Chapter 302 Reward Silver Delivered Lin Jue returned to the courtyard and had not sat there for long when Wu Lingshi came again. Behind him were still two clerks, holding trays in their hands, with the contents of the trays covered with red cloth. Just different from last time—— Last time only one clerk held the tray, but this time both clerks held the tray. The things on the tray seemed very heavy, and their hands felt a little sore. When Wu Lingshi saw Lin Jue, he smiled heartily: "I have met Master Lin! I came here yesterday, but to no avail. I did not see Master Lin, nor did I see Master Lin's protector. I guess it is because we are not destined to be together." As he said this, he looked back and saw two clerks immediately walking up quickly, placing the tray on the stone table in the yard, and heaved a long sigh of relief, feeling relieved. The two trays were filled with waisted honeycomb silver, each piece weighing fifty taels, and there were ten pieces in total. The junior sister stood nearby, stunned. Lin Jue was also stunned.
This is a little more than last time. "Fortunately, fortunately, the fate between this humble official and Master Lin is not that bad. The next day, I ran into Master Lin in person." Wu Lingshi said, "Thank you Master Lin, thank you very much Master Lin, for getting rid of another threat to the people of Changjing! This is some offerings from the Ministry of Rites to Master Lin, so that we can add some tea for him!" "Were you here yesterday?" Lin Jue asked, taking his eyes off the silver. "Reply to the real person, I have been here." "When did you come?" "It's almost dusk." "Oh……" Lin Jue knew it after a little thought. It must be that he and his junior sister went to the residence of the tall and thin Taoist priest and rescued two women, one alive and one dead. At that time, the two of them handed this trouble over to the government and the officials. Since Mr. Luo resigned as the county magistrate of Changning, the last county magistrate in the two counties of the capital who dared to deal with such matters of ghosts and monsters is gone. Now, when this government office encounters such matters of magic and monsters, it will naturally report them to the Ministry of Rites and Juxian Mansion as soon as possible. This Wu Lingshi should have judged from this that he has found and eliminated the real culprit who was harming people in the capital. Of course, that was only half the real murderer. "What's wrong? Real person?" Wu Lingshi looked at him cautiously. "It's okay." Lin Jue smiled brightly, "Wu Lingshi came at the right time. If he had come yesterday, even if he had found me, I would not have dared to accept Wu Lingshi's reward." "Why?" "Wu Lingshi found out very quickly." Wu Lingshi was totally confused, but he didn't dare to ask more questions. At this time, Master Fan, who was admiring the flowers under the nearby crabapple tree, spoke at the right time and said: "These monsters have been harming people in the capital for more than a year or two, and the number of women they have killed is far more than the dozen or so this year. In order to ensure that the essence and blood they take have sufficient spiritual energy, many of the women they murdered are daughters of wealthy families or concubines of powerful families, causing panic among the people. Fellow Daoist Lin was able to eliminate them. Isn't this achievement worthy of a gold medal? Fellow Daoist Lin was able to eliminate these monsters in a few days with great vigor. Doesn't this show his ability? Isn't this ability worthy of a gold medal from the Juxian Mansion?" Lin Jue glanced at Master Fan Tianshi. It's rare that he still remembered that he was going to the Cangzhen Pavilion in the Juxian Mansion to look for something. But it's really best for him to say this.
Wu Lingshi was obviously stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded and said, "Of course, of course! I will report to Doctor Zhou as soon as I get back and ask him to replace Master Lin's silver medal with a gold medal! Only in this way can it barely match Master Lin's status and abilities!" "Haha, it has to be you!" Master Fan looked at him with a smile and said teasingly. Wu Lingshi bowed hastily and dared not say a word. Not long after, Wu Lingshi left. It was only after he walked out of the house that he breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although both Master Lin and Master Fan were very kind to others, he was just a mortal and naturally couldn't help feeling nervous in front of such immortals. The spring breeze blowing in the streets outside made my mind clearer. Wu Lingshi paused for a moment, then walked across the street with the two clerks towards the government office. Many people on the street were all excited and talking about the matter. What they were talking about was, of course, the matter of Master Fan eliminating the monster today. This is also normal. Such matters concerning gods, demons and ghosts have always been talked about with relish. Although this is the capital city, such things were not so common in previous years. Most of them were recorded in various books of strange stories or circulated among storytellers and elders. Now, not only have I seen it with my own eyes, but it is also closely related to me. How can I not be excited? This matter naturally became the best topic of conversation after dinner. However, Wu Lingshi felt in his heart that This matter may not be as rumored among the people, that it was done by Master Fan, or that Master Fan was the main force. It should be that Master Lin who will be the main force. It was actually Master Lin who was doing all the hard work. Thinking about the reason carefully, it might be because this matter itself was initiated by him to find the strange people in Juxian Mansion, and finally found Master Lin. At that time, Master Lin was the only one who took on this matter. I just don’t know why Master Fan also got involved. It could also be the details revealed in his conversations with Master Lin, his words, actions, and even his expression. For example, I sent him the silver a few days ago, but he refused to accept it. It was not until today that he accepted the silver calmly. This obviously revealed something. It could also be that after he walked into the mansion, he saw Master Lin and Master Fan interacting with each other. This was even more mysterious. These were details that he couldn't even describe. He captured these details based on his experience, and made such an indescribable judgment in his mind based on his experience. In this way, they walked all the way back to the Ministry of Rites. But as soon as he came back, he realized something was wrong. This feeling was also indescribable, but he could just sense that something was amiss. Wu Lingshi looked left and right, and everyone was very surprised. It was not until a while later that a familiar colleague came over and told him: "I just got news from Wan'an County Court that something big happened in Jingyun Temple last night! Legend has it that a god came and exorcised the demon, but after the god exorcised the demon, most of the Taoist priests in Jingyun Temple were left with only a corpse lying in the courtyard. Only Qingquanzi and some minor Taoist priests are missing! "There is a stone tablet on the ground, which says that the Taoist priests of Jingyun Temple enjoyed the offerings of the people, but secretly practiced sorcery, harmed the women of the capital, sucked their blood and made elixirs. They have now been removed! "It was also said that if anyone else imitated the deed, they would suffer the same fate!" On the first night, everyone in the temple heard a voice from heaven advising them to leave, but a few nobles thought that their noble status allowed them to make friends with the gods, so they did not leave that night. "It is said that there was a huge earth-shattering noise outside that night, and they were all so frightened that they dared not move. Only when the noise died down did someone brave enough to open the window and take a look. They just happened to see a True Lord and many Heavenly Soldiers escorting Taoist Qingquanzi and other Taoist priests away. "..." Wu Lingshi was an official of the Ministry of Rites, so he naturally knew that Jingyun Temple was the third largest Taoist temple in Qinzhou, and he also naturally knew that Qingquanzi was the abbot of Jingyun Temple.
