I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 116: The Evil Suppression Division (asking for monthly ticket)
After staying at home for a day, Sangque finally arrived at the woods outside Wangshan City at noon on October 10th.

She hasn't done anything yet, and most of the National Day holiday has passed. Sang Que feels that she may not be able to complete the task of joining the Evil Suppression Bureau before the end of the holiday. By then, she will have to ask her mother for leave from the school.

The reason was naturally the same one she had told Jiang Zao before, so it would not be easy to be exposed this way.

Coming out from the simple wooden door hidden deep in the woods, Sang Que felt a slight warmth coming from his heart. This feeling would become more obvious every time the light in his heart grew significantly.

“Am I famous here?”

Sang Que didn't understand and didn't think much about it. He took Xuan Yu out of the woods and went around to the west gate of Wangshan City.

The day before yesterday, Kou Yushan, Xia Chan and their group entered the city from the South Gate.

When Sang Que arrived, she happened to see a caravan queuing to enter the city, so she quietly followed behind.

Soon, more people appeared behind her. Some of them were pushing wheelbarrows with baskets full of vegetables, some mountain products and sundries on them, as if they were going into the city to sell them.

"Girl, your cat looks very smart. Do you want to sell it?"

A middle-aged man behind Sang Que took a fancy to the black jade in her arms and asked with a smile.

Meow!!
Xuan Yu shouted angrily, and the man was immediately happy, saying to the people around him, "See, he is really very smart and can understand what I say."

"I don't sell cats." Sang Que replied coldly, and the man didn't bother her any more.

After registering the household registration documents and paying the city entry tax, Sang Que finally stepped into Wangshan City.

The roads in the city are wide and crowded with cars and horses, but there is no sign of congestion. There are many buildings and shops along the road, and all kinds of shops are crowded with people, making the city bustling.

The pedestrians were all dressed neatly, and even the vendors who came here to sell goods were setting up stalls on the street in an orderly manner.

The guards in uniform armor walked past Sang Que. The sound of the armor colliding and the heavy and orderly footsteps made him feel safe.

"The last half bucket of tofu pudding left. I'll close the stall after it's sold out."

"Baozi, hot buns~"

"Hey, sir, where are you from? Do you want to stay in the hotel and have a meal?"

The boy at the inn at the city gate, with a towel draped over his shoulders, saw Sangque dressed like a knight and came forward to greet him.

Sang Que shook his head to refuse. Looking at the huge Wangshan City, he suddenly didn't know where to find Kou Yushan and Xia Chan. It was really inconvenient in ancient times because there were no instant communication tools.

After thinking about it, Sangque turned back and asked the waiter at the inn.

"Excuse me, where is the Evil Suppression Department?"

Kou Yushan said that he wanted to join the Evil Suppression Bureau, so maybe we can wait there and see him.

Hearing Sang Que asking about the Evil Suppression Division, the waiter's expression suddenly became strange, with a bit of curiosity and a bit of distress, "Sir, are you here to take part in the assessment of the Evil Suppression Division?"

"Is there a problem?"

The waiter immediately put on an ugly smile and said, "No problem, of course no problem. The Evil Suppression Division is a good place. The salary and treatment are much better than those of ordinary government officials, and now is a time when we are short of people. Ordinary government offices do not accept women, but the Evil Suppression Division accepts everyone."

The waiter came down the steps and pointed Sang Que in a direction. "Follow this street and go straight towards the foot of the mountain. The Evil Suppression Division is in the most remote place in the west, right next to the foot of the mountain. Go in the direction with the fewest people. You won't go wrong."

"Thank you."

Sang Que walked in the direction pointed by the waiter, admiring the customs and culture of Wangshan City along the way.

Sang Que discovered that no matter how big or small the shop was, there would be an Eight Diagrams bronze mirror hung on the door, and the doorstep leading to the shop was also carved with talismans, painted red with cinnabar.

The flags stuck at the doors of each shop had the shop name written on one side and an evil-dispelling rune drawn on the other.

Most of the men in the city wear Taoist robes and wear cinnabar and peach wood ornaments. Some people hold Buddhist beads and play with them as they walk. It can be seen that most people in Wangshan City believe in Taoism and Buddhism.

"...Have you heard about the incident at the Ziyun Mountain bandit camp?"

There were two vendors chatting on the roadside. Sang Que's ears moved and he stopped. He saw one of the vendors was selling Zenggao and he took out a copper coin with "Xuanyuan Tongbao" written on it from the small pouch on his waist.

"Give me one penny." She liked to eat this kind of glutinous food at home, and zonggao has always been her favorite. She wondered what the difference was between the ancient zonggao and the modern one.

