Yu from a distance, but Qin Yu remained unmoved at all. He hammered one after another, making sure to alert the Taoist priests from the Tianshi Mansion.
"Liu Yang, what's going on with you? Why is this ritual door closed?"
The old Taoist quickly arrived at the Yimen. When he saw several of his disciples standing behind the Yimen, and the Yimen was bolted behind him, he couldn't help but asked sternly with a stern face.
"Master, the drummer outside is here to cause trouble, so we want to lock him out." Liu Yang hurriedly answered his master's question.
"Looking for trouble? There are still people who dare to come to my Tianshi Mansion to find trouble?" The old Taoist seemed a little unconvinced.
"It's true. The person outside is called Qin Yu. He is the Qin Yu who completely ruined the Chen family. He has a grudge against Junior Brother Fan. He has the support of powerful people and wants to deal with Junior Brother Fan, so we decided to put him
He was blocked from the door. In addition, there is one thing I didn't tell the master at the beginning. When Junior Brother Qi and I went out to perform the mission, the reason why there was an accident was all because of Qin Yu's command error, which resulted in Junior Brother Qi's untimely death.
.”
Liu Yang had a sad and angry expression on his face, and glanced at his master secretly. Sure enough, when he heard that the cause of Junior Brother Qi's tragic death was related to the man named Qin Yu outside, his master's face turned completely gloomy.
"So it's like this. I was wondering why I went on the mission in the first place. You, Junior Brother Qi, were the only one to have an accident. No one else suffered any losses. It turned out to be because I used you, Junior Brother Qi, as cannon fodder. Huh, I haven't settled this debt with him yet.
How dare you come to my Tianshi Mansion."
The old Taoist would naturally not think that his beloved disciple would deceive him. Both Qi He and Liu Yang have been learning Taoism from him since childhood. It has been more than 20 years. In his eyes, his two beloved disciples are kind-hearted.
generation.
"Now Qin Yu is coming to trouble Junior Brother Fan again, so the apprentice blocked him outside. Master, Qin Yu's behavior obviously does not take our Tianshi Mansion seriously, so he is allowed to stay outside.
Knock, let's just ignore him." Liu Yang suggested in a low voice.
"No." The old Taoist shook his head and said: "As soon as the drum sounds, your other uncles and uncles will hear it. I am here to handle this matter. Come on, you can go out with me. I want to see
Let’s see what Qin Yu has to rely on to come to my Heavenly Master Talisman to cause trouble.”
"Yes, master!"
Liu Yang and the others followed the old Taoist and walked towards the main entrance. Liu Yang, who was walking at the back, had a flash of success in his eyes. He understood his master's temper very well. One was to protect his shortcomings, but the other was a bad temper.
Master will definitely not believe what he said and what Qin Yu says when the time comes.
"Uncle Master, someone is coming."
Jiang Tingting stood next to Qin Yu, always paying attention to the movement at the front door. With her sharp eyes, she noticed someone walking towards this direction and quickly reminded Qin Yu.
"Um."
Qin Yu stopped playing the drum, put the hammer back to its original position, and squinted his eyes to look at the main entrance. There, an old Taoist, surrounded by several young Taoist priests, was walking towards the main entrance.
"When I entered Qin Yu at the end of my studies, I met the Taoist Master." Qin Yu saluted the old Taoist who appeared at the door and said.
"A late learner, a latecomer? Humph, he must be young and frivolous."
Qin Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard the cold snort of the old Taoist. Then he raised his head and saw Liu Yang beside the old Taoist, and happened to catch a trace of pride in Liu Yang's eyes.
"I don't understand what the Taoist Master said very well." Qin Yu frowned slightly and replied.
"If you don't understand very well, then I'll tell you that you understand." The old Taoist said angrily, stroking his beard: "This announcement drum outside the Tianshi Mansion has been played for many years unless there is a major celebration or extremely distinguished guests arrive.
To show respect, but you, as a junior, go to beat the announcement drum, this is not youthful and frivolous, self-righteous, what else can it be?"
"At such a young age, you start to become arrogant when you achieve some achievements. Do you think that when you come to my Tianshi Mansion, everyone in my Tianshi Mansion must come out to greet you?"
"Taoist Priest, you misunderstood. The reason why I am beating this notification drum is because the ceremonial door of Tianshi Mansion is closed and Xiao Ke cannot go in. This is also an act of desperation."
"You can play drums after the ritual gate of Tianshi Mansion is closed? Who do you think you are? You are simply arrogant."
Listening to the old Taoist's harsh words, Qin Yu's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He felt that the old Taoist seemed to be hostile to him, but it was his first time to come to this Tianshi Mansion. Where did this hostility come from?
"Taoist Priest, I came here this time because I have something important to do, so I took this step. If Taoist Priest is not satisfied, I am willing to apologize to Taoist Priest afterwards."
"snort!"
Hearing what Qin Yu said, the old Taoist snorted coldly and stopped verbally punishing Qin Yu, but his attitude was still not very friendly.
"Taoist Master, the reason why I came to Tianshi Mansion this time is because there is a murderer staying in Tianshi Mansion, so I came here specially, hoping that Taoist Master can call out the murderer. The murderer's name is Fan Youqiu.
"Qin Yu said slowly.
"Murderer? Why didn't I see a wanted warrant from the police station? Who do you think you are? If you say the murderer is the murderer, you are the murderer."
Qin Yu originally thought that the old Taoist's expression would change as soon as he said these words, but what he got instead was the old Taoist's disdainful ridicule.
"Qin Yu, didn't you say before that Junior Brother Fan has gone on a wandering trip? Even if something happens, we have to wait until he comes back from his wandering." Liu Yang on the side interrupted.
"We just arrested him here, and he was wandering over there. How could it be such a coincidence?" Qin Yu's words were full of disbelief.
"I'm really going on a wander. How do you believe it?" Liu Yang spread his hands with a helpless expression on his face.
"Unless there is a reason for me to enter the Tianshi Mansion to conduct a search, I can confirm whether Fan Youqiu is in the Tianshi Mansion." Qin Yu said word by word.
The old Taoist suddenly laughed at this moment, but the laughter was full of sarcasm and disdain, "But where is my Tianshi Mansion? You can search if you want. Liu Yang closes the door and we go in. But if we go in again,
If you dare to beat the reporting drum, don't blame me for being rude."
"Taoist Priest, do you want Tianshi Mansion to be accused of harboring a murderer? Don't let the reputation of Tianshi Mansion be ruined."
PS: There are two more updates to be updated at the same time at 11pm. (To be continued)