Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

Chapter 010 Tenants

It was bright day, and Tao Xinian walked out of the Tao Mansion slowly, followed by a boy in green clothes, with two eyebrows, two eyes, one nose and one mouth, with an ordinary and indifferent face, an appearance that people can forget at a glance.

Although Abo didn't look very good under Tao Xinian's blindfold, he was still very excited to be able to walk on the street openly, pulling Tao Xinian's clothes along the way, smiling from ear to ear.

"Stop laughing, give me a good walk!"

Tao Xinian first changed the lease notice posted yesterday, and then led Abo to the East Market.With money, I have more confidence to buy things.He planned to buy a gift for each of Yu Yuandao's two children, and wrap a new year's gift of one tael for each of them.

After two hours of selection, I chose an exquisite hairpin for Ziyuan, a good Langhao pen for Honger, and two exquisite small brocade bags, and put a couple of pieces in each bag. silver.

After choosing the gift, he seemed to be solving a big deal, bought two bunches of candied haws, shared a bunch with Ah Bo, and started eating slowly.They also bought some necessities here and there, each of them carrying a small cloth bag, and walked slowly to Tao's house in the southern suburbs.

Walking into a back alley, the two were arguing, but suddenly one of them rushed out, bumped into him, and quickly ran away. Tao Xinian touched the purse, and sure enough, it was gone.

He was dumbfounded, this thief was really good at stealing, he hung the two brocade bags that he was going to give to the two children together with his own, and the thief just stole his one.He went out to buy presents today, so he naturally brought some extra money. There was a small gold ingot and a few taels of silver in the purse, which had spent more than a year in it.

"Hey, catch a thief, steal something!" Abo yelled, rushing forward in a hurry, but he was still a child and his legs were too short, so he couldn't run very fast.

Tao Xinian threw all the things at him, and immediately chased after him.In the city, he didn't dare to fly with his sword in front of people, fearing that ordinary people who didn't understand Taoism would regard him as a monster, so he could only run as fast as he could, out of breath.

"Stop! You...you stop for me! Catch the thief!"

There were not many people in the southern suburbs, and the thief ran so fast that passers-by could not help him at all.Panting, he scolded the eighteenth generation of the thief's ancestor in his heart, but he was still a few meters away from him. He took a talisman from his bosom and wanted to stick it on it, but the distance was too far, so it was always a little short. If you don't throw it correctly and harm others, that would be bad.

After crossing two streets, he gradually lost his strength. Seeing the thief ran into a back alley again, but there was no one in the alley, he drew his mahogany sword and chased after him.Seeing him flying into the sky, the thief collapsed to the ground in fright. He jumped off his mahogany sword, grabbed the man's skirt and said angrily, "I... I can't run anymore, I'm so exhausted... "

"Big... big... Great Immortal, spare me!" The hairy thief was so frightened that his eyes widened and his tongue was tied.

"Hand over the purse!" he said viciously.

The thief handed over the purse tremblingly, Tao Xinian stuffed the brocade bag into his bosom, kicked him, and said, "Come on, follow me to the official!"

"No, don't go to see the official! Good man, spare me, let me go. I have seniors and juniors, and I still need the care of the younger ones..." The hairy thief fell on the ground, trembling, as if trembling.

"You run so fast, if someone else is robbed, you can't recover the money. Wouldn't it be a disaster to others if you let you go? Besides, why don't you do some serious work with your strength? I think your boss I wouldn't care about the dirty money that was stolen, unless your family is a nest of rats and snakes!"

He was about to pick up the thief, but he didn't expect that he suddenly took out a pile of powdery stuff from his collar and threw it all on Tao Xinian's face.

"You!" Tao Xinian was so angry that the clothes he just changed today were soiled again.

He couldn't open his eyes, wiped his face with one hand, and covered the money bag on his chest with the other hand, he felt a light in his waist, the money bag he had prepared for Zi Yuan and Hong Er was taken by the thief .He stretched out his hand to grab it, but was kicked by the thief. He was really going to explode.

The thief's arrogant smile came from next to his ear: "I didn't expect a man with a face like you to run quite fast. You have learned some magic tricks and pretended to be a master..."

If it wasn't for accumulating three hundred good deeds and not being able to do evil, Tao Xinian might really poke him blind with demonic methods.

But...he seems to be the one who is about to go blind right now.

And at this moment, his mind was still spinning.It's a surprise that this person actually knows what "Mian Shou" is.

Just when Tao Xinian was about to give up the two brocade bags for the time being, he heard a muffled "boom" coming from the front, and the thief's voice disappeared.He could feel a tall person approaching him, unexpectedly, he didn't feel oppressed, but had a familiar feeling.He knew that this person was not the thief.

"Master Tao, your purse."

It is the voice of Xiu Yuan.He listened to it for several days on the mountain, how could he not remember?

"Cultivation?"

Tao Xinian stretched out his hand to grab his sleeve, Xiu Yuan tied the two brocade bags back to their original places, supported his hand, and led him aside.

