God's Taoism is free and easy, starting with taking in the clam girl

Chapter 95
For some reason, although no one publicized it, the news spread in Anyuan County that the imperial court would reduce or exempt the incense tax of water gods.

Also being circulated is the news that the local government intends to collect taxes in advance before the release of the decree.

For a time, the gods of the entire Anyuan County turned against the sky.

The gods who had already grasped the news changed their expressions one after another, while the lesser gods who had been kept in the dark had different reactions.

Some weak gods planned to stay behind closed doors and delay going out to see guests until the government decree was announced.

There was also a little god who planned to quit, and immediately hid in Yunmeng Lake.

There are also some slightly stronger eighth-rank gods who form an alliance to deter the tax envoys.

Of course, the ones who were most annoyed belonged to the high-ranking seventh-rank gods, who originally didn't have to pay taxes.

However, when everything is on the table, the situation is different.Instead of not paying taxes, they have to take the lead in paying.

As for whether it will be returned in full in the future, it depends on one's own strength and influence.

Fortunately, not long after, there was news that the tax envoy of Anyuan County was suspected to be forced into the secret realm by a mysterious strong man. Now that his life and death are unknown, the tax collection in Anyuan County was put on hold.

Anyuan County Government, County Magistrate's Study Room.

A middle-aged man in a green shirt with a long beard sat in front of the desk and slowly sketched with a brush.Another middle-aged man in a gray shirt is behind him, watching quietly. He also has a similar long beard, but the shape of the beard is far less than the former.

After a long time, the middle-aged man with beautiful beard stopped the pen in his hand, and said indifferently without looking back:
"Yuan Bin, is there any important news recently?"

The gray-clothed man behind him bowed to meet him, and whispered in the ear of the bearded middle-aged man:
"Returning to Mr. Geng, the market is now full of countless rumors that are not true or not. However, there are also two pieces of definite news that have been confirmed."

"speak!"

"The first is the case of the river god being beheaded and disappeared. Many witnesses have been found."

The young man with a beautiful beard stroked his beard and nodded slightly, "The temporary disappearance of the evil dragon is not a bad thing for us in Anyuan County. After all, it is much more convenient for everyone to fetch water from the Anyuan River now."

"It's just that the evil dragon has an extraordinary origin and has its own way to save its life. It's delusional to expect it not to come back. I only hope that it can delay its return for a few years."

"By the way, how is the identity investigation of the person who made the shot going?"

"I only know that it is a human sword cultivator."

"Human Sword Cultivator?? There are three major sword sects in our Dajing Dynasty, and most of them are upright people who hate evil like hatred. He is willing to take great risks to eliminate evil for Anyuan County, but he has not humiliated his birth."

At this point, he changed the subject: "However, his blatant attack on the righteous god conferred by the imperial court violates the law of the great scene, and we cannot just sit idly by."

"How about this, a reward will be offered tomorrow. Once someone kills this cultivator, he can use his sword to go to the county government to receive a copper coin!"

"My lord..." Yuan Bin showed hesitation.

"How can a mere copper coin buy such a powerful life, even his sword is worth more than this price?"

The bearded middle-aged man waved his hand, and said indifferently: "Alas, the county government is so poor that it can't be solved. How can there be so many coins to offer rewards for arresting murderers? I have to subsidize this copper coin with my own money."

Yuan Bin opened his mouth and wanted to continue to say something, but he became impatient when he heard the former's voice.

"Okay, okay, just do what I said. Let's talk about another thing..."

"The second thing is the rumored disappearance of the tax envoy..."

As soon as the man in gray opened his mouth, the middle-aged man with a beautiful beard understood, and thoughtfully said:

"Oh, the imperial court is determined to cut taxes, but these people are doing everything they can to delay their progress. No, they deserve it right for meeting a ruthless person and being ruthless..."

"My lord, be careful." Yuan Bin reminded cautiously:
"This tax butcher represents our yamen. It doesn't matter to him all the time, but our county yamen has lost face and lost its dignity."

"Hey, how can you talk nonsense, the tax butcher is the high-ranking emissary of the National Teacher's Mansion, and the collection of incense taxes is also an offering to the gods. What does it have to do with our small county government?"

Mr. Geng, a middle-aged man with a beautiful beard, couldn't help but pause his hand stroking his beard, and quickly pointed out the problems in Yuan Bin's words.

"If you want to lose face, you will also lose the face of the other country's teacher's office. How can our Anyuan county government be qualified to bear it on their behalf..."

Yuan Bin nodded with all his thoughts, and tentatively said: "Then let's just sit back and watch?"

"What do you mean don't care?"

"Hurry up and send someone to seal the news for me. The disappearance of the tax envoy is a matter of the face of the National Teacher's Office. If no one sees the disappearance of the tax envoy with their own eyes, it must not be spread..."

"Ah this??"

Is it possible to see someone missing?

Yuan Bin was stunned when he heard the words, he was completely confused.

He didn't understand at all why his lord blocked the news of his disappearance instead of sending someone to investigate the matter. He hesitated:

"This matter has already spread in the Shinto, how can our county government block it?"

Mr. Geng waved his hand, and said helplessly: "You can refute the rumors, as long as our government shows its attitude, those gods will know what to do. After all, they want to see this situation more than we do."

"Go with peace of mind..."

After Yuan Bin took the order to leave, Mr. Geng stared at the words on the desk in a daze, and muttered to himself:
"In the year of catastrophe, people are terrified, and it's not easy to be a god. The pros and cons of collecting incense tax are mixed, but the current situation is that the harm outweighs the benefit. If the whole country can survive the natural disaster, it's a pity for some people. , the national crisis is just a special opportunity to make it easier to get rich."

At this time, a gust of wind blew open the door violently, and the words on the desk were blown up, like a gust of evil wind mixed with calligraphy and painting, and swept away.

Mr. Geng just stretched out his hand, trying to grab the words, but found that the calligraphy and painting became smaller and smaller, and the wind blown them out of sight in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but smile wryly: "I just wrote half a word on a whim because of feeling, why should I do this..."

……

A stone village, the mansion of the Rat God.

The style of Yunxi's mansion is very different from that of Xiaohe Muna Water Mansion, instead of many shells and aquatic plants, there are clusters of herbs and flowers instead.

The only similar thing is the big wooden bed that can sleep several people.

At this time, Yun Xi was half kneeling on the wooden bed, with pitiful eyes, and looked up at Wei Wu who was standing there from time to time.

Seeing that Wei Wu was still looking at her blankly, she hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a word, her eyes were red, she didn't know whether it was caused by tears or sadness.

If outsiders saw her cute and pitiful appearance, I don't know how much they would feel distressed.

But Wei Wu was as cold as frost at this time, he just took a breath of cool air from time to time, or frowned slightly.

After a long time, Wei Wu let out a breath of foul air, his face softened a bit:
"You're sick!"

"And it happened at the most critical moment!"

"When will Yunyao arrive?"

　Finally caught up.The second one may be later, and it should not be sent out in the early morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)