Tai sui

Just a little bit, Xi Ping traded a bonsai for his real body and chased him out.

however……

The small kit containing the peace talisman disappeared into the flower pot, and the thin figure of Hou Ye with his hands behind his back disappeared at the end of the corridor of the guest room. The melting light set a soft edge on his white hair and plain clothes.

When the young servants and guards in Prince Zhuang's mansion greeted him, he nodded politely, his steps may not be so strong and powerful, but at least they were relaxed.

He didn't look back once, probably because he was afraid that his eyes would catch someone's boots.

However, Xuanyinshan is willing to turn a blind eye and not tell the world or send people to hunt him down, but that doesn't mean he can show up in Dawan openly.He doesn't move his mortal relatives, but hopes that Xi Ping will be more sensible, keep his mouth shut and don't make trouble.

Xi Ping quickly withdrew his consciousness, left Zhuang Wang's mansion, and crossed thousands of rivers and mountains in an instant, leaving Dawan and Kyushu, which is full of foreign accents, behind him.

He landed directly on the other side of the gorge.

The water level of the Xiajiang River has risen slightly, and both sides have entered the fishing moratorium, and there are still endless streams of cruise ships on the river, and the turbid waves are flying, which is a bit smelly.

Tao County has changed a lot.

The 10 taels of Bai Ling restored the cultivated land to what it should have been in the fertile soil along the river. Farming and fishing recovered overnight and developed rapidly, and there will be no more evil spirits to steal the sky.

Behind the Xiajiang navy stationed in Tao County is Lu Wu, a bunch of bastard soldiers back then, now in Zhou Ying's hands, it has a new look: the army is neat and tidy, and everyone is very human.No one dares to obey the yin and yang - the Chu army does not know "Lu Wu", but only knows that Shangfeng's eyeliner is everywhere like mosquitoes. Whoever is lazy or violates discipline when he is on duty will open his eyes early the next morning. I found a white slip of paper by the bedside to be punished by the army. I had to take the white slip by myself and go to the camp to state my guilt before receiving the punishment.No one wants to try what will happen to those who damage the IOU or fail to claim it after the deadline.Many people have married in Tao County, and those who already have families are also encouraged by the army to bring their wives and children. In a few years, a branch of the former Xiabei Navy became the garrison of Tao County, and it was formally established three years ago. changed the name.

Banning the spirit means that no one needs to be wary of the other party's hidden magical powers. Tao County will become a large "Wild Fox Township" when the law and order are improved, attracting a large number of shady monks.The immortals are eating a lot of spirit stones outside, and it is inconvenient to walk, sit and lie after entering, so naturally they have to be waited on.These people didn't take the money spent on food and clothing seriously at all. They spent a lot of money, and the traders were all alive, and even attracted a large number of foreign traders.

Of course, the upheaval is also inseparable from the outside world——

In order to pay for his spirit guide Jin, Lin Chi would hand over some things to cover people's eyes and ears under Xi Ping's reminder from time to time.Among them is the imitation gold technique he improved a few years ago.

The spirit stone consumption of the gold melting furnace has dropped by [-]%, and the production of moon-plated gold has soared, but the quality is actually better.

The golden hand "lived" from the long period of autism, ignited the fire on the Moon Peak, and seemed to ignite the "ingenuity" of the world.The enthusiasm of skilled folk craftsmen was unprecedentedly high, and the mining equipment was quickly improved with a new version of moon-plated gold. Iron, coal, etc., which were unknown before, were born together, which in turn promoted folk iron-smelting technology.

Lin Chi prevaricates something casually, throws it out and doesn't care, who knows that a single stone will stir up thousands of waves.In the second year after the new version of Moon Plating Gold came out, Fantie, which can completely replace Moon Plating Gold as a steam engine, was released in the mortal world.

This means that the mortal industry can no longer rely on Lingshi, and can develop on its own.

As long as Lingshi can be saved, Xianshan and the imperial courts of all countries will fully support it.Lin Li's factories "infected" from the southern suburbs of Jinping to the most conservative Yanning in Northern Li.

As for whether the river stinks, and whether the fog will blacken the nostrils... Well, who cares, the dust-proof talisman is just an entry-level talisman.

The era of steam has quietly kicked off without Xian and Fan being aware of it, and construction projects are happening everywhere.

A large bridge spans the Xia River, as towering as the walls of the imperial capital, with officers and soldiers guarding each end to check the customs clearance documents.

The Tengyunjiao track on the bridge, which is completely made of ordinary iron, reflects the dazzling light. It runs twice a day from Yuzhou to Taoxian.

Grandma Tao's wish came true.

Zhou Ying originally did not agree to go to Tao County to Tongteng Yunjiao, because Tao County is protected by Xi Ping, a place of forbidden spirits, and there are already 800 million pairs of eyes staring at it. The current situation is already chaotic. More mixed?He advocated turning Tao County into an iron bucket, stocking hundreds of years of supplies, building a self-sufficient production system, and then digging out the ground to fill it with ammunition, whoever will turn that into a firecracker.

