Chapter 127: Old Friend

On Qi Xuansu's side, there are many young men from aristocratic families.

However, the title of a young master does not mean that they are young. Most of them are thirty years old and above, and their positions are mostly around the level of fourth-grade wine-provoking Taoist priests. They are far behind Qi Xuansu and Li Changge.

In fact, Qi Xuansu's rise was so fast that many people had lost the right to be jealous before they could become jealous. It seemed that he was only one level behind in grade, but combined with the age gap, it should actually be Two levels, because when Qi Xuansu reaches their age, he is probably a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, a true high-level Taoist priest.

Most of these sons from aristocratic families surround Li Changge. In a sense, Li Changge is the biggest son from aristocratic families.

Whether Qi Xuansu is the illegitimate son of a certain big shot as rumored, or whether he has adopted his godfather and godmother, after all, he cannot be considered a "family", and he still has an unwashed charlatanism, or the smell of muddy legs. .

This is also where Qi Xuansu is embarrassed. He is said to be a young man from an aristocratic family, but how can there be such a young man wallowing in the quagmire at the bottom? The young masters of the aristocratic family thought that he was a lucky guy. Call him a mud-legged man, but he also has Qiniang as his backer. The real mud-legged man thinks that he is a worthy and established son of a family.

Qi Xuansu naturally couldn't enter their circle. Zhang Yuelu is a member of this circle. After all, the origin of the thousand-year-old Taoist Zhang is there. Compared with the big sect, the small sect has no right to make irresponsible remarks. It's just that Zhang Yuelu doesn't hang out with these people very much, and he doesn't think highly of them. That's why he was criticized for being arrogant and difficult to deal with.

In addition to these young masters from aristocratic families, there are also people from the Wanxiang Dao Palace.

The so-called Wanxiang Taoist palace background cannot simply be equated with the lower class background. People like Yue Liuli and Wan Xiuwu never felt that they were the lowest class of the Taoist sect, and they always looked down on their classmates. To use an analogy that is not very appropriate, in the same ten-year period, Jinshi, Juren, Xiucai, and Tongsheng are never the same thing.

Those who can come to Fenglinzhou and participate in this dinner are certainly not just ordinary people, they are all the best in Wanxiang Dao Palace. In terms of age, he is older than Qi Xuansu and has almost no peers. In other words, they are all several years ahead of Qi Xuansu.

There are not many people from the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. If there is only one person out of a hundred who can make a splash, most of them who are able to make a name for themselves are the outstanding ones who have already made a mark during the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. There are also a few people who have good fortunes, met good masters, or received support from noble people, and have considerable strength. If they were the central figures in their respective class reunions, but here, they became the foil.

After experiencing a series of ups and downs, these people are the most practical and do not care about Qi Xuansu's identity at all. Only people from aristocratic families like to care about this, talking about blood and origin. These people just hope to pass the incense of the Wanxiang Dao Palace. Qing and Qi Xuansu get on the line. ..

Everyone can see that Qi Xuansu will soar into the sky sooner or later, or in other words, has already begun to fly. He may one day become his immediate boss, or even his boss's boss. If he can build some friendships in advance, it will be useful in the future. Endless. That is to say, some people from aristocratic families who have high standards still put on airs and are immersed in the shadow of their family and cannot recognize themselves clearly. They do not look down on this or that, and insist on paying attention to one's origin. The truly top aristocratic family members never care about their origins. They are polite and virtuous people and work hard to win over them. Look at Zhang Yuelu, he might as well just get married without giving anyone else a chance.

Among these people who came from Wanxiang Taoist Palace, there was actually an acquaintance of Qi Xuansu named Cheng Lixue. He was three years ahead of Qi Xuansu and was a prominent figure in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace at that time. Yue Liuli and Wan Xiuwu were both his juniors. Qi Xuansu was not very prominent at that time. It was also a good idea to get to know this influential figure at that time. An extremely serendipitous opportunity.

At that time, Qi Xuansu was in a position that was neither above nor below. He was fairly famous in his class, not among the top, but he was still ranked around twenty, so he could be taken a second look by his teachers. But looking at the entire Lower Palace, it’s nothing. Cheng Lixue, on the other hand, was very famous throughout the lower palace and was the favorite of the teachers.

No matter how you look at it, Cheng Lixue will never have anything to do with Qi Xuansu, but by coincidence, the two of them have the same hobbies, which are firearms and Xuansheng cards. The first time the two met was at a shooting range. Qi Xuansu hit the target with ten shots, which left a deep impression on Cheng Lixue. The second meeting was at the Xuansheng Card Competition organized by Wanxiang Taoist Palace, and the two were rivals. After going back and forth, we got to know each other. But we can't talk about a deep friendship, that is, just a nod of acquaintance.

During this meeting, Cheng Lixue was very enthusiastic and spoke fluently. Those who didn't know it thought he and Qi Xuansu were under the same roof.

