Copper Coins

Taichang Temple has long established regulations that only kneel to heaven and earth, so even if you see the national teacher, the big salute is not kneeling, but bowing.

But the hundred or so people dressed in white robes with wide sleeves and ferocious and simple animal-print masks bowed silently and in unison to the end. The sense of solemn awe, if each person twists a few sticks of incense, it looks like they are here to worship the sky.

To ordinary people, this scene was very grand, but to Xue Xian, it was nothing. The reason why he was a little stunned was because he was so surprised to see it so suddenly.

He pays little attention to the affairs of courts in the mortal world, and he is even more lazy to understand the official names of institutions that change from time to time with the change of dynasties. I don't have much feeling, but I can deduce one or two from the attire of these hundreds of people - I am afraid that they are the people who specialize in priests and divination in the court.

He has lived for so long, and he has seen this kind of posture quite often, and he almost blurted out subconsciously: Is the rain chasing here?

But before he could speak, Xuan Min who was beside him frowned and took a step forward, just happened to half-block Xue Xian from behind.Just listening to him holding a frosty face, his eyes swept over people coldly, and asked: "What's your business?"

What do you do?

What do you do? ?

At the front of the line, Tai Bu and Tai Zhu, who were about to open their mouths to call the national teacher, immediately froze in place.

But at least they grew up in the imperial court, so they would not be disrespectful in front of others. The two maintained a bowed posture and looked at each other with their heads tilted, their eyes full of surprise and uncertainty.

got the wrong person?impossible!

That figure, temperament and walking posture are just like the national teacher, and you don't even have to wait for the other party to approach, you can recognize it at a glance!

But what's the matter with the phrase "what's the matter"?

on purpose?Could it be that it's inconvenient to reveal your identity because you have something important to do?

Taibo and Taizhu entered Taichang Temple in the same year, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Regardless of other matters, there is still a tacit understanding.The two exchanged glances and reached a consensus guess.

It's just that as soon as this guess emerged, there was a soft "hiss" sound from the hand.

The two froze for a moment, and saw that the "hissing" sound was a mass of flames that appeared near Tai Bu's fingers at an unknown time, and the flames faded away in the blink of an eye, revealing the paper wrapped in the fire core

This situation is not unfamiliar to them. If the national teacher wants to convey some news, he will often use this method.

It stands to reason that the wood pigeon sent by Tai Bu had just left, so no matter how hard he rushed, it was impossible to arrive at Famen Temple right now.The only possibility is that the national teacher happened to have other orders, but the timing of the delivery was too coincidental...

Taibu grabbed the folded note with his backhand, glanced at the white figure opposite him calmly, and was about to unfold it, when there was another sound of birds flapping their wings behind him.

"There is a letter." Tai Zhu turned around and took a look, raised his hand and took off the letter box from the foot of the wood pigeon that was rushing in front of him.

The two looked at each other in blank dismay, then hurriedly lowered their heads to read the letter.

"The letter was written by Shaoqing. It was reported by Huazhi County that someone in the county was able to see the real dragon. The National Teacher sent an order. Now Taichang Temple and the guards of the Tianji Academy, where the National Teacher usually lives, have set off on the road. Let us Pay attention here first." Taizhu's voice was extremely low, but he was still a little surprised when he mentioned "True Dragon", so his pitch was slightly higher.He hurriedly closed his voice again, and finished the last sentence with great restraint: "Besides, Shaoqing said that the national teacher has left the customs and has other important matters. He will come to join us in three days."

The note from the national teacher was as concise as ever.

Tai Bu directly sent the unfolded thin paper to Tai Zhu's eyelids, and saw four words written on it: Do things cheaply.The inscription is still the same lamp.

The two letters, one after the other, are not too long, but the message they contain is quite puzzling—someone in Huazhi County can see the real dragon, why did everyone from Taichang Temple and Tianji Academy come here?It has never been like this before, and this posture is a bit too unusual, which makes people feel worried.

But what Taizhu and Taibu are most concerned about is not this point, but that the national teacher has really left the customs, and there are other important things...

The two couldn't help connecting with the current scene, and felt that their previous guesses should be correct - the reason why the national teachers met but did not recognize each other should be due to other arrangements and hidden secrets.

That being the case, they should cooperate with all their strength, and the scene of smashing the national teacher, wouldn't that be boring?

"Do it cheaply..." Taizhu murmured, so he had to do it cheaply!The two quickly restrained their expressions, raised their heads, nodded to Xuan Min and Xue Xian who were standing opposite, and said, "It's a misunderstanding, we are afraid that we have admitted the wrong person."

"Admitting the wrong person?" Xue Xian smiled indifferently, and brushed off the non-existing dust on the side of his robe, "This... can you take it seriously?"

