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In the end, Chen Pingan only asked about the former site of the Town God's Temple. No one had ever heard of the inn that Cui Chen was talking about. Following the guidance of the last pedestrian, it was almost dusk, and only a high vermilion wall was found. It took a long time to finally find an alley with an inconspicuous entrance, barely able to pass two carriages.

The more you walk in, the more you feel that there is a hole in the sky. Between the gaps in the green brick road under your feet, there is a light mist from time to time, which floats into the high walls on both sides and gathers leisurely, like a clear spring on the wall. Flowing, there is a faint sound of running water.

Seeing that Chen Pingan and the others were suspicious, the young Cui Chan explained: "This alley is one of the signs of this inn. Inhabiting the shadow wall are spirits of unknown origin, whose shape is indeterminate, and generally coincide with the phases of the moon. The shadow wall is completely revealed on the shadow wall. However, the real valuable shadow wall must be the combination of the sun and the moon. With a little bit of astrology, I am afraid that the Xian family's mansion at the beginning of Zong will lose face and snap up it."

At the end of the alley, there is a gate with two tall and painted door gods engraved on the gate. They are taller than young and strong men. The two door gods glared at the alley, because they were Yang carved wood carvings instead of ordinary people's paper, so it gave people a strong sense of oppression.

Li Huai secretly swallowed his saliva, feeling that he was still sleeping on the top of the mountain, more comfortable and comfortable.

The door opened slowly, and a beautiful woman with a pair of peach blossom eyes twisted her waist, stepped across the threshold, and walked out slowly. Behind her were two young women with double hairdos, each with a long green sheath hanging from their waists. Sword, they did not follow the woman to the group of guests, but stood at the door.

The beautiful woman gave a beautiful blessing, "Liu Jiahui from the slave family, Jia from Jiaqing, and Hui from flowers, the names are really difficult to be elegant. All distinguished guests can call me Jiahui. Dare to ask the distinguished guests, but if we Are you staying at the Autumn Reed Inn? Can you make an appointment before?"

When the woman was speaking, her eyes were fixed on the young man in white who made people's eyes shine.

It's just that the handsome young man was indifferent and very rude. The beautiful woman and the beautiful young man looked at each other. Although the former was a little unhappy in his heart, the smile on his face remained unchanged.

The two maidservants at the door were obviously angry.

In the county, who dares to be so disrespectful to his wife?Even the county sheriff, who is a big official in one side of the frontier, always treats his wife with courtesy if he meets his wife on an outing or burning incense, and politely calls out Mrs. Liu or the second leader. The Qiulu Inn helped to match the bridge, and would respectfully address him as Master Liu Xianshi in person.

Out of the corner of the beautiful woman's eyes, she quickly glanced at the indifferent Lin Shouyi, but she didn't notice anything unusual, so she continued to stare at the young man in white, and asked softly, "Master, do you think there is something wrong between the slave's house and the Qiulu Inn?" What's wrong? When I got here, I felt so disappointed, it didn't deserve the name?"

The young Cui Chan was a little impatient, and pointed to the straw-sandal boy beside him, "You have worshiped the wrong Bodhisattva, and the real master of money is this one."

The woman was surprised, and hurriedly bestowed a blessing on Chen Pingan alone, which was an apology. Before the woman could speak, Chen Pingan looked at the door, and after looking away, took a deep breath and made up his mind, "There are more of us. Is there enough room?"

The woman smiled sweetly, "Enough, how come it's not enough. Although the county's three-yearly water temple sacrifice ceremony will soon be held, and the immortal masters from all sides will come to cheer for the governor. The business of the Qiulu Inn is not bad, but all the distinguished guests Come, the humble house is full of splendor, even if the servants vacate their own small yard and temporarily move to an inn or hostel elsewhere, they will never dare to disappoint the distinguished guests."

In the end, Chen Pingan asked for a large courtyard named Qinglu. The old well located closest to the old city god is the Tianzihao courtyard of the Qiulu Inn. The reason why it has been idle until now is that the price is too high, not based on the head. Counting the money, anyway, it’s 2000 taels of silver a day. There are many people who stay at the Qiulu Inn who have obtained the status of Qi practitioners. If I don't have the means to earn money every day, my money will be extremely tight. It is completely different from the immortal master who is as wealthy as the common people in the market imagine.

The old well in the Qiulu Inn is indeed the source of spiritual energy, but for Qi practitioners, paying 2000 taels of silver a day for this is definitely not a worthwhile loss-making deal.Therefore, this courtyard is mostly used by wealthy local dignitaries to entertain officials and heroes who spend money.

