Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

In the southwest of Jiankang City, amidst the secluded dwellings, there is a Buddhist temple. This is the Buddhist temple rebuilt from the former residence of Emperor Liang—Guangzhai Temple.

There is an endless stream of pilgrims coming and going in the temple, but there is no one in the deep alley at the back gate of Guangzhai Temple.A few withered and yellow wallweeds toppled slightly in the cold wind.

"My lord..." Huiwen asked in a low voice when he saw no one around, "The shadow guards sent by Yu are all gone?" speak in English.

"It's solved." Xiu Yuan's light brown eyes did not show any emotion, and just a few words saved the hardships along the way.

"Not one left?" Huiwen seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "It's so good. If one person is missed and goes back, the waiter will guess that it was us who made the move, and there will be a lot of trouble in the city. Fortunately, the adults came to deal with them in time It’s really hard work, my lord. By the way, where’s your entourage?”

There was an almost imperceptible sense of loneliness in Xiu Yuan's expression, and said: "It's gone too. What is the instruction from the Holy One? My carrier pigeon has returned to the north, but it hasn't flown back yet."

"I received the order from above five days ago. I ordered you to assist Your Excellency to enter Guangzhai Temple and protect Your Excellency. I haven't received any order in the past few days."

Xiu Yuan nodded and said: "Then I will trouble you from now on."

"My lord, it's still early today, why don't you go to the temple to report first?"

Xiu Yuan frowned slightly, took out a piece of crumpled and torn paper from his bosom, and said, "Du Di is rotten."

Huiwen sighed, and took the crumpled certificate. Apart from bloodstains, there were traces of water smudges on it, and it was so tattered that it was almost impossible to read a few words.With such a degree, it is impossible to enter Guangzhai Temple.

"Is your lord injured? Are you better now?"

"It's alright, luckily someone rescued me."

"That person..."

"That person doesn't know, you can rest assured."

Huiwen nodded, and said: "The aggrieved adults will stay in a nearby inn first. Guangzhai Temple is no different from other temples. The monks in the temple are extremely strict. Huiwen first finds a way to make another certificate for the adults. If the black market can't do it, then just go I can wait for the Luoyang government and Baima Temple to make a copy, and ask someone to bring it."

Xiu Yuan nodded and said, "That's the only way to go."

After speaking, the two ended their short conversation, Huiwen entered Guangzhai Temple, and Xiuyuan went all the way south to find a secluded place to stay and rest.The environment here is simple, but the price is cheap and it is not easy to attract attention.He came all the way here full of travel and dust, and he didn't bring much money, and the subordinate who was in charge of the account had died, so save as much as you can.

Tao Xinian did what he said, and the next day he went to the street to post two rental notices, and then recruited a few craftsmen to work overtime to build bricks and repair the walls to separate the several courtyards, and left a door beside the wall. lock, gave the key to Axi for safekeeping, and kept a copy for himself.

There are twenty servant rooms in the backyard, and each room can accommodate at least two people. The best room is reserved for Axi, and the remaining nineteen rooms can be rented out.Considering that Tao Mansion is located in the southern suburbs, the rent is not expensive. The monthly rent for a room is 120 Wen, and the short-term rent is calculated at [-] Wen per day, which is much more cost-effective than staying in a hotel.

There were many visitors from inside and outside Jiankang City, within a day, he rented out more than a dozen rooms.There are small business vendors in Jiankang City, poor scholars who come to play, there are small north-south business travellers, there are porters who sell their strength for a long time, and there are shopkeepers nearby who come here to rent houses for their staff. The Tao Mansion, which had been silent for a long time, became lively.

Tao Xinian hurriedly registered and collected a bunch of five baht money, and before he knew it, it was getting dark.After the tenants moved in one after another, he stood up, twisted his stiff neck, and counted the remaining rooms, but there were only three that had not been rented out.

Unexpectedly, Tao Mansion is located in the outskirts of the city, and there are still many tenants coming to rent houses.

With the rent money, from now on you should not have to worry about running out of money.He was about to take away the money box and the low desk for writing when another group of travelers came and asked for a short-term rental, and this time all the rooms in the backyard of his house were rented out.

He counted, if most of the time of the year can be full of customers, the servant's room in the backyard alone can earn more than 2 yuan a year, which is equivalent to more than [-] taels of silver, like a sudden wealth.

Tao Xinian stretched his waist, smiled with satisfaction, looked up at the guest room in the west courtyard, and wondered how much he should rent there.

There are six guest rooms in the west courtyard. His father is a good face, and they are all well-repaired, only slightly inferior to the master's residence.When his father was around, his relatives often visited him. After his father died, he went up the mountain again, and his relatives would not come.Renting out the entire west courtyard is enough for a small rich family to live in. If the rent is too expensive, I am afraid that there will be no tenants. One tael a month is more suitable.However, the entire lease may not be able to be rented out immediately. It is better to rent out the tenants quickly.

"The dead demon said, aren't you hungry? I'm dying of hunger and thirst..." Abo's voice came faintly from his chest, and he was curling up into a small ball on Tao Xinian's chest.

