Near Jinting Mountain, the moon and stars are scarce, the cool breeze is blowing, and the sound of roosters is hidden in the distant villages, and it is obvious that dawn is approaching.

Under the reflection of the waning moon, a handsome young man wearing a green robe and a loose crane bone suddenly appeared in the air.

It's just that right now, the young man fell suddenly, scolding in his mouth, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with the place where he appeared.

Fortunately, a gust of wind was summoned in time to support him, which allowed him to land smoothly.

Of course, the young man is Zhou Bai who was thrown out by Jinting Dongtian, who was obviously treated so well inside, and he abandoned him as soon as the time came.

If it weren't for the wind control technique, wouldn't he really have to fall into a rut, and if the Jinshi who came out in front of him were all in mid-air like him, they would definitely not be pleased.

However, for the sake of concealment, this location is really good, away from the road, and there is a dense forest below.

Now Zhou Bai's divine sense can probe a radius of fifty zhang, and within this range, there is not even a living creature with spiritual intelligence, so naturally the coordinates of the cave will not be exposed.

Flying to a high place, he found the direction of Shenjing City, and flew over low.

The first is to take the scene, and the second is that there are still some unfinished things on the side of the imperial court, such as the conditions for awarding officials and jinshi.

Returning to Dingzhou must not use the Wind Resisting Technique to hurry, the spiritual tide of the main world is coming slowly, and everything in the world needs to be given a time to adapt, otherwise the mortal order will be completely out of control.

With the sensitivity of Perfect Daoji's aura, Zhou Bai can judge that the concentration of aura in the Gyeonggi area has not risen by more than 20% now, and no qualitative change has occurred.

In this way, chasing the stars and stepping on the moon, the morning sun gradually appeared, the sky was bright, and Zhou Bai happened to be the first batch of early visitors to enter Shenjing City.

Whether it is the outer city gate or the inner city gate, the number of soldiers on duty has more than doubled, and the defense is obviously tighter.

In the month that Zhou Bai left, something should have happened to Daxu.

However, the light curtain of the city protection formation was not lit, indicating that it had not moved at all, and the huge Shenjing City was still full of people coming and going, full of vitality.

Feeling the long-lost breath of red dust, Zhou Bai was still a little uncomfortable at the beginning, and even wanted to leave here immediately and find a secluded place in the mountains and forests where there were no people.

This is the normal reaction of most monks who are aspiring to the Tao, and if they enter the red dust, they will be self-stained, which will definitely drag down the progress of cultivation.

But Zhou Bai was different, he just stood in the endless crowd for a moment, and the detachment on his body that was caused by his cultivation dissipated instantly.

He even took the initiative to go to the most lively and crowded morning market, talked to the uncle who got up early and went out, gave a hand to the vegetable vendors who couldn't pick up the vegetables, took out the silver coins full of copper smell, and went to eat and play in this mortal morning market.

This was originally a place that Taoist people should stay away from, but Zhou Bai was like a fish in water, and the dragon carp that had not moved for a long time on his head began to be active, and his luck was also connected to the distant Dingzhou.

A large expanse of white qi fell from the sky and flowed continuously, and he quickly judged that this was the new foundation qi.

Looking at the current time, at the end of April of the 47th year of Daxu Xiangxing, it should be that 100,000 mountain fields have been mined, and all spring planting has been completely completed.

The foundation of the grain field is gradually formed, so the foundation is born.

Zhou Bai's Tao is not detached from the mundane, but with the mundane detachment.

In front of a breakfast stall, the rich aroma of donkey meat in sauce came to the face.

Zhou Bai couldn't help but stop: "Boss, let's burn the donkey meat, and increase the amount of donkey meat." ”

"Okay, Childe, wait a minute." As soon as the stall was set up, there were customers who came to the door, not to mention how happy the stall owner was.

"Boss, is business good lately? What do I think of the fact that there are a lot of people in Shenjing City. ”

Zhou Bai remembered some of the convoys he had seen at the city gate before, dragging their families and mouths, all of them rushed outside the city in the middle of the night and poured into the city early in the morning.

And those defenders of the city are not surprised, obviously not today's special case.

"Childe, don't you know, half a month ago, there was a green forest in Dongtai, and there was a lot of movement. Although they did not break through the prefectures and counties, the Green Forest thieves robbed the population, money and food of dozens of counties in the three prefectures, and the local officials and soldiers had nothing to do with them. As soon as the stall owner mentioned these major events, his eyes immediately lit up, and he couldn't stop talking.

"Oh, that is, the newly added gentry in Shenjing City are all from Dongtai who have fled? But there are only thieves, the county soldiers can't be controlled, and the three-state state army can't be controlled? Zhou Bai pretended to be like this and asked.

While handing the wrapped donkey meat to Zhou Bai, the stall owner was compassionate: "Alas, everyone in the world knows that the largest river in the world is the Tianjiang River, but no one cares about the longest and largest mountain range, the Taishan veins. The mountains are steep, the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, and the green forest thieves drill into the mountains, what is the use of more officers and soldiers. ”

Whether to say it or not, this is to the point.

