I'm just an ordinary Taoist priest

Chapter 229 The villain
As soon as Gu Yao took Die'er to the foot of the mountain, he met Grandma Jinfeng, the head of Bai'e Village.

She was leaning on a heavy cane in one hand, and holding a bamboo basket in the other, which was filled with large oval goose eggs, and she came back from the direction of Qingshui County with a stern face.

Seeing Gu Yao and Die Er, she was taken aback for a moment, then she was about to laugh and then straightened her face again: "Little Gu, you just came back?"

Gu Yao stopped and said with a smile: "Well, just got home, did your mother-in-law get angry in the city?"

Granny Jinfeng nodded, and slammed her cane heavily on the ground: "There is a foolish official in the city, Mr. Yin Tian, ​​he will do as much as he can!"

"Ah? Confused officer? Is it the new county magistrate?" Gu Yao originally thought she was talking about Mr. Zhang Xianyuan, but on second thought, Granny Jinfeng should have nothing to do with Jing Yesi.

"That's right, because of the snowstorm before, the food in the city was in short supply, and the Sishi who was in charge of the market got cold, so Guangling Mansion sent another pig head here."

The mother-in-law said angrily: "But this bastard is here to make money. He has a lot of background. He formed a chamber of commerce and brought in all the food and vegetable sellers in the mansion. A cabbage costs twenty yuan! What a bastard!" !"

"I went to the city today to sell these goose eggs and buy some food back, but they are only willing to pay five yuan for each goose egg, and then sell it for another thirty yuan! What a black-hearted rotten ass eye !"

Granny Jinfeng swears angrily: "Later, I planned to sell it privately, but was stopped by a well-meaning police officer. If I was caught, I would go to jail, really."

Gu Yao comforted Granny Jinfeng: "Don't be angry, mother-in-law, this bastard will definitely be punished, you go home first today, I just want to go to the city, and I will help you to ask."

"Okay, that's a good relationship. You have a good relationship with the officials in the city. Hurry up and ask them to get rid of that bastard with all his background."

"Hey, okay, you can hold your breath."

Granny Jinfeng nodded, and was about to leave when she stopped, pulled Gu Yao and walked a few steps aside, avoiding Die'er and asked in a low voice, "Is that girl your wife?"

Gu Yao glanced at Die'er, no matter how quiet the voice was, Die'er could still hear it, "No, it's just a friend, I'll invite her to come here for a while."

"Oh," the mother-in-law seemed relieved, "You have been away for so long, and those Taoist priests said that you went to Luoyang to ask the imperial court for disaster relief, so did you go to see Shuzhu?"

"See you," Gu Yao said with a smile, "Don't worry, mother-in-law, Shuzhu is doing very well in Luoyang, she misses you very much, and asked me to take you to Luoyang to enjoy the beautiful scenery of God's Capital."

Granny Jinfeng nodded, and patted Gu Yao's arm: "That's good, I'm getting old, mother-in-law, and I can't go to Luoyang anymore, Gu Yao, you should go more and take care of her."

After chatting a few more words, he went back to the village with a cane.

"Dieer, let's go."

Watching Granny Jinfeng return to the village, Gu Yao greeted her.

"I also owed my mother-in-law to take care of me when I was young. My master is actually not very good at taking care of children. When I first came here, my mother-in-law often helped us."

Die Er hummed softly, and silently followed behind Gu Yao.

When I left Qingshui County, it was the time when the snow covered the world. Now that it has been so long, although the snow has disappeared, the traces left by the snow disaster are still there.

There were originally gloomy trees beside the roads on both sides. Although it was time for the leaves to fall, like the hair of many middle-aged men, they still held their own pride a little, and there were yellowed leaves standing on each branch. Falling, swaying in the solemn autumn wind.

But at this moment, the bare tree trunk reveals the sadness of poverty, not to mention the leaves, even the branches are much less, the branches broken by the heavy snow, only a few scattered on the ground, most of them are gone They were picked up and taken home to be used as firewood.

The closer you get to Qingshui County, the more you can see many yellow and emaciated people who are in a hurry, bending over and wrapping their clothes tightly. Even the soldiers standing guard at the gate of the city look listless, as if they could fall asleep standing up.

"The situation in the city is worse than I thought. Is that new Sishi so big? He has made such a miserable situation, and no one dares to treat him? Could it be that he has to starve and die everywhere before someone takes action? "

Gu Yao was a little strange and quickened his pace.

When he entered the city, he became acquainted with many more people. Many people greeted him, but the voices of greetings also seemed weak and sick.

"Little Daoist Gu, are you coming to eat a bowl of noodles?" The uncle who sells Yangchun noodles sat on the threshold of his noodle restaurant, leaning against the door frame and greeted Gu Yao.

"There is something urgent, I will come later."

"Okay, if you want to come, I'll make it for you at the original price."

After greeting the uncle of the noodle shop, Gu Yao said to Die'er, "Is this how you enter Jing Yesi?"

