White Bone Monkey King

"Master Jin'an, Taoist Master Chen."

Jin An and the old Taoist priest entered the restaurant and were immediately greeted by a smiling waiter.

"Magistrate Zhang has ordered that if he sees you and Daochang Chen arriving, he will take you two directly to Room A on the third floor."

The restaurant waiter led the way diligently.

With Jin An's current reputation in Chang County, especially his feat of setting up a stall to give away money at the market outside the Man Mo Temple for two consecutive days, Chang County is now full of legends about him, such as:

I heard that Mr. Jin An is not married yet...

Mr. Jin An has never been close to any woman, except for living with an old Taoist priest every day...

I have never heard of Mr. Jin An having an affair with any young lady...

I just don’t know if my daughter will have this opportunity...

So it's not surprising that the waiter in the restaurant recognized Jin An.

…

When the waiter of the restaurant took the two of them up to the third floor, they came all the way to the most magnificent and magnificent "Lucky Hall" in Room A.

The Hall of Lucky Fortunes is magnificent, with the sound of silk and bamboo, a piano player playing, and a young and graceful singer swaying her soft water snake waist, wearing light clothes and gauze, just trying to refuse in return.

As the waiter opened the door to the private room, Jin An saw that many people had gathered in the private room, all of them with big bellies, admiring the singer's slim waist in an artful manner.

Seeing these people, Jin An felt happy, hehe, everyone is an old acquaintance.

The guests here are all well-known squires and wealthy businessmen in Chang County. When everyone saw Jin An, they immediately greeted him warmly.

The last time Jin An saw this table of people, he was a newcomer to Chang County. When he solved the case of secretly hiding gunpowder among the people, Magistrate Zhang, who was a good parent of the people of Chang County, raised 300 yuan for him at the banquet that day. Two lines of silver.

It seems that County Magistrate Zhang came to give me money today!

Jin An suddenly became energetic.

Hey, I didn't expect that Capt. Feng was here today... Jin An also met an old acquaintance at the wine table.

Sure enough, after County Magistrate Zhang invited Jin An and the old Taoist priest into the elegant room, he arranged for the two of them to sit next to him, and then immediately toasted: "Master Jin An, Taoist Master Chen, thank you two experts for your help and resolving my problems many times." The crisis in Chang County has saved the people of Chang County from fire and water. I would like to propose a toast to you two today."

Magistrate Zhang took the initiative to toast, and after he drank the wine in one gulp, the atmosphere at the wine table suddenly became high.

Then, Magistrate Zhang toasted another glass of wine: "Jin'an and Chen Daochang are really a blessing to our Chang County. It's embarrassing to say that. I am busy with official duties on weekdays, and it was only today that I had the time to entertain you two. I will punish myself with another glass of wine."

After Magistrate Zhang finished speaking, he sighed again, and then continued: "I haven't thanked Mr. Jin'an for asking Mr. Jin'an to encircle and suppress the Qingshui Gang last time. Yesterday, I asked Mr. Jin'an to help me to encircle and suppress the murderers who lurked into our Chang County... So Today, I have brought famous local gentry from Chang County to hold a celebration banquet for Mr. Jin An and Mr. Chen, and secondly, I want everyone to brainstorm how to thank Mr. Jin An and Mr. Chen."

Magistrate Zhang said as he pushed the two brocade boxes that had been prepared for the banquet in front of Jin An and the old Taoist priest.

Jin An looked at the brocade box. It was the same size as the brocade box at the last banquet. Could it be another six 50-tael silver banknotes from Cunyigong Bank?

"Magistrate Zhang is so kind."

Jin An said this, but his hand movements were not slow at all.

After the two people put away the brocade box, they did not open it immediately to take a look. It was too tacky and inconsistent with the pattern of the high-end dinner in front of them. It was too disrespectful to Magistrate Zhang and the squires present.

When Jin An was putting away the brocade box, he secretly opened a small slit and squinted. The thickness of the silver note was another three hundred taels... Magistrate Zhang is indeed a good official who has benefited the people of Chang County. Jin An is going to brag about it today. Explode the county magistrate!

Seeing Magistrate Zhang mention the last incident with the Qingshui Gang, Jin An understood what was going on. Magistrate Zhang was trying to make up for that incident.

The last time we went to encircle and suppress the chief rudder of the Qingshui Gang, the chief rudder of the Qingshui Gang had already been destroyed. Even the chief rudder was destroyed, so naturally there was no way to inspect the family property.

As for the real estate shops owned by the Qingshui Gang, it is not easy for the government to inspect them, leaving people with no way out.

