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It is close to the Town God's Temple, and the streets are mostly devout men and women who come here to burn incense. There are many stalls selling special foods and children's toys on both sides of the street.Chen Pingan bought a bunch of candied haws for Li Baoping and Li Huai, and then the two children began to compete whose candied haws were bigger. Facts proved that Li Huai was luckier, with a total of six in a bunch, he won Li Bao bottle four times, and then Li Huai began to jump happily, holding up the bunch of candied haws, and galloped around Chen Pingan and Lin Shou in a circle.

Li Baoping ate the candied haws silently, and then quietly stretched out a leg. Li Huai accidentally tripped over it, fell like a dog, and the bunch of candied haws in his hand rolled away. It was pretty solid, Li Huai sat on the ground and burst into tears.

The little girl in the red padded jacket raised her head and looked left and right intentionally. The angry and funny Chen Pingan rewarded her with a heavy chestnut. Li Huai laughed through tears, took the clean candied haws, and went to pick up the mud-stained candied haws again, one in each hand, hiding away from Li Baoping this time, shaking the candied haws from side to side.

Li Baoping rolled his eyes and said: "Childish!"

It's very strange, it seems that no matter how Li Huai was bullied by Li Baoping, she never hated this little girl who was studying in school, and she was not even angry, at most, she was wronged and hurt herself.

Chen Pingan and Lin Shouyi couldn't understand this point, Lin Shouyi could only explain that one thing was one thing, and Li Huai needed Li Baoping to clean it up.

The boy Cui Chan left the team long ago, and stopped alone in front of a sundry stall. Yu Lu wanted to stop and wait. Then choose left and right, a little disgusted, and plan to leave, without saying a word from the beginning to the end.

The owner of the stall is a young man with a tired expression. Previously, customers who burn incense and passed by the stall asked about the price, and they would not answer, so the business became more and more deserted. Now seeing the rich and noble appearance of the young man in white clothes, he looks like a first-class rich man in the county. , especially when he saw that the young man showed no signs of being tempted, he immediately changed his expression, stood up from the stool in a panic, bowed his head and said that these dozens of old objects were all family heirlooms left by the ancestors of the family, and there should be at least two It has a history of 300 years, but now the family is in a catastrophe and urgently needs money, otherwise he would not take it out even if he was killed.

The young man saw that his body had been hollowed out by wine and sex. Seeing that the young man didn't speak no matter how he agitated his tongue, the young man sat back on the bench. How could he have the guts to buy and sell by force? All the masters and young masters who are born can drown them by spitting, not to mention hearing that almost every year in those people's houses, there are fairy masters from the mountain coming in and out. It was even more exaggerated than the holidays, the firecrackers were set off so loudly that everyone in the county would know that they had welcomed a fairy and honored guest in their home.

The young man Cui Chan suddenly asked: "Pack up all the items on the table, is ten taels of silver enough?"

The young man shook his head vigorously, and said with a mournful face: "Young master, I am really not a small lion. These ancestral treasures are really good things passed down from generation to generation in my family. It is clearly recorded in my family tree. Young Master Prince, even if an item left by such an ancestor is sold for seven or eighty taels of silver, isn’t that too much?”

The young man blushed, and picked up a half-inch-long glazed figurine, but unfortunately the color was dull and the appearance was not good. The young vendor leaned forward and carefully handed it to the young man in white, "Master, take a good look, this A glazed beauty, if eyesight is better, even its eyebrows can be seen clearly, as well as the folds of the skirt, it can be said to be finely detailed. Taking ten thousand steps back, such a rare glazed item, even the glaze itself The quality is indeed not high, but such a big glazed beauty, it is not unconscionable to sell it for three or four silver, right? In addition to other big and small treasures, the price of ten taels is really low, son, please do me a favor, Raise the price again?"

The young Cui Chan pondered for a moment with a straight face, "Then 11 taels?"

The young man was almost suffocated by his own breath, he was dumbstruck, staring at this young man in white who was full of immortality, and finally sighed: "Young master, stop teasing me."

The young Cui Chan laughed loudly, and asked, "Do you know Snow Flower Silver?"

The young man nodded blankly, and said with a wry smile: "Naturally, I recognize that my father's generation is considered a wealthy and well-off family. In the street next to Chenghuangmiao Street, there are more than a dozen shops that were once owned by small families."

