Shen Qiao: "Can the other party report his name?"
Daotong: "No, go out and have a look!"
He grew up in a Taoist temple since he was a child, and he had never seen such a battle. Before Shen Qiao could answer, he shouted and ran to the temple master.
Shen Qiao walked to the door, and sure enough, he saw several carriages parked there, and several boxes were removed from the carriages.
The head of the man dressed as a servant, but it was an unusual servant. Judging from the clothes, at least it should be a servant who was listening to the messenger beside the master.
When the other party saw Shen Qiao coming out, he took a step forward, but did not approach: "Dare to ask if it is Shen Qiao?"
Shen Qiao: "Not bad."
The other party: "I am here under the order of the Pengcheng county magistrate to come and give gifts."
In fact, Shen Qiao already knew it in his heart, but he asked, "I don't know who the county magistrate of Pengcheng is."
The other party was displeased, and instead of answering, he replied, "Pengcheng county magistrate said that you are kind to him, and the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by the spring, so he ordered someone to bring gifts, and asked the son to laugh at him."
Before Shen Qiao could speak, he clapped his hands and said to the driver and attendant, "Open the box."
At this time, Bailongguan Guanzhu hurried out to greet Xiaodaotong, and before he could say hello to Shen Qiao, he was first attracted by the box that was being opened.
But they screamed right away!
The sound is not amazement, but incredible.
Just because the box is not filled with gold and silver treasures, silk and satin, but full of donkey meat sandwiches.
As soon as the box was opened, the aroma of hot donkey meat wafted into the nostrils, and the spectator and the two little Daoists couldn't help swallowing.
The other party showed disdain and said with a sneer: "Pengcheng county magistrate asked the villain to tell him that he received a few biscuits from you that day, and now he has doubled it back. I don't know if these boxes are enough. If it is not enough, the villain will send a few more boxes. !"
Shen Qiao didn't feel anger or panic, but smiled: "Enough, I'm worried that there is no fire in the Taoist temple, and I don't know how to solve the dinner. Thanks to your master for the timely rain, the food for the past two days is finally available."
The servant Xu did not expect that Shen Qiao would react in this way. After a slight stun, the contempt on his face became stronger. Obviously, he felt that Shen Qiao was too good to pass up, and his master used this method to repay his gratitude, which must be the reason why this person had offended him.
Thinking like this, he didn't take Shen Qiao seriously, nodded and said, "The little man will go back to his life."
He made a gesture, and immediately dumped the donkey patties from the box.
The Guanzhu and the Taoist boy were in a hurry: "What are you doing! All the pancakes are dirty!"
The attendant laughed: "The master said to send the cake, but he didn't say to send the box together!"
The donkey meat pie was dumped on the ground, the juice overflowed, and the aroma quickly attracted mosquitoes, buzzing around the pie. Angrily, he didn't dare to speak, and looked at the pancakes with pity on his face.
The smile on Shen Qiao's face finally disappeared, and her face sank slightly.
When Chen Gong was in the ruined temple, he couldn't even eat a sandwich. When he could eat a hot meal, he was elated and elated, but now he can do this kind of thing for his own anger. I don't know if it's because of power. Wealth and honor really attract people's eyes, but the environment can easily change a person's mind.
"stop."
The attendant Shi Shiran stopped and turned back: "What do you think, Young Master?"
Shen Qiao: "Eat these sandwiches before you leave."
The attendant laughed: "Young master is joking, this was originally given to the master by the master, how can we eat it, the master is slow to use it!"
He turned and didn't take a few steps before his smug smile turned into panic.
Because of the unbearable pain in his wrist.
And Shen Qiao, who was originally ten steps away from him, didn't know when he was close to him.
The attendant's face was full of pain: "Let go... let go!"
Shen Qiao said solemnly: "God bestows the five grains, which is the most precious thing. There are still many people outside the city who can't eat. Please eat these sandwiches before leaving."
The attendant was frightened, frightened and angry: "Why, do you know who we are! The county magistrate of Pengcheng is the most favored by His Majesty..."
Shen Qiao's face was light: "I don't know any Pengcheng county magistrate. If you don't want to eat it, don't even want to leave today."
It seems that some people do not believe in evil. Shen Qiao just finished speaking when a driver turned around and ran. Before taking three steps, the whole person suddenly fell forward and couldn't move.
Shen Qiao: "Do you want to eat?"