Xi Ping tortured him for half a year, stalking him relentlessly, and no matter what he said, he would always turn to Tengyun Jiao in the end.

Zhou Ying was so annoyed that she didn't want to talk to him for a while, so Xi Ping went to play ditties for his third brother in the middle of the night and read aloud the freshly baked lace toilet paper.So Zhou Ying found a dozen ancient psychedelic formations from nowhere, and deployed them in all kinds of unpredictable places, specifically to arrest Xi Ping's spiritual sense and lock him in a small black room, and then sent a bunch of enlightened monks who were trying to make up for grammar to rush at him. "Buzzing" reading.

The two brothers battled wits and bravery for several rounds, with no distinction, exhausted both physically and mentally. In the end, because of Xi Ping's words, "Third brother, when the tsunami shook the sky, Kunpeng did not dare to move, and the building was also in danger of overturning. The only one who is not afraid of wind and waves is the wind and waves." , you are the wind and waves, why don't you let me make a sandcastle" and truce.The two sides took a step back: Kaiming and Lu Wu secretly promoted the Wanchu Railway. At the same time, Zhou Ying did hollow out the underground of the garrison and stuff it with ammunition.

In this way, Tao County became one of the most important hubs in the entire Central Plains.

This backwater was so embarrassing that Sanyue gave porridge, and almost lost its children and grandchildren. It suddenly became an important town in the Central Plains, with a skyrocketing population and skyrocketing land prices. Second Mistress Tao was able to entrust the small inn to her adopted son and spend her old age peacefully relying on rent collection.

Xi Ping walked through the rows of reincarnated trees on both sides of Taoxian Avenue, passing by the jingling trams.

The newsboy trotted along the street, mixed in the noisy voices of people and cars, the noise seemed to have nothing to do with him.

He got into the alley and walked out from a reincarnated wood sapling planted in the small courtyard of "Cui Yugan"—the old bachelor Cui Yugan finally got his shit luck a few years ago, made a small fortune, and rushed to Before housing prices in Tao County soared, they settled down.The neighbors all know that he is not bad, but he is careless. He has been wandering outside all year round, and only came back to live in misery when encountering obstacles.

The sound of the Tai Sui Qin would startle the whole county, Xi Ping did not touch it, but took the dusty huqin from the wall and let out a long sigh.

Huqin was out of tune due to the tide, and he was also out of tune. He vomited hoarsely and ridiculed like a stagnation that could not be released, and the noise was so lonely that it was unspeakable.

In a flash, more than ten years have passed, Master Hou is old, his grandmother is gone, and the aunt he met when he was young is also gone.Under the coffin's fine clothes, she was pale and white-haired like an ordinary old woman. He couldn't remember what she was like before, and only dryly left a description of "like a fairy", without any evidence.

If he hadn't entered the Taoist sect, he would have had a wife and children, and he would have been sculpted beyond recognition by time.

He smashed his body to pieces all the way, and earned his way to the sky, seemingly leaving life, old age, sickness and death far behind.However, the clouds of annihilation and death have dissipated, but they are everywhere.

For monks of longevity, isn't impermanence the ubiquitous "death"?

Xi Ping's hands trembled for a moment, and one of the strings broke, and there was no spiritual energy to protect his body, so he drew a red seal.Then I heard Second Grandma Tao's still loud voice coming from the door: "Hey, Lao Cui, where did you get hurt again and come back for treatment?"

Xi Ping forcibly settled his mind, let out a foul breath, and thought that the folklore really cannot be trusted, what is "a broken string means that there is a bosom friend"... nonsense.

Before Cui Yugan's makeup was put on, Xi Ping yelled outside with a cold face: "Don't poke your head, I don't have any clothes on, so I don't care if I have a needle eye!"

Second Grandma Tao gave a "bah" and said, "Shameless thing."

Xi Ping couldn't help laughing, and his depression and anger subsided a little. He was about to get the Yirong box when he heard Second Grandma Tao say at the door: "Today, you howl like a huqin as if you were dumped by a woman. Why did you go?"

Xi Ping paused, then replied, "Going to the funeral."

"Who?"

"My aunt."

Second Grandma Tao said "Ah yo", followed by sighing a few times, "Sorrow and change", and then asked: "How old did the ancestors leave?"

After listening, he said: "That's about the same as me, it's not considered a premature death. At our age, it's the same after today and tomorrow."

The old lady was outspoken, and Xi Ping was blocked again when she said it: "Nonsense, there is no taboo..."

"You can live without taboo, silly head," Second Grandma Tao said "Tsk", "If you don't die in the future, you can still live today? They are all immortal like those fairy elders, and they are like stupid stones."

Xi Ping was taken aback for a moment, remembering that he had realized similar things in the furnace outside the furnace, but before he realized it, he hurried past it again, and now it was casually said by a mortal old lady who could only understand the account book, but suddenly pierced into his heart.

Another neighbor on the east side heard it, and couldn't help shouting: "It's amazing, Second Grandma's mouth...why are you always talking about the elder?"

