Chapter 5, Daoist Lin Qingping
.Updated, today's second chapter, Xiaofei still has no nerve to be a 2k party... In fact, an old reader strongly asked me to do it. If you are a 2k party, you can update at least 3 chapters of 6000+ every day, but it is really difficult to update 4k and two chapters, three chapters, because Xiaofei's 4k is usually above 4500+... I really hope you can give me some advice. Do you want to watch 6000+ or 4500+ every day, and if you are 6000+, you can only do 2k, of course it is definitely not the type of 2k that is filled with water.
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On the night of November 20, 998, the Empire, in the Dragon City.
As the bridgehead of the empire at the western end of the mainland highway and also a distribution center for transit goods from the western continent to the empire, Longcheng does not lack civilian and entertainment areas, nor does it lack business travelers and adventurers who want to travel to and from the East and West Continents to make huge wealth.
Therefore, the sudden appearance of the Western coalition forces in siege made many brigades trapped in Longcheng.
Although Guan Zhongyun, the commander of the city guard and corps, has ordered an indefinite curfew, the largest inn in Longcheng District, Sihai Inn, is still crowded with people. Of course, almost all the guests here are the customers who stay here and don’t get into trouble at night.
The inn itself is fully equipped, including food, accommodation, and lobby for merchants to trade, and of course women are indispensable...
The inn gate was closed. At this time, curfews had begun to be imposed in the streets, and no one would come again; the inn was brightly lit and the tables were almost full in the lobby.
Dozens of people were drinking and playing tricks, and most of them were businessmen in their clothes. After a few days of being trapped in the city, the business of this inn was getting better and better. They couldn't get in or out, so these businessmen had to spend their time here.
There were also more than a dozen people gambling for fun, and the shouts continued.
There were also a few women who were swearing in the crowd, avoiding men's robbery from time to time, making waves of giggles, attracting attention.
"Uncle, do you want to have fun?" A woman with a veil walked to a man sitting in the corner of the inn.
Looking at this woman, although she was black and fluent in Chinese, her high nose and deep eyes under her veil revealed that she was a woman from the Western Continent.
However, as the empire is strong, many Westerners come to the empire. Moreover, such a border city is no longer surprising to Westerners even in the interior of the empire.
"This little girl is so shameless. Will that poor Taoist priest have money to spend for her? Why don't you come here to be here, I will love you very much." Several businessmen looked at the woman's hot figure. Although her face was mostly covered, it was still obvious that she was a beauty.
"Boss, give me a pot of wine." The man in a corner of the inn was as stable as Mount Tai, and he occupied a table. He looked like a Taoist priest, and looked at him at age thirty, with a handsome expression and a dignified appearance.
But the Taoist priest was too sloppy. He was wearing a green half-length gown, and the long gown was casually half-rolled around his waist. He tied a cloth belt with a dirty cloth belt so that it was not visible. He casually put a hairpin on his head, and a straw was hanging on the tip.
If it weren't for the explicit provisions of the Han Empire that the four people in the empire were equal, without any illegal or criminal activities, and should not be discriminated against and insulted, the inn owner would have asked someone to blow him out long ago.
However, this Taoist priest is not completely undesirable. At least he has a lot of money on his body. He just threw two imperial gold coins to his friend at once. You should know that the imperial price is cheap. Even when the city is siege, one gold coin is enough for the Taoist priest to eat for half a month. As soon as he took these gold coins, the passengers who had some opinions about him did not speak out. After all, this store was opened by others, and if you have money, it is the old man. Now that the war is in progress, who has more minds to care about others?
It is estimated that the Western woman happened to see this generous scene of the Taoist priest and took the initiative to seduce her.
And this Taoist priest was indeed "extraordinary". He ignored the comments of several businessmen and the seductions of the women around him, and drank wine on his own.
"Uncle, why should you be so indifferent?" The Western woman didn't care about the Taoist priest's attitude and actually sat directly beside the Taoist priest.
"You little girl, you really don't know what it means. Master Dao, I don't like barbarian women. You can leave quickly. Now you are from the Western Continent outside, so be careful to catch you as a spy and send you to the Military Control Office," the Taoist glanced at the woman and finally spoke.
"Where is my wine, man, why is it so delayed?" After the Taoist priest said that, he shouted to the man.
"Hmph!" So confused, the Xi Nu finally told the girl to give up the entanglement, snorted coldly and turned away, and ignored the other merchants' goodwill.
"Master, the wine is coming..." The inn's guy just got the gold coins, his legs and feet became more flexible, his mouth became sweeter, and he didn't care about the bad attitude of the Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest was not polite either. He grabbed a dog's leg with one hand and a wine pot with the other, eating and drinking.
"What a Taoist priest who is a wine and meat..." Someone muttered in a low voice unwillingly.
"Whatever you say is secretly? Someone is a Taoist priest who is a wine and meat. The Three Qingshou is here, and he didn't say that we are not allowed to eat wine and meat. They have a peach banquet, so I can eat and drink Daoist." The voice was quite loud. Although it was a little vulgar, no one could refute it for the time being.
