I can strengthen

Chapter 318

"It's really a strange woman."

Qingyuan sighed with emotion, and there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes: "The whirling fairy you mentioned is also in the state city ahead?"

Such a strange woman, he wants to get to know her.

He felt that he and this woman would definitely have a lot to talk about.

"I don't know."

The old official shook his head. After hesitating for two seconds, he said, "I heard that the Whirling Fairy is traveling all over the world without a fixed abode. The last time she showed up was in Xiazhou for disaster relief half a year ago."

"Disaster relief?"

Qingyuan's eyes flashed, and he frowned and said, "Didn't Xiazhou promote the cultivation of Chiyang rice? Li Tritium himself has no food to help the disaster? Do you want that whirling fairy to help?"

The Li Tritium he was talking about was Xiazhou State Shepherd.

In his mind, after planting Chiyang rice, there should be no shortage of food for disaster relief in Xiazhou.

The old official smiled wryly and said: "He has food, and he also provided relief, but only a small bowl of water and rice soup is left in the hands of the victims."

How to fill your stomach with clear water rice soup?
"I see."

Qing Yuan nodded, his brows still furrowed.

Food for disaster relief is equivalent to a large sum of money.

People like him and Li Yan are not interested in money at all, because money is what they define.

It's just that they are not interested, the officials below are interested.

The grain distributed by Li Tritium may be enough for the victims to eat three meals a day, and each meal eats a bowl of rice the size of a washbasin.

But the officials below deducted layer by layer, half of you and half of me, until the end, how many grains of rice are left?
This situation, he is extremely disgusted.

But replacing him with Li Tritium would be difficult for him to deal with.

At most, it is to make an example to the monkeys, so that the officials below will restrain themselves.

"What kind of character is the whirling fairy?" Qing Yuan rubbed the center of his brows to get rid of his troubles, and asked suddenly.

In this world, prestige is equivalent to luck.

He felt a threat from the whirling fairy.

However, he had never heard of the Po-sir fairy before, as if there was a big hand that prevented the news of the Po-suo fairy from spreading to Qingdu and to his prince!

This is so weird!

"The Basha fairy is very low-key." The old official pondered a little, and said: "By the way, she established a sect called the Basha religion. It's just that the Basha religion she established rarely attracts followers."

"Furthermore... Posa Sect takes saving people and the world as its philosophy. The congregation often goes around to provide relief, or open free clinics to treat poor people."

"Saving people and saving the world..." Qing Yuan thought about these four words, and suddenly said: "Isn't this mother-in-law religion collecting money? I mean, under the slogan of saving people, saving the world and disaster relief for the people, in fact, it is fundraising and other means. Collect money."

"Your Highness, you are overthinking this."

As soon as Qingyuan finished speaking, the old official burst into laughter. He looked at Qingyuan and explained with a smile: "The blazing sun rice, the saber-toothed pig, and the airship were all invented by the whirling fairy. If she Need money, just open your mouth, need such a complicated method?"

Hearing the old official's explanation, Qing Yuan nodded secretly.

indeed.

If the whirling fairy needs money, there is indeed a way.

"This whirling fairy is not for money or wealth, what is it for?" Qing Yuan said: "Then did she become an official in our Daqing court?"

"No." The old official shook his head.

"It's not for power either. Then it's only for fame." Qing Yuan thoughtfully, his eyes gradually sharpened.

In name, that is luck.

And when it comes to the dispute of luck, that is the anti-thief, that must die!
"The whirling fairy has a high reputation, right?" Qing Yuan looked at the old official.

"Ah."

The old official's face also became serious.

If you enter the Daqing official system, it doesn't matter how high your reputation is, because no matter how high your reputation is, you will still be restrained by the Daqing official system, but if you have not entered the Daqing official system, it means you have unlimited room for growth.

Once the reputation is too high, it will gather unimaginable vigor and luck, thus creating a terrifying strong man!
This is something that Daqing will never allow.

No matter who, as long as the reputation is high to a certain extent, he is a traitor and will die!

"What was Lu Chengping thinking? He allowed this whirling fairy to grow up to such an extent?" Qingyuan's eyes flickered.

Lu Chengping fell.

He originally thought that Zhou Mu's ambition had skyrocketed, and he started to attack Zhou Mu, wanting to sweep away the world and ascend to the throne.

But now, he began to suspect the Whirling Fairy.

This kind of amazingly talented person, this kind of person who "serves the country and the people".

Just thinking about it made him feel unusual.

Perhaps, the whirling fairy's strength has surpassed that of Zhou Mu...

"It is said that the whirling fairy is so benevolent and benevolent that even the ants she sees on the road will move to the side of the road to avoid being trampled to death by passers-by." The old official said with a strange expression, "Lord Lu may be deceived by her appearance. Of course, this It's just one, and the main reason is that the creations and inventions of Fairy Posa need to be perfected."

