The two teams parted ways.
After receiving the settlement fee from the Gu family's caravan, Ren Ning divided the money according to his previous promise outside Dingxi City.
In addition, he also divided the bounty for capturing the wanted criminals in Luoxia Mountain according to the proportion of three soldiers, three women, and one dependent.
The female relatives waved their hands and declined, a little embarrassed to take the money.
After all, they made no contribution to catching wanted criminals.
"Take it." Ren Ning smiled happily.
"It is said that behind a successful man there is a group of silently supportive women. If it weren't for the ingenious aunts and sisters who cooked delicious meals along the way, how would anyone have the strength to catch the wanted criminal and go home!"
"How can you say you have no merit?"
"Yes, we are all one family, take it." The soldiers followed suit.
The money they received was equivalent to more than half a year's military service, so they were not dissatisfied.
The female relatives accepted it with a smile.
After dividing the money, the flag to protect the spirit was erected.
Ma Dali looked at the flag and wiped his sweat silently.
Once every four years, teams in almost every direction will choose to escort the traveling caravans to send spirits back to their hometowns in order to receive some remuneration.
Although everyone does this, it is actually a private use of public power and is not appropriate.
Once, he was discovered by the censor who traveled around the counties. As a result, the general who defended the fortress was severely read by the censor in several books, and he was almost called back to the capital to report on his duties.
Since then, although the fortress has not explicitly prohibited it, the soldiers have become much more low-key when doing this kind of work.
Thinking of this, Ma Dali looked complicated.
He looked at the back of Zhui Feng not far away.
Others were secretly making money, so this stupid young man killed them all regardless.
But he is young and energetic, which is understandable.
Pooh!
Ma Dali almost slapped himself.
Young and energetic. This guy is obviously young and mature, and he has never been arrogant...
The weather was clear, the road was smooth, and the mood was cheerful. It seemed that the team was moving forward much more briskly.
"This road is not bad." Lei Erhe took out a bottle of wine and drank a sip for himself. Then he leaned over and drank some for his red horse Ben Lei. "If there are no accidents, we can arrive in five days." To Longshou Mountain."
People who were familiar with the journey nodded.
Xingluo County is the land of Longxing, hence the name Longshou Mountain.
Compared to the vast Luoxia Mountains, this mountain is very ordinary, neither too big nor too high, and there are no vicious bandits or bandits living on the mountain. However, because it is located on an important road, its reputation is much higher than that of Luoxia Mountain Range.
When we arrived at Longshou Mountain, Xingluo County was not far away.
In the afternoon five days later, the team arrived at the foot of Longshou Mountain after a long journey.
Ren Ning looked at the sky, left the post road, and led the team up the mountain.
According to the rules, the team sending the spirits back home needs to find a large temple with strong incense and ask eminent monks to set up a dojo for the spirits to recite the Purana Sutra.
There is such a temple on Longshou Mountain.
Longshou Temple had already received the news. Not long after the team left the post road, Ren Ning saw the abbot with a completely white beard leading his disciples waiting in front.
Knowing that the convoy was tired and the two parties did not talk much even if they had some contact, the monks quickly came over to help push the cart and slowly walked up the mountain.
Ren Ning was overwhelmed with emotion.
Longshou Temple is a large temple that is crowded with pilgrims all year round. The road up the mountain in front of you is paved with stones. In addition to the wide carriage path in the middle, there are also stairs for people to go up and down.
I don’t know how many times it is better than the post roads in some counties.
Lei Er was also looking left and right, and he lowered his voice.
"Old Ren, I heard that this road up the mountain has a total of 3,600 steps. It was built inch by inch by the temple monks who dug the roadbed and dug stones after completing their homework. It took eight years to build it and never asked the government for a single step. Split the money.”
Ren Ning subconsciously looked to the northwest.
Those cadaverous magistrates in Misty County really deserve to be filled in ruts and used as roadbeds.
