The young monk glanced over the crowd outside the gate.
He quickly spotted Li Chang'an, dressed in a bright yellow Python Robe. His gaze hardened slightly before he spoke, "Our Buddha offers salvation to the world. The people struggle for passage and willingly seek refuge in our Buddhist Sect. It is an act of mutual consent. Why do you, benefactor, slander us with such malice?"
Seeing a monk emerge, Li Chang'an sneered, "Slander with malice?"
"Do I need to slander a bunch of baldies like you? Xihu Province is under the jurisdiction of my Dayan Imperial Court. Did you receive permission from the Government Office to build this Buddhist Temple here?"
"If you did receive permission, have you paid your taxes? And if you have paid taxes, then why have you deliberately created barren fields, forced the common people to sell their land for cheap, and turned them into slaves to build your temple?"
