I am engaged in construction in Datang

The springs are silent, the clear water flows in the streams, and the reeds are all over the ground. It is a beautiful spring time, and the Taoist priests in the city are wandering around.

Taoists came to Beijing one after another, and the government arranged accommodation for them. They all had white eyebrows and long beards, wore Taoist hats and Taoist robes. Some of them were obviously from the same sect, and there were patterns engraved on their hats.

Pharmacist Chen was asked to sell his Taoist cap and buy some roasted gluten to eat, so now he has a hairpin on his head.

"Old Baiyun, please lend me some more money. I want to try the dragon beard pastry." He was so poor that he had to sell his Taoist robes.

"My Taoist name is Xianyunzi, not Lao Baiyun!" Xianyunzi looked numb.

Does he have money?

When he went down the mountain a few days ago, Nuzhuang helped him pay off the money he owed for repairing the Taoist temple. Now he still owes Nuzhuang money!

He also found his three apprentices, who worked in Zhuangzi's workshop and lived a pretty good life.

Then the three of them gave him a few strings of cash they had saved so that he could use it to pay off his debts.

"Old Baiyun, Old Baiyun, please, I will pay you back someday!" Pharmacist Chen stared at Liuweizhai, drooling.

"No!" Xian Yunzi refused cruelly.

In the past few days, most of the Taoists who could come have already arrived in the capital. A handwritten order has been issued from above, saying that someone will come to make arrangements in three days.

Now they all live in one place, free of charge, but have to provide for their own food.

He had lent a sum of money to Pharmacist Chen some time ago, but he didn't expect that he had spent it all!

It cost me a whole coin!

Is this the reincarnation of Taotie?

"I..." As soon as Pharmacist Chen opened his mouth, saliva started to flow.

"..." Xian Yunzi moved away with disgust.

"I'll buy some and share them with you. Don't even think about borrowing money from me!"

"Okay!" Pharmacist Chen was extremely happy.

Three days later.

A group of people came to the place where the Taoists lived.

Everyone wore the same clothes and moved in a dozen wooden tables and placed them there.

"Little brother, what are you going to do?" Pharmacist Chen was still chewing on the dragon beard cake, his beard was full of sugar residue, and he looked extremely sloppy.

Li Xiaohua looked at him and said expressionlessly: "Do an experiment."

"Experiment? What is an experiment and what does it look like?"

Li Xiaohua stopped talking. He wasn't a talkative person and he wouldn't explain anything to others.

"Hey, why are you ignoring the old man?" Pharmacist Chen couldn't stay idle and started to chatter.

Li Xiaohua ignored it, took out chemical powder in a ceramic bottle from the bag, and started doing the experiment.

Gradually, Pharmacist Chen stopped talking, and all he could see was the things in front of him.

Isn't this what he often does?

After finishing it once, Li Xiaohua started to repeat it.

For the entire morning, each person in that group did a different little experiment, and then did it again after finishing it. The real Taoist priests watched with fascination, while the fake Taoist priests were confused.

Those with good talents, such as Chen Pharmacist, Xian Yunzi, etc., learned all of them.

Li Xiaohua looked at the time, stopped everyone's actions, left enough chemical powder and instruments on the table, labeled them, and led everyone away.

"Hey, little brother, you're not going to take it away?"

In the eyes of Pharmacist Chen, these things are extremely valuable, how could they fall down?

Li Xiaohua said nothing and left with his men.

There was some silence.

"Let's go, let's go back to the house. Maybe they will come soon to test our character!" Pharmacist Chen said loudly, then shook his head, put his hands behind his back, and left.

Xian Yunzi, who was standing next to him, glanced at Pharmacist Chen, puzzled for a moment, and then followed suit: "So that's how it is. I won't be fooled!"

So he pulled his disciples back into the house.

Gradually, the crowd dispersed...

"Old Baiyun, be gentle and don't make any noise!"

Pharmacist Chen bent his waist, brought Xian Yunzi and his six disciples, and sneaked over: "Remember, we steal...ah, we take enough for ourselves, and then we leave! We must take everyone, don't miss any!"

"I know, I know!" Xian Yunzi said impatiently.

His three apprentices who came down the mountain to work came yesterday. They said that Zhuangzi didn't want them to continue working there, so they asked them to come here to be Taoist priests and go back if they were not selected.

Lu Zhen was also chased over.

When the few people arrived, a group of people were already stealing things.

The two sides looked at each other in silence, everything was said without words.

When Xian Yunzi and his companions left, a dozen people came stealthily.

In the afternoon, Pharmacist Chen and Xian Yunzi and his group conducted experiments in the room, and also learned the names of these powders.

Day two.

Another group of people came to do experiments quietly. This time there were some young ladies, and the team was led by Li Xiaoqiu.

The person who went to get the chemicals yesterday still acted in unison today. He turned around and left after performing a show, and then came back sneakily to get the things.

For three days in a row, the serious Taoists could not resist the temptation of chemical experiments and came to steal things. The clever fake Taoists also took things, but after returning they were at a loss as to what to do with them.

Of course, there are also some people with good talents. They originally pretended to be Taoist priests, but ended up becoming really interested in it.

On the fourth day, the table was removed.

Li Yingwu brought people over and bowed: "I am Li Yingwu from the village, greeting all the masters."

"The three-day experimental observation has ended. Today is the time to test everyone's learning results." Li Yingwu gave a wink, and the guards around him began to disperse and then surrounded the Taoists.

"The test will begin today. This test is divided into a written test and an interview. Please follow us."

As soon as Li Yingwu finished speaking, each guard pulled a Taoist priest and walked towards the examination room.

"Ah! What are you doing?" Pharmacist Chen panicked. This was too scary. "Old Baiyun, Old Baiyun, I want to be with Old Baiyun!"

"Master, don't panic, I'm just taking you to the examination room." The guard comforted him. He just looked a little fierce.

"I can't read, I can't read!" Pharmacist Chen shouted, trying to use this as an excuse to break free.

"It's okay, someone will read the test paper to you!" The guard looked at you with contempt, "You are just trying to fool people. I saw you were having a lot of fun studying before."

So in a short while, all the Taoists were locked up in small houses, almost one room per person.

If you can't read, someone will come to help you read the test paper, but you have to take the test no matter what.

The whistle blew and everyone started answering.

"The color of copper sulfate solution..." Pharmacist Chen bit his fingers. Oh, it was that blue liquid. He stole... No, he took it.

"blue."

"Copper sulfate reacts with iron... the blue turns green, and red comes out of the iron."

"Yeah, that's right, it's not difficult."

Holding the brush, Pharmacist Chen wrote one word after another on the paper.

He learned to read so that he could read the scriptures, but he was not good at writing and paper was so expensive!

Time flies and the final whistle blows.

The guard from before came in and took the papers away: "After you finish your meal, the results will be out. Those who have passed the test will participate in the interview this afternoon."

"What is the interview about? Who will do the interview?" Pharmacist Chen was nervous: "There are patches on the old Taoist's robe, is that okay?"