Attendant: "Shen Qiao, don't regret it, if you dare to humiliate me, the master will give it back a hundred times a thousand times!"
Shen Qiao: "Do you want to eat?"
Attendant: "You dare not... ah!!!"
He screamed in agony, and Se Li Neen instantly turned into pain. It turned out that Shen Qiao was holding his wrist. I don't know what method he used. It was obvious that the other party's wrist was not broken or injured, but he already showed an unbearable look on his face. My heart is cold.
Shen Qiao: "Do you want to eat?"
His tone was still calm, but his eyes turned from the attendant to everyone present.
Those who were swept by his gaze all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at him.
At this moment, where did the attendant dare to be arrogant, his tone changed greatly, and he trembled and said: "You teach the young master to know that the master only asked us to bring the biscuits, and did not let the villain pour out the biscuits, it is the villain. , it is the villain who makes his own decisions, please forgive me, sir, you have a lot, don't care about the villain!"
Shen Qiao said: "If you don't want me to care about it, just eat all the biscuits. Otherwise, if I ask your master to settle the account, your master will inevitably turn the fire on you when you come back. You can think about it yourself."
The attendant wanted to cry but had no tears, so he had to lie on the ground and pick up the biscuits to eat.
Those sandwiches were already half-cold on the ground, and the entrance was still mixed with sand and gravel, and since this attendant had followed Chen Gong, the food was better than the average wealthy family, where have I ever encountered such a kind of food that even the dogs in the house did not eat. When I took a bite of the food, tears were about to come down, but Shen Qiao was still staring at him, he could only swallow it in one gulp, his expression was like swallowing shit.
Seeing that the others in his peers were still staring at him, he couldn't help shouting, "Don't come and help me eat!"
Everyone was reluctant, because this servant was very useful in front of the master, so they had to squat down and pick up the sandwiches to eat.
Since he became the new favorite of the emperor, the county magistrate of Pengcheng has been in the limelight for a while, and even the masters of this Taoist temple have heard of it.
The little Daotong tugged at the corner of the Guanzhu's clothes and whispered: "Master, if that county magistrate comes back to settle accounts, will we be implicated?"
The spectator turned his head and lowered his voice: "Shut up, haven't you seen other people's martial arts?"
Shen Qiao heard it, but pretended not to hear it. Those people ate more than a dozen cakes, and they all cried and said that they really couldn't eat any more, and asked Shen Qiao to let them go.
However, there are at least dozens of cakes on the ground, Shen Qiao shook his head: "Even if you take it back, you must have thrown it away on the way back. You must finish it here, or you won't want to leave."
The attendant was trembling: "Master, the master is still waiting for the villain to return to his life!"
Shen Qiao: "If he can't wait for you, he will naturally send someone over. Then, won't someone help you eat?"
The attendant dared not say a word, and began to bury his head and eat hard.
From the evening until night fell, more than a dozen people devoured and devoured Haisai. At the end of the meal, their belly was round and their faces turned earthy, and Shen Qiao told them to stop.
If everyone was granted amnesty, they almost couldn't even straighten their waists, so they could only help each other and respectfully come over to plead guilty to Shen Qiao.
Shen Qiao said: "Go back and tell your masters, I'm just passing by here to rest, I won't stay for a long time, I will be leaving tomorrow, you don't have to think about embarrassing the master."
The attendant smiled and said, "Young Master Shen is joking, how dare we?"
In fact, if it wasn't for Shen Qiao's explanation, he would have had this plan.
Shen Qiao didn't say anything, just let them go.
Seeing those evil stars walking away, the spectator lord stepped forward and sighed: "Langjun, you have caused us a lot of trouble for Taoist temples. We used to live in seclusion and never cause trouble, but now disasters are coming from the sky, this is Who provoked whom?"
Shen Qiao said apologetically, "You don't have to worry, this matter has nothing to do with you. Tomorrow I will personally go to that person to clarify, and they will not come to you again."
The spectator is still a little unhappy: "It's better to be like this!"
Shen Qiao took out a few copper coins from his sleeve and handed them to him: "I've caused trouble for a few of you. I don't have much money on me. A little thought is considered sesame oil money. I wonder if it's enough?"
The look on the master's face was a little brighter now, he looked at the two little apprentices who were also looking at him, coughed lightly, rolled up his sleeves, and rolled the copper coins into his hands: "Just do it, the night is cold and heavy. , please go inside and rest."
