"The gloomy yellow intestine wood, the ancient ancestral hall beam wood, and the lightning strike peach jujube wood, twelve each, have been transferred."

Zhao Xiao stood on the bank of the river, watching the soldiers carry the stout timbers ashore, and Jiang Ru next to him held the book in his hand and said: "Just now the county government sent people to come, and they said that the place where the mandala was arranged had been cleaned and could be passed at any time. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Xiao responded casually.

Jiang Ru continued: "Originally, Boyang County wanted to come to the dock to meet him, but I said that you don't like to be sent there, so I resigned. He gave two maidservants, as well as a box of women's jewelry and plain yarn clothes, and I also kept them. ”

Zhao Xiao's expression was strange: "What did he do with these things?" ”

Jiang Ru smiled faintly: "That was given to me." Seeing that I had been with you, these county magistrates put their minds to me. The plain gauze is as thin as a cicada's wings, and the skin is looming after wearing it, which can add to the fun of the boudoir. ”

Zhao Xiao shook his head: "Boring." ”

"I can't say that." Jiang Ruyan said: "The area around Shangling County is already rich in silk and silk, and in the local wealthy manors, there are thousands of loom brocade workers, which can be regarded as a local specialty. And when people see you and me going in and out, they naturally regard me as your concubine. ”

Zhao Xiao said: "If you feel uncomfortable, I can arrange for you to go elsewhere." ”

"I'm not the kind of daughter who is afraid to show up." Jiang Ru smiled calmly: "And without me, you have to be distracted by all kinds of chores, and when the time comes, the rituals and rituals are not done properly, which is not good." As for what other people think, I don't care for a long time. ”

Zhao Xiao nodded and didn't say anything more. Jiang Ru is not a weak woman, so she doesn't need to comfort herself too much.

After counting the spiritual materials needed,

Zhao Xiao came to the place where the mandala was to be arranged, which was located in the northeast of the county seat, and there happened to be several wells nearby.

The place where the leyline qi machine arises is not entirely in the wilderness and wilderness where the population is remote. Rather, it is not a random choice of the place where life rests in the world. The flow of water is visible to the naked eye, and ordinary people will also have a subtle sense of the earth's vein qi and hair, and they are not unaware of it.

It's just that mortals live in their daily lives, and their feces infiltrate the ground with filth, and over time, even the blessed land of pure qi will be infected, thus blocking the qi orifice and abandoning the best spiritual acupoints.

Zhao Xiao went north this way, and found several spiritual lands that had been destroyed by ordinary filth, and the surrounding earth veins were blocked, and the water veins became salty and undrinkable. These places could not be used to decorate the mandala at all, and even the altar officials walked around.

"After all, not everyone has the cultivation of the grain." Zhao Xiao couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this, he remembered that in the Xuanpu Jade Book, it was mentioned how to sweep away the filth and filth of the blessed land, and the use of various techniques in it was far from what ordinary people could do, and the more superficial monks and sorcerers could not do anything.

What's more, with the improvement of the realm, the people who cultivate immortals gradually dislike the five grains and meat, and eat the buds of the grains, and drink the dew of the meal, so as not to have turbidity in the intestines, so that the Dongfu Dojo is of course clean.

"You come to arrange, I've been watching it for so long these days, I've taught everything I should teach, how much I have learned, and it's time to test the results." Zhao Xiao waved his hand casually towards several disciples of the Descending True Pavilion.

To arrange mandalas in various parts of Huaxu Kingdom, of course, this kind of thing cannot be done by Zhao Huang alone, in addition to compiling and revising the ritual codes, he will also teach the complete rituals and rituals to the monks of the Zhenzhen Pavilion.

Some mandalas that are not in a very important position are arranged on their behalf, and Zhao Xiao is inspecting them, and they are not doing it right.

The ritual of the salute itself is also a fusion of the essence of the predecessors, and the foundation of the altar ritual lies in the pattern of the five directions of heaven and earth. If you really want to get a deep look at the mysteries, you need to spend a lot of effort on the way to polish your mind.

However, Zhao Xiao did not expect others to be proficient in the rituals and rituals of the Praise Official, the old discipline and law have been abandoned, and now everyone is in the overall situation under Liang Tao.

Zhao Xiao watched several junior disciples cut the wood, cut it into wooden cones, and nailed them into the corner of the mandala one by one after reciting the mantra and cultivating, and was bowing his head slightly, but looking into the distance of the long street.

"Someone's making a fuss?" Jiang Ru also noticed it.

In order to decorate the mandala and not be disturbed by idlers, the magistrates would often send officials to drive the people away. Zhao Huang once advised officials from all over the country not to make a big fanfare, but the mandala layout should indeed avoid idleness in order to keep the gas machine pure. Therefore, in order to curry favor with Zhao Xiao, the local government often acted violently, regardless of the livelihood of the people.

This time, Zhao Huang noticed that there were people's voices in the distance, shouting something like "ask to see Marquis Zhenming" and "ask Marquis Zhenming to be the master of the small people". And the officials guarding near the mandala were also merciless, and directly picked up the stick and beat it hard.

