The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 8 This is the power of power
As more and more people showed their support, a manager from the Zhenwu Temple next door quickly ran back and called over a dozen servants armed with sticks.

Not only did they separate the troublemakers and protect Li Jingxiao behind them, they also surrounded the troublemakers.

Li Jingxiao smiled and thanked his neighbor, the housekeeper Liu.

Butler Liu waved his hand and said, "Young Taoist priest, please don't be so polite. Since you are in the right, we, the neighbors, should help you.

Not to mention, my master has known the old abbot for over a decade, so he naturally can’t sit idly by and watch you get bullied.”

Although Butler Liu said this, he was actually still thinking in his heart that the Rongguo Mansion was such a noble family that they were taking the initiative to make friends with it and had a hint of currying favor with it.

My family and Zhenwu Temple are neighbors. If I don’t help now, I might be blamed by the Jia family in the future.

It is bad luck to invite misfortune for no reason.

In that case, we might as well just call someone over to help.

Since I have made friends with Li Jingxiao, the Jia family will know about it, and it will be considered a good relationship in the future.

Li Jingxiao certainly understood all these twists and turns.

The gratitude on his face towards Butler Liu was also sincere.

After all, they have stepped forward to help, so we must show courtesy.

Not only did he thank him repeatedly, he also solemnly promised that if there was anything in the Liu Mansion in the future, he could just call him.

Butler Liu naturally knew that the so-called "something" must be related to the patient.

But you can't say this openly, otherwise it would be like cursing someone.

Li Jingxiao and Butler Liu exchanged pleasantries for a while before they saw a group of soldiers holding iron bars, chains, and spears.

Led by three inspectors and deputy inspectors holding steel knives, they ran over quickly.

Zhenwu Temple is not far from the Ning and Rong mansions. Since there are many powerful people in this area, there are naturally many soldiers from the Five Cities Military Division patrolling the area.

Moreover, the military headquarters in the west of the city is not far from here.

After these soldiers arrived, the leading inspector's face changed instantly after listening to Li Jingxiao's explanation.

He turned to look at the accompanying soldiers, pointed at the seven or eight troublemakers and shouted, "Take them all back.

In broad daylight, you first robbed people on the road and then falsely accused them of causing trouble. I will make sure you know what the law is."

Li Jingxiao and Butler Liu were somewhat impressed by the inspector.

These troublemakers must be real fools and idiots.

Otherwise, no matter how you look at it, you feel that there must be someone behind this group of people.

Li Jingxiao forgot that the commander of the Five Cities Military Division was only of the sixth rank, and that the Five Cities was a general term.

The five military offices in the central, eastern, southern, western and northern regions are collectively known as the Five Cities Military Offices.

There are five commanders with equal powers and responsibilities, but they are not subordinate to each other.

But there would usually be a high-ranking official in the court, or even a prince, who would also serve as the "Commander-in-Chief".

He is in charge of five military divisions, but this "commander-in-chief" basically does not take care of things in normal times.

Many of these commanders, deputy commanders, and other officials were children of noble families and were promoted from low-ranking military officers.

In the morning, the Jia family sent five carts of thank-you gifts with great fanfare. Within half a morning, not only the West City Military Headquarters knew about it.

The other four military divisions and some government offices also knew Li Jingxiao. Yesterday, with just one stick of incense, he saved the seriously ill and dying Jia Zhu.

When they heard that someone was causing trouble outside Zhenwu Temple, the commander and deputy commander of the West City Military Division could no longer sit still.

If they were not worried about the trouble caused by the censor, they would have brought their own people to help Li Jingxiao solve the problem.

So the inspector didn't just arrest people, he also ordered the soldiers to beat up those troublemakers without any hesitation.

When he heard these people begging for mercy, he revealed that the mastermind behind the scenes was the doctor from Ju'antang.

The inspector saluted Li Jingxiao and went to arrest the man.

Before he could leave, he saw Jia Rong, with whom he had been drinking yesterday, running towards him in a hurry, accompanied by a dozen servants and holding sticks.

Seeing that Li Jingxiao was fine, Jia Rong finally felt relieved.

He bowed to Li Jingxiao and said, "My nephew greets Uncle Jing. How are you?"

Li Jingxiao smiled and helped Jia Rong up. When they were drinking yesterday, Jia Zhen was so happy that he asked Jia Rong to worship him as his uncle. Jia Lian, who was standing by, agreed repeatedly.

Jia Rong was very obedient. He left the table immediately and knelt on the ground to pay his respects.

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely be shocked by the actions of Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, father and son.

Even feel overwhelmed.

But Li Jingxiao knew that Jia Zhen and Jia Lian just wanted to get closer.

It would be a bad thing to shirk responsibility at this time.

Li Jingxiao let Jia Rong kowtow before helping him up with both hands.

Then he called Jia Zhen "Brother Zhen" and Jia Lian "Brother Lian".

Anyway, it's just a way to get closer, not to become sworn brothers.

Even if they are sworn brothers, there are not many sworn brothers in this world who can really trust each other with their lives.

Otherwise, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would not be the only sworn brothers who are well-known and famous in history.

The others are all more or less dirty.

Moreover, the Three Heroes of Peach Garden are characters in the novel.

In other words, these are the sworn brothers in the novel.

As for Shan Xiongxin, he is also a character in the novel.

It can be seen that in reality, there is no such thing as great righteousness.

That's why Jia Rong called Li Jingxiao "Uncle Jing" when he saw him.

Li Jingxiao smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, thank you for your hard work, Rong'er.

It's a little inconvenient today, so I'll invite you, Master Zhen, and Master Lian to come over for a drink in a few days."

In front of outsiders, Li Jingxiao didn't have the nerve to do that and directly called Jia Zhen and Jia Lian "big brother" and "second brother".

Jia Rong was overjoyed. This boy was also a sex-crazed shrew. Although he was young, he had already lost his virginity a long time ago.

Without self-control, Jia Rong was afraid that he would end up like Jia Zhu, who almost died at a young age.

Since Li Jingxiao is a miracle doctor, there is certainly no harm in currying favor with him.

Moreover, this boy was beaten and scolded by Jia Zhen all day long, and he even ordered servants to spit in his face.

I have long lost my shame.

Faced with Li Jingxiao, who was favored by Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen, he was willing to be a generation younger.

When Li Jingxiao thanked Butler Liu and the Inspector again, their attitudes were different again.

Jia Rong is the real heir to the Ningguo Mansion, and the only male.

He was so polite in front of Li Jingxiao, so naturally the two of them didn't dare to act arrogantly.

After sending all the people away, Li Jingxiao didn't even have to go to the yamen, and all the troubles were gone.

It was said that not long after that, the doctor from Ju'antang and his entire family were exiled.

Inevitably, this matter also reached the ears of the Jinyiwei.

Then the emperor and the retired emperor also found out.

The emperor just said "Oh" and didn't care.

After all, he was in the prime of his life, unlike the retired emperor who almost died of illness, so naturally he didn't care much.

The retired emperor ordered an investigation into Li Jingxiao, but there was no further movement.

But there were indeed a few more people around Li Jingxiao, setting up stalls and doing business outside the Zhenwu Temple.

Li Jingxiao knew nothing about this and his life became peaceful.

He sees patients every day, practices swordplay, boxing, and martial arts in the afternoon, and meditates and practices qigong in the evening.

A few days later, he came to Jia Zhu's house to take his pulse.

(End of this chapter)