Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 59

Faced with Li Goudan who "sharpened his knife to the Buddha statue, and swore not to return it if he didn't scrape enough gold powder", Gao Ming was speechless for a moment——

This thief is so dedicated!

"Damn, you're so stupid, does the old Buddha know?"

Li Goudan kept saying, "My Buddha is merciful and doesn't blame him." However, he didn't know whether the Buddha would blame him, but he was sure of one thing, that is, if he was caught, the monks in the temple would not blame him. Absolutely can't spare him!

The resentment of these monks is deep now!
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in order to prove his noble blood, he recognized the Taoist ancestor Li Erta as his ancestor, so Taoism naturally became the state religion.

When Taoism became the state religion, Taoist priests naturally became arrogant. They built Taoist temples, recruited Taoist priests, Taoist aunts, Taoist boys, and believers... They accepted everything, and they were so arrogant!
The Taoist priests have grown stronger, and the monks will naturally not grow stronger. Not only has the territory shrunk, but even the number of believers has decreased a lot.

With fewer sites and believers, income such as sesame oil money and offerings will naturally decrease. With less income, there will be no money to build large temples and large Buddha statues. In this way, the infrastructure cannot keep up and can generate profits Naturally, there is no way to expand the channel.

It's a chain reaction.

The monks were suppressed by the Taoist priests, and they had nothing to do. After all, they were the state religion and had the support of the emperor, but the situation was different when facing small thieves like Li Goudan.

You must know that this guy has scratched people's gold powder for several years. If he was really caught, Gao Ming guessed that the monk would definitely not say something like "a monk takes compassion as his heart"!

At that time, a hemiplegia will be light!

Thinking of this, Gao Ming suddenly admired Li Goudan.

"Li Goudan, you are really not afraid of death!"

Faced with Gao Ming's "praise", Li Goudan smiled modestly.

"Don't dare, dare not, the young one is actually a craftsman in the Jianghu."

"..."

A thief and part-time liar is ashamed to say that he is a craftsman, why don't he apologize to the craftsmen all over the world?

Facing this kind of unscrupulous guy, Gao Ming could only sigh helplessly, and then waved his hand towards him.

"Okay, get up, I won't take you to court, and don't scrape off the gold powder, you are not afraid of being caught and beaten to death, but I am afraid that you will shame me by confessing me!"

"Hey, don't dare..."

Hearing that Gao Ming didn't pursue him anymore, Li Goudan felt a lot easier in his heart. He stood up while smiling, and asked Gao Ming cautiously, "The little one is leaving now?"

Seeing his cautious look, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"Go!"

"Hey, thank you, Lord, you are rewarded for being a good person!"

After finishing speaking, Li Goudan turned around and was about to leave, but he only took two steps when Gao Ming stopped him.

"Wait, you don't want your golden pig anymore?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Goudan turned around quickly, and then bowed to Gao Ming with a smile on his face.

"Grandpa, I dare not lie to you. This is a pure boar, much better than a domestic pig. I will give it to you for a tooth-beating sacrifice. It's a small gesture."

Hearing what Li Goudan said, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"Okay, as long as you can talk, Aji, you take the pig, Azheng, you give him two pennies."

"Yes!"

After Zhang Sizheng received Gao Ming's order, he immediately took out two pieces of money from his wallet and handed them to Li Goudan. Seeing his hesitation, he simply stuffed the money into his arms.

"My grandfather told you, you just keep it!"

Feeling the heavy copper coins in his arms, Li Goudan quickly gave Gao Ming a big gift.

"Thank you for your reward!"

Looking at Li Goudan who was kneeling on the ground again, Gao Ming waved his hand towards him again.

"Okay, let's go. Don't cheat anymore. This time, you just met me and changed someone. Even if you don't arrest you and go to the officials, you will be beaten severely. In the future, do some small business. Don't let me The family is worried."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Goudan would not dare to refute, so he nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, the boy understands, thank you for your reminder."

Gao Ming was also satisfied with his obedient attitude, smiled and stood up, pulling Li Goudan who was kneeling on the ground to his feet.

"Okay, I bought your golden pig, and I gave you the money. Now that the deal is completed, let's go out!"

"Yes, yes, sir, please first!"

Facing the flattering Li Goudan, Gao Ming nodded, and walked forward, chatting with Li Goudan while walking.

"Li Goudan, have you always lived in Chang'an?"

"Master Hui, the younger one was originally from Jingzhao, but came to Chang'an after the locust plague hit his hometown!"

Gao Ming knew that there were many locust plagues during the Zhenguan period, so he sighed immediately after hearing what Li Goudan said.

"Oh, that's really not easy."

"Yeah yeah!"

"I heard that your child is very cute, how old is it?"

"Five years old...uh..."

Li Goudan had just finished answering, but suddenly realized that he had slipped his tongue. He looked up and found that Gao Ming was looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, and he was stunned.

Looking at Li Goudan with a dazed expression, Gao Ming immediately raised his eyebrows at him.

"Just now I remembered you said that there is no one in your house, you are the only one, right?"

"Uh……"

The reason why Li Goudan lied just now was actually to prevent his family members from being affected after being sent to the government. He thought that he had overcome the difficulties, but he didn't expect to be cheated by Gao Ming so casually.

Who is the liar?
What about the most basic trust between people?

Hearing a "plop", Li Goudan knelt down again.

"Grandpa, I've confessed to being defeated, you can send me to the government, but the disaster is not as good as my wife and children, please be merciful, woo woo woo..."

After finishing speaking, he kowtowed a few times to Gao Ming again, and when he raised his head, tears were streaming down his face.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

"Is that why you're crying?"

In fact, Gao Ming couldn't understand Li Goudan's difficult mental journey at all. Under the blow of hope and despair again and again, crying can only be regarded as a normal reaction.

Looking at Li Goudan who was crying so sadly, Gao Ming couldn't laugh or cry.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, a big man is not too ugly, I'm just teasing you, you go, go, go, go..."

In this way, Li Goudan was driven away by Gao Ming, but he was very grateful when he left, which made Gao Ming feel a little embarrassed.

After Li Goudan left, Gao Ming suddenly found that the little girl Li Mingda was looking at him with reverence, and even Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng showed the same expression as her.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming blinked in surprise.

"What? Is there something wrong with me?"

(End of this chapter)