chapter Ten
Somewhere in wonderland.
Su Yi now feels guilty.
Before burning a stick of incense, he followed the guidance of the "waning moon" and came to a lake somewhere in the fairyland. He stretched his neck and vaguely saw the figure of a woman in the lake.
Su Yi narrowed his eyes, quickly bent down, and sneakily moved forward behind a huge stone. After successfully closing the distance, he quietly stretched out his head to look at the figure in the lake.
Su Yi swore that he had never seen such a beautiful woman.
Based on his own experience, Su Yi thought that his mother, Xu Yan, was the most beautiful woman he had seen in more than ten years. But after seeing the face of the woman in the lake clearly, Su Yi only felt that such a beautiful woman was It should not exist in this world, it should live high in the sky, peerless and independent.
Su Yi just hid behind the stone and stared blankly at the stick of incense.
"Have you seen enough?" came a gentle voice.
Su Yi was stunned, blinked his sore eyes, and found that the woman had put on a plain gauze dress and was leaning lazily on a big tree by the lake, stretching out her feet and gently Playing with the clear water of the lake.
Su Yi stretched his head and looked around, a little embarrassed, stood up slowly, then looked up at the sky, pretending not to know anything. Even if you are caught peeping, you must not lose your grace.
"What's your name?" The woman tied up her hair and looked at the boy who was pretending to be calm not far away with a smile on her face.
Su Yi continued to look up at the sky and clasped his fists: "I'm Su Yi, from Chang'an."
"Chang'an?" The woman's eyes were a little dazed, but she quickly regained her composure. She looked at Su Yi and nodded: "Nineteen years old, 'Qian Jing', barely passable."
The young swordsman's eyes widened: "Barely? Tolerable? Sister, I am only nineteen years old and am already in the Qianjing. Can you give me some face? Two hours ago, I slashed the president of a Confucian academy with a sword outside the fairyland. .”
"Then the Confucians are not very angry with you?" The woman raised her lips: "Aren't you afraid that those Confucian saints will cause trouble for you?"
Su Yi raised his head and said: "Who is a Confucian saint? Even if Confucian Master comes in person, I dare to give him a few swords."
In front of a good-looking woman, you can't lose your momentum.
But soon Su Yi saw the playful smile on the woman's face, and couldn't help but feel guilty.
"What am I afraid of? If I break the sky, my father is holding it up. My father is the best swordsman in the world, the master of swordsmanship, 'Transformation Realm'!" Su Yi quickly found a place again. Anyway, he still has the best swordsman in the world. One's biological father.
The woman burst out laughing: "You are young, and although your swordsmanship is far behind, your shamelessness is comparable to that of my brother."
Su Yi blinked and said, "Then you are the legendary goddess that the Taoist priest said?"
"That should be me." Goddess Bai Yue nodded.
Su Yi blinked again, then pointed at the sword at his waist, and then at the goddess, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"You want to ask why this 'Moon Que' is in your hand?" The goddess seemed to see through Su Yi's mind.
Su Yi nodded: "And why is it that only my father and I can practice the 'Supreme Sword Dao'? And you seem to be...still alive? Also, the gods who ruled the world at the beginning should be except for the God of War." Why were you and other gods so easily overthrown by humans?"
"You have so many questions." Bai Yue untied her hair again: "But I can answer you one by one."
Su Yi trotted up to the goddess and sat down on the grass, ready to hear the answer.
"First question, did your father tell you about the roots of your Su family?"
Su Yi was stunned and shook his head: "What kind of big business are we?"
Bai Yue nodded and said, "In terms of seniority, I am the ancestor of your Su family, but your kid just peeked at my ancestor taking a bath."
Su Yi's old face turned red, a little embarrassed.
"The Su family is one of my brother's descendants. As descendants, you are naturally able to understand the 'Supreme Sword Dao' from your memories. How can the cultivation method of gods be comparable to that of mortals? Moreover, the talents of descendants of the gods are also unique. Yes, it’s not surprising that your father can become the strongest in the world. With your talent, it’s not difficult to practice for another forty or fifty years.”
"So, I am a god?" Su Yi was a little surprised and completely ignored the question of forty or fifty years.
"...Maybe not. After tens of thousands of years of intermarriage with the human race, you can at most be considered part of the divine race." Bai Yue said unceremoniously.
"...Then I can be considered related to God." Su Yi resisted weakly.
