"A few idle men dared to stop us and ask for money. We are really impatient. Young Master, why did you have to be so polite to them just now? Why don't you just kill them? We are a little smaller than them, but we really do it.
They are no match for us."
On the way, Wu Fei touched his bald head, obviously a little aggrieved by what had just happened.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Your idea is very dangerous. You must know that killing people cannot solve the problem. Don't always think about killing. Besides, they are not evil people. Others just ask us for wages."
, if you kill others, what's the point?"
"The sky is big and the earth is big, and truth is the greatest. Everything must be reasonable."
"Yes, yes, yes, that's what the eldest young master said." Wu Fei grinned.
But when Li Xiuyuan arrived in front of the City God's Temple, he found that there were soldiers guarding the place, standing in front of the gate and blocking the way.
"Who are you, stop, the rest of the people in the imperial palace are not allowed to enter." The soldiers shouted immediately.
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment and looked up. Yes, it was the City God's Temple. The plaque on the City God's Temple was still hanging on it. When did this place become an important place for the imperial court?
"Do you know what's going on?" he asked the guard next to him.
Xing Shan, who was next to him, whispered: "The city was flooded, and the government office was washed away by the flood. It can no longer be inhabited. Officials from the court who provided disaster relief came to Guobei City and saw that the City God's Temple was quite refreshing and clean, so they removed it."
The City God's Temple was used as a temporary government office. Although the people have left, there is still an official left to serve as the temporary magistrate, and several groups of soldiers are left behind."
"So that's it." Li Xiuyuan nodded.
This is reasonable and reasonable. After all, the whole city was flooded before. Only the City God's Temple was protected by the City God and was not flooded, so it was the best preserved. Now it is not unreasonable for the government to take a fancy to it.
"Guys, can you please be accommodating? I have something to do and need to go to the City God's Temple."
Li Xiuyuan stepped forward and saluted.
"Go, go, go. Now the Chenghuang Temple is the government office of the imperial court. How can you, a shady person like you, be able to come in and out at will? If you are sensible, get out of here. I am in a bad mood today. Don't continue to pester me."
, otherwise I won’t be able to keep my eyes open with the swords and guns in my hands.” The soldier guarding the gate yelled menacingly.
Li Xiuyuan said: "I don't want to go to the government to do anything, I just have some personal matters that I need to ask the ghosts and gods. I am also a scholar after all. Let me show you some face."
"Why are you so annoying? If you say otherwise, you won't be allowed in. If you don't leave, believe it or not, we will drive you away."
After the soldier finished speaking, he waved the spear in his hand, trying to drive away Li Xiuyuan and others.
"Take these soldiers down. If they resist, knock them unconscious." Li Xiuyuan immediately waved his hand and said.
As soon as these words came out, the guard next to him rushed out immediately.
The soldiers were shocked when they saw this: "You dare to break into the Yamen, do you want to rebel?"
But before they could react, Li Xiuyuan's guards quickly put them all on the ground. Only a few cries of pain were heard, and five or six soldiers crawled on the ground.
"Young Master, didn't you say before that the world is big and the earth is big, and the truth is the greatest? Why is it so unreasonable now?"
Wu Fei turned to a soldier and grinned.
Li Xiuyuan said: "The sky is big and the earth is big. Reason is the biggest, but fists are also the biggest. It depends on how to choose. When you encounter someone who is unreasonable, you can only use your fists. This is the way to behave in the world. You still need to study hard.
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After placing these soldiers, everyone entered the City God's Temple.
In the temple at this moment, there are yamen and servants walking back and forth, like a yamen.
In the main hall of the City God's Temple, the statue of the City God with its severed head has disappeared. I don't know who moved it away, but there is a desk chair placed in the middle of the main hall, like an office space.
"The incense is gone."
Li Xiuyuan looked at the roof of the main hall, only to find that the room full of incense left behind by the City God when he died was gone.
In just a few days, the incense will not disappear for no reason, unless it is collected by ghosts and gods...
Thinking of this, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Before he left, he had arranged for the Yin soldiers here to guard the incense. It seemed that a lot of strange things had happened in Guo Beicheng during this period of time.
"Go to the Little Ghost Palace and have a look."
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said.
If the Yin soldiers you arranged are still here, they should be in the Little Ghost Palace.
But when he came to the Little Ghost Hall, he found that all the clay sculptures of the little ghosts here had been cleaned up, and there was not a single little ghost statue left.
Not only were there no statues of gods, but even after a quick glance, I couldn't find any Yin soldiers.
Apparently all the ghosts and gods in the Chenghuang Temple are gone and no one knows where they went.
"Anyone who dares to break into the Yamen will be surrounded. If anyone resists, they will be killed without mercy." At this time, a loud shout suddenly came from behind.
Soon, soldiers poured out from various places in the City God's Temple, at least thirty or forty soldiers, and immediately surrounded Li Xiuyuan and others.
"Young Master, these people are the troops left behind by the gentleman who provided disaster relief. It seems that there are a lot of people." Wu Fei said: "We just broke in and alarmed the officials here."
Li Xiuyuan nodded, but he was not afraid. Although there were thirty or forty soldiers, they couldn't stop him alone if they really fought.
At this time, a burly middle-aged official in official uniform came out and stared at Li Xiuyuan and others angrily: "Are you the ones who broke into the Yamen privately?"
"I wonder who this gentleman is?" Li Xiuyuan saluted.
"I am the acting magistrate of Guo Beicheng, Song Yuan." The middle-aged official said.
"Late student Li Xiuyuan met the prefect," Li Xiuyuan said.
Song Yuan frowned: "What? Are you Li Xiuyuan? Li Xiuyuan, the son of the Li family who hired people to provide disaster relief and saved countless people after the flood occurred in the city a few days ago?"
"The prefect knows Wansheng?" Li Xiuyuan also asked in surprise.
"I don't know. I heard it mentioned by the people in the city. Master Fu also praised your behavior very much. He thought that your actions saved countless people and deserved praise. For this reason, Master Fu even specially wrote your name in the memorial.
Submit to His Majesty."
Song Yuan said: "Looking at your previous actions, you are also a respected man of noble moral character. Why are you so arrogant, knocking out the soldiers guarding the gate, and dare to lead people to force the yamen?"
Li Xiuyuan said: "With big things in mind, there are no taboos. If you are scrupulous about everything, you will not be able to relieve the disaster if you were born late some time ago."
Song Yuan said: "Okay, I will listen to your reason. If you can't give me a reasonable explanation, I will take down this madman like you today no matter what you did before."
"Wan Sheng came to the Chenghuang Temple this time for one thing only, to cure the plague." Li Xiuyuan said.