On a street not far from the Chu Mansion, an old Taoist priest wore a Taoist robe and a crown of Wuyue, which was engraved with a true map of Wuyue. The old Taoist priest has a clear appearance, and there are rules for his gestures, and he knows at a glance that he is not an ordinary person.

He has been wandering on the street for more than an hour, passers-by not only do not think this old Taoist priest is strange, but will take the initiative to shout "Xu Daochang" The old Taoist priest always returned the salute with a Taoist bow.

At this time, the old Taoist priest noticed that someone was staring at him somewhere, so he turned his head and glanced at it, and saw that it didn't seem to be very good, so he pretended to pace back and forth a few steps, and then left. As he walked, he muttered: "The little baby has a lot of temper now, and she hasn't eaten after waiting for so long." Alas, that's it, now there is time. ”

Over there, Chu Xuping saw the old Taoist priest turn around and leave, and breathed a long sigh of relief. This return to his hometown was neither the release of the Beijing officials, nor the removal of the official hat, but the anger of the dragon face he provoked in the court, and the emperor directly issued a holy decree to him to go back, but did not remove him from his position.

Chu Xuping looked at the intoxicating sunset and muttered softly, "Jingcheng...... Jingcheng ...... Capital. Suddenly, he frowned and said, "I didn't feel it back then, but now it seems that there is something in my hometown." ”

The ancestral home of the Chu family is not in Jingcheng, but because one of the ancestors became a big official of the fourth grade, and the official office was in Jingcheng, and later he moved to Jingcheng with his family, and since then he has settled. Later, many relatives of the Chu family moved away, and only Chu Xuping has been living here.

The sunset was about to fall, and the city gate guards were about to close the city gate, when three middle-aged men rode horses to the city and shouted for the first one: "Slow and slow!" ”

The guard of the city scolded and scolded: "If you don't die sooner, come at this time!" The man smiled and said, "Official, the three of us brothers have traveled a long way, so it's convenient to do trouble." As he spoke, he took out a small silver ingot and stuffed it into the guard's hand.

The guard looked at it and laughed, well, yes, he was a man who could do things, and said, "I didn't mean to embarrass you, but I have been standing here for a few hours, and I am impatient." "I casually glanced at the customs clearance paperwork and let it go.

The three of them found an inn, asked for three rooms, and settled in.

The old Taoist priest returned to Qingxuanguan and walked straight back to his room, and all the way or the young Taoist priest or the little Taoist boy respectfully made the head.

Light an oil lamp and sit cross-legged on the futon to breathe. It is said that cultivators should escape into the mountains and forests to stay away from the red dust, this Qingxuanguan incense has been prosperous for many years, and the poor road is not still cultivated on the road. Therefore, those people are still too pedantic nowadays, how can they be poor and free.

After the three of them entered the city, the old Taoist priest who closed his eyes and recuperated opened his eyes and said to himself: "As long as you don't mess around, the poor Taoist will do nothing." After speaking, he chuckled lightly and laughed at himself: "I'm not a carefree person." ”

It's night, the stars are dotted, the bright river is in the sky, there is no voice in the four places, and the sound is among the trees.

The moon is the roundest in the middle of the moon, but from time to time dark clouds drift by, blocking the bright moon from shining clear light on the world. Mingyue has no regrets, anyway, not many people in the world can really appreciate its beauty.

Early in the morning, at the first rooster crow, Chu Xuping had already gotten up and ascended to the attic, opened the window facing the east, and waited for the sunrise. Chen Jin also got up early because she had to prepare breakfast.

Chen Jin and Lu Liu are the same as the descendants of Chu Mansion, both of them were sold to Chu Mansion by refugee parents, and later Lu Liu became Chu Xuping's scholar, and Mrs. Chu loved Chen Jin very much, not only did not see her as a maid, but also taught her to read.

Chen Jin was very curious when he saw that the eldest young master had gotten up early and climbed the attic, so he asked with a smile, "Young master, what are you doing here?" ”

Chu Xuping smiled mildly and explained: "When the ancients were in the east, there was purple qi coming from the east. This purple gas is a good thing, and I wonder if I can inhale a wisp or two. Chen Jin covered his mouth and laughed.

"This relationship is good, young master, can you take me one?" Lu Liu said with a smile.

Chen Jin pursed his lips, "The young master may not be able to get it, so you might as well forget it." Besides, even if there is, you shouldn't rob it with the young master. Lu Liu glared and said, "I asked the young master, not you!" Scold! ”

Watching the two bickering, Chu Xuping became the best peacemaker in the capital, and said: "Don't quarrel, it's naturally a good thing to get up early, the sun is rising in the east, anyone can try it, it's auspicious." ”

Lu Liu smiled and said, "Ha, listen, the young master has said it." "Humph!"

After breakfast, Chu Xiqing ran out to play, saying that he had made an appointment with a few friends to go to a certain stream to find stones, and Lu Liu still followed. Mrs. Chu originally planned to chat with Chu Xuping again, after all, they hadn't seen each other for seven years, and although there were correspondence, it was better to meet after all. However, Chu Xuping said that he wanted to go to Qingxuan to watch, so Mrs. Chu went to study vegetables with Chen Jin.

Follow the path of memory to reach Qingxuan Temple. Due to the early days, almost no one comes to the Taoist temple now. A little Taoist boy swept the fallen leaves in front of the gate, frowned and complained: "Alas, this leaf can't be swept every day." I'm tired of Dao Ye. After speaking, he looked up at the thousand-year-old tree in front of the gate, and sighed leisurely.

