The Black-headed Dog Demon!

A reward of one tael!

Hearing this, the originally lifeless courtyard instantly exploded.

"What? One tael?!"

"Did I hear that right? They're giving one tael of silver just to carry a corpse?!"

"Oh my heavens, I've worked here for a year and haven't saved up a single tael of silver!"

Xu Dadao and Li Hu, standing nearby, were so excited their faces turned red.

In this era where a steamed bun cost only one wen coin, one tael of silver was equal to a thousand wen coins!

For them, laborers who didn't even earn wages for a month and could barely get by, this was a fortune enough to make them risk their lives!

Even Lin Guanhuo raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing the amount.

He knew very well how tempting this sum of money was to ordinary people.

"Quiet! Quiet!"

Seeing the chaos below, Zhao Sihai immediately roared a couple of times, puffed up with borrowed authority, "What kind of behavior is this, making such a racket in front of the officials! If you don't want to go, get out now!"

The courtyard instantly fell silent, but the greed and ecstasy in everyone's eyes couldn't be concealed.

Who would leave?

Only a fool would leave!

Earning one tael of silver by carrying a beast's corpse was simply a windfall from heaven!

At this moment.

"Allow me to introduce you."

Wang Bai said with a somewhat fawning smile.

He pointed to the imposing martial artist beside him and said, "This is a Bronze Badge Walker from the Demon Suppressing Division, Chen Jianxing, Official Chen."

Demon Suppressing Division!

Upon hearing these three words, the laborers in the courtyard, who had been agitated by the one tael of silver, instantly quieted down considerably...

After all, they weren't fools.

They knew in their hearts that the silver from the Demon Suppressing Division was not easy to earn.

In this chaotic world plagued by demons, there existed a special organization: the Demon Suppressing Division.

They specialize in slaying demons and monsters, and their authority is immense.

Although nominally subordinate to the imperial court's yamen, they actually act independently.

Even a local Demon Suppressing Division Commander holds a status equal to, or even surpassing, that of the County Magistrate, the highest official in a county.

"Bronze Badge Walker..."

Lin Guanhuo pondered inwardly.

He had learned that the Walkers of the Demon Suppressing Division were graded by strength.

Even the lowest-ranking Division Servants were martial artists who had achieved a certain rank.

To be awarded a badge, one had to be at least a Fourth Rank expert in the Body Tempering Realm.

In layman's terms, a "Walker" was a high-level enforcer within the Demon Suppressing Division.

Chen Jianxing's gaze was cold, and he ignored the awe of the crowd, simply standing there.

"Um... may I ask, Official Chen."

From the crowd, a slightly bolder Laborer swallowed.

He asked cautiously, "Since you're paying so much silver, what kind of corpse are we guys going to be carrying... exactly?"

Chen Jianxing glanced at him and uttered a few words indifferently: "Black-headed Dog Demon."

As these four words were spoken, the expressions of everyone present instantly changed.

"Black-headed Dog Demon?!"

"Mercy! Is it that thing?"

Everyone's faces turned instantly pale. Even Xu Dadao, who had always wanted to earn money to marry a wife, was having second thoughts.

Clearly, they were not unfamiliar with these four words.

Lin Guanhuo frowned slightly. He had spent three months in the Miscellaneous Room and had heard about this thing.

It was a demon that had been causing a lot of trouble recently. Although not as severe as the Fox Calamity, it had still caused widespread panic.

It was said that this beast had the body of a dog but the head of a human, which was pitch black.

They loved to break into the homes of women whose husbands were away working in the dead of night and commit lewd acts.

Women who were defiled by this creature often conceived monstrous fetuses. After ten months of pregnancy, they would give birth not to a human, but to a Dead Dog Infant with a mouth full of sharp teeth!

A while ago, a woman in the southern part of the city hanged herself. It was said that she did so because she gave birth to a Dog-headed Monster Fetus, which had thrown the entire Blackwater County into a panic.

As soon as it got dark, the young women and married women didn't dare to go out at all.

"Official Chen..."

The laborer who asked the question's voice trembled, "I heard that thing... is dozens of feet tall and weighs thousands of pounds. Our dozen or so people probably can't lift it..."

"Yes, sir, that's a demon, and getting its demonic energy on you will rot your flesh..."

"I'm not going! I don't want this money anymore!"

Fear spread among the crowd.

They had all personally witnessed Zhou Kai from the Miscellaneous Room Courtyard being corroded into a pile of white bones by demonic energy in front of everyone before.

Money is good, but you need to be alive to enjoy it, right?

"No need to panic."

Chen Jianxing waved his hand, his face full of pride, "This beast was chased by me to a ruined temple on South Mountain three days ago, and its head was severed. It's been bleeding for three days, and now it has no demonic energy."

"You people just need to carry it down the mountain. The rest will be handled by us from the Demon Suppressing Division."

Even so.

The people present still looked at each other.

Soon, four or five laborers backed out.

One of the laborers, about thirty years old.

Nicknamed 'Six-Fingered', he spoke first, "That place on South Mountain is very evil. There was a demon calamity there before, and many people died! The yin energy is extremely heavy! Official Chen, I still have an old mother to support at home, so I won't go!"

Hearing Six-Fingered's words.

Several other laborers stepped forward, "I'm not going either..."

"Yeah, I'm leaving too."

Then those laborers walked out of the line, preparing to leave.

"Since you're afraid of death, then go back."

Chen Jianxing's voice was very calm, "The Demon Suppressing Division never forces anyone. The door is over there."

"If you guys don't do it, there are plenty of others who will."

If you guys don't do it, there are plenty of others who will!

Lin Guanhuo's expression was blank. He just felt that this sentence was too familiar, too classic.

The laborers who had retreated bowed with clasped fists and turned to walk out of the courtyard.

However.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Their pace grew slower and slower.

That was one tael of silver!

It could be exchanged for several catties of meat, several pots of good wine!

This money could even be used to find a beautiful younger sister in Qiushui Alley and have a wild night!

"This..."

"Brother Six, why don't you... give it a try? It's just carrying a corpse anyway, it's not like you haven't done this before..." one of the laborers who had initially refused to do it regretted it.

The steps of the others had clearly slowed down as well.

Clearly, the temptation of one tael of silver was too great.

"Damn it!"

Just then, one of them turned back: "Sir! I'm not leaving! I'll do it!"

This scene stunned everyone.

The other laborers who had already walked out froze on the spot.

After hesitating for a moment, they gritted their teeth and ran back one by one: "Sir! I'll do it too! I'll do it too!"

Six-Fingered, who had been clamoring to leave, gritted his teeth and stopped: "Eight hundred wen! I'll do it if you give me eight hundred wen!"

"Six hundred wen for me! Sir, I only need six hundred wen! I'm strong, let me go!"

"Five hundred wen is fine too! As long as I get a meal, I'll carry anything!"

Seeing this, Lin Guanhuo was speechless.

What was this... a competition?

This was a chaotic world, where lives were cheap!

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