The national teacher does not practice

Chapter 149 The strange gate of Jianghu, the "reborn person" next door

In the early morning, the sun rose from the river, dispelling the mist, and also showing large ships on the wide canal.

If you look down from the sky, it looks like a grain of sesame, approaching the Jiangnan port.

On the deck of one of the medium-sized ships, Ji Pingan was dressed in green, standing with his hands behind his back. On his slightly more angular face, his eyes pierced through the mist, looking distracted at the raised buildings on the horizon in the distance.

"Yawn~ I woke up so early."

Footsteps came from behind, followed by a pretty girl in a light pink skirt.

Yu Yu's black hair was tied up casually, revealing her fair neck, her tender hands were yawning, and there were inconspicuous dark circles around her eye sockets, giving her an over-indulgent appearance.

The appearances of the two were fine-tuned with the use of weapons.

After all, they are all people who made their public appearances at the Divine City Awards, unlike Mu Yaoyao and Huang He who are so transparent, in order to avoid trouble, a proper disguise is necessary.

"Actually, I don't think you need to pretend," Ji Pingan looked at her with a complicated expression:
"Based on your current appearance, no matter how similar you look, people who are familiar with you will not dare to recognize you. Who would have thought that the dignified state church saint would be so sloppy and lazy?"

Perhaps, it was because he was restrained severely when he was in Qingyun Palace.

Going out this time and escaping from Xin Yaoguang's control, Yu Yu was habitually "reserved" at the beginning, but then he stopped pretending at all.

To describe it in the field of performance science, it is:

Liberate nature.

The image of the high-cold saint is gone forever, but the essence of "actress" is fully exposed.

Soon I got mixed up with the snacks and integrated into this small group. Except that the mouth is sometimes habitually "hard", other places, even the spine is soft.

The road is long, Yu Yu is addicted to playing mahjong every night during these days, Ji Ping'an is too lazy to play with her, so she pulls the other two guys to play "Fighting Corrupt Officials"...

Ji Pingan once regretted that these two games should not have been invented back then.

If you want to compare it, it is like a student who has studied hard for many years after the college entrance examination and starts playing liver games day and night, which is a kind of retaliatory behavior.

"Playing with things and losing one's ambition." Ji Pingan commented with heartache.

Yu Yu was not happy anymore, he yawned, puffed out his chest unconvinced, raised his snow-white jaw, and said with a "huh":

"This is a game invented by the Grand Master of the Zhou Dynasty. This is called following in the footsteps of Master Guoshi. People at your level don't understand it at all."

Ah yes yes... I don't understand...

Ji Pingan laughed angrily, didn't bother to pay attention to her, and reminded:

"According to the current speed, we will be able to arrive at Yuhang Fucheng Wharf before noon."

Arrived! ?
As soon as Yu Yu's eyes lit up, he was no longer sleepy.

Don't look at her being an otaku during these days and degrading all the way, but playing hard for several days is actually a bit boring.

A few people are trapped on a boat all day, surrounded by water, and it is indeed very monotonous.

Don't talk about playing cards, even if you have sex, you can't hold it.

"Yuhang." She said yearningly: "I haven't been here yet, I heard it's very lively, although the gods are very good, it's too serious, and the master doesn't let me go out to play."

While speaking, she seriously took out a colorful booklet from her sleeve pocket, and carefully flipped through it.

This is a "travel brochure" bought from a bookstore in Jingli before leaving, which introduces the big city of Yuhang.

Although Ji Pingan hasn't walked in the world for many years, he is no stranger to Lanzhou and has been here many times.

As the state capital in the south of the Great Zhou Dynasty and adjacent to the Southern Tang Dynasty, this place includes the boundary of "Jiangnan" in the traditional sense, although it is geographically different from "Earth".

But Ji Pingan changed the names of the places here out of bad taste back then, including the name "Yuhang" and "Qinhuai River", all of which were his masterpieces.