Bai Yue shrugged and continued: "Second question, I died ten thousand years ago. What you see now is my soul, which is a part left by Taohua's ancient secret method forcibly. In this lake, The water you see is the spiritual energy of Peach Blossoms for thousands of years. He is forcibly using the spiritual energy to nourish my soul, so I can sit here and talk to you. But if I leave this fairyland, my soul will be destroyed."
"Then isn't this the equivalent of a cage in disguise?" Su Yi murmured.
Bai Yue nodded and said: "That's true, but we are about to be freed."
"Relief?" Su Yi asked doubtfully.
"Nothing, let's continue with your third question." Bai Yue looked away: "You are right, the Gods do not only have my brother and me, but also many gods."
"But I can't answer your question."
"Why?"
A trace of doubt flashed in Bai Yue's eyes: "Because I don't know either."
"Theoretically, the human race uses me to threaten my brother and force him to commit suicide, but the other gods should not allow the human race to overthrow their rule."
"But it's strange. After the death of my brother, the human race easily attacked the sky. Not a single god came out to resist. All the gods disappeared on that day."
"Disappeared?" Su Yi was stunned: "You were overthrown by the species you created and didn't react at all?"
Bai Yue shook her head: "This problem has troubled me for a long time. Since the other gods disappeared that day, they have never appeared again in the next ten thousand years."
Su Yi was a little confused and didn't know what reaction he should have.
"Then they won't, will they also die?" Su Yi asked.
"The human race does not have the ability to directly kill gods. If they did not use the secret method of the gods, they would not be able to kill me. As for my brother, they can only seal his head and body in the extreme south and the extreme north respectively. In the ice sea of the land, people from the three religions send people to guard the sealing formation every hundred years to ensure that my brother will never be resurrected." Bai Yue's voice was very calm.
"Then you don't hate the human race?" Su Yi looked at Bai Yue.
The goddess held her chin in her hand and said softly: "Hate it or not, tens of thousands of years have passed and it has no meaning anymore."
"And with Tao Hua and I in this state, we can't do anything even if we hate him. Don't look at him controlling everything in the fairyland. In fact, for the sake of my soul for thousands of years, I'm afraid he doesn't have much spiritual energy left."
Su Yi frowned and began to have some thoughts in his mind.
"I advise you to be honest now. The three religions are not as simple as they seem on the surface. They dared to kill gods ten thousand years ago. It is probably more difficult to deal with them now ten thousand years later."
"Although it seems that the demons rule the world, I always feel that there is something hidden behind it, and even the peach blossoms can't see through it."
"Based on my understanding of the people of the Three Religions, they will not be willing to be inferior to others. But even if there is something, it has nothing to do with me. Young man, I can only wait for you to slowly explore on your own."
"Me?" Su Yi looked confused.
Bai Yue raised her eyebrows: "Otherwise, do you still want to stay out of it?"
"Let me tell you good news. Taohua has told you a fortune. This time you go down the mountain, you will definitely change the current situation in the world and unlock the big secrets hidden behind the three religions. As for the extent of the impact, then Let’s see how strong you will be in the future.”
"Me?" Su Yi's eyes widened.
"Well, you."
Su Yi opened his mouth, feeling a little embarrassed: "To be honest, although I have always been flamboyant and confident, I still feel that I am quite ordinary. Changing the world's situation does not sound like someone like me. It can be done..."
"Then how high do you think your achievements can be in the future?"
Su Yi thought for a while and replied seriously: "I am easily satisfied, as long as I can be the greatest swordsman in the world like my father."
"Actually, I lied to you at first." The goddess looked at the young swordsman with a smile: "To be honest, your talent in swordsmanship is extremely high, even comparable to that of my brother, the God of War in the God Realm. He has practiced to the point of shallowness in nineteen years. Realm', this kind of talent is the first time I have seen it in the lineage of God of War."
The goddess paused, put away her smile, and said seriously: "So you will soon reach the highest level of 'Supreme Swordsmanship' and become the second God of War."
"But the human race will not allow such a thing as a second God of War to exist, so after you leave the fairyland, the three religions and the demons will send people to watch you, and they will try their best to kill you before you reach the 'heaven realm' .”
"The conflict between the gods and humans has been irreconcilable since 10,000 years ago. It doesn't matter whether you want to change the current situation or not."
"Am I already under so much pressure?!" Su Yi said in surprise.
"This is your destiny as a descendant of the God Clan." Bai Yue leaned against the pink peach tree behind her, her voice a little tired.
