Chapter 409: An attempt to cross species (Congratulations to Xin Zhen)

Fan Jijiu was from the Fan family of Luyang, so he was naturally not so hasty in marrying off his daughter. It was not like he would rush into the marriage just by agreeing on it today. That would be a shame.

So today it was just a verbal agreement. After the snow melts, Fan Jijiu will naturally send someone to Jiangnan to notify Xin Zan and his wife, and ask Xin Zan and his wife to send a matchmaker to propose marriage, and then follow the wedding process.

As for Xin Zhen, he stayed there first. Once the snow melted, Fan Jijiu would naturally arrange a carriage to take him to the capital to take the exam.

As for whether the verbal agreement would be unreliable, Fan Jijiu was not worried about that at all. Fan Jijiu believed that with the deterrent power of the Fan family, few people in the world would dare to violate it, not even the descendants of the royal family would dare to do so.

The Xin family is considered a big family in Jiangnan, but compared with the Fan family, it is far inferior.

Fan Jijiu believed that once he delivered the letter to Jiangnan, not only Xin Zhen's parents, but also the elders of Xin's family would come to Fan's house to propose marriage.

Since the two parties had already made an engagement, under the arrangement of Fan Jijiu, Xin Zhen settled down in the Fan family, and all the servants of the Fan family called him son-in-law.

Mrs. Fan was very happy and provided Xin Zhen with delicious food and drink every day. Xin Zhen was also very generous to his daughter-in-law and used Chunyang Wuji Gong to nourish Fan Shiyi Niang's body. Fan Shiyi Niang soon got out of bed and her complexion became more rosy day by day. Mr. and Mrs. Fan were so happy that they called her a good son-in-law.

The heavy snow outside stopped after several days, but it would take a few more days for it to thaw. Fan Jijiu told Xin Zhen not to worry and just wait patiently. He said that with a fast horse and carriage, they could reach the capital in a few days.

Fan Jijiu was even more afraid that Xin Zhen would not pass the Four Books and Five Classics and essays, and planned to tutor Xin Zhen personally. However, after the test, he found that Xin Zhen's imperial examination skills were extremely solid and his essays were beautifully written. He really fell in love with Xin Zhen as his son-in-law, and repeatedly praised Xin Zhen for his talent as a top scholar, saying that he had made the right choice for him as a son-in-law.

When Fan Jijiu talked with Xin Zhen about how to be an official, he found that Xin Zhen's conversation and knowledge were rarely seen in the world, and he was overjoyed.

Fan Jijiu had no sons and treated his daughters like treasures. When he saw that Xin Zhen, his son-in-law, was so outstanding, he was so happy that he couldn't express it in words.

However, Fan Jijiu was quite dissatisfied with Xin Zhen's choice of the path of Taoism. Fan Jijiu believed that if Xin Zhen pursued a serious career in politics, with the help of the Fan family, he would surely become a prime minister within thirty years. But if he chose the path of Taoism, it would be a waste of Xin Zhen's great talent.

Xin Zhen was unwilling to give in to his insistence on this line. Although he spoke very tactfully given his emotional intelligence, his determination to follow the Tao was very firm, which made Fan Jijiu helpless.

Fan Jijiu could only comfort himself this way: "The Daolusi is also a government office of the imperial court, and it is also an extremely powerful department. If one day I can become a left or right minister, I will be a top minister in the world."

The Taoist officials of the Daoluo Division include one Left Zhengyi and one Right Zhengyi. Below them are one Left Yanfa and one Right Yanfa, one Left Zhiling and one Left Xuanyi.

Under it, each prefecture's discipline office has one chief and one deputy chief discipline officer, each state's discipline office has one discipline officer, and each county's discipline association office has one discipline councilor.

Zuo Zheng and Zuo Zheng are the two highest leaders of the Taoist Records Bureau, among which Zuo is the most respected. To be able to become Zuo Zheng or Zuo Zheng means that all the 100,000 Taoist temples in the country are under his command. Basically, five to six out of ten strange people in the country are under his command!
But then Fan Jijiu shook his head again, laughed dumbly and said: "How can it be that simple? Not only must the left and right officials have a decent background, but they must also be a genius in cultivation. My son-in-law is an excellent civil servant, but things in cultivation are not that simple.

Forget it, as long as he gets along well with my daughter, his career is not that important. Can't my huge Fan family protect a pair of children?"

Fan Jijiu regarded Xin Zhen as his own son and wanted to make plans for Xin Zhen. He thought about it for a long time and then asked someone to call Xin Zhen's little servant. This little servant was naturally not Xin Qi, but Feng Sanniang.

Feng Sanniang didn't know why Fan Jijiu wanted to talk to her, but since she was just a book boy, she could only follow his instructions and go to Fan Jijiu's study.

Unexpectedly, Fan Jijiu's first sentence made it frightened.

Fan Jijiu said, "The Yaoguang Master from Mount Laoshan will arrive at your house tonight. Do you, a fox demon, want to live or die?"