Well, playing is a sense of substitution.

As the center of the south of the Yangtze River, a place of prosperous commerce, the power of the clan here is even greater. After the opening of the imperial examination, the local wealthy families passed the scientific examination, and the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River made this place a place of prosperity.

Correspondingly, due to the existence of wealthy families and the gathering of forces in the world, the power of the imperial court has been compressed to a certain extent.

As a prefectural city, the biggest official force in the city is the prefectural government and the prefect of Yuhang.

Next, outside the city is the imperial military barracks and guards. In the city, apart from the regular arrests, there are three organizations involved in "practice".

They are: the "Monster Slaying Division" under the jurisdiction of the imperial court is mainly monks who have passed the martial arts path, and is responsible for cases involving monks and demon clans.

The "Three Cleansing Temple" under the jurisdiction of the Taoist sect has Taoist monks sitting in it.

As well as the "Yin-Yang Academy" under the jurisdiction of Qin Tianjian, the "Yin-Yang students" who entered the prison came from here, but because Qin Tianjian was established for a short time, most of the people in the Yin-Yang Academy were not "star officials".

In terms of clans, the Pei family ranked first, and the Nangong family ranked second. The rest, Ji Pingan, did not pay attention.

As for things like "Tingxuelou", the industrial halls of the major Jianghu sects in the city, the gangs in the city, and the agents of the Yushouzong, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, the prostitutes on the Qinhuai River, the messy local snakes and crossing the river Dragon...and so on, formed the background of the muddy water in Yuhang.

Ji Pingan felt that if there were changes in the rivers and lakes, this kind of place must be the most prophetic "duck" of Chunjiang Plumbing.

In addition, as he got closer, he became more and more aware that compared to other places, the spiritual essence near Yuhang was obviously stronger.

"Is it because of the mountains and rivers? But in my memory, although Yuhang has beautiful mountains and clear waters, it is not the terrain where spiritual elements gather..."

Ji Pingan frowned slightly, secretly noting this abnormality.

"Tsk tsk, there are so many delicacies here, I will invite you to eat when I get ashore." Yu Yu said in amazement.

Ji Pingan is helpless, what is this Mu Yaoyao 2.0...a group of foodies.

Yu Yu said again: "It is also said in this booklet that Yuhang gathers the strange gates of rivers and lakes. I haven't seen much of it yet."

Ji Pingan said indifferently: "It's all the tricks of unscrupulous people."

Jianghu Qimen refers to many scattered small inheritances, branches of Taoism that have evolved over time.

Compared with the orthodox Tiangang Taoism, it has more tricks, but it is just fresh.

It is very good for ordinary people and ordinary warriors, but it is not enough for the "academic school" of the five sects.

Yu Yu looked dissatisfied and glared at him, feeling that it was a disappointment to play with this guy.

As everyone knows, the scene of the two standing side by side and whispering together, in the eyes of the boatmen in the distance, turned into deep envy and jealousy.

As for staring, it is understood as "eyebrows expressing affection".

……

"Young master, it's time to eat."

At this time, the cabin curtain was raised, and Huang He, dressed as a book boy, greeted him.

When the two returned to the cabin, they saw a square table in the room, with a deep porcelain basin in the center... This was to prevent the ship from shaking and splashing.

In the basin is a fat carp in clear soup, which has been cut several times, sprinkled with coriander, and the thick white soup is rippling.

Mu Yaoyao, who was wearing a lotus leaf-colored skirt, with a pale face and some baby fat, was kneeling at the table piously. The bowl in her hand was already filled with rice, and she was staring at the fish soup eagerly. Swallow saliva.

As if there is nothing else in the whole world.

"The craftsmanship has improved again." Ji Pingan sniffed and gave Huang He an appreciative glance.

Along the way, Huang He contracted the meals for the four of them.

I didn't see it in the Qin Tianjian before, but Huang He actually has a pretty good cooking skill. According to him, it is "the origin of family education". for surprise.

