A Beginner's Guide to Magic

After the Taoist finished speaking, he went to a carpenter's shop by the side of the road, saw the largest and most beautiful basin, and asked, "How much is this bowl, I bought it."

The shopkeeper said: "This is a basin. It costs a penny."

Li Jixiang: "It should be a bowl."

Shopkeeper: This is the basin. "

Li Jixiang: "This is indeed a bowl."

Shopkeeper: "Okay, it's a bowl, and it costs three silver coins."

Li Jixiang was shocked: "Just paid back a penny?"

Shopkeeper: "Bowls are more expensive."

Lu Yang on the side almost died of laughter, only to hear the Taoist admit helplessly: "Okay, I bought a basin."

Walking on the road with the Taoist priest holding the love basin in his dream, Lu Yang suddenly remembered something and asked, "Is there any hope for Xiao Qiqi's marriage?"

The Taoist thought for a while: "I don't know, I think it's hard to change. Qiqi is a person who attaches great importance to kindness. In the original book, Brother Pei saved her life, and she secretly fell in love with him. The reason The reason why I followed Lin Mengjiao all the time to travel around the rivers and lakes was also because she had healed her trauma. Now that Xiao Pei came a step late, it was Monk Jingming who rescued her first. This life-saving grace should be repaid with a promise of body. ...So, do you understand?"

After hearing this, Lu Yang nodded, and said: "This kind of person who values ​​love and righteousness is rare. Since we can't control it, let her go."

Li Jixiang stared at a shop not far away, took a closer look, then gave Lu Yang a push, and said, "Your man is shopping over there, you two have such a good relationship, but go and help carry a bag, Fan fan or something?"

Lu Yang squinted at him and said, "Who said we have a good relationship."

Li Jixiang looked at his pretendingly serious face, and Lu Yang's eyes were full of smiles. He stretched out his finger and pointed at him: "Nowadays, there is no mirror, so you can't see that face on your face." expression, but we outsiders know that you pretend you don't care about him, but in fact you care about him the most. You two are not friends and lovers who got together halfway, but a perfect match made in heaven, and a family Quite, I think, you must be very happy with him, at least much better than your former lover."

Lu Yang nodded with a smile, and finally felt a little surprised: "Hey? I have never had a lover in this world. How do you know my previous relationship history?"

Before he could say this, Li Jixiang ran away inexplicably and disappeared, presumably going back to the inn to rest.

Lu Yang then shook his head and walked towards the shop where Li Qing was.

It just so happened that Li Qing was asking the price of the folding fan, and the store offered 400 taels, Li Qing nodded, and wanted to spread the money without saying a word.

Lu Yang stood behind him and took a closer look at the folding fan. It wasn't made by a famous designer, nor was it made of high-quality materials. Even the pendant was rough and rough, so it certainly wasn't worthy of the price, but Li Qing was like a spoiled child. Like his second generation ancestor, he is relentless when it comes to paying money.

It's really a bad family who doesn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. Li Qing is an inexperienced nobleman, he doesn't know how to calculate carefully, and he would pay hundreds of taels for every fan.You know, if the two really became their own family and did not rely on their parents and grandparents, Lu Yang would have to go out and do many immoral things for his fan in order to be able to afford him.

Lu Yang couldn't stand it anymore, and stepped forward to help him bargain. First, he picked out the faults of the fan, and then tried to bargain. The waiter in the shop had never seen such a aggressive buyer. After a while, he cut off half of it s price.

Li Qing paid 200 taels, was very happy holding the folding fan, and smiled like a silly son of a landlord's family. When he looked at Lu Yang, his expression was a bit shy.

Li Qing squeezed his palm and asked, "Why help me?"

Lu Yang said helplessly: "In a family, apart from those who have no brains, there must be a shrewd person in charge of the house."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Lu Yang felt that something was wrong, Li Qing quickly reacted, and slapped open the fan to cover his face, revealing only a pair of affectionate eyes: "That is to say, A Yang really wants to live with me? "

Lu Yang was silent for a moment, then turned his head and ran away. Behind him, there was another person chasing after him. In broad daylight, in front of the streets and alleys, he teased him: "Lu Daxia, don't be shy, hey, continue to discuss with me." Let's talk about our family affairs!"

