Liao Zhai Great Kind People

Chapter 61
On the attic of the government office, Zhang Xiuyuan looked at the six mansions in the city that were ablaze, and looked at Yan Feng with some doubts: "Didn't I ask you to burn down three houses, why did you burn down six houses?"

Yan Feng tugged on the captor's official uniform, and said: "When the new official takes office, I also set myself on fire three times to show respect for the rules of the officialdom."

"Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. These six families are all bad gentry lending money and robbing people's land, and I also asked Ao Xue and Feng Chu to evacuate the grain in their granary in advance!"

Zhang Xiu was amused when he heard the words, and said: "You learn very quickly. If you learn so quickly in reading, it may only take 100 years for you to be admitted to the scholar."

Yan Feng's good mood disappeared instantly, and he looked at Zhang Xiu depressedly, and asked, "The fire has been set off, what shall we do next?"

Zhang Xiu took out a few contracts signed and pledged by Jin Wuwang and the others, and said, "Of course I went to ask for the bill. Although they ran out of food, I sympathize with the kind-hearted. But they have already signed and pledged. Can't be less!"

"I've always been the most reasonable person. If they can't produce food, the land and real estate can be offset. Even if they have nothing to do and sell their butts, they have to pay me back the ass debts!"

Looking at Zhang Xiu with a fierce expression on his face, Yan Feng was speechless for a long time.

Today he has opened his eyes. Compared with Zhang Xiu, the means of Jin Wuwang and others are nothing at all. In terms of stealing, this person in front of him... is truly invincible! !

The next day.

Led by Yan Feng, a group of officials rushed into the homes of the six richest men in Jinhua Mansion, and took the contract they signed yesterday to ask for food.

The six people who couldn't provide food, all the properties in the city were seized by the government, and they changed from rich people envied by everyone to beggars living on the streets overnight.

Only then did Jin Wuwang, who had lost all his wealth and barely escaped being caught by Yan Feng to sell his ass, realize that he had been tricked by Zhang Xiu. , lowered his head and walked towards the Baiyun Temple outside the city.

After a long while, he was sweating all over, exhausted both physically and mentally, and came to the White Cloud Temple, and with the support of a mouthful of resentment, he walked into the main hall.

In front of the statue of Sanqing, sat a benevolent old Taoist. Hearing the sound of footsteps, the old Taoist smiled and said without turning his head: "It turns out that the golden benefactor has arrived. Didn't you just send the sesame oil money two days ago? What happened today?" It's time to give again."

Jin Wuwang looked at the back of the old Taoist, and said with a ferocious face: "Daoist Kong Fang, I didn't come here to raise money today, Jin was tricked by the new magistrate Zhang Xiu, and his family property was lost, and now he is in trouble. "

Taoist Kong Fang was slightly stunned, got up slowly, turned around and took a look at Jin Wuwang, and said in surprise, "This is impossible. I have predicted your fortune for the rest of your life. How could you lose all your property?"

Jin Wuwang said with resentment on his face: "But the fact is like this, all my wealth and honor in my life are gone! Daoist, you must avenge me!"

"Daoist Kong Fang, about the flood, God knows, you know, I know, anyway, I have nothing now, if you don't help me kill that Zhang Xiu, I'm sure I will expose this matter! "

Taoist Kongfang showed a smiling face and said: "Don't talk nonsense, benefactor. The flood is a natural disaster. It has nothing to do with the old Taoist. Moreover, the poor Taoist categorically said that if you are rich and honored for a lifetime, you will be a lifetime." Fugui, if you talk nonsense again, the poor will turn their faces and deny anyone!"

Before the words fell to the ground, Taoist Kong Fang turned his face, and a black air burst out, followed by a huge centipede ten feet long, which opened its mouth and swallowed Jin Wuwang's head, leaving behind a The headless corpse twitched twice on the ground, and soon became silent.

