The naked streaking incident caused a sensation. It spread throughout the entire capital in just one day. Yan Liqiang heard people talking about it in the Deer Garden the next day. There were many versions of the rumor. One was that a master who was practicing in the mountains became possessed and ran naked madly. Another was that the man who was running naked was crazy because he was in love. However, the most widely circulated was the third version, which was a combination of the first and second versions. That is, the man who was running naked was indeed a master, and he was in love with a woman named Cuihua. He ran naked madly that day because he heard the news that Cuihua was going to get married. He became possessed during his practice and that was how the horrifying scene took place.
No matter what, the scene that Fang Beidou performed yesterday caused a sensation in the entire Imperial Capital City.
The only thing that made Yan Liqiang feel a little comforted was that after running naked around the Imperial Capital City, he was not caught by anyone. At the same time, among the rumors that were circulating, no one knew that the person running naked was Fang Beidou.
But Yan Liqiang still couldn't be happy, because he was a little skeptical about what Fang Beidou said that day, and he didn't dare to believe it completely. A stranger who didn't know him before suddenly jumped out and told you that you are the savior and want to save the world with you. This kind of thing may be able to fool many people in this era, but for Yan Liqiang, who has lived two lives and seen countless tricks of scammers in his previous life, there is no way to make him excited and have any lofty ideas at the first time. More importantly, Yan Liqiang knew what would happen in four years. At this time, he had no idea how much he could change with his own abilities and how many people he could save. In the past few days, he was worried about this matter almost every day, and could only use cultivation to numb himself. Yan Liqiang had no confidence that he could take on the heavy responsibility of saving the country and the nation, and he didn't like being morally kidnapped. Isn't this the thing that the emperor, the prime minister, the cultural relics of the court, and the peerless strong men do? What is a nameless person who has just advanced to the Dragon and Tiger Warrior and has no power and influence
Yan Liqiang said those words just to make Fang Beidou back down. After all, even in Stephen Chow's movies, Tang Niu didn't really run to the elevator door to poop in public.
What Yan Liqiang didn't expect was that Fang Beidou actually ran naked, so cleanly, thoroughly, and resolutely, leaving everything behind, and ran around the Imperial Capital in broad daylight...
At this time, Yan Liqiang felt as if he had done something stupid. He dug a pit, intending to use it to scare people, but he did not expect that the person he scared would actually jump down. This time, Yan Liqiang found that he was also dragged into the pit and could no longer stay out of it and stand idly by.
Three days later, Yan Liqiang came to Xiaoyun Mountain again during the afternoon break.
The difference from three days ago was that this time when Yan Liqiang went up the mountain, he felt that he was not going to Xiaoyun Mountain, but Liangshan.
"Why are you so stupid to let him run naked? You should have let him do something more difficult, such as competing with him in strength, or letting him collect seven dragon balls, or letting him build a rail gun. Any one of these is better than letting him run naked. Now you have dug your own grave..." Yan Liqiang sighed as he walked on the small path at the back of Xiaoyun Mountain.
It was a sunny day today, with birds singing in the woods and wild flowers everywhere. The scenery was beautiful, but Yan Liqiang was not in the mood for an outing at all.
The road was the same one he had walked three days ago, so Yan Liqiang was familiar with it. He walked all the way and came directly to the dilapidated Bailong Temple.
The gate of Bailong Temple was closed. Yan Liqiang came to the door and knocked gently a few times. After a while, he heard faint footsteps coming from inside the Taoist temple. Someone came to the door, and then a pair of eyes appeared on the crack of the door. They looked out cautiously and found that it was Yan Liqiang, so they opened the door with a creak.
The person who appeared in front of Yan Liqiang was still Fang Beidou, but compared with the Fang Beidou he had met a few days ago, the Fang Beidou at this moment had been completely changed.
What Fang Beidou was wearing was no longer a Taoist robe, but an ordinary long gown. The Taoist bun on Fang Beidou's head was also opened, turning into an ordinary hairstyle. Even the long beard that Fang Beidou had before disappeared, turning into a huge hairy beard.
