My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 12: Lazy as a pig and dog, lewd as a snake and scorpion

Since the master and elders have summoned him, Li Bailong is ready to set off.

But I still have to tidy up the house first and completely erase all "traces of creation" before I can go out.

The house where he slept last night was his private residence, with two courtyards and an area of ​​about 200 to 300 square meters. It was located in Chunpingfang, north of Lin County.

With the current housing prices in Chunpingfang, a wealthy area, this piece of land is worth four hundred taels of silver. It is valuable because of its location, security conditions, environmental advantages and the increasing number of nouveau riche.

But considering the high-end building materials used to build the house, the valuable furniture displayed there, and various invisible additional services, the starting price is four thousand taels.

As for how much he spent on the house...

Hey, how do you know that I won the first place in the Jiangbei Prefecture Examination two years ago, and was the first in the three sword-weapon lists, so I was rewarded super double by the county government and was given this set of two to enter the villa?
He closed the door. The heavy iron and black wooden door did not have a padlock or bolt. Li Bailong simply pressed the tiger head that was holding the door knocker, and the closed door made a clanging sound as if it was mechanically locked.

As the gate closed, the surrounding walls emitted a low buzzing sound, as if some mechanism was activated, and several signs on the walls on both sides lit up at the same time.

The signs all had the same words on them.

"Your Highness's private residence is protected by the orthodox Daoism. This formation map has been sent to the Lin County Military Police Interrogation Department. Anyone who enters without permission will bear the consequences at their own risk. Good or bad fortune is up to you, and you will bring it upon yourself."

There is no signature below the sign, only a seal. The shape of the seal is like a fire cloud rising into the sky, with Taoist cloud seal characters inside, and eight characters written in a fairy-like style.

"The Tao is the study of things, the Xuanyuan is the orthodox one."

——These signs are worth one thousand eight hundred taels.

But he didn't spend any money. This was a gift from the Lin County Office of Xuanyuan Sect when he won the exam in his mansion.

After locking the door, Li Bailong turned around and looked to the right side of the street.

The Han family opposite was a wealthy family that had been passed down for six generations in the county. Their ancestors had a military scholar who had passed the imperial examination and had served as a prefect, but now they had not produced any talent for three generations. Fortunately, the family business was large enough, and their ancestors had bought a lot of good land, several stores in the city, and even two paper mills, which was enough for their descendants to make a living for several generations.

His family's house was, of course, much more luxurious than Li Bailong's, with high walls and flying eaves, red doors and spacious houses. In the deep courtyard, one could hear the rustling of bamboo leaves in the wind and the gurgling sound of running water flowing into a pond.

There were four or five gatekeepers sitting and playing at the bottom of the high steps of the mansion gate. When they noticed Li Bailong pushing the door open, they jumped up and retreated to the wall, with their hands hanging down and their heads bent, looking extremely panicked.

Li Bailong was too lazy to pass by them and see their frightened and timid looks, so he walked to the left side of the street. With a casual glance, he saw a warning sign of Xuanyuan Sect nailed on the high wall of Han Mansion.

Apparently this wealthy family in the county also bought Xuanyuan Sect’s security products, but the words on the sign only said “consequences at your own risk”, and there was no Xuanyuan Sect’s seal or logo, so it could only be said to be a youth version of the product.

Not to mention the lack of the most crucial "Good and bad fortune are caused by you, and you bring them upon yourself."

This sentence alone is worth eight hundred taels of silver - this is basically the most solemn promise of the Taoist priests, which means "super VIP customer, if you barge in, we may come and deal with you ourselves."

Even so, the Han family has no chance of buying it.

He walked slowly along the street. There were huge mulberry trees planted on both sides of the road, with their crowns like canopies. The road surface was paved with bluestone slabs, and some water marks could still be seen, which must have been caused by water not long ago.

This is a wealthy neighborhood, clean and tidy. It is early morning and the streets are filled with servants and maids from wealthy families who are out shopping for official business. They only dare to walk hurriedly along the walls of the street with their heads lowered.

