There is wind and thunder in summer and snow in winter.
The sun and the moon turn around.
A few months passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the twelfth lunar month of winter.
It snowed lightly last night.
The vast expanse of white this morning seems to be covered in silver, which is particularly beautiful.
"Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest."
Early in the morning.
Zhang Heng stood on Tiger Mountain.
From a high position, he looked at the mountain villages below: "It seems that there have been a lot less disasters in the past two years."
"It's reduced a lot."
aside.
Tang Jian followed, and he said belatedly: "Could it be that the Li Emperor suppressed the will of God, and the sky was powerless, so there were fewer disasters?"
"What do you think?" Zhang Heng said with a smile: "If God's will is so easy to suppress, it won't be Emperor Li's turn to do it. Someone has already done it."
Finished.
Zhang Heng remained silent for a while: "The calm before the storm."
Tang Jian did not ask any further questions.
With the help of Tianlu, he fortunately entered the realm of earthly immortals. He is considered to be the number one person in the world, but he is definitely not the top, and is at most second-rate.
Neither Emperor Li nor God's will was too far away from him.
"Temple Blessing Lord."
Tang Jian no longer thought about this problem, but said instead: "It's almost Laba. Do you think this year will be the same as in previous years, gathering the little demons below to have a big pot of rice?"
"Laba!"
Zhang Heng was a little lost.
Laba Festival.
Also called the Enlightenment Festival.
According to legend, the Buddha Sakyamuni became enlightened under the bodhi tree on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
There is a Buddhist and Taoist heritage in Dali Realm.
Naturally, he also respected Sakyamuni, so he had this festival every time he came and went.
nowadays.
Buddhism and Taoism have been banned by the court, but the festival is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In previous years.
On the Laba Festival, large pots will be set up in temples.
Externally, we provide porridge to various villages and towns.
Internally, the demons from the Hushan Domain were summoned, they had a lively meal, and the little demons below were given a beating ceremony.
"Just as usual."
Zhang Heng thought for a while.
The demons in the Hushan Domain, or the demons in the world.
In fact, life is not easy.
To give the simplest example, there are three thousand state capitals, each of which has a demon god like the God of Hushan or the Great Immortal of Nacai who governs them.
Ordinary little monster.
Living under the rule of a big demon, I accept punishment and have never seen the word "free".
When we arrived at the gate of Beihou Mansion, the bull demons who were responsible for guarding the gate were already considered a large group in the Hushan Domain.
But their main income comes from plowing in the spring and planting in autumn, when they go down the mountain to plow the fields for the people in exchange for some rice and flour.
There are also monsters like those that eat people and harm one party at a time.
But it won't last long. Just like a gangster, shoot him and change the place, otherwise he will fall in sooner or later.
Ordinary demon clan.
Ordinary ethnic group.
In fact, it is similar to human beings. Dozens or hundreds of households gather together and turn into a demon village, working at sunrise and resting at sundown.
Talk about monsters.
Tao monster.
People are afraid of monsters.
Demons are actually more afraid of people.
If you don't obey, the humans will take you away.
This is a common saying used by parents in many demon villages to coax their children.
"Fourth!"
This way.
Zhang Heng was looking at the snow.
there.
Brother Zhang came down from the mountain happily wearing a white ferret fur coat.
"Second brother looked happy. Did he encounter something happy?"
Zhang Heng joked.
"What a joy."
Brother Zhang did not deny it, but explained: "Didn't King Shun conquer Shun Prefecture and become prosperous? I don't know who told him about my martial arts. No, King Shun planned to recommend me."
Isn't this a great joy for the county captain?"
"King Shun?"
Zhang Heng looked strange.
A few months ago, King Shun was killed by him and his body was thrown to Brother Zhang.
The current King Shun is originally the art of occupying a magpie's nest by Brother Zhang with the help of Taoist disciples.
"The head catcher is just an official, but the county lieutenant is an official."
The second brother Zhang was so beautiful: "This step is a big difference. From now on, I will be the deputy of the county magistrate, responsible for taking care of the general affairs and the chief security officer of the magistrates."
Zhang Heng smiled.
Since the eldest brother did not tell him the truth and reveal his identity, Zhang Heng would not take the initiative to expose him. He only said: "Then do your best. Now that you have just completed your martial arts and have entered the realm of a master, you can be considered a county captain.
"
"hey-hey..."
