Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

Yu Yuandao was still the same as in the old days, when he saw Tao Xinian, he hugged him affectionately by the shoulders.

"Do you want to buy a jade pendant?"

Tao Xinian quickly shook his head and said, "I don't want to buy it. I want to visit the bookstore over there. It's far away. Do you want to go?"

Yu Yuandao took out two gold ingots from his bosom, and the shopkeeper immediately took out a brocade box from the counter with a smile on his face, and opened it in front of his face. Inside the red brocade box was a rather delicate jade pendant, The whole body is crystal clear and the carving is superb.

"Master Yu, this is the jade pendant you ordered. It is exactly the same as what you agreed on earlier. Would you like to verify it?"

"No need." Yu Yuandao put the brocade box into a brocade bag, hung it on his waist, turned to Tao Xinian and said, "It's for Hong'er, he wants the jade pendant."

Hong'er is Yu Yuandao's son.

"Hong'er is almost five years old, and Zi Yuan... is seven years old?"

When Yu Yuandao's two children were born, he went to see them. He gave a pair of silver bracelets when Ziyuan was born. When Hong'er was born, he went down the mountain to give a small silver knife as a gift. After that, he never saw the two. child.

Yu Yuandao nodded, took Tao Xinian out of the jade shop, and walked towards the bookstore.Tao Xinian slowly appreciates the calligraphy and painting, while Yu Yuandao asks questions one after another.

"You're going down the mountain this time, won't you go back?"

"Where is it, I just had a whim, and I wore old-fashioned clothes, which made you laugh."

"It's much more beautiful than the bland Taoist robe. This is the Merry Tao Lang I know."

"Hey, I can't go back, and I'm still joking about how many years ago..."

"Ten years ago, we, a group of Jinling children, went out to hang out, and the girls saw you the most..." Yu Yuandao stopped at this point, and the following things were not pleasant for Tao Xinian.

"Now that I'm so old, how can anyone still watch it? If it wasn't for an evil star, I would have been the father of several children like you."

"Compared to when you were the weak crown, you have not changed much. If you say that you have just reached the weak crown, even I will believe it."

Tao Xinian laughed a few times and said, "Don't laugh at me, I finally went down the mountain and said some strange things."

He spent [-] yuan to buy a book of Zhiguai. He was bored in the mountains, so he bought some books for entertainment.

The two of them walked out of the study, intending to go to a restaurant for a gathering, when a young boy hurried up to him, called "Master", saluted, and whispered a few words in Yu Yuandao's ear.Yu Yuandao's expression became serious immediately, and he said, "Understood, you go ahead first, and I will rush back immediately."

Tao Xinian knew that Yu Yuandao was a senior in the palace, and he seemed to be a regular servant on horseback, so he could often see the Holy Majesty and the Prince.At this time, someone came to look for him, probably because there was something urgent in the palace.

"In a hurry?"

Yu Yuandao sighed, and complained: "This year has been uneasy..."

"how?"

"The Holy One was offering sacrifices to the heavens in the southern suburbs, and something happened."

"An assassination?"

Yu Yuandao nodded, then shook his head slowly, and said: "It's not too far away. It's really a strange thing. I don't know who came and who saved it. On that day, a group of people went down to the southern suburbs. They were ambushed on the road, but A few more people came and drove those assassins away. When His Majesty arrived, there was still one person dying in the team that went ahead, and he died before he could finish speaking. We only know that there were two teams successively When they arrived, one team killed people and the other rescued them. However, what the two teams looked like and where they came from was completely unknown. The heavy snow in those few days covered the footprints of these people, and it was unknown where they went. And the Holy Majesty Unexpectedly, he was unmoved and completed the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven without changing his expression, fortunately nothing happened..."

"It's weird..."

"Exactly, the ministers have been secretly discussing where these two teams of troops came from these few days, and they are not sure what they say. After searching and searching, they can't find any clues. It's a strange thing. No, I'm called again Went to discuss matters. In fact, I am a soft-spoken person, just watching, it doesn’t matter whether I go or not..."

"Do many people know about this?"

Yu Yuandao shook his head and said, "Not much, and you can't say it if it hasn't been reported to the outside world."

"Haha, I'm not a talkative person. Besides, I live alone on the mountain, and no one talks about it. I haven't heard anyone chatting along the way, so it must have never spread. By the way, my lord... what day is it?" The day of the sacrifice?"

"Seventh day."

Tao Xinian murmured: "Oh, the seventh day...there was a lot of snow that day."

The two talked while walking, and after walking 80 [-] meters, the servants of the Yu family were waiting beside the chariot and horses.Knowing that he was leaving, Tao Xinian cupped his hands and said goodbye, "Next time I go down the mountain, I will go to your house to visit my sister-in-law and your two children."

Yu Yuandao nodded and said with a smile, "Then I will definitely meet you backwards."

The wheels rolled slowly, Tao Xinian watched Yu Yuandao head towards Taicheng, turned around, and headed south.Pedestrians paid attention to him one after another, as if it was the first time they saw such a handsome man in Jiankang City, they whispered to each other when he passed by, but no one recognized him.After walking for about half an hour, he was near Tao's Mansion in the southern suburbs, and someone recognized him. He was the evil master of the Tao family who had caused troubles in the city a few years ago. He was still the same as before, unchanged at all.

