Qiniang suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Sun Yongfeng is half the same as me. He likes yellow and white things and is very tacky. Tianyuan, you understand."
Qi Xuansu immediately understood the implication of Qiniang's words and hesitated: "This... is not good, it is encouraging unhealthy tendencies."
To Qi Xuansu's surprise, Qiniang did not refute, but nodded in agreement: "Indeed, the Taoist sect has repeatedly issued orders to put an end to such things."
Qi Xuansu also nodded and said: "That's exactly it."
Qiniang said indifferently: "Anyway, I don't want to enter Tiangang Hall, and I don't want to make progress. You can decide what to do. If there is nothing else, let's stop talking here. I still have a few accounts that I haven't settled clearly.
"
"No price, no price." Qi Xuansu said quickly, "Qiniang, I just said it casually."
Qiniang chuckled: "It's okay, I just said it casually."
Qi Xuansu had no way to deal with Qiniang.
Qiniangzhuang put on the air of being like a sister and a mother, and said earnestly: "Tianyuan, there is a saying: 'As straight as a string, you will die on the edge of the road; as curved as a hook, you will become a prince.' We are all small people, and we cannot change it.
You can't resist the world, you can only struggle in it, and it's better to go against it than to go along. There is another saying: 'If you are strong, you can help the world, if you are poor, you can be alone.' What you have to consider now is not about helping the world, but about helping the world.
You have to be alone, do you understand?"
"Yes." Qi Xuansu said honestly, "I have written it down."
There was a smile on Qiniang's face again: "Very good, bring two hundred Taiping coins with you when you go, preferably official tickets. Cash is too eye-catching and will have a bad impact."
Qi Xuansu asked: "Qiniang, should I pay for the two hundred peace money myself? Or will the company reimburse it?"
Qiniang looked straight at Qi Xuansu, as if she hadn't heard anything.
Qi Xuansu looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him. He raised his voice slightly and repeated what he just said.
Qiniang's face was full of doubts, and she said to herself: "Hello? Hello? Tianyuan, can you hear me? Why is there no sound? Is it isolated by the formation? Or is there something wrong with the quality of the Zimu Talisman? I've already
I just said, cheap stuff doesn’t mean good stuff, just buy a few good quality ones, anyway, it’s public money…”
Qi Xuansu watched the talisman in his hand slowly burn to ashes, Qiniang's shadow disappeared along with the light of the fire, and could only sigh helplessly.
The wind is getting colder and the snow is getting colder because my heart is cold.
Qi Xuansu could only take out two official tickets with a denomination of 100 Taiping coins from the sandwich on his chest and put them into his sleeve pocket, then braved the wind and snow and walked towards Yujing in the distance.
In this way, the three large tickets that Qi Xuansu had just received and were still warm were gone. He still had one hundred cash left on him, one medium ticket, four small tickets, ten loose tickets, and some more.
Loose money.
In fact, Qi Xuansu had some savings, but he traveled around all year round and made a living by licking blood from the edge of a knife. He might one day follow in the footsteps of Zhuge Yongming and others. Wouldn't the money he had make it easier for others? So he put himself
His savings were converted into worry-free money, which is more valuable and does not have an expiry date like official tickets. All of it is deposited with Qiniang. If something unexpected happens to him one day, Qiniang will use the money to buy him a decent coffin.
The extra money will be used for Qiniang’s retirement.
Although Qiniang is greedy for money, she still has integrity and is trustworthy.
Qi Xuansu walked along the smooth road paved with white marble towards the majestic city that could not be built by manpower.
Although they are far apart and blocked by wind and snow, you can still vaguely see the outline of the majestic city, and the purple aura of auspicious clouds makes the majestic city disappear and appear.
Because the city is built on a mountain, the terrain gets higher as you go toward the inner city, so there is no chance of being blocked by the city wall.
When you get closer, you can see thousands of palaces, row upon row, layer upon layer.
There is a Tower of Babel deep in the city, which reaches straight to the sky. It is called the "Thirty-Three Heavens" by Taoist sects. The place at the top where the clouds and fog are shrouded is the legendary Ascension Platform, where the previous great leader ascended to the sky.
Such a majestic city is not easy to build even if it is placed on an open plain, let alone the top of Kunlun, the ancestor of thousands of mountains. According to Taoist records, this city was indeed not built by manpower, but was left by Taishang Taoist ancestors under the leadership of Xuansheng.
After the Taoist sect defeated the Confucian sect and became orthodox in the world, this city appeared out of thin air.
Qi Xuansu disagreed with this statement, and regarded it as a legend made up by later generations to mythologize Xuansheng.
However, Qi Xuansu would never dare to put such thoughts into words, he just thought about it casually in his heart. He still understood the principle that disaster comes from words.
Soon, Qi Xuansu came to the moat of Yujing.
This river is called "Taixu River". It is hard to imagine how the Taoist people dug such a moat at the top of the mountain. Part of the river has even broken away from the mountain and is hanging in the air, like a rainbow in the Milky Way, hanging without falling.
, flowing around endlessly, just this scene is enough to make people who come to Yujing for the first time think that they have arrived in a fairyland.
Crossing the Taixu Bridge above the Taixu River, which is large enough for eight horses to run abreast, we arrived at the gate of Yujing City, where armored spiritual officials were stationed, responsible for verifying the ultimatum.
This is not a difficult matter. Qi Xuansu's identity as a Taoist priest is genuine. As long as his identity as a Qingpinghui is not known to others, nothing will go wrong.
After the city guarding officer checked Qi Xuansu's ultimatum, he quickly let him go.
Yujing City is surrounded by formations, so it is like spring all year round. After entering the city, Qi Xuansu felt that the chill all over his body disappeared immediately, and he felt indescribably comfortable.
