There is a very special place in Weiyang Palace, located in the westernmost corner, not far from Huanyifang, it is a single courtyard covering an area of about two acres, here is the place where the real people of Longhu Mountain, the national teacher of Daning, occasionally come to Chang'an to live, called Fengning Temple, all the Taoist temples in the whole Daning are counted, only this one Taoist temple has a Ning character in its name.

It was originally a deserted place, and almost no one lived in it for more than ten or twenty years before, although it was cleaned every day, but the people in the palace were used to the emptiness here, and suddenly there was a small Taoist who lived in, clanging all day long, and it was very lively for him to live alone.

Because I am not familiar with the road when I first came here, the eyes of the Taoist are not good, I hit the door today and fall tomorrow, pitiful.

So the people in the palace felt that it was not easy for him, so they reminded him more, and slowly the Taoist became familiar with this place, walked a few steps out of the main gate, turned a few corners, where was the tree in the yard, and the well must be avoided.

When he reads a book, he has to put the book almost to his own eyes to read, until one day, the people of the Qin Tianjian sent a thing, which is not big, like a small fan, but the fan is transparent, and the person who sends the things in the Qin Tianjian can be proud, saying that this thing is called the Ming Cha Qiu Hao Mirror.

When the emperor gave Qin Tianjian a will, the people of Qin Tianjian still felt that this was not what they should do, but then they were addicted, what kind of transparent crystal was ground from the Western Regions, what thickness, concave or convex, what they saw were different, they thought it was interesting, scrapped dozens of pieces, and finally found the right direction, and the transparent mirror made would see things much more clearly.

The Taoist jumped up with this so-called perceptive mirror, and saw things so big, which made him feel that life had become better.

"It's a bad name."

"What do you think it should be called? The national teacher is full of poetry and books, and he will inevitably think of a more appropriate and elegant name. ”

The young apprentice who was sent the things by Qin Tian looked expectant.

"Magnifying glass."

The Taoist is serious.

This is called a magnifying glass, it can only be called a magnifying glass, and the name is bells and whistles, is it interesting?

Although it is still vague, it is big, and it works when it is big.

So the little Taoist walked around every day with a mirror, but he hit the wall more often because the distance became more inaccurate.

Xiaodao people feel that there are flaws in beauty, but beauty is beauty, he uses it when he reads, and he doesn't use it when he doesn't read books, anyway, this yard has become familiar, and the big deal is to hit it a few times.

Since he had this thing, Xiaodaoren was even more reluctant to go out, and spent most of his day reading books, but later he found that his reading was more blurry.

Chagrin.

When the emperor came to Fengningguan, Xiaodaoren was eating, and he was used to cooking and eating by himself, although most of the time it was just a small pot of porridge.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the little Taoist hurriedly got up and bowed: "See Your Majesty." ”

The emperor was stunned: "Are your eyes better?" ”

"No, a piece of golden light is dazzling, and naturally I know that Your Majesty is coming."

The emperor thought it was funny, and said in his heart that next time I changed my clothes, it would be up to you to recognize it.

There is still a golden light......

The emperor sat down and looked at the porridge in the bowl of the little Taoist: "Why only eat these?" ”

"It's too fat."

The little Taoist said as if talking to himself.

The emperor snorted: "Those guys in your Taoist temple on Longhu Mountain, only you don't eat much meat, right?" Still too fat...... I heard that a few years ago, there were scribes who came to visit your Taoist in Longhu Mountain, and your senior brother received him, and the scribe felt that the Taoist should also be elegant, so he pointed to the mountains and forests and said that when he saw the deer in the deep forest, he wanted to wait for your senior brother to say a witty sentence, what did your senior brother say at that time? ”

Xiaodaoren's face turned even redder: "Senior brother turned around and shouted, come and catch the deer, start the pot, and burn the oil!" ”

The emperor laughed, and then suddenly said something that sounded a little messy, and the little Taoist was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and what His Majesty said was a person's birthday.

The emperor was not sure about something, and suddenly thought that Concubine Zhen could not remember the birth date of her child, so he went to ask, and after asking, he came to find this Taoist who is said to be the strongest in arithmetic for three generations on Longhu Mountain.

The little Taoist pinched his fingers and calculated for a while, then lowered his head: "Your Majesty wants to calculate the eight characters of this birthday, and it is very rich." ”

The emperor immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then faintly worried: "How rich?" ”

"I'm afraid it's under one person."

The emperor pondered for a while, and then thought that it would be right to be under one person, the crown prince would be on the throne in the future, and Leng Zi would of course be under one person.

The little Taoist lowered his head and pretended to be contemplative, and said that he didn't know if he was right for such nonsense, but the master had taught him, fortune-telling is all about words, such as the master's proud thing that year, when three scholars went to Beijing to catch the exam before they deliberately ran to the Taoist temple to ask him for fortune-telling, his master pretended to calculate, and then stretched out a finger, the three scholars asked what it meant, and his master said mysteriously that the heavenly opportunity should not be revealed.

Xiao Daoren was even younger at that time, only five or six years old, and after the three scholars left, he asked his master curiously: "Master, Master, are you saying that they only have one person in high school?" ”

"I didn't say that."

