Money Bag

"Since Master Fahai already has a plan in mind, I won't add any more." The magistrate of Lin'an City sat on the main seat, glanced at Fahai below, and continued with a cold face:

"However, I should cooperate with Master Fahai, and I will naturally cooperate in place. If anything goes wrong, Master Fahai?"

"The poor monk should shoulder the full responsibility."

"Okay! As expected of Master Fahai!" Hearing this, the magistrate of Lin'an City immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and his cold face softened a little.

You can do anything, as long as you don't let him take the responsibility. As for what if it succeeds?

Of course, he wrote a big letter and reported the matter to the capital!

After all, for a monk, what's the use of such merit in the court? It's better to give it to him, which will not only help him get a promotion and raise his salary, but also benefit more people of the Song Dynasty.

Fahai completed the task and he also benefited.

Isn't this a double happiness?

Sudden.

"Dang Dang Dang~"

"Sir, the people are here."

Just when the Lin'an City Magistrate and Fa Hai were about to get up, there was a clear knock on the door, interrupting their conversation.

"Human? Who?" Upon hearing this, the magistrate of Lin'an City immediately frowned, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

The matter that he was talking to Master Fahai was known to everyone in the entire county government, but now there were still people knocking on the door.

No vision at all.

If he knew who was outside the door, he would have to teach him a lesson.

If you are not a good person, you have to come and be used as a punching bag.

"Master, it's me." Li Gongfu's voice came in from outside the door, with a hint of flattery and a hint of flattery, while the rest was the heroic spirit of a martial arts knight:

"Master, didn't you call me and Capt. Shen here?"

"Oh?" When the magistrate of Lin'an City heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead suddenly, and suddenly realized that all the dissatisfaction on his face disappeared, replaced by a red face, and said with a smile:

"Quickly, let Xiao Shen come in."

The tone and demeanor were completely different from when he discussed the plan with Fahai before, and the previous idea had been completely forgotten by him.

"See you, Lord Magistrate." Li Gongfu opened the door and walked in. After entering, he clasped his fists respectfully and bowed to the Magistrate of Lin'an City.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Lord Magistrate." Upon hearing this, Li Gongfu immediately straightened up, straightened his waist, and his round belly swayed.

As for Shen Bailian?

He just bowed his hands to the Magistrate of Lin'an City, and then walked to a seat aside and sat down as if no one else was watching, as if he didn't take the Magistrate of Lin'an City seriously at all.

The magistrate of Lin'an City also turned a blind eye.

In other words, he has long been accustomed to Shen Lian's temper, and he doesn't care about these etiquettes, because the person in front of him is his pocketbook.

He previously worked as a county magistrate in Lin'an City for nearly ten years. How much wealth did he plunder after seven or eight years without affecting people's livelihood?

In less than half a year since Shen Lian came to Lin'an City, his wealth has doubled.

What is this concept?

If he hadn't seen that Lin'an City was as prosperous as ever without any civil disturbances, he would have even doubted whether Shen Lian had deducted Lin'an City's tax revenue for more than ten years.

This kind of thing was not done by corrupt officials in the history of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, this is only Shen Lian's privilege here. If ordinary people, including Li Gongfu, who is highly skilled in martial arts, dare to show such an arrogant posture in front of him.

Hum hum…

The prisoners behind bars know best what will happen.

Li Gongfu looked at the magistrate sitting in the upper position and treated him and Shen Lian with completely different attitudes. Although he had seen them many times, the corner of his mouth still twitched.

But at this moment, Fa Hai felt even more agitated.

"The situation is not good..." Fa Hai sat aside and took in everything that happened in front of him, especially the attitude shown by the Lin'an City Magistrate towards Shen Lian.

He was completely different from the previous Lin'an City magistrate's attitude towards him.

Fahai originally thought that after he finished the plan, he would reveal all about Shen Lian's collusion with the snake demon, and then the Lin'an City Magistrate would cooperate with him in investigating Shen Lian.

But now it seems that this is unlikely.

Even with Shen Lian's close relationship with Lin'an City, there is a possibility that Shen Lian would be slapped down by him, saying that he was sowing discord with the county government team.

