On the Avenue

In Qingzhou City in the early morning, the government officials were posting notices at the city gate.

It's not too early already. Dung trucks will leave the city at the third and fourth watch. Vendors bring vegetables, melons, pulp and eggs into the city to prepare for business. By this time, the city gate is already busy with traffic.

On the notice board, the ranking of arrest warrants has changed. There is one more thief riding a horse of fire.

It was the situation in which Chen Shi rode on horseback to kill the county magistrate that ranked second on Qingzhou's most wanted list.

Li Tianqing still tops the list and has the most rewards.

A young government official had just put up Chen Shi's portrait when the old government official next to him poked him in the waist.

He pursed his lips to the side.

The young yamen officer looked over and saw the first and second names on the wanted list walking towards them.

He hurriedly looked at the notice board and then looked at the people coming. They were indeed the first and second place. The two young men were both twelve or thirteen years old.

The number one criminal was wearing a white Juren Taoist robe with a black hem, a red ribbon around his waist, and a platinum crown on his head.

The second-ranked criminal was wearing a light green Juren Taoist robe with a purple hem and a black silk belt around his waist.

Wearing a golden crown.

The two of them were handsome and handsome, and judging from their appearance, they did not look like the vicious Red Horse Thieves at all.

The two walked into the city. One was very curious and wanted to see the notice board. The other was more cautious and stretched out his hand to hold him and walked aside.

The young yamen officer hurriedly drew his sword and was about to step forward to capture him, but the old yamen officer slapped him and knocked him to the ground, shouting: "You don't want your life? You don't want your life, but I want my life too!"

The young government officer threw the embroidered spring knife aside, covered his face, and said in confusion: "These two criminals must have a lot of silver reward!"

"Master Lu, the envoy of the Salt Division, a great expert in the realm of God's descent, killed him with one knife. Are you looking for death?"

The young government officer said: "Let's call more people!"

The old government officer said angrily: "There are not enough people to kill! Besides, they robbed the money.

It was distributed to the villages, and many villages received a lot of money. Nowadays, the Red Horse Thief has a very good reputation, and the country people are grateful to them. If you really kill the Red Horse Thief, you will never live, you will definitely be beaten to death! "

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing walked through the streets and alleys and came to the door of a house.

This family is not big, with three main rooms and one kitchen. It is an ordinary house. It can accommodate a family of four at most, so five people would seem a bit crowded.

However, Chen Shi and Li Tianqing heard the breathing in the yard and found that there were seven people living in this family.

The two waited outside the house for a while, and then someone opened the door. It was the man in black who had been performing rituals outside the Temple of Wealth at midnight these past few days.

This man changed into coarse linen clothes and wore a pair of straw sandals. Although the clothes are old, they are washed very clean.

The man was young, about thirty years old. As soon as he went out, he saw Chen Shi and Li Tianqing standing across the street. His expression changed drastically and he wanted to run away.

At this time, a woman's voice came from behind him, saying: "Will the master come back at noon?"

The man froze, not daring to escape, and bravely said: "I won't be back at noon. Madam,

After school in the afternoon, you can pick up the children. I--I'm afraid I don't have time. ""

When he saw Chen Shi and Li Tianqing, he knew that his identity had been exposed. They were so powerful that he was definitely no match. He was afraid that escaping would harm his family, so he didn't dare to escape.

A woman came out, stuffed him with a lotus leaf bag, and whispered: "I have prepared some food for you, including eggs and a piece of meat. I see that you are exhausted these days, so don't let yourself suffer." "

The man said yes, pushed her back to the room, and said, "I understand, please go back quickly and help me take care of my parents."

The old man's cough came from the room.

The woman went back to her room, probably to take care of the old man.

The man's eyes twitched violently, and he walked towards Chen Shi and Li Tianqing.

He was much taller than the two of them, but he was terribly scared at the moment and his body was shaking uncontrollably.

Chen Shi said calmly: "Tell me the truth, what is your name?"

The man's body trembled and he said: "Luan Flute. Please let my family go, and I will explain everything!"

Chen Shi looked at Li Tianqing, who said: "I am not a murderous person."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "I am also a well-known philanthropist in Xinxiang. Brother Luan, let's talk as we walk."

Luan's flute trembled: "Where are you going?"

Although these two people said that they were not murderous people, he knew that their portraits were still on the killing list, ranking at the top, and they had killed several high-ranking officials in Qingzhou!

Li Tianqing smiled and said: "Wherever you go, we will go."

Luan Di said: "I work for Mr. Wan and go to the medicine field. I am a medicine farmer in Wanfu."

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing were surprised. Luan Disheng is definitely a master. Both of them have seen his skills of transporting five ghosts, flying skills, and controlling evil spirits!

His strength can be said to be a top master in the Nascent Soul Realm. If Chen Shi and Li Tianqing were to give it a try, no one would dare to say that they would win.

Who would have thought that such a master would work as a herb farmer for a wealthy family!

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Then let's go to the medicine field."

The sound of Luan's flute led the two of them towards the outside of the city, their tears rolling down uncontrollably.

