The old Taoist stood in front of them with his eyes tightly closed, blocking the door and ignoring them at all. His face was crisscrossed with wrinkles, like a withered old wood. At this moment, his face remained expressionless, ignoring Master Li's attendant's words, as if he had entered a state of meditation. Master Li was filled with anger in his heart, and the old Taoist spewed out a profound sentence: "If you want to see the leader of the Louguantai Taoist Temple, please pay me fifty silver coins first.”
Young Master Li is a domineering person in Beijing. He has always been arrogant, and being blocked in such a small place has made him unhappy. Now that he is openly blackmailed, he can no longer resist it. Taking a step towards the old Taoist is a slap in the face. He cursed, "Dog slave! Your dog's eyes are low on people.”
The old Taoist clearly did not expect to be slapped in the face. He fell to the ground with a splash, and his face immediately turned red and swollen. The old Taoist immediately returned from his meditative state to the real world, and his old tree bark like face began to look vivid: "Oh, why did you hit me?" At this time, except for the Taoist on duty in various halls, all other Taoists were eating in the living area. At the sight of the old Taoist being beaten, a swarm of people immediately gathered around him, shouting loudly, "Who are you? How dare you go to Lou Guantai Taoist Temple to beat a Taoist?" "We haven't seen any high-ranking officials or nobles in Zhongnan Mountain before?" "Friends, quickly pick up sticks and kitchen knives, someone is beating our old Taoist!" Some of the impatient people quickly stepped forward, raised their fists and hit Master Li.
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Master Li loudly ordered his attendants, "Beat them! Teach these lowly Taoists in these small places a lesson! Let them remember me!" The four black clad men rushed into the crowd without a word, like wolves entering the flock. Immediately, there were angry shouts and painful cries, causing chaos in the living area courtyard.
“Stop it all! "Suddenly, a majestic shout came from afar.
The Taoists were stunned and quickly stopped fighting. They stood on both sides, hands down. Behind the crowd appeared a tall and obese Maitreya Buddha like Donglai Taoist. Donglai Taoist frowned and walked over. His expression was serious, his eyes deep, and he looked like a saint. He was about to ask Young Master Li why he had his followers beat the Taoist when he suddenly saw all the Taoist priests with bruises and disheartened faces. He couldn't help but grin.
The little Taoist behind him quickly pulled at his lapel and whispered, "Leader, our Taoist has been beaten. You shouldn't laugh at this moment！”
Only then did Donglai Taoist awaken. He coughed lightly and put away his smile, saying, "May I ask this gentleman, what is the relationship between Mr. Li Guang, the Minister of Finance in the central government, and you？”
The young man in the blue robe flipped his eyelids towards the sky, snorted softly, and said arrogantly, "The Minister of Finance is my father.”
Donglai Taoist nodded and said, "So you are the son of the Minister of Finance. Welcome to visit here! Please follow me to the guest room.”
In the stone house where Taoist Donglai rested, Master Li sat on a futon, with four bodyguards standing behind him. Donglai Taoist and he sat face to face on the futon.