The prosperity of the ancient capital exceeded Li Xiuyuan's expectations.
This prosperous age that only existed in ancient times, the rich sense of history, and the unique charm of this era shocked Li Xiuyuan while walking on the street.
No matter how weak and decadent the Song Dynasty was.
But in the capital, you can't feel any of this at all. All you can feel is the scene of a prosperous age like burning oil.
Businessmen gathered, scholars traveled, and the literary style flourished.
It's a pity that such a scene only exists in the capital city.
Li Xiuyuan's visit to the capital was not without purpose. He first went to the mansion he inspected yesterday.
"Whose official residence is this? Is it so magnificent?" He asked intentionally or unintentionally when passing by the official residence.
The escort leader who was accompanying him smiled and said, "Young Master, this is the official residence of the Minister of Civil Affairs, so it is quite impressive."
Officials?
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly. In this case, the person sent to assassinate him yesterday had an inseparable relationship with the Minister of Civil Affairs.
"It's rude to come and go without reciprocating. Since the Minister of Civil Affairs treats me so favorably, I have to do something."
He glanced around and his eyes rested on the two stone lions in front of the official residence of the Minister of Civil Affairs.
That's not a stone lion, but a Suan Ni. It's just that the appearance is somewhat familiar.
These two stone lions were made by experts. They had been cast in magic and given light. Just standing there gave them a sense of majesty and weight, and they also had a special charm. It seemed that these stone lions were real and were majestic at the moment.
Linlin squatted there to look after the house and the courtyard, and the stone lion looked at countless passers-by, absorbing
Popularity, over time has long been channeled.
With these two Suan Ni on guard, they are enough to stop the ghosts and gods who have practiced Taoism for less than 500 years. Even the spirits dare not easily break into the residence of the Minister of Civil Affairs at night.
This is just the stone lion at the gate. There may be a door god, a kitchen god, and even some gods and Buddhas inside the mansion.
Therefore, a seemingly simple mansion may actually be a forbidden place for ghosts and spirits.
Li Xiuyuan pondered for a moment and immediately strode towards the residence of the Minister of Civil Affairs.
"This young master, please stay. If you are visiting my master, please hand over a greeting card." The guard at the door immediately stopped Li Xiuyuan, his tone was quite polite,
When I saw that his clothes were brightly made, his bearing was extraordinary, and there was no fear or respect in his eyes, he looked like he was not an ordinary person. He might be someone's yamen, or a relative of the emperor.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "I'm not here to pay homage to the Minister, but I just passed by here and saw that the two stone lions in front of your house seem to be a little offset. I want to remind you to move them more straight. I am a nosy person."
, there are some quirks, these unpleasant things cannot be seen, such as
If you two don't mind, I'll ask my guards to help you move."
As he spoke, he pointed to the two stone lions at the door.
The guard said, "So that's what happened. I also feel that the lion's direction is a little wrong. Every time he comes in, he stares at people, which is a bit offensive to others. It would be best if the young master could help move a little bit."
"
Thinking of such a free good thing, he immediately put down his guard and did not refuse.
You can't take away two stone lions right under your nose.
"Wu Xiang, come here and move the two stone lions three inches to the left and right," Li Xiuyuan ordered.
Wu Xiang responded immediately and strode over immediately, lifting a stone lion with just one arm, which was simpler and easier than lifting a bucket of water.
"Okay, that's a lot of strength." The guard in front of the official residence opened his eyes wide and looked shocked.
Is it still possible for a human to lift a stone lion with one arm?
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly. He immediately saw the spirit of the stone lion condensed and turned into a ferocious Suan Ni. It wanted to jump out of the stone statue and bite Wu Xiang. This was a natural reaction of spiritual beings because they felt what was inside Wu Xiang's body.
, thinking that an enemy is coming, instinctively protects the Lord loyally.
But this Suanni was made by an expert, consecrated and cast spells, but how could it compare to the bravery of a divine elephant.
Wu Xiang just felt that the stone statue in his hand suddenly became a little heavier, and he immediately exerted force on his palm.
"Click~!"
A slight cracking sound appeared.
Li Xiuyuan saw a divine elephant manifesting on Wu Xiang's arm, and kicked the Suan Ni. The Suan Ni's spirit immediately disappeared, its form disappeared, and the charm left on the stone statue disappeared immediately.
Gone.
"Master, this thing is really heavy. You have to use a little strength to carry it with one hand." Wu Xiang said in a loud voice.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Move the stone lion next to you."
Wu Xiang followed suit and moved another stone lion, and without his knowledge, he crushed the two Suan Ni to death.
Although the stone lion is still there, its spirituality is no longer there. In other words, from today on, the stone lion is just a decoration and no longer has the ability to guard the house. If there are any evil spirits in the capital, they may be
Sneaked into the house of the official minister.
Even if there are no evil ghosts, it will be easy for Li Xiuyuan to send ghosts and gods to the official residence of the Minister of Civil Affairs in the future.
"What a divine power, what a divine power." The guard repeatedly marveled, admiring Wu Xiang's strength.
Li Xiuyuan cupped his hands and said with a smile: "This stone lion has been moved to the right position, so I won't disturb you two and say goodbye."
Without stopping, he immediately strode away with his subordinates.
The guards looked at it and felt that it was much more pleasing to their eyes. The stone lion was not as fierce as before, and its eyes no longer stared at people all day long. They immediately felt complacent and thought that they could report this matter to the officials to take credit.
"Why did the eldest young master go to help move the stone lion at the residence of the Minister of Civil Affairs?" The escort leader who was accompanying him was puzzled and asked cautiously.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Don't say it, don't say it, you better stop being curious and asking."
