White Bone Monkey King

In the past few days when the royal fleet returned to Hong Kong to recuperate, several princes took turns privately inviting Jin An to attend the banquet, but Jin An rejected them all.

He didn't want to offend several other princes because of one prince, and make people mistakenly think that he was forming a faction.

If several princes jointly invited him, he might consider attending the banquet.

It is strange to say that even the seventh prince has privately invited Jin An more than once. According to the words of the old Taoist priest: "This seventh prince is either fake and generous, or he has a special hobby for green."

Because the city was undergoing a lot of construction work, and the princes were busy traveling among the people to constantly show their image of being close to the people and loving the people, Jin An easily blocked the past few invitations.

On the other hand, Uncle Lin and Master Xuanlei from Yujing Jinque often visited Wu Zang Taoist Temple in the past few days to discuss their practice experiences with each other. During this period, Master Xuanlei would come to the Five Lei Emperor Hall to make a friendly guest appearance in fortune telling when his hands were itchy.

Jin'an naturally wanted this.

As Jin An sacrificed his life to save the people of the city, the Five Zang Taoist Temple has become the number one Taoist temple in the city. Incense is soaring like smoke, and even the threshold of the Taoist temple is almost trampled by the crowds of pilgrims every day. It is the time when the manpower is most scarce.

The old Taoist priest was familiar with everyone, and even became close friends with Master Xuan Lei. The relationship between the two of them warmed up quickly. If it weren't for the fact that he had to go back to the fleet to escort the princes and princess Zhou Quan at night, Xuanlei would have loved to stay in the free and easy Wu Zang Taoist Temple, eat and sleep with the old Taoist priests, hold candles and talk at night, confiding their hearts to each other until dawn.

That evening, after seeing off the reluctant Master Xuanlei and retreating in Taoist temple, Uncle Yuyangzi came to Jin'an and talked about something.

"Headmaster, I want to discuss something with you." Uncle Yuyangzi stopped talking but looked at Jin An.

Jin An: "Uncle, tell me what you have to say."

Uncle Yuyangzi hesitated for a moment, as if he was organizing words in his mind and preparing how to speak. After a while, he said: "Headmaster, I feel that the Taoist temple is gradually running out of manpower these days. I wonder if the headmaster has any plans to recruit more disciples? "

Jin An slapped his forehead and said in a sudden state: "I have been focusing on dealing with several princes these days, but I have neglected my own affairs."

Jin An said happily: "Our Wu Zang Taoist Temple is indeed recruiting new disciples. Uncle Master mentioned this matter today, but there are already candidates?"

Seeing that Jin'an did not object to this matter, Uncle Yuyangzi struck while the iron was hot and said: "This time Yuxian flooded Jiangzhou Prefecture, many families were destroyed, leaving some poor homeless children. Master, I want to take him in." Giving these orphans a place to shelter from the wind and rain is a small contribution."

Jin An laughed loudly: "Good."

Taking care of Silly Sheep in the sheep shed, brother and sister Ye Fei and Zi Yue, who were eavesdropping, ran out happily: "Great, we are going to have junior brothers and sisters."

The Taoist temple, old and young, laughed happily.

Now that Uncle Yuyangzi has been selected, Wu Zang Taoist Temple will go to Fucheng to register the expansion of disciples the next day, and then announce the recruitment of new disciples that day.

When they heard that Wu Zang Taoist Temple was recruiting disciples, Yongle Square was crowded with enthusiastic people. However, when they heard that Wu Zang Taoist Temple only recruited orphans with good natures, the crowd was disappointed at first, and then admired in awe.

The auspicious day of the zodiac for opening the door to recruit new disciples is set on the sixth day of August. This day is suitable for offering sacrifices, consecrating people, and entering the population.

Just when everyone was looking forward to the grand event on the sixth day of August, on this day, a fishing boat came outside Jiangzhou City. A fisherman hurriedly got off the fishing boat and inquired about the Five Zang Taoist Temple along the way.

After finding the Wuzang Taoist Temple, the fisherman directly reported his name to Taoist Jin'an, saying that he had rescued a man from the sea, and the man asked him to come to the Wuzang Taoist Temple to find Taoist Jin'an.

When Jin An received the fisherman in the backyard, the fisherman handed over an envelope and said that he rescued a man who fell into the water when his boat was sunk by a storm while fishing at sea. The man who fell into the water gave him a letter and an iron order. The card told him to hand it over to Taoist Jin An of Wu Zang Taoist Temple in person when he arrived in Fucheng.

