Chapter 268: First Arrival in the Jingshi
Xu Mo smiled: "The day after tomorrow, I will go to the capital." ”
"Are you going to the capital?" Qingxing seemed to be taken aback, her expression was faintly disappointed, and after a while, she said: "When Gongzi passes through Taihua County in the future, don't forget to come and see us." ”
"yes. Luluo also said: "Uncle Xu, you went to the capital, when will you come back?"
"Not necessarily. Xu Mo said uncertainly.
Lu Luo said disappointedly: "I don't know when you will come back, in case we move, you won't be able to find us." ”
Qingxing pondered for a moment, and then said, "No matter where I move, I will leave a mark in the pavilion." Luluo smiled: "This method is good, Uncle Xu, if you pass by here again, you must remember to take a look in the pavilion." ”
Xu Mo agreed, took his two daughters, and went to a nearby farmhouse to spend the night. The farmer was startled when he saw him holding the two foxes, and he didn't want to spend the night with them in the middle of the night. was affected by Xu Mo's use of the spiritual consciousness of the sixth sense, and finally let them stay.
It wasn't until the second half of the night that the effect of the demon mirror on the green apricot pothos became invalid and turned into a human form again. At dawn, the three of them returned to the county seat and went back separately. When Xu Mo returned to his residence, he couldn't help but be complained by Liu Zhenzhen, asking him where he had gone if he didn't return overnight, Xu Mo replied with a sentence of catching demons and coping with the past. Liu Zhenzhen was stunned for a long time, although she didn't say anything more, she couldn't help but become more and more convinced in her heart that he was not doing his job.
During the day on this day, Xu Mo took the girls to shop on the street. One day passes, and the next arrives. The date agreed between Xu Mo and Weiyuan Dart Bureau was this day, and after breakfast, he took the girls to the Dart Bureau.
The dart master and executioner of the dart bureau were already ready to go, and the group was waiting for Xu Mo to arrive in the courtyard. When Xu Mo walked into the courtyard with the girls, all the dart masters and executioners were dazzled when they saw so many beautiful girls at once. Everyone who was selected was excited, but those who were not selected were regretted.
Before going out, Xu Mo had already explained to the women, and each of them distributed fifty taels of silver. Once you've entered the dart game, you can set off directly. After a long goodbye. The ladies got into the carriage. The executioner shouted, the bang sounded, and the dart team walked out of the city.
Xu Mo took the rest of the four daughters for a ride and waited to get out of the city. I don't go back to Taihua County. Go directly to Kyoshi.
Five people stayed overnight. The road was safe and sound, and I arrived in the capital in less than a day. Entering the city, Xu Mo looked up at the sky. It was just after noon.
Xu Mo said: "Let's find a place to stay first, and then come out to eat." ”
Liu Zhenzhen shouted in the carriage: "I asked, the Gongyuan is in the west, in order not to delay my exam, let's find a shop near the Gongyuan to live." We rushed over as soon as we got the news of Enke, although we were delayed on the road for a few days, but it was close, so the time to arrive, I am afraid that it is still early, at this time to find a hotel near the Gongyuan, it should be able to find, and in a few days, it is difficult to say. ”
Xu Mo stopped a passer-by and asked, "Do you know where the Ten Thousand Laws Conference is?"
When the man saw the giant tiger under his crotch, he was so frightened that his soul did not possess his body, and he trembled and said, "Let it go...... Let go. ”
Xu Mo smiled and said: "This is a domestic tiger, it doesn't bite, let me ask you, where is the venue of the Wanfa Conference?"
When the man heard him say that he didn't bite, his heart was a little calm, but he still couldn't stop being afraid, and said tremblingly: "You said ...... The Assembly of Ten Thousand Laws, in ...... Over there. Stretching out his hand as he spoke, Xu Mo glanced at the direction he was pointing and found that it was in the northeast, so he said, "Let's take a look." ”
"Hey!" Liu Zhenzhen was anxious, and called him in the carriage, "Do we want to go to the Gongyuan? ”
Xu Mo smiled and quipped, "With your talent, where is the exam different?"
Hongxian also said: "Sister Zhenzhen, don't worry, Uncle Xu said that he would go to the Wanfa Conference first, and he didn't say that he wouldn't go to the Gongyuan." ”
Liu Zhenzhen said with red eyes: "He never took me to heart, this time, eighty percent stayed at the Wanfa Conference." In this way, wouldn't it be troublesome for me to take the exam?" After such a period of getting along, she learned a lot about Xu Modao.
