When the old man saw the temple abbot, he blushed and shouted: "Why don't you just eat two pieces of pastry and chase me, an old master?"
After saying that, he turned to Lin Yanli and said, "Granddaughter, let's go quickly!"
Lin Yanli stood still.
"Granddaughter, why don't you move? If you don't move, I will move."
Seeing Miao Zhu getting closer, the old man shrunk his neck, let go of Lin Yanli's hand, and ran towards the door.
Gu Xuanbei and Chen Mokou looked at each other and took a step forward to stop the old man from going.
Seeing that there was no way to go, the old man stamped his feet and said anxiously: "You people are bullying me, an old master who is weak and weak!"
The two temple ministers rushed over, grabbed brooms, and started to fight with their hands. Lin Yanli quickly took action to stop the two of them.
She sighed, took out two heavy pieces of silver from her storage bag, and said, "I paid for the cakes he stole, and the extra silver will be used by me to add fragrance to the City God."
"Hey, it's easy to talk about."
When the two temple ministers saw the silver in Lin Yanli's hand, their eyes widened. One of them happily took the silver from Lin Yanli's hand, put the broom aside and looked at the old man again.
"Old man, thanks to this young lady's kindness, otherwise I would have beaten you to death today!"
The old man's eyes widened, and he seemed to become hardened. He stretched his neck, patted his head, and said: "I have no special skills, I just have a strong head. If you have the ability, come and give me a try!"
After receiving the money, Miao Zhu paid no attention to the old man and just thought he was a lunatic who said nonsense.
After the two temple ministers left, the old man ran back to Lin Yanli and held her hand: "You kid, why did you give them so much money if you just ate a few pieces of pastries from them?"
Lin Yanli pushed the old man's hand away and frowned: "Since you claim to be a master and a scholar, why would you steal other people's cakes?"
"I, I'm not afraid that they will break. If they are left there for many days, they will break soon. I am helping them!" the old man said with a serious look.
"No matter what, sir, you should not steal other people's tributes."
"How can a scholar say that he stole? Stealing is stealing!"
"I have already paid money for you, sir. Please stop messing around. This piece of silver will be enough for you to live for a while." Lin Yanli waved his sleeves, placed a silver ingot in the old man's hand, and pushed his hand.
, "Farewell!"
Lin Yanli waved his sleeves lightly, pushed away the old man's right hand, and left the City God's Temple.
"It's getting late, let's go to Kong's house!"
Lin Yanli and his party headed towards the Kong family.
This is an inconspicuous alley, usually rarely visited by people, but at this time it was extremely lively.
Lin Yanli formed a water mirror in front of her, looked up and down in the mirror, and didn't notice anything rude about herself.
Just as she was about to move forward, a call came from behind her.
"Granddaughter, granddaughter!"
Hearing this title, Lin Yanli couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. She turned her head and saw the old man's figure in the gap in the crowd.
The old man didn't know when he bought a roast chicken. He ran up to Lin Yanli with the roast chicken and said with a charming smile, "Is your granddaughter going to the Kong family for a banquet?"
Lin Yanli looked at the old man's greasy hands and subconsciously took a step back. She nodded and responded: "Other than coming to the Kong family to give gifts, who else would come here?"
"Indeed." The old man murmured, pulled a chicken leg from the roasted chicken and handed it to Lin Yanli. He said with a smile: "This roasted chicken is very delicious. I have been craving for it for several days. Thanks to my granddaughter, I finally got it today.
It’s eaten.”
Lin Yanli looked at the chicken drumsticks handed over by the old man in front of her and pursed her lips with a smile. She stretched out her hand to push it and said, "Old sir, you should eat it yourself. I will give gifts to the Kong family later so that others can see that my hands are dirty.
It's somewhat of a breach of etiquette to wait until the Kong family's banquet is over before treating Mr. to the most delicious roast chicken in the world."
"The most delicious roast chicken in the world!" The old man's eyes lit up, looking forward to this.
Lin Yanli raised her hands and cupped them in farewell, and led Gu Xuanbei and others outside the Kong family's residence.
Lin Yanli touched the stone lion outside the mansion with her hand, looked up at the plaque of the mansion, took the couplets on both sides into her eyes, and said with a smile: "What a place for the sages of the Confucius family, even the couplets are so extraordinary."
, but it’s still not as good as the one I personally wrote on the mountain gate.”
Gu Xuanbei thought of the couplet hung by Qian Mo Sect on the mountain gate and joked: "If these scholars read your couplet, they will still call you Mrs. Lin."
Lin Yanli turned her head and glanced at Gu Xuanbei, grinning: "What a great disciple, I love hearing this."
"I was just kidding, don't get too carried away."
Lin Yanli came back from her fantasy. She rubbed her face with her hands, took out a small ring from her storage bag and put it on her finger. She raised her hand and pointed towards the Kong Mansion: "The action begins!"
The group of people came to the end of the gift-giving queue. Chen Mo Mo looked at the long queue in front of him and couldn't help but mocked: "As expected of the Kong family, there are quite a lot of forces coming to give gifts!"
Lin Yanli nodded, spread out his consciousness, and remembered these people in his heart.
"You want to come to Kong's house for a wedding banquet without an invitation? That's wishful thinking!"
At this time, someone was kicked out of Confucius' mansion, and then a middle-aged man walked out of the mansion. He was wearing a rich suit and a gold and jade belt around his waist, looking rich.
He looked down at the people outside the mansion and snorted coldly: "Today's wedding, the Kong family will only receive distinguished guests with invitations. If there are no invitations, just invite them back!"
As soon as this statement came out, there was a lot of discussion.
"Do you have the invitation?"
"What can we do without an invitation?"
"The Kong family is so proud. When I gave gifts to Yan Shengren, they didn't turn them away."
"Hmph, a side branch really thinks he is Duke Yansheng of Guanhai Academy."
"Hey, don't lie, after all, you are of the blood of the Holy Saint."
The wealthy middle-aged man seemed to have expected this situation. He raised his hand, and two young men who looked like handymen brought a desk and a chair and placed them at the door.
The middle-aged man took out a cyan account book from his storage bag and said softly: "Of course, if you come to send congratulatory gifts, the Kong family has no reason not to accept them. The aristocratic families who are willing to be associated with the Kong family come here to register. Of course,
You can leave, and the Kong family won’t stop you, so please think about it!”
There was silence for a moment.
Faced with such rogue conditions of the Kong family, no one present left.
"Pfft... This Danzhou Kong family is really shameless. It really refreshed my understanding of Confucianism cultivators once again." Gu Xuanbei looked at the silence of everyone, and she couldn't help but smile, her smile full of ridicule.
"Some scholars are indeed scum, but we can't kill them all at once. Those seniors are all worthy of our respect, and the one I admire the most is Saint Yan!" Lin Yanli said seriously with his hands behind his back.