Chapter 7: The Way to Make Money (1)

In the courtyard of the Chenwu Dao Hall in Suiyuan Lane, under the hundred-year-old yellow locust tree, Jiang Wu was looking down at something carefully.

"Brother, come and see, they're back again!" Jiang Wu suddenly shouted to Jiang Chen.

"Is there a business?" Jiang Chen ran out of the house excitedly, but found that he had guessed wrong.

"It turned out to be them!" Jiang Chen was a little disappointed, but not frustrated. Under the trees, there are many black ants carrying the dirt and running around.

"They're supposed to be rebuilding the anthill, and they seem to love it anyway. Jiang Wu smiled and said, "What about the black-robed banshee?

"It's only been a few days, do you miss her?" Jiang Chen teased: "I guess she must be very ugly, otherwise why is she wearing a cloak...... Oops!"

Jiang Chen was pushed, stumbled forward, and almost fell. He looked back, and there was one more person behind him, it was the banshee in a black robe and a black cloak.

"You really can't talk nonsense in broad daylight!" Jiang Chen stuck out his tongue and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I'm here to see them. The black-robed banshee said lightly, she pointed to the black ants: "They still want to come back here and settle down." ”

Jiang Chen smiled and said to Jiang Wu: "Brother, it seems that you can't pee under the tree casually in the future!"

"Aren't you the one who likes to urinate under the tree?" asked the black-robed banshee.

"You, have you seen it all?" Jiang Chen was suddenly embarrassed: "Do you also live here?"

"No!" said the black-robed banshee, "they told me that I don't live here. ”

"Are there a lot of ant-demons in the vicinity that have turned into human shapes?" Jiang Wu asked.

"It's just me. The banshee's tone was calm, calm and distressing: "So, I can rarely talk to other people. ”

"Then you must be very lonely," Jiang Wu said, "If you want, you can come here often to talk to us." Anyway, there is very little business in our gym, and most of the time is very leisurely. ”

"I'll think about it. The banshee said. At this time, she saw a figure walking into the alley, and hurriedly said, "Someone is coming! ”

The banshee immediately left the courtyard quickly, passed by the visitors, and disappeared into the alley.

"Aunt Li, have you bought the vegetables so early?" Jiang Chen immediately greeted him with a smile on his face when he saw someone coming. This woman in her forties and fifties is the owner of the courtyard here, the landlord of the Chenwu Gym.

"Who was that guy just now? It's all black, weird. The landlord asked suspiciously.

"It's a customer, but unfortunately she just asked a few words and didn't take the business. Jiang Chen said: "I still owe a month's rent, and we will pay it back as soon as possible." ”

"No need!" the landlord said happily: "Someone has already paid for you, and even the food expenses have been made up." ”

"Who is it?" Jiang Chen was surprised and delighted: "There is such a good person?!"

"See for yourself!" The landlady handed Jiang Chen an envelope: "I received it this morning, and before you two got up, I read it for you." ”

Jiang Chen took the envelope and saw that it read "Yunlan Town Chenwu Daoguan Qi", and the inscription was "Qiyunguan of Yangliu Village".

"Isn't Yangliu Village a village under the jurisdiction of Sanhe County next door, how could the Taoist temple there send us a letter?" Jiang Chen opened the envelope suspiciously, took out the letter paper, and opened it to read. Jiang Wu also came over to read the letter together.

It turned out that a powerful monster had recently appeared in Yangliu Village, and Qi Yunguan was unable to capture it alone. The Taoist chief sent invitations to several nearby Taoist temples and asked them to send Dao heroes to come to support. The letter also comes with a deposit of 200 Wen, and if you have merit in catching demons, you can get another 300 Wen.

There was no silver ticket of 200 wen in the letter, which had obviously been confiscated by the landlord's aunt.

"Five hundred wen commission! The deposit is two hundred wen!" Jiang Chen was very surprised, the Chenwu Daoist Hall had never received such a big "business". What he didn't expect was that the Chenwu Daoist Hall was already famous, and even the Taoist Taoist in the neighboring county and village had heard of this name.

"Qi Yunguan's entrustment I have already agreed to help you come down!" The landlord aunt said: "When I was shopping for vegetables, I met the shopkeeper Hu, he was sending a batch of goods to Sanhe County today, passing by Yangliu Village, and the shopkeeper Hu promised to take the two of you for a ride. Hurry up and get ready, and we'll be off in half an hour!"

The two brothers rely on the landlord's aunt to take care of their food and accommodation on weekdays, and in the face of her unauthorized decisions, the brothers can't refuse. Jiang Chen smiled bitterly and agreed.

