Tian Meng saw that he had eaten half of it, and immediately sneered, and was about to make another mockery. But he heard Li Qingxuan ask: "Tian Gongzi is a disciple of Si Tiantai, but he received the imperial court?"

Tian Meng didn't know what he meant, but he was not afraid, and replied casually: "Although Si Tiantai is extraordinary, after all, he is the support of the imperial court, and he should lead the imperial court. ”

"Yes, Imperial Court. Li Qingxuan chuckled: "Where did the imperial court come from?" Tian Meng was slightly stunned, and he didn't know what to do. The ninth girl smiled and waited quietly for the next word.

"Isn't it from the treasury that the imperial court is taxed and the money comes from?" "But where does the tax money come from?" and "It is drawn from the people." ”

Li Qingxuan looked at Tian Meng and said: "The Tang Dynasty has a vast territory and a lot of resources, and only one-third of the tax is charged. But how can this one-third of the tax ever be less?"

"For every fifteen pieces of silver earned, five should be handed over, and the remaining ten barely support the family, and some of the little money earned died of hunger and cold, and where is it rare?

"The taxes and silver were handed over to the state treasury, palaces were repaired, high platforms were built, chariots and horses were built, and high-ranking officials and nobles were squandered wantonly, and they were given money to officials from all sides, but there were still many corrupt people who perverted the law. Regardless of him, just say that this table full of wine and food is a huge amount of money that ordinary people can't imagine in their lifetime. ”

Li Qingxuan stood up, patted Tian Meng lightly on the shoulder, and said: "Brother Tian leads the court and spends the people's taxes and silver, but he still commensurate these parents with the word poor and cheap, and he is really a noble person. ”

Tian Meng's face turned red, and he was ashamed and angry. Rao was full of cultivators present, who felt that they were all otherworldly, but they couldn't help but be silent. Gu Xun sighed lowly, and only said: "Gao Zhi." ”

Li Qingxuan looked at Tian Meng, his face was serious, and said: "Although Tian Gongzi and I have never known each other before, but if you think about it carefully, we have a good relationship. Tian Meng gritted his teeth and said, "Who has anything to do with you?"

But that's not true. Li Qingxuan said: "Although there is no business in Xia, I have paid for food and clothing on weekdays. You also know that when the imperial court collects tax silver, the cost of the store will be higher, so it is natural to raise the price a little bit to make money. ”

"With such careful calculations, buying a bun and changing clothes on weekdays will inevitably have the shadow of taxation. Tian Meng is not a stupid person, so he has already heard the meaning of Li Qingxuan's words.

This scholar claimed that he paid for food and clothing every day, spent money, and paid for it, that is, he had a share of the imperial court's tax money. So doesn't he also have his share of the money issued by the imperial court?

The ninth girl was even more secretly funny, and chuckled. The implication of this scholar is that he is Tian Meng's food and clothing parents, but Tian Meng takes his money and spends it indiscriminately. Tian Meng was annoyed and ashamed, took a step back, and broke free of Li Qingxuan's palm on his shoulder.

"An egg can be used for one or two years for ordinary people, and it can be used for ten years for poor people. The cost of a table of wine and food here is a huge amount of money that many families can hardly imagine in their lifetime. "If it is exchanged for silver taels and distributed out, I don't know how many poor families can be saved?"

Li Qingxuan sighed as if talking to himself: "Mr. Du Shaoling once said that Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. "But how many people can remember, where did the silver taels spent on wine and meat come from?"

"It seems that Tian Gongzi is like this, called poor and cheap, full of contempt and disdain, have you ever remembered that the money you receive, the expenses you receive, the expenses on weekdays, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, aren't they all hard-earned money taken from the people?"

His voice was flat, and he said it slowly, without the slightest hint of excitement, but he finally made Tian Meng speechless. After a long time, Tian Mengcai said with a blushing face: "I work for the imperial court, and I receive the imperial court, not some bullshit tax silver." Besides, although there is food and drink, where does the word prostitution and gambling come from?"

Li Qingxuan sighed and said, "Eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, it's just a smooth statement, don't care too much about these details." "Li Daoyou said it very well. The young master suddenly got up, clapped his hands, and said with a smile: "It's just that this banquet is set up by my Wenchang Pavilion." ”

"I'm not a person from the imperial court, I don't eat and drink, and the cost of this banquet is only the cost of Wenchang Pavilion. "The wool always comes out of the sheep. ”

Li Qingxuan chuckled, didn't say much, raised his chopsticks, ate the half of the egg in two bites, and praised: "It really tastes very good." ”

With that, he took out a dozen taels of silver from his bosom and threw them on the ground. "Since I ate your egg, I will pay you back dozens of taels of silver. Li Qingxuan laughed out loud and walked out. Tian Meng gritted his teeth and said, "It's so humiliating to me, you want to leave?"

Li Qingxuan turned his head and asked, "Isn't Tian Gongzi suspicious of the lack of money, and he still wants to raise taxes under him?" Tian Meng held his face red. Over there, the young master's face was ugly, and he made a look, and immediately a master guard stepped forward to stop him.

The guard shouted loudly: "Bold and wild, so rude, come to my Wenchang Pavilion to sprinkle at the banquet, do you still want to leave easily?"

That guard already has eight inches of internal strength, and with martial arts alone, he can rival the pinnacle of nine inches of true qi. In Tian Meng's opinion, this scholar has a slight temperament, but after all, he is not very famous, he should be similar to himself, just cultivating a sense of qi.

However, in the eyes of Gu Xun, Lai Shaozhu and others, this young scholar has true qi fluctuations, and he should be successful in cultivation and condense his true qi.

