Liu Acheng acted as if nothing had happened after settling down for marriage.
This is not a pretense, but he has been mentally prepared early on and regards marriage as a means of integrating resources. In a sense, he only thinks that he is married to Shen Jin.
As for love... Honestly speaking, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai really don't exist these days, and if he could meet his future wife once in the corridor and smile at each other, it would be the perfect match for a taxi driver's love story these days.
As for the willingness to keep Manor as dowry, this is not a sign of respect for women across the ages. On the contrary, it is a very bad and cunning check and balance method across the ages, which is only aimed at the Liu Clan's fellow clan members.
This Manor is for your use, and the money is also used to support you, but the property rights belong to Shen Family Daughter.
I still have nothing, a pauper who doesn't even have a Fortified Manor to my name.
What if one of you wants to start a new business and take away this Manor... I'm sorry, that's not our Liu Clan of Pengcheng's.
Of course, Manor is not available yet, it is purely a fantasy novel.
Turning back to the present, early the next morning, a classic drama was staged in the Shen Clan Manor. Shen Jin, who was drunk last night, "accidentally" recognized Wang Guanli and asked in surprise...Liu Acheng took the opportunity to come forward and accused Shen Jin of spreading his grievances on innocent people that day, causing Wang Guanli to be under great pressure in the past two years, living like a year, and looking like he was hundreds of years older.
Naturally, Shen Jin felt remorseful, solemnly apologized, and was sincerely happy that the other party had a new future, and personally presented him with a fast horse brocade to congratulate him on a bright future.
Wang Ahhuo was really angry, but I am also curious about how Liu Acheng did it?
Liu Acheng was "frank" and told her on the road that he Liu Yulong is now Rise to the Blue Clouds, and last night Shen Jin actually called him back, hinting that he wanted to get married, but now he is not sure about this matter There was still some hesitation, and he was ready to ask Elder Gao until Kuaiji met him, but without delay, he took the opportunity to tell Wang Ahhuo about Wang Ahhuo. No one expected that Shen Shijian's heart for marriage was so strong.
Wang Ahhuo heard this, feeling grateful but also a little uneasy.
Gratitude is of course that Liu Acheng is indeed trustworthy and will not hesitate to save face for himself when encountering such a major life event. The anxiety is twofold. He is worried that he will interfere with it and affect the outcome of other people's marriages. He is also worried that if the marriage is successful, Shen Jin and Liu Cheng have become relatives, and his behavior today will look ridiculous.
But then I thought about it, didn't I just come out here for this moment of pleasure? No matter how ridiculous it is, how ridiculous would it be to be caught like a chicken that day?
Instead, I felt calm.
Continuing on the road, everyone obviously accelerated their pace. They passed Wuxing Commandery in a few days, but they stayed at Master Du Ming's house as usual.
No way, the location of this man's manor is so good, it is the best place to stay before crossing Zhejiang. However, this man relied on the worship of believers in the entire Jiangdong area to build the manor into a magnificent place, and even surrounded the best mountains and lakes nearby (the Lingyin Temple area in later generations).
If you don't stop, you won't stop.
But this time, Liu Acheng actually met Master Du Ming himself.
And this time we meet again, it's different from the time we met at Kuaiji. I don't know if it's gone, but at least we met in serious clothes in early summer, and we didn't lie in the arms of a fat woman... There are women and teenagers, who are responsible for standing aside and fanning... Of course, Liu Acheng doesn't have to worry about being one of them this time, he is the one being fanned.
I don't know if it's Xi Chao's face or Huan Wen's face.
"Did Illustrious Master have a relationship with Duke Huan when he was at Jiankang? I only know that Illustrious Master and Prince of Kuaiji have always known each other..." Liu Cheng sat on a high-backed chair, took off his shoes, put his feet on Stepping on the wooden bench below, I first introduced the fruits on the table to Luo You. This was early summer, and unlike Shangsi Festival who could only eat Loquat (loquats) that were not too ripe before, there were seven or eight kinds of fruits in front of me. Then I also pinched some green plums at home and came to ask.