"Where are you going?" Tao Xinian asked.He felt a little dizzy in his head, and although he had just held his breath, he still inevitably sucked some dust into it.What the thief sprinkled on him was probably low-quality Mongolian perspiration medicine, which can charm the eyes and stun people, killing two birds with one stone.

"Help you to wash, hold your breath first, it's sweat medicine."

Tao Xinian followed him, feeling as if he had entered an inn, and then went upstairs, gently wiped his face with a wet towel with his big hands, and wiped his eyes carefully.He opened his eyes, his eyes were blurred, and his eyes were slightly stinging.He took another wash with clean water, blinked, and felt much better.

Only then did he realize that this was a guest room with a low floor and a simple layout. He turned his head to look at Xiu Yuan and said, "Xiu Yuan, thank you so much. If you hadn't appeared, the thief would have snatched it. My money ran away."

"It's easy to do. You are just under the inn. I heard your voice and came down."

"What about the thief?"

Tao Xinian looked out from the window, and saw the thieves lying on the ground with his eyes turned white and sprawled all over, with a big pool of nosebleeds, apparently someone broke the bridge of his nose.

Tao Xinian: "..."

"You took the sweat medicine, I'll take you back."

Tao Xinian nodded, pointed at the thief, and said, "Drag him to the official, so that he won't harm others."

The two got up and walked down. The innkeeper was dozing off, obviously not paying attention to what had happened before.Tao Xinian thought of something and asked, "Xiu Yuan, haven't you been to Guangzhai Temple?"

"I've gone, the Duan is soaked in snow, I can't read the words clearly, and I have to wait for a new one, so I can only live outside. What about you?"

Tao Xinian knew that he was asking himself why he didn't go back to Qinglong Mountain, and said with a smile: "I have something to deal with at home, I need to stay for a few days."

Xiu Yuan nodded, bent down, dragged the thief's leg, and walked forward.The alley was narrow, and the thief's head hit the wall, and there were a few big bags on the top of his head.

Tao Xinian: It's really procrastinating...

"Daozhang, I finally found you, I'm about to cry!" Abo finally followed, carrying two cloth bags in his hand, his face was flushed, and he was out of breath.He was taken aback when he saw Xiu Yuan, then caught a glimpse of the thief being dragged out of the corner of his eye, and immediately went to mend a few feet.

"Master Taoist, are you alright? Did you lose the money?" Abo circled around Tao Xinian, "Why are your eyes so red, could it be that you were moved to tears when you saw me?"

Tao Xinian rewarded him with a chestnut, and said, "The thief threw me the medicine, and my eyes hurt a little."

"Ah, this stinky thief!" After saying that, he stepped forward to mend a few feet.The thief had already lost consciousness, perhaps it was luck among misfortunes.

At the next intersection, officers and soldiers happened to be patrolling, so Tao Xinian handed over the thief.Several officers and soldiers heard that this person had Mongolian sweat medicine, searched him for a while, found a large bag of medicine powder and seven or eight money bags, confirmed the identity of the thief, and took him away without delay.

Tao Xinian's mood finally improved a lot, and he even walked briskly.They were walking in the direction of Tao's mansion, Xiu Yuan stopped suddenly, Tao Xinian followed his gaze and saw that it was the rental slip that he had posted:

There are six guest rooms in the west courtyard in Taofu in the southern suburbs. The layout is beautiful, and the household is fully equipped. The whole rent is one or two months, and one room is rented separately for two hundred yuan and one month. Short-term rent is negotiable.

"Are you renting out?" Xiu Yuan asked.

Tao Xinian nodded, Xiu Yuan took two steps forward and tore off the strip.

Tao Xinian: ...

"Hey! Monk, what are you doing!"

"Rent."

After walking for a while, Xiu Yuan also tore off another note posted on the road, and Tao Mansion also arrived at this time.

Abo seemed a little confused, and asked: "Monk, you can just tear up one piece, why are you tearing it all up? It's so hard to stick it on!"

Tao Xinian kind of understood what he meant, and asked, "You want to rent the whole thing, right? You alone...one room is enough, right?"

"Full rent, I like quietness." After finishing speaking, he grabbed a small handful of broken silver from his purse, took Tao Xinian's hand, and placed it in his palm, "Let it for a month first."

"You gave too much, one tael of silver is enough." Tao Xinian weighed the weight and returned two yuan, but Xiu Yuan refused to take it no matter what, so Tao Xinian had to take it first.Forget it, treat him to a few more meals later.

Several people entered the Tao Mansion, and Tao Xinian handed him a large bunch of keys, eight in total, including the keys to the west side door and six rooms. The key to the east courtyard was also given to him.

"By the way, Xiu Yuan, when will your degree be healed?"

Xiu Yuan looked at him with light brown eyes and said, "At least half a month, maybe longer."

Tao Xinian nodded and said: "It's been so long, renting a room is much more cost-effective than staying in a hotel. You can stay here with peace of mind. Axi in the backyard is my servant. If I'm not here, you can find him."