Chapter 163: Sit and wait for the mountain rain
The Taoist priest said: "Master, what are you doing, do you really want to give up the Evergreen Temple?" â
Xuan smiled and replied: "I can travel to the world, and I am going to go far away as a teacher." â
The Taoist priest looked at the dry well timidly, and said: "But you are the master of the Everspring Temple, even if you travel far away, the Everspring View is there, and you have a place to return." â
Xuanyi chuckled, as long as he learns to turn stones into gold, he can buy a big house and a big house, why bother to be wronged in this Taoist temple?
He said, "Open the stone and carry the body out." â
The two Taoist priests glanced at each other and swallowed their saliva. The person in this well was originally a wealthy merchant with a lot of money, and when he passed by the Changchun Temple, he showed his wealth, and Xuan Yi asked for money many times, but the rich merchant refused to give alms.
In a fit of rage, Xuan and the two Taoist priests present murdered them for money and threw them into this dry well.
Now that several years have passed, if it weren't for Xuanyi's insistence on leaving Changchun Temple, this matter would not have been revealed.
Where did the two Taoist priests dare to disobey Xuanyi's meaning, they could only pull the hemp rope on one side, and the other went down to the well to carry the corpse.
The Taoist priest went down to the bottom of the well, and a foul smell rushed to his nose, and although he was afraid, he couldn't help but look at the corpse.
Because the environment was not dry enough, the surface of the corpse was already oily, and the patterns of the cloth clothes worn by the person were faintly visible on the highly decomposed corpse.
Xuan Yi asked at the mouth of the well, "Check carefully, do you have any other objects on him?" â
The Taoist priest didn't dare to open his mouth to speak, let alone breathe, endured nausea and fear, closed his eyes and stretched out his hand to grope indiscriminately.
Where is there anything left for the rich businessmen who have long been looted? The Taoist priest secretly scolded Xuanyi in his heart, and shouted towards it: "No! â
Xuan Yihu was suspicious, according to Shen Kang's words, there should be something like a pearl on that gilded vessel pedestal, why didn't there be?
Maybe it's somewhere else, and I don't have it with me. Xuanyi didn't think about it, and said to the Taoist priest on the side: "Pull him up." â
"Yes." The Taoist priest bowed his head and replied.
Xuan Yi lowered his hand and said: "Throw him to the back mountain to bury him." â
"Why don't you just burn it and destroy the corpse?" The Taoist priest asked.
Xuan Yi stroked his long beard over the umbilicus and said with a smile: "Burned? Smoke doesn't arouse suspicion? If you bury it, you will bury it, if it is very expensive. â
"Yes, yes, or is it thoughtful."
Xuanyi had a sweet dream, he thought, as long as he learned the art of turning stones into gold, in the future he could buy a whole mountain, buy thousands of acres of fertile land, buy 180 beautiful wives and concubines, full of children and grandchildren, and eat all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, how can there be anything more beautiful in the world?
That night, the villagers at the foot of the mountain were preparing to go to bed, but they heard a loud "bang" in the courtyard. In autumn nights, wild animals from the mountains often come down to feed.
The woman on the kang sat up and pushed the man next to her: "Go and see, don't be a wolf to bite the chicken." â
The man yawned sleepily, went out of the door, and saw a burden on the ground by the moonlight, and he looked around, and the neighbor next door, Lao Suo, also came out of the door.
Lao Suo asked through the wall, "I hear a sound outside?" â
The man said, "Yes! I can hear that, too. There's something in the courtyard. â
Lao Su looked down and said, "Huh? â
"Uncle, what's wrong?"
Lao Suo paused, and said like a fool: "Silver, silver!" â
When the man heard this, he hurriedly ran over, holding the courtyard wall with both hands, and saw the old man sitting on the ground stupidly, holding a burden in his hand, and silver ingots scattered on the ground.
At this time, there were exclamations from several more families, and the cries of surprise suddenly spread throughout the mountain village.
"Thank you God of Wealth!"
"The God of Wealth has given you a treasure!"
"The God of Wealth has appeared!"
"Woo woo, Dad, our family is rich, and if we have money, we can treat my mother."
"Yes, yes, your mother is saved!"
Liu Shu, who was hiding not far away, saw this scene and had mixed feelings in his heart. Scholars often say that it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, but where do these people have time to learn "fishing" to save emergencies?
With this money, the sick can be cured and recovered soon, the old and the helpless can have food and clothing, the children of poor families can go to school and read and write, and the peasant families can buy cattle to plough.
It's another year, and the people under Jinming Mountain can have a happy year and eat dumplings wrapped with fatty pork, which is the greatest happiness of ordinary people!
He let out a long breath, turned away, and disappeared into the night.
Shen Kang sat alone in the room practicing calligraphy, the candle flame could not illuminate the room, and after writing for a long time, his eyes would inevitably become sour. Holding his wrist, he stroked on the rice paper and wrote down the word "Jing".
"San Lang, I'm back." Liu Shu shouted softly outside the door.
Shen Kang paused slightly, put down the pen and ink, and said while shaking his sore wrist, "Come in." â
Liu Shu pushed open the door, walked in, and bowed.
Shen Kang asked, "Have you found it all out?" â
"Yes." Liu Shu said: "Sure enough, as San Lang expected, as soon as it was dark, the two Dao came out from hÃ˛u mÊn and carried things up the mountain. One bag is a hidden treasure of gold and silver, and the other side is a corpse. â
Thinking of the appearance of the corpse, Liu Shu vomited slightly, in fact, he did "vomit".
Shen Kang smiled and handed him the teacup: "Press it." â
"Thank you, Childe."
Liu Shu took the teacup, took a few sips of tea, and finally suppressed the nausea.
He placed the teacup on the table and said, "The corpse is reburied." Then he handed a piece of cloth to Shen Kang, who took the cloth and held it in his hand and looked at it.
Liu Shu continued: "The bag of belongings was brought back, and among them was a gilded vessel seat. â
Shen Kang nodded and said, "Hmph, at this time, he can't give up everything and leave a way back for himself." These things, if my guess is right, they all belong to Zhao Wanxi, keep them first, and then return them to her when the truth is revealed. â
"Yes."
Remembering that the corpse might be Zhao Wanxi's father, Liu Shu also sighed, and continued: "At night, the Taoist priests on the mountain all came down, and distributed the financial components from the village below the mountain to Ningfu Village, which was twenty miles away. â
After replying, Liu Shu asked, "Next, what else do you need to do?" â
Shen Kang thought for a moment and said, "Sit and wait for the mountain rain to come." â
"Knock knock knock" three door sounds.
Shen Kang glanced up and glanced at Liu Shu.
Liu Shu asked loudly, "Who knocked on the door?" â
The person outside the door coughed twice and replied: "On the lower high platform, is Shen Sanlang going to bed?" If you go to bed, come back tomorrow. â
Zhang Ge?
Shen Kang was a little surprised, he got up, and Liu Shu went to open the door first.
Zhang Ge smiled and asked, "Shen Sanlang, don't you want to enter the door?" â
Shen Kang looked at his expression carefully, but he didn't see a trace of change, he twisted his cuffs, let go of half of his body, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, please come in." â
Zhang Ge smiled, came in, and sat on the chair for entertaining guests, Shen Kang turned his head and said, "Ashu, prepare tea." â
"Yes." Liu Shu nodded and went out.