Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu returned to the Taiping Inn in the city. After Zhang Yuelu changed into men's clothes, they went to the counter to check out. The people at the inn were nice to talk to. They only paid for one day's rent and the remaining deposit was refunded.

Qi Xuansu collected the rent and left the city with Zhang Yuelu.

It was already getting late and the city gate had been closed. However, now that the world has been peaceful for a long time, there has been no smoke for many years, and it is the New Year, so a small side door has been opened for people to enter and exit.

When the two of them were out of the city, they encountered a small incident.

A carriage was about to leave the city, and a carriage was about to enter the city. The side door was narrow, so the two carriages walked towards each other and refused to give way to each other.

A carriage was obviously much more luxurious, and a fat man stepped out of it, cursing. However, after seeing a pretty young maid getting out of another ordinary carriage, her expression suddenly changed and she began to talk frivolously and tease her.

Immediately afterwards, a young man stepped out of the ordinary carriage. With a cold face and no nonsense, he asked the young maid and the coachman to step aside. He drove the car himself, whipped the horses hard with a whip, and crashed directly into the luxurious carriage.

Suddenly the horse overturned and the cart overturned.

The young man was quite skilled and jumped off the carriage at the last critical moment without being injured.

Zhang Yuelu watched the farce expressionlessly, only impatient at being blocked.

Qi Xuansu asked quietly: "Is this domineering young master also a descendant of the Zhang family?"

"I don't know." Zhang Yuelu said lightly, "Whether it is true or not, it is embarrassing."

Zhang Yuelu did not lower his voice, but it naturally reached the ears of the young master. The young master became furious and walked towards the two of them with a riding whip.

Judging from this posture, he planned to teach the two of them a lesson.

Of course, it's just a lesson, but beating him half to death is more than enough.

Qi Xuansu took the initiative to greet him.

As soon as the young master raised the riding crop in his hand, he felt a chill on his forehead.

Qi Xuansu didn't know when he had taken out his "Dragon Gun" and pressed it against the young master's forehead.

In the courses of Wanxiang Taoist Palace, this method of using a gun is strictly prohibited. It is very easy for someone to take away the gun in your hand. The correct method is to keep a distance to ensure that you can successfully fire the gun before being approached.

But Qi Xuansu doesn't care. It's difficult for people who haven't received systematic training to seize a gun. It's hard for most people to even think about seizing a gun when someone holds a fire cannon against their forehead.

Normally, Qi Xuansu would never act like this, but today Qi Xuansu was holding back an evil fire. The key was that Li Qingnu's words exposed Qi Xuansu's identity and broke some of Qi Xuansu's illusions.

Don’t you really think of yourself as a Taoist priest from Tiangang Hall who hunts down demons from a secret society?

You don’t really think you can break into the house, do you?

A mouse is a mouse and cannot become a cat.

These words made Qi Xuansu murderous at that time, but Qi Xuansu still suppressed the murderous intention after Li Qingnu revealed his identity. Not only did he not argue with Li Qingnu, but he also helped Li Qingnu cover it up. In front of Zhang Yuelu, Qi Xuansu even more Behave as usual so as not to make Zhang Yuelu suspicious.

But the evil fire has never dissipated, and now someone is knocking on the door. If he is unlucky, Qi Xuansu will not be polite. Even if he cannot kill, he still wants to give this arrogant boy a long memory.

Qi Xuansu didn't even bother to say any threatening words. He opened the hammer with his thumb and hooked the trigger with his index finger, looking at the young master coldly.

Zhang Yuelu said that Qi Xuansu was full of murderous intent, which was not a joke.

The young master who had been so aggressive just now turned pale, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his whole body froze completely.

It is completely possible to tell whether a person wants to kill someone or not, and whether he dares to kill someone.

When a timid little lady pointed a blunderbuss at him, he didn't care at all, and even dared to point the blunderbuss on her head because he knew that the other party didn't dare to fire the bludgeon. But at this moment, Qi Xuansu was pointing a blunderbuss at him, and he didn't even dare to move, let alone open his mouth to provoke.

He had an intuition that if he made any changes, the person in front of him would leave a hole in his body even if he didn't kill anyone.

Zhang Yuelu saw something was wrong with Qi Xuansu, so he stepped forward and held down Qi Xuansu's wrist: "Tianyuan, forget it."

Qi Xuansu was silent for a moment, and then slowly removed the muzzle of the "Dragon Fire Gun" from the young master's forehead.