Lu Yang pretended not to hear, and quickly turned into a small alley.

However, he bumped into a group of people wearing black clothes and covering their faces in broad daylight. He and the leader wearing a mask met their eyes. For a moment, neither of them moved.

The alleys are already narrow and can't accommodate many people. If you want to cross the road, you have to rub shoulders with each other.

Lu Yang was very familiar with the attire of this group of people, and the large group of people on the other side were also quietly observing this person. The atmosphere in the alley was extremely tense for a while, and there was not even the sound of the soles of their boots rubbing against the ground.

Lu Yang smelled the smell in the air, and there was no smell of blood. The gang chased here and did not meet other targets. It seems that Xiao Pei and Qi Qi should be fine now.

It's just that Lu Yang remembered that when a group of people came to Mingjing Temple, they were surrounded and suppressed. The monks didn't like to kill, so they let go of a few black clothes. Some nervous.

If he was alone, he would try his best and use poison, and he probably wouldn't die here.He was just worried that if he showed this god-killing method in front of Li Qing, the other party might feel a little uncomfortable.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Qing patted his shoulder from behind.

Li Qing looked up at the group of men in black, and then saw the familiar masked man, his eyes turned cold instantly, he glanced at Lu Yang, feeling a little guilty.

These two people with guilty consciences stood side by side in the alley, almost completely blocking the way of this group of people.

Fortunately, even though the leader recognized Li Qing, he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, and led his men to move forward.

The closer this person got, the more frightening Li Qing's eyes became.

The voice of the leader was very hoarse. He was exhausted after driving for many nights: "Excuse me."

Li Qing didn't move, he stood up straight, as if he was firmly stuck in place by something, unwilling to give way to him no matter what.

Lu Yang had no choice but to make way for him.

The leader was very strange. He glanced at Lu Yang with fierce eyes, and then looked at Li Qing, his eyes became very complicated.

Lu Yang froze in place, only waiting for the group of people to leave before he heaved a sigh of relief.

"Damn it, how did this group of people get here?"

Li Qing raised his eyebrows: "You recognize him?"

Lu Yang patted his chest: "In the Western Regions, he was with the black horse bandits. I have an impression of him. He seems to be the leader of this gang. Let's quickly disguise ourselves and hide in a safe town. , It’s not an option to always be hunted down.”

Li Qing looked back and said: "This group of people are chasing after them, it's really disgusting. They went to the inn, if they meet, they still have to fight, it's difficult."

Lu Yang and Lu Yang split into two groups, Lu Yang went to look for the two people who had disappeared from the market, and Li Qing took a shortcut back to the inn to call the two priests urgently, and arranged to meet in the nearest city.

Before Li Qing left, he said, "Why don't we change it? If you take two girls on the road, Doctor Lin doesn't know martial arts, and it will probably hold you back."

Lu Yang didn't care about these things, he didn't take anyone with him, and he wouldn't lose his life if he was delayed, so he turned his face and looked for people in the street.

On the way to find someone, he kept thinking, although this group of men in black was organized and disciplined, how could this group of people follow wherever they went, as if they had set positions.

Could it be that there is a positioning system, or that the organization is so large that they are everywhere, which makes them so embarrassed.

Lu Yang had some headaches. He used to ambush others and used their heads as bounties, but this time it was reversed. It can be seen that Feng Shui took turns, and it turned to his head at some point.

On Li Qing's side, he didn't take a shortcut, but chose a tea shop that was crowded because of the high price, and gestured to the waiter at the door, the waiter understood and led him to the private room on the second floor.

Inside, there was a masked man who had just entered. When he saw Li Qing coming in with a cold face, he took off the mask himself, and with a wave of his hand, the men in black who were always by his side all backed out.

