The biannual family visit day is coming soon, and it is a long-awaited day for the new disciples.
As soon as the sky dawned, the disciples on Longmen Island could not restrain their eagerness and gathered early at the pier to wait. When the hour came, several large ships appeared at the pier, and the disciples boarded the ships one by one and sailed to the shore.
It is already the middle of winter, but Kaiyang Island and several surrounding small islands are still as warm as spring under the protection of the palace protection array. However, the wind is biting in the market town on the south bank, and there are still thin layers of snow on the roofs and treetops.
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A large crowd had already gathered at the South Bank Pier, and everyone was eagerly waiting. After seeing several large ships docking, they couldn't help but crowd forward. Manager Fan shouted loudly and directed a few people to maintain order, creating a noisy scene.
Bai Liming saw his waiting father from a distance, stepped forward and saluted, "Father!"
With tears in his eyes, Baili Xing patted him on the shoulder: "I've become a lot stronger, very good, very good." The old servant who was traveling with him also secretly wiped away his tears.
Bai Liming asked again: "Where are my mother and brother?"
"There are too many people here. It's not convenient for your mother Heping'er to come. She's waiting at the inn. Let's go."
The old servant stepped forward and led the way: "Master, please follow me."
In the Yuelai Inn in the market town, Bai Liming was held by his mother's hand, caressing his face lovingly, and asking for warmth.
After that, Bai Liming told his parents about Yuan Jinsheng's summoning. His father couldn't help but said with joy: "With Yuan Shouzuo's care, it seems that Ping'er will be able to return to normal. Ming'er, you must work hard to practice and don't let him down."
It took a lot of cultivation in the first place.”
"Father, please rest assured, my child will definitely work hard."
"I also prepared a bottle of spirit-gathering elixir for you. It seems to be of no use anymore, but you should take it with you first. It won't go wrong to prepare more elixirs." Baili Xing heard that Yuan Shozuo gave Peiyuan as a gift.
Pill, I am naturally happy in my heart. The Peiyuan Pill is so precious, I have only heard of its name in the Taoist sect.
Then he said: "You should meet Ping'er first. He has been alone since you left. He must be bored and uncomfortable."
Upon hearing this, Bai Liming looked at his brother who was lying quietly on the bed and nodded.
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At this time, all the inns in the market town were full, and Niu Erhu also gathered with his parents in an inn. At this time, he was devouring the meat cakes made by his mother. His mother reminded him lovingly: "Slow down."
Eat some and don't choke."
Niu Erhu just agreed with a couple of hums, but kept talking.
His father, Old Man Niu, took a puff of dry cigarette and said in a puff of smoke: "Hu boy, you can enter the Taoist sect this time, which has made our Lao Niu family face. Now everyone in the village is polite to your father and me."
"Haha, I didn't expect you to know the eldest son of Mr. Baili's family. Mr. Baili takes great care of our family. Now I have been promoted to the deputy manager of the company and am responsible for managing the warehouse. I don't have to run around here and there anymore. I can earn a lot of money.
There are too many, otherwise we won’t be able to live in this inn, so you should build a good relationship with Master Baili and take the initiative to do more errands and odd jobs."
Niu Erhu stopped swallowing when he heard the words, his mouth was vague, but he replied solemnly: "Dad, don't worry, Brother Ming is very kind to me, I will not let others take care of me, as long as Brother Ming
In a word, it's okay to go through fire and water." As he was saying this, he accidentally choked on his excitement and started coughing.
Mother Niu hurriedly went over to give her son a pat on the back, complaining at the same time: "Old man, please stop saying a few words. My son is not an ungrateful person. Hurry up and eat the baby tiger, because it won't taste good when it's cold."
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On the other side, Tan Zhenzhen expressed his heartfelt feelings to his mother with tears in his eyes.
Tan Zhen asked with real concern: "Mom, will dad be okay with you after I leave?"
His mother, Lan Shi, heard the words and reprimanded: "Hmph, your father is a man who adapts to the wind. Seeing you successfully enter the Taoist gate, naturally he doesn't dare to give me a look. Humph, he recently took in a concubine.
He's only twenty-eight years old, not much older than you. This old pervert will die on a woman's belly sooner or later."
"Okay, mom, what's the point of complaining? My daughter, I will work hard to practice so that dad doesn't dare to treat you badly." Tan Zhenzhen comforted her.
