Golden Summoner

Xia Ping'an had people convert the property silver that was counted at Changyun Villa into bolts of silk, and distributed it all to those poor families whose children had been robbed over the years in accordance with the rules of tribute. Each family had 50 bolts of silk.

In just a few days, it was like a big drama was being staged inside and outside Daozhou City. First, countless children who had been robbed and taken to Changyun Villa recognized their parents, with a mixture of sorrow and joy. Then, the governor's pension was distributed, and countless people in Daozhou rushed to tell each other. , in front of the governor's office, almost every day there were chickens, ducks and fish sent by the people of Daozhou in gratitude.

As for the things sent by the people, Xia Ping'an had people accept them, and then asked the chefs in the governor's mansion to make broth and enjoy them with the officials in the governor's mansion.

Xia Ping'an's memorial to the court was sent out after he wrote it. Three days after the memorial was sent out, a team of people who had traveled a long way came from afar. After entering Daozhou City, they went directly to the Governor's Mansion.

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"Yangcheng, you are so bold. This dwarf from Daozhou City is tribute to Your Majesty. He is smart and interesting. Your Majesty likes it the most. The queen in the palace is colorful and all the nobles also like it. When foreign envoys come to Chang'an, Your Majesty often gives way to Daozhou. The dwarf theatrical figurines who paid tribute to the city are performing in public. This thing that has been paid tribute to the state city for hundreds of years can be stopped at your request. Do you take the court and His Majesty seriously?"

In the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, Xia Pingan was sitting at the head. A white-faced eunuch wearing eunuch clothes was sitting next to Xia Pingan, with a sharp voice and orchid fingers raised, sternly accusing Xia Pingan.

This eunuch was the local tribute envoy of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty. He was an eunuch who specialized in supervising and inspecting tribute items from various places to the court. Although his official position was not high, because he was someone close to the emperor and worked for the emperor, he was regarded as the emperor's special envoy. His majesty was far from that of Comparable to ordinary officials.

This local tribute envoy originally sat in Hengzhou, supervising the local tributes from all over Hengzhou, and lived a leisurely life. It was only after hearing about what Yang Cheng had done in Daozhou City that he hurriedly led a group of When people arrived at Daozhou City, they looked like they were raising an army to investigate.

Xia Pingan drank tea slowly and waited until the tribute envoy finished speaking, and then said calmly, "Eunuch Chen's words are wrong. The "Tang Law" stipulates that tribute items are only for those who have them, not for those who have nothing. There are only dwarf people in our state, and there are no dwarf slaves. There is no reason to pay tribute to the common people. This is the first. Second, the people of Daozhou are short. If we pay tribute, who can provide it? My father-in-law just happened to come to Dao. Zhoucheng, why don’t you take a closer look at Daozhou City to see if there are any other specialties from Daozhou that can be used as tribute? If there are any, I will definitely pay tribute..."

Xia Ping'an also wrote these two reasons in the memorial to Tang Dezong, which makes sense.

The translation of this is that according to the imperial law, the tribute can only be paid to things that are available locally, such as local specialties, and cannot be paid to things that are not available locally. Daozhou only has short people and no short slaves. Treat the people as tribute. In addition, the people in Daozhou were poor, had poor real estate, and had no special products, so they could not contribute anything.

The eunuch choked on Xia Pingan's two words. He was at a loss for words and was so angry that he was shaking all over. He pointed at Xia Pingan and said, "Okay... okay... okay. Everyone knows that your Yangkang Sect is proficient in legal and legal texts. I can't explain it." You, if you dare to stop paying tribute, don’t regret it..."

"I still have official documents to deal with. If nothing happens, Eunuch Chen, please come back..." Xia Pingan directly served tea to see the guests off.

Outside the hall, a group of officials from the Governor's Office watched in fear as Xia Ping'an endured the pressure and made all the tribute envoys around the emperor angry. When Eunuch Chen left angrily with his entourage, a group of officials carefully walked into the palace. hall.