Mrs. Liu personally led the group of guests from other places through the corridors, and finally came to a secluded courtyard. There was a large clump of plantains growing in the corner of the courtyard, and there was a stone water tank half the height of a person, with a group of colorful carps and water lotuses on the water surface. Only Xiao He can show her sharp corners.

Mrs. Liu pointed to a copper bell on the stone table with a smile, and said: "If there is something to do, you just need to shake the copper bell lightly, and there will be maids with nimble hands and feet rushing to the yard. Then there is the back door of this yard, Push open the bamboo gate and go northward for more than thirty steps, you can see a pavilion named Zhibu Pavilion, where there are three futons, and immortal masters can breathe out spiritual energy in the pavilion. The well is not open to the public, I hope you understanding."

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "We have made a note, we will not cross the stop pavilion and go to the old well without authorization."

Mrs. Liu squinted her peach blossom eyes that were naturally springy, she smiled sincerely, and said softly: "Comparing your heart to your heart is the heart of Buddha."

Li Baoping asked curiously: "Mrs. Liu, shouldn't there be a screen wall standing beside your gate?"

Mrs. Liu sighed, unwilling to elaborate on the inside story, and vaguely said, "There was a small incident earlier, and the shadow wall lost the moon phase vision, so it was simply demolished."

There are four rooms, one for Li Baoping and Xie Xie, one for Li Huai and Chen Pingan, one for Cui Chan and Yu Lu, and the last room is reserved for Lin Shouyi who is already a Qi practitioner.

After entering this place, Lin Shouyi really felt refreshed. That kind of mysterious feeling was like driving in the muddy rain before, and he had to pull his feet out of the mud with every step. Now that the sun cleared, the road Not to mention dryness, but also changed into clean clothes, the feeling of walking on the road will naturally feel comfortable and relaxed, as if the whole person has been completely reborn.

Lin Shouyi was a little puzzled, hidden in the busy county town, there is such a blessed land that is good for cultivation?

But along the way, I didn't meet any other guests. According to Mrs. Liu, the business of Qiulu Inn is not bad. same.

After Mrs. Liu left, Chen Ping put the basket in the house first, and took out a gloomy wooden box from the basket, inside which were placed side by side four jade hairpins of the simplest style, two of which were suet jade, warm and delicate , and the texture of jasper and black jade, together with the box, cost Chen Pingan 100 taels of silver.

On the way to find the Qiulu Inn, they passed by a jade shop. Chen Ping'an planned to go in and have a look at it for a while. Lying quietly in the opened wooden box, it is lovely and lovely

I am happy.

When Chen Pingan heard the jaw-dropping price from the shop owner, he made up his mind not to think too much about it, but Cui Chan hinted several times that he must buy the box of jade hairpins, and finally simply threatened that if Chen Pingan didn't sell it, he would Cui Dongshan was about to buy it. As soon as Chen Pingan gritted his teeth, he discussed with the guy that it would be recorded on the account first, just like the accommodation money.

So Chen Ping owed the boy in white the first sum of money, 100 taels of silver, not much, but definitely not too little.

The shop owner presented Chen Pingan with a small carving knife specially used for jade craftsmen. At the same time, he explained to the young man the similarities and differences between the softness and hardness of the three kinds of jade materials.

When Chen Ping was on the Xiuhua River ferry, the jasper hairpin presented by Mr. Qi disappeared. He told Li Baoping at that time that if he had a chance in the future, he would buy a hairpin and engrave those eight characters on it.

Now it's just changed from one hairpin to four.

Li Huai put the small bookcase behind the foot of the wall, fell back on the bed, and said intoxicatedly: "It's really a place where gods live, parents and sisters don't have such a blessing."

The child remembered something, got up quickly, squatted in the corner after opening the bookcase, fumbled for a while, and simply moved out all the objects including the painted puppets and clay figurines and put them at his feet. Li Huai stuck his head into the empty bookcase, Then he suddenly turned his head to look at Chen Pingan's back, and said aggrievedly: "Cui Dongshan is really not a good guy, that silver ingot is gone! Chen Pingan, what should I do, can I ask for it back?"

Chen Pingan put the wooden box and carving knife on the table, and then began to be dazed. The young man's face was serious, as if he was facing an enemy.

After hearing Li Huai's complaint, Chen Pingan turned his head and said with a smile: "Chongyin is yours now, if it is really in his place, of course you can ask for it back."

Li Huai hurried out of the house, "I'll settle the score with Cui Dongshan."

Chen Pingan reminded: "Remember to talk to people well."

Chen Ping went to close the door, sat back at the table, twisted the small and delicate jade carving knife with his fingers, and silently felt its weight.

