Because of the existence of demons and monsters in this world, Taoism has flourished, and Buddhism has also flourished.
Because Taoist priests and eminent monks have the ability to exorcise ghosts and demons, they are naturally worthy of being respected and sought after by the people. This is the general trend. After all, those who know how to exorcise ghosts and demons are either Taoist priests in Taoism or monks in Buddhism.
When Li Xiuyuan came to the door of Xiangguo Temple, he could feel the extraordinaryness of this temple.
There is a reason why this place is so popular among the people.
Xiangguo Temple is not a place that deceives the world and steals its reputation.
Several people could not wait to enter Xiangguo Temple, but at this moment Li Xiuyuan heard a commotion among the crowd.
"Ah, something came from under my feet."
"Why don't you keep a sheep in a house and let it run around?"
"Be careful and avoid it quickly."
It turned out that there was a sheep in the crowd that didn't seem to be tied up for some reason. It wandered around in the crowd, causing people nearby to scream. Especially the sheep's rampage scared many people. After all, sheep
It has horns. If you are accidentally hit, it will be very dangerous.
matter.
"Master Li, what happened over there? Why is there so much noise?" Zhang Bangchang glanced over, but couldn't see anything because of the crowd.
Li Xiuyuan had sharp ears and eyes, and he roughly understood some things, so he said, "It seems that a sheep was not closed and escaped from somewhere. It seems to be running this way."
"Is there such an interesting thing? Does this sheep also want to come to Xiangguo Temple to listen to the master's lecture?" Zhang Bangchang said with a smile.
"Perhaps this sheep did some evil deeds in his previous life, and now he is reincarnated as an animal. He knows that his sins are serious, so he wants to come to the Buddha to repent." Qian Jun also said with a smile.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw the crowd in front of him quickly started to dodge, as if the sheep was bumping into him, causing the pedestrians to yell and scream in fear.
"No, it's really coming this way. Is this sheep really trying to break into Xiangguo Temple?" Zhu Yu exclaimed, "Let's avoid it quickly to avoid getting hurt."
At this moment, Li Xiuyuan saw the crowd behind him quickly give way to a path, and a white goat with a single horn rushed towards here desperately.
"Huh?" He glanced subconsciously.
However, I saw that the goat's eyes did not have the crazy look of animals. If an animal goes crazy, it will be violent and irrational, but the goat's eyes revealed panic and fear.
This is not the look an animal should have.
However, it seems that now is not the time to pay attention to this. When the goat saw Li Xiuyuan, it still ran rampant, as if anxiously hoping that it could rush into Xiangguo Temple as quickly as possible.
"Brother Li, hurry up and avoid it, it's going to hit you." Zhu Yu said hurriedly.
Li Xiuyuan said: "It doesn't matter, it's just a sheep, not a tiger, so why should you be afraid?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward and stretched out his hand to grab the horns of the goat that had collided with him. Then he exerted force on his arm, and it suddenly fell down with as much force as a thousand pounds.
"What~!"
The goat screamed and was immediately knocked to the ground. No matter how hard it struggled, it could not stand up again.
If his martial arts skills can't subdue a sheep, then his martial arts skills of more than ten years can really feed a dog.
"Okay, good martial arts."
When they saw Li Xiuyuan subduing the goat, people in the crowd who liked to watch the excitement touched their hands and praised his martial arts.
Li Xiuyuan frowned: "Whose sheep is this and how did it get here? Is there a sheep seller nearby? Or did this sheep run away from a restaurant?"
He asked around.
But the people nearby shook their heads, saying that they didn't know where the sheep came from.
"Since no one claims it, why not just tie it aside and wait for the person who lost the sheep to find it? It would be better than this young man keeping the sheep under control?" someone suggested.
Li Xiuyuan nodded, preparing to tie the sheep aside to save trouble.
But at this time, another voice hurriedly sounded from the crowd: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, this is my sheep, this is my sheep, I lost it, please return the sheep to me."
"
Soon, a middle-aged man with a thin face and somewhat ugly appearance came over here holding a sheep-driving whip and shouting.
Like a sheep seller.
After a while, this man squeezed out from the crowd and said breathlessly: "This is my lost sheep. I am the one who lost it. Thank you to this young man for helping me to restrain the sheep. If he is really caught by this
If the leader ran away, I would suffer a big loss, so thank you very much."
After saying this, the sheep trader couldn't wait to reach out and take the sheep from Li Xiuyuan's hand.
The sheep, which had been motionless before, immediately began to struggle violently when it saw the sheep trader, making a pitiful cry, as if a mouse had seen a cat, showing unspeakable fear.
Li Xiuyuan did not let go despite the situation, for fear that the sheep would suddenly become violent and hurt someone.
However, he saw the veins in the sheep dealer's hands bulging out. He didn't know how hard he used to grab the sheep's legs and pull him back, with a somewhat anxious look on his face.
"This person is weird." Li Xiuyuan noticed this keenly, and he reached out and opened the sheep seller's hands.
"Click~!"
The sheep trader felt a sharp pain in his arm, as if he had been hit by an iron rod. He hurriedly took his hand back, and then said in shock: "Master, what do you mean by this? Is it possible that you don't want to return my sheep?"
"Pfft."
The people watching nearby couldn't help but laugh.
This young man knows from his clothes that he is from a good family. Why would he covet a sheep from a sheep dealer like you?
Zhang Bangchang, Qian Jun and others next to him found it even more funny.
Li Xiuyuan spent a lot of money to pay off Zhu Yu's accounts a few days ago. How could you, a sheep dealer, have such strange thoughts?
