Chen Qingshan was not surprised that His Majesty the Holy Emperor was able to summon the Taoist spiritual officers. After all, everyone in the world knew that His Majesty the Holy Emperor had some relationship with the Taoist sect, and in the Taoist sect, there was a saying that there were five hundred spiritual officers.
"It's a little different from other Taoist spiritual officials. This spiritual official is a little special. He is just a ray of life soul, melted into this jade. Later, this jade was obtained by the Taoist sect, and this card was made with great magic power. He has the same surname as you
, just call him Chen Lingguan."
"Chen Lingguan also has six realms to protect you." His Majesty the Holy Emperor said slowly.
Chen Lingguan in the hall smiled at Chen Qingshan, and then a green light appeared on its own, slowly shrank, and turned into the Lingguan Jade Tablet again.
In the hall, Chen Qingshan thought of the Taoist sect's technique of spreading beans and forming soldiers, which was somewhat similar to the Chen Lingguan in front of him.
The Holy Emperor asked Chen Qingshan to collect the three items, and then said that he had arranged an official position for Chen Qingshan, and asked Chen Qingshan to work as an errand in Kongmingfang. The task he wanted to do was to manage the group of Taoist priests in Kongmingfang.
It's half a sinecure.
Since the construction of Kongmingfang, there has been no one to manage it, and the Taoist priests have mixed up.
"You first go to Kongmingfang to be an observer and just do some training. As for other arrangements, we will discuss it after the year." His Majesty the Holy Emperor threw a seal to Chen Qingshan. This seal was somewhat new and was obviously just engraved.
In other words, the official position of Kongmingfang Observer was unprecedented in ancient times and was entirely created for Chen Qingshan.
Chen Qingshan took the seal, looked at His Majesty the Holy Emperor, and said shyly: "Your Majesty, what grade is this Kongmingfang Observer?"
His Majesty the Holy Emperor thought for a while, pondered, and said: "Let's start with the fourth grade. It's similar to the sacrificial wine and belongs to the Ministry of Rites."
"That's pretty big, much bigger than the county magistrate in my hometown." Chen Qingshan said shyly.
When Chen Qingshan was in Jishui Town, he had always envied those children from rich families. The biggest dandy Chen Qingshan had ever seen was the son of the county magistrate. But when he passed by Jishui Town, Chen Qingshan looked at him from a distance.
Just a passing glance.
The Holy Emperor was helpless and said: "I don't know what you are thinking. You have already been granted a title, and you are still entangled in this kind of thing. If you return to your small Jishui town now, the county magistrate who manages Jishui town will probably come to greet you."
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Chen Qingshan told the truth: "When I was collecting water, I always envied those sons of officials and young men with bright clothes and angry horses."
"You mean you had a hard time collecting water?" His Majesty the Holy Emperor asked.
Then the Holy Emperor heard a somewhat unexpected answer.
"It's a bit difficult, but it's not bitter. I won't hide it from Your Majesty. There are many people in the town who have helped Qingshan."
His Majesty the Holy Emperor pondered.
"You are much more promising than the county master's son you say you are."
Chen Qingshan left the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He was going to take up a post in Kongmingfang. His Majesty said that Kongmingfang has the largest number of Taoist priests in Chang'an.
When leaving the palace, Chen Qingshan met Xiaojiu again, and the two even greeted each other.
"Are you free now? Tell me a story outside Chang'an."
"Not now, but when you have time, you can come to Kongmingfang to find me."
After Chen Qingshan left the imperial city, Kongmingfang was not far from the imperial city, so Chen Qingshan planned to walk there and take a good look at Chang'an City.
At this time, Chang'an City already had a somewhat Spring Festival atmosphere. Chen Qingshan went to the roadside and broke off a piece of grass, held it in his mouth, and looked at the people and things around him comfortably.
A canal was dug from the Drinking Sea Channel, passing from the side of the imperial city and running through the entire Chang'an City.
The canal gave birth to countless tributaries, extending to various cities and towns, and connecting to the front doors of thousands of households. There were high bridges on the river, and there was an endless stream of paintings and boats under the bridge.
In front of Chen Qingshan, there is a gambling house, which stands at the end of the street. It is on the seventh floor of the gambling house. On the plaque is the word "big money". Next to "big money", there is a large copper coin hanging, which is much larger than an ordinary millstone.
Worthy of the word "big money".
Along the way, Chen Qingshan realized that this big money gambling house should be the largest building on this street.
Suddenly there was a sound.
"If you dare to come to a gambling house without money, get lost!"
Then, Chen Qingshan saw a black and white ball rolling out of the big money gambling room.
The ball was impartial and rolled right in front of Chen Qingshan. A black and white panda slowly stretched out in front of Chen Qingshan, with its limbs spread out and its expression a bit mean.
"Hello, little brother, I am a gambling sage. I am short of money now. Little brother, would you like to lend me some money? I will help you make a lot of money."
Chen Qingshan turned around and left: "No."
Chen Qingshan doesn't like gamblers, because gamblers like to lie.
Seeing that Chen Qingshan ignored him, the panda stood up instantly and took hold of Chen Qingshan's arm: "No, little brother, hey! Don't leave, can't I give you something in exchange?"
As he said that, Panda took out something from his crotch. He didn't know how he hid it.
That thing was somewhat familiar to Chen Qingshan. It was a thousand machine box.
"As long as one thousand taels, oh no, five hundred taels, this box will be yours."
Chen Qingshan looked at the panda in front of him, then at the Millennium Box, and remembered the little raccoon he met in Shanshi Town.
"Do you know a raccoon merchant?" Chen Qingshan asked.
