Kunlun one millet

Chapter 31

It's the beginning of spring, Xingluo County is located in the north, and the river has not completely thawed, but everyone from the county government office to Daying in the west of the city is busy, in order to harvest the seeds of the county and township along the Neihai before the spring sows. The thieves were driven away.

After all, people have to eat, and they have to work hard to eat. If banditry spreads all over Xingluo County and the spring planting is missed, the harvest in Xingluo County will be greatly reduced in the next year.Even if the imperial court and neighboring counties can allocate food, who can guarantee long-term stability?Maybe more people will join the ranks of thieves for a bite to eat.

If a greater famine breaks out because of this, it will be followed by unstoppable civil uprisings.By that time, the banditry will only become more and more serious, and Xingluo County will be corrupted and completely hopeless.

After experiencing the battle of Sanniukeng and the bandits' raid on Yanze City, General Wei made steady progress to ensure the stability of the existing six counties, and encircled and suppressed small bandits twice, instead of pursuing big battles and big victories.

Since the Xingluo County bandits passed the winter, their various looting activities seem to have slowed down a lot.According to General Wei's analysis, perhaps the counties and towns have already been plundered, and with the whole winter's fighting, the bandits will also need to be repaired.

At the same time, the news that the [-] bandit-suppressing army was empty-paid spread throughout the government and the public, setting off a fierce storm. Tens of thousands of people in Dongsheng Capital talked about it, and all kinds of rumors sprang up-some said that the Xiong Kingdom was eyeing it, and the imperial court needed more soldiers. Beware of foreign enemies; some said that the nobles of the aristocratic family corrupted the military pay in order to build gardens; some said that the Huaxu country had no soldiers to use, just like a broken house, it only needs to be kicked hard and it will collapse.

And as the butterfly that fanned the storm, Zhao Mi didn't have the awareness of being the one who started it, or he never felt that he really had much influence. Wouldn't the nobles in court fight back and forth?The situation has long been tit-for-tat, even without Zhao Mi, this storm is doomed to be inevitable.

Zhao Mi has restrained himself a lot these days. Every few days he goes to the school grounds to set up an altar to offer sacrifices to refine armor charms. The soldiers are used to it, and no one is watching.He also went in and out of the county prison from time to time, trying to get more news from the monks of Chiyundu, and at the same time sent a batch of town house charms to Wang Juncheng to distribute to the wealthy gentry and important places in the city to prevent evil spirits.Every day when I go back to the small courtyard in the east of the city, I either concoct magical objects and refine pills with Shi Huoguang and others, or concentrate on practicing in the room.

As for the fox demon maid next to Liang Shuo, apart from taking more precautions, Zhao Mi didn't plan to spread the news to the public for the time being.

Luo Xixian's words of scolding before were very unpleasant, but Zhao Shu also had some calculations in his heart.This Mr. Liang had sent his subordinate fox demon to disturb the altar, which made Zhao Mi wary of him, but except himself, no one could help testify to the fox demon's origin.If it is revealed in a hurry, it may not be able to seriously damage the reputation of Chongxuan Pavilion.

Zhao Mi really didn't like the children of the aristocratic families in the Chongxuan Pavilion, but he didn't show it like Luo Xixian, and even his teacher Zhang Duanjing never broke his face and fought with the Chongxuan Pavilion.If you fight and kill without any strategy, you may not be able to shake the status of Chongxuan hall.

However, after the Jiutian Yuntai of the Chongxuan Pavilion was placed in the Tiegong Temple, they closed their doors and lived their own lives as always, and did not continue to press forward.

Lingxiao had foreseen this point a long time ago, she even expected that the disciples of the Liang family would not be able to exert all the wonderful functions of the Nine Heavens Cloud Platform.The magic weapon of the fairy family really likes the clean and dislikes the turbid, but it is not so that it will lose its magical effect if it is contaminated with a little mortal filth.