Li Qing stared at him, and it took him a long time before he said, "What kind of wind is it that brought you here."

Chen Qianzhang picked up the small and exquisite teacup. The tea was delicious and not bitter.

He said: "It's about Emerald Villa, brother wants me to go there."

Li Qing spoke bluntly: "You are no different from his dog."

Chen Qianzhang was not annoyed, and said: "Brother will go to a high-rise building in the future to host the organ competition, and I will accompany you."

Li Qing was a little surprised: "Isn't the civil organization competition in Gaolou Lu's family always co-hosted by the martial arts leader? He is just the young master of Taijimen. Is this overstepping? Doesn't your Chen family have a person who knows the most etiquette?" , how could he agree."

Chen Qianzhang didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.

Li Qing understood: "He who has a sweet belly sword finally attacked his bastard father? I thought he was just talking casually, but there are actually kind fathers and filial sons who usurp power and throne in the world."

Chen Qianzhang just stared at the teacup in his hand, not denying his words.

"You Chen family members are all sick."

Li Qing left these words and was about to leave, when he didn't turn his head, he heard a human voice behind him: "Brother Qing, you must remember the tasks on your body."

"Of course I know."

Suddenly, Chen Qianzhang thought of something, and smiled strangely. Such a vivid expression appeared on his face, no matter how you say it, it was a bit weird.

He said: "You, are you so relieved that Lu Yang will go alone?"

Li Qing's expression suddenly became colder: "What do you mean?"

Chen Qianzhang smiled a few more times before he stopped his expression, and returned to his expressionless look: "I didn't ask about brother's arrangement. It's just that you should be more nervous about him."

Li Qing left without saying a word.

On Lu Yang's side, he found two girls, rented a carriage, and went out of the city in disguise, heading south.

Along the way, it was extremely quiet, with no one passing by, which was really weird.

The more I walked, the more strange it became. This road seemed to never end. The trees on both sides looked the same, and even the cicadas were singing in unison. The more I listened, the more dizzy I became.

Lu Yang turned his head and glanced at the road behind him. It seemed that someone was following closely behind the carriage. The other party must be a master who hid himself. Even Lu Yang, who used to rely on this person for a living, didn't know the background of the other party. .

Maybe it was wrong at the beginning, Lu Yang thought, it would be better for everyone to run together, now the combat power is dispersed, and he can't figure out the details of the other party, so it may not be able to protect the two little girls.

After a long time, there was no sound in the carriage. Lu Yang wanted to analyze the situation with them, so he knocked on the door and asked, "What are you two doing?"

No one answered him.

Puzzled, Lu Yang opened the door curtain of the carriage, and there was nothing inside.

He was startled, he clearly watched the two people go in, and didn't hear any strange movement on the road, why did they disappear all of a sudden.

He turned his head again, but saw that the wild mountain road in front of him had turned into an official road at some point, and there was a magnificent palace not far away, which looked no different from the palace compound, and two rows of guards stood at the gate of the palace, Seeing him coming in a carriage, he opened the door without saying a word.

Lu Yang stopped the car in front of the palace gate, and took another look at the surrounding area. He was clearly walking on a country road, so why did he come here.

It's really weird.

Lu Yang drove the car to the side road. After walking for an unknown time, he saw a palace in front again. The same group of guards still opened the door for him.

Could it be that he was bewitched by evil spirits?

Lu Yang tapped his fingers, Feng Chan seemed to have just woken up, glanced at the building, and said: "This is indeed the imperial palace."

Lu Yang teased him: "Your old man has been to the palace."

"That's not true, old man, I'm a frequent visitor here. Decades ago, I borrowed a Ye Mingzhu that a concubine put on the dressing table to go back to please my apprentice, but he sulked me because of it, alas... …”

Lu Yang asked him: "Then what's the situation now, Lao Feng, do you have any ideas?"

Feng Chan pondered for a while, and said: "Have you ever heard of the Mengyin Lake school?"