By then, if this matter affects his plan to capture the snake demon, it will be more of a loss than a gain.

"Yo!"

A frivolous voice with a hint of respect suddenly rang in the house, directly interrupting Fahai's thoughts.

"Hey, this, this... isn't this Master Fahai from Jinshan Temple?!" Li Gongfu glanced to the side as soon as he sat down on his seat.

It doesn't matter if you don't see it, you will be shocked when you see it.

Even speaking, he became a little stumbling, just like a star chaser who suddenly saw his idol.

It has to be said that Fahai of Jinshan Temple is known to everyone in the Song Dynasty, let alone the magistrate of Lin'an City?

Because of Fahai's existence, Jinshan Temple has become the most popular temple among several temples near Lin'an City.

When it comes to traditional festivals, the gate of Jinshan Temple will be blocked.

As the symbol of Jinshan Temple, Fahai has naturally become a household name. In the minds of many people, they are proud to hang a portrait of Fahai at home.

And the price of any magic weapon blessed by Fahai on the black market is at least one hundred taels of silver.

And there is still no market.

Because the magic weapon blessed by Fahai really has the effect of warding off evil spirits, rather than the parallel imports from other temples, this matter has also been confirmed by many people.

In summary, what is the difference between this monk Fahai and the God of Wealth and Guan Erye in the world?

"Hello, Mr. Li." Fahai looked at Li Gongfu's appearance, and soon a memory about Li Gongfu emerged in his mind, a memory about a few years ago.

"I didn't expect that you, Master Fahai, still remember me." Li Gongfu was somewhat flattered.

"Of course, you came with your wife at that time, and your words were sincere. After so many years, it seems that you have indeed done what you promised." Fahai was a little emotional.

Things have changed, but he never expected that the man who came to the temple with a fierce face to pray for blessings at that time really kept his word.

For so many years, he has not been close to women.

"I did it, but..." When Li Gongfu heard this, he immediately remembered the beautiful memories that once only remained in the depths of his mind.

For a moment, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

In fact, he didn't finish his words. The second half of the sentence was "But the Buddha promised me something, but he didn't do it", but he was not a teenager anymore, and he didn't have so much vigor and vitality.

Some were just compromises with life.

Li Gongfu would hide what he shouldn't say in his heart, and only occasionally when he was drunk with his relatives, such as Xu Xian, would he reveal his true feelings.

In this regard, even Shen Lian was excluded.

"Master Fahai, long time no see." Shen Bailian looked at the handsome Fahai, his mouth corners slightly raised, with a faint smile, he said: "I wonder how you are doing recently."

"Fortunately, the injury has almost recovered." Hearing this, Fahai was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know what Shen Bailian meant, he still thanked him: "Thank you for your concern, Captain Shen."

"It's okay, just a word of concern, not worth mentioning."

"What? Xiao Shen, have you met Master Fahai before?" The magistrate of Lin'an City narrowed his eyes and felt the somewhat tense atmosphere between Fahai and Shen Bailian.

He was old and wise and immediately realized something.

These two people are probably not just acquaintances. A monk who likes to exorcise demons must have high martial arts skills.

And what about Shen Bailian?

He became famous at a young age, had a huge fortune, and was a congenital warrior from the capital. And as far as he knew, Li Gongfu could not last more than ten rounds in the hands of Shen Bailian.

What else can happen when two people like this meet?

A competition!

There is no doubt about this.

However, the most curious thing for the magistrate of Lin'an City now is who is better and wins the competition between these two people.

His eyes kept moving between Fahai and Shen Lian, but what disappointed him was that the two of them stopped talking.

But if you think about it carefully, this is normal.

After all, Shen Lian is from the capital. What is the capital? It is a magnificent place with no ordinary people coming and going. As the most famous monk in the Song Dynasty, it is not surprising that Fahai has been to the capital.

But what makes the magistrate of Lin'an City quite curious is that he has not yet found out who Shen Lian belongs to.

There is indeed a person named Shen Lian in the Shen Mansion in the capital.

But some of them don't match.

