In front of the Zhuqi gate, several servants rolled up their arms and sleeves, and began to beat a Huangguan Taoist, beating the Taoist until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and they shouted: "Don't beat me! Don't beat me! I know I'm wrong."
Got it!"
The man screamed and ran, struggling to break out of the siege. He came to Li Mu and shouted loudly: "Master, help me! Master, help me!"
Before Li Mu could speak, the man turned around and hid behind Li Mu, whispering: "Young Master, please do a kind deed and save me!"
Li Mu frowned slightly: "This Taoist priest, what is going on?"
The Taoist looked unlucky: "The old Taoist wanted to have a wedding drink at Zhang Yuanwai's house today. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered Zhang's house, he found that there was evil spirit permeating Zhang's house, so he reminded Zhang Yuanwai, and Zhang Yuanwai's face suddenly changed.
It’s not good-looking. I must have deliberately created a blockage and had someone drive me out..."
Several servants on the opposite side had already chased after them, and one of them yelled: "Stinky Taoist, my young master won the imperial examination. He is the reincarnation of Wenquxing. He has his own gods to protect him and slay evil spirits to avoid them. How can any monster dare to enter the house? If you dare to talk nonsense again,
Break your dog legs!"
Several people cursed and surrounded Li Mu and the Taoist.
Li Mu raised his eyebrows, gently pulled out the long sword from his waist, and said with a smile: "What? You want to fight with me too?"
Seeing Li Mu draw out his sword, several servants were startled and backed away.
The leader had the courage to curse: "Boy, our young master has just been elected, and he is a brother-in-law of the present lord. Don't meddle in other people's business!"
Li Mu laughed and said: "It's none of my business whether to lift people up or not!"
Several servants looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.
After all, Li Mu is also wearing a long robe and a Xiaoyao scarf. He has a tall figure and a certain air of magnanimity. They just relied on their young master to win the election, so they dared to be so arrogant to others.
But once others stopped following their example, the servants suddenly became suspicious.
In particular, Li Mu drew his sword when he disagreed. Although there was no murderous intent on his face, he smiled and looked indifferent, which made people even more puzzled.
The Taoist who was hiding behind Li Mu praised softly: "Young Master is so heroic. These bullies are relying on human power. If you ask me, you should give them a good beating to eliminate harm for the people!"
Li Mu chuckled, sheathed his sword, stood aside and let the Taoist out, and said to the servants in front of him: "Okay, okay, you continue!"
Several servants looked at each other, swarmed up, surrounded the Taoist again, and punched and kicked him again.
The Taoist was beaten so hard that he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and kept screaming: "Don't slap them in the face! Don't slap them in the face! Young Master, I know I'm wrong. I shouldn't encourage you to beat them! Help!"
The man's howl sounded like a pig being killed, and the sound shook the long street, causing many pedestrians nearby to look sideways.
The sound also alarmed people in the hospital. After a while, a young man walked out of the door and yelled: "Stop now!"
This young man is none other than Zhang Shihong, the son of Zhang Yuanzheng, the newly promoted scholar who rode on horseback and wore red.
He was drinking with his guests in the courtyard. When he heard the Taoist's screams, he was afraid that the matter would get worse and affect his family's reputation, so he came out and yelled at several servants: "You are nothing, you are nothing, why don't you go back and serve the guests."
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He walked up to Li Mu, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "The lack of status of my servant makes this brother laugh. My little brother Zhang Shihong has seen him before."
Li Mu smiled and said: "Little brother Li Mu, I have met Brother Zhang!"
Zhang Shihong stretched out his hand and said, "Today, I'm hosting a banquet for guests. If Brother Zhang doesn't want to give up, you might as well come in and have a glass of wine."
This man was slender, dignified in appearance, quite polite in his manners, and somewhat arrogant. When he saw Li Mu wearing a robe, with a long sword hanging from his waist, and his extraordinary bearing, he immediately gave Li Mu a high look.
Li Mu said: "I passed by here and came in a hurry. I didn't bring a gift for Brother Zhang. It's really not easy to come empty-handed."
Zhang Shihong laughed loudly: "Everyone who comes here is a guest, it doesn't matter whether they have gifts or not! Please come in quickly!"
When he said this, he glanced at the Taoist lying on the ground like a dead dog: "This Taoist, if you don't give up, you might as well come and have a glass of water and wine in the humble house..."
"Don't dislike it! Don't dislike it!"
The Taoist who was lying on the ground turned over and got up, wiped the nosebleed, a flattering smile appeared on his swollen face, bowed his head and said: "Nao Nao, Nao Nao, it's really Nao Nao!"
When Li Mu saw that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he was beaten like this, and he even went in to drink, he couldn't help laughing: "I really belong to you!"
