Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 172 Doubt
Among the compensation items sent by the former Jingyang county magistrate, there were a large amount of silk and jewellery.

One of them is a pure gold hibiscus gold crown, which is full of materials and exquisite workmanship, but it is equipped with a Ziwu hairpin inserted from the back to the front, which is an obvious Dao hairpin style, and it is also a male style.

In addition, there are many accessories made of jade, crystal, ball can and coral.These gems are one of the seven treasures of Taoism.The silk ribbons and tassels connecting the precious stones are also embroidered with Taoist rune patterns.

This rune was not embroidered casually.Li Lijun recognized that these runes were mainly used to summon the generals and order ghosts and gods, not the common function of praying for blessings and ensuring safety.Who would embroider these things on their own ornaments?

Based on all the above circumstances, Li Lijun couldn't help guessing, could these things be prepared by the former Jingyang county magistrate for that monster?Although it was rumored that he had already destroyed all the things made for the Yaodao in a fit of anger, these precious ornaments were not so easy to damage.Besides, gold, silver and jewelry are very valuable. Instead of destroying them for nothing, it is better to keep them and find a jewelry craftsman to remake them, and they can become completely different jewelry. Why waste it?
Li Lijun stared at the several rune patterns on the ornaments, and had an idea in his heart.She summoned Nanny Cui and asked her to find a way to go around the Jingyang county government office to find out what the former county magistrate had prepared for the demon way back then.Be it the vestment or the magic weapon, as long as it is something that the demon asks him to provide, he should try his best to find out as much as possible.In addition, she also wanted to know, what method was used to destroy the things that the former Jingyang county magistrate claimed to have destroyed?Has anyone seen him burn?
In the end, she wanted to know how long did that Yaodao stay with the former Jingyang county magistrate?Where do you live?Did you mention where he came from?
Nanny Cui took the order to go, and two days later, she collected a lot of information and reported all of them to Li Lijun.

It has been several months since Yaodao was invited by the former Jingyang county magistrate to live in the Xikuan courtyard of the county government's back house.According to the second-class cook in the backyard of the county yamen, her goddaughter was serving in the concubine's house of the former county magistrate, and she once heard the concubine tell the confidant maid around her that the Taoist priest promised to do the trick and curse him for the master. The biggest opponent in the officialdom, after the incident, the man was seriously ill and resigned. The master is expected to be promoted to Chang'an, so he is more convinced of the Taoist priest.For this reason, the little concubine intends to bribe the Taoist priest with property, and wants to ask for a childbirth talisman or a childbirth pill, hoping to win a man in one fell swoop, so that she can compete with the wife of the wife.

Whether this concubine got what she wanted, no one knows.However, the former county magistrate's wife and accountant once complained to the people around him, saying that the former county magistrate had spent too much money for the Taoist priest, spared no expense in making vestments and instruments, and bought a large amount of cinnabar yellow Paper.They were worried that the former county magistrate was bewitched by the demon way, and all their wealth was in vain.

The vestments and artifacts custom-made by the former Jingyang county magistrate for the Yao Dao were all purchased in Xianyang City.Zhao Chenji had a branch in Xianyang City, and had local contacts from the Zhao family to help him, so it was easy to find out the news.For those shops that received orders from the former county magistrate, Madam Cui managed to get a copy of the relevant detailed list, which is really awesome!
Madam Cui also found out that on the day when the former Jingyang magistrate was so angry that he wanted to destroy all the vestments and artifacts, many people in the county government were envious of those valuable things, thinking that he was too reckless.Anyway, the county magistrate's future is bleak, and those petty officials and servants also lost their fear.While he was not paying attention, many people went to steal the clothes and utensils that were thrown out of the house in private, and then found other worthless old things and threw them into the fire to hide the truth.At that time, the servant who was in charge of burning the fire also took a few small things, so not only did he not say anything about what other people did, but he also helped to cover it up.

Even the wife of the former county magistrate took back some valuable jewelry.The former county magistrate thought he had destroyed everything, but in fact most of the valuables had already been scattered into the hands of many people.

