Taiping Inn

In the Imperial Capital, when the Yao family is mentioned, people may not think of the Censorate, after all, there are more than one powerful family in the Imperial Capital. But when it comes to the Censorate, people know that it is the Yao family. Although they are not the top powerful family in the Imperial Capital, they are also a first-class powerful family.

Ordinary censors are nothing like Hanlin, but the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate is a second-rank official, and the Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief assists in the affairs of the Censorate, which is a third-rank official. The Right Censor-in-Chief and the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief are additional titles for the governor-general and the governor-general. In other words, the Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief is the second-rank person in the Censorate, and his status is equivalent to that of a minister.

The disappearance of Miss Yao has recently caused a lot of uproar in the city. At first, it was said that she was kidnapped by a beggar. Many people thought it was a joke. After all, how could a beggar get into a deep house? It must be that Miss Yao did not follow the rules and ran away by herself, and the reputation of lax family education was confirmed. But the situation later became strange, as if it involved some kind of evil sect. People from the Taoist and Confucian sects came forward one after another to strictly investigate the evil sect members in the city, causing the powerful families in the imperial capital to feel insecure and take good care of their children and not let them go out easily.

The final result of this incident was naturally that the evil sect members were wiped out, and Miss Yao returned to the imperial capital safely. However, after this incident, Miss Yao became famous in the imperial capital, and it was not a good reputation.

Although Yao Xianglian was the victim in this incident, she did not face comfort and sympathy after returning to the imperial capital, but the most malicious rumors and gossip behind her back.

This is also the reason why many women dare not speak out after being bullied and losing their innocence.

Some people say that Miss Yao was possessed by evil spirits, and she became stupid and foolish after returning, and has become a fool.

Others say that Miss Yao was not abducted at all, but eloped with someone and was sold.

What's more, many people swore that the young lady of the Yao family had been ruined by those vicious demons, even worse than the prostitute in the half-closed door, as if they had seen it with their own eyes, or even experienced it personally.

Men sighed that the world was going downhill, and women ridiculed her for having it all to themselves.

No one cared about the truth, people just used this as an excuse to vent their emotions.

In other words, Yao Xianglian's reputation was completely ruined and became a joke.

As for the marriage, it naturally didn't happen. Although the two families were old friends, the world was like this. If Yao Xianglian really entered the family with such a reputation, they would also become the laughing stock of others after dinner, and the reputation of the unmarried women in the family would be affected, making it difficult for them to get married in the future. This is what people say.

Yao Zhongcheng locked his daughter at home and didn't let her go out.

In fact, at this point, if it were any other wealthy family, they would most likely force the daughter to death, or simply enforce the family rules themselves to maintain the family's reputation and avoid bringing shame to the family.

But Yao Zhongcheng only had this one daughter, and she was born in his old age. He treated her as the apple of his eye, so he spoiled her to such a temper. How could he do that? He could only lock her up at home.

What worried him even more was that his daughter didn't cry or make a fuss. Apart from eating and sleeping, she was in a daze, and she looked like she was ready to die. So he told the maids to take good care of the young lady, not to slack off at all, and never let her commit suicide.

Because of this, his old wife fell ill again. She was already old, and it was winter, so she couldn't see the end of this illness. Moreover, it was rare for a person to live to be seventy, and it was common for him to die from illness, even the powerful and wealthy were not immune.

In less than a month, Yao Zhongcheng seemed to have aged ten years. He used to look like a man in his forties, but now he looked like an old man in his fifties.

Many old friends saw him like this and advised him that no matter how reluctant he was to let his daughter go, he had to make a decision for the sake of the Yao family's reputation. It was impossible for her to get married. The only way now was to let her become a Taoist nun or a Buddhist nun, which would be an explanation.

Yao Zhongcheng was unwilling, but he knew that this was the only way.

Nowadays, the Taoist sect is very powerful, and most women who become nuns are Taoist nuns. This Taoist nun is not a married woman like the Zhengyi Dao or Taiping Dao, but a Quanzhen Dao who cannot be married. This is the case with Princess Xuanzhen, so she was given the title of "Master Yuying" by the previous emperor and a Yuying Temple was built outside the city.

However, even if you want to become a monk, you can't just become a monk casually. You must have a master.

Just when Yao Zhongcheng was hesitating, an unexpected guest came. It was Shi Zongxi, the alternate chief priest of the Wanxiang Academy. She went back to the Wanxiang Academy first, and then came to the imperial capital, so she arrived a little late. This time, she made a special trip to visit Yao Zhongcheng because of Yao Xianglian's matter. After hearing that Yao Zhongcheng intended to let his daughter become a nun, although she did not agree, she had no good solution.

Regarding Yao Xianglian's situation, Shi Zongxi was full of emotion. What is the tongue that crushes people to death, what is the fear of people's words, today I know the horror. However, she knew Yao Xianglian after all, and she couldn't bear to see her fall into such a miserable situation, so she still wanted to help. So after leaving the Imperial Censorate, because the relationship between Confucianism and Taoism has eased now, she went to visit Qixia County Lord Xu Wan, who is the new leader of the famous Yin Yang Sect in the world, Shangguan Wan.