"I've met him a few times." Master Du Ming, who was still sitting on the loose couch, looked a little embarrassed, and his tone became cautious. "But I don't really have many interactions."
Liu Cheng thought for a while, then suddenly turned around and asked Luo You: "Master Zhai Ren, why do I feel that Duke Huan is not a channel? Has he ever suppressed Way of the Celestial Masters?"
"It's true that Way of the Celestial Masters was suppressed, but it's not that I don't believe it at all, I'm just not superstitious." Luo You, who was studying a bunch of green grapes, blurted out. "Don't forget, the rise of Way of the Celestial Masters is connected with metaphysics."
Liu Acheng was suddenly enlightened.
Isn't it... I was really confused. The reason why Way of the Celestial Masters was able to spread among the upper classes was due to the rise of Wei and Jin metaphysics, and metaphysics and Daoism are the breeding relationship between the upper and lower classes of society.
Under such circumstances, how could Huan Wen, who has never been good at talking about mysticism and always failed to pretend to be a famous celebrity who wants to talk about mysticism, believe Way of the Celestial Masters? At most, he just goes with the flow and does not actively challenge the public perception.
"Acheng, what's going on with the suppression of Way of the Celestial Masters?" Master Du Ming was really panicked for a moment, and his sons were also obviously stunned.
"Illustrious Master Don't worry." Liu Acheng quickly comforted. "They are the Way of the Celestial Masters thieves from Way of the Celestial Masters and Jingnan in Sichuan...Way of the Celestial Masters originally originated from the middle of Shu, and has always been prosperous. The fake Cheng Han neutralized the country in Shu, and naturally had a close relationship with it. When Duke Huan entered Shu, they had to fight with each other, including the later Shu people rebelled, and they all clung to Way of the Celestial Masters, so they killed tens of thousands of crimson thieves; as for Jingnan's Way of the Celestial Masters barbarian thieves, it was because of Way of the Celestial Masters Among the Jingnan barbarians, even the barbarians are wrapped up in Crimson Headscarf. Once they rebelled, they would naturally suppress them and killed tens of thousands of crimson barbarians... It has nothing to do with us South of the Yangtze."
Master Du Ming, who was wearing a crimson gauze dress and a crimson headband, had a fair face and a strong beard. It was not clear whether his face was white with fright, but he was nodding, and his words were clearly sloppy. As for his sons sitting across from him, they all obviously lost their composure.
There is no way, this is the power of Huan Wen.
I noticed it when I was at Kuaiji and Liu Cheng. Huan Wen was obviously far away from Jingzhou, but seemed to be at South of the Yangtze is everywhere, and no one can avoid him. Firstly, there are too many stories about this guy. Secondly, this guy is in Upper Reaches. He is really like a sharp sword hanging over his head, frightening Lower Reaches all the time.
But now, as I come here as the envoy of Huan Wen, it really seems like the shadow of the sword is waving randomly over someone's head.
Thinking about this Master Du Ming, even if he is a non-staff celebrity, the identity of the co-owner of Jiangdong Way of the Celestial Masters cannot be escaped. There are hundreds of thousands of Believers and tens of thousands of Daoist Congregation directly controlled. He is a big shot no matter what. In the past, he was really like a servant in front of others, but now he is frightened like this by his few gossips.
What is a fox pretending to be a tiger's power? This is literally a fox pretending to be a tiger's power.
Of course, another cruel fact is that Way of the Celestial Masters, a boss like Master Du Ming who has taken the upper-level route, and whose life has become so corrupted, is destined to be unable to exert his greatest advantage and true strength.
He only regarded Believers and Daoist Congregation as property, and used preaching as a means of accumulation and advancement.
But isn't it better?
