And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 23 Lujiang City

Day two.

Then came the day when Chen Yuan and Qin Jiangyue agreed to visit the Qin Mansion.

Originally, Qin Jiangyue later sent someone to tell Chen Yuan that the Qin Mansion would send someone and a carriage to pick Chen Yuan to the Qin Mansion when the time came, but Chen Yuan refused.

Because apart from going to the City God's Banquet before, I went to Lujiang City once in a hurry.

Although he has been in Lujiang City for a while, he hasn't entered Lujiang City much.

When the city god invited him to the city god's banquet last time, the time he was invited by the four gods in a sedan chair was not counted.

After coming to Lujiang City for such a long time, I have to go to see Lujiang City in person, so that the trip is not in vain.

Early this morning, the sky was slightly bright.

Chen Yuan had already put on the brand new Taoist robe that Chang Kongzi gave him.

Wrap the rusty sword that originally belonged to Chang Kongzi and was given to him by Chang Kongzi, together with the Tianqing Mantra attached to the sword, with a black cloth and carry it on his back.

"Fellow Daoist, you are just here to visit, so you don't need to bring your sword with you?"

Chang Kongzi was seeing Chen Yuan off in front of Luxian Temple, seeing Chen Yuan's attire, he was puzzled.

"Old Taoist priest, you don't know something."

Chen Yuan shook his head.

"The sword scriptures passed down to me by my master can be used to raise the sword with divine symbols, but it is best to carry the sword with you day and night to cultivate a tacit understanding with the sword. The power of the sword."

Chen Yuan explained.

"So that's the case. Fellow Daoist is going to Lujiang City this time to pay a visit to the prefect of Luzhou Prefecture. I hope you will have a smooth journey and return early."

Chang Kongzi said.

"Borrow auspicious words from friends."

Chen Yuan was about to leave.

Chang Kongzi seemed to have thought of something again, and suddenly called Chen Yuan to a stop and said:
"By the way, fellow daoist, the owner of the stewed cake shop has been coming to the door every day with two bowls of stewed cakes in the past two mornings. He said he wanted to see you and thanked you for your kindness. The old man saw that you were busy practicing swords. Said that no matter how busy you are, it is inconvenient to meet guests, and sent him away."

"What did Fellow Daoist do that day to make the bakery owner thank you so much?"

Chen Yuan thought for a while, Chang Kongzi was one of his own, and there was nothing to hide from him, so he said truthfully:
"I didn't do anything, I just turned the old Taoist priest, the two eldest sons you gave him that day, into gold."

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and set foot on the road to Lujiang City.

"Turn the two eldest sons given by me, the old man, into gold?"

Chang Kongzi was taken aback.

Then he came to his senses and said excitedly, "The Touch of Stone?"

As a Taoist priest, of course he has heard of this legendary immortal spell.

It's just that he didn't expect that Chen Yuan, who was with him day and night, would know this spell.

"Fellow……"

Chang Kongzi was about to beg Chen Yuan to change some gold for him, but when he looked up, he found that Chen Yuan had disappeared.

Helpless, can only give up this unrealistic idea.

When Chen Yuan came back, he was going to find a way to beg him.

……

On the branches and leaves of the trees beside the road, a thin layer of snow-white frost had condensed last night.

Facing the chill of the morning, Chen Yuan carried a sword on his back and wore a dark blue Taoist robe, walking quickly on the official road.

Compared with sitting in the sedan chair carried by the Four Gods when he went to the City God's Banquet last time, he can feel the situation of this official road more intuitively at this time.

I saw that although the sky had just brightened at this time, the Golden Crow just raised its head, and the sun fell on its body, bringing a bit of warmth to people and dispelling the chill.

There were a lot of pedestrians on the road, and they all hurried on their way while the weather was good.

They used cattle and horses to carry large quantities of goods, in groups, mostly caravans, or solo merchants traveling together.

The caravan with a lot of cargo also invited a strong-bodied warrior with a weapon and a murderous look in his eyes to protect him.

Almost all of these people came out of Luzhou Prefecture and rushed to Chuzhou Prefecture.

When Chen Yuan was chatting recently, he learned from Chang Kongzi that the road leading to Luxian Temple is one of the most pedestrian roads in Luzhou Prefecture.

Follow this road, pass Luxian Temple, and go southward, and you will find Nanshi Mountain.

After bypassing Nanshi Mountain and walking another five hundred miles, they entered the boundary of Chuzhou Prefecture.

