The four masters and apprentices of the Spirit Turtle Temple flew non-stop for a long time, and then they came to the outside of Xiangyang City before dark.

The second time he entered Xiangyang City, Mo Chou felt a lot, and this city left him with too many memories that he didn't want to think about anymore, but he couldn't erase them. The once hungry and the cold of the former world came to mind one by one. can't forget, and the sister Feng'er in the Wangchun Tower, I don't know how she is doing now.

"Senior brother, don't be stunned, hurry up and enter the city. ”

"Senior sister wait for me. ”

Mo Chou followed Nalan's footsteps and walked straight to the Yangchun Gate of Xiangyang City.

As soon as the four masters and apprentices arrived at the gate of the city, they saw a middle-aged scribe wearing a foreign robe, leading a subordinate in a brocade robe, waiting in line at the gate of Chen. The soldiers guarding the gate stood with their guns in hand, dispersing pedestrians who wanted to pass by.

When the time had just arrived, it was the time to change blood in Xiangyang City, people outside the city wanted to enter the city, and people in the city wanted to go out of the city, but this group of people occupied the city gate and were not allowed to enter or exit.

But the soldiers guarding the door are not ambiguous, when they encounter someone making noise, they don't ask about it, and if they dare to make trouble, three or five people will be beaten up. At this time, most of the people who were still dangling at the door were poor people begging for a living, and when they saw that Grandpa Bing was so imposing, they naturally withered, and they dared not speak out. Some of them did not want to leave, so they had to stand quietly on one side, hoping that the group would leave as soon as possible, and those who couldn't wait, so they changed their route to the Wenchang Gate in the south to leave the city.

Li Hao saw the people who came to greet them from a distance, hurriedly walked a few steps, and was the first to rush to the entrance of the east gate, and then pretended to be surprised, and bent down to the middle-aged scribe and said, "Father, why are you here!?"

It stands to reason that Li Hao should bow down, but he worshiped Yuan Zhenzi as a teacher, so naturally he no longer needs to worship the mortal monarchs and ministers, father and son, although the Great Zhou Kingdom has internal and external troubles, but the monks and Taoists have a very high status in the country, even if they see the current emperor, they don't have to kneel three times and bow nine times, only the corporal ceremony.

Mo Chou heard that Li Hao called the scribe 'father', and couldn't help but look at him a few more times, Li Taishou's prestige was really thunderous to him. This is not to say how well Li Taishou is in power, nor is he a great traitor, the reason why he is famous all over the world is that this person is extremely shameless.

It is said that the four imperial concubines of the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty are competing for favor, and Li Taishou was an official in Beijing for a few years, and somehow worshipped Sun Taiwei, the brother of Xi Guifei, as his father-in-law and became the emperor's cheap nephew. This is nothing to do, the key is that Taiwei Sun is still much younger than Li Taishou, and it has become a joke in the capital. But Li Taishou didn't care, and devoted himself to his little father-in-law, so he got the position of Xiangyang Taishou.

Looking closely, the two brothers Li Hao and Li Yi are seven or eight points similar to their father. It's just that Li Taishou's temperament is much calmer than that of the two brothers. led people to stand at the gate of the city, put on an amiable appearance, and greeted everyone with a smile.

may be because of preconceived ideas, Mo Chou looks horizontally and vertically, and always feels that this person is not well-intentioned.

Li Taishou exchanged a few words with Li Hao, and then accompanied by him, he came to Yuan Zhenzi, bowed and hugged his fists with a flattering face, "The Taoist is coming to Xiangyang City, the old and young have been waiting here for a long time, please also move to the mansion, and prepare a vegetarian meal in the mansion to wash the dust for the Taoist chief." ”

"Li is too serious, although the poor road is a person outside the world, but it is still under the rule of the Great Zhou State, how can you put aside the official affairs of the city and come to spend a lot of trouble for the poor road?"

Yuan Zhenzi's tone of voice was half-lukewarm, and Li Taishou saw that he did not squint, knowing that he was concerned about the fact that he was blocking the city gate to greet him. Li Hao also saw his father's embarrassment, but he didn't dare to talk much in front of the master, so he had to bow his head and secretly pinch a cold sweat for his father.

But after all, Li Taishou has been up and down in officialdom for more than ten years, and he can be regarded as a 'battle-hardened' veteran, and in the face of this embarrassing thing, it can be said that he is familiar with it. I just saw that his face remained unchanged, and the corners of his mouth smiled loudly and said, "I'm too conservative and idle, which makes the Taoist chief smile." Immediately, he drove the general away, making way for pedestrians to enter, leaving only a small road near the left to facilitate Yuan Zhenzi and others to enter the city.

Mo Chou saw that Li Taishou led a group of people to follow him, and invited Yuan Zhenzi into Xiangyang City like the stars holding the moon. Seeing Yuan Zhenzi's calm face, he didn't put the worldly magnates in his eyes at all, and yearned for it, and said secretly: "When I learn the skills, I will also be like the master, and trample all the powerful people in the world under my feet." Even if the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty has to kneel and bow nine times when he sees me, that is a really enjoyable thing. ”

When Mo Chou was still thinking about it, everyone had arrived at the Taishou Mansion. The Li family's house is not far from Yangchun Gate, everyone walked to the door and stood still, Mo Chou looked at the door, and couldn't help but secretly exclaim: I see!

