Judge of the Lamp

Xu Zhiqiong was not mistaken.

"You turned into ashes, and I recognize you," Xu Zhiqiong stroked Taibu's beard, "You are Taibu who does not belong to the mortal world!"

Needless to say, this sentence is really appropriate. This is the Two Realms State, and it really does not belong to the mortal world in the strict sense.

Tai Bu said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, the old man is not Tai Bu, and the old man doesn't recognize you either!"

Xu Zhiqiong sighed: "It doesn't matter if you don't recognize him, I came here to ask Senior for a pill to heal my wound."

Tai Bu shouted: "I don't have any pills here, you can go!"

"Really not?"

"no!"

"Forget it, I'm here for nothing." Xu Zhiqiong didn't bother, turned around and left.

Tai Bu said: "Stay here, where are you going?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Go home, why not stay here with you for the New Year?"

"You, what did you say when you got home?" Tai Bu was a little worried.

Xu Zhiqiong turned his head and said: "Don't worry, this junior will naturally not talk nonsense. If someone asks Tai Bu, I will say that he is not in the cave in Liangjie Prefecture, and that cave is not a star palace."

After finishing speaking, Xu Zhiqiong strode towards the entrance of the cave, and Tai Bu suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Kangsheng, I have something to discuss."

"You don't recognize me, but you still want to discuss it?"

"Did Gongshu Pan bring you here?"

Xu Zhiqiong said, "Why do you ask this?"

Tai Bu stared at Xu Zhiqiong and looked him up and down: "You suffered internal injuries, have you ever fought against a domineering cultivator?"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded.

"Look at the other party, his cultivation level is not low, could it be that Liang Jixiong fell out with you?"

"That's not it, it's Liang Xiaoen's old dog."

"Liang Xiaoen?" Tai Bu frowned, "If I remember correctly, his cultivation has already been above the mortal world, you can still win a life in his hands?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled wryly: "This life was really hard to fight for. Most of Liang Xiaoen's cultivation base was abolished and he became a fourth rank. If that's the case, this battle also narrowly escaped death. Let's look carefully. I had internal injuries, and there were many external injuries, my left leg was broken, and my right leg was also injured, but I still staggered when I walked."

Tai Bu helped Xu Zhiqiong check the injury, took out a elixir, and swallowed it for Xu Zhiqiong: "Within half a day, the internal injury can recover, and the external injury needs to wait a little longer. If it is easy to rest and recuperate, it will take three to five days to recover." recover too."

Xu Zhiqiong thanked again and again, Tai Bu waved his hand and said: "I must not tell outsiders about my affairs here."

"Don't worry too much."

"After going out, please tell Gong Shuban to come here again in the next day. The Star Palace has fallen for a long time, and there are many places that need to be repaired."

Xu Zhiqiong said in amazement, "It's just an ordinary cave, so how can it be repaired?"

Tai Bu said angrily: "Crazy life! Don't beg for beating!"

Xu Zhiqiong clasped his fists and said with a smile: "The Liangjie Prefecture is dangerous, so please take care of yourself. If you have any needs for daily expenses, just tell me."

This is not a polite remark, Tai Bu doesn't want to reveal his whereabouts, and ordinary people can't go to Liangjie Prefecture. If there is a need for help, Xu Zhiqiong is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

Tai Bu smiled slightly, with a hint of gratitude in his tone: "Let's go quickly, don't ruin my practice."

Xu Zhiqiong resigned, left the cave, and passed on Taibu's words to Gongshuban.

Gongshu Pan nodded: "Business is naturally a good thing."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Our business is not over yet, I have recovered now, and I will finish this chaotic matter."

Gongshu Pan shook his head and said, "I can't say any more, any more words will kill me."

The knowledge about chaos and impermanence is really harmful to the body.

Xu Zhiqiong said: "I was not in good health just now, and now I have taken the elixir, and most of my recovery has recovered. You can say that, I can bear it."

"You can't bear it, it has nothing to do with whether you recover or not, and it has nothing to do with how much you recover."

"How can it be irrelevant? I only have a three-point physique just now. I can't bear the seven-point thing you said.

Now I have a seven-point physique, and you only have three-point things left to say, so I can naturally bear it. "

"If you can do this calculation, it will be great," Gongshu Ban said, "What you heard just now has reached the limit of your physical strength. No matter how well your physical recovery is, it is still the limit. Even if you listen to one more sentence, the meridians of your whole body may explode,

Remember, you must not tell others what I have told you. If you do not listen to my advice, be careful with your life. "

Gongshuban added another bundle of fodder to the two iron horses, and galloped all the way to Qiancheng Punishment Division.

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After the carriage drove for more than two hours, Xu Zhiqiong saw the ancient city.

Xu Zhiqiong was mentally prepared. It took 700 million taels of silver to fix the punishment department. Xu Zhiqiong only gave 350 million taels. It is estimated that this city can barely live in people, not much better than before.

But when he got closer, Xu Zhiqiong realized that he was wrong.

The ruins, broken walls, broken stones, and cracks are all gone.

Xu Zhiqiong saw a towering city wall with a brand new surface, without any trace of renovation.

"With 350 million taels of silver, it can be repaired to this level?" Xu Zhiqiong was very surprised.

"After all, we must be worthy of the reputation of the public loser." The public loser led Xu Zhiqiong and pushed open two heavy city gates.

When I entered the city, I saw that the road was re-paved with bluestone, smooth and clean, and spotless.

