I became an immortal in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 134 Ignoring the Imperial Family's Fengshan Ceremony (+3)

When Jiang She woke up again, it was already afternoon.

Winter winds and snow pounded against the door, and the mountain winds were biting. Lying on the bed, my muscles and bones relaxed, and I felt lazy. Before I knew it, I had slept for two hours.

The cat had already woken up.

Jiang She got up. The cat was rummaging through something in the cabinet, curled up on the bedding.

I heard someone getting up.

Startled, he hurriedly jumped down.

He glanced at Jiang She nonchalantly, slapping his tail.

Jiang She glanced at the cabinet and saw a tangled hemp rope inside, scratched and fussy. He wondered how long the cat had been trying to reach it, but it still hadn't managed to get it up.

He picked it up, thought for a moment, folded the piece of hemp rope, tied it together simply, and handed it to the cat.

"Don't eat it."

The cat was pawing at something. Hearing the words, it tilted its head and thought for a long time.

After a while.

It carefully raised its paw, pulled the small bundle of hemp rope to Jiang She's feet, and let out a soft cry.

"..."

Jiang She looked at the rope that the cat had specifically given him and felt somewhat helpless.

"I won't eat either."

The cat, whether it believed it or not, turned away.

They walked into the courtyard.

Li Bai and Yuan Danqiu were drinking and playing chess in the main room when they heard the noise and looked over, somewhat surprised.

"Sir is back!"

Jiang She responded.

Li Bai asked, "Where has the master gone?"

"Let's go take a look at Mount Tai."

Mount Tai is currently closed to the public. Moreover, everyone in Yanzhou knows that the Emperor is going to Mount Tai for the Fengshan ceremony today, and it's not easy to enter the mountain by ordinary means. Li Bai and Yuan Danqiu exchanged a glance, knowing that their master must have taken another route.

Li Bai picked up a cup and poured a cup of wine for Jiang She as well.

How about Mount Tai?

"I watched a sunrise, and the scenery was quite beautiful."

It's a bit of a pity about Li Bai too.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have gone to the Pei family banquet yesterday. I've never been to Mount Tai before."

As he was speaking, he suddenly saw the cat stretch and yawn, its eyes clear and bright as it kept watching him and Yuan Danqiu.

He seemed somewhat smug.

I read it wrong?
Jiang She patted the cat's head: "Once the Fengshan ceremony is over and Mount Tai is unsealed, you can go anytime."

He casually asked, "How is the Pei family?"

The Pei family was a local gentry family in Yanzhou. Pei Ze, the eleventh son, whose courtesy name was Zezhi, was a new friend of Li Bai and Yuan Danqiu.

Li Bai found joy in:

"Only when I went there this time did I realize that the Pei family was not peaceful either. Pei said that he often had nightmares when he slept, and he would encounter them once every three to five days, which caused him to have nightmares all the time."

Yuan Danqiu put down the white piece in his hand.

I glanced at him.

This fellow Taibai can now see many things that others cannot, and he is even more enthusiastic about talking about gods and ghosts. He not only talks about them in front of him, but also tells his teacher.

Fortunately, Master Meng was not here, so Venus was missing one person to shine.

Li Bai held a wine cup; it was a fine wine from the Western Regions, bought from a tavern, and considered a rare delicacy in Yanzhou's taverns.

He took a sip.

He continued, "The Pei family spent dozens of strings of cash to exorcise the ghost. When they heard that my house was haunted, Pei Zezhi asked for a long time which expert had performed the exorcism. He was quite troubled by it, haha..."

Yuan Danqiu took advantage of his smugness.

One piece was swapped on the chessboard.

Jiang She saw it but remained silent.

Li Bai drank his wine and continued, "I've also seen it. The Pei family has been around for many years and has seen many ghosts, but I don't know which ghost is causing the trouble."

Yuan Danqiu seized the opportunity to speak.

"Taibai, it's your turn to make a move."

Li Bai glanced at the chessboard, somewhat puzzled.

It feels like the tide has turned... Li Bai pondered for a moment and placed a black piece in a certain spot.

Jiang She waited for him to finish.

Fang asked, "Did the Pei family spend tens of thousands of strings of cash to exorcise the evil spirits?"