Qi Xuansu didn't point it out, after all, they were barely friends.

The reception was still very long. Someone suggested playing cards, and everyone agreed. Some played in person, while others watched. Qi Xuansu played two games at the end, winning one and losing the other. He won against Cheng Lixue and lost to Li Changge. However, playing cards also depends on luck, but no one can tell who is better between Qi Xuansu and Li Changge from a game of cards.

After a while, someone else suggested that it would be too boring to just play cards like this. It would be better to invite a few female Taoists to liven up the atmosphere.

Of course, the female Taoist friends here do not refer to the daughters of Taoist sects who are the same as them. These women have their own activities and social activities, including Zhang Yuelu, Yao Pei, and Li Zhuyu, who are all there. No one has such a big face to invite them to come and be active. atmosphere.

The female Taoist friends here mainly refer to some young, beautiful women with low status. Of course, they can't do anything in such occasions, but they can be used as vases to be pleasing to the eye.

In an instant, everyone looked at Qi Xuansu.

The life span of Taoists is very long, so except for those who are eager to leave offspring, few people decide on their lifelong affairs early. Even if they decide on their lifelong affairs, their Taoist partners are mostly not around, but thousands of miles away, out of reach. However, Qi Xuansu is an exception. His prospective Taoist partner Zhang Yuelu is not far away. This noble lady of the Zhang family is also famous for her "bad temper". If something really happens, it may not be Qi Xuansu who can't get off the stage alone, maybe they will all suffer.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but cough lightly, secretly sighing at Zhang Yuelu's "notorious" in his heart, but it was not easy to refuse, otherwise it would seem that he was afraid of Zhang Yuelu. He didn't want to be inexplicably known as a henpecked man, so he said: "I have no objection."

Soon, more than a dozen female crowns came to their room. All of them have good looks and graceful figures. These people either work in Huashengtang, Duzhitang, Cijitang, or Fenglinzhou Daofu. There are also some noble women from Fenglinzhou, but their words and deeds no longer look like Japanese.

These female crowns are not dissatisfied with being called to act as vases. It is hard to say who is the prey and who is the hunter. The most clever hunter always appears as the prey.

Of course, they do not expect to become the Taoist partners of these high-quality Taoists. Those who can match these high-quality Taoists must be the daughters of Taoist sects who are well-matched. However, as long as they make friends, these high-quality Taoists will not be stingy with the resources in their hands to help them seek a better position, or support them with Taiping money, and can even introduce them to friends of higher levels.

In this way, these female crowns will gradually rise. As long as there is a rank, a position, and power, there will naturally be no shortage of young and handsome male Taoists, who can slowly make up for the regrets of their youth.

Qi Xuansu has always been very picky about friends and relationships, so he naturally wouldn't have any thoughts about these women. However, what surprised him was that among these women, he saw a familiar figure, who was also someone he knew in Wanxiang Dao Palace, two years older than him, named Song Nianhao.

Nianhao, a very interesting name.

In Qi Xuansu's impression, this is a woman with a straightforward personality. Qi Xuansu and her don't have any feelings to speak of, but they have had a few shallow intersections and have some impressions.

However, when introducing her, she said her name was Song Yu.

Qi Xuansu didn't expect that the two would meet again in this place and in this way, nor did he expect that she even changed her name. Could it be that she really said goodbye to the past?

Cheng Lixue smiled and said, "Deputy Hall Master Qi's courtesy name is Tianyuan. Fellow Daoist Song fishes by the abyss, so naturally he should sit next to Tianyuan."

It should be "envying the fish by the abyss" or "fishing by the stream". Cheng Lixue deliberately combined the two sentences into one sentence, which was deliberate.

Qi Xuansu didn't speak.

Cheng Lixue thought Qi Xuansu had acquiesced, so she let Song Yu sit next to Qi Xuansu.

Song Yu had a complicated expression, and she obviously recognized Qi Xuansu. She had heard of Qi Xuansu's name a long time ago, but she always thought it was just a coincidence. She never expected that the fourth show of the Taoist sect was actually her junior brother back then.

Song Yu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something. But he felt that nothing he said was appropriate, so he stopped there.

Qi Xuansu was very calm and nodded slightly. It's not a matter of looking up to or looking down on her. If he didn't have Qi Niang, he would be worse than this senior sister now. At most, he was sighing that fate was playing tricks on people. Such a good girl was alienated into this by the world of fame and fortune. Whether it was voluntary or forced, it was a pity.

There is a phrase called "more wolves and less meat", which compares men to wolves and women to meat, or resources. Men want to occupy resources as much as possible, and these resources also know their own prices. To put it bluntly, it's a transaction.

As for Zhang Yuelu, Yao Pei and others, they are also wolves, and there is no shortage of female wolf kings.

Song Yu sat next to Qi Xuansu, not as smooth as usual, and a little reserved.

Qi Xuansu began to think about how to get out of this smoky environment without leaving a reputation of being afraid of his wife.