Chen Shiyi said: "Weren't you very powerful when you controlled Xie Chong to attack us? Why are you crying now?"

Luan Di's voice choked with sobs: "I took you there, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive. I think of my sadness. My wife, my children and the elderly have no one to take care of me, so I cry."

Li Tianqing said: "Listening to your conversation, you should be a scholar. Have you ever passed the imperial examination?"

"I passed the examination and was a scholar from Tan County in Qingzhou. Later I passed the examination in Qingzhou and ranked eleventh."

Luan flute wiped away her tears and said, "After two years of saving money, I planned to go to Xijing to take the exam, and maybe I could be a Jinshi. When I passed by Gongzhou, I was defrauded of all my money by Gongzhou people, and was sold to a farm. I almost died there. I managed to escape and went all the way to Xijing to beg for food. I failed the exam and came back.”

When he talked about the sad part, tears fell again.

Chen Shi felt the same and said: "That's the case in Gongzhou. I--I have a friend who was also defrauded of all his money and sold to a farm."

Li Tianqing glanced at him and said, "Is she the sister of the Hu family?"

Chen Shi said: "No, you don't know this friend -" - Don't interrupt, Luan Flute, just keep talking! "

Luan Di said: "I gave up the idea of ​​going to Beijing to take the exam and returned to Qingzhou. My wife is waiting for me to come back.

Don't hate me for being poor. Although I won the exam, I have been idle at home, relying on my wife to weave and sell cloth. Master Wan saw that I was pitiful, so he asked me to help him plant medicine. "

Li Tianqing asked: "Who is Mr. Wan?"

"You don't know the Wanjia family in Qingzhou?"

Luan's flute sounded strange, and he immediately realized, "Yes, you are from other places, so of course you don't know the Wan family in Qingzhou. The porridge shed over there belongs to Mr. Wan's family."

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing looked around and saw a porridge shed set up on the right side of the door of a large house. Porridge was being cooked, and there were also steamed buns that had just been cooked, covered with a cloth and still steaming hot.

There was already a long line of hungry people waiting in the porridge shed, with no end in sight.

People who look like servants are helping to organize the team to avoid chaos.

"Wanfu is the most benevolent family in Qingzhou, and the head of the family, Wan Shide, is the most benevolent person in Qingzhou."

Luan Di said, "The Wan family often releases grain and opens a porridge shed to give out porridge to the poor. Mr. Wan's name is Wan Shide, and he is the living Buddha of the Wan family in Qingzhou. Every day, the Wan family distributes rice and porridge, and thousands of people line up to wait here. . The Wan family is also an aristocratic family in Qingzhou. Their ancestors were governors of Qingzhou. Later, the Wan family became rich in business. "

The three of them passed by the porridge shed and were about to leave the city, but they saw an endless stream of people queuing up to receive porridge and steamed buns.

The line stretched all the way outside the city.

"After the Wan family had money, they bought fertile land during the disaster years. His family had a big business and could survive the disaster years. But other families did not have such a strong family background, and they had to sell off their property if they could not survive in the disaster years. Gradually, they had to sell off their property. Wanjia has more and more fields.”

Luan Di said, "I heard people chatting in the tea shed. They said that there was a famine year, and there was a beggar woman who was very pretty and was noticed by Master Wan. The woman refused to give her body to Master Wan and offended Master Wan. This woman The man wanted to urinate urgently, but the servants of Wanjia drove him away, saying that he could not urinate on Wanjia's land. The beggar woman also had the courage to say that even if she died of suffocation, she would not urinate on Wanjia's land."

They came to the outside of the city. Outside the city, there were vast tracts of fertile land. Looking around, there was no end in sight.

"The begging woman walked in one direction, from morning to night, covering hundreds of miles.

She couldn't hold it in any longer and was about to find a place to relieve herself. Others told her that this was still Wanjia's land. "

Luan Di said, "She was very desperate and asked how long it would take to get out of Wanjia's field. Others told her that if she walked for ten days without eating or drinking, she would be able to get out of Wanjia's field."

Chen Shi lost his voice and asked, "Does the entire land in Qingzhou belong to the Wan family?"

Luan Di shook his head and said, "Not entirely. Some land in the mountains does not belong to the Wan family. However, most of the country people are tenant farmers of Master Wan's family."

Chen Shi asked: "What happened to the woman?"

Luan Di said: "I don't know. The people in the tea shed stopped talking about this. The woman may have been suffocated to death, or she may have followed Mr. Wan. This kind of country story usually has no ending. However, this story must be true because Wanjia has too many fields.”

Li Tianqing thoughtfully said: "The Wan family is considered a noble family in Qingzhou. Many of the officials in other provinces are from the Thirteenth Family. But in Qingzhou, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, it is difficult for the influence of the Thirteenth Family to insert itself."

Luan Di said: "In Qingzhou, even if he is the governor, he will not be able to secure his position without Mr. Wan's nod."

