In the next half month, Qi Xuansu was afraid of going out again to "bump into" Zhang Yuelu, so he stayed at home honestly, in addition to reading the Di newspaper on weekdays, he followed the method of scattered people to improve his cultivation, but it was still far from the Yuding Realm, and it was inevitably boring.

The only good news is that his injuries are basically healed and he no longer needs to drink the decoction.

In the blink of an eye, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15.

If you are in the world at the foot of the mountain, this is an important festival second only to the New Year's Festival, but the Daomen do not attach much importance to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

There are three major festivals in Daomen, namely: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the birthday of Tianguan; July 15 Midyear Festival, the birthday of the local official; October 15 Yuan Festival, the birthday of the water official.

These three days are the days of worshipping the heavens and worshipping Jiao, and the great real people and real people have to fast and bathe, and worship the heavens, which is very grand.

August 15 is just between July 15 and October 15, which is inevitably a little embarrassing.

In addition, most of the Daomen are fatherless and motherless orphans, so on this day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yujing City does not have much festive atmosphere.

Qi Xuansu went out and bought a jar of wine, a few cooked dishes, a small bundle of ordinary incense sticks, and a stack of paper money, and walked out of the city.

Outside the city, the wind and snow were still howling, and it was freezing to the bone.

Yuxu Peak occupies a huge area, Yujing City is located on the Chaoyang side of Yuxu Peak, there is a cemetery covering a huge area in the shade of twenty miles below Yujing City, Qi Niang helped Qi Xuansu find the master's corpse, and was buried here.

The mountain road was originally difficult to navigate, but the road gate was dug out by manpower to create a fairly smooth masonry road, which could be used by two horses in parallel, and the iron cable was used as a railing to lead directly to the cemetery, so the distance of 20 miles was not too long.

Qi Xuansu braved the wind and snow to come to the cemetery and found the master's grave.

The tombstone in front of the grave is simply written with the words "Qi Haoran's Tomb", there is no payment, the font is beautiful, and it is Qi Niang's handwriting.

As Qi Xuansu himself said, when the master died, he was still very young, and he didn't know the master's interpersonal contacts, nor did he know the master's personal connections, he only knew that the master's lineage was originally the true way, and later he didn't know how to be classified as Zhengyi, so he also became a disciple of Zhengyi.

Qi Xuansu has no brothers, nor does he have a wife, and in the days when he was accepted as a disciple by his master, in fact, the master and apprentice depended on each other.

In Qi Xuansu's impression, the master is not a hero who is righteous and thin, nor is he an old-fashioned gentleman, nor is he a chic and happy ranger, but an ordinary person with an easy-going personality, just like most ordinary men who are middle-aged, have all kinds of bad things, and they have lost the impulsiveness of their youth, neither free nor happy.

So Qi Xuansu remembered very well that Master liked to drink.

Master is not a drinker, but he likes to feel drunk, and in his own words, he can forget many troubles.

A drunk relieves a thousand sorrows.

And Master's wine is very good, and when he gets drunk, he just looks at the sky alone, muttering some words that no one can hear.

Qi Xuansu was still very young and didn't quite understand this mentality, but he remembered that the master looked before he died, which was very different from usual, covered in blood, his expression was like King Kong's angry eyes, and his voice was like rolling thunder.

The last word "go" still echoes in Qi Xuansu's ears.

Maybe Qi Xuansu will never forget it in his life.

Qi Xuansu first put the cooked food in front of the grave, and then put the good wine that cost him a Taiping money in the middle, he didn't know exactly what a good way to do, but after opening the mud seal, the wine was very strong.

In the past few years, Qi Xuansu has never had the opportunity to come, because he mainly makes a living in the hinterland of the Central Plains, taking the land route to Kunlun, and it takes two months to go back and forth, although it is fast to take a flying boat, but the price is too expensive, and it costs a hundred Taiping dollars for a one-way trip, which Qi Xuansu can't afford.

Qi Xuansu lit the incense stick, stood it in front of the grave, and added some soil to the grave.

Then he sat in front of the grave, looked at the incense sticks, and said to himself, "Master, I have avenged your revenge." People say that a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, and it only took me ten months. ”

"It's not that your apprentice has the ability, but I'm lucky enough to meet Qi Niang, and you still helped her bury you. Speaking of which, Qi Niang is really the benefactor of our master and apprentice. ”

"Actually, I once had a thought, but I never dared to say it in front of Qi Niang. If you don't die, Master, then I think you and Qi Niang are still quite a good match, and if you marry her, you will be regarded as repaying your kindness. It is said in the book, there is no way to repay the great kindness, you can only promise each other, you marry Qi Niang, the kindness owed by our two masters can be regarded as repaid, after all, they are all a family. ”

"It's just a joke, Master, don't be annoyed. Since Master can't pay it back, then naturally I, as a disciple, will pay it back, as for how to pay it back, Master, you will never guess. There is a section in the book about selling my body to bury my father, and I can be regarded as selling my body to bury my father today, selling myself to others, not only burying you, Master, but also taking revenge by the way, how cost-effective do you say this deal is? ”

"Don't talk about this, today is August 15, it is said that the full moon is rounder, it is a reunion day, our two have not been through the Mid-Autumn Festival for many years, today we celebrate the festival together and drink."

The wind is strong on the mountain, and even if more than ten incense sticks are bundled into a bunch, they will quickly burn out.

