Chapter 16 The first entry into Yanchuan Daogong is a sacrifice
Ye Qingzhu was overjoyed when she heard this, took the oil paper package, and looked at the five or six pieces of medicine cakes inside, and the faint medicinal fragrance made her feel refreshed. She couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Chen Jun's secret method is really powerful, the little woman got a nine-grade elixir a few years ago, so she was given a treasure medicine by the divine envoy of the county uncle, who thought it was a treasure at the time, but now compared with what Chen Jun refined, it is a step worse." ”
Chen Jingzhi didn't know much about the alchemy and cultivation level of this heaven and earth, but according to Ye Qingzhu's words, the art of refining medicine and outer pills in this heaven and earth should be extremely rare. However, Ye Qingzhu is just a little demon who has practiced for a hundred years, and he doesn't know much, so he can't be trusted.
"The family teacher has a lot of experience in refining medicine, I just learned the fur, but I also asked Ye Niangzi to keep it secret for me, I am afraid that it will cause trouble if it is leaked. Chen Jingzhi took out a bamboo leaf and reminded, "If Miss Ye has something to look for me, you can burn this thing, and I will naturally know." ”
Ye Qingzhu solemnly took it, and then brought a basket of elixirs to him.
Chen Jingzhi's feet were extremely fast, and although he was delayed for an hour, he still caught up. Miaozhu Village is only more than 30 miles away from Yanchuan County, and it is an official road all the way. The coachman was a servant in Chen Tong's former county town, very talkative, and knew that several people rarely came to the county seat, and pointed out a lot of life tricks.
More than an hour, it has been to Yanchuan County, the flow of people here is like weaving, the county city gate is tall, there is a watchtower just above the city wall, a hexagonal brass mirror is hung on it, there is a shrine on both sides of the city gate, there is a stone statue of God inside. If a youkai enters the city, it will attract a bronze mirror and a shrine. However, this kind of means can only block the little demon, and the demon who has achieved cultivation is not afraid at all.
A group of soldiers stood guard in front of the city gates, and the coachman told them not to talk too much and get out of the car. After the soldiers guarding the city went up to inspect it, they checked the yellow book of household registration and collected 12 wen entry tax before letting a few people enter the city gate.
"Brother Li, has there always been so many people guarding the city gate?" Chen Jingzhi looked at these soldiers and seemed to be very nervous, according to the urine nature of these people, he would only accept the money and let them go.
The coachman grinned, "In the past two years, Baiyue's spies have often come into the city to make trouble, so I was a little nervous. It's been the same for the past ten days, and I think I'm afraid that there are Baiyue people coming again. ”
Yanchuan County is not close to Baiyue, and there are two large counties to the south. The god Baiyue Tianshen believed in by the Baiyue people and the Dutian Huang Yushen believed in the Duhuang Kingdom of another country are mortal enemies, and the two countries have been at war all the year round, all of which are to win the support of the Song State, and they do not come to commit under ordinary circumstances.
Chen Jingzhi had some understanding and followed the coachman into the city.
Chen Tong's house is in Baochengfang, and now the master's family has returned to his hometown, and only Chen Tong's sons come back occasionally for the time being, and there is a housekeeper and two old servants guarding the door. After the coachman and the housekeeper explained the situation, the housekeeper arranged them in an attic in the west courtyard and delivered rice and vegetables for a few days.
After the housekeeper left, Hongxian couldn't hold back his excitement and shouted, "Third Brother Chen, this place is really big, it's so good, but it's a pity that it's not ours." "This small attic tiled house has mud brick walls, although it looks old, but it is very clean, compared to the houses in the village.
"I think it's so pretty, uncle. Chen Sanniang was very happy to hold her younger brother, and a rooster walked around her.
Chen Jingzhi touched her head and said with a smile, "We are only temporarily settled here, I will find out tomorrow if there is a house, and it will be more comfortable to live outside than here." ”
"How much does it cost to rent outside?" The red line was a little anxious, the county town was not as good as the village, whether it was rice or vegetables, it cost money, she had the twenty taels of silver that Chen Jingzhi had given before, although it was a huge amount of money, but she didn't know if it would be spent.
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, so don't worry, put your luggage down and take a break. Chen Jingzhi gave fifty yuan to send the coachman away, and walked around the nearby market a few times, the county is indeed completely different from the countryside, divided into three regions, the east and the northwest, each area has a temple and a shrine.
Baochuan Fang, in the Hu Mansion, after Hu Yunru had lunch, she lay on the swing shelf in the garden, looking a little excited. It's rare to have some sunny weather today, and the flowers and trees in the yard have already bloomed, and a few early-blooming peach blossoms are particularly bright.
"Girl, girl. ”
"Why are you flustered? Hu Yunru pouted, as if she was careless, and when she saw Xiaohong running in from outside, shouting in her mouth, she felt a little irritable in her heart.
"There are no rules, can you shout loudly in the house?" A servant woman stepped forward and whispered, Xiaohong stuck out her tongue, and just as she was about to speak, Hu Yunru shouted, "Mama Xu, you don't have to serve here, Xiaohong is here." ”
Mama Xu bowed, and when she left, she glanced at Xiaohong.
Seeing that there was no one else in the yard, Xiaohong immediately ran over, held down the swing rope, and grinned, "Girl, do you know who I saw when I went to buy rouge today?"
