Chapter 2783 Monster’s Matryoshka Doll
Yes, Wen Rensheng couldn't help but smile after seeing the actions of the five people.
They hadn't thought of one thing yet: after inviting the tiger in, they killed the wolf.
But the tiger also stayed.
This is like a story about a hunter who is good at imitating the sounds of wild beasts. When he encounters a wild beast, he imitates a beast that is more powerful than it and scares the hunter away.
Until one day, I entered matryoshka mode.
Powerful beasts came one after another, and he had to imitate more powerful beasts until the most powerful beast appeared.
Now, Lin Feng, the monster hunter, is facing this situation.
……
Sure enough, it was just as Wen Rensheng expected.
Everyone never expected that after driving away the incense monster, strange things would happen frequently as the Jinshi went to serve in various places.
In fact, when the emperor encountered a great threat, he had already restored the Ming Dynasty to its modern state through the materials provided by the double gate.
But after a battle with the incense monster, the incense monster returned to the Ming state within the control area...
Pull repeatedly.
Until now the incense monster died.
……
A small town in a remote mountainous area.
Liu Xing'an was a fellow Jinshi from earlier years.
The emperor had been tossing and turning before, but he had no chance to serve.
Now that the monsters were gone, he quickly found a way out and got a real job as a county magistrate.
So he took his master and a guard and went to take office.
He was born into a poor family, and he was able to pass the Jinshi examination before, all because of his talent and hard work.
In addition, he became the son-in-law of a retired official.
It's just that my father-in-law also has a son and doesn't give him much support.
After covering his expenses for going to Beijing to take the exam, as well as the administrative expenses, it was already worth it for him.
The expenses for his appointment were borrowed from "Youjian Bank".
They lent money to feudal officials and sent masters and guards to supervise the collection of accounts in real time. It can be said that the ancient banks were sometimes much better at risk control than modern banks.
If we really follow the methods of the ancients, I believe many simple bad debts will not occur.
Because you only need to send someone in to take a look and you will know.
The master is responsible for finding money for him, and the guard is responsible for taking care of the money, and they also have the role of supervising each other.
Of course, the two could easily collude with each other and collect far more money than Liu Xingan borrowed.
As for the excess, it will naturally fall into their pockets.
The bank only cares about receiving the money it deserves, so these two people are very motivated.
Soon they arrived at this small mountain town.
After arriving, the three of them were dumbfounded.
Because the chief bookkeeper at that time told them: "Old parents, our city's tax revenue has been collected for fifty years."
"The common people also believed in evil things before and sold their property and turned it into incense to burn."
"The local industries include farming, weaving, and incense making. Other than that, all other industries are withered." The chief clerk sighed.
"It's really unreasonable. It's really a group of evil things that make the people uneasy about production. They only know how to worship and offer incense!" Tong Jinshi was very angry.
Although he wants to scrape the ground.
But the land is gone, how can we scrape it?
Moreover, he was the first-time seventh-grade county magistrate and had no one on hand.
It is difficult to do a forced search.
The master looked around and called the chief clerk aside.
He took out a small piece of broken silver, only about three cents, and handed it to the other party.
The chief clerk's eyes showed disdain, but he said: "Master, if you have any questions, just ask, there is no need to use money."
"Are there any powerful people in the local area?" Master asked directly, "Our master would like to pay a visit."
"When it comes to being powerful, there is no such thing here. After all, everyone is poor." The chief clerk said as he put the money into his sleeve pocket.
The sleeves are big and bags are sewn into them. When collecting money, they all look like masters of magic.
"Are there any wealthy families in the local area?"
"Neither does this."
"You can have this."
"This really doesn't exist."
The chief clerk was tired of arguing with the master.
Isn't it a good idea for these three poor people to stay here for three years and then be transferred?
Still want to search without looking at where this place is?
There are mountains everywhere, and people will flee into the mountains when they are pressed.
Once the court sends someone to search the household registration and cover it up, it will be another troublesome matter.
After all, the current court is different from the Ming Dynasty before.
There are too many new things in the court now.
By taking a picture from the sky, you can know how many households there are and how many fields there are.
You can't hide it even if you want to.
The chief clerk was also very angry. Why did he come up with so many new things?
Wasn't the previous set pretty good?
As a result, now he has to restrain himself in everything he does.