The convoy walked slowly and closely, and when night fell, they finally arrived at Longshou Temple halfway up the mountain.
The Buddhist temple is so large that docking any large caravan will not be a problem. Moreover, when we arrived at the Buddhist Holy Land, we no longer had to form a circle around the convoy and send people to keep an eye on it when parking on the road.
The monks had already made preparations. As soon as the motorcade stopped, some of them began to set up a dojo around the car carrying the coffin and ashes and recite scriptures.
Ren Ning didn't need to worry about any of this. He inspected it carefully before going to eat and rest.
The next morning, Ren Ning found the abbot who was preparing to do morning lessons.
"Master Abbot, I brought back two wolf teeth from Xiliang, one of which is the Wolf King's tooth. I heard that the Wolf King's tooth can protect the owner after being consecrated. I wonder if Master Abbot can help?"
The abbot had just recited sutras to the heroic spirits all night, and his eyes were already red.
He took a closer look at Ren Ning's face and saw that he looked calm and majestic, so he nodded and accepted both of his fangs.
In a normal dojo, rituals can be performed in as little as three days and as long as ten and a half months. Ren Ning and the others couldn't wait that long, but no matter how anxious they were, they couldn't leave until the end of the Dharma on the third day.
On the morning of the third day, the abbot returned the illuminated wolf fang to Ren Ning, said a few auspicious words to him, and then led his apprentice away in a hurry.
Ren Ning was not a Buddhist, and when he consecrated the wolf fang, he just suddenly remembered Gao Deming's advice from the scout camp, but he didn't take it seriously at all.
He looked over and over, but couldn't see any difference between the so-called eminent monk's consecration.
I accidentally took a look with my golden finger.
Green value 25.
Ren Ning was stunned.
In the past, this wolf fang was a useless and harmless yellow value, but when it was turned on, it turned green.
He searched carefully and found that his Wolf King teeth had two extra characters engraved on them.
Hongguang.
This is the name of Master Abbot.
Ren Ning grabbed the young monk passing by and said, "Young master, Master Hongguang is still so eager to leave at such an old age. Did something happen in the temple?"
Amitabha.
The young monk recognized Ren Ning and chanted the Buddha's name.
"Everything is fine in the temple. It's just that the commander came back from the border and may not know something. An epidemic broke out in Yunzhong County, south of Xingluo, and the situation is critical. The abbot has excellent medical skills and is preparing to lead his team to provide support."
Ren Ning was surprised and couldn't help asking for details.
It turned out that other monks in the temple who were skilled in medical skills had already gone south. The reason why the abbot stayed in the temple was to host the dojo for the returning heroes.
At this time, the ritual was over and he packed his luggage and prepared to leave.
Ren Ning nodded and thanked the young monk.
He went to the Main Hall and put all the 5,000 taels of silver that he had blackmailed from the Misty County Sheriff into the merit box.
It was rare to have free time in these two days, so Ren Ning inquired about the situation of Longshou Temple.
The monks in the temple abide by the precepts and have profound Buddhist teachings.
In several nearby counties, Longshou Temple has opened charity halls. There are many orphans adopted in the charity hall. During the lean season, the temple will go to the charity hall to give out porridge.
As for the money spent, in addition to donations from other benefactors, most of it came from the merit box in front of me.
The money that Ren Ning had blackmailed was not clean, and he himself was not short of money, so donating it would be enough.
Five thousand taels of silver is quite a lot.
Every year, many royal relatives and dignitaries return from the imperial capital to Xingluo to pay homage to their ancestors. They passed by Shoulong Temple, and only a handful of them could donate more than a thousand taels.
The monk taking notes next to him was shocked and quickly ran to tell the abbot.
Master Hongguang hurriedly chased him out.
Ren Ning did not hide anything, and after telling him the source of the money in his hand, he led the team to set off under the abbot's eyes with mixed emotions, and headed south down Longshou Mountain.
The next stop is Xingluo Longyuan City.