Just like that, Liu Cheng comforted him for a while and chatted a few more words... Master Du Ming is still a little different from Shen Jin. Shen Jin can't get out of the category of Wuxing. He can only listen to rumors. It's trivial. None of them knew, and Master Du Ming had personally been in and out of Kuaiji and Jiankang, and had many eyes and ears, but this guy was obviously more concerned about the private affairs of the families of the noble families. Liu Acheng took the opportunity to inquire about some information from him, and he learned a lot of new things.
Someone's child died in infancy, someone got married to someone, someone got seriously ill and was in poor health.
Including Shen Jin's previous sentence Monks’ Magical Contest, Master Du Ming knows everything here in detail.
This matter is actually very simple, that is, the Northern Migrants monk Zhi Daolin who has completely established himself in the north of Kuaiji and has been recognized by almost all mainstream celebrities is facing his local competitor Zhu Faqian, Yu Fakai masters and apprentices engaged in strategic offensives, trying to gain the entire Kuaiji Buddhism hegemony by buying the other party's mountains, opening a temple at the other party's doorstep, publicly debating scriptures, holding Dharma conferences and other activities.
However, what is interesting is that although Zhu Faqian and Yu Fakai failed miserably in scripture debates and Dharma conference activities, and almost all Kuaiji celebrities also recognized Monk Zhi Daolin in the debate, the latter was unable to completely defeat the former. The celebrities seemed to have begun to feel that Monk Zhi Daolin was overbearing, and they had even made up jokes.
"Illustrious Master What do you think is going on?" Liu Acheng asked seriously.
"What could be going on?" After some chatting, Master Du Ming obviously relaxed again, and don't mention it, people really can't cover up such religious matters, especially in the upper-level route. He revealed the secret on the spot." Zhi Daolin only thought that he had won the sutra debate and the Dharma conference. If they win completely, they should unify the Kuaiji Buddhism. But here in Kuaiji, in addition to being monks, they are also celebrities. The monks can defeat the monks, and even follow us Daoist Order to establish a sect and unify them directly, but how can celebrities eat celebrities?"
"Yes, Monk Zhi Daolin is this guy a Northern Migrants rabble monk, or does he bring the North's Buddhism principles of eating alive to Kuaiji came, but he didn't know that South of the Yangtze had South of the Yangtze's rules." Liu Acheng took it seriously and nodded immediately. "This is true even for Fangwaizhimen."
It's as if he has forgotten that he is also a Northern Migrants rabble.
Master Du Ming was about to nod when he remembered this person's background and stopped abruptly.
When Liu Acheng saw this, he stopped the topic in time, but then asked, "Illustrious Master just said that Wang Lantian had a funeral at home, do you want to go to Shanyin to pay tribute?"
"I've been there already." Master Du Ming answered immediately.
Liu Cheng nodded and asked again, "Who presided over the funeral ceremony of Wang Lantian's family?"
"Monk Zhi Daolin and Lu Song... Awei." Master Du Ming obviously didn't know what expression to use, so he could only pretend to be calm, but he almost used an unfriendly way of addressing him, and then he quickly added a temporary nickname with a dry smile.
"Two Northern Migrants rabble." Liu Cheng didn't seem to notice, but continued to scold himself. "I don't know how high the world is."
Master Du Ming really didn't know what expression to use to face him this time. Fortunately, his beard was as strong as Huan Wen's and could be covered up.
In fact, Luo You, who had already eaten a bunch of grapes, couldn't help but glance at Liu Cheng, and the other shabby people who entered the room were also surprised.
"Master Zhai Ren, Dage, Ahuo, A Zhu, you all should go back and have a rest. I will tell Master Du Ming something serious. That's all in one sentence, and you won't have to leave in a moment." After saying this, Liu Cheng turned back to the boy who was fanning behind him and told him, "You all should go down too, take the fruit down and share it with others... It's still early, the weather is really hot."
