Because of the chaos of demons and monsters in this world, Taoism is flourishing, and Buddhism is also flourishing.

Because the Taoist and the monk have the ability to exorcise ghosts and demons, they naturally deserve to be respected and sought after by the people, which is the trend of the times, after all, the people who know how to exorcise ghosts and demons are not Taoist priests in Taoism, or monks in Buddhism.

Li Xiuyuan came to the door of this Xiangguo Temple and could feel the extraordinaryness of this temple.

It's not for nothing that this place can be sought after by the people.

Xiangguo Temple is not a place to deceive the world.

Several people couldn't wait to enter Xiangguo Temple at this moment, but at this time, Li Xiuyuan heard a commotion from the crowd.

"Ah, something is coming from underneath your feet. ”

"Why don't you close the sheep and let it run around?"

"Beware, hurry up and get out of the way. ”

It turned out that there was a sheep in the crowd who didn't know what was going on and didn't seem to be tied well, and it was strung everywhere in the crowd, which attracted the exclamations of the people nearby, especially the sheep rampage frightened many people, after all, the sheep has horns, and it is also very dangerous to be accidentally injured

Thing.

"Li Gongzi, what's going on over there? Zhang Bangchang glanced at it, but he couldn't see anything because of the crowd.

Li Xiuyuan's ears and eyes were clear, and he was generally clear about some things, and said, "It seems that a sheep has not been locked up properly and has run out of somewhere, and it seems to be running this way." ”

"Is there such an interesting story? Does this sheep also want to come to Xiangguo Temple to listen to the master's lectures?" Zhang Bangchang said with a smile.

"Maybe this sheep did something evil in his previous life, and now he has been reincarnated as an animal, and he knows that he is deeply sinful, so he wants to come to the Buddha to repent. Qian Jun also smiled.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the crowd in front of him quickly began to dodge, and it seemed that the sheep was crashing into this direction, and the frightened pedestrians were screaming.

"It's not good, it's really coming this way, is this sheep really trying to break into Xiangguo Temple?" Zhu Yu exclaimed, "Let's avoid it quickly, so as not to be injured." ”

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan saw that the crowd behind him quickly moved out of the way, and a white goat with a single horn rushed towards here desperately.

"Huh?" he glanced at subconsciously.

But I saw that the goat's eyes did not have the crazy color of an animal, if the animal was crazy, it would be irritable and lose its mind, but the goat's eyes revealed the color of panic and fear.

That's not the way an animal should look.

But now doesn't seem to be the time to pay attention to this, this goat was still rampage when it saw Li Xiuyuan, as if anxiously hoping that he would rush into Xiangguo Temple as quickly as possible.

"Brother Li, avoid it quickly, it's going to hit you. Zhu Yu said busily.

Li Xiuyuan said, "It's okay, it's just a sheep, not a tiger, why be afraid?"

As soon as the words fell, he took a step forward and reached out to grab the horns of the goat that hit him, and then with a force of his arm, it seemed that there was a thousand catties of force and fell suddenly.

"Baa~!"

The goat's cry was instantly pushed to the ground, and no matter how hard it struggled, it couldn't get up again.

With his martial arts, if he can't even subdue a sheep, then these more than ten years of martial arts can really be fed to dogs.

"Good, good martial arts. ”

Seeing that Li Xiuyuan subdued the goat, there were people in the crowd who liked to watch the excitement and praised Zeng Zan and praised his martial arts.

Li Xiuyuan frowned: "Which sheep is this, why did you come here? Is there a sheep seller nearby? Or did this sheep run out of the restaurant?"

He asked.

But the people nearby shook their heads, saying that they didn't know where the sheep came from.

"Since there is no one to claim it, why not tie it aside and wait for the loser to find it himself, than if this boy keeps the sheep in check?" someone suggested.

Li Xiuyuan nodded, ready to tie the sheep aside first 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, and please give it back to me." ”

Soon, a middle-aged man with a thin face and a somewhat ugly appearance came here with a whip to herd sheep, calling and rushing here.

Like a sheep dealer.

After a while, this person squeezed out of the crowd and panted: "This is my lost sheep, I am lost, thank you for this son's help and help me restrain the sheep, if I am really run away by this sheep, then I will lose a lot, I am so grateful." ”

After speaking, the sheep dealer couldn't wait to reach out and take the sheep from Li Xiuyuan's hand.

The sheep, which had not moved before, immediately struggled violently when he saw the sheep dealer, and let out a miserable cry, as if a mouse had seen a cat, and he was indescribably afraid.

Li Xiu saw this situation and did not let go, for fear that the sheep would suddenly burst out and hurt people.

However, he saw that the sheep dealer's hands were bruised, and he didn't know how much strength he used to grab the sheep's legs and pull them back, and his face showed a little anxious.

"There's something weird about this guy. Li Xiuyuan keenly noticed this, and he reached out and opened the hands of the sheep dealer.

"Bang~!"

The sheep dealer felt a sharp pain in his arm, as if he had been hit by an iron rod, and hurriedly took his hand back, and then exclaimed: "What do you mean by this, this son, is it possible that you don't want to return my sheep?"

"Poof. ”

The onlookers nearby couldn't help but laugh at once.

This son knows that his family is well-off by looking at his clothes, how can he covet a sheep from you, a sheep dealer?

Zhang Bangchang, Qian Jun and others next to him felt even more funny.

Li Xiuyuan also spent a lot of money to write off Zhu Yu's account a few days ago, how can you, a sheep dealer, have such a strange idea.