In addition, besides the land route, the Lujiang River in the north of Luzhou Prefecture is also the route most used by merchants.

However, although traveling by water is fast, it requires a boat and costs a lot of money.

Therefore, there are not a few businessmen who choose to travel by land.

Ten miles, whether it is long or not, is not short.

For Chen Yuan's footsteps, it took almost a stick of incense time to arrive at the gate of Lujiang City.

I saw the entire city wall of Lujiang City, about two feet high, with Qiaolou at the city gate.

At this time, the gate of the city has been opened, and the people are entering and leaving the gate in an orderly manner.

There are more than a dozen soldiers wearing armor and holding spears, standing around the city gate, maintaining order.

Chen Yuan followed the flow of people and entered the city.

Although it was early in the morning and the temperature was still a little low, in Lujiang City, the two-story shops along the street were basically open for business, and the street was already full of people coming and going.

The degree of excitement is extraordinary, and it has to be said that it is worthy of being the seat of the Luzhou government.

It was still early, and it was still Chen's time. Chen Yuan was not in a hurry to go to the Qin Mansion, so he wandered around in Lujiang City.

"Buns, buns, delicious meat buns, two coppers each."

"Hubing, fragrant Hubing, not fragrant and free of money!"

"Douhua, fresh douhua just out of the pot, a bowl of three coppers."

……

When they came to an alley, a sentence of yelling with a strong breath of life reached Chen Yuan's ears.

Not only did Chen Yuan not find it noisy, but he found it very pleasant.

Thinking that he hadn't had breakfast yet, he walked in.

On the side of the alley, I found a vacant seat at a small bean curd vendor.

"Shopkeeper, here is a bowl of salted bean curd."

Chen Yuan shouted.

The taste of Luzhou Prefecture is salty, and generally only salty bean curd is sold at bean curd stalls.

In addition, he himself likes to eat salted bean curd, so he ordered a bowl of salted bean curd.

"Okay, Taoist leader, wait a moment."

The bean curd seller was a woman in her 30s, neither beautiful nor charming, with dark complexion and rough skin, with an apron tied around her waist.

After hearing Chen Yuan's voice, the woman looked aside and saw a handsome young Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe and carrying a long sword wrapped in black cloth on her back. She grinned.

Then it was convenient for him to start busy on the container that he placed on the side of the street and could carry it with a pole at any time.

Not long after, a bowl of noodles sprinkled with chopped green onion, soy sauce, mature vinegar and other condiments, and the fragrant bean curd was served by the woman.

"The path is long and slow to use."

After putting down the bean curd, the woman continued to work.

Chen Yuan picked up the chopsticks in the bamboo tube on the table, looked around while eating, and found that the woman's bean curd business was very good.

Although there are several bean curd stalls around, but at her stall, customers usually make up for it as soon as someone gets up after eating.

There are a total of four square tables and sixteen vacancies, and almost none of them are vacant.

There is no other reason why Chen Yuan chose this bean curd stand, but because this woman, although she looks ordinary, always has a smile on her face when she speaks.

Compared with other stalls, it gives people a feeling of spring breeze and very comfortable.

"Zizi!"

After eating two mouthfuls, Chen Yuan couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and the action of chopping the bean curd couldn't help speeding up a bit.

Facts have proved that the reason why this woman's business is booming is because of her excellent craftsmanship.

After wolfing down a bowl of bean curd, Chen Yuan felt that his internal organs were satisfied, so he slowly got up.

He took out three copper coins and gave them to the busy woman.

"Walk slowly on the trail, eat well and come back next time."

After the woman accepted the money, she greeted Chen Yuan with a smile.

Chen Yuan nodded and walked out of the alley, wandering the streets of Lujiang City to digest food.

After walking about 200 meters, he saw people gathered on the street ahead,

Chen Yuan thought about the unique skill of "knocking on frogs to listen to music" that he encountered in the market next to Luxian Temple.

Immediately, he became interested and squeezed into the crowd.

"Master Daoist, I have been looking for you so hard, I beg Master Daoist to save me."

When they were about to squeeze to the front, a familiar voice sounded behind Chen Yuan, weeping with joy.

Chen Yuan turned around when he heard the words, and found that the speaker was Xu San, a folk craftsman who had the unique skill of "knocking frogs to listen to music", whom he met in the market next to Luxian Temple.

　ps: Two updates are restored today, asking for collection, reading, and investment. I wrote it wrong before. Qin Jiangyue invited the protagonist to a banquet for three days, not ten days. I just saw it, and it has been revised.

　　
　
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