He has not taken a break since he came to Dahu Village for two days. Now that the black fish demon has been eliminated, all the lakeside water ghosts in Dahu Village have been reincarnated. It can be said that all the disturbances have been settled, so he feels at ease.
Fell asleep.
It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Li Xiuyuan woke up.
He did not wake up naturally from his sleep, but was awakened by the bursts of sorrow, joy, and crying outside.
"What happened outside?" Li Xiuyuan yawned and asked a little tiredly.
"Young Master, the old village chief passed away last night." A guard outside the door said immediately after hearing the sound.
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, but then he remembered it again.
Yes, the old villager died at the end of his long life last night. He has passed away. His dead soul still misses the poor monster-fighting little girl, Little Douya, and finally took Little Douya with him to reincarnate.
After thinking about it, he was silent for a long time, then sighed and got up to wash up.
Just as the guards were getting him water to wash up, Tieshan strode into the yard.
"Young Master, you are finally up. I have something to report to you," Tieshan said.
"What's going on?" Li Xiuyuan washed his face and said.
Tieshan took out a package from his arms and said: "Didn't the young master light a fire and burn the body of the black fish demon yesterday? Some villagers found two things in the ashes. They didn't dare to make any decisions, so they put the things away
The younger one will bring it to the eldest young master to see."
Opening the package, there were two things inside. A green and transparent bead, about the size of a child's fist, emitted a faint light under the sun, like a piece of jewelry.
The other thing was a burnt, somewhat black token.
The token is heavy and simple, with seal characters on it and the word Wujiang written on one side.
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he walked over and looked at the token, only to see the word "general" written on the back, which was also in seal script.
"Wujiang...General?" He exclaimed softly, thinking of something.
"Young Master, is there something wrong with this thing?" Tieshan asked curiously.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "There is nothing wrong with the thing. This black fish demon actually still has this seal script token on his body. It doesn't look like a mountain spirit. I'm afraid it has some background. I remember that a tributary of Wujiang River is not far from Guo Beicheng. My father and I used to go out of town.
When doing business, we even passed by by boat.”
Having said this, he was thoughtful again.
Could it be that this black fish demon ran out of the Wujiang River?
If this is the case, then there may be other water monsters in Wujiang River.
"Master, what are these beads? They look like the eyes of the black fish demon." Tieshan said.
"This is indeed the eyeball of the black fish demon, but it is also a precious jewel. You can call it a water-avoiding bead." Li Xiuyuan came back to his senses, smiled, picked up the green orb, and threw it into his face.
In the basin.
The orb fell, and the water in the basin magically separated automatically.
Tieshan said in surprise: "Avoid, avoid water beads? This thing is a water-repellent bead, so it must be very expensive."
"Of course it is very expensive. It can be sold for at least ten thousand taels of silver. If it is sold to dignitaries in the capital, the price can be even higher. Maybe it can be sold for one hundred thousand taels of silver." Li Xiuyuan said.
"So valuable?" Tieshan took a breath.
Li Xiuyuan pondered for a moment and said: "The villagers also have a share in the water-avoiding beads. We can't be greedy. Let's do this. We will give 10,000 taels of the silver we brought this time to these villagers and let them divide the money. Well
, the family should not share too much money, so as not to cause trouble. The extra money should be given to the villagers in Dahu Village to repair their houses and buy pigs, cattle, sheep and other livestock, so that they will not misuse the money after they get it. Let them buy more real things, so that their lives can be better in the future.
Better."
"Young Master, isn't this too much? We got rid of this black fish demon." Tieshan said with some heartache, obviously reluctant to part with ten thousand taels.
Li Xiuyuan said, "Don't say that. More than twenty villagers in Dahu Village have died. Now the old village chief has died again, and every household is extremely poor. If we don't help, it will be difficult for Dahu Village in the future. The black fish demon will cause chaos."
In the past few years, Dahu Village’s family fortune has been completely wiped out.”
"I make the decision on this matter, you don't need to persuade me."
After saying that, he ordered a few more guards to come in and prepare to discuss with them a charter to compensate the villagers of Dahu Village, and then invite several village elders from Dahu Village to come over.
The village chief died, and the responsibility for the village could only fall on a few highly respected village elders.
When Li Xiuyuan talked about compensation, several village elders were immediately shocked.
