The endless tile eaves of the ancient city, a winter snow, a few pieces of smoke, the sky cleared up after the snow, and only a row of egrets flew leisurely in the blue sky.

At this moment, I don’t know how many people are free, looking up to admire the sky together. I don’t know how many people are dreaming of riding the wind and flying freely with the white cranes. However, one and only one person invites me from below:

"Fellow Taoist, we are destined to meet each other. Why don't you come down and talk about it?"

The sky was cloudless, but among the row of egrets, the one at the front suddenly fell behind. I thought it would go to the back of the team, but unexpectedly, it flapped its wings a few times and turned straight down.

Some people in the city felt strange when they saw this scene.

Judging from the direction in which it fell, it seemed that it was right next to the official residence of Juxian Mansion, the residence of the famous Master Fan Tianshi.

The egret spread its wings without moving, flew directly to the edge of the small lake, and stood on the top of the willow tree.

The treetops swayed.

The middle-aged Taoist below stared blankly.

This is magic.

At the same time, there was a young Taoist standing under the willow tree. He saluted the heron with a smile and handed out a pill in his hand:

"I have been busy for a few days, and today I have some free time. In the past few days, I have always seen egrets flying across the sky, with graceful and free movements. As cultivators, we are really envious and admired in our hearts. I don't know what I saw in the past.

Is it your step? Anyway, I saw you again today, so I boldly asked you to come down and talk about it.

"I made a furnace of Xiaoyuan Dan yesterday, and there was a lot of dregs left. It would be a pity to throw it away, so I made it into balls as a greeting gift. I hope you won't dislike it."

The egret chirped softly, as if in reply.

Then he lightly flapped his wings twice, floated down, took the pill from his hand, circled around again, and flew back to the treetops.

The egret raised its head and opened its mouth, its neck bent, its posture still elegant, just like in the ancient paintings, swallowing the pill.

The Taoist below said again: "To be honest, I asked you to come down this time. In addition to wanting to make friends with you, I also want to ask you to do me a favor."

The egret rolled its eyes and stared at him.

"well……"

Lin Jue sighed:

"Sometimes I always wonder why I don't know the magic of flying so that I can soar through the sky and clouds as freely as I can with my feet."

"Ah~"

"The slow step is not today, not this time, but in the future." Lin Jue said to him, "I have a junior sister who lives on Fengshan Mountain a hundred miles outside the city. I am in the capital most of the time, and she is on the mountain.

Practicing in Taoist temples. If we want to communicate with each other, it is not difficult, but we can ask passers-by to take the letters with us.

Sorry for the inconvenience. For us, it would take us a whole day to travel over the mountains and ridges for this hundred-mile distance, but for us or our relatives and friends, it would only take a short while. So I would like to ask you to help me.

Junior sister and I, and even the second senior brother who is farther away, will definitely be rewarded for carrying the message."

Lin Jue thought about it carefully——

Fan Tianshi said that in today's capital, there are only two kinds of birds that can be bought: one is for eating, such as meat pigeons and wild geese. Although these can also deliver messages for themselves, they are easy to be shot down;

They are used for playing, such as homing pigeons, starlings, falcons, or other ornamental birds. Because there are many people in the capital who are bored with playing with things, and the culture of playing with birds and dogs is prevalent, the price is extremely expensive.

Lin Jue thought, it would be better to find someone on the spot.

Use fraud instead of buying.

Although I just got a hundred taels of silver, I don't want to spend it lavishly. I can save whatever I can.

Although the medicine dregs can be sold for money, Lin Jue has never done so. In addition, even if he spends money to buy birds, the remaining medicine dregs from his alchemy will probably be used to feed the birds, so this cost is incurred.

It can be ignored.

"If your Majesty is willing, you can come with me to find my junior sister in a while, and let's find out the way."

"Ah~"

The egret turned its head and preened its feathers.

"Thank you very much."

Lin Jue then turned his head and looked at Master Fan Tianshi next to him: "Do you know, fellow Daoist Fan, where most of the Huizhou merchants who come to the capital gather?"

"The capital city is divided into east and west sides, each with its own east-west market, and there are Huizhou merchants in the east and west cities. Pindao went to the east market more often, and he knew that most of the Huizhou merchants there gathered in Wenbaofang, north of the east city, and most of the businessmen there were

Most of those who sell the Four Treasures of the Study are from Huizhou, and pens, inks, paper and inkstones from Huizhou are very popular in the capital."

