The next day, the anti-smuggling team appeared in Yongzhou.
The entire Yongzhou City is divided into small areas according to the nine-square grid. Each small area is responsible for an anti-smuggling squad. Each squad has nine ordinary sergeants and one leading monk. They patrol back and forth murderously according to the preset route.
When encountering suspicious situations, they will be stopped directly, questioned strictly, and even asked to hand over the storage bag for inspection. Of course, the true spirit monks and some powerful real monks will all be allowed to go.
In addition, other places such as Wan Shi Da Ji, Li Qing Pavilion, Huixiang Pavilion, Qi Qi Pavilion, and Huan Zhu Pavilion all have a detachment on duty to patrol. Sometimes, the leading monk captain will also ask to participate in some suspicious activities.
The transactions were private, so that in order to protect the privacy of customers, every place had to quickly purchase cloaks that could hide their appearance and aura.
Outside the city, Zeng Shan ordered the left and right generals to set up checkpoints outside the east and west city gates. Both of them were at the ninth-level cultivation realm of real people, one in the west and one in the east. They strictly implemented a comprehensive body search policy. They also wore Feiyun boots.
Zeng Shan, the true spirit body-refining monk, lives in Meiyuan, which is only a hundred miles away. Those monks who got wind of the news and wanted to leave Yongzhou suffered heavy losses, and could almost be regarded as "cleansing themselves and leaving the city." Except for the first appearance of the anti-smuggling unit
On that day, not many people dared to go out.
As for Xuetao Valley, there is also an anti-smuggling squad, dispatched by the right general Murong Xue. There is only the monastery and there is no anti-smuggling squad.
On that day, Yongzhou City was in chaos. There were many conflicts in the streets and alleys. Why should I be searched? Why should I hand over my storage bag for inspection?... They said it didn't work, and in the end most of them
It evolved into action. As a result, Wuxu had to use his own strength to protect the city in the city lord's palace. Of course, with Zeng Shan's support behind him and even going out to kill people himself, the prestige of the anti-smuggling team was gradually raised.
But that was all. After Wuxu knew this situation, he couldn't help but shook his head slightly and smiled.
Soon, one day later, the appearance of Yongzhou City became much lighter. Pure and clear, there were many fewer monks going out; elegant and light, the monks who went out even checked the hosta on their head and hung the sword on their waist.
No more, everyone wishes they were just like ordinary people, without a trace of aura.
The shops were also deserted, with some very ordinary things being bought and sold.
The restaurant opened by the Li family. The monks who came here used to order a plate of twice-cooked pork with spirit pigs, but now they only order an ordinary plate of white chopped chicken; they used to order a pot of good spirit wine, but now they only order a pot of soju that is as light as water...
.Keep those ordinary people in the restaurant busy.
That all-in-one store only sold some rouge gouache with a hint of spiritual grass flavor.
Returning to Zhulou, I just sold some Taoist talismans, the kind that stick to the door.
Almost no one goes to Liqing Pavilion, Huixiang Pavilion, and Qi Qi Pavilion.
At night, Yongzhou City exudes a calm atmosphere. There are fewer monks coming out; when they gather together, most of them only whisper occasionally.
Empty, deserted, and miserable.
Naturally, some people came to the city lord's mansion to complain. Wuxu was nowhere to be seen. Later, they simply promoted the retreat. In the secret room, they let their minds go and communicated with the sea sound snails flying in the sky thousands of feet high.
Incomparable. Wu Xu's mind connected with the sea sound conch, and he gradually immersed himself in it. He actually went into seclusion and wandered to the outer world.
The heads of the three major aristocratic families, as well as Fairy Yu, seemed to have discussed it, but they have never shown up, and they seem to have closed their doors.
Lu Zihai, Jiang Ping, die to death, escape to escape.
Right now, inside and outside Yongzhou, it is Zeng Shan who has the final say. Which places to search and whose bodies to search...
But even so, the collected spiritual resources were not much, even less than one day. It is said that some monks living near Meiyuan often heard Zeng Shan's cold and angry rebuke at home.
Drink.
"Spiritual resources! It's spiritual resources! It's the best spiritual resources!"
"What do you mean by bringing a bunch of gold, silver and jewelry? Is Zeng a common general who is greedy for money?!"
"The main point is the big show held by the three major aristocratic families and the people from the Demon Realm, and the Pearl Tower! Keep your eyes open!"
"If anything happens, I will help you, General!"
.....
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if this Yongzhou City does not gradually die away in this calm silence, sooner or later it will become crazy, like a volcano under heavy snow.
...
On Yongzhou, it is ten thousand feet high, and the array of stars in the sky is constantly rotating. Wuxu seems to be incarnated in it, a person, a star. Tens of thousands of miles a day, he can see all the Xuanyin stars. Although there are
hazy.
