Chapter 1190, Return (encountering a strange village on the way)
Ji Shunyu moved quickly but quietly.
I don't know how he negotiated with the powerful people and merchants, and secretly arrested many people who were taking Yufu ointment, but there was no sound in the city.
The Yufu Ointment Shop that was open privately among the people was also closed down without a sound because Rong's family members were sneaked out one after another after being arrested. Surabaya City seemed to have nothing happened and was still bustling during the day and at night.
It’s also lively.
In just half a month, the people did not know that Sishui City had been turned upside down, and those who knew about it remained silent and pretended that they knew nothing.
Qi Baoer went to Surabaya City in secret, and left Surabaya City in secret half a month later.
However, it was different from when she came. She only went back by herself, with only Twelve and Yuchi with her.
Surabaya City is still calm on the surface, and many things still need to be dealt with, so Ji Shunyu has to stay and help the prefects of Surabaya City.
The three of them wandered leisurely on the national road in the forest.
Needless to say, there are three people. The second piao are Crown Prince Renyin and Qi Dong.
As for Hu Sandao, he still stays in Surabaya City as the king of the underworld in Surabaya City.
At night, the three of them stayed overnight in a ruined temple on a barren mountain.
Not far from the ruined temple, you can see a small village, silent and deserted.
Twelve chopped dry wood and lit a fire in the ruined temple. Yuchi went into the mountain, caught two pheasants and three hares, killed them, spread them with spices and roasted them on the fire.
Qi Baoer stood at the entrance of the ruined temple, facing the direction of the small village, and did not move for a long time. Yuchi even roasted the game in his hand until it was half-cooked, and she still stood like a statue.
Yuchi and Twelve looked at each other, both feeling that something was wrong. The prince/master probably realized that something was wrong again.
Yuchi handed all the game to the twelfth generation and came behind Qi Bao'er. He also followed her and looked towards the village. Naturally, he saw nothing with his mortal eyes, just an unusually quiet and uninhabited person.
The village where you live.
"Your Majesty, is there any problem in that village? Do you want my subordinates to go and investigate?"
Qi Baobao gave him a steady look and said expressionlessly: "If you don't want me to burn paper for you next year today, then just wait and see."
Yuchi was shocked. Is it so serious?
Look again.
Just an ordinary little village?!
"There's a Mao Zong over there. The reason why we're fine here is because the gods are blessing us."
At this moment, Crown Prince Renyin was so curious that he appeared from nowhere and floated over. It looked at the ruined temple that didn't even have a statue of gods with great wonder, "Is there actually a god here?"
Qi Baoer rolled his eyes at it speechlessly, "Others don't know how to sense it, but you are still confused and can't sense it? Although the earth god is already very fragile, it is not impossible."
Every place has its own earth god, but due to certain reasons, the earth gods in some places are strong, while in other places the earth gods are weak, and even have no choice but to sleep.
The strength of the land god determines whether the land in this place is fertile and other important issues related to people's livelihood. To put it simply, the more the people respect the land god, the more respect the land god gets, the stronger it will be, and the more it can feed back to the people.
The more there are; on the contrary, the weaker the land god is or is sleeping, there will naturally be only disadvantages but no benefits for the people.
Crown Prince Renyin understood this. In those years, various disasters were caused by floods or droughts. For this reason, Crown Prince Renyin rebuilt the Earth Temple several times to pray for the blessing of the Earth God.
After careful sensing, Crown Prince Renyin finally sensed a few pitifully weak divine auras in the ruined temple.
"..." This is too weak. He is a small god after all. How can his aura be so weak?
He probably wouldn't be able to deal with a serious ghost.
He didn't see the speechlessness on Crown Prince Renyin's face, but Qi Baoer seemed to know what he was speechless about. He pointed towards the forest to the north of the village and said slowly: "There is a cave there, where Mao Zheng is hiding.
Mao Zhan was seriously injured and must be recuperating there. I guess his injury was caused by the land god here."
Now Yuchi also discovered a problem, "There seems to be no one in the village ahead."
"Well, there are no strangers." The one who replied was Crown Prince Renyin with a cold expression.
It is particularly sensitive to anger and Yin spirits. Even if it is hundreds of meters away, it can still easily tell whether there are living people or Yin spirits there in just one breath.
In today's village, there are many moving things, but no living people.
Qi Bao'er reached the village in just a few breaths, with Crown Prince Renyin following closely behind him, and Yuchi was not too slow due to his strong internal strength.
The two of them floated to the village and walked slowly along the village path.
It was about eight o'clock in the evening. Although it was already night, it was unlikely that all the people in the village had fallen asleep at this time. However, at this moment, not a single house in the village had a candle burning.
Crown Prince Renyin said that no one existed, but occasionally, footsteps could be heard from the left and right rooms.
Under the faint moonlight, let alone, it is really a bit scary.
The three of them didn't wander around the village for long. Although there were occasional footsteps coming from each house, nothing came out.
The two sides maintain a strange balance, as if they don't disturb each other. One side walks around in a circle, and the other side stares at you until you leave.
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But just in case, the superiors still asked him to temporarily suspend the entry fee until it was confirmed that King Lan had left Jingzhou for his territory.
Thinking of this, he glanced above with trembling eyes at the young man who had been silent since he woke him up. Magistrate Yang felt so regretful that he wished he could go back in time to a few days ago.
Hopefully, it's not too late.
But it seemed that God did not hear his prayers. He only heard the young man above him asking with a calm and gentle voice: "Master Yang, I want to represent the ministers in the court who are shouting about the lack of money every day.
Thank you on behalf of the officials who want to enrich themselves but are unable to do so because the national treasury is short of silver."
After saying this, Jun Jinlan blew the water in the cup leisurely but did not drink it. Instead, he put the tea cup back on the table.
Huo Han: "...poof~"
Why does this kid become more and more damaged as he grows up? He can learn from no one.
Magistrate Yang knelt down with a thud and was so frightened that he didn't even dare to breathe.
"Your Majesty makes atonement."
To say how much ability Magistrate Yang has, he really has none.
He took several exams before he was admitted as a scholar, but he still barely passed the exam, let alone the civil servant exam. He didn't even dare to take the exam.
Mei's second uncle was the chief bookkeeper of Changming County, and his son was not a scholar and could not take over his duties. Mei's father used two prosperous shops to make his second uncle give up the position of chief bookkeeper to Yang Jilin.
The magistrate of Changming County was not very lucky. When his family went to visit relatives, they encountered robbers on the road and the whole family did not come back.
Yu State has a vast territory, with dozens of prefectures, hundreds of cities, and the number of counties and villages is even more astonishing.
A minor official such as a county magistrate or county magistrate [head of a township] is appointed by the magistrate or magistrate of the jurisdiction, unless specifically designated by the emperor after the imperial examination.
In this way, there will naturally be more room for movement in the middle.
The Mei family was short of everything except money. As soon as a few large gifts were given to them, Yang Jilin was promoted from the chief bookkeeper to the county magistrate.
It's just that for a local official like him, his fame is not high and he is a scholar. It is impossible for him to be promoted further, so he has always been in the position of county magistrate.