Ji Daoren took a sip of wine, looked at Qi Xuansu, and took the initiative to say, "Brother Qi doesn't seem to be a native of Shuzhou. ”

Qi Xuansu replied, "I grew up in the Vientiane Dao Palace since I was a child, and later settled in Yujing. ”

"I see." Ji Daoren nodded, "Yujing City has big rules, and there are many big people, it's really uncomfortable, I haven't been there for many years." Since you have settled in Yujing, you think you are serving in Jiutang. ”

"The junior is now in Tiangang Hall." Qi Xuansu said, "Seniors should know that if ordinary Daoists want to enter the Nine Halls, Tiangang Hall is the easiest. ”

Ji Daodao: "That's true, Tiangang Hall has continuously transferred elite Taoist priests from local Taoist governments into it over the years, which can be regarded as a step for ordinary Taoist priests, but the errand of Tiangang Hall is the hardest and most tiring among the nine halls, that is, only Taoist priests from our local Taoist government or Vientiane Dao Palace are willing to do it, and those pampered Yujing Taoist priests can't look down on it, unless they go directly to be a deacon." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "According to the humble opinion of the younger generation, the so-called king chooses the minister, and the minister also chooses the king." Yujing Taoist priests can't look down on the bitter and tired Tiangang Hall, and Tiangang Tang may not look down on these pampered Yujing Taoist priests. ”

"Reasonable, reasonable." Ji Daoren couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Qi Xuansu glanced at Zhang Yuelu, she didn't seem to be aware of Ji Daoren's laughter.

Ji Daoren then looked at Zhang Yuelu and asked, "This girl is also a Taoist priest of Tiangang Hall?" ”

"Yes." Qi Xuansu nodded, but did not take the initiative to mention Zhang Yuelu's name.

Ji Daoren glanced at the identical cloaks on the two of them, and asked meaningfully, "Aren't you on official business?" ”

Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment, but still said truthfully: "Go home for the New Year." ”

Ji Daoren patted his knees lightly and chuckled: "Brother Qi is from Vientiane Dao Palace, this 'home' will never be Vientiane Dao Palace, that is, he will accompany the girl home, is this a good thing coming?" ”

Qi Xuansu coughed violently: "There is nothing to do." ”

Ji Daoren took another sip of wine and said with emotion: "It's good to return home as a companion of youth." ”

His face showed a look of remembrance, although heaven and man can stay young, but the past time is the past, the flowers have a reblooming day, and no one is young anymore.

Qi Xuansu added dead branches to the bonfire.

Ji Daoren didn't lie, he really just wanted to talk to someone. The two chatted for an hour, not only talking about Taoism, talking about heaven and earth, talking about the past and the present, up to the ancient emperors ruling the world, down to the ancestral dragon sweeping Liuhe, talking about everything.

When a pot of wine is drunk, Ji Daoren's conversation is also exhausted, and he leaves with his farewell.

Qi Xuansu watched Ji Daoren's figure slowly disappear into the vast night, and only felt as if he had a dream.

In the middle of the night, without waiting for Lord Qi Xuansu to call, Zhang Yuelu had already woken up.

Zhang Yuelu stretched lightly and said, "I had a dream just now. ”

"What dream?" Qi Xuansu asked.

Zhang Yuelu rubbed her cheeks with both hands: "I dreamed that you were chatting and drinking with someone, but I couldn't see that person's appearance clearly." ”

Qi Xuansu smiled helplessly: "That's not a dream, someone has indeed come, it's the middle-aged Taoist we saw before, he doesn't know what means he used to isolate you." ”

Zhang Yuelu's expression was not too surprised, and asked, "What did you all say?" ”

Qi Xuansu hid the joke of "good things are coming" and probably repeated it.

Zhang Yuelu said thoughtfully: "The surname is Ji, it should be a person of the Quanzhen Dao, maybe he still has some relationship with your Qi family." ”

"What do you mean by our Qi family?" Qi Xuansu said, "I just follow Master's surname Qi, can I be on the Zhang family tree with your surname Zhang?" ”

"you." Zhang Yuelu chirped, "Who wants your surname to be Zhang, why don't you follow Xuansheng's surname Li?" The Li family likes the righteous son and son-in-law the most, and the righteous son and son-in-law can also serve as the head of the family. ”

Qi Xuansu smiled: "Li Xuansu? Be brothers with Xuan Sheng? I'm afraid of being slapped to death by the Taiping Dao Dazhen. ”

There is also a word "Xuan" in the name of Xuansheng, if Qi Xuansu changes his surname to Li, the two of them will be one word apart, they are really like brothers. However, the Li family will definitely disagree with the opinion, and they will inevitably adopt some unruly violent means to protect the name of their ancestors.

Speaking of the Li family, its reputation has not been too good, whether it was before or after Xuansheng, it was so, and it was even called "the weird man of the East China Sea" by the world, only in the decades that Xuansheng was in power, it was considered a rule.

In fact, it cannot be said that Xuan Sheng has achieved the Li family, even if there is no Xuan Sheng, the Li family is also a strong party, but Xuan Sheng has made the Li family go to the next level. And the reason why Xuansheng became the master of the Dao Sect is also due to the help of the family, and it can only be said that the two sides have achieved each other.

Therefore, Qi Xuansu completely believed that the Li family would do such a thing, and Zhang Yuelu did not refute it.

