Fortune tellers give eggs, the stepmother is a Taoist boss
Chapter 165: Disaster on the streets
After the mirage was eaten by the steamed buns, all the sleeping people woke up, and people lived an ordinary but happy life again. Jingzhou was peaceful for months after months, and no more White Lotus Mark appeared in the world.
With her two right-hand men, Ding Zhaoliu and Zhu Wushuang, helping her stabilize her customer base and maintain her business, Jiang Fuyuan said she felt relieved. She only needed to eat and sleep well outside of drawing talismans every day, and let herself bask in the sun without growing mushrooms.
But such days would inevitably become boring after such a long period of time. Ding Zhaoliu's visit today did add some fun to Jiang Fuyuan's peaceful life.
The money he had taken advantage of was not in vain, so Jiang Fuyuan immediately decided to pull out all the previous stocks of peace charms and give them to Ding Zhaoliu to kill the envoy of the Qing Kingdom.
Carefully putting a dozen talisman seals into his arms, Ding Zhaoliu thought of the Chaolong Banquet three days later.
"Mu Xiangu, Aunt Qu said that she made a few new sets of clothes, and one of them is a palace banquet dress for you. Should you go to my house to pick it up tomorrow, or let Aunt Qu bring it to you?"
Qu Niao Niao's needlework skills are as good as any embroiderer's. The clothes she makes are beautiful and easy to wear, and she is recognized as a skillful hand.
Jiang Fuyuan had not originally planned to attend the Chaolong Banquet, but after being intrigued by the Six Kingdoms gossip from Ding Zhaoliu's mouth today, she decided to go and see the excitement.
So she nodded and said, "Don't give it away. I'll just go there by myself tomorrow. It just so happens that I can also give some yellow talisman figures to the horse's belly."
The next day, there was nothing going on and there was no need to hurry. The two took a nap before setting off. Jiang Fuyuan and Zhong Liefeng walked down the street to relax and stretch their muscles.
When we walked from Jiuzhen to Jiudian, it was already dark. The shops in Jiudian did not hesitate to pay for gas, and the lights in Yishuier were as bright as day.
The streets are still bustling with people, shoulder to shoulder, vendors hawking and shouting, and pedestrians walking together, all with the smoke of life on their faces.
The appearance of two handsome men and beautiful women with outstanding appearance like gods in a crowded crowd will naturally attract the attention of many people. However, in the hustle and bustle of the world, when people focus on the mediocre life in front of them, no matter how seductive the color is, it will also become the burden of life. After giving way to people's stunned looks, he returned to focusing on his own business.
Jiang Fuyuan and Zhong Lianfeng walked side by side slowly through the pastry stalls crowded with children, the snack shops with big tents to attract customers, and the lively jugglers who were beating gongs and drums. They walked and watched, silently appreciating the beauty of Jingzhou with their sweethearts. bustling.
When he passed by a Gua Gua stall, Jiang Fuyuan stopped in his tracks due to the quarrel between the two.
"...The old man is not greedy for your money."
"You ask me for ten cents for a fortune, aren't you greedy for my money?"
"We agreed before doing the math, one hexagram and ten texts, and I did the math for you only after you agreed."
"Then the calculation must be accurate. If the calculation is not accurate, why should I give you money?!"
Jiang Fuyuan followed the sound and saw that he was a blind old Taoist in green clothes. On the broken banner were the words "Seeking Half Immortal" written on it. He was squatting by the roadside, looking at him as a poor man struggling to make a living.
The man who was quarreling with him was dressed in an ordinary style, but the materials used were not cheap at first glance. He did not look like he was short of ten cents, but his expression was quite angry, as if ten cents was his life.
Jiang Fuyuan frowned, turned around and walked towards the two of them.
"Brother, what do you want to do?"
Qing Changsheng turned his head to look at the person who came, and saw that she was a beautiful woman with celestial appearance and jade-like appearance. He was too lazy to pay attention to her and continued to argue with the blind old Taoist.
"Can any kind of person from Shun Kingdom claim to be half-immortal? You old man, you are not pretending to be a Taoist priest to get money, right? I know that you have a Taoist palace in Jingzhou that manages all the Taoist priests. I will go to the Taoist palace later. Report you!"
When he heard that he was going to the Taoist palace to expose himself, the blind old man trembled. Just as he was about to ask for mercy, he heard a soft female voice blowing in his face like a spring breeze.