"No, no, Mr. Li has been a great benefactor to Dahu Village. How can we accept Mr. Li's money again? Isn't this ungrateful? We will never do such a white-eyed wolf thing."
"Yes, you must not accept this money, otherwise we old bones will have no face to see Old Man Luo when we die in the future."
"Master Li, please take it back. If we take this money, we won't be scolded in the back by outsiders in the future."
Although several village elders were rural old men, the villagers in ancient times were very simple. When they heard that Li Xiuyuan had helped so much, he still wanted to give money to each household, which made them anxious.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and explained: "I didn't give it to you for nothing. Isn't the water demon in your Dahu Village dead? It left a piece of jewelry and sold it to me as ten thousand taels of silver. I plan to give it five thousand taels."
The silver will be distributed to each household, and the remaining five thousand taels will be used to build houses in Dahu Village, purchase cattle and sheep, and build four Lei Gong temples. Don't refuse, otherwise I won't dare to ask for this orb."
As he said that, he stretched out his palm and showed the water-avoiding beads to several village elders.
"But this thing is not only worth so much, and Mr. Li has been very kind to us, so it is appropriate to give this little bead to Mr. Li."
"That's right, that's right, this thing can be sold on the street for ten taels of silver. It's worth ten thousand taels. Mr. Li, don't try to trick us old men."
These village elders are still as stubborn as ever and are unwilling to accept this money.
"Even so, the village elders should think about the villagers of Dahu Village instead of themselves. This black fish demon has been causing trouble for several years, and every household is impoverished. Moreover, I also promised Lei Gong to build a temple for them and offer sacrifices every year.
I can't handle this matter, I can only trouble the villagers of Dahu Village, and building temples and buying pigs, cattle and sheep are all places where money is spent, so naturally I have to pay for it." Li Xiuyuan thought of a reason and said.
.
Now that the gods have spoken, these village elders will have nothing to say.
Sure enough, when the matter of Lei Gong was mentioned, these village elders immediately looked frightened and did not dare to refute.
"Master Li invited Thunder God to slay demons for the sake of Dahu Village. Even if it involves building a temple to offer sacrifices, we in Dahu Village will do it. How can we let Master Li spend money?" The village elders thought for a while but still did not agree.
Li Xiuyuan added: "Now the villagers are so poor that they can hardly raise the pot. It took only a year and a month to build the Lei Gong Temple..."
After persuading for a long time, the village chiefs finally convinced the village chiefs on the grounds of building the Lei Gong Temple and offering sacrifices, and they reluctantly accepted the money.
Although ten thousand taels of silver may not sound like much, every household can have at least a hundred taels of silver.
For a villager, these hundreds of taels of silver may be accumulated over more than ten years. In addition, the remaining silver can be used to repair houses, temples, and buy livestock for the villagers.
As long as nothing unexpected happens, this Dahu Village will be prosperous and lively in the future.
Ten thousand taels of silver brought a brand new Dahu Village, which was not a lot of money.
After everything was discussed, the remaining matters were presided over by these village elders.
Li Xiuyuan stayed in Dahu Village for a day, paid homage to the dead old village chief, and then explained some things to several village elders. The next day, he took Tieshan and other more than 20 guards, as well as several
A carriage slowly drove out of Dahu Village.
Along the way, the villagers of Dahu Village followed behind to see him off.
"My dear benefactor, have a safe journey."
"My benefactor, please come here often when you have time."
"Thank you benefactor for getting rid of the monsters in our Dahu Village and avenging my dead son."
Some people shouted in gratitude, some were reluctant to leave, and some knelt down and kowtowed to see each other off.
Li Xiuyuan wanted to say a few words of farewell, but when the words came to his lips, he shook his head and did not say anything. He just waved his hand from a distance and gestured.
"Let's go."
He rode the jade lion and sighed slightly.
It wasn't until we walked out of the village and onto the main road that the villagers stopped following us.
But at this time, near the intersection, a dirty beggar boy was waiting here for some time.
"Xiao Zhanzi, why are you here?" Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment.
Xiao Zhanzi didn't speak, just pursed his lips, ran over, gave Li Xiuyuan the precious bronze mirror in his hand, and left without looking back.
It seemed that he wanted to give this thing to Li Xiuyuan.