After being reminded by him, Tao Xinian felt hungry when he remembered that he hadn't eaten since noon.Looking at the busy Ah Xi, he also hadn’t eaten for most of the day, and he felt a little guilty, so he fed Ah Bai water first, handed over the change to Ah Xi, went to a nearby restaurant to order five big dishes and good wine, and quietly packed it. I gave some to Abo, and invited Axie to have a good meal.

Returning to the room in the middle of the night, Abo said quietly: "You will stay for a few days, I hide and hide every day, and I can't even have a good meal..."

Tao Xinian shook the money box, there was a pile of change in it, there were more than 1000 coins, and it was heavy.He said: "It will take two or three days. The room in the west courtyard has not been rented out. I will look for a tenant tomorrow. Besides, I have to prepare a gift for my son and daughter who are far away. If you are not used to staying here, I will use it tomorrow. Illusion, saying that you are my helper, can I let you sit and eat together in an open and above board?"

"Really?" Abe's eyes sparkled.

Tao Xinian knows the illusion method, and he uses it well, but he can't last too long, and he needs to change a talisman after one or two hours.

"Really, it's only two or three hours at most. For the rest of the time, you can continue to be obedient and don't jump up and down."

"I know! You have to make me look better this time." Abo's eyes lit up and he hugged Tao Xinian's thigh tightly.

The corner of Tao Xinian's mouth twitched, and he said, "It's such an honor for you, it doesn't look good to be a human, so let's face the reality."

"Hmph! The dead demon said, it must be because your mana is low and you can't change your good-looking appearance."

Tao Xinian didn't bother to talk to him, counting the money and said: "Yes, yes, yes, what you said is true, otherwise how could you only last for a couple of hours, so it is reasonable to make you ugly, right?"

"Unreasonable! Unreasonable!" Ah Bo jumped.

Tao Xinian patted him and said, "I still have to work tomorrow morning, go to bed quickly!"

Only then did Abo jump onto the bed sullenly.

In the middle of the night, guests came to the simple inn room.Xiu Yuan sat by the bed, the oil lamp on the low table was very dim, and each lamp was like a bean.

Huiwen bowed his head and said: "My lord, this place is too rudimentary. Yesterday, my subordinates didn't think carefully. They didn't consider that it might not be enough for your lord to go all the way. Damn it!"

"Nothing, you can get up. This place is secluded and not easy to attract attention, but it is also a good place. How is the matter going?"

"The subordinate went to the black market and spent some money to make a certificate, but the subordinate thought...the certificate could not fool the eyes of the temple supervisor. So...the pigeons have passed the letter to the Luoyang station, Let our people go to the Luoyang government and the White Horse Temple to make a new certificate."

"how long?"

"One to one, one to one, at least ten days including the possible delay in the middle. But... since the Southern Suburbs, Emperor Liang has been staying in the palace. It doesn't matter if you come to the temple at a later date."

Xiuyuan nodded and said: "Understood. It doesn't matter whether you enter the temple or not, then I will find a place to live first, and take a look at the Daliang capital by the way, so that I can talk to the Holy One someday in the future." After pondering for a while, he asked again, "North Is there any news?"

Huiwen shook his head and said, "I haven't received any news."

After finishing what he had to say, it was time for Huiwen to leave. He took off the purse and said cautiously: "My lord, I don't have much with me today. If you need it in the future, please do not hesitate to order. I'm going back to the monastery, take my leave." After saying that, she left the purse and walked away lightly.

At present, what is needed to cultivate the relationship is money.He opened the money bag, and there were four or five pieces of broken silver in it, about two or three taels in weight, enough for him to use for a while.He thought of the man on Qinglong Mountain, he stayed there for a few days, and used a lot of rare medicinal materials, so he should leave some money for him.It's a pity that he only had two pieces of silver on him at that time, so he couldn't take them out.

Thinking of this, he shook his head slightly again, saving someone's life, how can such a little money be repaid?

The author has something to say: There is no accurate way to convert gold and silver five baht coins in this era, because the conversion between various units has always fluctuated.According to Wang Zhongluo's "Gold Mud and Jade Scraps Cong Kao", the price of gold in the Wei and Jin Dynasties was one or two gold (in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the system was 16 taels per catty, instead of the current ten taels per catty), which was 250 Wen.The price of silver in the Wei and Jin Dynasties is not mentioned in this book, but according to the price of silver in other dynasties, one tael of silver is equal to [-] Wen to [-] Wen. That's the money.

What is the purchasing power of a penny? According to the price of rice, it is estimated that one penny is equal to the current one yuan. "Golden Mud and Jade Scraps Cong Kao" does not record the price of rice under normal circumstances in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and records are all about natural disasters and other abnormal conditions. However, the price of rice under normal conditions in the Tang Dynasty is recorded, which is about four or five cents a dollar. Dou, so it seems that the value of a penny is about the same as a dollar.

However, there were not many migrants at that time, and renting a house was definitely not as expensive as it is now.For the prices of various items that appear in the article, someone who has a reference will refer to them according to the situation, and if there is no reference, they will roughly estimate the price, which may not be accurate...