"Brother, I look at your face. You lost your mother at the age of three and your father at the age of seven. You have to live on the food of hundreds of families. Unfortunately, you can only eat the food of hundreds of families until you are 13 years old."
What Jiang Fuyuan said was exactly the same as what happened to Qing Chang when he was a child. The words he was about to curse were swallowed back alive, and he looked at the woman in front of him in surprise.
Jiang Fuyuan continued: "You are twenty-three this year, and you have a lover. She is also fond of you, but her family thinks that you are just a servant. They want to reconsider the marriage for her, so you issue a military order in front of her father and brother. , I want to return home and marry her in March." "Your palace of children is strong, which means that your lover and you are already in love, and the pearls are dark, it should be more than two months, right?"
Qing Changsheng's mouth opened wider and wider. When Jiang Fuyuan finished the last syllable, he nodded stiffly and said: "Yes... all right..."
When the blind old Taoist heard this, he knew that the female voice must be an expert, or that the other party was an immortal in the Taoist palace. He rubbed his untied sleeves in fear, and stammered in order to beg for mercy for himself.
"Immortal, Immortal Chief, I..."
Before he could say anything substantive, he heard a female voice say again: "The darkness in your hall means that a great disaster is coming. What you are asking for today is also to break this fate?"
The new moon in the sky was bright, candlelight was bright all around, and a breeze blew. Amidst the fire, trees and silver flowers, Qing Changsheng felt that he was not a mortal before him, but a fairy from the sky came to the world to relieve him of his misfortune and help him overcome the disaster.
He immediately clasped his hands and made a big salute: "Please also ask the Immortal to teach me."
He was a foreigner and did not understand the name of the Great Shun Kingdom. He thought that the blind old Taoist's stuttering was the honorific title of the fairy in front of him, so he also called Jiang Fuyuan Immortal and Immortal Chief.
Jiang Fuyuan didn't bother to correct him. She pointed to the three words "asking for half-immortal" on the blind old Taoist flag and said, "You have to pay for giving me advice."
Qing Changsheng was stunned for a moment, then he immediately understood. He took out his wallet from his arms and counted the money and said, "Of course, I want it."
He counted ten copper coins and offered them with both hands: "Immortal Immortal, please."
Jiang Fuyuan glanced at the ten coins in his palm with disgust, and said matter-of-factly: "Ten coins for a half-immortal, twice as much for an immortal."
Qing Changsheng was stunned again. After thinking about it, he realized that what she said made sense, and he quickly started counting the coins again.
Jiang Fuyuan raised her eyelids and glanced at his wallet, and said calmly: "I'm talking about doubling the unit, ten taels."
Qing Changsheng was dumbfounded: "Huh?"
"Isn't your life worth ten taels?" Jiang Fuyuan stretched out his sleeves in a pretentious manner, making an expression like "If you dare to say no, I will leave immediately."
Qing Changsheng couldn't afford ten taels of silver. He had to pay a hundred taels of travel expenses to follow the envoy to the Shun Kingdom. If he could return home smoothly, he would also receive a reward of 500 taels of silver.
But it still hurts him to have to spend one-tenth of his savings at once because he was used to being poor as a child.
But if these ten taels are not produced, and the part of the tribute that he was guarding cannot be recovered, how can he receive the 500 taels of silver reward when he returns?
After weighing the two sides, Qing Changsheng gritted his teeth and took out ten taels of silver and presented it to Jiang Fuyuan with both hands.
"Please also ask the Immortal to help me figure out where I should go to resolve my disaster?"
Jiang Fuyuan weighed the silver and made sure it was enough. After calculating for a moment, he said, "The thing you are looking for is in the southeast of where you live."
Southeast... Qing Changsheng immediately thought that the southeast of the courtyard where they were staying was the residence of the Languo envoy.
You Lan Kingdom, how can you pretend to be an upright eagle and steal the tribute from their Qing Kingdom? In his opinion, you should be called a chicken thief!
Qing Changsheng, who had the answer in his mind, immediately bowed to Jiang Fuyuan to thank him, turned around and hurried to his residence. He couldn't wait to tell his envoy the whereabouts of the missing tribute.
After the audience left, Jiang Fuyuan finished pretending to be cool and put the ten taels of silver in the blind old Taoist's hand. Without waiting for the old Taoist to thank him, he pulled Zhong Liefeng and slipped back into the crowd.
