Chapter 236 The Foreign Monk and the Bat

Chapter 236 The Foreign Monk and the Bat

Chapter 236 The Foreign Monk and the Bat
After Tan Wenjie went to Zhu's house, he confirmed the date.

On the first day of next month, I will spend a lot of time on the road.

The letter had already been sent over using magic, and by the time his team arrived, there would be enough time for them to prepare.

It's a pity that he can't have a ghost wedding, otherwise he really wants to ride on a paper horse and a sedan chair carried by paper people. It would be fast and efficient, but the price would probably be being stabbed to death by Ao Tianlong's sword.

After Tan Wenjie's team left, the Tan Mansion also began to prepare and decorate with lights and colors.

A man with a pigtail strolled around the area for a few times, focusing his attention on the Tan Mansion.

The Tan residence was decorated with lights and full of joy.

The girl with braids asked a lot of questions out of curiosity, and then left satisfied.

Changsheng Inn is one of the inn properties of the Tan family.

The surrounding area is convenient for living, with restaurants, teahouses and other shops.

The girl with braids went upstairs to the guest room, pushed open the door, and saw several people waiting inside.

Seeing the man with braids coming back, several people looked at him in unison and then swarmed towards him.

This group of people were dressed appropriately, but they all had braids on their hair, and their smooth foreheads were obviously newly shaved.

"How about it?"

"I've found out that the richest family around here is the Tan family." The man with pigtails glanced at his companions and said when he saw their eyes glowing red, "But I heard that someone in the Tan family has a gun. He's the mayor and the police captain. I'm afraid we can't force him."

Guns, they didn't have them.

A group of reckless men who don't care about their heads on their belts. They are rich for a while and poor for a while. When they have money, they spend it like water. When they don't have money, they tighten their belts to endure. Guns have nothing to do with them.

I usually avoid soldiers when I see them.

Knowing Kung Fu is useless. When a gun is pointed at you, you will either fall to your knees with weak legs or fall down after being shot.

"What should I do?"

"What did the boss say?"

"They're targeting more than just this family, but they're all the same. They all arrange people to sneak into the Tan residence to inquire about the situation, and then take action after they've determined the location of the money." The pigtailed man gestured, "I think the Tan family is pretty good. It's better than the Jiang family, the Liao family, and the Li family. They're far enough away from us, and... do you know what the Tan family is going to do today?"

"What are you doing?" several people asked hurriedly.

"He wants to marry concubines!" The man with pigtails raised two fingers, "Two at a time!"

"What's the big deal about marrying two?" The man in a gown next to him waved his hand, "The old man surnamed Li is already in his forties this year. Do you know how many he married?"

"several?"

The man raised his right hand, clicked his thumb and said, "Four!"

"Yo!"

"hiss!"

Several people's eyes were filled with envy.

Then they all cursed in unison: "Rich people deserve to die."

I wish it were me.

You must rob the rich to help the poor, rob the Tan family’s wealth to help your own poverty.

……

Happy Town, Tongshan Hall.

The man shouted to the back room, "Furong, you stay at home and look after the store. I'm going to the mountain to pick dragon bone grass."

"Brother, it's getting dark, let's go tomorrow."

"No, the store is short of medicinal materials."

The man changed his clothes, picked up his backpack and set off.

A girl's hurried voice came from behind: "Brother, be careful."

I was walking on the road with a backpack on my back and people kept greeting me.

"Doctor Bian, why are you still going out so late?"

"Yes."

"Good morning, Doctor Bian."

"Good morning, Aunt Six."

When leaving the town, Dr. Bian happened to see several carriages with red cloths and four red sedan chairs standing opposite each other outside.

"So many people are getting married?" Doctor Bian was surprised.

It’s an auspicious day, but it looks like at least five or six girls will be married off.

But the situation over there was not very good. It seemed that there was a dispute over the road and no one was willing to give way.

"This is Tanjia Village. This is Mr. Tan's wedding carriage. Who are you?"

In the carriage, the fat driver shouted at the top of his voice.

"Hey, it's Master Tan. We are the wedding sedan chair of the Third Master of Li Village. Please make way for Master Tan!"

The sedan chair that had been unwilling to give way a moment ago immediately retreated to the side of the road.

The driver jumped down again with a stack of red envelopes in his hand.

Doctor Bian stared at the red envelope stuffed into his hand in a daze. He was just a passerby.

He opened the red envelope and took a look. Inside was paper money, enough for his income for three to five days.

“It’s really rich.”

Doctor Bian recalled his visit to Tanjia Town some time ago, which was indeed more prosperous than Happy Town.

He shook his head, thinking that it had nothing to do with him, and turned to go up the mountain to collect herbs.

……

"Who is the third master of Lijia Village?" Tan Wenjie asked while sitting in the carriage.

