After 300 years of cultivating immortals, he suddenly discovered that he was a martial arts man

"Hey, I'm just waiting for you to ask." Wei Xiong took a sip of his wine and said with a smile, "Fengzhou's [-] prefectures get [-]% of the tax for ten years, and Lu County is rich and rich. How about an extra [-]%?"

"This..." Ren Yuankui frowned immediately when he heard the words, and said with a wry smile, "Don't drive, you know that in order to win the support of the Ye family and the Jiang family, I have already distributed [-]% of the Fengzhou tax. Divide another [-]%..."

"Hehe, Prefect Ren, don't hide from me." Wei Xiong sneered, "I don't believe that you won't increase the tax rate after taking office, but now we set the tax according to the current tax rate!

"Even if you share [-]% of it, as long as you double the tax rate of these mud-legged people after you serve as Fengzhou pastor, wouldn't you earn all of them back?"

"Don't drive, the tax is too heavy, I'm afraid the council will force the people to rebel!" Ren Yuankui still had a bitter expression on his face.

"Damn it, are you pretending to be an official who loves the people now?" Wei Xiong scolded directly, "In your county, people starve to death on the side of the road every day, and I haven't seen anyone rebelling."

"Hey, hehe..." Ren Yuankui was speechless. In fact, under his rule, in order to ensure the expenditure of the army, the people had long starved to death.

"When I came, Shenzhou Muke told me." Wei Xiong followed up with another killer move, "If you can't negotiate here, let me ask the prefect of Lu County to ask."

"Looking for that Cui Heng?!" Ren Yuankui's eyes widened when he heard the words, and everyone stood up, "How could it be possible to find him? This guy is pushing administrative orders in the counties under his rule to forcibly buy the properties of major forces at [-]% of the market price Ah. It would be difficult for us all if he were made the state shepherd.

"And he flooded the Wang Xie coalition army, captured Wang Qinghe and Xie Beixing, and offended the Langya Wang family and the Pingshan Xie family to death. How can he be made a state shepherd? No, absolutely not."

Although after the fall of the Wang Xie coalition army, all counties in Fengzhou sent spies to investigate, and they all found out the truth, that is, the county guard Cui Heng used his supernatural powers to kill all the tens of thousands of Wang Xie coalition forces, and Dahe Great Lakes is proof, but not many people believe it.

Because this is so unbelievable, it is completely challenging people's common sense, at most it is a little skeptical, and more people think it is using the terrain in advance to set a trap and flood the army.

It's hard to really believe this kind of outrageous thing unless you experience it or see it with your own eyes.

"Hey, can you do it? I still want you, the prefect of Luo'an County, to make the decision." Wei Xiong took a sip of wine slowly and said with a smile, "Twelve counties in Fengzhou have [-]% of the tax for ten years, and Lu County will pay [-]% of the tax for ten years. Plus [-]%, this is the bottom line."

"..." Ren Yuankui's face kept changing, and many thoughts flashed through his mind for a moment. He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "Okay, I'll do it!"

……

A grand banquet was held in the Loan Sheriff's Office.

It was cold and windy on the streets outside, and the doors of every house were closed. Many beggars were shivering in the alleys to avoid the cold wind.

It was already night when Huishi came here, the road was very quiet, there was no one, it was pitch black, and he could hear the sound of a dog barking. When he turned his eyes, he saw that a beggar was grabbing a bone from a dog.

Not far from the beggar, lay a child who looked less than ten years old. His body was stiff and motionless. It was obvious that he had been sent to his death for a while.

"This is the county town?" Hui Shi frowned slightly. Before he came to Luo'an County, he had heard that this was the most powerful county besides Changfeng Prefecture, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

However, he couldn't control this kind of thing for the time being, so he walked straight to the direction of the sheriff's office.

There are two yamen servants in front of the official office of Luo'an County Sheriff.

When they saw Hui Shi approaching, their eyes lit up immediately, and they murmured: "Haha, there is someone who is not afraid of death and dares to walk in front of the sheriff's mansion at night, you have money for drinking!"

Therefore, the two yamen servants immediately stepped forward, stopped Hui Shi, and shouted sharply: "Stop! Where did the unruly people come from, dare to break into the eunuch's mansion at night?!"

"I am the envoy sent by Cui Heng, the prefect of Lu County, to deliver a letter to the prefect of Luo'an." Hui Shi's temper has improved a lot recently, and he explained patiently, "I'm not a troublemaker, and I don't want to break into the prefect's mansion at night." , Please also explain it to the two of you."

