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This reason... until Taoist Ziguang left with an expression of "I understand everyone who came here", and closed the door for them by the way, Jiang Shaoyan was still in place.

Other than shock, there was hardly any expression in the girl's eyes.

Ji Chongyan sighed, picked up the teacup on the table and poured her a cup of tea, handed it over, and asked her carefully: "Did you scare Miss Jiang Si?"

The girl came back to her senses, instinctively reached out to take the teacup and said thanks, took a few sips of tea, her chaotic head seemed to wake up a lot, the girl looked up at Ji Chongyan, waiting for his explanation.

There are many reasons for the two of them to go up the mountain, and they don't have to pretend to be a couple.Even if you pretend to be a couple, you don't have to be "conceived for two months". Ji Chongyan should have his reasons for doing this.

Of course he had a reason for saying that.But apart from those reasons, the more important thing is that she is pretending to be a couple with him. If it is another person, even with the excuse that it will be exposed, he is not willing.

It's just that these words can't be said to Miss Jiang Si for the time being, so after a pause, Ji Chongyan began to explain: "Taoist Ziguang is a villain who seeks money, but he is not stupid."

This is natural, otherwise, he would not have sat in the position of the master of Tianquan Temple.It can even be said that Taoist Ziguang is not only not stupid, but also very smart.

The Taoist temple that was born and suddenly entered the world, and it is still doing business for the rich and powerful, can smoothly walk among the rich and powerful without any trouble, or there is a stronger power behind the Taoist temple itself. The Ziguang Taoist priest was once a merchant. , but there is no power behind it.If he was powerful, he would not have to go up the mountain to become a Taoist monk after failing in business, and if he was powerful, he would not be forced to use such methods to sit on the seat of the temple master.

What's more, no matter what, the two of them always have to visit the pilgrims who have stayed for a while. To ensure that nothing happens, Taoist Ziguang will definitely find a way to check the identities of the two of them.

"Smart people...especially smart people who are wary of you most of the time don't like you to directly reveal your identity like this. Even if the two of us have explained the whole story of our identity from the beginning, he still has to investigate..." Ji Chongyan said lightly Speaking of it, in fact, in a certain situation, Taoist Ziguang is somewhat similar to Mrs. Yang in this regard.

"So the first-level identities of the two of us don't need to be too real..."

Jiang Shaoyan: "..." It's not that it doesn't need to be too real, it's that it can't find a little truth.

"If he sends someone down the mountain to investigate, he will definitely find traces of soldiers and horses dispatched. In addition, it is not a secret that Lin Yan and I came to Jiangnan Road. After a little investigation, I will know my identity. At that time, I will His identity was exposed, and he was forced to tell the truth..."

"At that time, I will tell Taoist Ziguang that my season is the season of An Guogong's mansion, and that I will be with you, Miss Jiang Si..."

Hearing this, Jiang Shaoyan nodded, "Yes", and said thoughtfully, "It wouldn't be difficult if I checked my identity a little bit."

After all, everyone in Baoling City knew her.

In this case: Ziguang Taoist priests with a little bit of skill must be able to know that the people who went up the mountain were not rich businessmen and couples, but the eldest son of An Guogong's mansion and the lady of Dongping Bo's mansion.

"I'll tell him our true identities, but we still need a reason why you and I went up the mountain together." Ji Chongyan looked at Jiang Shaoyan as he spoke, and the tip of his ears turned red at some point, "I'm just sorry I'm staying with Miss Jiang Si."

An Guogong's mansion and Dongping Bo's mansion don't seem to have a good relationship, and they can even be said to have enmity. How could the eldest son and young lady of the two mansions go up the mountain together inexplicably?

Although they have joined hands many times in private, there is still a reason for going up the mountain together on the surface, especially a reason that "worldly" villains like Ziguang Taoist can believe.

Jiang Shaoyan was silent for a moment, then said: "I understand."

I have to continue to pretend that I am pregnant in February.As for the reason, there is no need for Ji Chongyan to say, just look at the expressions of Ziguang Taoist priest and those little Taoist priests today, and you can tell what they would guess: it is nothing more than a female bully robbing Xiaobaicai from a good family, using a scheming plan to force Xiaobaicai to use the child in her womb. The cabbage gave in.

