I am the Tao of bad people

Changan.

Chang'an at this time was just like the rise and fall of Luoyang, the eastern capital in the past. After experiencing the Anshi Rebellion, the Huang Chao Rebellion, and the Zhu Wen Rebellion, under the governance of Shen Feng and Shi Yao, it began to slowly recover some vitality.

This vitality is the smiles on people’s faces.

How many years has it been since I saw such a simple expression?

In other words, has he really seen it in his lifetime?
Li Xingyun put on fake makeup that no one could recognize. He walked on Chang'an Avenue in a daze, savoring the fragrance of the new century bit by bit.

After years of wandering and two years of imprisonment, Li Xingyun's reading of thousands of books has taught him to think logically, which has made his mind only one answer away from transformation.

And his trip was to find the answer.

For this reason, even if he had to travel thousands of miles, he would still seek to understand the truth in his heart.

Ji Ruxue and Lu Linxuan followed behind Li Xingyun. They looked at each other but said nothing. They just left the time for thinking to their men. Even they didn't know what Li Xingyun was thinking at the moment.

They also didn't know why this person came to Chang'an. After all, going from Luoyang to Chang'an was nothing more than jumping from Shen Feng's bowl into his pot.

Li Xingyun walked and looked carefully all the way. After a day of walking, the three of them were tired and hungry.

Chang'an is really too big.

Until Li Xingyun stopped and walked to the most inconspicuous roadside stall.

"Store."

"Sir, you are here? What would you like to eat? Although this shop is small, we have everything you need!"

"Give me three bowls of wonton noodles."

"Okay! Just a moment!"

Li Xingyun took the two girls to sit at the guest table and waited quietly for his meal. This lively scene could be seen most clearly on the street corners of Chang'an.

After all, he had learned Li Chunfeng's Yi Si divination, so he could better see the rise and fall of dynasties.

After struggling for a moment, Li Xingyun finally spoke.

"Store."

"Sir, please tell me."

"Have you cooked yet? I see your restaurant has a lot of customers, so it shouldn't be our turn yet, right?"

"Oh, it's almost done. I work very efficiently and won't keep you waiting for long!"

"You misunderstood. That's not what I meant. What I meant was that I might not have that much money to pay the bill."

The words fell.

The shopkeeper paused slightly when he was about to move his hand. Even some of the diners around looked up at Li Xingyun and the other two.

But Li Xingyun and the other two were exhausted after a long day, and fatigue was faintly visible on their faces, and the guests around them also seemed a little dazed.

Li Xingyun had no airs of a royal family like the Tang Dynasty and could even address the owner of a roadside stall as "you", but the words he said were carefully designed by him.

He stared at the shop owner's back seriously.

The shop owner seemed to have made up his mind, but in the end, he still threw the noodles into the pot.

"It's okay, you guys eat first, and when you have money, you can make it up to me later."

"Everyone has difficult times."

"People like us who run small businesses, and Wuji Shaobing from the next street, were all refugees two years ago!"

“It’s not pleasant to be hungry. Only those who have experienced it know it.”

When the shopkeeper said this, he seemed to be a little melancholy. With moist eyes, he secretly added another small portion of noodles into the pot.

However, these actions of his could not be hidden from Li Xingyun's eyes.

After rebuilding his internal strength, Li Xingyun was able to achieve greater success, and his own cultivation level reached a higher level.

"Thank you very much."

He thanked the store owner solemnly.

Soon, the meal was served.

Li Xingyun ate his meal with big mouthfuls. Even though Shen Feng had him under house arrest in Luoyang, he never treated him badly in terms of food. But compared to the fine meals at that time, the coarse grains seemed to taste better to Li Xingyun.

Ji Ruxue pursed her lips and a smile appeared on her face.

She picked up the bowl and took another large portion of noodles from her own bowl for Li Xingyun.

"Are you hungry? Eat more. My sister and I can share a little. We don't eat much."

Lu Linxuan also nodded and pushed his bowl slightly towards Ji Ruxue, expressing his willingness to eat with her.

