Huai'an Temple

Another month, until the great cold, Maoshi has just passed.

Xue Zhu put on a squirrel cloak, squatted in the Sanqing Hall, cut open a few bamboo strips, turned his fingers over, and quickly made a small lamp.Take a piece of bright paper and paste it on the four sides, and then sit in a small piece of white candle.

He stood up, held it in his hand and said a few words, and turned to the outside of the hall with the lamp, just about to raise it.But he saw a person at the gate of the hall.

Black round neck gown with tightly tied arrow sleeves.Black gauze, no chasing crown, white leather girdle, white leather soft boots.His face is tough and his expression is complex.

Looking at each other, Fan Hui felt ashamed, at a loss what to do, hesitated for a moment, and said solemnly, "Xue Dao..."

"Follow it!!" Xue Zhu was so pleasantly surprised, he flew up and hugged Fan Hui vigorously.Then he supported his arms and looked up and down: "Are you okay? Thank God!"

Fan Hui had mixed feelings in his heart, felt ashamed, and his eyes were dry. He replied softly: "Yu Li, this is the first time someone has raised a lamp for me. I have never seen it before."

Xue Zhu smiled: "What are you doing here! Come in quickly. Where is Mr. Xie?"

Fan Hui said: "He said that it's snowing so hard, and he needs to wear an extra coat for the occasion, so here he is."

Entering the courtyard, Shen Tuan put on a light brown mink cloak, swept the snow with a broom, crowned with frosty branches, and covered with floating clouds.

When Fan Hui saw him, he felt more and more guilty. He folded his hands for a while, not knowing how to speak.

Shen Tuan returned the salute and said, "My lord."

Fan Hui was very happy, and said loudly: "Master Daoist! You are not surprised at all."

As soon as Shen Tuan's eyelids drooped, Xue Zhu knew that there was nothing good to say, and sure enough, Shen Tuan said slowly: "I made a fortune this morning, and I knew that the young master must be the first to come. Although it is said that there is nothing to occupy, but who knows One day, disaster will strike from the sky.”

Fan Hui's face was pale, he pursed his lips, and turned around to persuade Xue Zhu: "Yu Li, why don't you change the regulations? Just worship Sanqing. I'll go back now."

Xue Zhu said: "Don't listen to what he says, you have to watch what he does. The small tablet in the Sanqing Palace was written by Mr. Xie. At the beginning, there was only Yu Ion's Taoist name behind it, representing me for you. But he On the first day I was able to walk on the ground, I discovered that there were three more characters on the back of the tablet, Ruoxuzi."

Shen Tuan rolled his eyes and said, "But you know?"

Fan Hui took a step forward and said, "Master Daoist, why don't you reward me with two beads on the crown."

Shen Tuan stretched out his hand to support him, and said with a slight smile, "I appreciate it. Didn't you bring any other congratulatory gifts?"

Just as he was talking, Xie Jun echoed outside: "I brought it." When everyone turned their heads, they saw that he was wearing an extra ermine cape, full of embroidered cloud patterns, and his sleeves were covered together, looking luxurious and lively.

Xue Zhu hurriedly welcomed him in.

Xie Jun entered the courtyard, first exchanged salutes with Shen Tuan, and then stretched out his left hand, asking for Shen Tuan's pulse.After inspecting both hands, he said with a smile: "Sure enough, there is no problem. In the past few years, the Taoist priest should not struggle with his left shoulder."

Shen Tuan nodded in agreement, and let the two of them sit down in the main hall.Xie Jun held out four congratulatory gifts, a pair of crowns, a pair of emerald palace sash, a whisk, and a set of white jade finger rings.

This set of finger rings is extremely rare, with rings for the thumb, index finger and middle finger, and a wrist guard with a gold buckle.Thin as a cicada's wing, penetrating like a cloud of smoke, warm to the touch.Xie Jun handed it to Xue Zhu and said, "Little Daoist Xue, try it."

