Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading - Chapter 5

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“What’s the matter?” Chen Luo quickly asked.

Chen Ping narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was recalling, and said, “Two years ago, during the autumn harvest, Wang Xigui, a tenant in Xiaoxi Village in the east of the city, came to this house and said that a tiger ran out of Xixiu Mountain and captured his wife. At that time, the young lady went out to do errands, so I told you, the young master, about this matter. “

After finishing speaking, Chen Ping squinted at Chen Luo, and Chen Luo was quiet. This kind of thing was completely ignored by his predecessor, so he has no memory.

“What did I say then?” Chen Luo asked.

“You let the old slave figure it out on my own…” Chen Ping continued, “So this old slave acted on his own and went to Xiaoxi Village to find the hunter, Zhou Yong. I gave him twenty taels of silver and sent more than a dozen servants to help him. They went to Xixiu Mountain to catch the tiger, successfully cornered and killed it.”

　　”And then?”

　　”At that time, Zhou Yong explored the tiger’s den and said that there should be two tigers nearby, a male and a female. How come the first they killed was a female, but the male was nowhere to be found? Just in case, I asked people to search the area for a few more days, and none of them could find the male tiger, so I asked the servants to withdraw. Young master, do you think that the male tiger has trained his spirit essence and has come back for revenge?”

Chen Luo pondered slightly, in this world, it is not uncommon for beasts to train their essences. Let’s first not talk about what heavenly and earthly treasures are found and used by the lucky ones. Not to mention the three paths of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, with Taoism preaching, Buddhist enlightenment, and Confucianism virtues, there is a high chance that the beasts will unlock their intelligence and turn into monsters. It might not be far-fetched that the random words of a master was heard by the tiger which unlocked its essence and enabled him to turn into a tiger demon.

“Is Zhou Yong still here?” Chen Luo asked.

Chen Ping was startled and said, “Now that you mention it, young master, I just remembered. Before our Chen family accident, Zhou Yong went into the mountain and never came back. It has been about a month now.”

Chen Luo frowned again and shouted, “Zhong Kui!”

I saw the figure of Zhong Kui slowly emerge behind Chen Luo. Chen Luo had already explained the matter of Zhong Kui to Chen Ping before, but Chen Ping did not expect that the face of the other party was so ugly. And so he turned sideways to not look at Zhong Kui.

Chen Luo didn’t pay attention to Chen Ping’s expression, but asked Zhong Kui, “After eating that ghost, what have you discovered?”

　　Zhong Kui nodded and said, “That ghost didn’t take a long time to form. It took more than a month at most. There are still some memories of being a human being in the deepest part of its soul. Although it is messy, it can be vaguely recognized that it should be hunting for a living…”

　　”So there is around 80% chance that that ghost was transformed from Zhou Yong…” Chen Luo pondered, “Then the tiger demon that harmed my Chen residence should be the male tiger that disappeared.”

　　”Then… what should we do now?” Chen Ping regarded Chen Luo as his own, and always had a “genius” filter on for Chen Luo. He was not surprised by Chen Luo’s performance this time. But instead, a feeling that this is how a young master should be surged in his subconscious.

　　Chen Luo thought for a moment and said, “The tiger demon has killed so many people, so its bloodthirst must be extremely strong now and dare not approach the town. Since it was originally a ferocious beast living in Xixiu Mountain, it must also be hiding in Xixiu Mountain.”

　　”I remember Dad once said that the officials of the Great Xuan Dynasty can use the official seal for permission to consume the dynasty’s qi to detect a demonic spirit. The entire Wan’an County is too big, if it is not a great emergency, Cai Zhi County will certainly not use qi to search the whole city. But if it is only one Xixiu Mountain, my Chen family can still pay the price of mobilizing it.”

　　”Uncle Ping, you go and credit two thousand taels of silver!”

　　”Two thousand taels?” Chen Ping was taken aback. The Chen house relies on Chen Xuan as the head of the house and does some rice, grain, mulberry, and silkworm business. Their annual income is about four thousand taels. The silver taels that can be saved in the warehouse were only about 2,500 taels. Chen Luo was about to withdraw nearly a year’s worth of silver in one breath, which made Chen Ping wonder if Chen Luo was possessed by someone else.

　　”Master, do you want to ask Miss first?” Chen Ping hesitated for a moment, but still reluctantly said. Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at Novel Multiverse – “NovelMultiverse dot com”

　　Chen Luo frowned slightly, to be honest, his predecessor was not too concerned about money, and although he was dirt poor company slave in his previous life, he had no concept of silver. The reason why he said the number “two thousand taels” was that the county office was able to amass fortune by mobilizing the qi of the dynasty, they also make their prices very clear, the price was clearly one thousand taels of silver.