What should be engraved on his own hairpin is very simple, it is the eight small characters engraved on the hairpin that was lost before: Yan Nian Gentleman, warm like jade.

But for the remaining three jade hairpins, he planned to give them to Li Baoping and the other three as parting gifts when they came to the Great Sui Academy in the future.

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In the end, Chen Pingan, who was scratching his head hard, could only come up with these three statements. Although they are not elegant at all, they can guarantee that there will be no mistakes.

Lin Shouyi suddenly pushed the door open and stood outside, furiously, "Chen Pingan, have you lost your mind?! A whole 2000 taels of silver, just to stay here for one night?!"

Chen Pingan turned his head in a daze, and looked at the extremely strange boy.

Beside Lin Shouyi, a young man in white with his sleeves folded and a smile that didn't want to be punched appeared.

Lin Shouyi was so angry that his lips trembled, and he pointed at Chen Pingan, "2000 taels of silver! Are you, Chen Pingan, the son of the county magistrate, or an even more remarkable relative of the emperor?"

Chen Ping frowned, gently put down the carving knife, stood up, and was about to speak when Lin Shouyi turned around and strode away.

Li Huai tiptoed into the room, holding the silver ingot in his hand. The child didn't dare to mix in the muddy water, and sat on the edge of the bed with a pale face.

Chen Ping glanced at the boy in white, and made a stool again.

Cui Chan leaned against the door, and the culprit did not forget to fan the flames, "It's not good to treat good intentions like the liver and lungs of a donkey, right?"

Chen Pingan ignored him.

Cui Chan thought for a while, walked into the room, sat across from Chen Pingan's table, propped his cheek with one hand, looked at Chen Pingan with a smile, and continued to add fuel to the fire, "Do you think Lin Shouyi will give away your personal pocket?" , as the common property of your team, so you spent money this time obviously for his practice, but Lin Shouyi, who is precocious and has a concept of property, after weighing the pros and cons, still feels that he is at a loss , That's why I got angry at you? I think there is a possibility of this."

Chen Ping's expression didn't change.

Cui Chan grinned and said, "Do you think I'm just a shit-stirring stick?"

Cui Chen said to himself: "Then you can blame me wrongly. For example, I paid for that silver ingot to buy that tattered package, but if the silver ingot falls into the hands of a stranger, it will turn into a silver ingot at an opportunity. Grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc., return to their masters, so you will think that I am cheating others with magic tricks, right? Wrong, big mistake, that person is a desperate gambler. The short-lived ghost, if I gave him real money for gambling, I would harm him, maybe he will suffer misfortune in the next few days, now that he has no money to gamble for the time being, this prodigal son has to steal things from home again Sell ​​it, but it can make him live a few more days."

Chen Pingan finally said, "Since you got off the car, introduced the Town God's Temple, and then mentioned the Qiulu Inn, are you trying to set me up? But I can't figure out, what's the point of doing things that harm others and benefit yourself? "

The boy in white with his head tilted tapped two fingers on the table in turn, "There was once a man slightly older than you who had a seal in his hand engraved with the words 'The World Welcomes Spring'."

The boy in white was lost in thought.

Chen Pingan asked: "Then?"

The boy in white came back to his senses, rubbed the red mole between his eyebrows, and thought of the strange weather along the way, and became more and more sure of one thing.It should be just as I guessed, the seal that Qi Jingchun gave to the young Zhao Yao is of great significance, but it is a pity that he appeared, and the young man chose to protect himself wisely once he was tempted. Whether it is for his own future or the safety of the family, did the young man give the seal with both hands? , then the things contained in the seal will naturally return to heaven and earth. No wonder this year's late spring weather is so long.

But Cui Chan felt that things should not be so simple.

Regardless of whether Qi Jingchun still has a backup, under the arrangement of the old scholar, he "this Cui Chan" has been tied to the fate of the boy in Niping Lane. Cui Chan is still unwilling to break the jar, but inspires a strong determination to win and lose, hoping to lead Chen Pingan to his own Yangguan road step by step, instead of being let down by this little mud leg who has never read a book. , to take him on his broken road to drink the Mistral.

It's like two people are in a tug of war, the strength is not the strength of the waist and arms, but the strength of the heart.

The mood of the white-clothed boy gradually improved. How about a competition of determination and tenacity with this guy in front of him?At any rate, I, Cui Chan, was a top monk who successfully entered the twelfth realm, and even a famous chess master in Shenzhou, China. If I play chess with a child, it is difficult to lose, right?

And the boy in straw sandals on the opposite side has completely ignored the boy in white.

Because Chen Pingan started to pick up the carving knife and jade hairpin, and started to carve the first character.