However, Zhou Bai didn't talk to him all the time, but paid the money and continued to walk forward.

After eating the spirit fruit in the cave for a year, I almost thought that my stomach couldn't adapt to it, but when I ate it, I realized that it tasted like this.

What qi eaters live a long life for, and what eats mundane food will affect the Dao body, but in fact, the real impact is very small.

The dirt that remained in the body, not to mention that the Perfect Dao Ji could be naturally metabolized, at most it would be a waste of mana to clean it up.

Since he wanted to follow a different path from ordinary monks, Zhou Bai could not abandon the habits of mortals, lest he be high above and detach himself from his foundation.

The color is fresh and tender, the meat is fragrant but not woody, the fragrance is long, soft and palatable......

After eating the breakfast that was burned as donkey meat, Zhou Bai made a comment, and then continued to analyze Dongtai while listening to other information in the crowd.

The 48 states in the world can be divided into several major plates according to geographical attributes, 15 states in the central region, nine states in Dongtai, ten states in the south (four states in the south of the Yangtze River and six states in Jinghu), seven states in the west and seven states in the north.

For example, the fifteen states in the Central Region are centered on Shenjing and bounded by the prosperous areas of the ancient Central Plains; Jiangnan is separated by the Huaijiang River, but this is only in a narrow sense, and in a broad sense, the south of the Tianjiang River is Jiangnan.

Dongtai is also a standard geographical location to draw out the boundary, the long and huge Taishan veins are separated between the middle region and Dongtai, the traffic is only a few waterways and mountain roads, very closed, and the West Shu is equally famous.

The great unified dynasties of all dynasties maintained the rule of Dongtai, Xishu and other places, and they all took it very seriously.

Not only are there large soldiers stationed, but the Daolu Division is also stationed many Taoist officials along the way to keep the news flowing, which is also a means for the imperial court to control local officials.

It is difficult for mortal soldiers to cross mountains and mountains, but Taoist officials can do it with some time, and even high-grade Taoist officials directly fly their swords to behead traitors.

Now the sudden outbreak of rebellion in Dongtai that has swept dozens of county towns in Sanzhou shows that there are problems within the government of Dongtai Kyushu, and the army and provincial officials may be infiltrated.

In this way, Dongtai and Kyushu did not dare to send troops together, firstly, for fear of a bigger mess, and secondly, for fear of laborious and laborious consumption of resources, and as a result, they were easily cracked by internal ghosts.

This is also why many knowledgeable gentry in Dongtai fled to Shenjing as soon as possible, because they knew that when the central government could not send troops, the Green Forest Rebellion would only intensify and not be quelled.

Zhou Bai expected in Dongtian that all the contradictions in the world would erupt one by one after the imperial examination, but he didn't expect someone to do it so soon.

Needless to say, Dongtai's Green Forest Rebellion is definitely supported by someone, maybe a hidden dragon, or it may be a dragon pioneer.

"In the East China Sea and the South China Sea, including other areas of the boundless ocean, all official whaling vessels have been retracted to ports. It is rumored that countless waterspouts are condensing in the depths of the ocean, and countless seaside people are moving inward. ”

"There were successive earthquakes in Xishu, and the government's disaster relief exhausted its warehouses."

"There is a big drought in Jinghu, and Yunmeng is close to drying up."

"There are locusts in the north, and now the spring seedlings in three counties have been devoured, and the food shortage is predictable."

"At the same time, because the Dongtai Green Forest was not exterminated in time, the bandits in other places were ready to move......

When he entered the inner city, Zhou Bai already knew about the major events of this month, and it seemed that Daxu Qi would not be long in coming?

But in any case, the imperial court is still a well-deserved giant, and it is still orthodox in the hearts of ordinary people.

Therefore, Zhou Bai can't throw away the banner of the imperial court for the time being, he will definitely take this official position, and there are two conditions for the entrance examination, and he must also mention it to the imperial court.

came to the Ministry of Rites again, and it was no longer an unknown petty official who received Zhou Bai, but Kong Hanyu, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

A month ago, all the officials of the imperial court saw the attitude of the heavenly court, where did they dare to snub the Jinshi heavenly people in the mortal world.

Greet each other with a good face and treat each other with good tea, the right waiter of the Ministry of Rites is a purple-robed member of the third grade, which is equivalent to the governor of Dingzhou, and it is completely enough to give Zhou Bai an official.

And Kong Hanyu didn't put on any face, and he spoke softly and was very harmonious.

"Zijian's path should be a great advance, unlike Kong Moucheng, who has been a jinshi for 20 years, and has entered the Tao until he has cultivated, alas, a vulgar mortal."

Test his mind?

Zhou Bai arched his hand and said quietly: "Lord Shilang is smiling, you are for the country and the people, how can I compare with me, a thief who just wants to live forever." ”

Kong Hanyu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and thought in his heart: Sure enough, like those Jinshi in front of him, they all want to seek immortality and return to Heaven as soon as possible to rank in the immortal class.

However, Kong Hanyu still wanted to do his best, and continued: "Zijian is the first in the second class, can you ever think about what official position he will receive?" ”

Zhou Bai shook his head, only to see Kong Hanyu take out two copies of the confession and show them to him.

