Volume 3 Listening to the Rain in the Small Building Chapter 51 Ascension Celebration
Behind the Wei family father and daughter, a group of young Taoist priests were carrying twenty large wooden boxes. These large wooden boxes were very heavy at first glance. These young Taoist priests actually walked on the steep mountain road as if they were on flat ground, walking very fast.
Xiao Jinyu saw at a glance that all of them were top-notch masters, and immediately understood Wei Chongxun's intentions. If anyone caused trouble, he would directly suppress them on the spot.
Xiao Jinyu knew that Wei Chongxun did not like to associate with people in the world, so he welcomed the Wei family father and daughter into the study outside his dormitory and personally served Gu Zhuzi Bamboo Shoot Tea.
Wei Linghui sat next to Xiao Jinyu and said with a smile: "Brother Yu, you haven't been flirting with women recently, have you?"
Xiao Jinyu smiled and said: "With sister Linghui here, how can anyone in the world be as good as you?"
When Wei Linghui heard this, she smiled sweetly, her eyes filled with pride.
When Wei Chongxun saw this, Quan pretended not to see it. He handed the gift list to Xiao Jinyu and said, "I'll give you a few things to congratulate you."
Xiao Jinyu knew that the Shangqing Sect had a strong foundation and was extremely wealthy, so it would naturally be very generous. Xiao Jinyu did not read the contents of the gift list and directly placed the gift list on the desk.
Although the gift was heavy, it was nothing compared to Wei Chongxun's kindness to him.
Wei Linghui pretended to be coquettish and said: "Dad, I told you to give me more, but you didn't listen. You didn't even look at him."
Wei Chongxun smiled and said: "Hui'er, I've emptied my family's fortune, and the married women of officials are nothing more than this. Don't think it's too little."
Wei Linghui's face turned red with embarrassment when she heard this. She stood up and tried to pull out her father's beard.
Seeing that his daughter was trying to pull out his beard, Wei Chongxun immediately dodged to avoid it, but Wei Linghui refused to give in and insisted on pulling out a few strands of his beard. So, the two of them circled around Xiao Jinyu.
Xiao Jinyu felt quite embarrassed, his handsome face was slightly hot, he was standing there either hiding or not hiding, it was just an embarrassing situation.
Wei Chongxun suddenly stopped his daughter and said: "Okay, don't make trouble, this is not at home, we can't let others laugh. Yu'er, you have to receive guests, so go ahead and do your business."
Xiao Jinyu, as if he had been pardoned, bowed with fists and bowed out. When he came outside, he saw Taoist priests from the Shangqing Sect scattered around. They were obviously ordered by Wei Chongxun to control the situation. If anyone provoked and caused trouble, they would be suppressed on the spot.
When the Ersou of Xiyue saw him coming out, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Master and guests are all here. Let the celebration begin." Xiao Jinyu nodded after hearing this.
Arriving at the reception hall, when the guests heard that the celebration had begun, they immediately looked solemn and stopped whispering. The guests on the left were headed by Beidu and Huaiji, and the guests on the right were headed by Wang Zhice and Xue Taizhen.
The Ersou of Xiyue placed three pillars of incense in front of the statues of the sixteen ancestors of the past generations, and burned the above text to explain the reasons for establishing Xiao Jinyu as the seventeenth generation head of Huashan.
Only then did Xiao Jinyu find out that the fat old Taoist had a common surname of Pang and his given name was Cunhao, and the thin old Taoist had a common surname of Yan and his given name was Xianwei. There were very few people in the world who knew the names of the two elders. After all, they were of similar ages.
All the powerful people present already knew that the new head of the Huashan Sect was a young swordsman who frightened the Fire Zoroastrian Sect. The name of the Lanling Xiao family, the emperor of the two dynasties, was still famous even after hundreds of years. Therefore, even though Xiao Jinyu was young and had high qualifications,
Although it is shallow, there is no intention to look down upon it.
Now seeing that he is handsome and elegant, with restrained charm in his eyes, and his whole person is suave and outstanding, everyone present feels that the Huashan Sect has gained such a talented person and is not far away from becoming prosperous again.
