Chapter 225: He Must Be
The token of the Shun Wangfu was really useful, but after a short delay, the city officials lined up on both sides with a smile on their faces and welcomed everyone into the city.
The prosperity of the capital is really different from other places. The streets are very spacious, and there are many shops in the market, which is indeed larger and more lively than Wuling County.
Yan Shuling rarely leaves the dojo in normal times, and now it is the first time she has gone to Beijing. In the lively street market, there are all kinds of new gadgets in the shops, and her eyes can't help but look at the bustle through the white veil. It's just that because of the identity of the monk, it represents the Wuling Temple, even if he is curious in his heart, he doesn't dare to show it too much.
She worshiped under the Wuling Shenjun since she was a child, first learned the rules and precepts, and then all kinds of scriptures for practicing the mind, lived for more than 2,000 years, and almost never left the Wuling Temple, even if she occasionally went out to do errands, she went to go back quickly and never delayed.
At that time, although Wuling Temple was very famous, it was not as large as it is now, it was just an ordinary Taoist temple on the top of Zixiao Mountain. Occasionally, someone would come up to the mountain to look for him, begging him to subdue demons and get rid of demons or something. There are no people in the view, only a few shallow demons clean the courtyard, and the days are really pure-hearted.
Prior to this, Mu Bai had never accepted disciples, and he had no intention of doing so. Accepting apprentices is a hassle, and it's a lot of responsibility.
Yan Shuling was just a seven or eight-year-old girl at the time, an ordinary mortal, who had just suffered the disaster of annihilation, and hid in the mountains and forests in order to avoid the pursuit of the gangsters, and was rescued by the little demon on the mountain and sent to Wuling Temple. Mu Bai has always been used to being alone, and he originally planned to take her in for a few days, but sooner or later he would have to send her away - but Yan Shuling at that time was discouraged, not seeking life or death, just wanting to stay.
Mu Bai had no choice but to temporarily agree to let her stay, but at the same time set up countless rules, and asked her to copy scriptures every day and take care of the entire Taoist temple. thought that she would retreat in the face of difficulties, but Yan Shuling, who was so young, did not fall all the way, so that Mu Bai really couldn't find a reason to drive her away.
Stubborn, focused, but with excellent understanding and not bad qualifications, her sincerity finally moved Mu Bai, and she was accepted as the first disciple. It is precisely because of her that Wulingguan has become unprecedentedly prosperous.
Mu Bai disciplined her very strictly, but she herself also made the words 'strict with herself' very thoroughly. She has always been straightforward in her work, hard and diligent, and strives to do everything so that people can't find fault with it. It's just a fly in the ointment, sometimes Mu Bai thinks she is a little pedantic, even a little stupid, and she will also write down any words he is joking about.
Once, Mu Bai said to her with some regret: If you are too rigid, you will lose your liveliness and cuteness. How good it is for you to be a young woman and enjoy a rich and beautiful mortal life, why bother to make yourself a boring teacher?
She was silent on the surface, but she was very annoyed in her heart: When it is cloudy, you want to bask in the sun, and when the sun comes out, you want it to rain again? Who said that you should obey the rules and be obedient, but now you think I am too old-fashioned and boring? I am very stupid! At the beginning, you didn't even say a word, and no one knew what happened, so I guarded your Yuanshen here for a thousand years; now that all the turmoil has passed, then I will go and see this flower world first, as you said before!
Holding his breath in his heart, he finally found a reason to come out. She is now standing on the land of the capital, and for the first time in her life, she has left her original life trajectory.
Hmph, what's the matter with Wulingguan's reputation, and what does it have to do with me who is the emperor? This time, I'll show you how strong and competitive I am.
The group passed a few streets, and after walking for a long time, the group led her to the post house arranged by Zhao Teng. The plaque on the head of the head reads the words "Juxian Building", which is a very spacious inn. There are three small buildings facing the street in a row, and behind them is a set of still quiet three-entry courtyards, which are all wrapped up by Zhao Teng for the residents of the recruited guests.
