Zhenzhu smiled: "Don't be afraid, the guests have heard about your adventure, so I asked you to come over and ask casually, say a few words of gossip and come out." As he spoke, he carefully gave He Angelica a haircut and sideburns, and led her to the West Chamber.

When I entered the West Chamber, I heard Taishan's high voice chattering endlessly to make amends: "Sins and sins, I must discipline my disciples well when I turn around, and I offend the distinguished guests, it's really ......."

Then a deep voice interrupted her: "A misunderstanding, Mrs. Shi doesn't have to worry about it." ”

It turned out that since Jinyiwei stayed at the Taoist Temple yesterday, Taishan sent more than a dozen Taoist aunts to serve their living and dining meals. Most of these people are the children of nobles in the capital, and they have always been used to being served, and they didn't feel anything wrong at first, so they accepted it calmly.

Who knew that those Taoist aunts were all bent on the goal of "flying on the branches and becoming phoenixes", so none of them were peaceful, not because they were not thoughtful enough, but because they were too thoughtful. After eating a meal, this one helped to pick up vegetables, that one persuaded him to drink, and he didn't forget to promote himself in his mouth, and one of them actually sang a little song, which made the scalp of several Jinyi Wei generals numb.

However, Duan Xiaolou, Lu Jiangbei, Liao Zhiyuan and others have excellent cultivation, especially Duan Xiaolou, a natural flower messenger, who feels that girls are all delicate characters, and they shouldn't say anything serious to them. Therefore, although a few people felt very uncomfortable yesterday, they reluctantly ate a meal accompanied by more than a dozen Dao Gu.

At lunch the next day, the Dao aunts arrived as scheduled, and Gao Jue's face immediately darkened. After entering the banquet and not eating a few bites, everyone's hearts felt more and more awkward, just because the enthusiasm of these Taoist aunts continued unabated, and a few even pasted the whole person. Gao Jue couldn't hold it back for a while, and the anger that had accumulated for two days burst out, and he suddenly pulled out a three-finger-wide broad-backed knife from his waist, and inserted it in the middle of the dining table with a "bang", viciously three inches into the wood, and scared away all the Dao aunts.

Except for Duan Xiaolou's reprimand for Gao Jue's behavior, there were smiles in the eyes of several other people who couldn't hide it. After scaring Dao Gu away, everyone calmly finished their lunch.

Lord Geng rinsed his mouth and couldn't help sighing: "Crispy fried crucian carp, phoenix skirt wings...... It seems that our identity, the people here already know something, this matter is a little bad, originally lived here to hide our whereabouts. ”

Lu Jiangbei also frowned: "That's right, there won't be such good dishes in a small Taoist temple, even for the guests, there are chickens and fish are already rich enough." But they deliberately prepared the best seats, probably because they knew that we were officials, so they didn't dare to slack off. ”

Jiang Pi glanced at Duan Xiaolou and said, "Duan Shao, you told those two little Dao aunts yesterday that we are officials, could it be that they leaked out?" ”

Duan Xiaolou raised his eyebrows: "But you also said last night that your burden was moved, and a strand of hair in the official plate fell out." ”

Master Geng shook his head: "Nowadays, it doesn't matter who speaks out, the important thing is to find out how many people know our identity now, and let them keep their mouths shut. ”

As he was talking, Taishan came from outside, and before the sound of people arrived, "Ya Ya Ya! Slack and slack, forgive sins! ”

After some confession, Lu Jiangbei asked straight to the point, how could Taishan know their identities. Taishan couldn't hide it, so he said that the apprentice accidentally saw their official disk, although the apprentice didn't know much, but he also knew that everyone was an official master.

So Lord Geng pretended to be angry, saying that they had come to this remote Taoist temple because they didn't want people to know their whereabouts, and those who learned their identities had to keep them a secret or they would be imprisoned for "obstructing official business." was so frightened that Taishan nodded again and again, promising that the two of them would not tell anything except for himself who knew about this matter. Taishan secretly decided in his heart that he would lock up Zhenxi first when he went back.