There were only a few people who walked on the street as confidently as Li Bailong. They were either wealthy men dressed in silk or warriors of noble status. But when these people saw Li Bailong, they politely stepped aside and saluted him.

Li Bailong responded politely, exchanged a few words of greeting, and then left.

Walking slowly along the street, we soon arrived at the east gate of Chunpingfang. The Fangshi system implemented in the early years of this dynasty had been in name only 150 years ago. The residential areas of ordinary people were already integrated with the streets and markets, but the rich areas still had security and secrecy needs, just like Chunpingfang, which still had walls, gates and patrol officers.

The yamen runners who were on duty at the gate saw Li Bailong coming and immediately put on a spirited look. The captain, who was originally sitting on a chair nearby drinking tea and taking a rest, also stood up.

The captain's surname was Ding. He was fat and strong, with bulging temples, a thick neck, bright eyes, and powerful external skills. He fits the general image of a grassroots leader of a local law enforcement agency in Qi State.

There was just a hint of tiredness on his face, probably because he didn't sleep well last night. But his smile was natural and it seemed that he had stayed up all night happily.

When he saw Li Bailong, he greeted him with a smile: "Did you stay here yesterday, sir?"

Li Bailong nodded: "Captain Ding doesn't look like he slept well."

The other party laughed and said mysteriously, "I'd like to tell you that although I was assigned by my superior to do something last night and wasted half the night, and I haven't caught the culprit yet, I did get an unexpected reward. I'm close to the water and get the moon first, and I'll be working with my colleagues until dawn!"

"..."

Damn, there's actually a guy like you!

Li Bailong was annoyed, but he showed a confused look at the right time: "What?"

Captain Ding suddenly realized what was happening and smiled sheepishly, "These are all obscene things that we dirty people have read. If we tell you about them, you will pollute your ears."

——The case has been solved, you are indeed involved.

When Captain Ding mentioned the word "dirty things", Li Bailong was very self-aware and identified himself with it.

The thing that was "seen till dawn" must be the draft of the fourth volume of "Legend of Huangji Zhantian".

In other words, the owner of the study also...

The Long Aotian in his mind began to urge Li Bailong to ask more questions.

After all, the boss was gone and the draft fell into the hands of others. This meant that the fourth volume could not be printed and sold. As it involved the collection of vows, Lao Long had already shouted the way to death decisively in his sea of ​​consciousness.

But asking questions requires skill.

After all, as a young man of noble family who is pure, famous and upright, if he shows extraordinary concern and curiosity about "arresting the author of vulgar and exciting novels with a mysterious identity", this matter may become a shining light in the dark background of Detective Conan if it falls into the ears of someone with ulterior motives.

So Li Bailong frowned slightly, his face revealing his dissatisfaction with the Riddler, and his gentle but powerful eyes expressed the question of "What the hell are you talking about?"

Seeing this, Captain Ding was startled and immediately said with a smile, "It's my fault for saying such nonsense... To be honest, my lord, yesterday a superior from the prefecture sent us to arrest a scholar named Long Batian overnight. That guy wrote a book called "Legend of the Imperial Battle of Heaven". I don't know why he got into trouble..."

Li Bailong nodded, and acted as if nothing had happened, "I am a young man from a famous family, I won't pay attention to such inexplicable and dirty things, but the topic has come to this point, so I have to continue asking out of politeness." He asked in a light tone: "Has the man been caught?"

"No, we only caught the owner of the bookstore that printed the book for him."

Li Bailong pondered in his heart, but remained calm on the surface. He nodded and said, "I see. Thank you for your hard work... If you can use me in this matter, please let me know."

Captain Ding said hurriedly, "That old thief Liang Long Batian is as lazy as a pig or a dog, as lewd as a snake or a scorpion. He is just a lousy writer, why bother asking him? We can just send him off on our own!"

"..."

You curse again!
(End of this chapter)