Xiao Jinyu washed his hands, burned incense, paid homage to the 16th-generation ancestor, and received the leader's token from Ersou, a black gold dagger and a bronze medal half the size of a palm, and solemnly vowed to carry forward Huashan, and the leader was promoted to
The celebration came to an end.
Xiao Jinyu and Ersou bowed and thanked the guests present, and then ordered the disciples to bring up many steaming delicacies one by one. Several jars of Jiannan Shaochun wine were placed on each table, and the fragrance was overflowing for a while.
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Xiao Jinyu toasted each table one by one, and the guests also served wine to congratulate them. On this day, a banquet of 120 tables was held on Yuntai Peak of Huashan Mountain, and the guests were packed. The event was unprecedented.
After the banquet, where the guests were chatting and drinking, all the guests present took their leave. Master Huaiji, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, and Zen Master Beidu exchanged a few words with each other briefly before walking down the mountain and leaving.
Xiao Jinyu personally saw him off from the mountain gate, and the two Zen masters just chanted the Buddha's name and said goodbye again. The two Zen masters had kind expressions on their faces, and there was nothing unusual about them.
Xiao Jinyu didn't know whether the two Zen masters Huaiji and Beidu really didn't know that they were going to Shaolin Temple to establish a master to investigate the crime, or whether they had never taken the matter to heart, so they were quite confused.
Around midnight in the afternoon, most of the congratulatory guests left. Xue Taizhen was left with a bitter look by Xiao Jinyu. Lu Qingxue and others from the Huangling faction wanted to discuss with him the matter of incriminating Shaolin, so naturally they did not leave.
Wei Chongxun also took his leave and left, leaving only six or seven first-rate masters to guard Wei Linghui.
The guests who had not left were all invited to settle down and rest in the guest rooms that had been cleaned long ago. It was only then that everyone in the Huashan Sect had a chance to breathe and rest.
Xiao Jinyu returned to the study and saw Wei Linghui sitting at the desk with one hand on his chin, as if thinking about something. The fine wine and food on the table had not been touched, "Hui'er, why haven't you eaten? Is it not to your liking?"
Wei Linghui raised her face to see him, and immediately smiled brightly, which made the flowers pale. Listening to his words, she said sadly: "If you don't accompany me to eat, I will lose my appetite, and I won't want to eat any delicacies from the mountains and the sea."
Xiao Jinyu was silent when he heard this. Wei Chongxun must have left on an empty stomach. He said gently and apologetically: "Hui'er, there are too many guests outside. I just went to entertain the guests. It's my fault for neglecting your father and you."
Wei Linghui smiled and said: "I don't blame you. Although the Shangqing sect is not a wealthy family, it is still hungry. I didn't come all the way to have a meal with you. I just want to eat with you. Xiao Zhang
Please sit down as soon as the door opens, don't stand."
As he spoke, Wei Linghui poured him a glass of Jiannan Shaochun wine with his own hands. She held the cup in her hand and saluted him. Xiao Jinyu held her hand and drank it all in one gulp.
Wei Linghui stood up and sat next to Xiao Jinyu and said with a smile: "Master Xiao has a good drinking capacity. Come on, have another drink."
Xiao Jinyu heard something in her words, put down his chopsticks and said, "Why are you making fun of me again?"
Wei Linghui smiled and said, "How could I make fun of Mr. Xiao? Come and see what this is." As he said this, he took out a brocade bag inlaid with silver ornaments and a piece of fine rice paper with the official seal from his sleeve.
Xiao Jinyu opened the silver jewelry bag and found a copper fish talisman inside. There were two and a half words on the copper fish talisman. He took a closer look and realized that the two and a half words were the other half of "contract".
Xiao Jinyu put the fish charm into the silverbait bag, and then looked at the content on the rice paper, only to realize that it was a personal notice issued by a subordinate, which was the official appointment certificate.
