After finishing the matter and washing his hands, Master Zhang Daguan was accompanied by Fu Gujing, received a brass key, and went to look around the shabby room assigned to him.
The room faces south, is bright, elegant and quiet, and contains desks, four treasures of the study, cabinets, coffee tables and chairs.
Next door is the public apartment of Fu Gujing and Yun Qiuhe, with a similar layout.
Wu Qianping had many things to do, and with the portrait in hand, he ordered his subordinates to arrange matters and get busy.
For a big operation like yesterday, he temporarily borrowed some good people from the county government and city guards. Today he has to come to the door with rich loot to reward him. There will be many places to borrow from in the future. Of course, he will also recruit some scattered Taoist priests. He added: The power of the branch.
Yun Qiuhe grabbed the sketch of the portrait, took the remaining willow twigs and charcoal sticks, and hid in his room to study behind closed doors.
If you gain anything from meditating, put your hands behind your back and leave.
"Brother Zhang, look what's missing? If the coffee table is not suitable for use, just ask them to replace it. If it's not convenient for you to say, just tell me and I will make arrangements."
"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Fu. It's very good. There is no need to replace or add to it."
"Nacheng, I'll take you to the accountant Lao Jin. Next time I have a reward to collect, I know the place."
"With Brother Fu's good words, I hope we can go to the accounting office more times every month to collect rewards."
"Haha, I love hearing what you say."
While joking, Fu Gujing took Zhang Wenfeng to the innermost accounting room. It was a large room divided into two halves. There were several seats outside, a half-person-high brown wood counter, and three lamps hanging above the beams. oil lamp.
Behind the counter sat an old man with a goatee in a gray preacher's robe, holding a brush and writing something.
Seeing someone coming in, the old man rolled his eyes and glanced. The whites of his eyes were exposed a little too much, making him look a bit rigid and inhumane. When he saw it was Fu Gujing, the old man changed his smile, put down his brush and said, "Mr. Fu, you are here."
"Master Jin, this is the new guest law enforcement guard of our branch, Zhang Guanzhu. Please get to know him."
"Guanzhu Zhang is young and promising, I'm glad to meet you!"
"Where is it? Master Jin is fine."
After the two exchanged a few words, Fu Gujing took out the dean's wristband, put it on the counter and pushed it in front of Master Jin.
Master Jin held the corner of the note and read the contents carefully, especially the signature and stamp. After checking that it was correct, he put the note into a drawer under the counter, took out a book, opened it to the latest page, and used a small awl to The brush slightly flattened the ink on the edge of the inkstone and wrote a line of small words.
He turned the account book upside down and pushed it to Zhang Wenfeng, handed him the brush, and asked him to sign and fingerprint the back.
Zhang Wenfeng scanned the row of numbers marked "Thirteen taels and eight cents of silver" and thought to himself that he had blocked the skinny old thief's move and injured and killed two ordinary thieves. The spoils were too generous, and the ones in his hands were The brush went down to sign without hesitation.
Fu Gujing explained via voice transmission: "Including all the trophies from killing the thieves before you."
Zhang Wenfeng understood. The female thief he killed had a lot of various items on her, including silver knives and broken silver. He was white at the time and did not dare to take the evidence privately for fear of giving the impression of greed. Dean Wu To help him count it as spoils of war is to sell him a favor, not to ask for anything.
I received a 10-tael silver note, which is the most hard-to-pass "official ticket" of the household system, an ingot of 3 taels of silver, and two pieces of broken silver. Master Jin thoughtfully packed them in a brocade money bag.
Zhang Wenfeng tightened the string at the mouth of the money bag and put it into his arms. His face was calm and indifferent, and it did not change at all because of the huge sum of money he received. He said goodbye to Master Jin, and accompanied by Fu Gujing, Come to the "library" of Daolu Branch.
Showing the token, he walked into the library full of bookshelves and listened to Fu Gujing's introduction. The two outer rooms were open to everyone in the Daolu Branch, and the inner one required reaching the Huaqi Realm cultivation level to allow entry.
Zhang Wenfeng walked around the two rooms outside, briefly asking about the classification of the books on each shelf, then showed his token and walked into the inner room, flipping through the books for more than half an hour.
It was almost noon when Fu Gujing was called out and walked out of the gate of Daolu Branch.
When they came to the nearby "Zhiwei Building", Fu Gujing said that he would entertain the busy Master Wu and ordered a table of food and drinks. Zhang Wenfeng accompanied him for three cups and refused to drink more. He ate the food and drank tea.