"What kind of shit is the prefect of Lu County, I've never heard of it! I think you just want to break into the prefect's mansion at night!" The two yamen servants couldn't understand people's words, so they stretched out their hands and sneered, "Five taels of silver, or go squat Go to prison!"

"Oh?" Hui Shi suddenly grinned, "Really?!"

Chapter 93 This is all the conspiracy of Dao Yigong

"Hahaha! Prefect Ren agrees!" Wei Xiong laughed heartily, and took the initiative to raise his glass, "Come on, this old man respects you."

"Okay!" Ren Yuankui nodded heavily, raised his wine glass and said, "From now on, I will ask Wei Biejia to take care of me, and I will say a few kind words in front of Shen Zhoumu."

"Of course there is no problem." Wei Xiong drank the wine in one gulp, smiling very comfortably.

After all, as the prime minister and state shepherd of state affairs, Youzhou's receipt of Fengzhou's tax is almost equivalent to his receipt of it. It is self-evident how many resources can be deployed at will.

This is a great gift!

"Then please don't drive." Ren Yuankui toasted Wei Xiong another glass of wine, pretending to be bitter, "I'm really poor this time, so I have to tighten my belt."

"Hehe, are you still singing with me?" Wei Xiong scolded with a smile, "You will lose money? Why don't you simply raise the taxes of the common people? As long as there is no such person as Hongwu Heavenly King in Fengzhou under your rule, there is no way to lose money."

"Hahaha." Ren Yuankui laughed and said nothing.

In fact, for him, this deal is still very cost-effective.

As long as he can summon Fengzhou Mu's position.

It's all worth it.

All the sacrifices made now can be repaid even more!

And even if Xu gave Youzhou benefits, it wasn't his own money.

In the end, ordinary people are the ones who are squeezed, and the interests of family sects and even merchants are not affected.

This will not really affect his rule of Fengzhou.

Even if the rebel army really broke out, it doesn't matter.

At that time, he can easily mobilize the forces of the family, sect, and merchants to suppress the rebel army.

After all, these ordinary people "carry" the foundation of them. If the foundation collapses, the foundation will also collapse, and they will definitely join hands to suppress it.

"It's just a bunch of mud legs. Without a strong backstage support, it's impossible to rebel even if you want to." Ren Yuankui looked outside and sneered, "Now there is no Hongwu Heavenly King."

Since ancient times, there have been countless princes and generals, but the one who has swept the world since the beginning of commoner is the Hongwu Heavenly King more than 200 years ago.

Even after so long, the word Hongwu is still the nightmare of all "superior people" in the world.

Unfortunately, there is only one Hongwu Heavenly King.

There will never be another, and there must never be another.

This is the common understanding of all those in power in the world.

"That's right, there is no Hongwu now, and there won't be any in the future!" Wei Xiong nodded, deeply convinced, but he seemed to have thought of something again, looked in the direction of Lu Jun, and frowned, "By the way, about How much do you know about that prefect of Lu County?"

"Why, don't you want to find him?" Ren Yuankui immediately became vigilant when he heard this, "We have already agreed just now."

"Haha, where are you thinking?" Wei Xiong waved his hands and smiled, "I just talked about Hong Wu just now, and I feel that this Cui Heng's behavior is somewhat similar to that one, don't you think so?"

"Well, the local tyrants are divided into fields, the properties of the major families and sects are confiscated, and the people's livelihood is in their hands..." Ren Yuankui nodded, and suddenly said in shock, "Yes, it is indeed very similar, but he is doing it in the future. The way of implementing the new decree, and then governing the counties to carry out experiments, did not attract too much attention, and if you think about it carefully, this is completely a copy of Hongwu Heavenly King!"

"Actually, I said just now that Shen Zhoumu asked me to go and cooperate with Cui Heng just as an aggressive method." Wei Xiong suddenly smiled and said, "Actually, Shen Zhoumu asked me to check it out after hearing about Cui Heng's actions in the counties of Lu County. How much do you know about him?"

"Hahaha, Mr. Don't Jia really scared me just now." Ren Yuankui heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said with a smile, "As for Cui Heng, I did know about it. It seems that this person suddenly appeared in the past six months. of."

Speaking of this, he paused, recalling and said: "A few months ago, he appeared in Juhe County, Lu County, served as the county magistrate, won the hearts of the people and was loved by the method of beating local tyrants and dividing the land.

"Later, he accepted the transfer of Liu Litao, the former prefect of Lu County, and became the new prefect of Lu County. As soon as he took office, he fought a food and salt war with the merchants controlled by the Langya Wang family and the Taichong faction.

