The three of them chatted all the way and soon arrived at the first Jieku. After Lu Jing explained the purpose of his visit to Chaofeng, the latter was also very happy and found all the scriptures that the monks of Ganquan Temple had come to.
Although books were still valuable in this era, those were normal times. Now there was war outside the city and everyone was busy stocking up on food and weapons. There were fewer people buying books, let alone scriptures.
The pawn shop is also having a headache as to what to do with it. Even if it doesn't cost a few coins to collect the book, it still takes up a lot of space in the warehouse.
If someone is willing to redeem it, that would be great, and the pawn shop can make another profit. In the end, Lu Jing bought sixty-five scriptures with twenty-two cents of silver.
The price made Du Jing curl her lips, thinking that when they used the scriptures as money, they only paid seven cents a book, and more than sixty books were exchanged for less than half a cent, but they ended up buying them back later. At that time, he spent four times more money. This solution to the library can be said to be unscrupulous.
However, Du Jing didn't know that this was because Chaofeng saw that Lu Jing was not easy to mess with, so he specially gave the friendship price. Otherwise, if the monks of Ganquan Temple wanted to redeem him, they might have to spend an extra tael.
But for Lu Jing now, he no longer cares about this small amount of money. Things that can be solved with money are also very worry-free for him.
Lu Jing asked Chao Feng to find a large sack and threw all the sixty-five scriptures into it. He didn't look at it carefully after that, just carried it on his back and walked towards the next storehouse.
In this library, Lu Jing found another eighty-four scriptures, but this time his luck was not so good, because according to Du Neng and Du Jing, they had a total of 100 books in this library. Eighty-seven books, three of which seem to have been bought by others.
Lu Jing couldn't blame Jieku for this, because most of the scriptures were dead. Logically speaking, these scriptures originally belonged to Jieku, so there was no problem with them selling them.
Lu Jing could only ask Chaofeng for the name and address of the buyer. However, perhaps because he did not want to cause unnecessary trouble, Chaofeng just said that he did not remember. Even if Lu Jing took out a piece of silver, he hesitated. After a while, he still refused.
Lu Jing didn't waste any time. He took out another ingot of silver and continued to throw money. He didn't even blink during the whole process, which made Du Jing swallow his saliva.
However, the more he behaved like this, the more Chao Feng became worried about what Lu Jing was planning, and refused to speak. When Lu Jing saw this, he also gave up his money offensive, tried to tell Aunt Wen's name, and at the same time took out the money Wen had given before going out. The token given to him by his aunt - a palm-sized gin gourd.
Unexpectedly, this little gourd actually worked unexpectedly. Na Chaofeng breathed a sigh of relief immediately after seeing it.
"It turns out that he is a distinguished guest from Wenjiazhuang, so that's easy to deal with. The person who bought the scriptures is from Bai Mansion, saying that the old lady wants to read it."
Lu Dingding nodded, "Where is Bai Mansion?"
"Oh, it's not far from our warehouse. If you go out and walk fifty steps to the west, you'll cross Yangzi Street and you'll find Baijia Lane."
Lu Jing thanked him and gave the money to Chaofeng, but the latter didn't want it.
"Aunt Wen's guests are our guests from Fengxing County. They are all as they should be. However, we were blind to Mount Tai before. I hope our guests won't be surprised." Chao Feng bowed his hands and bowed again.
This is the advantage of being a local snake. The Wen family has been operating in Huzhou for decades, and their local contacts have been widely spread. No matter what they want to do, it is very convenient.
Lu Jing didn't even need to go to Nabai Mansion by himself. As long as he found the Wen Family Liquor Shop in Fengxing City and showed him the gin gourd, the people from the Wen Family Liquor Shop would naturally ask for the book for Lu Jing.
It only took less than two hours for Lu Jing to obtain all the scriptures pawned by Ganquan Temple.
But just like before, Lu Jing didn't find any clues after flipping through the scriptures.
It's strange, where would Master Honglian hide the true meaning of the One Hundred and Eight Crazy Demon Staffs?
Before Lu Jing entered Ganquan Temple, he had already visited the empty house next door and saw the word Pure Land written on the wall. But other than that, the house was completely empty.
It is said that the family who lived there had moved away a long time ago, and then a new family moved in. Now that new family is no longer here.
In addition, Yu Wenyu probably rummaged through Master Honglian's original work when he saw it, so Lu Jing had no hope for it anyway.
If the true solution really exists, he is still more willing to believe that it is placed in Ganquan Temple.
But the most likely scriptures have been eliminated, so where else can the true explanation be hidden?
Lu Jing took a look at the sky. He had been busy for most of the day. In addition, he had been running around a lot before, so he took two young monks to find a foot shop and ordered a vegetarian banquet.
Du Jing had not seen such a sumptuous meal for a long time. Looking at the dishes on the table, she immediately turned on the storm inhalation mode.
Du Neng was also swallowing his saliva, but he didn't move his chopsticks in a hurry. Taking advantage of Lu Jing's free time, he finally asked the question he had been holding in his mind for a long time, "I wonder where Donor Lu is from?"
Lu Jing knew what the young monk wanted to ask and smiled, "Yes, I am that Wu Jiang Lu Jing."
"Cough! Cough cough cough!" Du Jing, who was picking up rice at the side, choked on the rice grains when she heard this, coughing until tears flowed out.
Although Du Neng was better than him, he was also very excited and clenched his fists.
When Ganquan Temple was in its heyday, there were many pilgrims, but after all, it was just a small temple, and most of the visitors were ordinary people. This was the first time Du Neng had seen such a legendary figure.
Moreover, Lu Jing is still the person he admires the most. In fact, this situation is quite common nowadays. There are not many popular artists and youth idols in this era. They are famous for being either high-ranking officials or vigilantes.
Especially the latter two have nothing to do with one's background. They are things that ordinary people can become through hard work or good luck (no). Of course, Lu Jing's reputation is rising rapidly.
And it belongs to three generations of old, middle and young people, and the fan base is spread across all age groups.
No matter how mature and prudent Du Neng is, he is still just a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. When Lu Jing personally admitted his identity, he could no longer hold back.
Along with Du Jing, he asked various questions. First, he asked about Lu Jing's battle with Yama Wang Xiao, and then asked Lu Jing to talk about how he worked hard and diligently in his daily life to achieve the peerless martial arts he has now.
Lu Jing was embarrassed to say that he just practiced casually, and not only practiced casually, but also practiced in reverse. It took a lot of effort to stop his internal strength from growing further, because it was too Versailles and lacked positive energy.
Early exposure to cruel reality is also not conducive to the healthy growth of teenagers.
So Lu Jing fooled him with a story about a chicken dancing, which made Du Neng feel excited. It was only when the three of them finished their meal and returned to Ganquan Temple that they realized that something had happened in the temple.
