After staying in Huayun Mountain for three days, Zhao Ran couldn't sit still anymore. He calculated the time, so he asked his senior brother Wei Zhizhen for leave, left the mountain gate, and went to Wujiyuan.

Since leaving Wujiyuan in the first month of last year, Zhao Ran has not performed his duties as abbot for one year and four months. It is very embarrassing to say that. This is why he chose to be the abbot instead of the superintendent. If he really wanted to

Assuming the post of Supervisory Yuan, wouldn't the entire Wuji Yuan's affairs be paralyzed for more than a year?

When Zhao Ran climbed up to the mountain gate, the main gate of the Taoist temple was wide open, and Taoist priests with the rank of deacon and above were waiting outside to greet him.

Zhao Ran glanced over and saw Liu Zhiguang taking the lead, followed by Zhu Dudao, Junshan Temple Zhu Chen Zhizhong who also served as the governor, and then followed by Zhike Ma Zhili, Gao Gong Zhihe, Patrol Inspector Jin Zhijiu, Fangzhu Mo Zhixing and more than ten others.

There were dozens of people gathered inside the mountain gate, but they were the other Taoist priests and fireworkers from the courtyard who came spontaneously after hearing the news.

I remembered that ten years ago, it was also summer, when I followed Chu Yangcheng to Wuji Temple. At that time, Taoist priests from Heyuan also came to welcome me, but I could only follow Chu Yangcheng cautiously, hoping that the Taoist Temple would take me in.

Now ten years have passed, the target of the Taoist priests' greetings has been changed to him, and he has become the "master" who controls this Taoist temple.

It makes me sad just thinking about it!

"Is Yuan Duchu not here?" Zhao Ran asked casually when he saw that there was one less "Sandu" in the queue.

Liu Zhiguang sighed and said: "Lao Yuan passed away on July 19 last year."

Zhao Ran was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Where is he buried?"

Liu Zhiguang said: "In accordance with Lao Yuan's wishes, he will be buried in the Taoist Cemetery in Houshan."

Zhao Ran waved his hand: "The elder passed away and I couldn't see him off. It's a pity! Let's go and pay our respects."

Jin Jiu quickly arranged the arrangements, and the Taoist priests and fire masters who patrolled the room rushed to the cemetery.

In order to give them time to prepare the incense, Zhao Ran walked slower and asked Liu Zhiguang about the important events of Wujiyuan during this period.

Over the past year and a half, Liu Zhiguang has been working diligently to supervise the implementation of three major projects in Guyang County. The first one to be completed was the Huiminji Medical Hall. This medical hall was completed early last year and officially opened in March last year.

, they sold decoctions worth 130 taels of silver that month, and by February of this year, they had sold decoctions worth 1,200 taels. In total, the floating loss of 300 taels was paid by Wujiyuan from the warehouse.

It was added in the middle.

In October last year, due to the shortage of medicinal materials, the distribution of decoctions was restricted, resulting in a long queue outside the Huiminji Medical Hall, and many people complained.

Speaking of this, Liu Zhiguang was very angry: "These unscrupulous people don't even think about how they would have been able to eat if Huiminji Medical Hall hadn't sold medicine at low prices!"

Zhao Ran didn't care about his "trickster" statement, shook his head and said: "Who is behind the instigation?"

Liu Zhiguang said with a smile: "The abbot is still wise, and he will know the truth as soon as he hears it. The driving force behind this matter is the Kang family of Kangquan Medicine Garden. They are the ones who caused it!"

"Is the evidence conclusive?"

"Long before the opening of Huiminji Medical Hall, our Fangtang bought spies in several big drug stores in the county. Who is the mastermind, who pays the money, who is the instigator, all the people in this line are controlled!

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"Not bad." Zhao Ran praised it and asked, "How to deal with it?"

"Kong County Zun has been charged with having ulterior motives and inciting rebellion. Now the main members of the Kang family have been arrested. Old man Kang and his eldest son have been charged with cutting off the city and abandoning the city. All his sons have moved three thousand miles away, and their wives and concubines have been taken away.

The Jiaofang Secretary acted as a trick and all the family property was confiscated, half of which was used to cover the deficit of the Huiminji Medical Hall... The matter involves the Taoist Temple, and now the file has been reported to the courtyard, and it is just waiting for the abbot to read it."

This round of reading shows the ruin of a family of more than ten people. Even though Zhao Ran has been working hard for ten years, he can't help but feel trembling.

"How old are the younger generations of the Kang family?"

"The eldest son is thirty-two years old, the second son is twenty-six, and there are four children, the oldest is fifteen and the youngest is four."

What Zhao Ran is most afraid of is that in this era, "the family will be harmed", and even the ignorant children will suffer at every turn. He was silent for a moment and said: "After all, no one was killed or injured, wouldn't it be a little more serious?"

Liu Zhiguang said: "Kong County Master means that this is to kill chickens and frighten monkeys. It does not require heavy rituals and cannot deter others. Of course, the abbot has always been compassionate and sympathized with the orphans and widows. If you have some considerations, you can give it another thought."

Zhao Ran thought for a while and said: "My suggestion is that beheading is too severe and is not the original intention of my Taoist sect. Old man Guo will be hanged instead. His two adult sons will be exiled for six hundred miles, and the women and children in the family will be pardoned, right? As for the

Leave 10% of the family property for him to support his family."

Liu Zhiguang agreed and said, "Then I will approve this reply later and report it to Xizhenwu Palace and Long'an Mansion?"

Zhao Ran nodded and asked about the medicinal field in Shuihe Village, Lizhou. Chen Zhizhong replied: "The people sent by our Junshan Temple to Lizhou came back and said that the medicinal field has been formed, but Master Guo said that it will still take another year.

, only then can some medicinal materials be available, and it will take more than two years to really use them."

Then, Liu Zhiguang talked about the construction and expansion of roads and canals. This project was completely completed at the end of last year. Today, Wujiyuan has already changed its appearance. "We just have to wait for this autumn to have a great harvest!"

Liu Zhiguang was very excited.

The last item, and the most troublesome one, is the young crop money. Both the Taoist temple and the county government were very cautious about this matter. It was not until March this year that the reform of the young crop money in the Junshan Special Mission Area was completed, benefiting more than 40,000 people.

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Liu Zhiguang said that according to the arrangements he and Kong County Master discussed, he plans to officially roll out Qingmiao Money throughout the county starting in June.

"At that time, an authorized auction of young seedling money will be held in the county, and the abbot is invited to attend."

Zhao Ran calculated the time, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to attend. There are still many important things. I can only count on Liu Supervisor for this matter."

No matter how slow their steps were, after saying these things, everyone had already arrived at the Back Mountain Cemetery. In the green pine forest, there were tombs on the high road of Wujiyuan. As long as they were located above the three capitals, they were eligible to be buried here.

The fire master in the inspection room had already prepared the sacrificial objects. After Zhao Ran paid homage to Yuan Du's kitchen, he also offered incense to Luo Du next to him. At that time, the senior abbot Shi Yuncheng, who was above the third capital of Wujiyuan,

He was buried in Xuanyuan Temple in Qingcheng Mountain. Zhong Tenghong of the prison was appointed as the governor of Xizhenwu Palace. Luo Duguan and Yuan Duchu were both buried here. Only Zhu Du was left.

Zhao Ran looked at Zhu Dou's sad expression and trembling figure, and reminded Liu Zhiguang and Chen Zhizhong: "Take more care of Zhu Douo. As the old saying goes, if there is an elder in the family, if there is a treasure, Zhu Douo is our Wujiyuan

This is the only treasure left, so don’t be careless!”
Chapter completed!