Hongxian opened her eyes wide and said strangely: "Sister Zhenzhen, aren't you going to take the exam until October? The Ten Thousand Laws Conference is on August 15. Even if you finish participating in the Ten Thousand Laws Conference, it's not too late to take the exam again. At that point, let's move in again. ”
Liu Zhenzhen saw that she didn't understand, and said anxiously: "Sister Red Line, you don't understand, this is a rush for the exam, it is a major event in life, and the students who are rushing to take the exam will come in advance, first take a look at the situation, worship the teacher, open up the joints, figure out the exam questions, or find a place to study." Now that we came early, most of us can still find an inn near the Gongyuan, and in a few days, when the others come, we won't be able to find it if we want to. ”
"I see. Hongxian didn't seem to understand it, so he answered, and then said to Xu Mo: "Uncle Xu, Sister Zhenzhen is going to take the exam, what should we do?"
Xu Mo said with a smile: "It's still early, let's go to the venue of the Wanfa Conference first, and then choose a place to live." ”
Hongxian nodded, feeling that what he said made sense, and then said to Liu Zhenzhen: "Sister Zhenzhen, Uncle Xu said to go and have a look first." ”
Liu Zhenzhen said urgently: "If you look at it this time, you won't come back." ”
Xu Mo smiled and instructed the coachman to drive to the northeast. Liu Zhenzhen saw that he really drove to the Northeast, and in a hurry, she finally couldn't help crying 'wow'.
The red line relayed: "Uncle Xu, Sister Zhenzhen is crying. ”
Xu Mo smiled: "I know what I said, don't pay attention to her, just cry for a while." ”
When Liu Zhenzhen heard this, she was even more angry, picked up a pillow from her side, opened the curtain, and threw it at Xu Mo hard.
Xu Mo lowered his head on the back of the tiger, dodged it, and said unhappily: "I'm playing petty again, what did we say before we came? ”
Liu Zhenzhen sobbed and said, "I want to cry, I'll cry to show you." ”
Xu Mo smiled: "If you only cry, you can't cry." ”
"You...... Hello no conscience. Liu Zhenzhen was angry and stretched out her hand to point at Xu Mo. Trembling, he said, "You curse me to die with peace of mind, if I die, what good will it do you......?" I worked so hard to come out for the exam, isn't it all for you?" she kept this thought from Xu Mo, and in her anxiety, she finally couldn't help but say it.
Xu Mo only listened inexplicably, thinking: How can you take the exam for me?
Lin Xi'er and Xue Ling'er were in the other carriage, and when they heard the movement, they got down from the carriage and asked, "Childe, why are you arguing?"
Xue Ling'er glanced at Liu Zhenzhen. He also asked, "Why is the virgin girl crying?"
Xu Mo said: "It's emotional." I had to go to live near the Tribute Temple. ”
Lin Xi'er smiled: "What should I do, it turned out to be a matter of living." Since the virgin girl has to go to live near the Gongyuan, then go and live. ”
Xu Mo said helplessly: "I think so too, for now, I just go to the Wanfa Conference to take a look." She was in a hurry. ”
Liu Zhenzhen shouted: "You never take my words to heart. I don't believe you. ”
Lin Xu'er pursed her lips and smiled: "Since that's the case." Childe, let's go to the vicinity of the Gongyuan to find a place to live first, and let the virgin girl rest assured. ”
Xu Mo thought for a moment. Nodding his head, "It's okay." "Let the coachman turn west.
When Liu Zhenzhen saw that she was heading west, she was relieved and immediately stopped crying. Lift the curtain and point to the red line for the roadside view. She had never been to Jingshi, but she had heard her father talk a lot about Jingshi, and she had heard all these things.
When he arrived at the Gongyuan, it turned out to be a large and dilapidated courtyard, and Xu Mo took a casual look. Liu Zhenzhen was very interested, and she had to go in to have a look, but was stopped by the guards, so she had to stop.
Just looked around the neighborhood. Only then did everyone realize that they were still late. There are dozens of inns near Gongyuan, all of which have been settled, and there is no longer a place to stay.
