HCB Chapter 1087: Yun Yisan finds a way to relieve the worries of the Taoist temple
Chapter 1087: Yun Yisan finds a way to relieve the worries of the Taoist temple
Yun Yisan patted Taoist Lingkong on the shoulder and said, "Relax and go and arrange the affairs of the Taoist temple first." Taoist Lingkong nodded hurriedly and turned around to arrange matters.
Yun Yisanren was secretly observing the movements of those factions. He discovered that one of the families, the Zhang family, and another, the Li family, were in a heated dispute over business matters.
In order to compete for business and seize territory, the Li family actually hired bandits to kidnap the second master of the Zhang family who was in charge of the family business.
The kidnappers did not state their purpose explicitly, but they wanted money. They took out 100,000 taels at one time, which meant they wanted to take away the money that the Zhang family had stored.
Silk reeling requires stockpiling of silk, tea requires collecting drinking tea, jewelry stores require stockpiling of gold, silver and gems... Every business requires capital.
Without sufficient capital, the Zhang family will not only be unable to compete with the Li family for business, but may also lose most of their business to the Li family.
The head of the Zhang family was furious and hired people to rescue Mr. Zhang. However, three groups of people went out, but all returned without success and many people were injured.
In order to seek help, the head of the Zhang family took the initiative to come to the Taoist temple with generous gifts and visit Taoist Master Lingkong.
Taoist Lingkong received him in a dignified manner according to Yun Yisanren's instructions.
Patriarch Zhang stated: “I beg the Taoist priest to save my second brother’s life.
Our Zhang family is willing to send a famous carpenter to help build the Taoist temple. If the Taoist priest can help rescue my second brother, the Zhang family will donate 20,000 taels of silver to the Taoist temple. I wonder if the Taoist priest is willing to save my second brother's life?
Taoist Lingkong said, "Mr. Zhang, don't worry. Do you know where the kidnappers are now?"
The Zhang family's head shook his head and said sadly, "The kidnappers only sent a letter through the little beggar and the Zhang family's doorman, and their whereabouts were not exposed."
Taoist Lingkong asked the head of the Zhang family to wait for news.
When the Li family learned of this, they were afraid that the Zhang family and the Taoist temple would join forces to deal with them, so they hurriedly sent people over.
The Li family's external steward came to the Taoist temple. He was ordered by the head of the family to give a thousand taels of silver. He also promised: "Master, our head of the family asked me to promise you that the Li family will send a thousand taels of silver worth of rice, flour, oil and salt to the Taoist temple every year.
Please, Taoist priest, take care of the Li family."
The steward did not mention anything about the Zhang family, nor did he have any other requests. He was just trying to show goodwill.
Of course, any smart person would know that the Li family sent Lingkong the silver so that he wouldn't get involved in the affairs of the Zhang and Li families. Otherwise, the Li family would no longer have the annual tribute of one thousand taels.
Taoist Lingkong took the silver with a smile and reported the situation to Yun Yisanren. "Uncle Master, please give us your instructions. What should we do next?"
Yun Yisanren stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and said, "Neither of these two families can be offended. Go and tell Patriarch Zhang that you will do your best to help and keep them stable first. As for the Li family, tell the external steward that the Taoist temple will definitely remember the Li family's kindness."
Afterwards, Yun Yisanren sent several disciples with intermediate cultivation levels down the mountain to secretly investigate the kidnappers' whereabouts.
They discovered that the kidnappers had hidden Master Zhang in an abandoned mountain temple, which was guarded by many bandits and had also been concealed by evil cultivators.
The purpose of doing this is to prevent ordinary people and fortune tellers from finding out where Mr. Zhang is trapped.
Yun Yisanren thought for a moment and came up with a plan. He found a few clever little beggars, gave them some silver, and told them to say, "There are bandits lurking around these days. Everyone should be on guard against theft."
After the news spread, people were in a panic. Several Taoist priests sneaked into the mountain temple at night, knocked out the guards, and rescued Mr. Zhang.
After they sent Master Zhang back to the Zhang family, the head of the Zhang family was so grateful that he immediately fulfilled his promise. He sent carpenters to help build the Taoist temple and donated 20,000 taels of silver.
When the Li family learned about this, they didn't know who saved Master Zhang Er and thought that the Zhang family had hired a bandit to steal Master Zhang Er away.
They still have to offer offerings to the Taoist temple every year.
Yun Yisanren skillfully resolved the conflict between the two families and also won benefits for the Taoist temple.
The Zhang and Li families no longer oppressed the Taoist temple.