Push the door and enter, there is a large hall inside, in front of the hall is an empty courtyard, and a big tree is planted in the corner of the courtyard, although it is winter, the canopy is very thick.

Shang Yang led them inside.

There is a passage on the side of the main hall, through which there are two adjacent courtyards at the back, with white walls and black tiles, and two courtyard gates that are not wide are close to each other.

Shangyang pointed to the door on the left: "I usually live in the west courtyard." Liuyao, you live in the East Courtyard. Ah Jiu lives in the side hall of the front yard. Don't be afraid at night, the temple is surrounded by enchantments. ”

"Ah Jiu lives with me."

"Liuyao, from now on, let go of your status as a prince and follow me to cultivate with peace of mind. A little Taoist priest does not need a servant to wait. ”

Xuan Liuyao was silent for a long time: "Yes." ”

They each cleaned up the house, and when it was daybreak, it was finally done. Xuan Liuyao was so tired that he fell on his back and lost consciousness.

I don't know how long it took for him to open his eyes, and the sunlight shone in lightly through the window lattice, illuminating the spacious room. The furnishings in the room are simple, with a carved bed, a row of wooden cabinets, and the big wooden box he brought when he left the palace is next to the bed, and inside is the clothes and silver prepared by Fu Feiyan for him.

He rolled over, as if he were in a lifetime.

After lying down for a while, he felt hungry, so he got up and looked for something to eat.

There is a passage to the east of the small courtyard, he passed through the passage, and found that there was a row of small houses behind, and there was a narrow field in front of the house, Shangyang and Ah Jiu were rolling their trouser legs, one was digging a pit with a shovel and planting onions in it, and the other was holding a scoop and watering it behind, a picture of grandpa and grandson.

Xuan Liuyao had just passed seven years of court life, and he was used to seeing bluestone slabs all over the ground, and suddenly saw that there were mud fields where he could grow vegetables.

"Go, go to the side, don't trample the field."

This is what makes him feel even fresher, they no longer even have honorifics, and they dislike him as much as they dislike a man who only eats for nothing.

It was meant to be.

He went to the kitchen to eat something, and began to wander around boredly, looking around.

Lingqingguan is not too big, with a front hall, two middle courtyards, and a row of backyards. There was also a well in the courtyard of the east courtyard where he lived, and there was still water in the well.

Unlike the trees below, almost all of the trees on the top of the mountain are lush and green, and some of them bear a lot of red or yellow fruits, looming in the thick shade. Through the gaps in the canopy, some birds and animals can be seen shuttling through the forest, but it is not clear how many there are.

The mountainside is surrounded by a thick layer of white clouds, as if it will not disperse for many years.

The scenery here is somewhat similar to the Lingtai Mountain in the fairy world. Perhaps, between heaven and earth here, it is the place where it overlaps with Lingtai Mountain in the fairy world.

Xuan Liuyao thought of the spirit fox again, if it had not followed into the world, at this time, was it at the foot of Lingtai Mountain, or in the Lingfu Palace on the mountainside? If it was in the Spirit Floating Palace, would it be by his side at this time? Could it be that it was tiptoeing its little feet, raising its nose and sniffing around, perhaps, squatting at its feet at this time, looking up at him...... Although, they can't see each other.

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Almost all of the food here has to be bought from the village below the mountain. They climbed up and down the steep mountain road, Xuan Liuyao survived the fatigue at the beginning, and a layer of calluses grew on the soles of his feet, and he slowly got used to it.

They even carved out a wasteland at the bottom of the hill to grow wheat, beans, and so on. However, he also asked the villagers to watch on their behalf, and the labor fee given was not much different from buying these grains.

There are fruits and game in the mountains, but most of the work of catching game is done by Ah Jiu.

After all, Ah Jiu is not a Taoist priest, and he is not afraid of committing "murder".

Reading, practicing spells, and occasionally practicing a sword, these lessons are similar to those in the palace, but they are much slower, and the days are leisurely, and before you know it, more than a year has passed on the spiritual mountain.

Suddenly, one day the gongs and drums were beating at the bottom of the mountain, and it was very noisy.

What's even worse is that the noisy gongs and drums came from the bottom to the top, and actually stopped outside the Lingqing Temple.

Shangyang was talking to him in Xuan Liuyao's house, and the two of them were very confused, they had not recently gone down the mountain to do good deeds in the small village, and even if they did, they would not thank him for coming up the mountain with such fanfare, at most they would give two more potatoes and a salted fish when buying food.

The courtyard door was pushed open.

Ah Jiufeng rushed in, stopped outside the threshold and gasped for breath, his face was not sure whether it was panic or excitement: "People! Person! ”

Poor Ah Jiu spoke less on the mountain, and he couldn't even say a whole sentence at this time.

"Who?" Shangyang asked.

"A lot of people." Ah Jiu finally stopped panting, but it seemed that his brain was a little insufficient.

That's it.

Just go out and see.

Outside the gate, there are more than a dozen middle-aged men, and more than a dozen horses, carrying bulging cloth bags on horseback, as well as wooden boxes, like a dart team, and like a caravan. I really don't understand why they're here?

"......Who are you?" Shangyang asked unhurriedly.

A leading man bowed and replied respectfully: "Sir, Your Highness, the little ones have come to send plaques and rewards by the will of God. ”

"Huh?"

If there is really a plaque, there are three big characters on it: Lingqingguan.

There are two small words at the bottom: Imperial Gift.

The leading man spoke again: "From now on, Lingshan is a royal land and is protected by the emperor's grace. Two hundred guards have been stationed at the foot of the mountain to protect the safety of His Highness and his husband. ”

It's to keep them in check.

