"Sir Qianhu, it's getting late at this time, and there's an inn in front of you where you can rest. Why don't we just rest here."
More than a dozen elite soldiers on horseback, surrounded by a black and red two-horse carriage, walked under the sunset.
"Well, just rest here!"
The car curtain was opened, and a young man who looked to be in his mid-twenties glanced at the inn under the sunset.
It has been half a month since he left the capital. Wang Xu, who went to Fuzhou to take office, still vividly remembers the scene that day.
Just as he thought, in front of this five-color crystal dragon and phoenix, even a powerful eunuch leader like Liu Qiansui was so excited that he couldn't control himself for a moment.
Originally, Zhang Lan was promoted to Liangzhou and served as the envoy of Jinyiwei Town in Liangzhou.
Taking advantage of this gift, Liu Qiansui immediately transferred Zhang Lan from the bitter cold land of Liangzhou to the rich land of Jiangzhou.
Wang Xu also followed the chickens and dogs to the sky. Not only was he promoted from the general banner of a hundred households to a thousand households, but he was also assigned to the Fuzhou Health Center.
At first, Wang Xu didn't know what was wrong with Fuzhou. After asking around, he found out that Jiang Tianchen, the governor of Fuzhou Town, had been ill in bed half a year ago. Once he kicked off one day, his position as the governor of Fuzhou Town would also be lost.
It's vacant.
Wang Xu took office in Fuzhou and became one of the eight thousand households in Fuzhou. After Jiang Tianchen returned to the west, he was also qualified to compete for the governorship. Liu Qiansui's arrangement for him was also considered to be well-intentioned.
"Jin Yiwei is handling the case and vacating all the vacant rooms!"
As an agency that monitors civil and military officials, the Jinyiwei has a rough and rough style of work and has no scruples when it comes to treating the common people.
There was a flurry of excitement, and Wang Xu stepped down from the carriage and said: "Liao Baihu, we are here to stay, not for free. For each occupied guest room, each household will be given one tael of silver as compensation, so that they can
Find a place to stay."
"Yes, sir!"
Liao Qiang responded in a low voice, took out a silver ingot from his purse, and threw it on the ground: "Take the silver and get out of here. My family is kind-hearted, so don't make yourself miserable."
The inn is not big, there are only six guest rooms on the second floor, five of which are occupied, so there are not many guests.
These residents looked at each other and looked at the money on the ground. After a moment of stalemate, they quickly swarmed up and started fighting.
"Oh my, there are three of us and you are only two, we should share more!"
"Bullshit, my lord said, each guest room should be given one tael, and everyone should share it equally!"
"What, I want you to pay more, do you have any objections?"
"Who the hell are you? If you're not convinced, just practice!"
There is no village in front of this place and no shop in the back. The people who live here are either passing hawkers or Jianghu people who lick blood with their swords.
For these people, one tael of silver is not a small amount, and soon two parties started practicing.
The swords were flying and the swords were dancing, and they were crackling and fighting non-stop.
Liao Qiang snorted coldly and followed Wang Xu into the inn. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered, a blind fortune teller sitting at the door grabbed his arm.
"Little brother, you obviously have a piece of silver. You can give each person one or two and it's over. Why do you let them fight for it?" The blind fortune teller held a white sail with a broken iron mouth and looked at Liao Qiang with his pupilless eyes.
Liao Qiang was not a weak scholar. He shook the blind man's hand away and said with a cruel smile: "Grandpa likes it, so you can take care of it!"
"Hey, the world is getting worse, and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be!" The blind man stopped talking, shook his head, sighed and walked out.
Wang Xu turned back slightly, glanced at Liao Qiang who was walking over, and said: "The world is not stable now. It is better to do less than to do more, so as not to cause trouble for yourself!"
"Sir, he is just an old blind man, so he is not a trouble." Liao Qiang didn't pay attention at first. When he saw Wang Xu's cold expression, he quickly lowered his head and said, "My lord, this is a lesson."
"Just remember, I want useful people around me, and those who are useless will be kicked away!"
With a warning in his eyes, Wang Xu walked upstairs and said without looking back: "Arrange the rooms and food and drinks for the brothers, and let the waiter take care of the horses. We will continue on our way tomorrow."
"Yes, sir!"
Liao Qiang lowered his head in response, touched his money bag, and said: "Store, go prepare the food and wine quickly, you are indispensable!"
I reached out and touched my money bag, it was empty.
Unbelieving, he picked up the money bag, untied the rope and shook it out, but there was nothing inside.
"What's going on?" Wang Xu was going upstairs. When he heard Liao Qiang's surprised voice, he stood at the entrance of the corridor and glanced down.
"Sir, the money is gone!"
Liao Qiang held the empty money bag and said in confusion: "What was there just now, how can it be gone?"
"Gone?"
Wang Xu jumped down from the second floor, stood firmly in front of Liao Qiang, and grabbed the money bag in his hand.
A closer look showed that there were no cuts at all on the money bag, but the money inside was missing.
"Charlatan!"
Wang Xu threw the money bag at his feet, and immediately thought of the blind fortune teller, and sighed: "I wanted to go on my way in peace, but I didn't expect that a tiger's heart is harmless to people, but a tiger can hurt others! Humph, chase, will
Get that blind man back!"
"Yes!" Liao Qiang was not stupid, and he quickly understood that he had been plotted by the blind man.
More than a dozen Jin Yiwei mounted their horses and attacked in all directions under the leadership of Liao Qiang.