"After fighting for a month, they won the hearts of the people in the county and the city, and then launched an outrageous attack, ransacked the houses of those merchants, and even arrested the eldest son Wang Jinsheng and Wang Qingquan, the second housekeeper of the Langya Wang family, and Wang Qingquan, the fourth housekeeper. It can be described as daring.

"Then he started to send one of his subordinates to the counties under his rule to implement the new decree, which is still the same way of beating the local tyrants and dividing the land. To this day, almost all the big forces in the county have been offended.

"The last is the big event that happened recently. Langya Wang Clan and Pingshan Xie Clan teamed up with the great powers of Lu County's counties to attack Lu County City with tens of thousands of troops. In the end, they were trapped and flooded, and the entire army was wiped out... I can honestly say that this fellow is indeed a character!"

"Is it really a trap?" Wei Xiong stroked his beard and frowned, "How did I hear that the prefect of Lu County has great supernatural powers, the ability to call wind and rain?

"When we were in Juhe County before, we brought floods to submerge the army of swallow bandits. This time, the Wang Xie coalition army was defeated and failed to attack Lu County City. There is also news that the prefect of Nalu County used his supernatural powers.

"It is said that the land under the feet of Wang Xie's coalition army collapsed directly, and tens of thousands of troops were buried in the deep pit in an instant, and then the deep pit connected with the Hong River, leaving behind a large lake and a large river. Ren Taishou felt that this was somewhat surprising. letter?"

"Impossible." Ren Yuankui shook his head and frowned, "I've heard the rumors about Cui Heng's supernatural powers, but the rumors are too exaggerated. How could there be such a person in the world, even the immortals in the upper world couldn't do it. Bar."

"Has Eunuch Ren ever sent someone to look at it?" Wei Xiong thought for a while and said, "It's the big river and the big lake. The first time may be luck, but the second time is just too coincidental."

In the vast majority of cognitions, the saying that Cui Heng has great supernatural powers is just the two times that Juhe county called the wind and rain, and Lujun city destroyed the Wang Xie coalition army.

After all, both times it happened in full view.

As for the matter in Xiling County, since no one saw that it was Cui Heng who cast the spell, few people would link this with Cui Heng.

Only a part of the people who migrated from Juhe County to Xiling County guessed that Cui Heng might have done it, but it was just a guess, and most of them still thought that the army of swallow thieves had committed many unrighteous actions and was punished by heaven.

In this ancient society, feudal superstition was the mainstream value.

"Of course I checked it out, seeing is believing." Ren Yuankui smiled and said, "The river is surging, and the mist in the lake is really astonishing, it's simply a miracle of nature!

"If this is really caused by the power of one person, then the prefect of Lu County is a celestial saint walking in the world, an unrivaled god and Buddha. It's a pity...huh!"

"Oh?" Seeing this, Wei Xiong asked hastily, "Does Eunuch Ren have any clues to the truth?"

"Hey, it's not really a clue. Many of the county guard's spies should have found it." Ren Yuankui smiled and said, "Guess who our spies saw in Lujun City?"

"Who?" Wei Xiong asked suspiciously.

"Zhou Hongyi!" Ren Yuankui clapped his palms and laughed, "Even when the so-called Honghe runs through the deep pit and gathers the river water to form a lake, that's what Zhou Hongyi did."

"Zhou Hongyi, isn't he the direct disciple of Zhang Shuming, the head teacher of Dao Yigong?" Wei Xiong was startled when he heard this, and many thoughts flashed through his mind, and his whole body suddenly trembled, as if he had suddenly figured out something , "You mean to say that all of this is actually a Taoist palace..."

"That's right!" Ren Yuankui nodded, and said solemnly, "If what I expected is correct, this Cui Heng has been a pawn in the Taoist Palace from the very beginning, a pawn to intervene in this century-old fairy fate, and even in the human world. Pawns of interest!

"Perhaps you don't know, just a few days ago, the prefect of Nalu County has started to distribute letters to all the prefects, blatantly declaring that he will be the state shepherd, and he hopes that we will be more peaceful."

"Yes, then everything can be explained!" Wei Xiong felt that everything suddenly became clear, and smiled, "A person with no background has achieved the position of prefect in just a few months, and he has made earth-shattering actions one after another. He has to compete for the position of state pastor.

"It is obviously impossible to do this with one person's strength. There must be an extremely powerful force secretly fueling the flames, and the power that can forge the wind and rain, and even the collapse of the earth, and the power that penetrates the rivers and rivers is none other than the Dao Palace!

"Dao Yigong claims to have been passed down for thousands of years, with an extremely deep foundation, and they have hidden countless immortal artifacts. Their martial arts are also close to nature, and they are very likely to have immortal artifacts that can affect the sky in a short time!