Nowadays, the gate of Li Mansion is particularly lively, just because of the cold weather, there are still people shirtless, kneeling on the stone platform, attracting countless passers-by to look here. Mo Chou looked at the kneeling man carrying the thorn strip on his back, his hands tied behind him with hemp rope, and he looked like he was guilty of thorns. After looking at it for a long time, I saw that this person was a little familiar, and after distinguishing it, I remembered that he was not the Li Yi who was plucked by Yuan Zhenzi a few years ago?

Mo Chou said: "I haven't seen you for seven years, this guy has given birth to a good skin, and he is like a reincarnation of Pan An, almost unrecognizable." ”

Seeing the door of the house, Li Taishou and Li Hao, father and son, actually ran to Yuan Zhenzi and knelt down together. At this time, Li Taishou had a line of old tears in his eyes, and said with sincerity: "Dao Chief! My mother and I have learned from the pain of the past, and every time I think of the mistakes of the day, I hate to die for it. Today, I have to ask the Taoist chief to come to Xiangyang, and specially bring a family to ask you for the guilt!"

Yuan Zhenzi's eyes swirled back and forth between the three fathers and sons of the Li family, and he didn't see a response for a long time.

At this time, Li Hao knelt and moved a few steps forward, and begged: "Master! it is really a capital crime for my brother to befriend demons and evil spirits. But remembering that he was still young at that time, he didn't know what was going on, and he forgot that his master was light!"

Yuan Zhenzi saw Li Hao interceding for him, sighed, then glanced at Li Yi a few times, and asked angrily: "Poor Dao asks you, in the past few years, have you ever had any contact with that demon woman?"

Li Yi was swept away by Yuan Zhenzi's voice, and was swept away by the eyes like a knife, his cheeks suddenly sweated, and his vest was cold, and he thought in his heart that when Yen Zhenzi pulled out his spiritual root, he kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said in a trembling voice: "Even if you have 10,000 guts in your later life, you don't dare to have anything to do with the demon Dao demon again." In his later years, he studied hard, just wanted to gain fame, inherit his father's business, never met outsiders, and asked the Taoist to be clear. ”

"Master Mingjian, brother, he really knows that he is wrong. In the past two years, the two of us have exchanged letters, and most of the letters are confessional, and I forgive him in vain that he will never commit again. Li Hao and Li Yi have a deep brotherly relationship, and seeing that Yuan Zhenzi's tone was not good, he beat a drum in his heart, so he opened his mouth to intercede for Li Yi again.

Yuan Zhenzi listened to Li Hao's appeal, and saw that Li Yi did not appear to be haunted by evil charms, and the anger between his eyebrows eased a lot. He looked at Li Yi again at this time, and felt that this person was also strange and pitiful, so he felt compassion. He sighed again, then took out a yellow pill from his sleeve and handed it to Li Hao.

"Back then, the poor Dao pulled out your brother's spiritual root, and today I see that he has repented and reformed, so I gave this 'Enlightenment Pill', although it can't regenerate the spiritual root, but it can help it open the wisdom root, and it will increase the fame of the examination, and it will have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort. ”

When Li Hao heard this, he hurriedly gave the pill to Li Yi, and asked his subordinates to bring a bowl of water to help him take it. Li Yi took Yuan Zhenzi's elixir, and suddenly felt that the Lingtai was clear, and his mind became more and more thoughtful, so he immediately bowed down to Yuan Zhenzi again and knelt down to thank him.

Mo Chou stood silently behind Yuan Zhenzi, looking coldly at the 'bitter meat plan' staged by the three members of the Li family, and sneered in his heart. Seeing that the master let Li Yi go so easily, he secretly thought: "Li Yi is sinister, Li Hao is cunning, and Li Taishou is notoriously brazen." How could the master be so kind to a woman, if it were me, I would have to slap Li Yi to death with one palm, so as to save him from harming one party in the future. ”

Just when Mo Chou was not very satisfied, Li Yi had already thanked him, and a big stone was considered to have landed. At this time, Yuan Zhenzi had already entered the house with Li Taishou, and Li Yi saw that Yuan Zhenzi was still followed by a man and a woman, so he asked Li Hao knowingly: "Good brother, this pair of golden boys and jade girls, but your two comrades?

Li Hao confessed when he heard this, and then pointed to Mo Chou and Nalan to introduce them one by one. Li Yi moved to Nalan and boasted about her without hesitation. Nalan has a thin skin, and Li Yi really has some ink in his stomach, after listening to it, he turned red with shame, like a hundred flowers in full bloom, adding a bit of beauty.

