After staying in Nanyang for nearly a month, Dao Sheng asked the emperor to resign, although the emperor asked to stay in every possible way, but Dao Sheng and the others still left. And according to the inspector Liu Xianyu said that he would also go, first, to study with Daosheng, and secondly, to investigate the bizarre cases of demons and ghosts hurting people in Yiyang County and Wuhe County, as well as the case of mineral theft and the case of the extermination of the Feng family.

Everyone hurried to Wuhe County in Yiyang County, Wuhe County's county order and Feng Yanling warmly entertained, looking at the young and beautiful Feng Yanling who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, everyone was curious, a girl, and so young can actually become a Feng political envoy (Feng Zheng Envoy, the official position established by Chu State responsible for the implementation of imperial court policy decrees, theoretically in the county seat is only this county order, in fact, it is the county Cheng of Zhou State, the status is a little higher than that of the county Cheng), and even the county order is respectful to her. Everyone went to the room arranged by Feng Yanling, the political envoy, to rest, but Liu Xianyu pulled the county order and the Fengzheng envoy to ask questions.

"Half a year ago, where did those rich businessmen go, why did they suddenly disappear, how could the rich businessman surnamed Po think of colluding with the demon clan to rebel, how could the manager of the mineral suddenly die, how could the property of the mineral be stolen by the demons, why did the Feng family suddenly die, why did the Ink Dart Bureau destroy the Feng family, and why was the owner of the Ink Dart Bureau killed by the demons" Liu Xianyu asked too many questions.

The county magistrate couldn't turn his head when he heard so many questions, but Feng Yanling replied slowly: " Half a year ago, the rich businessman surnamed Po hated the imperial court for charging heavy taxes to the merchants, so he colluded with the demon clan to try to subvert the rule of the imperial court in Wuhe County, and was finally discovered by us, so he was sentenced to death, as for the other rich businessmen, they heard that there were demons and ghosts in the county after they moved away, as for where they moved I don't know, and then the demons in order to retaliate against me caught their chess pieces, ruined their plans to rebel, so they instigated the ink dart bureau to destroy my family, and then the demon killed the owner of the ink dart bureau in order to extinguish the mouth, and the minerals were also stolen by the demons。 When she said that her family was destroyed, Feng Yanling also cried, and the pear blossoms brought rain to make people feel distressed.

Liu Xianyu hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have talked about your sadness." ”

"It's okay, Lord Liu asked these questions for his own work, everyone is for the court, for Your Majesty, how can I have a private relationship with my children. Feng Yanling forcibly held back her crying and squeezed out a smile and said.

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In a small village on the outskirts of Wuhe County, Li Xingmeng and Dai Yan'er were learning to ride horses, and Qian in the rear followed closely to protect her, while Lin and Tie Zhen stayed in the mansion to listen to the Taoist preaching, and after eating in the starry sky, they went to the land of smoke and willows in the county to have fun.

When she was tired, Dai Yan'er said, "Let's take a rest." ”

However, Li Xingmeng said excitedly immediately: "It's fun, I'm not tired, I don't rest." ”

When he was excited, he accidentally rode into the people's farmland and wasted the grain. The old woman who was resting in a small shed next to her scolded when she saw this: "Where did you come from, wild girl, you ......?"

But seeing that Li Xingmeng was dressed gorgeously and riding a horse that ordinary people couldn't afford, he hurriedly put his words back and knelt down and said humbly: "This official lady, it's not easy for a folk woman to grow some food, please raise your hand." ”

Li Xingmeng knew that he was wrong, so he lowered his head in shame and apologized: "I'm sorry, old woman, I didn't mean to. ”

Dai Yan'er, who was behind, hurriedly took out the money bag and compensated the old woman, who happily took everyone back to her house to drink tea.

