How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Chapter 290: Xianyu Xianchang's deception gradually began

Zheng Fu.

"Husband..."

Beside the pavilion lake in the east courtyard, a pretty woman with a gentle temperament leaned in her husband's arms, looking a little depressed. She scattered fish food weakly, and suddenly caught sight of something. She threw the copper bowl full of fish food into the lake, causing the koi to flutter up and grab the fish food, splashing the lake with white flowers.

"Mr. Zheng! The carp in the lake have already given birth to several litters of pups! But there is not even a trace of your pups!"

Zheng Xian, who was holding her and feeding the fish, shuddered suddenly and coaxed her timidly, "My dear wife, it's all your husband's fault. Don't be angry."

No one knew what was going on, but his childhood sweetheart, who was originally gentle and amiable, had a very bad temper these days. When she saw the willow tree sprouting, she even scolded him for not being as good as a tree in sowing seeds. Zheng Xian did not dare to say a word. After all, both of them were in very good health. If they couldn't get pregnant, it could only be that he didn't know how to sow seeds, or he didn't sow enough seeds.

"How about we try again?" Zheng Xian held his wife's hand and said expectantly.

“No!” The woman pushed him away irritably and walked down the steps of the pavilion. “My period is about to come. It hurts.”

Zheng Xian had no choice but to follow her dejectedly. He deliberately put aside his business to accompany his depressed wife to relax, but the more he accompanied her, the angrier she became. Zheng Xian didn't know what to do.

The two were walking one after the other, and when they passed by a rockery, they suddenly heard maids chatting.

"Hey, have you heard? There's an immortal coming to Shengliu Lane to preach. If you join the sect, you will not only be able to see the immortal's face, but also have the opportunity to seek good fortune and avoid danger, and learn from him!"

"Really? Then how can I join the church? How do I know if I have a chance?"

"You can join the sect as long as you pay two taels of salted fish. It seems that as long as you recruit two hundred people to join the sect, or give a certain amount of incense money, you can ask the immortal for guidance. Oh, I can't remember clearly. If you want to know, you can go to the immortal residence to ask."

At this time, a maid suddenly said, "Oh, if I can get two hundred people, can I go and ask when the lady will get pregnant?"

She looked worried. "Madam is in a bad mood because of this. I feel really bad seeing this."

"You can't leave the house, how are you going to bring 200 people?" another maid asked immediately.

The maid immediately lowered her head in frustration, "Alas... it's all my fault... I can't ask the immortal to pray for our lady to have a child."

"Cough cough!"

The sound of a man coughing interrupted the conversation. Several maids turned around and saw that it was Zheng Xian. They immediately jumped up, bowed and said, "Master! We are not being lazy! We have finished our work!"

"Well," Zheng Xian glanced at his wife, then asked the maid who said he was incompetent, "Is the immortal you just mentioned very powerful?"

Several maids looked at each other, and then the maid who spoke first came out and said, "I don't know if it works, but I heard that even the prefect is very respectful to her and has been visiting her every day."

"Hmm..." Zheng Xian rubbed his chin and glanced at his wife, "Let's go take a look?"

The woman snorted coldly, obviously not interested, "I've seen so much, they're all lies."

"Go ahead, and visit the gold shop over there to buy you some new jewelry." Zheng Xian tempted.

The woman smiled and said, "My dear, I don't want gold jewelry, I want our child."

Zheng Xian: “Hmmmm, hmmmm.”

Waving his hand to signal the maids to disperse, Zheng Xian carefully supported his wife and prepared to get some silver and banknotes to pay for the incense. He did not notice at all that among the maids who had just left, a few of them were "flirting" with each other, their eyes full of joy of getting things done.

……

“Is this Xianju?”

After getting off the carriage, Zheng Xian looked at the gate of Xianju and found that many people were standing in front of the gate, holding two taels of salted fish in their hands, queuing up to register to join the religion.

Those who came to recruit people asked the immortal official who was in charge of registering the names to add a stroke after their names, and then continued to recruit people happily.

He walked towards the little immortal official, wanting to ask if he could see the immortal directly, and then he saw the little immortal official raised his head, glanced at him calmly and said, "Please line up, don't cut in line."

Zheng Xian very tactfully handed over the incense money.

The little immortal official glanced at it again, didn't answer, and pointed to the other side, "Those who donate incense should go over there."

Zheng Xian looked back and found that there was indeed a small door there, so he turned back to the carriage and helped his wife down.

After entering the fairy residence, someone took the silver and led the way. The courtyard was neither big nor small, and Zheng Xian soon saw the legendary immortal.

The immortal sat upright in the middle of the pavilion lake. Because he was wearing a veil, his true face could not be seen clearly, but it seemed as if the sunlight favored him. Under the reflection of the white gauze and veil, he shone with a dazzling white light, full of divinity.

It seems that he does have some skills.

"Donor, please come this way."

The person who led the way pushed open a door and motioned for the two to come in. When they stepped into the room, Zheng Xian saw a bearded man who looked like a Taoist priest, about forty years old, sitting on a cushion inside. He looked mysterious.

Seeing Zheng Xian and his wife, the Taoist priest raised his hand slightly and motioned for them to sit down.

Then he stroked his beard and said, "I guess the two donors came to Xianju this time to pray for children, right?"

Zheng Xian did not find it surprising. His wife had not been pregnant for a year and had been to the Taoist temple several times. Many people knew about it, so he just nodded in response.

The Taoist priest did not feel offended. He pretended to ask for the two people's horoscopes, then lit incense and muttered something. Finally, he took out a lottery stick box from the table beside him, shook it a few times, and a stick fell out.

He handed the lot to Zheng Xian, "This is a very good lot, a good omen, indicating that your wishes will come true."

Zheng Xian was not satisfied with the result. "After drawing lots, shouldn't everyone know how to interpret them? I wonder what our lot means?"

The Taoist priest glanced at him and said, "I see that you have a good face, so we are destined to be together. As long as you two are willing to donate 20 taels of incense, I can introduce you two to the immortal, and the immortal will personally interpret the divination and bless you."

Only twenty taels?

Zheng Xian had some doubts about the abilities of the Taoist priest and the immortal, but because the price was cheap, he wanted to give it a try.

"But..." The Taoist priest dragged out his voice, "Blessing requires sincerity. Sincerity is effective and good deeds will last long. If the immortals bless you and your wish is fulfilled, you must spread the immortals' blessing to all living beings so that you can have descendants."

Zheng Xian understood what was meant. If the immortal successfully gave birth to a child, he would introduce him to others.

He was a businessman, so he knew that Taoist temples and immortals needed incense to support them, so he didn't think it was a problem and said respectfully, "Then I'll trouble you, Taoist, to introduce me."

The Taoist priest stroked his beard, stood up and took the two of them to the lake pavilion where the immortal was in meditation.

As they got closer, Zheng Xian finally got a glimpse of the immortal's true appearance. Just one glance and he and his wife's hearts began to beat fast, probably because they had never seen such a stunning beauty, so beautiful that it seemed unreal, as if she was right before their eyes, and yet as if she was far away in the horizon.

If there are immortals in the world, they must be this color!