/p> Near the City God Temple, the street is mostly full of good men and women who come here to burn incense, and there are many stalls selling special food and children's toys on both sides of the street. Chen Ping'an bought a string of rock sugar gourds for Li Baohua and Li Huai, and then the two children began to compete whose sugar gourd was bigger, and it turned out that Li Huai was more lucky, a total of six in a string, and won Li Baohua four times, and then Li Huai began to jump happily, holding up the string of sugar gourds high, and running around Chen Ping'an's forest.

Li Baohua silently ate the sugar gourd, and then quietly stretched out a leg, Li Huai tripped without paying attention, fell a dog and ate, and the string of sugar gourds in his hand rolled out of the distance, fortunately, the green bamboo small bookbox was tied quite strongly, Li Huai sat on the ground and cried.

The little girl in the red cotton jacket raised her head, deliberately looked left and right, and was rewarded by the angry and funny Chen Ping'an with a heavy chestnut, and went to help Li Huai, who was shaking her feet, and bought a string of sugar gourds for the sad child, Li Huai burst into tears and laughed, took the clean sugar gourd, and went to pick up the string of sugar gourds stained with mud, one in one hand, this time hiding from Li Baohua farther away, shaking the sugar gourd from side to side.

Li Baohua rolled his eyes and said, "Childish!"

It's very strange that Li Huai doesn't seem to have ever hated this little girl who is studying in a classmate no matter how he was bullied by Li Baohua, and he can't even talk about being angry, at most he has been wronged and is sad about himself.

Chen Ping'an and Lin Shouyi couldn't understand this, Lin Shouyi could only explain that one thing descended from one thing, and Li Huai needed Li Baohua to clean it up.

The young man Cui Yun broke away from the team a long time ago, and stopped alone in front of a sundries stall, Yu Lu wanted to stop and wait, but the young man in white did not appreciate it, did not raise his head, and waved his hand to let Yu Lu follow Chen Ping'an and them, he chose left and right, and was a little disgusted, so he planned to leave, and did not say a word from beginning to end.

The stall owner is a lazy young man, there were originally incense passing by the stall guests to ask the price, love to answer, so the business is more and more cold, now seeing the rich and noble attitude of the young man in white, like a first-class wealthy child in the county, especially when he saw that the young man had no signs of being moved, he immediately changed his face, stood up from the stool in a panic, bowed his head and said that these dozen or so old objects are all heirlooms left by the ancestors of the family, and they should have a history of at least two or three hundred years, but now the family is in great trouble and urgently needs silver, otherwise he will not take it out if he is killed。

The young man looked at it and was hollowed out by the wine, seeing that the young man no matter how he agitated his lips and tongue, he just didn't speak, the young man sat back on the bench, how could he have the courage to buy and sell, the old man and young master from the wealthy family in the county town, which one could drown them if he didn't spit, not to mention that I heard that those people were in the house, almost every year there were immortal masters on the mountain in and out, every time they had to open the door of the ceremony, the battle was so big that it was more exaggerated than the New Year's Festival, and the firecrackers were set off loudly, and the people in the whole county town knew that they welcomed the fairy guests in their home。

The young man Cui Yun suddenly asked: "The items on the table are packed together, is ten taels of silver enough?"

The young man shook his head vigorously, and said with a sad face: "This son, it's really not a small lion with a big mouth, these ancestral treasures are really good things that have been passed down from generation to generation in my family, my family tree has been recorded innocently, and my ancestor has been the prince and young master of the Later Shu Jiqing Dynasty, such things left by the ancestors, even if they sell for seventy or eighty taels of silver, it's not too much, right?"

The young man's face was flushed, and he picked up a half-inch long glass man, but unfortunately the color was dull and the appearance was not good, the young vendor leaned forward and carefully handed it to the young man in white, "Childe, take a good look, this glass beauty, if your eyesight is better, even its eyebrows can be seen clearly, and the folds of the placket can be called delicate, take 10,000 steps back and say, such a rare glass item, even if the quality of the glass itself is really not high, but such a large glass beauty, selling it for three or four silver is not a conscience, right?" Coupled with other large and small treasures, the price of ten taels of Childe is really low, Childe, you are good, and the price will be raised?"

The young man Cui Yun thought for a moment with a straight face, "Then eleven taels?"

The young man was almost suffocated to death by himself, stunned, looked at the white-clothed young man full of fairy spirit, and finally sighed: "Son, don't tease me." ”

The young man Cui Yun laughed and asked, "Do you know Snowflake Pattern Silver?"

