Chapter 156 Visiting Shangqing County (Part 1)

Shangqing County, Shangqing Temple.

Shangqing Temple is affiliated with Shangqing Palace, a Taoist temple of Zhengyi Dao in the county. It is much smaller than Shangqing Palace, but its status is quite important.

There is a two-story building in Shangqing Temple.

Entering it, the living room on the first floor is very spacious. A rosewood coffee table with a marble surface is placed against the north wall, and a rosewood carved round chair is placed on each side. There are eight rosewood chairs with coffee tables in the east and west. The floor is also a marble with broken marble stars.

At this time, Zhang Yuelu was sitting on the chair on the right, holding a cup of this year's Mingqian, and taking a sip from time to time. There was white mist rising from the covered bowl, covering Zhang Yuelu's face.

The tea was good, but Zhang Yuelu was not in a good mood, but she didn't like to write emotions on her face, so she didn't show it.

As for who made her angry, it was naturally the owner of this place.

The first floor was already very good, and the second floor was even better, with a different world. The floor of the room was made of a whole piece of red sandalwood that was one inch thick and two feet wide. There was only a flat bed in the middle, which was ten feet long and wide. On the bed was a mahogany piano table, and there were stoves and bottles around it, burning top-grade ambergris, with smoke.

A woman took off her shoes and socks and walked barefoot on the floor. The footsteps were particularly clear in the empty second floor. She came to the piano table, stretched out her fingers and gently plucked the strings twice, thinking about something.

Zhang Yuelu finally got impatient when she heard the piano and footsteps. She put the covered bowl in her hand on the coffee table and went up the stairs to the second floor.

The barefoot woman looked at Zhang Yuelu calmly, retracted her gaze, and continued to pluck the strings casually.

Zhang Yuelu was too lazy to take off her shoes, and walked on the floor, leaving a string of footprints.

The woman could no longer ignore it and said, "You are so angry."

Zhang Yuelu said calmly, "No matter how angry I am, I am not as arrogant as you. I didn't wait so long to see the Earth Master. People who don't know would think I was waiting for the Grand Master to summon me."

"Qingxiao, you have been in Yujing for a few years. In addition to your rapid promotion in rank and position, your eloquence has also improved greatly. You can't even say the word 'you'. Which Li family member did you learn this from? It can't be that Li Tianzhen." The woman is no longer young. At least she is the same generation as Zhang Yuelu's parents.

Zhang Yuelu said, "I'm not here to argue with you. If you want me to call you 'you', you should at least act like an elder. Are you worthy of the bad things you've done over the years?"

"I'm not worthy, so I can't be favored by the Heavenly Master, nor can I let the Earth Master look at me more. The National Master doesn't even know what I do. I'm far worse than you." The woman laughed instead of getting angry, "But I like your temper. It's much better than those fake clay puppets in the Great Immortal Mansion."

Zhang Yuelu turned and walked downstairs: "Change your clothes and come down to talk."

Not long after, the woman, who was nearly forty, changed into a wide-sleeved jacket with knee-length hems and slits under her arms. She wore a silk skirt and a bra underneath, put on her shoes and socks again, and walked down from the second floor.

Zhang Yuelu was too lazy to look at her and drank tea by himself.

The woman didn't like tea or alcohol, but she liked smoking. She took out a pipe, which was made of gold, but the mouthpiece was made of fine jade. The only drawback was that it was too heavy, and it was difficult for ordinary people to use it for a long time. However, the woman obviously didn't care about the weight, and didn't want others to wait on her. She personally filled the pipe with high-quality tobacco leaves from Liaodong.

The woman's surname was not Zhang, but Su Ying, and she was the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family. Although she was not from a large clan, she was not from a small clan in a remote branch. Seriously speaking, Zhang Yuelu had to call this woman aunt. In the past, Zhang Yuelu had a good relationship with her. Later, this aunt had an affair with a rising star who could be her son. The rising star, like Zhang Yuelu, was a banished immortal with a promising future.

Su Ying was a widow, and the Zhang family did not ask her to establish a chastity memorial arch, and did not care about her private affairs. If Su Ying could remarry, Zhang Yuelu would not say anything. The key point was that the rising star was already engaged, and was a daughter of a Confucian family. Su Ying was so unnamed and unranked that she was paying for him, which was very disgusting.

