Can I become the Yu-Gi-Oh by summoning the Flame Swordsman?

No matter how thick-skinned Bai Haisheng was, he could still sense the sarcasm in Bai Chu's words. He stopped his exaggerated introduction and remained silent along the way.

After walking for about thirty minutes, it was already completely dark. The streets were so quiet that it didn't seem like a city with people living in them. Bai Chu couldn't help but become more curious about the houses behind the wooden fences on both sides.

Finally, Bai Haisheng, who was leading the way, stopped. Bai Chu saw that they had arrived at their destination. He looked at the house with a lantern hanging and an open door in front of him. It was obvious that this was not a clinic. The plaque on the door clearly read "Shengshi Inn" in large characters.

Bai Chu frowned and said, "Didn't I just say I could go see a doctor?"

"Master Xi, you have been running around all day, how can we let you run back and forth again." Bai Haisheng respectfully gestured for him to come in. "We have prepared a banquet for you, please have a meal and rest, I will go and invite the doctor to your house."

Although Bai Chu was very unhappy, the other party's attitude gave him no reason to get angry, so he took Qin Liu's hand and led her out of the car. When he turned around, he saw a man walking out of the inn.

"Sir Xi, I have heard a lot about you. I, Lu Hongying, am overjoyed to learn that you will be passing through our county. I am a humble man, so please forgive me for any inadequacy in my hospitality to you." The man who spoke was polite, with a mechanical and elegant smile on his face.

"The food will be served soon. Please come in and take a seat. Please do me the honor of sharing a drink with me."

"No need, I don't drink." Bai Chu refused without giving any face. "I'm tired and I'm going to rest first. You guys take care of Her Royal Highness the Princess during her meal."

"Uh..." Lu Hongying wanted to say something to save the situation, but seeing Bai Chu's frosty face, she couldn't speak. She turned her head to look at Qin Liu, and Qin Liu said directly: "Send the food to my room, you don't have to come."

Lu Hongying looked at Bai Haisheng awkwardly and scolded, "How did you offend Master Xi?"

Bai Haisheng waved his hands aggrievedly.

……

After washing up, Bai Chu lay on the bed and prepared to rest, but for some reason, he always felt that the room arranged by Lu Hongying was very strange.

Maybe the sanitary conditions in this small place are not very good, the tables and chairs in the house always feel greasy, and the wooden floor is also slippery.

There was only one window in the entire room, and it was nailed shut from the outside. When asked about it, Bai Haisheng only said that there was a market outside that never stopped day and night, and he was afraid that the noise would disturb his rest.

Bai Chu had just taken a short nap when there was a knock on the door.

"Who?"

It was Bai Haisheng's voice: "Master Xi, I have invited the best doctor in the city for you."

Bai Chu got out of bed and opened the door. Outside the door were Bai Haisheng and an old doctor with a displeased look on his face. Bai Haisheng said, "Old man, go in and treat Master Xi well. I'll prescribe some medicine and prepare it overnight and send it back tomorrow morning. If you neglect me in the slightest, you won't be able to stay in Guan'er County anymore."

Afterwards, Bai Haisheng retreated with an apologetic smile on his face.

"Old sir, I'm sorry to bother you so late. Please come in." Bai Chu said with an apologetic smile.

The old doctor didn't dare to say anything more. He walked straight into the house and said, "Sir, let's get started."

After taking Bai Chu's pulse, the old doctor quickly understood Bai Chu's condition and said, "Sir, you just have a common cold. I'll prescribe some medicine for you and send it to you tomorrow."

"How can I do this? I will go get it myself tomorrow. Where is the old gentleman's clinic?"

The old doctor refused in a panic: "Sir, sir, please don't do that! How can I trouble you..."

Bai Chu lowered his voice and asked, "Old sir, may I ask, in your eyes, what kind of county magistrate is Lu Hongying?"

The old doctor was stunned and said, "Lord Lu is a good official who is diligent, honest, and loves the people like his own children. Under his governance, Guan'er County has enjoyed good weather and the people live and work in peace and contentment."

"But I didn't see him being diligent and honest, loving the people like his own children, nor did I see Guan'er County enjoying good weather and people living and working in peace and contentment. I only saw the people's livelihood in Guan'er County declining and the farmland outside the city barren. I could only hear about all his achievements but not see them."