"From this point of view, it doesn't seem to be a big problem?" Zhao Shu just went out to do some errands, holding a box of prescriptions, happened to pass by Tiegong Temple, and secretly activated the Yingxuan Scenery Technique, while listening to Ling Xiao's narration:

"You don't understand, the magic weapons of the fairy family are not those nail charms that you enlightened after opening the altar. After casting, the charm dissipates and needs to be re-sacrificed. The magic weapons made by the fairy family are often self-contained and complete, just like ordinary people. When you come, you will know how to breathe and eat, and the celestial treasure itself can exhale clear qi, receive and guide the three lights, and even if the aura of the qi is worn away, it can also recover by itself."

Zhao Mi asked: "Since this is the case, there is nothing wrong with looking for the worldly blessed place where the clean energy is accumulated to maintain the magic weapon."

"Not necessarily." Lingxiao reminded: "The clean air of the blessed land also has its own characteristics. The Jiutian Yuntai is more suitable to be placed on the top of a high mountain, to catch the cloud air and gather the wind, rather than trying to connect the legacy of the mountain god."

Zhao Mi had already walked away, and at the end of the day, he glanced at Tiegong Temple: "I also find it strange that Falu Immortal General and Mountain God are not the same thing, right?"

"If an immortal drives down the talismans and generals, if he can live in the cave for a long time, it will naturally be formed by the formation of the immortal spirit." Lingxiao said: "The mountain gods and places are different. After the blood food is worshiped, it is also contaminated with the filth of the world. Unless it is refined and enlightened by the immortals, it will be difficult to ascend to the cave. Even living in the world for a long time and greedy for blood food will turn from pure to turbid, from a mountain god who shelters one side to an unrighteous one. Evil God."

Zhao Mi nodded secretly: "I have heard about this. There have been many such mountain gods and river gods in Kunlun Continent. They forced the people to worship, gathered a group of spirits and monsters, and proclaimed themselves emperors and generals. However, the Tianxia Dynasty vigorously eradicated a group of prostitutes Worshiping evil gods, there are also a batch of rituals enshrined to worship righteous gods, and Tiegong Temple is one of them."

During these days, Zhao Mi went in and out of the county government office, and spent some time looking through the local chronicles of the Tianxia Dynasty, and learned that the Tiegong Temple enshrines a rather special mountain god.

Panlong Mountain is towering and vast, rich in metal and mineral deposits, and one of the iron ore veins gave birth to an iron stone monster by chance.After the iron stone monster became aware of the human affairs, he didn't make any troubles. Instead, he occasionally guided the lost hunter and woodcutter in the mountains, and gradually spread his reputation.

Later Tianxia Dynasty wiped out Xingluo County's prostitutes, and several evil spirits hid in Panlong Mountain. When they encountered iron and stone monsters, they were planning to take away their pure gold energy and refine them into magic weapons.Unexpectedly, this iron and stone monster was unscathed by more than one enemy, and killed the group of evil spirits.

This matter was learned by the monks of the Tianxia Dynasty, and after they reported it to the emperor, they decreed to canonize this iron stone monster as "Tie Gong", guarding Panlong Mountain, and being eaten by incense, fire and blood forever.

And after this Tiegong was granted the title of Mountain God, he was as pure and simple as before, and even pointed out many undiscovered shallow mineral veins to the world, which made Xingluo County become the most abundant place of gold, silver, copper and iron in Tianxia Dynasty. The folk market even has the common name of "Iron God of Wealth".

It can be said that Tie Gong, the mountain god who was enshrined as a master of hardware, is quite different from the Qingling generals in the fairy family's law books. The aura and aura of the two are very different. Zhao Shu still can't figure out the real intention of Liang Shuo's move.

Back in the small courtyard in the east of the city, Zhao Mi handed the wooden box in his arms to Shi Huoguang: "This is the five stacks of Yingzhi powder from the Yunzhu Pavilion. Is the Jinghua water ready?"