Brother Zhang thought the same thing, but he still felt that it was not very safe, so he added: "Fourth brother, please get me some more elixirs. I want to improve my cultivation level. I don't have enough masters.
Just be a master."
"Elixir!"
Brother Zhang's qualifications are average.
His current status as a master was all due to the martial arts pills given to him by Zhang Heng.
Just this time.
Zhang Heng thought for a while but shook his head and said: "It doesn't require any effort on my part. If you turn around, there will be a reward from King Shun. Not to mention the Grand Master, even the Martial Saint will have his needs."
After the dove takes over the magpie's nest.
The Taoist sect settled in this state in the name of King Shun.
same.
The eldest brother is also benefiting from the situation, and is ready to take the opportunity to help some of his own people come up.
The second brother doesn't know the secret behind this.
Zhang Heng knew it.
Tiandao Sect will basically cover all the training resources that Brother Zhang will need in the future.
Because in the eyes of the Tiandao Sect, Brother Zhang is the key to the Dao Sect's control of Shunzhou, and he, the second son of the Zhang family, is naturally labeled as the Tiandao Sect, and is regarded as a family member of the Tiandao Sect, half a chess piece.
Zhang Heng even guessed that Tiandao Sect might have included him.
The Hushan Demon Soldier under his command is probably a heavy piece on the Shunzhou chessboard.
more than this.
His existence will also bring more voice to Brother Zhang.
Because King Shun + Hushan Demon Soldier = Great Righteousness + Military Power.
Coupled with the Taoist sect itself, not to mention fully controlling Shunzhou, given time, it is not difficult to control more than half of it.
"How is Lu Sheng?"
Zhang Heng changed the topic.
"Lu Sheng!"
Brother Zhang was overjoyed: "You have found a treasure for me. Whatever I teach her, she can read it once and master it. It has only been a few months and she has already completed skin training and become a warrior in the bone training realm." Yes, you always said that my talent was average before, but I still didn’t believe it, and I can’t even believe it now.”
"Bone training realm?"
Zhang Heng was also surprised.
Exercise the muscles, bones and skin externally, and practice one breath internally.
For ordinary martial artists, it would take at least five years to practice skin training before they could reach the level of skin training and enter the realm of bone training.
Lu Sheng only has five months. You have to remember that she is only nine years old. At this rate, she will become a martial artist in one year and a grandmaster in five years. Doesn't she have to become a martial saint before she is twenty years old?
"You don't know, this little girl's physique is really exaggerated."
"Every day I eat about a meter of rice, I eat ten pounds of meat, let's just talk about those tonics. I don't dare to take more, but she doesn't refuse anyone who comes. I take whatever supplements I want."
"The day before yesterday, when I came home, she was chewing ginseng like a rabbit chewing carrots."
Brother Zhang also scratched his head a little: "I suspect that she has a special physique, and I also suspect that in a few years, I will be overwhelmed by her."
"Special physique!"
Zhang Heng was thoughtful.
At present, God's will is recurring and monsters are rampant. This is the characteristic of a world of great strife.
after all.
Emperor Li wanted to suppress Heaven's will.
When God resists, he will naturally produce some unreasonable monsters to break the old concepts and make people use weapons in the world.
There is such a thing as Lu Sheng.
Maybe not one or two, but many.
It's okay to be born into an ordinary family.
Born into a noble family, or into a Buddhist or Taoist family.
There was a monster in the family who was born eloquent, capable of martial arts at the age of three, and became a martial arts master at the age of ten.
You are the leader of a clan, or a giant of a fairy clan.
What do you think?
...
Talk about Emperor Li.
Bullshit Lihuang.
My son also has the qualities of a great emperor.
Under the impatience of people's hearts.
How many people will be called emperors and how many will be called kings in the future is yet to be known.
"Fourth..."
Zhang Heng said nothing.
The second brother struggled for a while and said cruelly: "With Lu Sheng's qualifications, it would be a pity to have me as your teacher. Why don't you let her come back to worship you? Maybe it will be a help in the future."
Zhang Hengduo glanced at his second brother.
Although his second brother is not very smart, he has a good heart.
Unfortunately.
Zhang Heng is a lonely man. It is enough to raise a little tiger. What would he do with raising another one?
Talk about genius.
There are so many geniuses in the world.
