How to become a Taoist priest starting from a brothel

After traveling for about ten days, Liu Yin and her party arrived at Anping City.

"Brother, let's rest in Anping City for a while," Liu Yin said after thinking for a moment, looking at the three large characters on the towering city gate.

"Alright." Wen Shuyun naturally had no objections. They had traveled for nearly four days before finally encountering a city, so they should take a proper rest.

Anping City was a small city, and small cities in this era were almost all the same. There was only one main road, with various shops on both sides and a few two-story buildings. It was already a very prosperous and bustling place in Anping City.

The rest were all small, gray houses, located behind the shops, with a few small shops scattered among them.

Zhu Mei drove the carriage straight to the largest inn.

After getting out of the car, the reins were handed to the waiter, and the three of them went directly into the lobby.

An elderly man with white hair, dressed in a long robe, was calculating accounts at the counter.

"Two superior guest rooms, innkeeper," Wen Shuyun said politely, stepping forward quickly and tapping the table.

The innkeeper looked up and quickly replied with a smile, "Of course, sir. How many days would you like to stay?"

"Let's run it for three days first, and have the waiter help feed the horses," Wen Shuyun instructed familiarly.

The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly, took out two keys and handed them to the waiter beside him, then said to him, "Young master, it's nine hundred coins in total."

Wen Shuyun took out a tael of silver from her bosom and handed it over: "Please bring up some food."

"Okay, please go ahead." The shopkeeper smiled and agreed, then quickly told the waiter to take the people upstairs.

It's no wonder he was so happy. Anping City is a small city, neither a commercially developed city nor a transportation hub. He rarely uses this high-class room throughout the year, so he was naturally happy to have the opportunity this time.

Needless to say, a decent meal can be had for fifteen coins in Anping City. The other party paid for the room and had one hundred coins left. After deducting the cost of the meal, the remaining amount was equivalent to the cost of a second-class room for one day.

For three consecutive days, Liu Yin did not go out. She was too tired from the bumpy ride in the carriage, and after finally getting some rest, she naturally did not want to move around much. Moreover, there was really nothing to see in a small city like Anping.

Wen Shuyun didn't say much. These days he had been following Liu Yin as brothers, but he had seen many people and things he had never seen before, and he was a little tired. However, he could only lie down for a day before he couldn't stay in bed any longer.

After thinking for a moment, he asked Zhu Mei to stay here with Liu Yin while he went to buy some dry food and hay for the journey.

On the last day, he talked to Liu Yin about it: "Yesterday I prepared some dry food and hay, and bought a few extra water bags, so that even if we encounter a place where we haven't seen a city for many days, we can get a good rest."

"Prepare two more quilts and buy two more tents. Heading northwest, it's cold and windy. If we end up spending the night in the wilderness, we need to prepare warm clothing," Liu Yin instructed after thinking for a moment.

"This..." Wen Shuyun hesitated, "I'm just afraid it won't fit."

"It's alright," Liu Yin said after thinking for a moment. "Let's prepare a small amount first."

The two carefully selected items from the list before Wen Shuyun hurriedly went to buy them.

Liu Yin thought for a moment and then called Zhu Mei over: "Zhu Mei, as usual, go and find out if there is a Shengyuan Trading Company store in Anping City."

"Okay." Zhu Mei nodded in agreement, took Liu Yin's seal and the prepared letter, and left.

But she returned disappointed not long after.

Seeing her like this, Liu Yin understood and was somewhat disappointed.

“Miss, it’s been almost ten days since we set off, and we’ve encountered two cities, but unfortunately, we haven’t seen Shengyuan Trading Company there. Do you think we’ll encounter fewer and fewer as we go further northwest?” Zhu Mei said somewhat anxiously.

“No, Cui Heng has been sending messages to the northwest all the time. It’s impossible that he didn’t set up a trading post along the way. Maybe we just missed the cities with trading posts. The two cities we encountered along the way were both small cities, so it’s possible that they didn’t have any shops. Let’s talk about it when we get to the next city.” Liu Yin sighed softly.

"Alright then." Zhu Mei couldn't suppress her anxiety either.

After resting for another night, the three of them boarded a carriage early on the fourth day and bid farewell to the small town.

After another day of travel, the sky gradually darkened. In the hazy darkness, Zhu Mei spoke up: "I think it's getting late, Young Master, Second Young Master, I see a village ahead. Why don't we stay there for the night?"

“Okay.” Wen Shuyun naturally had no objections, and Liu Yin didn’t say anything more.

The three of them then drove the carriage toward the village.

"Young Master, Second Young Master, please wait here. I'll go ask." Zhu Mei saw a few people sitting at the village entrance chatting after finishing their meal, so she stopped the carriage and went over.

The villagers were chatting about this and that when a horse-drawn carriage came running up, they couldn't help but look on with curiosity.

"Whose relatives are these?" one of the bolder individuals couldn't help but ask.

Some timid people hid in the back and muttered, "They don't seem like the people around here. Maybe they're bad guys."

"Evil people ride horses and drive carriages?" The bolder one rolled his eyes at him.

Only when the handsome servant got off the carriage and walked over did everyone fall silent. Even the boldest among them dared not say a word and even hid in fear.

Zhu Mei didn't pay much attention. She had passed through many villages along the way and had seen similar situations many times.

"Gentlemen, my two young masters are passing through this place and would like to stay here for the night. Does anyone know if they can do us a favor?" Zhu Mei asked with a smile, seeing that there were quite a few people here, about a dozen men, some squatting, some sitting, some leaning, and some standing.

Seeing that she was pretty and spoke in a gentle and polite voice, one of the bolder ones asked, "I do have a place at my house, but how much are you going to pay?"

"How about three hundred coins for the three of us?" Zhu Mei asked directly.

"Three hundred coins!" the villagers exclaimed immediately. They knew that the best room in the most expensive inn in the city cost only one hundred and fifty coins a night. To get three hundred coins just for renting a room was like a windfall.

Not only was the bold guy who spoke up looking delighted, but others couldn't help but chime in: "Hey buddy, why don't you come to my place? My place is cleaner than his."

"Clean my ass, Wang Laosan, your house is just a straw hut, how dare you expect a distinguished person to rest there? Aren't you afraid of making the distinguished person faint from the smell?" The first person to speak glared at the other.

"Bullshit! Zhao Laowu, who do you think you are? Your family is so big, crammed together in one place, do you even have room for everyone?" The one called Wang Laosan couldn't help but mock.

Once he started arguing, the other villagers joined in.

You said, "My house is big and clean."

I'll just say this: my wife is a great cook.

He said, "Your wife is a swearing mother."

The back-and-forth banter was quite lively, and Zhu Mei tried to dissuade them several times, but was ignored.