Of course, the county government took the money and used it to build bridges and pave roads, support orphans and widows, and subsidize official schools, which made the dynasty even stronger.

Seeing Chen Ping’s reaction, Chen Luo also realized that 2,000 taels was not a small amount for the Chen family, and was about to promise him to ask Chen Xuan’s opinion, but on second thought, he was not the insignificant rice bug he used to be, it would be better to set up a personal character while he has just been resurrected from the dead. Besides, this money is related to the safety of the Chen residence, and it is an unavoidable expense, so he looked solemn and said, “What? I can’t use this money?”

Chen Ping was startled when he heard the words and saw Zhong Kui behind Chen Luo grinning and looking at him, so quickly waved his hand in response: “This old slave never meant that, I… I’ll go to the warehouse to draw the bank note.”

“Well, then go, I’ll wait for you at the door. Don’t alarm the others, the tiger demon should not dare to attack the county capital.”

Chen Ping responded quickly and turned to leave. Only then did Chen Luo turn to look at Zhong Kui. When Zhong Kui appeared before, as the master of the book spirit, he sensed that the aura on Zhong Kui’s body was weakening.

“What’s the matter with you? Were you injured while fighting the ghost?”

Zhong Kui was stunned for a moment, and bowed to Chen Luo: “I have caused the lord to worry, there is nothing wrong with this spirit. It’s just that the underworld at the moment is a little weird. When the lord settles the tiger demon crisis, it will not be too late for this spirit to make a report then.”

Chen Luo heard the words and nodded. Zhong Kui was originally a judge in the underworld, and it is not uncommon for the “Zhong Kui” calligraphy spirit he condensed to have the ability to enter the underworld. However, at this time, it is true that the disposal of the tiger demon is the highest priority, so he decided to no longer ask about the other issue further.

Outside the gate of Chen’s Mansion, it is Xi’an Street, one of the three major streets in Wan’an County. This street is full of houses of the rich and powerful in the county town, and there are some schools and medical halls in the middle. At this moment, it was San Geng time, and there were no pedestrians on the road. Outside the Chen Ping mansion was a carriage, Chen Luo stepped into the carriage and got into the body of the carriage. He was deliberating about how to face the number one person in the county – Cai Tongchen, the county magistrate!

San Geng’s time is between 11:00 pm and 1:00 am. Based on Chen Luo’s experience in his previous life, he would not knock on the leader’s door during this time. After all, this time is too private, and the other party could be doing anything. 

But at this time, Chen Luo did not have a choice. According to Zhong Kui, the tiger demon needed the ghost to return to understand what the ghost had been doing, so the tiger demon still doesn’t know that the ghost was eaten by Zhong Kui for the time being. But if the ghost doesn’t return to the tiger demon after dawn, the tiger demon will know that something happened to the ghost, and things will inevitably change.

Secondly, there is another reason why Chen Luo dared to do this, that is, Cai Tongchen had a good relationship with his dead cheapskate father, and it is said that he was also given guidance by Chen’s father. Chen Xuan, a woman who supported the Chen family’s family business and development, Cai Tongchen’s help was surely involved.

The moon and stars were sparse, and the county office was not far from the Chen residence. After walking for about 20 minutes, Chen Ping drove the carriage to the back of the county office. This magistrate’s official residence is located behind the public courthouse, and naturally there is also a grand main entrance behind the county public courthouse. Chen Ping stepped forward and knocked on the door, and within a moment, the doorman opened the door with sleepy eyes. He wanted to open his mouth to curse at them but being passed the silver, he quickly shut his mouth. Taking the silver in his left hand and the invitation in his right hand. He said “wait first”, and closed the door.

At this time, Chen Ping suddenly understood why Chen Xuan was sure that Master Li would lead the way. At this time, that doorman would definitely not dare to go to Cai Tongchen directly, so he would only approach his uncle, Master Li first. As a personal assistant, Master Li naturally has a place of his own in the official residence.

Chen Luo hadn’t been able to wait for Master Li, but suddenly a fierce air jet shot out from the back office and hit Chen Luo’s carriage causing the whole carriage to be torn apart. Chen Luo only saw a decent-looking middle-aged scholar in a long gown flying out of the back office, holding a long sword, pointing at himself, and shouting—

“What kind of evildoer are you, dare to steal my nephew’s body. You have deceived my niece and all the servants, but you can’t deceive me, Cai Tongchen—” Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at Novel Multiverse – “NovelMultiverse dot com”