The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

"Everyone, don't argue. I've made a decision on this matter. Today Wu Da and the others will go to the county government to report the case, so that the county government can send someone to check. If there is nothing wrong, we don't have to leave." Stopping everyone from making noise, he expressed his decision.

Afterwards, Wu Da and the others got instructions from the village official and took a few men to Lizhou City.

In the afternoon, they arrived at the gate of Miantani County Government Office.

"What's the matter for you? If you have registered in advance, I can handle it for you." The guard at the gate of the county government said to Wu Da and the others.

"Shangcha, something big happened in our village, you should send someone to take a look." Although Wu Da was not afraid when he saw the Yacha, he was also a little apprehensive.

"Register first, and after the record is completed, someone will naturally take care of what you said you want to do. It's useless for you to tell me, I just take care of the record." The guard explained kindly.

Although Wu Da and the others have never been to the county government office, they have also been to Lizhou City, so they naturally know the changes in the various government offices in Lizhou City in the past two years.

Immediately, he told the guard where they came from, what their name was, and what crime they wanted to report.

Wu Da and the others couldn't read, so the guards had to record the recording.

"You said that Wugou Village has ghosts from the underworld going out at night? Is this what you want to report? Are you here to amuse me? If you dare to report the crime again, be careful, I will punish you." Lieutenant Miantu got Wu Da After hearing the reason for their report, they almost beat Wu Da and the others out.

"Shangguan, how dare we report the case indiscriminately? It's true. The movement is too loud. It's eerie and terrifying. It scares us all in the village from getting up at night. Shangguan, please trust us and send someone to look at it Look, I beg the superior." Wu Da and the others knelt down and cried out in fright when they heard that the county lieutenant wanted to punish them with a stick.

"It really happened? Everyone in the village knows about it? If you dare to deceive me, I will be held accountable." Seeing Wu Da and the others kneeling down, the county lieutenant felt that it was hard to tell whether the matter was true or not. I wondered in my heart whether I should send two yamen servants to have a look.

If it is true as what Wu Da said, then this will be a big deal, but if it is false, then it will be easy to pursue accountability or something.

"Shangguan, even if you are a little kid, you won't dare to deceive Shangguan if you give me a hundred courage." Wu Da continued to cry.

"Come here, let Bantou Wei take a few people to follow them to have a look. If you find any deception, bring these people back to me." After thinking about it, the county captain ordered to the Yamen.

Chapter 498 Li Shan Goes to Longquan Temple Alone

Speaking of Lizhou at this time.

After Li Shan left Chang'an ten days ago, he took the northern route from Chencang to Lizhou via Dashan Pass.

Li Shan went to Lizhou and had something to accomplish.

At the same time, this was also decided after consultation between Li Shan and Zhong Wensuo in Chang'an.

However, Li Shan didn't know that the southern route that Zhong Wen chose to take, according to the time, should have returned to Longquan Temple.

But at present, the two brothers and sister Zhong Wen have not yet arrived in Lizhou.

Even the things Zhong Wen and the others bought in Chang'an had already arrived at the Lizhou government office, but Zhong Wen's brother and sister had disappeared without a trace.

It made people in the government office a little unaware of how to deal with those things.

At this time, Li Shan had already arrived in Lizhou City, and at the same time, he had also been to the Lizhou government office.

"Commander, this is the road, but it's a little difficult." The captain of Lizhou Baiqi Division carefully responded to Li Shan's question.

"Then continue on your way, and be careful of those carriages." Li Shande responded, as long as he didn't go in the wrong direction.

But those carriages were purchased by Zhong Wen in Chang'an.

During this trip, Li Shan happened to be going to Longquan Temple, and after learning about these goods in the government office, he brought them back to Longquan Village along the way.

A day's journey is quick to say, but it is very slow.

Riding a horse is very fast, but this carriage cannot move fast.

Therefore, Li Shan and the others arrived at Longquan Village in the evening.

"Commander, that family is the Hou family of Zhong County." The school captain pointed to Zhong Wen's house and pointed to Li Shan.

Li Shan looked at the two thatched earthen houses and felt a little unbelievable.

Before Li Shan met Zhong Wen's family in Longquan Village, in Li Shan's imagination, it was a house or something.

But at this moment, when he saw the scene of Zhong Wen's house, an unknown number of pictures flashed in his mind.

Li Shan got off his horse and walked towards Zhong Wen's house.

At this time, Zhong Mugen and his wife were having dinner, and when they saw movement outside, they quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks and came out to have a look.

Zhong Mugen looked at the group of people and several carriages, thinking that his son and daughter had returned, and beckoned to his wife in the house.