He had never heard of any Third Master, but he knew everyone with a name in the neighborhood.

"He's just a local rascal, he's already in his 60s. The one who just shouted at him is Mr. Turtle."

Feibao had obviously asked about this when he went to distribute the red envelopes just now.

"Mr. Turtle?"

"Yes, it's just that I help others find a wife, and I have to give travel expenses and red envelopes."

"Matchmaker?"

"It's different." Fei Bao shook his head. "If someone takes a fancy to you, you have no choice but to marry him. Those bastards are related to gangs. Ordinary people can't afford to offend them."

It turns out he is really a touhou, and he calls himself a sir.

The carriage moved on.

The sedan chair in front moved aside voluntarily, and everyone raised their hands and bowed to the carriage with bright smiles on their faces.

Fei Bao continued, "Just now when I was handing out red envelopes, I heard that Mr. Li San likes virgin girls the most. He searched through three towns and six villages before he could find four beautiful virgin girls."

"Four consecutive nights?" Tan Wenjie was surprised. "Can you bear it?"

Fei Bao shook his head: "It's one night!"

"How many years old?"

"Deer antler, tiger penis, golden spear, great tonic pills."

Speaking of being powerful, his master is also very powerful, but Fei Bao doesn't dare to say this casually.

……

"Hey--!"

Doctor Bian dug out a dragon bone grass with a medicine hoe and raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

It was getting dark, visibility was getting worse, and I could only dig two or three herbs at most.

"Huh?" Doctor Bian turned his head and looked at a blade of grass beside his feet in surprise.

"What a wonderful plant."

Doctor Bian grabbed the "strange grass" without thinking and pulled it out with both hands.

This strange herb was very tough. At first, Doctor Bian was afraid of damaging the herb and did not dare to use force. Later, he found that there seemed to be a force competing with him in strength. What he held in his hand was not a grass but a hemp rope, as if someone was playing tug-of-war with him.

Just when he exerted almost all his strength, the force of resistance suddenly disappeared.

"what?"

Doctor Bian was stunned and tried to stand up while grabbing the "wonderful grass". However, due to the great force, he fell backwards and rolled down the hillside.

His head hit the rock and Dr. Bian cried out “Ouch!”

When I got up, I found that what I hit was not a stone, but a skull.

"what!"

He was startled.

Just now, when it rolled down the hillside, blood was spilled on the bones.

Looking at the corpse exposed in the wilderness, Dr. Bian felt pity for the person. He didn't know what had happened to the person that the body was abandoned here.

He dug a pit and buried the remains.

Doctor Bian knelt in front of the grave and said, "Based on your bone structure, I know you are a girl. I don't know why your body was left exposed in the wilderness. Now I'm going to build a grave for you. I hope you can rest in peace."

Carrying the harvest from today's herbal collection, Dr. Bian went down the mountain carrying a backpack.

Just after returning to the town, Dr. Bian accidentally bumped into a panicked man, and then the "strange grass" on the top of the backpack jumped out and fell into the roadside ditch.

...Tan Wenjie's carriage finally arrived at Renjia Town.

As soon as we entered the town, the sound of gongs and drums could be heard.

There were many people on the roadside, smiling happily and saying auspicious words.

The Ren family prepared early, and the spell communication was simple and fast.

He was marrying a concubine, but the dowry given by Ren was not vague at all, and the person carrying the dowry was bent by the burden.

Tan Wenjie didn't see Ren Tingting, he only saw her being carried into the sedan chair by a old woman, with her feet on the ground.

"Brother Jie, congratulations!"

"Brother Jie, have a baby soon!"

Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai came with Uncle Jiu.

Even Uncle Jiu had a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Uncle Master."

Being called Uncle Master by Uncle Jiu, Tan Wenjie always felt that something bad was going to happen. He thought that his nephew Gillian would not want to trick him.

He took out the red envelopes and felt the thickness of them. Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai's congratulations became more sincere and enthusiastic.

"I have to hurry on my way. You can't leave. I've asked Master Ren to prepare a banquet for me. I must get drunk before I leave!"

"Hahaha, definitely!"

Tan Wenjie chatted with Ren Fa for a few more words before turning around and leaving.

After watching Tan Wenjie's wedding procession leave, the sound of firecrackers disappeared, but the scene was still very lively.

It's time for the banquet.

"Uncle Jiu, please sit at my table!" Ren Fa pulled Uncle Jiu away. Uncle Jiu couldn't refuse and sat at the table.

Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai quietly opened the red envelopes, and then both of them widened their eyes.

"so much?"

"You are truly worthy of being Brother Jie."

"How big do you think the Master's red envelope is?"

"It feels thicker than the two of us combined."

"Don't worry about it, just find a table and eat."

"I'll sit at the kids' table!"

