How to become a Taoist priest starting from a brothel

About seven or eight days later, the county town welcomed the Lantern Festival.

Liu Yin declined her cousin and his wife's invitation, not wanting to be a third wheel, and simply said she had something to do.

Seeing this, the couple had no choice but to give up their idea of ​​inviting her to the lantern festival.

The streets are not short of people during the day, but there are still more people than at night.

Sitting by the window, looking at the magnificent scene on the street, Liu Yin was momentarily dazed.

Seeing the myriad of people amidst the dazzling lights, he suddenly began to waver in his plans.

"Lanterns for sale, lanterns for sale, flower lanterns, ball lanterns, revolving lanterns, lanterns of Chang'e flying to the moon and the Jade Rabbit pounding medicine..." Lantern vendors carry their lanterns through the streets and alleys.

"You guessed it! You guessed it!" Cheers erupted from the riddle stall every now and then.

"Greetings, young lady." This was a handsome scholar who had just met the girl he admired.

"Greetings, young lady." This was a beautiful young woman with a blushing face, covering her face with a round fan.

"Daddy! Daddy! I want to eat candied hawthorns~" This is a lively child sitting on his father's shoulders.

"My lady, be careful."

"Thank you, husband."

"Dad, Mom, look how beautiful this lamp is."

……

One after another, family ties, love, and friendship unfolded before Liu Yin's eyes like a series of paintings.

"War will destroy all of this..." Liu Yin murmured, not knowing who she was talking to.

She was indeed somewhat reluctant. According to her original plan, she would have focused on training the troops, producing food, using technology to make money, winning the hearts of the people, and then seizing the country by force.

But she also knew that once war broke out, the ordinary people in front of her would suffer the most.

She stroked the window frame, her eyes gazing at the mountains outside the city.

There is a famous temple on that mountain—Jinshui Temple.

There is also a custom here: every year on the fifteenth of the lunar calendar, the monks of Jinshui Temple will go down the mountain and walk around the county town to pray for the people of the county.

At that moment, the candlelight that shone in the darkness in the distance illuminated Jinshui Temple, transforming it into a golden palace.

The Buddhist temple, bathed in the night, shone brightly, as if floating in the heavens, untouched by the mortal world. The monks, holding candles, moved slowly along the mountain path, and chants of Buddhist verses came from afar, like a galaxy of lights.

"Perhaps, we could have been a little more peaceful..."

As Liu Yin gazed at the Milky Way approaching from afar and listened to the chanting of Buddhist verses, a thought arose in her mind.

"Knock knock knock." Several knocks sounded on the door.

Liu Yin was somewhat surprised and turned to ask, "Who is it?"

"It's me!" A clear voice came from outside.

Liu Yin frowned and carefully walked to the door: "Who exactly are you?"

The people outside seemed speechless: "Me! Your sister!"

Liu Yin then remembered whose voice it was and hurriedly opened the door.

Sure enough, a young boy and a young girl were standing outside.

"An'an! Mei Wu!" Liu Yin hugged the boy with delight, then turned to hug the girl.

"Sister... no, brother!" Duan An also hugged Liu Yin tightly.

The three of them hopped and skipped around, holding each other for a long time, before Liu Yin finally slapped her forehead and said, "Come in quickly, come in quickly."

After the master and servant entered, Liu Yin hurriedly asked, "How did you find me?"

Duan An said with a smug look, "Every time I go to a new place, I ask around at the merchant guild. When I heard that the young master of the merchant guild was here, I knew that my sister was here."

Liu Yin hugged her and couldn't help but pinch her cheek: "As expected of my sister, you're so smart."

After saying that, she helped Duan'an up and looked her over carefully: "How come you've lost so much weight?"

"Hasn't my sister also lost a lot of weight?" Duan An also looked Liu Yin up and down, her eyes full of worry.

"Speaking of which, you left around July last year, and now it's already the fifteenth of the first lunar month," Liu Yin said softly.

Duan An nodded and said, "Yes, sister, you don't know how worried I was when I heard the news of your imprisonment while I was studying abroad."

When Duan'an first received the news, he planned to take Mei Wu back to Huaicheng, but before they even reached Huaicheng, he heard the news that Liu Yin had been released, so he felt relieved and continued on his way.

Unexpectedly, the next news I heard was that Liu Yinqing's identity as Lady Yin had been exposed, and it was even revealed that she was the Hermit.

She was terrified at the time, fearing that the emperor would execute her.

Before she could even catch her breath, news came from Shengyuan Trading Company that Liu Yin had been chased and fell into the river, her fate unknown.

She was about to head back when Mei Wu stopped her. Mei Wu told her that everyone knew Liu Yin had a good younger sister, and if she went back to Huaicheng, she would be walking into a trap. She should just continue her studies abroad so that she wouldn't be caught.

That's why she had been studying abroad until Liu Yin sent a message to Shengyuan Trading Company, which put her mind at ease. From then on, she decided to take her people and continue her journey to Yancheng.

That's when they met Liu Yin in the small town.

"Oh, by the way, speaking of which, I have a surprise for you."

"I also have a surprise."

The two sisters said in unison, "You tell us!"

"I'll go first!" they said in unison again.

Then both of them showed a speechless expression, and Liu Yin pointed to herself, and Duan An nodded to end the conversation.

"I found my cousin He Ruilin." Liu Yin raised her eyebrows with a hint of pride.

Duan'an couldn't contain her joy: "Really!"

"Yes, how could that be fake?" Liu Yin nodded, then pressed down on Duan An's excited hand and asked, "What about you?"

"I've saved many boys and girls along the way, and they're all willing to come with me to Yancheng," Duan An said, calming himself down.

"It's great," Liu Yin said, somewhat surprised.

A hint of mystery crept onto Duan'an's face: "Besides that, do you know who else I encountered?"

Liu Yin knew she was being mysterious, but she played along and asked, "Who is it?"

Duan An smiled and said, "A group of students who want to rely on you."

Liu Yin raised an eyebrow: "Are you planning to teach planting knowledge to the common people in the village?"

Liu Yin already knew that there was a group of students who were explaining the book "Agriculture" to the people, and some of them were even teaching the people to read and write.

Seeing that she wasn't surprised, Duan'an continued, "But you have no idea what kind of people I met."

"There's more?" Liu Yin was genuinely surprised this time.

Duan An nodded and said smugly, "Of course, you would never guess."

Looking at her smug little expression, Liu Yin couldn't help but reach out and pinch her again before saying, "You're getting better at coaxing me as you get older."

Duan An pulled her hand away and said, "Okay, okay, I know."

She sat down again before speaking seriously to Liu Yin: "Do you know that so many women from noble families are deeply influenced by your books and aspire to become like you?"

Liu Yin had a bad feeling: "Could they be..."

Duan An smiled and nodded: "Yes, they came to see you."

Liu Yin felt a headache coming on. She had wanted to try to ease tensions with the powerful families and minimize the possibility of violence, but now she felt it was all in vain...

By poaching women intended for marriage alliances, they ignited the women's ambitions and freed them from the constraints of their families. This was enough to make many powerful clans see them as enemies.