Li Bai put aside his previous doubts and nodded, saying, "It did cost a lot of money. If a master can solve the problem of the nightmare, I'm willing to spend even more money."

At this point, he suddenly realized what he was hearing.

"Sir, are you here to exorcise evil spirits from the Pei family?"

Jiang She nodded. This kind of nightmare, later known as sleep paralysis, can be caused by genuine encounters with ghosts or spirits. More often, it manifests as numbness in the legs upon waking, chest tightness, and general discomfort, leading to the feeling of being possessed—a psychological effect.

The Pei family has been haunted for so many days, and has been possessed by nightmares multiple times.

It's probably the former.

Li Bai said, "The Pei family is truly blessed."

"The day after tomorrow evening, the Pei family held a family banquet and invited relatives and friends to attend. My husband and I went together."

After saying that, he remembered Yuan Danqiu. He added:
"And Danqiu Zi."

Yuan Danqiu switched to another piece, put his fingertips together, picked up a white piece, and tapped it on the chessboard.

"Taibai, it's your turn."

Li Bai snapped out of his reverie and looked at the chessboard.

Frowning.

Jiang She and Mao'er watched from the side and couldn't help but smile.

While Li Bai was drinking and talking, Yuan Danqiu changed the chess pieces several times...

The more Li Bai looked, the more suspicious he became, and he looked at Yuan Danqiu with disbelief.

Yuan Danqiu remained calm and composed, stroking his beard and smiling.

"Did you switch the pieces?"

Yuan Danqiu refused to admit it, speaking in a leisurely tone.

"How could that be?"

"Wasn't this white piece placed here before?" Li Bai pointed to a spot.

"You're wrong."

Li Bai looked at Jiang She.

"gentlemen!"

Jiang She finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, and he coughed his throat.

"three times."

Li Bai glared angrily at Yuan Danqiu.

"You bastard, Danqiu!"

Jiang She stood by, watching them hurl insults at each other with a leisurely air.

for a long time.

Li Bai then said, "You lousy chess player, not only do you play mediocrely, but your sportsmanship is also terrible. I'll write a letter to Master Meng about this right now."

"And what makes you any better?"

Yuan Danqiu had a plan in mind. He told Mr. Jiang, "When we played the guessing game at the Pei family before, he wasn't very good at it either."

Then he recounted one by one the shameless acts the other party had committed.

Jiang She, holding his wine cup, listened with a smile.

It seems like there's always one winter like this.

A cold wind howled outside, and they kept their doors tightly shut. Sunlight streamed in through the oiled paper covering the windows, illuminating the room with a clear, white glow. They sat together, chatting and drinking to pass the time.

They started arguing again halfway through the game.

The cat lay on his lap and secretly licked the wine in his cup, only to be quite burned by the spiciness.

Jiang She stroked the cat's head, found the Thousand Character Classic he hadn't finished reading before, and read it aloud, one line for the human and one line for the cat.

"Dragon Master Fire Emperor".

The cat spoke haltingly.

"Dragon Silk, Fire Emperor..."

"Bird Official Human Emperor".

The cat raised its head, its ears twitching as it looked around for any birds.

It understood this sentence.

Jiang She laughed, and Yuan Danqiu and Li Bai beside him stopped arguing. They watched the cat talk and search for birds. This wasn't the first time the cat had spoken, and they were always amazed when they saw it.

A kitten has actually learned to talk.

Jiang She smiled and explained to the little black cat:
"Dragon Master, Fire Emperor, Bird Official, Human Emperor. These were emperors and officials from ancient times..."

Jiang She then read the next sentence and explained its meaning: "People created writing first, and then they started wearing clothes. That was thousands of years ago."

The cat imitated it, its voice clear and childlike.

"Thousands of years..."

This cat is not even a year old; I wonder when that was thousands of years ago.

A kitten dressed entirely in black, with no ink on its chest.

Jiang She was patient and spoke to it slowly.

The group of people and a cat sheltered from the wind and snow, staying indoors, and forgot all about what had happened on Mount Tai. No one cared which part of the mountain road the emperor's procession had traveled on for the Fengshan ceremony.

【Ask for monthly ticket】

(End of this chapter)