In many places, especially in the fortress areas around Dazhou, the situation is similar to that of Yongzhou.
Wuxu, I don’t take it seriously. I am self-study, but what can I do? Every time I place my mind on the sea sound conch in the sky, Wuxu will feel like I am soaring at a rapid speed, while the bottom is sinking rapidly, as if the sky and the earth are separated again.
.
Suddenly, a star roared from the front, with green and green lights surrounding it.
There are more than a hundred stars in the Zhoutian Star Array, each flying around Xuanyin. In fact, they have their own trajectories, and they will definitely not collide.
Therefore, at best, this star is just passing by. But this star, when it is so called passing by, seems to stop for an extremely brief time.
Twelve hours later, this star passed by Wuxu's sea conch again, and a message of spiritual consciousness came, "You are the new Yongzhou City Lord, right?"
Wuxu replied, "That's right, this star has already gone far away."
"As expected, it was you! You almost hit me last time!"
"I'm sorry, sin, sin, sin, last time I was the little monk Qixing. It's my first time, so I'm inevitably a little unfamiliar."
"Yongzhou has three treasures: ginseng, deer antler, tofu brain."
"There is ginseng and deer antler, but tofu curd seems to be a snack in the south, right?"
"Is tofu bread from the South? Oh, I may have remembered it wrong."
"The snow scene in Yongzhou is pretty good. There is a plum garden, which is said to have quite rare species."
“I don’t know where my friend is? If you have time, you can come and have a look in person.”
.......
Wuxu was secretly fascinated by such a conversation every day. It turns out that people can still communicate with each other through stars, but he somewhat forgot about cultivation and Yongzhou.
Your physical body is where you are, but your spiritual consciousness is flying in the sky. Because there is a star that belongs to you in the sky.
As time goes by, you meet her (him). Stars pass by each other, reflecting each other, and they only speak a few words, shining brightly.
Fate, or karma.
This fate, this past karma, only exists in the sky and the stars
"Eh?! Why is Yongzhou City so deserted?"
"Reform and reform, new atmosphere."
"How did you become the city lord? Everything is peaceful under the rule of this fairy!"
"Oh? Where is the place where my fellow Taoist is? The young monk went to take a look when he had time."
"I am the lord of Gannan City in Beidou Prefecture. But I am currently celebrating the New Year in Kyoto. But if you just want to take a look, you can check it in the formation at any time. Don't you still know how to do this? "
Wuxu will naturally be able to do this.
Beidou Mansion is a state capital adjacent to Daomen in the northwest of Wuxu Great Zhou Dynasty. Gannan City is a medium-sized city below it, but it is not a border city. When the sea snail flies over Gannan City
At this time, Wuxu increased the output of his spiritual consciousness, and the sea conch shone with a ray of brilliance.
Sure enough, Gannan City is peaceful. It is decorated with lights and colorful and lively. The monks in the city and the common people outside the city all have a hint of joy on their faces.
How is this done? As far as Wuxu knows, due to the reform, the collection of spiritual resources, the collection of exercises, and the migration of ordinary people, all the cities and towns in the Zhou Dynasty have encountered some resistance and even riots.
Just as he was surprised, Haiyinluo had already flown over Gannan City. Wuxu thought for a moment, he had never looked at Xuanyin Star in the Zhoutian Star Array so carefully. It would be a good idea to take this opportunity to take a closer look.
one look.
As a result, Wuxu's mind was not relaxed, and his spiritual consciousness continued to be stimulated. The sea sound snails were flying and shining. Wuxu saw that many cities were like Gannan City, peaceful, lively and festive. Looking again, Dazhou
This is the case in most areas of the DPRK, except of course Yongzhou.
At this moment, an extremely sharp spiritual consciousness shot out from the central hub of the Zhoutian Star Array, landed on the sea conch, and turned into a thunderous voice, "Bold Yongzhou City Lord, the Spring Festival is approaching,
The whole world is celebrating, but you actually abused the star formation, swaggered day and night, and disturbed the people!"
Wuxu reacted immediately, "Young monk just didn't notice it for a moment. Please forgive me, senior. I don't know your senior's surname? This young monk is here to wish your senior a good year."
"Hmph! Don't be so noisy. Since it's your first offense, I'll spare you this one time. Why don't you get out of here quickly!"
Immediately there was a burst of coercion from all around, and Wuxu suddenly felt that the connection between his consciousness and Haiyinluo was forcibly interrupted. In the secret room of Yongzhou City Lord's Mansion, Wuxu couldn't help but feel the world spinning. After adjusting his breath for a while, he became anxious.
Fly to the Plum Garden.
"It's the city lord's business to appease the people." Zeng Shan looked at Wuxu with a strange look in his eyes, "What are you doing with this general about seizing people?"
relation?"