Each one has great opportunities and great secrets. If you collect one a day, you will not be able to collect them all in ten thousand years. These things are like mushrooms after a rain. Thinking about them makes me feel tired, and I have no idea of recruiting disciples.
"Pity."
Seeing that Zhang Heng disagreed.
The second brother left with a look of regret.
Look at that look on him.
Perhaps the good news for coming this time was false, and he came more for Lu Sheng.
"Before, I thought that my second brother had an out-of-touch personality and would be difficult to serve as a teacher."
"Looking at it now, who can say that he is not a good master?"
Watching the second brother's back.
Zhang Heng murmured: "This girl Lu Sheng must have some tricks up her sleeve. She almost makes my second brother, who is in his thirties and has no wife, regard her as his own son."
Think of this.
Zhang Heng shook his head, took a step forward, and headed towards the Prince's Mansion.
"who?"
Inside Prince Shun's Mansion.
Zhang Buxiu is practicing Qi in the pavilion.
Hearing the footsteps, he raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of surprise.
"Brother, it's me."
Zhang Heng reveals himself from behind the rockery.
"Fourth brother, why are you here?"
Zhang Buxiu looked around, wanting to say something.
"No need to look anymore."
"I have a flying immortal body, and ordinary restrictions cannot stop me. In addition, the three guarding true immortals in your house are too poor in cultivation. If I don't want to, they won't be able to see me when I walk in front of them."
Zhang Heng knew what his elder brother wanted to ask and explained it in advance.
heard something like this.
Zhang Buxiu was a little amazed, but also felt very scary: "Fourth, fortunately you are not a killer. Your physique is very suitable for being a killer. Who can withstand a sudden attack when you are wandering in the dark?"
Zhang Heng was speechless.
His flying immortal body is very famous in heaven.
Only descendants of Zhuang Zhou lineage can cultivate the Flying Immortal Body, because the Flying Immortal Body has another name, also known as the Xiaoyao Body.
Also a killer.
Anyone who knows anything can tell his origins at a glance, and it is not easy to find him.
certainly.
In the lower world, people can be deceived and deceived, and they can be fooled even if they don't meet someone who knows how to do it.
Just looked back.
Once the matter is exposed, it is not something that can be easily muddled through.
"I've mispoken?"
I saw Zhang Heng had a strange expression.
Zhang Buxiu said with a smile: "I am a practical person. If I had your physique, I would definitely establish a killer sect and then carry forward the celestial body. There will be hundreds of flying immortal killers under my sect who ignore the forbidden magic circle. Think about it, there is a lot to be done.
"
"Nonsense." Zhang Heng shook his head after hearing this: "Instead of thinking about this, it's better to think about your own affairs."
"Who said I didn't think about it?"
Zhang Buxiu lowered his voice: "Soon, our sect will make great efforts to replace the magistrate of Dachang Prefecture with our people. This is just the beginning. The heads of various prefectures and counties in Shunzhou can win over
Win over, and replace those who can't win over, Shunzhou will be ours sooner or later."
Zhang Heng hesitated: "Is the move too big?"
"It's okay. With the name of Prince Shun, it should be able to confuse things." Zhang Buxiu analyzed: "After all, I am now the vassal king of Shunzhou, managing my own three-acre land, and I want to have some plans.
Not very normal.”
Zhang Heng looked him up and down.
King Shun died, and his skin was peeled off and made into a human skin robe.
Now Brother Zhang is wearing a human skin robe and using secret techniques to transform into King Shun. No matter in breath or demeanor, he is no different from the real King Shun.
In addition, King Shun’s previous presence was not high.
There is no one particularly close to me.
expect.
As long as it is not a confrontation with gongs or drums, identity verification.
Most people can't tell that his identity is fake.
"No need to look."
"I've even adjusted my bone shape. Even if the princes see me face to face, they won't be able to tell that I'm a fake. Immortals still have this ability."
Zhang Buxiu said this, and then said: "Fourth child, you are here because of the second child's matter, right?"
Nod first.
He shook his head again.
Yes or no, Zhang Heng said: "I found a young apprentice for my second brother, named Lu Sheng. Her qualifications are very exaggerated, as if she was born to achieve something. From her, I suspect that she may not be alone.
For example, you can use the power of Tiandao Sect to check privately whether there have been many exaggerated geniuses in the past ten years."
"ten years?"
