Chapter 679: The Sigong Family Head's Ambition, Disappointed Kaguya (4/7, please subscribe)

Zhang Taixuan: "Right, Zhao Kuangyin, don't build too many Daoist temples over there — it would be a drain on the people. Actually, as long as one chants the divine mantra, it works; whether there's a temple or not doesn't matter."

Zhao Kuangyin: "Dao Lord, rest assured, I'll keep an eye on it. Still, we can't let down the common folk's enthusiasm. When we were building Daoist temples in Bianliang City, we wouldn't even let them donate money, and those soldiers got anxious!"

Su Xiao: "Goodness, that eager?"

Hu Yifei: "Don't talk about ancient times — even in the modern day, if chanting a spell could make you stronger, the incense money at a Daoist temple would be more than you could ever imagine."

Zhang Taixuan: "Fine, as long as it doesn't affect people's livelihoods, then it doesn't matter."

Sigong Kaguya: "Something big just happened. Luckily the Dao Lord's divine statue was there, otherwise the Sigong family would already be gone."

Xiaomai: "Curious!"

Chofu Tian Aieru: "Watching!"

Su Xiao: "What happened? Could it be that an urban legend came knocking?"

Sigong Kaguya: "Pretty much, but it wasn't an urban legend that came knocking on its own — it was an onmyoji who came knocking. He had a fairly powerful shikigami under him, and the things set up at home were simply no match."

Sigong Kaguya: "Luckily, at the most critical moment, the Dao Lord statue I enshrined manifested its power and in one stroke blasted that person's shikigami into ashes."

Su Xiao: "Goodness, the Sigong family is that powerful, yet someone actually dared to come knocking?"

Sigong Kaguya: "The Sigong family is only a bit rich. In the eyes of the supernatural, having lots of money probably holds no deterrent at all — on the contrary, it's quite tempting, isn't it."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Lots of money — isn't that just a piece of fat meat?"

Su Xiao: "Speaking of that, it reminds me of Great Ming's richest man, Shen Wansan. Tragic, truly tragic!"

Lin Fengjiao: "Tragic? No, he overstepped far too much. He actually dared to reward the entire army — is that something a merchant should be doing?"

Zhang Sanfeng: "Today he dares to reward the entire army, tomorrow what else might he want to do — now that really doesn't bear thinking about."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "No, haven't you all got something mixed up? Me harming Shen Wansan is pure fabrication!"

Hu Yifei: "It isn't? I remember the folk tales are very widespread."

Zhu Youjian: "Indeed there isn't. Shen Wansan's case happened in the sixth year of Hongwu, and by then Shen Wansan had already been dead for seventeen years! It simply can't be pinned on the ancestor!"