Isn't this pretending to be confused? Wuxu said anxiously, "Things are urgent. Now that the New Year is approaching, if you are still so murderous, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the scenery? You don't know, I just watched it for a day or two.
Now, many places, especially within the Great Zhou Dynasty, are peaceful."
Zeng Shan still looked at Wuxu with some confusion, "This section and that section are just the customs of the common people. We monks are beyond these. Nowadays, the ordinary people in Yongzhou have been gathered and moved to Xuetao Valley outside the city by the city lord.
The city lord only needs to distribute some food and clothing to others when the time comes, and he won’t need a few spiritual stones.”
"Monks don't celebrate the festival?" Wuxu was stunned. In the years when Wuxu first went to the outer world, he did not celebrate the Spring Festival or anything else in the Monster Clan Huyuan. But Wuxu thought this was because the monster cultivators were not as good as humans.
Festival. Who would have thought that Zeng Shan said that monks could not live up to these secular customs.
"The young monk has seen with his own eyes that monks from all over the Zhou Dynasty are also putting up lanterns and decorations, and even buying new year's goods." Wuxu stared at Zeng Shan, suspicious.
"Oh, that's it." Zeng Shan suddenly laughed, "I thought the Lord of the City was here to beg for alms."
What kind of fate? Wuxu asked Zeng Shan to explain it directly and clearly.
It turns out that monks basically don’t participate in the customs and festivals of ordinary people, even human monks. Most of the ordinary people in Xuanyin Star are in the Great Zhou Dynasty. In order to appease the ordinary people, gather popularity, and let them have a lively Spring Festival
, the imperial court ordered all states to hold a grand feast for monks during the Spring Festival to show universal celebration. During the feast, there would be free food and drink (at the monk level, of course), auctions, and competitions with prizes.
Even the true spirit monks gave guidance on cultivation and so on...
According to Zeng Shan, now that the system has been reformed, ordinary people have moved out and separated from the monks. Such grand feasts are no longer necessary. As for other places, what Wuxu saw should be various considerations in various places.
, are still held, and even ordered that all parts of the city must be decorated. But it is no longer mandatory, otherwise the imperial court would have issued an order long ago.
As for the various considerations in various places, Zeng Shan did not say it clearly, but Wuxu also guessed that it was eight or nine points. Since the reform, many monks and forces have been very resistant and uneasy. If they continue the tradition and create some atmosphere, some
It is good for appeasement; besides, when the new emperor ascends the throne this year, he always needs some decoration and atmosphere.
After Wuxu understood it, he gave up his thoughts. When the time comes, he would spend a few low-grade spiritual stones to distribute some New Year's goods to the ordinary people in Xuetao Valley outside the city. It would be better to hold a grand feast for the monks in the city.
Well, at worst, I'll find someone to hang up some lanterns and post some couplets in the city.
Wuxu clasped his hands towards Zeng Shan and was about to leave, but was suddenly stopped by Zeng Shan again.
"Since the city lord mentioned this matter, Zeng wanted to come. Although Yongzhou is located in a remote place, it is really not suitable to be so cold and solemn. If some people make a fuss about it, your majesty will not punish it, but he will definitely not be happy in his heart."
Zeng Shan said after considering it.
"Funds are tight! General Zeng." Wuxu replied lightly, but there was a sneer in his heart. The anti-smuggling team must have scratched a lot of territory in the past half month. Since you, the imperial guard, have such thoughts, you must
You're bleeding.
Sure enough, Zeng Shan readily agreed to all the expenses. He just said that this event was called a feast for the people, and the specific affairs were always handled by the counselors of the state government. His subordinates were all rough people who only knew how to fight and kill.
Therefore, the city lord's palace must still be responsible for this matter.
This seemed to mean sharing the credit, so Wuxu naturally smiled and nodded.
Before leaving, Wuxu asked casually with a smile, "The general said that monks can't celebrate the Spring Festival, so why did the young monk meet the Lord of Gannan City of Beidou Prefecture in the Zhoutian Star Formation a few days ago, but she said that she was already waiting in Kyoto at this moment.
It’s Chinese New Year?”
Zhoutian Star Formation? Lord of Gannan City, Beidou Prefecture?
Zeng Shan stood there, looked up at the sky, then lowered his head, looked casually not far away, and then smiled at Wuxu and said, "The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and some aristocratic families, their ancestors were ordinary people.
People, so some things are preserved as part of the family inheritance."
So it turned out that this was the case. If Wu Xu realized something, he wanted to ask the Lord of Gannan City of Beidou Prefecture in detail. But Zeng Shan had already turned around and walked into the flowers.
He held the pot in one hand and folded plums in the other, drinking and chanting.
I walk alone through thousands of mountains and rivers, and my beautiful shadows are hidden behind the stars.
A handful of winter plum blossoms greet the new year, and the fragrance continues in the wind and snow.
I wish all readers and colleagues a happy new year and happiness like gods!