"Chiyang rice can be optimized, and saber-toothed pigs can be selected..."

The old official kept talking.

Qingyuan rubbed the center of his brows quite tiredly, feeling that it was tricky.

That whirling fairy is indeed extremely valuable, looking at the golden yellow rice outside the carriage, even he couldn't help but cherish her talents.

but……

A cold light flashed in Qingyuan's eyes, and he thought to himself: The more this is the case, the more we must kill them as soon as possible, and kill the danger in the cradle!
Thinking of this, he glanced at the old officials beside him calmly.

This old official is his confidant and his right-hand man.

But such a go-getter actually showed a faint reverence for the whirling fairy.

One can imagine how high the prestige of the whirling fairy is.

"When we arrive in Zhoucheng, we will send someone to find out the whereabouts of the whirling fairy, and ask her to come here as soon as possible, and say that His Highness is very interested in her and wants to see her." Qing Yuan said without doubt.

"Yes." The old official nodded, keeping Qing Yuan's words in mind.

In fact, he is also very interested in the fairy Posa, and wants to meet this wonderful woman who is benevolent and kind.

rumbling...

The carriage galloped and soon came to the gate of Zhoucheng.

Sitting in the carriage, Qing Yuan could see two groups of people standing on both sides, all looking respectful and waiting with their hands down.

As for the two leaders, one is a rough man in dark armor, and the other is a white-faced Confucian scholar in a second-rank official residence.

"Then who are the two leaders?" Qing Yuan asked the old official.

"Return to Your Highness, the one on the left is Meng Biao, the commander of the city's defense army in Dongxiang Prefecture, and the one on the right is Zhou Fu, Zhu Ji." The old official said.

Both are of the second grade, one literary and one military, and they are the right arm of Zhou Mu.

After Lu Chengping's death, the two were the highest-ranking officials in Dongxiang Prefecture.

"Looking at their faint confrontation, they don't seem to be in harmony with each other." Qing Yuan looked at the two people in the distance, with a smile on his face.

"If there is really disharmony, it will be a good thing for His Highness. I'm afraid that the two of them will be colluding and deliberately pretending to show His Highness." The old official said with a smile.

"A mere second grade, if you dare to fool the prince, you can change two people." Qing Yuan disagreed.

……

The gate of Zhoucheng.

Luo Yan was dressed in a black outfit, standing behind Zhu Ji, watching the motorcade approaching in the distance.

He originally wanted to stay low-key, but Zhuang Qingmei didn't give him this chance.

then.

He came to Zhu Ji's side and became Zhu Ji's confidant.

"Hey."

Luo Yan sighed, a flash of reminiscence appeared in his eyes.

……

Time goes back to a month ago.

After Lu Chengping's death, before Luo Yan recovered, Zhuang Qingmei came from the middle of the moon and appeared in front of Luo Yan.

"You killed Bixiu, the prefect of Yunchuan Prefecture?" Zhuang Qingmei's eyes were cold, and as soon as he arrived, he stared at Luo Yan and asked coldly.

"Yes." Luo Yan hurriedly lowered his head, feeling inexplicably anxious.

"Senior Zhuang, then Bi Xiu will be killed if he kills it. It should be fine, right?" Seeing that the situation is not good, Tu Fei hastily interjected.

"It's nothing. It's just..." Zhuang Qingmei shook her head.

She arranged Luo Yan into the Daqing court because she wanted to place an important pawn.

She wanted Luo Yan to keep a low profile.

In the end, Luo Yan made a big fuss and killed Bi Xiu...

Bombarding and killing third-rank officials with a seventh-rank official position, if the news spreads, all officials must be suspicious, and Luo Yan may find it difficult to gain a foothold in the Daqing court.

"Do you know the consequences of killing Bi Xiu?" Zhuang Qingmei asked in a deep voice.

"I know." Luo Yan scratched his hair and looked at Zhuang Qingmei pitifully.

"Do you know why you want to kill Bi Xiu?"

"Because... I want to test my own strength. And I think you are mighty, Senior Zhuang, so I just need to hang around behind you." Luo Yan quickly flattered her.

He originally thought that after Zhuang Qingmei killed Lu Chengping, he should establish himself as king, but now it seems that this is obviously not the case.

But Zhuang Qingmei didn't make himself king, he killed Bi Xiu, and it became a failure.

"That's right, Senior Zhuang, you've already killed Lu Chengping. Next, it's time to flatten Qingdu and kill Emperor Qing. Luo Yan's killing of Bi Xiu shouldn't be a big deal, right?" Tu Fei continued to interject.

"Emperor Qing is not as simple as you think." Zhuang Qingmei frowned.

The top ten artifacts she collected are fragments of Dao weapons, which are of the same origin as the Zhenguo Yuxi in Emperor Qing's hands.

Through the top ten artifacts, she could faintly feel Emperor Qing's state.