Luo You Deng Ren naturally didn't care, and those serving him were obviously surprised, but Du Clan and his son were obviously uneasy.
And Liu Acheng certainly doesn't mean to incite Master Du Ming. You see, you have so many Able-Bodied Men, so many assets, and you have religion to win over people's hearts. Now most of Yangzhou's troops are on the Huai River front line, so let's do it!
Raise troops from Kuaiji, Shen Family responds, join forces directly to Jiankang, and then Duke Huan starts from Wuchang went down the river and met instantly. When the time came, Yin Hao, Xie Shang, and Xun Xian had heavy troops outside and could only surrender.
When Duke Huan ascends the throne as the emperor, establishes the great cause of Xin Chu, wouldn't it be wonderful to make you the national advisor?
That's really not the case...Shen Jin doesn't even have the courage, Master Du Ming is even weaker, Huan Wen doesn't dare to break the things in his heart, so Liu Acheng doesn't say anything either, He just put it forward frankly, Shen Jin wanted to give him a Manor, but he was attracted to Jingkou, and hoped that Master Du Ming would be more generous and replace it with him.
Hello everyone, hello, hello, hello together.
Of course, Master Du Ming didn't agree either, and his reasons were very good. He didn't only move around Kuaiji. His family was next to Kuaiji and it was one thing that he stayed here all the time. But Kuaiji and Jiankang are both important towns for Way of the Celestial Masters to carry out upper-level activities and business. People still go to Jiankang. Going to Jiankang is nothing without a base camp.
What's more, that Manor is so complete inside and outside. You say you won't let it suffer, but who doesn't murmur in their hearts, how can you let it go?
In response to this, Liu Acheng's face remained as usual, his tone remained as usual, he was easy to talk and discuss, and when there was no result, he just nodded calmly, without any unnecessary care, and left calmly, as if a business deal had not been concluded.
The next day after Zhejiang, Master Du Ming even sent a son to cross the river in person, which was very harmonious.
As soon as they arrived at Zhejiang and Xiaoshan, Liu Cheng realized that Shanyin City must be a gathering of talents, but it was incomparable. Shangsi Festival was about the same before going to Xiaoshan Retreat, because no one from Xu Xun's family was here, and they all went to Shanyin City to pay their respects.
If you think about it, you will know that Master Du Ming is obviously embarrassed and hiding, but for the other Kuaiji celebrities, this is not only the death of one of the four major Heavenly King's mothers in the circle, but also the death of their mother who was the nominal local chief official during his term of office.
This is a serious matter, what celebrity is romantic, what Uninhibited Conduct is rude, but when we come to this generation of celebrities, Sun Chuo's meaning is clearly stated - Confucianism Xuanzhi, even adding a Buddha, does not have to be the same, but it must not conflict with it.
Be happy when everyone is having fun, but if you can't do it when you need to observe etiquette, then get out!
As you can imagine, not only Lu Song, Monk Zhi Daolin, Xi Yin's family, Xie An, but also Gao Rou Deng Ren, whom I most want to see at the moment, must all be there.
That's fine, suitable for work.
Just like that, on the last day of mid-April, a huge team arrived outside Shanyin City. Because there were too many people, they simply settled outside the city at the Orchid Pavilion first.
Liu Cheng immediately ordered Dage, who was familiar with the place, to stay behind and be the general manager to contact all parties, and then asked Wang Ahhuo to go into the city privately to inquire about the latest information. Then he and Luo You quickly changed clothes, brought gifts, and Liu Zhu led eighty people as escorts, and hurried into the city to pay their respects.
Wang Tanzhi came back first from the waterway. Naturally, everyone knew who Liu Acheng was when he came back this time, so Wang Shu and his son went out to greet him in person. Sure enough, Liu Cheng and Luo You first signed up in the name of Huan Wen's subordinate. After being introduced, the two of them also bowed in the name of Huan Wen. Then, Liu Cheng knelt down and saluted directly in the name of his junior.
