The friendship of the Daomen, invisible and intangible, seems to be an empty word, but the truth in the world is never so simple.

The thousand words of the little people are not worth one or two words of the big people, the friendship of ordinary people is not valuable, but the favor of the big people is something that many people can't ask for.

There is a saying in officialdom that protects one's self, called: "Don't have great merit to the society, you must have a small favor to the emperor." "Don't make a monstrous contribution to the country, this will attract the emperor's suspicion, but you can have a small favor to the emperor, so you will get the emperor's favor.

If Elle chooses to help Daomen, then she will have a small favor to Daomen in a sense, and Daomen will not give her anything on the surface, but she will get many invisible benefits. For example, if you have the same treatment as a Taoist, you can enter Yujing and take a flying boat; For example, for the same goods, Daomen will give priority to her caravan.

This is only a relatively basic treatment, if you can make great contributions to the Daomen, you can even become a guest of honor for real people, and be awarded the "real person's origin", with the name of an ordinary real person, equivalent to the second grade Taiyi Taoist.

As the lord of a city, Elle naturally understood the truth of this, and asked in a deep voice, "Is this true?" ”

"I can call the shots." Zhang Yuelu took out a blank basket from Sumeru and placed it on the coffee table between the two.

Ellie glanced at the coffin, which was full of stamps, but the place for the name was empty.

Zhang Yuelu said: "This is a five-grade Taoist priest's basket, and it is the quota given to me by the real person in the hall." As long as you fill in the name, you can enjoy the treatment of the five-grade Taoist, because it is a 'fellow Taoist', you don't have to obey the dispatch of the Taoist, and you are not subject to the moderation of the high-grade Taoist, there are only benefits, no harm. ”

Elle was silent for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, she smiled like a flower, and instructed the maid, "Go and invite the other guests of the Daomen to come in as well." ”

She looked at Zhang Yuelu again: "Although the mage commands, the little girl must do her best." ”

Zhang Yuelu was also not polite: "Okay, I would like to ask the City Lord of Ai to order a search to find out if there are any suspicious outsiders recently, especially people from Western countries." ”

"No problem." Ellie happily agreed.

Zhang Yuelu looked at Qi Xuansu again and made a look.

Qi Xuansu immediately understood that this was to make himself sing blackface, so he had to speak: "I also want to remind the city lord that the two feet are on the same boat, and they are stable, but if they step on the two boats, they will be unstable, and they will fall." ”

Ellie's expression remained unchanged and she smiled, "It's natural. ”

Qi Xuansu stopped talking.

Elle got up and said, "You have come from afar, first rest in my mansion for the night, I will give the order now, wait until tomorrow morning, and then we will discuss slowly." ”

"That's fine." Zhang Yuelu did not refuse.

Ai Li clapped her hands, and immediately a maid walked into the living room, and a female official saluted Zhang Yuelu: "Master Mage, please come with me." ”

In the evening, Ai Li set up a banquet to entertain Zhang Yuelu, Lingquanzi and Zhou Bai, but Qi Xuansu did not go, but had dinner with other Tiangangtang Taoist priests. This is the left-behind system of Tiangang Hall, if there is any unexpected situation, Zhang Yuelu, Lingquanzi and Zhou Bai are not there, Qi Xuansu is the leader of many Tiangang Hall Taoist priests, and it can also be seen that Zhang Yuelu trusts Qi Xuansu.

Ordinary Taoist priests can not enjoy the city lord's dinner reception, and the treatment is not ambiguous, the servants of the city lord's mansion specially prepare the Central Plains style meals for everyone, four small dishes per person, half of the meat and half of the vegetarian meat, one big dish for every four people, all of which are lamb legs, and there are also special wines from the Western Regions.

The door has a special drug detection equipment, which is in the shape of a thin needle, about half a foot long, and is installed under the gun tube of the handcuff, parallel to the gun tube, and can be pulled out when used.

After being tested for non-toxicity, everyone was relieved to eat and drink. Although the taste is not as good as Yujing's restaurant, in the past half a month, everyone has either eaten dry food and cold water, or eaten the "marching pill" with the same taste as chewing wax.

Qi Xuansu, Cao Liyou, and Shangguan Dun have a table of three people, but there is no food and sleep.

Shangguan Dun took a sip of chicken soup and said, "I thought that the food in the City Lord's Mansion was so good that I would be able to go out and brag to others in the future, but that's it." ”

"That's right, this dish seems to have spices added to it, weird, not authentic." Cao Liyou nodded in agreement.

Qi Xuansu listened to the two of them complaining, and scolded with a smile: "Some of them are good to eat, and they also pick fat and thin, ordinary people cut a pound of meat and dumplings for the New Year, don't be satisfied." ”

Having said that, Qi Xuansu still gave the best tasting leg of lamb to the two of them.

Cao Liyou was a little embarrassed: "Deacon Qi, you can also eat some." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Don't worry about me, I see that you haven't eaten much dry food in the past few days, so you should take this opportunity to eat more." ”

"Deacon Qi, you have the word 'vegetarian' in your name, you can't be a vegetarian, right?" Cao Liyou couldn't help but ask, in the Daomen, there are not a few monks who are vegetarians and do not marry, such as Lingquanzi.