"You go and persuade them, don't let them go too far." Zhao Xiao said to Jiang Ru: "If the people have any grievances, you can also help me pay attention to them." ”

When Jiang Ru heard this, she immediately left, and saw that she quickly came to the other end of the long street, and saw dozens of officials beating a group of shabby people with sticks in their hands.

"Stop!" Jiang Ruqing snorted, sacrificed the wind snail, and the wind blew on the flat ground, separating the villagers from the servants.

The county magistrate who was sitting under the eaves on the side saw Jiang Ru coming, and hurriedly left his hand warmer and hugged the stove, and stepped forward to greet him: "I don't know what the envoy commanded?" Could it be that Marquis Zhenming wants to summon the lower officials? ”

"What are you doing here? Why do you abuse people for no reason? Jiang Ru glanced at the scene, and some villagers had been beaten to the point that their heads were broken and their bones were broken.

The county magistrate hurriedly said: "A group of Diao people, they are used to seeing no king's law. Disturb the envoys, and the subordinates are derelict in their duties! ”

"Don't prevaricate with such words!" Jiang Ru followed Zhao Xiao and had a long experience, and she knew that these local officials couldn't ask questions.

So Jiang Ru took out a few pills, directly crushed them and stuffed them into the wind snail, and then urged the magic weapon to attract wind and water, and the pill turned into a medicine mist, which floated directly to the injured villagers, stopping bleeding and removing stasis, and it took effect quickly.

"Marquis Zhenming asked me to come, what grievances do you have? Although. Jiang Ruyan said.

Boyang County Ling wanted to stop it, but Jiang Ru couldn't open his mouth at a glance.

"Immortal Chief, Immortal Elder Mingjian!" Old man Hu didn't have time to be shocked, and quickly knelt on the ground: "We are the villagers of Zuojin in Boyang County, all because the lord of the manor forcibly wanted to plant mulberry seedlings instead, we had to risk death to come here in order to survive, and begged the Marquis of Zhenming to be the master of the small people!" ”

"Please make the decision for the little people!" All the villagers knelt down and shouted in unison, crying.

Jiang Ru didn't understand it all of a sudden, thinking that planting mulberry seedlings was nothing more than weaving silk for silkworm raising, and the profit should be much higher than cultivating grain and rice, why did these villagers come to complain?

"Admiral! Don't listen to the nonsense of these people! The county order was shocked into a cold sweat, a few days ago, the Chiyang Wang clan sent several groups of people, that is, he wanted him to send officials to send people to implement the matter of replanting mulberry seedlings in Boyang.

In the past, this persuasion of agriculture and mulberry could be regarded as good governance on the part of the officials. However, the Boyang County Order was clear that the Chiyang Wang clan suddenly wanted to change a large amount of rice into mulberry seedlings, which must have great benefits. He even asked a local official to participate in it, probably in order to take the opportunity to annex land on a large scale.

The Boyang County Commander understands that although he is the county commander, where can he compare to the Chiyang Wang Clan, one of the immortal bloodies of the Chongxuan Pavilion? If they are not happy, they don't need to ask their relatives in the DPRK and China to write a letter of impeachment, and they directly pull the upper trilogy family Ding to take off his own head, and then blame it on to the robber rangers, and no one will give them justice.

"Quick! Get rid of these gangsters! Boyang County Ling was impatient: "If they let them ruin the big thing of Zhenming Hou, Sister Qian's Sulphur Ц Qu Yuan will not be enough to cut it!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Jiang Ruyang raised his hand and flicked his sleeves, and the wind blade blew three sharp marks on the ground: "Marquis Zhenming ordered me to come and ask, where are you allowed to make your own decisions?" ”

Jiang Ru knew that if he really wanted to follow the functions of the imperial court, Zhao Xiao actually had no right to interfere in local government affairs and civil affairs. But it can't stand up to the fact that Zhao Xiao's personal authority and prestige are too strong now, and even the kind of people in Chu Shizhong can't be defeated, and if the local officials want to resist, they must also weigh their own weight.

As soon as Jiang Ru made a move, those officials didn't dare to act. At this time, the wind picking snail in Jiang Ru's hand suddenly flew up on its own, and Zhao Xiao's voice came out of it:

"I am Zhao Huang, the Marquis of Zhenming, you wait here for a while, and I will come later to ask about the cause and effect."

The villagers and officials present were all amazed by this kind of technique, and they didn't know how Zhao Xiao's voice came from.

Old man Hu had seen the monk's magic skills on the battlefield before, and he was slightly relieved when he heard Zhao Huang personally speak.

On the other hand, looking at the Boyang County Order, he was nervous and uneasy in his heart, and secretly instructed his subordinates: "You hurry up and send a message to the people of the Chiyang Wang family, just say that the Marquis of Zhenming has already known about the replanting of mulberry seedlings, I'm afraid it will be ill-intentioned." ”

Zhao Xiao, who was outside the mandala, knew everything about the situation on the other side of the long street, but he did not come forward immediately, but after watching the mandala be properly arranged, he personally carried out ***, connected the earth's pulse qi, and came to inquire after the Dharma was completed.

