Chapter 25 Actively come to the door
The inn is a place for officials to pass official documents and temporary accommodation to the public. In addition, many strong horses are also raised to transfer to the postmen.
Because we want to raise horses, we naturally need some spacious environment. After all, raising horses is not just locked in a pen like raising pigs and sheep to wait for weight loss. Therefore, generally speaking, inns are built in spacious places, such as next to the main road outside the city or at the gates of each city, which is convenient for public use, and for the convenience of horse walking.
The inns in Tai'an Mansion are no different from other places. In addition to having simple inns outside the four gates, there is also a large courtyard near the East City Gate as a permanent inn. One is to entertain foreign officials here, and the other is because it is very empty, especially the backyard is large, and a small horse farm is built. Even if you don't leave the city, you can occasionally walk around.
Zheng Jingshi, who was killed in the street not long ago, lived here before he was killed, so he set up a mourning hall here to deal with the funeral. The backyard horse farm is large enough and is suitable for rituals o
Mo Yan was originally ordered by his wife to invite the fairy Demiao, but because of his shortness of money, he was not only turned away, but also humiliated by several young Taoist priests. He was already desperate, but he didn't want to meet another kind Taoist priest who only had ten copper coins to do the ritual.
Although the turn of the journey, the wife's instructions were barely done, but after all, she experienced great sorrow and joy in a short time, and the warmth of human feelings. The young Mo Yan felt physically and mentally exhausted for a while. As long as she finished the ritual quickly, she could have a good rest. But God did not obey anyone's wishes. Just when he was holding various magical instruments and sacrifices to the back hall to hand them over to the Taoist priest named Tai Sui, a Taoist nun brought several Taoist priests and children to the door.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Mo Yan looked at the people in front of him unexpectedly, puzzled.
De Miao had already changed his Taoist robe and tied his hair bun, looking like a master. When Mo Yan asked, she was not in a hurry to speak. She glanced at a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old next to her. The girl's eyes drooped slightly to show her clarity. She walked towards Mo Yan, raised her hand and bowed, "Donor, this is Fairy De Miao. Our fairy heard that today is the first seventh night of the Censor Zheng, and came here specially to do a ritual for the Censor Zheng."
"Fairy De Miao?" Mo Yan looked at De Miao and others in confusion. Thinking of his previous experience, anger arose in his heart, his lips curled up, and he sneered sarcastically: "Are you wrong? We can't afford Fairy De Miao!"
The girl frowned. Perhaps she was used to everyone's attitude towards her fairy's courtesy. At this time, she suddenly met someone who ignored the reputation of the fairy. She couldn't help but feel angry. She opened her mouth and wanted to scold her, but when she opened her mouth, she stopped again. Thinking that the fairy was still by her side, it was not her turn to be majestic, so she turned to look at De Miao
I thought De Miao would be furious, but I didn't expect that she just shook her head slightly and walked forward by herself, showing a kind smile to the rude servant: "You are Mo Yan, the servant next to Jingshi Zheng, right? You are running around for Jingshi Zheng's affairs these days. I admire your loyalty and righteousness very much."
Mo Yan was slightly stunned, opened his eyes wide, and looked at Fairy Demiao in surprise. I wonder why the other party was so polite. The Taoist priests under her had not been like this before?
De Miao's eyebrows and eyes were clear. When he saw the other person's expression, he guessed what he was thinking. He immediately put away his smile and apologized in a deep voice: "I already know that you were humiliated in the Seven Stars Temple today. I am not strict in discipline, so that such profit-oriented people appear. I have dealt with this person seriously! Zheng Jingshi is an honest official. Although I am a monk, I admire him very much. I want to do a ritual of salvation for Zheng Jingshi to express my feelings o"
After all, Mo Yan is just a servant. He is influenced by Jingshi Zheng on weekdays. Although he is more knowledgeable than ordinary young men, he is much worse than De Miao, whether it is his experience or his thoughts and plans. Moreover, he has long heard of De Miao's name and knows what the other party is in Tai'an Mansion. Seeing that such a person would bow his head to apologize to him, he felt flattered for a moment, and even his words became stumbling: "This immortal, fairy, fairy, you are so polite!"