Su Yi frowned and said nothing.
"Actually, you don't have to be too stressed. It all depends on human factors. Arithmetic is just to predict the maximum possibility of something happening. Maybe the development of things will be very different in the end."
"I figured you would come, so I prepared something for you. It's a gift for future generations." The goddess stood up, raised her chin and nodded at the ice-blue lake in front of her: "Go in."
"Me?" Su Yi was stunned: "Isn't this for repairing your soul?"
"It does more than that."
Bai Yue raised her sleeves, and Su Yi felt her eyes blur before being thrown into the lake.
"Do you know why your father can't reach the 'Heaven Realm'?"
Su Yi shook his head.
Bai Yue stood with her hands behind her hands: "Because your bloodline is incomplete."
"Cultivation is something that goes against heaven. What level you can reach depends on how much pressure you can withstand the pressure of heaven. 'Supreme Sword Way', as the supreme sword way, cannot be tolerated by heaven. Only the complete Only the blood of the Gods can withstand the pressure exerted by Heaven and reach the 'Heaven Realm' that transcends the constraints of Heaven."
"I will use ancient secret techniques to make up for the divine bloodline in your body."
Bai Yue stretched out her right hand, spread her palm, and lightly scratched it with the fingers of her left hand. The golden blood slowly flowed from the wound into the lake.
Bai Yue's face was serious, and she looked down at Su Yi in the lake. Her voice was cold: "Su Yi, a descendant of the God of War, I want you to become the last god in the world."
In the wooden house in the distance, a Taoist priest wearing a pink robe was lying on a lounge chair at the door, looking at the sky and saying softly: "It's finally almost over."
Chapter nine
"What the hell is this?"
The young Taoist priest was lying on a stone, with his legs crossed and a straw in his mouth, looking depressed. The monk sitting next to him with his hands clasped together, secretly looking at the girl not far away from time to time.
"Monk, do you think you are robbing your brother's wife?" Duan Chuyi kicked the monk.
Xu Yun looked serious: "It can't be counted. The poor monk just saved Miss Yin in a critical moment. It is considered a moral act."
"You are a moral person, how should you deal with this person? Everyone has been separated, and her senior brother is not very smart. If he thinks that we kidnapped him, he will give us a sword without saying a word. You Resistance or shall I?" Duan Chuyi glared.
"I still remember that some people said yesterday that Brother Zhong is really a genius in this world, with great talent and military skills. It is the greatest honor of my life to join forces with Brother Zhong." Xu Yun's expression did not change.
"Do you understand the scene?" Duan Chuyi turned over and got up: "You monk know nothing! Look at the way his master protects the calf. If I don't praise him, what should I do if he stumbles me?"
The monk looked at the sky and said nothing.
Duan Chuyi waved his hand: "Forget it, I'll go ask this bitch what she thinks. Let's throw this hot potato out first, and then go find my brother Su. I don't know if our brother Su will live well without us." , did anyone bully him?" At the end of the sentence, he sniffed his nose in a decent manner, with a sad look on his face.
Yin Wanwan's mood was very subtle now. She had fainted from the roar of the dragon before. When she woke up, she saw a Taoist priest and a monk muttering something next to a stone not far away.
Although they are both disciples of the three religions, this is not the first time they have met, but now I see the two people dancing and chatting, especially the Taoist priest surnamed Duan, whose face has an unpredictable expression. He is happy and sad for a while. Like a lunatic, Yin Wanwan was a little worried. Could it be that she knew people but didn't know people's hearts?
"So, Miss Yin, what are your plans now?" Duan Chuyi forced out a smile that he thought was very approachable.
"Can you help me find my senior brother first?" Yin Wanwan quietly put her hand on the long sword at her waist.
Duan Chuyi saw the little girl's little movement, his eyes twitched, and he stepped back a few steps: "We don't know how big this fairyland is. The monk and I are going to find my brother Su first. Miss Yin might as well follow us first. If we meet by chance on the way, Brother Zhong is naturally better, if we can't meet him, we will send Miss Yin out of the fairyland safely."
Only a ghost would want to meet your senior brother. Duan Chuyi muttered in his heart.
Yin Wanwan hesitated, bit her lip and said nothing.
"Someone is coming." Xuyun, who had been closing his eyes to rest, suddenly said: "Hide first."
Duan Chuyi was stunned, looked at the grass and stones around him that were no taller than his calves, and asked: "Where to hide? Is it okay to hide it in the grass?"