Chen Shi thought of the salt envoy who died under Li Tianqing's knife the night before yesterday. His name was Lu Song. From his last name, he knew that he was not from the Thirteenth Family.

"The same is true for the Zhao family in Xinxiang."

Chen Shi said, "In the beginning, Xinxiang was under the power of the Zhao family. From the governor to the county magistrate, most of them were members of the Zhao family and other small aristocratic families."

Li Tianqing shook his head and said: "The Zhao family was able to gain a foothold in Xinxiang because of the connivance of my Li family, who wanted the Zhao family to find the true king's tomb and find out whether the true king's tomb was real or not. The other twelve aristocratic families also had the same idea. Later, the Zhao family fell, and the thirteenth aristocratic family Then he regained power in Xinxiang, and there will be no more problems with the small family. "

Chen Shi asked: "Behind the Zhao family in Xinxiang is the Thirteenth Family, but what about the Wan family in Qingzhou? Can a Wan family with no background monopolize Qingzhou?"

Li Tianqing lived comfortably.

The origin of the Wanjia mentioned by Luan Disheng just now includes the rise of the Wanjia, as well as the wealth and power of the Wanjia, but it only lacks the background of the Wanjia.

Is it believable that Wanjia, who has no background, has such power in Qingzhou?

Wanjia's fields stretch as far as the eye can see, growing various crops and medicinal fields.

Medicinal materials are relatively precious, and many monks guard them near the medicinal fields.

Chen Shi looked at these cultivators. Each of them was quite strong, and many of them were scholars who had cultivated the golden elixir.

They are also herbal farmers working for Wanjia.

However, masters like Luan Disheng are still extremely rare among medicine farmers, and Luan Disheng has a high status among medicine farmers. When those drug farmers see him, they will say hello.

"Luan Disheng, why do you want to harm us?"

Li Tianqing couldn't help but said, "What does growing your medicinal materials have to do with us?"

Luan Disheng hesitated for a moment and said: "The medicinal materials I grow are different from other medicinal materials. What I grow is elixir of longevity. You killed my medicinal fertilizers, and I couldn't keep up with you, so I had to attack you."

"Medicated fertilizer?"

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing looked at each other. What would be the fertilizer of the elixir?

The sound of Luan's flute led them to their medicinal field, but they saw that it was close to the mountains, and the medicinal materials were irrigated by the spiritual springs leading from the dragon veins in the mountains, and it was divided into different spiritual gardens.

The structure of the spiritual nursery is also different. Some elixirs like shade, so they use rocks and trees to shade them. Some elixirs like sun, so they have mirrors in the sky to refract the sunlight, and monks activate the shrines to use divine light. shine.

Some elixirs like dryness, so some monks use fire and wind spells to dry the soil. Some elixirs like the bitter cold, so some monks use ice and snow spells to create bitter cold spiritual gardens.

There is also an incense burner here to offer these elixirs. The incense is constantly burning to cultivate the spirit of the elixirs.

Most of the elixirs grown in the spiritual garden are elixirs that have become spirits. From time to time, the elixirs will take form.

The boy turned into a palm-high boy and ran to the incense burner to absorb the scent of incense.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing's eyes widened when they saw such a large spiritual garden.

Chen Shi said: "The medicinal fertilizers you are talking about are the evil spirits you are feeding, right?"

Luan Di nodded and said dejectedly: "When I took over the job of a medicine farmer, I knew it was wrong, but I have to support my family. Mr. Wan gave me money and the skills and spells to practice, so that my children can go Only by studying in a private school can my father cure his illness and live——..."

Chen Shi said: "So, your southern talisman seal was passed down to you by Master Wan? Master Wan is a southern talisman master?"

"Southern talisman seal script? Southern talisman master?" Luan's flute sounded slightly pleasant.

Chen Shi said: "The method you use to create evil spirits and the means to control evil spirits is the Southern Fu Zhuan faction."

The sound of Luan's flute interrupted him, and he shook his head and said: "We did not create evil spirits. Mr. Wan only taught me the method of controlling evil spirits. The evil spirits in Qingzhou are all wild."

Chen Shi was shocked: "Can you control wild evil spirits?"

Luan Di said: "Of course they are wild. Are there still man-made evil spirits in the world?"

He was shocked.

Chen Shi was also shocked.

Both of them have their own inherent understandings. Chen Shi believes that innate evil spirits cannot be controlled, while Luan Disheng believes that evil spirits are born and it is impossible for monks to create evil spirits.

At this moment, their inherent cognition was broken!

Chen Shi took the lead to calm down and asked: "Can the spell taught to you by Master Wan control evil spirits?

What happens after you control the evil spirits? "

"grazing."

Luan Di said, "Qingzhou is the pasture. We medicine farmers must restrain these evil spirits so that they cannot run out of Qingzhou at night. Also, during the day, when these evil spirits have no energy, we collect medicinal fertilizers from them to provide these evil spirits with Topdressing with medicine.”

Qingzhou, pasture!

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing's eyes widened, feeling as if the world was spinning.

Evil spirits are sheep being pastured!

So who is the grass eaten by the sheep?