Cui Chan took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and slapped it on the table, "20 two big Liguan silver, converted into the low-quality silver of your Huang Tingguo, there should be 25 taels, more than enough, enough to cover this broken table thing?"

The young man stole these belongings from home. The psychological price was about 20 taels of silver. , That's right, it's real gold and silver of excellent quality. Fearing that the boy would go back on his word, after hiding the silver ingot, he picked up the corner of the cloth under the edge of the table with both hands, lifted it suddenly, and rolled it into a package in three or two strokes. They collided with each other and made a crackling sound. After fastening them tightly, they pushed in front of the white-clothed boy, grinning from ear to ear, "Young master, it's all yours."

The young Cui Chan was carrying the package, jokingly said: ""

The young man apologized and said with a smile: "The villain is a well-known honest man in our county. He has never been deceitful when doing business. You just have to put your mind at ease. This transaction guarantees that you will only make money and not lose money."

Cui Chan, a young man with a package in one hand, chased Chen Pingan and the others towards the Temple of the City God, speeding up his pace all the way. After approaching the carriage, he threw the package to Xie Xie, and then came to Chen Pingan, pointing to the eye-catching roof of the Temple of the City God not far away, introducing Dao: "This is the largest Town God's Temple in Huang Ting Kingdom. According to legend, in the last years of the Western Shu Dynasty, it ruled over the town gods of several prefectures, so the eaves are covered with green glazed tiles, which are of extremely high specifications. Ordinary Chenghuang Pavilion temples must not dare to cover such precious tiles. The original site It is not here. After the change of dynasty, the Hong family ruled the country and moved to the current site. In fact, the original site of the Chenghuang Pavilion is a good place. There is an old well, which is a spiritual spring. Now it has been converted into an inn by a mountain gate of Huang Tingguo. , specially receiving people in practice and rich and noble families from the government and the public, and the spiritual energy emitted by the Lingquan is helpful for practice. This kind of place is rare in the secular world under the mountain."

Chen Pingan asked, "Is it expensive?"

Cui Chan thought for a while, "To you, death is more expensive than death."

Chen Ping glanced at Lin Shouyi, who was gazing at the beast on the eaves of the Town God's Temple, and asked softly, "Why is it so expensive?"

Cui Chan laughed and said, "One person per night, at least a hundred taels of silver, and the room in the courtyard closest to the well probably costs more than double that."

As the master of the Great Li Kingdom, Cui Chan had mastered part of the dynasty's espionage system at the beginning, specifically targeting the forces on the mountains in Dali and surrounding countries. The inside story of the county like Huang Tingguo, and the history of the changes in the Town God's Temple are among the must-see espionage contents. First, as for why I know the specific price of the inn at the original location, it is just a pastime for the national teacher Cui Chen to relieve boredom in his spare time, and maybe when he enters the palace to meet the emperor, it can also be used as an interesting talk when the monarch and his ministers play chess .

Chen Ping lowered his voice and asked, "If I have a fine gold coin in my hand, how much would it be in silver?"

The boy in white pointed at the Chenghuang Temple, which was getting closer and closer, without saying a word.

Chen Ping asked puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Cui Chan smiled and said, "I mean it's worth such a big silver mountain."

Chen Pingan opened his mouth slightly, glanced at the City God's Temple, which occupies a vast area and stretches of buildings, and secretly helped the basket behind him.

When the straw sandal boy found himself carrying a mountain of silver, he suddenly felt a little heavy.

Cui Chan saw this detail in his eyes, but remained calm.

Chen Pingan hesitated for a long time, and before entering the Temple of the City God, he stopped and asked, "Cui Dongshan, can I borrow money from you?"

The young man in white seemed to have been waiting for Chen Pingan's words, put his hands in his sleeves, nodded with a smile and said: "Of course, you can regard me as a boy with hundreds of treasures. Only what you can't think of, nothing you can't want."

Chen Pingan made up his mind and said slowly: "Then we will stay in that inn tonight. No matter how long we stay in the future, all expenses will be paid in advance by you for the time being. You will report the amount to me afterwards, and you will decide the interest. When I get back to Longquan County, I will return the principal and interest to you. Is that okay?"

Cui Chen pulled out his sleeve with one hand, waved his hand and said, "Forget about the interest, just pay me back the capital when the time comes. It's just for convenience.

