"Since Daozhang Guo is fine, let's go to the county government office."
Zhao Yuansong said with a smile.
Hearing this, Ji Yuan nodded, glanced at his senior brother, suppressed what was in his mind for the time being, and waited to speak after returning to the Taoist Temple.
Then he pondered for a moment, then took out several porcelain bottles from his sleeves and handed them to several people present, including the young men and women who had just returned.
"This is an elixir refined by Pindao. It has the effect of strengthening the body and strengthening the essence in the body."
Ji Yuan said that if you take one pill of this pill, you can not only practice breathing and breathing twice the result with half the effort within a day or two, but it can also increase your cultivation level as much as half a month of hard work.
The most important thing is that the elixir itself has mild medicinal properties and almost no side effects. It can continuously bring benefits to the monks within a few days of taking it.
If it weren't for this round bead, it would indeed be of great use to him. Otherwise, Ji Yuan would not have been able to take out so many elixirs in one breath.
You must know that refining this kind of elixir is extremely difficult. With his alchemy skills, he can often only succeed in one out of three or four furnaces. Just a bottle of three pills is enough to sell three pills in Mingxinxuan.
The high price of ten taels of gold.
After listening to the little Taoist priest's description, Zhao Yuansong immediately smiled, led his junior brothers and sisters in bowing, and accepted the pills without hesitation.
Hui Xin, on the other hand, showed hesitation. Although she was very moved by this pill, she still shook her head and wanted to refuse.
In his opinion, if it were not for his own reasons, the monster slaying would have been successful this time. Not to mention that the materials on the monster were valuable, and they could even get rewards from the county government.
In the laws of the Dayu Dynasty, there are relevant explicit provisions. If a monk kills a monster that causes trouble, the court will give corresponding rewards and fame based on the actual situation.
However, due to his indecisiveness, the demon-slaying failed this time. Not only did everyone fail to get the rewards they deserve, but more innocent people may even die tragically at the hands of monsters one day in the future.
In this case, how could he have the dignity to accept this bottle of elixir?
"You're a monk, why are you so rigid?"
Ji Yuan rolled his eyes and said angrily: "If you don't accept this bottle of elixir at this time, aren't you making me owe you a favor and leaving some flaws in my mood?"
There are thousands of great ways in the world, but whether you are a Qi practitioner or a martial artist, you all attach great importance to your state of mind and do not allow any flaws or stains, because this involves the foundation of your own practice.
After hearing what he said, Huixin smiled bitterly, retracted her outstretched palm, and put the porcelain bottle containing three pills into her sleeve robe.
"The little Taoist Master is indeed a famous alchemy master in Qianyu City, and he actually carries such precious elixirs with him."
Zhao Yuansong laughed, trying to smooth things over so that Huixin wouldn't be too embarrassed.
But Ji Yuan clearly saw an imperceptible flash of light in his eyes.
He took a deep look at the other person. If he guessed correctly, this person should have seen something.
However, the little Taoist priest didn't care about this. Since he had made such a move, he had naturally been prepared in his heart, and it didn't matter even if others discovered some clues.
So after putting away the ball, he led the people around him and walked quickly towards the county government office.
Along the way, they met many people who looked panicked and uneasy. They were all people who had fled from the river banks on both sides because of the previous fights with monsters.
However, most of these people had not witnessed the scene with their own eyes, so naturally they could not recognize Ji Yuan and his party as the people who had just fought with the monster.
After lighting half a stick of incense, Ji Yuan and others arrived at the county government office. At this time, more than twenty police officers had gathered outside the gate, led by Liu Hongsheng, the chief arrester of Qianyu City, and Sun Youfang, the county government master.
The former is a burly middle-aged man with a Chinese-character face that is not angry but confident. His martial arts skills are enough to rank among the top five in Qianyu City.
The latter is an old man in his sixties or seventies. He is not tall and often stoops slightly. He has a mustache on his face and there is often a flash of light in his eyes.
These two people can be said to be the right-hand men of the county master. At this moment, they both appeared at the gate of the county government office.
When Ji Yuan and his party arrived not far from the county government gate, two teams of fifty defenders strode over.
There were thirty officers and soldiers in one group, wearing leather armor, holding spears, and long knives hanging on their waists. The other group of officers and soldiers only had twenty officers and soldiers. In addition to the strong bows in their hands, they were also equipped with a crossbow.
At a glance, Ji Yuan saw that whether they were the city guards who arrived or the county police officers, there were many familiar faces. Even the chief catcher Liu Hongsheng and his master Sun Youfang had met several times.
fate.
As soon as they approached, a police officer immediately stepped forward to stop them, preventing them from taking another step forward.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Yuansong gave a general description of the purpose of his and others' visit, and finally said that he hoped that the two officials could inform them.
After the two detectives listened, they looked solemn. One of the detectives named Wang knew Ji Yuan. Seeing that he was also in the crowd, he didn't dare to delay. He turned around and trotted all the way to the chief arrester.
around.
Everyone saw them immediately, and after the two people whispered to each other for a while, Liu Hongsheng immediately led his master Sun Youfang and walked quickly towards them.
