Quick wear is not a cannon fodder

This is a kind of prosperity that deceives oneself and others, as if as long as beggars and homeless people are not seen, the court will still be strong and prosperous.

However, self-deception is quite useful for those dignitaries in the capital. Anyway, there are no beggars or vagrants in the capital, and it does look quite glamorous.

An Ran also discovered that the cost of entering the capital was also very high. It is estimated that this way, some poor people could be screened out so that they could not enter the capital. It would not affect the appearance of the capital, and at the same time, the capital could make more money.

Because the people left in the capital are more or less wealthy people, the capital is naturally prosperous. Of course, since they are all wealthy people, the prices of inns in the capital will naturally not be cheap.

An Ran used to rent a room in a small county town for only fifty cents a day. Now in the capital, a day stay in a slightly better inn costs five hundred cents. The worse ones are cheaper, but not safe. After going to the Taoist temple, Xiaoya stayed at home. She couldn't live in an unsafe place. Moreover, the conditions were too bad. An Ran didn't want to live there either, so she could only live in this 500-wen-a-day house.

Xiaoya was familiar with the price of goods in the capital, and said: "Oh my God, the house in our town only costs fifty taels of silver to buy. This inn in the capital is not just bought, but just lived in. It costs five hundred taels of silver a day, which is more than 500 taels of silver. After staying for a few days, I can buy a house in our town, and their house that costs 500 yuan a day only has one room, unlike the house in our town, which is a complete set."

An Ran said: "So my matter must be resolved quickly, otherwise the money we have worked so hard to save will be given to these Beijing lords."

"It seems that people in the capital are really rich."

"Can't you have money? They are all dignitaries. Didn't you listen to those people talking in the lobby before? The two maiden's families in the palace heard that they spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to build a garden. The money seems to have come from It’s like falling from the sky.”

"They can be regarded as money falling from the sky. It was given by the emperor in the palace." Xiaoya was young and didn't understand the consequences of such luxury, so she just said this.

An Ran shook his head and said: "There is no free lunch in the world. The emperor lives a luxurious life. Where does this money come from? It's not collected from the people at the bottom. We came all the way. You can see the chaos. Well, if the nobles in the palace continue like this, the world will be in chaos soon."

When Xiaoya heard this, she couldn't help but feel worried and said: "What should we do? The world is in chaos, and we ordinary people will not be easy off either."

An Ran sighed and said, "What can we do? We are small people and we can't affect the general trend of the world."

In fact, if she wants to do it, she has the ability, but if she wants to influence the general trend of the world, it will definitely take a lot of hard work. An Ran doesn't want to bother, so in this world, An Ran feels that it is okay to find a deep mountain and old forest to hide with her children. , Generally speaking, no one would run into the deep mountains and forests. They would not be able to get much supplies, and they would be exhausted from running. At most, some deserters would break in, and she was not afraid of deserters.

So An Ran also told her about her plan at that moment, so that Xiaoya wouldn't be worried.

After hearing An Ran's comforting words, Xiaoya thought to herself that her mother was very powerful and she didn't have to worry about being eaten by wolves while hiding in the deep mountains and old forests. So if the world was really going to be in chaos, it would be okay to go to the deep mountains and old forests. She felt relieved immediately, and there were also I feel like looking at the prosperous capital city.

At that moment, An Ran did not go to the Taoist temple of Taoist Taiyi right away. Instead, he took Xiaoya to visit the capital for a few days and gained her a lot of experience.

The reason why she did not go to the Taoist temple of Taoist Taiyi right away but took Xiaoya shopping first was because An Ran was afraid that if she went to the Taoist temple and discovered something, she would be very busy and would not have time to go shopping, so she took Xiaoya first. Wandered around.

After walking around for a few days, Xiaoya had a better understanding of the situation in the capital. She immediately said to An Ran: "Looking at the lives of these people in the capital, I also feel that the world may be in chaos soon, so I need to deal with these things quickly. , let’s leave, I’m really afraid that the rebels will invade the city one day and we won’t be able to escape.”

An Ran nodded and said, "I'll go to the Taoist Temple to have a look."

At that moment, An Ran went to the Taoist temple where Taoist Taiyi had stayed before.

The Taoist temple that Taoist Taiyi stayed in before was in Baiyun Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing. The name of the Taoist temple was Baiyun Temple.

Of course, An Ran couldn't go directly to Baiyun Temple and ask them if they had any powerful skills. Then she wanted to learn it. After all, this kind of thing must be a secret that is not passed down by others. How could she tell her.

So An Ran could only watch it secretly.

Observation first, An Ran plans to observe the situation of Baiyun Temple first.

It would definitely not be possible for An Ran to just observe by himself. After all, he didn't know that he would observe the Year of the Monkey, the Horse and the Moon, so An Ran came here to actually send the puppet over.

In this way, she can use the puppet to observe the situation of Baiyun Temple at any time.

She placed the puppet next to the master of Baiyun Temple, because she was thinking that the master of Baiyun Temple should know the Taoist skills of Baiyun Temple, even if no one else said it.

Of course, Taoist Taiyi is the real temple master of Baiyun Temple, but he is currently worshiping in the palace and cannot manage Baiyun Temple, so Baiyun Temple now only has the acting temple master.

Although this person's power is definitely not as big as that of Taiyi Dao, he should know more or less about the Taoism of Baiyun Temple.

Even if you don’t know, Taoist Taiyi is definitely not the only one in the temple who knows this kind of Taoism. After all, it is impossible for Taoist Taoist Master Taiyi to learn the things in the Taoist temple alone. Maybe others will also know about Taoist Taiyi. If you know the Taoist skills, An Ran will just ask someone to follow the person who knows it.

In this way, sooner or later, we can always find the situation in Baiyun Temple.

Now An Ran went to Baiyun Temple to observe, and found that nothing special could be discovered from a short observation.

So An Ran left the puppet behind to monitor the situation at Baiyun Temple, and then came back.

Of course, she would not just watch the puppets at home all the time, but would occasionally come in person.

And while An Ran was observing the situation at Baiyun Temple, something happened somewhere that An Ran didn't know about.

But he said that Qian Shangshu hurriedly came to see Taoist Taiyi that day, saying that there was a death in his family. It was the same situation that happened in the home of Qian, the richest man in the distant county a few years ago, and he wanted to ask Taoist Taiyi for help.

Although a few years ago, Taoist Priest Taiyi left without solving the Qian family's affairs. It stands to reason that Qian Shangshu would not ask Taoist Priest Taiyi for help.

But at that time Taoist Taiyi came back and said that the emperor was looking for him, so Qian Shangshu did not doubt Taoist Taiyi's ability. He only thought it was because of the emperor that Taoist Taiyi had no time to deal with the ghost. It was not Taoist Taiyi. Not long enough.

Even if Taoist Master Taiyi is not good at it, he can at least be on par with the ghosts, which is much better than not being able to defeat the others at all.

So after much deliberation, Qian Shangshu decided to ask Taoist Priest Taiyi for help.