"I broke a pine branch into a mountain stick, climbed to the sky step by step, and entered the dream world among the clouds. I don't know what immortality is in the world."
A clear voice came from behind everyone. Lu Zheng and others turned around and saw a tall and straight Taoist priest walking towards him, carrying a baggage behind him and holding a broad sword in his hand. He had a square face and eyes like Xing looked at Lu Zheng and others with eyes full of curiosity and scrutiny.
"Infinite Heavenly Lord!" The Taoist priest bowed his head, "It seems that some of you are not ordinary people in the town?"
Lu Zhenggong cupped his hands, "I came here just after traveling around the mountains and rivers. Seeing that it's getting late, I'm going to find a place to stay for one night."
The Taoist priest saw that the four of them were not locals, but they had no luggage, their faces were red, and their clothes were clean, as if they were just wandering around the city. He knew that the four of them were not ordinary people, and...
"Traveling in the mountains and rivers?" The Taoist priest narrowed his eyes, glanced at Liu Qingquan without any trace, and then laughed, "What a coincidence, the Taoist priest has nothing to do. He just came to watch the mountains and rivers, why not come together?"
"Of course, I think this town is not big, and there probably aren't many inns. Please!" Lu Zheng extended his hand in vain.
"Please!" The Taoist priest was not polite. He stretched out his hand and walked forward, side by side with Lu Zheng. "My Taoist name is Ruiyi. What do you call me?"
"Lu Zheng, a fallen scholar." Lu Zheng said with a smile, "I failed in the imperial examination, but my love for the mountains and rivers made the Taoist priest laugh."
Everyone just met each other by chance. Taoist priests don't report their family status. Naturally, Lu Zheng couldn't report his family status. He just casually said haha and passed by.
Hearing what Lu Zheng said, Ruiyi smiled again, shook her head and said, "Master Lu is so handsome and handsome. I'm afraid he just disdains the discord in official circles. Only now that he pays attention to the mountains and rivers can he see his true colors."
"Taoist Master is overrated." Lu Zheng said modestly.
Rui Yi shook her head, with a flash of her eyes, she and Lu Zheng and others came to the entrance of the town. They were only a few feet away from the entrance of the town. "Master, how do you think of this town?"
"Surrounded by mountains, there are thousands of acres of fertile land, where you can live and work in peace and contentment. It's a pure land on earth." Lu Zheng replied.
"Really?" Rui Yi raised her eyebrows.
"Sure enough." Lu Zheng nodded, then glanced at Rui Yi, a little curious.
Liu Qingyan didn't even notice that something was wrong in this town. Rui Yi's cultivation seemed to be inferior to hers. Could she see through this deeply hidden sinister aura?
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Upon hearing this, Rui Yi turned the broad sword slightly with her left hand and moved the hilt to the position in front of her, "Master, please!"
"Taoist priest, you're welcome, please!"
Then the group of people walked into the town. The people in the town looked normal, but they were weak and weak, so they all looked very tired. Although they all paid attention when they saw Taoist priests, scholars, and beautiful girls. But no one came forward to disturb him.
A few people soon arrived at the inn in the center of the town.
Lu Zheng asked for two upper rooms, and Rui Yi asked for a middle room. A moment later, they met again in the inn lobby.
"Housekeeper, is there anything delicious in the inn?" Liu Qingquan asked in a sweet voice.
"Yes, yes." The innkeeper hurriedly stepped forward. The four nobles in front of him were obviously wealthy people and could not let them go. "The shop just received an ibex from a hunter a few days ago and cooked it into mutton. There are still large pieces of good meat for the steamed buns, and there are also chickens, ducks and dogs. What would you like to eat, sir? I’ll ask the chef to cook it for you!"
"I didn't expect that your inn is not big, but the preparations are quite complete." Liu Qingquan was quite surprised, and then waved his hand, "Then put on a basket of steamed buns, stir-fry a plate of mutton, and make a roast chicken. If it tastes good, , price is not an issue.”
After hearing Liu Qingquan's words, Rui Yi looked up at Lu Zheng and the other two women, and then said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, give me a bowl..."
"We are destined to meet each other." Lu Zheng interrupted Rui Yi, "If you don't mind, Taoist Master, then come with us."
Rui Yi thought for a moment and nodded, "That's fine."
Rui Yi picked up the broad sword at hand and sat down at a table with Lu Zheng and the other four.
Lu Zheng looked at Rui Yi, who never left his hand with his sword, and asked with a smile, "Does the Taoist practice martial arts or Taoism?"
Rui Yi said, "Cultivation of Tao and martial arts. Tao kills demons and ghosts, and martial arts eliminate evil people."
Lu Zheng praised, "The Taoist master hates evil as much as he hates it."
Rui Yi shook her head, "I just hate that my moral character is not enough and I cannot kill all the evil ghosts in the world."
"You look inexperienced at first glance. How can one person kill all the evil spirits in the world? You have to pay attention to methods!"
Liu Qingquan saw the innkeeper and the waiter bringing steamed buns, mutton and roasted chicken together, giving Lu Zheng and Shen Ying a piece of mutton each, and tearing up a chicken leg for herself and her sister. Then she said while eating, "You have to learn to shake people!"
"Shaking people?" Rui Yi was slightly confused.
"It's just asking people you know to join us. If you can't beat them, you'll shake them. Is that normal?" Liu Qingquan said, "My brother-in-law often shakes people!"
Lu Zheng, "..."
Liu Qingyan tapped Liu Qingquan's head lightly with Kuai Zi, "Eat your food!"
"oh!"
Liu Qingquan tore a piece of chicken into his mouth, chewed it, and pouted, "It tastes much worse than what my brother-in-law cooks. We might as well camp in the wild and let my brother-in-law cook it himself!"
"Girl, you are insightful!" Rui Yi laughed, her eyes flashing, "But I don't know who taught me?"
Liu Qingquan curled her lips, but stopped talking. She ate the chicken drumsticks in disgust, and then chatted with Liu Qingyan about her schoolwork.
On the other side, Lu Zheng pushed the mutton buns and fried mutton towards Rui Yi, "Taoist Master, please."
"Thank you, Master." Rui Yi was not polite. She picked up the Kuaizi and ate it. While eating, she asked, "I wonder where Mr. Lu and his party are from, where they are going, and how they came to such a remote town as Jingshanji." Already?"
"Jingshan Collection?" Shen Ying asked curiously, "There are mountains around here. Where is Jingshan?"
"There's no Jingshan, it's just mountain scenery." The waiter from a store not far away interjected and explained, "Looking from all directions in our town, there are mountain views, but to put it bluntly, it doesn't sound nice, so it's called Jingshanji instead. .”
"I see." Lu Zheng nodded and couldn't help but ask Shen Ying, "Then we have a Tushan Collection over there. Why is it called this?"
Shen Ying shrugged, "Because the mountain to the north of Tushanji is called Tushan."
Rui Yi's eyes flashed and she glanced at Liu Qingquan again.
Lu Zheng was speechless, and then he remembered Rui Yi's question just now, and said instead, "Our hometown is quite far away from here, not on Huoshan Road."
Ruiyi nodded, "Indeed, Tushan is far away in the Northern Territory, so naturally it's not on Huoshan Road."
"Ah?" Lu Zheng looked confused.
The next moment, Rui Yi put her right hand on the hilt of the sword, "So, I dare to ask you, why are you here, and what does the ghost spirit here have to do with you?"
