Chapter 62: Returning the Silver At this time, there were probably two or three hundred taels of silver and money on the ground in the temple, most of which were official silver, all of which were stolen from the temple. Lin Jue knew that they were probably all from the merchants who stayed overnight. "Squeak..." The rat soldier in front who was in charge of carrying the things shouted. "And that's all." The leader of the rat soldiers looked at Lin Jue, his eyes flickering with obvious worry. "Don't worry! I keep my promise!" "Thank you very much, Master. Thank you very much, Master..." "You may not survive yet." Lin Jue did not soften his heart because of the seemingly harmonious conversation just now, nor did he break his promise just because they were monsters. "Wait for me to get out of the way, and then start counting." They saw that they either woke up the unconscious rat soldiers or helped the injured rat soldiers to stand up. The old woman was helped by the rat soldiers' leader himself. They all became nervous and prepared to escape. Lin Jue stepped aside and began to count. Breathe in...
Exhale... Breathe evenly, neither too quickly nor too slowly. After five breaths, it ended—— He turned his head suddenly and saw the last two rat demons gathered at the hole in the corner of the wall, rushing in in panic. He calculated the time well, as these rat demons could just run to the cave entrance. If anyone got hurt and fell behind, or if there was a shoveling and crowding, it would be difficult for them to run through. His movements were also faster than most normal people, so he was somewhat confident that he could kill them. Unexpectedly, they are united. Lin Jue rushed forward without hesitation. He rushed to the corner of the temple farthest from him in a few steps, and happened to see the last rat demon crawling into the cave. Lin Jue did not hesitate at all. He took a deep breath and exhaled into the cave. "call……" The spiritual energy and fiery energy filled the cave. Then Lin Jue pointed. "Oh!" The spiritual energy and fire energy immediately turned into flames, squeezing through the narrow hole, causing a loud bang, and then flames mixed with wall dust suddenly rushed out of the wall. Even Lin Jue moved aside. He stood in the cave and waited for a while. He didn't hear any sound and didn't know what happened below. However, he could faintly smell something burning. He felt that there was no point in waiting any longer, so Lin Jue walked back to the two of them. He looked down and saw the little fox following him. "You've done something great!" Lin Jue's words were much gentler. Then he walked back to the wall and sat down.
There was still a light on the altar, almost as bright as an ordinary oil lamp or candle, illuminating the temple. "It seems that there are monsters behind these rat monsters." Lin Jue glanced at the statues in the temple. He didn't know whether the statues were originally soulless, or whether this matter was related to the gods, or whether there was a monster here that was so powerful that even the local gods had to retreat. Lin Jue felt that this might be a big monster that was different from all the monsters he had encountered along the way, so he said, "Let's not sleep tonight." "rational." "Brother, what do you usually do when you encounter something like this?" "Usually, the first, second, third and fourth brothers come down the mountain to exorcise demons. Besides, the magic we practice in our Taoist temple is not specifically for exorcising demons. It sounds like the situation here is more complicated than we thought, so we have no choice but to go back and talk to Master first." "it is good." The temple was silent for a moment. After a while, the seventh senior brother finally spoke up, breaking the silence: "Junior brother, you have such courage. After Master has passed away for a hundred years, I think there is no need to worry about him after he goes down the mountain." "Brother, you are too kind. I just encountered a few more monsters before going up the mountain." Lin Jue said, and then looked to the other side, "Junior sister, you are very brave." "I think I can't hold my senior brother back." The little sister answered seriously and solemnly, "I want to learn magic well and protect my senior brother in the future." "Good." Lin Jue was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the girl would remember what he just said casually at that time. It's been two months, right? "Seventh Senior Brother, what kind of magic is that?" Lin Jue couldn't help but ask curiously, "With a wave of his sleeve, he can take away the arrows shot by the rat demon and put them into his sleeve." "It's just a trick." "There is such a trick?" "Theatrical skills are also classified into different categories. There are many kinds of magic. You just haven't been to the big cities to see them. Telekinesis, peach pit rooting, green fly magic, barrier magic, they are all theatrical skills." The seventh brother looked around and told his two junior brothers and sisters, "I heard that the emperor held a banquet in