Chapter 123: Rich Anyway
For the current Chen Letian, a thousand taels of silver is really nothing, because his big housekeeper Qin Tieniu's ability to make money is too great.
He returned to Wudang this time and brought thousands of taels of silver tickets, but fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty was peaceful and peaceful, and the money village was abundant and stable, otherwise he would be tired and vomit blood from carrying a few thousand taels of silver to Wudang.
Before returning to Beijing, he never had more than ten taels of silver on him. Although the military salary of the Great Song Dynasty was rich, most of them were spent on inviting the robes to drink wine and eat meat, and a few spent on buying books. He has little interest in money since he was a child, when he was a child, when he had money, he invited other friends to eat sugar gourds, and when he grew up, he didn't care how much money he had, just enough to invite people to eat and drink, and it was useless if he had more.
After returning to Beijing, before my husband left for a long time, the family's business was not salty or light, and he didn't have time to ask his husband how much money his family had now. Later, Mr. left to travel, Qin Tieniu took over, and in less than a month, Qin Tieniu told him to settle the accounts, which startled him, only to find that his family was so rich.
So before he left home this time, he thought of these real people on Wudang Mountain who couldn't even afford to drink good wine, and asked Tie Niu if he could get some money out. Tie Niu directly said that you can take it now if you have less than 10,000 taels, and if you have more, you will have to wait, and there are many accounts that have not been recovered... Chen Letian was taken aback by his words, and he couldn't help but ask Qin Tieniu, where did you get so much money for 10,000 taels?
Qin Tieniu didn't care to say, what is this money, according to my estimate, after a year, 50,000 taels may not be a problem.
Chen Letian shook his head and shouted terrible. After finishing speaking, he took a few thousand taels and returned to Wudang.
After this cultivation, Master Leader asked him to go to the Heavenly Dao Cliff every other day, so that he no longer had to fight against poison every day like before. With more free time, Chen Letian spends his morning reading in the library and out for a stroll in the afternoon. Sometimes I go down the mountain to walk around the town, and sometimes I look at the Wudang clouds one by one to see the clear peaks of the mountain.
There are too many scenery in Wudang, peaks, rocks, streams, holes, pools, springs, pools, large and small scenery together, some tourists want to see them all, without looking at the flowers, at least seven or eight days to see it.
Therefore, Chen Letian walks in the cloud and fog cover every afternoon, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth in the beautiful scenery of Wudang, which is also a different kind of practice.
Wang Chongyang doesn't know what he's doing recently, he often nests in his house, Chen Letian went to look for him, he only said in the house: "If you have something, don't disturb me." Chen Letian had to leave in a huff.
The other uncles didn't have much to do with their master and Wang Chongyang, and Chen Letian would occasionally go to them to talk.
Second uncle Zhao Huating often squinted at the book and looked bad, stared at Chen Letian and said, Lotte, what books have you been reading recently?
Chen Letian honestly said what he was reading and what doubts he had.
Zhao Huating will give him some of his own opinions, which is like a treasure for Chen Letian.
Zhao Huating said with a smile, you and the senior brother are masters and apprentices, so don't call us uncles. Let's talk about our own things, especially in front of those people in the academy in the future, but don't call us uncle, your teachers will be unhappy.
Chen Letian said, isn't this disrespectful to the teacher?
Zhao Huating said that it is enough to respect it in your heart.
Chen Letian sighed, "When will I be able to catch up with the realm of the Great True Man?"
As for the third uncle, Tortoise Meng, Chen Letian really wants to thank him. Later, when Chen Letian heard Wang Chongyang say, he knew that every time he entered the Heavenly Dao Forest Heavenly Dao Cliff to cultivate, Senior Uncle Lu would be outside the Heavenly Dao Forest, carrying the best pill of Wudang Mountain in his arms, and guarded it carefully. As soon as Chen Letian falls to the ground, Tortoise Meng will rush in as soon as possible to check Chen Letian's injury, and if he needs to take pills, he will immediately feed Chen Letian to eat.
Chen Letian is grateful, you must know that the elixir refined by Tortoise Meng is often a tribute to the current saint, and the saint once praised it himself, and after taking the pill of Wudang, his body is much healthier.
It is not an exaggeration to say that a pill is worth a thousand gold.
So when Chen Letian gave one thousand taels of silver tickets to Tortoise Meng, in the face of Tortoise Meng's refusal, Chen Lotian was very persistent, saying: "I know that alchemy is very expensive, don't be polite to me, let's refine one more pill in Wudang, we can save one more people, then it is not a merit that silver can measure." ”
Tortoise Meng thought about it and felt that what Chen Letian said made sense, so he nodded and accepted it.
Tortoise Meng does two things every day, alchemy and poetry. The ability of the pill is self-evident. As for the poems chanted, even Chen Letian, who has never written poetry, thinks that it is really... Don't dare to compliment.
But Tortoise Meng is always happy in it, often pulling Chen Letian to discuss poetry, and Chen Letian has to comment on his poems. What can Chen Letian do? can only say things against his will, what is a rare poet in the past and present, and what in a few years, the name of Lu Da poet will inevitably overshadow the Taibai poet of the previous dynasty... The tortoise Meng was very happy and introduced Chen Letian as a confidant. If Chen Letian doesn't listen to him chant poetry for a day, he will come to Chen Letian to talk about poetry. Chen Letian was very helpless.
