"Master, won't the Ghost Emperor be in the Wild Goose City waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net?" Looking at the majestic ancient city that appeared in the field of vision, Zhang Xiaopu suddenly had a terrible thought in his heart, and he couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly asked the Heavenly Martial Daoist.

"Don't be afraid. The Heavenly Martial Daoist smiled and said, "When the Ghost Emperor appeared that night, you had a lantern hanging over your head, and the Ghost Emperor couldn't lock your qi, so unless you met him head-on and were recognized by his appearance, he couldn't find you." ”

Zhang Xiaopaw couldn't help but think of the scene of walking on the street and meeting the Ghost Emperor head-on, and he couldn't help but shudder, but he found that he didn't see what the Ghost Emperor looked like at all, so if he really bumped into him head-on on the street, the Ghost Emperor rushed up to give him a hammer, he didn't know why, it was too sad, so he hurriedly asked the Tianwu Daoist:

"Master, what does the Ghost Emperor look like? Describe it to me in general, if you really meet me on the street, I will have a good reaction. ”

"Haha-" The Heavenly Martial Daoist smiled dumbly and said, "The Ghost Emperor has a thousand nights and a thousand faces, how can you let the teacher describe it to you?"

"Awesome!" Zhang Xiaopaw could only smack his lips and exclaim.

"Hehe, rest assured. The Ghost Emperor is busy, and he doesn't have time to look for you all over the world. Moreover, the night covered thousands of kilometers, and even if he wanted to find it, it would be a needle in a haystack. The Heavenly Martial Daoist comforted.

"What if it gets caught?"

"That's just your life. ”

"Okay. ”

Zhang Xiaopaw thought for a while, and then couldn't help asking: "He is the Ghost Emperor, he controls thousands of little ghosts, and it shouldn't be difficult to find me with an order, right?"

The Tianwu Daoist raised his eyelids, and said angrily: "Yin and Yang have a boundary, and the yang world is something that a little ghost can come to if he wants to?" To use a simple analogy, Su Hanlin controls Dayu's tens of millions of troops, and when he gives an order, can these tens of millions of troops enter and leave the underworld to find people?"

"Uh-disciple is confused, making you laugh. Zhang Xiaopaw was woken up by the words of the Heavenly Martial Daoist, and knew that he had taken it for granted.

......

After half a month, the tragic scene left by the earth dragon turning over in Yancheng has disappeared, and all the dilapidated houses have been repaired or rebuilt, and the whole Yancheng can be said to be completely new.

In the past half a month, a large number of victims from Yannan have poured into Yancheng, just because they heard that there is water and food in Yancheng.

Qi Wuwei did not refuse to come, distributed water and rations to the victims, and then rebuilt Yancheng with the help of this huge labor force, digging rivers and canals in Yanbei to build embankments to store water sources as much as possible.

In half a month, they built five water storage dams in Yanbei.

Living up to the word "grace", Enze Lake is still bubbling with clear springs, gradually filling up the five newly built embankments.

The endless water gives the people hope for life, and they work harder, they live up to Qi Wuwei's expectations, Qi Wuwei does not treat them badly, they drink and eat well, and even pay their wages.

Qi Wuwei is like a rope that screws everyone's strength together, but the consumption of silver money and food materials is obviously extremely huge.

The relief materials brought by Gai Huayang were about to be exhausted in the blink of an eye.

It was not that the imperial court was stingy, but that more than two-thirds of the disaster relief materials were embezzled by Gai Huayang, and the sacks were full of broken grass and sand, and there was a shortage of silver money.

Qi Wuwei was so angry that he trembled, rushed into the prison and questioned Gai Huayang, and Gai Huayang actually gave him a sentence lightly: "I never thought that the drought in the south has become so serious, otherwise I would not dare to embezzle disaster relief materials unscrupulously." ”

After Qi Wuwei heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat, and the clothes on his chest and back were all soaked, not because he was angry with Gai Huayang, but because he was frightened.

