Chapter 55 54. People

"It's easy to find someone. There aren't many clerks of the Cangdou level in the town. But can I ask Mr. Yue An why we are looking for this clerk of the Cangdou level?"

County Magistrate Fang Youwei hesitated for a moment before speaking.

Why?

Of course it’s to vent!
"Mr. County Magistrate, it is like this. A disciple who rushed to Ningyang Town last night was from a village under the jurisdiction of Ningyang Town. He had a conflict with a Cangdou-level official over some matters and was bullied by him."

"At the same time, I assure the county magistrate that it was the other party who was wrong at that time!"

Old Zhang tried to speak more tactfully.

Although he believed that the county magistrate would not quarrel with the disciples of Yuanfu Temple for a mere clerk of the Cangdou level, after all, in the eyes of officials, clerks were no different from common people, but he still had to give face to the county magistrate and could not speak too bluntly.

When County Magistrate Fang Youwei heard this, he roughly understood what was going on.

The only time the peasants in the villages around Ningyang Town had any conflicts with the warehouse-level officials was when the summer and autumn taxes were collected.

"I didn't expect that the disciple from Yuanfu Temple who was willing to help Ningyang Town out of danger was actually a villager from the surrounding villages of Ningyang Town. No wonder he is so kind-hearted."

"However, it seems that apart from Mr. Yue An, I have never heard of anyone joining Yuanfu Temple in the past few years?"

Old Zhang knew that County Magistrate Fang Youwei mistakenly thought that Xu Qing and Li Ping'an were disciples who joined Yuanfu Temple in earlier years.

After all, to dare to take action against a tiger demon comparable to the eighth level, one must have practiced for a year or two to be so arrogant.

"My junior brother just joined Yuanfu Temple last year. However, he is extremely talented and has made rapid progress in his training. He also has the magic talisman bestowed by the master, so he has the confidence to fight the tiger monster."

"Last year, he turned out to be a Taoist genius." County Magistrate Fang Youwei narrowed his eyes slightly, "Please rest assured, Mr. Yue An, I will find that Cangdou-level clerk and give justice to the disciples of Yuanfu Temple."

"Thank you for troubling the county magistrate."

"No trouble."

After the county magistrate Fang Youwei sent Old Zhang out of the yamen with a smile, he walked into the inner hall under the gaze of a group of officials with a smile on his face.

However, when Fang Youwei stepped into the inner hall, the smile on his face gradually disappeared and his expression became gloomy.

"Sir." A burly man, whose energy and blood showed that he had reached a high level in martial arts, saw Fang Youwei returning to the inner hall and hurriedly went to greet him.

His head was lowered and his tone was extremely respectful.

"Tian Kuo, do you remember meeting any impressive peasants during the autumn tax collection last year?"

Chu Tiankuo raised his head when he heard the voice, looking confused.

"Just now, Zhang Yuean from the Zhang family came to tell me two things, one is about the tiger disaster, and the other is about you."

When Zhang Yuean described the appearance of the clerk at the Cangdou level, Fang Youwei immediately reacted and realized that the clerk should be Chu Tiankuo, his subordinate.

"About me?" Chu Tiankuo was confused.

He was just a martial artist who had just entered the ranks. Although he had some notoriety before, it was not worth mentioning. How could he be mentioned together with the tiger disaster?

Fang Youwei's next words dispelled most of Chu Tiankuo's doubts:

"There was a peasant from a village near Ningyang Town who became a disciple of Yuanfu Temple last year. He was extremely talented and was confident enough to kill an eighth-grade tiger monster in just a few months."

"I guess it's because you deducted too much from the autumn tax last year, so they hate you and want to make trouble for you."

"what?"

Chu Tiankuo narrowed his eyes and thought about it seriously.

The problem was that he had no impression of those peasants at all.

"Sir, all the peasants are the same. Tian Kuo really has no impression of them." "That's true." Fang Youwei shook his head, "Forget it, this matter is not important."

If it were someone else, he would hand the person over without any objection no matter how the other party wanted to vent his anger.

The problem is that most of the money from the extra rice tax last year went into his pocket. If he handed Chu Tiankuo over, it would be bad if he was implicated.

Moreover, now is the time to recruit people, and it is not easy to find subordinates who know each other well.

"Your problem is a small matter. The trouble is that if the disciples of Yuanfu Temple kill the tiger monster, our plan will probably be in trouble." Fang Youwei's face was gloomy.

"Those brats from Yuan Fu Temple can't kill the disciples of our lineage."

At this moment, an old man suddenly walked out from the shadows, with sinister eyes and a hoarse voice.

Fang Youwei sneered, "Can't kill him? Have you forgotten how the ancestor of your lineage was killed by that Taoist Qingxu?"

The old man suddenly opened his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Fang Youwei, it's true that Lord Hu asked me to cooperate with you, but this is not a reason for you to be so presumptuous in front of me!"

"When did telling the truth become outrageous?" Fang Youwei raised a hint of sarcasm, but he didn't want to tease the guy too much. "If the tiger demon is killed, those peasants will go back to the village. What will happen to our plan?"

"I told you, he can't be killed. Qingshan is quite powerful and alert. If he is not careful, it will not be difficult for him to escape."

"It's better this way." Fang Youwei was too lazy to continue talking to him. "You should know that if something goes wrong, neither you nor I will end up well, right?"

"I understand without you telling me." The old man didn't care.

Fang Youwei restrained his expression and reminded, "I know that your lineage has a blood feud with Yuanfu Temple, but before the matter is completed, anyone could get into trouble, but the people of Yuanfu Temple must not be harmed."

"You don't need to remind me." The old man gritted his teeth.

Fang Youwei got a cold response and didn't care: "Is the porridge stall ready?"

Talking about their plan, the old man was not so aggressive: "Okay. In order to avoid being discovered and ensure secrecy, very little blood from our bloodline will be added to the porridge."

"But this also means that it must be taken multiple times to be effective."

"It doesn't matter." Fang Youwei waved his hand. "The porridge stall is giving out porridge. There's no way those peasants will miss this opportunity. It makes no difference if it's once or several times."

"That's best." After saying that, the old man flicked his sleeves and slipped into the shadows.

"Sir, does this old man have a grudge against Yuanfu Temple?" After the old man left, Chu Tiankuo approached Fang Youwei again.

"Humph." Fang Youwei snorted coldly, "When the throne was changed, Southern Xinjiang took advantage of the chaos to send troops. Several ancestors of their lineage also followed the troops to the battle, and at the cost of their own flesh and blood, they raised a large army of tiger beasts."

"We attacked, looted, burned and killed along the way."

"At that time, many people in the southwest suffered. The imperial court was in a standoff with the north and had no time to send troops. In the end, it was the head of the Qingxu sect who had just succeeded to the throne of the Yuanfu Temple who came out to subdue the demons."

"One man suppresses an army. Several ancestors of the lineage died in that battle, at the hands of the head of the Qingxu sect."

"Such a bloody and deep hatred." Chu Tiankuo frowned slightly, "Will the old man lose his mind and attack the disciples of Yuanfu Temple?"

Deep down, he hoped that the old man would take action.

After all, I just heard from the county magistrate that he had somehow offended the disciples of Yuanfu Temple.

But if the county magistrate's plan fails, he will have no way out.

"He doesn't dare." Fang Youwei sneered, "As long as the head of Qingxu is still here, the human lineage will have to completely disappear from this world."

"Otherwise, unless he is forced into a desperate situation, he would never dare to touch the disciples of Yuanfu Temple."

"Some people can scare off millions of soldiers just by their name."

(End of this chapter)