The young man nodded stunned and said with a wry smile: "I naturally know that the generation of the young parents is also a spacious and developed family, and there are more than a dozen shops on the street next to this City God's Temple Street, all of which were once the property of the villain's family. ”

Cui Yun took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and slapped it on the table, "Twenty-two taels of official silver, converted into the kind of inferior silver of your Huang Tingguo, how can there be twenty-five taels, more than enough, is it enough to cover the tattered things on this table?"

The young man stole these belongings from home, and the psychological price was about twenty taels of silver, so he immediately rejoiced, quickly picked up the silver ingot, clenched it tightly in the palm of his hand, quietly weighed it, and then lightly carved it with his fingernails, that's right, it is real gold and silver in excellent condition, lest the young man regret it, after hiding the silver ingot, he pulled up the corner of the cloth under the edge of the table with both hands, and suddenly mentioned it, and rolled it into a package in three or two clicks, and the objects inside hit each other, crackled, and then pushed in front of the young man in white, smiling from ear to ear," This son is all yours. ”

The young man Cui Yun carried the package and quipped: "

The young man smiled and said: "The villain is a well-known honest man in our county, and he has never been deceived in business, and the son only has a hundred hearts, and this transaction guarantees that the son will only make money and not lose money." ”

The young Cui Yun held the package in one hand, chased Chen Ping'an and others to the City God Temple, accelerated the pace all the way, approached the carriage, threw the package to thank you, and then came to Chen Ping'an's side, pointed to the eye-catching roof of the City God Temple not far away, and introduced: "This is the largest City God Temple in the Huangting Kingdom, according to legend, in the last years of the former Western Shu Dynasty, it ruled several states of the City God, so the eaves are covered with green glazed tiles, the specifications are extremely high, and the general City God Pavilion Temple will definitely not dare to cover this precious tile." The original site is not here, after the change of dynasty, the Hong family is in charge of the country, only to move to the current site, in fact, the original site of this city god pavilion, is a good place, there is an old well, is a spiritual spring, now by Huang Tingguo a mountain gate transformed into an inn, specially to receive the cultivation of people and the rich and noble people up and down the court, the spiritual spring exudes the aura, help to practice, this kind of place, in the worldly world under the mountain, can not be found. ”

Chen Ping'an asked, "Is it expensive?"

Cui Yun thought for a while, "For you, death is expensive. ”

Chen Ping'an glanced at Lin Shouyi, who was staring at the eaves of the City God Temple, and asked softly, "How expensive?"

Cui Yun said with a smile: "One person and one night, at least one hundred taels of silver, the courtyard room closest to that well is estimated to be more than doubled." ”

As the national teacher of Da Li, Cui Yun originally mastered part of the spy system of the dynasty, specifically for the mountain forces of Da Li and surrounding countries, such as the inside story of the size of the county town of Huang Tingguo, and the history of the changes in the City God Temple, which is one of the must-see spy contents, as for why to understand the specific price of the inn at the original site, it is just a pastime used by the national teacher Cui Qi in his spare time to relieve boredom, and maybe when he enters the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor, it can also be used as an interesting conversation when playing against monarchs and ministers.

Chen Ping'an lowered his voice and asked, "If I have a gold and copper coin in my hand, how many taels will it be converted into silver?"

The young man in white stretched out his hand and pointed to the Chenghuang Temple, which was getting closer and closer, but did not speak.

Chen Ping'an was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Cui Yun smiled: "I mean it's worth such a big silver mountain." ”

Chen Ping'an opened his mouth slightly, glanced at the vast Chenghuang Temple with long buildings, and secretly helped the back basket behind him.

When the straw sandals boy found himself carrying a silver mountain on his back, he suddenly felt a little heavy.

Cui Han saw this detail in his eyes, but remained silent.

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a long time, and before he was about to enter the City God Temple, he stopped and asked, "Cui Dongshan, can I borrow money from you?"

The young man in white seemed to have been waiting for Chen Ping'an's words, put his hands in his sleeves, smiled and nodded: "Of course you can, you can see me as a hundred treasure boys, if you want money, you want magic weapons, there are only things you can't think of, there is nothing you can't ask for." ”

Chen Ping'an made up his mind and said slowly: "Then we will stay in that inn tonight, no matter how long we stay after that, all the expenses will be paid by you for the time being, and you will report me a amount afterwards, and you will set the interest, and when I return to Longquan County in the future, I will return it to you with interest." Okay?"