Shen Qiao smiled and went in with them.
The two little Daotong originally thought that there were donkey meat sandwiches to eat, but who knew that after a lot of tossing, the cake was not eaten. Instead, they watched a good show. The spectator was thinking about offending people, but the little Daotong was very excited. Especially the Taoist boy who was lazily entertaining Shen Qiao, his attitude also changed at this time, and his eyes were almost shining.
"Shen Langjun, do you know what the other party's background is? That is the Pengcheng county magistrate, the emperor's new favorite minister. I heard that the emperor is willing to do it for him..."
The unfinished words disappeared in the pain of the spectator's slap on the back of his head.
"You can say anything at such a young age!" The Guanzhu scolded.
Daotong held his head in grievance and was very unconvinced: "That's not what you told us!"
The watcher rolled his eyes at him: "Why don't you cook soon, your master, I'm going to starve to death!"
Daotong: "Didn't you say you won't eat at noon?"
Guanzhu: "I usually live quietly with the door closed. Of course, two meals are enough. Today, I was dragged into the water, and I was so hungry. If you don't eat it yourself, don't you think about Master!"
Daotong muttered: "I've heard of people who are full of anger, but I haven't heard of people who are angry and hungry."
Guanzhu was about to fight, and he quickly flashed: "I'm going to cook!"
"Unworthy!" The Guanzhu was not angry, and touched the head of another Taoist boy: "The first day of the first year is a fool all day long, but the fifteenth you are the best."
Fifteen smiled shyly, looked up and asked Shen Qiao: "Shen Langjun, I don't think there are many ingredients, so I can only make some casually. Please bear with me. Do you want to eat noodles or rice?"
The spectator turned pale in shock: "You unlucky child, your tail is up as soon as you praise you! That flour is going to be saved for the New Year's Eve!"
As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he knew that he had slipped the tongue, so he quickly looked back at Shen Qiao and shut up embarrassingly.
Fifteen smiled and said: "Shen Langjun is a guest, and Master often teaches us to be polite. I'm going to help Senior Brother!"
After saying that, without waiting for the spectator to answer, he also ran away.
"Unfortunate child!" The watcher couldn't help but muttered, thinking that today is really bad luck, not only can't eat donkey meat pie, even the last bit of flour will be swept away.
Shen Qiao seemed to know what he was thinking, and took out a few copper coins from his sleeves, and handed them over with a smile: "I'm so sorry for letting you spend money!"
"Hey, that's not what I meant!" After all, the spectator did not accept it shamelessly, but pushed it back. He was close to Shen Qiao, and only then did he realize that his eyes were a little weird, "Your eyes...?"
Shen Qiao: "I have some old illnesses. It will be better during the day, but I can't see clearly at night."
The spectator sighed: "It's a pity!"
He didn't even bother about his eyes: "By the way, why did Langjun offend the Pengcheng county magistrate?"
Shen Qiao introduced himself and Chen Gong to Hanwei and briefly talked about the journey together. After hearing that Chen Gong brought Mutipo back to find Shen Qiao, she wanted to bring trouble to the east and recommended Shen Qiao to Mutipo. Restrained and scolded: "Benevolence will be revenge, shameless!"
Thinking about the scene he just discovered, he sighed: "Shen Langjun is looking for someone, and he has to be prepared. The attendant looks like a villain, maybe he will add jealousy in front of Chen Gong and let Chen Gong go. I'm more dissatisfied with you."
Shen Qiao: "Thank you Guanzhu for reminding me, there is one more thing I want to ask Guanzhu. I don't know if Guanzhu has met a group of people in recent days. Among them, two old men and the rest are mostly young men and women with outstanding appearance. They may be wearing Taoist robes. , maybe not, but there should be a sword."
Although he had asked Xiao Daotong before, he was still a little reluctant and wanted to confirm it again.
The spectator thought for a while, then shook his head: "No, Yecheng is not very popular for Taoism, there are many monks and temples, and Taoist priests, apart from our White Dragon Temple, there are not a few Taoist temples left. They want to If you spend the night at the Taoist temple, you will also come to the White Dragon Temple. If you are not in the White Dragon Temple, you will definitely not go to other Taoist temples. Maybe you will change into your regular clothes and go to the inn to stay overnight. But Shen Langjun, you want to It’s not the same way to find someone. If the other party deliberately hides their whereabouts and doesn’t enter the city again, they will easily miss you. Besides, can you be sure that they really went north during this time?”