Yin Wanwan was even more sure that the Taoist priest in front of her was not normal.
Xuyun came to the two of them, untied his cassock, and formed a magic formula with his right hand. The cassock floated above the heads of the three people, emitting golden light and covering the three of them.
"Is this thing okay?" Duan Chuyi raised his head and looked at the shining cassocks in the air: "It looks like we are more conspicuous, monk."
"This should be Buddha's 'Brahma Cloud Kasaya'. The place covered by the cassock can hide all objects. Only people like Buddha, Taoist and my master can detect it." Yin Wanwan questioned: "Speaking of which, how did you become Taoist? Junior brother's? I haven't found your shining point yet."
"What do you know about this little girl? I am a poor Taoist who is intelligent and dedicated to seeking the truth, but he just doesn't pay attention to these side ways." Duan Chuyi looked incomprehensible, his face was not red and his heart was not beating.
Yin Wanwan was speechless.
"Sun Yu from Yudaozong." Xu Yun squinted his eyes and saw the person clearly: "I don't know who the other one is."
"Speaking of it, the Yu Dao Sect is also my Taoist sect. We share the same roots. In terms of seniority, Sun Yu still has to call me uncle. How about we all be frank and help each other?" Duan Chuyi stretched his neck, took a look, and suggested.
Xu Yun shook his head: "Your nephew doesn't look right, let's take a look first before talking. Master also reminded me to be careful about your nephew before I came here."
"Monks are suspicious." Duan Chuyi muttered, but still sat down on the ground with a piece of freshly pulled grass in his mouth.
Sun Yu walked near the three of them, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one else, he waved his hand to signal Liu Yuan behind him to stay away.
Without saying a word, Liu Huan turned around and walked for a mile before stopping. Still facing Sun Yu.
Sun Yu nodded with satisfaction, pulled out the long sword from his waist, and held the sword with his left hand. Blood immediately spread all over the sword and dripped down the tip to the ground.
Sun Yu inserted the long sword into the ground, made a seal with both hands, and muttered something in his mouth. The sword emitted a white light that kept flashing. The faster the flash, the faster Sun Yu made the seal with both hands.
"Monk, what is he doing, casting spells on the air?" Duan Chuyi pushed Xu Yun.
Xuyun shook his head.
"The method of summoning spirits is a forbidden technique that costs one's own lifespan and soul. He is summoning the souls of his ancestors." Yin Wanwan whispered.
Duan Chuyi was stunned: "Why do you know so much?"
Yin Wanwan said with some embarrassment: "Master said that my body is not suitable for practice, so I know more about 'skills'."
Duan Chuyi praised: "It turns out that Miss Yin relies on her brain to make a living. It will be very convenient to take you with me."
Yin Wanwan didn't know how to answer this lunatic, so she simply said less.
Sun Yu's kneading speed on the other side also slowed down, and the white light emitted by the sword no longer flickered, but the three of them could feel some subtle changes in the fluctuations of spiritual energy around them, and all the spiritual energy gathered towards the ancient sword. long sword.
The three of them carefully controlled the slow flow of spiritual energy in their bodies. It would not be a good thing to be discovered at this time.
"Come out." Yin Wanwan whispered.
"What... is this wine mixed with?" The man reached for the wine pot, opened the lid and smelled it, then said with an unbelievable look on his face: "This is... soy sauce ?”
Mrs. Liu sat upright and said seriously: "Yes, this is the secret of my restaurant. This is a method I learned from an ancient book about winemaking handed down in ancient times. It is extremely difficult to make this wine. What can be done in this world?" There are very few people who are lucky enough to drink this kind of fine wine. How about another glass?"
The man in white quickly pushed the jug away, waved his hands and said, "It's my fate with this wine. It's such a waste to give it to people like me who don't understand wine."
Mrs. Liu couldn't hold it in any longer, and laughed without caring about her manners, holding her stomach.
"Aunt Liu, be careful if you smile too much, you will get more and more wrinkles at the corners of your eyes." The man gritted his teeth.
Mrs. Liu waved her hand and said: "I am already an old lady. What effect does a lot of wrinkles have on me? I have already been in the loess for a long time, so I don't care about these changes in appearance."
The man in white pretended to be surprised and said: "Oh, Aunt Liu, if you don't tell me, just looking at your appearance, you look no different from those girls in their early twenties in the city. Those who don't know would think you are my sister."
