“Both the establishment of the Jiangshen Temple and the establishment of the Shuifu Mansion were accomplished in a day…”

Xu Boqing cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I will come forward to arrange for repairs to the Jiangshen Temple. I have to trouble my sister-in-law about Su Su's water house."

"This is easy..."

Ao Lan waved her hand casually, then looked at the adopted daughter aside, and said with emotion or joking: "As the saying goes, God rewards you with food, Su Su, you are like God chasing you to feed you."

Xu Susu knows how shallow her past was, and she also knows who owes her deep blessings now.

She glanced at her mentor secretly and said shyly: "My mentor and godmother's great kindness and kindness have been engraved in my heart for a long time and I will never forget them in this life."

"You shouldn't forget."

Ao Lan nodded slightly and said: "The broad road your master has paved for you is a fate that many practitioners can only dream of."

"Sister-in-law, you are serious."

Xu Boqing complimented in a teasing tone: "Without the strong support of my sister-in-law, I, a lonely person, would not be able to pave a prosperous road."

Seeing her mentor and godmother rejecting each other, Xu Susu pursed her lips and snickered, while also obediently pouring wine and tea...

By the time we had enough wine and food, we had almost finished chatting.

Xu Boqing pondered for a while and then explained: "I don't understand the affairs of the Water Palace. Su Su, you have been following your godmother recently to learn how to coordinate a water area."

Xu Susu was slightly startled when he heard this and asked: "Teacher, are you leaving?"

"good."

Xu Boqing nodded slightly, and then explained: "The territory of Jiangling Prefecture is rich in mountains and rivers, so repairing the temple should be done sooner rather than later. Besides, as a teacher, I have to explore the people's conditions in Jiangling Prefecture so that I can prescribe the right medicine."

"But……"

"There's nothing good about it."

"Susu is here with me, don't worry..."

Ao Lan also knew that her brother-in-law was involved in worldly affairs, so she didn't try to keep him. Seeing that her adopted daughter seemed to be reluctant to leave, she joked: "What? Are you reluctant to part with your master? Or do you just not want to stay with me here?"

"No, no..."

Xu Susu's cheeks were burning, and she said calmly: "I'm worried that my teacher will be alone outside, and he won't be used to it without someone serving tea or water around him."

"Do not worry…"

Ao Lan comforted and said, "Your master has been traveling around the world for many years. Is there a life he is not used to?"

"..."

Xu Boqing nodded slightly, but thought to himself, sister-in-law, you think highly of Xu. I am really not used to living without a beautiful woman around me.

"Your godmother's place is not far from Jiangling Mansion, and the location of your water palace is also within Jiangling Mansion. You can go and find her as your teacher at any time."

His voice paused, as if he had thought of something, and then said: "Besides, when the statue of the god in the temple is built, even if you don't come to find me as my teacher, my teacher will have to come to find you."

"Oh well."

Although Xu Susu felt reluctant to give up, she still nodded obediently.

"Boqing, please wait a moment..."

Ao Lan's voice paused, as if he thought of something. He stood up and left the seat, mysteriously as if he was looking for something.

After a while, she returned to her seat again with a red gourd in her hand, and said with a smile: "I know you are good at wine. This gourd contains some old wine, so I can keep it on the road to quench my thirst."

After saying that, he threw the gourd over casually.

"oh?"

Xu Boqing was surprised after taking the gourd.

Perhaps it was because the red-skinned gourd was filled with wine. It was heavy and a little warm. Even without looking at it, you could see that the gourd was filled with precious light, and it was obviously not a mortal thing.

He put it in his hand and rubbed it for a moment, then asked with a half-smile, "Sister-in-law, this gourd is overflowing with precious light, it doesn't look like an ordinary thing."

"It's not really a treasure."

Ao Lan did not hide it, and explained: "This gourd is originally made of a spiritual root. Although it is small in appearance, it can hold water from rivers and lakes inside.

Moreover, the gourd contains an innate essence of vegetation. If you put some ordinary mountain spring water in it, it will turn into a nectar spring in just a few days, so it is suitable for drinking wine."

"..."

Xu Boqing secretly felt sour after hearing this...

I worked hard to get the magic weapon, thinking that I could save my 'face' as a master, but as a result, I still owe my disciples a sect gift.

But the gourds containing wine are treasures born from spiritual roots!

My sister-in-law said, "It's not really a treasure." That must be Qianci. Just hearing about the "spiritual roots" and the "innate essence of plants and trees" is not comparable to ordinary magic weapons...

He carefully rubbed the gourd in his hand and asked with a slight frown: "Sister-in-law, is this gourd too expensive?"

"precious?"

Ao Lan raised her eyebrows and glanced at him, pretending to be unhappy and said: "Bo Qing, when did you become so petty?"

She paused, then softened her tone, and then said: "This thing is of no use to me. You left in a hurry last time and didn't have time to give it to you. I can't forget it this time."