"Sir, Eunuch Chen will definitely return to Hengzhou to file a complaint against you with the Observation Room. The Observation Room will definitely send someone..." an official reminded.

"I know, everyone should do their own thing!" Xia Pingan said calmly. The observation envoy sent someone. This was something Xia Pingan expected. He had been prepared for it.

It's just that the Judge Cui who came this time, although his name was not recorded in the history books, was also a man of loyalty and integrity, so Xia Pingan was not worried.

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Sure enough, within a few days, Judge Cui from Hengzhou came directly to the outside of Daozhou City with his troops in the name of urging the police.

Urging officials means urging local officials to turn over local money, grain and taxes. The judge has the responsibility of supervising. If he encounters an unjust official, he can directly take him down.

All the officials in the governor's mansion went out of the city to greet him.

The judge who came to investigate was a man in his forties, with a Chinese character face, two thick eyebrows, and a strong build. He was riding on a tall horse, and was accompanied by dozens of men wearing official clothes and riding horses. They were equipped with swords and bows. , full of evil spirit, as if coming to war.

The judge's sharp eyes swept through the officials in Daozhou City and found that they were all familiar faces. He didn't see Yangcheng, and his face darkened, "Why don't you see Governor Yang?"

"Master Cui, Governor Yang is in prison!" An official from the Governor's Office stepped forward and reported in a low voice.

"Chief Yang is in prison. What's going on?" Judge Cui was shocked. He hadn't even taken action yet. How could Yang Cheng be in prison?

"Ahem, I heard that Mr. Cui was coming to urge me to take the exam. Mr. Yang felt that it was not good for him to do so, so he went to the prison and locked himself in the prison, saying that he was waiting for Mr. Cui to come..."

"Take me to see..."

"yes!"

Officials from the Governor's Office led Judge Cui and his men into the city.

As soon as he entered the city, Judge Cui felt that the atmosphere in the city was not right. In the past, whenever he went to a place, the people he met would not dare to look at him. Even if they saw him, they would be in awe. But today when he entered Yangcheng, the people in the city The people on both sides of the street, ranging from eighty-year-old men to young children, no matter men, women, old or young, all looked at the group of people with hatred on the roadside.

Wherever they went, except for the sound of horse hooves, the streets were quiet, and everyone looked at them piercingly. It felt like entering an enemy country, not like Daozhou City in Hengzhou of the Tang Dynasty.

Judge Cui and his subordinates were sweating coldly.

Judge Cui came to the prison in Daozhou City and saw Xia Pingan. Xia Pingan was wearing prison uniform, sitting in the cell, writing on the desk. Judge Cui came to Xia Pingan and saw Xia Pingan There were only eight words written on the table, "I am poor in science and administration, and I am tired of writing words."

Xia Pingan put down his pen and looked at Judge Cui calmly, "Master Cui is here. Yangcheng is incompetent. If you want to kill or scrape, please do whatever you want..."

Judge Cui sighed. If he said anything to push for punishment at this time, it would be insulting the intelligence of both parties. He saluted Xia Ping and left the prison without saying a word. He left Yangcheng with his men and returned to Hengcheng. The state went to reinstate the observation mission.

The observer was furious and once again ordered Judge Cui to capture Yangcheng and bring him to Hengzhou.

Judge Cui returned to his court and said to one of his men, "Yangcheng of Daozhou is really a sincere gentleman and the father and mother of the people. If I arrest him, won't I become a despicable villain like Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen? In my heart I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep peacefully again in my life. I, Cui, can't do this job, so you can do whatever you want..." After saying this, Judge Cui took out his official seal and hung it in the lobby, and then left the lobby. That night he left Hengzhou with his wife and children and disappeared without a trace.

The Hengzhou Observer knew that Judge Cui, who was under his command, actually put up his seal and left his job, and fell silent.