As for the fourth uncle, Wang Xu, most of the disciples on Wudang Mountain were afraid of him. On the one hand, it is because Wang Xu, a great real person, does not talk much, and he has a murderous atmosphere. It is said that at the moment of Shangwu, Wang Xu is the killing god who is feared by everyone on the rivers and lakes, and is nicknamed the sleepy tiger. Later, when he entered Wudang, his temperament changed. But no matter how you change it, there is always an aura on your body that makes people dare not approach. On the other hand, it is Wang Xu who is in charge of crime and punishment in Wudang Dazhenren. Some disciples have violated the canons, and the punishment is all from the king.
Chen Letian didn't say much to Wang Xu, so he directly brought up a few jars of expensive and terrifying Jiannan Burning Spring from the bottom of the mountain and put them in Wang Xu's house.
Wang Xu was lying on a chair with his eyes half-closed at this time, not knowing whether he was meditating or sleeping. Catching a glimpse of the wine sent by Chen Letian, he said, "Why did you give me wine?"
Chen Letian said: "I heard Chongyang say that you like to drink this Jiannan Burning Spring, I think about these days, you have taken good care of me, and I want to honor you." Okay, you're busy, the disciple is out..."
"Stop. Wang Xu suddenly sat up and beckoned to Chen Letian.
Chen Letian obediently retreated and stood in front of Wang Xu.
Wang Xu said: "This wine tastes good, but the price is quite high, and Uncle Shi also likes to drink it, and I will have the opportunity to honor her old man more in the future." ”
"Yes, Uncle Shi. Chen Letian arched his hand.
Wang Xu waved his hand and said: "Don't call me uncle, you call Wang Chongyang brother and brother but call me uncle, it's not appropriate, it's better to call me a real person." ”
Chen Letian didn't know how to answer, so he could only be silent.
Wang Xu didn't talk much, except for punishing Wudang disciples, his eyes would open angrily, and most of the time he was half-squinting and didn't wake up. At this time, he was with both eyes open, looking at Chen Letian and said: "I have an appointment with Grandmaster Liu, when you go back to the academy, you will tell Grandmaster Liu a word for me, my Wang Xu has been cultivating for twenty years, and I can fight with Grandmaster Liu!"
Chen Letian agreed, and said tentatively: "Da Zhenren and Liu Shi acquaintance?"
Wang Xu's eyes suddenly widened, as if he was going to kill someone, which was quite scary, but then returned to normal, and said: "Don't just know each other, if it wasn't for him back then, maybe I would have dominated the underworld now." ”
Chen Letian was frightened by Wang Dazhen's gaze, and at that moment, Chen Letian felt a huge pressure, like being tied to face a tiger with a bloody mouth. Fortunately, Wang Dazhen received the supernatural power in time, and Chen Letian felt that the stuffiness in his chest dissipated, and asked, "The disciple heard something about you earlier, could it be that you were really an underworld before?"
Wang Xu nodded, pointing to the wine that Chen Letian had just placed in the corner.
Chen Letian immediately understood, quickly brought the wine, patted it open, and filled it up.
Wang Xu picked up the wine, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it fiercely, then took a shallow sip, closed his eyes and tasted for a long time before opening his eyes again and said, "Good wine!"
Chen Letian was shocked by Wang Xu's indulgence, and thought: How long has it been since your old man drank this Jiannan Burning Spring? But naturally the slightest hint could not be shown on the surface, so he just nodded.
Wang Dazhen put down his wine glass and said: "Back then, I was the king of the underworld, and in the entire Great Song Dynasty, I took care of all the things that couldn't be put on the surface." There were a few people who wanted to argue with me, but unfortunately they all died. I didn't kill it, I killed it by someone who wanted to please me. ”
Chen Letian continued to nod and waited for the following.
Wang Dazhen took another sip of wine, and after a long time of aftertaste, he said: "It's a pity that I met Grandmaster Liu, so I broke off my relationship with the underworld..."
"What do you mean that you ran into Grandmaster Liu and broke off your relationship with the underworld?" Chen Letian couldn't help asking, did he omit too much in the middle of this sentence.
Wang Dazhen didn't answer Chen Letian's question, drained the rest of the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and then motioned for Chen Letian to put the sealing mud lid back in place.
Chen Letian naturally didn't dare to disobey.
When he put it back in the wine jar, he suddenly thought of a possibility: that day, Liu Shi was in a wine shop or gambling house somewhere, and met Wang Xu, who was not touching Wudang at that time. Then Liu Shi's temper, Wang Xu, who was not a real person at the time, was not small, and the two fought. I don't know whether the process of the fight is thrilling, or the wind is light, anyway, in the end, Wang Xu lost, and I'm afraid it will be quite faceless.
Then it is conceivable that Liu Shi began to educate Wang Xu with words, or to put it another way, to humiliate Wang Xu.
And then......
Wang Xu angrily severed his relationship with the underworld and came to Wudang.
Chen Letian imagined this in his heart, and he didn't know if it was as he guessed, but he didn't dare to ask.
"Go ahead, I'll look for you again after drinking, thank you for listening to me. Wang Xu lay back in his chair and made a gesture that Chen Letian could go out, and then continued to open and close his eyes, like a tiger napping.