Xue Zhu put it on his left hand according to his words, it fits perfectly, and he can move freely.Can't help admiring: "This is really ingenious, thank you for your intentions! I don't know what to do."

Xie Jun shook his head: "Don't thank me, I have neither the skill nor the skill. Some people see that you are always injured when you hold the formation. This hand is riddled with holes, and it is specially made for you. The whisk is even more troublesome. effort..."

Fan Hui was unusually shy and interrupted in a low voice: "Brother!"

Xue Zhu opened and closed his left hand a few more times, glanced at Fan Hui, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Xie didn't do it, then I don't have to be polite!"

Several people were chatting and laughing, someone knocked on the door outside the courtyard, Xue Zhu greeted him out, and saw Li Tan standing outside the door holding a gift box, the green hills made his hair gray, and the frost and snow gave him new scars, Li Tan seemed to have aged several years in just a few months.

Xue Zhu lifted his lapel to salute, and Li Tan stretched out his hand to support him: "I don't need it today. I'm here to congratulate you."

Originally, Xue Zhu didn't invite Li Tan today because he was afraid that he would be uncomfortable in a lively place.But two months ago, Yue Niang's funeral was held, and Shen Tuan would be able to walk at that time, so he would still set off flames and chant scriptures himself, all on land and water.I even went to some geothermal holes.Because of emotion and reason, Li Tan will not stop coming.

Those who came in came in and exchanged salutes, and Fan Hui asked, "Li Dianshi, what happened afterwards?"

Li Tan had already heard Shen and Xue talk about the identity of yin and yang impermanence, and he was really a little nervous to see him again. When he asked, he said briefly: "The governor of the provincial government has been imprisoned, and he is too busy to take care of himself. There is no time to take care of him. This lawsuit is dragging on." After a lot of delays, Su Yu died in prison in the end."

Fan Hui struck with both palms: "Okay! You deserve it!"

Shen Tuan groped from his bosom, took out a small wooden box less than a foot long, and handed it to Li Tan, saying: "There are some good materials left, and there is not enough forging. It is disrespectful to smash a small thing, but you and I also Don't be a stranger, let me see you off."

Li Tan opened it, and there was a bright copper-colored knife lying inside, but it was only one stroke long, and the round handle took up seven points. The front blade was sharp and small, light and tough.Li Tan saw it immediately, it was a magic knife used in examining corpses.It was the four copper rings holding the ground that remained of the Huangquan Ding.

There were those who asked, but naturally there were those who didn't. Han Jiu was wearing only an amber-colored dark coat with loose bare feet, a gift box in his left hand, and a small fan in his right.

Entering the hall, he teased Xue Zhu: "I said you are a rabbit master, don't you admit it?"

After saying this, Xie Jun felt embarrassed, and his lapels fluttered.Fan Hui's eyebrows were ferocious, and he pressed his right hand on the hilt of his sword.

Shen Tuan patted his forehead and was speechless.

Sensing the crisis, Han Jiu felt his body hair stand on end, opened his amber fan, and bared his fangs.

"Stop, stop, stop! Take it all!" Xue Zhu pressed the sun with one hand, wiped his tears with the other, and said with a sad face: "Damn vixen, if you want to change into a fox fur collar today, just keep your mouth shut!"

Han Jiu nodded with lingering fear in his heart, he didn't dare to look at the first two people anymore, he just bowed to Shen Tuan, and Shen Tuan clasped his fists in return.

Xue Zhu looked around and asked Fan Xie, "Where is Tang Zhenjun?" Xie Jun raised his chin and motioned for the gate of the courtyard.

Tang Binghong, wearing black clothes and a rouge-colored cloak, is leading a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl in a rouge-colored horse-faced skirt, holding four open-mouthed porcelain vases.

Greeting each other, Xue Zhu took a deep breath and said, "Everyone, take your breath away. I still have a few guests, they are all ordinary people, don't rush."