the palace twenty years ago and invited all the strange people in the world to compete in theatrical skills for fun. At that time, there were people in the palace who built a high building on the ground, which was thousands of feet high. There were people who caught fish from thousands of miles away, all of which were sea fish. The fairies in the Moon Palace sent peaches to the emperor from the sky, dragons and phoenixes danced in the sky, murals came true, and the gods carved on the pillars also flew down to celebrate the birthday." "It's so profound..." "It's not easy to master any magic to a high level." "What about the spell to light the lamp?" "It's called the Lantern Lighting Method, and it's also a theatrical trick. Not to mention places like Changjing, even in Yi County, during festivals like the Lantern Festival, there will be magicians selling palace lanterns and hairpins during the night lantern festival. They use this method to light up, and an ordinary hairpin can be sold for ten taels of silver on that day." The seventh brother said, "They are all high-ranking officials, and they buy something special." “Are there so many types of tricks?” "There are many." "I see……" Lin Jue nodded, remembering it, and then asked: "By the way, you guys woke up just now, but how come you couldn't hold back from making any noise?" "Brother, I've already told you that I'm not good at exorcising monsters, and I don't know how to do it. Plus, that monster came to me, sniffed at me, and then left. So I naturally held back for the time being and waited to see what kind of scene it was going to cause. It also depends on how you, brother, plan to deal with it. I'll just help." "I was thinking, since I'm awake, my two brothers must be awake too. Since you guys are silent, I won't say anything either!" "This……" The three of them looked at each other and smiled. This night was destined to be sleepless. Just being on guard would drain my energy. When I was weak, I would be more easily taken advantage of by demons and ghosts. I had no choice but to keep talking.
In the end, Lin Jue was so bored that he ran to the front and counted the pile of silver. The weight-marked waisted honeycomb silver alone weighed two hundred and ninety taels, and there was also some loose silver, estimated to weigh about a dozen taels, totaling over three hundred taels. Lin Jue had never seen so much money in his life. As for what the person behind these rat demons stole so much money for, he really couldn't guess. Fortunately, nothing happened that night. …… The next morning, it was just dawn. The three men put the more than three hundred taels of silver into a bamboo basket, had the donkey carry it, and headed for the inn. The inn was not far away. When the three men and the fox walked over accompanied by the crisp sound of donkey hooves, the merchant from Shu Village had actually left the inn and was waiting at the door. As soon as he saw the three people, he came forward immediately. "How is it! Lin Jue?" "Uncle Shu, don't worry. We caught those monsters last night. They were rats. We have already got all the money back under threat. It's behind the donkey." Lin Jue said, "How much did you charge for staying in this store last night? I'll go and pay first." "You really found it? Oh! That's great!" When a dozen or so businessmen heard this, they were all so happy that their entire complexion changed instantly. "Don't worry, I'll go pay the bill first." "What bill do you want to settle? Where did you ask for money? No need to settle!" The middle-aged man waved his hands repeatedly. "What?" "We have lost our money, how can we afford to stay in an inn? Besides, when we are out doing business, we sometimes have to sleep in the wilderness! Not to mention staying in the city!" said the middle-aged man. "I happened to come here last night and ran into a group of merchants who also stayed in the temple the night before. They also lost their money and knelt in front of the county government for a whole day. The owner of this inn is kind-hearted. After knowing this, he specially allowed them to sleep on the straw in the yard for one night, so we also stayed on the straw for one night." "Ok?" Lin Jue's expression froze, and he quickly looked into the courtyard: "Where are those businessmen?" "Just left." "Where did you go?" "The county magistrate ignored the matter and only said that a notice was posted at the city gate. It was because we ourselves were reluctant to spend money on the iron box that we had to go home." "Come with me to find them!" Lin Jue followed a group of businessmen and hurried over. Fortunately, the merchant didn't walk for long. He looked dejected and probably hadn't eaten yet, so he walked slowly. I caught up with him after turning a corner. Lin Jue asked them how much money they had lost, and after adding it to the amount lost by the Shucun caravan, he calculated carefully and found that the numbers were almost exactly the same. The merchants here are indeed honest.
How can we say it any other way? Naturally, give the money back to them. (End of this chapter)
