The fourteenth chaotic alley has old knowledge

Tianlan Daoist was dressed in a light cyan single coat, and asked in a clear voice: "On such a cold day, what are you doing when you don't go to the front hall to do things, and you all go to my courtyard to kneel?"

He should be very old. The beard and hair are all white, but the face still maintains the appearance of middle age. The benevolent eyebrows faintly imply majesty, making people unable to raise their heads and look at him lightly.

I don't know which mouth is fast, so I hid in the crowd and explained a qiē.

A month ago, the Tianlan Taoist retreated. Everyone made a series of money circles behind the back of their ancestors.

For example, ten wen for incense, 50 wen for candles, 100 wen for blessings, and half a tael for excess.

Qin Ying was kneeling behind them. Hearing the man's staccato statement, it took some effort for her to suppress her smile.

-- How talented these people are in business, it's a pity to be a Huangguan Taoist.

The man gave a summary of the cause and effect of what had just happened, and finally said, "We were wrong. But it is punished by the ancestors. ”

After hearing this, the Tianlan Daoist pulled his face and said, "From the day you started cultivating, there has been a sentence in your ears: money is something outside the body. I've heard about it for many years, but I still can't stop being greedy.

"Ten people go to the front hall to be in charge, and the rest are for me to kneel here, and I can't get up until three incense sticks.

"Senior Brother Tiangang followed me into the room." Tianlan Daoist turned sideways and let go of the compartment door, paused and said, "Tiangang's newly recruited disciples are also here." ”

Qin Ying was pointed out by him to a new identity, so he had to stand up with his numb knees.

When she looked up habitually, her gaze just met the Tianlan Daoist. At that moment, it was like seeing an old well. The well was deep and quiet, with hidden waves.

She couldn't help but shudder. Pretending to be calm, he patted the dust on his cloth clothes, slowly bypassed the kneeling crowd, and entered the wing room used for the retreat of the Tianlan Dao people.

The retreat places of the practitioners are very simple. The room was empty, with four walls, two futons, and a tea set.

Sharp-eyed to find that the futon was not enough to sit, Qin Ying silently took a step back and stood behind Yuan Laodao.

And Yuan Laodao pointed to the paulownia floor in the room and motioned for her to sit down.

"Back then, the master persuaded you to stay. You still chose the four seas as your home. Why do you want to come back now? Tianlan Daoist leaned over to Yuan Laodao opposite and poured a cup of first tea.

"When I was young, I thought the Tao was in the distance, but now I think the Tao is around. All the arrogance and arrogance of the past were wrong. So I came to you to ask for my sin. Yuan Lao Dao said curtly.

"As the saying goes, 'It's never too late to make amends.'" But mistakes are a fait accompli, and no matter how much you repent of them, you can't reverse the past, you can only change the future. Now that you have taken the initiative to return to Qingyang, do you still want to leave? ”

Yuan Laodao sighed: "...... I can't say for sure. ”

Except for the people of Tianlan Dao, there is no one in charge of Qingyang. He returned to Shimen at this time, just to solve the problem of manpower shortage.

It's a pity that his heart is already scattered. It's easy to talk about being detained here for a year or two to help, but it can't be bound for longer.

"I respect your decision, both past and future." Tianlan Daoren seemed to have expected his answer, and his face was as calm as ever.

He turned his eyes to Qin Ying again, and said softly, "The second apprentice you accepted?" The talent is far from that of your previous big disciples. The implication is that Qin Ying is not qualified to be Yuan Laodao's apprentice.

Hearing that he was not very talented, the smile on Qin Ying's face immediately couldn't hold back.

She was about to speak, when she saw Yuan Laodao pinching his messy beard and said, "It's too easy to restore a dusty pearl to its original appearance." So this time, I wanted to try polishing a piece of jade. ”

This apt metaphor quickly eased the tension in the room.

Tianlan Daoren raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his lips rose: "Don't be full of words, beware of breaking your word and getting fat."

