Chapter 9 Visitors
"It's snowing!"
Looking at the white peaks around him, Mo He shivered early in the morning, and let out a sigh in his mouth.
Now that the end of the year is approaching, I don't know when the snow fell last night, and it has not stopped until now, and now it is already a white expanse outside, and the surrounding mountains are covered with a layer of white snowflakes, which is beautiful at a glance.
Enduring the cold outside, Mo He started his morning class for a new day, after he practiced boxing, the aura in his body ran all over his body, and the coldness seemed to subside immediately, but he felt that his body was hot.
"I didn't expect to be able to keep out the cold by practicing boxing!"
After cultivating the aura in his body, he finally had a little substantial benefit to himself, which could help him resist the cold, and Mo He felt that he could not be affected by the cold at all in this cold winter, and the life in the Qingmei Temple of Mochizuki Mountain.
After Mo He finished the subjects he practiced in the morning, it was time for the Qingmei Daoist to teach, and he was very relieved to see that Mo He got up early and practiced seriously as always, and did not stop because of the snow outside.
Just when the Qingmei Taoist continued to give Mo He a morning lesson, and halfway through the lecture, he suddenly stopped.
Mo He saw that Qingmei Daoist stopped lecturing, and immediately turned his head and set his eyes on the bottom of the mountain, there were several experiences of halfway through the morning class before, and it was all of a sudden that someone visited, so Mo He was already a little used to it.
Mount Mochizuki is not tall, and at this moment, on the white slopes, you can see several figures, slowly walking towards the mountain.
"There are guests visiting, and that's all for today's morning class!" Looking at a few figures on the hillside, Qingmei Daoist frowned slightly, waved his hand at Mo He, and then turned around and walked into the house, and when he came out again, he had already changed his clothes.
Mo He saw the Qingmei Daoist who came out, and his current dress was much more solemn than usual.
Dressed in a cyan robe, the mouth of the leader of the robe is carefully decorated with gold wire, maintaining the dusty charm of the robe, and at the same time, it has a little more luxurious and solemn feeling, and there is also a cyan hair crown on the top of the head, which is inlaid with a milky white jade, which looks very extraordinary.
Mo He has never seen Qingmei Dao Chang dressed up like this, and if this outfit is worn out, it will definitely be very eye-catching.
"It seems that the identity of the people who came to Qingmei Guan this time seems to be unusual, and the master attaches great importance to their arrival. "Seeing that Qingmei Daoist is so solemn, Mo He, you immediately guessed that the identity of the person who is about to come is probably not ordinary.
After waiting for a short time, several figures approached and came to the front of Qingmei Temple, at this time, Mo He saw clearly the dress of these people, and several of them were wearing armor, obviously people in the army.
In addition to these people in the army wearing armor, there were two people in front, one looked like a literati and was richly dressed, and the other was tall and bear-waisted, although he was not wearing armor, but the first impression was that he was a fierce general in the army.
"An Shoucheng, the magistrate of Zi'an County, came to meet the Qingmei Daoist!"
"Zi'an County Wubei Wangui Mountain, come to meet the Qingmei Daoist!"
At about the same time, the man dressed as a scribe spoke with the big man on his back, and his voice resounded through the silent mountain forest after the snow.
"The two of you are rare guests, from the time I just came to this Zi'an County a year ago to today, we finally met for the second time, don't dislike my shabby words of the Qingmei Temple, please come in the two, let's talk in the Taoist Temple!" Qingmei Taoist looked at the few people who had come to the front, there was no smile on his face, he just stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation to them, and then turned around and walked into the Qingmei Temple, his attitude was a little unpolite.
Mo He looked at all this, and his thoughts turned sharply, from the attitude of his master Qingmei Daochang, it could be seen that the master did not welcome these two people.
And these two people have already declared their identities just now, and they turned out to be the magistrates and military officials of Zi'an County, this is a county, in addition to the county honor, the two most powerful people, respectively in charge of the military and politics.
And now, these two actually visited Qingmei Temple at the same time to see the attitude of the Qingmei Taoist, which makes people feel a little funny.
"The humble house is simple, it coincides with today's heavy snowfall, this ice pot is cold, and there is no tea to entertain, please bear with me!"
An Shoucheng and Wan Guishan glanced at each other, somewhat unhappy in their hearts, but thinking about a year ago, when the Qingmei Daoist first came to Zi'an County, their attitude towards the Qingmei Daoist was not very good, and they still had a request for the Qingmei Daoist today, so they endured the dislike of the Qingmei Daoist.
"Hehe, it's okay, that's the new disciple of the Taoist master, this kid looks very smart and clever, I don't know which family's son, can have a blessed fate, worship the Taoist as a teacher?" An Shoucheng smiled indifferently, and then swept his gaze to Mo He on the side, and then praised casually.
The reason why An Shoucheng praised Mo He was mainly to ease the atmosphere, and what they wanted to say next needed the help of the Qingmei Dao Chief, and they needed to show some kindness as much as possible.
"This disciple of mine is just a naughty boy in a mountain village, and he deserves such praise from the chief. Hearing An Shoucheng praise Mo He, Qingmei Daoist replied in a flat tone.
