As soon as the Waking of Insects has passed, Dou Zhi Ding will appear; when the Spring Equinox is approaching, Dou Zhi Ren will appear.

The courtyard is quiet, with a gentle breeze and moonlight. The female ghost in red dress, who is called Miss Xue by the Taoist priests, puts on an elegant white dress tonight and comes here to enjoy the flowers.

After all, female ghosts are also women, and there are so many lingerie and skirts in the house that they can fill several large boxes.

But she is just enjoying herself, and has nothing to do with the kind of woman who pleases herself.

After all, the middle-aged Taoist priest was really not good enough in terms of appearance, and he was also a mediocre man who couldn't stand money and couldn't bear to be vulgar.

The walls are covered with flowers, and there is a swing in the courtyard.

She sat on the wooden board, holding the rope with both hands, touching the ground with her toes and then dangling in the air, and the swing began to sway gently.

In fact, before the Taoist priests moved in, the house had long been abandoned, overgrown with weeds and riddled with snakes and rats.

Nowadays, everything is in order, and the courtyard is full of flowers, vying for beauty.

The middle-aged Taoist priest who was the greatest contributor was squatting at the top of the steps, holding a white bowl filled with some herbal juice in one hand, and a wooden-handled brush in the other hand, wiping his teeth there, occasionally raising his head and making a growl in his throat.

Then spit out the water and "wash" your teeth again.

She asked: "It's just soup made from dandelions. It's used to clean teeth. Is it really as mysterious as you say? Can it help people stabilize their teeth and strengthen their muscles and bones?"

Dandelions are like weeds, also known as yellow flowers. They grow randomly in the gaps between stone bricks. It seems that they are not rare in the flower and grass atlases and picture albums under the sky.

"Why did I lie to you? Will I make any money?"

The Taoist priest had just raised his head and took a sip of water. Now he nodded vigorously and said vaguely: "If we refine a kind of Xianjia Shao Shao Pill from the mountain according to the prescription, the ancient and thin old man with white beard and hair can take it, and his hair will turn black again."

, tooth loss can be regenerated, and young and strong men have taken it, and the effect is even more amazing. Even though Zhang Hou is a teenager, he often stays up late to study. After taking this pill, his eyes and ears will be clear, and his muscles and bones will be strong. It is no problem at all.

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Xue Ruyi laughed and said: "What a coincidence, the Taoist priest happens to have such a bottle of secret elixir on hand, right? The price is not cheap, but acquaintances can get a 50% discount?"

"No, there is no such coincidence in the world."

The Taoist tilted his head and spit out a sip of water. He placed the wooden brush diagonally in the white bowl and placed it at his feet. He shook his head and said, "Miss Xue, do you still remember the porridge and vegetables from the past few days? They said they were fresh and delicious. I asked Pindao if they were

What kind of vegetables are these, but Pindao was too careful at the time and deliberately didn't reveal that they were actually the early spring leaves of dandelions. They just need to be cooked in a pot, and then mixed with Pindao's secret hot sauce and sesame oil.

Just come and eat white rice porridge, the delicacies from the mountains and the sea are incomparable."

Xue Ruyi nodded. This Taoist master was very good at giving gifts to the Five Zang Temple, and he didn't spend much money.

The Taoist priest asked tentatively: "If Miss Xue is sincere, I can refine a batch of elixirs according to that prescription. Zhang Hou wants to pass the college examination. He has been studying too hard recently. He needs to make up for it. It will take some time."

, Dandelion is old, and the effect of the elixir will not be as good."

Xue Ruyi rolled her eyes, and after all the roundabout ways, you still want to swindle money out of my pocket?

Without anyone else to push it, the swing swayed on its own, rising and falling, and she looked at the high and low flowers and plants.

I vaguely remembered the red wall and yellow wintersweet many years ago, which was so beautiful.