He wondered if the civil and military ministers in the Imperial Capital Jinluan Treasure Hall all had the same thoughts as Gai Huayang?

Do they all think that the South is exaggerating the disaster?

Do you feel that the south is moaning without disease?

Do you think that tens of millions of people in the south can survive this drought as long as they grit their teeth?

Qi Wuwei was really scared.

He wrote a recital overnight and sent it to the imperial capital in an expedited manner for 800 miles.

However, he did not pin his hopes on this letter, and he took all the money and sent the army to the seventy-two central cities north of the twilight river to buy food supplies.

Gai Huayang committed suicide in prison.

Before he died, he left a suicide note, the general content of which was that all the materials were his greed for ink, and no one else knew, he woke up in prison, and he was ashamed of the emperor's grace, and he had to die to apologize.

To put it simply, it is a confession of sin.

But people with active minds can see at a glance that he is covering up accomplices.

Yes, Gai Huayang is indeed taking the blame.

With such a large amount of disaster relief materials, how can he deceive the superiors and subordinates to eat them alone? Therefore, someone must eat with him, and he can never say who these people are.

He didn't dare to be escorted to the imperial capital, because once he entered the six gates of the imperial capital, the people there could let him spit out everything he knew.

So he died.

He must die, not if he does not die.

......

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Xiaopaw and the Tianwu Dao people returned to Tingyaxuan.

Red walls and green tiles, pavilions, gardens and grasses, a new look.

There is a butcher living here, how dare Qi Wuwei and Wan Qiuqing not care, brick and tile beams, tables, chairs and furniture, bricklayers and carpentry, all available.

There are no flowers or grass planted in the garden grass, but seasonal fruits and vegetables, some of which have sprouted and pulled leaves, a piece of green, very festive.

Butcher Zhang makes two trips back and forth to Enze Lake twice a day to replenish the water consumed by Taiyuan Lake. The people of the North Second City are grateful to it, and whoever sees it will shout "Old Man is auspicious".

However, there is no shortage of water in the whole Yancheng at present, and the officials will fill up the water of the Lechuan River every night, and the people will finish building their houses and fill all the things that can hold water in their homes, and everyone will consciously save water, and life has improved.

It's just that everyone's brow carries a touch of insoluble sorrow, because the sun in the sky is getting hotter and hotter every day, and the August heat has arrived.

August, the hardest month, is everyone worried about whether they can get through it?

Zhang Xiaopaw returned to Tingyaxuan, his butt had just sat down on the chair, and before he could take a sip of Liu Hong's herbal tea, the people from the major sects rushed in, and complained with a split head and face, blaming him for leaving without saying hello, making them wait restlessly.

With Zhang Butcher and Tianwu Dao people in charge, the people of the major sects did not dare to make any trouble. In fact, since they are waiting here, it means that they accepted the price, so there is nothing to say.

Of course, if Zhang Xiaopaw does not have a strong backer, then there is more to say, and they will be very happy to find a secluded place to talk to Zhang Xiaopaw.

The several sects of the Medicine King Valley and the Bright Hall were also worried that Zhang Xiaopu would refuse to bless them because of the contradictions and grudges between them, or double the fee, or deliberately reduce the efficacy of their objects, but Zhang Xiaopu told them with practical actions that they were completely living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

Sixty-three were received in total, no one paid on credit, all at once.

Of course, they don't accept credit either.

The big sect is arrogant, and the direct Yuan Shi Jindan was slapped in front of Zhang Xiaopaw, arrogant and domineering.

In contrast, the small sect seemed to be a little picky, and the large bags and small bags added up to the value of fifty Yuan Shi Jin Dan, which made Zhang Xiaopaw feel an inexplicable sense of guilt in his heart.

Forbidden place in the study.

Well, it wasn't a forbidden place before, but it became a forbidden place when Zhang Xiaopaw entered with sixty-three pieces of jade.

Mei Lan Zhuju held a sword and guarded the door.

