Mortal Immortal Gourd

"Congratulations to Brother Zhang for successfully winning the election."

In the county government office, Yang Tie expressed his congratulations to Ergouzi.

"Thanks to Brother Yang for helping me."

From Wu Xiucai to Wuju, after experiencing these two exams.

Ergouzi knew that if it weren't for Yang Tie's help this time, let alone passing the martial arts exam, he might not be able to pass the registration level.

"This is your soul, please take stock of it."

Yang Tie said, took out a wooden box and handed it to Ergouzi, which contained 15 pieces of spirit.

It was he who gave up his position that should have been ranked fourth and sold these 15 pieces of soul.

For these souls, he has received a lot of infamy, including the title of a monk with kidney deficiency.

Ergouzi took the wooden box and took out three pieces of spirit from the box. He hesitated and picked up two more pieces.

Although he felt a little distressed for the soul, he still sent the piece of soul in front of Yang Tie.

"Brother Yang, thanks to your help, please accept these pieces of spirit."

Yang Tie nodded slightly, stretched out his hand to take the spirit, and put it into a palm-sized bag around his waist.

"Yes, you understood quickly."

Yang Tie put away his spirit and showed a teachable expression.

"I don't lack this kind of spirit, so I'll teach you a little bit more today.

No matter who asks you to do something in the future, you can receive more benefits, but absolutely no less. "

"Why?"

Ergouzi looked puzzled. He had more than 100,000 acres of farmland, Shekou Mountain, and a treasure gourd.

Except for his own share of money, he really doesn't want to break the bones and suck out the marrow of ordinary people. There is no need.

"I knew you didn't understand."

Yang Tie chuckled and continued.

"If you feel that the benefits are too great and you don't like them, even if you take them back and let them rot, you must take the benefits that are due and you can't break the rules.

Originally, everyone would get benefits together and eat well, but if you are the only one who does not receive any benefits, or receives less benefits. "

"hehe……"

"What do you think the result will be?"

When Yang Tie said this, he looked at Er Gouzi with a smile.

Before Ergouzi could answer, he continued.

"It seems that you are the only good person in the entire officialdom, and everyone else is bad. Do you think other officials can tolerate you?"

Ergouzi nodded and accepted Yang Tie's statement. In fact, he didn't care in his heart. He had never thought about becoming an official.

And he never thought that he had to be a good person.

However, at this moment, he thought of Sima Yi who was far away in the capital.

This guy was never willing to practice martial arts and take the imperial examination before, probably for this reason.

Some time ago, Sima Yi asked someone to send him a letter.

He said that Ezi's injury was completely healed. Thanks to Jicang's relationship, he found a clerk in the capital's Yamen.

With Sima Yi's temperament, he really doesn't know how to survive?

Shouldn't he be regarded as a public enemy of the entire officialdom?

"When I was young, I also thought about serving the imperial court, seeking benefits for the people of the world, benefiting one country, and becoming a good official whose name will be remembered in history..."

"Looking back now, I was still naive at that time. I had to survive first."

When Yang Tie said this, he looked up at the sky and sighed deeply, seemingly feeling infinite melancholy.

"In a few months, I will leave Sanyang County...

If you want to find a job in the government, think about it as soon as possible while I am still in this position, and I can still help you. "

"Huh? Are you leaving?"

Ergouzi was a little surprised. He finally found a supporter. After feeling comfortable for a few days, he had to leave again.

"Well, I served well in suppressing the rebellion and was promoted!"

Yang Tie was still very happy when he said this.

“This time during the chaos in Qingzhou, most officials performed extremely well and made great contributions.

After a period of time, many people will receive rewards, promotions, or rewards with money, skills, elixirs, treasures..."

"If it hadn't been for this turmoil, I would have had to suffer here for more than ten years, or even longer, and I might not have been able to get promoted."

"So every crisis is an opportunity. If you seize the opportunity, you can rise to the top..."

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In Sanyang County City, Ergouzi was walking slowly among a group of ordinary pedestrians.

He was wearing a rough mandarin cloth robe over his leather armor.

In addition, his skin is dark, so among ordinary people, at first glance, he looks like an ordinary farmer.

Ever since he was admitted to the Juren 껣, people who wanted to see him, treat him to dinner, give him gifts, and talk to matchmakers lined up for several streets every day.

The daughter of a wealthy family in the city looks really beautiful.

It's white, tender, and juicy, just like tender tofu. Water will come out when you press it lightly.

The others were easily rejected, but this matchmaker tickled Ergouzi unbearably.

Who doesn't like the kind of slender girl who holds her palms in her hands for fear of falling off and holds her lips in her mouth for fear of them melting?

If you marry two or three people back home, they can help farm the land, wash clothes, cook, and have babies...

Just thinking about it makes me ecstatic with happiness.

Yang Tieyu was a veteran and even taught him a lot of experience.

According to Yang Tie, when it comes to marrying a daughter-in-law, don't marry one at all. If you want to marry one, marry a few at a time.

놙Marrying a wife is not easy to support, and she may even get into trouble with you.

If you marry three at a time, or ten or twenty, they will be jealous of each other, so you don't have to worry.

Er Gouzi thinks Yang Tie's words make sense. Why does he understand everything?

However, after thinking about it, he still rejected these matchmakers.

It’s still not convenient now.

In addition to these people who openly want to win over him, people from cults are also looking for him.

Although the two sides have different lineups, their goals are similar, and they both want to get some benefits from him.