Hearing this word, Zhang Buxiu was a little unsure: "Ten years ago, the earth burst into fire, the sky cracked, and dew flowed out, creating all directions. These two things have some echoes."
Zhang Heng thought for a while: "I think Tianlu is just a means on the surface. Secretly, God is probably not idle either, adding a lot of color to the world."
Tianlu belongs to the wonders of heaven and earth.
Tang Jian once had a battle with the King of Punishment, and both sides suffered losses. Due to his injuries, he had not made any progress for many years, and his cultivation level had declined somewhat.
Later Zhang Heng gave him Tianlu.
In the past ten years, not to mention making up for the losses, his cultivation has improved to a higher level. From a true immortal to an earthly immortal, he can be regarded as a figure in the world.
From the small to the big.
Zhang Heng guessed that most of the other Tianlu fell into the hands of some earthly immortals and old monsters in the heavenly realm, repairing their wounds and delaying their longevity, while only a few belonged to ordinary people.
It is equivalent to enhancing the previous generation.
The emergence of people like Lu Sheng will strengthen the next generation.
Taken together.
The current Dali Realm is probably much stronger than it was a hundred years ago.
It will be even stronger in the next hundred years and enter an unprecedented peak era.
"I'll have someone check it out."
A few more days passed.
Zhang Buxiu took the initiative to find Zhang Heng: "There are many amazing geniuses among the people. Some were taken away by the government, some were recruited by local big families, and some are missing. As for the clans, immortal sects, and Buddhist sects,
, and the imperial court, there is nothing special to say..."
Speaking of which.
Zhang Buxiu paused: "There is a high probability that it is possible, but it is hidden. After all, whether it is a powerful clan, a Buddhist or Taoist family, a martial arts holy land, or a Confucian, demonic, or demon clan, they all have enough hiding power."
Zhang Heng nodded lightly.
Folk geniuses cannot be hidden, and no one can cover them up.
After being exposed, it will definitely be taken away by the major forces, and the treasures left in the ocean will definitely be in the minority.
The big forces are different.
It is easy to hide a person. After all, a complete large-scale force is often composed of light and dark parts.
"What do you think?"
Zhang Buxiu was a little anxious.
He had already gone to see Lu Sheng, and it was really scary.
The kind of ability that can be learned and mastered in a short time makes people's scalp numb.
He is also in his thirties this year.
When I think about facing these terrifying monsters in person ten years later, I feel that I can't do anything.
This is the illusion and confusion that a gray-haired old man has when looking at mobile payments and mobile phone codes.
He didn't know if there would be a stage for him when this group of people grew up.
only know.
People without thought, he must worry about.
"There are talented people coming out from generation to generation. This is the inevitable result of the times."
Zhang Heng looked at it indifferently.
Because he knows very well that times have always been like this.
"well!"
Zhang Buxiu sighed on the side.
"Brother, are you worried?"
Zhang Heng asked.
"Today is in vain, tomorrow will be futile."
Zhang Buxiu didn't hide it: "How can you not worry when you are in it?"
"That's the case..."
Zhang Heng thought for a while and said seriously: "Brother, why don't you retire early and have hundreds of acres of fertile land and many children and grandchildren? In your free time, you can climb high and look far away, go boating on the lake, and do those leisurely excursions. This was also your wish to leave home back then, eldest brother."
."
"this..."
Zhang Buxiu hesitated.
Back then he was just a farm boy and he didn't know much about wealth.
What I have heard and seen is limited to these ten miles and eight villages, hundreds of acres of fertile land, and having many children and grandchildren, which is already my lifelong wish.
nowadays.
The dove occupies the magpie's nest, and the false name is king.
The scenery before and after people is infinite.
Push forward another ten years.
At this time, he was no more than forty years old, and he was just making progress.
Make roads when encountering mountains and build bridges when encountering water.
How can you travel around the lake on horseback and be a dissolute person?
"It's hard to give up power."
I saw the look on my elder brother's face.
Zhang Heng knew what he was thinking.
It can also be understood at the same time.
Zhang Heng can let go because he has eaten, seen, enjoyed and owned everything.
Those who have not enjoyed and owned it have never picked it up, so how can they let it go?
It is Patriarch Zhouzhuang who is born with a Taoist heart and is not stained by dust. But ask yourself, how many people like Patriarch Zhouzhuang have been born in the world? Gods and gods are clear, so you should think about yourself.