I haven't done such a wicked thing in several lifetimes, and I haven't done it now, but I'm famous first.

Ji Chongyan said: "I will explain to Priest Ziguang and them that it is me..."

Before he finished speaking, the girl shook her head and said, "No need."

If the trip goes well, it doesn't matter if you explain, but if... then it doesn't matter if you explain or not.

But she understood the reason why Ji Chongyan wanted to say that.

"A woman who is two months pregnant is an out-and-out weak woman, and even people like Ziguang Taoist will lose their hearts." Jiang Shaoyan said, paused, and said, "Occasionally showing weakness and doing things conveniently is the most important thing. No need to explain."

Ji Chongyan pursed his lips when he heard the words, but did not make a sound.

The girl didn't say much anymore, she just sorted out the package she brought, sat for a while, then got up and went out with Ji Chongyan.

However, after "taking a short break", the young Taoist priests in the Taoist temple were able to "calmly" and "enthusiastically" bow to each other when they saw this "couple".

Presumably, Taoist Ziguang has already confessed.

It is time for lunch at noon. The dining hall of Tianquan Temple is located in the back view, only a few steps away from the back door of Tianquan Temple.

When Jiang Shaoyan and Ji Chongyan came to Houguan, Ziguang Taoist had already ordered someone to prepare a table full of vegetarian feasts, but it didn't stop there. Ziguang Taoist pointed to the pavilion outside the back door of Tianquan Temple, which was wide open, and the shelves inside the pavilion. He set up a bonfire grill, and said: "Infinite Heavenly Venerable, the two benefactors don't have to follow the rules like me, as long as they are not in the temple, it is also okay to eat meat outside the temple."

This preparation... Tianquan concept really entered the world!

However, the two of them didn't make unnecessary troubles. After sitting down and eating with the Taoist priests, Taoist Ziguang took them around the newly renovated Tianquan Temple.

The newly renovated Tianquan Temple is more than twice as large as the original one.The style of repair is elegant and exquisite, which is very suitable for the magnificent and elegant Taoist temple in the minds of most wealthy and wealthy households.

"Here is the Merit Pool that we are repairing," Taoist Ziguang pointed to the pool in the middle that looked like a Tai Chi fish figure, and tried to "introduce", "The inside is the pool water from the waterfall pool enlightened by the fairy outside. Immeasurable Celestial Venerable will take care of..."

Following the introduction of Taoist Ziguang, Jiang Shaoyan glanced up at the stone statue of a Taoist elder standing by the pool. The Taoist robe was painted with gold powder: it is really dignified and majestic.

The three "senators" were forced to stand by the pool and look at it.

"Using the pool water here to make tea has the effect of prolonging life." Taoist Ziguang stroked the beard on his chin with his hand while speaking, and a pair of mustaches jumped up and down with his smiling and speaking movements. Fainted, I remembered Xiangli's metaphor when describing Qian Dishu's appearance: the mouse has become a spirit!
If you want to say that this kind of description is still good at Xiangli, the "second generation of consumption" in front of you is almost as good as Qian Dishu's "ratty into a finer": the twinkling eyes of the mung bean, the chubby and naive It really looks like a big mouse that has been fed enough and has stored up a lot of food.

"The second generation of consumption" Ziguang Taoist eloquently introduced the pool guarded by the Taoist "veterans": "Guarded by the Sanqing Daode Tianzun, Xiaodao drinks a pot every day, and his energy is better." By the way, he touched his face , and added another sentence, "The appearance is also more energetic."

Jiang Shaoyan looked at the "Second Generation Consumption" Taoist Ziguang, and she was not moved in the slightest: she was not dissatisfied with her current appearance, and she did not want to grow up to become "Three Generation Consumption" like Taoist Ziguang.

At this time, Ji Chongyan, who was on the side, interrupted Taoist Ziguang's introduction, and asked, "How much is the magic talisman of 'curing disease and prolonging life' mentioned by the two leading Taoist priests earlier and the 'seeking child talisman'?"

The Ziguang Taoist priest who was interrupted was not dissatisfied: this person really doesn't need to be groomed anymore, it's natural to be unmoved.

As long as it can make money, it is also possible to sell amulets.