At this time, a young man who didn't know the truth came to the old woman and said, "Grandma, don't be afraid of them, this is Wuhe County, there are sages and sages who are our masters, even if they are official ladies, they can't make it so difficult for our people." ”

The old woman shook her head and said, "You, I misunderstood, these little girls didn't embarrass me, she just accidentally trampled on the grain, and now she has also compensated." ”

When the young man heard this, he hurriedly apologized to Li Xingmeng and the others: "I'm sorry, I was reckless." ”

On the way to the old woman's house, Li Xingmeng asked curiously: "Old woman, what do you mean by the sage of Wuhe, why don't the people of the official family dare to bully the people here." ”

Before the old woman could reply, the young man preemptively said: " Wuhe sage is the county's Feng Yanling, she is beautiful and pure in heart, kind and generous, has a noble family background but never proud, prominent status but never show off, but often with the people happy, never eat better food than the people, never wear better clothes than the people, but where the people are bullied by the powerful from the countryside, the wind sage will also be the master for our people, whenever the people of Wuhe County are killed by demons and ghosts, the wind will try their best to save them, and never collect money from the people, the people of this county are not grateful to them, people say that the ancient sages are just like this。 When it comes to Feng Yanling, the young man's eyes are full of admiration and admiration, and he is willing to die for it.

As soon as the old woman returned, her daughter-in-law came out and cried, "Mother, father...... Dad was killed by a demon, woo woo!"

The old woman was startled, and hurriedly went in, and sure enough, she saw an old man lying on the bed dying, it turned out that there were many cases of demons and ghosts in Wuhe County, and the people of the county suffered from demons and ghosts, last night, a demon turned into a beautiful woman to tempt the old man, the old man couldn't hold back, and was almost sucked dry.

Seeing this, the old woman hurriedly said to the young man, "Ru'er, go to the city and ask for a saint." ”

After a long time, Feng Yanling really arrived, only to see that he was dressed in rags and linen clothes, but he was well cared for, giving people a refreshing and comfortable feeling, seeing that Li Xingmeng and others were also there, he hurriedly saluted and said: "I have seen you." ”

Although he was a student of Daosheng, Li Xingmeng and the others did not dare to be proud, and hurriedly replied: "I have seen Lord Fengzheng." ”

Then, I saw Feng Yanling feed the old man some strange potions, and then did a strange ritual for him, not long after, the old man really woke up, the first thing he woke up was to thank Feng Yanling, the old man's family also hurriedly thanked Feng Yanling, but Feng Yanling helped the family up, and said gently: "Yan Ling is the parent official of this county, for the sake of everyone, this is Yan Ling's business, everyone should not be like this." ”

Seeing that Feng Yanling, who was about the same age as herself, actually led by example, like an ancient sage, Dai Yan'er felt like a vase with only an appearance, and Li Xingmeng also admired: "It is worthy of being a sage sister." ”

Qian couldn't help but sigh: "I never thought that I would be able to see what the ancient sages were like. ”

After Feng Yanling left, the young man put away his admiration and continued: "The saint is not only our protector, but also our closest friend, when it comes to the season of farming, the saint will personally go to the field to help the people of the county grow food, when the harvest is not good, the saint will blame himself for not being able to manage, when the harvest is good, the saint will say that it is the credit of our people, the most attractive thing about the saint is not her beautiful appearance, but her noble integrity." ”

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"Do you know how the rich businessmen in this county suddenly disappeared, and why Po Kun was executed?" Although Feng Yanling told himself the 'truth' of these cases, Liu Xianyu thought that the truth could only be investigated by himself, and he didn't fully believe Feng Yanling, so he found some people and asked.

The people who were stopped by Liu Xianyu for questioning knew that this Lord Liu was a big official from Nanyang, so he said respectfully: "There are often demons and ghosts in this county, and those rich businessmen are afraid of demons and ghosts and leave, as for that Po Kun, hmph, he colluded with demons and ghosts to try to mutilate the saint, so he was burned at the stake, this kind of scum deserves it." ”

When he said that Po Kun had killed the saint, the old man was even more angry.

