Li Xiuyuan returned to the house with Xiaodie and his guards, handed the thousands of taels of silver he had retrieved to his father Li Dafu, and briefly explained the situation.
"Damn it, it's actually a spirit causing trouble. Our Li Mansion is also a kind family, why would it cause such a disaster?" Li Dafu was also very angry when he heard this.
After all, there are still five thousand taels of silver that have not been found.
"Father, the matter has come to this, and we have no other option. The five thousand taels of silver have been lost and cannot be recovered, so we can only bear this loss."
Li Xiuyuan said: "Furthermore, after this loss, the money in the treasury should also have some special protection measures in the future. It should not only prevent thieves and robbers, but also prevent spirits and ghosts from stealing it."
"My son is right. When I return, my father will go to the Taoist Priest to ask for a talisman to hang in the treasury." Li Dafu nodded.
Li Xiuyuan said a few words to his father, then saw that it was getting late, so he took Xiaodie back to his room to rest.
Today, I missed a whole day of homework and did not go to Beilin Academy.
However, he already had the title of Tongsheng, and had learned almost everything he needed to learn. He would wait until the second half of the autumn to go to Guobei City and Rural Examinations to take the scholar examination.
"Master, I don't dare to sleep alone."
At ten o'clock in the night, Xiaodie walked out of her side room again, slipped into Li Xiuyuan's bed, and then got into his arms.
"Since you are afraid of life, then sleep here." Li Xiuyuan smiled and did not stop him.
It seems nice to have a little maid with a warm bed.
Xiaodie's face turned slightly red and she responded with a bit of shame.
"Go to sleep." Li Xiuyuan said softly.
The two hugged each other and soon fell into a deep sleep.
I don't know how long it took, when Li Xiuyuan had fallen asleep, he seemed to hear the sound of gongs and drums coming from outside the door, and at the same time, there were panicked shouts from servants. The sound was a bit noisy, which disturbed him from his sleep.
When he woke up, he didn't pay much attention at first, but gradually the sound got louder, as if something had happened at home.
"Touch~!"
The door was suddenly pushed open.
Tieshan, the guardian of the house, rushed in in panic: "Young Master, something big happened in the house. Young Master, please wake up quickly, something big happened."
Tieshan's voice was so loud that Li Xiuyuan woke up from his hazy state.
"Tieshan, why did you come to me and yell at me when you were up in the middle of the night? What's the big deal? You insist on disturbing me at this time." Li Xiuyuan sat up suddenly and said.
"Young Master, I don't want to disturb the young master from his sleep. It was the master who asked me to wake him up. If the young master hadn't come forward, our Li family would have been in serious trouble." Tieshan's face was filled with emotion.
Said anxiously.
Li Xiuyuan also vaguely felt that something was wrong. If it wasn't a big deal, Tieshan wouldn't have come to disturb him in the middle of the night.
It was the same the last time at Lanruo Temple. After Tieshan dreamed about Qingmei's death, he hurriedly came over to inform him and woke him up.
"It's really unsettling." Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to get up and change clothes in a hurry, and then prepared to go out to take a look.
"Master, Master, it's so late, where are you going?" Xiaodie asked with a sleepy look on her face as she was woken up.
"There's something small going on at home, you just go back to sleep and I'll be back as soon as I can."
Li Xiuyuan said something, left the bedroom, and quickly followed Tieshan out of the house.
"Woo! Woo!"
As soon as I walked out of the house, there was a strong wind outside. The dust and leaves rolled up and crackled on my face, making it almost impossible to open my eyes.
"Why is there such a strong wind?" Li Xiuyuan covered his face with his sleeves to block the sand.
He squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky slightly.
Today's sky was particularly dark, not a single bit of starlight or moonlight could be seen, and the darkness was a bit oppressive. However, despite this, he could still vaguely see a thick black cloud covering the sky above the Li family's residence. This black cloud
Rolling and surging, it condenses and never disperses. It is very strange and weird.
When Tieshan took him out of the courtyard, he pulled Li Xiuyuan out of the house without looking back.
"Tieshan, where are you taking me?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
"I'm sorry, eldest young master. The master has ordered me to take the eldest young master out of the Li Mansion and go to Xiahe Village to find the Taoist priest." Tieshan said.