The so-called well water is the first bucket of water drawn from the well at sunrise in the morning.Because the vitality between the heaven and the earth is activated at sunrise, the subtle energy contained in the well water is also very beneficial for preparing Dansan bait medicine.

Shi Huoguang gestured to a large vat behind him, Zhao Mi nodded, and after a moment of recuperation, he raised his eyes to look at the Eastern Sun, pointed at the empty book, opened and closed his lips slightly, and recited the mantra:

"The water of Taiyi is directed towards the light of the gods, cleansing the five treasures into the capsule. All diseases are cured and evil ghosts die, and the body of the heaven and earth is light and strong..."

After reciting the mantra seven times and clenching the teeth forty-nine times, finally a stream of yang and true energy was condensed in the mouth, which was blown into the water along the sword-pointing amulet.

At this time, Shi Huoguang also poured some powdered five-fold Yingzhi powder into the vat, Zhao Shuyao pointed at him, and the water in the vat swirled and stirred, and a hazy five-color phosgene emerged.

Zhao Mi scooped up a ladle of water and drank it, then nodded, "That's right. It relieves muscle and bone fatigue, and cures cold, heat and miscellaneous diseases. Combined with this five stacks of Yingzhi powder, it can also force out nine insects in the body and the filth in the abdomen. Hurry up." Put it in a bamboo tube, and the county government servants will come to your door soon."

Recently, in Yanze City, due to the change of yin, yang, cold and heat between heaven and earth, the number of sick people has increased a lot. It is not a serious illness or epidemic, but there are rumors that it is the evil spirits in Panlong Mountain who spread the disease into Yanze City. Even if the county government catches the rumormonger in time, it can't stop the spread of rumors.

Nowadays, there are not enough doctors and Chinese medicine practitioners in Yanze City, so Wang Juncheng came forward to ask all the museums to help, or to give pills and water, or to open an altar to pray, in short, to stabilize the morale of the people and the army.

Although there is no limit to the techniques taught by the museum, they also have their own specialties.The Jiangzhen Hall is proficient in the rituals of the mandala, so in the past few days, it often goes around the city with flags and flags, blowing, beating, singing and chanting, it is very lively.

As for the Yunzhu Pavilion, which focuses on taking pills, Wang Juncheng originally hoped that they would take out some pills, even if it was just to put on a show, but they were secretive.It was Zhao Mi who went out of his way to exchange this box of five stacks of Yingzhi powder with a string of luminous pearls to prepare the curse water.

While watching the yamen servants hurriedly leave the small courtyard with bamboo tubes, Zhao Mi looked at the seal that Shi Huoguang took out: "This is the seal you made for sacrifice? I see you working on this these days."

"Golden City Eternal Seal." Shi Huoguang held a brass-colored, tortoise-buttoned Zhuwen seal in his hand, which circulated an aura similar to the golden armor technique, but it was more rigorous: "I see you are going to seal it every few days. Sacrificing the golden armor talisman once, and those armor pieces have to be sacrificed again after each activation, which is too much trouble, so this seal was created."

Zhao Mi played with the seal: "Let me see... Could it be that as long as the spell is activated, everyone nearby can be blessed by the Golden Armor spell at the same time?"

Shi Huoguang nodded and said: "Not only that, this seal can also help you attract the Qi of Taibai Gengjin to descend, and you don't need to set up an extra altar to do it when you sacrifice armor pieces, so as not to be disturbed by evil spirits."

Zhao Mi smiled and said, "Don't worry, that fox demon was hurt by me, and I'm afraid he won't dare to show his face easily these days."

Shi Huoguang didn't know the details of the fox demon's origin, so he couldn't help worrying: "Don't relax, I recently found someone spying near the small courtyard. A few days ago, many villagers flocked to Yanze City, maybe there are demons mixed in there. "

Zhao Mi accepted Fayin: "I know that the bandits have not made any big moves recently, and I am also on guard against them wanting to cause trouble in Yanze City. It was the gangsters who spread rumors about the epidemic before. I will go to the prison to interrogate them now."