Before entering the house, Qin Ying's impression of Tianlan Dao people only stayed at "crane hair and childish face"; After coming out, her good feelings for this person were gone.

She didn't like the way Tianlan Dao people spoke—it was as slow as flowing water, but it could hurt people invisibly.

Tianlan Dao people didn't know about Qin Ying's psychological changes. Before Yuan Lao Dao's apprentice resigned, he also told Qin Ying a few words of cultivation tips.

By the time they got out of the wing room without danger, the people who knelt in the courtyard had already dispersed, and only one Taoist boy was cleaning the autumn leaves under the flower stand of Mu Hibiscus.

Yuan Laodao beckoned and asked Xiao'er to take them to find two empty rooms. Dao Tong obediently put down the bamboo broom and immediately walked in front of the two.

After walking through the corridor, Dao Tong leaned over in fear:

"Uncle Ancestor and Uncle Ancestor...... Not long after, it is the Xia Yuan Festival on October 15, and there are more orders than permanent residents. There's only this one left. ”

Yuan Laodao nodded and didn't say anything. Dao Tong trembled and retreated.

"Hanging Star, it's so easy for you to come once, put the baggage in the room and go out to play." He told her to fetch a bucket of hot water when she returned.

Qin Ying smiled and saluted, and said in the tone of the little Taoist boy: "Yes, Senior Uncle Ancestor."

He shook his head helplessly, as if he hadn't seen Qin Ying's mischievous demeanor.

When Qin Ying was far away, Yuan Laodao stood in place and whispered: "Hanging Star, this number just happens to be a metaphor for the stardust shining on the world-when her master first chose the name, she already knew her fate."

It's a pity that after more than 30 years of practice, I can only see that Qin Ying is a woman, but I can't see her origin and teacher.

Qin Ying walked out of the backyard with a heavy corridor, built a pergola at the eyebrow bone with his hand, and looked up at the time.

The sun was on the eaves of the Qingyang Shop, and it was about three quarters before noon. There's still a little time left until lunch, so you can go out for a walk.

Thinking like this, she walked to the market next to Qingyang's shop.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Taoist temple is full of incense. There are vendors squatting at the gate of the mountain to sell incense and candles, and at the end of the day, they earn a lot of copper plates.

Another ghost dealer thought about it, and simply set up a stall near the mountain gate to sell all kinds of cheap and novel things.

Finally, at the gate of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a temple fair-like market was spontaneously formed.

As soon as he passed by this stall selling things, Qin Ying wanted to come up and pick and choose. Helplessly, there is Yuan Laodao by her side, and she is really embarrassed to say her playfulness.

However, Yuan Laodao had already known about the roundworms in her stomach, so he released her from Qingyang Shop.

Walking down the street, Qin Ying held a candy painting in his hand, two bags of fried chestnuts and steamed rice cakes.

Don't ask her why she buys all the food and nothing else.

used to follow my sister, she just had the potential to be a foodie; Later, with her master Ning Fengzi, she has been taken into an out-and-out foodie.

Just as I was thinking about whether to turn into the alley on the left and search for rare food, I heard the noise of people coming from inside, mixed with bursts of scolding.

"The little lady ran into the alley! If you can't catch up with her, you don't want any money this month! ”

Curiosity kills cats. She involuntarily stepped into the alley.

The alley is so deep and narrow that the sun can't shine on the stone pavement under your feet, and you can only walk two people side by side.

Qin Ying didn't take a few steps before he found that the jumping figure in the distance was extremely familiar. The light was so dim that she didn't know who the other party really was.

"Dao Chief, save me-" The person who ran in front of Qin Ying gasped, and then grabbed her Dao robe.

Hearing this, Qin Ying's fingers trembled, and all the large and small paper bags in his arms fell to the ground.

Tumbling chestnuts rattle on the mossy stone slabs.

(Author's note: It's my favorite female character who is about to appear, but she's unfortunately a White Lotus.) On Wednesday, people are on the seventh place on the newcomer list, continue to ask for everyone's recommended tickets and collections~~)