"Are you the ones who want to kill monsters on the Xiyu River?"
Liu Hongsheng glanced at several people, and paused for a moment on Ji Yuan.
Originally, Hui Xin or Ji Yuan, who was a local, should have spoken at this time, but one was full of thoughts and the other deliberately did not speak, so Zhao Yuansong repeated what he had said before.
But compared with just now, there are undoubtedly many more details added at this time, as well as the reasons why they did not notify the county government first.
As for the reasons he mentioned, neither Liu Hongsheng, nor the master beside him, nor even the several arresters behind them felt that the other party was looking down on them.
After all, not all of them, even the police officers, have embarked on the path of spiritual practice. Most of them are still ordinary mortals who only know some martial arts and are mainly good at detecting cases.
If the county government had been notified and sent them to participate in the roundup, I am afraid that very few people would have escaped unscathed from the explosion.
Even if most people don't die on the spot, they will at least be permanently disabled, and even if they have broken arms and legs, they are considered lucky.
"I can't make the decision at this time, so please Ji Ji follow me and enter the county government office to meet the Lord."
Liu Hongsheng said solemnly.
Then he glanced at the police officers behind him, and together with his master, Sun Youfang, led everyone towards the county government office.
These arresters led the remaining 20 arresters and 50 city defenders and rushed to the scene of the incident.
It was obviously impossible for them to just withdraw the team and go back to rest based on a few words from Ji Yuan and others. They still had to go on a trip to confirm whether everything was true.
And where the incident occurred, there were still a lot of troubles waiting for them to deal with, whether it was collapsed and damaged houses or affected people.
When the police officers and soldiers left, Ji Yuan and others followed Liu Hongsheng into the county government office.
However, when they first entered the county government office, Sun Youcong hurried to the backyard of the county government office on the pretext of reporting in advance.
Because the case was not being heard in court, Liu Hongsheng did not take them to the lobby, but led them to a side hall. As soon as they sat down, a maid brought them tea.
But except for Huixin and Guo Tao, no one touched this cup, which was regarded as the best tea in the eyes of mortals.
In addition to relying on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as well as magical spiritual objects, monks are also very particular about what they drink and eat. Not everything can be put into the mouth. At worst, the Tao body will be polluted by turbid air, and at worst, the cultivation level will regress.
Foundation damage.
This is why after Ji Yuan embarked on the path of spiritual practice, even if he spent a lot of money, he had to replace all the food in the Taoist temple with spiritual rice, tea, etc. grown by the practitioners themselves.
Not long after, footsteps were heard outside the house. Several people immediately turned their heads to look, and then saw a middle-aged man leading Master Sun Youfang inside.
"I, Yuan Yongcheng, have met all of you knights. I have been involved in official duties before. Please forgive me if I have been negligent."
The middle-aged man bowed his hands in greeting without any official airs about him.
This county magistrate has an ordinary build and nothing out of the ordinary in appearance. He wears ordinary clothes and is not decorated with gold, silver or jade, but he has a Confucian scholarly air in his movements.
Several people stood up and returned the greeting. Even though they were cultivators, they had absolutely no detachment at this moment and did not look down upon the 'ordinary man' in front of them.
"I have heard Master Sun repeat what you have said, and I would like to give this as a special gift to the people in the city!"
Yuan Yongcheng said solemnly, and at the same time saluted several people again.
It's just that it's different from the previous ceremony. This time it's a big ceremony. After bowing with both hands, he bows to the end and bends most of the waist.
Seeing this scene, several people naturally said "I don't dare" and quickly dodge sideways. They really didn't dare to accept this great gift.
Not to mention that they failed to slay the monster and allowed the monster to escape. Even if they succeeded in killing the monster, they would never dare to accept this gift calmly.
"This is Yuan's idea. I hope you won't refuse."
Yuan Yongcheng smiled slightly, and as soon as he finished speaking, several servants walked into the house and placed the wooden plates in their hands in front of them. Before leaving, they did not forget to remove the red cloth on them.
"This is absolutely impossible!"
When Zhao Yuansong saw it, his expression immediately became serious, and he immediately politely declined.
On the wooden plates, there are ingots of silver ingots neatly arranged, all of which are silver with snowflake patterns cast by the imperial court.
The value of this kind of official silver is much higher than that of ordinary folk silver ingots. One tael of snowflake silver can often be exchanged for four or five taels of ordinary silver.
"We didn't succeed in killing the monster, and we also caused losses to the nearby people."
Zhao Yuansong shook his head and said: "It would be a great blessing if you don't hold us accountable, how can we accept this great gift!"
If they really strictly followed the laws of the Dayu Dynasty, they failed to kill the monsters and even caused damage to the surrounding houses. Some people suffered casualties as a result, which would be enough for the local government to hold them accountable.
But generally speaking, no one would actually do this. First, it would easily chill people's hearts and make other monks choose to turn a blind eye when encountering similar situations.
The second reason is also very simple. Anyone involved in such an incident is a practitioner or a martial artist with good martial arts. The local government will not offend these people rashly. This chapter has been completed!
