Chapter two hundred and thirty-two monks beg for alms
Boss Rat?
Hearing this name, Li Xiuyuan suddenly looked strange.
Looking at this pitiful little white mouse in the palm of my hand, it is hard to imagine that it will become the boss of a group of rats in the county.
These days, even rats that have grown up know how to form cliques.
"You, this little guinea pig who steals things, are actually the boss. I really can't tell. You don't have much knowledge, but you are so ambitious that you call yourself the Rat King." Li Xiuyuan flicked its head and said with a smile.
"Squeak~!" The little white mouse stretched out its front legs and covered its head again, looking aggrieved with tears in its eyes.
The black cat looked gloating, stretched out its furry paws and covered its mouth, snickering.
"You still have the nerve to smile. It's just that you, a black cat, don't look after the house. You also make the house full of chickens and dogs. You chase mice all day long. If you are bored, go to a private school to read some books and learn Braille.
, you spiritual beings will have to read and write sooner or later, and you won’t be able to go further on the road of spiritual practice if you don’t know how to read.”
Li Xiuyuan said.
He did not tell lies, but the truth.
All kinds of ghosts and ghosts need to be educated and literate if they want to be successful.
Some ghost foxes with good literary talents can even pretend to be students to gain talents and promote people. They are simply better than scholars.
After being trained by Li Xiuyuan, the black cat and the white mouse lowered their heads one by one, as if they were admitting their mistake.
"I won't waste time with you two little things. Go and play by yourself. I'll start attending private school tomorrow." Li Xiuyuan stood up and said.
"Meow, meow~!"
The black cat responded, and the white mouse next to it also squeaked twice.
He expressed his agreement to Li Xiuyuan's words.
"Xiaodie, where is Chunhua? Isn't she at home?" Li Xiuyuan asked again.
Xiaodie said, "Sister Chunhua is doing needlework in the house, saying she is sewing a new dress for the eldest young master."
"Well, let Chunhua come over and let me take a bath first to wash away the dust. Later, there will be a family banquet at home." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes, Master."
Xiaodie's face suddenly turned slightly red, her eyes showing a bit of shyness, then she turned around and left quickly.
When Chunhua in the house heard that the young master was back, she hurriedly put down her sewing work and was pleasantly surprised. But then she heard Xiaodie said that she wanted to take care of the young master to take a bath, but she couldn't help but blush and became a little shy.
But being shy, the two maids quickly prepared hot water and helped their young master take a bath.
In the tub of the bathroom, Li Xiuyuan was sitting in the hot water, with Du Chunhua kneeling behind her young master with a slightly blushing face, carefully combing her young master's long black hair.
"My hair has never been cut since I was born. It's really inconvenient to have such long hair. I haven't washed my hair for a long time when you were not around. I should cut it off if possible." Li Xiuyuan held his head and sighed.
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Xiaodie next to her was pouring hot water on her young master with a ladle, and she said with a smile, "Young master, your body is hairy and skinned by your parents, how can you cut it off at will?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "The reason why your body and skin are favored by your parents is because your body is damaged and your parents will definitely worry about it, so you have to take care of your body and let your parents not worry about it. This is a sign of filial piety, not really to keep your body."
Long hair is not allowed to be cut. Don’t you think it’s difficult to take care of such long hair? It takes nearly an hour to take care of it every time.”
"Hehe, it won't be a problem if the young master has a servant and Sister Chunhua to take care of him." Xiaodie blushed slightly, pursed her lips and smiled.
"You are so sweet." Li Xiuyuan smiled.
Xiaodie couldn't help but squinted her eyes and smiled when she was praised by this, looking particularly happy.
Chunhua, who was combing her young master's hair behind her, also smiled, and then said curiously: "I used to want to ask when I was waiting for the young master to take a bath, why does the young master's heart glow faintly? Sometimes I sleep with the young master at night.
I could see it very clearly from under the covers."