Lu Jiangbei inquired about Taishan again, and the two Taoist aunts he met when he went up the mountain yesterday said that one of them was quite outstanding in appearance and speech, but Taishan couldn't remember that there was such a character among his disciples. Duan Xiaolou mentioned it again, wanting to visit Miss He who came back from the dead, so Taishan asked someone to call He Angelica and Zhenzhu.

Zhenzhu was waiting outside the courtyard, He Angelica wore a green cotton jacket skirt, a simple bun with clouds on his head, and gave a blessing by the door after entering the house: "Guests are blessed." ”

A few people sitting in the hall looked at each other, the little Dao Gu I saw yesterday turned out to be Miss He? Lu Jiangbei smiled first: "Haha, that's it!" Miss He, that's the case, the identity of the officials doesn't want others to know, but Duan Qi inadvertently told you yesterday, and I ask you and the other little girl yesterday not to tell it. ”

He Angelica hung his head and answered "yes". Taishan is very angry in his heart, how can the officials be kind to a little girl, but the master of his own view is too much, but he uses "going to prison" as a threat?

Duan Xiaolou stood up, took his cup of untouched tea, put it in the last seat, and said politely: "It turns out that you are not a Dao aunt, but a young lady from a family, it was really rude to block the road and ask questions yesterday." I heard that you have just recovered from a serious illness, and you are tired and panicked when you stand, so come and sit down. Liao Zhiyuan smiled strangely, and immediately took a knife from Duan Xiaolou.

He Angelica sat down as she said, and Duan Xiaolou asked her if her sprained foot was better, where else did she feel unwell, what medicine she was taking to recuperate, and when would her family pick her up.

Taishan's heart immediately hung up, afraid that his mistreatment of He Angelica would be exposed, and listening to the tone of this official, he seemed to be very concerned about this little girl? Alas, I should have been nice to her if I had known. Moreover, they just met on the mountain road yesterday, but they lied to these officials that Miss He had just taken medicine and fell asleep, and I don't know if they would pursue this "crime of deception".

He Angelica's face was not shocked, although he received a warm greeting from Duan Xiaolou, a beautiful son, he didn't see anything on his face that he was ecstatic, flattered, or grateful, he just lowered his eyebrows and answered one by one, the answer was more satisfactory than Taishan imagined, so Taishan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Liao Zhiyuan said with a smile: "I heard that Miss He went to Xianfu for two days before returning to us, is there anything new on the way?" ”

He Angelica paused for a long time before hesitating: "I don't have any impression of the others, I just remember it...... I met an old man with kind eyebrows and a childish face, and I had some adventures...... But when the little woman woke up and thought about it, she felt that she had probably had a strange dream, which was not an adventure. ”

"Oh?!" Several people asked in unison, "What adventure?" ”

He Angelica saw that others were so concerned, and couldn't help but say with a look on his face: "This memory is not real...... It seems to be ...... I got a pill from the old man, and when I took it, I felt that I suddenly had strength in my body. Then I opened my eyes and saw that I was lying in the mourning hall. ”

Lu Jiangbei clasped his index finger on the table and exclaimed: "Adventure, it is indeed an adventure!" Miss He's creation is really rare, what do you say, Lord Geng? ”

Lord Geng? He Angelica looked at the blue-robed man who was slightly bowing his head, and when she met him on the mountain yesterday, she could roughly see that he was the leader of the nine brocade guards.

At this time, the blue-robed man sat diagonally opposite her, so she looked up and glanced faintly. I saw that this man was in his forties, lean, cold, with high and flat cheekbones, not heroic facial features, slightly sunken eyes, deep and unfathomable eyes, and an indescribable natural and fearful bearing.

He Angelica was silent on her face, but her heart was cold, when she thought that she was secretly running for Zhu Quan in her previous life, she had seen many officials of all kinds, and she couldn't pick out a few people with this kind of aura. And her intuition told her that the shocking feeling was not so much domineering as it was aggressiveness.

Master Geng...... Could it be him! Geng Bingxiu!