I remembered that a year ago, when the Qingmei Taoist first came to Zi'an County as a Taoist official, he went to the county government, but he received a cold reception, and in this year, the county government has never looked for the Qingmei Taoist, and the Qingmei Taoist has never received the worship of Zi'an County.
"The two of you don't have to beat around the bush, since I settled in this Mochizuki Mountain, it has been more than a year, and no one from the county government has ever come to visit on weekdays, today's heavy snow, the two of them came together, there must be something important, you might as well say it bluntly!" Looking at An Shoucheng, who was still ready to beat around the bush, Qingmei Daochang had no interest in playing with him, and said straight to the point.
"Okay, the Taoist is quick to talk, then we'll just say it. After hearing this, Wanguishan on the side immediately smiled heartily and directly stated the purpose of their trip.
"This time, I came to disturb the Taoist Qingxiu, and I really had no choice but to do it, the matter was actually very simple, I just wanted to ask the Taoist to go to Zi'an County to subdue the demon. Wan Guishan said.
"Demon subduing, could it be that a demon cultivator with the Yin God Realm has appeared in Zi'an County?" Hearing Wanguishan say the purpose of this trip, Qingmei Daochang's first reaction was to ask rhetorically.
The Wangui Mountain in front of him, as the military equipment of Zi'an County, although the martial arts cultivation is only in the realm of martial arts, but with the three thousand garrisons of Zi'an County, plus other masters in Zi'an County, the demon cultivators of the ordinary Divine Soul Realm can completely take it with the strength of Zi'an County.
"That's not the case, this demon is only in the realm of divine souls, and has not reached the realm of yin gods, but this demon is very cunning, and has been hiding in the water and rarely comes ashore, so I can't do anything about it!" An Shoucheng heard this and explained.
"I see, but in this Zi'an County, I'm not the only one who can help, and there is also the Songhe Daoist who has won everyone's trust, and his cultivation has also reached the realm of divine souls, why don't you go to him?" Qingmei Daoist nodded, but did not agree, but continued to ask.
Hearing Daoist Qingmei ask this, An Shoucheng smiled bitterly and said, "Don't hide it, Daoist Songhe, he has already gone immortal!"
As soon as these words came out, Daoist Qingmei's face immediately changed, and he asked with a somewhat solemn expression.
"Because of the demon exterminator?"
An Shoucheng nodded, did not continue to speak, but just glanced at Wangui Mountain on the side.
Wanguishan immediately understood, replaced An Shoucheng and said: "Qingmei Daoist, this demon is making waves in Zi'an County, Songhe Daoist is one of the two Taoist officials in Zi'an County, and now he has gone to get rid of the demon fairy, and now only you can subdue this demon, and please ask the Taoist to take action." ”
Qingmei Daochang has not spoken yet, and after hearing this, Mohe, who is not far away, has a general understanding of the intention of this wave of guests.
"This Wangui Mountain seems to be a rough person on the outside, but it is quite good at crowding people. Mo He thought in his heart.
I have been following the Qingmei Daoist for a while, and Mo He also has some understanding of the identity of the Qingmei Daoist Daoist, after all, the Qingmei Daoist occasionally goes down the mountain on weekdays to complete some things such as establishing the Hades Yin Mansion, which are the responsibilities of the Daoist.
To put it simply, the so-called Dao official can be understood as the cultivators recruited by the dynasty to pay some cultivation resources and hire these cultivators to carry out some work, and the title of Taoist official is just set up by the dynasty for the convenience of doing things.
Receiving the position of Taoist official of the imperial dynasty can be regarded as taking refuge in the imperial dynasty, and they are relatively freer than those who hold official positions with real power, so in the entire dynasty, there are not many cultivators who have received the position of Taoist official, and most of them are casual cultivators, or small sects with relatively small inheritances.
Although the constraints are not strong after becoming a Taoist official, there are still some duties that need to be performed, and the words of Wangui Mountain just now have some meaning of squeezing the Qingmei Daoist, deliberately mentioning the Taoist Songhe Daoist who is also a Taoist official, and the meaning of the words is very obvious.
Look at the Songhe Daoist, who is also a Taoist official, has fallen because of the Demon Guarding Dao and performing the duties of the Taoist official, and you are also a Taoist official, should you also be on par with the Songhe Daoist, at least go out of the mountain to subdue the demons and perform the following duties.
Qingmei Daoist pondered for a moment, glanced at An Shoucheng and Wangui Mountain in front of him, and suddenly turned his head and shouted to Mohe not far away: "Apprentice, pack up your things and go down the mountain with your teacher!"
"Yes, master!" Mo He replied quickly.
After giving an order to Mo He, Qingmei Daoist continued to look back, and said with a smile on his face: "I have been here in Zi'an County for more than a year, and I have never received an offering from the imperial dynasty, and this time I happened to be on the way." ”
When An Shoucheng and Wan Guishan heard this, they glanced at each other, knowing that the purpose of this trip had been achieved, but the things that had been detained by Qingmei Daoist before were probably going to be spit out.