Shen Qiao smiled bitterly: "That's right, I'm just holding on to a glimmer of hope."
During the conversation, a small Daotong shout came from the kitchen room: "Master, Shen Langjun, it's time for dinner!"
The Guanzhu subconsciously took a few steps and suddenly remembered that there was another Shen Qiao next to him, he quickly stopped, and smiled awkwardly: "Let's go, let's go to eat!"
Dinner couldn't be simpler. Ready-made flour and water were used to make noodles. There was no oil star, let alone sliced meat. Dried white jade noodles were sprinkled with some chopped wild vegetables, and then mixed with Guanli's homemade radish sauce. , it is enough to make the eyes of the spectator and the two little Taoists glow.
Guanzhu swallowed his saliva and said to his little apprentice: "First fill up the guests."
"Yes, Master." The little apprentice was also sincere, and directly filled Shen Qiao with a bowl of noodles, with sauced radishes and wild vegetables, piled up sharply. : "Okay, okay, no more guests can't finish it!"
Shen Qiao echoed with a smile: "Yes, just a little less, not too much!"
Just as you were pushing me, there was another knock on the door of the temple outside. In the silent night, it was so clear and abrupt that it made one's heart skip a beat.
The two little Daoists looked at each other: "How come there are still guests so late?"
"Could it be that the group of people just came back to find trouble?"
"Master, shall we pretend not to hear?"
The spectator was also a little uneasy: "Want to wait, maybe he won't knock after a while?"
The eldest apprentice was suspicious: "That's not right, Master, if they come back to find fault, I'm afraid that if they don't directly kick the door and come in, they'll have to knock the door upside down, why do they keep knocking like this? ?"
The watcher scolded: "Stop talking nonsense, let you learn something better, if you have to go under the overpass and listen to people talking about those absurd monsters and ghosts, I would like to see, who does not let people quiet in the middle of the night Woolen cloth!"
Shen Qiao said: "I'll go, you guys eat first, don't worry."
The spectator also followed: "Hey, your eyes are inconvenient..."
Shen Qiao held his shoulders: "It doesn't matter, I'm used to it, I can tell the difference, you lend me a lamp."
The little apprentice immediately brought a lantern, and the watcher sat down, thinking that the noodles were getting cold, and said politely: "Then be careful, if you can't, call for help!"
Shen Qiao: "Okay, you guys eat first."
He took the lantern and walked out. The White Dragon Temple was very large, and he could vaguely feel the scale of the past, but it was old and dilapidated. Now, there are only three people left to guard the Taoist Temple. At night, in the empty space Walking between Taoist temples will inevitably make people feel embarrassed.
Shen Qiao also thought that Chen Gong had sent someone to look for trouble again. Who knows, it was dark outside, there was no noise and noise, only one person stood there with his hands behind his back, and his body and behavior were very familiar.
He didn't have to hold the lantern high to be able to guess the identity of the person. He was surprised, and he couldn't help but bring it out: "Sect Master Yan?"
Yan Wushi: "Why, don't you want to see me?"
Under the moonlit night, Shen Qiao, who was holding a lantern, showed a sincere welcome smile: "Of course not, please come in, have you eaten yet?"
Yan Wushi didn't want to answer such an ordinary and boring question, but somehow, his words became: "Not yet."
Shen Qiao smiled and said: "That's right, come in quickly, Guanzhu and they are cooking noodles!"
In the past, he was able to see the general view during the day, but at night, his eyes became worse, and he couldn't see clearly with the lantern on. In addition, he was not familiar with the road of the Taoist temple. When he brought people in, he accidentally stumbled under his feet. Suddenly, the whole person almost fell forward.
A martial arts master who was able to kill Huo Xijing and repel Duan Wenyang, but was tripped by the stone steps, and he was afraid that he would make people laugh out loud.
Fortunately, a hand suddenly stretched out and just wrapped around his waist to hold him.
"Your footsteps are a little rushed, not like your usual." Yan Wushi said.
Shen Qiao pursed his lips and smiled, but said nothing, "the noodles are going to be cold. Since you haven't eaten yet, go faster."
