By Jia Xiuzhen

It took me a long time to choose, but it's a good thing now, if I was still a mortal body back then, I'm afraid I would have been dizzy and dizzy long ago.Collect the gold and silver that can be divided into two parts, and the rest are really small, so the villain in red among the five elements puppets twists them into small pieces.Seeing gold ingots and silver nuggets, golden peanuts, and silver walnuts squeezed out of Jindan cultivators' hands, people couldn't bear to look directly at them.

However, in a few days, Nanny Chang said to Nanny Yan: "I said earlier that grandma has less loose silver taels, but now it's good, there are more loose silver taels, and it's easier to reward than in the past. I'm talking for nothing. one time."

Yan Momo said: "That's right, it's just a moving job, and I use silver coins to reward the mother-in-law, I'm afraid it will attract tongues."

Mother Chang sighed: "If we want to get in the way, we will also attract people's resentment."

Li Wan came out from the inner room, listened seriously, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, nuns, you can't go outside for rewards, they are just people in the courtyard."

Yan Momo shook her head and said: "Grandma, that's not what you said. There are slaves like slaves. There is a certain number of cases. If it is too much, it will inevitably cause people to gossip."

Li Wan smiled and said: "How can we have no gossip in this mansion? If there is too much, there will be a lot of complaints, and if there is less, there will be a lot of complaints. Don't worry about these things, mammy."

Nanny Chang glanced at Li Wan, and said, "Grandma doesn't take things seriously anymore."

Li Wan said: "We don't need to please anyone, we can do as we like." When they saw Li Wan like this, they had no choice but to give up.

Because Li Wan was thinking about Daiyu practicing "Qing Ming Jue", he sat with Jia Mu for half a day that day, and found Daiyu to talk to her in her room.Daiyu saw that Li Wan was like this, so she pointed out Zijuan Xueyan and others to a matter, and Li Wan took out a palm-sized clear water smoke jade box from his sleeve, opened it, and inside was a piece of green jade. Jade, clear in color, full of vitality.Daiyu couldn't help but stretched out her hand to take it, and the green jade reflected her fingers like fat jade.

Li Wan put down the jade box and said, "This jade is the same as the book you have been thinking about in your dreams. It was originally placed in a wooden box. When I packed the books, I didn't care about these miscellaneous things. A few days ago, you mentioned that you were not feeling well, and I just remembered it. I’m afraid you also said something, so I brought it here for you, and you can wear it for a try.”

Daiyu was very surprised when she heard this, she tilted her head to look at the jade carefully, and said, "Sister-in-law, it's the first time I heard that there is a book to match the jade," then hesitated, "I think this jade feels very close, It’s just that it doesn’t have eyes and nose, so how can you wear it?”

As he said that, he took out the piece of warm jade with skin left from his collar, "I'm wearing this now." It turns out that this summer is not hot this year, so Daiyu didn't change the set of Guanghan jade that Li Wan gave her.

Li Wan said with a smile: "It's strange to say that this jade was originally attached with a piece of wood. It is said that only those who have a sense of Qingming can wear this jade. This way of wearing is also novel. It is not inlaid or hung, it is placed on the navel superior."

Daiyu laughed and said, "How can this be held?" Li Wan also shook his head, "That's exactly what I said, and I don't know."

Knowing that Daiyu has a thin skin, she said with a smile: "It is said that the best time is when Yuehua senses it. Although it is a casual talk, there is no harm in trying it. My sister will put it away first."

Daiyu saw that Li Wan pushed the jade box with clear water smoke over, and wanted to refuse, but Li Wan stopped her and said, "The book and this jade are not common things. It's not good for people to talk too much. You keep It's easy to be sloppy by doing this." After hearing this, Daiyu understood, and she couldn't help but thank Li Wan again.

Li Wan left by himself, and Daiyu thought about it for a while, then put the jade box under the pillow on the bed, and didn't tell Zijuan and others about it.In the evening, everyone rested, looking out the window just like the moonlight, they silently recited a few formulas.

Gradually feeling light and light, he reached out to take the jade box, lifted the lid and took out the piece of spiritual jade and placed it on the navel of his abdomen.I just feel the warmth in the navel, and there are countless small pathways on the body, flowing with fluorescent lights, gradually forming a whirlpool, and the center is on the navel. Suddenly, the spirit jade was suddenly sucked into the navel.

Daiyu was terrified, but she couldn't move her body for a while.Vipassan realized that after inhaling the spiritual jade, the vortex gradually slowed down and stabilized after an unknown period of time. It moved with the rhythm of breathing, as if a starry sky and a water system were stored in the body.

After finally being able to move her hands and feet, Daiyu hurried to look for the jade, but she found it as soon as she stretched out her hand, and she still put it on her body as it was.Feeling strange, I took it in my hand and looked at it, it was as it was, but the intimacy in my heart when I first saw it was gone.