"Sir, your cake is hot."

Sangque bought a big piece for one penny and ate it standing on the roadside while the two vendors continued chatting.

"It was all over the city yesterday that the bandit camp in Ziyun Mountain was wiped out by a mysterious ghost."

"A ghost walker? Is he so powerful? Isn't it said that the bandit camp in Ziyun Mountain raises a lot of zombies, and there are also jumping corpses that are invulnerable to swords and guns?"

"It's for sure. Those people who entered the city yesterday evening were the ones who escaped from the bandit camp in Ziyun Mountain. What they saw with their own eyes was a ghost hiding in the fog. Later, Captain He from our Evil Suppression Division took the Fifth Master and the Sixth Master to look for the ghost in person. After they came back, they looked for the ghost, but they didn't find him."

"The one who could attract Captain He's attention must be a powerful figure. Captain He probably couldn't have wiped out the entire Ziyun Mountain bandit camp by himself."

"Yes, it's rare to find such a ghost walker who is willing to do good things. I hope this person can join the Evil Suppression Department and live longer."

After hearing this, Sang Que finally understood why she felt her heart lamp become noticeably stronger as soon as she came here.

Although she did not reveal her identity, the person everyone was talking about was her, and those who escaped were sincerely grateful to her.

I just don’t know how much the heart lamp has increased. I’ll wait until night time to go into the Netherworld and take a look.

After walking for a while, there were fewer and fewer people around. Sang Que suddenly felt a little puzzled. Why was it so lively at the city gate of Wangshan City, but became more and more deserted as one went deeper? Judging from the clothes worn by the people around, they did not seem as wealthy as those at the city gate.

"elder sister!"

Suddenly, the sound of summer cicadas was heard. Xuan Yumeow in Sang Que's arms jumped to the ground with a meow, passed through the crowd and ran towards the entrance of the alley in the distance.

Sang Que turned around and saw Xia Chan and Kou Yushan standing at the entrance of the alley.

Kou Yushan came over and said, "Xiao Chan and I just had lunch, and we were thinking of going to the west city gate to wait for you. Have you eaten yet?"

Sangque nodded, "We've eaten. Where do you live?"

Xiaochan was playing with Xuanyu. Kou Yushan and Sangque walked to the side of the road. Kou Yushan said, "They live in the west of the city. I originally thought that people in Wangshan City liked to live near the Evil Suppression Division. I only found out after coming here that most people avoid the west of the city where the Evil Suppression Division is located."

"Why is this?" Sang Que wondered.

"The headquarters of the Evil Suppression Division in Wangshan City is a lot of evil spirits imprisoned and sealed underground in the headquarters. Do you know about the incident in Fengning City?"

Fengning City, isn’t that the city that was completely destroyed by Yin Tong? Sang Que nodded. Yan Daozi told her everything.

"Fengning City was destroyed because an evil spirit sealed in the Evil Suppression Division escaped. Therefore, in Wangshan City, most people live near the city gate. There are not many people living at the foot of the mountain west of the city where the Evil Suppression Division is located."

Sang Que understood that different environments lead to different living styles. If it were her, she would certainly like to live in a place where she could escape at any time. Moreover, the bricks and stones of the city wall had something added to them to have the effect of exorcising ghosts. The closer she was to the wall, the better the effect.

No wonder the place you just enter is so prosperous and lively, the further you go into the city, the quieter it becomes.

"When will the Evil Suppression Bureau start the assessment?" Sang Que asked Kou Yushan.

"The notice was posted yesterday, and they will continue to recruit people for the next month. I've seen the list, and the treatment offered by the Evil Suppression Division is really good. You don't know that living in Wangshan City, each person has to pay a hundred coins every month just for various taxes."

"If you can successfully join the Suppressing Evil Division, you can be exempted from all taxes in the city, and you will not be forced to get married. The most common servants will receive a monthly salary of three strings of cash, and will also be allocated a small courtyard to live in. Clothes and weapons will all be provided by the Suppressing Evil Division."

Sang Que thought about it and thought that tax exemption and no forced marriage were good points. Three strings of money a month was three taels of silver. My mother converted a number based on the prices in Dongyang County. Five coins were used for a dou of rice, and one string of money was one thousand coins, which was also equal to one tael of silver. Three taels of silver was equal to the modern...

Eighteen thousand yuan!

The key point is that the rooms are separate. If this happened in modern times, people would be fighting over them!

“Are there many people signing up now?”

When this was mentioned, Kou Yushan's expression became as strange as that of the waiter before.

"Currently... no one has signed up!"

Keep asking for monthly votes!