Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 70 Leave.

Li Xiuyuan was indeed tired.

Since he came to Dahu Village for two days, he hasn't taken a break. Now that the black fish demon has been eliminated, all the lakeside water ghosts in Dahu Village have been reincarnated. It can be said that all the turmoil has calmed down, so he can feel at ease. fell asleep.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Li Xiuyuan woke up.

He didn't wake up naturally from sleep, but was awakened by the sound of mourning and crying outside.

"What happened outside?" Li Xiuyuan yawned and asked a little tiredly.

"Young master, the old village chief passed away last night." A guard outside the door said immediately when he heard the voice.

Li Xiuyuan froze for a moment, but then remembered again.

That's right, the old village chief died last night. He has already passed away, and his ghost still misses that poor girl who beats monsters, Little Bean Sprout, and finally brought Little Bean Sprout to reincarnate together.

After thinking about it, he was silent for a long time before he sighed and got up to wash up.

While the guards were fetching water for him to wash, Tieshan strode into the yard at this time.

"Eldest young master, you are finally awake. I have something to tell the young master." Tieshan said.

"What's the matter?" Li Xiuyuan washed his face and said.

Tieshan took out a package from his bosom and said: "Didn't the young master light the fire and burn the body of the black fish demon yesterday? Some villagers found two things in the ashes. Let the young one show the young master to see."

Opening the package, there were two things inside, a green and transparent bead, about the size of a child's fist, emitting a faint light under the sun, like a jewel.

The other thing was a burnt token that was somewhat jet-black.

The token is heavy and simple, with seal characters on it and the word Wujiang written on one side.

Li Xiuyuan moved his eyes slightly, walked over, looked at the token, but saw the word "General" written on the reverse side, which was also in seal script.

"Wujiang General?" He let out a slight snort, thinking of something.

"Master, is there something wrong with this thing?" Tieshan asked curiously.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "There is no problem with the things. This black fish demon actually has this script token on it. It doesn't look like a mountain monster. I'm afraid it has some background. I remember that a tributary of the Wujiang River is not far from Guobei City. I used to go out with my father." When doing business, they still pass by by boat.”

Having said that, he thought about it again.

Could it be that the black fish demon ran out of the Wujiang River?

If this is the case, then there are probably other water monsters in Wujiang.

"Master, what is this bead? It looks like the eyeball of the black fish demon." Tieshan said.

"This is indeed the eyeball of the black fish demon, but it is also a precious jewel. You can call it a water-proof bead." Li Xiuyuan came back to his senses, smiled, picked up the emerald green orb, and threw it into the face just now. basin.

When the orb fell, the water in the basin miraculously separated automatically.

Tieshan was surprised and said: "Bi, avoid water beads? This thing is avoid water beads, so it must be very expensive."

"Of course it is very expensive. At least 1 taels of silver can be sold. If it is sold to those dignitaries in the capital, the price can be even higher. Maybe 10 taels of silver can be sold." Li Xiuyuan said.

"So valuable?" Tieshan took a slight breath.

Li Xiuyuan pondered for a while and said: "The villagers are also responsible for the water-avoiding beads, we can't be greedy for ink, how about this, the money we brought this time, give 1 taels to these villagers, let them divide the money, um The family should not distribute too much money, so as not to cause disasters. The extra money should be given to the villagers of Dahu Village to repair houses, buy pigs, cattle and sheep, etc., so that they will not use the money after they get it. Better."

"Young master, this, isn't this too much? We got rid of this black fish demon." Tieshan said with a bit of heartache, obviously reluctant to part with 1 taels.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Don't say that, more than [-] villagers in Dahu Village have died, and now the old village chief is dead, and every family is extremely poor. If we don't help, this Dahu Village will be in trouble in the future, and the black fish demon will make trouble. In the past few years, the family property of Dahu Village has been tossed clean."

"I'm in charge of this matter, you don't need to persuade me."

After speaking, he ordered a few guards to come in, and was going to discuss with them to formulate a charter to compensate the villagers of Dahu Village, and then he went to invite some elders of Dahu Village to come over.

The village chief is dead, and the village chiefs can only fall on a few respected village elders.

When Li Xiuyuan talked about compensation, several village elders were shocked immediately.

