bastard seizes tang

Chapter 256 The Taoist Priest
The heavy rain fell suddenly and the ground was muddy and difficult to walk. Li Ke and his party walked for more than a day, almost without stopping for a moment except for overnight stays, and finally arrived in Xuyi, Chuzhou before noon the next day.

Li Ke arrived outside Xuyi City, before entering the city, looked up, but saw many people standing outside Xuyi City under the heavy rain, obviously watching something.

"Junmai, find out what's going on ahead." If the Huai River breaks the embankment, the city is the safest place. Why are people blocking the door? Li Ke was puzzled when he saw the people besieged outside the city. Xi Junmai next to him ordered.

"No." Xi Jun bought the order, and rode forward to visit him.

After a while, Xi Junmai reported back: "His Royal Highness, there is a Taoist priest who opened the altar to try."

"Try to open the altar? Why?" Li Ke asked curiously after hearing this for the first time after all these years.

Xi Jun bought it back and said: "It is to pray for the god of water to appease his anger, and the heavy rain will stop quickly."

The heavy rain in Huainan caused disasters for the people everywhere, and even the Huaihe River was in danger of bursting its embankment. The people were anxious, and naturally hoped that the heavy rain would stop as soon as possible, so it was not surprising to ask God to cast a spell.

The people are pitiful, and Li Ke is considerate in his heart, but Li Ke doesn't like these Taoist priests who lie and cast spells to stop the rain.

Taking advantage of the floods in Huainan, deceiving the people and making money for them, Li Ke heard what Xi Junmai said, and a dark fire was born in his heart.

Li Ke pointed to a teahouse not far from the gate of the city and said to Mr. Xi: "It's very interesting to ask the gods to stop the rain. I want to see what this person who prays for the gods is capable of. , the king rested in the teahouse in front, you find an excuse and order someone to bring this Taoist priest to see the king."

"No." Xi Junmai took the order again, and led the people to the place where the crowd gathered.

Li Ke came to the teahouse where he rested in front, and ordered a pot of rough tea. The tea had just been brewed, and Xi Junmai came to Li Ke with the Taoist priest who was still casting spells just now.

This Taoist priest looks about fifty years old, is dressed in a light gray Taoist robe and holds a dust whisk in his hand. Although his beard and hair are half white, his spirit is still hale and hearty, and he has the appearance of an immortal.

"Supreme Taiyi Duer Tianzun, I will pay my respects to His Highness the King of Chu." The Taoist priest was brought to Li Ke's body, sang a Taoist chant, held a fly whisk in one hand, and bowed to Li Ke with the other hand.

Hearing the words of the Taoist priest, Li Ke was stunned. Today he was not wearing court clothes, but casual clothes. He did not expect the Taoist priest to know his identity.

The first thing Li Ke thought was that Xi Junmai had told him his identity, so he looked up in the direction of Xi Junmai.

Li Ke looked at Xi Junmai, and Xi Junmai knew what Li Ke meant, so Xi Junmai shook his head immediately.As the commander of Li Ke's personal guard, how could he easily reveal Li Ke's identity without Li Ke's order.

Li Ke saw Xi Junmai's reaction, so he smiled and asked the Taoist priest: "Oh? This king didn't declare his family name, so how does the Taoist master know the identity of this king?"

The Taoist replied calmly: "Your Highness looks very noble, with the aura of a hidden dragon, absolutely extraordinary. In Huainan, apart from His Highness, I am afraid that there is no other person."

Li Ke had a smile on his face after hearing the Taoist's words, but he didn't know what to do in his heart.

Li Keyuan didn't believe in this so-called physiognomy, but since he met Yuan Tiangang and heard what Cen Wenwen mentioned about Yuan Tiangang to him, he felt a little more awe of these people in his heart.

The old man's eyes in front of him are very similar to Yuan Tiangang's, clear but deep, as if he has the ability to see through people's hearts, Li Ke didn't dare to be too careless for a while.

