"Since Daochang Guo is fine, then let's go to the county office."

Zhao Yuansong said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ji Yuan nodded, glanced at his senior brother, temporarily suppressed the words in his heart, and waited to go back to the Taoist temple.

Then he groaned slightly, then took out a few porcelain vases from his sleeve robe and handed them to several people present, even the young men and women who had just returned.

"This is an elixir refined by the Poor Dao, which has the effect of consolidating the foundation and cultivating the yuan and thickening the essence in the body."

Ji Yuan said that if he took this pill, he would not only be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort within a day or two, but also increase the cultivation comparable to half a month of hard work.

The most important thing is that the pill itself is mild, has almost no side effects, and can continue to bring benefits to the monk for several days after taking it.

If it weren't for this orb, it would indeed be of great use to him, otherwise Ji Yuan wouldn't have taken out so many pills in one go.

You must know that the refining of this kind of elixir is not easy, with his alchemy skills, often only one furnace can be successful among the three or four furnaces, and the amount of just one bottle of three pills is enough to sell at a high price of thirty taels of gold in Mingxinxuan.

After listening to the description of the little Taoist, Zhao Yuansong immediately smiled, took his junior brothers and sisters to salute, and accepted these pills without shirking.

However, Huixin showed hesitation, although he was also extremely moved by this Dan, but he still shook his head and wanted to refuse.

In his opinion, if it weren't for his own reasons, this demon would have been successful, not to mention that the materials on this monster were worth a lot of money, and even they could get a reward from the county government.

In the laws of the Dayu Dynasty, there are relevant clear provisions that if a monk kills a monster that causes trouble, the court will give corresponding rewards and fame according to the actual situation.

However, now because of his indecision, the demon punishment failed, not only can everyone not get the reward they deserve, but there may even be more innocent people who will die tragically at the hands of the monster one day in the future.

In this way, how could he have the face to accept this bottle of elixir again.

"You monk, why are you so rigid?"

Ji Yuan rolled his eyes and said angrily: "If you don't accept this bottle of pill at this time, don't you let me owe you a personal favor and leave a little flaw in my mood?" ”

There are thousands of avenues in the world, but whether it is a qi practitioner or a martial artist, they all attach great importance to their state of mind, and they do not allow half a point of flaws and stains, because this involves the foundation of their own cultivation.

Hearing him say this, Hui Xin smiled bitterly, withdrew his outstretched palm, and put the porcelain bottle containing the three pills into his sleeve robe.

"Xiao Dao Chang is worthy of being a famous Dan Master in Qianyu City, and he actually carried such a precious pill with him."

Zhao Yuansong laughed, it was a round, so as not to embarrass Huixin too much.

It's just that Ji Yuan clearly saw a trace of imperceptible light flash in his eyes.

He looked at the other party deeply, and if he guessed correctly, this person should have seen something.

However, the little Taoist priest didn't care about this, since he made such a move, he naturally had already prepared in his heart, even if others found out something.

So after putting away the bead, he took the people around him and walked quickly towards the county office.

Along the way, they met many people who looked panicked and had uneasy faces, all of whom had fled from the banks of the river on both sides because of their previous fight with the monsters.

However, most of these people didn't see the scene at that time with their own eyes, so they naturally couldn't recognize Ji Yuan and his party, who were the ones who had just fought with the monsters.

After a small half pillar of incense, Ji Yuan and others came to the county office, at this time, more than 20 catchers gathered outside the gate, and the leader was Liu Hongsheng, the chief catcher of Qianyu City, and Sun Youfang, the county government's master.

The former is a burly middle-aged man, with a national character face that is not angry but self-assured, and his martial arts are enough to rank in the top five in Qianyu City.

The latter was a young old man of sixty or seventy years of age, each of whom was not tall and often bent slightly, with two moustaches on his face, and a gleam of light in his eyes.

These two people can be said to be the right-hand men of the county lord, and they both appeared at the gate of the county government at this moment.

When Ji Yuan and his party came to the county yamen not far away, two teams of 50 officers and soldiers guarding the city strode over.

One group consisted of thirty men, dressed in leather armor, armed with spears, and with a long knife hanging from their waists, while the other group numbered no more than twenty men, armed with a strong bow in their hands. Crossbow.

Ji Yuan looked at it at a glance, whether it was the officers and soldiers who arrived to defend the city, or the catcher who was subordinate to the county government, there were many familiar faces in it, and even the chief catcher Liu Hongsheng and his master Sun Youfang had several faces.

As soon as they approached, they immediately stepped forward to stop them, preventing them from taking another step forward.

Seeing this, Zhao Yuansong roughly told the intention of himself and the others, and finally said that he hoped that the two officials could report it.

After listening to the two catchers, when even with a solemn look on their faces, one of them, surnamed Wang, knew Ji Yuan, and saw that he was also in the crowd, so he didn't dare to have any delay, turned around and trotted all the way to the side of the chief catcher.

Everyone immediately saw that after the two exchanged ears for a while, Liu Hongsheng immediately took his master and Sun Youfang and walked towards them quickly.

"You are the ones who want to kill monsters on the Jade River?"

