The immortal demon gods correspond to the immortal immortals and Buddhas, all of which refer to those strong people who have achieved cultivation and have broken through the limits of life, and are no longer troubled by birth, old age, sickness and death.

If this strong person is from a human background, then it is an immortal Buddha, and if not, then it is a demon god.

Of course, the immortal Buddha may also be a bad guy, the demon god may also be a good person, and more immortal Buddhas and demon gods are between good and evil. Immortals and Buddhas often have no quarrel with the world and don't care about anything, while demons and gods often do whatever they want, doing good and bad things all depend on their mood, and good and evil only depend on one thought.

If this mountain god of Lushan is really a demon god, then the situation is completely different!

Not to mention anything else, as long as Pan Long and they prepare properly, they can indeed hunt ordinary mandrills, but no matter how prepared they are, can they still hunt demon gods?

No kidding, okay......

After a while, Li Qiang shook his head first: "Impossible! If the family of the county order can really be related to the demon god, at least it can be mixed to the point of being the prefect of a county, how can it be a county magistrate in just one Lubei County?"

Pan Long and Han Feng thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

In this world, many things are laid out in the open. For example, the relationship between strength and status, what kind of strength you have, what kind of status you naturally have, the weak may be in a high position for various reasons, but the strong will never be humble.

Not only that, social status and interpersonal relationships will also be "realized". If the county order's family really has a demon god as a backer, even if it can't be the prefect, at least it should be in a heavy position in the county town.

The county order is said to be a "Baili Hou", but after all, it is just a lower-level official with a maximum of no more than seven grades. In the county town, not to mention the prefect with the upper limit of four grades, even if it is some auxiliary officials, five or six grades abound.

Of course, official products do not directly represent power, but for a family, even if it is five or six idle positions, it is definitely better than seven products of real power - not to mention, the official to the sixth grade, has the right to recommend the outstanding children of the family to study in Zhongzhou Guozijian, if you can learn and succeed, and are awarded the status of "too student", then you can directly get the official award, and the glory and wealth of the family will naturally continue for another generation.

In contrast, no matter how much the seven-rank official covers the sky with one hand, he will always retire after ten or twenty years. After retiring, there is no one in the family who can support the scene, and it all depends on the favors left before, which will naturally deteriorate.

Therefore, for the lower-level officials of the Great Xia Dynasty, being promoted to the sixth rank is their greatest ideal.

It is naturally difficult for ordinary lower-level officials to want to live in the sixth rank of official residence, but if there is a demon god behind them, then it is not difficult to get a six-rank idle position, or even an official position with real power, and it can even be said that it is easy to take it for granted.

The face of the demon god is worth this price.

As for the demon god himself, if he is willing to enter the court as an official, he will directly be a second-grade official - the reason why he is not awarded a grade is because most of the first grade is an honor, and most of them will only be awarded a first-grade official position when the important minister retires, as a sign of praise.

The Great Xia Dynasty was rich in Kyushu, but there were only 12 official positions in the first grade, three in the first grade: Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao, and nine in the first rank: Taiwei, Taizhu, Taishi, Prime Minister, Zongzheng, Da Situ, Da Sima, Da Sikou, and Da Sikong.

Among these twelve first-rank officials, Zhengyipin will always be a false position, and no one has been able to be awarded it before retirement since the era of Emperor Jiazi. Among the nine from the first product, generally only the prime minister is a real job, and the others are all fictitious.

Although, theoretically, these official positions have corresponding positions. But in practice, the content of these positions is divided into several other official positions, and they are not really concentrated on the same person.

After all, the power of these official positions is too great, and some of them are duplicated with each other - for example, Taiwei and Da Sima, theoretically have similar powers, and they are both in charge of the world's army. The difference is only that the Taiwei has the right to appoint and dismiss military attachés, while the Grand Sima does not.

In practice, the prime minister is the head of the heavenly officials, and the military attache is generally the crown prince who is also the chief of the military attachés. But the crown prince would not leave the imperial capital at all, so the military attachés were generally headed by the nine generals of Kyushu.

These nine generals sat in Kyushu and commanded the army, and they were all henchmen of the imperial family. Many of them are simply the younger siblings or sons and daughters of the Son of Heaven, if they were not leading the troops, how could the princes of Kyushu honestly bow their heads and obey the rule of the Son of Heaven?

If the immortal Buddha or demon god enters the court as an official, it will generally be awarded to the general of the six armies equal to the general of Kyushu - the six armies refer to the six armies of the Son of Heaven, that is, Yulin, Huben, Shenwu, Tiance, hussars, and chariots. These six armies naturally have their own commanders, but their commanders do not have the official position of generals of the six armies, but are awarded the posts of "left and right generals of the front army, left and right generals of the middle army, and left and right generals of the rear army". As for the generals of the six armies, they are actually all vain, and they are reserved for those immortals, Buddhas, demons and gods who are willing to enter the court as officials.

If there are more immortals who are willing to enter the court as officials, and the six official positions are not enough, then there are such as Zhenjun, Fujun, Champion, Weiyuan, Huaihua...... and so on a series of fictitious positions can be used. If even these fictitious positions are used up, the current editor will still be in time.

If it really comes to the point where it is necessary to make up a fictitious position, Di Yichou, who designed this system back then, is afraid that he will be able to laugh so much that he can come back to life from the coffin.

