Chapter 248 Grass Folk
In the early morning of Qingzhou City, the government officials were posting notices at the city gate
It was not too early. At the third and fourth watch, there would be dung trucks leaving the city and merchants bringing vegetables, melons, fruits, meats and eggs into the city to prepare for business. By this time, the city gate was already busy with traffic.
On the notice board, the ranking of the arrest warrants has changed. There is one more thief riding a flaming horse. It was Chen Shi who rode a horse to kill the county magistrate, ranking second on the Qingzhou arrest list.
Li Tianqing still tops the list and has the most reward,
As soon as a young government officer put up Chen Shi's portrait, the old government officer next to him poked his waist and pursed his lips to the side
The young government officer looked and saw the first and second names on the killing list coming this way.
He hurriedly looked at the notice board and then at the person who was coming. It was indeed the first and second place.
Two young men, both twelve or thirteen years old.
The number one criminal was wearing a white robe with a black hem, a red ribbon around his waist, and a platinum crown on his head.
The second-ranked criminal is wearing a light green robe with a purple hem, a black silk belt around his waist, and a golden crown on his head.
The two of them have beautiful features, and judging from their appearance, they do not look like the vicious Red Horse Thief.
The two walked into the city. One was very curious and wanted to see the notice board. The other was more cautious and reached out to hold him and walked aside.
The young yamen officer hurriedly drew his sword and was about to step forward to capture him. The old yamen officer slapped him and knocked him to the ground. He shouted: "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 puzzlement: "These two criminals must have a lot of silver reward!
Mr. Lu, the envoy of the Salt Department, a great master who has descended from the gods, killed him with one knife. Are you looking for death?
The young yamen servant said: "Let's call more people!
The old yamen servant said angrily: "There are not enough people to kill! Besides, they robbed the money and distributed it to the village. Many villages have 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 survive, 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.
But Chen Shi and Li Tianqing listened to the breathing in the yard. There were seven people living in this family.
The two of them 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 be back at noon?"
The man froze and did not dare to run away, so he bravely said: "He won't be back at noon." When he saw Chen Shi and Li Tianqing, he knew that his identity had been exposed. They were very powerful. He was definitely no match. He was afraid that his family would be harmed if he escaped, so he did not dare to escape.
A woman came out, gave him a lotus leaf bag, and whispered: "I have prepared some food for you, including eggs and a piece of meat."
I see that you have been exhausted these days, so don't let yourself go.
The man said yes, pushed her back to the room, and said: "I know, you go back quickly
Go back and help me take care of my parents.
The old man's cough came from the room
The woman went back to the room, probably to take care of the old man,
The man's eyes twitched violently, and he bit the bullet to Chen Shi and Li Tian Qing came over.
He was much taller than the two of them, but he was terribly scared at the moment, and his body couldn't help shaking.
Chen Shi said calmly: "Tell me the truth, what's your name?"
Chen Shi looked at Li Tianqing, and Li Tianqing said: "I am not a murderous person.
Chen Shi smiled and said: "I am also a well-known good person in Xinduo.
Brother Luan, let's talk as we walk.
Luan piped and trembled: "Where are we 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 taken the lives of several Qingzhou officials!
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 astonished.
Luan Disheng is definitely a master. They have both seen his skills of transporting five ghosts, flying, and controlling evil elements!
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 in a one-on-one battle.
Who would have thought that such a master would work as a medicine farmer for a wealthy family!
Chen Shi smiled and said: "Then let's go to the medicine field.
Luan Flute Sound Belt He followed the two of them and walked out of the city, tears rolling down uncontrollably
Chen Shi was surprised and said: "
Weren't you very powerful when you controlled the evil elements to attack us? Why are you crying now?"
Luan Fidi choked up and said: "I took you there, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive. I thought about how sad it was that my wife, children and the elderly had no one to take care of me, so I cried."
Li Tianqing said: "Listening to your conversation, you should be a scholar."
Have you ever passed the examination for merit and fame?
"I passed the exam. I was a scholar from Tan County, Qingzhou. Later, I won the examination in Qingzhou and ranked eleventh place." Luan wiped away his tears with the sound of the flute and said, "Later, I saved for two years." Money, I planned to go to Xijing to take the exam, maybe I could get a Jinshi. When I passed by Gongzhou, I was defrauded of all the money by Gongzhou people and was sold to a farm. I almost died there. I finally escaped and begged for food all the way to Xijing. I failed the exam and failed, so I came back.
He talked about the sadness and tears fell again
Chen Shi felt the same way Feeling, he said: "This is like this in Gongzhou.
I... I have a friend who was 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 Di, 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 and doesn't mind me 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 Wan family in Qingzhou?
Luan was surprised by the sound of the flute, and then he 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 come out of the pot. They were covered with a cloth and were still steaming
.
Hungry people have been waiting in a long line at the porridge shed for a long time. The line has no end in sight.
Hong Kong servants are helping to organize the line to avoid chaos.
Wanfu is the most charitable family in Qingzhou, and the head of the family, Wan Shide, is the most philanthropic person in Qingzhou
Luan Di said, "The Wan family often releases grain and opens a porridge shed to give porridge to the poor. Master Wan's name is Wan Shide, and he is from Qingzhou.
Wan Family is also a family in Qingzhou.
The three of them passed by the porridge shed and were about to leave the city, but they saw an endless line of people queuing up to receive porridge and steamed buns, all the way to the outside of the city.
After Wan's family had money, they purchased fertile land during the disaster years. His family's large business could sustain them during the disaster years.
But other families do not have such a strong financial background, and they will have to sell off their property if they cannot survive in a disaster year.
Gradually, Wanjia’s fields increased.
