Taishang Dao ancestor has clouds: Tao gives birth to one, one life to two, two to three, and three to all things.

Therefore, Daomen likes the number "three" very much, and also believes that "three" is the most stable.

As long as the chief deputy lord and the second lord of the mansion are determined to join hands to balance the real person of the main house, it is completely possible to compete with the real person of the main house, because the real person of the main government does not have the power to remove and dispose of the chief and second seats, unless some special means are used, but once it fails, it will inevitably lead to burning, which can be described as endless troubles.

Responsible for presiding over the reception banquet is the chief deputy head of the Dijing Dao Mansion, named Zhou Jiaoxian, born in Quanzhen Dao, without a prominent family background, but from the Vientiane Dao Palace, to be able to get to this point, only one step away from the real person in charge of the mansion and the real person in the know, it is not easy.

If Qi Xuansu joined the Quanzhen Dao at the beginning, if he was still surnamed Qi, he would probably be called Qi Yong or something, but he began to join Zhengyi, and his name was relatively arbitrary, so he was named "Xuansu". Now that he has transferred to the Quanzhen Dao, there is no reason to change his name, after all, there are many people in the Quanzhen Dao who do not choose their names according to their generations, such as Yao Pei, Pei Xiaolou, Pei Xuanzhi and so on.

The banquet used large round tables, which were placed in turn, like peacocks opening the screen. Qi Xuansu was arranged at a table in the middle, in addition to the two deputy mansion masters at this table, there were also several third-grade Youyi Taoist priests and a second-grade spiritual official, all of whom were powerful figures, and there was even an official of the imperial court, who was the second-grade servant of the Ministry of Rites, who was in charge of the Daolu Division, and was considered an old friend of the Daomen.

Compared with these people, Qi Xuansu's only four-grade sacrificial wine Taoist is a little insufficient.

Many people who don't know the details of Qi Xuansu can't help but murmur in their hearts, a four-grade sacrificial wine Taoist, even if he has some family background, how can he be so swaggering?

Some people looked at Qi Xuansu frequently, and some of them couldn't hide their thoughts, and they already showed contempt on their faces, but in front of the two deputy mansion masters, no one would have a seizure at this time.

There is no shortage of people who think viciously in their hearts: The Qi family is really talented, just died a Qi Jianyuan, and what Qi Xuansu was introduced, but Qi Jianyuan died in the Vientiane Dao Palace, this one must not die in the imperial capital again.

However, there are also people who recognize Qi Xuansu, and tell others about Qi Xuansu's deeds, first by Zhang Yuelu, the little palm of Tiangang Hall, participated in the second Jiangnan case, and was praised by Donghua Zhenren himself, and Yao Pei is classmate in the palace, and jointly solved the case of Zhang Xuanyan, the key is that he is less than thirty years old and has become a celestial.

To be realistic, other people's so-called exercise is to draw cakes to satisfy hunger, this is really to exercise ability, after going back to promote and reuse is inevitable, although because there is no family help, there is no hope of competing for the big master like Yao Pei and others, but it should not be difficult to compete for the position of a real person in the future.

Before Qi Xuansu came to the imperial capital, he had met Cihang Zhenren and Donghua Zhenren in a row, and it was still a solitary meeting under great pressure.

Probably because he was also born in the lower palace of the Vientiane Dao Palace, Zhou Jiaoxian naturally had a good impression of Qi Xuansu, plus Qi Xuansu was also a person of the Quanzhen Dao, and he had a great future, and the chief deputy lord of the hall actually took the initiative to talk to him.

It just so happened that Qi Xuansu went to the lower palace not long ago, although the two were not of the same generation, but they recalled the time in the lower palace together, and they still had a lot of common topics and talked about each other very happily.

Shi Bingyun is a generous person, at least she looks very generous on the surface, she doesn't feel that Zhou Jiaoxian is digging her corner, but she is quite curious about the lower palace in the mouth of the two, in her own words, her temperament is not suitable for Cihang, and it is obviously more suitable for the life of the lower palace.

For a while, Qi Xuansu became one of the leading characters on the table, and the rest of them could only be reduced to supporting roles.

In the eyes of others, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of speculation.

What is the origin of such a posture? Zhang, Li, Yao and the like are nothing more than that.

A banquet is full of joy and dissipation.

Many people drank a lot of wine, so they simply stayed directly in the Taiping Inn, which has the nature of a guild, and went to Xuanshang Beifang tomorrow morning.