The old man looked proud: "Fortune telling, just look at how to round what you say, art, this is art...... I stretched out a finger, if one person hits, it means one person wins, if two people win, then one person misses, if all three people win, it is one hit, if all three people win, then one of them wins, if all three of them win, then none of them hit. ”

Xiao Daoren thought for a while at that time, and nodded: "It's really shameless." ”

But he learns and uses it, His Majesty asks how rich and noble he is, he said that under one person, in fact, what he said is that everyone is under His Majesty, and if someone asks in the future, he will learn from the master and shake his head and say, the whole world is under His Majesty, and it is naturally under one person.

But the emperor thought that he was talking about the crown prince alone.

So the emperor left very happily, and the little Taoist said that even the emperor is so good? No wonder Master can be a national teacher.

The point is, the emperor returned the reward.

The little Taoist sat there in a daze, watching the sun have set under the courtyard wall in the west, and the sky was so red, thinking that the birthday was really strange, it was a rich life, but it was not the kind of rich life of the general.

He felt that he might not be good at learning, and he thought that he really couldn't master everything he learned from his master, and he was really proficient in those things of his master, and he was really a big liar.

sighed, got up to boil porridge, and before I knew it, it was time for dinner again, and I sat down for half a day, and I felt that I was really wasted when I thought about it.

When Lin Shen saw a deer, he caught it and cooked it.

When you see a whale in the blue sea, go to the fish first.

Mom, these words of the senior brother are more clear and unforgettable than those things taught by the master.

Squatting there to make a fire and make porridge, wash the dishes after eating, wash the dishes and go out to splash the dishwater, the little eunuch who took care of him hurriedly came over to stop him: "I reminded you many times, and I forgot it?" ”

"What?"

The little Taoist really forgot what he had reminded himself.

The little eunuch looked helpless: "I'm afraid you forgot, I also pasted such a big piece of paper on the wall opposite the door, and the words written are so big, you still can't see clearly?" ”

The Taoist was even more confused: "I recognize it, but I can't understand it." ”

Going out is a passageway, and on the wall opposite the aisle is a piece of paper with five large characters written on it.

Don't splash dirty water.

The little eunuch from Northern Xinjiang was anxious: "Why don't you understand, the writing is clear, it's not like splashing dirty water." ”

The little Taoist turned around and went back, and said in his heart that you are a ghost.

The little eunuch followed in, and then saw that the basin of water was clean, not like dishwashing water, and hurriedly entered the kitchen, and found that the little Taoist had really put aside the bowl of porridge and washed the other clean bowl.

"Hands are blind, too?"

Not long after entering the palace, the little eunuch who didn't know how old the national teacher was, took the porridge bowl and washed it with disgust: "Just eat porridge, see how you grow up." ”

The little Taoist smiled: "Otherwise, you help me wash the dishes every day, and I will teach you fortune-telling." ”

The little eunuch was curious: "Then what kind of life do you see me?" ”

The little Taoist stretched out a finger and shook it: "Go and understand it yourself." ”

The little eunuch subconsciously raised a finger and shook it, looking strange: "Why the middle finger?" ”

Weiyang Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

The emperor was in a good mood and ate more at night, so he went out for a walk again, and unconsciously walked to Concubine Zhen's palace, because he didn't send someone to inform him in advance, the people in Concubine Zhen's palace saw that the emperor was all stunned, and hurriedly wanted to kneel, the emperor waved his hand to stop it, and heard laughter in the courtyard, which was a rare laughter of Concubine Zhen, and she laughed very relaxed.

"Shen Chayan is here?"

"Yes, Niangniang said that she wanted to stay in the palace for the night."

The emperor nodded, turned around and left: "Don't tell Concubine Zhen that I have come, let them talk, I remember that Concubine Zhen said that Shen Chayan likes to eat sweets, go to the imperial dining room and order some to be sent over." ”

After finishing speaking, the emperor suddenly remembered that Shen Leng hadn't eaten a single bite of those desserts and snacks in the palace that he was tired of, right?

South China Sea, seek to stand.

Shen Leng came out of the county government treasury with a dissatisfied face.

"This small county is very poor, and the entire treasury has not found much silver, and it is not worth handing over to the state treasury at all."

So he waved his hand: "Let's divide it." ”

The soldiers under him cheered and beamed with joy.

Shen Leng had told them before he set out on the expedition that all the silver he had snatched from Qiuli would be left for the soldiers, which was what they deserved, but only a few thousand taels of silver were turned out in this small county town, and everyone was divided into one or two taels.

At this time, Chen Ran suddenly ran over, lowered his voice and said to Shen Leng: "I asked something unexpected, that county order is actually Ruan Qingfeng's distant relative, Ruan Qingfeng's understanding of all things in the country during this period of time, he secretly sent people to ask him to inquire, this guy couldn't stand up just now, he said that Ruan Qingfeng was coming back." ”

Hearing this, Shen Leng became happy, because he was waiting for Ruan Qingfeng to come back, and the more than 20,000 soldiers and hundreds of ships were always hidden dangers in Daning's cargo routes.

Chen Ran was a little worried: "General, we only have eleven ships. ”

Shen Leng snorted: "Ten." ”

"Huh?"

Chen Ran was stunned: "Why?" ”

"You bring a boat back."

Shen Leng said: "It's been almost two months, and the warship assigned to me by Lord Admiral has already arrived at the Kuohai County Boat Port and brought my ship." ”

He patted Chen Ran on the shoulder: "If you are slow, I may not be able to hold it." ”