Finally, he was able to sneak out from the back door of the county government office, mix with a group of ordinary merchants, and leave the city in a low profile.

Hanging out with these ordinary people, the walking speed is very slow.

Stop and go, after walking only a dozen miles, I have to sit down and rest my feet.

These people are traveling merchants traveling from city to city, selling some commodities and local specialties.

Because they were worried about being robbed on the road, many people they didn’t know came together to walk together, hoping that there would be strength in numbers.

There were so many of them along the way that they did not encounter gangs that committed murder and robbery, but the tolls they had to pay were still indispensable.

There are many checkpoints along the way, some of which were set up by the government. Passers-by and merchants can pass safely by paying a sum of money.

But the road is too long and the government cannot collect it, so it will be contracted to some bandits.

The bandits collect the tolls, then pay part of them to the government, and the rest belong to the bandits themselves.

Ergouzi and the team also paid a lot of copper coins and silver along the way.

Finally, I hid it from the eyes and ears of those cults and returned to Shekou Mountain safely.

At this time, there were still many eyes and ears waiting in front of Sanyang County Mansion, waiting hard for Er Gouzi to go out.

"The master is back!"

Yu Shan looked particularly happy when he saw Er Gouzi coming back.

Ergouzi took a glance and saw that all the weeds in the field had been removed.

A snake demon was wandering among the elixir bushes, loosening the soil, plowing the ground and weeding, doing it very skillfully.

"Er Gouzi, have you sold any souls? Another baby snake is about to die."

Chang Linger's voice sounded in Ergouzi's mind.

The last time Er Gouzi got those snake corpses from Chang Linger, he told him that he would take the snake corpses to the city and sell them.

"Yes, I sold three pieces of spirit in total, how about I share one with you?"

"Why are there so few? I remember that the body of the foundation-building snake demon is very valuable."

Chang Ling'er was a little confused. Although he couldn't leave Shekou Mountain, he had the memory of Chang Ling'er during his lifetime and knew the market.

"Those memories of yours were from more than 10,000 years ago. Nowadays, the world has changed. Even this magic weapon has become an ordinary object, and its market has long since disappeared."

Chang Ling'er felt a little disappointed after hearing Er Gouzi's explanation. It seemed to make sense.

"However, if you want to save the snake now, I can lend you some spirits. Remember to return them to me in the future."

Ergouzi felt that it was still necessary to rescue those big snakes, which would also be a big help.

However, those snakes listened to Chang Ling'er and could not control themselves. They could make Chang Ling'er owe some money first, and then they could talk later.

"Didn't you say that a family can't see each other too much?

Why did you lend me your soul and have to pay it back later? "

Chang Linger's voice sounded in Ergouzi's mind.

Ergouzi was silent for a long time.

"Brothers still have to settle accounts clearly. As close relatives, some things still need to be settled clearly."

"Oh, that's right, I understand!"

Chang Linger's voice sounded in Ergouzi's mind.

"How many souls does it take to wake up a foundation-building snake?"

Ergouzi decided to concentrate his efforts and revive a foundation-building snake first.

In fact, he once made a sleeping snake and put it into a gourd.

I don't know why, but the spiritual energy in the snake's body did become stronger, but it did not revive.

"At least 100 pieces of spirit."

Chang Ling'er roughly estimated before speaking.

"Okay! Then I will lend you 100 pieces of spirit."

As Er Gouzi spoke, he wrote an IOU skillfully and asked Chang Ling'er to print a green leaf imprint on the IOU.

Ji Cang's pile of IOUs has not been paid off yet, and now there is another IOU on him.

After writing the IOU, Ergouzi did not hesitate, took out 10 pieces of spirit, and restored it to the big snake.

When the spiritual energy is almost exhausted, put the spiritual energy into the gourd and store it.

This went on and on, and finally one day, the big snake slowly opened its eyes.

As soon as the big snake opened its eyes, it smelled a human scent and spit out the vomit, wanting to swallow Ergouzi in one gulp.

Fortunately, Chang Ling'er was on the right side of the clock, otherwise Ergouzi, the creditor, would have been eaten.

"My baby snake said he was hungry, wanted to eat, and wanted to eat people."

"There are so many people living at the foot of the mountain, how about letting him eat a few of them?"

Chang Linger's voice asked in Ergouzi's mind.

"No, you can't touch anyone."

Er Gouzi immediately rejected Chang Linger's dangerous idea.

Demons are demons, humans and animals are all just food in their eyes, there is no difference.

Chang Linger's predecessor was also a snake demon, so he must have a similar way of thinking.

"My snake baby is very kind and docile. He is very hungry now and just wants to eat a few people to fill his stomach."

"I saw that there seems to be a flock of sheep at the foot of the mountain. Can you give me a few sheep?"

Chang Ling'er had no choice but to leave Shekou Mountain. The foot of the mountain was a bit far away, otherwise he would have stolen a few people and brought them back to feed the snakes.

"No, I raise those sheep for breeding, and I don't want to eat any of them."

Ergouzi was still uninterested.

"Why don't you make your snake behave and I'll take it to find food somewhere else."

Er Gouzi thought that there should be a lot of fish and shrimp in the Anchang River, enough for the big snake to eat.

"It seems impossible. They are restricted by the formation on this mountain like me and cannot leave."

"Why don't you let Yushan be eaten by the big snake? He is clumsy and can't work as well as the big snake."

Chang Ling'er now set her sights on Yushan.

"I have a plan. You wait for me here."

Er Gouzi gave an order and flew out on the big goose.