The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#642 - The Grand Scenery of Lintian

Qi Wenren then checked his body again, and found that with the disappearance of that face, the goat horn pattern on his body had finally disappeared as well. Reading М

It seemed that he had indeed returned to normal now.

The first thing Qi Wenren did afterwards was to find a bronze mirror.

Looking at the person in the mirror, he found that although he had gained a bit of weight, fortunately, he was quite thin before, so he didn't look too bloated. On the contrary, it added a bit of majesty.

Qi Wenren breathed a sigh of relief and took out all the food he had secretly hidden on his body.

After a while, a team of guards hurried over, their attitude respectful, saying that Chief Tongtu wanted to invite Lu Jing and Qi Wenren into the palace.

Lu Jing and Qi Wenren exchanged glances, knowing that this harvest was not over yet.

The two followed the team of guards back to the palace where Chief Tongtu was.

Chief Tongtu seemed to have just fallen asleep and then climbed out of bed again, wearing only a fur coat, but he was in good spirits, asking people to take out a huge painting that was two zhang long, which was being unrolled for appreciation.

Seeing that Lu Jing and Qi Wenren had arrived, he beckoned them to come and look at the painting together. He pointed at the painting and said, "Since you two are Chen people, have you ever been to Lintian Prefecture? Do you think there are any differences between the scenery in this painting and the real grand scenery of Lintian?"

Lu Jing directly interrupted him, "Chief, there's no need to beat around the bush and test us with these nonsense words. We were indeed the ones who rescued your daughter."

Qi Wenren suddenly sighed upon hearing these words.

"We two did indeed deceive you, Chief."

Chief Tongtu frowned, "How do you explain this?"

"We two are not doctors, nor are we master and disciple."

"Then what are you?"

"Taoists." Qi Wenren said according to the story he had discussed with Lu Jing.

"The reason why your daughter, Chief, is unable to stop her gluttony is not because she is suffering from a serious illness, but because there is an evil spirit at work." Lu Jing also began to make up stories along with Qi Wenren's words.

"We two fought against that evil spirit in the palace, but unfortunately, because we were caught off guard and unprepared, not only did we fail to subdue that demon, but even my companion suffered its poisonous attack."

"After we left the palace, we chose a blessed place in the city to fight it again, and this time we made ample preparations. Finally, after a bitter battle, we were able to kill it."

Although Lu Jing was spouting a bunch of half-truths, it sounded quite plausible, but Chief Tongtu was, after all, the lord of Shizhou, not those country bumpkins who were easily fooled, so after listening, he just stroked his chin and remained silent.

So Qi Wenren also used his trump card, "If Chief Tongtu doesn't believe it, you can ask the surrounding residents, as well as several restaurants in the city. In order to paralyze that demon, we had to use a lot of wine and dishes."

"Uh... although I ate some myself, Chief Tongtu, as long as you investigate a little, you should be very clear that so many dishes could not be finished by one person at all."

Chief Tongtu nodded secretly after hearing this. His own daughter had been "sick" for so long, and he was of course very clear about his daughter's appetite, knowing that what Qi Wenren said was the truth.

So much food was constantly being sent into the antique shop. Even if Qi Wenren ate his fill, he probably couldn't finish even a tenth of it, let alone Lu Jing, an ordinary person.

If it weren't for an evil spirit at work, there would really be no way to explain how so much food disappeared.

However, Chief Tongtu still felt a little strange. There was a monster in the palace, so why didn't Tuole, this Aku barbarian, notice it? When he looked for Tuole before, the latter even guaranteed to him that the Fire God said that this place was clean.

Moreover, that's even if it's the case. Tuole didn't know where he found these two Chen Taoists afterwards, and came to exorcise ghosts for him.

This... isn't this smashing his own brand?

However, although he was puzzled, Chief Tongtu didn't show it on his face.

Although he was a member of the Shen tribe and respected Tuole and other Aku barbarians very much, sitting in his position also meant that it was basically impossible to be too fanatical about faith.

As far as he was concerned, no matter which god or Buddha he worshiped, as long as it could solve the problem, it would be fine.

So afterwards, he said to Lu Jing and Qi Wenren, "This time, I was indeed wrong. Because of my daughter's matter, I have attracted many people who pretend to be ghosts and gods, which has made me very troubled."

"When I first met you two, I also mistakenly classified you two as one of them, which is why I had the impolite behavior later. Please don't blame me."

After a pause, he continued, "You two rescued my daughter. I will definitely remember this kindness in my heart, but that alone cannot express my gratitude to you two. How about this... I will give you this painting of the grand scenery of Lintian."

"This painting was originally sold for the sky-high price of 26,000 taels of silver. After several transfers, it fell into my hands by chance... If you two like it, you can keep it and enjoy it. If you don't like it, you can also sell it."

"As far as I know, there are quite a few people who are crazy about this painting, and someone has already offered 30,000 taels to buy it."

Chief Tongtu originally thought that Qi Wenren and Lu Jing would definitely be very excited after hearing this number.

But unexpectedly, the expressions on both of their faces didn't change much.

Moreover, Qi Wenren interrupted him afterwards, "Thank you for your kindness, Chief, but we two are people outside of the world and don't value worldly silver and money very much."

"This..." Chief Tongtu was very surprised to hear this. After all, 30,000 taels of silver was a huge sum of money, but this made him even more convinced that Lu Jing and Qi Wenren were indeed experts outside of the world.

"However..." Qi Wenren changed the subject, "We do have something that we may need the Chief to help with."

"What is it? As long as I, Tong, can do it, I will definitely not refuse," Chief Tongtu waved his hand and patted his chest.

"I saw a kind of carp in General Le's mansion, with golden scales on its belly. I heard people in the mansion say that this fish was given to General Le by you, Chief."

"So we want to inquire about where you found this fish, Chief."

Chief Tongtu was startled when he heard this, "Just this matter?"

"Yes, just this matter," Qi Wenren said simply.

"Well... I remember that a nearby farmer found that fish in the mountains. How about this, I'll find him and let him take you to the place where he caught the fish."

"That would be great," Qi Wenren was overjoyed to hear this.

Perhaps feeling that this matter was too simple to be used as a reward, Chief Tongtu finally asked someone to pack up the painting of the grand scenery of Lintian and send it to the two of them as well.