Swallowing Jin Wuwang's head, Taoist Kong Fang regained his human body, licked the blood on his lips, and recited a sin: "Oh, why is the poor man cannibalizing people again? It's really a sin, a sin, but it can save Jin Benefactor, you have been rich and honored in this life, and being poor can be regarded as a crime..."

Before Jin Wuwang died, he couldn't help recalling that I died the same day my wealth was gone. Wasn't it a lifetime of wealth...but this lifetime is a little too short, right? !
At the same time, the money and food looted from the six rich men piled up in the government office. Zhang Xiu roughly estimated that it was enough to support 10,000+ victims until this year's autumn harvest, and then he let out a long sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, he found the accountants of the six richest men and assigned tasks for them to organize and record the daily distribution of money and food.

The rescue of the victims and the post-disaster reconstruction are proceeding in an orderly manner.

After a few days of busy work, Zhang Xiu sat on the soft bed of the government office, drank wolfberry tea, and sighed at the ledger in front of him, "There are still too few usable talents. If all the professors from the academy are arrested, we can Saved me a lot of trouble."

At this time, Yan Feng, who was in charge of security, walked in energetically, and said with a smile, "Even if you arrest them, can you afford their salaries? I remember that their previous official positions were not low, right?"

Zhang Xiu rolled her eyes and said, "Do you still need to pay them? First catch them and use them. At the end of the year, find a deep mountain forest and release them all."

Yan Feng: "..."

If this word is passed back to the academy, the professors will surely shed tears of relief and be eternally grateful for your great virtue.

After being in a mess for a while, Yan Feng said: "What did you ask me to do? Are you going to catch the local ruffians who are taking advantage of the flood?"

Zhang Xiu picked up an account book and said, "This is Jin Wuwang's account book. After reading the account book, I found that as early as two or three months before the flood, he had already been buying and hoarding food on a large scale. Floods will come, want to make a fortune."

"My intuition tells me that there must be something wrong here. You go and arrest Jin Wuwang, and I want to ask him clearly."

Yan Feng took a breath: "You mean, the flood this time might be man-made? That's unlikely. Jin Wuwang is just an ordinary mortal, how could he have the ability to manipulate the river water?"

"So I have to arrest him and ask him clearly..."

Zhang Xiu nodded silently, got out of bed and stretched her stiff body, and walked out the door with Yan Feng, saying: "If it is really artificial, there must be some of his accomplices who have not been arrested. Let such a dangerous person stay outside. In the future I still don't know what's going to happen."

The two were walking on the street, Zhang Xiu looked at the people whose faces were gradually regaining their vitality, and suddenly noticed an old man holding a yellow talisman, walking on the road anxiously, almost bumping into himself.

Zhang Xiu grabbed the old man and asked, "Old man, what are you holding in your hand?"

The old man said impatiently: "Oh, this is the magic talisman of the immortal master, let it go quickly, I have to take it back and save my life!"

"Amulet?"

Zhang Xiu frowned, gave Yan Feng a look, and the two followed the old man silently to a shack built by the government.

In the shack, seven or eight people surrounded a child. The child was pale, with beads of sweat beading from his head.

The old man lit the yellow talisman, put the ashes into a bowl filled with water, asked someone to help the child up, and poured the talisman water into him.

Immediately afterwards, the child let out a wow, opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of black water, and gradually regained his sanity, looked at the crowd around him, found the old man with his eyes, and opened his mouth with difficulty, "Uncle Wang, I'm much better..."

The old man grinned, put the child back on the bed, and said with a smile: "Your son is lucky, if we don't get the resettlement fee from Master Qingtian in a few nights, we won't be able to scrape together enough money to buy the magic talisman." !"

Zhang Xiu looked at the ball of black water on the ground, and said in a low voice, "Brother Yan, is it really a magic talisman they bought?"

With sharp eyes, Yan Feng flicked his fingers, and a tiny centipede bounced out of the black water, rolled in the air, and fell to the ground dead.

"I don't know, but this child isn't sick at all, so it's clearly caused by evildoers!"

(End of this chapter)