Li Xiuyuan said, "Didn't you say something happened at home? If something happened, why did you take me away?"
"Young Master, please stop asking."
Tieshan's eyes flashed and he said: "In short, this is what the master wants. The young one is just following the master's instructions."
"You woke me up late at night and asked me to leave overnight. You didn't let me ask anything. How could I leave now? Since you didn't tell me, I'll go find my father and ask him clearly." After saying this, he waved his arm and said,
He immediately broke free from the iron mountain.
His strength and martial arts are stronger than Tieshan, and Tieshan cannot keep him if he wants to.
Immediately, Li Xiuyuan rushed to the front yard.
Tieshan shouted a few times and quickly chased after him.
At this moment, a golden light shot out from the dark clouds and landed in the lobby of the Li family. After the golden light melted, it condensed into a mighty general who was wearing golden armor and holding a spear, and was more than one foot tall.
, at this moment the general was glaring angrily at Li Dafu in the lobby.
"I am the Righteous God of Heaven. Today I have ordered you to come to your Li family to collect money. I will hand over 200,000 taels of silver to ensure that your Li family will be wealthy and worry-free for ten generations. If you refuse at all, you will be punished by God."
"I don't dare, I don't dare. God is above me. God can go get the money from your home, but I will never dare to resist at all."
Li Dafu was so frightened that he trembled and knelt on the ground.
"Where are the heavenly soldiers?"
The golden-armored god shouted.
Immediately, two silver lights emerged from the dark clouds, and ten heavenly soldiers with shining silver light fell from the sky, and then they clasped their fists and saluted the golden-armored god.
"Go to the treasury and get two hundred thousand silver." The golden-armored god ordered.
The ten heavenly soldiers remained silent, just held their hands and strode away, rushed into the Li family's treasury, and carried out boxes of heavy silver. After each silver-armored heavenly soldier took out the money, they turned into a
The silver light rushed into the dark clouds and disappeared together with the money.
Li Dafu was trembling all over and his heart ached. He could only watch helplessly as the accumulation of several generations of his Li family was taken away by heavenly soldiers and generals.
"Father."
However, at this moment, Li Xiuyuan's voice sounded, and he was seen striding over in a hurry.
"My, my son."
Li Dafu was immediately overjoyed when he saw Li Xiuyuan, and then said in surprise: "My son, hurry up, hurry up, leave here and go to Xiahe Village."
"Mortals, why don't you kneel down when you see this god?"
The golden-armored god shouted majestically to Li Xiuyuan, waving the golden spear in his hand. Gusts of wind whipped up the hall, and all the wooden benches and chairs around him were blown to the ground.
When Tieshan who was chasing after him saw this, his legs softened in fright and he knelt on the ground.
Li Xiuyuan stared at the so-called golden-armored god, and then strode over without any fear.
"My son, don't be brave, hurry up, kneel down quickly."
Li Dafu was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and turned pale. He was willing to give up two hundred thousand silver and accumulated it over several lifetimes, but he couldn't bear to have anything happen to his precious son.
"Father, don't be afraid, let the child wait for a while with this god in golden armor." Li Xiuyuan said.
He didn't believe that the so-called righteous god of heaven would do something to his little Li family, and he would come here for two hundred thousand taels of silver.
Silver is only something that mortals need to use, and gods only need incense to offer it.
The golden-armored god shouted angrily again: "Little mortal, how dare you disrespect this god?"
The sound was like thunder, exploding in everyone's ears. Li Dafu and Tieshan next to him felt their ears ringing and their headaches splitting.
However, this voice had no effect on Li Xiuyuan's ears. He smiled coldly and quickly approached the golden-armored god.
After he approached, the expression on the golden-armored god's face froze and his voice stopped, as if he suddenly turned into a wooden man and froze in place.
"What kind of god is this? It's clearly a Taoist deception." Li Xiuyuan was so angry that he kicked the golden-armored god.
"Peng~!"
The body of the golden-armored god immediately exploded, and a thick golden mist dispersed. In the thick mist, there was the smell of sulfur, incense, and metal, which was strong and assailed his nostrils.