Mr. Zhang is still chattering: "This is not the way to win. If you, a monk, have the guts, let me go. Let's compete again!"
Xuan Tan asked curiously: "Why should I let you go?"
Mr. Zhang said angrily: "That's not how fighting works. You are really a sinister junior when you use sneak attacks in secret! Come on, fight again if you have the guts. Everything will be fought openly and in accordance with the rules!"
Xuan Tan shook his head: "That doesn't make sense. You have been captured by the monk Cheng Cheng. You are a prisoner of the rank and file. It will take a lot of trouble to release you again. Tell me, who are you? Are you going to deal with Cheng's boss?
unfavorable;"
Mr. Zhang said loudly: "Don't accept it! It's not the behavior of a hero."
Xuan Tan frowned: "Forget it if you don't want to answer. In that case, I will hand you over to Tianlongyuan."
When Mr. Zhang heard this, he suddenly shrank his neck and shouted: "Wait! Wait!" His mind started to race and he began to think of ways to escape. However, he had been living in Longhu Mountain for more than thirty years.
Under the protection of his wife, he has always had smooth sailing and has never been in such a dangerous situation. He could not imagine it in a moment.
Xuan Tan frowned, stretched out his hand to hold his shoulders, and a burst of magical power penetrated, making Mr. Zhang feel extremely painful. Zhao Ran had tasted this feeling at the Baoping Temple back then, and it was really unbearable.
Mr. Zhang wanted to confess at this moment, but he was speechless and sweating profusely. He truly understood what it meant to suffer without being able to speak out.
Xuan Tan tidied him up, then lifted him up and drove him towards the carriage that Zhao Ran was riding in.
Mr. Zhang was in pain and anxious, with beads of sweat all over his face. He almost couldn't help crying. He kept praying to his uncle to appear quickly so that he could be rescued back to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Ran was thinking about a question on the carriage.
Early this morning, Zhao Ran noticed that the merit power absorbed in his body had changed. He rushed back to Xingqing today in order to seize the time to practice and convert the increased merit power into mana.
What changed? The merit power in his body suddenly began to increase significantly, and the merit power formed every day was more than 10% more than usual. Not only the quantity increased, but there was also a change in quality - every trace of merit power was more than
The original is thicker, and the converted mana is also more pure.
Since Zhao Ran came to Xia Kingdom, no matter whether he did good things or bad things, the bonus to his merit power has not changed much. Zhao Ran's judgment and guess about this is: all the good things were accepted by the Buddha, and all the bad things were accepted by the Buddha.
It’s now a top cylinder.
His cultivation completely relies on the people in the Junshan area, which has a steady stream of extremely stable merit bonuses. Of course, there are also slight changes, sometimes more, sometimes less. Zhao Ran estimates that the governance of Jin Jiu and others is good or bad.
related.
But this change is not obvious, but shows a long-term trend. After more than a year in Xia Kingdom, the transformation and cultivation of the merit power in Zhao Ran's body has been quite smooth, and the refined energy has basically filled the entire sea of qi.
A quarter of the total, he originally expected to complete the Taoist realm training in another three years, waiting for the opportunity to break through.
But this morning's changes made him see the dawn of breaking through early.
Zhao Ran speculated that Jin Jiu and others should have taken some effective measures to benefit the people in Junshan, which was why such changes occurred, but he did not know what measures had such effects, which made him more and more eager to return to the Ming Dynasty.
Just as he was constantly running the Merit Sutra to convert the power of merit into magic power, he heard someone from behind shouting to him: "Become a donor!"
Zhao Ran stopped the car and walked out of the car. He smiled and said to Xuan Tan:
"Hello, Master Xuantan, why are you... holding someone in your hand? Hey, isn't this Mr. Zhang... Mr. Zhang?"