After all, those loyal and loyal men of the Qingshui Gang had helped the government a lot, and they did not really hide gunpowder in an attempt to rebel. Not only did the government not confiscate all the assets of the Qingshui Gang, but they took great care of the remaining old, weak, women and children of the Qingshui Gang. To prevent others from taking the opportunity to usurp the Qingshui Gang's territory.

Therefore, Jin An did not gain anything from that night's action.

Instead, Jin An was impressed by the loyalty of the top brass of the Qingshui Gang, so he never mentioned "sharing the spoils" with Magistrate Zhang.

Just enough money.

Only when you have clear thoughts and a clear conscience can you be truly free.

Unexpectedly, he would also be rewarded. At this time, the old Taoist priest was beaming with joy and his mouth was grinning from ear to ear.

Before coming, the old Taoist priest had all kinds of worries and told Jin An to be careful when sailing the thousand-year boat. Everything at the banquet tonight was based on his old Taoist look and he would act on his own initiative. Don't drink or eat indiscriminately... Now that the old Taoist priest saw the money, he forgot everything he said before coming. After three rounds of drinking, he was already drunk.

The old Taoist priest is a wandering Taoist priest. He has never had such a high-end dinner with the county magistrate. The fine wine in Fengle Tower is a treasured wine that ordinary people can't drink. The old Taoist priest drank it like a cow's drink. When this high-end By the end of the meal, the old Taoist priest was already a little tipsy.

This high-end meal lasted for more than an hour, and everyone was enjoying themselves. It was almost midnight when they came out of the restaurant.

It was getting dark by now.

After leaving the restaurant, Jin An saw many singers in thin clothes getting on the squire's carriage and not getting off the carriage for a long time.

After Jin An asked Feng Baotou to send the old Taoist priest back first, he also boarded Magistrate Zhang's carriage.

At the banquet before, there was only the aroma of wine and delicacies, but Jin An didn't notice anything. This time in the carriage in a closed space, he actually smelled the familiar faint aroma of red moon rouge again.

"Huh?"

As soon as Jin An got on the carriage, he subconsciously let out a sigh.

This familiar faint fragrance of Red Moon Rouge suppressed his nervousness when facing Magistrate Zhang.

Perhaps because he knew about the kinship between Shopkeeper Zhang, Miss Zhang Lingyun and Magistrate Zhang, Jin An was always a little nervous every time he saw Magistrate Zhang, always worried that Magistrate Zhang would kill someone and silence them.

"What happened to Mr. Jin An?"

Magistrate Zhang took a puzzled look at Jin An, who had been acting dishonest ever since he got on the carriage, as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

"When we were leaving just now, Mr. Jin An said that he had something important to do with me. I wonder if Mr. Jin An had something important to do with me?"

The carriage moved slowly.

In the carriage at this time.

Apart from the coachman driving the carriage outside the carriage, there were only Jin An and Magistrate Zhang in the warm carriage, which was blocked by thick curtains from the cold spring night wind.

However, when faced with Magistrate Zhang's doubts, Jin An did not answer immediately this time.

He lowered his head and muttered thoughtfully, and occasionally flapped his nose slightly, as if he was smelling something carefully and identifying something.

Finally, Jin An raised his head and asked Magistrate Zhang a question seemingly inadvertently: "County Magistrate Zhang, it seems that you have a harmonious relationship with the magistrate's wife."

Magistrate Zhang looked over curiously: "How do you say this?"

Jin An looked at Magistrate Zhang with a smile: "As soon as I entered the carriage, I smelled the faint aroma of Red Moon Rouge emanating from Magistrate Zhang. This Red Moon Rouge is very famous among the nobles in the northern capital. , ladies and ladies from all over the world love to use red moon rouge."

"Because this Red Moon Rouge is waterproof and sunproof, it won't easily melt when exposed to water or dry out and fall off when exposed to the sun. It also has a light fragrance that lasts all day long."

"It is precisely because of this that it has always won the hearts of the nobles in the northern capital. Of course, the price is also very expensive. A small box of Red Moon Rouge is equivalent to silver, and a box of Red Moon Rouge costs three yuan. The money is enough to be worth a month’s salary of a government servant.”

A small box of Red Moon Rouge was sold for three coins. This was not Shi Fendai. Every time she went out, she would put silver powder on her face and plaster it with pieces of brass money. Jin An muttered in his heart.

Magistrate Zhang looked at Jin An in surprise: "I didn't expect Mr. Jin An to have such a thorough research on this matter."

Jin An said something ambiguous: "I have a friend who accidentally got the Red Moon Rouge."

