Volume 1 Seven Grades of Taoism Chapter 147 Gifts
It was Zhang Yuyue who was in charge of the family, but the nominal head of the family was still Dong Baijing, and in the end Dong Baijing persuaded his wife to set up a banquet to entertain Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu.
Zhang Yuyue glanced at Qi Xuansu with some disgust.
At this time, Qi Xuansu had already taken off his outer cloak, although he was wearing a Taoist robe, there was a row of flying knives neatly inserted on the outer belt, and behind him was a cowhide waist bag connected to the belt, containing various projectiles, including "Dragon Eye Yi 2" and "Dragon Eye B 3", on the left was a gun sleeve containing a fire gun, on the right was a short sword with a sheath, and a large animal skin satchel was carried diagonally, bulging and containing some sundries. In addition, the cuffs, which are not wide-sleeved, are also a little bloated, so they should have something in the sleeve pocket to make it easy to throw.
This is the image of a Taoist priest in Tiangangtang, and he is short of the double swords behind him.
Others walked with a ring, but Qi Xuansu was afraid that when he walked, he was afraid that his sword would clatter.
For the county town that has been peaceful for a long time, such a dress is really a bit out of place. Even if Qi Xuansu looks harmless to humans and animals, such a dress looks murderous, not to mention that Qi Xuansu is not harmless to humans and animals, at least Zhang Yuelu can see at a glance that he is murderous.
Qi Xuansu seemed to have forgotten the previous unpleasantness, and took the initiative to salute Dong Baijing and Zhang Yuyue.
Dong Baijing returned the salute, but Zhang Yuyue still had a cold attitude: "Don't dare to be." ”
Zhang Yuelu accentuated her tone slightly: "Cousin." ”
Zhang Yuyue knew that she was a cousin, and when she called herself "cousin" instead of "sister", she was dissatisfied, even if she wanted to give the thief boy a face, she couldn't help but look at her sister's face, so she could only return the salute, and softened her tone slightly: "Qi Daoyou doesn't have to be formal." ”
Qi Xuansu doesn't take it to heart, as he himself said, people can't find anger for themselves, and they can't be too upright. Today, when people make themselves look and say a few cold words, they feel that they have suffered a great shame and humiliation, and they can't wait to make a blood oath, and if they don't avenge this oath, they won't live long, and there is no need for that.
Dong Baijing looked at Zhang Yuelu with some surprise after seeing his wife's reaction.
This cousin is really not simple, and his wife, who has always been willful, is she a little afraid of this cousin?
He turned his gaze to Qi Xuansu again.
Since the cousin is not simple, the young man who can enter the eyes of this cousin will be an ordinary person?
But what he admires most is Qi Xuansu's temperament, he can afford to put it down, the threshold of the Zhang family is very high, people who refuse to bend down can't climb over, and people who don't have straight knees can't climb over.
Some people from Vientiane Dao Palace have talents, and they are ruthless, but they are too much, always with a sense of anger, and seem to feel that everyone is sorry for him, a big family like the Zhang family can't tolerate such ghosts, not to mention that there was only a Li Minghuang a few years ago, and the lessons from the past are not far away.
It's a person like Qi Xuansu, who is neither humble nor arrogant, and may have a chance.
The meal was eaten unfazed.
Zhang Yuyue was not willing to speak, Dong Baijing was not familiar with the two, and Qi Xuansu was not good at talking casually, so as not to attract Zhang Yuyue's greater disgust, so it became Zhang Yuelu's dominant topic.
Zhang Yuelu talked about their recent trip to the Western Regions, for Zhang Yuyue, although she has lived in Kunlun Yujing for a long time, and Kunlun is in the Western Regions in a broad sense, but the Western Regions are still strange and distant, because she rarely leaves Yujing City, and usually takes a flying boat to travel between Yujing and Wuzhou, and even the Western Regions Daofu and Loulan City have not been there, so the Western Regions is naturally extremely far away, and it is extremely unfamiliar.
The two of them were more like listening to a story.
When the two learned from Zhang Yuelu's mouth that Qi Xuansu had killed a celestial with his own hands, they couldn't help but be shocked, Zhang Yuyue was shocked, no longer denied Qi Xuansu's ability, and became more and more convinced that Qi Xuansu was the next Li Minghuang.