"Oh, this is my heart shining, it's natural." Li Xiuyuan said.
The few of them chatted about some interesting things. Although they hadn't seen each other for a while, their relationship was better than before.
"Hey, why is there a bronze mirror there? And it's still shining." Suddenly, Li Xiuyuan saw a simple bronze mirror placed in the bathroom, which seemed to be shining brightly.
Du Chunhua wondered: "Isn't that what the young master brought back? I thought there was no shortage of bronze mirrors in the room, and the style of the bronze mirror was a bit old, so I put it in the bathroom."
"I brought it back? Xiaodie brought it over to have a look." Li Xiuyuan said.
Xiaodie responded and took the bronze mirror over.
After Li Xiuyuan took it, he checked it, and bursts of purple light emerged from the bronze mirror. There was a vague figure in the purple light, and that was what he looked like.
In the purple light, Li Xiuyuan sat there cross-legged with a large knife in his hand, his eyes closed and motionless, as steady as Mount Tai.
"This is my soul..." Li Xiuyuan's eyes narrowed: "My soul was actually reflected in this bronze mirror. By the way, I remembered that this bronze mirror was from when I passed by Dahu Village.
The young man named Xiaozhanzi gave it to me. He said that anyone who can reflect three figures in this bronze mirror can kill the water demon in Dahu Village."
Think back to some things from the past.
He understood the origin of this bronze mirror.
After Xiaozhanzi presented the bronze mirror to himself, he just regarded it as an ordinary object. When he returned to his house, he threw it in the house without thinking too much about it.
Now it seems that this bronze mirror is not an ordinary thing, but something truly magical.
"If one figure is a soul, then what are the remaining two figures?" Li Xiuyuan pondered, filled with confusion.
Your own soul can only reflect one shadow, so who can reflect three human figures?
This is simply impossible.
"Master, what's wrong? Why is the master holding the bronze mirror in a daze?" Xiaodie asked.
Only then did Li Xiuyuan come to his senses, put down the bronze mirror and said, "No, it's okay, I'm just thinking about something. Put this bronze mirror back in the bedroom. Don't lose it. It's a very precious thing."
"My slave knows." Xiaodie nodded.
It's evening.
The Li family's mansion was already decorated with lights and colorful banquets.
The guests at the banquet were all members of the family, as well as the stewards and shopkeepers under the Li family, as well as some men from the escort agency.
It can be said that they are all family members.
"Everyone, shopkeepers, stewards, and heroes of the escort bureau, during this period of time, the results of sheltering the victims and reclaiming wasteland have been remarkable, adding a total of 10,000 acres of farmland. I believe that the coming year will be another good harvest year, but all this does not belong to me alone.
The credit belongs to everyone, so everyone has worked hard, and I would like to toast you all here."
With a smile on his face, Li Dafu raised his wine glass and said to the guests.
Li Xiuyuan next to him suddenly twitched his mouth when he heard this.
The reason why the sentimental father was so kind in hosting the banquet was because he had earned 10,000 acres of land. No wonder he was so generous.
Li Dafu put down his glass and smiled again: "Besides what happened today, there is another happy event, that is, my son Li Xiuyuan successfully passed the imperial examination and passed the examination. Now he is no longer a child, but a scholar.
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"Congratulations, the eldest young master passed the exam to become a scholar."
"Congratulations, young master."
For a moment, all the guests in the house raised their hands and congratulated him.
Li Xiuyuan returned the greeting very politely, but after sitting down, he was confused: "Father, Guo Beicheng hasn't released the results yet. How can the scholar's merit and fame be announced immediately before he even writes about it?"
"Nonsense. A few days ago, my father had a dream in which he met the man of God. The man of God said that you had passed the exam to become a scholar. In the dream, he was congratulating me on my father. The man of God said that although the papers have not been put down yet, this is already the end of the world.
It's a done deal, don't worry about it. With my son's literary talent, how difficult is it to take the scholar test? As a father, I have confidence in you." Li Dafu said.
