Chapter 8 City God

"You and I grew up together and are as close as brothers. Why should we be so different?" Cai Ji smiled half-heartedly, "You should call me Brother Xuan Shu."

Seeing the delicate atmosphere between Luo Ning and Cai Ji, Su Xian was worried that the two would fall out immediately, so he immediately bowed his hands and saluted:

"Su Xian, the reformed member, has met Xianggong Cai!"

There is only one kind of person in the world who can be called Xianggong, and that is Confucian and Taoist monks.

According to the rules, when ordinary people see monks and lower-level monks see superior monks, they must salute and say hello. The hierarchy is clear.

If you are rude to a monk, you are committing a crime and the consequences will be unpredictable.

As expected, Cai Ji's attention was diverted, he looked at Su Xian and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Brother Su. You and I also studied in the same school. We are classmates and old friends, so no need to be polite."

Su Xian sneered in his heart, with a respectful look on his face: "I don't dare, Xianggong Cai is a noble man."

Last year, when the two met in the academy, they still got along as equals. However, after only a short time, there was a difference between them.

Things in the world are unpredictable. When the shipment arrives, Bai Ding will be at the helm, and when the shipment returns, the governor will be on the boat.

"Of course you entered the Xue Mansion to pay off your debts and tide over the difficulties. But do you dare to say that you really don't have any intention of being angry with Quan'er?"

Because, the original owner really likes Cai Quan'er!

Cai Ji could guess the rest without telling him.

How could the emotion of childhood sweethearts and teenage admiration not exist?

The original owner is not a plant!

When the original owner entered Xue's house, he was indeed sad and angry with Cai Quan'er.

Follow your words and speak with skill!

"Zhiyuan, if you and I talk here, we can't hear or see you outside." Cai Ji said.

"He showed the county's fortune book, and sure enough it was written that Li'er is a sinister Tai Sui, and a monk must marry him to destroy his body and suppress his soul."

"Zhiyuan, it seems that your relationship is irreversible." Cai Jifeng said calmly.

As a simple young man, how could the original owner be indifferent to a beautiful girl who swore that she would not marry him when she grew up?

"I hate that I am so ambitious, so careless about my old feelings, so unkind and unjust, haha."

At this point, Luo Ning's eyes turned red and his expression suddenly became sad.

Cai Ji looked at the sole in Luo Li's hand and smiled slightly: "Zhiyuan, there are some things I need to say to you alone. Of course, if you don't want to, I can say it in public."

In his impression, Luo Ning was an honest and kind farm boy. Although he was smart, he had a cowardly air.

"Zhiyuan." Cai Ji's voice finally sounded again, "You must already know that I want to take Li'er as my concubine."

If he had said beheading instead of sealing, his head would have fallen to the ground!

Only the acquaintances Cai Ji and Luo Ning were left in the small courtyard.

An can not be afraid?!

Of course, Confucian and Taoist monks will not kill people easily, they will preach the way of benevolence and forgiveness, and they will not shed blood if they can kill people's hearts.

The magical abilities of Confucian and Taoist monks are not acquired through self-cultivation, but are given by Heaven.

"Yes, brother." Luo Li agreed without hesitation, turned around and left the small courtyard.

Cai Ji opened a seal and sealed the Luo family courtyard. Although Luo Ning marveled at the methods of the Confucian and Taoist monks, he calmed down in his heart.

For all new scholars, the imperial court will open their spiritual veins, grant them official talismans, official seals and magic weapons, and bless their royal luck.

"Is it me, Cai Ji, who wants to take Li'er as my concubine? It's Xuan Qian, the Lord of Tuo County!"

Sure enough, Cai Ji looked a little unnatural, "It is true that Quan'er changed her mind first. To be honest, at the beginning, I really thought that she wanted to marry you, and I was ready to let you be my brother-in-law."

Xuan Qian!

"He is in charge of the fate of ordinary people. Although he cannot modify it without authorization, he can still try to modify the fate of a few people. This is of course his own hands and feet."

"Without acting like this, how could Xuan Qian let Li'er go?"

Those signature phoenix eyes were not outstanding before, but now they are full of energy when looking at them.

In this way, he will be reborn and become a monk immediately, and he will start as a seventh-grade monk!

"That's when her heart for you faded away. Now, she has got her wish and is about to marry into Wenchang Bo's house."

"This means she can't help you."

"Just like I regard Quan'er as my sister."

People had to bow their heads under the eaves. Su Xian was strong-blooded and sharp-edged, but when faced with the superior new scholar, he had to fiddle with etiquette.

Cai Ji sighed: "It's also my fault that Li'er is unlucky. Some time ago, Xuan Qian, who was patrolling at night to hunt down ghosts, met Li'er."