Shi Huoguang looked strange: "The county magistrate Cao can do this kind of thing, why do you have to do it?"

"I'm by the way." Zhao Mi carried the bamboo box on his back: "Sang Huazi, who was caught outside Sanniukeng, has been unable to hold on for the past two days. I want to see if I can ask Chi Yundu from him. confidential matter."

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When Zhao Mi came to the county government office, he learned that Wang Juncheng had gone to the north of the city to bid farewell to General Wei.The current situation pushes the bandits as far away as possible, General Wei can't just sit idle in Yanze City.

The county officials basically knew Zhao Mi, and led him directly to the prison. There was a middle-aged secretary waiting in the torture room. Zhao Mi found out that he was a new face and asked, "Are you new here?"

The middle-aged secretary made a bow and said: "Xiaosheng's surname is Chen. He is from Baichao County, Xingluo County. He was requisitioned by the county government and came to assist with clerical affairs."

The yamen servant next to him said: "Officer Zhao Fu, our county mansion really can't spare more manpower, and everyone is so busy with their heels hitting the back of their heads. These days, the government and army have taken back several market towns, and they have also asked Mr. Wang to borrow officials. We have no choice but to recruit some people who can read and write from neighboring counties and villages to help. I also ask Zhao Fuli not to be offended."

"It's okay." Zhao Mi looked at Chen Shuban: "I will interrogate the prisoner later, and you will be responsible for recording. Don't panic when you see any movement."

"Xiaosheng remember it." Chen Shuban's voice was warm, and he sat obediently in the corner, picking up a pen and paper.

"Take that rumor-monger up here." Zhao Mi ordered the yamen servant, and at the same time stuffed the red and white ribbons around his waist into the bamboo box, and then took out the bottles and jars.

"It's up to you to kill or cut!" Before Zhao Mi could speak, the prisoner was tied to the rack and cursed: "Your grandfather, I have lived enough in this life! I'm not afraid of you bastards!"

Holding a pottery bowl in his hands, Zhao Mi shook his head and sighed softly. When he raised his hand, he was slapped across the face, and the crisp sound echoed in the torture room.

Even though Zhao Mi looks weaker than a swordsman like Luo Xixian, he is still a man of cultivation, his limbs and bones are nourished by true qi, and he is stronger than ordinary people. With a single swing of his hand, he beat the prisoner's teeth Dislocated, even the jaw was dislocated.

The prisoner was so stunned, Zhao Mi directly forcibly poured down the ink-like concoction in the bowl, Zhao Mi held the prisoner's jaw and neck, swallowed the concoction forcibly, and then connected his chin.

"You, what did you give me to drink?!" The prisoner asked with a pale face.

"Gu worm." Zhao Mi said expressionlessly, "You don't need to ask, and I'm too lazy to explain to you. Now I'll give you a chance, tell me, who sent you to Yanze City to spread rumors?"

The prisoner spat: "Bah! What are you spreading rumors? It is the evil spirits spreading the plague in the city! You master monks are not going to deal with the evil spirits, but come to torture me, a commoner!"

Zhao Mi narrowed her eyes and said, "I never said I was a monk."

The prisoner was stunned, and Zhao Mi said: "If you don't hang the ribbon, you know my identity, and you must also understand that I have plenty of means to make you speak."

After Zhao Mi finished speaking, he flicked his fingers, and the prisoner's chest and abdomen swelled and heaved. His complexion changed a few times, his tendons became protruding, and he immediately let out a horrific howl.

"You know what a Gu worm is, right?" Zhao Mi said with a cold expression, "Don't worry, you won't die, it's just a little pain. If you can answer obediently, I can make you suffer less."

(End of this chapter)