Hearing Xiao Ling's angry shout, Ji Yuan answered seriously.
"Just a dozen days ago, no more, no less, five hundred taels of gold."
After saying this, Ji Yuan took two steps closer, pulled out a bench and sat down, glancing under the table out of the corner of his eyes.
Longzi and Longnu looked at each other, then walked to the side of the table and sat down. The former even sniffed the smell of the dishes on the table.
Xiao Ling ignored the two people beside him and just squinted his eyes to stare at Ji Yuan. Anyone who is not stupid can tell the priority. Although his actions were not absolutely secretive, it was strange to find him at this exact time and place.
Now, he could finally see the person in front of him clearly with the help of the candlelight, especially his eyes which were pale.
"Hehe, this is ridiculous. Shopkeeper~Shopkeeper~~~"
Xiao Ling called out a few times, but didn't hear any footsteps coming. He was immediately alarmed. Could it be that the other party had ambushed an expert outside
"Who are you guys? Xiao doesn't remember who I offended."
Xiao Ling subconsciously looked at the beauty next to him. The other party just called out her original surname, perhaps she already knew who the person next to her was.
According to normal logic, when the other party was checking Xiao Ling's background, they should have also checked the people around him.
"Five hundred taels of gold is not a small amount. Why doesn't Xiao remember that he owes money?"
"Of course you don't remember, because you were not there when the money was owed."
Ji Yuan said this in a somewhat amused tone, and continued before Xiao Ling could get angry.
"It was on the Daxiu boat beside the Sushui River in Chengsu Prefecture, Youzhou, that I redeemed the freedom of a person who looked like Miss Duan next to you."
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Ling stood up suddenly.
"Impossible! Over there..."
Xiao Ling stopped talking halfway, and his expression changed several times. Duan Muwan beside him also looked surprised.
Ji Yuan was not in a hurry and waited for the other party's next words.
But Ying Feng didn't see Xiao Ling continue speaking, so he looked at Ji Yuan and couldn't help but speak again.
"Looking at your official status, I think you are also a son of an official, so you should have some means. But it is not something you can do to quietly replace a red show from a big show ship. Do you understand what I mean?"
“Haha, Xiao, I don’t understand!”
Xiao Ling sneered and started to play dumb. He took the silver back from under the table, but quietly took out a roll of yellow talisman paper from the secret pocket in his sleeve.
"By the way, sir, you said I owed you five hundred taels of gold. I will pay it back right now. I happen to have a silver note with the full amount."
After Xiao Ling finished saying this, the true energy burst out from both of his hands, and he suddenly overturned the Eight Immortals Table, and then tore open the yellow talisman in his hand.
"Great God Qingfu responds!"
Brush~~
Dazzling red light burst out from Xiao Ling's hands, as if red light snakes were swimming around.
Xiao Ling's next move was to pick up Duan Muwan beside him and whispered "Let's go". He then used his true energy and great strength to rush sideways towards the window.
"Bang~"
After a noise, Xiao Ling, who was holding Duan Muwan, was bounced back by the wooden wall, as if he had hit an iron wall, and his head felt dizzy.
The expected thing that happened was that after the wooden wall was broken, he would run away with the beauty in his arms, which naturally did not happen.
"Go? Where to?"
Xiao Ling shook his still dizzy head, his body seemed a little stiff, and he turned around little by little. Although he was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the situation behind him.
The Eight Immortals Table and the table of wine and food that he overturned were all suspended in the air. The wine was not spilled, the food did not fall, and the cups and plates were not broken. The woman waved her sleeves, and the wine, food, cups, and table returned to their original places, and everything returned to its original state.
Ying Feng was holding a yellow talisman in his hand, which he had taken from Xiao Ling.
There were a bunch of messy lines scribbled on it like a ghost's scribbles. The only special thing was the two words "Qingfu" written on it. There was some obscure magical light flowing on it. After playing with it for a while, he handed it to Ji Yuan with both hands without even touching it.
"Uncle Ji, please look."
Ji Yuan took it and took a look. It was a mess of red lines and he couldn't make any sense of it. The words on it were somewhat similar to laws, but they were also very different.
Although he couldn't understand the talisman, he could still deduce some of its effects through some of the movements of the talisman just now. Moreover, the situation just now was enough to show that Xiao Ling and the others were not innocent mortals who knew nothing.
Looking at the somewhat panicked other party, Ji Yuan unfolded the talisman paper and asked in a low voice.
"Do you know that if three ordinary people were here, they would have been pierced through the heart by thousands of snakes..."