Butterfly tilted her head to express her incomprehension.

It was only then that Gu Yao remembered that Die'er didn't seem to know the way of Jingye Division, and explained: "There are all kinds of things in Jingye Division's mansion to target ghosts and demons."

Die'er tilted her head and looked at Gu Yao: "Then I'll wait for you at the door, so as not to hurt the people inside."

Gu Yao thought about it, and with the standards of Qingshui County, if Die Er went in, Jing Yesi might really be flattened: "Then you can wait for me outside, or go for a stroll, and I will look for it when I come out." you."

After groping around for a long time, I couldn't find any coins, and finally took out a handful of talismans and put them in Die'er's hand in embarrassment: "If you see something you like, you can use this to pay off the debt, or as an IOU, let the store take it to the Taoist temple. Go change money."

Die'er took it, nodded silently, and didn't leave, just turned around and looked at the street.

Gu Yao cheered up and walked into Jingye Division.

The people in Jingyesi were also extremely lazy. Gu Yao took a cursory glance, and was surprised to find that the officials in the yamen were neat and tidy, and there were a few more unfamiliar faces, all of them sitting in front of his desk. , No one went out to patrol the streets.

Sitting on the high platform with a sullen face, Mr. Zhang noticed Gu Yao coming in. He didn't care at first, but just raised his head and glanced at it. He just lowered his head and planned to continue looking at "Le Xiaoshe Fighting to Find a Spouse" hidden under the case file , suddenly made a clever move, and raised his head again: "Gu Yao?"

"Ye Mao Gu Yao, my lord." Gu Yao saluted.

Mr. Zhang put the following miscellaneous books into his robe calmly, and asked people to sit on the chair with a somewhat joyful tone, and then asked: "When did you come back? I heard that you participated in the attack on the fierce god and fell into a coma, but let us live happily." Worrying, I even sent someone to find some white chrysanthemums for you, have you received them yet?"

The corners of Gu Yao's mouth twitched, and a low smile came from beside his ears. This adult's brain nerves are somewhat extraordinary.

White chrysanthemums are generally used to worship heroes, I'm not dead yet.
Thinking of Mr. Zhang's usual way of thinking, Gu Yao sensibly ignored his question, first briefly talked about Ao Yin and Hunxi Hunxi, and hoped that Mr. Zhang would pass this matter to Guangling Mansion.

Master Zhang agreed, still asking Bai Chrysanthemum tirelessly.

"My lord, there may have been some accidents with the flowers. I didn't receive them. By the way, I heard that there is a new Sishi in the city?"

"It's here, how do you know? This person is so old that you already know it?"

"This person is taking advantage of the disaster to reap money wantonly in the city, sir, don't you care?"

Mr. Zhang stroked his chin: "If this official manages him, it is overstepping his authority. Now is not a time of disaster. People's livelihood matters should be managed by the yamen."

Gu Yao said: "But my lord, now the people in the city are about to be forced to suffer from famine."

"That's it," Mr. Zhang coughed, "This guy's background is too big. Although I didn't take care of it, I know that it's useless if I go."

"What?" Gu Yao was taken aback. With Mr. Zhang's superficial political skills, he would consciously not be able to control a small secretary. Is that guy the emperor's illegitimate son or the chief's illegitimate son?
Mr. Zhang sighed: "That guy is also surnamed Zhang. According to the seniority of Tianshi Mansion, I have to call him Seventeen Grandfather, do you understand?"

Gu Yao's eyes widened: "How could the Heavenly Master's Mansion be reduced to such a point? Didn't join the Jingye Division, but fell in love with the position of Sishi, and still did this? Did the Heavenly Master lose his face?"

Sishi is a small official, not in the grade, and has little power. He can only control the opening hours of a market, the merchants entering the market, and supervise the prices of commodities.

Mr. Zhang said: "Keep your voice down, that guy is a direct descendant of the Zhang family. Anyway, his status is outrageously high. He has been favored since he was a child, and his talent is very bad. He was forced into the realm of practicing qi to transform into a god, and he has many treasures."

"Anyway, I heard that his grandpa was an ancestor of the Yang God, and his own grandfather was also a newcomer to the Yang God. His background is amazing. He came to Guangling Mansion because he made a mistake in the Tianshi Mansion. He should have been punished, but he was sent to We're here to have fun."

"Do you also know that Guangling's feng shui nourishes people, and the scenery is not bad. I wanted him to play here for a few years before going back to manage the common affairs of the Tianshi Mansion, so I didn't let him enter Jingyesi."

Gu Yao had a toothache when he heard this: "This guy's background is too big. With such a big background, how can he see a little money from Shangqingshui County? And this guy probably doesn't care about money, right?"

It would be great if Tianshi's distraction is still there, let the old man see what kind of things come out of Tianshi's mansion.

