After taking the book, Li Xiuyuan turned around and left the garden.
There is no point in continuing to waste time here. If Aunt Hua is not here, it would be better to see each other in the evening.
Returning along the original route, I didn't encounter any fake nuns in the temple on the way.
When he returned to the vicinity of the previous meditation room, he saw his two guards still holding a beautiful woman in their arms in the room.
But now their sanity has returned and the medicinal properties have dissipated.
"Sure enough, female sex is the most powerful, better than any monster. Why are you holding these two women in your arms? Could it be that you are in love with them? Get dressed quickly and leave here with me." Li Xiuyuan walked in and said coldly. Said with a straight face.
"Eldest, eldest young master?"
The two guards were startled, but then felt ashamed. Then they hurriedly pushed away the gorgeous woman in their arms, and put on their clothes with blushing faces.
"Young master, we are in love with two good men and we are very affectionate. How can you beat a mandarin duck and insult his innocence?" A disheveled woman looked at Li Xiuyuan with a smile.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Insulting people's innocence? How can women like you be innocent? If you are really innocent and loyal women, I won't be able to fight with you. Why don't you pack your things, leave here, and become concubines for my two guards?" "
The woman's face moved, and she smiled again: "How can we talk about marriage after a moment of happiness? Since these two heroes are the guards around the young master, then our fate must have been exhausted, so let's part ways. But we sisters The two of us have served these two heroes once, so we should leave some money to change our clothes when we part ways. You see, our plain clothes have been torn to pieces by the two heroes."
After saying that, he grabbed the tattered plain clothes next to him and showed them to a few people.
Li Xiuyuan asked: "How much do you want?"
"Fifty taels per person is enough," the woman said.
A guard next to me was shocked: "You said you admire me and are willing to be with me. Why do you charge fifty taels for it? Are you inlaid with gold?"
The woman giggled: "Relationships also cost money. Could it be that this young master wants to default on his debt? If he doesn't give it, the sisters in the temple will not let him leave. Then we will be embarrassed after all the tugging and tugging. It doesn’t matter at all, if it brings this young master’s reputation into disrepute, then it’s not the two of us to blame.”
Li Xiuyuan looked calm, took out a small ingot of gold from the Ghost King's cloth bag, and threw it on the couch: "Okay, I'll give you just a hundred taels, don't show off here."
"Young Master is very generous. You are welcome to come again next time, and I will give you half the price." Another woman immediately picked up the gold and said with a smile.
"What else are you looking at? Let's go." Li Xiuyuan glared at the guard next to him and said.
The guard looked away from the gold with some pain, then lowered his head and left with his eldest young master in shame.
"You know the rules. This is your prostitution money. I just help you advance it. From now on, the monthly payment will be halved until it is paid off, and you will be fined another month's monthly payment. This is to punish you for not being able to protect yourself well. In the situation just now, I I told you not to go, but you still got seduced and taken away." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes, young master."
The two guards responded with bitter expressions.
Of course they know the rules of the Li family. Such money will naturally be calculated on themselves. If they are injured due to work, instead of deducting the money, they will increase the monthly payment and get rewards.
After all, there are rewards and punishments.
After leaving the Guanyin Temple, Li Xiuyuan did not go to Hua County for a stroll, but immediately returned to Qiao's house.
As soon as we arrived at Qiao's Mansion, the old servant guarding the door said, "Master Li, you are back. My master has asked this servant to invite Master Li to the study if he sees him coming back."
"Oh, really? Thank you for telling me. I understand. I'm going to pay a visit to Master Qiao." Li Xiuyuan saluted.
"Master Li, you're welcome."
A smile appeared on the old servant's old face, as if he did not expect that Li Xiuyuan would be so polite.
"You guys go back and have a rest. Remember to wash off the smell of rouge and gouache. It smells a little uncomfortable." Li Xiuyuan turned around and said.
The guard responded, and then he went to Qiao's study.
The door of the study room was opened, and Master Qiao was seen with a white cloth covering his head. He seemed to have been bandaged for an injury. He was standing with his hands behind his hands, looking at a wall in a daze. Even Li Xiuyuan didn't notice it when he came closer.
Li Xiuyuan followed his gaze and saw Zhang Sengyao's picture of a dragon and horse hanging on the wall.
Mr. Qiao lost his mind looking at this picture of a dragon and a horse.
"Master Qiao, the late student has arrived. I wonder why Master Qiao is looking for the late student?" Li Xiuyuan bowed.
Suddenly.
Master Qiao came to his senses and murmured: "Master Li, listen."
"Um?"
Li Xiuyuan listened, but didn't hear anything.
"Did you hear that?" Master Qiao asked.
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved and he looked at the picture of dragon and horse, only to see that the dragon and horse inside seemed to be overjoyed after seeing him arrive, running around in the painting and neighing.
"I heard it, it's a dragon and a horse neighing."
"Yes, the dragon and horse in the painting are neighing excitedly."