This scene seemed to have happened unintentionally, and the spring had its feet. However, the atmosphere was dry and quiet, with the frosty feel of late autumn.

"Haha!" Cai Ji laughed, "We are sworn brothers in Liyuan, and we will live and die together! Zhiyuan, I really envy you. These two brothers are good, very good."

His hand left the jade pendant and touched his chin, "I understand you. You must be very reluctant in your heart. You hate me."

Xiao Hei suddenly stood up, slowly backed away with his tail between his legs, until he was behind Luo Ning.

In this sense, Confucianism cultivators indeed share weal and woe with the Celestial Empire.

Cai Quan'er also floated out.

"Brothers, Li'er, please go out first."

Sure enough, Cai Ji said: "The land of my hometown is in vain as a spiritual official, but is actually a lackey of the city god. In order to get Li'er married, he actually sent ghosts at night to scare Li'er!"

Cai Ji couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

He didn't expect that there was such a hidden secret in it.

Officials of the same rank, those with more holy family, higher prestige, and more part-time jobs, will have relatively stronger magical powers.

"He said that Li'er was a concubine of Tai Sui, so she had to be a monk's concubine to avoid misfortune. He said that in order to prevent Li'er from causing trouble in the future, he wanted to take her as his concubine to eliminate misfortune."

The bigger the official, the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the royal luck that can be drawn, and the stronger the magical power.

Li Dingguo and Su Xian saw the ceremony and stood on Luo Ning's left and right respectively.

It seems that Cai Ji is still the humble young man he was back then, instead of the high-ranking Jinshi master.

This is the method of Confucian and Taoist monks!

But at this time, Luo Ning's movements were generous and his temperament was clear. His calmness and composure could not hide a kind of unearthly handsomeness, and he was completely different from before.

"For this reason, he specially wrote an article about the land god and entrusted Li'er with a dream, five nights and five dreams!"

"I can only say that Li'er is the one I like, and he even moved out of Wenchang Bo's Mansion."

Cai Ji's slender fingers caressed the white jade pendant around his waist, and there was a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, like an intriguing trace of wind.

"Oh, Zhiyuan, for your brothers and sisters, I have offended the Tuo County City God to death. If you still hate me in your heart, do you have a conscience?"

"You still dare to say that you really regard Quan'er as your sister and have no regard for men and women?"

The small courtyard suddenly became silent, as if it had been isolated from the world.

Luo Ning said: "Cai Xianggong is a Jinshi in high school, promoted to a Confucian and Taoist religion, and becomes a new minister of the emperor. This is something worthy of envy."

He thought of a way to deal with Cai Ji, playing the bitterness card!

Cai Ji nodded: "Only me, Li'er, and Quan'er knew the inside story before."

However, this is the original intention of the original owner, not Luo Ning's.

At the same time, the crowing of chickens, barking of dogs, and the chirping of people and birds outside the courtyard all disappeared!

"Zhiyuan, I regard Li'er as my sister, how can I really want to take her as my concubine? The reason why I threaten her like this is out of sheer helplessness!"

The county's seventh-grade spiritual official, the master of the Yin Division in Tuo County, sits in charge of the City God's Temple, and is an experienced spiritual practitioner.

Luo Ning didn't want to implicate the two sworn brothers, so he took a deep breath and said, "Okay, let's talk alone."

"To be honest, if she hadn't been favored by Wen Changbo, I don't know when I would have passed the Jinshi exam."

Luo Ning's eyelids twitched, "Brother Xuan Shu, is there any hidden secret in this?"

"It stands to reason that Li'er is a little girl in the human world, even if she is a beautiful woman, the city god will not be greedy for her."

Cai Quan'er also smiled coldly.

Luo Ning sighed slightly and did not refute.

"Xuan Qian didn't believe it. He also said that I interfered with the official affairs of the underworld and wanted to sue me. I had no choice but to spread the word and take Li'er as my concubine to stop his thoughts..."

Since he is an official, at least on the surface he does not want to openly violate the law.

After becoming a Confucian and Taoist monk, his fate and path are tied to the destiny of the heaven and the dragon vein of Daxia. While enjoying the dragon vein of luck, his own merits and achievements will in turn strengthen his luck and dragon vein.

Speaking of Cai Quan'er, Cai Ji suddenly laughed, "Really? Were you really not attracted to Quan'er back then? Zhiyuan, don't lie."

Luo Ning took the opportunity to say: "Quan'er and I are not destined to be together, and I don't blame her. But you have watched Li'er grow up, why do you want to accept her... Xuan Shu, you have a bright future now, what kind of woman do you want?"
To be continued...