Zhang Shihong also laughed: "You two, please!"
Li Mu and the limping Taoist passed through the red lacquer gate and came to Zhang's mansion.
This mansion is extremely spacious, with three courtyards. At this time, the courtyard was crowded with people who came to congratulate each other, with cups and cups interlaced, and it was extremely lively.
Zhang Shihong ordered someone to add a table and chopsticks seat, sat down with Li Mu, and said with a smile: "Brother Li is very cool, is he also from Qinghe County?"
Li Mu said: "My brother is from nearby Baoming County. Unfortunately, due to the plague, my family members died, so I had no choice but to come to Qinghe County to stay temporarily."
Zhang Shihong sighed: "It turns out that Brother Li is from Baoming County. Who is his old mentor? Have you ever participated in the provincial examination? If necessary, brother can submit a post to the county magistrate and be a guarantor for Xiongtai's rural examination."
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In the Zhou Dynasty, if a scholar wanted to take the provincial examination, he had to have a local official or county magistrate or a famous Confucian scholar as a guarantee before he could take the examination.
Li Mu said: "If someone in the family dies, let's talk about it in three years."
Zhang Shihong said: "Yes, this is what it should be."
He chatted with Li Mu for a while, then stood up and left.
This man is well-rounded, very sophisticated in dealing with others, and what’s even more rare is that he is very kind to everyone, which makes people feel like they are at home.
While Li Mu and Zhang Shihong were chatting, the Taoist next to him with a bruised nose and face was chewing furiously at his desk, opening his cheeks, lifting his back molars, eating and drinking like a hungry tiger.
Several people around looked at it in horror, and one person laughed and said, "What do you call this Taoist priest? Who do you belong to?"
The Taoist's mouth was filled with food, and he whimpered: "I am a poor Taoist, Anyangzi, born in the year of dog."
The person who asked the question laughed: "This is not a dog. It should be a tiger, and it is also a hungry tiger."
Anyangzi choked and rolled his eyes. He picked up a pot of wine and drank a few sips directly at the spout. Then he washed down the food and took a breath of alcohol. Then he said to the man: "I can just return the favor if others laugh at me.
You are destined to be in the canopy, and the black energy is rising between your eyebrows. Disaster is about to happen in an instant. Do you still have the heart to laugh at me?"
The person who laughed at Anyangzi was a white, fat old man in rich clothes. After hearing Anyangzi's words, the old man's face changed: "Nonsense! Why am I in big trouble?"
Anyangzi sneered a few times, lowered his head to eat, and ignored the old man.
The old man was furious and was about to get up to argue with Anyangzi. Suddenly two dogs under the table started biting each other over a meat bone. One dog suddenly jumped out from under the table and knocked the fat old man to the ground.
, another dog chased out from behind, whined, and bit the forward dog.
It happened that the fat old man fell down and rode on the head of the rear dog. The rear dog bit him in the crotch, and a lump, including hair and flesh, was bitten off in the middle.
The fat old man fell to the ground, knocked over a table of banquets, howled loudly, covered his wounds with his hands, and rolled on the ground.
All the guests were shocked.
Some people carried stools to beat the dogs, some went to check the old man's injuries, and some went to find Zhang Yuanwai and Zhang Shihong.
Only the old god Anyangzi is here and continues to drink and eat meat.
Li Mu looked at Anyangzi and said with a smile: "You have some skills, come on, come on, show me, what disasters have I had recently?"
Anyangzi raised his head and glanced at Li Mu, shook his head and said: "Mr. Li, you are just hiding in hiding for the time being. One day, the sun will rise across the sky, and the moon, stars, and fireflies will all be eclipsed.
There is only the light of you."
He said to Li Mu: "Your fate is not something that a Taoist like me can predict. If I talk nonsense, I will be punished by God... Ouch!"
He coughed suddenly, reached for his throat, and his face turned red: "It's bad, there's a fish bone stuck in my throat! I...cough cough cough"
The man lowered his head and couldn't help coughing. He was extremely uncomfortable with a fish bone stuck in it. Finally, Li Mu patted him on the back, and he stopped coughing and pulled out the fish bone.
"What a risk! What a risk!"
Anyangzi drank several cups of tea one after another and glanced at Li Mu with lingering fear: "Mr. Li, you have also seen that just because I was too talkative, I almost choked to death on a fish bone. You are so destined that you are as strong as the sun.
The sun's rays pierce people's eyes, and I really don't dare to guess."
Li Mu smiled and asked no more questions.
At this moment, Zhang Shihong brought several servants to Li Mu and Anyangzi. He looked at Anyangzi with a very serious face and asked softly: "Taoist Master, you said before that my house has evil spirits, is it true or not?
