In a flash, half a year passed quietly, Xu Tianran and Wu Qingfeng also enjoyed their scholarly careers in the General's Mansion, at first they thought that the ten monthly money that Nangong Qianbai gave them didn't sound much, but now that they have an understanding of Chang'an, they suddenly found that the five-grade official monthly salary is only twenty yuan, it seems that Nangong Qianbai is really good to himself, therefore, Xu Tianran is willing to give Nangong Qianbai a dog's leg.

On many moonlit nights, Xu Tianran would quietly carry Nangong Qianbai, fly on the eaves of Chang'an City, and enjoy the happiness of freedom.

In half a year, Xu Tianran walked around Chang'an City, and also inquired about the housing prices in Chang'an City. Xu Tianran pinched his fingers, that is, he didn't spend a penny, and it would take twenty-five years to barely afford a small building in the southern suburbs of the city with ten yuan of monthly money.

On this day, Nangong Qianbai was in a good mood, and specially applied for additional rewards for Xu Tianran and Wu Qingfeng from her mother's hands, and Mrs. saw that the two scholars were really doing their best, not to mention that Qianbai's schoolwork had made a lot of progress, but her smile was a lot more than before. With a wave of her hand, Madame rewarded Xu Tianran and Wu Qingfeng with 20 yuan each.

Nangong Qianbai personally carried a heavy amount of money and was ready to surprise the two gold medal scholars, but he didn't expect that the two toads who wanted to eat swan meat were actually thinking about how to buy a three-entry house in Chang'an City, and what was even more sensational was that they did not buy one together, but each bought one.

Wu Qingfeng has saved fifty yuan in his pocket in the past half a year, and Xu Tianran has already spent a lot of money and has nothing left. However, in the face of Chang'an's high housing prices, there is no difference between fifty yuan and no money.

Nangong Qianbai gently pushed the door and entered, seeing the two of them writing dense numbers on the paper, and a discerning person could see at a glance that they were settling accounts, Nangong Qianbai said happily: "Natural, breeze, look, what did I bring you?"

Xu Tianran and Wu Qingfeng turned their heads and glanced at the silver coin that Nangong Qianbai was carrying, and they were even more paralyzed to the ground.

Nangong Qianbai didn't know why, "How can Uncle Xu, who sees money on weekdays, treat money like dung? If you don't want it, I'll return it to the account room." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Tianran stepped up with an arrow and took all the forty yuan into his arms, "It's better to talk than nothing, it's better to keep it first." ”

Wu Qingfeng didn't say a word, stretched out his right hand, and made a gesture, indicating that half of it was his own.

Xu Tianran couldn't help but tease: "The immortals on the mountain of the Sword Sect Wu Xiaojian Immortal Hall, where can they be tainted by something as filthy as money, I will bear this pain." ”

Nangong Qianbai already knew the roots of Xu Tianran and Wu Qingfeng, they didn't intend to hide it, and they also said that the two of them were immortals who fell from the sky, and they were bound in this world and wanted to find a way to get out, but half a year has passed, and the two of them still stay here honestly as scholars, and Nangong Qianbai is happy.

The mother also told Qianbai in private to be wary of the two people of unknown origin, especially Rou'er, who was not at all worried about getting along with a hanger and a cold scholar, for fear that they would take the son badly.

Nangong Qianbai was very clear in her heart, and told her mother that if they really had ghosts for the General's Mansion, they had to be placed under their noses, so that they could dig out the clues on them and find out the real culprit behind the scenes. For the first time, my mother realized that her son was not simple, but he was too lazy to think about it after staying in Luntai Tower for a long time.

The Suzaku Street crash incident was investigated several times, but no clues could be found, many times, Nangong Qianbai took Xu Tianran, Wu Qingfeng and Rou'er, who was dressed as a man, to find clues, but the fierce horse was dead, and even the bones were completely disposed of, and the two horses pulling the carriage in the General's Mansion died violently that night, and all the clues were broken for a while.

However, in the past half a year, the general's mansion has been safe and sound, and a hanging stone in the lady's heart has also landed safely, but Nangong Qianbai doesn't think so in her heart, but feels that this is the tranquility before the storm, especially when things are strange, there must be traitors in the general's mansion.

Nangong Qianbai did not explain these ideas to his father, but secretly investigated, especially one thing that attracted Nangong Qianbai's attention. The Xuandu Guanguan Lord Lingxiao Taoist will open the Putian Jiao on the fifteenth day of this month, and will set up nine altars to worship the gods of heaven and earth, and then the king will come to the main worship in person, worship 3,600 gods, and pray to the heavens, so as to seek the stability of the country, the peace of the country, and the elimination of disasters.

Nangong Qianbai flipped through the classics, and found that the Putian Jiao is the supreme grand and grand sacrifice of the Daomen, and the emperors of the past dynasties will open the Putian Jiao whenever there is a major national event or a catastrophe, and the most recent Putian Jiao can be traced back to a hundred years ago, or because of the plague rampant in Chang'an City, the corpses are all over the wilderness before after the plague, the emperor personally presided over the Putian Dajiao, prayed to the heavens, blessed the people, and spent the souls of the dead. However, now that the country is safe and secure, why do you want to hold the Putian Jiao?

Nangong Qianbai felt a trace of panic in his heart, and he felt uneasy from nowhere, pinching his fingers, today is the fifth day of the first lunar month, but after a while, the Putian Jiao Festival will be held, and he must find a way to find out the reason.

In particular, Nangong Qianbai heard rumors that there were monsters in Chang'an City, which led to the instability of the country, and Chang'an was about to encounter a catastrophe.

