Li Shen looked at Li Lijun silently, and after a while he nodded and admitted: "I heard some rumors. It's dangerous or not. As long as you don't go up to Zhuangzi, it won't hinder you. I just think that if you get this Zhuangzi, it's

You have suffered a big loss and cannot deal with the troubles ahead, so you might as well leave them all to me."

Li Lijun smiled: "What trouble can there be? I didn't spend any money to get this Zhuangzi. Even if I put it there for nothing, I won't lose anything. I will suffer a big loss. What if Uncle Shen thinks that this Zhuangzi can't be sold at a high price?"

, it’s not good for me, so I just want to buy Zhuangzi over and bear the loss for me. Don’t forget, I’m richer than you, that’s just as good.”

Li Shen was speechless. This is the truth. Prince Zou's palace may be quite wealthy, but he is not the heir to the palace, but only the second grandson of Prince Zou. Even if he is in charge of the general affairs of the palace, the money he can mobilize is limited. But Li Lijun inherited the

As long as Sui Wang and his son did not interfere with her financial power, she would definitely be much richer than him.

He could only say: "You still have to keep filial piety and you are young, how can you deal with the hidden dangers behind Zhuangzi? The lawsuit against the previous owner has not been settled yet, and trouble may come at some time. Leave Zhuangzi to me, and I will

I’ll cook it for you as well.”

Li Lijun said: "Uncle Shen, don't worry. What's the problem with the Liu Family Village? We're just hearing about it, and we don't know whether the rumors are true or false. If those rumors about monsters eating people are all made up by Liu Dalang,

He killed all the people, so there can't be any hidden dangers. Now Liu Dalang has also disappeared. Zhuangzi was sold by his own mother. He recorded it in the government and changed hands. He just fell into the hands of Lin Guogong, and then to us.

Here, we are the third party. Even if there is trouble in the Liu family's lawsuit, we can't be traced to it.

"As for those rumors, if they are true... the worst we can do is hire a capable Taoist priest to collect the demons and completely remove the hidden dangers. Wouldn't it be clean? These are two pieces of fertile land in Guanzhong. After passing this village,

Without this store, where can we find such a good property?"

Li Shen frowned and listened, and had to admit that Li Lijun's words were reasonable. The urge to rush to buy Zhuangzi after hearing the rumors about monsters eating people gradually disappeared. He quickly made a decision to send a few confidants to Jingyang to inquire.

After knowing the situation of Zhuangzi, I went back to Chang'an City to find a wise man. Regardless of whether there are really ghosts in Zhuangzi, the previous masters suffered such unlucky things, and another person died in the village.

It is also appropriate to go through religious rituals.

But he was a little curious: "Li Niang, you have known about this for a long time? Who told you? Is it Lin Jiulang?"

Li Lijun smiled: "If the Lin family knew about this, how could they give us Zhuangzi as a thank you gift? I heard that several Zhuangzi in that area were urgently sold recently. I guess Lin Guogong heard about the good land in Guanzhong.

, the price was also affordable, and I bought it without checking it carefully. He was also busy going to Lingnan to take up his post, so how could he take care of these trivial matters? It was the two nuns around me who vaguely remembered that my maternal grandfather had met the late

I have dealt with Mr. Liu, the village owner, and I was wondering why his family had sold their ancestral property, so I went to inquire about it. Aunt Lu knows more about this matter, should I ask her to tell you?"

She asked Erhong to invite Nanny Lu, and Nanny Lu told her everything she had heard. She was also curious about where Li Shen had heard about it? Was there anything she hadn't heard about?

?

Li Shen said that he actually heard about it from the monks of Qingliang Temple and other pilgrims. When the rumor of monsters eating people in Liujiazhuang spread, the Jingyang County magistrate refused to admit it, but the dead official

However, the disciple's family solemnly invited the eminent monks from Qingliang Temple to chant sutras and be saved. The martial monks from Qingliang Temple were also very famous. At that time, there were more than a dozen highly skilled martial monks accompanying the eminent monks. The officials of that household specially invited them.