Zhao Teng has great respect for Yan Shuling, and prepared a good guest room for her in the backyard alone, which is obviously different from others.
When passing by the hall, she caught a glimpse of the several tables of people in the compartment who were drinking and eating, dressed in green forests, and could be heard from afar when they were talking, very arrogant and presumptuous; while in the next courtyard, there were several monks and Taoists, warlocks in strange costumes, and even monks dressed in exotic clothes.
It seems that in order to be the emperor, Zhao Teng has indeed invested enough money, and he really invited all kinds of immortals.
When Yan Shuling saw this battle, he felt a little funny in his heart: Well, since he spent money to invite so many immortals, he will definitely have no shortage of strength to run errands in the future.
She is sure of Taiyi's technique. The hexagram is clear, Zhao Teng has taken the lead.
His father Shun Wang Ye was born to the Empress Dowager Zhang, so when he was divided into feudal territories, he was able to get such a rich territory, not only worry-free food and clothing but also scattered money everywhere to win people's hearts; this Zhao Teng is also a young and promising person, who has led soldiers and fought battles, and has suppressed mountain bandits for the imperial court, with a resolute and resolute character, and has a high prestige in the army, and is very loved by the Empress Dowager Zhang, and often praises him for having the legacy of Taizu.
Although he has no military power in his hands, the decision to kill is a necessary quality for the emperor, Yan Shuling feels that there is almost no suspense in this matter, and the throne belongs to him.
As soon as Yan Shuling entered the house and put the Fenggao sword on his back on the table, he saw a chamberlain from the palace come in and report that the prince had entered the palace, and if the immortal master had any requirements, he could just say it to the housekeeper, and there was no need to be restrained.
Yan Shuling nodded slightly and said no.
The waiter asked what kind of tea and rice he needed, and Yan Shuling smiled: If you serve good tea, you don't need to eat. I have been digging the valley for a long time, and I have not eaten the fireworks of the world for many years.
The chamberlain couldn't help but sigh and went down respectfully. After a while, someone brought a high-quality tea.
Yan Shuling pinched his fingers and calculated, today is the day when Zhao Su, the son of the king, entered Beijing, and there was a catastrophe, so it was better to see the excitement.
Thinking so, she took off her hat, changed into an ordinary folk woman's dress, and went out.
Several cross-courtyards of the inn are independent, and Yan Shuling lives in three upper rooms, which are far away from the side rooms and are very quiet.
She dressed up according to the woman she had seen in the market, changed into a rouge-colored floral dress, and looked like a girl with a beautiful temperament, but the heroic spirit between her eyebrows was slightly heavier, her eyes were sharp, and her eyes were wise and steady, which seemed to reveal her age.
Probably because the chamberlain had instructed no one to approach this courtyard casually, for fear of disturbing her tranquility, Yan Shuling didn't even meet half a figure along the way. Xin walked to the fish pond by the moon gate in the front yard, and the figure on the water swayed, and she suddenly felt that the walking posture did not seem to be right, so she tried to remember it for a while, and then learned the gait of the woman in the street market, and walked back and forth twice.
looked at his reflection in the water, a plain face, green hairpins and hairpins, it seemed to be too bland. As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw that the roses on the wall were blooming brightly, so he brought one and pinned it in his hair.
Well, it looks a lot better that way.
Yan Shuling nodded with satisfaction, but heard the sound of someone whispering outside the wall, and subconsciously approached the wall to hide his figure, and after a while, he saw two young people dressed as Taoist priests walking over slowly, probing his head to look around to see if there was anyone, before he stood still and whispered:
"Have you heard of the new resident in this courtyard?"
"Daoyou is talking about that Dao Gu. After a glance, he looks very handsome. As he spoke, the man laughed maliciously.