"The pens, inks, paper and inkstones produced in Huizhou are truly outstanding." Lin Jue said with a smile, "I knew that it would be right to ask fellow Taoist Fan about this kind of thing."

"I know, I know, but..."

"how?"

"The rice paper in Pindao's house is almost running out. I really want to go shopping with my fellow Taoists. However, my fellow Taoists are looking for Huizhou merchants, and they also want the merchants to help carry letters, right?"

Fan Tianshi said, pointing to the sky:

"However, Huizhou is not close to the capital. It takes a month to walk without delay. Today is already the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month. If you want to go back to Huizhou to celebrate the New Year, you have already gone back. If you are still staying in the capital, you probably won't celebrate the New Year this year.

You have gone back, so if you go to find me now, you will have to wait until a year later before someone is willing to help you bring the letter."

"Huh? That makes sense..."

This Fan Tianshi really has something.

However, I heard Fan Tianshi say:

"but……"

"Um?"

"If the Taoist friend just wants to ask someone to bring a message, I know a spirit. He has no other strengths. He is just good at traveling and can travel thousands of miles in a day. If the Taoist friend is willing to give some sacrifices, he can also do it for the Taoist.

The friend sent the letter to Huizhou."

"Fellow Taoist, do you know this kind of spirit?" Lin Jue was a little surprised, and then said, "Master Fan Tianshi really has a lot of friends!"

"Accidental, chance acquaintance."

"But this kind of spirit makes a special trip and delivers messages very quickly, so it won't be a small sacrifice, right?"

"That's not necessarily true. In this world, some monsters have a hard time."

Fan Tianshi shook his head and said:

"If ordinary people ask it for help, they need to use three animals to sacrifice. Depending on the distance, urgency, and whether they need to reply and wait, sometimes only the small three animals are needed, and sometimes the big three animals are needed. Some accommodations can also be made in the small three animals, and sometimes

Just three kinds of chicken, duck and fish are enough.”

"Chickens, ducks and fish, that's not much."

"Yes, in terms of the amount of money spent, asking a businessman to carry the letter hundreds or thousands of miles away, the money given may not be less than buying a chicken, a duck and a fish, right?

? Not to mention that after someone delivers the letter, they have to entertain and comfort them twice, and maybe they have to kill an old hen, right?"

"What fellow Taoist said is absolutely true."

"Besides, Pindao has some kindness towards it. If Pindao opens his mouth, it will definitely not refuse or accept the gift."

"This is absolutely impossible."

Lin Jue thought about it and thought it was okay.

If you ask someone to bring the letter, you may not be able to deliver it. You may encounter untrustworthy people. It may be that someone wants to deliver the letter but cannot find the location. It may be that you encounter thieves on the road, or it may be raining or other reasons.

The letter was accidentally lost.

Therefore, if people in the world have important matters, they often have to ask several people to carry the message at the same time.

It's also slower than the monsters.

But we can’t rely entirely on this person——

If you want to deliver a message to Shucun, the uncles and aunties are all ordinary people, and letting monsters deliver the message may scare them. If you want to deliver a message to Fuqiu Temple, there are mountain gods in Yishan, so these alien spirits may not be able to deliver it.

It can only be used to send letters to several other senior brothers.

"That's alright. I would like to help you, fellow Taoist, to contact that person for me first and ask him to deliver the letter to me in a few days." Lin Jue said, "My letter hasn't been written yet, and my junior sister doesn't know whether it has been written or not. Today

I went to find the pair of stone horses first, then went to my junior sister, invited her to come to the city to celebrate the New Year, and wrote the letter by the way."

"good."

"Our Yishan is not a place where monsters can enter casually. I'm afraid I have to find a few Anhui merchants who are passing by. I'll wait until the spring of next year and invite fellow Taoists to go to the East and West markets with us."

"Okay, the rice paper in Pindao's house is indeed almost used up." Fan Tianshi said with a smile, "Some time ago, an official gave Pindao a piece of fine Hui ink, which has a fragrant fragrance when he writes. He was a little overwhelmed with joy.

I just paid attention to the ink and not the paper."

"Then it's settled."

"Never break your promise."

"The weather is good today, so I won't delay. I just happened to take my Fuyao out to enjoy the snow." Lin Jue said, and also took out a pill bottle, "The Xiao Yuan Dan that was just released yesterday can help restore mana and replenish the mind and body.

, I make it just to practice my skills, and when I seldom eat it, I take it to my fellow Taoists to taste it as a token of my gratitude."

"You're welcome even if you're a poor man."
To be continued...