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Chapter 107: Chapter [-]
With the loud sound of the ship's horn, several large ships slowly moved in the Jinghe Canal.In the north of Xuandu City, Jinshuimen rises upwards, and a black-clad boat, leading the fleet of Qingque Palace in the distance, floats out of Xuandu City.

The Jinghe Canal is connected to the Hulong River that surrounds the city. After crossing the Hulong River to the north, it is a waterway of more than ten miles, and the houses on both sides of the river are crowded.There are twelve large arch bridges on the waterway, and there are checkpoints under the bridge arches. Fortunately, the green sparrow talisman works, and the awning boat passes all the way and sails into the Hushui.

As soon as it entered the water, the awning boat turned to the east, heading towards Fuyu Mountain.

Young people paddle at the bow, and the boat travels against the current, but the speed is not slow.In the cabin, Li Chan rested with her arms on her pillow and her back against the bulkhead.

The reunion of an old friend was supposed to be a joy, but this old friend caused a whole lot of trouble.The young man didn't know whether to be happy or to sigh, he said helplessly: "When you came down the mountain, I gave you a sword talisman. I thought we would see you again in a few years. It's only been half a year, and it's much faster than expected."

Li Chan breathed out, slowly regained her strength, and opened her eyes to look at the young man.

Probably for the convenience of traveling, the youth did not wear Taoist uniforms.However, he wore a black sandalwood gourd crown on his head, and the gourd crown was fixed by Ziwu hairpins.The Taoism in the eastern part of Dayong Kingdom respects Mount Xiyi, so the Taoist priests in the east of Dayong mostly follow the regulations of Mount Xiyi, inserting hairpins from left to right into Maoyou hairpins, in line with the life and death of Mount Xiyi. way.And the Taoist priests in the west of Dayong, respecting the Qingque Palace, most of them inserted the hairpins from the back to the front to form Ziwu hairpins, which corresponded to the way of pure yang in the Qingque Palace.

When Li Chan first went to Fuyu Mountain, he was the bell servant who guarded the gate just like the young people.After the two-year period of guarding the gate expires, the young man is selected to practice as a teacher, and becomes a lotus sweeper. However, Li Chan fails the Qingque Palace examination, trespasses on the forbidden area, learns the true method secretly, and is expelled from the mountain gate.When Li Chan went down the mountain, the young man hadn't formally learned from his teacher to pass on his teachings. Now that he has inserted the Ziwu hairpin, he has already planted the Tao.

Now that you have planted the Tao, you have a Taoist name, Li Chan said: "Half a year has passed, you have also planted the Tao, what is your name now?"

The young man replied: "Ling Su."

"Lingsu." Li Chan nodded, "Xiao Lingsu, good name."

"It's time for you to practice Taoism, but it's a pity that the prison said that you have entered your body..." Xiao Lingsu hesitated at this point, "Is it better now?"

Li Chan smiled, "'Demon turbidity enters the body', it's even more serious."

Seeing that this guy could still laugh, Xiao Lingsu couldn't help being speechless. He turned his head to look east, saw the top of Fuyu Mountain, and changed the topic: "The day before yesterday, the bird sent a sword talisman, and I owe another piece of jade. Tell me, we all I have been bell servants for two years, sweeping the mountain gate together, and feeding the bird together. Why are those two guys only being close to you?"

Li Chan said: "Probably I have a good-looking face."

Xiao Lingsu said: "Fart."

Li Chan smiled and said, "Then what reason did you say?"

Xiao Lingsu pondered for a while, "After you went down the mountain, I discovered another thing. At that time, I took advantage of my position to help you break into the Daqinglian, so that you could memorize the method. Ordinarily, the punishment should be heavier, but The Prison Court only punished me for facing the wall for a month. After I finished facing the wall, they made me go back to be a lotus sweeper."

Li Chan was thoughtful, "It is a light punishment. It is reasonable to face the wall for half a year, and then to be punished for sweeping."

Sweeping means cleaning the latrines. Xiao Lingsu felt uncomfortable when he thought of this job, but he still said: "That's right. At first I thought it was the prison's mercy that gave me such a light punishment, but later I figured it out. Da Qinglian There are so many magical methods engraved on it, and they are coveted by so many people in the world. As a lotus sweeper, I usually clean, light oil lamps, and occasionally patrol the rotation of the lotus petal mechanism. I can't afford it."

