Chapter 3; Street hawking, fines
"Brother Yu, is something happening?" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from a distance, pulling Bai Yu back from his thoughts.
"Oh, it's you two boys." Bai Yu looked down and found that two street patrol officers were standing there at the corner. "There's nothing here, let's go."
"But I clearly saw it just now..." Before the fat detective finished speaking, he was forcibly interrupted by the thin detective.
"Stop talking nonsense, Brother Yu said nothing, you must have read it wrong."
As the captain of the street patrol team, Bai Yu is the boss of these two street patrol team members. As long as there is no major problem, they will naturally not say much about Bai Yu.
"Okay, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, I have been patrolling for so long, and I think you are tired too, so I'd better find a place to rest for a while." Bai Yu waved to the two of them and said.
"Thank you, Brother Yu." Hearing this, the fat man Zhao Hu didn't pick a place and sat on the ground. "I've been exhausted these days."
"Who said no?" Hearing this, Zhang Long couldn't help complaining. "We used to be over, but since the dragon corpse of the Dragon King of Jinghe fell from the palace, Chang'an City has attracted many mice. Those guys have never stopped at night."
"Hey, are you saying that the rumor is true?" Zhao Hu came over at this time and spoke with interest: "The Dragon King of Jinghe was really angry because he made a bet with the uncle of the Great Heavenly Master. He changed the number of raindrops and was beheaded by the gods in the sky."
"More than that, there are more magical ones." Zhang Long also inserted in at this time. "It is said that the person in charge of the execution was Mr. Wei Baice. Some people said that on the day of the beheading, Emperor Tang happened to play chess with his husband. As a result, the teacher took a nap and easily killed the River Dragon King in his dream."
"Okay, don't talk nonsense if you shouldn't say anything." Bai Yu frowned, warned the two of them, and then changed his mind. "Do you know the Water and Land Dharma Assembly?"
"Learn a little." After thinking for a while, the two nodded. "It seems that because of the omen of the dragon corpse from the sky, Emperor Tang was frightened by this incident and contracted an unknown strange disease. So they wanted to hold a seven-day water and land conference in the city, and ask many monks to resolve this ominous and unlucky."
"You are right." Bai Yu nodded, then looked at the two of them and laughed. "I know that everyone has worked hard during this period, so I have asked the superiors for instructions and transferred them to the daytime to maintain the order of the rank of the water and land conference."
"Brother Yu is doing a pretty job~!" Hearing this, both of them lit up their eyes. The lively water and land conference during the day is naturally much more interesting than the street patrol at night.
"Don't be too happy too early. I'll help you, and you should do a little favor."
"What are you doing?" Hearing this, the two of them hurriedly asked.
"You are helping me find someone at the Water and Land Fair these two days." Bai Yu said, revealing a mysterious smile. "I don't know what that person will look like, but he should be a strange behavior and an old monk selling tin staff and robes everywhere."
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In Chang'an City, the streets are crowded with people coming and going. You can hear scholars' talks in the teahouses on both sides. Lyrics and music in the theater are heard from time to time, and hawking sounds in the market are endless. All of this shows the prosperity of the largest city in the mortal world.
And at this moment, a faint white light suddenly appeared in the sky and then fell silently on the street. In the white light, a woman in a white gauze appeared. She held a mutton fat bottle with her hand and recited the compassion of Buddhism with her mouth. Although she had a beautiful face, the holy aura emitted from the inside out could make anyone ashamed of herself, let alone a trace of evil thoughts.
Three thousand black hairs spread to her waist. When the woman took a step forward, a white lotus grew out automatically, wrapping her white jade feet and avoiding contact with the dust of the world.
From beginning to end, this appearance method that should have attracted everyone's attention did not attract even one person's attention. The people on the street just gave up a piece of open space without any notice and then passed by as if nothing had happened.
The difference spell, a relatively practical small magic, can make people around you subconsciously ignore the things that the caster wants to hide. And with the realm of Guanyin, even a low-level monk will not be aware of it at all as long as she is willing.
"The East Land has not been here for some years." Guanyin looked up slightly and saw all the prosperity of the world in Chang'an.
Although she is a monk, Guanyin does not reject the world of the mortal world. Among the immortals and Buddhas in the heavens, she is definitely the most diligent and contacted with mortals.
At this moment, listening to the hawking sounds coming from the market, Guanyin smiled slightly, and the jade bottle in her hand suddenly disappeared, turning into an exquisite robe with a strange light. Then she gently held the right hand, and a golden light condensed into a tin staff.
"I've sold my robes and tin staff~!" Guanyin suddenly shouted, and at some point the voice had changed from a gentle and soft female voice to a loud old man's voice.
At this time, the mortals on the street finally noticed the existence of Guanyin, but they saw an old monk wearing coarse linen. Because they were just deceiving mortals, not high-level monks, Guanyin did not deliberately use the art of change, but just transformed into a form.
"Five thousand taels of robes, two thousand taels of tin staff~!"
Guanyin shouted loudly on the street, attracting many people's attention, and even pointed and pointed behind their backs. This is naturally the result Guanyin wants to see. Before this, she had already learned about the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, the seeds sown by the Buddha, and the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi preached at Huasheng Temple on the fifth day.
In order to make a high-profile appearance on that day, Guanyin thought it should be a prelude first, for example, sell the robes at a high price in Chang'an City for a few days, and create some rumors. Just like now, huh, the beginning is pretty good.
However, just as Guanyin was shouting hard, several vendors next to him were also shouting at candied haws and snacks. For some reason, they suddenly seemed to be a ghost and quickly packed up their stalls, and then integrated into the crowd without looking back. The whole process was so scattered that it was not like a mortal.
"What's wrong?" Guanyin was a little confused about the strange actions of these mortals.
However, just when she was confused, two street patrol constables quickly walked to him, looking at Guanyin and showing a strange look.
"Others from other places." Zhang Long suddenly spoke.
"What?" Guanyin was a little stunned. It wasn't right. After she transformed, she should be from Chang'an, both in her outfit and accent. This little constable was obviously just a mortal, how did he notice it?
"Well... I'm from outside, I'm from the west, a little far from Chang'an."
"Sure enough." Zhang Long nodded, and then his expression became serious. "Old monk, Chang'an may be different from the remote place where you are. There is a market here, and all commercial transactions must be carried out in the market. This is a law promulgated explicitly."
Looking at Guanyin who was still a little unresponsive, Zhao Hu then added: "According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, private transactions were to punish silver equivalent to the value of the commodity. Of course, if you were the first offender, you would only be fined one-third. By the way, how much did you just shout for the price, 7,000 taels of silver... Well, the calculated fine is 2,333 taels~!"
Chapter completed!