Chapter 156 Qixiang City (6)
"I dare not say whether you can cure your young master, but you can go and have a look first." I said to Lu Qing, "It's great. I'm just on night tonight. I'll go and tell the manager of the mansion to arrange the time." Lu Qing said excitedly and then said goodbye.
Master Wude sent him outside the temple gate before coming back. At this time, Wude's face was already gloomy and was about to drip. He was obviously jealous of me for the young master who was guarding the city. Even when facing us, he did not dare to have any complaints. Instead, he had to try hard to squeeze out a smile. That look really made me feel a little overwhelmed, so I hurried back to my house with Qian Chuanzi.
"Boss, you are so awesome. People don't even want money. It's so big. How many meat buns can you buy?" Qian Chuanzi said depressedly as soon as he entered the door, "I just wanted to pretend to be angry and understand. Didn't you see his face turn blue?" I said with a smile.
"I saw it. Wude looked like he wanted to bite you at that time." Qian Chuanzi also laughed, and then continued, "As long as he can cure the young master of Chengshou, it doesn't matter whether this amount of money is needed. If we have a relationship with Chengshou, we can be promoted and wealthy, dominate the world, and finally marry a lot of white and rich beauty, reaching the peak of life." "You are dreaming, are you reading too many online novels?" "Hehehehehehe, is it illegal to dream?" Qian Chuanzi said with a smile.
Not long after, the dinner was ready. Qian Chuanzi, Wude, I sat down to have a meal. Taking this opportunity, Wude actually pretended to start to inquire about our details. Naturally, I left this to Qian Chuanzi to deal with, and I ate without saying a word.
Yesterday, Qian Chuanzi and Wude told us that we were robbers who killed and set fire, but today in his mouth, we both became monks who have been practicing in the overseas fairy mountains for many years. We also said that the magic power I had is boundless. Not only would it change seventy-two times, but it could be a hundred thousand miles apart, and it could also be seen with a sharp eye. He himself had three heads and six arms, with his feet on the hot wheel, and he could catch a dragon when swimming in the sea and stew it.
Wude was stunned when he heard it. Although he felt that Qian Chuanzi was too exaggerated, these words were said in a concise manner and did not seem to be made up casually. Wude was confused and didn't know whether he should believe it.
I tried my best to hold back my laughter and didn't even dare to put food in my mouth, for fear that anyone wouldn't be able to hold back and laugh and choke me. Qian Chuanzi was you ruthless, it would be fine if you told me about Sun Wukong, but I even said myself as Nezha. I really bully Wude and I haven't read "Journey to the West", right?
After a meal, Wude's brows almost frowned. After packing up the dishes, he walked out with confusion. Seeing this, Qian Chuanzi and I both tried hard to cover our mouths and dared not laugh out loud.
The next morning, Qian Chuanzi and I just got up, Lu Qing hurried to the temple and told us that we had already agreed with the headmaster of the city guard office that we would wait for him here when the sun sets today, and then take us into the house. Qian Chuanzi and I naturally agreed to such an arrangement.
Because I was afraid that going to the street would cause chaos like yesterday, Qian Chuanzi and I had to stay in the temple honestly during the day, and had a good night's sleep in the afternoon so that we could nourish our energy and show our skills at night.
When the sun was about to set, Lu Qing came to the temple as promised and took us through most of the Qixiang City and to the street where the city guards were located.
On one side of this street are many houses with carved beams and painted buildings. They don’t look like houses or shops. They feel like they should be office spaces, but it’s already late now, the doors of the house are all closed, and the whole street is also very quiet. There are no one around except for the three of us.
On the other side of the street is a high wall made of red bricks, which stretches for a long distance and cannot see at first sight. The walls are covered with yellow glazed tiles. "This is the courtyard wall of the city guard's mansion." Lu Qing introduced to us, "Are the courtyard walls of the city guard's mansion so long?" Qian Chuanzi asked curiously, "The city guard's mansion is a rectangular, the courtyard walls on both sides of the east and west are relatively short, and the courtyard walls on the north and south are longer. We are now on the east side of the city guard's mansion. Walking forward is the side door of the mansion, and we will go in from there," Lu Qing explained.
"Okay" Qian Chuanzi and I pretended to be indifferent, but my heart was shocked. The city guard house was so big that we could not imagine it. We can only say that rich people are willful, and rich and powerful people are even more willful and awesome.
