Early in the morning of the second day, Bai Cheng packed his luggage early, had breakfast, led a good horse, and went down the mountain in the direction of Qingyang Mansion.

Qingyang Mansion and Jianghua Mansion are in Cangzhou, more than 300 miles away from the Feixingmen station, although the road is not long, there are many mountains, forests and ravines on the road, and it is not fast to ride a horse, and it is fifty or sixty miles a day.

Although Qingyang Mansion is located in the middle of nowhere, it is a thoroughfare, less than 100 miles to the south is 100,000 mountains, Nanzhao is inhabited by foreign races, the medicinal material merchants of Chen State want to go to the mountains to buy medicinal materials, and they have to be in Qingyang Mansion Panhuan, more than 300 miles to the west is Hongni Pass, and the Song State divides the place, many trade merchants with the Song State also often pass through Qingyang Mansion, so it is very prosperous.

After four or five days of walking through the mountains and forests, Baicheng saw that the mountains along the way were gradually slowing down, and there were many people on both sides of the road, so he knew that he was close to Qingyang Mansion.

Turning a mountain pass, Bai Cheng saw a family in front of him who wanted to beg for a drink.

Bai Cheng crossed the horse to the door, looked at it for a while, and saw this family, masonry for the wall, build wood for the house, the yard two firewood doors were wide open, there were several wooden stakes standing in the courtyard, a few iron nails were nailed to the piles, some fur and dried meat were hung, and there were a few steel forks and iron spears by the wall.

Before Bai Cheng could call the door, he saw the door of the courtyard open wide, and a majestic old man came out of it, this old man was about sixty years old, more than nine feet tall, full of beard, white eyebrows upside down, eyes like copper bells, sound like a bell, a robe made of fur, saw Bai Cheng coming, shouted: "Little brother, where did you come from?"

Bai Cheng dismounted and walked closer, and said with a smile: "Come from Jianghua Mansion, go to Qingyang Mansion, pass by your place, and come to ask for a bowl of water to drink." ”

The old man laughed, stepped forward to hold Bai Cheng, and said: "Jianghua Mansion is a good place, the old man often goes to it when he is young, what Cuiyan Building, Red Sleeve Pavilion, that girl can pinch out the water, come on, you accompany the old man to have a few drinks, and talk about the current prosperity of Jianghua Mansion." ”

Bai Cheng saw that he was very enthusiastic, but he couldn't refuse, so he had to drink a few glasses with the old man, and said some anecdotes about Jiang Huacheng in recent years, and the old man listened to it with relish.

After talking for about half an hour, Bai Cheng was about to get up and say goodbye, so he asked, "Old man, I don't know how far this place is from Qingyang Mansion?"

The old man looked up at the sky and said, "This way is all flat land, hurry up, and you can enter the city before dark." But little brother, you and I are also fated to meet, the old man asks more, don't be surprised, I don't know what the little brother has to do when he goes to Qingyang Mansion? . ”

Bai Cheng said: "The old man cares, how can he be surprised below." I came to Qingyang Mansion this time because a distant uncle had a bad business here, and my family asked me to come over to help out. ”

After listening to this, the old man nodded and said: "It's not good to live for a long time, listen to the old man's words, you still persuade your relative to leave here as soon as possible, the rumor of Qingyang Mansion has not been right in the past two years, I am afraid that something will happen." ”

Bai Cheng was stunned and asked, "Please also ask the old man for advice." ”

The old man waved his hand and said, "I can't talk about advice, but the old man has been crawling around the rivers and lakes for most of his life, and he is still a little vigilant about the wind and grass in these places." A few years ago, the imperial court fought a war with the north, and the government urged the local big families to be tight day by day, and several big families in the county invited a few Taoists from the Song State to come and preach, wanting to take advantage of the Taoist gate to shelter and do the business of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf. ”

Bai Cheng asked, "I don't know where these Daoists came from, they are so powerful." ”

The old man frowned and said: "To say that there are thousands of branches and veins in the world, there are countless of them, but I went to the Song Kingdom a few years ago to do business, according to local friends, behind these Taoist priests who are preaching everywhere there is a Taoist sect called Huang Tiandao secretly presiding. ”

Bai Cheng secretly remembered the three words "Huang Tiandao", arched his hand and said, "Thank you old man for your guidance." ”

After speaking, Bai Cheng bid farewell to the old man and rode south.