An officer of the BR county government got a cassock and removed all the gold threads on it, which was enough for several taels of gold.The cassock itself was also made of high-quality satin, cut into the size of a handkerchief by his wife, and embroidered with two flowers to sell, which was another extra profit.There are many people who have made a small fortune like this officer. People in the county government keep a common secret, and no one will reveal a word unless it is the closest and most trusted person.

So many people know the secret.

No one knows where the demon way came from, but the former Jingyang county magistrate customized all the things for him, all of which were designed by himself, and even the blueprints were drawn by himself.The shop craftsmen who made jewelry didn't know the meaning of those runes. They only knew that they were required to make according to the drawings. If there was a slight mistake in the runes, they would be sent back by the customer to make changes.The craftsman modified it three times before Yaodao was satisfied with the delivery.The former Jingyang county magistrate spent an extra sum of money for this.

Also, in the case of Liu Dalang's murder, the former magistrate of Jingyang had seen demons several times during the trial. It was hard to say whether his deceitful attitude was influenced by demons.After all, the Yaodao knows many things about the Demon Snake, maybe he is really an accomplice, deliberately helping the Demon Snake to cover up his crimes?

Perhaps it was because the former county magistrate was manipulated by the Yao Dao to do many wrong things, and now that he found himself in a quagmire, he hated the Yao Dao even more.I heard that his situation is getting worse and worse, and it is rare for him to even see his family.Even the compensation sent to Li Lijun was raised by his wife and sent to Liujiazhuang.

Li Lijun looked at the information and understood why he received jewelry that was suspected to be used by the Yaodao.She gave all the things to Madam Cui to deal with outside, and the money she got in exchange was invested in the reconstruction project of Zhuangzi, and she could also subsidize the severely damaged houses.She did this in her own name, and the villagers were grateful, but they couldn't say anything nice about the former Jingyang magistrate.

Jing Zhaoyin will arrive in Jingyang soon to deal with that stupid official, so there is no need for Li Lijun to worry about it.She was even more curious about what the Yaodao was planning to do.I remember when he yelled at the gophers outside the meteorite mountain, he once claimed that he had a "big thing" to do.What "big thing" is he going to do?
This demon is obviously not a good person. He has colluded with the demon snake and asked the gopher to hand over the treasures of the five elements. Is he planning to use these spiritual objects to create some formations?Li Lijun felt that he had to guard against it.

Jing Zhaoyin soon came to Jingyang County, borrowed the county government court to interrogate the former county magistrate, and went to Liujiazhuang to see the crime scene.

Due to the sufficient funds and the secret assistance of capable helpers, the damaged houses in Liujiazhuang have been repaired by the villagers for several days, and [-]% to [-]% of them have been repaired, but the traces of the previous destruction are still there, and the injured have not yet recovered.Jing Zhaoyin read the evidence left by Yaodao, comforted the injured people, exchanged opinions with Li Shen, one of the injured, and Ding Wulang, the representative of another suffering master, and then went to visit the snake corpse.In order to bring the criminal evidence of the former Jingyang county magistrate back to Chang'an City, he also specially used dozens of strong men to pull a super long cart, and pulled away the corpses of the two snakes together.

Jing Zhaoyin rejected the proposal of Liujiazhuang and Liu Erzhuang to build the Shudawang Temple on the original site of Shitou Mountain, thinking that it would be good to build a temple on earth.If the villagers think that the rat demon has done something to save people, it would be a big deal to add a rat statue in the corner of the Earth Temple.

The villagers suddenly felt that their minds had been opened.

Jing Zhaoyin took the snake corpse and escorted the prisoner, and left Jingyang County contentedly, and took away many idlers who came to watch the excitement.

The back house of the Jingyang County Government was vacant.The family members of the former county magistrate have already moved away, and they are busy going to Beijing to rescue their master.

That night, Li Lijun, who put on a black round-neck robe, quietly sneaked into the Xikuan courtyard of the back office.

(End of this chapter)