Nangong Qianbai slowly came back to his senses, seeing that the two scholars were competing for the silver money, in the end, Wu Qingfeng had a slight advantage, and with a sword sacrifice, the green shirt completely surrendered, and his mouth began to be broken again, greeting the white peacock cordially, these actions Nangong Qianbai had already seen no surprise.

In half a year, Nangong Qianbai knew a lot of people, including the little abbot of Jianfu Temple, and the humble blacksmith apprentice, but they were all very friendly to themselves, which made Nangong Qianbai very happy, and naturally introduced the two as confidants.

It's very strange, gradually the memories of Nangong Qianbai in the small world slowly came to mind, the little monk of the Pure Land and Chen Dazhui both felt like this, but Nangong Qianbai had not yet revealed his origin to Xu Tianran and Wu Qingfeng, but many times, once he missed the opportunity to explain at the beginning, the more he could not speak later, for fear that they would think that they did not trust them and ruined the friendship that was rarely established.

Nangong Qianbai comforted Xu Tianran, who pointed at Cangtian and scolded, "Not to mention that it is really a fantasy for ordinary people to want to buy a house in Chang'an City, even it is extremely difficult for court officials to buy a mansion in Chang'an, and even Zuo Xiang still rents a house to live, why do you want to be obsessed with buying a house? It is my family, if it weren't for my mother's rich family, how could I buy a huge mansion in Chang'an with my father's wealth." ”

Xu Tianran looked up to the sky and sighed: "I only have six months left, and I will be angry if I can't afford a daughter-in-law." ”

Wu Qingfeng said indifferently: "I'm not in a hurry. ”

Qianbai smiled and said: "You are a daughter-in-law, and you praise her every day for how beautiful she is, but I really don't believe it, can it be that the immortals in the sky will also be like me and other laymen who will take their own children?"

Xu Tianran was anxious, and took out a picture scroll from his arms, which was the portrait of the two people painted by Liu Xinsheng under the osmanthus flower, Qianbai took a closer look at it, and exclaimed: "Is this a fairy? Qingfeng, you can see myself." ”

Wu Qingfeng said flatly: "I've seen it." ”

"How does it compare to the person who painted the scroll?"

"It's exactly the same. ”

Nangong Qianbai couldn't help patting Xu Tianran's shoulder and said, "Natural, it's okay, it's really a toad that has eaten swan meat." ”

Wu Qingfeng took a sip of flower tea and agreed: "It makes sense." ”

Xu Tianran put away the scroll, put it in his arms, and said with a smile: "Don't be jealous, you smell of sauerkraut." ”

Wu Qingfeng wanted to get out of the city several times in the past six months, but he learned a shocking news, he couldn't go out of Chang'an City, and then asked the people around him, it was true that no one in Chang'an had ever gone out, and they all said that once they left Chang'an, they would never come back, and if they really wanted to go out, they would have to get an official document from Jingzhao Mansion. However, for hundreds of years, only outsiders have entered Chang'an City, and no one has ever been seen out of Chang'an.

Everyone in the world knows that Chang'an is good, where is willing to leave this flowery and gentle township, they all say that Chang'an is poor outside the city, and he is not homesick when he enters Chang'an. Since then, no one has left Chang'an.

Xu Tianran sighed at the time: "Chang'an is a besieged city, people outside want to come in, people inside want to go out, but they can't come back when they go out, and they can't give up the good days in front of them. ”

Wu Qingfeng also found that for thousands of years, Chang'an people thought that there was only Tang in the world, and Tang was the world, and they had never seen anyone from other countries for thousands of years, and Chang'an was the pearl of Tang and the richest and most brilliant city.

These discoveries that defied common sense made Nangong Qianbai boldly guess that in fact, Chang'an was a lonely city, and there was nothing outside the city, and they were just pets kept in Chang'an City.

Xu Tianran recalled Qingshan Town, and immediately understood the secret of the poetic and elegant realm, the city wall that could be blocked was the end of this small world, with the cultivation of the white peacock, it was afraid that the small world that could support such a large one had also reached a bottleneck, so he deliberately locked the people of Chang'an in Chang'an City.

However, why could Nangong Qianbai, who had been growing up in Chang'an, have such a bold guess?

Nangong Qianbai told the two gold medal scholars about the worries in their hearts, what secrets were hidden in the countless expensive Putian Jiao, and they were determined to find out.

Xu Tianran put twenty yuan into his arms, and let go of the idea of saving money to buy a house, not to mention that his income is low, that is, there are thirty or forty yuan of monthly money, even the speed of saving money cannot keep up with the speed of house price increases, and he is not a thrifty person, and the monthly money of ten times a month is enough to make people envious compared to ordinary people who are only two or three times a month.

This strange Chang'an City must be greasy, Xu Tianran made up his mind that the temperament of the white peacock, letting himself buy a house is not the real purpose, otherwise how could he let the sledgehammer cast the sword. At present, it is not certain whether the three known three people are the immortals, and whether there are other immortals with other tasks? What is the ultimate goal, I am confused, but I am vaguely aware of the strangeness of Chang'an City.

In the blink of an eye, Nangong Qianbai, who had long been accustomed to the strange eyes of others, sneakily escaped the sight of Miss Rou'er with two gold medal scholars, and went straight to Xuandu Guan as soon as he went out.

In the Xuandu Temple, a Xiaodao is silently sweeping the floor, and his movements are smooth, which seems to be not much different from ordinary sweeping, but the masters of the rivers and lakes will be shocked that this Xiaodao is actually practicing swords.