Unexpectedly, he took Yan Wushi back to the kitchen, but the master just sucked the last noodle into his mouth, felt his round belly and regretted: "Shen Langjun, you are late, the noodles are gone. "
Shen Qiao introduced them: "This is my friend, surnamed Yan."
The little apprentice stood up: "Shen Langjun, I have reserved a bowl for you, you can share it with Yan Langjun."
The watcher rolled his eyes at him: "It's just you!"
Seeing Yan Wushi standing behind Shen Qiao, the spectator's original words, "Why did another one come, but only one bowl is left" swallowed it again, and he almost couldn't maintain the spectator's mind in front of Yan Wushi. Majesty, even began to fidgeting, had to get up and leave a sentence "then you eat slowly", and quickly walked away.
The little apprentice brought the noodles that Shen Qiao had never eaten before, and looked at Yan Wushi in embarrassment: "There is only one bowl."
The noodles are already a little mushy. This kind of food is begging Yan Wushi to eat, but Yan Wushi may not be willing to eat it.
But to the audience of Bailong, it was a ration that had been kept for several months. They even planned to eat it during the New Year, but it was taken out in advance due to the arrival of Shen Qiao.
Shen Qiao thanked the little Daotong boy and said to Yan Wushi, "I'll give you some?"
Yan Wushi: "No."
Shen Qiao smiled and said, "Although the noodles are a little cold, their pickled radish is very good, you might as well try it."
Knowing that the other party always loves cleanliness, he washed the chopsticks first, then took out the sauced radishes in the bowl and the wild vegetables that were not stained with noodles one by one, and put them in the bowl in front of Yan Wushi. The bowl of mushy and dry noodles was drizzled with sauce and started to eat.
Yan Wushi frowned and looked at the half bowl of wild vegetables and pickled radishes in front of him. After a long time, he picked up his chopsticks and reluctantly took a bite.
The taste in the mouth is actually not as bad as imagined.
"Sect Master Yan's affairs are finished?" Shen Qiao asked.
"Not yet." Yan Wushi only said one sentence, whether people have seen it or not, and why there is no way to do it, he didn't say much, and Shen Qiao didn't ask any further.
Who knew that Yan Wushi's words changed: "Are you very happy when you saw me coming?"
Shen Qiao was slightly startled, nodded and smiled: "Yes, I thought you and I parted ways, maybe it will take a long time to meet again, but I didn't expect to see each other so soon, isn't it a joy?"
"I just listened to you and told them that I was your friend?" Yan Wushi rubbed the edge of the soup bowl with a playful look on his face.
The workmanship of this kind of soup bowl is very rough, because it has been used for a long time, leaving a thick layer of dirt on it, which cannot be washed off no matter how much you wash it.
Shen Qiao: "Yes, it's always more convenient to say friends when you go out, and I'm not afraid of them asking more."
Yan Wushi looked at him: "What about you, in your heart, you also regard this seat as a friend?"
Shen Qiao: "Students are friends, comrades are friends. Although Sect Master Yan and I are neither the same teacher nor comrade, but you saved my life, we have a deep relationship with each other, and we have been on the same road for a long time, how can we be called Just a friend."
Yan Wushi: "Aren't you afraid that others will say that you are attached to the devil and you are willing to fall?"
Shen Qiao smiled: "It's enough for me to understand what I'm doing, why should I care about other people's thoughts? After going down the mountain, what I've seen and heard has made me feel a lot, and it made me understand that in the past, I stuck to the mountain to cultivate Taoism. It's just a small way. Like Sect Master Yan, who assists Zhou Zhu, if he can really unify the world, the universe will be clarified, and the people will no longer need to be displaced and change their children to eat. As long as they have hands and feet, they can rely on labor and get paid. This is the real Dao. stop."
Yan Wushi said: "You don't have to put a high hat on this seat, Yu Wenyong and I are just taking what we need, and what I do is only because I want to do it, never for the sake of others. ."
Shen Qiao: "Even if you have malicious intentions, if you can achieve good results, you can be considered Tao, right?"
Yan Wushi fixedly looked at him for a moment, then said for a long time, "So, we are friends?"
Shen Qiao nodded with a smile: "Sect Master Ruoyan doesn't dislike my words."
That strange look flashed across his face, and before Shen Qiao could see clearly, Yan Wushi resumed his casual and lazy manner: "This Taoist temple is really simple, how can there be a place to stay?"
Shen Qiao smiled and said, "Then I can only temporarily grieve you in the same room as me."