sheepskin for melon

Chapter 17

Brother Tan was dumbfounded, but it wasn't that easy to make him give up. He caught up with Chi Li and begged pitifully: "Abbot, the little one has hard work without merit. You should reward me with something!"

Chi Li looked at him for a while, felt that it made sense, opened the lid, and picked up one of the silver ingots.

Tan Jiuge immediately beamed with joy, 50 taels is fine, he doesn't dislike it!

Chi Li raised it and put it down, then took out three pieces of broken silver from his sleeve, thought for a while, and gave him one of them.

Brother Tan Jiu: ...

Their master also said that following Master Chi would lead to "money", woo woo woo, it's all a lie!

There was no internet or computer in the ancient world, so boring. Chi Li watched as Tan Jiuge spent almost an hour grinding tea into powder, sifting into noodles, and brewing tea for him to drink.

Chi Li frowned, picked it up and drank it all in one gulp, shit, it's really hard to drink.

Brother Tan was very happy to see Chi Li sip it to the end. This was the first time someone was willing to drink his tea, so he brought Chi Li another bowl.

Chi Li put it aside, and asked blankly, "Why are you here with me every day?"

"Ah?" Brother Tan Jiu raised his head in a daze: "My master asked me to take care of you. Could it be that you are not good at serving me?"

That's not true, Chi Li thought for a while and said, "Aren't you worried about leaving your master like this?"

"worry about what?"

"For example, he met a bad guy while walking..."

"Hahaha!" Before he finished speaking, Brother Tan was out of breath from laughing: "Abbot, stop joking, our master can open a three-armed bow at the age of 13, and can hug me all over the street at the age of three Run, the bad guy will be bad luck if he meets him, okay?"

Pond: ...

"Then you don't worry about leaving your master, will he have a new personal servant soon?"

"That can't be!"

Brother Tan said confidently: "My master and I grew up with a friendship that is incomparable to others. No one in this world can take my place in his heart!"

Speaking of this, Brother Tan also hesitated: "Abbot, when you ask this question, it suddenly occurred to me that our master has never been away from me for such a long time. He must be very uncomfortable. Do you think he will miss me every night? Secretly crying..."

Chi Li fell silent: What's the matter with suddenly wanting to hit him?

"But even then I won't go back!"

Brother Tan didn't notice it, he was still grinning there, took out a document from his arms like a baby, and said to Chi Li: "Abbot, have you seen this certificate? This is our master's 200 taels Wenyin bought it for me! He is so kind to me, I can't let him down, I must earn enough money in the temple before going back!"

Chi Li was a little surprised: "Duyi is so expensive?"

"Of course, being a monk makes a lot of money. Anyone who doesn't want to be a monk should sell it more expensive."

Chi Li thought about what Tan Yushu had mentioned back then, that monks there could drink and eat meat, marry wives and have children without paying taxes.

Did Tan Yushu buy him an excessive certificate?If he was allowed to spend so much money, shouldn't he come to thank him?

Then I remembered that I was a descendant of the "Eminent Monk Ferrying", a Buddhist family, and the emperor personally issued a monk's license. I must not be in the same system as Tan Jiuge. This reason is not enough to come to the door.

Angrily, Chi Li picked up the tea bowl on the table, and drank the other bowl too. Damn, it's so bad!

Brother Tan was flattered to see him cook two bowls in a row, and happily made another bowl for him. Suddenly, a meow attracted his attention. When he looked up, a white cat was stepping on the beam and looking at him, and he suddenly became happy : "Big ugly cat, why are you here?"

The white cat jumped into his arms nimbly, and Brother Tan rubbed it: "You've lost your way again, I'll take you home."

"Where are you going back?"

"This is my master's cat. It is running around. I will send it back."

Chi Li raised his eyes and said slowly, "I'll go see it off."

Brother Tan waved his hand: "No need, I don't need you, I'll just go."

Chi Li raised his chin: "Tomorrow's Laba Festival, have you arranged all the matters related to the congee distribution in the temple?"

Brother Tan Jiu: ...

"Abbot... do you want me to do this kind of thing?"

"It's not you, is it me?"

Chi Li's overly determined expression made Brother Tan's brain knotted for a moment, and he could only say: "Okay...abbot, here is the cat, this cat is a bit ugly, don't be scared."

Chi Li took the cat and sneered in his heart. No matter how ugly a creature like a cat can be, he was frightened.He raised the cat's two front paws in front of his eyes——

Depend on!Really ugly!

The cat in front of him was snow-white all over, but there was a large black patch from the eyes to the mouth, which looked like a birthmark on a human face.Of course, the impure color is not enough to affect the appearance of a cat, but how to put it, this cat's face looks one part not like a cat, but nine parts like a human...

Chi Li raised his head suspiciously, and then looked at the cat again, it still looked like a human...

The facial features are crowded together, as if a person is saying with a stern face, "Isn't he handsome?" With the ugly facial features, he looks greasy like an uncle.

Chi Li looked up again, unable to believe why Tan Yushu was so good-looking, but the cat he raised was so ugly!

Wait... Did he praise Tan Yushu for looking good just now?

Even if he didn't say it, Chi Li still covered his mouth in shock.

Brother Tan watched from the side: Damn, this big ugly cat vomited the abbot's ugly face!

Chi Li went down the mountain with the big ugly cat in his arms. The Tan family was indeed not far from the mountain temple, and he arrived in a short while.

Raising his hand to knock on the door, the front teeth saw him clasping his hands together: "What is the business of a mage coming to the door?"