After walking along the courtyard wall for a long time, I saw a gatehouse from a distance, with red painted gates, high stone steps, and a stone lion on both sides. If it weren't for Lu Qing's words that this was a side door, I would definitely think this was the main door. After all, this side door is more grand than the main doors of the big houses I've seen before.
What made me wonder was that there were three people standing on the stone steps at the door, wearing dark gray clothes.
Now I have a certain understanding of the dress of this world and know that the clothes these three people wear belong to casual clothes in the yamen, which means that they are not officials but civil servants.
Although the clothes worn by the three of them are the same, from their momentum and the position they are standing, you can still see at a glance that the leader is the slightly fat person standing in front, while the other two people standing behind, one left and one right, should be assistants, or they call followers according to the name in this world.
"Look, the supervisor has come to the door to greet us in person." Lu Qing said excitedly at the person standing in front. At the same time, his pace quickly accelerated and almost ran. Qian Chuanzi and I had to speed up to catch up.
Soon, we arrived at the door, "Sir, these are the two very capable people I told you." Lu Qing said respectfully. The manager glanced at us, without any expression on his face, but I saw a hint of disappointment in his eyes, which made me a little strange. You were disappointed when you saw anything.
"Lu Qing, you can take two people inside to find a place later," the general manager said lightly, "Sir, aren't you going in with us?" Lu Qing asked in surprise, "I still have to wait for someone here." The general manager still looked expressionless when he spoke.
At this time, we understood a little. We were thinking too much just now, and the manager came to the door not to greet us.
Lu Qing's face turned red with a silence. He looked at me with shame, and then stared at the manager blankly. He didn't know what to say. Seeing Lu Qing standing still, the manager was a little strange, but he didn't ask, but just said casually, "Or why don't you wait with me here too. I heard that this is an old god who has been practicing Taoism on overseas fairy islands for many years. Now he is walking in the world to subdue demons, save the suffering of the people, and benefit the people of the world. I have worked very hard to invite him. It seems that the young master is saved."
With a "puff", Qian Chuanzi and I almost burst out laughing. Why is this old god like Qian Chuanzi? Could it be taught by a master? But in this situation, we naturally cannot laugh, otherwise it would be too rude. So Qian Chuanzi immediately covered his mouth with his hands and coughed twice. I did it more simply, and bit it hard on his tongue, holding back the smile that was about to come out.
Despite this, the manager still saw our abnormality, looked at us with doubt and dissatisfaction, then looked like an adult and ignored us, and ignored us. This posture made me a little angry and wanted to leave, but I was a little curious. I wanted to see which immortal the person the manager was waiting for was, so I walked to the stone lion at the door, Qian Chuanzi followed, while Lu Qing looked at us a little embarrassedly, then stood beside the manager, with a slightly bent waist, and a humble smile on his face.
We stood at the door and waited for a short while, the streets in the distance suddenly became lively, and a group of people walked towards this place in a mighty manner.
Walking in the front were two young Taoist boys with beautiful eyes, each holding an apricot yellow flag. The flag was written with a big word "Dao". Behind were four strong Taoists carrying a sedan chair. There were a gossip pattern embroidered on the curtains. There were many runes embroidered on all sides of the sedan chair with golden silk. There were a small Taoist boy on the left and right sides of the sedan chair, one holding a whisk in his hand, the other holding a peach wood sword in his hand, and six Taoist boys behind him, each holding a golden magic weapon in his hand.
As soon as this team of people appeared, the eyes of the manager immediately lit up. At this time, I understood why the manager was disappointed when he saw me just now. In fact, it was no wonder that the team of people who came here not only had a large number of people and had enough postures, but even the clothes they were wearing were brand new. Compared with them, Qian Chuanzi and I couldn't see them. The clothes were half-new and not old, but they came by myself, and there was no magic weapon on them. This was what Lu Qing brought us, otherwise we might have arrested us as liars.
Before the team could reach the door, the general manager had already walked up to him. Qian Chuanzi and I followed him, wanting to see who was sitting in the sedan chair.
"Stop!" The two Taoist boys walking in front shouted in unison, and then the entire team stopped immediately. The sedan chair was placed smoothly on the ground, and everyone's movements were neat and uniform, completely with a well-trained look.
"Is it Yuqing Zhenren sitting in the sedan chair from the East China Sea Shenxian Island?" The general manager asked respectfully, "It's my master," the two Taoist boys said at the same time.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!