Chapter 70: The Disappearing Tax Silver

When Zhang Xiu and Nezha returned to the Taoist temple, everyone had already eaten.

The Three Virgins saw the light of day again and reunited with their son, and she should have been the happiest person today, but for some reason, there was always a hint of complexity in her smile.

After all, in her understanding, she ate her own feast before she died......

Zhang Xiuxun looked around, but didn't find Xia'er's figure, and asked suspiciously, "Where is Xia'er?" ”

Yan Feng's expression stiffened, and he said as if he was facing a great enemy: "I went to the kitchen to cook longevity noodles for you, and said that I would cook more and let everyone taste it." ”

"Shhhh

Zhang Xiu gasped, revealing a frightened expression.

Nezha said curiously: "Isn't it just a bowl of noodles, why did it scare you like this." ”

After a while, Nezha looked at the bowls of longevity noodles brought by Xia'er and fell into deep thought.

Now the longevity of the world is dark green?

When Nezha doubted his life, Ao Xue picked up the bowl with a sad face and said to the east: "Father, Ao Xue has come to see you!" ”

After speaking, he poured the soup and noodles into his mouth.

Ah Fei picked up the bowl and pushed it in front of the three virgins with filial piety: "Mother, you haven't eaten for ten years, I'll give you this bowl too." ”

The Third Lady pushed the bowl with her hand and said with a forced smile: "Mother is not hungry, you are still growing your body, let's give it to you......"

Looking at the scene of the mother's filial piety in front of him, Zhang Xiu complained with a complicated heart: "Lady, where are you cooking, you are obviously doing evil!" ”

In line with the concept of not wasting food, Zhang Xiu ate the longevity noodles hard, and the Xiyue Emperor, who was hiding aside and peeking, breathed a sigh of relief and appeared with a smile.

"Zhang Gongzi, the Three Holy Mothers have been rescued, it's time to get down to business, right?"

Zhang Xiu took a bite of his elbow and pressed his throat, and said, "Are you talking about the Heavenly Demon, where are his other bodies sealed?" ”

Emperor Xiyue said: "The head of the Heavenly Demon is sealed in Mount Tai, the left leg is in Hengshan, the right hand is in Songshan, and the left hand is in Hengshan, which are suppressed by our Wuyue Emperor. ”

"The Heavenly Demon cultivation is too high, and over the years, just suppressing his body has almost exhausted our mana. If it is not dealt with properly in time, I am afraid that the day when he will be reborn is not far away. ”

Zhang Xiu's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he looked at Emperor Xiyue with a puzzled face: "Emperor Xiyue, is the Heavenly Demon a monster with limbs on his neck?" ”

Emperor Xiyue was stunned: "No." ”

Zhang Xiu squinted his eyes and said, "Since it's not, where did his torso go?" ”

Emperor Xiyue laughed: "It turns out that you are asking this, his torso was broken by the Buddha and Emperor Donghua together, and his heart absorbed all the demonic qi on his torso, and then disappeared." ”

Zhang Xiu said with some concern: "I remember that the Heavenly Demon said that he was immortal and immortal, so would he rely on that heart to be reborn?" ”

Emperor Xiyue sighed slightly: "The days are unpredictable, in fact, we have long been aware that one day he will make a comeback." What we can do now is to destroy his body, and as for the future, let's leave it to the Buddha and the Jade Emperor. ”

Zhang Xiu agreed: "The sky is falling, and there is a high top." Emperor Xiyue, it's rare for you to come here, let's have a meal together and then leave! ”

Emperor Xiyue bowed slightly: "Okay!" ”

When the words landed, Xia'er walked out with an iron pot and said with a smile: "There is just a bowl of noodles in the pot!" ”

Xiyue Emperor: "@#¥%¥#@......"

After eating this reunion dinner, the Three Virgins took Ah Fei to find Liu Yanchang.

Zhang Xiu and his entourage marched towards Nanyue Hengshan, preparing to destroy the left leg of the Heavenly Demon, stopped and stopped, and returned to Jiangnan.

On this day, it happened to catch up with the pouring rain, and Zhang Xiu and several people came to an ancient temple to take shelter from the rain.

As soon as he started to light a fire and cook, there was a sound of cars outside the door.

A short time later, an official dressed as a state governor walked in, followed by a group of officers and soldiers.

Seeing Zhang Xiu and his entourage in the temple, Zhou Zuo said in a loud voice: "We are from the Yamen of the Governor of Huguang, escorting 600,000 taels of tax and silver into Beijing, and all the idlers and miscellaneous people will avoid it!" ”

Zhang Xiu was taken aback: "Sleeping silver? Who did you governor sleep with, and you have to pay so much money? ”

"Our governor slept...... Phew, none of our governors slept! ”

Zhou Zuo glared at Zhang Xiu fiercely, and said angrily: "Get out quickly, if these taxes and silver are missing one or two, you will all lose your heads!" ”

Zhang Xiu took out a seal and said with a smile: "In Yanfeng, the prefect of Jinhua, go to the south to do some things, please make it convenient, let us stay overnight again." ”

Zhou Zuo was stunned for a moment, took the seal and looked at it for a moment, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Lord Yan in person, there were many rudeness just now, please forgive Lord Yan!" ”

Zhang Xiu said politely: "Don't dare, Lord Zhou Zuo is also on business, how dare Yan blame." ”

Zhou Zuo smiled and ordered: "Set aside two side rooms for Lord Yan, and let the servant move the tax money into the temple!" ”

After that, he left with the rest of the officers and soldiers and went to arrange sentry posts everywhere.

After they left, Yan Feng rolled his eyes and said, "When did I become the prefect of Jinhua, and you sent me Yulu?" ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "I don't have it, but there are a few jars of old wine I buried in the mansion, which are almost fifty years old." ”

Yan Feng's eyes lit up: "Next time you have something, report my name too!" ”

The night was uneventful, and the next morning, Zhang Xiu and the others were woken up by a panicked shout.

"The silver is gone! The silver is gone! ”

Zhang Xiu put on his clothes and came out to see that in the courtyard, the silver escorted was gone.

Everyone was shocked, and Zhou Zuo was even more frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly interrogated the officers and soldiers and servants who were standing guard.

Everyone said that everything was fine last night, and that there was not even a suspicious person in sight.

Zhou Zuo was so angry that he slashed at the pillar with a knife, and said angrily: "I haven't seen a single shadow, could it be that these silvers were stolen by ghosts?!" ”

Zhang Xiu glanced at him and comforted: "Don't be angry, Lord Zhouzuo, I know that there is a spell called the Five Ghost Handling Method, which was specially developed for stealing silver!" ”

Zhou Zuo was stunned for a moment, then shivered all over, and said with wide eyes: "This ...... Is it really a ghost? ”

Zhang Xiu shook his head slightly: "No, I just said that there is such a spell, whether it was a ghost or not, it's hard to say before I find the silver." ”

Zhou Zuo hesitated for a while, and said: "Lord Yan Feng, the stakes are very high, before you find the silver, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave." ”

Zhang Xiu looked understanding, nodded and smiled: "Lord Zhouzuo, I assure you that before finding the silver, Yan Feng will never leave this ancient temple for half a step!" ”

Yan Feng: "......"

Zhou Zuo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since this is the case, then please wait here, and I will take someone to search nearby first to see if there is any trace of thieves!" ”

(End of chapter)