Xuan Tan walked up to him, threw Mr. Zhang to the ground, clasped his hands and said, "Cheng Dong's house, the young monk followed to protect him all the way. When he saw this man peeping his head, he seemed to have evil intentions, so the young monk restrained him."
Zhao Ran laughed and said: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. This is a friend of Cheng. Well, he also has business contacts. He owes Cheng a large amount of money."
Mr. Zhang was bound by soft tendons and fell to the ground. He hurriedly responded: "Brother Cheng, this monk misunderstood. I came to see Brother Cheng. I have something to discuss. This monk thought I was going to be detrimental to Brother Cheng."
Xuan Tan said: "So that's it. The young monk was reckless. Please forgive Mr. Zhang." After saying that, he retracted his weak tendons and helped Mr. Zhang up.
Zhao Ran asked: "Master Zhang, what do you want from me?"
What's wrong with Mr. Zhang? He has a wonderful heart when it comes to romance, but he lacks a few ideas when it comes to dealing with affairs. He can't explain it.
Seeing that he was hesitating and silent, Zhao Ran's face immediately darkened and asked, "Is it possible that Mr. Zhang doesn't intend to pay this reward?"
Mr. Zhang had an idea and waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, well, it's just that Zhang won't be able to come up with so much if he doesn't lend his hand for a while. That's why I came here to discuss it with you."
Zhao Ran's face brightened slightly and he said, "How long will it take Master Zhang to collect enough money?"
Mr. Zhang said: "Two years, no, within three years, how about?"
Zhao Ran thought for a while and said: "It's okay, just pay it in installments. Pay me ten thousand taels every three months for three consecutive years." Seeing Mr. Zhang's confusion, he took out the pen and paper from the car, folded it in half, tore it open, and let
Mr. Zhang himself wrote twelve IOUs.
Mr. Zhang's mind was in confusion. He numbly followed Zhao Ran's request and split the IOU into twelve pieces, each worth 10,000 taels. After writing the note, he suddenly felt something was wrong and asked: "Brother Cheng, how come this is 120,000 taels?"
?Isn’t it one hundred thousand taels? There are two more.”
Zhao Ran collected the IOU and said: "Of course interest will be included in the installment payment. We only charge interest of 20,000 silver in three years, which is considered a discount."
Looking at the back of Mr. Zhang who was escaping, Xuan Tan asked Zhao Ran: "Chengdong family, who is this person? Well, if it is not convenient for Chengdong family to tell me, I will pretend that the young monk has not asked."
Zhao Ran sighed: "This is Cheng's acquaintance in the Ming Dynasty. It is indeed inconvenient to explain in detail to the master. I hope you can forgive me."
Xuan Tan said: "It doesn't matter. But this person is obviously up to no good. The Chengdong family needs to be more careful in the future."
Zhao Ran nodded and said: "This person cannot be killed. It is easy to kill him, but the disaster is endless. All of Cheng's family members are in the Ming Dynasty, and they are really having difficulties... I also ask the master to tell Abbot Long Yang, thank you for your help this time."
Xuan Tan said: "Why should the Chengdong family be so polite? The master will understand."
How could Zhao Ran not know about Mr. Zhang’s little thought? In fact, he didn’t really care about the money when he asked Mr. Zhang to write an IOU outside Qukong Temple. Although there was a lot of money, the background of the Zhang family in Longhu Mountain was there.
Is this money so easy to get?
It's just that this young man has a sinister look on his face - that's how men usually look at their love rivals. In fact, this guy is really good-looking. He seems to have bad intentions towards Zhou Yumo, so Zhao Ran just casually gives him a lesson.
But he never thought that this guy would follow him secretly all the way, which would be a bit troublesome. He greeted Xuan Tan and taught this guy a lesson, but he didn't know if this young master would be able to have a better memory in the future.
When it comes to the topic of background and family background, sometimes it is really helpless. With the support of the Longhushan Zhang family, Zhao Ran really feels constrained in dealing with it, otherwise he would not let him go so easily.