Xiao Daotong found Chu Xuping standing at the door, stopped what he was doing, and asked, "This son, is there something wrong?" "Xiao Daotong knows how to count etiquette.

Chu Xuping's gaze crossed the little Taoist boy and looked at an old Taoist priest. Xiao Daotong turned his head to look behind him suspiciously, and then he found the master and master of his own Taoist temple, and immediately made a mockery and shouted "Master"

The old Taoist priest said "um" and said, "You continue to sweep the floor." Then he turned and walked away.

Chu Xuping followed the old Taoist priest into the Taoist temple, the two walked side by side, and after walking for a while, the old Taoist priest suddenly turned his head and smiled: "Hehe, Xuping, how do you feel?" ”

Chu Xuping's tone was indifferent, and he replied: "The hearts of people in the world are like flowing water, and I don't feel anything, but I don't quite understand why Your Majesty is angry. ”

The old Taoist priest raised his head slightly and said: "Well, the emperor can't blame you for being angry, after all, there are many old yellow calendars that you don't know, and some can't see the light, and when you touch it, of course he gets angry." ”

Chu Xuping was silent, then looked at this Xu Guan Master with a playful expression, and said: "I can't see it, Xu Daochang, you are really a master of Taoism, why are you nesting in this place in Jingcheng?" I'm afraid it's not enough here for the Taoist to turn over. ”

Lord Xu Guan shook his head with a smile and said, "Who hasn't had a secret, isn't it just to leave the mundane cultivation path so that one day can go back better." ”

Chu Xuping nodded in agreement, and said softly: "All people with true temperament in this world always think differently. Xu Guan smiled heartily.

Then he said: "Xuping, Poor Dao knows that you came here for the sake of your father, who has not returned for many years, to be honest, Poor Dao doesn't know where he is now, Poor Dao once calculated a hexagram, and the result is difficult to determine. ”

Chu Xuping frowned: "After all, the capital is more well-informed, if I hadn't heard some rumors, I wouldn't have come to ask about this." ”

"Oh, by the way, there were three cultivators in Jingcheng last night, I don't know if they came to you, pay attention recently, but don't worry too much, the poor road is here, there won't be any big problems." Xu Guan said.

Three poles on the sun.

The three people who entered the city yesterday were eating breakfast at the inn, and one of them looked fierce and said, "What is the prince asking us to fetch?" ”

The other person ate the bun and said vaguely: "Don't worry about it, it must be a fairy utensil, let's take it and leave." The last person tapped his fingers on the table, looked around without leaving a trace, and said, "Well, go and learn the terrain during the day, and act at night." Remember, to be hidden, the prince said that there are masters in this scenic city, and try to use the Reiki Dao method as little as possible. ”

Chu Xiqing, who had been playing outside all morning, returned home and found that his eldest brother Chu Xuping was reading, so he walked over curiously and took a look. ”

Chu Xiqing slowly turned around and said, "Mr. Xueshu has something to do these days, so I don't need to go these days." Chu Xuping said "oh", and then said: "If you don't go to school, you don't have to do your homework?" This won't work, go and bring the books you are learning now, and my brother will teach you personally. ”

Chu Xiqing sighed in his heart, alas, I shouldn't have sold this sword.

So, since Chu Xuping left, there has been no sound of reading for a long time in the Chu Mansion, and the moving sound of reading sounded again.

The day passes quickly, like you don't know when the flowers will bloom. The three of them met at the inn and exchanged their gains, and then three men in black went out of the inn without noticing. Actually, someone knows, a certain Taoist is drinking tea and watching them.

The three of them evaded the night patrol soldiers, crept into a leaky alley, and found a house, whose owner could be seen by the moonlight.

One person gently pushed the door open, he thought that his movements were already very light, but the wooden door still "creaked", he knew that something was wrong, and then he saw a shadow in the room emerge from the person, smashed through the window and escaped.

The three of them hurriedly chased out, and they didn't care about the owner of the house and screamed in fright.

Under the bright moonlight, four people ran and jumped on the rooftop, three people chased after them, and one person fled. Soon the man ran to the Jingcheng County Commander's Mansion, and shouted after landing on the ground: "The county commander save me!" This shout caused the guards of the entire county order to rush over.

The three of them saw that the opportunity was not good, and a blue light flashed in one of their hands, like a whip being drawn, and one of the three of them was surprised in his eyes, and secretly said: It was a lightning whip! A whip passed, and then ...... Then there was no more, because the three of them were pulled to the street outside the Qingxuan Temple in an instant.

One person looked at it fixedly, knowing that he had met a master, so he bent down and shouted respectfully: "I don't know where I offended my seniors, and I also asked my seniors Haihan." Master Xu Guan glanced at the three of them, and for a while, they only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and then they returned to the inn. Then a cold voice appeared in the hearts of the three of them at the same time: "Go back to the capital, and, tell your lord, buy, you can, grab it, and you will be exempted." ”

After that, the three of them combined, and felt that they couldn't afford to provoke them, so they hurriedly went back to tell the prince, at most they were scolded and gave the prince a headache.

Back in the Taoist room, the old Taoist priest sighed, why is there always trouble, annoying. The poor road is already so poor, and there are still people looking for trouble.

How to say, I have seen all the things in the world, and I have never been rich or poor.

Hehe, I have never been rich and have been poor.