"Eunuch Liu, Yangcheng refuses to accept the soft and the hard. I can't do anything to him. If he continues to make trouble, I'm afraid it will trigger a civil uprising in Daozhou. I think it is up to your majesty to decide on the matter of tribute in Daozhou..." Observation envoy He said helplessly to that Eunuch Liu.

"Okay, okay, okay, I will go back to Chang'an to ask for an order. If Yangcheng dares to stop paying tribute, let me see how long Yangcheng can run. I don't believe that Your Majesty will let him do whatever he wants?" Eunuch Liu was angry again. 's left.

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More than a month later, in the Daming Palace in Chang'an City...

After reading the memorial sent by Yangcheng from Daozhou, Li Shi's heart was filled with excitement. He left Zichen Hall and took a stroll. Unknowingly, he arrived at the altar and ancestral hall.

Seeing Li Shi's arrival, the eunuchs guarding the ancestral hall quickly knelt on the ground.

Walking into the ancestral hall and looking at the tablet of "Empress Dowager Ruizhen" in the ancestral hall, Li Shi's deep eyes softened in a rare way.

This is the tablet of his biological mother Shen. The title "Empress Dowager Ruizhen" was given by Li Shi after he came to the throne because he missed his biological mother.

"That's all..." Li Shi sighed softly and shook his head.

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Li Shi in Chang'an City just said two words. At the same time, Xia Pingan, who was in the study of the Governor's Mansion in Daozhou City, was caught off guard, and the entire world of Jie Zhu was shattered into light rain.

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The surging divine power began to wash over Xia Pingan's body over and over again.

When the physical sensation disappeared, Xia Pingan's consciousness had appeared in the temple of the secret mandala.

The newly added divine power in the sky caisson in the mandala reached a full 100 points.

This divine power seems to have exceeded the upper limit that can be achieved by fusing this world bead with perfect fusion.

Zheng Ti was not dead, and Xue Yue was not demoted. The change in fate of these two people really changed the result of merging this world pearl.

Xia Pingan's mood was a little uplifting. At this time, his consciousness was in the secret mandala. The experiences he once had in the world bead became like a dream after waking up, hazy and no longer seemed so real.

What is real is the change within the secret mandala.

There is another golden sculpture in the temple. The content of the golden sculpture is Yang Chuan wearing a festive and auspicious robe of an immortal official, holding a jade Ruyi, and then a boy with two cute pigtails wearing a red bellyband. , lying down at Yangcheng's feet with a smile, grabbing Yangcheng's official uniform naively.

The Yangcheng in the sculpture is no longer an official of the Tang Dynasty, but the image of the God of Fortune.

The boy is lifelike and can be summoned.

In addition to this sculpture, the previously fused sculpture of Bian Que is also in the temple.

The sculpture of the God of Fortune lights up the word "Bi" on the golden mountain in the temple, while the sculpture of Bian Que lights up the word "Heal".

Xia Ping'an thought for a while, and then directly began to inject divine power into the sculpture of the God of Fortune, preparing to summon the Qianhuan boy to take a look.

With the injection of divine power, Xia Pingan became more and more surprised. As far as he knew, it seemed that only 60 points of divine power were enough to summon this boy. But he kept injecting divine power, and the Qianhuan boy never appeared. In the blink of an eye, he The amount of divine power he injected exceeded 100 points. After the amount of divine power he injected reached 180 points, the boy in the sculpture walked out of the sculpture in a flash of light.

As the boy was summoned, a piece of information suddenly appeared in Xia Pingan's head. This was not the Qianhuan boy, but the God of Fortune boy.

The cute boy who was summoned had the word "福" written on his bellyband. He was extremely naughty. As soon as he appeared, the figure of the boy who was the God of Fortune flashed and disappeared from the place. He shrunk in half and climbed to the Suiren sculpture. On his head, he touched Suiren's face and grabbed the fire next to Suiren. In the next second, the figure of the lucky boy grew bigger again and appeared on the mountain of golden words, stepping on the activated words happily. Jumping around...

