Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 89 Madness (complete, but a little bloody)
When a scholar meets a soldier, he has no idea what is going on.

The knife was at his neck, and the old official was about to relive the days of wearing open-crotch pants.

Fortunately, he had seen a lot of things in life, so he calmed down and put on a smile, "Master, don't worry, I will definitely get it done."

After saying that, the old official tried to push Qin Feng's sword. What a joke! Is Qin Feng's sword so easy to push away?
The old official was indeed a wise man. He worked under the financial official and reacted very quickly. When he saw the serious expressions of Qin Feng and Wei Xi, he automatically stepped back.

Qin Feng put Gao Han away. Wei Xi had originally planned to trick this man into eating some tangerine peel candy and tell him that it was a little surprise made by the sect.

However, the end result is the same. Wei Xi doesn't care about the old official's mental health. If he is not worried about the fragile Lian Gou Xie, Wei Xi can let Qin Feng break all the techniques with one sword.

The old official, who remained nameless from beginning to end, demonstrated his extraordinary psychological quality. After being threatened by Wei Xi and Qin Feng in succession, he was still able to walk into the cave without changing his expression.

Lian Gouqie was waiting with hope for Wei Xi to come and rescue him, but who knew that it was the old official who came in. He looked around but could not see any trace of Wei Xi and Qin Feng.

The old official came in and scanned the cave. County Magistrate Cheng and his men occupied the area next to the fire, while the team of merchants sat in the corner guarding a few wooden boxes.

The old official who had been in cahoots with County Magistrate Cheng for many years naturally knew about County Magistrate Cheng's business. He was the one who found ways to balance all the accounts of official silver one by one. He knew what to inquire about and what not to inquire about.

For example, he never asked about the affairs of Mr. Gui, the county magistrate, and naturally he was not concerned about the caravan that came to Tangkou Town every year to exchange gold and silver.

The old official naturally noticed Lian Gouqie in the corner. Seeing that he was still alive, the old official, who had something to deliver, no longer paid attention to him.

"County Magistrate!" The old official was also like a drowned rat, very embarrassed. The old official used his acting skills, his face showing panic that could not be concealed by his calmness, "Why did the County Magistrate abandon me?"

County Magistrate Cheng was also worried at the moment. The corpses that turned the river beach into a golden beach in Huan River had disappeared, and he wanted a monk to fill the gap left by the corpses.

But County Magistrate Cheng also understood that the person he had kidnapped today was not the foolish and helpless beggar he had been. If Lian Gouqie really died inexplicably, and the immortal sect investigated, it would be difficult to conceal the matter in Tangkou Town. He would then be in great trouble.

Among the Hu people who drew their swords, there was one who was dragged to accompany the feast. He recognized the old official and gave his brothers a look. The leading Hu man received the order and retracted half of his sword.

Cheng County Magistrate was so confused that he asked in a gruff voice, "What's going on?"

"County Magistrate, Tangkou Town is experiencing relentless torrential rain, and the magistrate is unable to direct the affairs. Everyone in town has come to the county office to inquire about the situation." The old official, who had worked with County Magistrate Cheng for many years, knew that he was mediocre in intelligence and often malicious, so he began to deceive. "May I ask, County Magistrate, if there was a mistake in the river sacrifice, causing the River God of the Huan River to be unhappy?"

County Magistrate Cheng had no suspicion of his own intention, but now was not the time to protect those unruly people. His own wealth and glory were more important.

Besides, County Magistrate Cheng felt a chill in his heart. It was not the first time he had seen such heavy rain.

"Let them make trouble if they want!" County Magistrate Cheng shouted, perhaps to embolden himself, "What's wrong with offering sacrifices to the river?"

"Go back a few years, there was no sacrifice to the Huan River. How come after a few days of peace, we don't realize the tragic events of the floods and the breaching of dams every year in the past?" After saying this, County Magistrate Cheng used great effort to close the old book on his knees, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

The old official followed up, "That's exactly right. River sacrifices are a major event. Tangkou Town relies on the gold produced by the Huan River year-round. We're not worried about this year's production."

County Magistrate Cheng sneered and pointed at the old official with a shaking finger, "If it weren't for my efforts over the years, Tangkou Town would have been ruined long ago. Now that each individual is useless, they are only causing trouble for me!"

"To tell you the truth! This matter can be resolved today. The old one is gone, and it all depends on whether the new one can take its place!" Lian Gouqie had been listening the entire time, and now his face turned pale. Lian Gouqie finally understood why he was arrested: it turned out that County Magistrate Cheng wasn't attracted to his handsome face (as he thought), but only to his status as a Taoist master.

As for what County Magistrate Cheng wanted him to do, he still had no idea. He hated himself for being restricted and unable to escape on his own. He could only hope that Wei Xi and Qin Feng would help him escape from this suffering.

The old official took advantage of the situation and said, "There's no time to hesitate, why not go now?"

County Magistrate Cheng also knew what he had done, and knew that he had committed a capital crime. Therefore, with his rare sense of crisis, he suddenly doubted the old official's words.

"...The time has not yet come," County Magistrate Cheng raised the tattered book in his hand. "If we want to conceal this matter from the world, we need to do it between day and night."

County Magistrate Cheng did not read a single word of the official documents from Jucheng and Sucheng, but he read the books he stole from the Western Regions no less than a hundred times.

No one wanted everything in Tangkou Town to remain as it was more than County Magistrate Cheng. From the moment he discovered the corpse at the bottom of the river, County Magistrate Cheng had evil intentions. One of the two monks must stay and fill the hole.

Cheng County Magistrate himself had no Qi Palace, and he knew nothing about cultivating immortality, but he never doubted the book he had taken from Doctor Li. Cheng County Magistrate was not a good person, but he firmly believed that everything in the book was correct, otherwise who would write it into a book?

Whether he does it or not is his business.

County Magistrate Cheng had no idea what the book was about. He just wanted to get rid of the beggar's body, but he used an axe, a manuscript, and a torch on the body, but the beggar's body just lay there, motionless.

He was still an apprentice at the time and had only just stumbled upon the beggar. He passed by the dying beggar and cursed the casino dealer. Losing everything, he caught a glimpse of the gold oozing out of the beggar's wound.

Cheng Xiancheng, who had seen a lot of gold sand in Tangkou Town, saw the opportunity and seized it.

What Doctor Li saw was indeed true. At the beginning, County Magistrate Cheng only cut his flesh and converted it into gold. Just as Wei Xi and the others had deduced, Doctor Li was actually an accomplice of his apprentice.

Doctor Li kept the beggar alive, told his apprentice that the man might be a monk, and took the lion's share.

Cheng, the county magistrate, who had been accustomed to a life of luxury and debauchery, could not pay off his gambling debts, so he sneaked in drunk to get some gold. That’s how the beggar monk died.

Finally, Cheng Xiancheng followed the illustrations in the book (he was illiterate) and sank the beggar's body into the Huan River. Having lost his "cash cow", Doctor Li drove Cheng Xiancheng out, and Cheng Xiancheng found a job in the county government.

Huan River accepted the tortured corpse, but Tangkou Town lost its golden sand. That summer, Tangkou Town rained heavily.

Just like now, what Cheng County Magistrate heard was not the sound of heavy rain, but the powerless screams of the monk who had become a beggar.

　This chapter is a bit bloody. The beggar monk is indeed miserable. The most terrifying thing is that he was a good man when he was alive.

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