It seemed like this was just the most ordinary thing on the busy street.
With her two right-hand men, Ding Zhaoliu and Zhu Wushuang, helping her stabilize her customer base and maintain her business, Jiang Fuyuan said she felt relieved. She only needed to eat and sleep well outside of drawing talismans every day, and let herself bask in the sun without growing mushrooms.
But such days would inevitably become boring after such a long period of time. Ding Zhaoliu's visit today did add some fun to Jiang Fuyuan's peaceful life.
The money he had taken advantage of was not in vain, so Jiang Fuyuan immediately decided to pull out all the previous stocks of peace charms and give them to Ding Zhaoliu to kill the envoy of the Qing Kingdom.
Carefully putting a dozen talisman seals into his arms, Ding Zhaoliu thought of the Chaolong Banquet three days later.
"Mu Xiangu, Aunt Qu said that she made a few new sets of clothes, and one of them is a palace banquet dress for you. Should you go to my house to pick it up tomorrow, or let Aunt Qu bring it to you?"
Qu Niao Niao's needlework skills are as good as any embroiderer's. The clothes she makes are beautiful and easy to wear, and she is recognized as a skillful hand.
Jiang Fuyuan had not originally planned to attend the Chaolong Banquet, but after being intrigued by the Six Kingdoms gossip from Ding Zhaoliu's mouth today, she decided to go and see the excitement.
So she nodded and said, "Don't give it away. I'll just go there by myself tomorrow. It just so happens that I can also give some yellow talisman figures to the horse's belly."
The next day, there was nothing going on and there was no need to hurry. The two took a nap before setting off. Jiang Fuyuan and Zhong Liefeng walked down the street to relax and stretch their muscles.
When we walked from Jiuzhen to Jiudian, it was already dark. The shops in Jiudian did not hesitate to pay for gas, and the lights in Yishuier were as bright as day.
The streets are still bustling with people, shoulder to shoulder, vendors hawking and shouting, and pedestrians walking together, all with the smoke of life on their faces.
The appearance of two handsome men and beautiful women with outstanding appearance like gods in a crowded crowd will naturally attract the attention of many people. However, in the hustle and bustle of the world, when people focus on the mediocre life in front of them, no matter how seductive the color is, it will also become the burden of life. After giving way to people's stunned looks, he returned to focusing on his own business.
Jiang Fuyuan and Zhong Lianfeng walked side by side slowly through the pastry stalls crowded with children, the snack shops with big tents to attract customers, and the lively jugglers who were beating gongs and drums. They walked and watched, silently appreciating the beauty of Jingzhou with their sweethearts. bustling.
When he passed by a Gua Gua stall, Jiang Fuyuan stopped in his tracks due to the quarrel between the two.
"...The old man is not greedy for your money."
"You ask me for ten cents for a fortune, aren't you greedy for my money?"
"We agreed before doing the math, one hexagram and ten texts, and I did the math for you only after you agreed."
"Then the calculation must be accurate. If the calculation is not accurate, why should I give you money?!"
Jiang Fuyuan followed the sound and saw that he was a blind old Taoist in green clothes. On the broken banner were the words "Seeking Half Immortal" written on it. He was squatting by the roadside, looking at him as a poor man struggling to make a living.
The man who was quarreling with him was dressed in an ordinary style, but the materials used were not cheap at first glance. He did not look like he was short of ten cents, but his expression was quite angry, as if ten cents was his life.
Jiang Fuyuan frowned, turned around and walked towards the two of them.
"Brother, what do you want to do?"
Qing Changsheng turned his head to look at the person who came, and saw that she was a beautiful woman with celestial appearance and jade-like appearance. He was too lazy to pay attention to her and continued to argue with the blind old Taoist.
"Can any kind of person from Shun Kingdom claim to be half-immortal? You old man, you are not pretending to be a Taoist priest to get money, right? I know that you have a Taoist palace in Jingzhou that manages all the Taoist priests. I will go to the Taoist palace later. Report you!"
When he heard that he was going to the Taoist palace to expose himself, the blind old man trembled. Just as he was about to ask for mercy, he heard a soft female voice blowing in his face like a spring breeze.
