After Shen Yi asked, he still looked at him calmly.
So much so that the skinny monk didn't react for a moment and almost thought that the other party really wanted to get an "answer".
After a moment, rage surged from my heart.
His eyes were sinister and his breathing was rapid. Since the day he came to Baiyun County, no one had ever dared to provoke him like this.
The thin monk clenched his fingers tightly, and his nails pricked his palms.
I wish I could chop his head off with all my strength.
But for some reason, under the other party's calm eyes, he felt a little flustered, and he couldn't raise his hand. Could it be that he had been comfortable in the mansion for too long and lost the desire to fight?
No, it was just that there was no need to bother with a dead person. It was too unwise.
If you offend the North Cliff Fox Demon, the other party will have no chance of survival, so there is no need to do it yourself.
Thinking of this, the thin monk sneered again, but with less confidence: "As expected of a government official, Lord Shen is even more impressive than the county magistrate. I am ignorant of the tact."
Hearing this, Shen Yi nodded, turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something, turned back and said with some concern: "You are old, don't always smile with a crooked mouth like this, it's easy to have facial paralysis."
"throat..."
The thin monk subconsciously adjusted the corners of his mouth, and then his eyelids began to twitch violently.
Looking at the other person's slowly walking away from him, he suddenly felt stuffy in his heart and a fishy-sweet taste appeared in his mouth.
Butcher Zhang walked up to his senior brother, glanced at him with a hint of pity, and then walked away from the Lin family.
"There's such a ferocious tiger demon hiding in my house!"
Mr. Lin, who arrived late, opened his eyes wide as he watched Chen Ji load the huge tiger corpse onto the cart and tie it up.
He glanced at the thin monk who remained where he was, lowered his eyebrows and smiled twice, then chased after Shen Yi in three or two steps.
"Master Shen, please stay!"
With his frail body and the gorgeous and complicated clothes, he couldn't run at all and could only shout.
Shen Yi stopped in confusion.
"I'm here to apologize for what happened earlier."
Master Lin bent over with shame and leaned on his knees, hesitatingly saying: "You saved my daughter, but I suspect that you colluded with the demons to harm my daughter and made her lose her memory. The reason you let her back home was to cheat some money to have fun in the gambling den..."
Hearing this, Shen Yi's expression stiffened slightly.
"It's because I, a businessman, look down on others." Master Lin sighed with regret, but he didn't notice that Shen Yi quietly turned his head and looked away.
"You are a good person. Bai Wei was blinded by the demon. If it weren't for Lord Shen today, I'm afraid my Lin family would have been eaten clean by the tiger demon."
"…"
Hearing this name again, Shen Yi fell silent.
Among the many troubles left by the predecessor, this one is the most fatal.
Either kill the fox demon or silence it.
Either get rid of the real Lin Baiwei and become one with the Beiya fox demon from now on.
There is almost no third way.
The decisive and sharp sword strike just now not only chopped off the tiger monster's head, but also cut off his own retreat.
Shen Yi considers himself to be just an ordinary person, who also suffers from worries and fears.
It is better to be straightforward and do what your heart desires. Why dither like a child who has not been weaned, unable to let go of this or that?
"You don't have to do that. It's only natural that you should do your job as you are paid by the court."
Shen Yi collected his thoughts, watched Chen Ji pulling the cart over, and nodded his chin to say goodbye to Master Lin.
"As it should be..." Master Lin nodded in agreement, but a bitter look appeared on the corners of his mouth. What a matter of course! If that was true, he had paid so much silver to the magistrate, but why didn't the thin monk take the money and do the job as it should be?
"Sir Shen, how about I wait for Bai Wei to come back and invite you to my house for tea? She has also studied martial arts with a master and has some basic knowledge of martial arts. You two are of similar age, so you should have a lot to talk about."
Hearing this, Chen Ji frowned subconsciously.
Everyone in Baiyun County knows that the only daughter of the Lin family is as beautiful as a fairy. There are countless handsome men drooling over her. Compared with her, although my sister is also a beautiful girl, she is far inferior in terms of family background and knowledge. Wait... Why do you compare my sister with Miss Lin?
Chen Ji patted his forehead. Besides, with Lord Shen's current martial arts skills, he might not be interested in a woman who had been with demons.
"Look?" Mr. Lin looked over cautiously.
Shen Yi lowered his eyes to look at the sword at his waist and said slowly, "Okay."
Mr. Lin was overjoyed when he got a positive answer. Although the other party's expression was a bit strange, they were all young people. If they got to know each other more, maybe it would work!
Chen Ji rolled his eyes. As expected, even if everything else changed, Lord Shen's restless heart would not change.
At this moment, the fat steward, who had changed into clean clothes, struggled to carry a large silk bag and put it on the cart with a grunt.
Chen Jiguang knew what was inside just by the sound.
Judging from the amplitude of the shaking of the cart, it must be at least eight hundred taels, which is equivalent to almost thirty years of salary for a conscript.
"Don't refuse. If you don't accept it, I really can't get over it. Besides, even the imperial court has tacitly approved this demon-slaying silver."
Mr. Lin bowed repeatedly.
"I know you like to have fun, copper coins are not convenient enough, and banknotes are not impressive enough, so I have prepared all the cash." The fat steward happily took credit.
Shen Yi walked to the cart, opened the silk package, looked at the shining silver inside, and a trace of imperceptible jealousy flashed across his calm eyes.
Big dog! We should really find a street lamp to hang these people on.
Two pancakes with eggs cost only ten cents, which was enough to wrap the vendor's entire family in pancakes.
"That's indeed what is said." Chen Ji also sighed. It was just a random sum of money, which was more than he could save up for his sister's dowry in his lifetime.
Shen Yi fiddled around for a while, picked out two silver ingots weighing ten taels each, and threw one to Chen Ji: "That's all."
I can't help the Lin family raise their daughter for free. I still have to pay for her food.
Push the rest off the cart.
Without giving others a chance to say anything, Shen Yi walked out of the Lin Mansion, leaving Master Lin standing there in shock.
Chen Ji held the silver ingot in surprise, then hurriedly followed, pulling the cart.
"Lord Shen."
Walking onto the street, Chen Ji finally wanted to ask about what had just happened.
He really didn't expect that the other party would turn against the skinny monk so easily.
"Use your brain before you do anything next time. Your life is not given to you."
Shen Yi stretched and walked towards the tavern on the street, staring at the wooden signs on the wall: "Give me a pot of Huadiao wine, roast goose legs, I want the left leg, and a steamed fish..."
Looking at his back as he ordered food, Chen Ji rubbed his lower abdomen.
Lord Shen's words sounded as if the other person's life was picked up... Even if it was picked up, why should he stand up for an unrelated person?
Even treated us to a meal.
It was not until Shen Yi left with the clay pot and lotus leaf buns that Chen Ji opened his mouth slightly and asked in confusion: "Aren't we eating here?"
"Who's talking to you?"
Shen Yi turned around with a strange look on his face: "If you want to eat, go buy it yourself."
Do you understand what it means to distinguish between public and private affairs?
It's only two taels and four cents of silver a month, and you're still treating me to a meal. It's almost like treating me to shit.
"…"
Chen Ji took out ten taels of silver ingot, looked at the silver, then looked at the other party, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart:
"What a weirdo."
(End of this chapter)