Chapter 116: Hit Him Hard

Mrs. Meng half-closed her eyes and watched Fan Tong carefully place the five taels of silver at her feet. She was so angry that she wanted to kick him.

After all, he is a wealthy man in Qingshui Town, but he is so stingy. But there is no need to worry, she has plenty of ways to make him pay the money.

She continued to close her eyes and kept mumbling.

Sometimes he jumped up and down, sometimes he talked nonsense.

Sometimes he shook his head, sometimes he stamped his feet.

After a while, she suddenly opened her eyes and threatened with a serious expression.

"Master Fan, the evil spirit in your house is too resentful and its magical power far exceeds mine. It is difficult for me to subdue it alone. Now it has been completely enraged. If I want to subdue it, I must ask Taishang Laojun for help."

Mr. Fan was completely frightened, with cold sweat dripping down his forehead. What if his family was really destroyed by the evil spirit, who would be left with this huge fortune?

Thinking of this, he bowed quickly and said, "Master Meng, as long as I can subdue this evil ghost, you can do whatever you need me to do."

Mrs. Fan's face was pale, and she echoed, "That's right, that's right, our family is not short of money."

Mistress Meng was delighted, but she pretended to be calm. "It's not easy to ask the Jade Emperor for help. The money for the offerings, the incense, plus the loss of my mana, will cost at least fifty taels of silver."

Chen Qingqing raised her eyebrows and looked at Master Meng who was making trouble. She asked for fifty taels at the beginning. She was really good at extorting money. She was even more black-hearted than her.

But people have their own ways, and thieves have their own ways. They all want to make a living, and she has no intention of exposing her.

Fan Tong looked embarrassed. Although this was a serious matter, he still felt a pang of pain in his heart when he had to pay out money.

But when he thought about the evil spirits disturbing his home, he could only nod his head cruelly.

"Okay, fifty taels is fifty taels. As long as you can subdue the evil spirit, everything will be up to you."

Only then did Master Meng show a satisfied look. She then picked up the peach wood sword and began to play tricks again, shouting loudly,

"Heaven and earth, please help me, Taishang Laojun, please show yourself..."

After a while, she paused and breathed a sigh of relief. "Master Fan, the Jade Emperor has agreed to help, but he needs me to go to the mass grave at the east end of the town at midnight tonight to help him liberate the wandering ghosts there. So I have to add another twenty taels of silver."

For the sake of peace in his family, Fan Tong gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, twenty taels is twenty taels."

Master Meng was delighted and picked up the peach wood sword and started slashing around.

She felt it was almost done, so she stood still, calmed her breath, and said, "Master Fan, the evil spirit has been subdued and will not harass you again."

"Okay, that's great. Thank you, Master Meng."

Fan Tong breathed a sigh of relief, secretly happy in his heart. Although he spent a hundred or so taels of silver, he felt it was worth it.

After all, distributing porridge costs more than one hundred taels a day, which is much more expensive than this.

Now that the evil spirit has been subdued, there is no need to do good deeds anymore.

But to be on the safe side, he still asked, "Master Meng, now that the evil spirit has been subdued, there will be no more strange things happening in our family, right?"

"Master Fan, don't worry. I have already sent that evil ghost to the Eighteenth Level of Hell, where he will never be reincarnated. He won't have the chance to come out and harm anyone again."

"Meng Zhao, what you mean, does that mean I don't need to make porridge and do good deeds anymore?"

After hearing what Fan Tong said, Chen Qingqing raised her eyelids slightly, "Fan Tong, ah Fan Tong, you really won't cry until you see the coffin,

Even though he's in such a bad shape, he's still so stingy and wants to save money.

She looked at Master Meng coldly. As long as she still had a little kindness in her heart, she would not stop the porridge distribution.

In this way, she would not argue with her, and would not let her take less than a penny of the silver she cheated.

But if she dares to talk nonsense and mislead Fan Tong, so that the porridge distribution cannot continue, then don't blame her for being rude.

At this time, Master Meng was thinking in her heart that giving out porridge to do good deeds was certainly a good thing, but even if the Fan family gave out porridge for a month, she would not be able to pocket the money. It would be better to take this opportunity to make a big profit from the Fan family.

Having made up her mind, she pursed her lips, squinted her eyes and smiled.

"Master Fan, rest assured. The evil spirit has been exorcised. There's no need to distribute porridge anymore. It's laborious and costly, and thankless. It would be better to use the money you save to buy a talisman to stick on your front door. It will ensure the safety and well-being of the Fan family."

Fan Tong's eyes lit up with joy, "What the witch said is absolutely right, then I will ask for a magic talisman.

"I wonder how much this talisman costs?"

"My magic talismans can ward off evil and protect your home. I won't talk about the price. Just give it to me, Mr. Fan." Master Meng looked like I wasn't greedy for money.

Fan Tong raised his hand and scratched the back of his head. The money in the family was saved bit by bit by him, and it didn't come from the wind. But how much should he give her?

He was reluctant to give too much, but was afraid that if he gave too little it would not work. He was suddenly in a dilemma.

Mrs. Meng narrowed her eyes and glanced at Fan Tongyi. Seeing that his face was full of calculation, she knew that he would not be generous. Without waiting for him to express his opinion, she smiled and reminded him,

"Sincerity is key to success. The more money you give, the more sincere your heart is. The more the talisman can protect your family. If Master Fan doesn't know how much to reward you, then give less. Fifty taels of silver will be enough as a token of appreciation."

Mrs. Fan was already frightened, but she understood the principle of spending money to buy peace.

She made the final decision, "Master, as long as our family doesn't get into trouble with those evil things, fifty taels of silver is worth it!"

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Madam." Fan Tong agreed and took out a fifty-liang silver note from his pocket and handed it to Master Meng. "This is a small gift from me. Please give me a magic talisman."

Mrs. Meng looked at the banknotes in front of her, her eyes widened, her heart pounding with excitement.

There are fools every year, but this year there are especially many. I was lucky enough to catch a rich man.

I made a fortune today. With this money, I won’t have to worry about food and drink in the future!

"Okay, I'll draw a talisman for you right now."

Seeing that they disregarded the lives of the victims, Chen Qingqing's eyes darkened.

She is so greedy, but you can't blame her. She won't let Master Meng take a penny of the silver today.

Having made up his mind, Chen Qingqing said solemnly, "Master Fan, do you really believe this witch's lies and believe that the evil spirit of the Fan family has been subdued?"

"Miss Chen, what do you mean? Is the evil spirit that is doing evil in my house still there?" Fan Tong looked around in horror, feeling the fear that he had just suppressed sweeping over his body again.

Master Meng's face darkened. "Miss Chen, are you questioning me?"

"I'm not questioning it, but the evil spirit is still there. Can't you see it?"

Chen Qingqing stared at her intently, and made up her mind. Since Master Meng was using tricks to cheat people out of money, then she would also have to use tricks to break the situation...