Although the distance between the two parties is quite far, Xue Xian still heard them mention the word "true dragon". If the other party simply explained the purpose of coming, he would not care much, but the other party just raised his head and said something. "Admitting a mistake", this is something worth pondering.

What kind of person needs to hide himself?

An ill-conceived person.

Xue Xian has always been too lazy to think about the twists and turns in the belly of ordinary people, but he has suffered a loss after all.Seeing such a secretive person, he couldn't help but think of his cramped muscles, and the smile on his face became colder.

"It's our fault for being reckless, the mountain road is winding, we didn't take a closer look when you turned around, just because of the color of the clothes and figure, we mistook the person, and it was a joke." Tai Zhu said, he didn't dare to look at Xuan Min more, He only cupped his hands at Xue Xian, "I still look at Haihan. Since the two of you are on your way, we can't delay any longer, please—"

As he spoke, he gestured to the long line behind him.

The team of a hundred or ten people stepped aside like waves breaking the sea, and neatly made way for Xue Xian and Xuan Min.

Xue Xian snorted shortly, but didn't speak again, and simply walked away.

He and Xuan Min really walked into the separate road, both of them were ancestors who were not afraid of things, so that they didn't feel uncomfortable walking on this road, their expressions were cold and their steps were calm.

Before Xuan Min came close, both Tai Bu and Tai Zhu lowered their eyes at the same time, just like seeing the national teacher in Taichang Temple, they didn't dare to look at it.What's more, they seemed to be causing trouble at the moment, so that the scene was a bit embarrassing for a while, and almost violated the intention of the national teacher, so naturally they didn't dare to raise their eyes.

But the moment Xuan Min walked by, Tai Zhu's drooping eyes moved a little, glanced at Xuan Min's drooping right hand, and quickly looked away again.

Aside from their inadvertent loss of composure in the face of Xuan Min, the two of them behaved fairly after that, keeping the etiquette but not being overly respectful. Someone who doesn't seem to be messed with finds a flaw.

But the bad thing is these few glances. It might not be easy to be detected by staring at others. With Xue Xian's extremely keen senses, it is really too easy to notice their sweeping eyes.He just felt that these people were almost parading the streets with the words "unpredictable" on their faces.

For a moment, he vaguely sensed that there were other weirdnesses, but before this thought came up, he was disturbed by the black bird on Xuan Min's shoulder.

That black bird was really not afraid of strangers, it didn't panic when it saw these people "clothed in sackcloth and filial piety". Instead, when Xue Xian squeezed towards it, it spread its wings and slapped Xue Xian on the shoulder.

Little bastard!

As soon as Xue Xian glanced at it, Xuan Min took another talisman with a calm expression.

This time it was supposed to be used for immobilization. After the black bird was photographed, it immediately stiffened into a coffin board on Xuan Min's shoulder, and did not move. Two black bean eyes glanced at Xuan Min aggrievedly.

Xue Xian immediately felt at ease physically and mentally, and he didn't bother to think about how those people had "ulterior motives".

Tai Bu and Tai Zhu watched the two of them walk out of the road with a bird, passed the last horse, and walked to the fork road in the front mountain.

"Huh..." Taizhu breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he had a plan in his heart - in order not to hinder the national teacher, they would pretend to run in the opposite direction to the two of them, continue on their way, and then find a bypass from the front, keeping the distance. At a distance that is neither too far nor too close, it is attached to the back of the national teacher, so that it can appear in time when the national teacher needs it.

It's just that he hadn't exhausted his breath when he saw the thin and tall man in black beside the national teacher suddenly turned his head and smiled at them.

That smile is very pretty and evil, with a cool taste in it, rippling from the corner of the hooked half of the mouth, both Taibu and Taizhu are shocked.

Immediately afterwards, the situation above the entire Taichang Temple team suddenly changed, and the originally faint sky was instantly covered by billowing black clouds, and then hundreds of white lightning flashed down from the black clouds without warning, bringing There was an earth-shattering sound hitting the ground.

Each path is almost close to the toes, hooping around the entire crowd, forming a cage made of clouds and thunder.

I wish them so many years of living. For the first time, they tasted the feeling of "turning their backs on their backs", and the whole team became a mess.The angle of each thunder is very tricky, it will never hit them, but it can always make them feel that they can't dodge.

The cloud and thunder smashed endlessly, and it seemed that there was always an end, and their ability was limited, and it was definitely not possible to get out of this cage in a short while.

So, when Tai Zhu reluctantly took a look around in his embarrassment, he found that the person he planned to follow had long since disappeared, and because of the blinding lightning, he didn't even see which side road the two of them were heading for.

Just when he was full of anxiety, Tai Bu grabbed him and said in a deep voice: "It's okay, I can catch up."