Chapter 50: Teacups, Goji Berries

His Majesty the Holy Emperor was able to summon the Daomen Spirit Officer, Chen Qingshan was not surprised, after all, the whole world knew that His Majesty the Holy Emperor had some relationship with the Daomen, and in the Daomen, there were five hundred Spirit Officials.

"It's a little different from other Daomen spirit officials, this spirit officer is a little special, he is just a wisp of life soul, fused into this jade. Later, this jade was obtained by the Daomen, and this card was made with great mana, he has the same surname as you, and you can call him Chen Lingguan. ”

"Chen Lingguan also has six realms, which can protect you." His Majesty the Holy Emperor said slowly.

Chen Lingguan in that hall smiled at Chen Qingshan, and then the cyan light appeared on itself, slowly shrunk, and turned into a Lingguan jade plate again.

In the hall, Chen Qingshan remembered the technique of scattering beans into soldiers in the Daomen, but he had something in common with the Chen Lingguan in front of him.

The Holy Emperor asked Chen Qingshan to put away the three items, and then said that he had arranged an official position for Chen Qingshan, and asked Chen Qingshan to go to Kongmingfang on an errand, and what he had to do was to manage the group of Taoist priests in Kongmingfang, which was half an idle job.

Since the construction of Kongmingfang, it has been unmanaged, and the fish and dragons are mixed, and those Taoist priests are very mixed.

"You go to Kongmingfang to be an observer first, and then you should exercise, and as for other arrangements, we will talk about it after the year." His Majesty the Holy Emperor threw Chen Qingshan a seal, which was somewhat new, obviously freshly engraved.

In other words, the official position of the Kongmingfang Observation Envoy, which has never been seen in ancient times, is completely set up for Chen Qingshan.

Chen Qingshan took the seal, looked at His Majesty the Holy Emperor, and said shyly: "Your Majesty, what kind of product is this Kongmingfang Observation Envoy?" ”

His Majesty the Holy Emperor thought for a while, pondered, and said, "From the fourth grade, it is similar to the sacrificial wine, and it belongs to the Ministry of Rites. ”

"That's quite big, it's much bigger than the county master in my hometown." Chen Qingshan said shyly.

When Chen Qingshan was in Jishui Town, he had always envied those rich children, and the biggest gentleman Chen Qingshan had ever seen was the son of the county lord's family, but when that person passed by Jishui Town, Chen Qingshan just glanced at it from a distance.

The Holy Emperor was helpless, and said: "I don't know what you think, you are all sealed marquis, and you are still entangled in this kind of thing, if you go back to your small water collection town now, I am afraid that the county order that manages the water collection town will be greeted by the road." ”

Chen Qingshan said truthfully: "When the ministers were collecting water, they always envied those children of the official eunuchs, young men with fresh clothes and angry horses. ”

"Listen to you mean you had a hard time collecting water?" His Majesty asked.

Then the Holy Emperor heard a somewhat unexpected answer.

"It's a little difficult, but it's not bitter, don't hide it from Your Majesty, there are many people in the town, they have helped Qingshan."

His Majesty the Holy Emperor groaned.

"You are much more prolific than the son of the county lord in your mouth."

Chen Qingshan came out of the Taihe Palace, he was going to serve in the empty Mingfang, and I heard His Majesty say that the empty Mingfang has the most Taoist priests in Chang'an.

When he left the palace gate, Chen Qingshan met Xiao Nineteen again, and the two also said hello to each other.

"Are you free now? Tell me the story outside Chang'an. ”

"Not now, but when you are free, you can come to Kongmingfang to find me."

Chen Qingshan went out of the imperial city, and Kongmingfang was not far from the imperial city, so Chen Qingshan planned to walk over and take a good look at this Chang'an City by the way.

At this time, there was already a bit of Spring Festival weather in Chang'an City, Chen Qingshan went to the side of the road to fold a grass, put it in his mouth, and looked at the people and things around him comfortably.

A canal was dug from the side of the imperial city and ran through the entire Chang'an City.

The canal has countless tributaries, extending into various markets and connecting thousands of households. A high bridge is erected on the river, and there is an endless stream of boats under the bridge.

In front of Chen Qingshan, there is a gambling house, standing at the end of the street, the gambling house is seven floors, the plaque is the word "big money", next to the "big money", there is a big copper coin, which is much bigger than the ordinary grinding plate, worthy of the word "big money".

Chen Qingshan has traveled all the way, and this big money gambling house should be the largest building on this street.

Suddenly, a voice sounded.

"If you don't have any money, you dare to come to the gambling house, get out!"

Afterwards, Chen Qingshan saw a black and white ball really roll out of the big money gambling house.

The ball was impartial, and it just rolled in front of Chen Qingshan, and a black and white panda slowly stretched out its body in front of Chen Qingshan, its limbs spread, and its expression was a little cheap.

"Hello, little brother, I am a gambling saint, and now I have a shortage of money in my hand, do you want to lend me a little, and I will take you to make a lot of money."

Chen Qingshan turned around and left: "Don't." ”

Chen Qingshan doesn't like gamblers, because gamblers like to lie.

Seeing that Chen Qingshan ignored him, the panda instantly stood up and grabbed Chen Qingshan's arm: "Don't, little brother, hey!" Don't go, can't I exchange things with you? ”

As he spoke, the panda pulled something out of his crotch, not knowing how the guy hid it.

That thing Chen Qingshan is somewhat familiar with, it is a thousand machine box.

"Just one thousand taels, oh no, five hundred taels, and the box will be yours."

Chen Qingshan looked at the panda blocking in front of him, then looked at the thousand machine box, and remembered the little raccoon he had encountered in Shanshi Town.

"You know a raccoon merchant?" Chen Qingshan asked.