"Since it was a gift from my sister-in-law, I would be disrespectful to reject it..."

Xu Boqing didn't refuse hypocritically. He just added a new label of 'rich woman' to Ao Lan's 'sister-in-law', 'widow', 'dragon king' and other labels in his mind.

When Ao Lan saw that he had accepted the gourd, his expression softened a bit. She pursed her lips and smiled and said, "Sister-in-law knows that you are entangled in the world, so I won't keep you around anymore. You can come here often to play in your free time."

"As it should be."

Xu Boqing drank the wine in the glass in one gulp without any intention of leaving it any longer, and left it in a flash of light.

The pearls in the Dragon Palace were illuminated, and there was no distinction between day and night. But after leaving the Tongtian River, I realized that it was already a dark night with a sparse moon and stars outside.

He stood on the river and pulled open the wine gourd given by his sister-in-law. Not only did the unique spiciness of the wine float out of the gourd mouth, but it was also accompanied by a faint fragrance of vegetation...

Just smelling the taste made me salivate. I simply raised my head and took a sip under the moonlight. Then I exclaimed: "The scenery is beautiful, the wine is beautiful, the people are even more beautiful, it's wonderful~"

After saying that, the figure disappeared into the night...

Jianglingfu…

There is a dilapidated Jiangshen Temple at the foot of Xiaoan Mountain...

A few years ago, for unknown reasons, all the statues of the River God Temple in Jiangling Prefecture were shattered overnight. The officials of Jiangling Prefecture subsequently came forward and classified the Jiang God Temple into the category of obscene temples and strictly prohibited the public from worshiping the River God.

There are no villages or shops in Xiaoan Mountain. After the Jiangshen Temple at the foot of the mountain was abandoned, it became a temporary stop for passers-by and merchants.

At this time, several mules and horses were tied under the trees outside the Jiangshen Temple, as well as several boxes of goods, while two piles of firewood were burning in the ancestral hall, and fireworks were rising.

Scattered next to the larger firewood pile were eight middle-aged escorts in short-sleeved uniforms. They were baking the butchers and dry food they carried with them by the light of the fire. There were also waist knives beside them.

There were only two young people sitting next to the smaller firewood pile, one was a scholar with thin lips and a hooked nose, wearing a long gown, and the other was a bookboy servant with a book box next to him...

Although they were both staying overnight in the Jiang Shen Temple, the two groups were clearly distinct from each other, and they were obviously not from the same group.

Just then…

There were faint footsteps outside the Jiangshen Temple. The Confucian scholar looked outside with a slight frown, while several bodyguards looked at each other and stopped chatting and looked over.

It was vaguely visible that the person coming was an elegant middle-aged man wearing a white shirt, and there seemed to be a wine gourd hanging around his waist.

The person who came was none other than Xu Boqing, who had changed his appearance...

It was already dark, and considering that the governor of Jiangling Mansion might have fallen asleep, he was not in a hurry to look for it, but instead explored the territory of Jiangling Mansion...

Houfa noticed some smoke and fire in the dilapidated Jiangshen Temple. He had nothing to do, so he pressed the cloud, thinking of exploring the public sentiment of Jiangling Mansion.

Xu Boqing saw that the two groups in Jiang Shen Temple were looking at him, he cupped his hands and smiled and said: "Xu passed by this place alone, thinking of finding a place to stay for one night after dark, but he never thought that there was an owner here, so he was disturbed.

I hope you all will understand."

"Mr. Xu, you're welcome."

The leading bodyguard stood up and returned the greeting with his hands raised, saying: "This Jiangshen Temple is a no-owner's land. We only came a moment early, so we can't say we are causing any disturbance."

“It’s always inconvenient to go out.”

The Confucian scholar with thin lips and hooked nose also lightly agreed: "Sir, as long as he is not a thief seeking wealth or life, you can find a place to rest on your own."

"Then thank you very much..."

Xu Boqing smiled and cupped his hands, then walked into the temple.

The statue in the main hall had long been broken into pieces, and even the desk had been chopped up and used as firewood.

He found a corner and pushed aside the withered grass, only to see half a broken statue of the god lying under the withered grass, which happened to be half of the muddy face of the old man with the skinny head.

He couldn't help but look a little dazed, as if the demon slaying by the Qianling River happened just yesterday.

He casually kicked the half of the clay statue aside and said deliberately: "Tsk, tsk, this Jiang Shen Temple has been built in Jiangling Mansion for decades, but in the end even a clay statue couldn't be saved."

The two resting groups glanced at him with strange expressions upon hearing this, and the leading escort asked: "Mr. Xu is not from our Jiangling Prefecture?"

"Um?"

Xu Boqing pretended to be surprised and asked: "How did this old man know that Xu was not from Jiangling Prefecture?"
To be continued...