The Dao dies but I live on, the spiritual energy dries up but I remain evergreen

The two monks beat up the pawnshop clerk, stole the money, and distributed the money to the onlookers. Then they were chased by the police for three blocks...

In an alley.

Zhao Qing was thinking about what had just happened, and a strange expression appeared on his usually serious face.

But it also adds a touch of liveliness.

This is the first time I've experienced such a weird thing.

But it seems... a little interesting?

"Five hundred taels of silver."

"Then I will contribute five hundred taels."

Li Chang smiled and patted the cloth bag on his body, which was heavy with at least five hundred taels of gold.

He had never had so much money before.

"You knew early on that the pawnshop would lower the price, right? Why did you still go to the pawnshop?" Zhao Qing asked.

"Well..." Li Changxiao said truthfully: "To beat them up."

He hated pawn shops.

The reason for this has to start with the exile of 30,000 miles.

When he arrived at his destination, his life became a problem, but he was smart and deposited some valuables in the dream space in advance.

He went to a pawn shop to pawn his item, but the price was pushed down to an extremely low level.

In a fit of anger, he went to another pawnshop to pawn his item, but the price offered by the pawnshop owner was still very low.

He went to all the pawnshops, and the price was lower and lower in each one. But he needed money, otherwise his survival would be a problem. In the end, he had to pawn his valuables at a low price.

Later, he found out.

It turns out that pawnshops not only lower prices, but also mark items.

Marked items will still be sold at a lower price even if they are taken to another pawn shop.

All pawnshops are of the same clan, specializing in swindling poor customers who are short of money. No one is an exception, because this is the rule of the trade! It is an iron rule that lies beneath the surface, but is stronger than iron.

Li Changxiao is a man who will avenge his enemies, repay his kindness, and pay his debts.

Normally, he didn't have anything valuable. It would be bad to just walk into someone's store and beat them up, right? That would be too overbearing.

So, when he learned that the hairpin was valuable, he went to the pawnshop immediately.

The whole thing is served.

Li Changxiao did not hide this history and told it to Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing chuckled and said, "You're a cultivator, why do you bother with others?"

Li Changxiao said that it couldn't be counted that way. He would feel guilty if he beat someone for no reason, but beating up the pawnshop owner would only make him feel good. If he had any valuables in the future, he would still go to the pawnshop and beat them up.

"By the way, you still left the hairpin there." Zhao Qing thought of something and felt that Li Changxiao was careless.

Li Chang smiled without saying anything, but for some reason, Zhao Qing felt a hint of sinisterness and cunningness in his smile.

Get rid of the officers and soldiers.

Li Changxiao walked into the fruit stall, bought a watermelon and a bag of melon seeds, and walked towards the west side of the city with Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing was curious, and his mentality had changed unconsciously.

From the very beginning, when I walked into the restaurant and ordered food, I felt that this person was lazy. Now I am curious about what he is going to do next.

It took about an incense stick of time.

The destination has arrived.

It's a private house with a high threshold and servants guarding it. It looks like the owner should be quite wealthy.

"Zhou Mansion..."

"It looks like an ordinary residence. What are you doing here?"

Zhao Qing frowned.

Li Changxiao did not reply. He looked around, and his sight finally fixed on a tall old tree a few meters away. He climbed up the branch, sat on it, and waved to Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing took some effort and climbed up the branch.

Li Changxiao unsheathed the Qingping sword, split the watermelon into two halves, and handed one half to Zhao Qing.

"You don't have to come here to eat watermelon, right?" Zhao Qing said.

"Shh!"

Li Changxiao hushed and signaled to keep quiet because the show was about to begin.

that's it.

He sat on a branch, eating watermelon and waiting for the show to begin.

far away.

A group of people came in a mighty procession, with servants carrying several boxes of gifts.

It turns out he came to cancel the engagement.

The son of the Zhou family who was broken off from the engagement naturally refused, and in a rage, the two families started a fierce quarrel.

All of this was seen clearly by two spectators not far away.

This farce lasted for a full half hour. The two heads of the family saw that the matter was difficult to put an end to, and no matter how much they quarreled, there would be no end to it, so they invited the judge to come.

With the entrance of the great judge, the plot became more and more lively.

Later, it was revealed that the second son of the Zhou family embezzled the family money, the fourth son of the Zhou family had an affair with the eldest sister-in-law, and the woman who came to cancel the engagement had an immoral private life and was also having affairs with several scholars.

The relationship between the two families is complicated.

At first, Zhao Qing still had an indifferent attitude.

But the more she watched, the more the plot developed beyond her expectations.

Gradually, she focused all her attention on it, her eyes widened, trying to sort out the relationship between the two families.

I might even put myself in the situation and think, if I were the judge, how would I handle the case?

In the end, the judge was so angry that he stomped his feet, threw his hands, roared, and said that he could not judge the case, and left angrily.

It is said that even a young official cannot settle family disputes.

"You two thieves! So you are here!!"

At this time, the constable from the yamen noticed the two people eating melons on the tree branch.

He immediately yelled.

He was determined to avenge his previous humiliation and bring the two men to justice.

Li Changxiao took a sip of the liquor and laughed out loud.

This down-and-out swordsman naturally chose to run away.

Zhao Qing found it amazing. If she were alone and being chased by soldiers like this, she would fight back immediately. Even if she didn't use her spiritual energy and didn't know martial arts, a dozen ordinary mortals would not be her match.

But at the moment.

Seeing Li Changxiao running, she ran too.

I just couldn't help but wonder in my mind that this guy was willing to help me break the deadlock, but he was always chased away by the officers and soldiers.

What a weird guy. With such a character, even in that era of shining stars, it is probably rare.

No wonder Nian Er...

......

In the night, Li Changxiao lay on the grass.

Looking at the starry sky, my heart feels peaceful.

Zhao Qing sat down next to him and asked softly, "Have you always been like this?"

Li Changxiao unscrewed the cork and took a sip of wine, "Yes."

Li Changxiao looked deep in his eyes and suddenly asked, "What about you? Zhao Qing is your alias, right? I always feel that you must have been very famous in the past. Your style of doing things reminds me of an old friend."

"Oh?" Zhao Qing was curious.

"She is also a woman." Li Changxiao said, "She also regards the great way as more important than anything else."

Zhao Qing knew that Li Changxiao was actually talking about Si Nian, but Si Nian's style of doing things was very similar to her own, which was why she accepted Si Nian as her apprentice.

"The Tao is indeed more important than anything else." Zhao Qing put a few strands of hair behind her ears and laughed at herself, "But the Tao is hiding."