After talking to Nalan, he pulled Li Hao to find Mo Chou again. Mo Chou thought that Li Yi was here to seek revenge, but he faced his face and thanked him: "This little brother, if you hadn't stopped it back then, the foolish brother would have almost gone astray and fallen into a place of no return. Please bow down to me!" After he finished speaking, he really bent down to Mo Chou.

Mo Chou was stunned for a long time, and wondered in his heart: "Could it be that he really repented?"

After worshipping, Li Yi continued: "I am Li Hao's brother in the next place, and you are his junior brother, so the foolish brother will be cheeky once and call you a virtuous brother?...... The Taoist and his father talked, and it was boring for us juniors to follow. A few days ago, the foolish brother met a Xirong merchant, and saw that the things he sold were quite novel, so he added a lot of things to his house, and the three of you have been practicing in the mountains for a long time, ignoring everything, and I don't think you have seen these new things before. Let's go, take the three younger siblings to the mansion to have a look. ”

Mo Chou listened to his 'virtuous brother' long, and the 'virtuous brother' called him kindly, and he was even more at a loss. In a panic, he grabbed his left wrist, only to see Li Yi at this time, one in one hand, pulling Mo Chou and Li Hao to the house.

Wait for Mo Chou to enter the Li Mansion, but see a lot of pavilions and water pavilions in the courtyard, although the Li Mansion is not as mysterious as the Lingjiao Temple, but it is also extremely exquisite, quite two or three points of the charm of the Jiangnan Water Town. In the corridor, there is no duplicate of the carved beams and painted walls; in the courtyard, the rockery and fake water are scattered; in the gatehouse, the calligraphy, painting and antiques are all authentic. The overall layout of the house is not brilliant at first glance, but if you look closely, there are many variables in the nine palaces, which are thought to have been carefully arranged by a certain all-night feng shui magician.

The three of them were walking on the cloister, when they suddenly saw a group of maids coming in front of them, and when the maids saw their masters, they each stopped to salute and greet them.

Mo Chou didn't care about it, but unfortunately saw that one of the women was slightly familiar, and after a closer look, he saw her wearing a fox fur coat and a rich and noble face, and remembered for a long time, only then did he remember that she was the girl back then. Compared with back then, Feng'er's body is much plumper, and even the depression between her eyebrows is a little less, no wonder Mo Chou didn't recognize her immediately.

Mo Chou saw the old man unexpectedly, and couldn't help blurting out: "Sister Feng'er, do you still recognize me?

"How do you remember? Feng'er replied to him with a smile on her face.

When Mo Chou and Feng'er recognized each other, Li Yi pretended to be shocked and said: "Hao'er, you are pregnant now, how can you still come out to suffer the wind? Go back to the house quickly, lest you catch a cold." ”

Mo Chou was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes wandered between her and Li Yi.

Li Yi saw that he was puzzled, and said: "That day, I listened to Feng'er playing the piano, and I remembered it, and then I thought about it day and night, so I begged my father to entrust the relationship with the criminal department and redeem her body. Three months ago, the doctor said that she was pregnant, and now it is inconvenient to catch up with her brother, please forgive me...... Feng'er, you have said hello to Brother Mo Xian, go back to the room. ”

Feng'er's face was normal, Lianbu walked up to Mo Chou, bent down slightly, saluted Mo Chou, and said respectfully: "Young Master Mo can have today, the maid is very relieved." It's just that I'm physically inconvenient, so I won't catch up with my son" After speaking, Feng'er saluted Mo Chou again, and at this time she turned her back to the two brothers of the Li family, and Mo Chou was the only one in front of her, so she opened her palm slightly with confidence, facing him.

Mo Chou saw that there were words in her palm, and after a glance, four of them were embroidered and wrote: 'Son, beware'

Mo Chou saw Feng'er in the palm of his hand, his mind was racing, and he thought secretly: "She wants me to be careful, and I can't say it in front of Li Hao and Li Yi, most of them are hearing some rumors." No wonder Li Yi has changed as a person, and his attitude is so flattering to me, even Li Hao, who is usually incompatible with me, is silent now, I am afraid that he has other plans. This guy has been a lot more stable in the past seven years, and he is much stronger than Li Hao's reckless man. In the future, I will live in the Li Mansion, so I must pay attention everywhere to avoid more trouble. ”

While thinking about the tricks of the Li family in his heart, Mo Chou nodded at Feng'er as usual with his face, and said casually: "Sister Feng'er's health is important, please go back early, I just have two brothers to accompany me." ”

After seeing Feng'er go away, Mo Chou was full of thoughts about how to deal with himself in the future, and he was unconsciously taken to the 'Treasure Zhai'.

Li Yi took a few Xirong gadgets from the shelf and played with them, Mo Chou looked at them one by one, although he felt novel, but he didn't have time to take care of anything else, so he didn't care. It's just that before leaving, I suddenly remembered a miscellaneous book I had read. According to the book, there are also capable people in foreign countries, who can turn stones into gold, refine waste into treasure, and are proficient in craftsmanship and improve tools.

Thinking of Yuan Zhenzi's teachings in the past, he thought: "If the master sees this, won't he laugh at Xirong's obscene and ingenious nature, and he is not edified?"