Liu Zhenzhen was not disappointed, and the red line comforted her a few words. Xu Mo led everyone to the location of the Ten Thousand Laws Conference.
The site of the Ten Thousand Dharma Conference was changed from a temple, originally known as the Protector Bao'en Temple, and now it is renamed Changshengin Temple because of the Ten Thousand Dharma Assembly.
The temple had just been renovated and looked very clean and tidy. Xu Mo took two carriages over and walked along an avenue that led to the gate of the Eternal Life Courtyard.
At the gate of the gate stood two rows of guards, armed with swords and imposing swords. Seeing the crowd, someone shouted and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xu Modao: "We are here for the Ten Thousand Laws Conference. ”
The guard was stunned for a moment, then glanced at him again, his eyes fell on the giant tiger under Xu Mo's crotch, and then pointed into the distance, and spoke much more politely, "Since you are here to participate in the Ten Thousand Laws Conference, you will go over there to get your identity card first." ”
Xu Mo turned his head and looked, the location of this Immortal Courtyard was on a high slope, and when he looked over, he saw a path on the side, and the path went down more and more, and at the end, he could see another courtyard.
Xu Mo led the carriage and walked down the path to Luxia, and soon reached the outside of the courtyard. There are also guards in front of this courtyard, but compared to the Immortal Temple, it is much looser.
Xu Mo waved his hand, the carriage stopped, and he rode the giant tiger forward. Several guards saw him riding a tiger, obviously a stranger, and they didn't stop him, and stretched out their hands and pointed in, "From this side, the hall is there." ”
Xu Mo got off the tiger's back, went in directly, and entered the main hall. There were a dozen people in the hall, seven or eight clerks, and eight or nine little monks. At this time, it happened to be idle, the clerks were all dozing off on the table, and the little Taoist children sat together and whispered to fight mosquitoes.
Xu Mo didn't know what the origin of these little Taoist children was, so he walked up to a clerk and said, "Get your identity card." ”
When the dozen or so people in the hall heard the words, they all turned their heads to look.
The clerk shook his head, sobered up a little, glanced at Xu Mo, and then asked, "Where did you come from?"
Xu Mo said: "Xu Mo, a native of Xinghua Village, Tongming County, Luhua Prefecture. ”
"Xu Mo. The clerk took a booklet and opened it, and it was full of names. The clerk searched among these names, but did not find Xu Mo's name, turned his head, and asked the group of little Taoist priests, "Xu Mo, have you heard of it?"
Those little Taoist boys thought about it for a while, and soon replied, and said one after another: "I haven't heard of it." ”
The clerk said, "Maybe it's a hermit with little reputation." Then he said to Xu Mo: "There is no name on the book, so this identity tag cannot be given to you directly." What are you capable of, please show me. ”
Xu Mo smiled: "Show your hand?" As he spoke, he looked around the hall and saw a few candlesticks on a table. The candle was half burned. It was daytime now, so it was extinguished. He looked over one by one, his eyes were excited, and the candles were lit one by one.
The clerks were stunned, and one of the clerks clapped his hands and praised: "Good ability." A few little Taoist boys had disapproving looks on their faces.
A clerk turned to Xiao Daotong and asked, "How about this?"
One of the little Dao boys shook his head and said lightly: "But that's it, I can also do the phosphorus fire technique." He walked over to the table and blew out the candle. He walked back and flicked his fingers. But I saw a flash between my fingers. A small fireball flew out of the coffin, igniting one of the candles. The boy's fingers flicked, and a small fireball flew out, lighting all the candles.
The secretaries praised one after another: "The national teacher's divine skills." All of them are extraordinary. ”
The little boy looked proud. But he said casually: "It's just a phosphorus fire bomb technique." It's just a small technique, it's nothing. ”
The clerk in front of Xu Mo asked, "In that case, in the opinion of the little immortal." What rank should this man be listed?"
"If there is only one means, it can only be classified as a third class. The little Taoist boy said to Xu Mo again, "Do you have any other means, if you have, show it again." ”
Xu Mo saw that this child was arrogant and misunderstood his own means, so the whip of the soul was not displayed in front of him, and said lightly: "No." ”
The clerk didn't ask any more questions, and casually took out a brand made of gold, handed it to Xu Mo, and explained: "With this brand, you can live in the Eternal Life Courtyard." Then he asked, "Did you bring anyone with you?"