"As long as you say this, you really want to give me face this time. Even if you can't condense the elixir and enter the inner sect in three years, just rely on your identity as a disciple of the Taoist sect and go back to find a well-matched official and become a proper official."
The room is no problem.”
Tan Zhenzhen frowned and said: "I don't want to get married. Some people in the Taoist sect said that even if you are a royal relative and have no Taoist practice, in the eyes of the Taoist sect, you are just a mortal and an ant. So I want to condense the elixir, and I want to enter.
Door, at all costs.”
"You're right, my daughter is ambitious, no matter what the means, as long as she gets ahead." Mother Lan agreed.
"The end justifies the means, it means doing whatever it takes." Tan Zhenzhen complained.
"One meaning, one meaning. However, you are really old now. Remember: the bustle of the world is all for profit; the hustle and bustle of the world is for gain. Back then, your father and I were just using each other, and your father
He wants profit, and I, your mother, want fame. Without my generous dowry to pave the way for your father's officialdom, how could he have reached this point? Humph, men are all ungrateful guys."
Lan Shiqing spat and said: "Really, don't give away your feelings easily. Remember that all emotions must come first. If you dare to marry a poor boy, your mother will not recognize you as her daughter."
He rolled his eyes and said insinuatingly: "Hey, as the saying goes: the one who is near the water gets the moon first. You and that young prince Zuo Sixi will walk around more. If you can marry into the prince's palace, my mother will feel at ease."
"Mom, what are you talking about? Zuo Sisi's status in the world is indeed extraordinary, but if he cannot enter the inner sect, he is just a mortal. My daughter's ambition is to be an immortal respected by thousands of people." After saying this, Tan Zhenzhen's eyes flickered.
With a strange brilliance.
Lan Shi smiled happily and said: "That's right, when the time comes, those princes, nobles, and official families won't even be able to carry your shoes. If you marry someone..."
Tan Zhenzhen suddenly thought of something and interrupted: "Mom, have you brought anything?"
"I've brought it with me, but can this thing really impress the daughter of the first lady?" Mrs. Lan handed over a blue cloth package with a puzzled face. Tan Zhenzhen took it and said confidently: "My daughter has her own sense of propriety, mother, just do it
Do not worry."
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Some noble families would arrange for their servants to rent houses in market towns for a long period of time in order to take care of their children in a timely manner.
In a courtyard with three entrances, Zuo Sisi was slumped on a sandalwood recliner. Standing next to him was a man in his forties, of medium build. He was saying with a respectful look: "Little prince, this is what the prince asked me to bring."
Please take a look at the things."
"Let's leave it there for now. There's nothing to see. Alas, these worldly things are of little use in Taoism. Old Wu, why don't your father and mother come to see me?"
Upon hearing the question, Butler Wu explained with sweat on his forehead: "Well, the prince is busy with business and it is inconvenient to come. The princess wanted to come, but the prince cannot leave without the princess's care and cannot leave..."
Zuo Sisi waved his hand in low spirits: "Okay, don't talk about it. My father, the lazy prince, is just a seventh-grade Xielu Lang in Taichang Temple. Except for the sacrificial time specified by the court, he doesn't need to do it at ordinary times.
He goes to work. He usually listens to music and watch operas at home every day, which is consistent with his position as a coroner, and he is also busy with work?"
Butler Wu didn't know how to answer the question, so he could only stand aside and laugh.
Zuo Sisi sighed softly: "Well, I guess my father and mother want to come, but my emperor uncle won't let him come. It's because he is afraid that my father will secretly curry favor with Daomen and make his seat unstable."
"Young prince, don't talk nonsense. If word spreads..." Butler Wu was so shocked that he was sweating profusely.
Zuo Sisi said with an indifferent expression: "What are you afraid of? Don't look where this is. This is the place under the jurisdiction of Daomen Kaiyang Palace. I have understood a truth in the past two days. In front of Daomen, the emperor's relatives and relatives
It’s like a native chicken or a tile-roofed dog.”
"My father supported my eighth uncle in his fight for that position, but in the end he did not fight for it. He is still alive, not because my emperor uncle showed mercy, but because the Taoist sect did not allow him to kill everyone. We are just pawns that the Taoist sect manipulates at will.
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"Old Wu, you go back and tell your father that since I have entered the Taoist sect, I will make a lot of money and go back so that they can escape from the prison of the Imperial City."