After hearing this, the escort leader naturally didn't dare to ask any more questions. Even if he was curious, he kept it in his heart.
Naturally, they don't know that Li Xiuyuan is retaliating against what happened yesterday. He will first kill your two gatekeepers, and maybe one day he will send ghosts and gods to visit your house and not leave.
"Hey, why are there so many people gathered there? Is there anything exciting to watch?"
Continuing to walk forward for a while, Li Xiuyuan suddenly saw that the street entrance was suddenly crowded with people, 30% inside and 3 floors outside. There seemed to be some excitement.
"Young Master, someone is playing a trick," said the escort who was familiar with the capital.
"Is it a magic trick? You really should go see it." Li Xiuyuan said.
He leaned over and took advantage of the crowd being attracted by the trick. He took out a stool from the Ghost King's bag, stood on the stool and looked towards the center of the crowd.
But I saw an old man with gray hair and beard performing a trick.
"The trick I'm going to perform today is the legendary lost trick of the Immortal Cable. Please keep your eyes wide open and watch carefully. Don't blink for a moment, otherwise you'll miss the good show. I won't perform it again." The old man struck the gong.
Play the drum, start shouting, and then untie it from the waist
belt.
The belt was a rope twisted from linen.
"The judges have seen it clearly. This is a hemp rope. It is three feet long. There is nothing special about it. But in my hands, this hemp rope can be turned into a ladder to heaven, leading directly to the heaven. If someone can climb up along the rope,
You can reach the heavenly palace, see the gods in the sky, and maybe even get some elixirs.
Come to the fairy fruit, you can live forever after taking it."
The old man said with a somewhat mysterious look on his face, arousing the curiosity of others.
"My father-in-law, please hurry up and show me. What kind of trick is this magic rope? It's so powerful."
"You're still in heaven. Why do you, an old man, like to brag? Why did you say you went to the sun?"
"Don't make any noise, don't make any noise. I am interested in this fairy rope. Please give me some face and let my father-in-law perform quickly."
There was a lot of noise and all kinds of sounds nearby.
When the old man who was about to perform a trick heard the words: Give me some face, his eyelids twitched, his body trembled and he immediately looked around.
Seeing that the person speaking was an ordinary-looking wealthy man, the old man heaved a sigh of relief.
"Okay, let's not talk nonsense. Today, old man, I am here for the first time, so I won't talk nonsense anymore. Now I will show you this magic rope." The old man immediately shouted, wrapped the hemp rope around his waist, and then used force.
Throw it into the sky.
"Fairy rope, get up~!"
A shout.
But I saw the hemp rope rushing toward Tianshan Mountain, but the three-foot-long hemp rope suddenly flew into the sky and disappeared into the clouds high in the sky, as if it were endless.
Moreover, the hemp rope is still growing longer, as if it is about to reach the heavenly palace above the nine heavens.
The onlookers' eyes immediately widened.
"Really, really flew into the sky." Someone exclaimed.
The old man said proudly: "It's not bad yet. We haven't reached the Heavenly Palace yet. Just wait."
After a while, the rope flying into the sky suddenly stopped.
The old man smiled again and said: "Okay, this rope has been wrapped around the jade pillar in the Heavenly Palace. Fortunately, it was not discovered by the divine soldiers and generals patrolling above, otherwise it would be bad if the rope was cut off."
"Okay, what a good trick. May I ask my father-in-law, is this rope really connected to the heavenly palace?" A wealthy man asked excitedly.
"This is natural." The old man said.
The wealthy man said: "So, if you climb up this rope, can you really see the gods and get the panacea? Can you live forever?"
"This is not necessarily the case. Immortals' elixirs are not given to others casually. It depends on fate and sincerity." The old man said.
The wealthy man immediately shouted, "I am the shopkeeper of Chengxi Cloth Shop in the capital. If anyone dares to go up the rope ladder to the Heavenly Palace to get the elixir for me, I will give you a thousand taels of silver."
Immortal, the temptation of the elixir made the shopkeeper greedy, and he wanted to get a big reward. There must be a brave man, so he asked someone to fetch the elixir for him.
"Give me one hundred taels of silver and I will go back to heaven for you. If you get the elixir, give me another nine hundred taels." An idle man chuckled and agreed without fear of death.
But at this time, the old man suddenly said in surprise: "Oh, no, my rope was discovered by the immortal. I saw him looking at us along the rope from the Heavenly Palace. No, I have to take the rope back, otherwise I will suffer."
To the punishment of God."
Immediately, he hurriedly pulled the rope to take it back.
"No, I still have to go to the Heavenly Palace." The idle man grabbed the old man's hand and said with eyes wide open.
The one hundred taels of silver I got cannot fly away.
"No, you must take it back, otherwise disaster will happen." The old man said in panic.
During the dispute, the rope began to shake violently, and then a lot of pills fell from the sky like rain.
"Oh, it was the immortal who saw us eagerly asking for medicine and left the elixir behind." The old man pushed the idle man away again, lay down on the ground and picked up the elixir.
When they heard that it was the elixir dropped by the immortal, the eyes of the other people who were watching immediately became hot. They immediately ignored everything else and went around frantically to pick up the elixir. However, they immediately hid the ones they picked up for fear of being taken away by others.
"Young Master, the elixir has fallen. I picked up a few for you." The accompanying escort said excitedly, but at this time he did not forget to show his respect to Li Xiuyuan.
These two escort heads are really smart.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "It's just a blind trick to pick up any elixir. If there really is an elixir of immortality in the world, it won't be our turn to pick it up. So don't waste this time. Just watch the fun. Don't do it because
He lost his temper due to greed, and the old man was looking at him right now