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When Taoist Zhengyang returned to the courtyard, his body was covered with snow. A man opened the door and picked him up, hurriedly helped him take off his cloak and hat, and remove the snow on it.

"Song Gang, are you ready all the things you ordered to prepare?"

The man respectfully replied: "It's already done, it's all in the backyard."

“It’s done well.”

The Taoist priest praised him lightly.

The man was overjoyed. He was an eyewitness in the Eagle Feather Camp under the Yuan family and was arranged to work in the capital for a long time. It was not easy to make nails at the foot of the emperor. If you were not careful, your head would fall to the ground. What he most hoped was to serve Taoist Zhengyang and be able to transfer back to Yangzhou after making contributions.

Master Zhengyang walked through the front hall, entered the backyard, lifted up a large bag there, and turned into the side yard.

There are several clusters of bamboo planted in this small yard and more than ten piles of stones. It looks a bit messy, but in fact it is arranged as a formation inside. Those who don’t understand the path will fall into it and cannot even turn it out until they die.

Taoist Zhengyang was strolling in the garden, turning around, and suddenly he saw a sudden enlightenment. He had already arrived in a pavilion. There were stone tables in the pavilion and futons were laid.

He stood in front of the stone desk, opened the big bag, and took out the things one by one.

These things are fragmented and weird, including black dog blood, black glutinous rice, a pig's head, a bottle of yellow liquid, and seven or eight kinds of things that are difficult to name.

Many things are placed on stone tables, obviously following certain orders, and are not randomly placed.

One by one, Taoist Zhengyang took out three long nails between his sleeves. Each one was more than four inches long. It was dark and cold at the tip. After the nails, he took out a human-shaped puppet, wearing a special small dress, and his face was lifelike, just like Chen Sanlang.

Finally, what he took out was a talisman and a peach wood sword.

The talisman is one foot long and is painted on a piece of leather. The leather is yellow and it turns out to be human skin.

After finishing all this, he opened his mouth and blew it up.

laugh!

The three sandalwoods inserted in the incense burner on the stone table spontaneously ignited without fire, emitting a faint smoke that could not be dispersed.

The Taoist priest sat cross-legged on the cushion and murmured something, but he was vague and could not tell.

From today on, he will no longer leave, but will always sit here and wait.

Wait for the best day to use the secret technique!

That day, I won't wait too long.

...

In February, there is still snow in Chang'an in the north; in Jingxian in the south, the spring breeze blows the earth, and the mountains and rivers have been green.

In the beginning of spring, there is a great time for farming. The wilderness is busy.

Large areas of paddy fields in the Heshen Temple area began to overturn soil and pour water. More than ten strong oxen were under the control of people. They mooed and pulled the plows to work.

These oxen were purchased at a high price under the leadership of Zhou Hezhi, with more mothers and fewer males. In this way, they can give birth to calves through mating.

In agricultural society, plowing oxen is very expensive. In some cases, slaughtering plowing oxen is even a crime and will be arrested and jailed.

Zhou Hezhi spent a lot of effort to buy these cows.

Now, he stood on the slope and looked at the busy farming scene, and couldn't help but smile: all kinds of matters have gradually gotten on the right track and are thriving. When Chen Sanlang returns from the capital, he, Old Zhou, will be considered a mission.

Suddenly, I looked at the mountains and forests behind me and saw a Taoist temple rising from the ground, which was very conspicuous.

"Xiaoyao Temple!"

This is a Taoist temple built according to the requirements of Xiaoyao Fudao.

The Taoist priest asked for a lot of questions and pointed at it. According to the design blueprint, Zhou Hezhi calculated it and found that the cost was very high. At that time, he was secretly complaining and felt a headache. The money and food were already stretched and it was not enough. If he used this amount of silver to build a Taoist temple, then several other matters would have to stop and he had no money to do it.

Zhou Hezhi carefully discussed with Xiaoyao Fudao and asked if the scale of Taoist temples could be reduced. The Taoist priest glanced at him and threw out a bag of gold and silver. He said with great eloquence: "The scholar gave the local Taoist construction Taoist temples, but I don't want to spend his money anymore. I owe such a huge favor. I will meet him in the future and cannot raise my head and be difficult to talk."

