Chapter 133 Spreading rumors
Zhang Weiliang gritted his teeth, "Zhang Zifang..."

"Shh," Zhang Weigang looked around nervously, "Don't call Uncle Wu by his name. What if someone hears you?"

Zhang Weiliang stiffened his neck and asked, "Am I afraid of him?"

Zhang Weigang and Zhang Weiqin covered his mouth and dragged him away.

Pan Yun took Miaozhenmiao and swagger to visit the academy.

The Imperial Academy and the Great Shangqing Palace are together, yet separate.

Before the Southern Song Dynasty, there was only the Shangqing Palace here. Later, schools were built on both sides of the palace. It was formerly called "Daoyuan" and was built as a school in the Yuan Dynasty. In this dynasty, the school was built on a larger scale.

Most of the academy courtyards are located to the west and north of Shangqing Palace. Chongqing Courtyard in the north is the largest. Most of the magic techniques in the third, fourth and fifth academic years are taught in Chongqing Courtyard.

Fengqiyuan is closest to Chongqingyuan and has the best location. From this location, you can overlook Shangqing Palace. Turn left when you go out and you will find the dining hall, and turn right and you will find the Doumu Hall where students have their morning and evening classes.

To the east of the Doumu Hall are the various courtyards of the academy.

The Jingsiyuan, Dongguanyuan and Qizhenyuan courtyards are all located here.

Pan Yun and his friends arrived early as today was the peak day for new students to enroll, but the number of people was not large. Some counties had two or three vacancies, while some state capitals had only two or three vacancies.

This is because the scale of Taoism development in different places is different.

Because Yushan County is close to Longhu Mountain and has Taoist holy places like Sanqing Mountain, there are so many temples and Taoist temples around it, so there are many Taoist believers, and Longhu Mountain gave them four places in Yushan County.

In other states, not even four seats may be available.

Taoist priests who meet the age requirements in the temple need to compete for these four places.

Except for Tao Yanbai, all the people of Wang Cong's generation in Sanqing Mountain have now entered the Imperial Academy.

The old Taoist priest Li Qingyin, who came to send his nephew to school, said to his junior brother: "See, there are few people in Sanqing Temple, but each one is an elite. Look at how many of the next generation in our Fuqing Temple can enter the Imperial Academy?"

The junior fellow also saw Pan Yun and the other two walking over in a swagger, "Aren't they benefiting from Pan Yun's help? If they wait until they are twelve years old to take the written test, they may not be able to compare with my Fuqing Temple disciples."

Li Qingyin sneered, "Sanqing Mountain spends nearly a hundred taels of medicinal herbs on its disciples every month. How can you think that your disciples can compare to the disciples they have nurtured so carefully?"

Junior brother didn't say anything.

Li Qingyin saw Pan Jun coming over and ignored him. He smiled at Pan Jun and said, "Junior Sister Pan, didn't your senior brother come to see you off?"

Pan Yun brought Miaozhen and Miaohe here to find allies. He immediately came over and said, "My senior brother is worried about the wheat at home, so he asked my eldest nephew to send us off. Senior Brother Li is coming in person to send us off?"

Li Qingyin introduced the young Taoist priest behind him to Pan Yun. "This is my disciple from Fuqing Temple, Cui Huaigong. He is a few years older than you. If you have any rough or tiring work in the academy in the future, ask him to help you. Junior sister, please give him some pointers in your free time."

Pan Yun agreed immediately and patted his chest and said, "Brother Li, don't worry. No matter what generation we are outside, we are all brothers and sisters in the academy and we must help each other."

Li Qingyin smiled happily and asked, "Have you decided where to live, Junior Sister?"

"Confirmed, in Fengqiyuan."

Li Qingyin paused and scratched his ear, "Where?"

Pan Jun smiled and said, "Fengqiyuan."

Li Qingyin looked at Pan Yun with a smile on his face and sighed in his heart. After dealing with Pan Yun, he turned around and said to Cui Huaigong: "Stay away from Pan Yun in the future."

Junior Brother:!!!
Cui Huaigong was also puzzled, "Why? Didn't Master Uncle just let me get close to her?"

"Then I didn't expect Longhu Mountain to be so stingy, did I?" He looked around and whispered when no one was around: "She has just entered school and she lives in Fengqiyuan. She is a target. I don't know how much trouble she will have in the future."

"She has the protection of the mountain god, so she may not be in trouble, but the people around her may be in trouble. You are still young, so it is better to stay away from these fights."

The junior fellow was unhappy and said, "Brother, how could you teach my disciple to be so self-centered and disloyal?"

Li Qingyin slapped him on the head and said, "You keep talking about loyalty, but do you know that what we are cultivating is immortality? To be immortal, we must first save our lives!"

Li Qingyin and Cui Huaigong said, "Anyway, you should stay away from her in the academy, okay? We just don't harm her."

Like his master, Cui Huaigong did not agree, but he did not dare to say it. He nodded under the pressure of his uncle.

Pan Yun turned around and said, "Let's not look for allies anymore. Let's go to the dining hall to eat."

Miaohe: “Why?”

Miao Zhen said: "Master Li, who is so close to Master Uncle, has backed off, let alone others."

She said seriously, "In the academy, we can only rely on the three of us."

Pan Yun nodded, "Yes, we can only rely on ourselves, but we are not so easy to bully. All the remaining talismans from last year are installed. Don't worry, I have a lot of experience in fighting, and I have been trained a lot by the eldest brother and the fourth sister in the past six months. I can't beat the big ones, but how can I not beat these small ones?"