According to this Taoist priest, if a person is lucky enough to be born in a prosperous age, he will forget all his worries. If he is proficient in the art of planting flowers and plants, it will be like spring all the year round, and people will not know that old age is coming.

Therefore, a courtyard is well-kept, with ground plantings or potted plants, luxuriant flowers and plants, and fragrant fragrance. Different flower species bloom in sequence, some are strong but not demonic, some are light but not cold.

In the courtyard of the house, there are as many as seven or eight kinds of flowers that are offered as offerings by Taoist priests to welcome the spring. In addition to pine, bamboo, and plum blossoms, there are also several pots of flowers that the Taoist priests say are the "masters" of welcoming the spring.

A few words were said beautifully, but in fact they were just taken out and sold by Taoist priests for money.

For example, there is a pot of old-growth flowers that a scholar brought from nowhere. The branches are as thick as a woman's arm, some of them have peeled off and the bones are exposed, and the old roots protrude like dragon claws. They are planted in a red sand pot with an ancient and clumsy slanting shape.

Even if he is just a layman, Xue Ruyi knows this bonsai and doesn't have to worry about paying a high price for it.

Those peonies, which the Taoist priests call "spring flowers in the palace", are planted in sunny places. When the weather is cold and freezing, the Taoist priests even cover them with straw. After spring this year, the Taoist priests will water them every day.

Before, he had specially poured manure water and fertilized once, which made Xue Ruyi frown.

Xue Ruyi glanced at the flower pots neatly placed in the corner. The branches were slender, slightly creepy, and the flowers were yellow.

Many bonsais come and go in the courtyard, and they have probably been replaced with pieces of silver. But this flower has not been touched since it appeared. It may be that the Taoist priest particularly likes it, and of course it is more likely that it cannot be sold at a good price.

, just don’t sell it at all.

She pointed and asked, "Which pots of 'golden belts' do you love the most?"

This flower has a more popular name, winter jasmine.

The Taoist priest raised his head and looked at the corner of the wall, nodded and said: "A poor Taoist is like a famous general to flowers and trees. The more the better, and we will not reject anyone who comes. This flower is the first to usher in the spring, and it can bloom before the plum blossoms. Moreover, it blooms in large numbers and has a long flowering period."

, so Pindao likes this flower the most, no one else."

She asked absently: "Wu Di, what is your real name?"

The middle-aged Taoist priest smiled and said: "Chen Jianxian. What you see is a sage."

She was stunned. Are you so honest?

The Taoist priest sincerely suggested: "Miss Xue can call me by my full name from now on."

After reciting the name silently twice, Chen Jianxian, Chen Jianxian? Finally coming back to his senses, Xue Ruyi sighed, "If a dog can't spit out ivory from its mouth, it won't be able to tell the truth!"

Wu Di, Wu Di. Chen Jianxian, Chen Jianxian?

The middle-aged Taoist priest smiled and said: "Okay, why are you scolding me? Pindao is already old now, and he is good at cultivating his mind and character. When he was young and vigorous, I would have to argue with you, especially

It’s the youthful years when you hate evil as much as you hate it, haha.”

It's a veritable liar.

Xue Ruyi was too lazy to answer this question and asked: "I never asked, what are you doing here in the capital?"

"Reminiscing about the past."

"Reminiscing about the past? Who are you looking for? Family members, distant relatives? Or friends you met in the world? You can't make a living outside, so you plan to find friends in the street to make a living and work together to deceive people?"

The Taoist priest who called himself Chen Jianxian shook his head and said with a smile: "None of them."

Xue Ruyi suddenly became interested and joked: "You can't be here seeking revenge, right?"

She turned to look at the Taoist priest. Maybe she thought her statement was too interesting. She couldn't help laughing and laughed to herself, "Just you? Those unskilled ghost-drawing talismans can't even scare me. Do you really want to follow others?"

How many young men can you beat in a fight?"