"That makes sense." Li Chan nodded, "You want to say Mr. Shi?"

There are "Three Monarchs" in Qingque Palace, which is called "Three Monarchs of Floating Jade, Two Sparrows and One Stone" by the people of Qingque Palace.It refers to the two green sparrows at the gate of the mountain, and the stone king under the big green lotus.That Shi Jun is said to be made of a stubborn stone, and has lived alone on the top of Fuyu Mountain for thousands of years. Compared with the two sparrows that used to fly around at that time, Shi Jun is much more mysterious.Only when the disciples of Qingque Palace went to the top of the mountain could they occasionally see Mr. Shi.

Xiao Lingsu said: "That's right, it's Mr. Shi. Every year at the beginning of autumn, on the fifth day of fasting, the supervisor will lead the disciples from Qingque palace to go to the big green lotus to fast. Three days before the beginning of autumn last year, I was at the top of the mountain. Sweeping lotus, when I saw the Prisoner personally come to visit Daqinglian, I informed Mr. Shi about fasting. You think, even the prisoner and other people want to take people to Daqinglian, they have to inform Shi Jun in advance Jun. At that time, you were a mere mortal, and you entered the big green lotus in the middle of the night. How could you hide it from Mr. Shi? I think that the night you secretly learned supernatural powers, it was probably Jun Shi who turned a blind eye to you. I acquiesced. As for why I was punished so lightly, it must be the same reason. Since Mr. Shi acquiesced, there is no reason for the prison to punish me heavily, don’t you think?”

Li Chan raised her eyebrows, "I haven't noticed before that you are so thoughtful. Is it possible that once a mortal cultivates the Tao, his brain can also be enlightened?"

"Just because of this, I've been thinking about it for several months." Xiao Lingsu said in a low voice, "Sanjun Fuyu treats you differently than he treats other people."

Li Chan said: "I came from outside the pass, so naturally I have more contact with non-human beings."

Xiao Lingsu was not very satisfied with this answer, but he couldn't think of any other explanation, so he turned back and continued rowing.

The awning boat gradually circled to the east of Xuandu City, and after half an hour passed, you could see the stone pier by the Hushui River in the distance. There was a Dragon King Temple near the pier, guarded by government soldiers and spirit officials.Near the wharf, there is a bluestone avenue named Yunfu, which extends six miles to the east and leads to the Town God's Temple at the foot of Fuyu Mountain.On the side of the Town God's Temple, the Qingque Palace can be seen faintly.

Xiao Lingsu looked back at Xuandu City, the east wall of Xuandu had become a black line, he said: "Recently, there is an order from Qingque Palace that people from Qingque Palace are not allowed to interfere in the disputes in Xuandu."

Only then did Li Chan know that the current situation in Xuandu is chaotic, and it turned out that Qingque Palace did not participate in it, but just watched the fire from the other side, wisely protecting itself.

Xiao Lingsu looked back and asked earnestly, "Why did you kill people from Xiyi Mountain?"

Leaning against the bulkhead, Li Chan thought of Nie Er in the corpse forest, Gu Jiuniang with the bird's beak piercing her neck, and Nie Kongkong practicing sword in the night rain. He said: "There is no complicated reason. If something happens to you, I will avenge you too."

"I'm relieved." Xiao Lingsu smiled, saw the pier getting closer, suddenly his eyes were fixed, and he said in a low voice: "When I left, there were not so many people here."

Li Chan got out of the cabin and saw that there were more than a dozen boats gathered beside the stone pier, and there were also many people sitting in the tea sheds and warehouses beside the pier.

"The officials from the Western Capital Mansion can't come so fast." Li Chan held the frosty white sword, "Since there is a ban on the Qingque Palace, you don't want to interfere. After you get off the boat, you should leave first. If it is really aimed at me, I will take care of it myself." .”

Xiao Lingsu frowned and looked at Qingque Palace.If he just sent Li Chan out of Xuandu, Wang Liyang, the supervisor, would punish him to face the wall at most.However, if he was involved in the disputes in Xuandu as a member of Qingque Palace, and with the uncompromising temperament of the supervisor, he might be at the risk of being expelled from the sect.He hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Be careful yourself."

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