In the middle, Lu Song took the initiative to replace the incense candles and winked at Liu Cheng.
Liu Cheng just lowered his head, pretending not to see it, and then followed the steps. The two divided the work. Luo You went to comfort Wang Shu in the name of Huan Wen, and Liu Cheng comforted Wang Tanzhi and his brothers in his own name.
The former is condolences, which is to pay tribute to the deceased, and the latter is condolences, which is to comfort the living. Together they are condolences.
At this time, Wang Shu and his son, as a filial son and filial grandson, began to cry loudly and bowed to the people in front of him to thank him.
Then, put down the gift and send it out the door, and the ceremony is completed.
Of course, this is just the etiquette for visiting the family for the first time, it is more solemn, and the meaning is more important. If you have a good relationship with the family, then in theory, you can visit the family at any time during the period of mourning and express condolences on a routine basis.
After Liu Acheng was busy with these things, he naturally had to retreat first, and his next destination was naturally Shanyin City and another Wang Family.
According to common sense, there must be a lot of people gathered there now.
Not to mention that we still don't know why Lu Song is so anxious. Even without Lu Song's wink, we should go there to visit Wang Xizhi and check whether Xi Yin and his wife are there.
Surprisingly, there are very few people here at Wang Xizhi.
Before entering the door, I asked someone first, but I found out that there were only his family and Xi Yin's family, not even Xie An's family.
It's also strange.
After entering the door, I smelled a strange smell, a bit like Slave Retainers people eating leftovers and wine after a grand banquet, but it was also filled with the smell of excessive incense, and there were many crimson decorations hanging on the walls, which made it even more puzzling.
We walked further inside and waited in the hall for a while. Wang Xizhi had not come out yet, but Xi Yin came out first. It seemed that he still missed his son.
When the two parties met, Liu Cheng first introduced Luo You, and then explained the purpose of the trip in a concise and concise manner, as well as Xi Chao's intention to take Zhou Horsehead over. Although Xi Yin regretted that his son would not come, he was also happy for his daughter-in-law to come, so he naturally agreed.
Then he asked questions here and there, all about Xi Chao.
Of course Liu Acheng knew the other party's mentality, and he could see it clearly. It should be that Lady Fu and Zhou Horsehead were also listening at the door behind, so they spoke seriously. The two sides talked for a long time, and Wang Xizhi came in the middle. After seeing this scene, he left again, which became even more strange.
He kept talking until the evening, his mouth was dry, and he finally calmed down a little, so Liu Cheng finally had the opportunity to ask back. He first pointed at the crimson devices and asked, "Duke Xi, Princes and Dukes, what is going on here?"
"Ah, this is a practice." Xi Yin was in good spirits at this time and answered naturally and openly. "Xuanzhi was seriously ill last year and almost died. Because of this, Ningzhi, who was originally scheduled to get married in February this year, got married early last year. Did you know?"
"I know." Liu Cheng nodded immediately, Master Du Ming said this, Xie Daoyun married Wang Ningzhi.
The situation outside is so bad, and I am worried that Wang Xuanzhi's sudden death will affect Wang and Xie's marriage process, which is normal operation... In fact, this is also the strange thing about Liu Cheng. The marriage has been over for more than half a year, and those strange smells and crimson decorations cannot be leftover from the wedding.
It can't be that Wang Xuanzhi is really dead, right?
Then there should be a funeral, right? Besides, Wang Xuanzhi must have turned 20 this year, so even if he dies, it will be a proper funeral.
"Xuanzhi recovered completely after the wedding for half a year, but fell ill again this year." Xi Yin continued. "My sister and brother-in-law were extremely worried... Just some time ago, I met a spiritual master. He and several of his friends could communicate with ghosts and gods, and it was extremely effective. So after I came here to express my condolences to Wang Lantian, I wrote a letter to call him from Shan County Come here from E, come here to do a serious ceremony, ask the ghosts and gods about Xuanzhi's life... What do you think? This person turned out to be the younger brother of a close friend who prayed for immortality together with my brother-in-law when they were young. The brother-in-law and his family are naturally overjoyed, and are now preparing for the ceremony. They have been fasting and incense for more than ten days, and they don't even have the time to go to Wang Lantian to express condolences."
