Sitting in Lu Zhiyu's study, the patrol and Gao Gong all rushed over to sit and accompany, the guests served tea beside them, and other deacons kept coming to greet him, Zhao Ran was suddenly busy.

Hearing that Song Xiong was a Taoist priest of Junshan Temple, who was in charge of arrest and inspection, Lu Zhiyu made a look, and someone hurriedly went out, and after a while, he called in the master of the Taoist Academy and the two hall heads, and made a special trip to talk to Song Xiong.

The Fang lord smiled enthusiastically and said, "Where did Senior Brother Song go high in the past?"

Song Xiong was ashamed, "When I was young, I was ignorant, and I had been floating in the rivers and lakes for a few years, but fortunately, the abbot of my family was enlightened, and then I entered the Daomen." Zhao Ran told him that he must not be said to be his registered disciple in the Ten Directions Jungle, so he is still called the abbot.

"Oh, it turns out that Senior Brother Song has such a bumpy life, and he must be sharpened first, and with this encounter, it is also a precious wealth!

The two hall heads next to him also kept praising "Senior Brother Song has a first-class character at first glance, otherwise Abbot Zhao would not have gone to such great lengths......"

"Yes, there is a Taoist heart and kung fu, Senior Brother Song has a great future, don't forget to wait for me in the future......"

"Senior brothers are too high-minded, I really don't dare to be ......"

"Where do you start with this? If Senior Brother Song doesn't give up, we will have more contacts in the future, just like friends!"

Song Xiong has been in the green forest for the past fifteen or six years, and has always been the target of the suppression of the Daomen and the government, although his kung fu is hard, how can he be taken seriously? In the Daomen Fangtang, he will hide from a fireman who is inspecting, where will he have the opportunity to get acquainted with such figures as the head of the Fang and the head of the sect of a county? Let alone make friends with them. At that moment, I suddenly felt a little dizzy, and I felt that my body seemed to be lighter.

After floating for a while, I saw Zhao Ran who was talking and laughing freely in a trance, and suddenly woke up, and said Song Xiong, Song Xiong, don't forget what your surname is, everything today is brought to you by the teacher!

After talking and laughing for a long time, Zhao Ran asked, "Lu Jian Yuan, do you see that I will leave for Dadu Miaosheng Palace tomorrow to meet Zheng Jian Yuan? It's all mine, it's really shameful to make Zheng Jian Yuan wait for so long." ”

Lu Jian Yuan smiled and waved his hand, "Where do you need Abbot Zhao to go to Dadu?" Zheng Jian Yuan has already instructed, you will rest here when you come, and you have walked so far to come to my Lizhou, how can you still let you go to Dadu? I have just ordered to send a letter, Zheng Jian Yuan will come over in two days, he said, I want to accompany the abbot in Lizhou to take a good turn, and see the scenery of my Lizhou. ”

Dadu is the seat of Lizhou, located in the southeast of Lizhou, Shuihe Village is at the west end of Ya'an, if Zhao Ran wants to go to Dadu to meet Zheng Jian Yuan, he has to return to Ya'an after seeing it, and then go to Shuihe from Ya'an, and go back and forth for 300 miles.

Zhao Ran no longer insisted after hearing this, so he waited in Ya'an with peace of mind.

That night, the Ya'an Provincial Academy, headed by the Lu Jian Yuan, together with the three capitals, the eight deacons, and the five lords and eighteen heads, all went out to hold a banquet for Zhao Ran.

Zhao Ran thought he was eating in the Yunshui Hall of the Taoist Academy, but later heard Lu Zhiyu greet him and said that he was going outside, so he thought it was a restaurant in the county town. He hurriedly said to Lu Zhiyu, "Don't waste a lot of time in the prison, just use some common food at will, don't be extravagant." ”

Lu Jian Yuan smiled and said, "Abbot Zhao's incorruptibility, I have always known, the abbot can rest assured, let's go to eat the local vegetables in the mountains, and it can be regarded as accompanying the abbot to inspect the people's customs and customs, and the abbot should not dislike it." ”

These words sounded familiar, Zhao Ran was a little suspicious, and followed out of the gate of the Taoist Academy, and saw that there was a guard of honor outside, in front of which were six pyrotechnic monks holding signs to open the road, behind was a carriage, and then there was an ox cart, and finally twenty square hall inspectors followed.

The three capitals, the eight deacons, the five lords and eighteen heads in the Taoist courtyard, all those who are in the courtyard are waiting outside, the Lu Jian Yuan couldn't help but say, pulled Zhao Ran into the carriage that started the head, and the heads and brains in the Taoist courtyard also followed the ox cart, and the honor guard of the brigade set off in the crisp sound of gongs.

This set of honor guards suddenly made Zhao Ran feel a little uneasy in his heart, there were also honor guards in Wuji Courtyard, but Zhao Ran had never used them, and at this moment, he was a little worried and said to Lu Zhiyu, who was sitting opposite, "Will there be too much movement?"

Lu Zhiyu smiled, "Abbot Zhao is a distinguished guest that I can't look forward to in Lizhou, Zheng Jian Yuan has already ordered, if Abbot Zhao comes to my Lizhou, he should receive the abbot with the highest standard, I am also acting on orders, and the abbot is at ease." ”

Zhao Ran was helpless, thought about it and said, "It's just a homely meal, so many colleagues in the courtyard come forward together, it's really scary." ”

Lu Jian Yuan understood what Zhao Ran meant, and couldn't help sighing, and said, "The abbot may not know, I am poor in Lizhou, and my colleagues in Lizhou are not very rich in their daily lives, so if they have the opportunity to come out to pick up the wind for the abbot, everyone is unwilling to be left behind." To put it in my heart, it's hard to come out to eat together, it's not appropriate not to let anyone come, if I refuse this and resign that, people will scold my mother behind my back!"

Zhao Ran was speechless and had to admit it.

The guard of honor out of the county seat, not far away, turn on a mountain road, go around two bends, in front of the mountain and valley to expose a small village, in front of the village has gathered hundreds of people, wearing Miao costumes, is beating gongs and drums, blowing suona flute, singing and dancing to greet everyone.

Huge bonfires were lit in the village's drying grounds, and wild boars hunted in the mountains were disemboweled, then carried out by the Miao people. In the center of the drying field, a lying cow stone was burned hot by firewood, and the fat meat was thrown up quickly, and it immediately made a loud noise, and the overflowing grease was brushed all over the stone surface by several Miao people.

The wild boar is cut and spread on the lying cow stone and fried, and the whole drying field is filled with the aroma of barbecued meat.

A jar of earth wine was carried up, a team of young girls walked off the field, with Miao Le dancing a cheerful dance, men and women, old and young, all came up to toast, Zhao Ran himself has lost count of how many bowls he has dried, and I don't know how many people have been pulled off the field and slipped around...... When he looked back at Song Xiong, he was already lying on the ground.

When he woke up the next day, Song Xiong patted his forehead, which was still a little painful, and said embarrassedly, "Teacher, I really drank too much last night, I was too enthusiastic......"

Zhao Ran teased, "You haven't drunk like this in the Cointreau Mountain Hunting Village, I'm afraid it's not because there are too many Miao girls, right? Hehe, it's okay, you go and prepare, the Lu Supervision Institute will take us to the Ya'an Ancient Road." ”

This time, there were many fewer travelers, only the guest and the master of Fang were accompanied, and they took four Taoist courtyards to inspect, each riding on a horse.

After coming out of the county seat, he traveled northwest for three hours, ran seventy miles, and came to a valley, and continued to walk inward along the path of the valley, and in front of him stood a fortress in the narrowest place.