Early next morning.
When Song You opened his eyes and got up, there were voices outside.
Pushing the door open, he saw Luo Captou standing in the bamboo forest. The door should have been opened for him by Empress Sanhua. While he was stroking the horse's mane, he was talking to the girls next to him. Most of the girls asked him where he was. answer.
"Do you have a horse at home too?"
"I don't have a horse at home, but there is one at the government office. Just go get it when you need it."
"Is it much?"
"Just talking about the county government, there are not many. However, there are many horses in the post station. If there is an urgent need, they can be temporarily used according to the situation."
"How about my horse?"
"this……"
Luo Baotou hesitated for a moment.
It seemed that Empress Sanhua was quite familiar with him, which reminded Song You of the pet cats kept in some people's homes in his previous life. When he was in a good mood and guests came to the house, he would immediately play with the guests, and when he was in a bad mood, he would Lying there, not even moving.
Empress Sanhua is in a good mood today.
When he saw Song You coming out, Luo Baotou escaped from Sanhua Empress's dazzling eyes, immediately turned around to face Song You, and bowed his hands:
"Sir, are you awake?"
"Morning class."
"I came here to report the good news to you this morning," said Mr. Luo. "I came down early, and Mr. hasn't gotten up yet. I originally planned to wait until noon to report the good news to Mr., but... Mr.'s children had to be invited." I came in to see the horse my husband bought, and I shamelessly came in first to wait for him."
"It was given by someone else!"
Sanhua Empress corrected her immediately after hearing this.
"oh?"
"It was a gift from a Taoist friend from Fuqing Palace in Qingcheng Mountain. We have been friends for generations." Song You explained in a low voice, "It was only sent last night. It was really difficult to refuse, so I had to accept it shamelessly."
"I see."
Luo Baotou continued to look at the horse: "Bei Yuanma is a good horse, and the horse's pedigree is also correct, but it seems to have some congenital defects, which is why it grows short."
"That's enough for us."
"Perhaps this horse can achieve enlightenment together with Mr."
"..."
Song You shook his head, knowing that most people's boasts were just compliments, so he only asked him: "The squad leader said the good news, but the thief who stole it yesterday was caught?"
"Thanks sir!"
Luo Baotou just bowed his hands and thanked him.
Thinking of it now, his face was flushed and he was secretly amazed.
The red face was half excited and half proud.
Yesterday's silver theft case has some similarities with the previous escape theft case, that is, the thieves were mostly wealthy people in the city, and the amount of money lost was a huge number. This kind of case is not trivial. In normal times, it would be pretty good if it could be solved in three to five months, and it would probably become an unsolved case. But who would have thought that just that night, he would get everything.
What is even more exciting and proud is that these thieves will not only commit crimes in Yidu. After an investigation later, they may be able to solve similar theft cases in Yangzhou, the capital city.
How much credit is this?
As for the surprise, we have to talk about the process of solving the case.
Yesterday evening, with the guidance of his husband, he led the people into two groups, one to catch the charlatan, and the other to check out nearby places where people could hide and accommodate people. The two groups were rushed.
At this time, although the temple night market had not ended yet, the group of people had already packed up and prepared to run away.
It was prudent to run away after only one day.
Seeing that all the arresters were about to pounce, something wonderful happened -
Thunder in winter, thunder on a clear night!
He just chopped that group of people half to death.
As soon as the arrester Luo arrived, everyone and all the stolen goods were seized.
If we go to the temple market again now, I'm afraid most people will be talking about what happened last night. Not only today, but tomorrow, and even next year, many years from now, the legend of the Yue Wang Shenjun descending divine thunder to punish temple thieves will probably still be circulated in this temple market.
But actually? Is this really the case?
Luo Captou doesn't think so.
This is the largest temple market in Yizhou. There are countless thieves active in the temple market these days, and there are also many people who commit crimes and fight with knives. Have you seen anyone who was killed by King Yue Shenjun?
If it has nothing to do with Mr., he won’t believe it.
It must have been that after the teacher gave him some advice, he also expected that the thieves were about to leave, so he tried to stop them by stopping them.
The magistrate asked him last night, and he said the same thing. Even now, he still clearly remembers the expressions of the magistrate and his staff at that time.
Just as shocked as he had been earlier.
But I still need to inform my husband.
Mr. Luo was still talking in detail. As he was talking, he quietly looked at his husband's expression.
When my husband heard the winter thunder, he immediately smiled, but there was a deep meaning in that smile that he couldn't understand.
Just listen to the gentleman say:
"Just catch it."
"Mr. Live up to your expectations."
Luo Baotou quickly lowered his head.
After a pause, he added: "I still want to interrogate that group of thieves, so I won't bother you to wash up."
"Slow down, class leader."
Song You then turned around to wash up.
Later, I went to the bamboo forest to watch the horses. I saw that the horses were still quiet, but kept chewing in their mouths. There was some alfalfa next to them, which was good concentrate. I guess it was brought by Luo Baotou.
"Ah……"
Song You shook his head and stroked the horse with his hand.
"Do you want to stay in the Yamen's stables for a while, or do you want to stay here? The Yamen has dedicated people to take care of you, and they may do a better job than me, but if you stay here, I won't treat you lightly.
"Okay, then stay here.
"..."
After breakfast, someone came looking for me again.
It was Izumo and Yingfeng, two Taoist priests. The Taoist priests of Fuqing Palace invited him to go to the temple market with them.