Chi Li has recently become accustomed to the etiquette of being a monk, and he clasped his hands together and saluted: "I am the abbot of Erfa Temple, and I will give you a cat."

Front Yazi's eyes lit up: "Is it the master abbot of Efa Temple? Then please come in quickly, the master has ordered, you must be treated well when you come."

That's about the same, Chi Li's mood is a little off.

"Is your master at home?"

"Not here, maybe I went to drink with someone."

Chi Li stopped: "Does he often go out to drink with others?"

Front Yazi smiled and said: "It's not often, but occasionally there will be some alcohol smell on my body, smelling that smell, it's either the golden lust of Feixianlou, or the soft yellow beauty of Wangyuelou~"

Chi Li raised his eyebrows: "Your nose is very good."

"It's okay, it's okay, so are you still waiting for him?"

"Ah."

Front Yazi led Chi Li to the living room, called a few servants to wait on him, and then left.

Chi Li sipped his tea and snorted coldly in his heart, Tan Yushu didn't come to see him once, so he was busy drinking with others, damn it!

Suddenly, there was a rush of hoofbeats, and after a while, the dense and cheerful bells were getting closer.When Chi Li went out, he saw a young servant running in from the yard, happily waving the whip in his hand, the bells attached to the whip jingled, and shouted with a smile on his face, "Master is happy! Old lady is happy!"

Now Mother Tan was also alarmed, and she came out with her personal maid: "What the hell is your name!"

However, when she saw the person coming in, Tan's mother also screamed with her handkerchief in her hand.

Tan Yushu came in from the outside in a purple robe, with a square head and a white jade belt around his waist.He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, with a straight back and steady steps, and wearing a purple robe makes him look taller and taller, giving him an air of nobility.

And Tan's mother obviously didn't call her son because of his good looks. In Dayong, purple is noble, and only officials of the third rank and above can wear it.However, the Yong Dynasty emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts, even the military officers of the third rank and above could only wear red clothes, and now Tan Yushu's original red official robes have been replaced by purple, that is to say...

"Overjoyed! Overjoyed! Really overjoyed!"

Mother Tan's smile could no longer be concealed, and she raised her voice, "Master He is overjoyed. From today onwards, everyone in the mansion will receive an increase of [-] Wen in monthly salary! Add two eggs to each meal! Xiaocui and I think about how to congratulate you." Hey, everyone will watch it today!"

The people below immediately beamed with joy, and all bowed their hands together: "Master He is overjoyed! Mrs. He is overjoyed!"

Tan Yushu came back in such a ostentatious way to make his mother happy, so he stood by the side, but smiled and said nothing, letting the people around him cheer.

Chi Li stood on the steps and looked down at him. In modern times, in order to cater to the public's aesthetics, Tan Yushu usually wears a green shirt and hangs down his hair.But now that he has his hair tied and crowned, he has a gentle heroic spirit, his eyes are unbelievably beautiful, his black eyebrows are long and slender, his face is as white as jade, clean and clear, like a landscape with white ink and ink, when you see mountains are mountains, and water is water , with beautiful eyebrows.

Chi Li stood on the steps, but all his eyes fell on the steps below.

When the people around him dispersed to prepare for the celebration, Tan Yushu also looked at the gravel on the steps.

The rose on Chi Li's body was unrestrained, his cassock was like fire, and his face was as indifferent as ice.In the past few days in the temple, wearing Buddhist attire is not as unsuitable as it was when I first came here, but the Buddhist aura emanating from the incense still cannot suppress the surging hostility, like a raging fire wrapped in ice.

The big hand caressed the white cat's soft fur, the fiery red rose on the back of the hand scorched the eyes, the white cat turned its head, Tan Yushu was used to its various ugly appearances, but at this moment, he felt that this picture of hugging a cat was very harmonious.This evil Buddha whose heart is boiled by fire should naturally be matched with an evil beast.

He couldn't help murmuring: "Lying down with sawtooth, the Buddha's son picks up flowers by himself."

The wind was too strong to hear what he said, Chi Li frowned and asked, "What did you say?"

Tan Yushu woke up in an instant, smiled and said, "It's nothing, Brother Chi, are you giving me back my cat?"

Chi Li snorted coldly: "Of course, your ugly cat ran into my temple."

Tan Yushu took the cat into his hand and sighed: "Brother Chi, everything has an animus. If you say it is ugly, even a cat will be sad."

Chi Li rolled his eyes: "Then what is it called?"

Tan Yushu smiled and said, "It's called the little old man."

Pond: ...

Then... that's fine.

Tan Yushu gently stroked the little old man's head, and continued with a smile, "Thank you Brother Chi for sending the cat. Speaking of which, I have something to ask Brother Chi for."

Hmph, really, I haven't come to see him for so many days, and I need to find him for something when he comes, but what a coincidence, he crossed his arms and said, "What did you ask me to see?"

Tan Yushu said sternly while stroking the cat, "I've packed a Zen room for Brother Chi. When Brother Chi is free, come and live in my house more often."

Chi Li was taken aback for a moment, and stammered: "Why...why, it's good for me to live in the temple!"

Tan Yushu blinked his eyes tenderly, took a step forward and said in a low voice, "The channel is at my house. If you contact me regularly once a month, it's too easy to see the abnormality, so Brother Chi usually comes."

Then he stepped back and sighed: "I can also see that Brother Chi is living very comfortably in the temple. He hasn't visited me once for so many days."

Pond: ...

This man has hit the ground again!

Angrily said: "Then why can't you come to see me?"

Tan Yushu blinked: "If Brother Chi is willing, that's fine too."