Chapter 22 Deception
After Qinghe felt embarrassed after experiencing the failure of his practice, he did not mention the battle with Yang Yun at all.
The main reason is that the Taoist priests are good at returning and forth, such as "paper turtle swimming in the water", "ghost fire hiding", "ghost oil pan", etc. Qinghe was afraid that Yang Yun would come late and made full preparations at home. He performed well at this banquet, which seriously affected the impression of Shifang local officials and gentry.
Qinghe thought about going back and reviewing the mistakes just now and preparing for the way to open the game in the future.
County Magistrate Su did not forget Yang Yun's ability and kept reminding: "Why would you like to invite Xiao Zhenren to show off? His picking objects from the air and controlling objects from afar... are all magical Taoism."
Qinghe smiled without saying a word, while Gongsun Jian said with disdain: "Don't take out such a trick of collecting things from afar, right?"
County Magistrate Su thought that it was such a trick. Why couldn't Qinghe even pull out the peach wood sword and the candlelight could not be extinguished? But he was cautious by nature. When he saw that the people sent by the vassal states were unhappy, he stopped insisting. For him, whoever has the ability and who is not capable is second. The most important thing is to maintain the scene and explain it to several aspects.
The banquet is coming to an end in a relatively awkward atmosphere.
Because of the continuous situation during the meal, County Magistrate Su was embarrassed to ask Qinghe to go to the first floor to meet other guests.
In the eyes of Su County Magistrate, Hu County Wei and others, the gentry who can go up to the second floor is worthy of winning. As for the first floor, those are rich families who only need to deal with it simply on the scene, and it is not worth it because they cause trouble for themselves.
After the banquet, County Magistrate Su was busy dealing with Gongsun Jian and Taoist Qinghe. After all, he was a distinguished guest with a wide range of connections and could not afford to be punished easily.
Yang Yun knew that he was a humble family, and now he was just taking Taoism as a banner. He had no trump card to convince people. He took Wang Ji and An Lun down from the building with him.
When he arrived at the first floor, Yang Yun looked around and did not find Pei Lianqing's figure. He guessed that the third brother-in-law had gone back one step earlier.
"Master, the scene just now is really relieved. You cast a spell to make that old guy look ugly, right?" Wang Ji asked excitedly after leaving the gate of the official office.
Yang Yun pretended to be puzzled: "What happened just now?"
Wang Ji was stunned at first, then smiled and said, "Yes, nothing happened just now. The old guy asked for trouble and thought that using some deceitful tricks could deceive the world. However, he didn't know that the strong ones had more powerful ones."
Yang Yun said: "After all, they are military governors and guests, don't underestimate them."
"Ha ha."
Wang Ji showed a gloating smile on his face, "Today I just let him suffer a little, tomorrow is the main show. I wonder how masters, how are you going to make him look ugly in front of the world?"
Yang Yun asked curiously: "If he had a profound Taoist teaching and demonstrated his magical methods in front of everyone, how could he make a fool of himself?"
Wang Ji smiled and said, "I'm afraid that he doesn't have real skills, and the demonstration of spells will not go smoothly. It's embarrassing to the altar... Why don't you help him with another help and make him ruined!"
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After the banquet, Principal Qinghe and County Magistrate Su and others had a social engagement. They didn't even want to go back to the room to hang out. They came to the backyard room that he and his servants were booked. Except for those who arranged to go out for a break, the rest of the people were called into the room.
"...How do I teach you on weekdays? Such a big mess will cause me tonight and I will lose all my face! Who doesn't want to do it? I will sell him to the kiln as a rabbit god, and to the deep mountains as a mine slave!"
Taoist Qinghe always maintains a friendly, humble and cautious hypocritical appearance in front of others, but in private, his hideous appearance is revealed.
His group of subordinates stood there silently, fearing that Taoist Qinghe would be irritated.
"Master, calm down, we don't want to have any problems. We did it well, but who would have deviated?" A man about twenty years old and with a relatively bright Taoist robe on his body walked out and said.
This is Wuliang, the great disciple of Taoist Qinghe. The Taoist below may have only a slight understanding of Qinghe's "spells", but Wuliang is basically familiar with Qinghe's spell casting routines, because these spells cannot be completed by one person, just like magic must have helpers, and Qinghe cannot keep it mysterious in front of all his hands.
These people all followed Qinghe and signed a contract to sell their bodies, and no one dared to come forward to expose him.
Qinghe said angrily: "In today's scene, how can the simple sword-control technique break the traction thread?"
Wuliang said aggrievedly: "I was fine when I handed the thread to my master. Maybe someone accidentally... broke the thread... mainly because he was not familiar with the venue."
Qinghe was even more angry: "Why didn't the candlelight go out? Wuchen and Wuxin were watching, could they eat rice without a meal? And what happened to that piece of paper? I have demonstrated it countless times before, but there was no error once!"
Wuliang could not explain these phenomena and hesitated: "Master, everything was done according to the steps. The disciples did not notice any abnormalities from beginning to end until something happened... Are these situations related to the little Taoist priest named Yang Yun?"
"What is he! He has no desire to show his feelings during the meal, and he is timid and frightened by our momentum at first sight..."
Qinghe sneered, "Besides, he has never stood up again after he entered the table, let alone approaching you... Can he make trouble from a distance?"
Wuliang knelt down and said, "Master, please calm down. I will definitely not make any mistakes in the future."
Qinghe said with a dark face: "Don't do anything else in the future. Wuliang, you can do it yourself, and ask for questions for you! Today I have lost a lot of face. Fortunately, I have a handsome background, and the idiot Gongsun Jian came out to help me speak, otherwise this scene would be really difficult to solve today! If something happened, how can I stay in Jiannan Road in the future, and how can I find a meal for you guys?"
"Master, Mr. Gongsun is asking for a meeting." Suddenly, a servant shouted at the door.
Qinghe's face changed and he gave a few simple instructions, asking his subordinates to leave the back door of the room, then tidied up his clothes and opened the door to welcome Gongsun Jian.
After entering the room, Gongsun Jian asked with concern: "The Taoist priest consumes a lot of mana today, isn't it okay?"
Qinghe sighed: "I almost destroyed the small county town of Shifang. Fortunately, I have rich experience and can barely suppress the evil spirits, otherwise something will happen during the meal."
Gongsun said angrily: "Those people thought the Taoist priest was pretending and deceived them! They didn't know that they had turned the tide and saved the people of Shifang!"
When Qinghe heard that Gongsun Jian had no doubts and even spoke for him, he breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: "What does the gentry in Shifang think that I don't matter? The most important thing is that Jishuai has to keep his face. With Gongsun Jian for me, Jishuai will definitely not be suspicious."
Gongsun Jian asked: "If the Taoist priest is not strong enough, the Dharma Assembly tomorrow can be cancelled. You cannot let the Taoist priest's immortal skills be damaged for these ungrateful guys... The Taoist priest will have to go back to Chengdu to open the altar."
"It's okay."
Qinghe said confidently, "After coming back to meditate and adjust his breathing, his spirit has recovered most of his energy. I am confident about tomorrow's Dharma Assembly and decided to use the Demon Subduing Array to suppress the evil spirits. Alas, today I am still too hasty and not prepared enough."
Gongsun Jian showed joy on his face and said excitedly: "Just wait for the Taoist priest to show his magical power tomorrow, so that the group of local buns in Shifang will open their eyes!"
Chapter completed!