The text says: "Tell Dr. Taizhong to stay away from Ningzhou. Xiao Jinyu, the captain of the Qingchao, has been made into a book like the one on the right, and the talisman is here to follow." There are twenty-six regular characters in total.
Wei Linghui said: "The copper fish talisman is the same as the tiger talisman. It is divided into two halves. The other half of the copper fish talisman is in the official department. The personal notice is made in duplicate, and the other one is also in the official department."
Xiao Jinyu frowned and said: "I don't want to be an official. There are too many restrictions. It's better to be a Jianghu person, which is relatively free."
Wei Linghui smiled and said: "Brother Yu, Taizhong's doctor is a civil official, Qingqi Duwei is an honorary officer, Ningzhou Biejia is now a distant leader. When you want to become an official, you can become a professional official."
Xiao Jinyu was a little silent when he heard this. He really didn't expect that Wei Chongxun was so powerful that he could actually let the Ministry of Civil Affairs appoint a person who was not a Jinshi, a soldier, or a family to be an official.
Xiao Jinyu was silent for a moment and then asked: "Hui'er, what are the official grades of Wen Sanguan, Xunguan and Zhongguan?"
Wei Linghui said: "The doctor of Taizhong is from the fourth rank, the captain of Qingchao is from the fourth rank, Ningzhou Biejia is from the fifth rank, you are now a Fei Pao official, but a redundant official." Fei Pao is a vermilion official robe.
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Xiao Jinyu asked in confusion: "Idle officials?" Wei Linghui said: "Idle officials refer to idle officials who have official positions, receive salaries, and do nothing."
Xiao Jinyu nodded, and the pressure in his heart became even greater. Wei Chongxun had been so kind to him, how could he repay him? Well, it would be better to marry his daughter directly. No, he was going to marry Hui'er as well.
Not to mention the complicated thoughts in Xiao Jinyu's heart, in fact, Wei Anyu obtained this official position with the Holy Fire Order. Of course, this is only one of the reasons, and there are two other reasons.
The Qing sect in Maoshan was highly regarded by the emperor, and Wei Chongxun was also known as Zhongtianxia. This was the second reason why Wei Anyu was able to seek an official position for Xiao Jinyu. The third reason was that Xiao Jinyu was born in the Xiao family of Lanling.
Although he was from a branch of the Xiao family in Lanling, when Emperor Li Shi wanted to cultivate a talker in the world and work for the court, Emperor Li Shi thought that Xiao Jinyu was a suitable candidate, so he gave him an official position.
Wei Anyu's kind words also played a role. Wei Anyu greatly praised Xiao Jinyu in front of Emperor Li Shi, saying that he had defeated Huozhuo Cult Xie Chunfeng, Xian Yuye, Wang Bin and other underworld masters.
More than ten years ago, the Fire Zoroastrian Cult participated in the rebellion in the feudal town and was the target of severe crackdowns by the Li Tang court. Therefore, the current emperor Li Shi wanted to train Xiao Jinyu to become a sharp weapon against the Fire Zoroastrian Cult.
Therefore, they did not hesitate to give him an official position, but still allowed him to stay in the world. There were various reasons for this. Even if Xiao Jinyu wanted to stay there for three days and three nights, he could not guess the reasons.
He is bohemian by nature and loves freedom. Although he feels that being an official can make him stand out, he has no idea of becoming an official because he doesn't like to be restrained and doesn't like all kinds of strict rules.
Therefore, Xiao Jinyu pondered for a moment and said calmly: "It's better to take back the bronze fish talisman and the suicide note. Now I just want to be a charlatan, and I don't want to do anything else."
Wei Linghui smiled as brightly as a flower and said softly: "It doesn't matter if you don't do it. Being an official looks very beautiful on weekdays, but accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. When meeting the emperor, you are always walking on thin ice. If you don't do things well, you will either be demoted or dismissed."
Kill, I don’t want you to be this official either.”
Xiao Jinyu was overjoyed when he heard this. He raised his glass and said, "The one who knows my heart is Hui'er. Come, let's have a drink together." This chapter has been completed!