"Father, are you really being entrusted with a dream by a god, or are you just having a ridiculous dream? If you don't pass the exam and get the scholarship, that kid will be completely disgraced." Li Xiuyuan said.
"My son's face is important. As a father, I know it in my heart. Don't worry, this matter is definitely true. Besides, my father is also a man of honor. How dare you talk nonsense about things that are uncertain? My father is also a man of face." Li Dafu said.
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"Uh... Okay, let's just follow father in everything." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Come on, come on, drink, drink." Li Dafu became cheerful again.
Xiaodie and Du Chunhua next to them pursed their lips and smiled softly. One poured wine for Li Xiuyuan and the other served him food. They served them very attentively.
"Yes, they are two maids who are good at serving others. Yuan'er has good taste."
Next to Li Dafu, a woman about thirty-four years old held a string of rosary beads in her hand and nodded with a kind face.
"What mother said is absolutely true, Xiaodie and Du Chunhua are two good women, and the child likes them very much." Li Xiuyuan replied respectfully.
Mrs. Li nodded and said with a smile: "Did you hear that? Yuan'er likes you very much. I will serve you well in the future. Yuan'er has a kind heart and will treat you kindly. Even if he has no status, he will never hate you.
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"Yes, I have remembered it."
Xiaodie and Du Chunhua responded respectfully, but their hearts felt as if they had eaten candied fruit, sweet from the heart.
The banquet continued, and when it was getting lively, a guard outside the house hurried over.
"Sir, there was an old monk outside the door just now asking for alms." The guard said in a suppressed voice.
Li Dafu said: "I'm not telling you, if there is a monk or Taoist priest who wants to beg for help, he should give you one pound of fruits and vegetables and three pounds of white rice. If you bother me with such a trivial matter, go down quickly and get yourself a pot of wine and two pounds of meat and go outside the door.
Drink, lest thieves sneak in."
"But Master, the young man did this just now, but the monk didn't want it. He said that only the young master can give me the chance to become a monk," the guard said.
Li Xiuyuan next to him twitched his ears and asked, "What kind of monk is he?"
"White eyebrows and white beard, a little skinny and sallow, very kind, and looks like an expert." The guard said.
"Didn't you say where it came from?" Li Xiuyuan asked again.
Li Dafu said: "My son, why do you need to find out so clearly? This monk doesn't want rice. He probably has ulterior motives. I should ignore it to avoid provoking some unscrupulous people. I heard about a monk when my father was doing business."
The soul-moving spell can transfer one's own soul into the body of a disciple of a wealthy family, and take away other people's wives, concubines, and property."
"Father is too worried. Any evil monk who dares to come to trouble our Li family is looking for lightning strikes. Our Li family is a family that does good deeds and accumulates blessings." Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "Why don't we ask clearly, maybe he really comes.
Looking for a child."
"You practice martial arts with the Taoist priest, but you are too interested in these gods and ghosts. This is not good. If one day you really go to practice Taoism, what will you do as a father? You need to know that to obtain fame, you must do something
A high official is the right way out. Look, the two personal maids around him are no longer accepted. When can we continue the family lineage for the Li family?" Li Dafu shook his head.
"Okay, okay, father, let's go ahead and listen to what happened to the monk first. You can continue talking," Li Xiuyuan said.
The guard hurriedly said: "Back to the young master, that monk said he was from Lanruo Temple."
Lanruo Temple?
Li Xiuyuan's expression immediately changed slightly.
"It must be a lie. There are no monks in Lanruo Temple for a long time. The monk who claims to be from Lanruo Temple must be up to something. Send him out and don't let him in." Li Dafu's palm trembled and the wine in the wine glass spilled.
came out.
"Yes, sir," the guard responded and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute." Li Xiuyuan said, "Father, please ask me, why is there no more monks in Lanruo Temple? Wasn't it at its peak six months ago?"
Although he was asking, he already had a guess in his mind.