Geng Bingxiu, the founding general and the younger brother of Geng Bingwen, the Marquis of Changxing, is the commander of the four-grade brocade guard, and is known as "the first cool official in the world".

It is reported that on weekdays, he is quiet and self-reliant everywhere, just like ordinary people. And once he catches the enemy's sore feet, when he is in trouble, Geng Bingxiu will instantly turn into a hell Shura. The coldness and hardness of his heart and the cruelty of his methods have reached the point of being terrifying, and even Zhu Quan, who has always been obscure and hidden, is quite jealous of him. Within the next ten years, more than a thousand enemies begged for mercy on their knees under his soul whip.

It is now the Hongwu period, and this Geng Bingxiu should be a new inauguration, just a little-known small role, and the murderous reputation of the "first cool official" has not yet been heard of. Thinking of this, He Angelica's palms were slightly covered with a layer of cold sweat, why did these people come to Yangzhou? Why do you still live in the Taoist temple and don't leave?

Geng Bingxiu suddenly asked her: "What are the characteristics of the old man in your dream?" Did you say anything? ”

He Angelica frowned, made a gesture of trying to remember, and then said slowly: "That old man is far away from me, and I only vaguely remember that he was holding a peach cane...... By the way, his brain is much more protruding than ordinary people! He seemed to say that I had not yet lived a life, and it was fate to meet him, so he gave me a pill of life-saving pills, and I thanked him...... Well, also, he said again, it wasn't a special good pill, it was just a little slag left over from Lao Jun's alchemy, and whether it could work or not depended on my own creation. After saying that, I had an orange pill in my hand. ”

Everyone present could hear it, and even Taishan's eyes when he looked at He Angelica did not have the disdainful attitude he had before. After a long time, Duan Xiaolou Fang laughed and said, "Fortunately, lucky! Miss He ate the elixir and was able to come back from the dead, and it should be no problem to live to be 180 years old in the future! ”

He Angelica's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly shook his head and argued: "How can there be such a thing!" Not to mention, the old man never said that he was an immortal, not to mention that this whole thing was just a dream of the little woman. ”

Lu Jiangbei stared at her face with burning eyes, and sighed: "The girl is so good, you should meet the birthday star among the three immortals of Penglai - the Antarctic Immortal!" Although the world has praised the birthday star Weng for thousands of years, how many people have really seen it? And Miss He, you can be given medicine by the immortals, it is really gratifying! ”

He Angelica lowered his eyes timidly and said no more. And I muttered to myself in my heart, hey, hey, this is all what you said, I didn't say anything. Everyone sighed a few words again, Geng Bingxiu said that they still had some things to do, so Taishan and He Angelica stood up together and said goodbye.

Walking out of the hospital, Zhenzhu was still waiting by the wall, Taishan looked at He Angelica, smiled kindly, and said: "Miss He, I still have a few words to explain to Zhenzhu, you go back and rest first, and I will ask someone to grab a few pairs of medicine for you to recuperate later." He Angelica thanked him and left.

As soon as He Angelica walked on the front foot, Taishan hurriedly grabbed Zhenzhu's hand and muttered, and then Zhenzhu nodded lightly and left quickly.

Zhenzhu walked straight to the side room in the north courtyard, and saw a few women sitting inside, leaning their heads while roasting the fire and saying something like "demon" and "broom star". Zhenzhu stood in the doorway, knocked on the door of the wooden house that was wide open, and the women looked up and saw Zhenzhu, and got up to greet them with a wry smile.