The corners of Mrs. Liu's lips curled up, and she snorted coldly: "You're so glib, I'm just wondering why none of the children named Ji inherited his talking mouth. It turns out it's all your fault. All these years. Cultivating Taoism is all about how to please girls?"
"What are you talking about, Aunt Liu? My words are sincere and can be seen from the bottom of my heart! There is absolutely no falsehood in them!" The man said seriously, without squinting his eyes.
Mrs. Liu curled her lips, but she was still a little happy inside.
"That girl Nian Yi got into trouble. As a brother, you can't just sit back and ignore it." Mrs. Liu glanced at the girl who was alone outside the restaurant but still pretending to be calm, with a trace of worry on her face.
"When did I become your brother?" The man was stunned.
Madam Liu rolled her eyes at him, "The adopted daughter that the Queen Mother recognized in public in the court, your brother who is the emperor recognized this adopted sister, how come the dignified Seventh Prince is different from them? Are you there? Do you want to end the relationship?"
The seventh prince of Tianqi, the younger brother of the current emperor, Ji Qingyuan.
"Back then, my father and my mother gave birth to three sons in a row. The thing that bothered my mother the most was that she could not give birth to a daughter. Later, due to the mother's health, even if she had the intention, she was unable to do so.
I thought that after so many years as a mother, I had given up my obsession with having a daughter, but I never thought that when I came back this time, I would suddenly have a step sister. Ji Qingyuan sighed and said: "This girl seems to be a domineering and delicate master. What's more, she was at fault this time. I can't just attack those Taoist priests regardless of the reason. Isn't it like the mother-in-law?" Same as the royal brother. "
Ji Qingyuan thought for a while and used a word that he thought was appropriate: "Aiding the evildoer."
Mrs. Liu sighed and said: "Nian Yi has been spoiled by her father and us elders over the years, but this child is actually not bad in nature.
General Chu is in charge of 500,000 frontier troops outside the pass all year round, and can only go home a few times a year. Mrs. Chu also unfortunately passed away not long after giving birth to Nian Yi.
This child has been running around alone since he was a child. He was afraid that others would bully him, so he became the one who bullied others first. "
As soon as he finished speaking, above the long sword, the surrounding spiritual energy condensed into the figure of a middle-aged man wearing a long gown. The man closed his eyes and stretched.
Sun Yu stopped kneading and looked excited. He knelt down and said, "Sun Yu, the fifth generation disciple of the Yudao Sect, pays homage to the founder."
The man opened his eyes lazily, looked around, then turned to the junior in front of him, held his chin and said, "You did a good job. Next, go find Taoist Taohua. Only he can make me reborn."
Sun Yu frowned and said, "But will Taohua Taoist be willing to use the resurrection technique for the Patriarch?"
"Then it's not up to him." The man raised his lips: "There is that person's soul hidden in this peach blossom fairyland. If I accidentally destroy something in the fairyland and affect that person's soul, I don't know if this Taoist priest What will be the reaction?"
"Find Taohua Taoist, don't worry about the rest. If anyone blocks him, just kill him." The man's voice was calm.
"Yes, Patriarch." Sun Yu lowered his head and said. But he quickly remembered something and looked at the man: "But Patriarch, among the people who entered the fairyland this time, in addition to the disciples of the three religions, there is also a young man named Su, which is a bit strange."
"Weird?" The man raised his eyes and said, "What's so strange?"
"That young man slashed a Confucian academy master with one sword, but according to his own statement, he had only been practicing for nineteen years. The disciple is stupid and has never seen someone with such an unnatural practice. If he is given In a hundred years, wouldn’t it be possible to rival the Taoist ancestors and the Confucians?”
The man sat up straight with a serious expression: "Your surname is Su? What is your name? What other characteristics do you have?"
It was rare for Sun Yu to see his ancestor so serious, so he quickly replied: "The boy's name is Su Yi. As for his characteristics, there is nothing special about him. I only know that he draws his sword very slowly, but when he draws his sword, everyone around him will be affected by him." Affected, his movements became extremely slow." Sun Yu paused and whispered: "Even when he drew his sword, the disciple didn't even have the courage to take action."
The man's face was a little gloomy, as if he was thinking about something. Sun Yu lowered his head and knelt aside, not daring to speak.
After a moment of burning incense, the man said: "In this action, try to avoid that young man and don't conflict with him. I can probably guess his identity."
"Yes, Patriarch."
The man waved his hand: "I'm tired, please step aside."
