Volume 1: Youth Tour, Long Journey, Far Away, and Quartet Chapter 79: Gossip in the market hurts the most
Taoist Shuangwei saw that the young man had discovered him, so he had to pretend to be calm and straightened his sleeves, straightened his Taoist crown, stood up and looked at Lin Manliu and Ye Dangting.
Every move of the purple-robed and black-crowned Taoist on the stage is so sacred in the eyes of the people below the stage. Seeing the "living Bodhisattva"-like Taoist priest stand up and straighten his clothes, the noise of everyone grabbing the cooling charms was much quieter than before.
Quietly waiting for Taoist Shuangwei's follow-up words, this seems to affect whether they can have more cooling charms today or in the future or get more cooling charms than others.
Taoist Shuangwei looked at the actions of the people and felt a little unhappy. Why did he meet this young man at this time? Why did he appear here to disrupt his plan.
"The two laymen look familiar, especially this little layman who has a close affinity with Pindao. Do you come here today to ask for this cooling talisman? Pindao gave it to the two laymen because he was destined to do so. Don't do it.
"Rejection" Taoist Shuangwei's face was gentle, as if the old immortal in the Taoist temple had stepped out of the scroll.
He was still fiddling with the whisk in his hand, probably trying to find a suitable position to show off his immortality, but the young man's words threw cold water on him.
"I'm not familiar with you..." Lin Manliu said and was about to turn around and leave. He had just returned to his hometown and didn't want to cause any more trouble.
Taoist Shuangwei's face was stiff. The fly whisk in his hand had not yet landed on his forearm and hung motionless in mid-air for a long time. Then he said awkwardly: "Little friend, walk slowly... I will not see you off anymore."
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Just as Ye Dang listened and Lin Manliu turned around to leave, some people's gossip came from behind.
"Whose child is so disobedient? The Taoist priest kindly gave him a favor, but he also insulted the Taoist priest. He really doesn't know good from evil...".
"It must be that wild kid from Dongcheng who comes here to hang out in the alleys. You see, his clothes are so torn and he is still wearing them. I think, let alone those poor alleys in Dongcheng, there may not even be a place to take shelter from the rain.
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"You are so tall, so you must have eaten a lot of the 'pig food' in Dongcheng... But you don't even want to have good moral character. I guess you are a bastard who has a mother but not a mother...".
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More and more voices were heard among the crowd. Before the journey, the young man could only endure it. Faced with these insults, he did not dare to have the slightest intention to speak back, or he might be violent and draw his sword during the journey.
Pointing at these people, relying on the fact that he has a sword in his hand can threaten others, relying on the fact that he has one more weapon at his disposal than those who are powerless.
But at this moment, Lin Manliu, who was stepping on the ground in his hometown, made no move at all. He looked up at the dark clouds in the sky. The drizzle hit his face, and the raindrops splashed all over the young man's body.
"Let's go..." Lin Manliu murmured.
"Leave now? Just wait for me? You can bear it, but I can't bear it. It's Yanhe, not me, Ye Dangting who teaches you these principles." Ye Dangting said suddenly.
I saw the old liar in yellow shirt rubbing his chin with his right hand, and began to look at the group of people who had been talking nonsense after standing up. He looked at the evil smile on that person's face like a gangster, and Ye Dangting had been listening to this for a month.
The beards that had never been trimmed had grown all over the face, making it look more like those mountain bandits. The words they had spoken before began to decrease, and they unconsciously took a step back.
Especially the woman who had bought a cooling charm in the rain while holding her child in her arms. She looked a little frightened and started shouting and trying to shrink back deeper. She didn't care about the child in her arms at all. What she said just now is that the mother is born but not the mother.
From what this woman said.
"Taoist priest, save me...Taoist priest, save me...Taoist priest, that ruffian just looked straight at me and my child. He wants to do something wrong to me...Taoist priest, save me," the woman shouted.
While she was retreating, she was already submerged in the crowd and almost touching the edge of the stage. She was still retreating. The baby in her arms began to cry louder, but she seemed not to hear it and was just shouting randomly.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Taoist Shuangwei jumped down to the open space in front of the stage.