Liu Hongsheng's gaze swept over several people, and he paused on Ji Yuan's body during the period.

Originally, it was supposed to be the wisdom of the locals, or Ji Yuan to tell at this time, but one was full of thoughts, and the other deliberately did not speak, so Zhao Yuansong repeated the previous words again.

It's just that compared to just now, there are undoubtedly many details added at this time, and the reason why they didn't notify the county government first.

As for the reason in his mouth, whether it was Liu Hongsheng, the master beside him, or even a few catchers behind the two, they didn't feel that the other party was underestimating them.

After all, even if they are fast, not all of them have embarked on the path of cultivation, most of them are still ordinary mortals, they just know some martial arts, and they are mainly good at solving cases.

If the county government had been notified and had sent them to participate in the round-up, I am afraid that in the explosion, there would have been very few people who would have been able to escape in one piece.

Even if most people don't die on the spot, at least they will end up with a permanent disability, and they are lucky to have broken arms and legs.

"At this time, I can't be the master, so please follow me and enter the county office to meet the lord."

Liu Hongsheng said solemnly.

Then he gave a few catchers behind him a look, and together with his master Sun Youfang, he led everyone to the county office.

And these catchers led the remaining 20 catchers and 50 officers and soldiers guarding the city to hurry to the place where the incident occurred.

It is obviously impossible for them, just based on the words of Ji Yuan and a few people, they will directly collect the team and go back to rest, or they have to go on a trip to determine whether everything is true.

And where the incident happened, there are still a bunch of troublesome things waiting for them to deal with, whether it is the collapsed and damaged houses or the affected people.

When the group of arresters and officers and soldiers left, Ji Yuan and others also followed Liu Hongsheng into the county office.

However, when they first stepped into the county office, Sun Youyi walked quickly to the backyard of the county government on the pretext of reporting in advance.

Because it was not a promotion to the court to try the case, Liu Hongsheng did not take them to the lobby, but led them to a side hall, and as soon as a few people sat down, a maid brought tea.

It's just that except for Huixin and Guo Tao, no one touched this cup, which is considered a good tea in the eyes of mortals.

In addition to relying on the aura of heaven and earth, as well as wonderful spiritual objects, the monk's cultivation is also very particular about drinking and eating, not everything can be sent to the mouth, at least it will be polluted by turbidity, and at worst, it will be regressive and the foundation will be damaged.

This is also after Ji Yuan embarked on the path of cultivation, even if he spent a lot of money, he had to replace all the food in the Taoist temple with spiritual rice and tea grown by the people in the cultivation themselves.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and several people immediately turned their heads to look, and then saw a middle-aged man, leading his grandfather and grandson inside.

"This official Yuan Yongcheng, I have seen all the knights, and I was entangled in official duties before, if there is any neglect, please do more Haihan."

The middle-aged man bowed his hand, and there was no official arrogance in his body.

This county official is of ordinary stature, and his appearance is not unusual, he is wearing ordinary clothes, and there is no gold, silver and jade to accompany him, but he has a Confucian scholarly anger in his gestures.

Several people got up one after another to return the salute, even if they were cultivators, they did not have the slightest detachment at this moment, and they never despised the 'ordinary man' in front of them.

"I have heard Master Sun repeat what a few people said, and I am here to give a gift to the people in the city!"

Yuan Yongcheng said solemnly, and at the same time saluted several people again.

It's just that unlike the previous salute, this time it was a big salute, and after shaking his hands, he bowed to the end, and his entire waist was bent down most of the time.

Seeing this scene, several people naturally said 'don't dare', and at the same time hurriedly dodged sideways, they really didn't dare to accept this big gift.

Not to mention that they failed to punish the demon and let the monster escape, even if they successfully killed the monster, they would never dare to accept this gift calmly.

"This is a little bit of Yuan's heart, and I hope a few people will not refuse."

Yuan Yongcheng smiled slightly, and as soon as his words fell, a few servants walked into the house, put the wooden plate in their hands in front of several people, and they did not forget to uncover the red cloth on it before leaving.

"This is absolutely unacceptable!"

When Zhao Yuansong saw it, his expression immediately turned positive, and he immediately refused.

On the wooden plates, there were a silver ingots neatly placed, all of which were snowflake silver cast by the imperial court.

In terms of value, this kind of official silver is much higher than the silver ingots of ordinary people, and often one or two snowflake silvers can be exchanged for four or five taels of ordinary silver.

"We didn't succeed in killing the monsters, and we also caused losses to the nearby people."

Zhao Yuansong shook his head and said: "If the adults don't hold us accountable, it's already a great luck, how can we accept this big gift!" ”

If they really strictly followed the laws of the Dayu Dynasty, they failed to punish the demons, and they also destroyed the surrounding houses, and some people were killed and injured because of this, which was enough to be held accountable by the local government.

However, generally speaking, no one really does this, because it is easy to chill people's hearts, so that the rest of the monks choose to turn a blind eye when they encounter similar situations.

The second reason is also very simple, anyone involved in such a matter is a cultivator, or a martial artist with good military force, and the local government will not take the liberty of offending these people.