"His father, did Xiaowen Xiaohua and the others come back from Chang'an?" Xiu hugged Xiao Wu, walked out of the room, poked her head to look at Li Shan and his group.

"Looks like it, but I haven't seen Xiao Wen and Xiao Hua, brothers and sisters." Zhong Mugen didn't see the two brothers and sisters Zhong Wen, so he couldn't be sure.

After Li Shan was introduced by the school captain of the Baiqi Division, he knew that the person standing in front of the open space and looking towards them was Zhong Wen's father and mother.

Immediately, he trotted towards Zhong Wen's house, and when he got there, Li Shan hurriedly saluted Zhong Mugen and his wife, "I have seen Zhong Xiaowei Xu Zhaoxun, I am Li Shan, the junior brother of Jiushou, and I came here specially from Chang'an this time. Goodbye."

"You are?" Zhong Mugen was a little puzzled.

As far as he knows, his son does have a junior, and this junior is Taoist Master Chen Feng in the temple.

But how could the person in front of him who called himself Li Shan be his son's younger brother?

Even Xiu who was standing on the side was full of question marks, and had no idea what Li Shan meant.

"I'm being rude. My name is Li Shan. I'm a disciple of Jiushou's acting teacher in Chang'an. I came here specially to join the teacher's school this time, and I happened to meet with the two elders." Solution, explained again aloud.

"Ah? It turns out that you are really Xiaowen's younger brother, please come inside, please come inside." After receiving Li Shan's explanation, Zhong Mugen dealt with it carefully.

From Li Shan's attire, he knew that Li Shan was an official.

Moreover, the people following Li Shan were definitely soldiers at first glance.

Although Zhong Mugen hadn't seen any big scenes, nor had he seen any big people, but he could tell a thing or two from other people's clothing, words and deeds.

"I won't go in and sit for now. I will stay here recently. I will definitely come to my house to sit and sit. These things were sent back by my senior. I just came over and brought them back together. You can see where they are suitable." Li Shan didn't dare to really go into the room and sit for a while.

Li Shan knew it in his heart.

He is older than Zhong Mugen and his wife, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a brother in terms of age, but coupled with his knowledge, he always feels that he does not know what to talk about with Zhong Mugen and his wife, so he simply refused.

Furthermore, Li Shan also wanted to wait for Zhong Wen to come back before coming to the door, so it was as if he had a suitable middleman.

"Didn't Xiaowen come back? When will Xiaowen and the others come back?" Xiu, who was standing on the side, was a little worried when she didn't see her son and daughter.

"This...it should be soon. I just arrived on the front foot, and I guess the brothers and the others will arrive on the back foot." Li Shan didn't know where the Zhong Wen brothers and sisters were at this time, so he couldn't respond to Xiu.

Therefore, I can only find an excuse to stop in the past.

Zhong Mugen heard the meaning of Li Shan's words, so he didn't want to ask further questions, so he quickly pointed to the earthen house on the left and said, "Just put things in these two rooms."

Li Shan and the others got the instructions, and quickly directed the crowd to start moving things.

Of the five carriages, three belonged to Zhong Wen's family, while the other two belonged to Guanli.

And among these three carriages, the things on one carriage are basically things that Xiao Hua bought for Xiao Wu to play with, and there are so many varieties that it is a bit outrageous, otherwise, they would not use a carriage to transport them.

Zhong Mugen and his wife looked at the things unloaded from the carriage, and felt very distressed.

As for those toys for playing, for the two of them, this is a waste of money, and these things may break after playing with them a few times.

Besides, Xiao Wu, a one-year-old baby at home, how much can he play with?

"Lieutenant Zhong, the things have been moved. We have to deliver things to the master. After a while, I will come back to greet you." Seeing that the things have been moved, Li Shan bid farewell to Zhong Mugen and his wife.

"It's been hard work." Zhong Mugen and his wife didn't know what to say, and their expressions were a little cramped.

Li Shan and the others then escorted the carriage to Longquan Temple on the mountain.

"Commander, the parents of the Marquis of Zhong County are farmers, so don't take it for granted." Seeing Li Shan frowning, the captain of Baiqisi was worried that Li Shan would dislike Zhong Mugen and his wife.

"What are you blaming? As a junior, what right do I have to blame my parents? I'm just worried about them." In fact, Li Shan was worried about Zhong Wen and his sister at this time.

They should have returned to Longquan Village a long time ago, but they were still missing at this time, which made Li Shan feel puzzled.

Starting from Chang'an, even if you take the water, you should have returned long ago.

