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At this moment, Li Zheng had already completed his mission. Zhang Long gave him a silver ingot as a token of gratitude. He took the silver and left with a smile.

The few of them followed the old woman into the yard. Zhao Hu also took the horse out of the carriage and led his and Zhang Long's mounts to the barn in the backyard, then went inside to meet up with Luo Lingwei and the others.

At this time, Luo Lingwei and the rest were sitting in the courtyard, chatting and laughing with this old woman.

”Old man, sorry for bothering you tonight.” As Luo Lingwei spoke, she took out two pieces of silver and placed it in the old woman's hand. Judging from its weight, it should be around forty silver.

The old woman was slightly terrified as she understood in her heart that a person who could casually take out 40 silver coins as a reward was surely no ordinary person.

”This customer, if you put it this way, it's me, the old lady, who has been duped.” The old woman chuckled. After hesitating for a moment, she kept the silver.

”Esteemed guests, you haven't eaten yet, right? This old man will go prepare some food. The farmhouse doesn't have any good food, so please forgive me.” As he spoke, he got up to prepare some food.

”Old man, no need to trouble yourself. We have dry rations with us. We are only staying for the night. We will leave tomorrow.” Luo Lingwei smiled at the old man.

When this old woman saw Luo Lingwei give her 40 taels of silver, she thought it was to use the 40 taels of silver to buy some delicious food. Luo Lingwei, on the other hand, saw that this old woman was alone and living a very difficult life. That was why she felt sorry for her and wanted to help her.

”Little Qing, prepare a bed for us to rest in a while. Zhang Long, take a look and see if there are any broken doors in this old man's yard. Help her recuperate.” Luo Lingwei instructed them.

When the old man saw Luo Lingwei helping her, he was both surprised and happy. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

”Oh god, I've met a living Bodhisattva today.” The old woman looked at Luo Lingwei, tears welling up in her eyes.

Upon hearing this, Luo Lingwei suddenly remembered what this old woman had said earlier when she came to look for shelter.

”Old man, may I ask what do you mean by 'smelly, bald donkey'?” Luo Lingwei asked.

”My lord, everyone in the village calls me Aunt Wang, stop calling me an old man.” Aunt Wang said, ”This matter is like this.”

It turned out that a few dozens of years ago, a few monks came from a mountain not far from the village and built a 'Enlightening Mind Temple' to cultivate. The founder of the mountain was kind and compassionate, often coming down to lecture the people on how to cure diseases. Therefore, over the years, the people of this place had already held this Enlightening Mind Temple in high esteem. But with the transformation of several generations of monks, the monks on the mountain also gradually had evil thoughts. They first coaxed the villagers to use their own crops as incense, and then they kidnapped and deceived the local people.

However, the Enlightening Mind Temple was deeply ingrained in the hearts of the local people. In the eyes of the villagers, the order of the monks far surpassed the words of the officials. Aunt Wang and her family were originally pious and virtuous people of the Enlightening Mind Temple. However, after her son got sick, Aunt Wang went to the Enlightenment Heart Temple to ask for a cure. This monk only asked her to burn incense and pray, but didn't go treat her son. In the end, Aunt Wang's son fell ill and died.

After his son's death, his daughter-in-law also had an affair with a monk in the temple. In the end, she secretly ran away with the monk.