Chapter 153 How did I become a debtor?

It's dusk.

There was a knock on the government office door.

Cao Zhengxiang was cooking in the kitchen when she heard a knock on the door and hurriedly came out with a kitchen knife.

When he opened the door, he saw a down-and-out Taoist priest. His eyes were full of surprise. He turned around and glanced at the still smoking pit, which made Lao Cao a little impatient.

"Who are you? Are you coming to the Yamen to beg for food?"

Qi Beifeng covered his growling stomach with a sad look on his face: "Oh, I'm not begging for food, I'm not begging for food, your county magistrate asked me to come."

Cao Zhengxiang narrowed his eyes and sneered: "Humph, what a nonsense, sir. Where is my master? Why didn't I see it?"

"He has something to do, so he asked me to come back for a bite to eat first."

"Go away, you idiot." Cao Zhengxiang held up the kitchen knife and said angrily: "I've seen this kind of you many times. You need food when you ask for food. How can you make up lies?"

"..." Qi Beifeng looked at the kitchen knife in Cao Zhengxiang's hand with some fear. He swallowed and his heart trembled: "Don't, let's just say, how to use the knife? It's really not made up. Your master

The one who asked me to come said he wanted to take me in."

"Take you in?" Cao Zhengxiang smiled. Didn't he count all the bad things his master did when picking out sour food? It's impossible. If there are more than one person, it would be like losing money. This is something that my master can do. Unless this kid has something else.

ability.

"impossible."

"Oh, it's true!" Qi Beifeng was so anxious that the Taoist priest's hat was tilted: "Otherwise, would you like to let me go in and give me some food first, and then wait until your adults come back?"

Cao Zhengxiang looked him up and down, doubtful.

"But how can I trust you?"

Qibei Feng scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up!

"Yes! Your master is not wearing any pants today!"

"Ah, this..." Cao Zhengxiang's eyes became strange, and after thinking for a long time, he sighed: "Come in."

"More masters!" Qi Beifeng was overjoyed.

Fortunately, I touched it when I was playing rogue and hugging my thigh.

…

…

Chen Mu's guess was correct.

This is indeed a tobacco shop.

On the counter in front of me, there were scattered pieces of moldy tobacco and some scattered tea leaves.

[Happiness Index: 29%]

"!!!"

Shen Mu glanced at it, feeling a little shocked.

Good guy, this mysterious old man is actually a local from Fengjiang!

There is actually a happiness index!

Although he couldn't see through the realm and didn't know his background, Chen Mu was sure that he must be a hidden overhaul.

Because if they were really ordinary people, would they have such rich and bottomless pit-like pure vitality? Even their vitality is inexhaustible.

There's just a problem.

This old man's happiness index is a bit pitifully low.

Is it because I smoke too much that I am so unhappy?

Shouldn't he just kill himself later?

Chen Mu shivered.

Old Man Zhu puffed away his smoke, looked at Chen Mu standing in front of him, and smiled contemptuously.

"I thought the magistrate of Fengjiang County was such a powerful person, but now it seems that he is just a thief."

"..." Shen Mu looked embarrassed. Why did he curse people the first time? There was no quality at all: "Hey, what Senior Zhu taught me is that I am just a nobody, not worth mentioning."

"Humph." Old Man Zhu snorted coldly.

Looking at Shen Mu, who looked humble, he expressed doubt in his heart.

Although he didn't move around very much, what happened in these days could not escape his eyes. To say that the man in front of him was a good person, he didn't believe it.

"What is your relationship with the Patriarch Huaiyang? Why can you let him live again, and even let him be used by you?"

Hearing the old man's words again, Shen Mu was stunned. Was he talking about the Sophora japonica tree?

"Um...Senior Zhu, I'm going to say that there was a mistake, but do you believe it?"

