Chapter 141: Ordinary Taoist Priest
Fengling County is much more prosperous than Xiaoqulan Town, but walking on the long street, Huai Zhi'an clearly felt that the people of Fengling County seemed to be melancholy, and they looked a little worried.
"I've reduced taxes by 20 percent, but I'm still so worried?" Huai Zhi'an felt a little strange.
According to Sang Ziyan, the tax paid by the county guard of Fengling County was less than 20% out of thin air, not because he was greedy, but because when he collected taxes, he paid taxes according to 80% in previous years.
In this case, why do the people who pay less taxes still look so sad?
"Big brother, may I ask...... Want to try mung bean paste? ”
Just when Huai Zhi'an was puzzled, a little introverted boy stopped Huai Zhi'an, raised the mung bean paste in his hand, and asked timidly.
At a stall not far away, a girl with a delicate face saw her brother's behavior and hurriedly trotted over.
"I'm sorry, my brother's behavior is a bit reckless, I'm really sorry if I bother you!"
Dressed in ordinary cloth clothes and with neat long hair, the quiet and young girl had an apologetic face, pulling the little boy and bowing to Huai Zhi'an.
The little boy pursed his mouth, a little aggrieved, but he still bowed and apologized honestly with his sister.
Huai Zhi'an smiled: "It's okay, I'm just a little thirsty, please give me a bowl." ”
The little boy's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked up and said, "Thank you, big brother!" ”
The girl in cloth was also a little happy, happy that the obviously extraordinary young Taoist priest in front of her didn't care about her brother's recklessness.
Huai Zhi'an came to the stall and sat down, and found that the pedestrians on the street were in a hurry, and few people would notice the small stall in this corner to buy mung bean paste.
It should be because there were no customers for half a day, so the little boy ran to the street to solicit customers.
"What's your name?"
Huai Zhi'an asked the little boy who was humming and wiping the table.
The little boy seemed to be very proud of his name, and raised his head slightly: "Lu Yi! My name is Lu Yi! ”
"Big brother is a Taoist priest?" Lu Yi asked curiously.
Huai Zhi'an nodded.
"Then big brother, are you a very powerful Taoist priest?" Lu Yi became excited.
Huai Zhi'an thought for a while: "It's average." ”
From the perspective of a Taoist priest, he is indeed a very ordinary Taoist priest, at most, he is reciting the mantra of the past life, which is the level of a hexagram to fool ordinary people.
Ordinary Taoist priests, but not ordinary sword cultivators.
"That's ......"
Lu Yi was a little disappointed.
He has read in the book that some powerful Taoist priests can go to the sky and enter the earth, can capture real dragons, and can kill demons!
With a wave of his big sleeves, he called for wind and rain; As soon as the rune came out, the world was turned upside down!
But think about it, how can a Taoist priest as powerful as in the book be easily encountered?
"I'm sorry, my brother reads too much."
The young girl came with mung bean paste with ice, put it in front of Huai Zhi'an, and said apologetically.
"It's okay, I used to like to read similar books."
Huai Zhi'an thought that when he first crossed over, his understanding of this world was also known from a broken book that was turned out of Fuyun Temple.
Huai Zhi'an picked up the bowl and tasted a mouthful of ice bean paste, his eyes lit up, the taste was unexpectedly sweet and delicious, which was a taste that Huai Zhi'an had never tasted.
"With a girl's craft, business shouldn't be like this." Huai Zhi'an asked curiously.
"Childe just call me Lu Su." The young girl looked left and right, and no guests arrived, so she chatted casually with Huai Zhi'an.
"Actually, the business was pretty good before, but something happened recently, and the business was affected, so it was so cold." Lu Su smiled bitterly.
Huai Zhi'an just showed a hint of curiosity.
"It's a monster!"
Lu Yi on the side was indignant.
"That monster occupies the trade routes between Fengling County and other places, many merchants have been affected and cannot do business, ordinary people have been affected, business has become difficult, and now everyone is sad, so naturally they are not in the mood to drink mung bean paste."
"Monsters? What about the local fairy gate? Huai Zhi'an asked quietly.
Because Fengling County is not far or close to Chang'an, the Immortal Dynasty did not set up a Candle Dragon Division in Fengling County.
But Huai Zhi'an remembered that there were at least two immortal gates here that were not weak, and with the immortal gates here, how could they let the monsters do evil?