How did she know that what is left in front of her eyes is just a jade shell, and the jade spirit has already been transferred into her body with the Qingming formula.He held his breath and listened carefully, Zijuan was in a deep sleep, thinking that it was probably an illusion, if there was really light and shadow, with Zijuan's vigilance, he might have woken up early to ask questions.But if you close your eyes and use the mantra to look inside, the streamer in the starry sky turns slowly by itself, and it is no longer an illusion.I couldn't figure it out for a while, but my head was heavy, and I fell into a deep sleep after a while.

In addition, Daiyu tried Lingyu and took Yuling here but didn't know it. A pair of monks and Taoists in the deep mountains in the northeast of the capital felt something at the moment she took the spirit.The two looked at each other, one of them flew down to the top of the mountain, their eyes were sharp and bright, and they looked into the city, but they couldn't catch the trace.

The Taoist sighed and said: "This evil animal can emit such spiritual power, it is no longer comparable to you or me."

The monk nodded at the side, his expression was unclear, but he shook his head again and said, "No, if it's really that amazing, what else is it hiding?"

The Taoist also recalled it, and said doubtfully: "By the way, judging from the traces, there are some Taoist deeds, but it can't compare to the spiritual power just now."

The monk pulled out two black scales from his sleeve, and said with a smile, "I haven't become a jiaohualong yet, it's too early."

The Taoist hesitated after hearing this: "This beast moves water and clouds, it is really a disaster, you and I managed to catch up here..."

The monk knew it clearly, and said: "The movement just now is not it, and it must be related to it."

The Taoist suddenly remembered something, and asked doubtfully, "Could it be that you got some treasure?"

The monk said: "But this has no way of knowing."

The Taoist sighed: "We can't afford to delay the time. We still have to go south and hang around here for two more days. If it doesn't work, we have to give up! Alas, with such a treasure in hand, I'm afraid that evil animal will have to wait for Fairy Huan Let's do it."

The monk shook his head and said: "It doesn't hinder the love, debt and evil fate in this world, how can Fairy Jing Huan make a move?"

The Taoist smiled bitterly: "You and I still can't get rid of this view of life and death, it is really a great suffering."

The monk laughed loudly: "Isn't it just the compassionate heart that ordinary people say?" The two hurried on their way while talking, but disappeared after a few moments.

In the city of Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai was holding a dust-cleaning banquet in the back office of the Yanzheng. He sat down and raised his glass before he could say a few polite words.

Lin Ruhai laughed, shook his head and said, "Brother Mo is still the same."

The scribe sitting opposite drank another cup, Fang said: "It's a good job, but I'm exhausted."

Lin Ruhai then asked: "The last time we said goodbye, I thought it would be difficult to see you again, but today we are really happy to meet again."

The scribe put down his chopsticks, picked up the big cattail fan again, and sighed, "I still can't figure it out."

Lin Ruhai filled a glass for him without making a sound.Sure enough, the scribe answered the words himself, and said: "Of the old man's apprentices, he loves me and my younger brother the most. This time, I will wait until I return to the mountain. I just think that he has reached his limit, and he broke out in a cold sweat all the way. When I got to the mountain and saw it, my face was full of red light. I wondered if it was a flashback? I was thinking about when to start crying, but he led me inside and fumbled with my pulse. I dare not look at it well. ?”

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai looked at the normal-looking man in front of him, who seemed to be suffering from some kind of illness.The scribe chewed the vegetables carefully with his chopsticks, then drained another cup, and then said: "When we were in school, the old man gave us the characters. The younger brother is called He Nian, and I call him Yan Song. It's so vulgar, so vulgar. !Later, I thought about it, isn’t this Songhe Yannian? The old man has been forced to do this. It seems that my junior brother and I are not on good terms.

I also remembered that the other seniors all had work to do, and the old man supervised him very strictly. Only my junior and I were raised by herding sheep, and it was up to him to take the imperial examination for the junior, and it was up to him if he refused to become an official after high school. He, I don't even get off the ground, and the old man doesn't say much.

After thinking about it carefully, the more I thought about it, the more curious I became, so I asked the old man bluntly.The old man didn't hide it, originally he calculated that we were really short-lived people, and our innate nature was really weak, this time we should have been robbed, but no one thought that we are still in good shape, our bodies are no different from ordinary people.What is the reason, but I don't know. "

Lin Ruhai listened to his ramblings, and asked, "Since that's the case, isn't it a great joy, why are you talking about being driven down the mountain?"

After hearing this, the middle-aged scribe laughed and said, "My little junior brother was serving as a teacher in Beijing, and he took in a very young student, and that kid invited him to drink a certain kind of wine. Knowing that I would go back too, I licked my old face and asked the little apprentice for a jar of that wine. The little apprentice is really good, there were only so many ideas left in his family, and I gave them all to my junior brother. The wine is really good, It is sweet and mellow, with a long-lasting aroma. Its color is like green lotus amber, and it is best to drink warm. We tried to drink it with ice from the ice cave on the mountainside, and it turned out to be a different flavor..."

