It's noon.

Almost all the princes and princes who came to the banquet had arrived, and they were sitting in the hall, chatting and laughing lively.

Li Yu, Chu Tianxiu and others sat at a table.

The old dusk Hou Chu Yong also hurried back, sat down next to Chu Tianxiu, he changed into a new Hou Ye crown clothes, and the smile on his face couldn't close his mouth.

"The emperor has arrived!"

Cai He's shrill voice resounded in the palace.

Emperor Xiang Yanran finished dealing with the government last night, went back to the palace to rest until the morning, and now finally came to the palace banquet.

Empress Dowager Shen sat on the main seat of the banquet.

Xiang Yanran sat next to the Queen Mother.

The noisy and lively Jinluan Hall finally quickly quieted down, and all the princes, princes, ladies and ladies stood up to worship and welcome the emperor.

"Today, on the first day of the first lunar month, I invite you to the palace for a feast, don't be too polite. Let's get up, it's not an early dynasty, it's all casual. ”

Xiang Yanran said with a smile.

The emperor arrived, and the feast on the first day of the first lunar month officially began.

The palace ladies were like flowing water, serving wine and food for the princes and princesses. In the central open space of the hall, there is also a song and swallow dance, cheering for the emperor and the ministers.

Empress Dowager Shen smiled and asked, "What has Old Immortal Li been busy with in recent years?" ”

"Poor Dao went to Shanxi to pray for rain in May, took the stage to cast a spell, and rained a heavy rain to relieve the drought. In September, I went to the East China Sea again, looking for a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum that prolonged life, and thought about bringing it back to the Queen Mother, but unfortunately I searched for several months and did not get anything.

This year, when I just returned to the Xuanwu Temple in Jinling City, I happened to meet the visit of the divine doctor Chunyu and invited him to the palace for a banquet. ”

Li naturally said, still a little regretful.

Empress Dowager Shen couldn't help but feel deeply grateful, "Old Immortal Li traveled thousands of miles to Shanxi to pray for rain and relieve the suffering of the people, which is really hard. I also ask you to go to the East China Sea to find Ganoderma lucidum fairy grass, such an unavoidable immortal thing, the mourning family does not have this blessing. ”

"Xiaochen has not seen the emperor and the Empress Dowager Shen for many years, and he is worried that he happened to return to Jinling City at the end of the year, so he invited Li Xianchang to enter the palace to have a look. Today, seeing that the emperor and the queen mother are safe, the holy body is healthy, and the ministers are also at ease. ”

Chun Yuchun said with a smile.

"Hehe, there are apprentices who are pure in the palace, and I and the Queen Mother can sit back and relax. The wine and food have been served, and the families of the Qing family have drunk freely, chatting while eating, and it is lively! ”

Xiang Yanran said.

The princes and ministers in the palace raised their glasses to wish the emperor and the queen mother good health, and then the guests drank and ate, talked with each other, and were lively.

"Pray for rain, I will too!"

Dong Xianliang was quite unimpressed and said.

He sat at a table with his mentor Kong Hanyou, not far from Chu Tianxiu's table.

Chu Tianxiu couldn't help but be surprised, turned around and asked, "This is Taoism, Brother Dong, you are a Confucian student, how can you be?" ”

The young people next to him couldn't help but be surprised.

"When the sun is turned off, it rains. When the sky is closed, the rain stops. There is yin and yang in the sky, and there is also yin and yang in people. As long as the man does not go out, the yin energy of heaven and earth can be increased. If a woman does not go out, she can increase the yang energy of heaven and earth. Rain, stop the rain, I can control it. Where is this immortal method, it's just a simple heaven and earth yin and yang, cyclically changing. ”

Dong Xianliang said lightly and confidently: "When I become the county commander and govern the party, I will implement this law, and I will definitely let the wind and rain in a county be smooth, and there will be no more drought and flood." ”

This Yin Yang Prayer for Rain technique, he has been studying the theory for decades. I only hate myself for not being a local parent official, and I can't verify the effect.

Once he took office, he was going to try the magical effect of this Yin Yang Prayer Rain Technique.

"When the yang is closed, it rains, and when the yin is closed, it is sunny. This statement makes so much sense! ”

"Brother Dong is worthy of being a genius in Jinling, and he understands the mystery in one word."

When everyone listened, they were a little stunned and amazed.

"Don't dare, I have studied the art of yin and yang a little. The so-called immortal Taoism is just a small skill. ”

Dong Xianliang smiled and arched his hand.

"Brother Dong, Gao Cai! Admire, admire! ”

Chu Tianxiu was stunned for a while, and gave up his hand speechlessly.