The young master no longer had the previous arrogance, he breathed a long sigh of relief, stepped back a few steps, and almost sat on the ground.

Qi Xuansu suddenly laughed and said with a pun: "It's really difficult to be a good person."

Zhang Yuelu didn't know what was going on, so he didn't hear the underlying second meaning, and said: "You are good at everything, but you are too bad at being a gangster. But you are not usually so impulsive. Why this time..."

Qi Xuansu said half truthfully: "Li Qingnu said something that made me very uncomfortable."

"The Li family has always spoken in eccentric ways. It's a centuries-old tradition. When Jinque was discussing matters, many of the Masters were not spared. Don't take it too seriously." Zhang Yuelu didn't become suspicious, nor did he ask in detail. A word of comfort.

She didn't think Qi Xuansu, who was still indifferent after being punched by Zhao Fu'an, needed others to comfort him, so she just gave him a symbolic comfort.

Qi Xuansu, who prided himself on being a weed, gathered his mood and followed Zhang Yuelu as he walked out of the city.

The two carriages did not completely block the door, but left a small gap for walking.

Coming out of the city gate, Zhang Yuelu suddenly said: "If I guessed correctly, my cousin has already left for Shangqing County. If we go fast enough, we will probably meet her."

"What is she doing in Shangqing County?" Qi Xuansu asked nonsense.

Zhang Yuelu replied as usual: "Of course she complained to my mother. My sister is too self-righteous. Few people can persuade her about the things she believes in. When she fell in love with Li Minghuang, no one in the family could persuade her. , Now that she believes that you are the second Li Minghuang, she will naturally want to bring my sister who has gone astray back to the right path. This is also my fault. Maybe I shouldn’t take chances to provoke her. "

Qi Xuansu sighed: "That's all, I've already anticipated it and can handle it."

Zhang Yuelu sighed: "I said, you don't have to rush to my house now. Wait in a few years..."

"I don't like to give up halfway." Qi Xuansu interrupted.

Zhang Yuelu glanced at Qi Xuansu with a hint of wind and water and a hint of "good words can't persuade a damned ghost", but finally turned into a smile.

She chose to believe that Qi Xuansu could handle it.

…

As expected by Zhang Yuelu, Zhang Yuyue had arrived at Shangqing County one step ahead of schedule.

In addition to large flying boats, there are also small flying boats in Taoist sects. The principles of the two are different. The principle of large flying boats is derived from the Xuansheng seat ship. It is mainly based on the dragon beads and skeleton, supplemented by formation talismans. There are different types of small flying boats, including mechanical birds and flying feather boats, which are a specialty of Daidao.

It is recorded in "Shiyi Ji" that Zulong was fond of gods, and some people from Wanqu arrived in a snail boat. The boat was shaped like a snail and sank to the bottom of the sea without being immersed in water. It was called "Lunbo Boat". There are also people from Caiyun who arrive by flying boat. The shape of the boat is not much different. It can fly for nine days, like a bird flying with white clouds. It is called "Flying Feather Boat".

Fei Yuzhou is also known as a small flying boat. Compared with large flying boats, the flying distance is shorter and the flying speed is slightly slower. It can only accommodate two or three people. However, the advantage is that it does not require dragon beads and keel bones, only talismans and formations to maintain it. .

Zhang Yuyue left Fenning County on this small flying boat. Although she left Fenning County one step later, she arrived in Shangqing County one step ahead of Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu.

Not far outside Shangqing County is Yunjin Mountain.

From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, it falls within the scope of Shangqing Town, which is divided into upper town and lower town. Further up are various palaces and temples along the same route, and the one at the top is Dazhen Mansion.

Everyone knows the Dazhen Palace of Zhengyi, but in addition to Dazhen Palace, there are many palaces and temples in Yunjin Mountain, headed by Shangqing Palace, there are Beizhen Temple, Anji Temple, Chongyuan Temple, Zhenxian Temple and so on.

Dazhen Mansion is the residence of the Celestial Master, not the residence of Zhengdao. Zhengdao disciples not named Zhang live in various palaces. Only the eldest members of the Zhang family live in Dazhen's mansion.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Yuyue's natal family is the Dazhen Mansion. However, after she returned to Yunjin Mountain, she did not go back to her natal family to meet her father and brother. Instead, she went straight to Shangqing Town on the mountainside.