Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 821 The Elephant of the Emperor (thanks to the Unicorn Dragon's Silver Alliance)

Sha Yuanzhong, who was the best at collecting Fu, failed in collecting Fu.

The story of him kowtowing from door to door in Beifu Village spread like wildfire, and spread to all states and counties within a few days.

No need to ask, this matter was passed on by the judge again.

For Hong Juncheng, killing Sha Yuanzhong was tantamount to admitting that he had failed in conscripting money, and the matter of kowtowing was confirmed.

If Sha Yuanzhong is not killed, other local prefects will continue to wait and see, and the matter of collecting gifts is still in the foreseeable future.

What worried Hong Juncheng even more happened. He once again summoned the prefects from all over the country to come to Shenlin City. The prefects from all over the place shirked with various excuses, but they refused to come.

All the prefects know that the gods are unreasonable, and if they come to the city of gods, they will die!

Catch them if they don't come!

Hong Juncheng sent black-clothed guards to arrest the magistrate who failed to collect taxes, but all the black-clothed guards he sent died on the way.

Hong Juncheng sent an imperial envoy to urge various places to collect taxes, but the imperial envoy also died halfway.

Hong Juncheng appointed a new magistrate to take office, and the new magistrate died on the way.

Hong Juncheng felt terrified that someone was cutting him off from the states and counties.

This kind of behavior will make many people see the truth clearly, the god is not omnipotent.

He can be the supreme god, or he can be nothing.

For the common people, this truth is unacceptable.

But for the prefects of the states, they have known this truth for a long time, and they have seen it very thoroughly.

It's okay to be dismissed, at least I didn't lose my life.

Convicted, it doesn't matter, prefects everywhere are now charged with crimes.

God sent someone to arrest?It doesn't matter, as long as they don't collect taxes, the judge will protect them.

With the news of Qin Yan and Hong Zhenji, Xu Zhiqiong kept track of Hong Juncheng's movements at any time, coupled with his savvy eyes, the people who came to arrest the prefects from all over the place would not be able to reach the jurisdiction.

The gods are ruthless, so the prefects of the states cannot go to Shenlin City.

Judges are more ruthless, so the prefects of the states are determined not to levy taxes.

Anyway, it is a life, and one more day is one day.

As long as the gods don't send out their troops, they will be exhausted.

The magistrates around the world can't think about what it will be like when the emperor dispatches the army, and they can't figure it out.

Hong Juncheng convened a court meeting to discuss the matter of tax collection, but Qiancheng had the rules of the state, and he didn't talk about business in formal occasions.

What do you say about this kind of thing?
Why do states and counties resist Fu?
Is it because the land tax has been collected too much, or is the god king doing something wrong?

Don't say anything that is not good for the gods, this is the most basic common sense in Qiancheng Kingdom.

All the ministers put forward a few sentences in an understatement.

"Occasionally, evil people make trouble, and the gods don't have to worry about it."

"All states and counties who do not fulfill their duties and are negligent and slack should be punished."

Everyone is saying the routine according to the routine, but there are really some people who don't follow the routine.

Record Wang Hongzhenkang's remonstrance: "Nowadays, all states and counties have actions to resist Fu. The gods should lead troops and horses, go to prefectures and counties in person to collect Fu, punish courtiers, and eradicate mobs!"

Hong Zhenji blinked slightly.

In his impression, the King Lu was not like this in his early years, maybe he wasn't too smart, and he wasn't so stupid.

Being imprisoned for so many years seems to have really affected Lu Wang's mind.

Now the states and counties are shaking the authority of the gods.

If Shenjun leaves Shenlincheng now, what will be the consequences?
The consequence is that someone will take advantage of the void and become a new god.

This was a situation that Hong Zhenji wanted to see very much, but Hong Juncheng was not a last resort, how could he leave Shenlin City?
Something happened to Hong Zhenkang.

Hong Juncheng's face turned ashen, and he immediately issued an edict, appointing a new position to Hong Zhenkang.

He appointed Hong Zhenkang as General Jinwu, and asked him to select [-] troops from the Shenguang Camp to supervise the collection of taxes in various places.

Hong Zhenkang's mind was indeed shut down.

Not only was he not worried, but he felt that the opportunity was rare. After the court meeting, he immediately went to Shenzheng camp to select troops, raise food, grass and armaments, and prepare to go out immediately.

Hong Zhenji told Xu Zhiqiong the news, and Xu Zhiqiong directly handed over the matter to Hong Huaxiao.

Hong Huaxiao's tactic is very simple: "I'll just take two people with me and just leave Hong Zhenkang in Shenlin City."

She wanted to assassinate Hong Zhenkang directly in Shenlin City, Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "Let him take the soldiers and horses out."

Hong Huaxiao was stunned: "If you take the soldiers and horses out and just hear the wind, I'm afraid those farmers will be frightened to death."

Xu Zhiqiong said expressionlessly: "If they can be frightened to death by hearing a little bit of wind, then they deserve to pay gifts, and they deserve to be starved."

Hong Huaxiao said with a look of embarrassment: "These 2 people are hard to resist."

Xu Zhiqiong said in amazement: "At the beginning, when you picked up a hundred black-clothed guards with cultivation, you didn't see any difficulties, but now all you meet are sergeants without cultivation, so why worry?"

Hong Huaxiao sighed: "Ma Changshi, you still don't know much about my witchcraft."

"Please tell me, Your Highness?"

"The sorcerer's way of meeting the enemy depends on the deployment in advance, not on the improvisation. One hundred black-clothed guards, although their cultivation base is high, but as long as they are deployed properly, they will not be given a chance to display their abilities when they actually fight.

