Qi Xuansu asked, "What chance?" ”

Qi Niang gently spit out three words: "Tiangang Hall." ”

Qi Xuansu was stunned again.

The structure of the Daomen is similar to that of the imperial court, in addition to the "official offices" in various places, there is also the central "imperial court", which the people in the Daomen call the ancestral court.

The imperial court has always had the saying of "six ministries and nine qing", and in the previous dynasty, "six ministries" and "nine qing" each referred to each other. However, in the Daxuan Imperial Court, the six departments and the nine Qing were combined. Nine high-ranking officials, including the Six Shangshu, the General Political Envoy, the Dali Temple, and the Zuodu Imperial History, are the heads of the ministers and are collectively known as the "Six Ministries and Nine Secretaries".

Daomen Ancestral Court imitates the imperial court Jiuqing has nine halls, which are directly under the hands of nine real people who belong to the Great Palm Sect, and the "Ziwei Hall" mentioned by Qi Niang before is the head of the nine halls, corresponding to the officials of the imperial court, in charge of personnel assessment, and the promotion and promotion of Taoist priests must be through the hands of Ziwei Hall.

Tiangang Hall is also one of the nine halls, and its status is probably equivalent to the military department of the imperial court.

Although Tiangang Hall does not have thousands of troops and horses, it is the largest number of people in the nine halls, and it is dedicated to patrolling the Quartet and suppressing the demons and ghosts that oppose the side of the Daomen, the demons and ghosts that disturb the world, and the secret associations without the permission of the Daomen.

Although the Qingping Society did not oppose the Daomen, it was a secret association without the permission of the Daomen, and it was also the target of the Tiangangtang's suppression.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but say: "Qi Niang, you let me go to Tiangang Hall as a member of the Qingping Society, isn't this a sheep into the mouth of a tiger?" ”

Qi Niang said earnestly: "As the so-called wealth and danger are sought, if you want to go further, you either have resources or merit." Connections, root qualifications, appearance, and beauty are all considered resources, and the problem now is that you don't have resources, Qingping will be regarded as your resources, but you can't put them on the surface, so you can only rely on merit, but merit does not fall from the sky, if you want to make a contribution, going to Tiangangtang is the best choice. ”

Qi Xuansu pondered for a moment, and still said in disbelief: "How many people want to enter the Nine Halls of the Ancestral Court, but they don't have this door, even if they want to carry a pig's head and pray to God, they may not know where the temple door opens, Qi Niang, with your words, I can enter Tiangang Hall?" ”

Qi Niang smiled and said: "Yes, if I say a word, you can enter Tiangang Hall, but it is also your own competition, the rules of Tiangang Hall are innate people and seven-grade Taoists." These two are indispensable, otherwise even if they are disciples of real people, they will not succeed. ”

"Tiangang Hall......" Qi Xuansu muttered, "If you enter Tiangang Hall, you will have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." With merit, you can be promoted to a six-grade Taoist. If you are promoted to a six-grade Taoist, you can get the cultivation of the Daomen. With cultivation, you will be able to improve your realm cultivation and strive to get out of the Qingping Society as soon as possible. ”

"That's the truth." Qi Niang still smoked a long cigarette, "Qingping will be good, it can not be seen, fighting and killing is not a long-term way, getting ahead in Daomen, that is the road to Kangzhuang." I'm still waiting for you to 'wear the Hui Sword' one day." ”

The so-called "Hui Sword" is not a three-foot long sword, but a streamer ornament that can only be used by real people in Taoism, about three feet long, and the lower end is in the shape of an arrow. Therefore, the world often uses "Pei Hui Sword" to refer to the real people of the Daomen.

Qi Xuansu sighed: "I don't dare to think about it." ”

Qi Niang deserves to be the person who knows Qi Xuansu best, and said to the point: "If you really don't dare to think about it, what are you sighing for?" ”

Qi Xuansu was speechless.

From the seven-grade Taoist priest to the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, the gap is like going from the seven-grade county order to a book, and it is difficult to go to the sky.

Qi Xuansu put aside these unrealistic thoughts for the time being, and asked, "Qi Niang, how are you going to arrange me into Tiangang Hall?" ”

Qi Niang said: "You can ask the wrong person, I just reported your situation, and then someone else will handle it, how to operate it, then it is not something we can know, but I have already said that Qingping will have great powers, Qingping will be omnipotent, you can rest assured." ”

When Qi Xuansu heard this, he didn't ask any more.

After saying this, Qi Niang removed her official face, knocked the cigarette pot, and said, "After talking about business, it's time to talk about our private affairs." When will the fifty wishful money for opening the house and the life-saving money of one hundred Taiping money? ”

Qi Xuansu coughed lightly: "Qi Niang, with the friendship between the two of us, what is life-saving money?" Didn't you take it for granted that you saved me? ”

Qi Niang is as good as flowing: "Okay, then let me put it another way, when will the commission you hire me to kill people be settled?" In short, every time I shoot to kill, I can't go home empty-handed. ”

Qi Xuansu touched his satchel and said, "I didn't earn the 1,000 Taiping money from the 'Inn', and all the belongings I have now don't add up to 100 Taiping Yuan." ”

Qi Niang said lightly: "Didn't you pick up a flying sword? ”

Qi Xuansu's face froze: "Qi Niang, have you turned over my satchel?" ”

Qi Niang not only did not have a little weakness, but said confidently: "Otherwise? I don't rummage through your satchel, the prescription flew in by yourself? With our friendship, you won't mind. ”

Qi Xuansu had no choice but to give in and say: "My good sister ......"