"Why should this friend be so impatient when he wants to get the sheep? If the sheep runs away again, do you want to ask me for compensation?" Li Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "And this sheep is unclaimed.
You can't just say that what's yours is yours, you have to come up with some evidence, right?
If someone comes to get me later, how should I explain it?"
"That's right, this sheep dealer, you said this sheep is yours, do you have any evidence? You can't just talk in vain. Just now I saw that you looked a little nervous, and you took the sheep as soon as you came. It seemed that your behavior was wrong.
"
"After hearing this, I also feel that this person is a little too hasty. Maybe the sheep is not his, but he is pretending to claim it."
The people nearby also thought it made sense and nodded and discussed.
The sheep trader immediately jumped up and said angrily: "This is obviously my sheep. I came all the way from the south to the capital. I just passed by Xiangguo Temple and lost one of my sheep. Then I found it. Why can't it be me?"
Is it there?”
"Sir, although your caution is correct, it seems that this sheep is really his, so you should give it back to someone else."
After being called out like this, the others nodded, feeling that it was justified.
After all, how can you be so confident about something that doesn't belong to you?
However, Li Xiuyuan was not in a hurry and continued to ask: "Oh, you said that your sheep came from the south. In that case, I have a few questions to ask you. If you answer correctly, I will give you your things."
Natural things return to their original owners.”
"This is my thing. I don't want you to ask, just ask." The sheep dealer said confidently.
Li Xiuyuan asked: "How many sheep did you drive to the capital?"
"There are thirteen in total, including this one, fourteen, but the others have been sold, and this is the last one left."
"Where is this sheep?"
"Acquired from Nanfang Jinling."
Li Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes: "Which family is it specifically? As far as I know, there are not many people raising sheep in the south. There is a businessman named Li who raises pigs, cattle and sheep, and there are quite a lot of them."
The sheep seller said: "I bought it from the family named Li, and I'm going to rush to the capital to sell it at a good price."
"How much do you pay for one head?"
"One tael of silver per head."
The sheep dealer said: "How is it? Do you have anything else to ask? Why don't you know the price of the sheep I bought?"
"Brother Li, why are you struggling with this sheep seller over a sheep? Let's go to Xiangguo Temple as soon as possible. This sheep belongs to someone else, so just give it back to him." Zhu Yu said.
He was also very puzzled as to why Li Xiuyuan felt sorry for a sheep and a sheep trader.
Li Xiuyuan stood up and said with a cold expression: "You are not a sheep dealer or a sheep seller at all. You are telling lies. There are no goats in Jinling City at all, and the Li family's sheep are not purchased for one tael of silver.
, the lowest selling price is one or two or six yuan, and you are not from
Came from the south to drive sheep."
The sheep trader's face immediately changed when he was so exposed, showing an anxious attitude, but then he argued: "Why do you care about where I bought my sheep? I only know that it is my sheep, so you can
Should you pay me back?"
"Since you want to say this, then, a sheep in the capital is only three to five taels of silver. How about I give you ten taels of silver to buy your sheep?" Li Xiuyuan took out an ingot of silver and said.
I thought the sheep seller would agree, but I didn't expect him to refuse: "No, I won't sell my sheep to you."
When he said this, the people nearby immediately booed.
"This man is so suspicious. His words are full of flaws. He doesn't look like a sheep seller, but more like a liar."
"Yes, if you don't want to sell the sheep for ten taels of silver, you must have something evil in your heart and a guilty conscience."
"Catch him and take him to the government. There should be agents from Liumen patrolling here. I'll call the people from Liumen to see if this sheep dealer is a liar."
Everyone was talking about it. When the sheep dealer heard that he was calling for the six-door policeman, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly changed his words: "Wait, wait, the sheep is sold to you, sold to you, give me the money."
The sheep will be yours."
"Didn't you say you wouldn't sell it before?" Li Xiuyuan said with a half-smile.
He had long noticed that this person was weird, but it was hard to tell whether he was a liar or something else.
"You are such a long-winded person. Do you want to buy it or not? If you don't want to buy it, please return the sheep to me quickly." The sheep seller urged, looking very anxious.
Li Xiuyuan thought for a moment and did not continue the stalemate with him, so he gave him ten taels of silver. Since he said he wanted to buy it, he shouldn't keep his word.
The sheep seller didn't look back after taking the money. He looked like he wanted to escape immediately, and soon disappeared into the crowd.
"There must be something wrong with this man leaving in such a hurry. Master, you shouldn't spend money to buy his sheep. His sheep must be stolen."
"We should let the policemen from Liumen capture him and bring him to the Yamen to confront him. Maybe we can catch a thief."
"The thief has finally got a bargain. A sheep was sold for ten taels of silver."
When everyone saw the sheep trader escaping, they sighed, feeling that Li Xiuyuan had suffered a great loss and should not let him go.
However, Li Xiuyuan looked a bit thoughtful and didn't care about the sheep seller's departure.
If it were just stealing a sheep to sell, it would be nothing more than a trivial theft. However, the sheep seller like that just now was not a stolen sheep, because his previous attitude was very reasonable and he did not panic, but later he heard that he was going to the Yamen.
, I had to call the police from Liumen Gate, so I panicked.
Come.
He is not a stolen sheep, but he is afraid of the government and the six gates.
Thinking about it this way, there is something wrong with this person.
Suddenly.
Li Xiuyuan glanced down and saw the sheep standing next to him, surrounding his legs. However, he no longer looked as panicked and arrogant as before. On the contrary, he looked very calm.