It was impossible for Fang Beidou to grow so many hairs and beards on his face in just three days, so Yan Liqiang could tell at a glance that the hairs and beards on Fang Beidou's face were fake and glued on.
Three days ago, Beidou looked like an immortal, pretending to be cool with me under a pine tree. But three days later, when I saw him again, he looked like a wanted criminal...
Yan Liqiang, who was in a heavy mood before, wanted to laugh when he saw Fang Beidou's changes, but he could only hold it back and said the first sentence dryly, "Ahem... Ahem... I didn't expect you to change your appearance. I almost didn't recognize you."
"My lord, I have completed the first order you gave me. Is there anything else you want me to do?" Fang Beidou looked at Yan Liqiang with his eyes like bayonets and said with gritted teeth.
"Well... let's go inside and talk!" Yan Liqiang walked into the Taoist temple, and Fang Beidou closed the door behind him.
Still under the pine tree, still in front of the stone table, Yan Liqiang sat down, took out a stack of silver bills from his pocket, and slammed it on the table.
The silver notes were from Datong Money House. Each note had a face value of 10,000 taels, and there were ten in total. These were the same batch that Yan Liqiang had looted from the Shatu people in Pingxi City. That batch of silver notes totaled 490,000 taels, and these were only a part of it.
One hundred thousand taels of silver notes was already a huge sum of money that would drive people crazy. Even in a place like the imperial capital, these silver notes were enough to buy a large piece of good land, a mansion, and live the life of a rich man without worries about food and clothing.
"This is a silver note worth one hundred thousand taels, take it!" Yan Liqiang pushed the stack of silver notes in front of Fang Beidou.
"My Lord, what do you mean by this?"
"You have two choices. The first choice is that this one hundred thousand taels of silver is the compensation I gave you for your mental damage. You take this one hundred thousand taels of silver, and we'll pretend nothing happened. You go your way and I'll go mine. And don't talk to me about saving the country and the people anymore..." Yan Liqiang had just finished saying this when he saw Fang Beidou suddenly stand up. His face flushed red with anger, his fists clenched tightly, and he glared at Yan Liqiang, almost unable to hold back and punching Yan Liqiang in the face.
"What is the second option?" Fang Beidou asked after taking a deep breath.
Yan Liqiang looked at him calmly, "The second choice is that from today on, I will truly be your lord, and you will be my retainer. You will do whatever I ask you to do. I will not explain to you why I do those things, but I can guarantee that what I ask you to do will ultimately save people. I cannot guarantee that I can avoid all the disasters and tragedies that will happen in the future, but I can guarantee that I will do my best. As for the outcome, it depends on God's will. If you choose the second one, then you take this money, because what I am going to ask you to do next will cost a lot of money!"
"Fang Beidou greets the lord!" Fang Beidou bowed to Yan Liqiang without thinking.
But this time, Yan Liqiang did not jump up or dodge. Instead, he sat upright on the stone bench and accepted Fang Beidou's salute solemnly and calmly.
Seeing Fang Beidou kneeling before him, Yan Liqiang felt a strange feeling in his heart. He never expected that after coming to this world, there would be a day when he would be called the lord.
"Okay, sit down!"
Fang Beidou took a deep breath and sat down on the stone bench next to him again.
"Today, when we leave this Taoist temple, we don't need to do this in front of outsiders. The relationship between you and me only needs the two of us to know each other. My name is Yan Liqiang, you call me Liqiang, and I call you Brother Fang. We just met yesterday in Xiaoyun Mountain. I went out for an outing yesterday and accidentally entered the back mountain of Xiaoyun Mountain. I saw Bailong Temple and came to Bailong Temple to meet you. We drank tea and chatted. We talked quite speculatively and appreciated each other and became friends. This is how we met, you must remember it!"
"Don't worry, my lord. I know what to do!" Fang Beidou's face regained its composure. He looked at the 100,000 taels of silver on the table and asked a question, "What does my lord want me to do with these silver notes?"
Yan Liqiang smiled, with a strange look in his eyes, and then asked Fang Beidou a question, "Do you know the court bulletin?"
(End of this chapter)