Since there was a thief in the prince's house, the prince seemed to be 'frightened', and he didn't go out of the yard for seven or eight days, and he refused to go out of the house every day, but there were two days he couldn't avoid, that is, the first and fifteenth days of the new year, and that was the day when he went to the Taoist temple to offer incense.

In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of the eighth month, and it was the day of incense, after breakfast, Zhao Ta went to the Taoist temple accompanied by Jianxi, Fengxi and two small yellow doors, kowtowed to the Sanqing patriarch, and then listened to Qingyun explain the Tao Te Ching. "There was chaos between heaven and earth, Pangu opened the world, and Nuwa used loess to shape people and creatures in the world..."

The first few lectures, Qingyun yawned and drowsy the prince, making him feel extremely defeated, this time he changed his way and started with Taoist stories to arouse the prince's interest. It is said that his idea is good, but he never imagined that the soul of Zhao Ta's body at this time is from the later generations, these mythical stories, since kindergarten, I have listened to my aunt tell them over and over again, comic books, cartoons are overwhelming, there is nothing new, that is, the wonderful version of the later generations that has been processed countless times is not a little stronger than the original version that Qingyun said.

"Oh..." Zhao Ta covered his mouth in time, held back the yawn that had just reached his throat, looked at the few guys on the side who were full of interest, and looked at the Qingyun spitting stars flying in front of him, and the old face piled up various expressions to make his story more vivid, the old Tao worked so hard Zhao Ta also wanted to give some face, but he really couldn't raise his interest, and finally closed his eyes and went to meet Zhou Gong.

"Alas, it seems that the prince is not my Taoist..." Seeing that Zhao Ta was asleep again, Qingyun sighed secretly, hurriedly ended his speech, and ordered the two apprentices to send the prince to the quiet room, and hid in the Dan room himself.

"Second master, Xiaodao heard that there is a golden python in the back garden, but there is such a thing!" Qingyun's eldest apprentice, Mingyue, sent a bowl of iced sour plum soup, sat on the side and asked with a smile.

"No, I've never seen it, have you heard of it?" Zhao Talen was stunned, he really hadn't seen this thing in the garden. "No, I haven't seen it either!" Jianxi shook his head and said.

"Hehe, don't deceive the trail, I met the gardener Lao Zhangtou a few days ago, he told me personally, the python is covered with golden scales, and there are two protrusions on its head, like double horns, the master said that it is a psychic thing, and if you have achieved cultivation, you can turn into a real dragon after the catastrophe!" Mingyue refused to believe Zhao Ta's words, thinking that she was lying to him.

"Cut, the old head is dizzy, maybe he sees the roots of the tree as a python, and he is talking nonsense!" Zhao Ta took a sip of sour plum soup and said with a chuckle, the story of this kind of cow ghost and snake god in his previous life is often proven to be nonsense, the snake can turn into a dragon, and he doesn't believe it if he is killed.

"That's it, the second master and I played in the garden every day a few days ago, and I never saw it, and I never heard Lao Zhangtou talk about it, he must be lying to you!" Jianxi pointed at him and said, "Oh, I see, you want to play in our garden, but you can't get in, so you make up stories to lie to us, right?" Seeing Xi seemed to suddenly understand, he said with a smile.

"Xi Ye, you have wronged the death of the Tao, the old Zhang Tou grandson fell into the evil spirit, came to the view to seek a talisman to exorcise the evil spirit, said it in front of everyone, the master also heard it, we didn't believe it at first, but he swore that he saw the python in the morning on the rockery spitting clouds and mist, can it be fake?" Mingyue saw that several people didn't believe it, and her anxious tears were about to fall, and she said with a blushing face.

"Okay, just say what you said is true, we will ask Old Man Zhang when we go back in the afternoon, if you lie to someone, go back and let your master beat you board!" Seeing that Mingyue was anxious, she said with a smile.

"Okay, if I'm talking nonsense, let the master beat me on the board, but what I said is true, you have to take me to see that psychic python!" Mingyue said without showing weakness.

"Okay, that's it, you wait to be beaten!" Seeing Xi said with a smile.

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At noon, a few people ate a vegetarian meal in the Taoist temple, although they were all ordinary things, but they were made by the hands of the little Taoist priest and had a unique flavor, no one was staring here, Zhao Ta also had a full meal, and after the meal, he took a break in the quiet room, and he ran to Qingyun's warehouse to search for it, and let the little yellow door hold the bottles and cans, and then left the Taoist temple and walked back with satisfaction.

This house was originally a manor placed by a squire in Beijing, ready to be used for the elderly in the future, but I didn't expect the old man to commit something, and the house was beaten into Yuanyou and his party and exiled to Jiangnan before it was repaired, and the house and the manor were both official, and this time it was cheaper for Zhao Ta. ,

The whole courtyard is divided into three roads, the main buildings are concentrated in the middle road, the north of the central block faces south for the five house gates, the door is the front hall, the back hall, the back light room and the east and west matching rooms, all of them are five rooms wide, the courtyard is surrounded by even rooms, and the most lull is the garden; The west side of the road is the horse ring and the car car room, the back is the warehouse, the Buddha hall at the back of the most Lu has been changed into a small Taoist temple, now lives the Qingyun old Taoist and several of his disciples who 'suppress evil spirits'; the east road is their main living area, the front is the ancestral hall, the big kitchen, and the stage, the back is divided into the spring garden, the summer rhyme, the autumn makeup and the winter posture are four courtyards.