If he didn't say that, he couldn't say it directly in front of Zhang Lingyun's father... I once gave your eldest daughter a box of Red Moon Rouge?

Back then, the owner of the rouge shop kept recommending the most expensive and best rouge to me, and I could even recite the boss's words by heart?

hehe.

Even if this man has nine heads, they are not enough to crack the guillotine in the yamen.

After hearing Jin An's words, County Magistrate Zhang smiled and said, "Haha, my wife really likes Red Moon Rouge."

"In the past, I have always been curious about why my wife always discussed this red moon rouge when she got together with the ladies of various families. It turns out that there are so many ways in it. I am just a rough person and don't understand these women's ways. The red makeup and rouge, Mr. Jin An has solved a big doubt in my mind today, hahaha."

Magistrate Zhang laughed and said.

The two gentlemen did not discuss important matters along the way. Instead, they discussed women's rouge and powder. They chatted happily. Soon after, the carriage stopped at the yamen gate.

Jin An followed Magistrate Zhang to the study. After the people lit up the lamps in the study and illuminated the study, Magistrate Zhang ordered his servants to serve tea to entertain the guests.

Just after the servants retreated, Magistrate Zhang turned his back to Jin An and was about to walk to the imperial chair behind the desk to sit down.

"Hey, Magistrate Zhang, you have a fallen leaf stuck on your back. I'll take it off for you, Magistrate Zhang."

It was time to go to the Yamen at this time. Naturally, Magistrate Zhang was not still wearing official robes. At this time, Magistrate Zhang was wearing a blue toga with cloud sleeves made of fine materials.

Unexpectedly, just as Jin An put his palm on the back of Magistrate Zhang's robe, suddenly, flames burst out from the back of Magistrate Zhang's robe.

"Mr. Zhang, why did the clothes on your back suddenly catch fire? Take off your clothes quickly."

Jin An shouted anxiously, and kept patting Magistrate Zhang's robe with his palm.

Magistrate Zhang also smelled the stench of burning clothes, so he quickly took off his outer robe.

As a result, Jin An shouted again: "Mr. Zhang, the clothes inside your robe are also on fire. Take off all your clothes quickly."

However, Jin An didn't need to put out the fire this time. Magistrate Zhang put his hand on his back and slapped it messily, and the small flames on his back were quickly extinguished.

At this time, Magistrate Zhang picked up the robe that was thrown on the ground and shook it open. He saw that a small hole the size of half a palm was burned out on the back of the robe.

Magistrate Zhang frowned, then looked at Jin An in confusion.

Jin An said nonsensically in a serious tone: "It's really strange. Magistrate Zhang, why did your clothes suddenly catch fire for no reason?"

"It should be that when Magistrate Zhang turned around just now, the wind in the study moved the candle next to him, and he accidentally caught fire."

Fortunately, Magistrate Zhang still had a spare coat in the study room. When Magistrate Zhang picked up the coat and put it on halfway, Jin An suddenly said in a confused voice: "I'm not married yet, could it be Yiyun?" Sir, will you give me an eight-pound fat son?"

This sentence was exactly what Jin An said when he happened to meet Mr. Yiyun at the Wenwu Temple during the day.

When he was caught off guard, Magistrate Zhang, who was wearing a long gown, made a move. When he wanted to cover it up, it was already too late, poof!

A hand was inserted into his body, passing through his chest. The palm was hot, and the scorching fire poisonous internal energy directly penetrated the empty human skin of County Magistrate Zhang.

No blood was spilled on the scene.

There is no obstruction of flesh and bones on the palm.

So without warning!

Jin An made a sneak attack from the back and pierced Magistrate Zhang's chest!

"Sure enough... Master Jin An had already noticed it when he entered the carriage?"

"Can I ask, I think that my skill in painting has reached its peak, and I can fake the real thing to the point of occupying a magpie's nest. No one in the county government has seen through my flaw. Mr. Jin'an, how did you spot it?"

A voice came from behind Jin An, it was a guard who was in charge of standing guard outside the door, poof!

The guard's chest still had no feeling of flesh and blood, and was pierced by the fire poisonous inner energy in Jin An's palm.

"Why."

A low sigh.

A woman walked out from the backyard of the Yamen.

The backyard of the Yamen is the residence of Magistrate Zhang and his family. The person who came here was the magistrate's wife. The magistrate's wife had a complicated look on her face. She looked at Jin An, who was still a friend during the day, but turned into a cold-faced and murderous Jin An at night.

"It shouldn't have been like this..."