Although Qi Xuansu has been to Yujing before, it was a long time ago. At that time, he had just left the Wanxiang Dao Palace. He was favored by the master during the three-year assessment period and lived here with the master for a period of time. Later, the master died.
, he left Yujing, so Qi Xuansu’s understanding of Yujing was quite limited, and he had only seen the tip of the iceberg.
Generally speaking, the structure of Yujing and Xuandu is like a "convex" character.
The upper part of the character "convex" is "Xuandu", which has the highest terrain. The lower part of the character "convex" is "Yujing", which has lower terrain.
"Xuandu" is in the shape of "Hui", and the small mouth inside is "Zifu".
Qi Xuansu has never been to Xuandu and Zifu, so he doesn't know much about it, but Yujing is still familiar with it. Unlike Xuandu and Zifu, where the roads are complicated, Yujing's plan is very clear, and it adopts the ancient city layout, such as a chessboard.
generally.
If Qi Xuansu remembers correctly, there are twenty-four squares in total, each named after the ancestors of the Taoist sect. For example, Chongyang Square is the Chongyang Patriarch, Chunyang Square is the Chunyang Patriarch, Chongxu Square is the Chongxu Patriarch, and so on.
In the past, Qi Xuansu lived with his master in Haichanfang, which ranked relatively low among the twenty-four houses and belonged to the lower eighth house.
As for the Nanhuafang that Qi Xuansu is going to this time, it corresponds to Nanhua Daojun, which ranks first among the twenty-four squares, second only to Taishangfang, which is the first of the twenty-four squares, and is equally famous as Haotianfang.
These three squares, plus Xuanyuan Square, Guangcheng Square, Chongxufang, Tongxuan Square, and Dongling Square, are called the Shangba Square. Many real people will also settle down and buy property in these eight squares for occasional use.
needs.
Qi Xuansu walked slowly along the north-south avenue that ran through the entire Yujing.
This avenue is called "Shangqing Street", and there is also an east-west "Yuqing Street". The two form a cross, dividing Yujing City into four equal parts and turning it into a "field". Each part includes six squares.
, the interlaced center forms a huge square, which is the "city" in "Fangshi", named "Taiqing City", and people in Taoism also call it "Taiqing Square".
The word "square" comes from "Ode to Xijing": "The square where you are facing is the wonderful play of Cheng Jiaodian."
Nanhuafang, where Qi Xuansu is going, is located northwest of Taiqing Square.
At this time, Qi Xuansu was located at the junction of the middle vertical line and the lower horizontal line of the word "田". From here to Nanhuafang, it was a full twenty miles away.
At this moment, a crisp copper bell rang, and a sheep cart passed by Qi Xuansu, slowing down and walking side by side with Qi Xuansu.
There are no horse-drawn carriages in Yujing City, only sheep-drawn carts, deer-drawn carts, and ox-drawn carts, which correspond to the three realms of cultivation. Among them, the sheep-drawn cart is the lowest level and can be ridden by Taoists, Taoist boys, and ordinary Taoist priests. Moreover, this kind of cart is
The goat is very strange. It is tall and strong. The two goats together are no worse than ordinary horses.
The coachman was an ordinary Taoist. He sat on the shaft of the coach about a foot above the ground and asked, "Do you want a ride, Taoist priest? Ten Ruyi coins per mile."
"Go to Nanhuafang." Qi Xuansu stopped and took out two small balls from his shoulder bag.
As the most widely used currency, there are three types of Taiping money. The commonly used Taiping money is 1 yuan by default, also called a big round. In addition, there are medium yuan and small yuan. All three are engraved with "The world is peaceful".
It's just that the latter two are much smaller and lighter than 1 yuan, and the silver content is also very different.
In terms of price, the middle yuan is equivalent to half a yuan, which is half a tael of silver in the previous dynasty. The small yuan is equivalent to the same silver. The material of Ruyi money is copper nine-five, lead four, tin one red copper, one thousand Ruyi
Money can be exchanged for 1 yuan, five hundred Ruyi coins can be exchanged for medium Yuan, and one hundred Ruyi coins can be exchanged for small Yuan.
One mile is worth ten wishful coins, and twenty miles is worth two hundred wishful coins, that is, two small circles.
The coachman stopped to take the money and greeted warmly: "Taoist Master, please get on the bus."
The structure of this kind of sheep cart is not much different from that of a horse carriage. It has two wheels and a boxy carriage. It is covered by curtains and door curtains. There are also four-wheeled carts in Yujing City, but they are of a higher level and more expensive. People like Qi Xuansu are alone.
Yes, a two-wheeled vehicle is more cost-effective.
Qi Xuansu got on the sheep cart and lowered the door curtains and curtains.
Yujing City is good, but it has no fireworks, is cold and inhumane.
However, Qi Xuansu became more and more curious about Qiniang's identity. He had asked Qiniang a long time ago, but Qiniang always avoided talking, so Qi Xuansu stopped asking any more questions. Judging from Qiniang's words, she was quite fond of Yujing City.
Because he is familiar with it, he may have lived in Yujing City for a while.
Could it be that Qiniang is also a member of the Taoist sect?
If so, then what is Qiniang’s status in the Taoist sect? Based on her occasional cultivation level and her familiarity with the various halls of the Taoist sect, she will definitely not be a seventh-grade Taoist priest like Qi Xuansu. Maybe she is a Taoist priest.
A fifth-grade Taoist priest, or even a fourth-grade Taoist priest for offering wine.
If not, then Qiniang was probably once a member of the Taoist sect, and what made her leave the big tree of the Taoist sect?
Qi Xuansu was thinking about this, and the sheep cart was moving neither fast nor slow. Less than half an hour later, Nanhuafang was already in sight.