It's convenient for me. "

At this moment, Li Huai was holding half a bunch of candied haws in his hand, and suddenly squatted down, staring at the boots of the boy in white with wide eyes.

It turned out that there was a small snow-white grasshopper standing on top of Cui Chan's boots. After being stared at by Li Huai, the strange grasshopper that originally wanted to climb up the robe froze immediately. Li Huai looked at the little thing. The little silver-white grasshopper was frightened and dared not continue to pretend to be dead. It immediately jumped up with agility, its front paws caught the fine silk thread of Cui Chan's coat, and ran fast. It quickly came to Cui Chan's waist, and the last one bounced, hanging under the cuff, swaying slightly.

The boy in white smiled as usual, twisted his right wrist, grabbed the grasshopper with two fingers, gently held it in the palm of his hand, and stuffed it into the left cuff.

An even more surprising scene appeared. The lively snow-white grasshopper melted like ice and snow in the palm of the boy, and instantly turned into a silver ingot, but the silver ingot was still wriggling.

Hiding silver ingots or grasshoppers in his sleeves, the young man in white looked around. Yu Lu and Xie Xie, the two young girls from the Lu Dynasty, looked calm, while Chen Pingan, the little bumpkins from Lizhu Dongtian, looked around. than a shock.

Cui Chan obviously didn't want to say anything more, so he turned his head and said to Lu: "You and Miss Xie go buy some incense, we will need it when we enter the Town God's Temple, it is best to buy an incense tube by the way, of course don't forget to buy a style Be more elegant, otherwise I won't pay for the incense tube."

The tall boy brought the dark girl to invite incense.

Chen Pingan revealed the secret, "Cui Dongshan, is this silver ingot the money you paid for the package earlier? Why did it turn into a grasshopper and come back?"

The boy in white had an innocent look on his face, "I've clearly paid the money, and the goods and money are settled, but the money grows on its own, so if you insist on running back to find me, I'm also very embarrassed."

Li Huai was still squatting on the ground, with an envious expression on his face, and said, "It's really a good thing. If I have such a silver ingot, it will not be difficult to travel all over the world."

The boy in white lowered his head and smiled and asked: "Do you like it? Do you want it? This little guy is called Chongyin. It's not useful, it's just for fun. The reason why this kind of ghost was born is unknown. Anyway, the large treasuries of many dynasties have been destroyed for 100 years. It may not be possible for a bug silver to appear, and even if it does appear, it is not very big. The appearance of the transformed silver is at most a larger piece of silver. It is rare to see a man as big as I have in my sleeve, so I am willing to take it with me, and it is invulnerable to water and fire, even if it bears the power of ten thousand tons, it will not hurt a bit. If you cut it into dozens of pieces, as long as they are stacked together, it can quickly restore its full appearance. Li Huai, If you want, can I give it to you?"

Li Huai stood up and replied solemnly: "I only have one older sister named Li Liu, but she is still A Liang's wife for the time being."

The boy in white knew the way this little bastard spoke, "Should I give it away for free? I have no idea about your sister."

Li Huai asked: "Then I will pay for the meal in the future, and take Chen Pingan and the others to eat and drink spicy food. Will it come back by itself every time?"

Cui Chan nodded with a smile, shook his sleeves, shook the silver ingot out of his sleeves, and handed it to Li Huai.

Li Huai wanted to take the silver ingot, but paused for a moment, then turned to look at Chen Pingan who was beside him.

Chen Pingan said: "Of course you have to pay for the meal, and you can't change the way to renege on the bill. I don't care about Cui Dongshan, but you, Li Huai, are Mr. Qi's disciple..."

Li Huai immediately put his hands behind his back, pressed his buttocks tightly, shook his head at the boy in white and said, "Oh, let's forget it."

Chen Pingan continued: "Li Huai, I haven't finished talking yet, but the insect silver can be put away. If someone gives you good things with good intentions, you can take it away first. As for how to use it in the future, then follow the rules later." ,"

Li Huai's eyes lit up, he snatched the silver ingot from the young man in white, and was about to stuff it into his arms. After thinking about it, he quickly turned around, turned his back to the crowd, opened the small bookcase, and threw the silver ingot into it.