"My lord, you..."

Bai Chu said calmly, "Old sir, please tell me the true situation of Guan'er County. I can help you and your fellow villagers."

"Ah... this——"

Bai Chu continued, "Old sir, I heard that Lu Hongying took a series of wise measures to deal with the locust plague, which effectively alleviated the negative impact of the plague on the villagers. In sharp contrast to the surrounding counties and cities, the people love him very much, right?"

"It's... bullshit!" The old doctor finally cursed angrily, "What a bullshit measure! The locust plague has come, but they are still staying in the county government office and eating and drinking as usual. Their so-called measure is to let the people find ways to catch and kill locusts and defeat the locust plague themselves."

"Didn't Lu Hongying make a very useful locust-catching tool? Is this also a measure he took?"

"Lu Hongying's locust-catching tools are actually just wooden sticks tied with cloth strips, which are extremely cheap. He cheated the imperial court to allocate funds, and then bought these locust-catching tools from others at a high price. However, the person who made the locust-catching tools was his son. If a father spent money unjustly to buy things from his son, what else could he do but transfer money from his left hand to his right hand?

He bought these locust-catching tools and forcefully gave them to the people, even though they didn't need them. I heard that the cost of making locust-catching tools is too high recently, and we people have to buy them with our own money. In the past, one locust-catching tool was distributed to every ten households, and the ten households took turns catching locusts. Now that locusts are rampant during this special period, everyone must have one!"

Bai Chu couldn't help but gasp and shook his head: "But on the way here, I saw that there were no crops in the fields. How could locusts be so rampant when there was nothing to eat?"

"But Lord Lu didn't care about that. Lord Lu required us to catch locusts on our own initiative. He sent people to drive us out of our homes to catch locusts every day and supervised us, which made it impossible for us to farm and do business.

Nowadays, the people have no surplus food at home. When they catch locusts every day, they have no rice to cook. Many of them starve to death. But Lord Lu doesn't care about this. Lord Lu doesn't need to worry about farming and eating. On the contrary, the more he catches locusts, the more he will be rewarded by the court. "

Bai Chu sighed and said, "Perhaps the people can return to their normal lives only when the locust plague is truly gone."

“What really lingers is not the locust plague, but the desires of the human heart.”

The old doctor said in despair: "People like Bai Haisheng who supervise us in catching locusts would collect the dead insects we caught every day and compete with each other to see who caught more. The one who caught the most would be rewarded with a boiled fish. Driven by interests, everything would deteriorate.

At first we did catch locusts, but gradually there weren’t enough locusts, so we also caught dragonflies, bees, and ladybugs. They said the locusts had mutated, but I don’t know if they had. I only know that dragonflies, bees, and ladybugs won’t eat crops on a large scale, so why did we catch them? ”

When the old doctor got excited, his beard seemed to be given life, venting his dissatisfaction. Bai Chu wanted to ask something else, but there was a knock on the door.

"Master Xi, it's getting late. You should rest after seeing the patient."

When Bai Chu heard that it was Bai Haisheng's voice, he went forward to open the door. When Bai Haisheng saw that the old doctor was still in the room, he couldn't help but be shocked: "Master Xi, did this old man say anything he shouldn't have said to you?"

“What should be said and what should not be said?”

"Xian, Lord Lu and I treated you well, and it's fine if you don't know what's good for you, but what's the point of leaning against this group of ant-like people?" Bai Haisheng's face was completely sullen. "Since you are determined to make trouble, then turn what you just learned into ashes forever!"

Bai Haisheng smashed the lantern in his hand to the ground, the candle fell to the ground, and the fire quickly started.

Bai Chu took a few steps back and suddenly understood: "I was wondering if there was something strange in this room. It's obvious that a layer of fuel oil was added in advance. You guys have been ready to burn me to death at any time."

Bai Haisheng sneered, "All the exits of this inn have been sealed, and no one will come to put out the fire. Xian, when you turn into a handful of ashes in the wood chips tomorrow, Guan'er County will still be the thriving, prosperous and strong Guan'er County!"

"A lie will never become true even if told a thousand times. Both the liar and the deceived know this. Only the vicious dog that messengers uses chicken feathers as a token of authority." Bai Chu took out the duel disk and put it on: "Get ready to die!"

"Duel!" "Duel!"