Thinking about it this way, the Ziguang Taoist stroked his beard and stretched out five fingers with a smile.

Seeing this, Jiang Shaoyan thought about the talismans bought in ordinary Taoist temples, which looked like fifty yuan a piece. The Taoist priests in this mountain are more expensive, so she gritted her teeth and asked, "Five hundred yuan?"

Taoist Ziguang still had a smile on his face, his beard jumped and he said, "It's not five hundred dollars, it's five thousand dollars!"

It really deserves to be the "Second Generation of Consumption". This talisman is expensive. No wonder the dilapidated Tianquan Temple was repaired in less than half a year.

Jiang Shaoyan snorted, and didn't say much. Seeing this, Ji Chongyan's act of preparing to pay with great interest stopped immediately, and he didn't say anything more.

Ziguang Taoist couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he saw this: It's not surprising, as expected, in this pair, the woman is the one who calls the shots.It's just that he's an iron cock who doesn't pull out a dime. If that's the case, the key is to convince that woman.

After all, even though it’s not cheap to live in a small house or something, if you want to make a lot of money, you still have to sell talismans. Only by stacking stacks of charms can you really make money.

He has seen a lot of rich people like this iron rooster, and if he refuses to pay, he just missed it by seven inches. He will find someone to go down the mountain to find out the identity of this fat lady.

Taoist Ziguang didn't show it on the face, but still took Jiang Shaoyan and Ji Chongyan to stroll around Tianquan Temple. From the corner of his eye, when he caught a glimpse of a mutton jade finger that was inadvertently exposed in Ji Chongyan's hand, he flicked the dust even more energetically.

This fat lady is really rich, but apart from spending money on the husband who "robbed" her by means, the rest is really nothing.

This is really no different from those "skin pickers" in the city.

It's just that her husband is very greedy for the world at first glance, and he can't be persuaded to come to Tianquan Temple to be a Taoist priest. The money will never reach Tianquan Temple.Taoist Ziguang introduced it one after another while calculating.

The original Tianquan Temple is in the middle of this small piece, and now there is only one main temple left, and the houses where the little Taoist priests lived have been torn down and expanded.

After walking around the Tianquan Temple and memorizing the structure of the entire Tianquan Temple, Jiang Shaoyan held her stomach and yelled "tired" perfunctorily.

Such "relying on the belly and being delicate" made Taoist Ziguang even more diligent in stroking his beard: he vowed to find out about the past of this fat lady so that he could pluck a handful of hairs from this iron cock.

There is no hairless iron cock in this world!

Jiang Shaoyan, who was "pretty and delicate" in that room, walked around, and was helped into the house by Ji Chongyan without paying a copper coin.

After sitting down in the room, Ji Chongyan poured a cup of tea for Jiang Shaoyan. The moment the girl took over, she looked up at him. After the two looked at each other for a moment, the girl lightly said, "Do you say it first or should I?"

After walking around, I found some problems in the concept of Tianquan.

Hearing what the girl said, Ji Chongyan couldn't help but sneered, and then took the lead in saying: "So... let me talk first!"

"The Tianquan Temple has been repaired in a very grand style, and everything is in line with the appearance of the fairyland. It fits the fairyland imagined in everyone's minds. It is nothing more than that this Ziguang Taoist can make money from it." Ji Chongyan said lightly. up.

The first thing that bears the brunt is that this fairyland is a fairyland that conforms to people's imagination, not a real fairyland.

"Don't talk about money and use this picture of Taiji fish indiscriminately." Ji Chongyan glanced at the picture of Taiji fish painted on the teacup in his hand, paused, and said, "I see that he is holding it on the whisk The symbols drawn are all wrong."

People in the world have the word "ghost painting talisman", which shows that "talisman" is very difficult to understand, and most outsiders like them can't understand it.

There are also many Mongolian talismans.

But this so-called incomprehension is only for most people who don't pay much attention. For those with a better memory, they can still remember the general talisman.

"The talisman wrapped in the whisk in his hand is a birth talisman for a woman to ask for the safety of her mother and child," Ji Chongyan said, paused, and lowered his eyelids, "My mother has a stack of such talismans."

He has seen those production symbols that have gone through the years since he was a child, and he will not remember them wrong.