The first one is edited by the Hanlin Academy, and it is seven products; The second is the county order of Pingcang County, Bei'an County, Dingzhou, which is also the seventh product.

"What does the court mean by this? Please also ask the adults to clarify their doubts. ”

Kong Hanyu got up and walked in front of Zhou Bai and slapped both copies on his tea table.

first pointed to the first one and said: "Originally, according to the usual practice in the past, the first of the second class could only be given the position of Shu Jishi, and he was treated from the seventh grade." However, Zijian is too good, and the court cherishes the special level. ”

Then Kong Hanyu pointed to the second and said: "As for this, it is the promise given to you by the imperial court, as long as you are willing to serve the imperial court, the county order of your hometown is yours." And you don't have to wait for the three-year transfer period, as long as you are promoted in one year, it is up to you to stay in the county government or come to be a Beijing official. ”

After that, Kong Hanyu stopped talking, and just waited for Zhou Bai to think about it slowly.

To be honest, this second confession is indeed very tempting, especially for him who wants to fight for the dragon.

Who doesn't understand the backdoor eggs, there is no shortage of hidden dragons who eat and wear from within the imperial court in history.

As soon as the county order of Pingcang County is made, not only Cangshan, but also the entire Pingcang County can become his foundation, and he doesn't have to worry about someone accusing him of misdeeds.

But the change of dynasty is the overall situation set by the Heavenly Court, if you can't be of the same heart and do your best for the Imperial Court, you will definitely not be reused by the Heavenly Court.

After the war between the two realms broke out in full force, could it be that Zhou Bai could rely on the Daxu Imperial Court?

So he didn't think about it for long, and Zhou Bai reached out to take the Hanlin Academy's editor's body.

This time, Kong Hanyu didn't let go, and pressed down and said: "Zijian, the regent attaches great importance to you, you may only practice like this for a small immortal, and you will not be immortal, and the high-level righteous gods of the Dragon Court will have a seat for you." ”

It turned out that a few days ago, Emperor Xiangxing, who was seriously ill in bed, issued an edict to officially canonize Jing Rui as the regent, temporarily taking charge of national affairs, and the prince followed to study.

"Also, now that Pingcang County has been replaced, I heard that it is not very friendly to the Zhou family."

The last sentence Kong Hanyu said very lightly, if it weren't for Zhou Bai's good hearing, he might not be able to hear it clearly.

will make it difficult for their Zhou family's county order, it is estimated that it is the backstage of the Zhao family, but he is about to tear his face, so why worry about a county order.

Carrots and sticks? It's a pity that Zhou Bai, who has his own plan, will easily change his mind.

After he smiled firmly, Kong Hanyu still asked Zhou Bai to take it away.

"Alas, Zhou Bianxiu has already made a decision, don't forget the kindness of the court in the future."

"I don't forget the court's kindness, but do you think there are two conditions that Jin Shi can mention?" Zhou Bai didn't feel embarrassed, and asked bluntly.

"Since it is a custom of the imperial examination, of course the imperial court will not regret it, let's say, remember that it is a reasonable request." Kong Hanyu was stunned, shook his head and said.

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Zhou Bai took a deep breath and said seriously: "The emperor of Pingcang County has meritorious service to the people, and is deeply loved by the fathers and elders in his hometown. ”

Kong Hanyu nodded and motioned for Zhou Bai to continue.

"The other is for the family, because I want to pursue immortality, so I want to seek a foundation for the family. Please ask the imperial court to reward Cangshan to my clan for cultivating mountain fields for a period of 60 years. ”

Kong Hanyu sounded quite reasonable, and did not refute it, but had some doubts: "Cangshan? No matter what you're using it for, 60 years is too long, how about 10 years? ”

Zhou Bai agreed, and explained: "I predict that there will be a shortage of food in the north in the future, and I just want to grow something to fill my stomach. ”

When the dust settled, it was another pleasantry.

Zhou Bai took the official uniform of the seven-pint red robe, the compilation and repair, and a ten-year mountain deed stamped with the seal of the household department, and happily left the Ministry of Rites.

The right attendant of the Ministry of Etiquette asked, and the work efficiency was extremely high, and even the Yin Wen for the Dragon Court had been burned.

As long as the Dragon Court confirms, the Emperor of Pingcang City will be able to complete the divine product promotion.

This is the condition proposed by the city emperor to clean up the ghosts in Cangshan and form an alliance with Zhou Bai, and he will naturally not forget it.

In the imperial city, the regent Jingrui listened to Kong Hanyu's report, and he was only a little sorry, and he didn't suspect anything.

"Well, as long as you don't cause trouble for the court...... The princes can loosen the ropes, and I want to see what they can do.

After Zhou Bai received the scenery in the Taifu Temple, he immediately went out of the city and returned to his hometown.

There was also news from Xuanyiwei's side that the new county order was not very peaceful, and many plans of the inner government were blocked.

From a distance, there are calamities everywhere, and wind and rain are coming......

Dingzhou is in the corner, and it is slow to perceive, but Zhou Bai can see it clearly.