Yaoguang Zhenren is a name that all the demons in the world dare not ignore. When Yaoguang Zhenren was young, he was incomparable in killing and killed countless demons and monsters. It can be said that the name of Yaoguang Zhenren in those days could stop the demon babies from crying at night.

Feng Sanniang is a fox from a legitimate fox clan with a heritage, so she naturally knows who to avoid provoking when traveling around the world.

Feng Sanniang said quickly, "Master Fan, I have no intention of returning Eleventh Lady's favor. On the contrary, besides the virtuous couple, I am the only one who wishes the best for Eleventh Lady. Why are you so angry with me, Master Fan?"

Fan Jijiu said coldly: "Humans and demons are on different paths. If you get close to Shiyi Niang, you will kill her. You want to kill my daughter for your own selfish reasons. Now you want to tell me why I am angry with you?"

Feng Sanniang was about to cry and said, "I listened to Master Xin's advice and was planning to leave, but I was still reluctant to leave. Since the chief priest has driven me away, I will leave immediately."

Fan Jijiu snorted and said, "If it weren't for my daughter's affection for you, I would have asked Master Yaoguang to kill you and wipe out your entire clan in Xuzhou!"

Feng Sanniang turned pale when she heard this.

A Fan Jijiu is naturally nothing, even Feng Sanniang herself can kill him, but if it is the Yaoguang Zhenren, his clansmen will not be able to resist.

Feng Sanniang bowed to Fan Jijiu and was about to leave, but she heard Fan Jijiu say, "I have something to ask you. If you are willing to do it, you can stay with my daughter. I just don't know if you are willing or not."

Feng Sanniang was immediately surprised and said, "Master, please speak quickly, please speak quickly."

Fan Jijiu nodded slightly and said, "You should also know that Jin'er and Shiyi Niang have already made an engagement. Originally, I shouldn't have let you stay, otherwise Jin'er would definitely be embarrassed. But you are also a woman. If you are willing to be Jin'er's concubine, I'm sure Jin'er won't mind. What do you think?"

Feng Sanniang was surprised when she heard this: "How could Master Fan agree to this happening?"

Fan Jijiu laughed and said, "What does taking a concubine mean to a noble family like us?
I want you to be Jin'er's concubine, not to entertain him with your beauty, but to ask you to give him some help.

This is also a great opportunity for you. If you do well, it won’t be difficult to build a temple and deify you in the future.”

Feng Sanniang was even more surprised when she heard this. How could she not know that for monsters, it was a great opportunity to be deified and enjoy the incense? Without a great opportunity, it would be impossible to achieve.

Fan Jijiu was very satisfied with Feng Sanniang's surprise, and nodded, "I can reveal some information to you first, but you can't reveal it to others, otherwise you will be in danger of losing your life!"

Feng Sanniang said quickly: "Of course I don't dare, of course I don't dare."

Fan Jijiu said: "Jian'er will definitely pass the imperial examination this time, and will then enter the Daoluo Division. With his official imperial examination background, his promotion in the Daoluo Division will surely be fast. If one day he becomes the governor of a prefecture, it won't be a big deal for him to establish a temple."

Feng Sanniang's heart was pounding, knowing that this was a great opportunity, and she immediately knelt down and said, "Please give me some advice, Master."

Fan Jijiu said, "I want you to follow Jin'er to the capital and protect his safety along the way. When he enters the Daoluo Division, you must also assist him in his work. Do you understand?"

Feng Sanniang nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand, I understand. Then this concubine..."

Fan Jijiu said with a half-smile: "Why, you want to enjoy the incense, but you are not willing to sacrifice your looks? Or is it that my son-in-law is not worthy of you?"

Feng Sanniang smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that I don't want to, nor is it that Master Xin is not worthy of me. Master Xin is both civil and military, and is the object of admiration for many women in the world. How can a demon like me judge him?" Fan Jijiu nodded and said, "If that's the case, then what's there to say? For a man, who is more reliable than the person in the room? If you don't promise yourself to me, how can Zhen'er dare to trust you?"

Feng Sanniang prostrated herself and said, "Yes, thank you for the opportunity given to me by the chief priest. I will be loyal to Shiyi Niang and Master Xin from now on, and will never dare to betray them."

Fan Jijiu snorted, nodded and said, "Don't let my daughter down for her friendship with you, and don't let me down for my expectations of you. Go."

Feng Sanniang kowtowed and left.

Mrs. Fan came out from the inner room, looking somewhat worried, and asked, "Isn't it a bit risky to let such a monster stay with Shiyi Niang and Zhen'er?"

Fan Jijiu said with a smile: "It's okay, Jin'er can suppress it. Compared with the big monster in Sanlipu, this little fox is nothing, tsk."

When he said the last word "tsk", Fan Jijiu looked a little respectful.