"Disciple, I obey." Sun Yu kowtowed, knelt on the ground and performed a spell. The man's figure gradually disappeared. Sun Yu took a long breath, pulled out the long sword on the ground, put it into the scabbard, and glanced around again. , waving to Liu Yuan in the distance.
As if he could sense it, Liu Yan turned around and walked to Sun Yu, staring at Sun Yu.
Sun Yu didn't like looking at Liu Yuan's empty eyes, so he turned and walked forward. Liu Xuan slowly followed behind.
"Wait a minute, Split Shadow will die soon." Sun Yu said calmly: "But since those disciples of the Three Religions are here, no one will know what happened in this fairyland. I did it.”
Thinking of this, Sun Yu admired his own idea. Using the power of the ancestor to let the disciples of the three religions die here would definitely be a great loss to the three religions. For Yu Dao Sect's plan to return to the first-class sect, it is natural. It's a very good thing.
Sun Yu's steps became relaxed and he began to look for his prey.
"What secret have I learned? Will I be silenced?" Duan Chuyi pretended to be frightened.
"Don't worry." Xu Yun put on his cassock again: "From his tone, he didn't want you to live. It doesn't make any difference whether you know or not."
Duan Chuyi raised his head and said: "I am the junior brother of the Taoist Patriarch. I am the one who is photogenic. Is he the one who can kill me if I ask him to?"
"The one just now seems to be the founder of the Yudao Sect, Taoist Master Lu Yu. When he was alive, he was the peak swordsman of the Nine Sects. His strength seemed to be far superior to that of the current three sects. If the soul is possessed by Sun Yat-sen, Although Yu is not at his peak, he should be able to temporarily break through the Nine Gates." Yin Wanwan attacked.
Duan Chuyi raised his eyebrows and was about to retort when the monk intervened between the two of them: "If you follow what Miss Yin said, then the only ones who can stop Sun Yu in the fairyland are Su Yi and Taoist Master Taohua."
Xu Yun looked at Yin Wanwan and asked: "Miss Yin, why don't you go with us to find Almsgiver Su Yi and Taoist Taohua? Otherwise, even if we find your senior brother now, it will be difficult for us to protect ourselves."
Yin Wanwan hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Duan Chuyi hurriedly borrowed the donkey from the slope and said: "Seeing that you understand things so well, Pindao won't care about you anymore. Let's go now!"
Yin Wanwan rolled her eyes and said to Xuyun: "Let me lead the way. I can feel the richness of the spiritual energy. The richest place should be where Taohua Taoist is."
Xuyun nodded, stretched out his hand to signal Yin Wanwan to go first, then pulled Duan Chuyi, who was looking around, and followed the girl.
To the north of Chang'an City closest to the palace, there is a three-story restaurant. This restaurant occupies the best location in the entire Chang'an City, but its decoration is not as elegant as other inns in the city. Instead, it only uses ordinary wood. The entire restaurant is built with a roof and is completely black and gray, with no unnecessary decorations or embellishments. Even the name is just a simple word "Ji De".
This restaurant named "Ji De" is not only simple in decoration, but also does not have the rouge, pink, and delicacies that the princes and ministers love. But it is the only restaurant that can be opened next to the imperial city. It is said that it is because the identity of the owner of this restaurant is extremely complicated.
There are many speculations about the identity of the owner of the restaurant. The most widely circulated one is that the proprietress of this restaurant had a chance encounter with the late emperor in the early years. But due to some unknown reasons, this woman has never been able to enter the palace. The late emperor had always remembered him, so he arranged for him to be at the foot of the imperial city and opened this restaurant for him to keep him company.
I heard from the old people in the city that the original name of this restaurant was "Chujian". After the death of the late emperor, it was renamed "Ji De". Remember virtue, remember virtue, and the late emperor's name was Jide.
Although there are rumors about the palace and the late emperor, no one has come forward to clarify them. Even as if to confirm this statement, the ministers and members of the royal family often held large banquets here. There were only a few jars of unknown soju and a few dishes of home-cooked dishes. If they wanted to have a meal, these ministers had to send people in advance to queue up to get a seat.
The endless flow of princes and ministers every day occupied all the places in the small restaurant, so even though the price was very affordable, ordinary people rarely had the opportunity to enter it and could only take a look from a distance. After all, there are not many opportunities to eat the same meals as these officials on weekdays.