Huang He smiled, and served soup for "Master" and "Miss".

Mu Yaoyao had already started to move her chopsticks like flying, her cheeks were already bulging:

"A good time...a good time..."

You think everything is delicious... Ji Pingan was worried, and promised Xu Xiurong to train her disciples well, but don't wait for the female prisoner to leave the customs, and come to Yuhang.

It would be embarrassing to find that Mu Yaoyao's cultivation base is not standing still, and her weight has been promoted to a big realm...that would be embarrassing.

"My lord, I'm going to go ashore at noon, what do you plan to do next?" Huang He asked.

Ji Pingan took a mouthful of fish and ate it, and he had already said:

"Let a house first, with a storefront, and I'm going to open a hexagram shop first."

"Guaguan", more commonly known as "fortune-telling hall", many people in the world rely on fortune-telling and fortune-telling for a living, those who have no money will set up a stall on the street, and those who have money will set up a shop .

Ji Pingan did this for two purposes.

First, through divination, it is easier to get in touch with "abnormal events". It is very simple logic. If there are some abnormalities in the city, it is very likely that someone will come to divination. It is an excellent channel for obtaining information.

Second, it is also to better meet the requirements of "experience".

Star officials need a lot of practice if they want to improve their "astrology", so for the star official path, fortune-telling is also a way of practice.

Ji Ping'an has reached the full level of this ability, but in order not to appear too monstrous when doing astrology in the future, it is more reasonable to have a "experience" process.

As for contacting the imperial court to conduct an investigation...he is not going to use it for the time being.

Not to mention that the imperial court is often slower to obtain news, even if it is discovered, it will be intercepted by the royal family and the Taoist sect, and it will not be the turn of the Onmyoji Academy.

Huang He and the others already knew about Meteor, and understood that Ji Ping'an's trip was not only about cultivating, but also investigating the truth, so they were not surprised by this choice.

Yu Yu didn't object either, this was her own experience, and she didn't want to rely on the Sanqing Palace.

……

After the meal, Yu Yu led the three of them to "fight against corrupt officials", while Ji Pingan returned to his bedroom.

As soon as the door was closed, the page of Taoism in his arms flew out by itself, suspended in the air, streams of illusory light overflowed, and condensed into a figure of a woman.

She was wearing a strangely cut black robe and a soft pointed hat that was extremely rare in this era. She had a beautiful and pale face, as if she hadn't seen the sun for a long time.

The long black hair hangs down to the waist, the facial features are three-dimensional, and the look is slightly dull, with a sculptural beauty.

"You have to be responsible to me." Jiang Jiang said every word.

Ji Pingan almost spit out the fish soup, and said speechlessly, "What kind of tiger and wolf talk."

Jiang Jiang said: "You promised to show me the world, but you failed."

When she spoke, she was obviously not proficient, she had to interrupt several times in a sentence, and her tone lacked emotion, like an artificial mentally retarded without emotion.

So, this is what it means to be responsible... Ji Pingan sighed:

"This journey is always on the boat. There is no one to show you. But when you enter Yuhang City, you will have more opportunities. But first let me say that you don't come out when it's inconvenient."

Jiang Jiang said: "I can hide my tracks."

As a weapon spirit, she can rely on Taoism scriptures to cast some spells.After all, the source of Taoist inheritance lies in this scripture.

Ji Pingan said: "Then you should also pay attention, there are also masters in the Jianghu, especially in this period of time, you should be more careful."

Jiang Jiang thought for a while and said, "Then I won't go out, you show a corner of the Taoist scriptures, and I'll take a peek."

It's okay... Ji Pingan praised, but didn't refuse, and said with a smile:

"After you settle down, I'll take you to the Jiangnan Night Market. For example, the Qinhuai River is completely sleepless. Have you ever heard of Qinhuai Bayan? You should know that after reading so many novels."