It was an extremely weird state. If her guess was true, Emperor Qing would become invincible...

For the current plan, she can only draw from the bottom of the pot, trying to see if she can overthrow the Daqing Dynasty and cut off the source of luck for Zhen Guo Yuxi.

"Isn't even Zhuang Qingmei confident?"

Luo Yan and Tu Fei looked at each other, and both could see the seriousness in each other's eyes.

"Okay, tell me, how did you kill that Bi Xiu that day?" Zhuang Qingmei asked.

"It's like this..." Luo Yan said everything about the process of killing Bi Xiu and the excuses for killing Bi Xiu.

"You say Bi Xiu is a traitor?" Zhuang Qingmei looked at Luo Yan in surprise.

She knew that Luo Yan was unusual. Not only was the idea of ​​entering this world not suppressed, but he was even able to ignore the authority of the officials and the personality suppression of Daqing officials.

So it's not surprising that Luo Yan killed Bi Xiu, who was a third-rank official, with her seventh-rank official position.

The reason why she was surprised was because Luo Yan actually said that Bi Xiu was a traitor, and that Bi Xiu's official position had been dismissed by Emperor Qing...

This excuse sounds okay at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, it is simply ridiculous.

Not to mention that Emperor Qing is in retreat.

This means that even if a small third-rank official is really a traitor, it is worth Emperor Qing's personal action to depose him?

"You you."

Zhuang Qingmei sighed, not knowing what to say.

She looked at Luo Yan with a sly expression, and after pondering for a while, she said: "In this way, before this, even though you had the title of seventh-rank official, you were not actually in the official register, and being able to kill Bi Xiu was purely a crime. Because you ate the arowana fed by him, you got unimaginable majestic luck."

"Yes." Luo Yan nodded quickly.

He understood what Zhuang Qingmei meant. He was not in the official register, so he could not be regarded as an official of Daqing, so he was not restricted by the rules of the Daqing court. As long as his luck was higher than that of Bi Xiu, he would be able to kill Bi Xiu without being affected by the official authority.

But in fact, he entered the official register.

If you want to change from being in the official register to not being in the official register, Zhuang Qingmei has to do it.

"En." Zhuang Qingmei nodded, and then warned: "In the future, you need to be cautious in your actions, and don't leave such a big loophole again."

"Yes." Luo Yan nodded again and smiled honestly.

……

Time goes back to the present.

Luo Yan looked at Zhu Ji in front of him, and now, this Zhou Fu, a second-rank official in Zhoucheng, is his backer.

Opening the way with money and beauty, coupled with Zhuang Qingmei's unknown means, he was very smoothly reused by Zhu Ji, not only 'officially' entered the official book, but also relied on his own powerful luck and beheaded the rebel Bi Xiu With his record, he has jumped from being the seventh rank to being the leader of the third rank in black.

The so-called black-clothed guards are equivalent to brocade-clothed guards, who are responsible for guarding the state herdsmen.

This kind of position has always been a favorite.

That is to say, the original commander of the black-clothed guard flew up to the sky side by side with Lu Chengping and was beaten to death by Zhuang Qingmei, so it was his turn to take this seat.

of course.

He was able to sit in this position, thanks to Zhoufu Zhu Ji.

The state assistant is in charge of all affairs in the city, and the appointment and removal of all officials in the state city must be arranged through the state assistant.

The rights of the state assistant can be seen.

"Huang Shang, are you ready?"

At this time, Zhu Ji suddenly turned his head and looked at Luo Yan with serious eyes.

"Return to your lord, the lower officials are ready." Luo Yan said seriously.

Zhu Ji attached great importance to the prince's arrival.

A few days ago, he made repeated orders to get ready to welcome Prince Daqing with the best spirit.

"Well. It's your honor to be the prince's guard. You must do your best for the prince." Zhu Ji pointed out.

Luo Yan was promoted by him personally, and he was regarded as his confidant.

If Luo Yan could become the prince's personal guard, then he, the guide, would be able to speak better in front of the prince.

Perhaps, after the prince left, the state shepherd's seat in Dongxiang Prefecture would also fall into his hands.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Luo Yan again, nodded secretly, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

Such appearance, equal bearing.

Even if he is the prince, he will look at Luo Yan differently.

"By the way, my lord, I see that His Highness the Crown Prince has brought a lot of followers, what if His Highness doesn't allow the lower officials to guard?" Luo Yan asked suddenly.

"That's okay. You are a black-clothed guard, and your duty is to guard the State Shepherd's Mansion. After His Royal Highness lives in, you will have a lot of opportunities to get close to His Royal Highness."

Zhu Ji said something, then changed his voice, and urged: "Remember, in the State Shepherd's Mansion, take care of the maids arranged by the official. If there is an opportunity, you must create an opportunity to let them get as close as possible to you." His Royal Highness."

(End of this chapter)