Miao Zhen: "Don't worry, Junior Master, we both have good Qinggong skills, so it will be no problem for us to escape."

Miao He: "If we are beaten up by a group of people, we will run away first and never let Junior Master Uncle hold us back."

Pan Yun: "...good nephew."

The three of them went to the dining hall to eat. After they stopped thinking about finding allies, they became less picky about the people around them. After eating, they leaned against the stone wall with a bamboo tube of hot soup in their hands, watching people coming and going.

After taking a look, they discovered, "It seems that we are indeed the shortest."

"Minimal."

Pan Yun: "And the easiest to bully."

She said thoughtfully, "I wonder if Zhang Weiliang and the other two have publicized our evil deeds. If not, can we publicize it for them?"

Miao Zhen: "It's a pity that we don't know anyone here, and we are too conspicuous to spread rumors."

Miaohe: "Is this a rumor? We are clearly spreading the truth."

Pan Yun blew the soup to cool it, drank it all in one gulp, closed the bamboo tube and said, "Who said we don't know anyone? Isn't he the master's nephew?"

She waved her hand and said, "Let's go find the master's nephew."

Wang Cong didn't hear anything today. He was busy with store matters all day.

When he was found by Pan Jun and asked to spread rumors, oh no, he was a little confused when he was spreading the facts.

It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he repeated expressionlessly, "Little Master Uncle said that you beat up the three Zhang Weiliang brothers last night and seriously injured them?"

"It's not a fight, it's a way of giving them a taste of their own medicine. Anyway, you just need to spread the word that the three brothers are in such a miserable state because they offended us, and let them figure out the rest on their own."

Wang Cong: "... Junior Master, we don't want others to bully you, but we also hope that you don't bully others."

"I didn't bully them. Ask Miaozhen and Miaohe, did I bully them?"

Miaozhenmiao and Miaohe nodded together, then thought it was not right and shook their heads together.

Wang Cong looked at them for a while, then sighed and said, "Okay, I'll tell you. I hope the people in the academy will be frightened and won't dare to trouble you again."

He took out a handful of money from his pocket, counted out two to give to Pan Yun, then thought it would not work, and handed them to Miao Zhen, "Take this banknote, and use money to deal with things that you can't solve. Even though the academy is a place for spiritual practice, many things in it can be solved with money."

Miao Zhen took it and said, "Big Brother, is our Sanqing Temple so rich?"

Wang Cong: "Although we are a little poor in Sanqing Temple, we still have money to give to you. From now on, you will be in charge of the money of the three of you. Miaohe Danchun, your junior uncle can't keep the money, so you just have to work harder. If you do a good job, when you return to the mountain during the holiday, the senior uncle and the master will reward you."

Miaozhen: "When will Master return to the mountain?"

Wang Cong: "Soon, when the court is not too busy, he will ask for leave to visit his family."

Court officials have home leave every year, but their master hasn't had it for two years.

Pan Yun looked at the two silver bills in her hand, turned her head away and stopped looking at them.

Alas, the channels held by the Qian family are becoming saturated with talismans, and there has been no demand for talismans for two months, so now she has only outflows and no incomings.

Thinking of her fluctuating luck, Pan Yun decided to put making money on the agenda again.

This is Longhu Mountain. In the entire town, there are more than ten thousand people engaged in Taoism-related industries, and the influence radiating from here is the entire Taoism.

Many Taoist temples and monasteries purchase their talismans, magic tools and elixirs from here, so the profit prospects here are much greater than those in Sanqing Mountain.

"Wang Cong, have you decided what to sell in the store?"

"A general store sells everything," Wang Cong said, "daily necessities, as well as talismans, elixirs, and magical instruments. They also sell all of these. The main attraction is miscellaneous items."

"Okay, then I'll put my talismans in the grocery store for consignment."

Wang Cong smiled and said, "I couldn't ask for more."

He knew that Junior Uncle's talismans were no worse than Fourth Uncle's, and Fourth Uncle's talismans were among the best in the entire Longhu Mountain, so using Junior Uncle's talismans to open a grocery store would have the best reputation.

Rumors about Wang Cong spread very quickly. After all, he had studied in the Imperial Academy and had spent a few years there.

Not only are there familiar fellow disciples in the academy, but there are also many familiar merchants and friends in Shangqing Town at the foot of the mountain.

The Da Shangqing Palace and Shangqing Town are closely connected, and a large number of people travel between the two places every day, so news spreads very quickly.

So when Zhang Weiliang and the other two were still trying to hide their true feelings, everyone now knew where the bruises on their heads and faces and the bruises on their noses and faces came from.

Unfortunately, when it comes to rumors, the person involved is always the last to know, except for the person who caused the trouble.

So Zhang Weiliang and the other two were called to the Criminal Law Court without knowing anything.

Lin Jingle, who was in charge of the Criminal Law Department, sat on a chair and glanced at them solemnly. Then his eyes fell on Zhang Weiliang and he asked in a deep voice, "You have internal injuries. Where did they come from?"

Zhang Weiliang was so nervous that he lowered his head and replied carefully, "Uncle Lin, when I went down the mountain to hunt for curiosities, I encountered a female ghost and was injured by her."

　Today's lucky number is the number ending in 6, as shown in the screenshot
　　The lucky number game only lasts until this month. Today is the last day of this month, so there will be no more lucky numbers after today.

　　(End of this chapter)