At this time, there were about two to three hundred taels of silver on the ground in the temple, mainly official silver, which was stolen from the temple. Lin Jue knew that they were probably from the hands of businessmen who stayed overnight.

"Zhizhi..."

The rat soldier in front who was in charge of transporting called out.

"That's all."

The leader of the rat soldiers looked at Lin Jue, his eyes shining with obvious worry.

"Don't worry! I keep my word!"

"Thank you, real person. Thank you, real person..."

"You may not survive yet." Lin Jue did not relent because of the seemingly harmonious conversation just now, nor did he break his promise because they were monsters. "As soon as I get out of the way, start counting."

When they saw that they would either shake the knocked out rat soldiers or help the injured rat soldiers stand up, the old woman was supported by the leader of the rat soldiers himself. They all became nervous and ready to escape. Lin Jue went to the side.

Step aside and start counting at the same time.

Breathe in...

Exhale...

Breathe evenly, neither rapidly nor deliberately slowed down.

Five consecutive breaths ended——

Suddenly he turned his head and looked around, and happened to see the last two rat demons gathered at the hole in the corner, and they hurriedly burrowed in.

This time was calculated by him. These rat demons could barely run to the entrance of the cave. If anyone among them fell behind due to injury, or there was pushing and crowding, it would be difficult to run past. And his movements were also faster than those of others.

Most normal people want to be faster and have some confidence in killing them.

Unexpectedly, they were united.

Lin Jue rushed forward without hesitation.

He rushed to the corner of the temple farthest away from him in a few steps, and happened to see the last rat demon entering the hole. Lin felt no hesitation at all, took a deep breath, and exhaled into the hole.

"call……"

Spiritual energy and fire filled the cave.

Then Lin Jue stretched out his hand and pointed.

"Bang!"

The spiritual energy and fire energy suddenly turned into flames and squeezed out of the narrow hole, so that there was an explosion, and then the flames mixed with wall dust suddenly rushed out of the wall.

Even Lin Jue moved aside.

He stood in the cave and waited. He didn't hear any sound. He didn't know what was going on below, but he could faintly smell a burnt smell. He felt that there was no point in waiting, so Lin Jue walked back to the two of them.

Looking down, he saw the little fox following him.

"You have done meritorious deeds!"

Lin Jue's words were much gentler.

Then he walked back to the wall and sat down.

There is still light on the altar, which is about as bright as an ordinary oil lamp or candle, illuminating the temple.

"It seems that there are monsters behind these rat monsters." Lin Jue glanced at the statue in the temple. He didn't know whether the statue was inanimate, or whether it was related to the gods, or there was a great monster here.

Even the local gods had to retreat because of this. Lin Jue felt that this might be a big demon that was different from all the spirits he had met along the way, so he said, "Let's not sleep tonight."

"rational."

"Senior brother, what do you usually do when you encounter this kind of thing?"

"Usually, most senior brothers, second senior brothers, third senior brothers and fourth senior brothers come down to do the work of exterminating demons. Besides, the magic we practice in Taoist temples is not actually a specialized method of exterminating demons. I'm afraid what happens here is worse than

What we think is complicated, so we have to go back and talk to Master first."

"good."

There was silence in the temple for a moment.

After a while, the seventh senior brother spoke up and broke the silence: "Junior brother has such courage, and the master will not have to worry about it after coming down the mountain for a hundred years."

"Thank you, senior brother. It's just that I encountered a few more monsters before going up the mountain." Lin Jue said, then looked to the other side, "Junior sister is also very courageous."

"I think I can't hold senior brother back." The younger junior sister replied solemnly and seriously, "I want to learn spells well and protect senior brother in the future."

"Good."

Lin Jue was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the little girl could remember what he said casually at that time.

It’s been two months, right?

"Senior Brother Seventh, what kind of spell is that?" Lin Jue couldn't help but asked curiously, "With a wave of his sleeve, he can take away the arrows shot by the rat demon and put them into his sleeve."

"It's just theater."

"Is there such a thing as drama?"

"The arts are also divided into different categories. There are many spells. You haven't seen them in big cities. Retrieving objects from the air, peach kernel rooting, green clams, and barrier clothing techniques are all operas." The seventh brother looked around and talked with him.