After a month's journey, two months have passed abruptly.

No one can figure it out on anyone.

"Then why are you still worried, Commander?" the captain asked puzzled.

"It's okay, let's go, I have to see the master in a while, and I have a lot of things to deal with." Li Shan was also beating drums in his heart.

Without Zhong Wen talking on the sidelines, he, a new disciple, is really a bit hard to talk about.

At present, we can only take one step at a time.

Not long after, Li Shan and his party arrived outside the gate of Longquan Temple.

Li Shan hurriedly approached the gate, patted the gate hard, then bowed and knelt under the gate, shouting loudly: "Disciple Li Shan, bring the gift and kowtow to the master!"

"Disciple Li Shan, bring the gift and kowtow to the master!"

"Disciple Li Shan, bring the gift and kowtow to the master!"

Li Shan yelled three times.

These three tones represent respect, the essence of Taoism, and the three masters.

At the same time, it also represents Sanqing.

At this moment, in the dining room of Longquan Temple, Li Daoling and the others are also having dinner.

After hearing these three sounds from outside, I felt very strange.

"Master, there is someone asking for a teacher." Chen Feng put down his bowl and chopsticks and stood up and said.

"Go and have a look." Li Daoling was puzzled after hearing these three sounds.

Longquan temple never accepts disciples who come to the door automatically, everyone knows this.

Even Taoist sects all over the world are like this, except for some people who don't know the reason and send their sons to worship teachers, generally few people will go to Taoist temples to worship teachers.

Li Daoling left the dining room, followed by Chen Feng, and others followed, and even went to notify all the Taoists in the temple.

With a sound of "squeak", the door of Longquan Temple opened.

Li Daoling looked at a group of people standing outside the gate, and a carriage, one of them was kneeling under the steps, and he didn't know who was kneeling.

"Where did the honored guest come from? Why did you come to my Longquan to observe the teacher?" Li Daoling didn't know who the kneeling person was, so he looked at the person and asked.

"Disciple Li Shan, pay homage to master!" Li Shan heard Li Daoling's question, and hurriedly saluted again.

"Li Shan, it's you? I'm not your master, you can't behave indiscriminately with this teacher's etiquette." Seeing Li Shan raised his head, Li Daoling realized who it was.

Li Shan and Li Daoling also met several times.

It's just that they rarely deal with each other, but they still know each other.

But at this time, Li Daoling did not dare to accept Li Shan's master ceremony.

This way of apprenticeship is not so easy, even if you are a high-ranking person, if you want to enter the Taoist temple and apprenticeship, if you don't have the predestined relationship, you will not be able to enter it.

"Returning to the master, the disciple is a disciple accepted by the senior brother Jiushou on behalf of the master in Chang'an. This trip, the disciple specially came to see the master and hope that the master will accept the disciple." Li Shan responded cautiously.

"Huh? Jiushou accepts disciples as a teacher? Are you serious?" Li Daoling was puzzled.

Accepting apprentices on behalf of teachers, this has never happened in Longquan Temple, but Li Daoling has also heard of it.

But it is impossible to say clearly about this matter at this time, at least, based on Li Shan's words alone, Li Daoling has to doubt it.

Besides, Li Shan is so old, about the same age as Chen Feng, and it is not something that can be done casually if he wants to enter the Supreme Unity Sect.

"Returning to the master, the disciple is telling the truth." Li Shan responded.

"You get up first, will Jiushou come back? If Jiushou hasn't come back yet, I don't dare to deal with this matter. I will ask after Jiushou comes back." Li Daoling couldn't believe it, so he had to let Li Shan go first Let's talk about other things.

"Yes, Master." Although Li Shan has not been recognized yet, he also knows that it is impossible for him to enter the Supreme One Sect based on what he alone said.

Afterwards, a group of people entered the Longquan Temple, and the carriages and the like also entered the temple.

But at this moment, Chen Feng looked at Li Shan curiously.

As far as he knew, Li Shan was a celebrity in front of the current emperor, how could he be accepted into the Taiyi Sect suddenly by his senior brother in the name of accepting apprentices on his behalf?

Chen Feng, who had many questions, really wanted Zhong Wen to appear in front of him immediately, and wanted to ask carefully what was going on.

Even Li Daoling, like Chen Feng, had many doubts.

Chapter 499 Returning to the Lizhou Juniors

"Brother, how long will it take for us to return to Lizhou?" Xiao Hua, who left from the Jingxin Gate, kept asking her brother this question.

"I guess it will take some time." Zhong Wen stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the unfamiliar riverside, and couldn't tell how long it would take for his brother and sister to reach Lizhou.