He practiced in the inn room all night, and it wasn't until dawn the next day that he came to the Baili County Government Office.
If you show your identity with the Traveling Star Order, you will naturally have smooth access.
He soon met the magistrate of Baili County, who then called for the arrester.
The leader's name is He Xing. He is in the early stage of the third realm. He looks very thin, but his eyes are full of thieves.
After learning Lin Jiyou's identity as Xingguan, He Xing's face clearly showed some disgust, but he quickly hid it.
"Master Lin is coming to Baili County on official business?"
Lin Ji naturally noticed the change in expression on his face, but didn't take it seriously.
When he first met Lu Zhaoer, he was not much better than He Xing.
There is no way, Yu Xingguan's authority is too wide, and he can control everything seriously, so no one below knows whether Yu Xingguan came to check on him or not.
"I came to Xiangzhou to check the news about Leiyun Temple a hundred years ago." Lin Ji said bluntly.
"Leiyun Temple?" He Xing was stunned and looked at Lin Ji strangely.
"What's wrong?"
"When did your lord arrive in the county?"
"Last night." Lin Ji vaguely realized something.
"Did you see those monks last night?"
"Are they from Leiyun Temple?" Lin Ji's voice suddenly rose, "Wasn't Leiyun Temple destroyed a hundred years ago?"
"It was destroyed, but rebuilt and is still in the same place." He Xing explained, "But today's Leiyun Temple is not as famous in Xiangzhou as it was a hundred years ago, so not many people know about it.
It just so happens that Xiaguan is one of them."
Lin Ji frowned deeply, his mind was a little confused.
So Leiyun Temple has been rebuilt? So why should he bother? He can just go to the door.
Thinking of this, Lin Ji's originally anxious mood calmed down.
He nodded slightly and asked casually: "Leiyun Temple is in the south of Xiangzhou. How did those monks come to the north to beg for alms? It's almost a thousand miles away."
He Xing grinned, with a bit of sarcasm on his face.
"It's thousands of miles away, but those monks didn't come here for alms, but came to give alms."
"Alms? Last night I clearly saw the monk taking the people's goods and silver. What kind of charity is this?"
Lin Ji became increasingly confused.
He Xingze whispered: "In the words of those bald donkeys, they are not alms, but giving alms to the people to do good deeds."
This was the first time Lin Ji heard this statement.
A monk begging for alms turned out to be the one giving alms?
"These bald donkeys are so shameless? And do people really believe what they say?"
"Mr. Lin, you also saw what happened last night, and not only some people believed it." He Xing chuckled, "If the county magistrate hadn't issued an order, those monks could only go out at night, and only in Baili.
If they stay in the county town for a day, who knows what other tricks they can come up with."
"This order...those monks didn't resist?" Lin Ji was a little curious.
He Xing shook his head.
"This is Xiangzhou."
Lin Ji suddenly realized.
He had forgotten where Xiangzhou was. This was the place where Taoism flourished.
The leader of that sect, Taiyi Sect, was in Xiangzhou.
In a place like this, no one will allow Buddhism to really develop.
After learning that Leiyun Temple had been rebuilt, Lin Ji was no longer planning to stay in Baili County.
Now that we have a clear clue, let’s go directly to Leiyun Temple to have a look before talking about anything else.
But just when Lin Ji was about to leave the county government office, a spiritual pigeon suddenly flew from the sky and landed on Lin Ji's shoulder.
Seeing this scene, He Xing was stunned, and then his expression changed slightly.
When a spirit pigeon sends a message, it's probably not good.
"Mr. Lin, I'll get out of the way first." He Xing quickly backed away.
Lin Ji's expression became more serious. He took out the Wandering Star Token and waved it in front of Lingge.
Seeing You Xing Ling, Ling Ge immediately opened his mouth, and a small piece of paper fell into Lin Ji's hand.
Lin Ji opened the note, and there was only a simple line of words on the note.
'Go to Xiangcheng quickly and see Ouyang Ke.'
He put the note away, patted the dove's little head and sent it away.
After saying hello to He Xing, Lin Ji quickly left Baili County.
He had clearly made up his mind early in the morning to avoid Xiangcheng, but now it seemed that his wishful thinking had come to nothing.
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After leaving Baili County, Lin Ji walked on the official road to Xiangcheng.
After traveling for more than thirty miles, the originally deserted official road became lively.
Monks kept passing by Lin Ji, each faster than the other, as if they were all in a hurry to get to Xiangcheng.
Lin Ji had never seen so many monks gathering. Even if monks were on their way, they would stay away from official roads and choose deep mountains and old forests.
This is so as not to disturb ordinary people.
But this was the first time Lin Ji had seen the monks acting so unscrupulously.
"What happened in Xiangcheng?"
Because of what he saw along the way, Lin Ji subconsciously speeded up his pace.
Before evening, he had already arrived outside Xiangcheng.
The tall city wall is already in front of you. The houses on both sides of the city wall are scattered at random, and the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs are endless. It seems to be a bit more lively than inside the city wall.
This is a completely different scene from Liangcheng.
"Is Xiangcheng divided into inner and outer cities?" Lin Ji was a little surprised.
With his knowledge, he could naturally see the origin of this situation, but it was precisely because of this that he found it strange.
At the city gate, the queue of people entering the city queued up for hundreds of meters.
There are traders, people, and tourists.
Only the monks I saw on the road were not there.
I guess the monks should take another way to enter the city. Anyway, they won't go directly over the wall.
Lin Ji naturally didn't have to wait in line. He went directly to the officers and soldiers who were still inspecting him, and before he could start scolding him, he blocked his mouth with the Traveling Star Order.
"Sir, please come in." The officers and soldiers quickly moved out of the way.
After entering the city, Xiangcheng is no different from Liangcheng.
The city is not deserted, the roads are quite spacious, and the houses on both sides are made of bluestone.
But the strange thing is that although there are many people coming and going on the road, their voices are kept very low during conversations, as if they are afraid of disturbing someone.
It revealed a strange sense of depression.
If we say that the place where people live outside the city can be considered to be full of life and bustling with people.
In this city, it is somewhat cold.
Lin Ji asked about the way to the government office and went all the way to the government office.
After handing over the token and waiting for a moment, a Yamen servant came out to send a message, saying that Mr. Ouyang had invited me.
Lin Ji followed the yamen servant who led the way into the yamen, and walked around all the way until he came to the side hall deep in the yamen.
"Sir, Lin Youxing is here." The Yamen servant stood outside the side hall and said respectfully.
"Come in." A somewhat rough voice sounded.
Lin Ji thanked the Yamen servant and walked into the side hall.
Then he saw the burly man sitting on the main seat.