It happened that Song You also had some things to buy, so he went with him.
So a group of real Taoist priests mixed with a fake Taoist priest arrived in the streets near Yuewang Temple. The sounds around me were all chaotic, and the faces of passers-by were full of excitement. Their desire to talk and curiosity were written on their faces, as if they had just heard something extraordinary and wanted to hear it clearly, or they had already heard it clearly and couldn't wait to hear it. Talk outward.
"what happens?"
A middle-aged Taoist priest said strangely.
The young Taoist priest has a more lively personality. When he sees people gathered around and talking, he goes over to listen. When he comes back, he puts it together one by one.
"I heard that the Lord God appeared."
"Why did thunder strike down the thief?"
"Say someone lost something..."
The middle-aged Taoist couldn't hear everything, which was very annoying, but he happened to find a topic to talk to Song You: "Have you heard about this spiritual apparition in Yuewang Temple, Song You?"
I just asked casually, but unexpectedly Song You nodded.
"I just heard about it this morning."
"Um?"
The Taoist priests immediately pricked up their ears.
"It's just that yesterday a group of thieves used strange methods to steal here. They were later noticed by the Yidu policemen. The policemen came to arrest them. When the group of thieves were about to escape, the God of Yue Wang appeared and struck them with lightning."
"really?"
"It shouldn't be possible to fake it."
"That is really the manifestation of the Divine Lord." The middle-aged Taoist Master said quickly, "We should go to the Divine Lord Temple to burn incense."
"It should."
Song You also went to burn incense again.
It’s just that the Lord God is not here today.
Then continue to visit the temple market.
The Taoist priests want to buy some daily necessities for the temple, of course, only those that are inconvenient to buy in the market town at the foot of the mountain. Song You bought a bell for the bay horse, as well as other things that would be useful for long-distance travel in the future, such as a small pot and a coir raincoat.
By the way, watch the trick again with them.
This group of Taoists went to visit You Lun Tao yesterday, and today was their first time visiting the temple market. Even if they come every year, it only happens once a year. The young people were so excited that they couldn't bear to leave while standing outside the crowd. Fortunately, the elders of the sect are also patient and will often wait for them outside, or watch along with them.
Most of these charlatans do have some skills.
Thousands of times of hard work is a skill, and so is Qimen Taoism.
All worth seeing.
Especially these strange Taoist methods, the little Taoist priests were very excited to see them.
But don't think that Taoist priests who have built a Taoist temple that looks more glamorous and formal are superior to these tricksters who run around in the world.
Qimen Taoism has no high or low level, and it is extremely rare. The skills passed down from generation to generation by these jugglers may not be found in palaces and temples. Even if there are, most people spend their whole life practicing the same skill, and folk tricksters may not be inferior to Taoist monks in temples. In fact, if they can tolerate purity and find a temple to practice, with this ability, it will not be difficult to get a discount.
Only talent and hard work can make the difference.
We walked like this from morning to dusk.
When it got dark, today's temple market was different from yesterday, with many more dark tents. The tents are large or small, and someone collects money at the door. Once you pay, you can enter.
The older Taoist priests had seen it once or twice, but the young Taoist priests had never seen it before. Thinking that the tickets were not expensive, they went in one by one to take a look at the strange things.
Some tents are filled with rare things, such as a peacock with pure black feathers, a flawless white leopard, a giant Ganoderma lucidum that is said to have grown into a spirit after thousands of years, and so on. Some of them can really open their eyes, while others are just relying on people's ignorance to defraud people out of money.
People around me often exclaim or complain.
Some are various deformities and horrifying exhibitions.
There are moving mummies, people with only the upper half of their body left, and even human pigs, grown-up deformed children.
Under this night, many people came together to watch it. It was obvious that they were afraid of and liked this kind of scary exhibition. The more afraid they were, the more they liked it, and the more afraid they were, the more excited they were.
Izumo Taoist Priest is born as a girl and often feels frightened and covers his eyes. Although Taoist Master Ying Feng is a man, he often shows an unbearable look and wants to leave early.
The Taoist priest Izumo refused to enter the tent further back. Song You didn't want Sanhua Empress to see this, so he asked her to look after Sanhua Empress outside.
But he was calm, thinking deeply while watching.
Not only to see the exhibition, but also to see the officials.
By observing human nature and thinking about people's hearts in this way, you can gain something vaguely.
The final tent is an obscene exhibition.
It only cost a few coppers to get in. I didn't know it before, but when I entered the tent, I realized that the room with flickering candlelight was full of naked women.
Of course, there are not so many graceful curves and beautiful faces, just for the men who come to visit to indulge their lust. Almost all the people who came in were men. These people either peeked in secretly, or pointed in groups with unbearable smiles. Some of them didn't know that they were in the wrong place and just left quickly. Some of them were bold and even reached out to touch it.
Seeing a group of Taoists coming in, there were many sarcastic comments.
"Does the Taoist Master also like these?"
"Where does the Taoist master practice?"
"Lust is indeed human nature, haha!"
The middle-aged Taoist priests were highly educated and responded with smiles and ignored them.
The young Taoist priests blushed with embarrassment and lowered their heads, not daring to look. They regretted not asking questions before coming in and just wanted to get out quickly.
Song You remained calm and glanced at the officials.
The times are like this, but it cannot be used to judge the good or evil nature of these officials. No matter whether they behave wildly or restrained, it can only reflect their recent personality and thoughts.
If you ask, who are these people?
Answer: Just mortals.