"I don't know how to call this layman... My poor Taoist name is Shuangwei. There will inevitably be some gossip in the market, so the layman must not take it to heart."
"There's no need to call him by name, Ye Dangting from the east of the city is my eldest brother!" Ye Dangting also heard about the encounter between the boy and Eleven along the way, so he should pay more attention before meeting up with Eleven again.
These days, the master has always reminded me and my senior brother of their names, as well as the incident in front of the Star Viewing Taoist Gate three months ago, and the battle with Shuangwei Taoist in the Bamboo Forest. They are still lingering in my mind. At this time, because of this name, they are directly let go.
Dao's heart was unsteady, and he almost staggered and fell backwards.
After Taoist Shuangwei managed to stabilize his body, he began to breathe in and out in front of the crowd. After a while, he called Ye Dangting a Taoist official, and said with a warm face: "It turns out he is Taoist friend Ye's brother.
Pindao really has a good destiny in this Fengcheng today...".
Taoist Shuangwei, who was originally waiting for Ye Dang to hear a sound so that he could find a way down, did not know that the crowd behind him started to become restless.
"I don't want to show you any shame, right? I didn't even see the Taoist priest step down to persuade me. You are such an unreasonable guy, why are you showing off there!".
"I see you are a savage who came out of nowhere. Why don't you take that bastard of yours and get out of here? The government officials don't care about it. Why are you letting everyone go to the West City?"
"Maybe he went to the market today and brought his bastard to the Goulan Lane to find that beautiful girl to be his mother."
These words began to be spoken non-stop among the crowd, and the sarcasm in the words became more and more intense. At this time, Ye Dangting did not have the slightest thought of getting angry, but looked at Taoist Shuangwei with a more playful smile.
"The old liar isn't leaving yet? I have to let you scold both you and me before I leave, right?" Lin Manliu said again. Originally, he was ready to drag Ye Dangting away, but those people behind him didn't even think about the old liar.
Ye started to yell and curse.
"Wait a minute, don't push me. The more I push, the slower I go. I never saw them scolding me so harshly. If I don't say some cruel words, my image of a bully will be gone." Ye Dang didn't even look at Lin Manliu after hearing this, but only left his left hand.
He waved to him to wait a moment.
Because Taoist Shuangwei had his back to everyone, no one could see the expression on his face, which seemed to be dripping with water. The master had repeatedly told him not to go to the east of the city to bother Ye Dangting, but today he ended up going there
He was hit by someone, and he didn't know how he would be punished by his master when he looked back.
"Is this the grand scene under Priest Shuangwei's mission?" Ye Dangting said with a bad smile.
"The layman is so complimentary... I am a poor Taoist who has not prepared properly today and has disturbed the layman's purity. I hope the layman will forgive me..." Taoist Shuangwei said with trembling lips, not daring to look directly at the slovenly man in front of him.
Sloppy guy.
"I can't control their words, but I can control your behavior. Who can make me a kind person?" The smile on Ye Dangting's face became thicker.
"You are really free..." Lin Manliu looked at this old liar with some contempt.
"I've seen your master wield a stick," Ye Dangting suddenly looked at the young man beside him and said.
Lin Manliu was a little confused by the sudden question. He suddenly remembered the first time his master taught him how to swing a stick in the yard at home, and the words "I am a striker..." popped out of his mouth unconsciously.
"It seems that I have seen it before, so I don't need to teach you anymore." After hearing this, Ye Dang looked around, stared at a chair, and began to walk over on his own. When he got to the chair, he kicked it.
He picked up a chair leg that came to him, then stood up and looked at the Taoist priest in purple robe and black crown in the middle of the crowd.
When Taoist Shuangwei heard from Ye Dang that he was going to be treated, he did not dare to take any action. Seeing that the man had picked up a stick, he gritted his teeth and then emboldened himself and said: "The layman has repeatedly made things difficult for the poor Taoist.
, maybe it’s because I think Pindao is easy to bully!”.
Chapter completed!