The other person said disdainfully: "I heard the inner attendant say that she claims to be 'Bigu for a long time, and she has not eaten fireworks in the world for many years', so she is really a fairy?"
"Hmph, listen to her nonsense! The prince of the world is rich, but whenever any temple is a little famous, he will invite which Buddha to come and offer it as a god - in my opinion, most of the people in Juxian Building are charlatans!"
"Since they are all like-minded people, why should they tear each other down? ”
"That's a good word. The man lowered his voice: "Everyone is serving the same rice bowl, aren't you afraid that woman will steal our limelight in the future?"
"What do you mean?"
"It's better for us to go to her bottom first, weigh the way, and have a plan in our hearts. ”
"Well, that's right. ”
With that, the two of them made up their minds and walked towards this side with their legs raised.
Yan Shuling stood on the wall at this time, coldly watched the two of them sneakily come to him, raised his hand and flicked his fingers, and saw one of them 'eh', his left leg was weak, and the whole person was caught off guard and fell into the fish pond. The pool of green water was not deep, but he sat in the water by himself, like a chicken in soup, very embarrassed.
The other person was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly reached out to pull it. As soon as the man in the water looked up, he saw Yan Shuling in civilian clothes, but with just a flash, her whole person disappeared into obscurity.
The Taoist priest thought he was dazzled, wiped his face with his hand, and pointed to the wall with consternation: "She, she, she!
When the other looked back, he saw that there was no one: "Where?"
"Isn't that a witch?!"
Snort.
Yan Shuling didn't bother to waste time on them, raised his hand to make a seal, and with a slight wave, he saw a spiritual light flying straight towards the main room, and then turned into a charm and landed on the door.
She has always been clean, and the place where she stays is taboo for others to disturb, so no one wants to get close.
Yan Shuling came down from the wall lightly and continued to walk outside. The strange thing is that the hall that was still full of people just now was empty, and only a few young men were buried in cleaning up the mess of cups and plates on the table.
A smell of wine came to my face. Yan Shuling covered her face with her sleeves in disgust, and saw that there were dozens of tables on the upstairs and downstairs seats, and the tables were like wind and clouds, and empty wine jars and broken dishes were thrown on the ground.
Yan Shuling suddenly recalled that there seemed to be fifty or sixty people dressed in the green forest, probably a group, and now that they were full of food and drink, could it be difficult to go back to the room to sleep.
Thinking of this, she closed her eyes slightly, listened intently for a while, and found that more than half of the rooms on this upper floor were empty, and those rough people were not in the inn.
That's amazing. It's only been such a while, so many people haven't seen each other at the same time, isn't there something wrong?
Yan Shuling instantly thought of Zhao Su. It seems that the calamity in the fate of the unlucky Xingxian Wang Shizi is probably them? It's just that it is impossible to look down on people of this grade to buy people of this grade to be party henchmen and do such shady dirty work.
It's all speculation.
After all, she had only seen Zhao Teng once, and after a simple conversation, she couldn't say that she knew very well, and she couldn't infer it. However, no matter what means are used, if Zhao Su can really be eliminated, it can be regarded as eliminating a competitor, although it is not very clever, it is also a good thing for Zhao Teng.
Out of the inn gate, Yan Shuling blended into the bustling flow of people and strolled around the streets of the capital.
In the end, it is the capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and the degree of bustling and prosperous is much beyond her imagination. Her eyes are full of novelties and things she has never seen before, and at this time, Yan Shuling is really like a girl who has not been deeply involved in the world, and she wants to re-acquaint herself with this world of flowers.
When she first saw Wuling Shenjun, she only remembered that his whole body exuded a faint white light, his posture was handsome, his white hair was like frost, and his appearance was handsome—the so-called immortals, probably like this. All the nervousness, fear, and uneasiness were swept away the moment she saw him, and she almost suddenly decided that this was the man she was going to follow for the rest of her life, and the so-called fate was to be with him no matter what, and never leave him.