After getting the promise from Master Fan to build the main hall and inlay the golden body, Master Fahua felt a little embarrassed, so he told Master Fan about Xin Zhen's expulsion of the tiger spirit at Sanlipo. Master Fan was shocked to find that Xin Zhen's martial arts were so superb.

You know, the big monster at Sanlipo is extremely powerful. The government organized a group of strange people to encircle and suppress it in the past two years, but it was useless. The government had thought that this time when True Man Yaoguang passed by Xuzhou, they would ask him to eliminate the tiger monster.

Fan Jijiu suddenly began to look forward to Xin Zhen's future as a monk.

Who knows, there might be some surprises.

The Fan family of Luyang is a wealthy and powerful family with countless officials in the court, but not many of them are successful in practicing Taoism. If they could produce a Taoist, it would be a pleasant surprise for the Fan family.

Thinking in this way, Xin Zhen's choice to become a monk might be a good one.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, when the whole country was celebrating, Xin Zhen packed his bags and prepared to go to Beijing.

Xin Zhen bid farewell to Fan Jijiu's family and took Xin Qi to the capital. The snow on the road had melted and the carriage was ready to go.

Fan Jijiu prepared a car full of various necessary travel supplies for Xin Zhen to take on the road, which was very thoughtful.

The carriages rumbled by, and the air was chilly as if the ice and snow were melting.

Not long after the carriage left Xuzhou City, Xin Zhen frowned suddenly and looked towards the hillside not far away. He saw a man on the hillside looking out. When he saw the carriage coming, he quickly ran towards it.

It turned out to be the fox girl in white, Feng Sanniang.

"Feng Sanniang, what are you doing?"

Xin Zhen looked at Feng Sanniang with some surprise.

Feng Sanniang bowed down and said softly, "I pay my respects to you, sir."

"Myself?" Xin Zhen was confused.

Feng Sanniang said, "Master Fan ordered me to follow you from now on, to wait for your orders, to serve you tea and water, and to be your assistant. If there are other things you need, you can let me do them."

As she spoke, Feng Sanniang took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Xin Zhen.

Xin Zhen took it and looked at it. It was a letter written by Fan Jijiu himself. It was indeed written by Fan Jijiu himself, and what was said was consistent.

Xin Zhen thought about it for a moment, then asked Feng Sanniang to get on the carriage and head towards the capital.

Xin Zhen understood what Fan Jijiu meant after thinking about it for a moment.

Firstly, since Feng Sanniang followed Xin Zhen to Beijing, she would not bother her daughter Fan Shiyi Niang, and Fan Shiyi Niang's health would gradually recover.

Second, Xin Zhen encountered many monsters and demons along the way as he traveled north. Although Xin Zhen was a martial arts expert, having a fox demon following him could probably reduce a lot of trouble.

Thirdly, Xin Zhen will work in the Daoluo Division in the future, and having a fox demon by his side will also be helpful.

As for Xin Zhen's worry about whether the Daoluo Division would call for the killing of the fox demon, Fan Jijiu also very considerately reminded him that he only needed to take the fox demon into the room and keep it as a close friend, and he would not have to worry about these things.

Every official in the Daoluosi has a few hangers-on around him, so not only goblins, but even ghosts and monsters are common.

Fan Jijiu even cited a more extreme example, saying that Duanzhou Dao Zheng Xiang Yaoshan even took in a female demon as a concubine, which was quite praised.

Xin Zhen: “…”

Xin Zhen recalled Pu Songling's description of the female Yaksha: her teeth were sharp and her spears were lined up, and her eyes flashed with two lamps.

The so-called [teeth are like two rows of swords and spears, eyes are shining like two bright lamps] means that the sharp teeth are like two rows of swords and spears, and the eyes are shining like two bright lamps.

Xin Zhen couldn't help but admire this Taoist named Xiang Yaoshan. He could even bite down a female demon, which showed that he was a man who could really do great things.

Since it was a common practice, Xin Zhen did not refuse. Now that Xin Qi was still unable to help, it would be much more convenient to have Feng Sanniang taking orders from him. Moreover, Feng Sanniang was a fox demon after all, and she should know a lot about the world of cultivation. It would be a good thing to have such a person around.

As for the cross-species love with Feng Sanniang... Xin Zhen licked his lips. He had lived for several lifetimes and married all kinds of women, but with a fox... Tsk, why did it feel so particularly exciting?
TUI!

Scumbag!

With Feng Sanniang around, the journey was indeed much more peaceful. Even when they stayed overnight in a wild temple, there were no wild ghosts or fox demons to harass them. Xin Zhen did hear some noises, but Feng Sanniang went to dissuade them.

On the first day of February, Xin Zhen finally arrived in the capital. In fact, the registration and sign-in at the Ministry of Rites had already started a few days ago. Fan Jijiu was afraid that Xin Zhen would not be able to make it, so he arranged for someone to register for him in advance. Therefore, he was not afraid of missing the imperial examination.

(End of this chapter)