Jiang Jiang said "En" and said in a calm tone:
"A type of prostitute who picks up guests on the flower boat. Human men can pay money to mate with them."

... Ji Ping'an was silent for a while.

Jiang Jiang was puzzled and said:
"But I don't understand why those men are willing to do this? If it's just for mating and reproduction, the book says that you can marry a wife and take concubines, and human men can't tolerate their spouses having relationships with others, but in this kind of transaction they can. Tolerated. Weird."

This is a soul torture issued by a spirit whose understanding of human society is limited to books, so there are many confusions.

Ji Pingan sighed, and said in a complicated tone:

"This question is difficult to answer in a few words. It can be divided into many different categories, but if you use one word to describe it, it probably comes down to human nature."

Human nature...Jiang Jiang chewed on this word, feeling that it was profound and complicated, and she didn't understand it.

Ji Pingan said:
"People are very complicated. When looking at the world, you don't just understand it by 'seeing', but you also need to think about it. But we have a lot of time, so we can understand it slowly."

Jiang Jiang nodded.

Ji Pingan raised his hand to pick up the Dao Realm, invited her in, and added:
"Also, don't use words like 'mating' indiscriminately. Or use other words instead."

Jiang Jiang was confused: "How to replace it?"

Ji Pingan thought about it, and felt that other words were also a little sensitive, so he said an insensitive one:
"Cooperate."

……

Taking Jiang Jiang back to the Daoist scriptures, Ji Pingan sat cross-legged to meditate and rest, puffing out the spirit and practicing.

At noon, as the ship slowed down, he opened his eyes, opened the cabin, and saw the busy and lively pier in front of him.

Cargo ships from all over the world gather here, and many peasants are like hardworking workers, traveling between the cabin and the shore, carrying goods back and forth.

As for those who only transport people alone, they are not too many.A group of four picked up simple luggage, walked ashore, and showed the way to the water transport officials, and landed smoothly.

Although it was not ostentatious and its appearance had been fine-tuned, considering the two girls with extraordinary looks in the team, it still attracted a lot of attention.

Yu Yu was eager to try it out, as if she wanted to act out the storyline where the little villain is attracted to sex, but most people just looked at Ji Pingan enviously, which made her quite disappointed.

On the contrary, Ji Pingan, who has more experience in the world, keenly noticed several eyes from the bank, but he didn't care.

The four of them passed through the bustling dock area and walked towards the carriage shop area, preparing to take a car to the city - the dock area was still some distance away from the main city.

After asking about the price, Huang He reached out to touch the wallet at his waist, and his face changed after untying the string:
"How did silver turn into stone?!"

The two women were shocked, and turned their heads to look, and they found that all the broken silver and copper plates in the purse had disappeared, replaced by a pile of stones.

Not stolen, but replaced.

"Could it be those boatmen?"

The faces of the three of them were not very good-looking for a moment. As practitioners of the great sect, it would be too much of a face-slap for someone to steal someone else's post without making a sound.

Huang He stretched out his hand in a panic, wanting to touch the bank notes in his inner pocket, but saw Ji Pingan spread his tightly clenched hands, and in his palm was the lost broken silver:
"Put it back on."

Facing the surprised eyes of the three, Ji Pingan said calmly:

"It wasn't done by the boatman. It was us who just came out of the dock area and were removed by someone using a small mountain-moving technique."

Mountain-moving technique... The strange gate of the world?Yu Yu understood in a second, and realized that what they encountered was not an ordinary thief, but someone from a strange family.

You mean a practitioner?Not counting, but what if it is a mortal?And indeed it can use some spells... Among Qimen, it is also the one with the lowest combat power.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be squatting at the pier to do this kind of thing.

Yu Yu said angrily, "Where are people?"

She felt ashamed, and she was taught a lesson when she took the first step into the rivers and lakes.