The panda was overjoyed and said, "That's my second brother, and we also have a third brother, a white cat who looks handsome." ”

Chen Qingshan was stunned when he heard this, and he also asked casually, but he didn't expect that this panda did know raccoons.

On that day, in Shanshi Town, Sanzang opened the thousand machine box given by the raccoon, and a feather was opened.

"Since the little brother knows the second brother, the thousand machine boxes will be sold to you at a friendly price, two hundred taels, how about it?" The panda seemed to be really short of money, and looked at Chen Qingshan expectantly.

Seeing that the panda's scalp was numb, Chen Qingshan reluctantly took out a silver ticket of two hundred taels.

"I have heard many saints in my life, Confucian saints, and painting saints, but this gambling saint is the most inferior, and it can't be on the stage." Chen Qingshan Road.

The panda was not annoyed, but just said: "The so-called saint, how can I be at ease, and watch this gambling saint go to kill the Quartet!" ”

Then, I saw that the panda lifted the crotch of his pants and threw the thousand machine box to Chen Qingshan, so he rushed into the big money gambling house.

Seeing the panda that disappeared, Chen Qingshan could only be helpless and sighed, "It's really comfortable." ”

Putting the thousand boxes into the storage ring, Chen Qingshan continued to walk towards Kongmingfang, thinking about things while walking Chen Qingshan, Chen Qingshan was thinking about what this holy word meant.

Confucian saints, painting saints all carry a holy word, naturally is an honorific title, and later generations are grateful for what they have done for the people of the world, so they gave them a holy word.

It's just the panda in front of him, his word gambling saint doesn't seem like something to be proud of, and later, Chen Qingshan understood that the word gambling is a harmful thing, he doesn't like it, and people in the world don't like it.

Chen Qingshan glanced back in the direction of the big money gambling house and stopped. In the small water town, there are many people, who are also poor and their wives are separated because of gambling, not to mention that this is Chang'an, which is not many times bigger than the water town.

Chen Qingshan felt that such a person was not worthy of pity.

After estimating a pillar of incense, Chen Qingshan came to the outside of Kongmingfang, and the entire Kongmingfang was also forty or fifty miles, almost the size of a town.

A main street can accommodate four or five horse-drawn carriages in parallel, and along the main street, houses are lined up.

There were not many people on the street, and Chen Qingshan saw a girl who looked like a Taoist boy sweeping the fallen leaves, so he stepped forward to ask.

Chen Qingshan asked if he was from this Kongmingfang, but where was the person in charge of this Kongmingfang?

The little girl said that she was not a person from Kongmingfang, but a few years ago, her father lost the family fortune in a gamble, so he ran away, and there was a sick grandfather at home.

The Taoist masters of Kongmingfang saw that she was pitiful, so they gave her a job as a street sweeper, earning some money to treat her grandfather, and by the way, she could have food and clothing. And the dress of the Taoist boy is also required by the Taoist leaders.

The little girl pointed to the end of the main street of Kongmingfang, where there was a building.

"If Childe wants to find the person in charge of this empty Mingfang, you can go there, you can go there to find Uncle Qian, most people on this street listen to him, and my street sweeping work is also given by Uncle Qian."

Chen Qingshan took out some silver money and gave it to the little girl, and the little girl thanked her repeatedly.

Chen Qingshan entered the building, there was no one around, some empty, Chen Qingshan shouted a few words, but no one answered.

Chen Qingshan climbed up to the second floor, the second floor was not only empty, but also looked a little old, Chen Qingshan could clearly see the dust on the table, as well as the insect-eaten table legs.

Just as Chen Qingshan walked by, the table creaked.

Chen Qingshan went up to the third floor, there was still no one, it was still dilapidated, and an unpleasant smell of dampness began to permeate Chen Qingshan's nasal cavity, Chen Qingshan waved his hand in front of his nose, trying to use the wind to dispel the smell, but it had little effect.

Chen Qingshan was no longer entangled, and continued to climb the stairs, until Chen Qingshan went up to the fourth floor, and then saw a Taoist priest.

This person thought to be Uncle Qian in the mouth of the little girl.

Uncle Qian is a Taoist priest, but he doesn't have the appearance of a Taoist priest, the Taoist robe is draped on his body at will, his chest is exposed, and his big feet are placed on the table, and the soles of his feet are dark.

The smell was somewhat similar to the wet musty smell downstairs, and Chen Qingshan couldn't tell whether it was the smell of Uncle Qian's feet, the smell of rotting wood, or both.

It's just that Chen Qingshan knows that Uncle Qian is a person who is more like a cropper man than those crop men in Jishui Town.

After all, the men in Jishui Town, although they don't like to be clean, their soles shouldn't be so dark, after all, if it's too smelly, their mother-in-law will not let them go to bed.

Obviously, Uncle Qian in front of him should not have a mother-in-law, Chen Qingshan thought so.

As if he didn't see Chen Qingshan coming, Uncle Qian picked his feet, then put it to his nose and sniffed it, sneezed, and then began to make tea.

After the tea was brewed, Uncle Qian slowly raised his head and looked at Chen Qingshan.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Uncle Qian took a sip of tea and felt that something was missing, then opened the drawer next to him and grabbed a large handful of red things and put them in the teacup.

Chen Qingshan took a closer look, it was a wolfberry. Looking at the contents of the cup, Chen Qingshan began to think about whether this guy had a daughter-in-law or not.

In the end, Chen Qingshan shook his head, sure that this guy must not have a daughter-in-law, after all, no woman would like such a person.

Chen Qingshan took out the seal and threw it on the table.

"My name is Chen Qingshan, and I am the newly sealed observer of the Empty Mingfang of the Holy Lord."