Jiang Wu was relieved: "Even if the landlord doesn't make her own opinions, we will still accept this commission." What's more, this time, there will be a lot of Taoist heroes gathered in Qiyunguan, all of whom are fellow Taoists, such an opportunity, how can it be missed!"

Jiang Chen nodded, and the two brothers simply cleaned up and brought the necessary rune paper tools. Jiang Chen also brought the copper incense burner, this is a Dao vessel from hundreds of years ago, and it is no longer usable, but maybe there will be other Dao heroes who know this thing, and it is possible to sell it at a high price.

As for "Ten Thousand Demon Spectrum", there is a thick stack, Jiang Chen hides them in a secret box under the bed in the room, and he never carries them with him.

As soon as it was packed, the carriage of the shopkeeper Hu had arrived, and the two brothers said goodbye to the landlord and aunt, got in the car and set off.

Shopkeeper Hu was a businessman and very talkative, and along the way he constantly persuaded Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu not to cultivate. He said that if he wanted to make a living, he might as well follow him as an apprentice, and in the future he would be able to start a small business, and in a few years he would be able to buy a house in the town, marry a daughter-in-law, and start a family.

The two brothers said yes again and again, and dealt with a few words casually. Seeing that the brothers were not interested, the shopkeeper Hu sighed, and then changed the topic and taught them how to drive the carriage. This time, Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu were very interested.

After bumping on the carriage for most of the day, I finally arrived at the entrance of Yangliu Village.

The two thanked and said goodbye to Shopkeeper Hu, and agreed to meet here at this time in three days, and then return to Yunlan Town together.

The road into Yangliu Village seems to have just been renovated, smooth and wide. Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu walked into Yangliu Village, asked the villagers in the fields on the side of the road a few words, and then inquired about the location of Qi Yunguan. When the villagers heard that they were Dao heroes who had come to help, they were very polite. Qi Yunguan was halfway up the mountainside behind the village, and the two brothers walked for more than half an hour and finally found it.

Qiyunguan is a small Taoist temple that is a little dilapidated and small-scale, there are only two Taoists in total, two masters and apprentices, an old Taoist and a little Taoist boy.

The person who received Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu was Xiao Daotong, called Wei Daozi. Wei Daozi is one or two years younger than Jiang Wu, about fifteen years old, but he is very capable. The old Taoist has been seriously ill for more than a year, and these days Wei Daozi is taking care of the master and taking care of the entire Taoist temple.

Jiang Chen asked about the monsters, but Wei Daozi said that there was no need to worry. The monster usually only appears on the seventh night of the first month of the month, today is the sixth day of the first month, he asked Jiang Chen Jiang Wu to rest for a day, and then catch the demon with other Taoist heroes who came tomorrow night.

"What kind of monster, such a regular activity?" Jiang Chen was suddenly puzzled. Wei Daozi shook his head, he didn't know, he only knew that monsters were difficult to deal with.

Jiang Chen Jiang Wu was tired after a day of running, so he rested in the Taoist temple for a night.

The next day, four or five more Taoists came to Qiyunguan one after another, all of whom rushed here after receiving a letter of entrustment from the Taoist Temple.

They are all fellow Taoists, and all the Taoists greet each other politely. Jiang Chen Jiang Wu is young, and others are somewhat contemptuous. However, the two brothers also had doubts, because the good and bad Taoist heroes who came were uneven: some were dressed in neat Taoist robes and carried a Taoist sword around their waists, which looked a bit like Taoist appearance;

"Why are these people here?" Jiang Chen frowned, and said secretly in his heart. He heard that in Sanhe County, where Yangliu Village is located, there is a well-known Taoist hall, and the owner of the hall is a family of monks, who have opened Taoist halls for generations. Why didn't the Taoist heroes of the Sanhe River Pavilion come this time, but they all came from unknown small Taoist halls and rivers and lakes?

"Maybe it's because the commission fee of the Daoxia of the Sanhe River Pavilion is too high, please don't move this Qiyunguan. Jiang Chen said again in his heart. The Taoist who can set off to come to this remote village for a deposit of 200 Wen will naturally not be a famous Taoist.

Jiang Wu was also quite disappointed by this. His cultivation basically relied on his own enlightenment and exploration, and he never received guidance from famous teachers. Originally, he also hoped to meet some famous masters this time, and even have the opportunity to learn from masters. However, seeing these Taoist heroes, Jiang Wu's idea of apprenticeship was completely dispelled.

Those who came were all "not very popular" scattered roads, and Jiang Chen took out the copper incense burner he brought for the Taoist heroes to appreciate, and he didn't get any special response. couldn't sell it for a high price, so Jiang Chen had no choice but to take the incense burner back into the baggage.