Never mind.

We can't be too strict about whether the ancients two thousand years ago were able to use the closure of yin and yang to explain the principle of weather and rain, and they are already people who have seriously used their brains.

The others didn't even think about it.

...

It's not a lot of buzz on their side.

The most lively thing in the hall is still Li Tiantian's old immortal, as a Taoist priest who moves the world, his mouth is too good to blow.

From going to Shanxi to pray for rain, to the East China Sea to find a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum.

What I saw and heard along the way in Shanxi, how miserable the people were under the great drought, and how ecstatic they were after the rain.

The hardships of going to the East China Sea all the way, going out to sea and encountering a sea monster like a hill, tell the story, which makes people listen to the thrilling and move when they hear it.

When the princes and princes asked for the details, he could also tell them in detail, which amazed everyone.

Emperor Xiang Yanran listened silently.

Those adventure sea beasts in the East China Sea didn't believe it very much, and they didn't care very much.

However, what Immortal Li saw and heard on the way to Shanxi, and the outbreak of the drought among the people, still made him quite moved.

The old immortal is not a court official, so there is no need to hide anything from this. Check and compare the situation that the old fairy said with the disaster reported by Shanxi officials, and you will know which officials have not concealed the disaster.

Obviously, the county guards in Shanxi still concealed the seriousness of the disaster.

However, fortunately, when Li Lao Immortal left Shanxi, it finally rained heavily and alleviated the drought.

Chu Tianxiu suddenly stood up and asked with a smile: "Old Immortal Li, you have great magical powers, can you refine the elixir?" Is it the kind of elixir that can live forever after eating? ”

"The elixir of immortality?"

Li naturally heard this, and his face was stunned.

Since Qin Shi Huang, he has killed many Taoist priests who have failed to refine the elixir, and the Taoist priests have not dared to refine the elixir easily.

He also boasted to his protégés in private that he had the secret technique of the elixir passed down from ancient times. But these words were just said to the disciples and ordinary people in the Xuanwu Temple.

Don't dare to say it easily in the palace.

Of course, it is rich to be able to refine it.

can't refine it, this is going to be killed by the emperor.

In this Jinluan Palace, the princes and princes of the Manchu Dynasty heard Chu Tianxiu's question, and they all looked at the old fairy Li Tiantian with eager eyes.

Of course, there are also Kong Hanyou's suspicious eyes, Dong Xianliang and some other disapproving eyes, looking at Li Tiantian.

Li naturally thought about it.

If he denied in public that he could refine the elixir, it would be absolutely inappropriate.

An old immortal who can't refine the elixir will inevitably disappoint everyone, what qualifications does he have to be called an "old immortal"?

It's not as clever as other Taoist priests.

"This..."

The old Taoist priest Li naturally groaned, pondering his words, "This Dao has a secret recipe for the elixir that has been passed down from ancient times, and it is not impossible to refine the elixir.

It's just that it's too difficult and too difficult, you need to search all over the famous rivers and mountains, collect dozens of thousand-year-old miracle medicines, use the spiritual dew from the sky as the liquid, and then use the divine fire of heaven and earth to build a divine furnace to alchemy for ten years, in order to get this elixir of immortality.

This refining elixir costs a lot of money, and it is impossible to practice without hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and one or twenty years of work.

This Tao was once more than 100 years ago, exhausted thousands of family wealth, spent more than dozens of years to find famous mountains and rivers, only to be lucky to refine a pair, after taking it, it has been recuperated so far. If you want to refine again, it's even more difficult! ”

This rhetoric is not leaky.

Li naturally admitted that he knew how to alchemy immortals, which made everyone admire, but he could easily shirk the huge risk of alchemy.

When the princes and princes heard this, they were both envious and regretful.

This elixir does exist, but it is too rare to come, at least they don't have this blessing.

has lived for one hundred and seventy years, and the old Li Immortal is just such a person in front of him. If the elixir is so easy to refine, wouldn't it be full of Li Lao Immortals?!

Chu Tianxiu's eyes became brighter and brighter.

This old Taoist priest really dares to brag! I'm not afraid that the cowhide will be blown off.

However, as long as he admits that he can refine the elixir, that's fine.

That's it.

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them.

He had been thinking about a big black pot for a long time, and he had to ask Old Immortal Li to carry it.

"Old Immortal Li is really the first immortal in the world. This little dusk marquis is willing to fund 100,000 taels of silver, and then help you refine the elixir, dedicated to the queen mother and the emperor! ”

Chu Tianxiu said loudly.