Lu Yi was even more angry when he mentioned this matter: "It's not that because the two sects are about to fight for their own interests, they don't have time to take care of the demons at all, and as for the consequences caused by the demons to ordinary people, they are naturally blind to it!" ”
"Lu Yi!"
Lu Su opened his mouth to stop his younger brother, his expression was a little angry: "Is this kind of thing qualified for us to say?" ”
Now there are only two people in this family, she and her younger brother, how dare she secretly criticize the people in the fairy sect?
If these words accidentally reach the ears of the immortals and annoy the immortals, how can they save themselves?
Lu Yi's face fell, and he turned around to wipe the other tables with a little sullenness.
"I'm sorry, because my parents died, there was only me and my brother in the family, and now the business has suddenly become a little poor, so my brother will find some reasons randomly." Lu Su looked apologetically at the young Taoist priest in front of him.
Huai Zhi'an said curiously: "It's because of poor business that the tax is reduced by 20%?" ”
Lu Yi, who was sulking and wiping the table on the side, made a pause, and then recovered as before.
"This ......," Lu Su hesitated for a moment and then shook his head. Maybe, I don't know why the county keeper suddenly reduced the tax by 20%, but after the tax reduction, the anxiety in the hearts of the people of Fengling County has indeed eased a lot. ”
"Uncle Zhao!"
Lu Yi's voice of surprise came.
"Helping your sister again? Really sensible! ”
A hearty voice came, and Huai Zhi'an looked over and saw a middle-aged man wearing a crimson blue official uniform arrive.
The middle-aged man had a Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a dragon and a tiger step, a gentle and hearty smile, and after coming, he reached out and rubbed Lu Yi's head.
Lu Yi narrowed his eyes, and he could see that the relationship between the two was excellent.
"Uncle Zhao!"
Lu Su also looked at the visitor with a happy face.
"Don't talk, let's take away twenty bowls of mung bean paste first!" The official surnamed Zhao waved his hand and said heroically.
Lu Su smiled bitterly: "Uncle Zhao, I know you are for our good, but you don't have to be like this." ”
"Don't get me wrong, it's the boys in the Yasi who can't forget your mung bean paste, so they beg me to buy it every day." The official surnamed Zhao had an exaggerated smile on his face, and it could be seen that his acting skills were indeed not good.
"Then no one drinks mung bean paste every night for thirty days a month, right?"
The official surnamed Zhao coughed dryly, and said with a red face: "They are all martial artists of the Foundation Realm, and it is normal to drink a little more." ”
"Ugh." Lu Su was also quite helpless about his father's old friend, so he could only obediently prepare mung bean paste.
"Hey, this friend, so raw?"
The official surnamed Zhao looked at Huai Zhi'an and asked curiously.
"In Fengling County, which I just came to today, it's normal to catch heads." Huai Zhian said with a smile.
This official surnamed Zhao is somewhat similar to Lao Liu.
"Oh, I see, then you are really blessed, who doesn't know that Lu Yatou's mung bean paste is a must in Fengling County!" The official surnamed Zhao sighed.
"In Xia Zhaotian, I don't know your name?"
Huai Zhi'an arched his hand: "Fuyunguan, Huai Zhi'an." ”
"It turned out to be the chief ...... Huai Dao"
Zhao Tian's expression changed slightly, but then he returned to normal, and nodded with a smile.
"There are still some things to do, so I won't bother, just say goodbye."
Seeing that the time was almost up, Huai Zhi'an put down the silver coin, got up and left.
Zhao Tian sent him off with a smile.
After Huai Zhi'an left, seeing that Lu Su was still busy making mung bean paste, Zhao Tian seemed to remember something, and asked Lu Yi beside him in a low voice.
"By the way, you didn't tell anyone else about that, did you?"
"No, don't worry, Uncle Zhao, I will never tell anyone about that! I didn't even say anything about my sister! Lu Yi also lowered his voice and patted his chest to reassure.
"That's good."
Zhao Tian first breathed a sigh of relief, and then sighed: "It's uncle's fault to involve you in it." ”
"Uncle Zhao, don't blame yourself, I asked for it myself!" Lu Yi retorted, and then his voice weakened. "As long as it's for my sister......"
Huai Zhi'an in the distance looked thoughtful, these two uncles and nephews seemed to be hiding something from Lu Su.