"Young Master, why don't you try the Maoshan technique?”
Yi Tian answered Jiang Yi's question in all seriousness.
Hearing this, Jiang Yi could not help being stunned.
"Is there still Maoshan Art in this world?”
In his previous life, Jiang Yi had received a materialistic education since he was young. This made it difficult for him to believe that there were such things. Even if there were really ghosts in this world, he could not find anything related to them after flipping through his memories. Jiang Yi's predecessor had not seen them either.
Therefore, he asked Uncle Tian a soul-piercing question.
"Uncle Tian, are you talking about using the Maoshan Technique?”
Yi Tian did not find Jiang Yi's doubts strange. After all, he knew that Jiang Yi had been educated by Confucianism since he was young. He believed in the saying that he did not speak of supernatural powers and had always kept a respectful distance from ghosts and gods. It was normal for him to have doubts about the credibility of the Maoshan technique.
"Of course it's feasible. Otherwise, why would so many people believe it?”Yi Tian replied seriously.
Hearing this, Jiang Yi nodded, indicating for Uncle Tian to continue.
"I know a Maoshan master who lives in a Taoist temple outside the city. His surname is Qian and his name is Kai. He is famous for being greedy and is willing to do anything as long as he is paid.”
Yi Tian lowered his voice and whispered into Jiang Yi's ear.
"Really?"
"Of course!"
"Alright, I'll have to trouble you with this matter, Uncle Tian. Go and invite Perfected Qian quickly!”Jiang Yi quickly made up his mind.
Regardless of whether the Maoshan Art was real or not, he decided to give it a try first.
"Got it, Young Master. I'll go now!”After saying that, Yi Tian turned around and walked towards the door.
Just as Uncle Tian took the money box and left the Jiang family's mansion, a shout came from behind.
"Wait, Uncle Tian!"
A little girl jogged all the way to Yi Tian and said while panting,""Uncle Tian, I'll go with you this time!”
After Uncle Tian carefully identified her, he discovered that this little girl was Jiang Yi.
It turned out that after sending Uncle Tian to invite Immortal Qian, Jiang Yi thought about it and planned to go together. This was not because Jiang Yi was worried that Uncle Tian would run away with the money. On the contrary, Jiang Yi trusted Yi Tian very much. When One Eye said that if Jiang Yi could not take out 300,000 yuan, he would destroy the entire Jiang family, many servants ran away. Only the old butler Yi Tian, the guard captain Yang Dingwen, and a few guards who grew up in the Jiang family risked their lives to stay by Jiang Yi's side.
How could a person who could even give up his life covet a little money?
Jiang Yi only wanted to see the so-called Maoshan Art and see if it really existed. Therefore, after disguising himself, he planned to go out of the city with Uncle Tian.
Seeing Jiang Yi so determined, even putting on female clothes, Yi Tian could only nod and agree to Jiang Yi's request.
The two of them walked together on the road to the Taoist temple outside the city.
This was the first time Jiang Yi saw the appearance of this era.
"It seems that the people of the Republic of China suffered more than I imagined!”
Chongwen Town was considered a big town under Fukang County. It had a large population. There were 20,000 people in the town alone. Including the nearby villages, there were a total of 30,000 people. In the past, the people were still considered rich, but now it was difficult to explain.
Apart from some of the main streets that were still bustling, the further they went, the more they could see the sallow and emaciated people. Fortunately, there were no starving people on the roadside.
It was obvious that the people here were starting to not even have enough to eat.
However, this was not surprising. According to Jiang Yi's memory, it was currently the period of warlords 'chaotic warfare. Yuan Datou proclaimed himself emperor and the Braid Army was restored a few years ago.
Now, it was even more chaotic. The north was the northern sea, and the south was the people. The north and south of a country were opposing each other.
A large group of warlords fought under these two flags, and it was normal for the city walls to change the king's flag.
Under such circumstances, it would be strange if the exorbitant taxes in various places were less. According to the books that Jiang Yi read in his previous life, some places had already collected taxes for almost ninety years. They clearly only planted a generation of land, but they had paid the taxes of their next generation.
Better be a dog in peace than a man in troubled times.
It was unknown if One-eye was too stupid to arrange for someone to keep an eye on them, or if Jiang Yi's disguise was too successful, but the two of them did not receive any obstruction at all and smoothly left the town.
Jiang Yi and Uncle Tian both turned left and right and finally arrived at the Daoist temple outside the city.
This was the Taoist temple where Immortal Qian lived.