Zhang Yuelu was influenced by Quanzhen Taoism and was extremely conservative. She could not accept this behavior, so she distanced herself from her and never concealed her contempt.

On the contrary, although Zhang Yuyue was not good at judging people, she did not hesitate to break up after knowing that Li Minghuang had deceived her, so Zhang Yuelu still kept in touch with this sister.

Zhang Yuelu came to Shangqing Temple this time, originally wanting to report the matter about the Li family to the Great Zhenren Mansion through Shangqing Temple, so that she would not have to go to the Great Zhenren Mansion, but she did not expect that Su Ying was in charge of Shangqing Temple. What made Zhang Yuelu feel helpless was that Su Ying seemed to have talked to her mother.

Zhang Yuelu knew what her boring mother was planning. She just wanted Su Ying to test him first. Although Su Ying had some problems with her style, she still had some ability. In terms of judging people, she was at least much better than her blind cousin Zhang Yuyue. She was quite suitable to test Qi Xuansu.

If it was before, Zhang Yuelu really didn't care about this kind of test, because she didn't think too far ahead. Even if these people had a bad impression of Qi Xuansu, it didn't matter. Anyway, there would be no intersection in the future.

However, along the way, Zhang Yuelu's thoughts gradually changed, so she regretted several times and didn't want Qi Xuansu to meet her family so early, but was rejected by Qi Xuansu.

Since it was necessary to meet, it was still necessary to leave a good impression.

Su Ying sat on the chair on the left side of the center, blew out a smoke ring, and chuckled: "I heard that Qing Xiao brought a young man back. This is a rare thing. Li Tianzhen is a direct descendant of the Li family, but he was kicked out by Qing Xiao. After leaving Yujing. Since Qingxiao doesn't even like Li Tianzhen, who is this young man? Is he the son of the Earth Master?

Zhang Yuelu said calmly: "In addition to family history and teachers, what else do you think of?"

"Okay, let's not talk about family background, but ability." Su Ying smiled, "Qingxiao is a banished immortal, so he has to find someone who can banish an immortal, or a hermit from the Confucian sect can reluctantly accept it. I wonder if this young man person is……"

Zhang Yuelu's tone was still calm: "Sanren."

"Sanren?" Su Ying was startled at first, and then laughed unscrupulously, "Is that a forged inheritance? But that's right, Sanren originally used the banished immortal as a template, so if you insist on calling it a 'little banished immortal', No problem, little banished immortal, little banished immortal, it’s really funny.”

Su Ying is a mature woman, well-maintained, she can be said to be a mature woman, and her charm is still there. She is laughing so hard that her chest is shaking, her face is like a peach blossom, she is very attractive, but it is a pity that there is no audience to appreciate her.

Zhang Yuelu had expected it, but he just looked at her with cold eyes as she laughed and her face was expressionless, as if she was watching a farce.

Su Ying originally wanted to laugh out loud, but Zhang Yuelu's reaction was so dull that she felt bored, and her laughter gradually died down.

"Are you done laughing?" Zhang Yuelu said slowly, "I really don't know what's so funny. He's an independent person, and he doesn't have any family background, so should he be laughed at? You, or people like you, except Show off your family status, what else...forget it, telling you this is just playing the piano to a cow, so don't say it."

Su Ying stopped her smile and asked, "Does this 'you' include sister-in-law?"

Su Ying's sister-in-law is naturally Mrs. Tantai.

Zhang Yuelu said nothing. If the relationship between the two is not mother and daughter, then there will never be any intersection between them, and they are not the same people at the root.

At this moment, a Taoist priest came in to report that Qi Xuansu had arrived.

Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu came to Shangqing County together, but after entering the city, they went separate ways. Zhang Yuelu came to Shangqing Temple, while Qi Xuansu went to the Huasheng Hall here to have his broken arm reviewed.

Su Ying said calmly: "Let him come in."

Soon, Qi Xuansu arrived here.

Su Ying sat still.

Zhang Yuelu stood up and said, "Tian Yuan."

Su Ying glanced at Zhang Yuelu in slight surprise.

Although Zhang Yuelu is not the kind of person who is arrogant and arrogant, in Su Ying's view, Zhang Yuelu's criteria for judging others are a mystery. This girl has been weird since she was a child, full of inappropriate ideas, which are often regarded as treasures by others. She disdains the things that others do, but treats the things that others disdain as treasures.

Just like this Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu didn't know Su Ying's identity, but he still saluted as a junior.