These emotions that appeared in Shen Lian's mind did not interfere with his acquisition of external information at all. In fact, everyone can receive a lot of information and can remember it, but the mind cannot process so much information at the same time, so it will filter selectively. So as not to overburden yourself.
Shen Lian is naturally different from ordinary people. Even if he is asked to do dozens or hundreds of ordinary things at the same time, he can still handle them without leakage.
Just as he had read in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, Pang Tong had not been in charge of government for several months, but he could handle all the accumulated government affairs in one day with perfect accuracy.
The hustle and bustle of people in front of him could be heard. Shen Lian thought about it and already understood the outline. It turned out that someone was beating a gong and there was a poster posted on the wall behind him. It was written on the list that a wealthy family in this city had a monster. He was willing to pay a thousand taels of silver to ask someone to catch the monster.
Everyone looked at the excitement, but no one really went to pick it up. It turned out that several groups of Taoist monks had been there before, and all of them were disgraced.
You must know that these monster-catching mages rely on their reputation. If they fail to catch the monster once, they will be embarrassed and no one will believe them in the future. The gain outweighs the loss.
This was the first time that Shen Lian saw monsters causing trouble in a mortal city. After all, in the human world, monsters rarely become spirits. It takes a lot of time for monsters to channel spirits and develop magical powers to protect themselves. If you are in a densely populated place, people will discover it before you can develop magical powers.
Most powerful demons are born in deep mountains and swamps, where there is plenty of energy and safety. What's more, unless the transformation is complete, most demons will not leave their own realm.
Even after they transformed, many demon kings were too lazy to run around. Instead, they occupied a mountain and lived happily, regardless of heaven or earth.
Seeing that there was no one to lead the list for a long time, Shen Lian was waiting for him to go up. After all, he saw a monster appearing in the city. Since he was here, he could find out what happened. If there was really a monster that harmed people, he should do his best.
At this time, a man was thrown out of the casino next to him and lay on the ground, screaming a few times. Shen Lian looked around and saw that this man was wearing a tattered Taoist robe and was dirty, but his beard was neatly groomed. ,
Judging from his appearance, he is somewhat similar to the Three Taoists. However, this man is at least forty years old, so he cannot be the Three Taoists who have passed away, let alone his reincarnation.
There are indeed many people with similar looks in the world, but this person does have some inner Qi roots, and he is in the same line as the Qi training method of Qingxuan Sect's foundation building. I'm afraid he is not really a descendant of the three Taoist priests.
When people around saw this shabby Taoist, they all laughed and pointed. The man obviously lost all his money in the casino and was kicked out.
He dusted himself off and didn't worry. He got up from the ground, saw the list, and walked towards the gong player with a smile.
The man obviously recognized this man and said: "Qi Sanguang, you even lost your own Taoist temple. You didn't leave any of those magic weapons or anything. Do you still want to catch monsters?"
Qi Sanguang is a well-known local figure. His family has been a layman for generations. He originally had a lot of fertile land and a Taoist temple. Unfortunately, this generation has unscrupulous descendants like Qi Sanguang. He is obsessed with gambling. Once he enters the casino, he becomes addicted to gambling. It is to stay up all night and never go out until all is lost.
A few years ago, when his parents were still alive, it was good to say that they could manage to manage it. Until after his parents passed away, there was no one to look after him, and they intensified their efforts, losing all their huge family property.
He himself was not called Sanguang, but outsiders saw that he had to gamble with "gold, silver, and copper" before he stopped. Gold, silver, and copper are the three types of currency in circulation.
Therefore, the locals gave him the nickname "Sanguang". The man was not ashamed of it, but accepted it happily. He simply changed his name and called himself "Sanguang Taoist".
Taoist Sanguang was obviously defeated again today. When he saw this list, he said that after surrendering the monster, he would be given a thousand taels of silver, so he was overjoyed.
He smiled and said: "You can catch monsters if you have a magical weapon. Why wait until I come?"
The person who knocked the gong was originally going to find a Taoist priest to go back and make an appointment. After seeing no one answered again and again, he simply gave the list to Taoist Sanguang.
In his mind, this old boy was left with missing arms and legs by a monster and could no longer go to the casino, which was considered a sign of good deeds.
Taoist Sanguang took the list and followed the person to that house.
After all, it is the wine and meat of Zhumen that stink, and the bones are frozen to death on the road. Seeing how poor his family was, Taoist Sanguang felt a little ashamed when compared with this wealthy family.
There is also an archway standing outside the gate, on which is engraved the birth certificate of a Jinshi in a certain year. The word "Shuofu" was written on the door plaque, and I remembered that this master of Shuofu was not only a local Jinshi, but also served as the governor of Qingzhou and the salt transport envoy of Southeast China.
Master Shuo was also very lucky. He resigned from Qingzhou Zhizhou more than ten years ago and was transferred to other places. Therefore, when the Qinghe County Prince rebelled and his accomplices were pursued, he was not found.
On the contrary, things were going well in Qingzhou during his years in office, and he was given a "shangshang" assessment and was transferred to the salt transport envoy, where he made a fortune.
Seven years ago, he retired and returned to his hometown when he was less than fifty. I heard that just transporting property into the city never stopped from morning to night.
He was born as a Jinshi, and his family had a lot of wealth. He owned a lot of fertile land, and even the magistrate of the city came to ask him about his welfare from time to time.
Taoist Sanguang also remembered that his Taoist temple seemed to have been sold to Mr. Shuo, and he was only given two hundred taels of silver at that time. He wondered if he should buy the Taoist temple back after he got rid of the demon, so that he wouldn't get beaten up when Quanxia saw his ancestors.
Taoist Sanguang thought very well, but when he reached the door, the door refused to let him in.
Fortunately, the person who posted the list had some nice words before he was allowed to put it in.
When he walked in, Shen Lian followed him.
Shen Lian was full of energy and handsome, and his disciples quickly nodded and said hello when they saw him. Taoist Sanguang turned around and saw Mu, and was almost furious to death.
He saw that Shen Lian was also wearing a Taoist robe, which was particularly gorgeous. It wasn't that Shen Lian was really gorgeous, but compared to him, Shen Lian's Taoist robe was spotless. Moreover, Shen Lian's extraordinary temperament immediately raised the appearance of the Taoist robe. Come up and cause such an effect.
This gatekeeper is the best at observing words and expressions, otherwise he wouldn't be able to do this job. Shen Lian was an extraordinary person at first glance, and even the young masters in the city were compared to him. It was as if a young man from an aristocratic family suddenly entered the countryside.
Even though the son of a rich man from the countryside was also literate, compared with him, Shen Lianqi stood out from the crowd.
Moreover, although the empress changed the Yuan Dynasty and respected Buddhism, there were many Taoist temples in the world and they were deeply rooted in remote places and they were not taken seriously at all.
In the previous Wei Dynasty, many clans renovated Taoist temples. There is a popular saying among the people, "The Zhao family and the Tao family are all one family." "
For this reason, Taoist priests are still very respected in these places. Of course, they are talking about people like Shen Lian who are cleanly dressed and have a good temperament.
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