"You are stupid, those kids are eating too much, looking for someone to drink with."

"what?"

"Those who drink don't grab food."

The two of them shamelessly squeezed to a table, only to find that all the people sitting at the table were acquaintances.

All police officers.

"Isn't Awei here?"

"The captain seems to have been stopped by a few foreign monks. He is worried that it will delay the important matters of Mr. Tan and Mr. Ren, so he asked us to deliver gifts first." said the police.

"Foreign monk?"

Qiu Sheng and Wencai were not interested. They were Taoists and they didn’t like local monks, let alone monks from other places.

……

"church?"

Awei scratched his back and looked at the foreign monk who was not bald in front but had no hair on top of his head.

"not open!"

"Captain, please be flexible." The foreign monk said, "We have prepared a small gift."

"You have a gift? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" A smile appeared on Awei's face.

The reason why he was able to resist the urge to flatter Tan Wenjie and kiss up to Master Ren today was just for this "small gift", and now it was finally the main course.

Looking at the small box pushed in front of him, Awei opened the box happily.

Dozens of dollars.

"That's all?" A Wei pushed up his glasses and said righteously, "I can tell you that as long as I, Captain A Wei, am here, you foreign monks and missionaries will never be able to open any crappy churches!"

He thought the gift the other party was talking about was a "small gift", but he didn't expect it to be really small.

He was being fooled. How could a few dozen dollars be compared to flattering Tan Wenjie? Mr. Tan gave more than this amount of red envelopes to the police every month.

"Do you know what day it is today?" Ah Wei raised his head and looked at everyone with his nose raised. "My cousin's daughter, my dearest cousin, married my best friend. I even postponed drinking their wedding wine to come see you. Do you know how much I sacrificed?"

Foreign monk: "What do you want?"

"Add money!"

"We're out of money."

"Then get out!"

A Wei knew that Tan Wenjie was a Taoist priest, but if the foreign monk really gave him a large sum of money, he could still turn a blind eye.

The money you get is yours, nothing else matters.

But if you don't make him money, you will be my great enemy.

"Father!" The young priest on the side was worried.

The old priest waved his hand and took out more money.

“There really is no more to spare.”

"Yes." Awei nodded reluctantly, "I'll arrange for someone to take you to the church. Majia, you lead the way."

"Yes!"

"We know the way, no need to trouble you, sir."

"That's better."

Ah Wei waved his hand and said, "Collect and go to the wedding. Mr. Tan will be my brother-in-law from now on, hahaha!"

The policemen around him laughed.

"Congratulations, Captain. Congratulations to the Captain's cousin for marrying into a good family."

"Haha, of course. Don't you see whose cousin she is?"

Watching Awei and others leave, the missionaries walked towards the church dejectedly.

"Father, that's the last money we have." The young priest said worriedly.

After being kicked out of the church in Jiuquan Town, they moved around to several places, preaching everywhere, and are now running out of money.

So having a church, it becomes important to collect donations to sustain the mission.

"He is only greedy for money and he even blackmails us!" the young priest was indignant.

"The people in this land are stupid and rude, which is why we came here." The old priest had a calm smile on his face and made a cross on his chest, "This is the tribulation given to us by the Lord."

"Yes." The young priests made the sign of the cross together.

The group arrived at the church. Although they had been here before, they still felt a strong sense of disappointment when they saw the dilapidated church.

It would be great if we could stay in Jiuquan Town, where people live a prosperous life and the geographical conditions are good, making it convenient for missionary work.

"Reorganize it. The church must reopen as soon as possible."

I opened the church door and looked up, and found that there was no roof at all. I could see the sky when I looked up.

There is still a lot to do.

The young priest was halfway through cleaning when he suddenly screamed and ran out.

"What's wrong?" The old priest who was cleaning the spider webs was startled.

“So many bats!”

"It's normal to have bats in the area as it's in disrepair."

A group of people tentatively went upstairs with brooms in their hands. When they saw the densely packed bats hanging upside down in the shadows, their scalps went numb.

They rushed forward with brooms in their hands to drive away the bats, but the mad bats actually attacked the crowd. Someone slapped the bat down with a broom and stomped on it, bursting its belly. The bat, vomiting blood, was still struggling desperately before dying and even bit its shoe.

"what!"

The foreign monks were in chaos.

In panic, everyone was driven out from the roof of the church.

Everyone looked up at the dilapidated church.

Above, bats hovered like a dark cloud.

Then it swooped down, and the foreign monks fled in panic.

They returned cautiously only after the bats gave up chasing them.

"How to do?"

"Use fire to drive away the bats?"

"What if the church burns down?"

Several people looked at each other, unwilling to see the bat take over the magpie's nest.

We can only take a long-term view and find a way to get these things out.

(End of this chapter)