"If you have the power of a fairy weapon and a shot from the divine realm, it is not impossible to dig a huge hole in the ground as a trap in advance, which is enough to fake an earth-shattering supernatural power!

"Using two so-called 'great supernatural powers' to strengthen Cui Heng's power, and then taking advantage of the strongest power, he sent letters to the prefects of the counties to demonstrate, intending to surrender without fighting!

"Okay, it's really a good plan. Dao Yigong is worthy of being the leader of the Taoist sect. He is really good at calculating, which is no small matter."

After some review, the two clearly dissected Cui Heng's "true face". Since Cui Heng's appearance, every major event he did could point to the conspiracy of Dao Yigong!

"That's right, the Dao Palace is no small matter." Ren Yuankui smiled wryly, "Then Cui Heng is at best just a pawn in the Dao Palace, it's nothing, but the Dao Palace behind him is extremely troublesome.

"Don't drive, I won't hide it from you. If I hadn't handed over [-]% of the tax to win the support of Ye Jiang's family, I really don't really want to fight for the position of state shepherd. Now I have to ride a tiger, I have no choice."

"Hehe, is it possible that you will give up the state shepherd position to Cui Heng?" Wei Xiong saw through his thoughts and sneered, "Don't try to bargain, even if you don't fight for the state shepherd, let Cui Heng do it , according to the direction of his decree, you will also be hoisted by the flagpole."

"Hahaha, let Lord Biejia see this, so I won't bargain." Ren Yuankui laughed again as if changing his face, "Actually, I discussed it with several other county guards before, and finally thought of it. a way.

"Since Cui Heng has the support of the first Taoist palace, why don't we directly find the opponent of the first Taoist palace?"

"You mean...Baolin Temple?" Wei Xiong was taken aback when he heard the words, and then laughed loudly, "Haha, that's true, those monks and the Taoist priests in the first palace are indeed deadly enemies!

"In this way, Cui Heng is just a meatloaf sandwiched between the two behemoths of Daoyi Palace and Baolin Temple, and it is impossible for him to sit in the position of state shepherd under the pull of the two parties.

"In the end, you, the prefect of Luo'an County, must have completed all the normal procedures and sit on it."

boom!

At this moment, there was a loud noise from the outside rumors, as if the door was being opened, and then two figures were thrown in with a buzz.

"Who!" Ren Yuankui yelled sharply, "Come on, there are assassins!"

"Anyone who dares to approach will be killed on the spot!" Hui Shi drew out the steel knife at his waist, and cut out three feet of light with a single knife, blocking all the soldiers out.

Courtesy?

When Cui Heng sent Huishi out, he asked him to pay attention to the situation of the local people.

For a place like Luo'an County where the people are freezing to death, there will definitely be a big cleansing in the future, and there is no need to talk about etiquette at all.

He looked at Ren Yuankui.

"You are the governor of Luo'an County? I am the emissary of the prefect of Lu County. I have a letter for you. Come and receive it!"

Chapter 94 Under the golden light mountain, the monk in white

"So you are that Chen Huishi!" Ren Yuankui immediately recognized Huishi's identity, and snorted coldly, "Is this how Cui Heng educates his subordinates?"

"Presumptuous, you dare to be disrespectful to adults?!" Hui Shi's eyes widened, his body swayed slightly, and he crossed a distance of several feet in an instant, came to Ren Yuankui, and put the steel knife in his hand on his neck superior.

"You?!" Ren Yuankui felt the cold touch on his neck and Hui Shi's killing intent that seemed to condense into substance, and he was horrified.

The strength of Hui Shi's martial arts far exceeded his expectations.

As the county guard with the strongest military strength in Fengzhou, his martial arts are not weak, and he has reached the level of transforming Qi, which is enough to be respected as a master in the Jianghu.

However, compared with a great innate master like Hui Shi, there is still a huge gap between Master Huajing.

Ren Yuankui could obviously feel that he had absolutely no room to resist under the opponent's sword, so he coaxed on the spot, and quickly said: "There is something to say, something to say."

"I didn't expect that the messengers sent by Cui Heng were all great congenital masters." Wei Xiong was also shocked. As a Youzhou Biejia, he had a high status, and he had never seen many congenital great masters, especially such a young one.

"If Cui Heng is really just a person, it is absolutely impossible to have such a subordinate, it must be Dao Yigong who sent someone to help him, in order to gain momentum for him, and take the position of Fengzhou Mu.

"From this point of view, Dao Yigong is really willing to spend a lot of money. Such masters have been sent out. Even if they are the leaders of the Dao sect, such young innate masters are rare."