Qi Xuansu said: "I still have the word 'Xuan' in my name, should Daomen assign me a set of three-entry mansions in Xuandu?" I still have the surname 'Qi', and the court simply named me the king of Qi, and the entire Qizhou is mine. ”

Cao Liyou smiled a little shyly, stopped talking, and concentrated on eating the leg of mutton.

In the end, there was no waste at all, and Shangguan Dun gnawed the tendons of the leg of mutton.

After eating, a servant came to clean up the cups and plates, and brought hot tea.

Qi Xuansu took a sip of hot tea and asked, "Brother Shangguan, do you think this Ai City Lord will have something to do with the extraterritorial demon we are looking for?" ”

"It's hard to say." Shangguan Dun was picking his teeth and said vaguely, "The Ai family is very powerful, and the real rulers are hiding behind the scenes, and they pushed out the young female doll, and when the female doll saw Master Zhang, she pretended not to know, which was already a little ...... What do you mean by that word? What do you want to cover, what seal you want to stamp. ”

"I want to cover it up." Cao Liyou said.

"Yes, I want to cover it up." Shangguan finished picking his teeth, and his voice became clear, "They must know the existence of this group of people, and it's hard to say whether they are all the way." If you want me to say, the Ai family is not those lonely souls and wild ghosts who have no roots and no foundation, the family has a big business, and the monks can't run the temple, so they don't dare to be enemies of the Daomen. ”

Qi Xuansu nodded and said, "Brother Shangguan is reasonable. ”

Shangguan Dun looked left and right, and no one else paid attention to them, so he lowered his voice: "Deacon Qi, I see that your relationship with that Master Zhang is not very ordinary, you give me a letter, what is your relationship?" ”

Qi Xuansu asked rhetorically, "Brother Shangguan is asking about this, what is he doing?" ”

Shangguan frowned and said: "Didn't I see that Master Zhang has that 'fellow Taoist background' document, I just thought, I led the way for the Daomen, and I also have merit, can you get me a copy too, I don't want to be high, just the Jiupin Taoist." ”

Qi Xuansu was angry and said with a smile: "You don't dare to ask Master Zhang, so you came to me." ”

Shangguan coughed suddenly: "There is no Jiupin Taoist priest, and the Taoist boy can also become a Taoist, just bring the word 'Dao'." ”

"Do you want it?" Qi Xuansu said, "In Daomen, only underage children are called Daotong, and you are not afraid of other people's jokes when you become a Daotong at your age." ”

Shangguan Dun pulled his beard: "Daomin...... It's also done, so there is a word 'Tao'. ”

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but laugh and said: "I don't count this matter, but I heard that the 'fellow Taoist origin' is a fixed quota, which is determined by Ziwei Hall every year, and the approval is extremely strict. If you want me to say, Master Zhang will not agree, unless you can make a contribution in the encirclement and suppression of the demons outside the territory. ”

Shangguan Dun sighed: "Desperate thing, hey...... I'm going to forget about this old bone. ”

As she was talking, Zhang Yuelu came back, and there was no expression on her face, so that people could not see joy and anger.

The crowd rose one after another.

Zhang Yuelu waved his hand to signal that everyone didn't have to be polite, and then made eye contact with Qi Xuansu, who was in charge of staying behind.

Qi Xuansu got up willingly and walked out with Zhang Yuelu.

After the two left, there was a whispering sound in the house, mostly speculating about the relationship between the two.

The two came outside, the night was like water, and the wind carried a chill.

Qi Xuansu took the initiative to ask, "Is the wine at the dinner good?" ”

"I don't have much research on wine, it's sweet and bitter, bitter and sweet, it's a different flavor." Zhang Yuelu smiled, "I'm not used to this kind of dinner party, I just have to ask for people and socialize." ”

Qi Xuansu turned to the topic: "Is the Ai family reliable?" ”

"Let's just be reliable." Zhang Yuelu didn't know if it was because she had drunk too much, so she rubbed her temples with her hands, "After all, the Ai family doesn't dare to offend the Daomen on the surface." ”

"This is the same as Shangguan Dun's statement." Qi Xuansu roughly recounted his conversation with Shangguan Dun.

Zhang Yuelu said with a smile: "He wants the background of a nine-grade Taoist priest? It's not impossible, as long as we can successfully exterminate this group of demon thieves, I will give him the origin of a nine-grade Taoist, but the follow-up three hundred Taiping money will not be given, if he asks again, you will reply to him like this, whether you want money or identity, it is up to him to choose. ”

"Okay." Qi Xuansu nodded in response.

Then there was a moment of silence.

In the end, it was Zhang Yuelu who broke the silence: "Tianyuan, you seem to have something on your mind?" ”

Qi Xuansu did not deny it: "There are some." ”

"You're thinking about revenge?" Zhang Yuelu asked.

Qi Xuansu didn't expect Zhang Yuelu to remember this stubble, a lie often has to be rounded with more lies, so he had to say: "Yes." ”

Zhang Yuelu looked at Qi Xuansu and said seriously: "If you need my help, just ask, don't be polite." ”

The moonlight was bleak, and the moonlight poured down on the woman's body like a curtain of water, making her figure ethereal and blurred, as if it would ride away at any moment.

Qi Xuansu lost his mind for a moment, then came back to his senses and nodded, "Thank you." ”

"Don't thank you, I said, we're friends." Zhang Yuelu said softly.

Qi Xuansu was stunned, put away his disapproval, and said with a smile: "Okay, Miss Tangtai." ”