Tang Bing said with a smile: "You have a lot of guests! On the contrary, there are few strangers." Yuxuan tugged him, and whispered: "There is no evil there, and there is no shooting here." Tang Bing nodded in agreement.

After noon, Mu Tong and his mother Ding Xiang also came to congratulate her, but they hadn't seen each other for a long time. Mu Tong's figure was comparable to that of an adult, except for being a little thin, her gestures and gestures were already somewhat graceful.

In the past two years, his cinnabar has become the best in the medicine shop.If he doesn't sell out, other people's houses don't want to open.There are also some masters and buddies in the shop, only the cinnabar from Huai'an Temple every year is researched by Mu Tong himself, and then sent by a safe person.

When the lanterns and festoons were being put up, Shuizhi and her husband also came.

So far, all the guests that Xue Zhu can think of have arrived, but fortunately there are not too many people, and there is no need to be too polite.

When the unitary hour arrives, the sun and the moon will shine together.

Xue Zhu first turned out from the back hall, wearing a Taoist crown, wearing a snow-blue Taoist robe and a snow-blue outer cloak, with a handsome deity, red lips and white teeth, and gorgeous eyes and eyebrows.

Not long after, Shen Tuan also came out, with two turquoise pendant horns on his crown, a moon-white Taoist robe, and a moon-white cloak outside.The eyebrows are trimmed and the eyes are fine, the lips are thin and light, clear and sparse.

The two looked at each other, Xue Zhu lowered his head and smiled, looking at Mei Xing Yan Yan, slightly nervous.

Shen Tuan was expressionless and calm.

Seeing this expression, Xue Zhu quit immediately: "Master! How can you play tricks?"

Shen Tuan slowly rolled his eyes, and gradually recovered his expression.He raised his eyes to look at Xue Zhu, then looked at his nose, his nose looked at his heart, and did not meet his gaze.It's just a snowy day, and there is already a little sweat on both sides of the nose.

Xie Jun took the lead, followed by Fan Hui.The two are dressed in a pair of wide robes and wide sleeves, wearing a crown with jade, making money at first sight, and the world is peaceful.

Although the two of them were all smiles, sitting together like this, they still showed a three-point chill.

Han Jiu covered his face with a fan, and now that he knew his identity, he didn't look that way at all.

Shuizhi leaned closer to her man, but he was not very nervous because he had seen Shen and Xue have some supernatural powers.

Standing behind the case, Yuxuan turned to the two of them, and said crisply: "Please pay respects to the world, the sun and the moon."

Bless the world, the sun and the moon as an oath.

The two of them went to the universe outside the hall, and the hall was full of guests, bowing deeply.

Everyone owed and returned the gift.

Yuxuan stood beside him, and said again: "Please pay respects to the gods and ghosts."

Respect gods and ghosts and mountains and rivers.

The two turned around and bowed to Yin Yang Wu Chang Ji.

Fan Xie got up to return the salute.

Yuxuan smiled and said: "Please give me three respects...err..." She hesitated, and looked back at Tang Bing.

Tang Bing didn't have business to do, he waved his hand: "Husband and wife say goodbye!"

Everyone laughed loudly, Xue Zhu put his hand on his forehead, blushing up to his ears.On the contrary, Shen Tuan was a little calmer, made an auspicious seal with his left hand and right hand, and bowed deeply to Xue Zhu.

Xue Zhu also made an auspicious seal, and knelt down, Shen Tuan stretched out his hand to support him, and whispered: "Not necessary today."

Xue Zhu shook his head: "I only want it today. It's precious and important." As he spoke, he touched his head to the back of his hand and kowtowed down.

Shen Tuan stretched out his hand to support him, Xue Zhu looked up, his eyes were clear, pious and enthusiastic.He said softly: "Immortal, I will change your dream for you."

Shen Tuan's heart was agitated, he took a few deep breaths, his nose was sore and his eyes were hot, he looked at him with good eyesight, his eyebrows were sculpted softly, and his long eyes were full of affection.