However, what is different from usual times is that today's "Jide" Restaurant has three floors inside and three floors outside, which are surrounded by people from the city. There are even some who are too short to squeeze in and sneak in while no one is paying attention. On the roof of the restaurant, he craned his neck to look into the crowd. If you look down from a high place, you will see that the crowd is so dense that more than half of the people in the city are here.
In the center of the crowd of onlookers, a girl wearing a green dress held a riding whip in her left hand and a long sword in her right hand. Where the sword pointed, there stood four Taoist robes with the unique imprint of Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion. Taoist priests, three men and one woman.
It was one of the Taoist nuns who was confronting the girl. Different from the stern expression on the girl's face, this Taoist nun was holding her hands behind her back and looking at the girl with a bit of teasing on her face. Although there was not much difference in height between the two, To the people around her, this Taoist nun's expression was quite condescending.
The eldest daughter of the General's Mansion got into trouble with the Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain. This top-notch incident spread throughout the city without even a stick of incense being released. Which household has not been bullied by this lawless Miss Chu? There is no place to redress injustice in the entire city of Chang'an. Now that Miss Chu is in trouble, she naturally wants to join in the fun. Even if you are not venting your anger on yourself and others, just taking a look at him from a distance will give you some comfort.
Seeing more and more people watching around, the middle-aged Taoist priest standing behind frowned, walked behind the young Taoist nun, and said in a low voice: "Junior sister Lin, that's enough. This Miss Chu is still a big girl after all. The general’s daughter and the queen mother’s goddaughter, if we take action against her, I’m afraid the Tianqi royal family will be dissatisfied.”
The young Taoist nun snorted coldly and said: "When did Senior Brother Xu start to care about the opinions of these ordinary people? Besides, I was not aggressive. This little girl's horse almost hit me. I just asked her to bow her head and apologize. Let's forget about it." It’s over, now she not only refuses to admit her mistake, but also points a sword at me, it’s not like I deliberately provoked trouble.”
The middle-aged Taoist priest was a little helpless. He knew the temper of his junior sister. Although she was over fifty years old, she still had the nature of a girl. She could not stop her temper when she got angry. Even the master could do nothing to her.
The senior brothers who usually work up and down the mountain do not dare to offend her easily because of their status and Master's love for her. If they accidentally offend her, they must bow their heads and admit their mistakes immediately to avoid being settled by her future wife.
Thinking of this, the middle-aged Taoist priest raised his head and glanced at the frosty girl opposite who was holding a long sword. He sighed in his heart. The two spoiled eldest ladies got together, and they were afraid that they could not be kind.
Chu Nianyi looked at the Taoist nun opposite who was staring straight at her, and her heart was filled with anger, "In my Tianqi, no one dares to block the way of this princess, who are you to deserve me to apologize to you? "
The Taoist nun said with a hint of sarcasm: "Why, little girl, do you think that just because you are the princess of a mortal dynasty, you can be lawless in this world? In this world, there are many strong people who can move mountains and reclaim seas with just a few moves. You guys What does this mortal dynasty mean? If I hadn’t given your emperor some face, I could have killed you with one strike of my sword."
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden agitation among the surrounding crowd. Everyone looked at the two opposing parties and began to communicate in a low voice.
"Miss Chu is usually domineering, but this time she finally encountered a tough problem. If we force her to apologize today, it will be a great pleasure."
"I wonder if the skills of these Taoist priests from Longhu Mountain are as harsh as they say. It would be good if Chu Nianyi could be made to bow her head and admit her mistake. But if they really take action, they will not be this girl's opponent, but will be even worse. Fueling her arrogance.”
"You two are wrong. No matter what, this Miss Chu is also the princess of Tianqi. Let outsiders bully her, which will damage the face of our court. I still hope that Miss Chu can teach these foreign Taoist priests a lesson. "
"I didn't expect you to be so caring about family and country..."
Listening to the discussion of the crowd around him, the middle-aged Taoist frowned: "Junior sister Lin, I suggest you stop. After all, in this battle for Taoist orthodoxy, we at Longhu Mountain still have to strive for positive comments from the people. "
The Taoist nun named Lin seemed not to have heard and said nothing. Seeing this, the middle-aged Taoist shook his head and retreated to the back without saying a word.
"Sir, these Taoist priests are a little too arrogant in their words. They don't take Tianqi seriously at all."
On the third floor of the "Jide" restaurant, neither wealthy businessmen nor palace ministers have ever set foot on this floor. It is said that this floor was specially built to receive members of the royal family. Many people in the city have witnessed it. I have witnessed the current emperor come to the third floor for meals many times, sometimes with several princes of the day, and sometimes with several favorite concubines in the palace.