Zhenzhu pretended not to hear their right call, and congratulated repeatedly: "Congratulations, congratulations!" Do you know that you have a great event in Luofu now? ”

The second monk of Li Jiuguang's family was puzzled, and said strangely: "Master Zhenzhu, what do you say we have in Luofu?" ”

Zhenzhu learned the description of He Angelica just now, plus the analysis and rhetoric of several guests, word for word, and finally said: "Originally, my master was afraid that Miss He would be weak, so he left you here to take care of it. Now it seems that Miss He is in good health, her face is ruddy and ruddy, she is really blessed! While it's still early today, why don't you hurry up and report the matter to the old ladies and ladies, and make them happy? ”

The more the women listened, the more surprised they became, and when they had finished, they began to look at each other. Liu Guijia sighed first: "I didn't expect that she was the most blessed among the young ladies of Luofu!" At a young age, he was given medicine by the gods, and he was really envious of others. ”

Gao Dashan's greedy eyes were red: "Oh, Amitabha, I am also a lifelong believer in Buddhism, when will I be able to meet an immortal Bodhisattva who will give me some elixir holy water and ask for a long life?" The other women who were sent by the Luo family to send the spirit also echoed in unison, saying that they often went to burn incense and worship the Buddha.

Zhenzhu smiled faintly and said: "There are gods three feet above your head, and the gods in the sky will see clearly your kindness and piety, and maybe there will be any rewards in the future." But for now, I still went to inform Miss He's family of this first, so that they were all happy. As she spoke, she took out a piece of broken silver from her sleeve cage, put it in Liu Guijia's hand, and said, "A little loose money, the right to be your travel money, please don't dislike it." ”

The Huang Han family was so happy in their hearts that they couldn't help it, looking at the size of this dime, I was afraid that there would be more than four taels, even if they took the car back and forth ten times, they wouldn't be able to use it up. The second grandmother who is in charge of their family usually only rewards one and two hangings, even if it is too much, but it is strange that a sister-in-law in this Taoist temple is so arrogant? Having said that, this thing is unreasonable, their mother-in-law has nothing to do with Zhenzhu, and if you ask who reaches out to ask for money, it won't be on her head?

Several women next to him also had the same idea at the same time, and their faces suddenly looked embarrassed. Accept the money, they were originally sent by their employers to hire each other for funeral treatment, but now that the funeral is in vain, what is the reason for collecting money from her as a monk? But don't take it, I want it very much...... In the past few days, they have been indignant about the matter of paying their own travel expenses, so everyone has not spoken.

Zhenzhu seemed to see their thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's okay for you to accept it, this money was originally given by Miss He to you for tea on the way, but I was afraid that everyone would not accept her child's money, so she didn't let me say it." And speaking of which, she is also your master, so you should be paid for your hard work. ”

Several women suddenly smiled, you and I praised Miss He inside and out, and then collected the money with peace of mind and set off down the mountain.

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He Angelica returned to the West Chamber, saw that the door of the house was open, pushed the door in, and found that Zhenjing was not in the house, and there was still half a bowl of brown sugar rice soup left in Zhenjing's porcelain bowl on the table.

Leaning on the head of the bed, He Angelica closed his eyes and rested his mind. Last night, although she used an embroidery needle to dredge the veins and channel the heat poison in her heart out, her foundation was still very empty. As the saying goes, illness is like a thread, unless there are a few doses of good medicine to eat, otherwise it will be raised so slowly, and your body will be tossed for more than ten days.

He Angelica touched the soup can, it was still very hot, so he poured out another bowl of rice soup, and thought while drinking it - money, what she lacks most now is money. Except for the "Rich Immortal Lock" in his arms, which can never be moved, he is really penniless now. But a penny is difficult for a hero, she needs money to treat her illness and grab medicine, she needs money to take away Zhenjing, and she also needs a sum of capital to do business, where does the money come from?

She drank the soup and thought about it for a while, and gradually had one or two plans in her heart, and she couldn't help but smile slightly.

Suddenly, Zhenjing ran in from outside the door in a panic, and when she saw that He Angelica had returned, she immediately pulled the corners of her mouth to reveal an ugly smile, and said incoherently: "I'm back, I didn't show my stuff, what about it?" Do you want to take a nap? This bowl of rice soup is so delicious, haha! ”

He Angelica saw that her words did not match the words, raised his eyebrows suspiciously, looked at her carefully, and couldn't help but throw away the soup bowl and grab her, pull out her hands hidden under the wide sleeves, and said coldly: "Who beat her?" ”