Under the moonlight, the county magistrate's wife had a discernible dark glow. She sighed softly again. No one could tell whether that sigh was due to the helplessness of the unpredictable world...or the bitterness of another hidden secret...or the sorrow and sorrow. Qi.

But what greeted the county magistrate's wife was the cold light of a red sword.

"Are all the people in this Chang County government office dead?"

"Isn't there a single living person in the entire county government office?"

"Is this a government office or a devil's cave?"

Jin An shouted angrily.

"Calm down now?"

"If you haven't killed enough, I still have more paintings for you to continue killing until you are satisfied."

In the darkness, the footsteps of two people approaching could be heard. This time, the person who came out was none other than Mr. Yiyun, the handsome and handsome young man who Jin An was all too familiar with.

And the old servant Qi Bo who has been following Mr. Yiyun.

It had only been half a day since Jin An and Mr. Yiyun had been separated, but when he saw Mr. Yiyun again tonight, his mood was different, and he felt like things were right and people were different.

Qi Bo looked at his master and then at Mr. Jin An. As someone who had been through this before, he could naturally see the essence of the matter at a glance. He thought that this friendship would last forever, but he had many misunderstandings.

It was this misunderstanding that turned the two into strangers at odds with each other.

However, master and servant were in order, so Qi Bo did not dare to take a step beyond the bounds and make an explanation for his master, so he could only stand with lowered eyebrows and eyes.

As we get older, it’s easy to reminisce about the time we missed when we were young.

Since ancient times, I have been full of passion and hatred, and this hatred lasts forever.

If the heart dies, then forget.

He also had a relationship that was better than forgetting each other in the world. Qi Bo began to fall into his own memories of the past. People only need one relationship to be unforgettable.

"Did you kill County Magistrate Zhang's whole family?"

"Did you peel off the skin of County Magistrate Zhang's family?"

Jin An held the tiger sword in his hand and looked directly at Mr. Yiyun who was standing not far away.

Faced with the problem of Jin'an, Mr. Yiyun had a stunned expression on his face: "It turns out that the reason why Mr. Jin'an is so angry is because he thought I was wearing human skin and pretending to be Magistrate Zhang's family. Monk Zhi is a complicit, murderous female devil?"

"Those are just fish skins. If Jin An likes any kind of person or tall, short, fat or thin woman, I can give a few fish skins to Young Master Jin An for free to satisfy Young Master Jin An's curiosity."

Young Master Yiyun looked at Jin An teasingly with sly eyes.

Fish skin? Not human skin?

Well? Jin An, who was full of murderous intent just now and vowed to kill all the county government officials, was startled when he heard that Mr. Yiyun wanted to give him the fish skins of several tall, short, fat and thin women to satisfy his curiosity.

Was this invented in ancient times?

When Jin An saw the teasing look in Young Master Yiyun's eyes, he immediately understood that Young Master Yiyun was clearly avenging him for his words about being a king during the day.

Not to be outdone, Jin An took a look at Mr. Yiyun's heartless chest and smashed his mouth. He really didn't look like he had a broad mind that could carry a ship.

Although it was night and her vision was dim, Master Yiyun still noticed Jin An's gaze. In an instant, she understood the...disdain in Jin An's eyes.

"Uncle Qi, help me chop off Mr. Jin An's two eyes. I will let him look again!"

Mr. Yiyun was so angry that his face was filled with frost.

Qi Bo, who was still immersed in the memories of his young feelings, just raised his eyes to look at the childish feelings of young people, pretending not to hear anything, and continued to reminisce about the memories in his heart.

After such a fuss, the tense atmosphere between the two of them was relieved a lot.

"Master Yiyun, are you a human or something? If you are not a human, why are you able to appear in the daytime without being affected at all when you paint County Magistrate Zhang, his wife, Shopkeeper Zhang, and Lingyun Zhang? Will the magistrate and his family live or die?"

Jin An still did not let go of all his guard.

After hearing Jin An's words, Young Master Yiyun said slightly angrily: "You are the thing!"

Then after calming down, he said: "Answer me first. I think my painting has no flaws. How did you find out my identity?"

"It's very simple, because you smell of her Red Moon Rouge powder." Jin An wrote lightly,

The she here naturally refers to Zhang Lingyun dressed as Young Master Yiyun, the time Jin An took Young Master Yiyun to buy Red Moon Rouge a month ago.

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple."

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Ps:

Today’s title is so long, it’s as long as the number of words in this chapter.

I also wrote a chapter of 5k words tonight.

If there is an update during the day, there will definitely be an update. Let go of that day time, and it will also be day time for me in the evening (_)