Chapter Twenty-Eight: A New Spell
"Oh no, as I expected, these two kobold monsters are eyeing the team that collects grain, I don't know what happened to them," when Zhou Tou and his party arrived at the pavilion, they saw that the mule cart was crooked, and a few of them were knocked and broken, and there were several corpses of tax collectors lying on the ground, in addition, Ge Laosan, a man from the rivers and lakes, also fell in the pavilion.
"The third brother!" The two brothers of the Ge family hurriedly ran over, and the elder Ge probed his breath and touched the meridians again, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "I can't hold my breath, I was knocked unconscious, it's not a big deal." β
"Isn't there still Daoist Li, I don't know if he can stop this monster," Zhou Zhutou said unconfidently, they were so reluctant to deal with a wild dog spirit, let alone him.
Wu Laohan sneered: "Deal with it? With this kind of person's temperament, I'm afraid it has already slipped away, Qingcheng Taoist, the old man has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has never heard of this person, nine out of ten is a swaggering and fraudulent Jianghu Lang, you still regard him as capable, this vision-"
"This vision is naturally excellent, immeasurable Tianzun, fortunately not dishonored, these two little monsters, the poor Dao has suppressed them," Li Daoist walked over with a breezy face, and gave a Dao gesture, with an indescribable bearing, almost making people think that the other party's previous greed for life and fear of death was just an appearance.
Wu Laohan's face turned pale and he could no longer speak.
"Dao Chief, are the two monsters you subdued?" Zhou Zhutou said in surprise.
"That's nature, look at those charcoals, they are burned by the three-flavor true fire of the poor road," Li Daoshi pointed with his hand, and saw a blackened corpse lying thirty zhang away, and he could vaguely distinguish that it was a wild dog spirit.
"Little Taoist, you really have some skills, I didn't misunderstand you!" Ge Lao Er said, slapping him on the shoulder, grinning in pain.
Daoist Li met a circle of admiring eyes, smiled and said nothing, and before a stick of incense, the scene was like this-when the green fire spit out by the ugly girl was poured on the body of the bitch spirit, the Taoist priest crooked his feet, sat on the ground with his buttocks, surprised and delighted, "Bibi demon fire!"
The flames ignited the skin of the spirit, burning through its bones, and even the demon spirit opened its teeth and claws in the green flames, wailing and screaming, and was finally included in the Azure Treasure Book.
"Ugly girl, how did you do this?!"
The little girl scratched her head, looking dazed, "I don't know, it's dangerous, so I used it." β
"Holy!"
Early in the morning, the glimmer of light on the horizon lit up, Zhou Zhutou commanded the fast grain to set up the car together, the broken one was taken first, there was a blacksmith shop in Qingping Township, just repair and repair; on the other hand, he was overjoyed, thinking that this matter was completed, the letter of recommendation of the county order should be in hand, it was best to transfer it to Jiubian, or western Yunnan, where chaos often occurs, military merits are easy to get, wealth and wealth are sought in danger, and the peaceful days are not easy for the descendants of his declining military general family.
Thinking like this, Daoist Li ran over, after last night's performance, he has been upgraded from a timid Taoist to a Taoist master in the impression of others, Zhou Zhutou hurriedly said: "What is the matter with the Daoist?"
Daoist Li smiled shyly, "Official, didn't we say that we would have a reward of fifty taels after the deed was completed." β
"That's natural, how can the money specially transferred from the treasury by the county magistrate be faked. β
"Xiaodao thought about it, according to yesterday's performance, we will account for the majority of these fifty taels of silver. β
Zhou Zhutou couldn't help but roll his eyelids, it is really easy to change, and his nature is difficult to change, and the greedy nature of this Taoist priest has never changed.
"Hmph, see the people who have an open eye for money," Wu Laohan next to him couldn't help but scold.
"Then according to your senior, do you plan to ask for this reward?" said Daoist Li with a smile on the snake.
"It's just a lot of money, and the old man doesn't care about it. β
Looking at the other party's distant back, Daoist Li wondered: "Since this old guy doesn't care about money, why do you want to wade into this troubled water?"
"Mr. Wu wants to be recommended by the county order and go to Beijing to join the Xuandu Division. β
After the guidance of Zhou Zhutou, Li Daoshi knew that the emperor of this dynasty worshiped Taoism and Buddhism, and this Xuandu Division was the yamen who managed the world's Taoism, and the customs clearance was issued by it, and the cultivators paid attention to wealth, land, law, and couples, and with the silver money that the emperor had allocated for many years, what did they want, so their station, Xuanxiao Palace, was also known as the blessed land of the world.
"Feelings, this old man is still an official fan?" Daoist Li pondered, although the boundary is good, it is not our dish in the end, and it is uncomfortable to think about it every day with the call of 'long live my emperor', it is better to go to Jiangnan as soon as possible and carry out the Taoist master's plan to make a fortune.
"Since the old man doesn't want money, his share should be counted on Dao Ye's head. β
There was nothing to say all the way, in addition to thinking about what type of demon meat to feed the ugly girl next time, that is, to read the book, since receiving the ear man and the wild dog essence, a spell has evolved in the "Azure Treasure Book", which is different from the offensive spells such as the fire crow spell and the opening spell, this time the spell is - the curse of cold and disease.
As the name suggests, if this talisman is learned, Daoist Li will no longer have to worry about any typhoid fever headache, although there is no supplement to the ability to subdue demons and eliminate demons, but this thing can make money, and when I go to Jiangnan Mansion, people treat diseases five times, and they only charge consistent money, and they will definitely be a source of money, and at that time, hum, Dao Ye, I don't have to deal with these demons and monsters every day, open a shop to make money, and then raise two concubines, study the art in the house every day, and go directly to the peak of life, thinking about this picture, saliva almost flowed outγ
Including the three brothers of the Ge family, everyone thinks that this grain requisition campaign has come to an end, and that the villagers are more difficult to deal with than monsters? Moreover, this Qingping Township is a rich township, and it has never been their turn to violently resist taxes, and they do not care about these few catties of grain, and the villagers have their own means of making money.
In the beautiful mountains and rivers, the front river and the back house, the good field is one acre and one acre, a piece of green, and the house inside is not a thatched house, but a long house and a small building, I don't know what kind of summer manor of the big official thinks it is, ten miles away in the east is the famous Guandi Temple, the stone carving railing, in the interval, the dragon bronze bell, very solemn;
"It's so lively, ugly girl, let's take you to worship this second master later, Dao Ye, I like to talk about righteousness the most, especially those who are righteous to their own people. β
"Hmm!" the ugly lady nodded excitedly.
As he was talking, he didn't notice that Old Man Wu's eyes were full of greed and hatred when he looked at him, when Daoist Li pondered the spell, the "Azure Treasure Book" was placed outside, and he happened to take a look or two.
Twenty or so people have already attracted the attention of the people in the township, and after a while, three old men on crutches brought a large number of villagers around, and one of them spoke: "The little old man has seen all the officials, but I don't know why the officials came." β
Zhou Zhutou took out the approval document of the county, and said solemnly: "On the order of Zhao County, Pingchuan County, the grain and straw of the spring and summer seasons will be collected, and the elders will be invited to take a look." β
Li Daoist looked at it with interest, he didn't have any bad feelings about taxation, which dynasty and which generation did not pay taxes, and it would not be the same after two thousand years; γ
"Thisβ" Sure enough, the villagers looked embarrassed.
"What's the problem? According to the time, Pingchuan County's taxes have not been collected since February, do you want to deny it?"