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Yan Chixia knew very well that it was not easy for a poor scholar to accumulate so much merit in this chaotic world.

No, it should be said that it is very difficult.

Yan Chixia herself understands this very well.

Ning Caichen's mouth was almost watering after not eating meat for a long time, but the character and morality he had cultivated over a long period of time still restrained him.

"If I eat this chicken, then hero...?"

"Don't worry, there are still some at a certain place!"

Yan Chixia took out a pack of beef, opened it on her knees, grabbed a few pieces and put them in her mouth to chew.

Taking off the wine gourd from his waist, 'Gudu' took a sip and felt a stream of mixed blood energy, spiritual energy, and alcoholic energy. It fell into his stomach and quickly dispersed. Soon, his whole body became warm.

"happy!"

Seeing that he still had something to eat, Ning Caichen stopped being polite and rubbed his hands on his clothes, pulled off a chicken drumstick, put it into his mouth and started chewing.

He hadn't tasted meat in months.

After finishing a pack of beef, Yan Chixia drank wine and glanced at Ning Caichen who was devouring her food next to her.

"Scholar, if you don't want to get some fame, what are you doing here in the mountains and plains when you have nothing to do?"

"Xiaosheng came here to collect debts in Guangping County." Ning Caichen swallowed the muscles in his mouth, patted his chest and said.

"Collect the bill? It's up to you?!"

Ning Caichen showed a hint of embarrassment on his face.

"Although Xiaosheng is weak, he is still young at least. As long as he goes there a few more times, he can always get some."

Yan Chixia was speechless.

Obviously, Ning Caichen's method of collecting debts is to pester him every day. If he can't stand it anymore, he will ask for some amount of debt.

Of course, he was beaten in the middle. At least he was young and his body could withstand the abuse.

"Seeing as you are also a literate person, even if you fail the examination, writing letters for others, copying scriptures, and becoming a teacher is better than being beaten every day."

Seeing the look in Yan Chixia's eyes that said, "Are you mentally ill?" Ning Caichen lowered his head and spoke in a low tone.

"These accounts are all things that my father told me to recover when he was still alive."

Yan Chixia nodded.

"How much do these arrears total?"

"A total of three hundred fourteen taels."

This number can be said to be engraved in Ning Caichen's bones.

"So your family was very wealthy before!"

In this era, the monthly salary of the county magistrate in the government office was only three or four taels of silver. Of course, this was only openly and covertly plundered, and naturally it was far more than this amount.

However, this also shows the value of one tael of silver in Dayong.

If the Ning family can lend out more than three hundred taels of silver, then they have at least several thousand taels, or even ten thousand taels of wealth.

Ning Caichen nodded.

"My Ning family was originally a wealthy businessman in Lingling Prefecture. My family has thousands of hectares of fertile land and a fortune. I am always willing to do good things and help my neighbors. However, unexpected events occurred. The Liu Chaosheng uprising three years ago swept Lingling Prefecture. My Ning family

Although he escaped, he lost all his wealth."

"My parents also died on the way to escape. When things calm down, I will return to Lingling Mansion. Unfortunately, the governor saw that I was weak and colluded with the Ning family members to misappropriate my family's property and kicked me out."

After a pause and a heavy breath, Ning Caichen calmed down his turbulent thoughts.

"In order to avoid their persecution, I escaped in the name of collecting debts."

Yan Chixia nodded.

"I can't tell that your experience has been so tortuous." After a pause, "You haven't thought about taking back the property?"

After a self-deprecating smile.

"The governor of Lingling Prefecture is the uncle-in-law of the inspector of Hanping Province. He is colluding and has no way to seek help. Although I have real talents and learning, the governor has canceled my registration long ago, and my path to the imperial examination has been cut off."

"I don't dare to think about taking back the land. I just plan to use some of these three hundred taels of silver to change places and start my life again."

Yan Chixia glanced at him.

Although Ning Caichen's idea seems very cowardly, it is indeed the most rational and wisest choice now.

"There are so many corrupt officials in the world!"

Yan Chixia sighed.

If he hadn't witnessed the darkness in the officialdom, he wouldn't have thought of being born in the world, but chose to join the Xuanjing Division.

Ning Caichen was about to nod in agreement when suddenly a strong and cold wind blew in from outside the door.

Yan Chixia's face suddenly changed.

"Ghost spirit!"

"You stay here and don't run around!"

Ning Caichen saw his solemn expression and was about to ask, but Yan Chixia had already flown out like lightning.

He activated his escape light and chased the ghost energy to the back of Lanruo Temple. Suddenly, a ghost claw several feet in size suddenly shot down from mid-air.

"Heaven and earth are infinite, and the universe is borrowed from the law!"

A golden Tai Chi pattern appeared in the palm of his hand. He raised his palm and clapped it. The force of heaven and earth surged forward and instantly shattered the ghost claw.

A figure in a red dress flew upside down for more than ten feet and landed on the top of a pine tree.

Yan Chixia was shocked when she saw it.

"Grudge!"

Resentful ghosts are golden elixir level ghosts and are very powerful.

"Brother Taoist priest, you are so ignorant of Lian Xian Xiaoyu that you beat and kill him as soon as you come up!" said the female ghost in red with a seductive look on her face.

Although in the illusion of Di Shenmen, Yan Chixia once married a wife and had children, in reality he was indeed an out-and-out Lu man! He was insulated from the love between men and women.

After hearing this sentence, a look of disgust immediately appeared on his face.

"Even if a certain family gets a wife, they won't marry an ugly woman like you!"

One sentence instantly made the female ghost furious.

When a woman becomes a ghost, the most annoying thing is that people say she is ugly!

"You deserve to die!"

"A ghost like you should go to reincarnation as early as possible... Xuanyuan Sword, unsheath it!"

'Choke', accompanied by Qingyue's sword cry, the former Spirit Spider Sword, now the Xuanyuan Sword, flew out from the sword box behind his back with a bright sword light.

"Dragon Sword Style!"

The long sword's light surged, and the sharp sword energy turned into a rainbow, as fast as lightning, flying towards the female ghost.

The female ghost's face changed, and under the influence of ghost energy, the red silk around her waist instantly moved forward.

It can be seen that this is also a ghost weapon.

However, under the Xuanyuan Sword, it quickly turned into pieces.

The sword energy was extremely sharp, with the evil energy of killing demons and the pure sword intention, overwhelming the female ghost.

"ah!"

A shrill scream sounded.

Soon an extremely dim ghostly aura disappeared into the ground.

"Stinky Taoist, grandma will never let you go."

"Want to run!"

The phantom of the bronze mirror in Dantian was activated, and Yan Chixia activated the Xuanyuan Sword.

"Flying Dragon Sword Style."

The extremely sharp sword energy turned into a soft long whip and flew straight to the ground.

‘Chi Chi’ earth and stone shattered into pieces and turned into powder under the sharp sword energy.

"not good!"

Yan Chixia's expression changed, and she activated the escape light, and she was very high in the sky in an instant.

‘Boom…’, the ground trembled, and dozens of thick tree roots flew out from the ground, like giant pythons, rising into the air and wrapping around him.

"Suzaku Sword Style!"
To be continued...