"Believe it, why don't you believe it?" Old Man Zhu smiled and pointed to the ground: "I call it Huaiyang Ancestor, because it is the origin of Wanshu. It was originally in Fengjiang City for who knows how many years, but it was taken away later. Lifeline, I almost destroyed the origin of life, but fortunately this Sophora japonica was smart enough to leave a lifeline, and it was finally planted by you."

"That's right, it's all luck, luck, haha." Shen Mu replied awkwardly.

He had just learned about what Old Man Zhu said.

But why he told himself, Shen Mu was not very clear.

After all, in the final analysis, this Sophora ancestral tree is actually a reward given to him by the home system. Without the system, he would not have it.

No normal person would have thought that a tree branch made into a slingshot and planted on the ground could have such heaven-defying abilities.

He guessed that maybe even the mysterious old man in front of him didn't know.

If he really knew that the ancestral tree of Sophora japonica still had roots, he would have taken it for himself long ago.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Old Man Zhu did know that Patriarch Huaiyang still had a lifeline left.

Because Xin Fan played with a slingshot right under his nose, not just once or twice.

But even if he knew it, he didn't try to rob it.

It would be too simple if we could just dig a hole, plant it, and water it, so that it could grow back into an ancestral tree.

Let alone him, it would be the same if it were anyone else.

Because this is simply impossible.

But the magistrate of the feudal county in front of him actually did it.

Old Man Zhu took a puff of his cigarette and did not continue to ask. Even if he knew some things, he still couldn't change some things.

For example, it is impossible to have a second Sophora ancestral tree.

For another example, he is now tied to the Sophora japonica tree, and he cannot untie it by himself.

"You've been sucking my energy for a while, right?"

"Hungry..." Shen Mu's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, what is supposed to come will always come. After saying this politely, he was about to start settling accounts: "Ahem, senior, I sucked it without permission. It's true that I was wrong. , but in fact I haven’t smoked it a few times. It’s not my intention, it’s absorbed by the Sophora japonica tree itself. But please don’t worry, I shoulder this responsibility and will definitely compensate you for your losses!”

"Tch, what you said is quite beautiful. Did you pick it off?" Old Man Zhu picked up the cigarette bag and knocked it on the sole of his foot: "If you really want to be responsible, why did you think of coming to me after so long?"

"Hey, wasn't it busy some time ago? You should also know that our border area has been too chaotic recently, and it may not be peaceful in the future. As the county magistrate, I must work hard."

Old man Zhu hunched over and stuffed a handful of tobacco leaves into his mouth, ready to continue smoking.

But after listening to Chen Mu's words, the movements of his hands stopped.

"Humph, it's not peaceful? Where is it not peaceful? I think it's quite harmonious."

"How is that possible!" Shen Mu retorted: "You don't know that there are no monks from other places who don't bully others. I am also very embarrassed."

"It's embarrassing, why don't you kill them all too."

"It's different. The Cave Heaven Paradise is about to open. The people who really need to be wary are people outside the Dali Dynasty. I don't think about food and drink now, but I also feel guilty for sucking a little bit of your vitality."

"A little bit of vitality?" Old Man Zhu raised his eyebrows: "Indeed, not much, just forty or fifty years' worth."

"!!!" Shen Mu was dumbfounded after hearing this.

Forty or fifty years? Are you kidding? Are you trying to blackmail yourself?

"Senior Zhu, it's not that big of a deal. I only went back and forth three or four times."

"My vitality has been tempered for thousands of years. Do you know how many years it will take to reach that level of purity? The vitality you sucked away has been missing for forty or fifty years. Hmm, how should I compensate? Don't I have any idea in my heart?"

"Ah, this..."

Chen Muren was dumbfounded.

You must have gone out today and didn't look at the almanac. This thing was fine just now, why did it suddenly become a liability?

He pondered for a long time: "Senior, I'm afraid I can't afford the compensation. Can I pay it in installments?"

Old Man Zhu smiled when he heard this: "Don't be nervous, I know you can't afford to pay, so why are you so anxious? I didn't tell you to pay it back now. Let me ask you, can you let me untie Patriarch Huaiyang?"
To be continued...