Shangguan Wan has a special identity. He is a member of the royal family listed in the Imperial Book, a disciple of the geomancer, and a confidant of Li Xuandu. He has connections with various forces.

So under the recommendation of Shangguan Wan, Shi Zongxi met Princess Xuanzhen again and told about Yao Xianglian. He wanted to invite Princess Xuanzhen to come forward to take Yao Xianglian as a disciple. In this way, it is obvious that In terms of Princess Xuanzhen’s face, those who gossip will also restrain themselves a little.

After all, Shi Zongxi had a different identity, so he asked Shangguan Wan to come forward. Princess Xuanzhen was not easy to refuse. Besides, this was not a major issue related to the court, so Princess Xuanzhen agreed after just pondering for a moment.

In the inner house of the Censor's Mansion, Yao Xianglian was wearing a half-new cloak, sitting under the corridor, reading a book.

There was a little snow yesterday. She piled a small snowman in the yard with her eyes not only unusually large, but also her eyes were crooked and her mouth was slanted, as if she was laughing at her now.

There is no airtight wall in the world. Although she never leaves her home, she still knows about what happened from the attitudes of the people around her and some words.

Yao Xianglian didn't expect that, and couldn't figure out why she had fallen to such a level. She thought that she would be able to return to the past when she returned to the imperial capital safely. After all, the old saying goes, "If you survive a disaster, you will have good fortune." But now she understood that she could never go back to the past. This was a great disaster after the great disaster, and she would never stop until death.

She was a very arrogant person, otherwise she would not have thought about taking care of her fiancé. How could she bear such a situation? I tried to find a short opinion several times, but I always didn't know the most critical moments, and when I woke up, I lay peacefully on the bed.

She also thought about taking a hunger strike, but when she woke up, she found that the food prepared by the maids was eaten clean.

In the eyes of the maids, although the lady is not much the same as before, she eats on time, sleeps on time, and doesn't talk much, and she doesn't make her temper as she used to, but instead serves her better.

Yao Xianglian is not a fool. She immediately thought of the dreams she had, and felt a little scared in her heart. After all, things about ghosts and gods cannot be killed. She has also seen the means of the Light Sect, so maybe You cannot be liberated even if you die.

All of this is naturally Wu Xian's method.

If Wu Xian took over the body and possessed her, Yao Xianglian would die and give her body to Wu Xian. But this time Wu Xian merged with Yao Xianglian, and the grasshopper on a rope would prosper and prosper. Both losses were damaged, so Wu Xian could not let Yao Xianglian die.

As the saying goes, good fortune and misfortune depend on each other. In order to separate Wu Xian's burden, Zhang Luxu chose Yao Xianglian as Wu Xian's container, which was a disaster. But it is precisely because of Wu Xian that Yao Xianglian did not seek short-sighted opinions because she was unable to think about it for a while.

The so-called inability to think about it is actually temporary. As long as you don’t succeed in death, it is difficult to have the courage to die a second time. After such changes, Yao Xianglian didn’t want to seek death. She just didn’t know where to go, so she could only stay every day. Reading books at home.

When it comes to books, they are naturally not all kinds of classics, but mostly some story books. Recently, a "Qingping Feng" emerged in the imperial capital, which means the words published by Qingping Bookstore. The style is relatively consistent, so it is collectively called "Qingping Feng". Compared with the past words, there are many less three doctrines. , with more wild imaginations, mainly based on stories from the world and supplemented by immortals, which is refreshing.

Yao Xianglian's original name is "Female Sword Immortal", which tells the story of the battle between the righteous and the demons in the world. The protagonist is a woman named Li Ziyun. She was born in the Qingcheng Sword Sect of Shushan. By chance, she got it from Kunlun Immortal Sect. The "Qingping Sword" handed down by the ancestor of the Three Qing Dynasties also conquered the strange beast, the nine-tailed Heavenly Fox on the Three Immortal Island of the East China Sea, ate a ten thousand-year-old red fruit, and obtained the "Eight Trigrams Immortal Clothes" left by the predecessors. Yao Xianglian has seen Li Ziyun break the chess game left by the saint in the Daxue Mountain Yaochi Holy Land, and will be taught the saint for thousands of years.

Seeing this, Yao Xianglian couldn't help but think in her heart: "How good would it be if I had such an opportunity? I don't have to be confined to the imperial capital. How can I go to the world so big?"

At this moment, the maid hurried over and reported: "Miss, Miss, a distinguished guest is here. Master invites you to go out to pay a visit."

"Disciple? Meet?" Yao Xianglian was stunned and put down the book in her hand. "I'm not a man... Which distinguished guest wants to see me? Could it be a female guest?"

The maid hesitated for a moment and whispered: "It's Princess Xuanzhen!"

Yao Xianglian was startled: "Big, Grand Princess? What are she here to do?"

The maid whispered, "Miss, don't say that I said it, I heard it..."

"What did you hear? You're going to be anxious to death." Yao Xianglian couldn't help but grab the maid's sleeve.

The maid was helpless and looked around and whispered, "Miss, don't be anxious to get angry either. The master seems to ask the lady to worship Princess Xuanzhen as his teacher and become a monk and become a Taoist nun."

Yao Xianglian felt that the eyes were dark and she almost fainted.