Xu Mo said: "Brought a few." ”
The clerk said, "You'd better not have too many servants, and the number of servants carried by a third-class mage can't exceed five." ”
Xu Mo said: "I brought four." ”
The clerk nodded, and took out four more signs to him, which were apparently more than a grade lower than his, but were made of brass.
Xu Mo took the sign, left the hall, rode the giant tiger, and walked out of the courtyard.
Back next to the carriage, Hongxian poked his head out and asked him, "Uncle Xu, what have you done?"
Xu Mo said with a smile: "I got four brands, give one to each of you." As he spoke, he handed out the ID tags.
The red line couldn't tell whether the brand was good or bad, so he took it and wore it on his body.
When they returned to the gate of the Immortal Courtyard again, the guards stopped everyone again. Xu Mo took out his identity card, and the guard checked it and let them in.
Everyone entered the Eternal Life Courtyard, and immediately a receptionist greeted them. It was a forty-year-old miscellaneous Taoist, who saw Xu Mo's identity card, so he asked the coachman to stop, and drove a carriage to the courtyard of the Eternal Life Academy.
This immortal courtyard is really too big, the Taoist priest drove the carriage, and walked for a long distance, and when he reached a few rooms, the Taoist priest stopped the carriage, and someone came out of the house and asked, "How many mages?"
The miscellaneous said: "Third class." ”
The man said: "Third class, you can only live in Changchun Courtyard." Room 13 of Changchun Courtyard, wait, I'll give you the key. ”
As he spoke, he went back and took a key and gave it to the man.
The miscellaneous Taoist took it, thanked him, drove around, and walked in another direction with Xu Mo and the others.
Soon they came to several large courtyards, one of which had dozens of carriages parked, and the miscellaneous Taoist introduced: "If you go out, you can go to this courtyard to find a car, but the car will only carry people to the gate of the Eternal Life Courtyard." ”
Xu Mo nodded. The priest drove into the courtyard, beckoned everyone to get out of the car, and led them on foot. Introduce the nearby courtyard in turn, "This Tiansui courtyard is for first-class mages to live in. ”
Xu Mo glanced inside, but saw that the courtyard was the most luxurious, and there was a courtyard in the courtyard, which was composed of many independent small courtyards.
I heard the Taoist priest continue: "Each residence is a small courtyard with a special carriage for the mage to drive at any time. Therefore, first-class mages rarely go to the public carriage courtyard to find a carriage to ride, and it is difficult to say who they follow. ”
Then he pointed to the second courtyard and continued: "This courtyard, called Tianhua Courtyard, is for second-class mages to live in, and it is also composed of many small courtyards, but there is no special carriage, and like third-class mages, you have to go to the public carriage courtyard to find carriages. ”
Xu Mo glanced at the courtyard, which was quite luxurious, and although it was a little worse than the Tiansui Courtyard, it was also composed of many independent courtyards.
The Taoist priest pointed to the third courtyard, "This is the Changchun Courtyard of the third-class mage, they are all independent houses, and there is no courtyard." But this house is a big house, divided into several rooms, and there is enough room for five people. ”
The red line was young, and he couldn't understand the hidden words, so he couldn't help but ask: "Where did my Uncle Xu enter the courtyard, is it Tiansui Courtyard?"
"Ahem!" the Taoist priest coughed, "Rank lives in Changchun Courtyard." ”
Red Line Qi said: "Changchun Academy? That's the residence of a third-class mage." ”
The Taoist priest said, "The girl is right, it is the residence of the third-class mage. ”
Red Line had a surprised expression on his face, and said in disbelief: "How is it possible? How can my Uncle Xu be a third-rank mage?"
"Ahem!" the Taoist priest coughed again, "Girl, a few mages, it's not the poor Dao who has the final say." ”
Xu Mo said: "Red line, don't talk about it." ”
Lin Su'er and Xue Ling'er didn't care very much. Liu Zhenzhen muttered in a low voice, "I have no status, I have to be despised everywhere, I don't want to be an official, I really don't know what to think." ”
The gates of the three courtyards were facing each other, and they were not too far away, when a luxury carriage happened to come and drove into the Tiansui courtyard.
The Taoist priest said again, "Rank, please come with me." After speaking, he took everyone and walked towards Changchun Courtyard. (To be continued......)