Go and tame the monsters on the farm.

However, the monks did not find any monsters. They only found some suspicious traces, which were suspected to be some kind of giant snakes or rats that were eating livestock, grinding their teeth on tree trunks or stones, crawling, and shaking their tails to destroy trees and land.

mark, but since the rumored monster lair was not found, they were not sure whether the monster really existed.

The monks of Qingliang Temple performed rituals there, chanted sutras for three days, and liberated the deceased. However, they could not find any trace of the monsters, so they had to say goodbye to the benefactor and return to the temple. The benefactor did not ask them to keep it secret. After they came back, they deliberately or unintentionally

I mentioned this long journey to others and discussed the suspicious and terrifying traces. Pilgrims from the vicinity of Liujiazhuang came to Qingliang Temple with the rumors they had heard to burn incense and worship Buddha, praying to the Buddha to protect their family's safety. While staying in a cave at the foot of the mountain,

They chatted with other pilgrims and local residents, and also used this incident as a source of discussion. As a result, the rumors about monsters eating people spread more and more widely.

Just now, when Li Shen was listening to people chatting, someone mentioned that not only livestock often disappeared in the Liujiazhuang area recently, but also people disappeared inexplicably. He suspected that the monster had come out to eat people again. Li Shen learned that the place of the accident was on the edge of Liujiazhuang, not far from him.

The newly acquired Zhuangzi was actually not that far away, and he suddenly broke into a cold sweat. If there were monsters there that would harm people, neither he nor Li Lijun would be able to escape. He had already planned to find someone as soon as he returned to Chang'an.

He was going to collect the demons. Because he was worried that Li Lijun would be scared, he simply wanted to go to her village and have people clean it up when the time came, so as to avoid any future troubles.

Speaking of this, Li Shen advised Li Lijun again: "Leave this matter to Uncle Shen. You can just stay in your hometown with peace of mind and don't worry about other things. It doesn't matter if you don't want to sell Zhuangzi. Anyway, I am

Your uncle, when you ask an expert to collect the demons, I will also take care of your share."

Li Lijun smiled helplessly and thought for a while: "Okay, let's leave this matter to Uncle Shen. I just need to wait for the news at home. But don't take risks easily, especially don't go there at night, too much

Find some skilled guards and let the locals serve as your guides. If you are well prepared, it will be safer to go there in broad daylight. If the monster is really powerful, you must stay away and let the experts you invite deal with it.

The monster will be fine. I will also pay you a reward after the work is completed."

Li Shen hurriedly agreed: "No problem, I'll take care of it all!"

He got up again and went to talk to the monks in Qingliang Temple. If he really wanted to invite someone to catch the monster, he must first collect all the information. Although the monks in Qingliang Temple had not seen the monster, they had seen the traces it left.

Maybe you can provide him with a lot of information?

After Li Shen left, Li Lijun returned to the cave where she lived and was silent in thought.

Grandma Lu didn't know what was going on, so she comforted her and said, "Don't worry, little lady. Even if it's really a monster causing trouble, you don't have to worry because Mr. Erlang of Prince Zou is here!"

Aunt Cui said to Aunt Lu: "Although the matter has been entrusted to Erlang Jun, we can't just do nothing. A Lu, since you have heard so much information, see if you can ask those pilgrims again.

What happened at Liujiazhuang in the past few days? Maybe we can find some useful clues?"

Grandma Lu thought it was reasonable and hurriedly took Shi Qing out. Shi Qing was also a good at getting information, and he could also give her a compliment.

Only Li Lijun, Aunt Cui, and Erhong were left in the house. Mrs. Shao went to boil water.

Aunt Cui lowered her voice and asked Li Lijun: "My dear lady, this time, don't you want to get rid of the monster yourself?" Er Hong took a breath of cold air.
Chapter completed!