Two junior brothers and sisters said, “I heard that twenty years ago the emperor held a banquet in the palace and invited everyone to

Strange people and strangers competed in dramas for the sake of entertainment. At that time, some people in the palace built tall buildings from the ground, as high as ten thousand feet. Some people came from thousands of miles away to catch fish, all of which were sea fish. The Fairy of the Moon Palace sent flat peaches from the sky to the emperor, and dragons and phoenixes were there.

The sky dances, the murals come true, and the gods carved on the pillars also fly down to celebrate birthdays."

"It's so profound..."

"It's not easy to practice any magic to a high level."

"What about the spell to light the lamp?"

"It's called lantern lighting, and it's also a form of opera. Not to mention places like Changjing, even in Yi County, during festivals like the Shangyuan Festival, there will be magicians selling palace lantern hairpins at night lantern festivals. They use this method to light up the lanterns.

An ordinary hairpin could be sold for ten taels of silver on that day." Senior Brother Seventh said, "They are all dignitaries, so they bought something rare."

"Are there so many kinds of theater?"

"There are so many."

"I see……"

Lin Jue nodded, remembered it, and then asked: "By the way, you guys woke up just now, but why couldn't you hold back your voice?"

"Senior brother, I have already told you that I am not good at getting rid of monsters and I don't know how to do it. In addition, the monster came to me, smelled it but then left, so I naturally held back for the time being to see what kind of scene it was going to make.

It depends on how you plan to deal with it, junior brother, I just want to help."

"I was thinking that since I'm awake, my two senior brothers must be awake too. Since you don't say anything, then I won't say anything either!"

"this……"

The three of them looked at each other and smiled.

I was destined to not be able to sleep that night. Just being vigilant was draining my energy. When I was weak, I was more likely to be taken advantage of by monsters, so I had to keep talking.

In the end, Lin felt so bored that he ran to the front to count the pile of silver.

The weighted honeycomb silver bundle alone amounted to two hundred and ninety taels, and there were also some broken silver, estimated to be around a dozen taels, but it turned out to be over three hundred taels.

Lin Jue has never seen so much money in his life.

As for what the person behind these rat demons did to steal so much money, he really couldn't guess.

Fortunately, the night was uneventful.

…

The next morning, it was just dawn.

The three people put the more than three hundred taels of silver into a bamboo basket, let the donkey carry it, and headed to the carriage shop.

The carriage and horse shop was not far away. When three people and one fox walked past with the crisp sound of donkey hooves, the businessman from Shucun had already left the carriage and horse shop and was waiting at the door.

As soon as they saw the three of them, they came over immediately.

"How's it going! Lin Jue?"

"Uncle Shu, don't be anxious. We caught those monsters last night. They were rats. Under threat, we have already taken all the money back, right behind the donkey." Lin Jue said, "You were in this store last night.

How much does it cost to stay overnight? I'll pay it first."

"Really got it back? Oh! This is great!"

When the dozen or so businessmen heard this, they were all so happy that their whole complexions changed instantly.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll go check out first."

"What kind of bill should I settle? Where did I ask for the money? No need to settle, no need to settle!" The middle-aged man waved his hands repeatedly.

"What's wrong?"

"How can we bother to stay in a hotel when we have lost all our money? Besides, when we go out for business, sometimes we have to sleep in the wilderness! Let alone live in the city!" The middle-aged man said, "I happened to come over last night and met the night before.

A group of businessmen who also stayed in Sheshen Temple also lost their money and spent a whole day kneeling in front of the county government office. The owner of this carriage and horse shop was kind-hearted. After learning about it, he specifically allowed them to sleep on the grass in the yard for one night.

, we followed him and spent the night on the grass."

"Um?"

Lin Jue's expression was condensed, and he quickly looked into the courtyard: "What about those businessmen?"

"Just left."

"Where are you going?"

"The county official ignored the matter and only said that a notice was posted at the city gate. We couldn't bear to spend the money to buy the iron box, so we naturally had to go home."

"Come with me quickly to find them!"

Lin Jue followed a group of businessmen and hurried there.

Fortunately, the businessman didn't walk long, and because he was dejected and probably hadn't eaten either, he naturally walked slowly. After turning a corner, he caught up with him.

Lin Jue asked them how much money they had lost, and after careful calculation, including what was lost by the Shucun caravan, it almost matched up.

The businessmen here are indeed honest.

There's no other way to put it -

Naturally give the money back to them.
Chapter completed!