Wang Xu had a cold look on his face, the building was about to collapse, demons and monsters were coming out, and even the charlatans were unsafe.
These wandering sorcerers, relying on their two or three skills of magic, refused to accept the teachings of the imperial court, and cheated and deceived everyone everywhere. If one of them counted, there would be no one who should not be killed.
As for whether Liao Qiang and more than a dozen Jin Yiwei could capture this person, Wang Xu was not worried.
Knowing magic does not mean that he can be defeated by thousands of people. Liao Qiang is also a top-notch expert. Unless the blind fortune teller is a disciple of a sect, he will only be able to move around with five ghosts. It is okay to cause trouble, but he cannot escape the weapons.
Similarly, if the blind man really had the means, he would not just take the money and run away. From this point alone, it can be seen that this person is also a parallel importer who is strong on the outside but does the work on the inside.
half an hour later
"Press him in!"
While Wang Xu was eating, Liao Qiang came back with Jin Yiwei's men and suppressed the blind fortune teller.
Looking at the blind man who was beaten with a bruised nose and face and was begging for mercy repeatedly, Wang Xu spat out the chicken bones on the table and said, "How did you catch him?"
"This guy stole the money and ran away. He ran pretty fast. When we caught up with him, he was already five miles away. Fortunately, the surrounding area was open and there were no woods. Otherwise, we would have let him run away. The arrester
It didn't matter at the time, but the warlock still wanted to quibble, but I beat him to the truth after a few punches." Liao Qiang put the stolen pieces of silver on the seat and told the whole story.
Wang Xu put down the roast chicken in his hand, wiped his fingers with a towel, and said with a smile: "Blind man, you are really brave. If you can do whatever you want by learning two magic tricks, what do you want from the Ning Dynasty?"
"Sir, have mercy on me. The blind man has eyes and cannot see Mount Tai. Please spare me." The blind fortune teller kowtowed repeatedly, but he still had the mysterious feeling of being an immortal while sitting at the door.
Wang Xu smiled noncommittally, pointed to the chair opposite, and motioned for the blind man to sit on it.
After the blind man sat down tremblingly, he poured a glass of wine and asked, "What do you know?"
"I know how to move things, and I can also draw evil charms." The blind fortune teller answered everything, for fear that he would be beheaded if he did something wrong.
When Wang Xu heard that the blind man only knew these two things, he frowned slightly: "Isn't this too little?"
"this"
The blind man hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Sir, there are already quite a few. The real masters are in temples and Taoist temples. There are not many capable people in the world. Those who know how to use their hands are already very good."
"Haha, you are not humble!"
Wang Xu had never come into contact with charlatans, and he didn't know that most of them were swindlers. Occasionally, there were one or two capable people, but they usually seemed like a charlatan.
People like the blind man who can use magic with two hands can already be called half-immortals in the countryside.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that seeking the Tao is more difficult than reaching the sky.
Cultivating Taoism is not about practicing martial arts. It is about a predestined relationship. Without this predestined relationship, a capable Taoist priest would not accept a disciple at all.
There is no such thing as a martial arts gym that opens in one place and everyone rushes to sign up.
If there is, then it is not the Dharma-ending era when immortals hide themselves away and gods and Buddhas dissolve, but the period when Taoism and Dharma manifest themselves.
"Blind man, where did you learn Taoism?" Wang Xu has been in the world of Liaozhai for so long. He has seen many warriors, but this is the first time he has seen a Taoist.
The blind man hesitated for a long time before he said: "I was playing Erhu for people in a restaurant. One night I rode a donkey home and stayed overnight in a Taoist temple. In my dream, I dreamed
An old Taoist priest was giving a lecture, and I went to listen to it in a daze. As soon as I finished listening to the transportation skills and evil amulets, I was licked awake by my dead donkey that day. I’m ashamed, I’m really ashamed.”
I entered Taoism in a dream. What a great blessing it was, but it was destroyed by a donkey. Thinking of this, the blind man felt regretful.
Wang Xu was also overjoyed. At first he was laughing at the blind man's lack of blessings, but later he realized something was wrong. The important point here is not the blind man and the donkey, but the Taoist temple where the Dharma is transmitted.
"Blind man, where is that Taoist temple?" Thinking of the Taoist temple where the Dharma was taught, Wang Xu became more energetic.
The bitterness on the blind man's face became even stronger, and he sighed: "No, the more I thought about it after I left, the more wrong I became. When I looked back, I found that the mountain was so bare that there was no Taoist temple where I could stay overnight! After asking around, I found out that the mountain was originally a Taoist temple.
There was a Taoist temple that was burned by a fire decades ago, and even the remaining eaves and walls were removed by nearby villagers and taken home to build houses."
"Is that true?" Wang Xu didn't believe it for a moment, but then he had to believe it. If the blind man had a complete inheritance, he wouldn't be captured by a few Jin Yiwei.
People who practice Taoism use falsehood to cultivate the truth, which is to go against heaven. If Taoism is not taught lightly, it may not mean that Taoism and teachings are jealous of heaven and difficult to pass on.
A blind man fell into a dream to learn Taoism, but was woken up by his own donkey. Is it really a coincidence, rather than a predetermined decision between a drink and a peck?
The Taoist temple that suffered a disaster decades ago wanted to use the hands of a blind man to restore its inheritance. God used the mouth of a donkey to destroy the opportunity. Who dares to say that it is not destiny and cannot be violated.