The three of them had been through hardships and shared honor and disgrace for many years, and they had long been inseparable. Li Xingyun did not refuse, nor did he despise it. He ate up all the noodles that Ji Ruxue gave him.

Finally, after a full meal, Li Xingyun's heart, which had been somewhat empty for many years, was filled with a bowl of wonton noodles.

"Thank you to the store."

"You're welcome. Welcome to visit us next time!"

Li Xingyun bowed slightly and prepared to leave with the two women. But after he took a few steps, Li Xingyun turned around and asked softly, "Shopkeeper, I would like to ask, can you read?"

"Well, in this chaotic time, it's good enough to be alive."

The shopkeeper seemed a little shy about this question, but he said firmly: "This may be the end of my life, but my son is lucky and has a good life. I paid for him to go to school, and he will definitely be more successful than me!"

Looking at the shop owner's smiling face, Li Xingyun also smiled.

He took out a pen and paper from his pocket, leaned over the table and wrote a few words.

Then, Li Xingyun solemnly handed it to the store owner with both hands.

"Thank you for the meal. I won't eat it for nothing. You can go to any government office and give this calligraphy to them. Someone will pay for it on my behalf."

"This"

"Believe me, you have gone from being a refugee to a businessman. Even if it is a small business, you should trust the government."

After saying this, the shopkeeper nodded solemnly.

He also imitated Li Xingyun's movements, took the note with both hands, and said with a happy smile: "Okay, this is the meal ticket you gave me. I believe you won't lie to me."

Li Xingyun smiled, said nothing more, and turned and left.

Chang'an, that's about it.

Ji Ruxue also saw the words on the paper. She whispered, "Husband, where are we going next?"

"Jiangnan."

Chang'an Taiji Palace.

A bad guy came hurriedly from the palace gate, shouting excitedly as he ran.

"Report!"

"Report!"

Shi Yao, who was handling government affairs, paused for a moment. When she looked up, she saw the bad guy kneeling on the ground, holding a piece of paper in both hands and handing it to her.

"Reporting to Tianyouxing, we have found Li Xingyun's trace!"

The voice just fell.

He just felt a flash before his eyes.

Shi Yao's figure appeared in front of him almost instantly and snatched the note from his hand.

She lowered her eyes and saw a few large words written on it.

"Pay the bill for me, Li Xingyun."

"what the hell?"

Shi Yao muttered to herself. She was actually very anxious about Li Xingyun's whereabouts. Although Shen Feng had once ordered to give up the search, after the news reached Chang'an, those who truly cared about Shen Feng would not give up.

"what happened?"

"Tianyouxing, this is a restaurant in the city. After Li Xingyun finished his meal at a roadside stall, he had no money to pay the bill, so he left a note and asked the restaurant to ask the government for money."

"Listen to his nonsense."

Shi Yao sneered. Others might not know, but she didn’t know the inside story?
Li Xingyun took a lot of gold, silver and jewelry from the Ziwei Palace, which was all his travel expenses.

Of course, many of these things were left over from the Tang Dynasty, and Li Xingyun felt at ease picking up his ancestors' things.

But now Li Xingyun had someone send the calligraphy to the government, and the shopkeeper still had to work hard to come here to ask for it.
Thinking of this, Shi Yao sighed silently.

"Pass the order down and have the government give that store owner three days' worth of business as a reward for his trust in the government."

"promise!"

It's just three days' salary. Even if it's a small reward, it's like buying bones with a lot of gold and setting up a tree at the gate.

The most important thing is integrity.

A man without trust cannot stand; a country without trust will decline.

After dealing with these trivial matters, Shi Yao was about to write a letter to Shen Feng to inform him of this matter, but she suddenly remembered that Shen Feng did not like others to go behind his back and disobey his orders.
But Shi Yao gritted her teeth and put down her pen.

"Never mind! It's my fault for not telling you something. At worst, I'll just get back at him and bully him harder." (End of this chapter)