Mr. Qiao turned around and said with a smile, "Master Li is indeed a strange person. He is not surprised when he encounters a dragon and a horse. Last night, he even rode a dragon and horse and leapt out of the house. He ran to who knows where. Look, after yesterday, this picture of a dragon and horse has become
I’m getting more and more restless.”
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Master Qiao saw him riding a dragon horse while wandering around the city yesterday.
"Young master Li, there is no need to be surprised. Zhang Sengyao's painting of a dragon and horse can transform into a live horse. I have known about this for a long time. I have seen it when I was a child. However, in all these years since my Qiao family has acquired this painting, I have still seen the dragon and horse so restless once.
, it seems that it can no longer stay in the painting, and wants to fly out of the painting and run outside, haha, it seems that it met Mr. Li last night and recognized Mr. Li. "
After saying that, Mr. Qiao took down the painting and looked at Li Xiuyuan and said: "I thought about it all night yesterday. This painting is related to Mr. Li. I am also a scholar, so I naturally know about the beauty of adults. But this painting belongs to my Qiao family."
This family heirloom, if it were given to Mr. Li for free, I would naturally be reluctant to part with it, so I wanted to make a deal with Mr. Li with this painting."
I agreed to send the painting, but yesterday's words were not sincere enough and had no intention of sending the painting. However, although today's words were a bit tacky, they showed sincerity.
I don’t know what stimulation Master Qiao received yesterday and changed his mind.
"Master Qiao doesn't know what kind of deal he wants to make with Wan Sheng?" Li Xiuyuan raised his hand.
Mr. Qiao shook his head mockingly and said: "As a scholar, the word "business" is really hard to say, but I still have to say it. I am willing to use this painting to Mr. Li in exchange for peace in my house and my little girl's life."
"I have solved Miss Qiao's safety, but I don't know the word peace in the house. How can I explain it?" Li Xiuyuan asked: "I see that Mr. Qiao's house is peaceful day and night, and there is no ominous sign."
Mr. Qiao said: "Master Li is a strange person who can communicate with ghosts and gods. How can some things in the house be hidden from Mr. Li's eyes and ears? Does Mr. Li really not know that there are evil spirits in my house, extorting money?"
"Is there an evil spirit in your mansion?"
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, thinking of the fierce ghosts that appeared in Qiao's residence last night.
Those few escaped evil spirits should be the ghosts entrenched in Qiao's mansion.
It was also the ghost smell that I smelled when I first entered Qiao Mansion.
"It was due to my own reasons that I attracted three evil spirits. They haunted the house day and night, scaring the servants and playing tricks on my wives and concubines. At the beginning, I burned paper and offered incense and candles, which could give me a moment of peace, but later
In the past few days, these three fierce ghosts have become more and more serious. I have been tortured these days and I feel tired and miserable. Only Mr. Li came to stay in the house yesterday. For some unknown reason, the three fierce ghosts have disappeared and are no longer in the house.
Already."
"The departure of the evil ghosts must have something to do with Mr. Li. Mr. Li, you also said before that you have the ability to subdue demons and eliminate ghosts. Can you help me completely drive away your three evil ghosts so that my mansion will not be invaded by evil ghosts?"
Disturbance?"
"If Mr. Li can help me save my little girl's life and drive out evil spirits, I am willing to give this painting away."
Mr. Qiao picked up the painting, lowered it in front of Li Xiuyuan, and gave a solemn salute.
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he thought to himself: Mr. Qiao is indeed a smart man. After seeing Long Ma recognize his master, he immediately changed his mind and sent a treasure painting to his daughter in exchange for his daughter's life and the peace of his family.
Presumably, he was also worried that if it was too late, the dragon and horse would actually jump out of the painting and run away after him.
The losses will be huge by then, so now I want to do a smooth favor.
"My elders gave it to me, and I dare not refuse it. Since Mr. Qiao has said so, I am willing to do my best for your house."
Li Xiuyuan did not refuse, but accepted the painting very solemnly.
When Mr. Qiao saw this, he immediately felt relieved and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I really did not misjudge the person. Mr. Li is really a gentleman with both talent and virtue. It is my greatest blessing to get to know you."
It can be said that Li Xiuyuan's elder's gift gave him enough face, turning this transaction into an elegant matter worth talking about drunkenly, and he also respected him as an elder. From then on, there was a relationship
If the elder asks for something in the future, the younger generation will naturally not refuse.
Otherwise, it would be unethical for scholars.
In this way, how can Mr. Qiao feel uncomfortable? Not only has he solved two headaches in his family, but he has also gained a favor. The gift of this painting is considered worthwhile.
"Master Qiao's words are serious."
Li Xiuyuan smiled slightly and said: "But it's not too late now. Wansheng has a way to save Miss Qiao. Can Mr. Qiao take Wansheng to Miss Qiao's side to cast a spell to save her?"
"Master Li, please come here." Mr. Qiao's eyes lit up and he said in a loud voice, quite excited.