The Great Xia Dynasty has been established for so many years, not to mention those town army generals and the like, even the generals of the six armies have never been full!

There is a way to be "the seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door", which means that the servants who show the door to the prime minister's house have a status comparable to the seven-rank official, and the person who is protected by the demon god is naturally much higher than the person who shows the door to the prime minister's house, so it is impossible to be so bad as a county commander in Lubei County.

Even if he doesn't want face, even if the demon god doesn't care about face, the court wants to save face!

To give face to others is to give face to yourself. The demon god's subordinates can only serve as county commanders, and it is not only the face of the demon god that is lost, but also the face of the Great Xia Dynasty.

When the time comes, won't people talk about the Great Xia Dynasty being too mean and stingy and not knowing how to win over talents?

So just like Li Qiang said, if this Lubei County magistrate can really have something to do with a demon god, he shouldn't stay here and be the county master!

The three of them figured this out, and immediately put their minds at ease, and the heavy atmosphere before was gone.

As long as it's not a demon god, it's easy to say anything. Monsters with poor bloodlines like mandrills don't have any innate or grandmaster realms, they can only continue to accumulate strength with age, and then accumulate to the limit, either breaking through the limit and cultivating into a demon god, or they just can't break through and end up directly.

Those monsters who can continue to cultivate and progress have relatively noble bloodlines, or simply a hybrid of human and demonic blood, only in this way can they have the wisdom to comprehend the profound realm.

"If it's not a demon god, then why can it live so long?" Han Feng asked, "The mandrill can't live that long." ”

Pan Long's eyes flickered, and he whispered, "So the first thing I thought of just now was that this mountain produces elixirs that can prolong life. ”

As soon as these words came out, Han Feng's eyes suddenly widened, and Li Qiang even breathed heavily.

Except for those immortal immortals, Buddhas, and demon gods, there is no one who does not want to live a long life. But any elixir that can prolong life, any one of them is extremely expensive, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "priceless".

The reason why the ancestors of the Pan family were able to buy a large area of land in the Central Plains was to find a life-prolonging elixir by chance, which was bought by the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce at a high price, and then presented to the Great Xia court. Since then, the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce has soared into the sky, from an ordinary large chamber of commerce in Yongzhou to one of the few super chambers of commerce in the entire Yongzhou.

If there is really a longevity elixir in this Lushan, find it, and then whether you sell it or give it to the imperial court, you can get extremely rich rewards.

The worst and the worst are enough for ordinary people like them, and their children and grandchildren will not be able to enjoy it for generations!

After a while, Han Feng also whispered, "Brother Long, you say ...... That county order shelters this mandrill like this, will it ...... He's also playing with the idea of a longevity elixir?"

Li Qiang immediately agreed: "That's right! Only in this way does it make sense! Their family discovered this mandrill before, and determined that it had already lived past the lifespan limit of a normal mandrill, so they judged what kind of life-prolonging elixir this mandrill had. That's why they didn't allow anyone to harm this mandrill, in order to use this mandrill to find the life-prolonging elixir. ”

"Then do we still have the idea of fighting this mandrill?" asked Han Feng.

Li Qiang hesitated.

Before, they weren't sure what was going on with this mandrill, but now they had deduced the possible truth by relying on the intelligence of the old scholar and Pan Long. And if things are really as they speculated, the county magistrate of Lubei County will definitely not care about killing people in order to protect this mandrill and the secret behind it.

The three of them may be able to deal with a long-lived mandrill, but how can they deal with the county order of Lubei County?

The three of them looked at each other for a moment, and they all saw the meaning of hesitation and retreat in each other's eyes.

"Hateful!" Han Feng said hatefully, "This county order is so hateful! It is even for the sake of a mere life-prolonging elixir, disregarding the safety of the people!"

"For other officials, it is estimated that it will be similar. Li Qiang sighed, "It seems that this is probably the only way to do this." Our investigation of this mandrill today may have alarmed the county order. If you don't leave, I'm afraid that trouble will come to you soon......"

"According to what you say, not only will we not be able to control it, but we will also run away in disgrace?" Han Feng's eyes widened, very indignant.

Li Qiang smiled helplessly: "It's almost, the situation is stronger than people!"

Han Feng was suddenly furious, but he was helpless, he was so angry that he scratched his ears and cheeks, as if he saw a wild cat that was provoking him, but he was chained and couldn't catch up with it and bite it to death.

Pan Long had been thinking about it, but after listening to Li Qiang's words at the moment, he suddenly had an inspiration.

"The situation is stronger than the people...... The situation is stronger than the people...... So why can't we create a favorable situation?"

Li Qiang and Han Feng both looked at him.

Pan Long couldn't help but laugh, and he suddenly remembered a web novel he had read before he crossed over.

"I have a way!" His smile was three points sinister and three points proud, as well as ninety-four points of self-satisfaction, "Let's write a letter and send it to the Marquis of Yongzhou to report them!"

"This mandrill is protected by a county order, so we can't do anything about it. But the Marquis of Yongzhou's subordinates are so masterful, can't they still do anything about it? When the time comes, even if they search the entire Lushan, they will be able to find out the elixir. As for the county order...... "Pan Long smiled hesitantly, and the smile was full of meaning.