"Who do you see?" Hu Yunru snorted a few times, and suddenly her eyes lit up, "Is it him?"
"Who is it?" Xiaohong raised her head and closed her eyes and shook her head and grinned, "Who the hell is it? ”
"Is it really him? where is he?" Hu Yunru jumped down, grabbed Xiaohong and hurriedly asked.
Xiaohong looked around to make sure that there was no one, and said in her ear, "Girl, don't be nervous, I saw Chen Gongzi in Baochengfang today, and he walked in the direction of Tongyuanfang." ”
"So where does he live? Is he here to play? Why don't you come forward and ask?" Hu Yunru's face was happy, and then she felt that it was inappropriate, and said angrily, "Chen Jun is strong in martial arts, I still want to ask him for advice." ”
"Girl, Chen Gongzi walks like flying, where can I keep up. Xiaohong pretended to be angry, and then said, "Why don't we go to Baochengfang tomorrow and take a look around, Baochengfang's rouge gouache is the best, what do you say?"
Early the next morning, Hu Yunru thought about it for a long time and changed into men's clothes, and went to Baochengfang for half an hour, but she didn't see Chen Jingzhi. The two had to find a teahouse, she sat on the second floor, opposite a tooth shop, just when she was bored, suddenly a black-clothed young man walked into the tooth shop, she recognized this person at first sight.
"Little Red come with me. She had already run downstairs herself, and Xiaohong was still drinking tea, so she hurriedly dropped the copper coin and immediately followed.
Chen Jingzhi entered the tooth shop, and a guy greeted him and said with a smile, "Young boy, what do you want when you come to the tooth shop? As long as you want, we have it." ”
"I want to rent a house, in addition to me, there is an elderly person, two children, and a 15-year-old relative, and I plan to rent it for a long time, and the environment is cleaner. Chen Jingzhi looked at him with a shrewd look between his eyebrows, and he didn't talk nonsense.
"Okay, I'll arrange it for you at once, there are just a few rooms now, and if you're satisfied, I'll go to the proprietor to sign the deed at once." This guy is also looking at Chen Jingzhi, although he has outstanding demeanor, but the clothes on his body are very ordinary, and he already has a plan in his heart.
As he spoke, two women in men's clothes walked in outside, and the shopkeeper took a look, and immediately a middle-aged woman went up, but the woman in men's clothes turned around and suddenly shouted, "It turned out to be Brother Chen, see Brother Chen again today, fortunately." Hu Yunru didn't care about the middle-aged woman, and came over happily.
Chen Jingzhi turned his head to look at her and arched his hand, "Brother Hu is polite." ”
Hu Yunru smiled, she didn't expect Chen Jingzhi to call her like this, and said with a smile, "Brother Chen, what are you doing here?"
Chen Jingzhi only said that he intended to find a job in the county seat and was ready to rent a house.
Hu Yunru's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "So that's the case, I have a friend who has a vacant house, let me take you to have a look?"
"Girl, are you here to provoke me?" the middle-aged woman looked displeased and immediately snorted.
Xiaohong raised her head and stepped forward, grinning, "Where do you dare, but if you have any opinions, then go to our Baochuan Fang Hu Mansion and ask my master." ”
When the middle-aged woman heard this, she quickly changed her smiling face, there is only one family surnamed Hu in Baochuan Fang, that is, Hu Mao, the current chief bookkeeper, and said, "It's rude, it's rude, please bear with me." ”
Chen Jingzhi was a little stunned, this Hu Niangzi was indeed willful, and he didn't want to refuse her kindness in person, and he might still deal with her in the future, and he was here, so he had to communicate with the official palace. At the moment, with Hu Yunru's teeth.
Hu Yunru was a little restrained at first, but after chatting a few words, she was already chattering non-stop. Chen Jingzhi also learned a lot of things from his mouth, and when he put it together, he probably knew it, especially the gods between heaven and earth.
There are four types of gods in heaven and earth, one is the innate gods, born from the creation of heaven and earth, born with infinite power, vast and boundless mana, and so on, there is no difference between the power and virtue of immortal cultivation, and even many are a few points stronger. The second type is to uphold the mountains, rivers, sun, moon and stars, and transform them, which are also mystical and mysterious, becoming a divine domain and dominating one side. The third type is to uphold the will of the Emperor of Heaven and rely on the humane fortune of the country. The last category is the belief of mortals in the world, who have become gods and have supernatural powers over time.
Yanchuan County has a county order and a sacrificial order, and the county order is in charge of the people's livelihood in Yanchuan County, and the presiding officer of the Yanchuan County Daogong is the sacrificial order, presiding over the sacrifice in Yanchuan County and governing the demons and ghosts. But in fact, the sacrificial decree is only a mortal with magical powers, and its real chief official is called Yanchuan County Bo, Yanchuan County is his dojo, and everything that the sacrificial decree does must be under his instructions.
As for the other large and small gods, ancestral spirits, goblins, and ghosts in Yanchuan County, all cultivators must also be under the control of Yanchuan County Uncle.
"If you hadn't caught the silver dragon last time, my father might not have been able to sit in the position of the main bookkeeper. To say that the essence of the spirit is rarely comparable to the essence of the silver dragon fish beads, this pearl can be used for cultivation, but also to heal old wounds, can also be used to refine medicine, that day happened to be the sacrifice of the Lord was also there, he for my father in front of the king. ”
Hu Yunru grinned, as if she felt very lucky.