Money belongs to others. How much money is spent? As long as it does not violate the imperial laws, what can you do to others? Moreover, although the empire is not like the Western Continent, with the unity of politics and religion, and even the power of religion is greater than that of the regime, and there is no state religion, it still respects Taoism originating from its own country.
After all, among the founding heroes, Yu Yang and Yu Pingzhi, who was said to be the descendant of Taoism, lived a lifelong life to save the world and were highly respected by the empire. Even in some provinces of the empire, there were also temples that offered to him.
But even so, no one wanted to have a table with such a sloppy and weird Taoist priest, which formed a strange scene where other seats were full, but the Taoist priests were one table by one.
"Okay, eat and drink enough, take me to rest." The Taoist priest put down the wine pot, stretched his waist in a very indecent manner, and spoke leisurely.
"This, Master Dao, the guest room has been full these days..." The mate whispered, for fear of angering the God of Wealth.
"Well, just find me a cleaner house. Master Dao doesn't care so much." The Taoist was also very happy, and the words said to the merchants present, who also improved his senses a lot.
"Okay, I'm sorry, Master Dao..." The guy saw the straw on the Taoist's head at a glance, but thought to himself: He has been sleeping in a mixed house these days.
"By the way, did the woman from Xilu live here just now?" the Taoist priest suddenly asked.
"Look, I can't hold back anymore. I just pretended to be serious and ignored me, but now I'm asking." Several guests who heard the Taoist priest's questioning thought contempt.
"This, Master Dao, there are no less than a thousand passengers in this store day and night. Those women are more of them, and we have no right to interfere in the registration, so..." The guy was embarrassed.
"Forget it, take me to rest." The Taoist priest waved his hand.
"Master Dao, please check in here. This hotel needs to be registered." The man pointed to the counter in front of the hall and said.
"Oh, bring a pen." The Taoist priest glanced at the guy and took out the certificate of decree.
The guy took the Taoist priest's certificate and sighed in a low voice: "It's still the Taoist priest who came from the Dao Temple in Jiangshan City, the Empire..."
The Taoist priest picked up the pen handed over by the friend and wrote his name on the store's directory. You see, the Taoist priest was dressed in a mess, but he wrote a good handwriting. The pen was in between dragons and snakes, and the three words "Lin Qingping" were now on the paper.
"Good word! Sun Er, please take Dao Master to find a cleaner house." The shopkeeper behind the counter exclaimed. These words were iron-armed and gold hooks, which were extraordinary and could not be obtained without more than ten years of hard work. At the same time, he had a much better impression of Taoist priests.
"Okay, Master Lin, please..." The guy led Lin Qingping to a small house inside and opened the door. He couldn't wait until the house was cleaned up, and some inn clothes and supplies were neatly placed on the walls.
It seems that the so-called miscellaneous house simply refers to the storage of the items used by the store here.
"It's not bad, go there, don't disturb me again." Lin Qingping nodded and lay on the only one in the house.
After the guy went out, Lin Qingping opened his eyes, listened carefully for a while, suddenly stood up, opened the window, and flew out.
When the night of November 20, 998 approached the middle of the empire, the military control area in the southeast of Longcheng was approaching.
In the darkness, a team of patrolling Han soldiers raised torches from far to near. The soldiers carefully observed the movements around them. This place was very close to Longcheng Prison and the Ordnance Warehouse, and was a key area for defense.
The patrolling Han army checked around and found nothing unusual. They held up a torch and walked in the distance.
"It's this, sir." The patrol soldiers had just walked past, and several figures appeared in the darkness like ghosts.
These people were wearing black robes, even their heads were wrapped inside, and their entire body was completely integrated with the darkness.
"How much time is there, Pillow." A dark shadow asked.
"Sir, according to Laura's report, the Han army here must be completed within a moment of time." The black shadow named Pilo replied.
"Okay, act, we will meet here in a moment!" The leading black shadow waved his hand and the few people scattered.
Pilo Deco, a palace magician in the Kingdom of Gaul, is good at the so-called magic secrets lost in ancient times in the Western Continent, known as "musket".
He was moving forward like a mole, he was very arrogant, he believed that in Dragon City, those so-called soldiers could not see such noble magician as him.
Pillow successfully approached his target. According to the report, a large number of city guard equipment were stored here, including the loose pieces of the bed crossbow used by the Han army during the day.
Pilo was ready to attack the two Han soldiers guarding the warehouse gate. Suddenly, a gust of wind flashed behind him.
"Who..." Pilo was shocked, and hurriedly retracted, turned around and looked at it carefully, and there was no sound in the darkness.
Is it an illusion? Pilo shook his head. As a phantom magician who is good at spiritual power, it is really an unforgivable behavior to have an illusion in a highly tense state.
"Where did the ground rat come from? Do you want to dig a hole to store food... Don't you think it's a little too late?" Just as you were about to continue to do it, a soft voice suddenly came from Pilo's ear.
Chapter completed!