Li Ke said to the Taoist priest: "This king is just a prince. It is better not to mention the so-called hidden dragon's qi master, so as not to cause trouble."

The so-called hidden dragon is the name of the emperor before he ascended the throne. This Taoist called Li Ke by this. Doesn't it point out that Li Ke has the heart to seize the heir, how dare Li Ke agree.

Li Ke didn't want to get too bogged down in this matter, so he asked the Taoist priest: "The Taoist priest can guess the identity of this king, but this king doesn't have the ability to make faces like a Taoist priest, but he doesn't know the name of the Taoist priest yet. Where to practice?"

The Taoist heard Li Ke's question, and replied: "The poor Taoist name Guangyangzi comes from Tengguan, a scenic spot in Baiyun Mountain."

Jing Tengguan, Li Ke listened to Suiyun Taoist's words, although his face was calm, but he had unconsciously smiled in his heart.

Regardless of how this is Taoism, but the name of this gymnasium should not be able to stop the rain. It is lucky that the rain does not speed up when the people who are watching him come here.

Li Ke asked Guangyangzi: "I heard that you have the supernatural power to stop the rain, but is it true?"

When Guangyangzi came to Li Ke, he didn't say anything. He replied truthfully to Li Ke: "It's God's will to rain heavily.

Li Ke was a little surprised by Guangyangzi's frankness. Most of the warlocks are eloquent. The more officials they meet, the more courageous they are to coax them, hoping to win the favor of the court and the powerful, and reach the sky in one step. However, Guangyangzi is Li Ke was also surprised that he did not do so.

There must be a reason for Guangyangzi's answer in this way. Li Ke slapped the case and asked feigned anger: "Then you still dare to stop the rain here, isn't it just defrauding the people of their money?"

After hearing Li Ke's accusation, Guang Yangzi didn't show the slightest panic on his face, but replied calmly: "Your Highness has wronged the poor, and the poor did not take any money, so why lie about it."

Do not take a penny?

Li Ke heard that Guangyangzi didn't take any money for what he did, but the look on his face didn't show any relief.

Since Guangyangzi doesn't take money, he is deceiving his mind, and Guangyangzi's intentions are big.

"Oh? So this king has wronged the Taoist priest?" Li Ke raised his brows lightly and said to Guangyangzi.

Seeing Li Ke's expression was wrong, Guangyangzi naturally guessed what Li Ke was thinking. Hearing Li Ke's misunderstanding, he hurriedly explained: "I don't dare to be wronged, but what the poor Taoist did was also ordered by the magistrate of Lin County."

"The magistrate of Lin County, but Lin Yuantu, the magistrate of Xuyi County?" Li Ke asked Guangyangzi after hearing the words.

Guang Yangzi nodded and said, "It's Lin Yuantu, the magistrate of Lin County."

Xuyi is an important county in Huainan, and he also knows something about Lin Yuantu and Li Ke.

Lin Yuantu comes from the Lin family in Jinan, he is a prominent family in Shandong, he can be regarded as a descendant of a family with a scholarly family, but because he is a concubine, he doesn't get much help from the family.Therefore, although he is nearly forty years old, he has not done much in his official career. He was promoted to the county magistrate of Xuyi last year. Compared with his brothers in the clan, he is considered slow.

Li Ke snorted softly, and said: "Lin Yuantu is so courageous. As a local official, he dares to join forces with Taoists to fool the common people!"

Seeing that Li Ke was angry, Guang Yangzi hurriedly explained: "Your Highness calm down, Lin Zhixian did not do this to fool the people."

Li Ke looked at Guangyangzi who seemed to be eloquent, and asked, "What does that mean?"

Guangyangzi replied: "Huainan has been raining for days, people's hearts are unstable, and there are signs of chaos. Linzhi County temporarily stabilizes people's hearts in the city, so this method is temporarily implemented. I hope Your Highness will carefully observe."

(End of this chapter)