Cultivation begins with the Shen family

Chapter 16
As the days passed, more and more monks began to pour into Shayu County. Among them, there were not only monks from this county, but also many monks from neighboring counties. It could be described as a mixed bag.

And everyone came to this county with only one purpose, which was to participate in the concubine banquet held by the county magistrate here soon.

It is precisely because of this that even though the Xuanlingmen disciples at the gate of the city checked carefully, some people with malicious intentions were allowed to sneak into the city.

I saw that a man dressed as a casual cultivator swaggered into the city, then turned into an unknown alley, and went through a round of twists and turns, and pushed back after making sure that no one was following him. The door entered an inconspicuous small courtyard.

At this time, in this seemingly dilapidated small courtyard, there were actually more than twenty monks in the late stage of Qi training hidden.

"The third elder has an order. His old man will do it on the night of the banquet. I will wait until there is a sound outside the city and start taking action immediately."

The man read out the family's order in front of everyone, and everyone in the courtyard obeyed after hearing the order.

"In addition, in order to get a better understanding of the situation in the county government, you two, the fifth and the ninth, will go to the banquet in disguise the day after tomorrow in order to try to find the treasury of the county government in Shayu County."

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In a blink of an eye, it was the day when the county magistrate held a concubine feast, and Shen Zhirui followed the patriarch Shen Xiangchi to the direction of the county government.

During the time in the county, he also learned more or less about the county magistrate from his second brother Shen Zhiyuan.

As far as he knew, the county magistrate was named Lin Zhengsheng, and he was a foundation-building elder in Xuanling Sect. He had been the county magistrate in Shayu County for more than fifty years.

In the past fifty years, the county magistrate Lin has done the most in Shayu County to take concubines.

Almost every three to five years, a new concubine would be taken in. Now there might be dozens of wives and concubines in the mansion, but he was still taking concubines non-stop, and he never tired of it.

It is precisely because of having so many wives and concubines, and the county magistrate Lin's more than [-] years of farming day and night, that he gave birth to a Lin family within a few years after he came to Shayu County.

Now after decades of development, the Lin family has become a veritable famous family in Shayu County.

Although the number of monks and the mortal population of this famous family cannot be compared with several old local families, but they have the foundation-building monks as the biggest backer, and they have already secured the position of the first famous family.

And it can be said that in this Shayu County, the County Magistrate Lin is a veritable Tu Emperor.

The taxes that dozens of qi training families in Shayu County handed over to Xuanlingmen were first handed over to the county magistrate Lin, and then he handed over to Xuanlingmen.

As for the Lin family established by the magistrate Lin, they are all relatives of the emperor, and basically no one dares to offend them in Shayu County.

At this moment, in a secluded courtyard deep in the backyard of the Lin Mansion, a middle-aged man is respectfully pointing at Fang Fang and saying:

"Meet Father!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a gentle voice in the room.

"come in!"

After hearing this, the man carefully opened the door and walked in, then walked respectfully in front of a screen.

The next moment, an old man with white hair and childlike face slowly walked out from behind the screen, exuding a powerful aura all over his body.

This old man is Lin Zhengsheng, who is the magistrate of Shayu County, and the current head of the Lin family.

The man cupped his hands respectfully towards Lin Zhengsheng.

"Father, the guests are already here, and the banquet is about to begin!"

"I know it for my father."

I saw that Lin Zhengsheng nodded slightly, and then asked again:
"Have all the taxes of all the families in Shayu County been collected?"

"Father, there are 23 families in Shayu County, fourteen of them have paid the full tax according to the standard, and the remaining nine families have not paid the full tax according to the standard, my son asked Junior Brother Song to send someone to urge and put pressure on it. "

The man lowered his head and answered seriously, not daring to be negligent.

"Remember that the taxes collected this time are related to the Zongmen's plans. You must send someone to strictly guard the county government treasury. After a period of time, the father will personally send the taxes to the Zongmen."

"Father, why did the Zongmen suddenly increase taxes in various places, and even ransacked the homes of several families under the Zongmen?"

When the man realized that the matter was not simple, he raised his confusion to Lin Zhengsheng again.

However, facing the man's question, Lin Zhengsheng also shook his head.

"This matter was passed down from those sects in the middle reaches, and the specific matter is not very clear for the father. Presumably only the senior brother who is in charge of the sect knows the specific reason for this matter."

"Okay, this matter is not what you need to care about. The most important thing for you right now is to prepare for the foundation establishment. Weifu is already helping you win the foundation establishment spiritual object from the sect. In addition, this is a Foundation building experience."

"My child remembers his father's teachings!"

When the man heard the words "Building Foundation Spiritual Object", a fiery look flashed in his eyes, and he quickly took the jade slip that Lin Zhengsheng handed over.

"You go out to greet the guests from all parties first, and the father will come out soon!"

. . . . . .

"The Shen family of Biyun Mountain congratulates County Magistrate Lin on their wedding, and presents a top-grade [Golden Cicada Flower]."

Following the yelling of Lin's monks at the door, Shen Xiangchi, his grandfather and grandson, strode into the Lin mansion.

And when Shen Zhirui entered the Lin mansion, he immediately felt the rich aura in the mansion rushing towards him from all directions, and every pore on his body seemed to be greedily absorbing the aura.

"Is this the spiritual power emanating from the second-order spiritual vein?"

While he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he also calmly felt the refreshing feeling brought about by being surrounded by this rich spiritual power.

As far as he knew, there was only this second-rank low-grade spirit vein in the entire Shayu County, which was cultivated by Xuanlingmen with great efforts.

Moreover, it is said that the Xuanling Gate seems to have arranged a special formation in the [Xuanling River] not far away, which can continuously draw the spiritual power in the river to this second-level low-grade spiritual vein to nourish this The growth of spiritual veins.

"It's no wonder that Xuanlingmen wants to build a dam here in the county. It turns out that they want to gather all the spiritual power in the river into this county."

Shen Zhirui thought quickly again in his mind, feeling very dissatisfied with this practice of Xuanlingmen.

Although Xuanlingmen's doing this can increase the spiritual power in the county, it is undoubtedly a disaster for the families in the lower reaches who rely on the river to live, and they have to move their families to live near the county.

As for the Shen family, fortunately, there is a spring on Biyun Mountain, so that the family can continue to prosper, otherwise they can only abandon their ancestral property and live by farming for the Xuanling Sect.

Just as Shen Zhirui was thinking wildly, he had unknowingly followed Shen Xiangchi to the place where the banquet was held.

Looking at the past, all the people present here are the heads of families in Shayu County, and everyone gathered together to talk and laugh happily.

Although everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves on the surface, they were all having their own little calculations behind their backs.

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(End of this chapter)