Qi Xuansu stood up, poured the wine in the wine jar on the ground, and then rubbed his three fingers together and lit the paper money that had been prepared long ago.

The paper money burned out, turning into black fly ash and carrying away with the wind.

Qi Xuansu got up and left the cemetery and walked along the road to Yujing City.

When Qi Xuansu returned to Yujing City, it was nearly dusk, and when he returned to Haichanfang's residence, it was already full of lights.

Da Xuan has long regarded the Mid-Autumn Festival for forty-one years, and it has passed like this.

Qi Xuansu did not participate in the dream meeting, nor did he meditate and cultivate, but slept for a while.

The next day was August 16.

Qi Xuansu got up very early, changed into the costume of the seven-grade Taoist priest, crane, square-headed cloud shoes, and a free scarf, and brought the certificate given to him by Sun Yongfeng.

Xuandu Yujing, where the ancestral court of Daomen is located, is also known as the white Yujing in the sky.

The people in the Daomen like to call the outer city Yujing, and the inner city as Xuandu.

The Nine Halls are located in Xuandu.

As for the Purple Mansion, it is the residence of the Great Palm Sect, similar to the palace city, and the Taoist priests below the four grades of wine are not allowed to enter without permission.

Around the end of the day, Qi Xuansu arrived in front of the city gate of Xuanmen.

Xuandu is the residence of Jiutang and some high-grade Taoist priests, and the access control inspection is very strict, generally speaking, low-grade Taoist priests will not come to Xuandu if they have nothing to do.

Qi Xuansu followed the sparse flow of people towards the city gate, and in front of him was a tall man carrying a three-foot broadsword. The so-called broadsword is probably the shape of the glaive knife, but it has been changed from a long handle to a short handle.

You must know that the most commonly used weapons in the Daomen are still all kinds of sword weapons, Qi Xuansu's blade is a short sword with the appearance of spiritual objects, and there are also knife weapons, but most of them are ring-headed knives, horizontal knives, and Yanling knives, and this kind of broad-edged broadsword is extremely rare.

The tall man took out the basket and handed it to the armored doorkeeper.

The so-called spiritual officer is the protector of the Daomen, and he also has the corresponding rank of the Taoist, but he is subject to the jurisdiction of the Taoist priest of the same level. Inside the Daomen, they are generally regarded as a lower level of Taoists.

These city guards are all sixth-grade ranks, which are equivalent to seventh-grade Taoist priests, and are under the jurisdiction of sixth-grade Taoist priests.

The highest rank of the spiritual officer, subject to the jurisdiction of the first-grade innocent Taoist, is equivalent to the second-grade Taiyi Taoist, and has no qualifications to become a great master.

After inspecting the doorkeeper, he glanced at the broad-bladed broadsword that the man was carrying, and pointed at the spear in his hand.

The tall man didn't talk nonsense, he pulled out the knife out of the sheath, the cold light was awe-inspiring, the blade was as clear as water, which could reflect his face, and a thin layer of frost was faintly formed on the blade.

The gatekeeper looked at it carefully for a moment, and a slightly distorted voice came from under the visor: "Put it away." ”

The tall man's face showed a little displeasure, and he slowly put the big knife into the leather sheath.

The gatekeeper waved his hand, and it was visible that the entire palm was wrapped in the hand armor, signaling that the tall man could enter the city.

The tall man took a deep look at the doorkeeper and walked towards Xuandu.

When it was Qi Xuansu's turn, he handed over his basket and took off the short sword at his waist.

The gatekeeper inspected the urn, but did not mean to check the short sword, and signaled that Qi Xuansu could enter the city.

Qi Xuansu smiled slightly, put away the short sword and walked towards the city.

In fact, Xuandu does not strictly control weapons internally, but between the two, which gives the gatekeeper room to flexibly control. At first glance, Qi Xuansu is more like a harmless "flower garden Taoist", but the tall man in front of him is sharp, revealing a domineering aura, and he is not good at first glance.

This is the reason for the discrimination.

The tall man who had already walked out of the section just turned around and saw this scene, and couldn't help but snort coldly.

Qi Xuansu is still the first time to come to Xuandu, compared to the square market structure of Yujing like a chessboard, the hollow-shaped structure of Xuandu is more similar to today's imperial capital, and newcomers are easy to get lost.

Fortunately, Tiangangtang is famous and not difficult to find.

Qi Xuansu went north along the main road in the city, turned left after passing the Nanhua Gate, passed the Yang Temple, and came out of the Daode Gate to the Ceres Square, and the building on the left side of the square was Tiangang Hall.

Tiangang Hall has a hall master, also known as the real person in charge of the hall, who is served by the real person of the second grade Taiyi Taoist priest.

The nine deputy hall masters, the chief deputy hall master is also a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, but he is not qualified to participate in the Jinque proceedings. The rest of the deputy hall masters have the same positions and different grades, most of them are three-grade Youyi Taoists, and the lowest is Zhang Yuelu, who has just been promoted to the deputy hall master, is only a four-grade sacrificial wine Taoist, and is at the same level as many principals, but considering her age, she is the rotating deputy head of the teaching Dazhen, but it is more eye-catching than many three-grade Youyi Taoists.

Under normal circumstances, if there is no major event, the real person in charge of the hall and the chief deputy hall master will not sit in the hall of Tiangang Hall, but several deputy hall masters who stay in Yujing will take turns on duty.