On the first day of the first month of winter, it is advisable to get married and avoid migration.

In November in Baihai City, there is no summer heat, and occasionally a gust of autumn wind can't help but make pedestrians shiver on the road. Yingbin Street is the most lively commercial street in Baihai City, a road is wide and long, both sides are major shopping malls and shops, the goods are dazzling, the street is the world of street vendors, snacks and drinks, cooking and frying, there are many patterns. Occasionally, there are small gambling games on the roadside, which are often very popular, but whenever there is spare money, they will gather around to play a handful.

There are many kinds of these juggling games, some of which are "guessing pots", that is, the boss takes out a ball, puts it under a bowl, and then exchanges it back and forth with several other bowls to scramble, and then lets you guess. If you can guess correctly the first time, you will be given a prize, or cash. The more common game is the "ring", spread a piece of cloth on the ground, neatly place dozens of small objects, and then give you three small bamboo rings, throw out the set, which one in the set will be given to you. Of course, in this kind of trick, the boss often has his own tricks, one out of ten times, or one miss, in short, the boss will make a steady profit.

"Ouch, I lost again, I obviously saw it under this basin!" An angry voice came from the crowd, and on a corner of Yingbin Street, a group of people were playing a game of "guessing the pot". The middle-aged man took out another ten yuan and shouted, "Come on, I'll guess again, I don't believe it!" ”

The boss smiled and took the money, put a small ball under a bowl, and there were three empty bowls next to it, buckled it down at the same time, and then moved the four bowls with both hands quickly. The people around them held their breath, the boss suddenly stopped, the middle-aged man pointed to the bowl in the middle, and said excitedly: "I saw it, I saw it this time, it's under this bowl, absolutely yes!" ”

The boss opened the bowl in the middle, but it was empty, everyone laughed, the middle-aged man was even more ashamed, beat his chest for a while, and took out ten yuan to continue playing, and there was a clear laugh next to him: "Big brother, can you let me play once?" ”

The middle-aged man looked back, and there was a tall and thin young man behind him, carrying a cloth bag, wearing a black robe, his hair was messy, and he looked nondescript, except for a pair of eyes as bright as stars. The middle-aged man couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother, in this peaceful and prosperous world, you came back from the famine?" ”

There was laughter all around, and the young man was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "It's not an escape, it's better than an escape." Now that I'm so hungry that I haven't eaten, won't you be able to double the money if you win this game once? I don't have a penny, big brother, why don't you vote ten dollars, let me guess, if I win, you just give me five dollars. I'll buy instant noodles and eat it. ”

The middle-aged man pursed his mouth, turned his head, and laughter came from around: "Lao Zhang, you just change your luck, look at what you lost, a hundred yuan in the morning is gone!" ”

Lao Zhang snorted: "It's all you who are blindly coaxing around, so that I can't see clearly." I'm definitely going to turn it over this time! Boss, come again! He said and handed the money to the boss, who smiled and started again. Lao Zhang stared carefully, hesitated, or turned around and said, "Come, brother, you come and play and see your luck." ”

The young man smiled, took a step forward, stretched out his hand and pointed to the bowl on the left, and the boss smiled: "Okay, it's open!" ”

"Wait, I mean, this bowl is empty." Without waiting for the boss to make a move, the young man pointed to the bowl in the middle and said, "Well, this is also empty." Then he picked up the bowl on the far right and said with a smile: "This one is also empty." Three empty ones, boss, am I hit? ”

The boss looked embarrassed, but there was a lot of applause around. Four bowls, three of which were empty, and the last one, of course, had a ball. Lao Zhang was pleasantly surprised, took the twenty yuan, and said with a smile: "Brother, come again, you come again!" ”

"Big brother, it's not a good thing to be insatiable, just give me five yuan." The young man smiled and spoke.

"Why are you insatiable, brother, you have good eyesight, help my eldest brother and me a few more, at least earn back the money I went out in the morning!" Lao Zhang said with a bitter face: "You also heard, I lost a hundred yuan in the morning, all because of this broken game, the mentality exploded, you have another hand!" ”

"Okay, just make a hundred bucks." The young man smiled and began to play "Guess the pot" again. He didn't guess which pot had the ball every time, only guessed the one that didn't have the ball, and in less than a while, a hundred yuan was earned. The boss was sweating like rain, and when he heard that Lao Zhang was going to come again, his hands trembled, and he almost didn't break the bowl.