"Hey," Second Grandma Tao laughed angrily, "I'm buried in loess to the back of my head, afraid of him? There are no immortals in Tao County!"

The neighbor said: "Listen to this rebellious person. Are you always going to the street to listen to the foolish "defense" of the idlers in the teahouse? Let me tell you, they are all idlers who can't get into the exam. Arguing about those empty words, I don’t know how to find a job to make some money, the children are taught badly by them.”

Xi Ping came back to his senses, laughed dumbfounded, and wiped off the dust on the huqin. While tossing his face unhurriedly, he listened to Second Grandma Tao talking to Dong Lin.

In recent years, Tao County has complicated affairs, such as building roads, building houses, digging ditches and pouring ditches... Everywhere has to be accounted for and coordinated. A poor scholar who has no ambitions.

When the scholars are busy, they lead the work, and when they are free, they sit idle in teahouses and taverns that some monks don’t like. At first, they just got together to gossip about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Who is not born to be raised by parents, did those immortals never pee their pants when they were young?" In an instant, there was a dead silence in the dilapidated restaurant... But after waiting for a long time, nothing happened.

The officers and soldiers patrolling the street passed by without listening, the shopkeeper who settled accounts didn't lift his head, there was no thunderbolt, and there was no Qilin guard who smacked people's mouths from the air.

The scholars were anxious for several days, and found that the immortals in Tao County not only had no supernatural powers, but were a little deaf, so they gradually let go of their courage and dared to say anything, so that later many people specifically aimed at Tao County's debate culture came and became a scale.If the "famous talker" is coming, the shopkeeper will reserve the time and place in advance, and post it next to the menu for publicity. At that time, draft newspaper printers from all over the world will sneak in, waiting to relay the amazing words.

Second Grandma Tao commented with rich experience: "You can say whatever you want. Some people speak very well, and some people are full of stupid words. If you listen to too much, you will know who to applaud. In my opinion, they are not as good as Mr. Zhao. "

Once Xi Ping glued his eyelids, his eyes became triangular eyes half the size of their original size. Hearing this, he paused: Zhao Xidan?

Second Grandma Tao talked about Zhao Xidan as a long-winded speech, saying that she knows astronomy and geography at the top, and she wishes she could be a female prose down to earth: "...I will explain it to you from every page and every page of the scriptures, so that those who don't have knowledge I can't find where to look it up. I never open my mouth easily, and when I open my mouth, those pedantic scholars are speechless. Look now, do those bastards who call her a 'hen' dare to yell at their old lady? "

The east neighbor said helplessly: "What kind of hen are you calling, people say it's 'the hen's morning'..."

Xi Ping glued the messy fake beard together, and with a snap of his fingers, the news floated out along the reincarnating wood.

Zhao Xiedan, who was meditating, heard a soft sound of the piano, and opened his eyes and said, "Senior, have you returned to Tao County? I was just looking for you."

She is one of the few who adheres to the "three cultivations and three precepts" of Xuanyin Mountain in the land of forbidden spirits. In the past eight years, the former eldest lady betrayed her family, country, teacher, and clan, and she was no different from an ordinary person. Reading, meditation and daily classes are the same.It's not that she still wants to practice, it's just the only bone left after she bid farewell to the past, and she is afraid that if she loses it, she will never find herself.

Gradually, Zhao Yudan discovered that Tao County had subverted her previous cognition: enlightened cultivators do not retain spiritual energy in their bodies, but they want to "wash and refine their spiritual bones". , Formation and other methods, attracting spiritual energy to wash away the limbs and bones, the bones of the body must be diligent... The most important thing is that the spirit stones that can afford to draw symbols and form formations can be used before the lifespan of the half-immortal is exhausted. wash out.

Tao County is different, there is no way to draw talismans here, she mixes with mortals to work and give lectures every day, her spiritual energy is like breathing, it naturally passes through her spiritual orifices that she thought were useless. It's naturally light - Tao Xian is washing her bones automatically, faster than burning spirit stones outside.

It's a pity that few monks can endure being "disabled" like ordinary people to settle in Tao County. Those outsiders wish they could escape from this place where they can only walk on two legs immediately after the transaction. Lu Wu will not go out and say, In the past eight years, apart from our own people who come to practice regularly, few people have discovered it.

When Xi Ping received her reply, he threw his consciousness into the reincarnation tree in her courtyard, and when he saw someone, he let out a "huh" and said, "Your spirit bone is consummated, so fast?"

Zhao Xidan cupped his hands towards the tree: "I think I have a Taoist heart."

"Arguing with someone in the teahouse?"

"Almost," Zhao Xiaodan smiled, and asked again, "Senior, I want to find a place that doesn't touch the weather to build a foundation. Can you tell me how many spirit stones I need to build a foundation?"

Xi Ping said in his heart: After all, she is a lady of everyone, and she always thinks about saving money to buy something she likes, and doesn't think in the wrong way at all.

"No need," said the most mysterious protector in Tao County, "I happen to be going somewhere, just follow me."