As for whether Ji Daoren has other intentions, neither of them thought too deeply, because there are many such leisurely idlers in the Daomen, who are high enough in cultivation, but they have no idea of striving for fame and fortune, they don't make friends with their identities, they are at ease, and they play the world. If it rises, it will even dial one or two juniors, that is, "send a creation" in the script.

With the current size of Daomen, it can also accommodate such a leisurely idler.

As for why Ji Daoren didn't call Qi Xuansu one or two, it may be that the fate of the two is not enough, or it may be that the vigorous qi and blood on Qi Xuansu's body made Ji Daoren mistakenly think that Qi Xuansu is a true martial artist, and he is not far from heaven and man, so there is nothing to order.

After laughing, Zhang Yuelu took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and said, "Sleep, I'm going to go tomorrow." ”

Qi Xuansu nodded, put up his cloak, and fell asleep peacefully.

By the time Qi Xuansu woke up, the canopy had turned dark blue, and Zhang Yuelu stepped on the bonfire and led the horses.

The two rode back to the official road and continued on the road.

After walking like this for three days, the White Emperor City was visible in the distance.

The poet immortal has clouds: "Between the white emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day." The apes on both sides of the strait could not stop crying, and the light boat had already crossed the ten thousand mountains. ”

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu were going to take a boat from Baidi City, down the river, to Jiangling Mansion in Huzhou.

The location of the White Emperor City is dangerous, and it is the gateway from Huzhou to Shu. Surrounded by water on three sides, one side is close to the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, when Gongsun occupied Shu as the king, entered the main place, there is a white crane well in the city, there is often white gas gushing out in the well, just like a white dragon, Gongsun took this name as "White Emperor", and renamed this city as White Emperor City.

People who often read the script are also familiar with the White Emperor City, after the fire burned the company camp, the ancestor of Shu was in the White Emperor City, leaving a good story through the ages.

In the last years of the Great Wei Dynasty, the Qingyang Sect was in turmoil, and its main altar was located in the White Emperor City. Later, the Qingyang Sect was destroyed, and the White Emperor City was placed under the name of Daomen.

Daomen did not regard this place as a gateway fortress, but regarded it as a place for the distribution of goods, and the bulk goods such as silk, silk, brocade, sugar and salt from Shuzhou were gathered in the White Emperor City, and then transported to Huzhou, Jiangzhou and other places by waterway, or from the Grand Canal to the north, or directly to the sea.

Because of this, the White Emperor City is not under the jurisdiction of the Shuzhou Provincial Government, but directly belongs to the Shibo Hall among the nine halls.

As the name suggests, "city" is the market trade, "ship" is the ship sea trade, the main door of the sea trade and other business affairs, the degree branch is responsible for auditing, statistics, expenditure, mainly how to spend money, the city is responsible for how to make money.

Among the nine halls, the Shibo Hall is not only related to the Duzhi Hall, but also closely cooperates with the Tianji Hall and the Huasheng Hall. Tianjitang and Huashengtang can produce goods, and how to sell the goods is a matter for Shibotang. The money earned will be handed over to the Duzhi Hall to support Beichen Hall and Tiangang Hall, which are only unable to enter and exit.

Because of this, Shibotang also set up branches in various places, but it is not like Huashengtang and Tianjitang where each Taoist government has branches, but mainly focuses on the key locations of several trade routes, such as Baidi City, Jinling Mansion, Lanling Mansion, Qingbin Mansion, Loulan City and so on. At the same time, the city also played a role in the middle of the coordination, at the beginning of the Jiangnan case, from the Liaodong Province and Qizhou Province to fill the gap in the Jiangnan Province was coordinated by the City Hall, the business was also negotiated by the City Hall and the West Continent businessmen, Jiangnan Province was mainly responsible for preparing the corresponding goods.

The two calculated the distance just right, and when it was almost dusk, the two of them happened to come to the north gate of the White Emperor City, and it was not surprising that the gate inspection was very strict. And the person in charge of guarding the city gate is not the black-clothed man of the imperial court, but the spiritual officer of the Daomen.

However, for Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu, it is more beneficial, no matter what, Daomen and the imperial court are separated by a layer after all, no more than Daomen's own people.

Sure enough, Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu showed their baskets, and after the spiritual officer guarding the door confirmed that it was correct, his attitude suddenly became kind, and even the necessary luggage inspection was saved, and he was released happily.

When you enter the city, even if it is late, it is still full of people and cars, and it is very busy.

There are mountains in the city, and you can see them as far as the eye can see. There are palace buildings on the hill, which are faintly visible.

Zhang Yuelu stretched out his hand and pointed to the palace on the mountain, and said: "That is the famous Yong'an Palace, located on the highest Yong'an Mountain in the White Emperor City, you can overlook the situation outside the city, and it is very suitable for supervising the battle command. However, it is now a branch hall of the Botang of Daomen City, which also has the function of a Taoist temple. ”

As we all know, many Taoist temples in Daomen also function as post stations.

Qi Xuansu's eyes lit up: "You mean we can spend the night for free." ”

"That's right." Zhang Yuelu said, "By the way, you can also sell horses to them." ”

"Walk, walk." Qi Xuansu should be the first to hit the horse and move forward.

Zhang Yuelu pursed her lips and smiled, following closely.