Chapter 68: The True and False Governor (Seeking to Read!)
Early the next morning.
Jiang Chen meditated and practiced a lot, and the wounds on his body have slowly healed.
He got up and moved around a bit and felt that his body was fine!
Song Pan'er was very diligent. She got up early and was busy preparing breakfast for Jiang Chen.
"Dong dong dong!"
At this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door.
"Is Taoist Master Chunyang at home?"
A familiar voice came.
Jiang Chen opened the door and took a look. He never expected that it was Chen Xu who came to pay back the money!
Next to Chen Xu was a beautifully dressed young lady. Judging from her dress, she looked like she was either rich or noble.
Many stories about the love and hatred between poor scholars and rich ladies suddenly appeared in Jiang Chen's mind.
"Jushi Chen is worthy of being a scholar. He has character and credibility. He really came to pay back the money!"
Jiang Chen said with a smile.
"Taoist Master, here are fifty taels of silver. Thank you very much, Taoist Master, for lending me the silver taels that day. Thank you even more for your life-saving grace!"
Chen Xu decisively took out fifty taels of silver notes and handed them to Jiang Chen.
"How did this happen?"
Jiang Chen took Chen Xu's banknote and put it into his sleeve, his movements were like flowing water.
"Ahem!"
The rich lady frowned slightly when she saw it, and then coughed lightly.
"Taoist Master, I have come here this time to ask for something, and I hope that the Taoist Master will give me a helping hand!"
Chen Xu spoke up.
"This is not the place to talk, so just come in with me!"
Jiang Chen said.
The two of them followed Jiang Chen into the living room. When Song Pan'er saw the guests arriving, she immediately served tea.
"Taoist Priest, please Taoist Priest save my father!"
The three of them had just sat down and before Chen Xu could say anything, the rich lady suddenly stood up and bowed to Jiang Chen.
However, Jiang Chen was not surprised by this, because he had already seen that this matter had nothing to do with Chen Xu, he was just a matchmaker for this rich lady.
"Girl, you don't have to be polite. How dare you ask who your father is and what happened?!"
Jiang Chen asked.
"My father is Han Pengju, the governor of Nanjun, and I am his only daughter Han Ying!"
Han Ying said:
"I don't know when I started to find that my father had changed. His behavior was becoming less and less like him, and he was also aloof from my mother and me. If we didn't go our way at all, he would beat and scold us, and he would threaten us.
I know he loved me the most before!"
"So I suspect he is fake!"
Jiang Chen: "..."
Are you sure it's not your father who is having a relationship outside?
How does he solve this kind of thing?
He is not Yue Lao!
"Does the Taoist think what I said is too incredible and unconvincing?"
"Or maybe you suspect that my father actually has an extramarital affair, so he doesn't want to see us anymore?"
"That's not the case. Although I can't provide evidence to prove that my father's temperament has changed drastically, I can clearly feel the coldness and indifference in his eyes."
"And besides running errands at the Yamen every day, he just stays in the study. It's impossible for him to take care of his wife."
Han Ying knew what Jiang Chen was thinking when she saw his expression. In fact, she had suspected it before.
But if a person has really done something, no matter how flawlessly he arranges it, there will always be some clues.
Han Ying secretly investigated her father for more than half a year and found nothing out of the ordinary.
But the more this happened, the more suspicious she became.
And she felt that his father was looking at her more and more abnormally recently. She suspected that her father already knew that she was secretly investigating him!
And she has had a very bad feeling recently.
It happened that at this time she met Chen Xu, her childhood neighbor, and finally learned from Chen Xu where Jiang Chen lived, so she looked for it.
"But girl, people always change. A good person may become a bad person because of a change of thought, and a bad person may regret it and decide to be a good person."
"What you said is not enough to prove that your father is a fake. If he is really a fake, won't the people around him know?"
"And haven't you tested him?"
Jiang Chen said.
"this……"
Han Ying was stunned by Jiang Chen's question and heard her helplessly say:
"This happens to be the thing that puzzles me the most. He has all the things that happened at home and the memories of my mother and me, but he just changed."
"I don't know why it is like this, so I wonder if he is possessed by evil spirits?"
Jiang Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this. This was indeed a reasonable guess.
However, the governor of a county is blessed with the human destiny of the imperial dynasty. It is difficult for ordinary ghosts to harm him, and the evil spirit cannot enter his body.
Moreover, Jiang Chen heard that the county governor, Han Pengju, was a great scholar. He was born in a poor family, but he still studied hard and finally passed the Jinshi exam and became the top student in high school.
He started from a small official in one side and reached the position of governor of Nanjun.
It can be said that this person is blessed with great righteousness, which makes it more difficult for him to be possessed by evil spirits.
Not to mention ordinary encounters with evil spirits, even if someone specifically casts evil spells to assassinate him, it would be difficult for him to fall victim to it!
This thing is indeed a bit strange.
"If it is really evil, there are Taoist temples and temples in Nanjun City, as well as the Caotou Temple, the City God Temple, and the Earth Temple. A girl can ask for a talisman or a spell wherever she goes, but why do you come to me?"
Jiang Chen asked again.
"The Taoist Priest didn't know what to do. I traveled all over Nanjun City, visited many experts, and asked them for help, but they all rejected me for various reasons."
"I think he is a Taoist. He wouldn't dare to offend my father in this Nanjun City!"
"I heard from Brother Chen Xu that the Taoist priest hates evil and saved his life. He is a chivalrous Taoist. That's why I came here and asked the Taoist priest to help!"
Han Ying stood up again and bowed to Jiang Chen!
"Girls don't need to be polite."
"Besides what the girl said, is there anything unusual about the Sheriff?"
Jiang Chen asked.
Please let me think about it, Chief Taoist."
Han Ying said, then thought carefully for a while and said:
"There is one thing that is quite strange, but it is not abnormal."
"I remember that my father had always been wearing a jade pendant given by His Majesty, but I don't know when my father replaced the jade pendant with a white waistband."
"One time while eating, his badge was accidentally exposed. I reached out and touched him and he became furious and even slapped me."
"The waistband looks like it's made of white jade. It feels cool to the touch, but it always gives people an eerie feeling."
Boom!
After hearing this, Jiang Chen's mind went blank at first, and then there was a hint of joy in his heart. He put his hand into his sleeve, took out the Bone Token from the inventory with a thought, and said to Han Ying:
"Is this the token you're talking about?"
"Yes, that's what it looks like, but why is my father's token in your hands, Taoist Priest?"
"Hey, no, this is not my father's piece. It just looks similar, but the patterns on it seem to be different."
Han Ying reached out and took the Bone Token from Jiang Chen's hand, and then spoke.
"White Bones Taoist Temple!"
"Governor Han is a disciple of the White Bone Taoist Temple!"
"It seems that his drastic change in temperament is probably due to practicing evil arts, and it has nothing to do with being possessed by evil spirits."
"But how should I explain it to Han Ying?"
Jiang Chen's eyes flickered twice, thinking in his mind.
"Taoist Priest, what does this token mean?"
Han Ying asked.
"It's just a Taoist token. There's nothing much to say. Let's talk about your father again."
Jiang Chen said.
"good."
There must be a story behind Han Ying's Bone Token, but since Jiang Chen doesn't want to tell it, it's hard for her to force it.