Qi Changfeng was sitting behind the desk, frowning at the maps, meditating.

Zhang Xiaopu walked to the desk and looked at it, and found that Qi Changfeng saw the topography map of Jincheng and Haoyue City, and the cities, prefectures, prefectures, counties, and even towns and villages were all finely drawn on the map.

Seeing that Qi Changfeng was thinking attentively, Zhang Xiaopaw didn't disturb him, walked to a desk next to him and sat down.

Liu Hong gently put down the tea tray, made tea for Zhang Xiaopaw and exited the study.

Zhang Xiaopaw picked up the teacup and blessed the object while drinking tea.

Although there are many people in the Qi family's martial arts training ground and in the Juxian Restaurant, there are many people who have seen how easy it is for Zhang Xiaoshu to bless an item with the power of a charm, but if Zhang Xiaozhu dares to earn fifty Yuan Shi Jindan so easily and comfortably in front of the major sects, the hearts of the major sects will definitely be extremely unbalanced, even if there are Zhang Butcher and Tianwu Dao people in charge, they will have to talk to Zhang Xiaopu.

"Hey-" Qi Changfeng suddenly sighed in disappointment, kneading his wrinkled sore eyebrows, his face was full of tiredness, his eyes were withdrawn from the maps, he raised his head and moved his stiff neck, only to find that there was an extra pawn in the room, and couldn't help but greet happily: "Pawn, you're back." ”

may be because Zhang Xiaopaw rescued him in the secret room of the deep well, and also humbly asked him for advice on the formation strategy for a day and a night, so that the loneliness and pain of his eight years of captivity were vented in a way he liked, so that he had a sense of intimacy with Zhang Xiaopu for no reason.

So when he suddenly saw Zhang Xiaopaw appear in the room, he was so happy that his brows stretched halfway.

"Well, just came back in the afternoon. Zhang Xiaopaw hurriedly put down the teacup and responded, "Brother Qi, didn't disturb you, did you?"

"Nope. Qi Changfeng smiled and waved his hand, and when he saw that the table in front of Zhang Xiaopu was full of jade, he said, "You continue to concentrate on blessing the charm, I won't bother you." ”

He was carrying a piece of jade pendant in his arms, which had been blessed by Zhang Xiaopu, so he knew how precious the jade that had been blessed by Zhang Xiaopu with a charm, and the preciousness of the jade pendant made him take it for granted that the blessing process must be quite difficult, and there was no room for distraction.

These days, the people of the major sects have to go to Tingyaxuan several times a day, waiting for Zhang Xiaopaw to return, just so that Zhang Xiaopaw can bless them with jade, so when they see these on the table in front of Zhang Xiaopaw, they know that they are from the major sects without asking.

"Don't worry, you can't bother me. Zhang Xiaopaw waved his hand.

As he spoke, he took a jade ring in his left hand, and sketched it casually, and the two powers of the Dao ghost overflowed from his fingertips, forming a spell and falling on the jade ring, and in just two or three breaths before and after, he blessed one, and then threw it aside and took the next one.

"It's just-it's that simple?" Qi Changfeng looked stunned and surprised, thinking that there should be many more processes.

saw Zhang Xiaopaw nodding affirmatively and said, "Well, it's as simple as that." ”

"This—this—is so much easier than I thought. Qi Changfeng shook his head again and again after being stunned, he thought that Zhang Xiaopaw would definitely have to consume a lot of time and energy to bless such a treasure, and he never imagined that it would be easier than eating and drinking.

"If you bless one like this, how much will the major sects pay you?" Qi Changfeng couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Fifty grains of Yuan Shi Jindan. Zhang Xiaopaw's cheeks were slightly red, and he replied with a weak heart.

"Poof-" Qi Changfeng just drank a mouthful of tea in his mouth and squirted out, and then his face changed and he was angry, and when he threw the teacup on the table, he slapped the table and shouted, "I'm angry!"