However, of course, part of the reason is that the magistrate of Lin'an City does not want to go into it, because Shen Lian has brought him too much wealth.

If he really finds out something, what should he do is a problem.

But he can't not find out.

He might as well just let it go and drag it out slowly. Anyway, there's no rush. It won't be too late to get rid of Shen Lian after he's been squeezed dry.

It can be said that being a county magistrate in a city and a county magistrate for more than ten years is definitely not a good person.

"I've seen it." Shen Bailian smiled slightly and nodded in disapproval.

He was very curious whether Fahai would file a complaint against him and the snake demon. If he did, there would be a good show.

After all, in the eyes of the current Lin'an City magistrate, he was just a money bag for the other party.

Who among the mortals in the secular world would have trouble with money?

Almost no one.

"I have indeed met Shen Xiaoyou and exchanged some ideas. Shen Xiaoyou's kung fu is indeed amazing. It's a good thing that you have such a subordinate, magistrate." Fahai's face was calm, as if he was telling a trivial matter that had nothing to do with him.

"What?"

"What! You...did you always spar with me before..." Upon hearing this, Li Gongfu jumped up suddenly like a dog whose tail was stepped on, and looked at Shen Bailian in disbelief.

The sky is falling!

It’s not that he hadn’t sparred with Shen Bailian before. Although he almost never won, he could still last a few rounds under Shen Bailian.

This alone was enough to establish his reputation as the number one person under Shen Bailian in Lin’an City.

However, Shen Bailian had actually sparred with Fahai, a martial artist who had already entered the martial arts master level, and was slightly better than him.

Then what has Li Gongfu become?

An actor on the stage!

Before this, he was still complacent about being able to last seven or eight rounds under Shen Bailian, but now it seems that it was all because Shen Bailian was letting him go.

“I admire you.” Shen Bailian shuddered, ignored Li Gongfu’s somewhat resentful look, and clasped his fists slightly towards Fahai, saying quite politely.

It must be said that Fahai is still a relatively good person when facing normal people.

As a long-established master, generally speaking, he is very careful about his reputation. If he loses to an unknown junior like him, generally speaking, it is difficult to open his mouth.

But Fahai said it so bluntly.

It's just a pity that he is too stubborn and stubborn. Otherwise, with this kind of mentality, Fahai will become an immortal in the future.

But little did he know.

After hearing Fahai's words, the face of the magistrate of Lin'an City could not help but become a little gloomy and gloomy, and ordinary people could hardly find any abnormality.

But Fahai has been observing the changes in the demeanor of the magistrate of Lin'an City, and naturally noticed this change.

"You are still young." Fahai looked at Shen Bailian, whose eyes were a little clear, and whispered in his heart, with a little pride.

Shen Bailian's specific strength can exceed everyone's expectations.

But the only thing that cannot exceed the expectations of the magistrate of Lin'an City is that the most taboo of such a person in power is that he cannot control the servants below.

What's more, they are Grandmaster-level warriors, a special group that has thousands of troops to take the heads of enemies?

If one day they want to kill the magistrate of a city, it will be a matter of a breath, and if they put down their butcher knives and surrender to the court immediately, they can be forgiven.

"I don't know why the adults called us here?" Li Gongfu smiled and looked at the magistrate of Lin'an City who was sitting in the upper seat.

"Oh, that's right." The magistrate of Lin'an City came back to his senses after a moment, his eyes swept across Shen Bailian's body, paused for a moment, and then continued: "Master Fahai said that there is a monster in Lin'an City, and it is a thousand-year-old monster, so..."

"What?!"

"Don't be surprised."

"Oh." Li Gongfu showed an awkward smile: "Sir, please continue."

"So in order not to affect people's livelihood, I discussed with Master Fahai for a long time, and I made a plan..."

After a moment~

"Don't worry, sir, I will fully cooperate with Master Fahai's actions." Li Gongfu said righteously.

And Shen Bailian looked at Li Gongfu, who was swearing, with a bad taste. He was very curious, what would Li Gongfu's expression be when he knew that the thousand-year-old snake bite was Xu Xian's wife? (End of this chapter)