Chapter 74 Twin Rice Meng Lu led the way and Lin Yan followed. When they arrived at the place, they saw the nine soldiers defending the city. They were all very exhausted, and some of them were almost depleted of their energy. Even after some nourishment, he would still be weak and sickly in the future. As for the way of martial arts, it would be completely cut off. And when they heard that the flag bearer of Linjiang Division wanted to collect money to buy their lives so as to ward off disaster for them, the scene fell into a strange silence. Lin Yan suddenly realized that this ingot of gold was very heavy. For ordinary people, it was enough to risk their lives. If converted into silver, it can allow them to support their families and perhaps ensure they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. What's more, these people have experienced strange things, suffered serious illnesses and losses, and most of them will become half-disabled in the future. This ingot of gold, perhaps in their hearts, is their support for the rest of their lives. "What for? What's the use of gold if you're dead?"
Meng Lu shouted, "Besides, this gold is an evil object, not real! When the weirdness disappears, it will just be a piece of mud!" "..." Everyone looked down at the gold in their hands and remained silent. After a while, people slowly placed the gold beside the bed. But there were two or three people who remained silent. Following Meng Lu's angry gaze. The man gritted his teeth and whispered, "I have touched gold, this is not fake." "If someone had given me this much money before..." Another middle-aged man said in a low voice, "I would probably be willing to work for him and help him kill people." "Brother Meng, I'm afraid I can't take good care of my body. I can't be a soldier in the city defense, and I can't do any work. I can only be a useless person." A young man lying on the bed, with a dazed look in his eyes, said: "I still remember the most delicious meal I had at home before entering the city defense...My mother said it was twin rice." "Do you know what twin rice is?" "That was Master Fangzheng's house. They couldn't finish the rice they cooked, so they dumped it into the ditch." "My mother fished it out of the ditch, brought it home, washed it, dried it, and cooked it into rice." His eyes were slightly red, he raised his head and said in a hoarse voice: "I exchanged my life for this piece of gold." The atmosphere was silent for a moment. Meng Lu opened his mouth, but for a moment, he was speechless. "That's fine." At this time, Lin Yan slowly opened his mouth and said, "Everyone has their own choices in life. I will not force you, but you can consider it carefully. Before nightfall, let Captain Meng give me an answer."
"However, although you do not trust me and value money more than gold and silver, in my eyes, you have all done your best to defend the city." "If you can still leave for the inner city and stay at Liuzun Temple before noon, there will be no trouble tonight." "But with your current body, you may not be able to withstand the bumps." Following Lin Yan's voice, everyone fell silent and the atmosphere became stagnant. Gaoliu City covers a very large area. To go to the inner city from here, one has to go straight through the Twelve Blocks. After entering the inner city, you have to pass through several markets in the inner city before you can reach the Liuzun Temple. “We have also thought about this…” Meng Lu sighed, seemed to want to say something but hesitated, and finally did not open his mouth. The Liuzun Temple is responsible for protecting the entire city, and the twelve temple priests each have their own duties and are busy with their work, so they are unable to get away for the time being. During the last attack by evil spirits on the city, many corpses of monsters were left behind, as well as the corpses of many soldiers defending the city and civilians. All of these needed to be cast by the three priests of the temple to eliminate the resentment, destroy the evil, and avoid any changes. At present, because of Mr. Jing's matter and the things involved have not been clarified yet, the temple priests are attaching great importance to it and are preparing to hold a ceremony and have mobilized a lot of manpower. Except for the temple keeper, ordinary people who burn incense, including the temple's disciples, are not qualified to participate in this matter. Although they cannot mobilize manpower, they can still be protected if they go to Liuzun Temple. Unfortunately, today, these people can't stand the bumps. Yesterday, I thought the talisman could suppress it, but I didn't expect that although I saved my life, I still ended up like this. "That's all." Lin Yan suddenly reached into his bosom, pulled out a brocade bag, and threw it to Meng Lu: "Gather together, with this thing in hand tonight, you can be safe for the time being. Return it to me tomorrow morning." After a pause, Lin Yan continued: "If I can get away, I will come to rescue you as soon as possible." He said this because he felt that these people had made great contributions in defending the city, and although it seemed that they valued money over their lives now, they had all experienced hardships at the bottom of society, so he could understand that. Secondly, these ten people can attract ten strange lanterns, which means a hundred wisps of evil spirits. If converted into medicinal bath materials, it would be worth eight hundred taels of silver! "I am also a layman." Lin Yan thought so in his heart. Unexpectedly, when he was about to turn around and leave, Meng Lu fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed and said, "Fifth Master, I will never forget your kindness!" "Let's talk about it after we survive this disaster." Lin Yan waved his hand and walked out the door. Meng Lu held the brocade bag in his hand, opened it, and saw a talisman. He was silent for a moment, then turned to look at the nine people and sighed, "Last night, some brothers went to support Linjiang Division. At that time, the Fifth Master had already suppressed the weirdness." "It is said that this talisman is the only thing that protects us."
"This talisman is more magical than the one made by the temple keeper himself, and is therefore more precious." "How much gold do you think this talisman is worth if it is sold to those big shots?" "Today, Master Wu gave us his amulet and used his own life to deal with this weirdness. How much gold is this kindness worth?" "If he had not killed the Liu family members that day, how much silver do you think the Liu family would have spent to redeem them?" Meng Lu sighed and said, "Master Wu just wants to save our lives, not our gold and silver." The room fell into silence, and everyone looked at each other, all with expressions of shame and guilt. "Let's just survive first." Meng Lu took a deep breath and hung the brocade bag on the door. - Lin Yan walked out, and during the walk he felt the city gate and looked back again. When he glanced over, the old craftsman hurriedly avoided his sight again. "Ok?" Lin Yan's expression remained the same. But I felt a little surprised. If he was his true self now, a native Linjiangfang boy, and someone knew him, it would be fine. But now he is walking on this street with an unpredictable look on his face. Moreover, there seemed to be a hint of "scrutiny" in the old man's eyes? Lin Yan did not alert the enemy. He returned to Linjiang Division and summoned Yang Zhubu. "Send all the information about Liyang Commercial Bank to us." "Especially the shopkeeper of Liyang Trading Company, and the old craftsman named Lu who is in charge of repairing the city gate today." (End of this chapter)