"No, no, Mr. Li has great kindness and virtue in Dahu Village. How can we accept Mr. Li's money again? Isn't this ungrateful? We will never do such a white-eyed wolf."

"Yes, this money must not be accepted, otherwise we old bones will die in the future and we will have no face to see old man Luo."

"Please take it back, Mr. Li. If we take the money, we won't be scolded by outsiders."

Although the village elders were rural old men, the villagers in ancient times were very simple. After hearing that Li Xiuyuan had helped so much, they had to give each family a share of money, which made them anxious all of a sudden.

Li Xiuyuan explained with a smile: "I didn't give it to you for nothing. Didn't the water demon in your Dahu Village die? It left behind a piece of jewelry, so sell it to me as 5000 taels of silver. I plan to get 5000 taels of silver." Distribute it to each household, and the remaining [-] taels will be used to build houses for Dahu Village, purchase cattle and sheep, and build four Leigong Temples, so don’t refuse, or I won’t dare to take this precious pearl.”

As he spoke, he stretched out his palm and showed the water-proof beads to several village elders.

"But this thing is more than so much money, and Mr. Li has great kindness to us, so it is right to give this little bead to Mr. Li."

"That's right, that's right. It's not bad that this thing can be sold for ten taels of silver on the street. It can be worth 1 taels. Mr. Li, please don't lie to us old men."

These village elders were still as stubborn as ever, unwilling to accept the money.

"Even so, if the village elders don't think about themselves, they should also think about the villagers of Dahu Village. This black fish demon has been in trouble for several years, and every family is impoverished. Moreover, I also promised Lei Gong to build a temple for them and sacrifice every year. I can't handle this matter, I can only trouble the villagers of Dahu Village, and building temples and buying pigs, cattle and sheep are all places where money is spent, so I will naturally have to pay for it." Li Xiuyuan thought of a reason and said .

That god is talking about things, now these village elders have nothing to say.

Sure enough, when the matter of Lei Gong was mentioned, these village elders immediately showed fear and did not dare to refute.

"Mr. Li invited Lei Gong to kill demons for the sake of Dahu Village. Even if it is to build a temple to worship, it is our Dahu Village who will do it. How can we let Mr. Li spend money?" The village elders thought about it but still did not agree.

Li Xiuyuan said again: "Now the villagers are so poor that they can't get rid of it. The Lei Gong Temple was only built in the Year of the Monkey."

Finally, after persuading for a long time, and finally persuaded these village chiefs with the reason of building Leigong Temple and offering sacrifices, they reluctantly accepted the money.

Although 1 taels of silver may not sound like much, each household can have at least a hundred taels of silver.

For a villager, these hundreds of taels of silver may be accumulated over more than ten years. In addition, the remaining silver can be used to repair houses, temples, and buy livestock for the villagers.

As long as there are no accidents, this Dahu Village will be prosperous and bustling in the future.

1 taels of silver brought a brand new Dahu Village, which is not a lot of money.

After everything is discussed properly, the remaining matters will be presided over by these village elders.

Li Xiuyuan stayed in Dahu Village for a day, paid homage to the dead old village head, and explained some things about several village elders. On the next day, he brought Tieshan and other twenty guards, and several A carriage slowly drove out of Dahu Village.

Along the way, the villagers of Dahu Village followed and saw them off.

"Grandpa, have a good journey."

"Engong, come here often when you have time."

"Thank you benefactor for getting rid of the monsters in our Dahu Village and avenging my dead son."

Some shouted in gratitude, some were reluctant to part, and some knelt and kowtowed to see them off.

Li Xiuyuan wanted to say a few words of farewell, but he shook his head when the words came to his lips, and didn't say anything, but waved his hand from a distance as a signal.

"Let's go."

He was riding a jade lion and sighed slightly.

It wasn't until he walked out of the village and came to the road that the villagers stopped following him.

But at this time, near the intersection, a dirty beggar boy has been waiting here for some time.

"Little pole, why are you here?" Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment.

The little pole didn't speak, just pursed his lips, ran over, handed the incomparably precious bronze mirror to Li Xiuyuan, and then left without looking back.

It seems that he wants to give this thing to Li Xiuyuan.

(End of this chapter)