There are two doors in the back hall, from here on, they all belong to the inner courtyard, which is managed by the inner chambers, and others are not allowed to enter and exit casually, and the front is called the outer courtyard, which is taken care of by the stewards of the house. Zhao Ta is only seven years old now, and he is not married, he only occupies the Winter Garden, and the rest are empty and no one lives. Both sides are next to the garden, and you only need to pass through the two side doors to go through the garden and return to the accommodation on the east road.

"See, where are the people on duty here?" Zhao Ta turned the corner gate of the Taoist temple and walked to the garden gate and asked, This place used to be guarded by the miscellaneous servants of the outer courtyard to prevent people from entering the outer courtyard, but now there is no trace.

"Second master, these days, in order to prevent thieves, everyone has arranged for them to be on duty at night, and everyone is also tired, I don't know where to run and be lazy!" Miki replied immediately.

"Well, why don't you care? Bastard things, there are female dependents in the inner courtyard, can outsiders come and go casually? Immediately arrange for people to take turns on duty, and don't let outsiders in and out! Zhao Ta reprimanded, these people forgot the pain when their scars were healed, and when they saw that there was nothing wrong with them in the past few days, they relaxed their vigilance again.

"Yes, yes, I'll teach them a lesson when I go back, and arrange for someone to guard them!" Seeing Xi agreeing as he walked, "Second master, is what you said Yueyue true or not, there will be a big python in the garden?" Jianxi asked again.

"Who knows, I haven't seen it anyway." Zhao Ta said disapprerovingly, there are trees and water in the garden, and snakes like shade, and it is not a strange thing to have snakes, but this garden has just been built, and the possibility of having a big snake is still very small.

"Second master, it's still early, should we go and find out?" Entering the garden, I saw that Xi instructed the little yellow door to tie the door, and walked two steps to follow the prince and said with a smile.

"Huh?" Zhao Ta snorted, looked at Jianxi and looked at several other people, all of them were full of anticipation, and couldn't help shaking their heads and smiling bitterly, although these people are all incomplete people, but they are also teenagers in the fourteenth and fifteenth fiveteenth century, it is the age of fun and activity, these days they are nesting in the house all day long, they can't go out of the yard, they have long been uncomfortable, I heard that there is a bit of a new thing, and the psychology of hunting is worshipping, and they all want to see it, "Okay, I also want to see what Mingyue looks like, let's go and see if there is any!" ”

"Okay, Fengxi, you first send the prince's things to the small study, report to the big official, and say that the prince wants to play in the garden for a while and go back!" Seeing that Zhao Ta agreed, seeing that Xi Xi raised his eyebrows, he turned around and told Feng Xidao, although Feng Xi was full of reluctance, he didn't dare to disobey, and promised to go first with a bitter face.

The back garden is very large, occupies more than 30 acres of land, although it is not as good as the palace, but it is also a pavilion and pavilion with all kinds of pavilions, and the rain corridor is built all around, even if it is rainy, the feet will not be sticky. Now is the time for a hundred flowers to bloom, and the garden is fragrant.

"Lao Zhang, what are you blowing with Mingyue, there is a python in our garden, where is it? Gentlemen, come and see! Turning the corner of the porch, he shouted at an old man who was leading two gardeners to prune the flower tree.

"Xiye is here!" The old man raised his head and put down the flower scissors and bowed and said, "Yo, the second master is also here, you don't come to the garden for a few days, the python that came from nowhere a few days ago is so old behind the rockery, it looks very scary!" The old man said boldly and loudly, Zhao Ta looked at him with a face full of fear, not like he was telling a lie.

"What nonsense, our second master is a dragon species, and that snake will also obey him when he sees it!" Jianxi snorted, "But Lao Zhang, you have to fool us, be careful that I come back and knock out your teeth!" ”

"How dare I, I went up to water just now, and I saw the snake enjoying the shade on the stone in front of the pavilion on the back mountainside, it should still be there now, be careful, don't be bitten by it!" Lao Zhang pointed to the rockery and said, his words were full of concern.

"Okay, let's go check it out!" Seeing that there was a wooden pole on the side, he drew a few of them, and gave one to each of the two small yellow doors, leaving a long one for himself, "You two walk ahead, be careful, don't scare it away!" Seeing that Xi ordered the two little yellow doors to walk in front, he escorted Zhao Ta to walk behind, and no longer paid attention to Lao Zhangtou.

The rockery is piled up with excavated pond mud, the highest place is more than ten meters high, it is full of flowers and trees, there are all kinds of strange-shaped lake stones, several pavilions of different forms are scattered on it, the path of bluestone slab leads to the top of the mountain, it is very beautiful. Several teenagers were busy looking for the python, and walked to the back mountain according to the instructions of the old gardener, and they didn't have the heart to see these flowers and plants.

Walking and walking, Zhao Ta suddenly felt that something was wrong, the mountain was lush with grass and trees, what happened on the top, the people below the mountain couldn't find out at all, if someone wanted to be unfavorable to themselves here, it was really a good place.

"Second master, it's here in front, I don't know if we can see the python?" Seeing that Xi didn't notice Zhao Ta's doubts, he took his hand and said excitedly.

"Oh!" Zhao Tan agreed indiscriminately, and felt that he was not a little bit of a soldier, coming here for a temporary purpose, how could someone know in advance that Lu Dao was ambushed here, he touched the pistol in his waist and calmed down.