The talisman used by the woman was used by the Ziguang Taoist priest on the whisk?The level of this Ziguang Taoist priest can be seen.

But this was not unexpected, the two of them had already expected this before coming.

Hearing what Ji Chongyan said, Jiang Shaoyan suddenly understood why Ji Chongyan wanted to ask about the "talisman" at that time. Thinking about it, he also felt that Taoist Priest Ziguang was really unreliable!
But this is obviously not the only place where Taoist Ziguang is unreliable.

"The expanded Taoist temple is shaped like a yin-yang Taiji fish, which suits its identity, but as far as the terrain is concerned, it is far less good than the old site in geomantic omen." Ji Chongyan said, rubbing the center of his brows, "People like me who have flipped through the classics of geomancy and geology can see that they still don't care about those who should study this way. It can be seen that today's Tianquan Temple is a secular Taoist temple."

For them, this is of course a good thing.

"This Ziguang Taoist now has the fairyland that suits people's imagination, and has a mouth that can speak well. It is not surprising that he makes money, but..."

When Ji Chongyan said this, he paused and looked up at the girl.

The girl glanced back at him, and said softly: "It's only the Ziguang Taoist who took over the Tianquan Temple. When the temple is poor and white, where did the money to change the appearance of the fairy family come from?"

Most of the rich and powerful who would go to the Tianquan Temple to throw money obviously don't understand this way.This is of course nonsense. If you understand it, what are you going to do in the Taoist temple?
But it is precisely because they don’t understand that most of the powerful and rich households who throw money will not throw money to the poor and white, and the concept of Tianquan, which is the size of a palm, will not throw money, and it takes the current "fairy-blessed land"-like concept of Tianquan to attract them. pay.

This is a contradictory matter, so it is necessary for Ziguang Taoist priest to get a sum of money before he can take over the concept of Tianquan.

So where did this money... come from?
If Tianquan Temple had money first, it wouldn't be in the situation of begging other temples for food!If Taoist Ziguang and those little Taoist priests could get money from other sources, they would have done it earlier, and it is impossible to wait until then.

So this money...could it be conjured out of thin air?

Regarding this, Jiang Shaoyan had already guessed.

"The Taoist priests here seem to be amateurs everywhere, but in this Taoist temple, I saw something very expert." The girl pondered for a moment, and asked Ji Chongyan, "Do you still remember the one who was guarded by the three 'elders'?" A pool of celestial water enlightened by the celestial being?"

Of course I remember, the memory is still fresh!Ji Chongyan nodded, but his brows twitched involuntarily: this Ziguang Taoist and his party are very good at Taoism, but they are well versed in the aesthetic psychology of the wealthy and ordinary people, and they are arranged in a "Taoist artistic conception" everywhere. , By the way, except for the three abrupt stone statues.

"Those three stone statues seem ridiculous, but it's really wonderful if you look closely." Jiang Shaoyan said.

It seems that there are many such "miscellaneous books" in Jiang Gong's extensive collection. She has read a lot in her last life, but she can say a few things about it.

"The three stone statues in the ordinary Taoist temple are Yuanshi Tianzun in the middle, Lingbao Tianzun on the left, and Daode Tianzun on the right. But the three who look at the pond are in the middle, but Lingbao Tianzun." The girl said.

In view of the fact that the Taoist priests in the Tianquan Temple are everywhere laymen, such "randomness" may also be placed randomly, and the stone statues are not placed side by side.

But some people don't think that there is a problem with disrupting the rearrangement of positions, and this person is not an ordinary person.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the Taishi Ling Chen Rang from a hundred years ago?" Jiang Shaoyan said, seeing Ji Chongyan nod his head thoughtfully, and then continued, "Chen Rang wrote a book about "Taoist Zhiwu" Books, there are many introductions about the placement of this stone statue in the book. In addition to being used for worship in ordinary Taoist temples, other stone statues can also be used to preach magic circles. One of the Taoist magic circles called "Tunbao" is Lingbao Tianzun way of setting up."

Of course, she said this not only because the order of placement was unusual.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the eyes of those three stone statues?" The girl closed her eyes as she said, what she saw when she saw the stone statues just now appeared in her mind.