Tao Xinian was thinking about something in his heart and didn't notice other people's eyes.When he was young, he didn't care.Occasionally, when I see a beautiful girl peeking at me, I will feel proud for a while, and when I am finished, I feel quite bored, so I am not proud.

Abo has been sleeping, felt the silence outside, cautiously stretched out one mung bean eye to look, saw Tao Xinian walking in the alley, no one was around, he asked: "Prince Taoist, where are you going? "

"Go home, the money is almost spent."

"Oh, don't spend the money recklessly, lest you won't even be able to eat in a few years..."

"Know it."

Walking in front of the Tao Mansion, the plaque was old and hadn't been wiped for a long time, and it was covered with a layer of dust.There was a lock on the door, and he rummaged through it for a while to find the key, opened the door, and walked into the home where he had lived for nearly 20 years.

The familiar feeling came oncoming, he was a little emotional, and whispered: "Father, the child is back."

"Mr. Tao Xiaolang, you are back. When Axi heard the door lock ring, he guessed that it was Tao Lang who returned..." Axi greeted the arrival of his master with a joyful smile on his wrinkled face.He was still holding a broom in his hand, obviously just working.

Tao Xinian was nostalgic and didn't notice Ah Xi's footsteps.He thought that Ah Xi had gone back to his hometown in the countryside and would not come back so early, so he unlocked the front door.On weekdays, he would have entered through the back door.

"Axi, I'm back so early."

Axi rubbed his hands together in embarrassment, and said, "After all, it's just a brother's family, so I'm sorry to stay here for a long time, but I'm used to living in the Tao Mansion..."

Tao Xinian took a tael of silver from the purse and handed it to Axi, saying, "Axi, you came back just in time, keep it, this is wages."

Axi quickly waved his hand and said, "Tao Langjun, I gave it years ago last time, and it hasn't been spent yet. I'm an old man, so I can't spend much..."

"Take it, after I leave this time, I'm afraid I won't come back for a few days."

Only then did Axi collect the money, and seeing that it was getting late, he asked, "Tao Langjun, are you staying today? Axi tidy up."

Tao Xinian looked at the sky and saw that it was almost dusk. After a day of shopping today, he was too tired to go up the mountain again, so he nodded.It just so happens that I haven't been home for a long time, so let's stay for one night.

While Ah Xi was going to clean his room, he walked into his father's room. It might not have been cleaned for a long time, and there was a thin layer of dust on the floor.He closed the door and put down the bamboo box. Abo jumped out, holding a piece of rock candy in his hand, and was licking it vigorously.

Tao Xinian took down the portrait of his mother hanging beside his father's bed, and slowly removed a few bricks. Inside was a delicate sandalwood box with a silver lock hanging on it.He found the key and opened the lock, and all his belongings were in the box.

He took it out and counted it, and there were 20 taels of gold.In addition, there are a pair of gold bracelets and a pair of jade bracelets lying in the box, and several gold and silver hairpins, which are jewelry left by his mother.There are also a few jade pendants, which belong to his father.He took two taels of gold, took everything else back, locked the silver lock, and restored everything.

He didn't want to touch his parents' things, he kept them as a memory, the house was left to him by his father, and he didn't want to sell it no matter what.But for the 20 taels of gold, it will take more than ten years to live frugally, maybe twenty years at most.If he really sits and eats, when he is old, he will be poor and destitute.

He thought for a while, he had no experience in doing business, and it would take a lot of energy for a cultivator, so it would be a good way to rent out the house, the annual rent for such a large house was enough for him to spend.But he was so stubborn that he didn't want others to live in the place where he and his parents lived.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the sky, he rode the mahogany sword to the roof and looked down at the Tao Mansion.Rubbing his chin and thinking for a while, he thought it would be a good idea to separate several courtyards.He and his father's residence and study room were not rented out, and the backyard where the servants lived and the west courtyard where the guests lived were rented out.In this way, there is no need to worry about someone taking away his and his father's things with too many hands.

A Bo shrunk down and lay on his shoulder, asking, "Dao, what are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking, separate several courtyards in Tao Mansion, rent out some of them, and give them to Axi to take care of."

"Finally figured it out, I have to find a way to make money, otherwise your precious life will not survive..."

Tao Xinian clasped his arms around his chest and said, "Looks like I'm going to live at home for a few days. Tomorrow I'll find a few craftsmen to partition the yard. After the partition, the yard will have to be rented out."

As if remembering something, Abo shouted: "Don't miss your business by thinking about your luck!"

Tao Xinian patted him and said, "Boring! A villain's heart beats a gentleman's belly!"

"You are not a gentleman, you are a dead demon! You will die if you suffer a little bit!"

"To shut up!"

In the evening, A Xi prepared a table of simple meals, and Tao Xinian also took out the dim sum bought in the market, and had a makeshift meal.Talking about this matter with Axi after dinner, Axi agreed in a hurry, saying that he would help him take care of everything and take care of Tao's house.

Tao Xinian thanked him, went back to his room, lay down on the familiar bed, but couldn't fall asleep because of tossing and turning.So, I took out a few rolls of villain paintings from the bedside box and read them slowly, but the scene in the heavy snow a few days ago emerged in my mind.

The seventh day of the first lunar month was the day when he rescued Xiu Yuan.

"Dead Demon, what are you thinking?"

Tao Xinian shook his head: "It's nothing, I've blown the lamp, go to bed quickly."

Abo lost the jar, and curled up beside Tao Xinian's bed openly, rolled up a small piece of quilt, and closed his eyes.