And this fellow Jinshi and Master are also greedy and stupid, and don't even care what time it is.
Did you still think it was from the previous dynasty?
The chief clerk made a last excuse to prepare dinner for everyone, and then left in a hurry.
Liu Xing'an sighed, sat in the shabby government office surrounded by drafts, and said to his master:
"What can I do?"
But the master was confident: "Master, the debt you owe has been settled."
"Where?"
"Just now, I tried to test the bookkeeper with three coins, but the other party was full of disdain."
"This shows that the other party has at least a hundred taels of property in his hands, maybe even more."
Liu Xing'an was immediately overjoyed: "This is great. I only borrowed two hundred taels from your bank when I came here."
"I will return the two hundred and fifty taels at the end of the year, and I can pay it back now."
The master continued: "But it is not easy for the chief clerk to come up with money. I have read stories from previous dynasties. In a remote place like this, it is easy to kill a few county magistrates."
"As long as you report that you fell and died after going out."
"Unless the imperial court is in its prime, it will only conduct perfunctory inspections."
"What should we do?"
"So we must take the initiative to create a situation that requires the master to play a role."
"How to make it?" Liu Xing'an suddenly became interested.
"Master, please allow me to introduce to you the real owner of our bank." The master smiled slightly and took out a Western Jade Bodhisattva from his sleeve.
"What is this? It looks very valuable. Are you going to sell this to the chief bookkeeper?" Liu Xing'an could only think of this.
"Haha, of course not, but let them worship this foreign Bodhisattva. Then they will have support and a future, and we will have money and eyes." The master said with a smile.
"High, really high." Liu Xing'an immediately understood what the master was doing.
Although he also vaguely felt that the master was taking an evil path by doing this, which would cause big problems.
But the problem is, there is money to be made in doing so.
Then it'll be fine.
So the three of them discussed it.
In this way, traces of the Cthulhu system appeared in this mountain city.
And Wen Rensheng saw this scene.
He looked at the master.
The phantom of the faceless mad god appeared behind the other party.
Sure enough.
Five lucky monster hunters thought they had succeeded in killing someone with a borrowed knife.
But they never thought that by doing so, they would just attract a bigger monster.
……
Two years later, this day.
In the early morning, the mountain town was shrouded in a thick layer of fog. The sunlight could not penetrate this thick barrier, making the whole town look particularly eerie.
Residents are leaving their homes one after another, getting ready to start the day's work.
Of course, before working, they went to a small temple on the street corner one by one to worship the foreign Bodhisattva.
Needless to say, since the addition of this foreign Bodhisattva, their barren mountainous land has begun to have a rich harvest.
This is a hot and humid place, with three or four crops a year. Just because the mountains have no nutrients and there is a lot of rain.
Too much rain is not a good thing for agriculture, as it can easily wash away precious fertility.
Tropical rainforests look lush, but the soil is actually very poor.
Now, in their mountainous land, each mu of land can produce two stones of grain, which is 240 kilograms.
This number was very powerful in the feudal era.
Of course, you can’t compare with others outside.
I heard that people outside use the improved seeds and fertilizers issued by the emperor to get 2,000 kilograms of real estate per acre, which is simply scary.
They were already very satisfied, so they were very grateful to their new parents.
Every time I offer incense to the foreign Bodhisattva, I don’t forget to offer a stick of incense to my parents.
……
At this time, the resident's old parents, the county magistrate Liu Xing'an, were counting money in the backyard.
Please...you...collect 6...9...books...!
These were sent by the residents.
In the past two years, the grain harvest has been bumper every year, as well as various specialty fruits.
So when the residents had money, they started to make offerings, and eventually the money came to him.
Just as he was counting the money, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He soon discovered that there was a strange smell in the air.
It was like a mixture of rotting corpses and damp soil, making it disgusting.
Liu Xing'an thought for a while and suddenly realized:
"No wonder the sage said that copper smells bad, it really does stink!"
Then he picked up the silver and said: "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? Just make me a stinker!"
……
And at this time.
On the street, a few crows were circling in the air, making shrill cries.
Suddenly, a crow fell from the sky and fell heavily to the ground. It twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
The old people who saw this scene looked at each other.
An ominous premonition surged in their hearts.
It seems that something similar happened when I believed in those monsters.