Ji Pingan shook his head and smiled indifferently:

"Let's go, I've already taught them a lesson. In addition, put away the arrogance of the disciples of the big faction. Sometimes, if you don't have a high cultivation base, you won't step on the pit. The three religions and nine streams can exist for so many years. Although some methods are not top-notch, there are indeed some things. Otherwise, do you really think that the major sects let you go out to experience and experience the mountains and rivers?"

The three of them were thoughtful, feeling "educated", but also surprised at Ji Ping'an's methods.

"Hey, it's your first time traveling the rivers and lakes, how do you understand so much?" Yu Yu couldn't help asking as he got into the carriage.

Ji Pingan smiled without saying a word, thinking that when I was walking in the rivers and lakes, you were not even a cell.

……

On the east side of the pier, in an alley, a young Jianghu man walked quickly, got into the alley, leaned against the wall and exhaled lightly.

A middle-aged man came over in the alley and joked:

"It's not the first time I've done it, and you're still so nervous?"

The young Qimen warrior exhaled, subconsciously straightened his back, and said:

"The sheep I'm eyeing this time are a few young gentry and ladies. Although they are not well-dressed, their temperament is definitely not from a poor family, especially those two women, who are so beautiful that they are definitely rich. from."

Middle-aged people are not surprised. This year pays attention to not revealing their wealth. Unless they are with a brigade of guards, they will pretend to be low-key when they go out:

"and then?"

The former muttered: "But when I attacked, that young master seemed to have glanced at me, but he was not sure, it was like an illusion, and he was terrified for some reason."

The middle-aged man laughed and said: "You're still a freshman, suspicious, if you are really a powerful character, how can you let you go."

Also... The young Qimen warrior smiled and felt that he was thinking too much. With a flick of his wrist, a bulging cloth bag slipped from his sleeve and fell into his hand.

As he untied it, he said:

"However, during this period of time, I always felt that there was something wrong in the city, and I made several ideas. Fortunately, I stopped quickly, or I should avoid the limelight... I feel that more and more people come here, and there are more and more things that are wrong. Like when I moved the mountain a few days ago, what I got was a torn book, someone made up a practice method..."

The middle-aged man sneered and said:

"You little mouse gall, what powerful characters can you have, they are all..."

Before I finished speaking, a budding flower suddenly bloomed in the purse.

Then, the flowers burned up and opened the flame circle.

The pupils of the two Qimen warriors shrank suddenly, and they screamed. They felt that they were whipped by the scorching force, and lost most of their strength.

Realized, this is offending a real expert.

……

……

Half an hour later, the carriage officially entered Yuhang City.

Outside the car window, buildings and people are densely visible to the naked eye.

There are rows of antique buildings, and the spacious streets are full of traffic and voices.A man dressed as a literati, or carrying a female companion, or a group of three or five friends walked through the city, noisy and enthusiastic.

Different from the majestic and majestic layout of Shendu City, Yuhang's Jiangnan water town is more atmospheric.

Rivers extending in all directions can be seen everywhere in the city, small bridges and small boats shuttle on the river. Just in summer, the green willows are shady.

And there are many small buildings, pavilions and garden buildings.

Perhaps the sun is hot, and many women are holding beautiful paper umbrellas, which are colorful.

"It's so pretty." Mu Yaoyao said enviously while holding the window open, pouted her little buttocks.

Ji Pingan leaned on the cushion of the carriage, and said with a smile, "We'll buy a few after we like it."

Yu Yu was also very excited, but she had lost face just now, so she became vigilant, seeing everyone on the street as a thief.

Not long after, the carriage stopped outside a tooth shop, and four people walked into it. An old broker's eyes lit up and he greeted him enthusiastically. His eyes fell on Ji Ping'an and Yu Yu:
"Master and Madam, should I buy property or rent a house?

The "lord and madam" here is a respectful title in a specific context.

As for Huang He and Mu Yaoyao, they were subconsciously categorized as "servants" and "maids"... although this "servant" is too sweet.

But anyway, it doesn't look like it can call the shots.

