Chapter 52: Lady Qingyi Temple
Bai Hongtu continued, “Your good friend comes all the way to Wei City and hasn’t even seen the Qingyi Temple. As my friend, shouldn’t you fulfill your duty as the host and take me to offer incense? That’s what true friendship is about!”
Li Yanchu couldn’t help but laugh.
Before long, he was being dragged off by Bai Hongtu, once again walking through the bustling streets.
“Oh right,” Li Yanchu said, pulling a copper coin from his robe and handing it to Bai Hongtu. “Take a look at this.”
Bai Hongtu gave it a glance and raised his brows. “A coin of grievance... where’d you get this thing?”
As a properly trained disciple of Daoism, he could see at once what the ordinary eye could not.
Li Yanchu said, “Near the Qingyi Temple. It came from a vendor selling candied hawthorns.”
Bai Hongtu huffed, “Unbelievable, you went to eat candied hawthorns and didn’t even bring one back for me!”
Li Yanchu rubbed his forehead and sighed helplessly, “Is that the important part? The point is this coin of grievance.”
Bai Hongtu chuckled lightly. “I think you’re overthinking it. As the saying goes, ‘When soldiers come, send generals; when water floods, build a dam.’ No matter how many eccentric figures have come to Wei City, we’ll deal with them as they come. And worst case, you’ve got me, don’t you?”
Li Yanchu paused, then nodded thoughtfully. “I discovered one of your strengths today.”