The panda was overjoyed and said, "That's my second brother. We also have a third brother. He's a white cat and he's very handsome."
Chen Qingshan was stunned when he heard this. He also asked casually, but he didn't expect that the panda did know the raccoon.
That day in Shanshi Town, Sanzang opened the Mysterious Machine Box given by Raccoon, and found a feather.
"Since I know my second brother, I'll sell you the Qianqianji box at a friendly price, two hundred taels, how about it?" Panda seemed to be really short of money and looked at Chen Qingshan expectantly.
Feeling numb at the panda's sight, Chen Qingshan reluctantly took out the two hundred taels of silver notes.
"I have heard of many saints, Confucian saints and painting saints in my life, but this gambling saint is the lowest and cannot be promoted to the top," Chen Qingshan said.
The panda was not annoyed and just said: "The so-called saint is not as comfortable as I am. Let's see this gambling saint go and kill everyone!"
Then, the panda lifted up his crotch, threw the Myriad Machine Box to Chen Qingshan, and rushed into the big money gambling room.
Seeing the missing panda, Chen Qingshan had no choice but to sigh, "I feel really comfortable."
Putting the Thousand Machine Box into the storage ring, Chen Qingshan continued to walk towards Kongmingfang. As he walked, Chen Qingshan was thinking about things. Chen Qingshan was thinking about the meaning of this holy word.
Confucian sages and painting sages all carry the word "sheng", which is naturally an honorific title. Later generations were grateful for what they did for the people of the world, so they gave them the word "sheng".
It's just that for the panda in front of him, his word gambling didn't seem like something to be proud of. Later, Chen Qingshan understood that the word gambling was a harmful thing. He didn't like it, and neither did everyone in the world.
Chen Qingshan looked back at the direction of the big money gambling house and stopped. There are many people in the small Jishui Town who have also become impoverished and separated from their wives because of gambling. What's more, this town is bigger than Jishui Town.
I don’t know how many times Chang’an is.
Chen Qingshan felt that such people were not worthy of pity.
After appraising a stick of incense, Chen Qingshan arrived outside Kongmingfang. The entire Kongmingfang was forty or fifty miles long, almost the size of a town.
A main street can accommodate four or five horse-drawn carriages. Along the main street, there are rows of houses.
There were not many people on the street. When Chen Qingshan saw a girl who looked like a Taoist boy cleaning fallen leaves, he stepped forward to ask.
Chen Qingshan asked him if he was from Kongmingfang. Do you know where the person in charge of Kongmingfang was?
The little girl said that she was not from Kongmingfang, but that her father ran away after losing the family fortune in gambling a few years ago, and there was a sick grandfather at home.
The Taoist priests of Kongmingfang thought she was pitiful, so they gave her a job as a street sweeper to earn some money for her grandpa's medical treatment and to make ends meet. The Taoist priests also required her to dress up.
The little girl pointed to the end of the main street of Kongmingfang, where there was a building.
"Young Master, if you want to find the person in charge of Kongmingfang, you can go there. You can go there to find Uncle Qian. Most of the people on the street listen to him. Uncle Qian also gave me the job of sweeping the streets."
Chen Qingshan took some money and gave it to the little girl, who thanked her profusely.
Chen Qingshan entered the building. There was no one around and it was a bit empty. Chen Qingshan shouted a few words, but no one answered.
Chen Qingshan climbed up to the second floor. Not only was there no one on the second floor, it also looked a bit old. Chen Qingshan could clearly see the dust on the table and the table legs that were in disarray with insects.
Just when Chen Qingshan walked by, the table made a creaking sound.
Chen Qingshan went up to the third floor, but there was still no one and it was still shabby. An unpleasant damp smell began to permeate Chen Qingshan's nasal cavity. Chen Qingshan waved his hand in front of his nose, trying to use the wind to dispel the smell, but the effect was very poor.
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Chen Qingshan stopped worrying and continued to climb the stairs. It was not until Chen Qingshan reached the fourth floor that he saw a Taoist priest.
I think this person is Uncle Qian in the little girl's mouth.
Uncle Qian was a Taoist priest, but he didn't look like a Taoist priest. His Taoist robe was casually draped on his body, exposing his breasts, and his big feet were placed on the table, with dark soles.
The smell was somewhat similar to the wet musty smell downstairs. Chen Qingshan couldn't tell whether it was the smell of Uncle Qian's feet, the smell of rotting wood, or both.
But Chen Qingshan knew that Uncle Qian was more like a farmer than those farmers in Jishui Town.
After all, although the men in Jishui Town don't care about cleanliness, the soles of their feet should not be so dark. After all, if they are too smelly, their mothers-in-law will not let them go to bed.
Obviously, Uncle Qian in front of him should not have a mother-in-law, this is what Chen Qingshan thought.
As if he didn't see Chen Qingshan coming, Uncle Qian picked his foot, then put it to his nose, smelled it, sneezed, and then started making tea.
After the tea was brewed, Uncle Qian slowly raised his head and looked at Chen Qingshan.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Uncle Qian took a sip of tea and felt something was missing. Then he opened the drawer next to him, grabbed a handful of red things and put them into the teacup.
Chen Qingshan took a closer look and saw that it was wolfberry. Looking at the contents of the cup, Chen Qingshan began to think about whether this guy had a wife.
Finally, Chen Qingshan shook his head and was sure that this guy must not have a wife. After all, no woman would like such a person.
Chen Qingshan took out the seal and threw it on the table.
"My name is Chen Qingshan, and I am the newly appointed Observer of Kongmingfang by His Majesty."