The villagers were still kneeling in place, and when the Boyang County Commander saw Zhao Xiao, he immediately stepped forward to greet him, and then said: "Zhenming Hou doesn't know, don't look at these Shengdou Xiaomin's ragged clothes, but they are actually treacherous and abnormal. They may have learned from elsewhere that the Marquis of Zhenming was coming, so they gathered a crowd to make a commotion in order to win the sympathy of the Marquis Zhenming. But these people are not pure-hearted, and they are by no means such loyal and diligent people, and they may want to use the Marquis of Zhenming to seek personal gains. ”

"I have my own way of understanding the specific situation." Zhao Xiao's expression did not change.

The Boyang County Decree said: "It's better to go to the government office to rest first, and the lower officials will personally go to the court to inquire about the truth, and then the Marquis Zhenming will look at it, how about it?" ”

"Then you separated these villagers in the middle of the road, coerced and enticed, and divided them so that the words of the hall were inconsistent, and you casually covered up the past, right?" Zhao Xiao smiled faintly.

Boyang County Ling was also sweating like rain in the winter, he didn't expect that Zhao Huang was not the kind of immortal cultivator who knew little about general affairs, and he couldn't hide it from the other party at all.

"I'll ask right here." Zhao Xiao came to Old Man Hu and brushed his sleeves in the air, making those villagers stand up involuntarily.

"What the hell is going on? You just say it. Zhao Xiao didn't promise casually, he didn't know who was involved, but he already had a premonition in his heart.

Old man Hu bowed and saluted and said: "We are all villagers near the county seat, a few days ago, the head of Zhuang led a group of Zhuang Yong's family members, and asked our village not to plant rice and grain after spring sowing, and all of them were planted with mulberry seedlings. ”

"The fields in your village are all from other families? You can't decide what to plant? Zhao Xiao asked.

Old man Hu replied: "Not all, about half of it is the farmer's field of the old man, and the people in the village rent the field to grow grain, and after the autumn harvest, they will rent it to the head of the village." If you borrow seeds and plough cattle, you have to pay an extra debt. ”

"If you can't pay the rent debt, you have to pay it with the land. Isn't it? Zhao Xiao said.

Old man Hu and the villagers nodded with a difficult face, and Zhao Xiao said: "If I guess correctly, Zhuangtou must have raised this year's tenant rent, in fact, it is forcing you to plant mulberry seedlings to pay off the rent debt." And the soil in your village is planted with mulberry seedlings, and there is less food, so you have to buy grain from Master Wang. In this way, this year, not to mention that it is done in vain, it is not possible to put the entire village's land into it. ”

When it came to this, some villagers couldn't listen to it, so they immediately cried loudly, knelt on the ground again, and begged Zhao Xiao to save him.

"It's a desperate plan." Zhao Xiao gritted his teeth, and when Jiang Ru saw this expression, he knew that he had a murderous intent.

"Master Wang, which Lord Wang is it?" Zhao Xiao asked.

Old man Hu smiled bitterly and said: "It's all Master Wang, Boyang County, and even the entire Shangling County, there are few fields that are not owned by Master Wang, they are all a family." ”

"Chiyang Wang, I know." Zhao Xiao sneered, and then said, "Where is your village?" I'll go with you. ”

Hearing this, Old Man Hu's eyes lit up, he was just desperate, but he didn't expect Zhao Huang to really plan to intervene, and he didn't expect that a dignitary like him would be willing to deign to come.

"To the west of the county, it's a day's walk." Old man Hu hurriedly said.

Zhao Xiao turned his head to Jiang Ruyan and said, "Call a few carriages, and I'll send them back." You're packing up here. ”

Jiang Ru stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Are you really going?" I think that changing to plant mulberry seedlings is more beneficial to these people, uu read the book You intervene in it, are you making a big fuss? ”

"For the sake of their own selfish interests, the Chiyang Wang clan is changing rice to mulberry, which is clearly to force the people to a dead end, so as to annex the land in a big way!" Zhao Xiao gritted his teeth: "Changing to mulberry seedlings seems to be more profitable, but raising silkworms and reeling silk, weaving silk, and weaving silk are not something that ordinary people can do."

Even a small village has to be replanted with mulberry seedlings, Chiyang Wang must be planning to weave a large amount of silk, when a large number of silk silk appears in the market, even if the small people can weave by themselves, the silk in their hands will immediately become worthless! Not everyone is like us, gold and silver cakes can be given to people at will, and many people still have to exchange cloth for daily use to live! ”

Jiang Ru was slightly stunned, she really didn't expect this. It seems that Zhao Xiao's experience when he was in charge of Pujiaguan made him see that his knowledge has improved by leaps and bounds.

Zhao Xiao then turned to the Boyang County Commander and said, "I know that you have colluded with the Chiyang Wang Clan, and I have also sent someone to contact them. Then bring me a word by the way, Zhao Xiao, Marquis of Zhenming, is waiting for the Chiyang Wang clan to come over! ”