The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 33 Mountain Trick
Although Xia Shouzhong was just guessing, Lin Ruhai should give the house to Li Jingxiao.

But the emperor's meaning was actually very clear.

He wanted to use this house to win over Li Jingxiao, so Xia Shouzhong had to say this.

So as not to delay the emperor's business.

Now Li Jingxiao was reminded that whether Lin Ruhai would send him gifts in the future or not, Li Jingxiao would always remember the emperor's kindness.

After all, that house was built by a royal merchant.

Just think about it and you will know that although the specifications of a fifth-grade imperial merchant are not high, the interior decoration, size of the house, and layout must be good.

There are not only pavilions, terraces and terraces, but also rockery and canals.

Although it is not too big, it has a Jiangnan flavor.

This is still rare in a big northern city like Beijing.

Besides, Xia Shouzhong also planned to prepare furniture and household items for Li Jingxiao.

Ask the Imperial Household Department to make a new set of furniture as a favor.

As soon as these words were spoken, it was Li Jingxiao's turn to express his gratitude.

He secretly thought that a few Nine Flower Jade Dew Pills were really worth it.

The new furniture made by the Imperial Household Department alone should cost hundreds or even thousands of taels.

If the wood is of better quality, several thousand taels of silver would not be surprising.

Moreover, although this old lady was very greedy for money, the return was good, even exceeding expectations.

Xia Shouzhong could naturally see the change in Li Jingxiao's expression and laughed, "Master Li, you don't feel that you've been at a disadvantage now, do you?"

Li Jingxiao laughed and said, "My lord, you are so generous. You should move around more often in the future.

Apart from anything else, my skill in drawing talismans is not bad either."

Xia Shouzhong was stunned. This was the first time someone praised the power of the talismans he drew in front of him.

Thinking that Li Jingxiao was a Taoist priest before, Xia Shouzhong just smiled and passed it off.

Seeing that it was almost 7 o'clock in the evening, Li Jingxiao wanted to persuade Xia Shouzhong to stay at the imperial mausoleum for one night, but there was an early court session the next morning, so Xia Shouzhong directly refused.

Li Jingxiao recalled that when Jia Zheng came last time, he mentioned that he had encountered more than a dozen mandrills in the dense forest south of the imperial mausoleum.

The imperial guards have searched the place during this period.

But we don’t know whether these mandrills have run into the mountains during the day.

After searching twice without finding any, Li Jingxiao thought about it and decided to call over a dozen of his soldiers in embroidered uniforms.

It's only three or five miles away anyway, and seeing each other off will make us seem closer.

If you really encounter that group of mandrills, it will be an experience that comes right to your doorstep.

After an incense stick of time, as soon as I entered the dense forest, I actually heard laughter.

Such creepy laughter came from the woods in the middle of the night. Not to mention the Jinyi soldiers and the guards from the factory, even Li Jingxiao felt a little scared when he heard it.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao was a skilled and courageous man. He shouted, "Form a circle, torches facing outwards, and be on guard with swords drawn."

These days, more than a dozen Jinyi soldiers have been extremely impressed by Li Jingxiao's kung fu.

Not only did he teach them swordsmanship, but even if more than a dozen people attacked together, Li Jingxiao could easily knock down the entire small flag with a long stick in his hand.

Zhao Junming hurriedly handed a long hardwood stick to Li Jingxiao, and shouted to his men to protect the sedan chair of Li Jingxiao and Xia Shouzhong.

It took more than a dozen people to react.

He hurriedly joined the soldiers in brocade uniforms, drew his sword and became alert.

Li Jingxiao said to Xia Shouzhong in the sedan chair, "Just sit in the sedan chair, and nothing will happen to you."

Xia Shouzhong was also very scared at this time, and he wished someone could help him command. He also couldn't see any problems with Li Jingxiao's previous arrangement.

Naturally, they agreed immediately, and then instructed the soldiers to obey Li Jingxiao's orders. After setting up a defensive circle, everyone finally felt a little relieved.

But the laughter was intermittent, and from time to time there were rustling sounds of running and jumping coming from the dense forest.

Suddenly, Li Jingxiao snatched the spear from the hand of a Dongchang guard, pointed it at a big tree in the dense forest on the left, and threw the spear out with his internal strength.

It was just over 20 meters away in the blink of an eye.

It easily penetrated a humanoid creature that was over one meter tall and had just jumped from a tree to this tree.

The spear carried the mandrill a few meters and stuck it into another big tree.

Li Jingxiao could see it clearly now. The thing looked very similar to the ghost-faced baboon in the animal world of his previous life.

However, the mandrill is at least 1.5 meters tall, much larger than the ghost-faced baboon.

Ordinary people of this era are generally malnourished, and a slightly shorter adult is about the same height as this mandrill.

A few seconds later, when the mandrill died, the sound of +50 experience points increased in my mind.

Now Li Jingxiao has made up his mind to kill these mandrills.

He said to Zhao Junming beside him, protecting the sedan chair and retreating.

At this time, everyone had already seen the mandrill that was hung on the tree trunk by a spear.

I suddenly felt cold all over. This thing really looked like the monster in the legend.

It would be strange if I wasn't afraid.

Fortunately, the strongmen under Zhao Junming's command are all elite soldiers of the Daoluo Division.

Last time, I followed Li Jingxiao to Tongzhou and saw the zombies that had just transformed.

He had also witnessed the fire-controlling talisman activated by Li Jingxiao. Although he was a little scared, he still had courage.

Now Li Jingxiao said to retreat and shouted angrily at the sedan chair bearers.

The eight sedan bearers certainly had no objection, and a dozen factory guards also retreated with knives in hand.

Now, just as Li Jingxiao had expected, the mandrills in the dense forest suddenly became agitated.

Baboons are actually bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong. These mandrills still retain the nature of baboon.

Last time, Jia Zheng was in a hurry to find Li Jingxiao to ask for medicine. In addition, he himself did not believe in ghosts and gods, and he had read about baboon in ancient books.

Once you know what is causing the trouble, you won’t be afraid anymore.

He ordered the servants of the Jia family to hold torches, form a circle, and continue to move forward with caution. This actually scared the group of mandrills so much that they dared not attack.

Now seeing Xia Shouzhong's sedan chair retreating, the mandrills did not dare to attack the strong men of the Daoluo Division and the guards of the Factory Guards.

But Li Jingxiao, who deliberately stayed behind, became the target.

Zhao Junming and others naturally had great confidence in Li Jingxiao, but in the eyes of Xia Shouzhong and the barbarians, this was overconfidence and seeking death.

But Li Jingxiao wanted to die, and they, the factory guards, were not interested in taking risks with him.

Xia Shouzhong tried to persuade Li Jingxiao several times, but when he saw that Li Jingxiao ignored him, he actually wanted to stop the sedan chair and have someone pull him back.

Li Jingxiao was surprised and said with a smile, "My lord, please watch me exorcise the demons and monsters."

Xia Shouzhong was stunned, then sighed in his heart, since you don't listen to my advice, then I should take care of my own life first.

After all, this is not an ordinary beast, but the legendary man-eating mountain ghost.

Even in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there are such strange descriptions. It would be strange if you are not scared.

As for exorcising demons and monsters, Xia Shouzhong didn't believe it at this time.

Slowly, Li Jingxiao and the retreating army were more than 20 meters apart.

(End of this chapter)