Mr. Zhang stared at Gu Yao with a strange expression on his face. He didn't speak, but his expression seemed to say: Why did that guy come, you don't have any idea?
In the end, a deacon said softly: "Master Gu, that one is here for you."

punch me?

Gu Yao thought for a while, he didn't seem to have any problems with the Tianshi Mansion, and he didn't cause any trouble with the real Yangshen, so why did he come at me?
He raised his head and looked at Mr. Zhang, waiting for his explanation.

"Well, the previous rumors said that you only lost one move to the young master, and you should be the second in the new generation of the world. Some people even said that you are too young, and the No.1 of the young master is not true. In addition, you practiced too much The Golden Light Curse of the Heavenly Master's Mansion."

Gu Yao said: "That is to say, this guy is brother Zhang Qingchen's poisonous only. No, a fanatical admirer?"

Master Zhang shook his head: "No, he has always disliked the Young Master."

"Then he wants to step on me, Senior Brother Zhang?" Gu Yao thought about it.

"It should be, that guy. Anyway, people hate dogs in Tianshi Mansion. Come here, and make such a mess, who knows what he wants to do. Anyway, the background is big, no one dares to hurt his life."

Master Zhang said, wrinkling his face like a bitter melon: "Gu Yao, don't get angry for a while, hold back, that guy can't do anything here, and he will be transferred after a while." Walk."

Gu Yao nodded, shook his head again, said goodbye and left without saying anything.

As soon as he left the door, he saw a man surrounded by Die'er at the door, wearing a tasseled hat, a golden hairpin in his hair, wearing green ruffles, and wearing thin-soled cowhide boots, There was a gold nugget inlaid on the back heel, and he was shaking a gold silk and jade bone fan in his hand, staring at Die'er seriously.

It's just that although this person is salivating, he seems to know that Die Er is unusual, so he has been standing five steps away.

Gu Yao walked up to Die'er and took him away, but the man stopped him: "Hey, stop, are you an errand in Jingye Division?"

The tone was arrogant and without etiquette. This was the first time Gu Yao met such a person. The dude and bastard young master he met in the past were not so arrogant.

He pretended not to hear, and was about to leave without turning his head. The man was a little annoyed, and he rushed out from behind, blocked two steps in front of them, and said viciously: "I'm talking to you!" Well, didn't you hear?"

He took a look at Gu Yao: "I've been here for a while, and I haven't seen you. Are you a Taoist priest from another place, or are you another deacon who came here to work?"

Gu Yao turned his head and said with a smile, "I'll take you to eat noodles. The noodles at that restaurant are delicious. I loved it since I was a child, and later I even stole my teacher."

Die'er also looked sideways at Gu Yao, and said with a shy smile, "Okay, from now on, my lord, let me eat."

The two took a step sideways, ignoring him.

What is more infuriating than insulting is ignoring.

The passerby's face darkened suddenly: "You are so brave, you dare to be so arrogant when you take Yanggui out of the house."

He looked at the two people walking past, stretched out his hand and flicked, and a mud pellet shot at Gu Yao.

Gu Yao felt the sound of the wind coming from behind, turned around and was about to grab it, but when he saw something black and not slippery, with a thought, he changed his claws into a swipe, and slapped with a force, smashing the mud pellet in the air.

A stench of pickling came out instantly, Gu Yao closed his breath, waved his palm like a wind, a cloud of air wrapped the stench, and enveloped the man's head.

The man was surrounded by the air mass, with his palms on both sides of his face, Yun Qi tried to dispel the wind, but after several times, he still couldn't dispel it.

At this moment, blood blisters and cysts had bulged up on his face skin, and yellow-green pus flowed out from his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. The voice finally fell on all fours, like a dog eating shit, and madly kissed the ground with his face.

After a few strokes, the ground was painted with blood.

Gu Yao looked at this guy: "What a ruthless method, just say one word, use this ruthless method, and reap the consequences for yourself."

This place is right at the gate of Jing Yesi, so there is no need to worry about any accidents, but this road is always sparsely populated, this guy should enjoy his own nibble.

Gu Yao patted the back of Die'er's hand, and took her out of here, and went to the previous noodle shop to eat noodles.

After more than half an hour, the two deacons lazily crossed their shoulders and went out, only to find this guy whose face had been worn to a bloody mess and dragged him into Jing Yesi.

"Ah, this guy looks familiar, like..."

After some talisman water treatment, the man was finally able to speak, he stared bloodshot eyes: "Zhang Xianyuan, why don't you catch that weed that just went out, he made me like this, it's a fight The face of the young master, is it possible that you still want the young master to come in person?"

Master Zhang thought for a while, walked up to him, raised his foot and broke his nose: "A dog is so arrogant, what do you think of me, he is big, I can't afford it, but I just beat him to death You dog, what can he do to me?"

He rubbed his boots on the man's clothes vigorously, and wiped the blood stains from the soles on the clothes: "Drag it down, take him to prison, have a good interrogation, and punish him as you like."

(End of this chapter)