Those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, Qi Xuansu's alcohol consumption can be regarded as being tempered by Zhang Yuelu, coupled with the martial arts physique, even if he does not need to cultivate to dissolve, he is not much drunk, so he simply walks slowly along the cobblestone path of the lake embankment, and overlooks the lake at night by the way.

It's just that he didn't walk a few steps, and he met Shi Bingyun, who also came out for a walk, and the two of them walked side by side.

Qi Xuansu returned the "Taiyi Yunyi" to Zhang Yuelu before leaving, in addition to the guys who "ate", he only brought 700 Taiping money with him, and he was most concerned about various expenses, so he asked about this aspect.

Shi Bingyun smiled and said: "It is said that it is not easy to live in the capital, but it is also true, the land is expensive, every inch of land is expensive, the house is destined not to be cheap, and the rent is naturally rising, after many people pay the rent, there are not a few big children left in their pockets, but there are other expenses, clothing and eating, travel and entertainment, etc., if you live in the more prosperous southern city, then it will cost about three Taiping dollars a month, if it is an inner city, then it will cost ten Taiping money." ”

"Of course, this is just an ordinary family, Tianyuan, as a high-grade Taoist priest of the Daomen, clothing, food, housing and transportation are all taken care of by the Dijing Daofu, you don't have to spend half a Taiping money, and the Daoist government can also reimburse you for official entertainment. There is just one point, personal contacts are not within the scope of reimbursement, you can not help but make friends, with your identity, the friends you make must be good people, and with them, all kinds of personal expenses are the majority. ”

Qi Xuansu suddenly had a headache. Although Daomen advocates simplicity and does not advocate acts such as fighting for wealth, but human nature is like this, many times it is unavoidable, take himself as an example, really let him spend two Taiping money to buy a piece of jewelry for Zhang Yuelu, and he can buy it, but no matter what Zhang Yuelu's attitude is, he himself feels that he can't take it, so in the end, he gritted his teeth and spent two hundred Taiping money.

The corners of Shi Bingyun's mouth curled: "I asked you about the case silver, the Ziwei Hall Four Grade Sacrifice Wine Taoist can have two hundred yuan of Taiping money per month, plus the allowance of the position and other subsidies, a total of three hundred yuan of Taiping money, which is three thousand six hundred Taiping money a year." In all fairness, it's really not a lot, but it also depends on who you compare it with, compared with ordinary people, this is a huge amount of money, compared with the magnates in the imperial capital, this is just some people's change. ”

Qi Xuansu nodded.

Shi Bingyun continued: "Take Lao Qin as an example, with the title of a prince, he has 10,000 Taiping money every year, which is not less, but only living on this 10,000 Taiping money is far from enough, where can he afford to support a large family of hundreds of people?" Therefore, he also wants to buy some properties, either let the Hakka servants of the palace go out to do some business in the name of the palace, or buy shares everywhere, and even the market hall also has a foot, and after a year, there will be about 50,000 Taiping dollars in total. ”

"But with more income, more expenses. Everywhere to communicate not to say, not this king, is that duke, can not lose face etiquette, he is also famous for his good popularity, very generous, not only to the door of the Hakka servants to be generous, is the outside of friends, but also extremely bold, who if you encounter difficulties, to the palace to go through, good life to worship, can be solved, many people call him 'Wang Buddha', there are also some sycophants praise him is 'Wan Jiasheng Buddha', this name sounds majestic, but to put it bluntly, it is piled up with the Taiping money spent in vain. ”

"I persuaded him a few times, he just didn't listen, every year is beyond his means, if it weren't for the good time of catching up with the New World Sea Trade a few years ago and accumulating some savings, I'm afraid that the books of the palace have long been empty, and now life is very tight, and he has been telling me to build a garden, but it has dragged on for more than half a year, and the foundation has not been laid, and I don't know which year and month to start construction."

Qi Xuansu was speechless when he heard it.

His annual silver is not enough for a fraction of others.

Shi Bingyun finally concluded: "This is the Imperial Palace, a gold-swallowing beast, even if it is a mountain of gold and silver, it can swallow it, and it can't make a ripple. ”

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

Qi Xuansu sighed: "Ma Wuye grass is not fat, if there are two or three evil cult demons who happen to hit the mouth of the gun, it is a lot of income, but it is a pity that at the feet of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that it is not easy to see the cult demons." ”

Shi Bingyun smiled: "That's not necessarily, don't say anything about the feet of the Son of Heaven, even in the harem of the Son of Heaven, it may not be clean." ”