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Chapter 334 Dafu's Foraging
No one in the Grand Canal government took Lord Xu's purchase of insects seriously.

They had indeed been humiliated by Xu Yuan.

Later, he became a sucker again, spending a lot of money to buy the evidence in Xu Yuan's possession.

But whether it was the river supervisor or the river patrol officer, they still felt that Xu Yuan was just a patrol inspector.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were accustomed to judging importance based on their official positions.

Because Xu Yuan held a low position, they always viewed him with a sense of superiority.

After dismissing Xu Yuan, Shubu went to report to the river patrol officer: "Sir, that kid left without paying."

The river patrol officer didn't mind and waved his hand, saying, "Understood."

It doesn't matter if I didn't manage to trick that guy.

But from now on, he should never dream of taking advantage of our canal government again.

Xu Yuan asked Lang Xiaoba to send Zhu Zhanlei back to the city, and then went to Yujing Village himself.

He handed a booklet to Jiao, who said, "I'll set off back to Guanghuo Street tonight."

Xu Yuan, however, will have to wait until tomorrow.

"I'll go back and find out what's going on. I'll let you know as soon as I have any news."

"it is good."

Xu Yuan didn't return to the South City patrol post until late afternoon—Da Fu was lying at the gate.

He acted as if he was on the verge of death, appearing weak and frail.

Old Qin stood on the left side of the gate, while Dafu occupied the right side.

Old Qin was both amused and exasperated.

Everyone in the yamen knew that Dafu was not to be trifled with. For example, when they first met Dafu, some of the captains joked that the goose was so fat that it should be stewed and eaten.

Dafu was so frightened that he ran away.

But in the following days, these people were all ambushed and attacked by Dafu.

Sometimes Dafu would hide around a bend, and the captain would walk by without any warning, at which point Dafu would suddenly jump out and yell loudly.

The captain was so frightened that his soul left his body—it really was; Dafu had that ability.

Then Dafu took the opportunity to peck him hard.

So Dafu lay by the door all day, and even Lao Qin didn't dare to chase it away.

When Fanzhezi finally returned, Dafu looked like he was starving and thought, "If you hadn't come back, I would have starved to death." He weakly raised his head, then slumped back down, and let out a feeble "Gah..."

Xu Yuan picked it up and quickly went to the backyard.

Don't embarrass yourself at the entrance!
Dafu stared longingly at the dregs of rice. Xu Yuan sighed and said, "Alas, it's all my fault as the host. I'm so incompetent..."

"Those people from the Grand Canal Administration are deliberately making things difficult for me!"

"I begged and pleaded for you, but they just wouldn't sell it to me."

"I even offered 1,800 taels for each one, but they still wouldn't agree."

"My child, I've wronged you..."

Dafu stared at the food tracks suspiciously, while Xu Yuan pointed at Lang Xiaoba: "He can testify for me."

Lang Xiaoba thought about it and realized that the adults weren't exactly lying.

He insisted on paying two thousand taels for the book, and even if the master offered eighteen hundred taels, he certainly wouldn't sell it.

Lang Xiaoba nodded vigorously, bearing witness for the adults.

Dafu immediately got angry.

A dog doesn't mind a poor home, and I, a magnificent goose, am certainly superior to a dog!

Therefore, Dafu directed his anger at the Grand Canal Administration.

Xu Yuan put down Dafu with a sorrowful and heartbroken expression and left, giving Lang Xiaoba a wink before he left.

Lang Xiaoba, enraged, declared, "A subject must die for his master! The Grand Canal Administration has humiliated my master, and I will risk my life to avenge him!"

Upon hearing this, Dafu immediately shrank back: I can't bear to lose my life.

Lang Xiaoba realized that the medicine had been administered too aggressively.

Then he said, "Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt its debtor; it's all the fault of the Grand Canal Administration."

Dafu nodded in deep agreement.

"The canal government is rich but heartless."

"A chivalrous hero should descend from the heavens to rob the rich and help the poor!"

Dafu nodded again. Then he staggered back to his nest and began to think: Our family is very poor.

After all, Fan Zhezi couldn't afford a single insect costing two thousand, which shows how poor he was.

They robbed the canal government office, so they should help us out.

They helped us, and now Fanzhezi has money to buy insects.

They bought the insects just so I could eat them—why don't I just go directly to the canal office to eat the insects, skipping the middleman? Wouldn't that be wonderful?
Dafu thought about it more and more and it made more sense.

So he slowly emerged from his nest, left behind the wall, and secretly slipped out.

Lang Xiaoba, who had been secretly watching it, quietly went to report to the adults: "Dafu has slipped out."

Xu Yuan smiled slightly.

As darkness fell, Dafu ran rampant throughout the city.

Those restless little evil spirits all quickly hid when they saw it.

The guards at the south gate closed the gate at the appointed time.

Suddenly, one of them asked his companion in confusion, "Am I seeing things? How come I saw a big white goose fly over the city wall?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Have you ever seen a goose that can fly that high and that far?" his companion hurriedly said. "It might be some kind of evil spirit in the city! We didn't see anything."

"Yes, yes, I didn't see it, I definitely didn't see it."

Once Dafu left the city, it was as if it were in the Ghostly Mountain; it would run a few steps and then flap its wings to fly a short distance, its speed even faster than a fine horse with calligraphy scrolls hanging on it.

Before long, it arrived at the canal and swam across it on its own.

As it approached the other side, it suddenly plunged into the water like a cormorant.

After a long while, he finally emerged from the river to catch his breath.

Then he went down again.

Repeat this process seven or eight times.

Dafu's neck is bulging from top to bottom, several times thicker than normal.

Then Daifuku climbed ashore—after several failed attempts.

Dafu's body seemed unusually heavy, and his feet slipped as soon as he stepped on the riverbank.

It took a lot of effort to finally climb up.

Dafu kept his mouth tightly shut, afraid to breathe.

It's as if they're afraid something will leak out if they open their mouths.

It walked slowly, wobbling along.

After finally arriving at the canal government office, I tilted my head and looked around. Instead of going through the main gate, I walked around most of the courtyard before finally discovering a hole in the wall.

Daifu finally opened his mouth: *Splash splash splash splash*

One by one, tiny evil spirits were spat out.

It caught these evil spirits from the river and swallowed them until it couldn't swallow any more, and its entire neck was filled with them.

These evil spirits include strange fish that have grown legs, eels covered in blood, leeches with tentacles, drowned water ghosts, and half-eaten corpses of water monsters.

After all the evil spirits were expelled, they scattered and fled in terror.

Forced by Dafu, they all crawled into the hole in the wall.

Before long, the entire Grand Canal Administration was in chaos.

Dafu then slowly crawled through the hole in the wall.

Then they followed the smell and went there.

Along the way, the officials and soldiers of the Grand Canal government shouted and chased after the evil spirits.

These little evil spirits may not be very powerful, but they are quite good at hiding.

The women were startled every now and then, and another scream rang out, turning the entire yamen into chaos.

Dafu strolled along leisurely, as if he had a premonition, always managing to avoid the crowds chasing the evil spirits.

Then he stood in front of a large house.

Dafu had no idea that this was the treasury of the Grand Canal Administration.

It was of the same nature as the treasury of the Champa Office of the Exorcism Bureau.

A rich, pungent aroma of insects wafted out from inside.

Dafu's eyes lit up, like a lecherous thief seeing a beautiful woman, and he pounced on her with a whoosh.

(End of this chapter)