Ji Pingan said: "I want to rent a shop, the kind of shop in the front and house in the back."

The old manager's eyes lit up: "Please sit here."

If you are only renting a residence, it is fine, but renting a shop is obviously a business, no matter the lease term or price, there is money to be made.

Several people were invited to sit down, and a waiter served tea. The old manager took out a very simple map of Yuhang with houses marked, and introduced it to several people.

Ji Pingan listened with a smile, looking like he was thinking about it, but in fact, two illusory astrolabes emerged from the depths of his eyes, and a mysterious and mysterious power descended, silently saying in his heart:

"Which place is suitable for finding clues".

Use this as a divination statement, and use "astrology" for divination.

Turns out there was no answer.

He switched the sentence to "Which place is easy to get involved in the storm of practitioners"... This time, Qi Yao quickly gave a revelation.

Heh... Others are trying to find stability and fortune when opening a store, but I am actively looking for trouble... Ji Pingan laughed at himself.

Making a gesture of hesitation, raised a finger, and lightly tapped a certain house:
"I'm more interested in this position."

The old manager glanced at him, hesitated for a while and said:

"The price of this area is indeed not very high, but it is a little remote. If you want to open a shop, it may not be suitable."

Ji Pingan smiled: "It doesn't matter, my shop is best to have a quiet layout in the middle of the noise."

Seeing this, the old manager had no choice but to say:
"Okay, then let's go and have a look. It just so happens that the owner of this shop lives in the back of the house, very close, but the owner's personality is a bit aggressive and not very friendly. Of course, his reputation is still good." , so you have to be prepared."

"Polar?" Ji Pingan noticed the word.

The old manager sighed and said with some sympathy:
"This family originally opened a shop by themselves. Later, the man died, leaving behind a pair of orphans and widowed mothers, so they rented out the shop... But after all, there is no one in charge, and it is easy to be bullied. I think it's like this, so I developed a family. Got a pungent temper."

When Yu Yu heard this, he immediately felt sympathetic and said:
"Then go and have a look, and it's almost rented."

The saint is not short of money, but it is not easy for orphans and widows.

You don't have a long memory at all... These days, a woman can hold a shop and add a house without relying on her natal family, is it really all she needs to rely on "pungent"?

Ji Pingan didn't say a word, got up and said, "Let's go."

……

The selected house was not very far from Yaxing, and after walking three streets, we arrived at a place called "Old Willow Street".

The name comes from an old willow tree that is said to be hundreds of years old on the corner of the street, which is as lush as a cover.

The shops are indeed a bit out of the way. It is more lively and bustling to walk out a street, and there is also a distance from the shops on the same street.

Ji Ping'an was unexpectedly satisfied, mainly because he felt that the surrounding environment was quiet and elegant, which was in line with his aesthetics.

The shop is not big, there is a small shop in the front which is no more than ten square meters, and a small courtyard is connected to the back, with east and west main rooms and side rooms, just enough for four people to live in.

There is also an ancient well in the courtyard, which saves me going out to fetch water.

After Ji Pingan expressed his satisfaction, the old manager turned his head and went to the "Mud Bottle Alley" at the back, knocked on the door of a house, and found the "landlord".

It's really close, it's just a neighbor.

"Miss Fang, this is Mr. Li who wants to lease the shop." The old manager said.

That's right, Ji Ping'an's alias this time is "Li Anping", highlighting a randomness.

The woman named Fang Ling is not old, she looks to be in her early thirties.

Wearing a slightly old-fashioned sarong, her hair was tied up with cheap iron pins, she was a little thin, and her cheekbones were slightly high.

She wasn't ugly, she could even be said to be pretty, but her sallow skin, restlessness between her brows and instinctive vigilance towards strangers made her seem a bit unapproachable.

At this time, she looked at Ji Ping'an up and down, and then at the two extraordinarily beautiful girls, and Huang He, who looked like a book boy and had a bit of a housekeeper, and said:
"You want to rent a shop? Where are you from? How long are you going to rent? What are you doing?"