"Immortal Heavenly Lord!" De Miao bowed his head slightly
Incense tables, fruit plates and other items have been arranged in the backyard of the mourning hall. Tai Sui was wearing a Taoist robe and placed offerings in front of the altar. The sound of rapid footsteps came from behind. When he turned around, he saw the servant Mo Yan running up from the side in a hurry.
Seeing that it was a ink inkstone, Tai Sui thought that it would save some effort, so she stepped down, raised her hand and handed the fruit plate in her hand to the other party, and said lazily: "Oh, you are here, it's just right, help me take this fruit plate over."
Mo Yan took the fruit plate and put it aside. Seeing Tai Sui turn around and go to the altar again, he quickly reached out and pulled Tai Sui's sleeve: "Wait, you don't need to do rituals here."
Tai Sui was stunned and turned to look at Mo Yan, her face full of surprise: "No need? Don't do rituals anymore?"
Mo Yan was a little impatient, and pulled Tai Sui down, looking at the wallet between Tai Sui's waist: "Yes, yes, my master doesn't need you to do rituals anymore. Hurry up and return the money to me and then leave."
Tai Sui didn't hear the other party's meaning for a moment. It was not that he didn't do rituals, but that he didn't need to do rituals anymore. But even so, he was very angry. Seeing that the other party looked at his purse, he hurriedly covered his hand and shouted, "Hey, hey, why are you like this? We haven't said anything about refunding money before. I'm just talking about helping you rituals, so I must help you rituals. You have to agree and agree if you don't agree."
Mo Yan was a little bit difficult to get off the tiger, so she stomped her feet in a hurry, and she couldn't care about offending people for a while, and even her voice became louder: "Hey, I said why are you so uninterested? I asked you to leave now for your own good. Fairy De Miao wants to be a mage for my master. People are now in the front hall. Can you, a little Taoist priest, compete with Fairy De Miao?"
"My virtue?" Tai Sui was stunned for a moment
Mo Yan took advantage of Tai Sui's silence, pulled the purse from his hand quickly, and said proudly: "No, Fairy De Miao admires the character of my master and specially comes to do rituals for free. Who is she? Who are you? You want to compete with others for Taoism. Are you looking for trouble yourself?"
Tai Sui stood there for a while, and suddenly appeared with hatred on her face. She gritted her teeth and asked, "Is she here?"
Mo Yan didn't even look at Tai Sui's expression. While lowering his head, he opened his purse to count the money, he said proudly: "Yes, I'm just drinking tea outside."
Speaking of this, as soon as he looked up, he saw Tai Sui's expression becoming ferocious and his eyes turned red, as if he was about to lose his mind and desire to choose people. He was shocked.
But when I thought that I had broken my trust first, Mo Yan couldn't help feeling guilty. At the same time, she was afraid that the other party would make a big fuss in the funeral hall again in anger. She quickly advised: "Hey, if you want to find fault, I advise you to stop thinking about it. She has brought more than a dozen people outside!"
Although Mo Yan is young, he has followed Zheng Jingshi since he was a child. He is a little clever. He was originally a matter of his own breach of trust, but he transferred the conflict to De Miao in one sentence. The meaning of being apart from words is that De Miao is not easy to mess with, and you can't afford to mess with o
But Tai Sui didn't have the time to listen to what he said. He took a deep breath and whispered to himself: "I can't see her, it's not the time."
He muttered a few words, quickly calmed down, his eyes turned around and ignored Mo Yan, turned around and walked towards the small door in a corner of the backyard. He looked like he wanted to leave.
Seeing that he did not walk the front door, Mo Yan walked on the small path, he stretched out his hand and wanted to stop him, but he opened his mouth and closed it, thinking that this was fine. The so-called peers were enemies, and it would be best if these two Taoists did not meet, at least one dispute was avoided.
Shaking his head, he turned his head and walked quickly towards the outer hall, remembering that Fairy De Miao was waiting for him.
Chapter completed!