The young man handed a hundred yuan to Lao Zhang, and said with a smile: "Let's not spoil the boss's business, big brother, your principal is earned, give me five yuan, and I will thank you." ”

Lao Zhang hurriedly said: "Brother, don't, I can see that you are a master, anyway, it's cold now, it's nothing, just play games on the street, you see, there are other projects, why don't you go and play that 'ring'?" ”

The owner of the ring next to him, as soon as he heard this, looked at the young man's ability, trembled, and shouted with a bamboo ring: "Ouch, I'm sorry everyone, it's not a coincidence today, there is something at home that doesn't come out!" ”

The young man smiled and said, "I have to go home, I don't have time." ”

"Come on, brother, this hundred dollars is not mine anymore, it's all for you." Lao Zhang is obese and very festive. He stuffed the hundred-dollar bill over and said with a smile: "You're right, we can't be insatiable." But brother, why are you so good? I'd like to talk to you about it. To tell you the truth, I love these street gadgets, but unfortunately I lose everything nine times out of ten. What skills do you have, teach me? Otherwise, go to my house for a hot pot and let's talk while eating! ”

This old Zhang was born in business, traveled from south to north, and was used to coming up. The young man shook his head and said with a smile: "I have been out for three months, and now I have just come back, and I haven't arrived home yet." ”

"Where is your home?" Lao Zhang smiled: "We are also friends, my name is Zhang Jiuhe, move around more in the future." ”

The young man smiled: "My home, in the Pure Yang Taoist Temple, you should have heard of it, it's not far from here." ”

This young man is none other than Qi Mu.

Three months ago, Qi Mu came down from Cangyun Mountain in Shancheng City, and wanted to transfer to a plane and come back directly, but he met Boss Zhou in Shancheng, and Boss Zhou learned that this little Taoist master was leaving, so he insisted on staying for a few days, eating a few meals, and asked Qi Mu to pray for his little grandson and calculate the future.

Qi Mu saved the life of Boss Zhou's grandson, who was already a fairy-level existence in Boss Zhou's heart, and said that he was unwilling to let Qi Mu leave early, almost all of which meant that Qi Mu would teach his little grandson and stay in the Zhou family for the rest of his life.

Qi Mu stayed for a few days, and relatives and friends from the Zhou family came to visit, this one asked about the future, the other asked about the emotion of marriage, as well as headaches, brain fever, infertility, everything came to ask Qi Mu, and regarded him as a living immortal. At first, he could barely answer, pretending to be, and if he didn't work, he would flip through the "Taoist Code of Conduct" and talk nonsense.

But with more people in contact, Qi Mu found that his qi cultivation became more and more refined, especially when helping people see a doctor, when his mind moved, the qi source often had a special reaction, at first the breath could only gather at the fingertips, and then he was able to perceive foreign objects outside the body.

In this way, Qi Musheng had the idea that it would be better to walk all the way back to Baihai City, which is also a practice. Along the way, help this, stay here again, and when I returned to Baihai City, three months had passed.

Zhang Jiuhe was stunned for a moment, then looked at Qi Mu's dress, and couldn't help asking: "Pure Yang Taoist Temple?" Are you a Taoist priest of the Pure Yang Taoist Temple? ”

Qi Mu smiled: "Yes." Since Brother Zhang is a local, he should know about the Pure Yang Taoist Temple. ”

"You know, the only Taoist hall in our city, just walk forward on Yingbin Street, cross the bridge in front of you, opposite Wumiao Nunnery," Zhang Jiuhe was verbose: "There is a Taoist hall, a nunnery, all of which are key protected buildings, with a history of hundreds of years." ”

Qi Muhan smiled and nodded: "I'll go back first, Brother Zhang is free, you can come to the Taoist hall to make incense, let's eat together." ”

"How else do you get incense?" Zhang Jiuhe frowned and said, "You haven't been back for a long time, haven't you?" Now there, it's no longer a Taoist temple. ”

"What? Not a Taoist temple? Qi Mujian raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter?" Who demolished my Taoist temple! ”

"Ouch, it's not demolished, the Taoist temple is still there." Zhang Jiuhe shook his head and said: "It's just that the door is surrounded by water, and there are still a lot of people living inside, none of whom are from the Taoist temple, and now no one goes to the Taoist temple to offer incense." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Qi Mu frowned.

"About two months ago, a group of people selling things came here, and they wanted to do business on Yingbin Street," Zhang Jiuhe shook his head and continued: "But there are so many stalls here, and there are many people in the gang, so they saw that the place at the entrance of the Taoist temple was good, big and spacious, so they went there to set up stalls." They sell some exquisite knives, portraits of living Buddhas, special aromatherapy or something, and the business is good, but they just make it a miasma. Especially at night, this group of people does not go anywhere else, but directly sets up a bunk in the Taoist temple, sleeps and eats. ”

Qi Mu was furious when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Does no one care? What about our urban management brigade. ”

"What's the matter, people are in groups, circulating cases, as soon as someone comes, they immediately close the stall and hide in the Taoist temple," Zhang Jiuhe said: "The person in charge doesn't want to make a big deal, so what should I do if I go to the Taoist temple to arrest people and destroy the protected buildings?" So I just opened one eye and closed one eye. In the past, there was a Taoist temple Zhang Daochang, who had the same surname as me, hehe, quite a bit of ability, no one dared to mess around in the Taoist temple. But Zhang Daochang didn't know where to go, and the Taoist temple was occupied by the dove. ”

"Daochang Zhang is not here, I will take care of Daoist Qi!" Qi Mu smiled slightly, turned around, his Dao robe flew up, and strode in the direction of the Pure Yang Taoist Temple.

Zhang Jiuhe looked at his back, frowned, and muttered to himself: "I remember that there was a little Taoist priest next to Daochang Zhang before, is that him?" As he spoke, he followed.