Hmm...he came up with continuous questions, revealing the vigilance in his heart and the lack of softness...it matches what the old manager said...Ji Pingan smiled and nodded:

"We are from Zhongzhou. We are here in Yuhang this time, and we plan to open a shop for business. The lease period is at least half a year."

It seems to be an answer, but every sentence is vague...

The woman named Fang Ling didn't get to the bottom of it. She seemed to think that the four people in front of her were educated and didn't seem like people who would cause trouble. She couldn't help letting go of her vigilance, nodded, and said:
"It's okay to rent a shop, but you can't make major changes and repairs. You can only move the furnishings in the shop. In addition, the rent must not be in arrears, otherwise I will drive people away. Also, if the government's subordinates and gangs come to ask for money, it is your own business. I don't care..."

She said a lot of requests, but they were all within reason, and Ji Pingan readily agreed.

Seeing this, the old broker also came to matchmaking, and the two parties happily signed the contract. The lease period is half a year, the monthly rent is four and a half, and one deposit pays three.

Although he had withdrawn enough "funds" from Qin Tianjian when he left Shendu, Huang He was still a little bit emotional and felt that the rent was not cheap.

After all, it is said that it is a pavement plus a house, but the location is not good.

Ji Pingan's point of attention is that although the "cost of living" in Yuhang is relatively high, the lady of the Fang family has her own house, so it is reasonable to say that her life will not be tight, but she still looks a little tight on the outside.

Is this intentional, to prevent being targeted by some rascals or clan relatives?Or is it another reason?

"What do you think?"

Yu Yu was very happy, feeling like he was about to flex his muscles in this city, he ran around in the shop, looking left and right, everything was new.

I have even started to study how to arrange and decorate.

Seeing that Ji Ping'an was distracted, he couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing, I just want to wait until I settle down, and take the time to visit the landlord. Well, I heard that she has a son, but I didn't see her today." Ji Pingan said casually.

Then he greeted Huang He, went to buy new daily necessities nearby, and several people started cleaning.

……

Mud Bottle Lane.

Holding the contract and the money she got, Fang Ling happily walked home.

As a result, as soon as I reached the entrance of the alley, I saw a group of young children gathered in the open space in front of their house from a distance, forming a circle, looking expectant.

And in the center of the children, on a big wooden pier, stood a short, fat little boy of five or six years old, talking eloquently about a martial arts story he had heard from nowhere:
"...but that Xue Ji, the Saintess of the Four Sacred Religions, was born with a natural beauty, a flirtatious charm, and imprisoned the Great Master Zhou in the palace day and night..."

Fang Ling raised her eyebrows, rolled up her sleeves, grabbed a stick by the roadside, and said sharply:
"Fang! Shi! Jie!"

Little Fatty's expression changed, and he said, "The wind is pulling!"

A group of children yelled and dispersed, Fang Shijie jumped off the wooden pier, looking panicked.

He trotted for two steps, but was still caught by his mother, hugged his little butt by the waist, and burst into tears.

Fang Ling scolded while beating:

"Where did you hear this kind of thing from when you were young, I'll kill you..."

Fang Shijie screamed like killing a pig, but in fact it didn't hurt. When Fang Ling threw him down angrily, he went back to the house to put the money.

Only five or six years old, the panic and crying on the face of the supposedly naive little boy disappeared instantly, and the brows were full of vicissitudes and maturity, as if another soul lived in the immature body.

He sighed softly, raised the corners of his mouth, and laughed at himself:
"Is this a boy, but..."

He put his hands in his pockets, looked up at the sky, deep anxiety appeared in his eyes:

"It's a little troublesome..."

……

In the shop, after simply sweeping the dust, Ji Pingan sat down in the shop with bright and clean windows, and suddenly felt the Taoist scripture shaking in his arms.

He took it out, and saw words slowly appear on that page of Taoism.

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