Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

Soon came the day of face saint, Yuan Yao and his party were invited into Gaochang Palace.Gaochang was rich and prosperous, and the layout of the palace was particularly gorgeous.Although the royal palace is not as large as the Northern Wei and Nanliang palaces, its buildings are exquisite, with exquisite materials and magnificent.

The current king of Gaochang is Qu Jia, who is not very old, only just passed his thirties.The origin of the Qu family is said to have come from the Longxi area, and they were Han people in the Central Plains who avoided the chaos of Wang Mang.However, the royal family of the Qu family often intermarried with people from the Western Regions, and their appearance may have been different from that of the Han people.

Following the attendants all the way forward, Abo looked around curiously, attracted by the glittering top of the hall, curiously asked Tao Xinian: "Master Daoist, could it be an inlaid gem?"

The roof is so big, and it would be too expensive to be fully inlaid with gemstones. It must not be, probably colored glaze or spar.Tao Xinian told Abo, and Abo said excitedly, "If the material is not expensive, then we will also put a large piece on the Qinglong Taoist Temple, it will look good."

"Glass and spar aren't cheap either. What do you want to be so beautiful? Our Azure Dragon Taoist Temple is pretty enough. I saw glazed beads being sold in the market. If you like it, I'll buy you a bunch."

After hearing this, Abo became happy, his green eyes glowed, and he was very happy.

There was a banquet in the palace, and they were arranged in the best seats. When they were seated, all the officials had already arrived, only Gaochang Wang Qu Jia was not there yet.

A sumptuous meal was placed in front of them, including roasted whole lamb, beef soup, venison, several kinds of fresh fruits that are rare in winter, as well as cheese and various pastries, all of which were never seen in the Central Plains.Abo secretly stuffed a piece of pastry into his mouth. The banquet hadn't started yet, so he couldn't eat it openly.

After several bells rang, the officials stood up, and one person slowly walked out from behind the scenes. Gaochang Wang Qujia was wearing a fine attire, and his crown was inlaid with various jewels.Qu Jia is in his early thirties, and generally looks like a Han Chinese, but his facial features are more three-dimensional than ordinary Han people, which should be due to the mixed blood of Hu people.He said a few words in Gaochang dialect to the officials, as if to let them drink to their heart's content.Everyone toasted to answer, and then all sat down again, and began to drink and eat meat.

They also sat down and were about to eat meat, unexpectedly, Qu Jia stepped down from the throne and came close to them.

A few of them stood up one after another, only to hear Qu Jia Yibei say: "Wei envoys, you have worked hard all the way, let's sit down and drink first."

Yuan Yao took out the brocade box from his bosom, presented it respectfully to King Gaochang, and said: "General Yuan Yao, who conquers the North, is ordered by my emperor to come to Gaochang to present a gift to King Gaochang."

Qu Jia took the brocade box, opened it, and the relic was slightly emitting a pale golden light.The officials stopped their movements and looked at the relic with solemn expressions. Some even folded their hands together and recited Sanskrit silently.Gaochang has always worshiped Buddhism, and I believe that there are many devout believers among the ministers present.

When Qu Jia saw the relic, he first bowed to the relic, and then said with a smile, "Thank you Lord Wei for your kindness, the gift is precious, and it will be placed in the national temple, and a pagoda will be built for this relic to enshrine."

Tao Xinian was faintly worried that this relic was not completely sealed.He read a method in the book left by his master, pondered over and over again, and sealed part of the power of the relic according to that method, but it was very easy to untie it.Moreover, even if it is not released, the seal will disappear by itself after a few years.However, there are many different people in Gaochang City, Qu Jia should have people with high mana around him, so that he will not easily fall into the hands of treacherous people.

"National teacher, please trouble the national teacher to properly collect the national gift first, and leave it for the completion of the pagoda in the future, and then perform the ceremony to invite the relics into the pagoda."

There was a man standing behind Qu Jia, their attention was all on Qu Jia just now, and they didn't notice the figure not far away.

The man known as the national teacher was wearing a black robe with his entire face covered, so he couldn't see his face, but he had a faint gloomy air.He stepped forward, took the brocade box with both hands, saluted Qu Jia, and then handed the brocade box to the attendant behind him.