Seeing what Cang Jie was writing in the distance, the lucky boy suddenly came to Cang Jie's side, returned to his original shape, and reached out to grab Cang Jie's beard.

Cangjie smiled, and used the jade pen in his hand to touch the forehead of the boy who was the God of Fortune. There was a little round red cinnabar flower in the boy's eyebrows, making it even cuter.

With a flicker of flowers on his eyebrows, the blessed boy disappeared from the temple in an instant and came directly from the secret mandala to the real world.

Xia Pingan was startled. When he opened his eyes, he saw the God of Fortune boy grabbing his ears, stepping on his shoulders and climbing up to his head.

Seeing Xia Pingan open his eyes, the lucky boy kissed Xia Pingan on the cheek, laughed playfully, called "Dad, Dad..." twice, and disappeared from the underground training room in an instant...

Xia Pingan touched his face, feeling as if he was dreaming.

Does this blessed boy call himself daddy? What's happening here.

He looked at his secret mandala and saw that the God of Fortune boy was no longer there. He searched around the basement, but there was no trace of the God of Fortune boy.

Could this lucky boy run away on his own?

Xia Pingan felt that all this was incredible.

The God of Fortune, please don't cause any trouble!

Xia Pingan took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It only took more than two hours to fuse the world bead of the God of Fortune.

Xia Pingan came out of the underground secret room. It was already dark outside, the twin moons were like mirrors in the sky, and the stars were shining brightly. It was the beginning of the nightlife in the capital city.

Xia Pingan searched everywhere in the newly rented yard, but there was no trace of the God of Fortune boy.

This lucky boy is too naughty, I don’t know where he went?

Just when Xia Pingan had given up looking for the trace of the God of Fortune boy, a picture suddenly appeared in Xia Pingan's mind.

The Dawan Guild Hall appeared in Xia Ping'an's sea of ​​consciousness. The disappeared boy was sitting on the door of the Dawan Guild Hall. He looked like a ginseng doll, less than a foot tall, with two chubby little boys dangling from his head. With his little feet, he was leisurely looking at this interesting world.

The street outside the Dawan Guild Hall was busy with people and traffic. Four descendants of the Tang family from Dawan City were standing at the door of the Dawan Guild Hall. However, no one on the street seemed to be able to see the people sitting on the door of the Dawan Guild Hall. There was a cute child wearing a red bellyband hanging there.

A gorgeous four-wheeled carriage stopped at the entrance of the Dawan Guild Hall. Xia Pingan saw the gloomy-faced elders of the Tang family and Tang Long getting out of the car, and then the lucky boy sitting in the door of the Dawan Guild Hall, shaking his feet, walked directly from He jumped on the door and landed on the head of the Tang family elder.

Xia Pingan almost screamed when he saw this scene.

But the Tang family elder didn't realize it. He was greeted by the owner who hurriedly walked out of the guild hall and walked into the guild hall door. He didn't know that he had a lucky boy on his head.

Xia Pingan was secretly shocked, but then something happened that left Xia Pingan speechless. He saw the God of Fortune kid kicking Elder Tang's head bitterly, then standing on Elder Tang's head, lifting his bellyband, The little bird was exposed, its belly was stretched out, and it peed directly on the head of the Tang family elder.

As soon as the urine was peeed, it all splashed on the heads of the Tang family elders. A layer of black air suddenly appeared on the heads of the Tang family elders, which didn't seem to be a good sign.

From the beginning to the end, the Tang family elder and the people around him were completely unaware...

Damn it, this lucky boy is too strong, all of this will work!

Xia Pingan was stunned and speechless.

"You all go down, no need to wait, I'm a little tired today, I need to rest..." The elder of the Tang family entered the guild hall, waved his hands, said to the people around him, and then held the lucky boy on his head, He returned to the room.