After walking for more than an hour, the sky was getting late, and it suddenly rained, and the spring rain was cold, and it was cold and piercing on the body, Bai Cheng couldn't help but secretly complain, and his heart was cold and cold, even if I didn't care, I was afraid that this horse would be seriously ill, but how is this good.

Baicheng was anxious in his heart, suddenly saw a Taoist temple hidden in the forest in front of him, secretly happy in his heart, came to the door of the Taoist temple, only to see the white wall of this Taoist temple Lanwa, the vermilion lacquer gate, magnificent, extraordinary, a black plaque on the door on the book "Nine Immortals View" three golden characters, around the courtyard wall planted two rows of pines and cypresses, all are decades old trees.

Coming to the door, Bai Cheng knocked lightly on the door, and after a while, a little Taoist boy came out, with red lips and white teeth, and opened his mouth to ask: "I don't know what the donor is knocking on?"

Bai Cheng smiled slightly, and said: "In the next way, it is raining heavily on the road, so I have come to spend some night, ask for some tea and rice, and hope that the little master will be convenient, and he will not be stingy with money tomorrow morning." ”

Xiaodao Tong smiled and said: "Where does the donor say, my Taoist chief likes to make friends from all over the world, and every passing guest must be hospitalized, and please come in to avoid the rain, and don't mention the matter of money." ”

Bai Cheng followed the Taoist into the Taoist temple, and the two fire workers came up to lead the horse to feed, and the little Taoist led Bai Cheng to the main hall.

Along the way, Bai Cheng asked, "But you don't know the name of the little master?"

Xiao Daotong said: "The name of Xiaodao is Jiuru, as for the family teacher, friends call him Qingji Taoist. ”

After a while, the two came to the main hall, and the little Taoist boy stepped forward and knocked lightly.

After a while, the door of the temple opened, and out of the door came a handsome Taoist priest, who was about thirty years old, more than seven feet tall, with a face like a crown of jade, eyes like a star, wearing a crane, holding a feather fan, faintly having a fairy out of the dust.

Bai Cheng stepped forward and saluted, saying, "In Xia Baicheng, I have seen Qingji Dao people. ”

Qingji Daoist saw that although Baicheng was young, he was heroic, and he returned the salute and said: "The donor is in a hurry in the rain, and he has worked hard all the way. ”

After that, he said to Xiao Daotong: "Go and arrange some food and send it to my room, where I will eat with this donor." ”

Bai Chenglian said: "How dare you disturb. ”

Qingji Daoist waved his hand and said, "The evening class is over, it's okay." ”

The two came to the Qingji Taoist room, and it didn't take long for the Taoist to serve food. Although they are all white porridge dishes, they are very exquisitely made.

The two chatted while eating, and within a few words, they talked about some Taoist mystical theories.

Bai Cheng's practice of "Breaking the Jade and Returning to the Yuan" since he was a child belongs to the Taoist lineage, plus he has been a human being for two lives, and he is also very curious about the things of Xuanxuan, so he has made some efforts to read Taoist classics. Qingji Taoist is a talented person, familiar with the classics of the channel, the two talked for a while, and both admired each other's knowledge.

The more the Qingji Taoist talked, the higher the interest, when it came to the happy place, he took out a jar of fruit wine from the cabinet, and said: "There is a plum forest here, when the poor road has nothing to do, I picked some plums, brewed a few jars of plum wine, and has been reluctant to drink. ”

After that, the Qingji Taoist opened the wine jar and poured it for the two of them.

By the time the two of them had their fun, the wine and dinner were over, but it was already late at night.

The two chatted until it was dark, and the Qingji Daoist was also a little drunk, so Bai Cheng got up and said goodbye. The Qingji Daoist sent the Taoist to send him off.

Bai Cheng followed the small road boy through the corridor and crossed the steps, and after a while, he came to the backyard guest room.

Bai Cheng pushed open the door, only to see that the room was very tidy and tidy, and the bedding was brand new, and said, "How dare you bother the Lord to be so kind." ”

Dao Tong said: "It's just a gesture, why should the donor refuse." After that, he asked the Huogong Taoist to serve the tea and towels one by one, and when he saw that the affairs were properly arranged, he turned around to leave.

Fang just walked to the door, but the little Taoist boy seemed to think of something, suddenly turned around and said: "There is still a matter that needs the understanding of the guests, recently there are a few Taoist friends here to place orders, there are often people at night, if the guests hear any noise, please rest in the house, do not go out." ”

After speaking, Jiuru turned around and left.