A row of officials' buildings behind them have been restored.

Xu Zhiqiong walked into one of the rooms. The first floor was a hall with all the tables and chairs.

The second floor is the bedrooms, beds and cupboards, each in its place.

It's too extravagant, the residence of ninth-rank officials can be so extravagant!

When I first entered Taoism, the Department of Punishment and Evil had no residences for officials and masters. The judges of Qiancheng Kingdom followed me, so I was really lucky.

Gongshu Pan said: "There are [-] staff houses, all of which have been repaired. Some of the city walls are short of materials. If there is a fierce battle, they must be reinforced."

"There's no need to reinforce it, but this residence is even more magnificent than the Judgment Pavilion of the Capital Punishment Division!"

After leaving the officials' house, Xu Zhiqiong followed Gongshuban to the main book hall.

The area of ​​the main book hall is nearly four times that of the officials' house. There is a long corridor in front of the door. The first floor is divided into two rooms, one hall and one study room. There are three rooms upstairs, all of which are bedrooms.

"There are [-] rooms in the Master Book Hall, half of which have been restored."

"It's enough to repair half of it!" Xu Zhiqiong recruited more than 100 judges in Qiancheng Kingdom, and even if they were promoted to the master book, they would not be satisfied with even one of them.

After leaving the main book hall, I went to the Judgment Pavilion.

The Judgment Pavilion is larger and has a courtyard.

There is a hall, two bedrooms, a kitchen and a firewood room on the first floor, and four bedrooms on the second floor.

There is an evil mirror stand in the hall, and even the pens and paper for the judgment are prepared on the desk.

The layout of Yilang Pavilion is similar to that of Judgment Pavilion, with a slightly larger yard and a barn.

"There are [-] rooms in Judgment Pavilion and Yilang Pavilion, and [-]% of them have been restored."

Twenty percent, more than 100 rooms.

A little less than expected, but enough.

Going further into the city, we arrived at the Zhonglang Pavilion.

The Zhonglang Pavilion is divided into two courtyards, the front courtyard and the servants living in the front courtyard.

The backyard is lived by the owner, and there are rockery and ponds in the yard.

"There are 260 eight rooms in the Zhonglang Pavilion, ten of which have been restored."

ten?

Less than everything?

Thinking about it carefully, for 700 million silver, I paid 350 million by myself, which is more than [-]%.

It is reasonable that the front is so neatly repaired and the inside is less.

Ten rooms are enough.

At present, Xia Hu and Zhuo Ling'er are only coming to live here. In the future, when someone from Qiancheng Kingdom becomes a Zhonglang, they will slowly move in.

It is not so easy to become a Zhonglang. At that time, Xu Zhiqiong will have enough money, and the whole punishment department should be completed.

After leaving Zhonglang Hall, Gongshu Ban didn't take Xu Zhiqiong to Changshi Hall, he took Xu Zhiqiong to two special places first.

One is the reward building.

The second is Chengfeng Building.

There is no difference between the Xun Xun Building and the Punishment Department in the capital, they are both a three-story building.

The scale of Chengfeng Building is not too different, but its function is quite different.

The Chengfeng Building of Qiancheng Punishment Division has seven floors. There are 35 doors in each floor, and there are 270 five doors in total.

There are quite a few in number, but this is a criminal punishment covering a whole country.

If the 270 five doors only cover one state, they can basically reach every village, and even be accurate to a certain important street.

But if it covers a country, it is estimated that it can only be accurate to the county.

For this, Gongshuban only gave an explanation: "Chengfeng Building costs a lot."

In the second half of the sentence, Xu Zhiqiong knew it well, which meant that the little money was only enough to cultivate to this level.

After leaving the Chengfeng Building, Xu Zhiqiong went to see the Craftsman Workshop.

The craftsman's workshop is nothing special, it's just a workshop. Gongshuban said: "Manpower is a bit tight recently. I will send someone over in ten days to teach some special techniques of the judge's way. If you want to hurry up, you have to pay extra money."

Xu Zhiqiong was taken aback: "Is there anyone else who specializes in teaching construction methods?"

Gongshu Pan nodded: "To build a punishment department, I have to send craftsmen to stay here for three years. This is the rule."

This should be considered a big business after-sales service, right?

After leaving the Craftsman's Workshop, Xu Zhiqiong finally went to the Changshi Hall.

The gate of Changshi Hall is very large. Judging from the outer wall, the mansion has three courtyards in both vertical and horizontal directions.

Just looking at it from the outside made Xu Zhiqiong feel his heart flutter.

He pushed open the door of Changshi Hall and walked in.

Gongshu Pan did not follow in.

After a meal, Xu Zhiqiong came out, looked at Gongshuban and said, "Isn't this too perfunctory?"

Gongshu Pan said: "The money you gave can only go so far."

"The 28 long history halls all look like this?"

Gongshu Pan shook his head and said, "This is the best renovated long history hall."

"What's the best thing about this, there's nothing in it!"

"Yes!" Gongshu Ban took out a book from behind: "The List of Evil Divisions of Thousand Times and Punishments is worth 20 taels. For the sake of big business, I'm giving you this book."

Xu Zhiqiong took the list, scratched his scalp and said, "A booklet, something worth tens of pennies, I can buy it from any place."

Gongshu Pan shook his head and said: "This is not an ordinary book. The Qiancheng Punishment Division is special. This book is comparable to the Zuozai Recording Book!"