Not long after, the sky suddenly turned dark, with dark clouds and lightning and thunder.
Bolts of lightning pierced the sky, illuminating the mountain city.
Soon, accompanied by lightning, a huge crack appeared on the ground, and black smoke came out of the crack. The smoke was mixed with strange whispers.
The residents recoiled in horror, expressions of horror on their faces.
Suddenly, a slimy monster crawled out of the crack.
Its body is dark black and covered with eyes and tentacles.
There are three flowers blooming on its head and five large tentacles.
What a wonderful three-flower gathering at the top, with five qi rising towards the vitality.
The appearance of this monster caused panic among the residents.
They screamed and ran away.
In the streets, people pushed, fell to the ground, and trampled each other.
Some residents tried to hide in their homes, but the monster's tentacles reached out to their windows and dragged them out.
The master was drinking spicy soup at this time, and was calculating how much money he had recovered.
Thanks to the power of the foreign bodhisattva, he had already recovered the money put in by his employer in advance, and he also took back nearly 50%.
If he hadn't been a guard, he would have received as much money as his employer.
This means that the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.
Just as he was drinking, suddenly the earth shook and his soup spilled all over the floor.
"What happened?"
Then he watches in horror as a giant monster wreaks havoc through the town, its tentacles flailing through the roofs of houses and smashing walls into pieces.
It moves quickly along the streets, leaving deep footprints with every step.
The pavement made of rocks was broken by it.
The monster also let out a low roar, as if venting its endless anger.
Two words can be vaguely heard: "Nai, Ya..."
Isn't that the font size of my boss?
Wait, how could such a monster appear?
He just wanted to worship the Bodhisattva and the real dragon, but he never thought that the real dragon would appear in this world!
He is "Ye Gong loves dragons".
Now, it's clear that order is about to collapse.
The master immediately went to find the guard who was sleeping in a certain building.
"Old Zhang, run away quickly!"
"What happened?" Guard Zhang quickly put on his clothes and looked outside:
"My Cao..."
He couldn't believe his eyes.
But years of walking allowed him to react quickly.
Don't worry about how dangerous the monster is, just run away by yourself.
He then took his master with him and got some dry food.
As for the soft stuff, I always carry it with me.
Silver is too heavy, and they have already exported it outside and exchanged it for silver notes within two years.
In fact, at this point, their money has already been in the hands of the owner.
The banknotes given to them by their boss were not universal, but specially printed.
There is a debt repayment limit on it.
Taking one represents a repayment and cannot be exchanged again.
Only if the amount is exceeded can it be redeemed.
The order of the mountain city collapsed in an instant.
What shocked the master and the guards was that there were actually some government officials and clerks trying to maintain order.
"Damn it, why did they stay and face this sudden monster if they didn't run away?" The guard felt incredible.
He took his master and ran all the way out of the city.
Those people bought him time.
This made him want to say that the other party was stupid, but he couldn't.
"Their weapons are useless!" The master knew why.
This is all thanks to the emperor's previous promotion of education.
Let the book office and government officials also have channels for promotion and be respected by others.
Obviously, these people should want to perform meritorious service, or simply want to protect their fellow villagers and families.
No matter what, they are warriors.
Although the master is greedy, he still admires the warriors.
I saw the government officials stabbing the monsters with spears.
But the sharp steel spearhead only left some shallow marks on the monster's body and was unable to cause fatal damage to it.
And as soon as it was plugged in, it slipped away.
Another group of soldiers tried to attack the monster with arrows.
But the monster's tentacles easily deflected the arrows and knocked the soldiers away with their backhand.
At this time, facing the invasion of monsters, in the chaos, some brave residents still took up arms and tried to resist the monster attack.
They used hunting bows and even muskets to shoot at the monsters, and stabbed the monsters with spears.
But the monsters are so powerful that their attacks only scratch the itch.
The monster's tentacles rolled them up and threw them to the ground, tearing their bodies apart.
Not only that, that colorful monster also killed more people as time went by, and it began to summon its kind.
More monsters kept crawling out of the crack.
They have different shapes, some are like spiders, some are like octopuses, and some are like centipedes.
These monsters were clearly the three that the faceless mad god had killed.
"They are coming!"
"It is the Lord who has come again!"
The people in the mountain city couldn't help but be shocked by these familiar sights.
(End of chapter)