The young Cui Chan withdrew his hand resentfully, and said helplessly, "It's really been hunting eagles all the year round, and the eagle pecked at its eyes."

Yu Lu has already bought a well-made boxwood incense tube, which is full of incense sticks, enough for many people to go to the temple to burn incense.

Apart from thanking them for taking care of the carriage on the side of the road, the rest of the group walked into the Temple of the City God. After offering incense, they saw a pair of couplets in the main hall.

When he was about to die, he was left alone, and he went to the underworld to ask his descendants where he was;

The City God occupies a high position in the middle, and there are subordinate officials on both sides, lined up in sequence, with a great momentum. There are as many as eight clay statues with the title of general, namely Yinyang Division, Quick Report Division, and Zhusushi. chief officer.The young Cui Chan also said that the highest-standard Town God's Temple in Aquarius Island stopped here, but the largest Town God's Pavilion in the world has as many as 24 divisions, including the inspection department, epidemic prevention department, and academic administration department. , almost comparable to the court of a small country.

Lin Shou saw it with great interest, but Li Baoping was not very interested, and Li Huai was the least courageous, so he only dared to follow Chen Pingan closely.

After carefully looking at the famous murals on the wall of the main hall with eighteen floors of hell, it makes people feel that the trip is worthwhile. After walking out of the main hall, the back hall is a hall similar to the county government’s trial case. The city god sits behind the big case , there are civil and military judges standing on the left and right, but there are only half of the couplets outside the hall.

Li Baoping became interested now, and began to think about the content of the second line by himself, but he was not satisfied at all, frowning, unwilling to admit defeat.

The teenagers Cui Chan and Yu Lu also stood under the blank couplets.

Chen Pingan took Lin Shouyi and Li Huai and looked into the lobby at the door. Inside, there were clay statues prostrating and kowtowing, some statues wearing shackles, and some statues bowing their heads and kneeling.

An old man in green clothes who did not bring his family members saw the eye-catching green bamboo bookcases of Li Baoping and his group, and smiled knowingly. He came near the young Cui Chan, looked up at the blank couplets together, and asked with a smile: "My little masters, have you ever thought of a good second couplet?"

Cui Chan turned a deaf ear to it.

Once Li Baoping thinks about things seriously, he will concentrate on it, but he really didn't hear it.

Only Yu Lu replied with a smile: "I thought of something, but I'm not satisfied with it. It's really too sloppy, so I won't make a fool of myself with the old man."

The old man laughed heartily, and pointed to the couplets, "About these couplets, there has always been an unwritten rule in the county. No matter whether it is a human, a ghost, a spirit or a weird one, as long as anyone can write a couplet that convinces everyone, Then you can become a distinguished guest of this old city god."

Yu Lu asked suspiciously: "Old man, how can we be considered as convincing the public?"

The young Cui Chan lazily said, "Ask yourself."

Li Baoping just thought of a question and killed a blocker in his thoughts. By chance, after hearing the question and answer, the little girl subconsciously added: "The night is quiet, the conscience is clear, ask yourself, and blurt out."

The white-haired old man in blue shirt nodded slowly.

Although the little girl in the red padded jacket failed to come up with a suitable couplet in the end, the old man still insisted on sending them all the way out of the Town God's Temple, standing at the threshold, and saying goodbye to everyone with a smile.

After leaving this ancient Town God's Temple, Chen Pingan asked people where the inn was, but everyone was at a loss, as if this place didn't exist in the county town at all, so he could only look at the boy in white.

The young Cui Chan asked with a smile: "Otherwise, forget it? I also heard some gossip, but I may not take it seriously. Besides, if there is no place where you can eat money like this, you don't need to borrow money from me."

Chen Ping glanced at Lin Shouyi, who was at a loss, Chen Ping insisted: "You go to the market slowly first, and I will ask."

The boy in straw sandals with a basket on his back trotted forward alone, and asked one person after another in the distance of the team.

The young Cui Chan walked towards the carriage, his expression was slightly displeased, and he couldn't help but slander, even if you, Chen Pingan, carry a mountain of gold and silver on your back, but this is a waste of money, and in the end you still make wedding clothes for others, why are you so courteous?

When the boy in white bent over to lift the car curtain, he turned his head and looked at Lin Shouyi, who was blindfolded. The boy with gloomy eyes suddenly felt a little jealous at this moment.