Jin An recognized at a glance that the iron token was the Criminal Inspector Commander's token, and Fatty Li also had one on his body. He did not rush to open the letter, but first asked about the situation of the person who fell into the water.

The fisherman shook his head and regretted: "When I salvaged him, he had been drifting at sea without food and water for several days, and he was holding on with just one breath. He died after handing me the envelope and this iron plate."

"Supreme Taiyi Due Tianzun." The old Taoist sighed.

Jin An grasped the envelope and the Criminal Investigation Commander's card tightly, and asked nervously: "Where is the body?"

The fisherman pointed in the direction of the port and said he was still on his fishing boat.

Jin An asked the fisherman to lead the way.

On the way to the port, the fisherman looked back at Jin'an several times, and finally couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked what was in his heart: "When I first arrived in Fucheng, I was also shocked by the scene in Fucheng. When I asked passers-by about the Wu Zang Taoist Temple, Only then did I realize that the people living in the Wu Zang Taoist Temple are living gods, and even the Rain Immortal can kill them! Everyone along the way was full of praise for the Wu Zang Taoist Temple and Jin'an Taoist Priest, saying that the Wu Zang Taoist Temple and the Jin'an Taoist Temple are your sacrifices. Save the whole city!"

"At the beginning, I was still curious as to why the man who fell into the water had to ask me to find you, Taoist Jin An, before he died. Now I finally understand the reason! Taoist Jin An, you are a living god who saves the suffering!"

Jin An's mind was entirely on the corpse of the fishing boat, and he could deal with it casually.

The two arrived at the port and as soon as they boarded the fishing boat, the strong smell of fish mixed with the smell of rotting corpses hit their nostrils.

The body was covered and hidden by a heavy fishing net. The body was not that of Fatty Li, but a subordinate of Fatty Li who had met him once and was also from the Criminal Investigation Department.

The fisherman looked at the corpse with a swollen and rotten face, and looked at Jin An in surprise: "Taoist Master Jin An can identify the deceased like this!"

Then the honest-looking fisherman put his hands together and bowed to the corpse: "Brother, I have done what you asked me to do. I hope you can rest in peace and be reincarnated as soon as possible."

"Boatman, I came out in a hurry this time and didn't bring much silver. Please accept this purse and regard it as your hard work. It's all my hard work on this trip, boatman. The dead people are very important. I hope boatman can stay in Jiangzhou Mansion for a few more days." Someone from the Yamen may come to you later for more details." Jin An left a money bag, picked up the body, and went straight to the Yujing Golden Que ship parked in the port.

Watching Jin An boarding the huge ship in the port, the fisherman was stunned, and then quietly opened his money bag. When he saw a few ingots of shining white silver in the money bag, his heart was beating wildly: "This Taoist priest Jin'an is so generous!"

The reason why Jin An went to Yujing Jinque’s Uncle Lin and Xuan Lei instead of going to the government office to find Mr. Fu Yin was because Fatty Li had always avoided local officials when investigating the Nan Qian Bei Qian case. Even Mr. Fu Yin I don’t know what the purpose of the Criminal Investigation Division’s secret visit to Jiangnan this time.

That's why the Criminal Investigation Department asked the fishermen to find Jin'an when they fell into the water. Apart from the royal fleet out to sea, only the Wu Zang Taoist Temple was worthy of the Criminal Investigation Department's trust.

When Jin An came to Uncle Lin and Xuan Lei with the letter, the criminal police commander's card, and the body, not long after, the two took Jin An on board the Shenzhou to report the matter to several princes.

Not long after, people who were busy at the port were surprised to see the Shenzhou, which had just docked in the port, raising its mast and canvas. There was a busy scene on the Shenzhou, as if it was about to go to sea again.

As soon as Jin An returned to Wu Zang Taoist Temple, the old Taoist priest and Master Yuyangzi came around and asked how the situation was.

Jin An frowned slightly, as if he was worried: "Old Taoist priest, pack your things and go to sea with me."

"Fat Li seems to have found the den of the rebellious officials and traitors in the Nanqian case, and ordered someone to send back a navigation chart engraved on a parchment. Several princes have given orders to set sail, preparing to go to sea to exterminate the rebels. Several princes hope that the Five Zang Taoist Temple Help us and go to sea with the ship to encircle and suppress the rebel party."

The sea is vast and you will lose your way if you are not careful, so Jin An wants to take Luo Geng's jade plate and go to sea with the old Taoist priest as a backup.