Ji Yuan frowned and looked up at the two people in panic. Although he seemed calm, his voice was like waves and thunder.
"The evil magic is bloodthirsty, and the talisman is nourished with blood. This alone is enough to make the underworld drag your souls to the underworld prison for training. Who gave you such a vicious talisman?"
Ji Yuan's rebuke was so soul-stirring that Xiao Ling and Duan Muwan felt as if they had heard thunder rumbling in the night rain when they were children, with their hearts trembling and their bodies numb.
It was a long time after Ji Yuan's voice fell that Xiao Ling and Duan Muwan finally reacted. After all, Duan Muwan did not have Xiao Ling's psychological quality. She was terrified and argued with a crying voice.
"This is a gift from the gods, not some evil method... We just want to be together, and it's the gods' help that has brought us here, wuwu..."
"What god? Which god? The Great God of Qingfu you just called? Explain clearly!"
Ying Feng couldn't stand this woman's crying.
Xiao Ling patted the frightened Duan Muwan, his face changing from gloomy to bright. The three people in the room didn't know whether it was a monster or a ghost. Anyway, the situation was stronger than the people. He hoped that the identity of the god he brought out could intimidate the other party.
"If you really want to settle accounts, go find the River Goddess of Tongtian River!"
"ah?"
Ying Ruoli felt puzzled.
Xiao Ling looked at her, took a deep breath, and then continued.
"Yes, the one who helped us was Lady Ying from Tongtian River. Two years ago, she saw that Wan'er and I were in love but could not be together. She was deeply moved and showed up to help us. Not only did she cast a spell to replace Wan'er, she also gave us this talisman for self-defense..."
"What did you say!?"
Ying Ruoli couldn't help it and asked in a voice filled with shock and anger. The high-pitched voice startled everyone, including Ji Yuan.
She stared at the two of them for a while, then suddenly sneered.
“Hehehe…”
"I guess that Goddess Jiang must have told you that this talisman must be fed with blood from time to time. Spiritual blood is the best, human blood is the second best, and animal blood is the worst?"
"you… "
"How should I know? Humph, if you teach people to use evil methods to raise the talisman, then in the next ten, ten, and dozens of years, you will become more and more dependent on this talisman, because you can always use it to harm others. But the appetite of this talisman will also grow. If the blood of livestock can't feed it, then human blood will be used. If the number of people is too small, then more people will be killed..."
Ji Yuan had no idea that this talisman was so weird. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he heard Ying Ruoli say it. His eyes had changed when he looked at Xiao Ling again, but the one who was angry now was obviously the real Goddess Jiang.
Ji Yuan and the dragon son and daughter could all see that Xiao Ling was not lying, and that was why Ying Ruoli became even angrier.
"You said that person claimed to be the Goddess of Tongtian River? But you gave her such an evil thing, and you believed her?"
Ying Ruoli now had an imposing aura, and divine power was flowing faintly, which frightened the two mortals so much that their hearts palpitated. Xiao Ling felt his lips and tongue tremble when he used his true energy.
"This, this... When the gods came riding on the waves, they displayed many miraculous means, and I am just a mortal. If not, how can I use it..."
"So you believed it? Even though she gave you such an evil talisman?"
Xiao Ling fell silent, his eyes flickering, which made Ying Ruoli sneer repeatedly.
"It seems that you still have doubts in your heart, but you accepted it happily. I guess she has a condition, and this condition is to raise this talisman, right?"
Ying Feng looked at his sister who was rarely angry, then walked to Ji Yuan and whispered.
"Uncle Ji, Ruoli has never been so angry before... She is more advanced than me... If she loses control, I can rely on you, Uncle Ji..."
Ji Yuan turned to look at him, then at the Dragon Girl, with a subtle expression on his face.
Ying Ruoli obviously heard what her brother said in front of Ji Yuan. She suddenly turned around and glared at him fiercely, then smiled awkwardly at Ji Yuan.
After that, the Dragon Girl finally calmed down and turned to Xiao Ling and Duan Muwan again, with a gleam in her eyes.
"That evil creature said he was the god of Tongtian River, so guess who I am?"
After the Dragon Girl said this, she swung her arms to both sides. The changes on her body disappeared, her face became more and more beautiful, and her clothes also shone.
In a flash, the woman had transformed into the dignified and majestic attire of a river god, with a golden ribbon fluttering between her shoulders and sleeves like waves.
"If you can't guess it, I can give you some hints. My name is Ying Ruoli!"