Seeing the gold and silver, Old Zhou smiled and raised his thumbs up: "The immortal grows tall and righteous."

It was rich and easy to do business. After hiring more than ten workers, the Taoist temple was built in a month, and various home furnishings were added to the statues of gods. It was officially opened and accepted incense from the people. It was still very prosperous.

Seeing this, the second general of the Heshen Temple looked at him and couldn't help but complain to Ao Qingmei. Xiaolongnu scolded: "The young master's arrangements make sense. It's not your turn to be a quarrel, just be content with your own mind."

The two demon generals had no choice but to return to the bottom of the river in disappointment.

The matter of ploughing and sowing is of great importance. Chen Wang also brought Uncle Xiao Cuihua to inspect. Seeing that the farmers were well organized and motivated, he was happy. Chen Sanlang had already said that when the farm was built at the foot of the mountain, the whole family would move into it.

At dusk, Chen Wang took Xiao Cui back to the county town.

Get it!

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves, and several horses arrived. The knight raised his hand and showed a token. The soldiers guarding the city gate saw it and stood up solemnly and let them ride in.

Chen Wangshi and Xiao Cui let aside, and the woman said, "Who are these people? Why are they so domineering?"

Xiao Cui said: "Madam, maybe it's someone from the Mansion City."

Chen Wang said "Oh" and ignored it.

But the team came straight outside the yamen, turned over and dismounted, tied the horse outside, and stepped into the yamen. An official wanted to come up to ask, but when he saw the token held in the other party, he immediately stopped talking.

Soon, the team came to the front of Lord Zunlu, Jingxian County.

Lord Lu had already received the news in advance, and now he came to greet him with a decent attitude.

The leader of the team was a stout man with a scar on his cheek on his left, which was quite ferocious. He gave a brief greeting and handed over a secret letter: "Mr. Lu, this is a letter from the young master, please be careful."

Lord Lu took it, opened it apart, slowly looking, and a strange look appeared on his face: Young Master, you are indeed going to attack Chen Sanlang's family... This letter was just a greeting, and it was not necessary for the yamen to take action, so as not to show off and cause controversy. Someone else who took action made the yamen pretend to be deaf and dumb...

After reading the letter, he returned the letter to the thick scar man and bowed, "Young Master, I understand what the emperor means, but please rest assured."

The scar man nodded and suddenly asked, "There is another thing that was instructed by the young master and is quite important. Have you ever found a red carp in Jingxian?"

"Red carp?"

Lord Lu was stunned and didn't understand why. He looked up and saw the scar man's eyes bright. He was inexplicably panicked and had to answer vaguely: "As far as the Xiaguan knows, there are some red carp in the water of the Jing River... I wonder what the young master is looking for red carp?"

The scar man's eyes flashed with disappointment: "Don't ask, don't ask. Anyway, if you find a strange red carp, you must report it to the young master."

"clear."

Lord Lu didn't dare to ask too much, but just muttered to himself: What is a weird red carp? There is no standard for measuring and judgment.

After saying that, the scar man led his men to leave.

Lord Lu originally wanted to ask where they were going and where they lived, but he swallowed it back: If you shouldn't ask, don't ask, the disaster will come out.

Watching the people walk out of the yamen, Lord Lu sighed and suddenly asked a confidant subordinate next to him: "Ajiu, what day is today?"

Na Ajiu replied: "Sir, today is February 12th."

"February 12?"

Lord Lu muttered and whispered: "Then today is the day when the second exam will start."

Ajiu was puzzled, not understanding why the adults suddenly went to the imperial examination. The imperial examination was held in Chang'an, the capital, and it was completely different from the world. Could it be that the adults remembered his experience in the imperial examination before? As far as he knew, this adults were not from a Jinshi, but a juren. He was completely in the Tongyuan family and became the emperor of Jingxian County.

In other words, the Yuan family needed such a county master to come to Jingxian to preside over the leadership, so they found Lord Lu.

Don't ask what you shouldn't ask.

Ajiu implemented this official rule well, standing silently on the side, like a puppet. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!