But the enemy army has [-] people, with such a number, no matter how many ingenious plans they have planned, they are still beyond their reach. "

To put it simply, the number of [-] is already beyond the limit of this group of witches.

How can their limits be raised?
There are two plans, one is the number of people, and the other is the cultivation base.

"If you can give me a thousand disciples, I can eat these 2 people. If my disciples' cultivation reaches the seventh rank, I can also eat these 2 people.

But now they are all ninth grade, only three of them have reached eighth grade, and they can withstand up to 3000 people, and there is nothing more they can do. "

Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and said: "Three thousand is a little less, I will find some helpers for you, how about five thousand?"

"Five thousand..." Hong Huaxiao thought for a moment, "It depends on what kind of helper you are."

"Follow me to test the quality tomorrow, and help me take a look at this puppet today." Xu Zhiqiong took out a piece of talisman paper and summoned a puppet.

The moment he saw the puppet, Hong Huaxiao shivered with fright.

The figure and appearance of this puppet are exactly the same as Hong Juncheng.

Seeing Hong Huaxiao's reaction, Xu Zhiqiong was very satisfied, the puppet was very realistic.

He gave the puppet a wink, and the puppet straightened his waist, took two steps, imitated Hong Juncheng's tone, and said: "Since you have seen me, why are you still not polite?"

Hong Huaxiao stared at the puppet for a moment, then shook his head and said, "This, it doesn't look like my father..."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "You know he's a puppet, so naturally you don't feel like your father."

Hong Huaxiao shook his head and said, "Even if I don't know he's a puppet, he doesn't look like my father."

Xu Zhiqiong raised his eyebrows and said, "Seventy percent similarity in appearance, three percent similarity in spirit, that's enough."

Hong Huaxiao still shook his head: "Ma Changshi, forgive me for saying bluntly, this puppet has nine points of similarity in appearance, but not one point in spirit."

Nothing?

This puppet is currently sealed with the soul of a servant. This servant was originally Hong Juncheng's personal servant. Later, he offended Hong Juncheng because of trivial matters and was executed.

Xu Zhiqiong went to the underworld to collect the soul of this servant. This servant knew Hong Juncheng well and hated him deeply. Logically speaking, he should imitate him very much.

But Hong Huaxiao insisted that it was not the same.

Is it because Hong Huaxiao is dissatisfied because he imitated his father?

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Your Highness, this is a serious matter, and you cannot judge with personal grievances."

"Personal grievances?" Hong Huaxiao frowned, suddenly puffed up his chest and said, "Ma Changshi, do you think my bosom is that small?"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "The bosom is not small."

"I really don't think so. If Ma Changshi doesn't believe it, he should ask someone else to have a look. In addition, please ask Ma Changshi to make a decision on the matter of help."

Hong Huaxiao went to deploy the war, Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment, took the puppet and went outside the city.

In a courtyard outside the city, Zhao Jindong was studying eunuch techniques. He feigned death and left the palace, and now he is taking this opportunity to hone his practice.

Xu Zhiqiong brought the puppet in front of Zhao Jindong. Zhao Jindong glanced at it for the first time and felt that it was no different from Hong Juncheng.

But when the puppet took two steps, Zhao Jindong shook his head again and again and said, "This is not like a god."

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Why don't you look like a god? How can you tell me clearly?"

Zhao Jindong couldn't understand, and looked at Chang Decai with embarrassment.

Chang Decai said from the side: "Master, Xiao Jinzi is the most stupid. I will find a way to call Qin Yan out at night and let him have a look."

In the middle of the night, Qin Yan ran out from the palace and took a look at the puppet.

From the moment the puppet spoke, Qin Yan immediately made a judgment: "This is really not like a god, and what is not like, the disciple can't tell."

If you ask, you won't say anything.

If you ask again, you won’t be able to explain clearly!

Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong was annoyed, Chang Decai persuaded: "Why don't you let King Shu take a look, that's his brother, he should be able to see some clues."

"Let King Shu see it?" Xu Zhiqiong shook his head, "This puppet cannot be seen by too many people."

Who else is familiar enough with Hong Juncheng?
And it had to be someone Xu Zhiqiong could absolutely trust.

Xu Zhiqiong returned to Yuyao Palace, asked everyone to retreat, and showed the puppet to Liang Yuyao alone.

Liang Yuyao was quite familiar with Hong Juncheng, after all, she had been summoned so many times.

Seeing the puppet's gestures, and listening to the puppet say a few words, Liang Yuyao said: "Not only does this not look like Hong Juncheng, he doesn't look like an emperor at all, especially when he speaks."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Did he say something wrong?"

Liang Yuyao still shook her head: "It's okay to say something wrong, even if the emperor says a few words wrong, so what?

After all, it's a golden word, and it's enough for someone to make it up for him after all, but this person is too worried that he said the wrong thing. "

Xu Zhiqiong pondered for a moment, and seemed to realize something.

That night, Xu Zhiqiong went to the Xingxiu Gallery.

Bai Yueshan was sweeping the floor in the corridor, before he had time to hide the broom, Xu Zhiqiong had already walked up to him.

Xu Zhiqiong took out a stick of sin and handed it to Bai Yueshan: "Doctor Bai, please help me release this soul."

Bai Yueshan pondered for a moment: "The matter of Ming Dao is not over yet, can this soul be released?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled: "Let's release it, we'll hold it in our hands anyway, and we'll take it back after we use it.

Doctor Bai, don't always sweep here, find a way to earn some money. "

PS: Sarah woke up and saw a reminder from the writer's assistant that Sarah has a silver alliance.

Salad is so touched, so touched, thank you Unicorn for your support and encouragement, I will add a new chapter today.

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