Tang Bing reached out and knocked on the table: "Hey, there are some times to read. Take advantage of the good time, Shen Huaian, write a contract."

Shen Tuan heard the words and agreed, and pulled Xue Zhu up.Before the two of them arrived at the case together, the guests also surrounded them.

Shen Tuan picked up the pen and it was full of ink, but he didn't write for a long time.Finally, he frowned and asked, "How is this written?"

Everyone looked at each other, Xue Zhu looked at Fan Hui: "From then on, how should I write it?"

Fan Hui was stunned: "You really asked the right person, I can't read all the words on that picture!"

Xue Zhu looked at Xie Jun again, Xie Jun frowned, and recalled: "I left in a hurry, I really don't remember. It's been too long!"

Fan Hui glanced at him, but said nothing.

Shen Tuan had no choice but to look at Han Jiu again, Han Jiu shook his head: "I never caught up with the time when the documents got married."

Looking at Shuizhi again, Shuizhi laughed loudly: "What's mine is a hundred-year-old marriage and early birth to a precious son."

In desperation, Shen Tuan put down the pen, probed into his arms, and carefully took out a paper deed with yellowed creases, unfolded it gently, and put it on the case.

Xue Zhu suddenly felt his pulse skip a beat, he clenched his fists, and the fingers of his left hand clattered loudly.

Shen Tuan directly copied a copy, with running script and flowing style.Inscribed his own name and Taoist number.After comparing it, he tapped cinnabar and pressed his fingerprints.He looked at it carefully, and then handed it to Xue Zhu.

Xue Zhu took it with both hands, read it from the beginning to the end, and then again. When he saw it three times, Shen Tuan stretched out his hand, wiped away a little tear on his cheek, and advised: "Don't read it, just put it away."

Xue Zhu wiped his face, lifted a jar of Zhuangyuan Hong from the table, slapped his palms to break the mud seal, and made way for Shen Tuan: "Come drink with me!"

Shen Tuan frowned slightly: "I don't know how to drink."

Then they coaxed: "The Taoist priest shouldn't, it's just that he doesn't drink on weekdays, but he must drink today." As they said, they went to the table, waiting for the scene of the same prison.

Shen Tuan looked at Xue Zhu's playful and handsome appearance, and felt that he had just resigned to his fate!Without another word, he reached out to take the wine jar, without holding the cup, he just raised his head and poured it.

Xue Zhu was dumbfounded, and stretched out his hand to stop him, but it was too late.Shen Tuan held the empty jar with its mouth facing down, and there was not a drop of wine left in the small jar.He raised his jaw provocatively and squinted his eyes.

Everyone said hello loudly, Fan Hui said loudly: "Yu Li! You can't be cowardly!" Xie Yun put a bowl of wine in front of his eyes, and said: "Stop making noises!"

It was the first time for Xue Zhu to watch Shen Tuan drinking, he never expected to be so passionate, he was also ignited, opened the altar again, swallowed the sun and moon, and drank the rivers and lakes!

Shen Tuan knocked off the mud seal on the second altar, and raised his head again.When I looked at it again, my long eyebrows were drawn into my temples, my thin eyes were blurred, my cheeks were slightly springy, and I bowed my head and smiled slightly.

Xue Zhu felt short of breath, his whole body was dry and hot, his chest was throbbing, he held Shen Tuan's wrist with his left hand, and slapped away the wine with his right hand, and said incoherently: "Don't, don't laugh..." At last he didn't know what to say. , had to look up and drink.

Going down the two altars, Xue Zhu felt dizzy and couldn't stand upright.Shen Tuan helped him to place beside Li Tan.Matched one with Li Tan.

He stretched out his hand and held another lamp, and went to Xie Jun respectfully.Xie Jun will accompany one.

Shen Tuan held up the cup and respected Fan Hui, but Fan Hui got up and raised an altar, saying: "The Daoist has a lot of water, can you still drink it?"