Shangyang and Xuan Liuyao smiled bitterly: "Thank you for your saint's grace." ”

Goods on horseback were brought into the compound, including grain, beans, turnips, cabbage, cloth, and porcelain. There is more cloth and less linen. The porcelain is plain. Each was very useful, but he did not have a penny of silver.

It's really courteous and affectionate.

After the men left, the door closed.

Shangyang and Xuan Liuyao looked at each other, and they both hated the soldiers under the mountain, although it was not a big problem, but they always felt that two hundred pairs of eyes were staring at them day and night at the bottom of the mountain, and it was very annoying to think about it.

"Let them go out of the wasteland."

"Let them farm."

The two of them opened their mouths in unison, and they took out a large bag of copper coins from the cellar.

It wasn't long before the copper coins appeared here and there in the field near where the soldiers were stationed, and somehow there were many new hoes on the edge of their camp, and after they had dug three feet into the ground with the hoes, there was more grain on the edge of the field. And they heard in the night a whisper from outside the tent: These seeds, buried in the ground, will bring forth silver.

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On that day, Xuan Liuyao was hidden at the foot of the mountain and watched the soldiers pouting their butts and weeding in the field. Since planting the seeds, they seem to have discovered the instinct of farmers in the first place, and they have consciously and voluntarily worked in the fields.

He happily returned to the mountain.

As soon as he entered the hospital, he felt that something was wrong.

He stopped, looking around the courtyard alertly.

The yard was refreshing, and there was not even a single grass. It's just that the well is different from usual, and there is a ...... on the wellhead Half a black stout ...... Tail.

Bang.

In an instant, all of his hair exploded.

Scared.

This is where he lives, and such a strange thing has been entered! What is it? Did you come from outside, or did you climb out of a well? Cannibalism?

Even though he realized that he had seen a lot, he still felt extremely terrifying at this time.

As soon as he grasped the Shuoyue Sword, he took a closer look. Slowly, the hair returned to its original place, and a hanging heart returned to its original place.

The tail was like a snake's tail, and the gray-black scales looked hard and rough. It's not necessarily a tail, there are thick claws under the belly, tightly grasping the edge of the well platform, the tail tip is thick, and there is a circle of hard spines, like a fish's tail.

That thing, he was used to seeing it before, but he only saw half of it all at once, and it appeared in his courtyard inexplicably, which startled him.

There are a lot of these things in the fairy world, and in the human world, it is the first time he has seen it. I don't know if it knows his identity as an immortal?

Xuan Liuyao stood still, just looking at it.

It didn't move, it wasn't, its belly was slowly bulging. He should be drinking water from a well.

Finally, the guy twisted twice and withdrew from a pair of front paws. He pressed his front paws against the platform of the well, as if he were pulling out its head.

I can't pull it out.

It's always the horns on the head that are stuck inside.

Xuan Liuyao was about to step forward to help, but the guy stopped, his thick body slowly thinned, and with a whoosh, the dragon's head rose high.

Before the dragon could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a little man with a sword standing by the well, and his eyes were as wide as copper bells.

"Shangxian, Shangxian, offended, offended." The dragon stammered, but he didn't see it speak, as if it were in line with his heart.

"Why are you here?" Xuan Liuyao didn't mind getting up and urging his clothes to dry.

"I don't know, flying and flying, I actually arrived in the world, and I couldn't find my way back to the fairy world. He was very thirsty, and when he saw that there was a well here, he came down. ”

"Oh, then you go back."

"I can't seem to go back." The dragon rested his head on the platform of the well and looked at him pitifully.

"I'm also a mortal now, I'm afraid I can't help you."

The dragon was silent for a while: "Shangxian has taken me in, and I will live in this well." If the immortal encounters any trouble, he can tell Xiao Ke. ”

Can you command a small one?

Xuan Liuyao pondered for a while and nodded: "Okay." In the future, you will be called Xiao Ke. ”

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Lingqingguan has an uninvited guest again.

Hu Qiqi and his wife stood outside the gate of the Taoist temple, crying with sad faces: "Originally, I brought two big roosters raised at home to Shangyang Zhenren and Xiaozhenren, but at the foot of the mountain, a group of soldiers did not let us go up the mountain, saying that this is the holy territory, and the common people cannot enter." After saying all the good things, and leaving the rooster to them, they let us go up the mountain. ”

"It doesn't matter. Come on in. Shangyang let the two of them into the temple and glanced back at Xuan Liuyao.

He comprehended, twisted his fingers, and the two roosters whose feet were tied fell to the ground with a grunt, their wings fluttering, Hu Qiqi and his wife turned their heads in surprise, looked at each other, and suddenly had surprise and certainty in their eyes.

Ah Jiu carried the two chickens to the backyard. Xuan Liuyao followed Shangyang and them into the main hall and listened to them discuss the matter of herbal medicine. remembered that Shangyang had promised the couple more than a year ago, and he had also gone into the mountains to look for it, but he had never prepared all the medicinal materials, and the matter was delayed.

Hu Qiqi and his wife had no news, so they ran over by themselves.

Shangyang felt a little guilty, feeling that he had a bit of a meaning of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and coughed lightly: "It's because the old man is lazy, and he still lacks a taste of medicine at the moment, so he has to go into the mountains to find it this time." ”

"I don't know what this medicine looks like, if we go into the mountains to find it ourselves, we can save some effort for real people."

"There are wild beasts in the mountains, and ordinary people are more than lucky."

"Then it's bothering real people."

Hu Seventeen and his wife couldn't repay it, and diligently cleaned up and down the Lingqingguan three times, wiping no cobwebs or dust, and then they left with a thousand thanks.

When they left, Shangyang threw two bamboo baskets to Xuan Liuyao and Ah Jiu, and asked them to follow him into the mountains to find herbs.

Ah Jiu looked suspicious: "Aren't there wild beasts in the mountains?" ”