But the young master is only the beginning of his true qi, and the scholar seems to be two years younger than the young master, and at most he is just beginning to become true qi. It's just that the characters are separated from each other, and after the condensation of true qi, there are some visions.

However, Li Qingxuan's own innate vitality is more specific, and he has not shown changes in evil qi, so there is no vision. In addition, Li Qingxuan is not very old, he is only a teenager, and no one thinks that he has a difficult way to leave cultivation.

When the eight-inch guard pounced, everyone thought he could easily catch the scholar. However, Li Qingxuan just waved his hand. Out of thin air, a strong wind rose. The master of internal strength threw himself into the air, and was suddenly blown back by the wind.

"True Qi released?" everyone exclaimed in surprise, especially Tian Meng and the young master who came were the most surprised. Tian Meng froze in place. The young master came to have a gloomy face and faintly twitched, thinking that he was under twenty years old, and it was already rare to cultivate true qi.

But I don't want a young scholar to come out of nowhere, but he is really angry, and he can be listed in the top 20 on the list. Even if he is the young master of Wenchang Pavilion, if there is no accident, only after the age of forty can he be expected to release his true qi.

But who is that scholar? Gu Xun was struck by lightning, and only muttered to himself: "True Qi is released? No, if you can blow away the eight-inch inner strength master in one fell swoop, how wild is this wind, and you definitely don't just practice Qi cultivation! At least it beats me, who is this scholar?"

Li Qingxuan glanced at everyone, showed an apologetic look at the ninth girl, and then laughed out loud and walked out the door. A gust of wind blew, and the robe flew away, like a fairy among the gods. The young scholar laughed endlessly, and the aftermath lingered. There is a fresh breeze, blowing all over the north building of Luo.

Walking out of Luobei Building, Li Qingxuan only felt that his mood was much broader. In the Luobei Building, although the scenery is beautiful, but the inside is very boring. He straightened the long sword behind his back, bundled the purple bag on the side, flicked his sleeves, and walked out of Luobei Tower.

The breeze blows and the clothes flutter. However, when he walked out of the Luobei Building, everything was closed, and there was no vision of the breeze with him, just an ordinary scholar in green shirts.

Li Qingxuan turned his head to look at Luo Beilou, twitched the corner of his mouth, and said to himself: "I ate a dozen taels of eggs." ”

He touched the little silver tael left in his arms, frowned slightly, and retreated back to the ranks of poverty, and had to sigh in his heart: "Impulse is the devil, it is really not advisable." ”

"It's all my own gluttony, and I want to save face. The corners of his mouth twitched, only to feel a little distressed, but he thought of the endless road, with his ability, even if he was rich and noble, he could catch it.

When he thought about it, he had a clear idea. Li Qingxuan walked on the street, his mind gradually calming down. Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves behind him, which was very familiar.

He turned his head to see that it was the carriage of the Nine Girls. The calm coachman smiled slightly, turned slightly to the side, and then a girl in a yellow shirt got out of the carriage.

Dressed in a yellow shirt, he is tall and elegant. But seeing her delicate facial features and cold expression, it was the ninth girl. Li Qingxuan was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "The banquet has not stopped, why did the nine girls come out?" "You scholar, you are so rude." ”

The ninth girl snorted coldly and said, "I invited you to the banquet, but you offended the host of the banquet, how can I stay in the Luobei Building?" Li Qingxuan was speechless, and finally laughed at herself, and said, "It's really rude to be here." ”

"Seeing that you speak very freely and uninhibitedly, and you still know that you are rude?" the ninth girl sneered, but said: "However, what you said made me quite satisfied, and I don't blame you." ”

Hearing this, Li Qingxuan realized that the nine girls were not to blame, and they were a lot more relaxed at the moment, but when they remembered what she said, they couldn't help but be a little stunned. Uninhibited?

Li Qingxuan never thought that these four words would be put on him, but his performance at the banquet today was indeed completely different from his usual style.

But if you think about it carefully, it's not a gratuitous change, since I heard about my master, there is a haze in my heart, and when I know that the young master is playing tricks on my master, I feel a little more angry in my heart, but I forcibly suppressed it in order to avoid embarrassment for the nine girls.

Although Tian Meng came to humiliate himself, for Li Qingxuan, it was an excuse to vent his anger. Li Qingxuan said in a low voice: "It turns out that my Dao heart is not so pure. ”

"You are a cultivator, and you have to break off the seven emotions and six desires of the monk, and it is reasonable to have joys, angers, likes and dislikes. ”

The ninth girl listened to him whispering, so she replied, then looked at it carefully, and suddenly said: "It's just that I didn't see it, you actually have such a high cultivation? Not to mention anything else, at least your cultivation is better than Gu Xun, and if you want to be in the top twenty on the list, you should be one." ”

"Outstanding list?" Li Qingxuan had heard of this name before, but he hadn't cared about it before, so he couldn't help but ask, "What kind of list is this?" "It seems that you are really a cultivator who doesn't know the world. The ninth girl motioned for the coachman to leave and walked side by side with Li Qingxuan.

The ninth girl glanced at Li Qingxuan, and said as she walked: "The list of outstanding people in the Tang Dynasty was issued by Si Tiantai, according to the young and handsome people currently known, they are ranked according to their Taoist depth and ability, and now there are a total of seventy-two people on the list, all of whom are cultivators under the age of forty. ”

"It is rumored that the seventeen people in front of them are all already Kan Li cultivators, and they are the most dazzling young heroes of the Tang Dynasty, and they are all expected to cultivate into dragons and tigers. "The seventeen people in front of him are Kan Li's cultivation? Li Qingxuan thought to himself, thinking that he was also in this ranks.