Liao Zhai Great Kind People

Chapter 210 The Vanishing Tax Bank

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

The Third Holy Mother saw the sun again and was reunited with her son. She should have been the happiest person today, but for some reason, there was always a trace of complexity in her smile.

After all, in her understanding, before she dies, she eats her own feast...

Zhang Xiu searched around, but couldn't find Xia'er, and asked suspiciously, "Where's Xia'er?"

Yan Feng's expression was stiff, and he said as if facing a formidable enemy: "I went to the kitchen to cook longevity noodles for you, and I also said to cook more, so that everyone can taste it."

"hiss--"

Zhang Xiu gasped, showing a terrified expression.

Nezha asked curiously, "Isn't it just a bowl of noodles, how did you scare you into such a state?"

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

Now the longevity noodles in the world are dark green?

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

After finishing speaking, even the soup and noodles were poured into his mouth.

Ah Fei picked up the bowl, and filially pushed it in front of San Shengmu: "Mother, you haven't eaten for ten years, so I'll give you this bowl too."

Sanshengmu pushed the bowl with her hands, and said with a forced smile: "Mother is not hungry, you are still growing, so let me eat for you..."

Looking at the scene of mother's kindness and son's filial piety in front of her, Zhang Xiu complained in a complicated way: "My lady, you are not cooking, you are clearly doing evil!"

In line with the concept of not wasting food, Zhang Xiu bit the bullet and finished the longevity noodles. The Xiyue Emperor, who was peeking from the side, was relieved and appeared with a smile on his face.

"Master Zhang, the San Shengmu has been rescued, is it time to get down to business?"

Zhang Xiu took a bite and pressed his throat, and said, "Are you talking about the demon, where is his other body sealed?"

Emperor Xiyue said sternly: "The Heavenly Demon's head is sealed on Mount Tai, his left leg is on Mount Heng, his right hand is on Mount Song, and his left hand is on Mount Heng. Our Five Sacred Emperors will suppress them respectively."

"Heavenly Demon's cultivation level is too high. Over the years, just suppressing his body has almost exhausted our magic power. If we don't deal with it in time and properly, I'm afraid that the day when he will be reborn is not far away."

Zhang Xiu frowned when he heard this, and looked at Emperor Xiyue with doubts: "Emperor Xiyue, is Tianmo a monster with limbs growing around his neck?"

Emperor Xiyue was taken aback for a moment: "No."

Zhang Xiu squinted and said, "Since it wasn't, where did his torso go?"

Emperor Xiyue sneered: "So you are asking this. His torso was smashed by the Buddha and Emperor Donghua. His heart absorbed all the devilish energy from his torso, and then he disappeared."

Zhang Xiu said with some concern: "I remember the demon said that he is immortal, so will he be reborn with that heart?"

Emperor Huashan sighed slightly: "The number of days is unpredictable. In fact, we have already noticed that one day he will make a comeback. What we can do now is to destroy his body. As for the future, we should leave it to the Buddha and the Jade Emperor."

Zhang Xiu agreed: "The sky is falling, and there is a tall man holding it up. Emperor Xiyue, it's rare for you to come, let's have a meal together before leaving!"

Emperor Xiyue nodded slightly: "Okay!"

As soon as the words fell, Xia'er came out with the iron pot in hand, and said with a smile, "There is just a bowl of noodles out of the pot!"

Emperor Xiyue: "@#￥%￥#@..."

After the reunion dinner, San ShengMu took Ah Fei to look for Liu Yanchang.

Zhang Xiu and his party headed towards Nanyue Hengshan, preparing to destroy Tianmo's left leg, stopped and walked, and returned to Jiangnan.

On this day, it happened to be raining heavily, so Zhang Xiu and the others came to an ancient temple to take shelter from the rain.

Just as the fire started to cook, there was a sound of cars and horses outside the door.

Not long after, an official dressed as a state assistant came in, followed by a group of officers and soldiers.

Seeing Zhang Xiu and his party in the temple, Zhou Zuo said loudly: "We are from the governor's yamen of Huguang, escorting 60 taels of tax money to Beijing, and the idlers and others will avoid it!"

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

"Our governor fell asleep... Bah, none of our governors slept!"

Zhou Zuo glared at Zhang Xiu viciously, and said angrily, "Hurry up and get out, if the tax money is missing by one or two, all of you will lose your head!"

Zhang Xiu took out a seal and said with a smile: "Yanfeng, the prefect of Jinhua, is going to the south to do some business. Please let us stay overnight again."

Zhou Zuo was stunned, took the seal and looked at it for a while, then smiled and said: "It turns out that Lord Yan was in person, I was so rude just now, please forgive me, Lord Yan!"

Zhang Xiu said politely: "I dare not, Mr. Zhou Zuo is also due to business, how dare Yan take the blame."

Zhou Zuo smiled and ordered: "Reserve two rooms for Lord Yan, and let the servants move the tax money into the temple!"

After all, he left with the rest of the officers and soldiers and set up guard posts everywhere.

After they left, Yan Feng rolled his eyes and said: "When did I become the prefect of Jinhua, will you give me a salary?"

Zhang Xiu said with a smile, "I don't have a salary, but there are a few jars of old wine that I buried in the government office, which is almost 50 years old."

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

It was a peaceful night, but the next morning, Zhang Xiu and the others were woken up by panicked shouts.

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

Zhang Xiu put on her clothes and came out to see that there was no money left in the yard.

Everyone was shocked, Zhou Zuo was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly interrogated the officers, soldiers and servants who were standing guard.

Everyone was unanimous in saying that everything was normal last night, and they didn't even see a suspicious person.

Zhou Zuo was so angry that he slashed on the pillar and said angrily, "I didn't see a single person, so could it be that ghosts stole these silvers?!"

Zhang Xiu glanced at him, and said comfortingly, "Lord Zhouzuo, don't get angry. I know there is a magic called Five Ghost Transporting Method, which was specially developed for stealing money!"

Zhou Zuo was taken aback for a moment, then shuddered all over his body, his eyes widened and he said, "This...is it really a ghost?"

Zhang Xiu shook her head slightly: "No, I just said that there is such a spell, whether it was done by a ghost or not, it's hard to say until the silver is found."

Zhou Zuo hesitated for a while, and said: "Master Yan Feng, the matter is very important. Before you find the silver, you may not be able to leave."

Zhang Xiu looked understanding, nodded and smiled and said, "Lord Zhou Zuo, I assure you, Yan Feng will never leave this ancient temple even half a step before finding the silver!"

Yan Feng: "..."

Zhou Zuo breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "In that case, please wait here, sir, I will take people to search nearby to see if there is any trace of the thief!"

(End of this chapter)