Cui Yun pulled out his sleeve with one hand, waved his hand and said, "Forget the interest, just pay me back the principal when the time comes." Giving convenience to others is making it convenient for yourself. ”

At this moment, Li Huai was carrying half a string of sugar gourds in his hand, and suddenly squatted down, staring at the boots of the young man in white with wide eyes.

It turned out that there was a snow-white grasshopper standing on Cui Yun's boots, and after being stared at by Li Huai, the strange grasshopper that originally wanted to climb up along the robe immediately stiffened and did not move, Li Huai looked at the gadget, and his curiosity rose, so he was about to reach out to catch it, the silver-white grasshopper was frightened, and he didn't dare to continue to pretend to be dead, so he immediately jumped up sensitively, hooked the fine silk thread of Cui Yun's robe with his front paws, ran quickly, and quickly came to Cui Yun's waist, and the last bounce was hung under the cuffs, swaying slightly.

The young man in white smiled as usual, twisted his right wrist, grabbed the grasshopper with two fingers, gently held it in the palm of his hand, and stuffed it into the left cuff.

An even more surprising scene appeared, the lively snow-white grasshopper melted like ice and snow in the palm of the young man's hand, and instantly turned into a silver ingot, but the silver ingot still wriggled and moved.

Hiding the silver ingot or grasshopper in his sleeve, the young man in white looked around, Yu Lu and Xie Xie, the two young girls from the Lu Dynasty, looked flat, while Chen Ping'an, a group of small earth buns from Lizhu Dongtian, was more shocked than the other.

Cui Yun obviously didn't want to say anything, turned his head to Lu and said: "You and thank you girl to ask for some incense, and when we enter the Chenghuang Temple, we can use it, it's best to buy an incense tube by the way, of course, don't forget to buy a simple style, otherwise I won't pay for the incense tube." ”

The tall boy took the swarthy girl to ask for incense.

Chen Ping'an said in a word, "Cui Dongshan, this silver ingot is the money you used to buy that bag of items, right?

The young man in white looked innocent, "I have clearly paid the money, and the money for the goods is clear, but the silver has its own feet, and I am also very embarrassed if I have to run back to find me." ”

Li Huai was still squatting on the ground, with a look of envy, and sighed: "It's really a good thing, if I have such a silver ingot, it will not be difficult to go all over the world." ”

The young man in white lowered his head and asked with a smile: "Do you like it? Do you want it?" This little guy is called Worm Silver, it's useless, it's just fun. The reason for the birth of this kind of spirit is unknown, anyway, the large silver vaults of many dynasties, a hundred years may not be able to appear a single insect silver, and even if it appears, it is not big, the appearance of the silver that has changed, at most it is a larger broken silver piece, like such a big size in my sleeve, it is rare and rare, so I am willing to take it with me, and it is invulnerable, even if it bears the power of ten thousand jun, it will not hurt a bit, let you cut it into dozens of pieces, as long as it is stacked together, it can quickly restore its complete appearance. Li Huai, if you want it, I can give it to you?"

Li Huai stood up and replied seriously: "I only have one sister, named Li Liu, but she is still Ah Liang's daughter-in-law for the time being." ”

The young man in white knew the little rabbit's style of speech, "Do you want to give it away for nothing?" I don't have any idea about your sister. ”

Li Huai asked: "Then I will pay for dinner in the future, and take Chen Ping'an and them to eat and drink spicy food, can it run back by itself every time?"

Cui Yun smiled and nodded, shook his sleeves, shook the silver ingot out of his cuffs, and handed it to Li Huai.

Li Huai wanted to take the silver ingot, but his movements paused slightly, and he turned his head to look at Chen Ping'an on the side.

Chen Ping'an said: "Of course, you have to pay for dinner, and you can't change the way to repay the bills. I don't care what about Cui Dongshan, but you Li Huai are Mr. Qi's disciples......"

Li Huai immediately put his hands behind his back, clinging to his buttocks, and shook his head at the young man in white: "Alas, forget it." ”

Chen Ping'an continued: "Li Huai, I haven't finished my words yet, but the insect silver can be put away, and people are kind enough to give you good things, you can take it first." As for how to use it in the future, then follow the rules later,"

Li Huai's eyes lit up, and he snatched the silver ingot in the hand of the young man in white, and was about to stuff it into his arms, after thinking about it, he quickly turned around, turned his back to everyone, opened the small bookcase, and threw the silver ingot inside.

The young Cui Yun withdrew his hand stupidly, and said helplessly: "It's really a perennial eagle, and I pecked the eagle in the eye." ”

Yu Lu had already bought a well-made boxwood incense tube and filled it with a tube of incense branches, which was enough for everyone to enter the temple many times to burn incense.