"Why is this friend so anxious to take the sheep, you are so messy, if this sheep runs away again, then don't you want to ask me for compensation?" Li Xiuyuan squinted slightly and said: "And this sheep is unclaimed, it can't be said that it's yours is yours, right, you have to come up with some evidence, right?"

If someone else comes to me later, how will I explain it?"

"That's right, this sheep dealer, you said that this sheep is yours, do you have any evidence? ”

"Hearing this, I also think that this man is a little in a hurry, maybe this sheep is not his, he is here to take it. ”

The people nearby also felt reasonable, nodded and discussed.

The sheep dealer immediately jumped up and said angrily: "This is clearly my sheep, I came all the way to the capital from the south, and I passed by Xiangguo Temple and lost a head, so I found it, why is it not mine?"

"Although this boy is right to be careful, this sheep seems to be really his, so let's return it to someone else. ”

Being shouted like this, the others nodded, thinking that it was reasonable.

After all, it's not your own, where can you be so reasonable.

Li Xiuyuan was not in a hurry, and continued to ask: "Oh, you said that your sheep came from the south, in this case, I have a few questions to ask you, if you answer correctly, your things will naturally return to their original owners." ”

"This is my thing, where you are afraid to ask, you ask. The sheep dealer was right.

Li Xiuyuan said: "How many sheep did you drive to the capital?"

"There were thirteen of them, including the fourteen heads, but the others were sold, and this was the last one left. ”

"Where is this sheep?"

"Acquired by Jinling in the south. ”

Li Xiuyuan's eyes narrowed: "Which family is it exactly? As far as I know, there are not many people who raise sheep in the south, and there is a businessman surnamed Li who has pigs, cattle and sheep, and there are quite a few of them." ”

The sheep seller said: "I bought it from the family surnamed Li, and I am going to rush to the capital to sell it at a good price." ”

"How much do you buy?"

"A tael of silver. ”

The sheep seller said, "How is it? Do you have anything else to ask? How can I not know the price of the sheep I bought?" ”

"Brother Li, why do you want to entangle with this sheep dealer for a sheep? Let's go to Xiangguo Temple quickly, this sheep belongs to someone else, so let's return it to him." Zhu Yu said.

He was also very puzzled, why Li Xiuyuan didn't want to go because of a sheep and a sheep dealer.

Li Xiuyuan stood up and said with a cold expression, "You are not a sheep dealer at all, nor are you a sheep seller, there are many lies, there are no goats in Jinling City at all, and the Li family's sheep are not the purchase price of one or two silver, and the lowest selling price is one or six yuan, and you are not from it at all."

The sheep came from the south. ”

The sheep dealer was so broken that his face immediately changed and he showed an anxious expression, but then he argued: "Why do you care where I bought my sheep from, I only know that this is my sheep and you should pay me back?"

"Since you want to say this, then in this way, a sheep in the capital is only three or five taels of silver, how about I give you ten taels of silver to buy your sheep?" Li Xiuyuan took out a silver ingot and said.

I thought that this sheep dealer would agree, but I didn't expect him to refuse: "Don't sell it, my sheep won't sell you." ”

As soon as he said this, the people nearby immediately booed.

"This man is suspicious, and his words are full of flaws, not like a sheep dealer, but like a liar. ”

"Yes, I refuse to sell sheep for ten taels of silver, I must have a ghost in my heart, and I am a thief with a weak heart. ”

"Arrest him and go to the official mansion, there should be a patrol of six gates here, I will go and call the people of six gates to see if this sheep dealer is a liar or not. ”

When the sheep dealer heard that he was going to find the six doors, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly changed his words: "Wait, wait, the sheep has sold you, sold you, give me the silver, and the sheep will be yours." ”

"Didn't you say you wouldn't sell it before?" Li Xiuyuan said with a smile.

He had already seen that this man was strange, but it was difficult to determine whether he was a liar or something.

"Are you so verbose to buy or not to buy, if not, return the sheep to me." The sheep seller urged, looking anxious.

Li Xiuyuan thought about it for a while, and didn't continue to stalemate with him, so he gave him ten taels of silver, since he said that he wanted to buy it, he shouldn't talk and don't count.

The sheep dealer didn't look back after taking the money, and he looked like he wanted to flee from here immediately, and soon disappeared into the crowd.

"Something must be wrong with this man leaving in such a hurry, this boy, you shouldn't spend money on his sheep, his sheep must have been stolen. ”

"You should let the arresters of the six doors quickly arrest him and go to the yamen to confront him, maybe he can catch a thief. ”

"It's time to bargain this thief, and a sheep was sold for ten taels of silver. ”

When everyone saw the sheep dealer fleeing, they sighed again, feeling that Li Xiuyuan was at a loss and should not let him go.

Li Xiuyuan was a little groaning, and he didn't care about the sheep dealer's departure.

If it was just a trivial matter of stealing sheep to sell, but just like that, the sheep dealer was not a stolen sheep, because his previous attitude was very straightforward and he didn't panic, but he panicked when he heard that he was going to the yamen and called the six doors to catch quickly

Come.

It is not a stolen sheep, but it is afraid of the government and the six gates.

If you think about it this way, there is something wrong with this person.

Suddenly.

Li Xiuyuan glanced down, but saw the sheep standing next to him, surrounding his legs, but he was no longer as panicked and arrogant as before, on the contrary, he seemed very calm.

In particular, the sheep's eyes showed a look of gratitude.