I actually got excited at the end.
Among the two people listening on the sidelines, even Luo You was doing his routine, and he couldn't help but be stunned at this time.
As for Liu Acheng, at this moment, I was completely stunned.
I said where did this strange smell and the sour smell of wine and meat come from? I asked Lu Song why are you winking at me when there is a funeral?
All the love lies with this psychic!
And why don't you go to Wang Shu's place to express your condolences first?!
No, Xi Yin came to express condolences, and then called the psychic, and then took a bath, fasted and paid homage. What did you Wang Xizhi do in the past few days? Why didn't you go to Wang Shu's house to express condolences?
Could it be that you had already broken up with Wang Shu before and were unwilling to go, so now you just go with the flow, right?
Then they are really enemies! No wonder Xie An is married to the Wang Family but no longer lives with the Wang Family. He must be very angry!
Still wrong, this matter actually doesn't matter to me, even if Wang Xizhi and Wang Shu have a falling out, it will be good for me, but the psychic can't ignore it, otherwise, let alone Lu Song, I won't be able to explain to Xi Chao when I get back to Jingzhou, okay? And can you people do something new? I thought it was some new thing!
After thinking about this, Liu Acheng calmly asked as if nothing had happened, "Duke Xi, do you think this god is a serious nobleman, or the brother of Wang Jiang Province's old friend, but you don't know which family Qiaozu he is from?"
"It's not Qiaozu, it's Wu Region, a local noble family who lives in Jurong. He is good at communicating with gods and works as a god in heaven. Chief Clerk is known as Xu Changshi. You don't know what's normal., he is young, and he first served as county magistrates Chief Clerk and Gentleman of the Secretariat, and later learned Daoism, but you must know that his brother, called Xu Mai, is a true immortal..." Xi Yin became more and more excited.
Don't tell me, Xu Mai has really heard of it, because Jurong is at the south end of Jurong Avenue where Liu Acheng lives, just past Master Du Ming that Manor is here, and Xu Mai is the leader of Way of the Celestial Masters over at Jurong, but influenced by Ge Hong in his early years, he has been looking for "Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands" all his life!
I don't know where he died now, but he might have found Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands and become a god.
It can be regarded as taking the initiative to give up the reins of South of the Yangtze Way of the Celestial Masters to Master Du Ming.
Such a person is destined to be passed down to future generations because of the four words "Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands"... But his younger brother Xu Changshi, no matter what kind of god you are, Chief Clerk, has fallen into being a spiritual medium, so there is no need to pretend to be an expert.
After thinking about this, Liu Cheng nodded and stood up to say goodbye. His people were still outside the city Orchid Pavilion, and they hadn't arranged their place of stay yet.
Speaking of which, if you really want to talk about metaphysics, Kuaiji is your own Feng Shui treasure land! Especially this realm of vigorous vitality and all things competing for growth is still in front of you now, okay?!
-----I am the dividing line of attainment-----
In the past, Cai Si of the Jin Dynasty was trying to cross the river. After eating crickets, everyone thought they were poisonous and no one dared to taste them for decades. Later, Luo You went to Jiangdong and asked Taizu about the matter. Taizu saw the crickets and understood the root cause. He took a few kilograms and put them in clear water. He swallowed the water and spit out sand. He changed it every three days. He washed it with pig bristles and cooked it with chicken. The food was very delicious and everyone was fine.
Luo You was surprised, and Emperor Taizu responded, "Duke Cai is not allowed to clean itself, so why blame Fiddler Crab for being poisonous?"
-- "New Account of Tales of the World".The Thirty-Fourth: Oversights