Fu Gujing didn't give much advice. There were Taoist monks who adhered to certain ancient rules.
He is not very particular, but he cannot force others to break the precepts, so he pours his own cup and drinks continuously.
Fu Gujing is a social person, chatting and laughing happily during the dinner, but will not be silent.
After dinner, Zhang Wenfeng said goodbye, separated from Fu Gujing, put on a bamboo hat, and walked down the bustling main street.
He felt it carefully and found that the influence of Extraordinary Spirits was indeed much weaker than last time.
Being in the marketplace, he was no longer vaguely bored and out of place.
After visiting several ready-to-wear shops, Zheng'er found a green cloth parcel behind his back. He purchased two sets of fine, evenly dyed green robes, two pairs of cloud-toe shoes, cloud socks, and two sets of white cloth blouses and trousers. It cost more than six yuan in total.
When we returned to Xianling Temple, it was already the last five minutes, and the dry land on Ai Shan had been plowed and leveled.
The donkey stood dumbly in the shade of the tree on the top of the mountain. When he saw him coming back, he came over and showed his white teeth, grunting and complaining.
"It's really not the work of a donkey. Its neck is almost broken. Isn't there a saying that says, 'It's unlucky for a donkey to plow the fields when a child is in charge.' Well, it's unlucky for the hen to crow. Master, you are so kind and merciful. Please buy a cow and bring it back as soon as possible."
Its identity as a demonic donkey has been exposed, and it is still wandering in the fields, which is so shameless.
Come on, this guy even came up with a lame and wrong folk proverb for him.
Zhang Wenfeng almost laughed angrily, slapped it on the buttocks, and used the sound transmission technique to laugh and curse:
"You lazy idiot, are you so pretentious that it can tire you to death? Tell me about it yourself. Apart from looking after homes and nursing homes, what else can you do? Our Taoist temple never raises useless idlers, even me, the temple owner, has to Go to work in the fields.”
The black donkey chirped for a while before holding back a sentence: "I can find a particularly delicious water source."
"Oh, a particularly delicious water source?"
Zhang Wenfeng didn't understand what the criteria for a particularly delicious drink in a donkey's mouth were. Is it sweet and spicy? Or does it have a strong, grassy aroma? Asked: "What about?"
"You'll know after you put down your things and follow me for a walk. I can't tell you clearly. Anyway, the water is delicious. Drinking it will make your whole body strong and clear, and it can relieve fatigue."
In order for the black donkey to be free, he also worked hard and revealed the little secret he had just discovered.
Zhang Wenfeng was a little surprised. What kind of water can make the whole body strong and relieve fatigue?
He became interested and said, "Okay, I'll put down the package and go with you."
Judging from the donkey's expression, it didn't look like he was lying to him.
He thought in his heart, could it be that he was so lucky that he encountered the spiritual spring water that randomly appeared every time the spiritual energy surged?
He said hello to the second senior brother who came out of the main hall to check, said a few words, and asked the second senior brother to go and meditate. He put his belongings back into the hut and followed the black donkey down the mountain.
The black donkey walked along the stream at the foot of the mountain to the northwest and upstream. When he reached the turning point of the mountain col, he pointed to a puddle about five feet tall with his mouth and said, "The water here is better to drink. I used to drink it after I finished my work." Drink the water here.”
Zhang Wenfeng looked at the crystal clear puddle covered with various pebbles. It was flowing water. He squatted down and washed his hands first, then took a handful of the cool stream water and tasted it carefully for a long time. He didn't feel anything too much. different.
The black donkey looked at the words and saw that the viewer was dissatisfied, so he said: "The water in front is better."
He took the lead and trotted forward along the stream, twisting and turning until he reached the north of a nearby mountain. Pointing to a large water pool about a foot under the yellowish-yellow rock, he said, "The water here is the best, but the taste is not the same up front."
It raised its head to indicate that the water in the stream flowing through the pool was not good.
"oh?"
Zhang Wenfeng was dubious, and after feeling it carefully for a moment, he noticed that there was a slight difference in the air here.
Breathing in and out slowly, he performed the exercises to promote Yuan Qi. After practicing for three weeks, he found through comparison that the spiritual energy here was more active and abundant than on the top of the mountain.
The vegetation nearby is more green than other places, with fewer yellow leaves and more green leaves, and the autumn colors have been missing for a long time.
The donkey is so capable, he really found a good place.
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