栾笛声道，「我在茶棚听人闲谈，说有年饥荒，有个讨饭的妇人有些姿色，被万老爷看中。
The woman refused to give her body to Mr. Wan and offended Mr. Wan.
The woman had an urgent need to urinate and wanted to solve the problem on the spot. The servants of the Wan family drove her away, saying that she could not defecate on the Wan family's land.
The beggar woman also has some backbone, saying that even if she dies of suffocation, she will not spread it into your fields.
They came to the outside of the city. Outside the city, there were vast tracts of fertile fields. As far as the eye could see, there was no end in sight
The begging woman kept walking in one direction, walking hundreds of miles from morning to night. 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 the field of thousands of families.
栾笛声道，「她很是绝望，问还要走多久才能走出万家的田地。
别人告诉她，她不吃不喝再走十天， Then you can walk out of the Wanjia's fields.
Chen Shi lost his voice and said: "The entire Qingzhou's fields belong to the Wanjia?
Luan Di shook his head and said, "Not entirely.
There is some land in the mountains that does not belong to the Wan family, and most of the servants are tenant farmers of the Wan 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 rural story usually has no ending.
However, this story must be true because the Wan family has too much land.
Li Tianqing thoughtfully said: "The Wan family is considered a noble family in Qingzhou, and many of the officials in other provinces are from the Thirteenth Family, but in Qingzhou where the emperor is far away, it is difficult for the power of the Thirteenth Family to be involved.
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 commissioner who died under Li Tianqing's sword the night before yesterday. His name was Lu Song, you can tell by his surname that he is not from the Thirteenth Family. The same is true for the Zhao family in Xinxiang. Down to the county magistrate, most of them are from the Zhao family and other small aristocratic families.
Li Tianqing shook his head and said: "The Zhao family can establish a foothold in Xinduo because my Li family connives to let the Zhao family find the true king's tomb and find out whether it is true or not.
The other twelve aristocratic families also had the same idea
Later the Zhao family fell, and the thirteenth aristocratic family regained power in Xinxiang, and there was no such thing as a small aristocratic family.
Chen Shi asked: "Behind the Zhao family in Xinxiang are thirteen aristocratic families, but what about the Wan family in Qingzhou? Can a Wan family with no background monopolize Qingzhou?
Li Tianqing was stunned.
The origin of the Wan family mentioned in Lai Di Sheng just now includes the rise of the Wan family, and the wealth and power of the Wan family, but there is no background of the Wan family.
Wanjia, who has no background, has the power to cover the sky with one hand in Qingzhou, is it credible?
Wanjia’s fields stretch as far as the eye can see, planting various crops and medicinal fields,
Medicinal materials It was relatively precious, and many monks were guarding it near the medicine field.
Chen Shi looked at these monks. Everyone was strong, and many of them were talented people who had cultivated the golden elixir.
They were also medicine farmers working for Wanjia.
However, masters like Luan Disheng are still extremely rare among the herb farmers. Luan Disheng's status among the herb farmers is quite high.
Those drug farmers would say hello when they saw him.
Unlike other medicinal materials, what I grow is longevity medicine.
You killed my medicinal fertilizer, and I can’t pay the price, so I have to do it with you.
The sound of Luan's flute led them to their medicine field, but they saw that it was close to the mountains and the spiritual springs irrigating the medicinal materials. It was divided into different spiritual gardens.
To provide shade, some elixirs like the sun, so there are mirrors in the sky to refract the sunlight, and monks activate the shrines to shine with divine light.
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 hold these elixirs. The incense is constantly burning to cultivate the spirit of the elixirs.
And most of the elixirs grown in the spiritual garden are elixirs that have become spirits. From time to time, the elixirs will take the shape of a hand-high boy and run 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: "
What you call medicinal fertilizers are the evil spirits you raise, right?
Luan nodded with a flute and said dejectedly: "I knew it when I took over the job of a medicine farmer. This is wrong, but I have to support my family.
Mr. Wan gave me money to practice the exercises and spells, so that my child can go to a private school and I can cure his illness and live
Chen Shi said: "So, your Southern talismans were passed down to you by Mr. Wan? Master Wan is a Southern talisman master?
南派符箓?南派符师?」
栾笛声微微一怔。
The sound of the flute interrupted him, he shook his head and said: "We did not create evil spirits.
Master Wan only taught me the method of controlling evil spirits. The evil spirits in Qingzhou are all wild.
Chen Shi had a big heart. Zhen: "Can you control wild evil spirits?" Luan Di said: "Of course they are wild. Are there any man-made evil spirits in the world?"
He was shocked.
Chen Shi was also shocked.
Both of them have their own inherent understanding. Chen Shi believes that innate evil spirits cannot be controlled, while Luan Disheng believes that evil spirits are innate and it is impossible for monks to create evil spirits.
At this moment, their inherent cognition was broken!
Chen Shi took the lead to stabilize his mind and asked: "Can the spell taught to you by Mr. Wan control evil spirits? What happens after you control the evil spirits?
"Herding.
Luan flute said, "Qingzhou is the pasture.
We, the medicinal farmers, need to restrain these evil spirits so that they cannot run out of Qingzhou at night.
We also collect medicinal fertilizers from them during the day when these evil spirits are not active and top-dress these elixirs.
We, the medicine farmers, need to restrain them so that they cannot run out of Qingzhou at night.
We, the medicinal farmers, need to collect medicinal fertilizers from them to top-dress these elixirs.
Chen Shi and Li Tianqing stared wide-eyed, feeling like the world was spinning
Xie Sui is the sheep being grazed!
So who is the grass eaten by the sheep?
End of this chapter.