"Brother, I look at your face. You lost your mother at the age of three and your father at the age of seven. You have to live on the food of hundreds of families. Unfortunately, you can only eat the food of hundreds of families until you are 13 years old."
What Jiang Fuyuan said was exactly the same as what happened to Qing Chang when he was a child. The words he was about to curse were swallowed back alive, and he looked at the woman in front of him in surprise.
Jiang Fuyuan continued: "You are twenty-three this year, and you have a lover. She is also fond of you, but her family thinks that you are just a servant. They want to reconsider the marriage for her, so you issue a military order in front of her father and brother. , I want to return home and marry her in March." "Your palace of children is strong, which means that your lover and you are already in love, and the pearls are dark, it should be more than two months, right?"
Qing Changsheng's mouth opened wider and wider. When Jiang Fuyuan finished the last syllable, he nodded stiffly and said: "Yes... all right..."
When the blind old Taoist heard this, he knew that the female voice must be an expert, or that the other party was an immortal in the Taoist palace. He rubbed his untied sleeves in fear, and stammered in order to beg for mercy for himself.
"Immortal, Immortal Chief, I..."
Before he could say anything substantive, he heard a female voice say again: "The darkness in your hall means that a great disaster is coming. What you are asking for today is also to break this fate?"
The new moon in the sky was bright, candlelight was bright all around, and a breeze blew. Amidst the fire, trees and silver flowers, Qing Changsheng felt that he was not a mortal before him, but a fairy from the sky came to the world to relieve him of his misfortune and help him overcome the disaster.
He immediately clasped his hands and made a big salute: "Please also ask the Immortal to teach me."
He was a foreigner and did not understand the name of the Great Shun Kingdom. He thought that the blind old Taoist's stuttering was the honorific title of the fairy in front of him, so he also called Jiang Fuyuan Immortal and Immortal Chief.
Jiang Fuyuan didn't bother to correct him. She pointed to the three words "asking for half-immortal" on the blind old Taoist flag and said, "You have to pay for giving me advice."
Qing Changsheng was stunned for a moment, then he immediately understood. He took out his wallet from his arms and counted the money and said, "Of course, I want it."
He counted ten copper coins and offered them with both hands: "Immortal Immortal, please."
Jiang Fuyuan glanced at the ten coins in his palm with disgust, and said matter-of-factly: "Ten coins for a half-immortal, twice as much for an immortal."
Qing Changsheng was stunned again. After thinking about it, he realized that what she said made sense, and he quickly started counting the coins again.
Jiang Fuyuan raised her eyelids and glanced at his wallet, and said calmly: "I'm talking about doubling the unit, ten taels."
Qing Changsheng was dumbfounded: "Huh?"
"Isn't your life worth ten taels?" Jiang Fuyuan stretched out his sleeves in a pretentious manner, making an expression like "If you dare to say no, I will leave immediately."
Qing Changsheng couldn't afford ten taels of silver. He had to pay a hundred taels of travel expenses to follow the envoy to the Shun Kingdom. If he could return home smoothly, he would also receive a reward of 500 taels of silver.
But it still hurts him to have to spend one-tenth of his savings at once because he was used to being poor as a child.
But if these ten taels are not produced, and the part of the tribute that he was guarding cannot be recovered, how can he receive the 500 taels of silver reward when he returns?
After weighing the two sides, Qing Changsheng gritted his teeth and took out ten taels of silver and presented it to Jiang Fuyuan with both hands.
"Please also ask the Immortal to help me figure out where I should go to resolve my disaster?"
Jiang Fuyuan weighed the silver and made sure it was enough. After calculating for a moment, he said, "The thing you are looking for is in the southeast of where you live."
Southeast... Qing Changsheng immediately thought that the southeast of the courtyard where they were staying was the residence of the Languo envoy.
You Lan Kingdom, how can you pretend to be an upright eagle and steal the tribute from their Qing Kingdom? In his opinion, you should be called a chicken thief!
Qing Changsheng, who had the answer in his mind, immediately bowed to Jiang Fuyuan to thank him, turned around and hurried to his residence. He couldn't wait to tell his envoy the whereabouts of the missing tribute.
After the audience left, Jiang Fuyuan finished pretending to be cool and put the ten taels of silver in the blind old Taoist's hand. Without waiting for the old Taoist to thank him, he pulled Zhong Liefeng and slipped back into the crowd.
It seemed like this was just the most ordinary thing on the busy street.
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