The Taoist priest smiled and said: "Have you not seen that I practice boxing and walking every morning and evening? There is no need for magical skills. It is not a problem to beat two or three young and strong men with my bare hands."

She rolled her eyes and just walked back and forth for a few steps. There are dozens of martial arts schools in the capital, big and small. I guess they can knock you down with just any martial arts style.

"Let's talk about it. If you are really seeking revenge, I can help you make plans. Maybe if a murder occurs, I can also help you cover your escape."

She is also someone who is not too big to watch the excitement.

The Taoist priest shook his head and said: "Miss Xue, please stop making wild guesses. It's just reminiscing about old times. Making noise, beating and killing people is not the behavior of a good citizen with an innocent background like me."

If he hadn't known about a certain long-term plan of the Ma family in advance, he would definitely have come to Yuxuanguo earlier to "reminisce about the past."

Of course, it would be meaningless for the two sides to meet earlier. It is very likely that they will not seek revenge and will be eradicated by their enemies.

After escorting Li Baoping and others to Sui Academy, they traveled south to Aoping Continent for the first time. They met Ma Kuxuan in a foreign land and had a fight.

Things are unpredictable. I never thought that I would stay there for so long during my second trip to the Great Wall of Sword Qi.

When he successfully returns to Haoran Tianxia, ​​he starts a sect, builds a sect, borrows mountains and rivers to make up for the land shortage, and goes to the outer world to refine swords...

Xue Ruyi said for no reason, "A biting dog never barks. I think people like you may look like a soft piece of dough, but if you get ruthless and use a knife in your hand, you must be extremely ruthless."

The Taoist priest looked calm and said with a smile: "The joys and sorrows in the world, love and hatred, are all like slowly brewing wine. Only when you open the mud seal and drink wine, you must be happy and drink heavily."

Xue Ruyi turned around and said, "It's scary."

The Taoist priest smiled and said: "There have never been fewer people who are not afraid of heaven and earth."

She had no reason to remember that among the officials in the nearby county government, there were private loan sharks and people selling private salt. Of course, the officials would not do it themselves. They had their henchmen and minions to do such dirty work, and they had backers.

The patron seems to be a minister of the Ministry of Justice. As for who the patron of this minister is, she has no idea. Lord Shangshu? His Majesty the Emperor? Or a certain immortal who has accomplished Taoism on the mountain?

Xue Ruyi asked: "You said they are so rich, why don't they know how to stop? They have earned more money than they can spend in several lifetimes, and their families have piled up a lot of money, right?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "If there are many so-called ice-cutting families, if they don't have such a style of conduct, they are focused on plundering people's wealth, busy breaking bones and sucking marrow every day, and have no taboos in their behavior, they will not be able to become 'so rich' as ​​Miss Xue said.

Okay. There is a sequence hidden here, but it’s actually not complicated.”

Xue Ruyi choked on her words for a moment.

It's okay to talk to him and make small talk, but as long as it involves truth, it's pretty boring.

In the past, this Taoist priest would go to the frozen river with many people to cut ice and sell it for money. It seemed that he was willing to do anything that could make money, such as bonsai, and he was very good at it.

I remember that not long after the Taoist priest came to the house, she had a rough idea of ​​his character. No matter how obsessed with money he was, she only said that when it came to men and women, he was indeed a gentleman.

So before, she often teased this serious Taoist man, but one day the Taoist just said a word and disgusted her. After that, she had no idea of ​​teasing the Taoist anymore. She was sitting on this swing at the time

Above, the middle-aged Taoist priest was also sitting on the steps behind him. He turned around and asked Wu Di with a smile if he was looking at her butt.

In fact, before that, the Taoist priests would pretend not to hear any of her dirty talk and never talk to her.

Probably because he was really tired of being pestered by her, the Taoist said, "If you have a bigger butt, can you poop a few more pounds?"

Vulgar! Vulgar!

Xue Ruyi sighed for no reason, "Flowers and grass are in autumn."
To be continued...