As for Dong Baijing, he admired this young man a little. At first, he felt that Qi Xuansu was good, but he was not so good, strictly speaking, he didn't see at a glance what outstanding qualities Qi Xuansu had, but more saw himself back then. After all, he can get into Zhang Yuyue's eyes, and he is a four-grade sacrificial wine Taoist priest of this age, it may not be anything in the Zhang family, but looking at the entire Daomen, it is already very remarkable.
However, after Dong Baijing heard that Qi Xuansu killed Diswin without changing his face, he knew that he was far inferior to this young man.
Qi Xuansu observed his words and looks, although he didn't dare to say that he had seen through what Zhang Yuyue was thinking, but he could be regarded as a guess, and he couldn't help but feel wronged, how could he feel that he was like that Li Minghuang, is it just because they are all from the poor background of the Vientiane Dao Palace?
However, Qi Xuansu suddenly thought of his other identity, which was actually a deception, although it was different from Li Minghuang, but the nature was also very bad.
Qi Xuansu felt uncomfortable again.
We must leave the Qingping Society as soon as possible.
Zhang Yuelu didn't want to visit her sister temporarily, she prepared a gift in advance, and she bought it in Yujing. After all, seven or eight out of ten good things in the world are concentrated in Yujing and Dijing, which are incomparable to other places.
Zhang Yuelu's gift is a piece of ink, which is the "Qianqiu Light Ink" from the hands of the Confucian ink makers, although it is not as good as the "Purple Jade Light Ink" in the Offering Palace, but it is also very valuable. On the back, the words "Qianqiu Light" are written in Yin script, and on the front are written in Yang script. Such a piece of ink on the market costs at least 500 Taiping dollars.
For Zhang Yuyue, who can give away a Taishangfang residence, this is not a valuable gift. However, in terms of Zhang Yuelu's financial resources, it is already a very sincere gift within the scope of his ability.
This gift is mainly for Dong Baijing, a cousin-in-law, after all, he is a person who dances and writes, and he prefers this kind of elegant things. If it is a gift to Qi Xuansu, the firearm will be better, and the sword weapon or something is not bad.
Zhang Yuelu bought a total of two pieces, spending a total of 1,000 Taiping dollars, and the other piece was for his father.
In addition, there is also Qi Xuansu's share. Zhang Yuelu asked Qi Xuansu for help, but she couldn't let Qi Xuansu bring her own gifts, so Qi Xuansu's share was also solved by her, which made Zhang Yuelu, who was not wealthy, have to withdraw a worry-free money that had been saved for a long time from Taiping Qianzhuang, exchange it into Taiping money, and buy two gifts.
It's the same as a glass mirror from the West. Glass is not unusual, but pure and uncoloured glass is still not common, hand-inlaid with silver, plated with a layer of gold like a flower vine, and held by ivory, which is expensive. The door is also made of glass, but it is rougher, and most of them are used for windows or greenhouses, the so-called greenhouses are actually used for growing vegetables, which can not only keep warm, but also transmit light. This makes it necessary to eat not only Chinese cabbage in winter, but also some other vegetables that violate the season, and the cost is lower than the "fire room" where a fire is built. In terms of luxury, the Western side is still superior.
Such a gift was given to Zhang Yuelu's mother.
Another gift was a fine pocket watch, in the style of the Twelve Hours, with the cover and bracelet in gold, and the rest of the case just gold-plated. This is a gift to Zhang Yuelu's father.
In order to choose these two gifts, Zhang Yuelu put a lot of thought into it, let alone spent less money, which is also one of the reasons why she doesn't like human contacts.
At this time, these two gifts were wrapped by Zhang Yuelu and placed in her Sumeru, and when they arrived in Shangqing County, they were handed over to Qi Xuansu.
Of course, Zhang Yuelu also had to tell Qi Xuansu in advance, so that he could know in his heart, if the giver didn't know what kind of gift he was giving, it would be exposed.
Zhang Yuyue originally wanted to leave Zhang Yuelu at home for the night, and the two sisters had a good idea of what they said, but Zhang Yuelu politely refused, and Zhang Yuyue didn't force it, considering the existence of Qi Xuansu, an eyesore.
Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu had no intention of staying in Fenning County, so they went out of the city directly and continued to hurry.
Dong Baijing sent the two to the city gate before waving goodbye.
Coming outside the city, Zhang Yuelu asked, "What do you think of seeing my cousin this time?" ”
Qi Xuansu replied: "Fortunately, it's not as difficult as I imagined." ”
Zhang Yuelu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, the next step is my mother's level, if she has any mean words, don't go to your heart, and you have to bear more." ”