In Jiang Yi's eyes, this Taoist temple was very simple and crude. It was more like a dilapidated house. There were two door gods pasted at the door, and a plaque hung above it, which read Mao Mountain Divine Art Immortal Qian Taoist Hall.
The two of them arrived at the door. Uncle Tian knocked on the door.
"May I ask if Perfected Qian is here?"
At this moment, the door opened a crack, and a head popped out. It was a Dao child.
"You are?" The Dao child asked.
"We're here to find Perfected Qian to do the ritual!”Uncle Tian replied.
"So that's how it is. Then please!”
Hearing this, the Dao child opened the door and welcomed Jiang Yi and Uncle Tian in.
Only then did Jiang Yi see the Immortal Qian that Uncle Tian had mentioned.
He saw Immortal Qian sitting on the morning stage, wearing a yellow Taoist robe. There was a Tai Chi pattern on his forehead, but his hairstyle looked very strange, a bit like Kappa's hairstyle.
However, Jiang Yi did not laugh out loud either. After all, he had a favor to ask of someone now.
"Perfected Qian, this time our young master would like to ask you for a favor.”
Uncle Tian, the old butler, said to Immortal Qian.
Hearing the heavy thanks, Immortal Qian, who had been meditating, immediately stood up with a bright smile on his face.
"Qian Shui, hurry up and invite the two esteemed guests to sit down!”
"So this Dao child is called Qian Shui. The master of the mountain is Ding, and the master of the water is wealth. This Perfected Qian really loves money!”
Jiang Yi thought to himself.
The three of them sat down.
"It's not just this young master who wants to ask me for help.”Perfected Qian asked Jiang Yi.
"Since Perfected Qian asked, I'll be straightforward. I want to ask Perfected Qian to help me kill someone!”
Jiang Yi said very calmly. However, his tone was filled with coldness.
"Well, I'm in a difficult position. After all, there's a commandment in our school that we can't kill people for no reason!”
In the face of Jiang Yi's request, Immortal Qian said that he was a gatekeeper and would not help Jiang Yi kill people for no reason.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yi felt amused in his heart. However, he had to admit that Perfected Qian's acting skills were not bad. If not for Yi Tian saying that Perfected Qian was a person who was greedy for money, Jiang Yi would really think that Perfected Qian was a good Taoist priest who guarded the door.
"How could you kill someone for no reason? The One Eye that I asked you to kill was a tough bandit near Chongwen Town. This man was entrenched on Eagle Beak Mountain and had committed many evil deeds. Immortal Qian, killing him would not only eliminate the evil for the people, but I also have a generous gift to repay Immortal Qian's righteousness!”
After saying that, Jiang Yi took a wooden box from Uncle Tian and pushed it in front of Perfected Qian, indicating for him to open it.
Perfected Qian opened the wooden box, and his eyes immediately widened.
There were ten large yellow croakers in the wooden box.
During the period of the Republic of China, a large yellow croaker was equivalent to ten small yellow croakers, and a small yellow croaker was equivalent to one tael of gold. If it was converted to a large amount of money, a small yellow croaker was equivalent to 30 large amounts of money. In this case, the wooden box in front of Immortal Qian was equivalent to 3,000 large amounts of money, which was undoubtedly a huge sum of money in this era.
"Perfected Qian, have you considered my request?”
Of course, Immortal Qian was already tempted. Seeing so much money, he had long thought that One-eye was already a dead man. As for whether he was a tough bandit or not, it was none of his business.
Putting down the lid of the wooden box, Reverend Qian looked at Jiang Yi and replied with a certain expression.
"I've thought it through. Young Master Jiang, I can agree to your request.”
"But?"
"But what?" Jiang Yi hurriedly asked. He did not want anything to go wrong.
"I have two requests. First, I want to start a ritual at your place. Second, I want you to provide me with One-eye's birth characters.”
"This?" Before Jiang Yi could speak, Yi Tian first fell into a dilemma. It was not that he was unwilling to let Perfected Qian open an altar at the Jiang Family's mansion, but he did not know where to get One-eye's birth characters.
"No problem, I agree to all your requests!”
Other people did not know One-eye's birth characters, but Jiang Yi knew that he had seen One-eye's contract when he was young. Because his memory was very good, it could be said that he had a photographic memory, so he had not forgotten it until now. He did not expect it to come in handy today.
"Alright then. When would Young Master Jiang like me to perform the ritual?”
"Why don't we do it today?”
The four of them left the Taoist temple and walked towards the Jiang family's mansion.
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