It is said to be an ancestral item, but in fact it is just a jade pendant bought for 10 taels of silver, on which a lightning-repelling charm was carved by one's own hands, and the spiritual energy that can trigger three palm thunders was injected into it.

For Shi Zhongkui, the jade pendant is easy to make, but for ordinary people, it does have the effect of warding off evil spirits.

According to Liu Yu'er, if the spirits in the canal feel the thunder talisman, they will definitely hide in fear.

After all, a true cultivator who can make thunder talismans has a clear lineage of masters.

If the young one is beaten and the old one comes, the old one runs away, and then there is an old monster, no one can stand it.

But Shi Zhongkui couldn't win, so he could create a altar and shake people's existence from heaven and hell.

If he is willing to use his merits to invite people, probably all the city gods in the Red Mansion, the mountain gods in the three mountains and five mountains, and the ghosts and ghosts in the underworld will be willing to help him fight monsters.

Xue Pan saw that Shi Zhongkui said it so formally. Although he didn't agree with it, he still hung it carefully on his waist. He bowed and said, "I thank you for your concern. I will definitely remember my brother's instructions during this trip."

Shi Zhongkui nodded and watched Xue Pan and Xue Jinping, who was dressed as a shopkeeper, get on the boat.

As a fifth-rank commander, Xue Jinping actually had no reason to protect Xue Pan's secret trip south, but both Shi Zhongkui and Xue Pan promised that as long as the trip was successful, they would spend money and find connections to help him find a real need after returning.

Xue Jinping came to the capital for real needs, and because he was idle during the waiting period, he could avoid all trouble by submitting an official document stating that a relative in the family was sick and had to go home.

Only then did he agree to escort Xue Pan.

Before Xue Pan left, Xue Baochai unexpectedly gave him a sachet after learning about Shi Zhongkui's arrangement.

This is actually illegal, but since the two of them have already written a letter and are engaged, basically no one will say anything.

Of course, after Xue Jinping arrived in Jinling, he no longer had to follow Xue Pan all the time.

And since Xue Jinping was following him, Shi Zhongkui did not let the golden-haired rat follow him, and only lined up willow fish to protect the safety of the canal.

Twenty days passed unknowingly. On this day, Shi Zhongkui had finally finished handling the banquet hosted by his fellow students and was planning to return to Daxing again for some quiet time.

Yu Shun walked over quickly and reported, "Master, Uncle Xue sent someone to say that he can return to Beijing tomorrow or the day after."

Shi Zhongkui nodded noncommittally. Because of Liu Yu'er's existence, although he could not transmit sounds thousands of miles away, he could feel the carp spirit's state every day using the art of exorcism.

After making sure that Liu Yu'er's spiritual energy is sufficient and his mood is stable, he can roughly know whether something happened to Xue Pan.

On the other hand, after the thunder talisman jade pendant was ten miles away from him, he could no longer feel it.

After thinking about it, he said, "Take people to guard the Tongzhou Pier tomorrow. As soon as Xue Pan comes back, let him come to my place first."

Yu Shun nodded hurriedly.

Then Shi Zhongkui wrote an invitation, and took out ten taels of silver from the space through his sleeves and handed it to Yu Shundao, "Send the letter to Xia Shouzhong's mansion, and then go to Jude Building to order a table of good food and wine."

, for daily use tomorrow.”

"By the way, if you don't have enough money, come back and tell me."

"It's enough, it's enough." Yu Shun nodded hurriedly, "Usually, a table of good wine and good food at home costs only three to five taels of silver. Seven or eight taels of silver is enough for a restaurant. But there are many taboos about inviting an inmate to dinner.

The place, plus the good wine, will be more than ten taels."

Shi Zhongkui smiled and waved his hand. He had gold equivalent to eight thousand taels of silver in his hand, so he waved his hand nonchalantly.

However, since gold was basically used to press boxes and serve as heirloom silver in ancient times, he tried his best to use silver to do things since the last time.

But he didn't intend to let Yu Shun change it, let alone let the Golden Mouse steal it again.

There are actually many ways to get money, and quite a few ships sink in the canal every year. If Liu Yuer has nothing to do, he might just go for a stroll and there might be a surprise.

And there is no trouble in taking this kind of ownerless thing.

There are also many houses in the capital that have been ransacked due to crimes, dismissed from office and abandoned. The golden-haired rat is very good at digging treasures and digging holes.

Once the gold and silver is in your hands, put it into the space and renovate it, and there will be no problem at all when you use it.

As for jewelry, gold, silver, and bronze items are stored directly in space.

He waved his hand and said, "After the matter is done, come back and report that I will give you a day off today. Go back and see Uncle Fu. By the way, I will mention your transfer to the Shi family."

As soon as Yu Shun heard this, his legs popped and he knelt on the ground, "Thank you for your kindness, sir. I will definitely stick to my duty. I will be a member of the Shi family when I am born, and I will be a ghost of the Shi family when I die."

Shi Zhongkui said with a smile, "Get up, from now on I will leave the external affairs to you and the internal affairs to my wife.

When Madam enters the house, apart from official matters related to dealings with relatives, all matters in the house, big and small, will be reported to her, do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand." Yu Shun became even more excited now. He clarified his rights and responsibilities, which meant that he became the steward of the Shi family.

Yu Honggao did not put any obstacles in this matter, and even the slave contracts of the three servants who had been following Shi Zhongkui were brought back along with him.

After going to the Yamen and Li Zheng to exchange documents and talk to each other, Yu Shun and the four of them officially became servants of the Shi family.

Because of the lack of people, Shi Zhongkui temporarily confirmed that Yu Shun and the other four were quite honest. After thinking about it, he settled on 5 taels of silver per month for Yu Shun, the housekeeper, and 2 taels of silver per month for the other three people.

Four sets of clothing per year, food, accommodation and the like are all included. Basically every family does this, so it is done according to the rules.

That night, the Chinchilla quietly walked into the study carrying a purple-gold-red gourd that transformed into the size of a thumb.

Jumping on the desk, his little eyes rolled around, he knelt on the desk, raised the gourd, and said as if asking for credit, "Master, the mouse went to Shili Pai outside the city today to dig out the gold and silver that had been hidden by a group of thieves.

In total, there are about 400 taels of gold ingots and 10,000 taels of silver ingots."

After saying that, the mouse started laughing.

With a thought in Shi Zhongkui's mind, the purple, gold and red gourd returned to his hand and transformed into normal size.

Looking inside, his mind quickly confirmed that what the Golden-haired Rat said was right. He couldn't help but regret that he had exchanged the promised ten thousand taels of silver for a one-tael-sized cup of incense spirit wine at noon.

There are more than 140 kilograms of fragrant spirit wine in the gourd. If it were all converted into silver, Jinmao Shu would have to find 14 million taels. But when the silver reaches a certain level, how can there be valuable spirit wine?

Habitually summoning Daxing's land, he was sure that what the Golden Mouse said was right, and then he put the gourd into the space.

As for whether the golden-haired rat would steal the spirit wine, Shi Zhongkui would of course be on guard against it.

Just teach him how to put things away, but he can't take things out.

Just when he was about to fulfill his promise and take out almost 4 yuan of incense and spirit wine, Tutu said hurriedly, "I am blessed with the appearance of an immortal."

Shi Zhongkui stopped and looked at the Riyu Shen not far away. He was once again glad that he had taken refuge early, otherwise he would have nothing to do with him.

Moreover, because of the success of raising fish in the rice fields, Shi Zhongkui received the greatest merit. The land and the willow fish also surprisingly received feedback from heaven and gained some merit.

Instead of just accumulating yin virtue in the past.
Chapter completed!