I am the main soul in the soul banner

Chapter 391
23 people gathered in front of the fire.

These people have to be granted the real talisman, and they can rely on the real talisman to use the magic power of incense and fire. Whether it is to stimulate the magic talisman or strengthen their own martial arts, it is a very good choice. In the world, at least they have the courage of a hundred men.

With the strength of Chixuan and the improvement of their own cultivation, their strength will go further.

The spells conferring talismans are not very delicate, they mainly focus on 'strengthening the body', supplemented by magical powers, eyesight, evil spirits, ghost exorcisms, and amulets... They are all very basic spells. can be used.

Among them, there are three people who stand out, namely Zhou Hui, Li Agou and Zhao Jiang.

Zhou Hui won the title of the first organizer, and his charitable deed of feeding the people with his own food. In addition, he is more used to the power of incense and fire, so his cultivation has changed day by day, and he has been able to use five kinds of incense and fire spells.

Li Agou was originally a military household, and his high-strength hunting skills are quite prestigious among the believers, so his cultivation has improved rapidly, and he has mastered three kinds of incense techniques today.

The last person completely relied on his strong adaptation to incense, and he mastered two kinds of incense techniques with a little mana.

The remaining talismans only mastered one technique at most, that is, the technique of strengthening the body taught to them by Chixuan.

With the blessing of the body strengthening technique, the overall strength, speed, and body toughness are greatly improved, and it will also reduce the pain sensation of the user. It is a real battle formation method.

Chi Xuan, who was dressed in a red Taoist robe, appeared in front of everyone. His beard had been neatly trimmed, and his messy hair was tied up meticulously.

"Meet the Archmage."

The 23 people shouted in unison and bowed their hands in salutation.

"Don't be too polite."

Chi Xuan raised his hand, and there was a bit of helplessness in his voice. He didn't want to do these things at first, but Zhou Hui said that there must be rules, and there is no rule without rules.

That's why I agreed.

Chi Xuan asked about everyone's practice, and was concerned about the current life, and sighed at the same time: "We are running out of food."

Zhao Jiang hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Master, I can lead everyone to hunt, and I can last for a while."

"It's not a long-term solution after all."

"How can this be good?"

"..."

Everyone suddenly became worried. They had just survived, and they were about to face a situation of no food to eat.

Seeing that the emotions have been mobilized, Chi Xuan said: "Today, I called everyone together. To survive, I discussed with Commander Zhou, took down the county government and replaced it, and then opened a warehouse to release grain to help the people."

Li Agou was holding the long knife, his expression was quite shocked.

They are trying to survive now. If the archmage wants to take down the county, it will be a rebellion on the surface. Since ancient times, rebels have never had a good end.

Many of the 23 people had firm eyes, and some of them believed in Chixuan, but some people were naturally afraid of the Yamen, so they didn't express their views directly.

Zhou Hui's eyes sank, and he said loudly: "Everyone understands the cultivation level of the Archmage."

"Now we have to wait for death, the only thing we can do is grab food. Are ordinary people the ones we should grab? No, they are also hard-working people, so we can only grab food from the yamen."

"If you want to live, you can do it with us. If you don't want to live, leave your life and cultivation base to the archmage. I will repay you for being a man."

"Of course, this matter needs to be done secretly. With the cultivation base of the archmage, he can control the county government. At that time, you can work in the county government. It's no better than staying here and waiting to die."

Zhao Jiang, as a die-hard supporter of Chixuan, immediately stated: "It's done!"

Then he turned his eyes to look at the other believers on the side. He was not looking at others, but Li Agou, who used to be a military household. If Li Agou had any changes, he would definitely take action.

For such a big event, no news should be leaked.

The archmage told them this incident showed that he trusted them, but he didn't leave them any other way. It was not so much a discussion as a notification.

Li Agou thought for a while, nodded and said, "No problem."

Zhou Hui's attitude softened a lot, and he said loudly: "We just want to survive, and the archmage just wants to save people. If we control the yamen, more people will be able to survive."

Even though they knew it was an act of rebellion, now was not the time to speak out.

Everyone is the earliest talisman giver, so it is enough for them to understand. What needs to be done most now is to continue to absorb believers and gradually grow their own strength.

"Traveling in the starry night, the poor Taoist will take down the county government as quickly as possible."

Chixuan took Zhao Jiang, Li Agou and 16 others to set off for Ji County.

In the end, it was decided that Zhou Hui and the others would stay. Someone needed to stabilize the rear, and this person was undoubtedly Zhou Hui.

One is that others do not have this ability, and the other is that Chi Xuan does not trust others enough.

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Jicheng County Government.

There was a faint candlelight on the table, and an official in uniform was opening a letter sent by the fast horse at the post station. The letter didn't say much, but he was asked to report the news about Taoist Chixuan.

This is already the second urging letter.

Not only Jixian County, but several other county governments probably also received it.

It is said that after hearing the news, the county guard was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. The monks from the Jiangmo Yamen in the county came out to investigate in Long County.

He also said that he would go to the imperial court and ask more powerful monks to arrest the villains.

The magistrate sneered a few times.

Light the letter and throw it into the brazier.