After presenting the national gift, Yuan Yao and Tao Xinian relaxed.The task is finally completed, and the mission is fulfilled.The rest is to spend a cold winter in Gaochang, and then return to Luoyang.

Dancers from the Western Regions danced in the hall, and musicians played exotic tunes.Abo opened his stomach to eat and drink, while Tao Xinian was intoxicated by Hu Xuan's dance steps, with a smile on his lips.

Although the trip to Gaochang this time was difficult, he seemed to have everything.With Yuan Yao and Gao Chen recovered, Abo can also transform into form.He secretly glanced at Yuan Yao, Yuan Yao looked very similar to his previous life, but he didn't look very similar to Daolin, only two or three points similar.After all, after reincarnation, you have to change a pair of parents. What the parents look like can determine what the child looks like.

"What are you looking at?" Yuan Yao asked.

Tao Xinian blinked and said, "Look at you, I have nothing to do, so I'll just look at you."

Yuan Yao bent his mouth, cut meat for Tao Xinian, put it on his plate, and said, "Eat more meat."

The palace banquet lasted until the evening.Just when the group of them thought they were going to end the banquet and plan to return to the station, they received an invitation from Qu Jia to go to the side hall to appreciate poetry, writing and painting.It is said that the Gaochang Qu family has always respected the culture of the Central Plains, and it seems that the rumors are true.

They followed the attendants to the side hall, when they arrived, Qu Jia was already in the side hall.Standing beside him were two gorgeously dressed people who looked like brothers from the same royal family.There are also three civil servants, one of whom is Han.The few of them greeted each other for a while, and then looked at each other.

The lights here are brightly lit, and the walls are covered with calligraphy and paintings. Tao Xinian took a closer look and found that they were all from the hands of famous masters in the Central Plains.The taste of Qujia is actually not bad.

Layers of curtains in the side hall were lifted, and a masked woman came out from behind the curtain, followed by four beautiful maids.Although the woman is masked, she can be seen to be a very beautiful woman, her eyebrows are curved like a crescent moon, and her eyes are like stars.

Qu Jia introduced: "This is my sister-in-law Qu Su. She said that she must meet the envoy of Zhongyuan no matter what, so I allowed her to come and enjoy the calligraphy and painting together."

Princess Qu Su exchanged greetings with everyone, then made a gesture to look at the calligraphy and painting.Yuan Yao stood beside Tao Xinian, Tao Xinian asked in a low voice: "It's late at night, is it possible that you want to stay in the palace today?"

"I'm afraid so, are you sleepy?"

Tao Xinian shook his head and said, "That's not true. Gao Chen wrote it on paper yesterday, and wants to get together with us again today."

Unknowingly, Qu Su came up to the two of them and asked, "General Yuan, it turns out that you know calligraphy better than Su'er. Everyone says that Wang Youjun's calligraphy is good, what is so good about it?"

Hanging in front of Yuan Yao and Tao Xinian was a picture of Wang Youjun's calligraphy, a very uncommon calligraphy.It is impossible for Wang Youjun's Lanting and the like to be exiled to Gaochang. The aristocratic and powerful families want to steal their heads, and they don't care how much money they have.

Yuan Yao said: "Princess, to be honest, I don't know calligraphy and painting, but my friend knows better."

Tao Xinian chuckled twice, and said, "I don't know much about it. The quality of characters has always been judged by the benevolent, but Wang Youjun is admired by everyone, so he has his own uniqueness. Wang Youjun is good at all styles, official script , cursive script, regular script, and running script are all handy. They are good at learning from others' strengths, and they are self-contained. His handwriting is indeed outstanding."

Princess Qu Su nodded slightly, but then asked Yuan Yao: "General Yuan, if you dare to ask where Luoyang is worth visiting, the little girl is far away from Gaochang, and she has longed for Luoyang."

"Mt. Mang, Luoyang City, White Horse Temple, Golden Valley Garden..." He and Tao Xinian have been to these places.

Tao Xinian understood this time, the princess was looking for a chance to talk to Yuan Yao.He deliberately moved a few steps aside to chat with Abo.Abo doesn't know anything about calligraphy and painting. He is more interested in the spar hills on the table. He likes shiny things.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Tao Xinian received Yuan Yao's look for help.Tao Xinian smiled slightly, winked at Yuan Yao, and made a gesture, meaning, you can figure it out yourself.