"Lingbao Xianzun looked down at the ground, Yuanshi Tianzun looked up at the sky, and Daode Tianzun looked at us. Tianquan Temple is located to the west of Jiulongling, and Yuanshi Tianzun looked at the east. Chen Rang's "Taoist Zhiwu" said Taoism The formation starts from the east and is arranged in the order of heaven, people, and land. The stone statues beside the merit pool seem to be random, but they coincide with the "Taoist Zhiwu" written by Chen Rang." The girl stopped here, After a long pause, the voice lowered a little, "The direction of Lingbao Xianzun's line of sight is the pool that the fairy enlightened."

If Priest Ziguang and others were to arrange it themselves, they would definitely not have the ability to do so at the level of laymen who would even mess around with whisks.

Except for the one-in-a-million coincidence, it is very likely that this is a Taoist circle in itself.

Does Ziguang Taoist have the ability to form formations by himself?Jiang Shaoyan felt that there was none.Unless someone points it out, or...

"The location of the water pond enlightened by Xiangong is also in the old Tianquan Temple, plus the money that Ziguang Taoist and others got out of nowhere at first," Jiang Shaoyan frowned, and said slowly, "I have A guess."

Ji Chongyan glanced at the girl and fell silent, he already understood what she meant: "Pawn shop is a good business."

If this is really the Dao circle called 'Tunbao' that Chen Rang thought, there should be a treasure buried under the view of Tianquan.Things buried a hundred years ago are always worth something.

And once this guess came out, many things had a more complete explanation.

The old temple master and the "imperial" successor temple master must know the treasure buried under the Tianquan temple, and they both think that they are the only ones who know this secret.

But in fact this is not the case, at least Taoist Ziguang should also know, and he knew it secretly by accident.He was desperate and had no choice but to become a monk and became a Taoist priest, and he still had the nature of a merchant. In addition, most of the little Taoist priests in the Taoist temple were laymen, and they had to eat and wear.

Therefore, there was the idea of ​​solving the problem of succeeding the temple master, becoming the temple master himself, and then borrowing the treasures buried under the Tianquan Temple to repair the Taoist temple and become a wealthy monk.

In this way, the fortune of the Ziguang Taoist and Tianquan Temple seems to be explained.As for the solemn Taoist formation, it may be seen from the treasure under the view of heaven.

"Chen Rang thinks that a treasure needs to be protected by a large Taoist array. Although Ziguang Taoist doesn't understand these things, he has learned to set up an array to guard the treasure..." Speaking of which, the girl The corners of his lips curled up, and he couldn't help laughing, "He was quite careful. There shouldn't be many treasures that were sold at that time, and more should be buried below."

It really is a pool enlightened by the fairy: aside from other things, this "making money" is real!

Things seem to make sense in this way.

"There must be some common secrets among the seven Taoist temples in Jiulongling, and the secret of one of them was secretly touched by Taoist Ziguang. If the other six Taoist temples know about it, they will definitely not be polite to Taoist Ziguang." The girl said. As he spoke, he looked at Ji Chongyan, saw him showing a clear expression, smiled and said, "Then I will leave this matter to the prince."

If this handle is used well, Ziguang Taoist priests can also use it for them.

Now that the "orthodoxy" of Tianquan View is gone, and Taoist Priest Ziguang has been grasped, I don't have to worry about these little Taoist priests.

Although few of the remaining Taoist priests in Tianquan Temple know martial arts, compared with Taoist priests in Taoist temples like Ruiyuan Temple, they can be said to be "a mob", but they are better than nothing!
It's really good to have such a harvest in less than a day after coming to Tianquan Temple. Of course, such a harvest depends entirely on the girl in front of me.

"Miss Jiang Si is very knowledgeable, and Chongyan admires her very much." Ji Chongyan looked at her and said seriously.

The girl he likes can always give her a different kind of surprise, whether it's icy skin and fine bones, or lotus growth every step of the way, they are far less attractive to him than her.

When the girl heard the words, she just smiled indifferently, and said, "Your Majesty is absurd!"

It is also because the collection of books left by Mr. Jiang is enough, and even the collection of books that are regarded as top-notch in the eyes of others has been dabbled in, so that they have come in handy in many troubles encountered.

Is this a coincidence?
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