It’s just that over the years, almost all the relatives of the emperor have come here. Only the empress dowager who lives deep in the palace has visited every inch of Tianqi’s land after the emperor’s death, but she has never been to this one. "Ji De" restaurant.
At this time, all the furnishings on the third floor have been removed, leaving only a table and two chairs at the railing by the window.
The speaker was a middle-aged man wearing a gray robe. He had an ordinary appearance and a sharp-edged face. When he stood up, his straight waist and fierce momentum showed the man's military status.
The man stood at the railing, looking down at the two sides facing each other below, with an ugly look on his face.
On the other side of the table, sat a young man dressed in white. The man had an extremely delicate face. Although he was just eating a simple plate of peanuts, his movements still had the aura of a nobleman.
"The Heavenly Master's Mansion in Longhu Mountain has always been far away from the world. They consider themselves to be 'immortals' who sit high in the clouds and overlook all living beings. Moreover, they practice the ruthless way. On the great road, they follow the path but not the heart. I think this time when they go down the mountain, they In my eyes, I only gave the world the opportunity to get in close contact with them, instead of coming to Chang'an City as a guest." The young man picked up a peanut and said leisurely: "Besides, this Miss Chu was also at fault in this matter. .”
"I also know that the princess has been pampered by the general and the queen mother over the years, and she has the temperament of a young lady. But this matter is still related to the face of the royal family..." The middle-aged man considered it carefully. road.
The young man lazily raised his head and glanced out the window, finally stopping his gaze on the young Taoist priest who was standing against the pillar of the restaurant among the Longhushan group.
The young Taoist priest did not say a word from the beginning to the end, but just stood silently at the end and watched it coldly. Everyone didn't care about it, just when he was a junior on the mountain, he followed Master to go down the mountain to see the world.
The young man downstairs seemed to notice the man's eyes, looked up slightly, and looked at the man. He flashed a little in his calm eyes, but quickly lowered his head to disappear.
"It turns out." The man in white squinted his eyes, and the corner of his mouth bent with a beautiful arc: "Our county owner loses the person without losing the battle, not to mention the loss, let alone the critical moment 'shadow guard'. Ignore it. "
"But ..." The middle -aged man just wanted to say a few words, and suddenly he heard a soft female voice smiling and groaning: "General Li, Ji Gongzi must know the severity, you can relax, read Yi Certainly
The man looked back, and saw a woman wearing a light blue shirt with a pot of wine in his hand, with a little smile on his face.
Although the woman looks like a young woman, she can still see the traces left by the years in the corners of the eyes and hair.
"At the end, Li Yi will see Mrs. Liu." The man quickly walked back from the railing two steps and kneeled down to salute.
For the hostess of this restaurant, Li Yi still knows his true identity. Naturally, the number of gifts is indispensable, and even more respect for the concubines in the palace.
Mrs. Liu waved her hand and put the jug on the table: "How can the delicious food like peanut rice be less accompanied by wine."
The man in white stood up, pulled his own chair, made a "please" gesture to Mrs. Liu, and then walked to Li Yi's position and sat down.
"But I have heard people say that most of the wines here are exchanged with water, and the taste of drinking," the man looked at the jug on the table a little hesitant: "Unbearable."
Mrs. Liu leaned on the stool and rolled her eyes: "The kind of wine is naturally used to trick those ministers in the palace who are silly money. You call me aunt. Can I still use a fake wine paste? "
The young man was suspicious of the letter, and looked back at Li Yi standing behind his figure.
Li Yi quickly looked up and stared at the roof, not squinting.
"What do you think of him, this kind of good wine can not be drunk by him. Every time His Majesty comes to drink with meals, you even bring a few altars back to the palace." Mrs. Liu see The man stared at the pot of wine kept looking up and down, took the jug directly, and passed a cup and handed it to the man.
The man's nose was pumped, as if there was a wonderful mellow fragrance in the glass in front of him? Some familiar, but can't say what it is.
Since it is not a white water, it must be no problem.
After receiving the wine glass in Mrs. Liu's hands, the man took his head up.
The next moment, this beautiful face twisted fiercely, as ugly as if he had eaten any dead flies.
"Oh, why is your face so ugly? Could it be that this wine does not fit your taste?" Mrs. Liu widened her eyes and was surprised, but the smile in my eyes could not be hidden.