Xie Yun scolded with a smile: "It's just nonsense! He's already two altars."

But Shen Tuan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, come again!" He took another jar and drank it with Fan Hui, and drank it almost at the same time.

Tang Bing held up the cup, and Shen Tuan drank without hesitation.Yuxuan didn't drink, but raised a cup of wine to Shen Tuan's lips, Shen Tuan squatted down slightly, and drank the cup with her hand.

When he turned around again, he wiped away the world of mortals with a wipe of his mouth, and stared at the world with one stroke.All of them refused to drink with him again.

With peach blossoms in Shen Tuan's eyes, he tilted his head to look at Xue Zhu.Xue Zhu looked up, only to feel that he was three points more drunk, and drinking a few jars would not compare to this look.

Xue Zhu had already vomited twice during the meal.Even Xie Jun was a little dizzy.

Li Tan bid farewell and left.Han Jiu didn't dare to stay longer.The rest were far away, yet Shen Tuan was able to arrange them in one courtyard and one ghost courtyard!

……

Finally, he caught Xue Zhu and went back to the back, and threw him into the tent with a bang.

Xue Zhu barely propped himself up, rubbed the back of his head and said, "I never thought you could drink so much wine!"

Shen Tuan loosened his Taoist crown, his long hair scattered, pulled at his chest, and said, "Take off your clothes." His voice was low and hoarse, probably due to drinking, and also a bit evil.

Xue Zhu laughed and rolled on the side of the bed, pulled off the belt, loosened the skirt two or three times, one leg hung down, and the other leg was propped on the side of the bed, disheveled and charming, he laughed and said: "My god, you ...will it? Hahahaha." He licked his lips and raised his eyebrows provocatively.

As if Shen Tuan had heard a joke, he lowered his head and smiled wickedly, his eyebrows were tender.

When he smiled, Xue Zhu felt distracted and confused.

Shen Tuanxi stood in front of his body, standing between his legs, and asked, "Do you know the art of plain scriptures and the method of enlightening the truth?"

Xue Zhu wrapped him in his arms, raised his head and asked, "Fang Zhongshu? I said you are not a serious Taoist priest!"

Shen Tuan lowered his head and kissed Xue Zhu's forehead: "Nonsense, why is Yin-Yang dual cultivation not serious?"

Xue Zhu tightened his grip again, and deliberately asked: "There is no distinction between men and women, only yin and yang, right? Then tell me, which of us is yin and who is yang?"

Shen Tuan was startled: "On fate, naturally you are Yang."

Xue Zhu was proud: "That's right! So you have to give me back that cheap one!"

Shen Tuan squinted his eyes, pushed Xue Zhu into the bed, faced each other frankly two or three times, and held Xue Zhu down with one hand, unable to move.With a low and hoarse voice, he asked in Xue Zhu's ear: "You said I bought it and you come here, so you have to use it?"

Xue Zhu's face was hot and his body was soft, and he could only nod his head.

Shen Tuan asked again: "Then who is yin and who is yang? Is it up to me?"

Xue Zhu nodded again, with the strength of alcohol surging, he straightened his head and neck, wanting to kiss Shen Tuan's eyes.

Shen Tuan turned his head to avoid it, and ordered in a low voice: "Say something nice, I'll give you everything."

Xue Zhu hurriedly said: "Good master, Brother Immortal, Shen Lang..."

Shen Tuan leaned down, let him kiss his brows and eyes, lingered in front of the door, and said: "One more sentence."

Xue Zhu said in a low voice: "Husband..."

Shen Tuan straightened his waist and hips, and blocked all the remaining mournful words in his mouth.

It's snowing again at night, and the indoors are full of spring.

"Master, please forgive me..."

"Who told you to let me drink?"

"Don't drink it, spare me...don't drink it!"

"Who is yin and who is yang?"

"Master, you are what you say!"

"Hmph~ too young."

【Finish】