If it could be found, it should have been found long ago, why is this the case now.It's not that he concealed the situation and didn't report it, but that once he reported it, he might die.

The magistrate of Hu County is a lesson from the past. The magistrate of Long County was so powerful that he died at the hands of the other party. I heard that the imperial envoy also died.

He dare not provoke such a strong man.

"Chixuan? Red Goat Palace."

The county magistrate sighed, and he could only wait until the court's Jiangmo school lieutenant went to Ji County to investigate on his own. Anyway, after those few incidents, he didn't dare to do more, and it caused a lot of psychological shadow.

Even if he wanted to, the people under him would not listen to him.

Two years ago, he sent police officers to the Taoist temple to check, and what he got was the news that the Taoist had left. If he made a big fuss, wouldn't it be difficult for his own life.

"Oh, the imperial court doesn't understand my difficulties, and always urges me to find out the villains."

The imperial court is an imperial court, and it only feels that such a thing is common.

Anyway, there are always heroes beheading the county magistrate, but most of them were killed by the Jiangmo school lieutenant, or fell into the grass and occupied the mountains and forests, robbed their homes, and were finally wiped out by the officers and soldiers.

But they don't know the difficulties of these local officials.

If you want cultivation without cultivation, you need soldiers and horses but you don't have soldiers and horses, you want food and grass but you don't have food and grass, and you have nothing but search for taxes and incense. How can there be so many for the court? Most of the places have to be ruled by people.

The local powerful and powerful gentry are intertwined, some with backgrounds, even he can't afford to provoke him, and his decrees may not be implemented after they are issued.

The yamen's arresters are also very resigned to their lives.

In addition, the last round of encirclement and suppression of Chixuan hurt his muscles and bones, and now the county government has not slowed down.

A pile of mess was thrown at him, but he couldn't do anything about it.

"Ugh."

"Why is the magistrate sighing?"

"It's really difficult..."

The county magistrate sighed, and immediately stopped his body suddenly, the breath around his body rose, turned his head to look at the person coming, his pupils shrank like needlepoints, he pointed at the person coming: "You, you..."

The person who came was dressed in a dark red Taoist robe, his beard was neatly trimmed, and he looked at him calmly.

"Chi Xuan."

"Chi Xuan... Daoist."

The county magistrate tremblingly withdrew his fingers, and hurriedly said: "Master Dao, I have not betrayed you. The county guard does not know where the Chiyang Palace is, and I will perfunctory all the letters."

"I have no grievances or enmities with the Taoist priest. I beg the Taoist priest to show you your hand and don't kill me."

"A whole family."

Chi Xuan sized up the magistrate of Ji County in surprise, and only then did he realize: "Li Xiancheng?"

"Hey, that's right. The court didn't have a new county magistrate, so they promoted me to replace the county magistrate. This acting county magistrate has been working for more than two years." Li Xiancheng hurriedly explained his identity, for fear that Chi Xuan would give him a job later. killed.

"Don't kill him."

"If you replace the county magistrate, you will need help in many government affairs. He is a suitable candidate. With him, you can cover it up."

Chi Xuan thought deeply.

But there is another most critical problem, that is, it is easy for Li Xiancheng to report him to the court.

"Pindao wants to become the county magistrate of Ji County. I don't know if the county magistrate can help me a little bit?"

As soon as this remark came out, Li Xiancheng stared at Chi Xuan with wide eyes, and he was shocked by Chi Xuan's boldness.How could it be possible to become a county magistrate if he was wanted, then the only possibility was to replace him.

This kind of thinking is really very popular.

"But the county magistrate needs the approval of the imperial court. That power is not easy..."

Before Li Xiancheng finished speaking, the aura of true cultivation on Chi Xuan's body had completely changed into incense, and the magic power of the incense lingered around his body to cover up his true appearance: "Is this good?"

As long as this strategy of being dark under the lamp is well concealed, the court will never try to find out the truth for the rest of its life.

The county magistrate swallowed and spit.

He thought about the feasibility of this matter. If he didn't do it, he would die now. If he did it, he would die if he was discovered by the court. Stealing incense from the court is a serious crime.

"It seems that the county magistrate is not willing, and the poor can only..."

"I help!"

Chi Xuan helped Li Xiancheng, who was kneeling on the ground in fright, to get up, then took out an incense seed and handed it over: "Once you get this Zhenlu, you can share the incense with poor Taoists."

Li Xiancheng's complexion suddenly changed drastically. This is not poison, on the contrary, it is still a good thing, but once he accepts it, there is only one way to go to the end.

He didn't think much about taking the Zhenlu seeds and swallowing them in one gulp.

Kneeling and saluting, he said, "My lord, please accept Li Yuanzhen's respect."

"It is the blessing of the poor to be helped by my husband."

After Li Xiancheng got up, he thought about perfecting the plan. He felt that Taoist Chixuan needed a new clean identity to inherit the position of county magistrate, and then supplemented it with teachings to unite the incense of Ji County.

After the entire Ji County is run as a monolith, mistakes can be greatly reduced.

The county magistrate was already very busy. He said he was a substitute, but in fact he was no different from the real county magistrate.

He can fake Chi Xuan as the new county magistrate who took office.

(End of this chapter)