"Saint, what saint?" Liu Xianyu said confusedly.

"It's Lord Feng Yanling, the political envoy. Old Chinese said respectfully.

"Oh. Liu Xianyu sighed and continued to ask: "Feng Yanling and Po Kun have any personal grudges?"

Seeing that Liu Xianyu actually asked such a question, the old man changed his previous respectful attitude and said indifferently: "No." ”

Liu Xianyu didn't understand why the old man was so indifferent all of a sudden, but when he continued to ask, the old man had no choice but to leave.

Seeing Liu Xianyu leaving, the old man said angrily to the few people around him: "This dog official from the capital still dares to question the saint, it's hateful." ”

The surrounding people scolded Liu Xianyu one after another, they all received the favor of Feng Yanling, and they were extremely dissatisfied with Liu Xianyu's investigation of Feng Yanling.

After that, the news of Liu Xianyu's secret investigation of Feng Yanling spread all over Wuhe County, no matter where Liu Xianyu went, he would be spurned by the people and throw all kinds of dirt, until Feng Yanling came forward and said: "Everyone should not be like this, Lord Liu is an envoy from Nanyang, and it is his duty to investigate officials from all over the country, which is understandable, and I, Feng Yanling, am not afraid of shadows, so there is nothing to worry about." ”

Seeing Feng Yanling come forward to help Liu Xianyu speak, the people gave up the idea of beating Liu Xianyu to death, but they still didn't have a good face for Liu Xianyu.

Dao Sheng, who was preaching in the mansion, couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene: "The saint does not die, and the thief does not stop." ”

Li Xingmeng, who was listening to the sermon next to him and was drowsy, heard this and wondered: "Teacher, what does this mean?"

Dao Sheng knocked on Li Xingmeng's little head and said seriously: "Let you usually not listen to the class well." ”

Li Xingmeng lowered his head and was ashamed, he was too playful, and then Dao Sheng explained: "The original text of this sentence is the sage thief chapter in the Taoist Sutra of the Human Emperor, the saint is famous and nameless, everyone knows the name but does not know the nameless, so the famous beauty is all beautiful, and the evil is also, so the famous and good are all good, and the good is not good, and the name is good, and the thief is also, so the saint is not dead, and the thief is not stopped." ”

Seeing that Li Xingmeng's face was full of incomprehension, Dao Sheng had to continue to explain: " Although the ancient sages have names, we should remember their thoughts, but the world only remembers the names of the sages, so the world thinks that the sages do things are very beautiful, so they all do it, the world thinks that the things that the sages do are very recognized, so they all do this kind of thing, the world thinks that it is right to imitate the sages, but in fact, this is just the obsession of the sages with the name in your heart to steal your nature, so if the obsession with the famous saints in your heart is not eliminated, it will not stop stealing your innocence。 ”

At this time, Li Xingmeng suddenly realized: "So, Sister Feng Yanling's approach is not necessarily good for the people, and everyone will gradually let their original selves disappear because they only know the saints?"

Dao Sheng smiled and said, "It's good, but good is not necessarily right." ”

"Oh, oh, oh, I see, thank you, teacher. Li Xingmeng nodded obediently.

"Xiao Meng'er obviously doesn't understand anything......" Dai Yan'er, who was also listening to the sermon on the side, complained in a low voice.

"The only one who can save the people is the people themselves, not by a savior such as a saint, and by relying on a savior such as a saint, in the end can only be a flash in the pan. Dao Sheng couldn't help but say what was in his heart.

Although Dao Sheng himself also worships the ancient sages, he does not think that the ancient sages can save the troubled times, the sages are just the beacons and teachers who guide the people, and cannot directly save the world, if they can, then what is the meaning of the world's people, if the world's people still need to rely on the sages to save, it can only show that the meaning of the world's existence in heaven and earth has disappeared, because the sages were born in the people, not the people were born in the sages.