Therefore, the first sentence alone shocked him. After hearing the latter part, I was completely stunned. Just a few words stirred up a huge wave in his heart, so much so that later on, the voice of this colleague had become blurred and unclear. Amidst the voice of his colleague and the shock of the waves crashing against the shore, another voice seemed to ring in Wu Lingshi's mind: "Wu Lingshi's arrival is just in time. If he had come yesterday, even if he had found me, I would not have dared to accept Wu Lingshi's reward. "Wu Lingshi found out very quickly." It was the echo from two quarters of an hour ago, and it was still very clear. "I see……" Wu Lingshi looked completely dazed and muttered to himself. But my mind was still blank. That’s Jingyun Temple! This is the Jingyun Temple that Your Majesty and the Imperial Concubine often visit. It has been built outside the capital for hundreds of years! True Lord, Heavenly Soldiers... "Brother Wu? "Brother Wu!" A slap was waved in front of him, gradually sobering him up. "Brother Wu, what's wrong with you?" "No, it's okay..." "You must be shocked, right? We are too!" The colleague said with a smile, "Look at all the colleagues in the government office. Anyone who has heard about this is still sleepwalking now." "No wonder..." Wu Lingshi paused for a moment, then quickly asked, "Are there any more details?" "There are some." "Please tell me quickly!" "No hurries?" This colleague did not say much and told him what the government had sent people to tell him before, mostly oral accounts from pilgrims who came out of Jingyun Temple, as well as the current situation of Jingyun Temple. With every sentence he heard, Wu Lingshi became more stunned. No wonder I didn’t find Master Lin yesterday, and even his guardian was not found. In the past, I had only heard about Master Fan summoning gods to get rid of big monsters in the north. I had also heard about Nan Gong setting up altars for sacrifice in Jiangnan and even Huizhou, and finally asking gods to get rid of monsters. But I never thought that I would encounter such an incident in person today. His colleagues told him that it was Master Fan who had asked the gods to do this, but how could he not know who did this? …… Master Fan also left. Mr. Luo was still outside the city. Suddenly, only the brother and sister and a white fox were left in the courtyard. They looked at each other and then at the silver on the table. Lin Jue quickly picked up the silver and went into the house.
"Dangdang!" The silver coins made a clinking sound when they were placed on the table. Such a large amount of reward was indeed beyond his expectations. This is probably because the tall and thin Taoist's targets are mostly rich daughters, concubines of high-ranking officials, and young prostitutes. These people usually live well, are well-fed, and have the most spiritual energy in their blood. These people are either related to power and wealth, or have some fame, both of which make the government and the Ministry of Rites more eager to solve the case and eliminate the monster, so the reward is naturally higher than that of ordinary weird cases. "Five hundred taels..." Ancient books say that a person should take one to three Lingyuan pills per month, depending on the depth of their cultivation. As for the silver-eating ghost, if they eat ten liang of silver per month, they will not be hungry, but if they eat too much, they can only eat one hundred liang. Only a demon like the Corpse Tiger King would not care how many Lingyuan pills he should take, or how much silver the silver-eating ghost should take, or what the quality of the silver is, and would just crazily feed the silver-eating ghost with silver, and crazily feed the Lingyuan pills that the silver-eating ghost spits out into his own mouth, eventually becoming possessed. Lin Jue is restrained and conservative. Now, he, his junior sister and Fuyao only eat two pills a month at most, and Xiaohua eats one pill at most. Even when they are most well-off, the Silver-Eating Ghost only eats seventy taels of silver a month. This is just right, as it neither reaches the upper limit of Lin Jue and his two companions and the fox, nor makes the silver-eating ghost feel uncomfortable. If he is short of money, such as when he went up the mountain to forge weapons and didn't make any money, the silver-eating ghost will have to eat less. But these five hundred taels of silver would be enough for the Silver-Eating Ghost and himself and others to eat for more than half a year, even if they lived in the most lavish way. Suddenly I felt a lot richer. This is also a major gain of this trip. My sister and I both have great talents. With the help of Lingyuan Pill, our practice has progressed very quickly. If we continue like this, I'm afraid we can achieve enlightenment even without the Great Yin-Yang Method and the Longevity Method. But my junior sister has no shortage of methods to prolong her life, and I am also working hard to find the Great Yin-Yang Method. But there were other gains. What Lin Jue liked most was undoubtedly the cloth bag in the hands of the tall and thin Taoist priest. Lin Jue couldn't help but take out the khaki cloth bag. The more he looked at it, the happier he was. The more he thought about it, the more practical it seemed to him. (End of this chapter)