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, "Stop it, stop it, if you don't have an idea, stop talking! Talk about your being driven down the mountain, and start tasting wine."

The scribe was just talking about being excited, when he thought about the taste of the wine again, he drank a cup quickly, smacked his lips in disappointment, and said: "Isn't it just talking about being driven down the mountain! The old man knew that my younger brother and I drank first at the foot of the mountain After drinking the good wine, I was so angry that I jumped my feet. The younger brother rushed to offer the small jar reserved in advance, but the old man became even more angry when he drank it, and drove us down the mountain overnight."

Lin Ruhai asked suspiciously, "Could it be that you were transferred?"

The scribe rolled his eyes and said, "I don't have the guts! It's real purple rice sealed vat wine. The fragrance when the old man opened the altar, I endured so much that I didn't grab it."

Lin Ruhai looked at him like that, and was afraid that his saliva would drip if he continued talking, so he quickly poured him a glass and asked, "Since you have honored the good wine, why did you get angry with the old fairy?"

The scribe said with a bitter face: "It is precisely because the wine is so good, the old man drank two sips, thinking how much of it went into our dog's stomach, he only got so much, the more he thought about it, the more angry he drove us down the mountain overnight gone."

Lin Ruhai was taken aback when he heard this, put down his wine cup and laughed, and said repeatedly: "Wonderful man, wonderful man!"

The two chatted about what they had seen and heard along the way, and Lin Ruhai said with emotion: "It's really a match between heaven and man now."

The scribe laughed and said, "Your words alone are enough to punish a crime." Lin Ruhai shook his head with a wry smile and remained silent.The scribe said: "Sure enough, the salt road still burns you, and you have been sitting for three years. The fire stool is uncomfortable, isn't it?"

Lin Ruhai looked up at him, and sighed, "The salt tax in the south of the Yangtze River accounts for nearly half of the world, but it happens to be in the hands of others. How can the people in the seat be willing to let it go."

The scribe smiled, and said seriously: "If the person inside wants to protect you, he should have planned for you in the past two years. From this point of view, Jiang Shan and his son are more important. Brother Lin is now filling the hole." inside."

Lin Ruhai stroked his forehead and said in a low voice: "Thinking about it now, all the enthusiasm is a joke."

The scribe shook his head and said: "It can be seen that you still have selfish intentions. If you are really an observer of the situation, it is the safest way to put you in this seat, brother Lin. If you go, this person will inevitably have another storm , no matter who falls into the hands, I am afraid that they will not care about the past and the future, hurting the enemy is the first priority, and whoever cares about the people's livelihood and the economy."

Lin Ruhai smiled wryly and said, "How can I care about these things now? Although I haven't heard anything yet, I'm afraid someone will send me a message sooner or later. I don't know who to listen to."

The scribe laughed and said, "Hey, the world is unpredictable. Today is not an ordinary person. Now that I heard that a factory is being built, I am afraid that I will have to rely on merchants to find another way out."

Lin Ruhai whispered: "After all, it's not the Dao."

The literati laughed: "In the early Han Dynasty, what Wenjing practiced was Huang Lao's learning, governing by doing nothing, but now respecting Confucius and Confucianism, known as governing the country with benevolence and filial piety, how can you and I stop the changes in this way? Just look at the effect. Not to mention, the wind and rain have not adjusted in the past two years. If there were no big merchants who first operated the shipping, the price of food in various places would be a disaster. How many hungry people. It is good now, several large fleets sail along the sea, land and inland rivers, but some officials and profiteers have lost weight, which is really funny, very funny."

Lin Ruhai knew this too, so he said, "That being said, who doesn't cling to the rich and powerful when they become big merchants? These merchants have just emerged now, and they don't know what to do in the future. They always have to deal with the government when they do things locally. Cheap? Not to mention anything else, only this place in the south of the Yangtze River is now firmly in the hands of four or five. I don’t know how many people have been changed in the Jiangguan and Zhejiang Customs in Songjiang and Ningbo. thing."

The scribe nodded and said, "Man-made disasters are worse than natural disasters."

After a moment of hesitation, he suddenly said, "By the way, I heard something new when I went back to the mountains this time."

Lin Ruhai gestured with his eyes, and the scribe said to himself: "You know I know a little about astrological deduction, the weather in the past two years is really strange, and it is different from what is calculated according to common sense, so I asked the old man. The old man repeatedly interrupted and ignored this, Later, I was annoyed by me, so I said, 'What's so strange about dragons transporting water?!'. Listening to this voice, there are monsters and the like who are stirring up the wind and rain."

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment, then said slowly: "Strange power..."

The scribe laughed loudly, "I know what you said!"