Qi Niang interrupted: "My sister and brother also have to settle accounts, my rule is not for you alone, you should know." ”

Qi Xuansu sighed helplessly.

It's really not a rule for him alone. Qi Niang is so good, she is greedy for money, picky, stingy, and stingy, and she is also famous in the Qingping Society.

Qi Xuansu had no choice but to take out the flying sword called "Green Snake" from his satchel and put it on the table: "I originally wanted to keep it for my own use." ”

Qi Niang glared at him: "The flying swords of the Li family have special marks, you still want to keep them for your own use, so you are not afraid of being approached by the Li family?" ”

As she spoke, she picked up the flying sword and began to examine it carefully.

After a while, Qi Niang put down the flying sword in her hand and said: "The flying sword is not bad, it is not injured to the bottom, and it can be sold for about 1,500 Taiping on the black market, but because it has the unique mark of the Li family on it, a swordsmith needs to erase the mark, so the price has to be discounted, and it can only be sold for about 800 Taiping yuan." ”

Qi Xuansu took the initiative to say: "Qi Niang, you are more familiar with the black market, why don't you ask you to take this flying sword for me?" I'll give you half of the commission. ”

Qi Niang nodded, took out a small golden abacus from the Sumeru treasure, tossed it a few times, and said: "If it is someone else, I will have a commission of one percent, for the sake of the two of us, I only need half a percent this time, plus a commission of one hundred Taiping money, plus the one hundred and thirty yuan Taiping money you borrowed from me last year, we said that the annual interest rate is one cent, counting the interest of eleven months, and the opening money of fifty wishful money this time, make up a whole number, I will take a total of three hundred Taiping money, and leave you five hundred Taiping money." ”

The more Qi Xuansu listened, the more his face fell, and finally he said weakly: "That's it." ”

Qi Niang quickly put away the abacus and flying sword, and took out five "short sticks" wrapped in red cloth from the Sumeru treasure, and placed them neatly in one place.

Of course, this is not a short stick, but a hundred Taiping coins stacked together, wrapped in red cloth, similar to the ancient times when copper coins were strung together to count a hanging, because the silver round does not have a square hole in the middle, and cannot be worn with a rope, so it can only be wrapped in cloth.

The total weight of a round of Taiping money is seven coins and two cents, containing six coins and eight cents of pure silver, eight or nine silver, and one and one copper coins. In terms of fineness, it is much better than the loose silver circulating in the market in the past, almost worth one or two silver.

One is 100 taipings, and five is 500 taipings.

Five hundred Taiping coins were a lot of money in the previous dynasty, but the sea trade of this dynasty was prosperous, a large amount of gold and silver from overseas flowed in, the price of silver depreciated slightly, the price of copper rose, and the originally uncommon gold became common, and even the imperial court specially issued gold yuan worry-free money, so five hundred Taiping money is not so much.

Of course, more and less is a relative concept and cannot be generalized.

For Qi Xuansu, five hundred Taiping is not too much, but for ordinary people, it is a large amount.

Nowadays, the annual expenses of a family of three are only ten yuan, ten years is one hundred yuan, and five hundred yuan is enough for an ordinary family of three for half a lifetime.

Qi Xuansu only took one of them, and then said: "Another four hundred Taiping dollars are exchanged for official tickets, three large tickets, one medium ticket, four small tickets, and ten loose tickets." ”

Strictly speaking, the official ticket is not a currency issued by the imperial court, but a certificate for saving money and withdrawing money, just because many merchants like to use light official tickets to replace the huge amount of cash that is difficult to carry when trading in large quantities, so that the official ticket gradually has some monetary functions.

Qi Niang put away the cash of 400 Taiping coins, took out a stack of official tickets, and quickly counted a few and put them on the table, three 100 yuan Taiping money denominations, one 50 yuan Taiping money denomination, four 10 yuan Taiping money denominations, and ten 1 yuan Taiping money denominations. The denomination of one thousand is extra-large and is not in this category.

They are all brand new official tickets, and you can even faintly smell the fragrance of ink, which is fascinating.

Qi Xuansu stretched out his hand to put these official tickets together, and some Su looked at the Sumeru treasure in the shape of a jade bracelet on Qi Niang's wrist with envy, first put one hundred Taiping coins in cash in his satchel, then put a few large official tickets close to him, and finally put a few small official tickets in his sleeve pocket so that he could access them at any time.

It is not uncommon to have items in the sleeves, which are usually sewn with pockets that open in the opposite direction to the sleeves and have a trapezoidal shape that is cinched. In this way, if you put silver, letters, and other things in your pocket, even if your hands are lowered or you make a bow, the contents will not fall out. It is precisely because the sleeves are often filled with money that they use "two sleeves of clean breeze" to describe incorruptibility.

Qi Niang took out another IOU, and after confirming that it was Qi Xuansu's handwriting, she rubbed her hands and turned it into fly ashes, which was regarded as a debt.

Qi Xuansu asked, "Am I going to the Ancestral Garden?" ”

Qi Niang said: "Get ready to go, and strive to rush to the ancestral court before August 15." ”