In addition to thanking you for taking care of the carriage on the side of the road, the rest of the group walked into the City God Temple, and after each of them finished offering incense, they saw a couplet in the main hall.

When he was dying, he was left alone, and he went to the Yin Division to ask his descendants to be safe; in the end, he left behind a thousand years of infamy, and he came to the underworld to know that everything was over.

The city god is in the middle and high position, there are subordinate officials on both sides, they are arranged in turn, the momentum is huge, only the clay statue with the title of general, there are as many as eight, respectively, the chief officer of the eight divisions including the Yin and Yang Division, the Express Division, and the Sushi Note. The young Cui Qi also said that the highest standard City God Temple in Aquarius stopped here, but a certain City God Pavilion, the largest in the world, has as many as 24 divisions, even the Inspection Department, the Epidemic Eradication Department and the Academic Administration Department, which is almost comparable to the court of a small country.

Lin Shouyi watched it with relish, Li Baohua was not very interested, and Li Huai was the least courageous, so he only dared to follow Chen Ping'an's side closely.

Carefully looked at the famous mural on the wall of the main hall eighteen layers of hell, people feel that the trip is worthwhile, and then walk out of the main hall, the apse is a hall similar to the county government judgment, the city god sits in the back of the big case, there are civil and military judges standing left and right, but there is only half of the couplet outside the hall, "sincerity is spiritual, no need for you to kowtow, quickly retreat", but the next link is blank.

Li Baohua became interested at this time, and began to think about the content of the next link, but he was not satisfied, frowned, and was unwilling to admit defeat.

The teenagers Cui Yun and Yu Lu also stood under the blank couplet.

Chen Ping'an took Lin Shouyi and Li Huai to look into the lobby at the door, there were clay statues prostrate and kowtowing, some statues wore shackles, and some statues bowed their heads and knelt.

There was an old man in a green shirt who did not bring his family, and when he saw the eye-catching green bamboo bookbox of Li Baohua and his group, he smiled, came to the vicinity of the young Cui Yun, looked up at the blank couplet together, and asked with a smile: "Little masters, have you ever thought of a good couplet?"

Cui Yun turned a deaf ear.

Once Li Baohua seriously thinks about things, he will concentrate on it, but he really didn't hear it.

Only Yu Lu replied with a smile: "I thought of some, but I was not satisfied, it was too dog-tailed mink, so I wouldn't be ugly with the old gentleman." ”

The old man laughed heartily, raised his hand and pointed to the couplet, "Regarding this couplet, there has always been an unwritten rule in the county town, whether it is a person or a ghost, a spirit or a stranger, as long as anyone can write a couplet that convinces the public, he can become a distinguished guest of this old city god." ”

Yu Lu asked suspiciously: "Old man, how can I be considered to be convinced?"

The young Cui Yun said lazily: "Ask yourself." ”

Li Baohua just thought about a problem, killed a roadblock in his thoughts, and happened to hear a question and answer, the little girl subconsciously added: "In the dead of night, the conscience is clear, ask yourself, and blurt out." ”

The gray-haired old man in a green shirt nodded slowly.

Although the little girl in the red cotton jacket failed to come up with a suitable couplet in the end, the old man still insisted on sending them all the way out of the City God Temple, standing in the threshold, smiling goodbye to everyone.

After leaving this ancient city god temple, Chen Ping'an asked people where the inn was, but everyone was at a loss, as if this place did not exist in the county town at all, so they had to look at the young man in white.

The young man Cui Yun smiled and asked, "Otherwise, forget it?" I also heard some gossip, and I may not take it seriously. Besides, if you really don't have such a place to eat gold and swallow silver, you don't have to borrow money from me. ”

Chen Ping'an glanced at Lin Shouyi, who was confused, Chen Ping'an said persistently: "You take a slow stroll through the market first, and I'll ask later." ”

The straw sandals boy with the basket on his back trotted forward quickly, and in the distance of the team, he asked one person after another.

The young Cui Qi walked to the carriage, his expression was faintly displeased, and he couldn't help but slander, even if you Chen Ping'an are carrying a mountain of gold and silver, but this is a matter of spending money like flowing water, and in the end you still make wedding clothes for others, as for being so attentive?

When the young man in white bent down and lifted the curtain of the car, he turned his head to look at Lin Shouyi, who was in the dark, and the young man with gloomy eyes suddenly felt a little jealous at this moment.

(End of chapter)