Maybe it was because the orthodox name of the imperial court was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, or Gao Hu's attitude was too arrogant and domineering, which aroused everyone's disgust.

Several gentry officials immediately shouted, and they were all angry.

"What, Heavenly Court Six Rank Ancient Lord, Demon General?"

"What's this name?"

"Don't you make it up at random, use it to make me wait for the lake."

And Shou Heng is the county order after all, and after half a year, he also promoted several six-room officials as henchmen.

Seeing that Shou Heng was silent, their faces were embarrassed, and they thought that they were angry with the reckless man in the city, and they also scolded one after another.

As a showman, he has read a lot of "sage books", and he has not fallen behind in the scolding of Gao Hu and others.

"You are waiting for the rats, and you are extremely filthy."

"Wait for the puppet, don't be troubled!"

"How dare a reckless man ...... with the court"

It's just that one side is full of vulgar words, and the other side is scolding with guns and sticks, which has a different style.

"Alright, stop!"

Shou Heng angrily scolded his subordinates to stop scolding, and then said with a gloomy face: "Hurry up and invite the Taoist to come over, Tianjue I know, this Heavenly Court Gujue, I have also seen it in a certain Taoist scripture." ”

"Yes, county honor, I'll go right away."

The city suddenly quieted down, among them, there are a lot of talented people, but the one who really says that he reads the Taoist scriptures through should be Shou Heng, a fellow jinshi.

Isn't there really a so-called demon general?

Why did Heavenly Court violate the default rules of the upper and lower realms and meddle in mortal affairs like this.

In the name of Tianjue, how can they block it!

To fight, or not to fight, will roast them on the fire.

Soon, the army was approaching more and more, and the Taoist officials who sent people to invite them also hurried to the head of the northern city.

Shou Heng saw that the Daoist who came was very young, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he asked with some discomfort: "Is the Daoist who came?" Zhang Lingdao is not in the city? ”

In the mortal world, although it is regarded as the mainstream path of orthodoxy, it is the path before the Dharma, and the path of science.

However, it is often the lonely and large and small sects in various places that are the places where the monks produce the most.

On the way to the imperial examination, only those who have achieved the achievement have the qualification to cultivate the Tao, but how many people can be raised in a single imperial examination.

Zhou Bai participated in the Dingzhou Township Examination in the 46th year of Xiangxing, a whole large state, and the number of people raised was only 50.

The township test is only held every three years, which means that in the three-hundred-year dynasty, there can only be 5,000 people in Dingzhou.

Except for those who are dedicated to being officials and enjoying wealth and prosperity, there are no more than half of the 5,000 people left.

How many people can really enter the Tao after entering the Dao, and how many people can break through and live until now after entering the Dao.

The Dingzhou Immortal Cultivation Realm is not prosperous, but there are only a few hundred orthodox cultivators, and it is really only a minority.

It is too difficult to seek the Tao of scattered cultivation, and it is difficult to gather into any general trend, and the monks of the sect are the ones that the heavenly court and the imperial court must control.

All sects that are on the roster of the Imperial Court Daolu Division must regularly send sect disciples, deacons, and even elders to serve as imperial court officials.

It's just that the imperial court cherishes its own luck and is reluctant to share too much profit to the sect, and the rank of Taoist officials given by the dynasties will be very low.

Generally speaking, the Entering Dao Realm can be a nine-rank ordinary Taoist official, and the Transforming Mortal Realm can be an eight-rank leading Taoist official, also known as the leading Dao.

The leading Taoist official is usually the person in charge of the county town, and extraordinary events within a county can be dealt with by him, and the imperial court will often endorse him.

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When it comes to the seventh grade, it is the Yin God True Talent who can fill it, and a county town is the political center of thousands of miles, and most of the time there is only one real human official.

Regardless of whether Shou Heng is scheming or not, he likes to drill camps, but his background as a top three and a jinshi is real.

For real people who have the same life as the dynasty, even if they have the same official rank, he will treat them as officials.

And Zhang Lingdao in Shou Heng's mouth is the person in charge of the Taoist official in his jurisdiction, so he naturally has to be respected.

As for Xianyun, an ordinary young path, I am afraid that he has just entered the Dao realm for a few years.

In addition, he has also heard that his background is not good, and he is a core disciple of an ordinary small sect, and he can't even squeeze out one of the people who have served as the rotation of Taoist officials for a few years.

Outside the city, seeing that the Demon Army was about to arrive, the leader who could really relieve his worries was not there, how could he have much patience with Xianyun.

Xianyun seemed to see Shou Heng's attitude, handed out the official seal of the Eight Rank Dao in his arms, and replied without being humble or arrogant: "Zhang Lingdao has left yesterday, and I don't know where to go. ”

"What, why didn't I, the chief official of a county, get the news, isn't he afraid that the Daolu Division will ask him for his guilt?!" Shou Heng's face became more and more ugly, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, obviously extremely angry.

That Zhang Lingdao is sitting in the second realm of Pingcang, well-informed, he should have learned about the movements of Hongni Township, and he didn't want to get into trouble anymore.

The county next to him took the official seal, and the result of the inspection was the seal made by the Daolu Department of the Imperial Court.

"Outsiders, don't believe it! This official must join him! Shou Heng slapped on the battlements, and the severe pain could not hide his panic at this time.

The leader has run away, and there is a high probability that Zhou Bai has the matter of Tianjue, and it is likely to be true.

Shou Heng's attitude did not make Xianyun feel uncomfortable, but continued: "Xiaodao studied the history of the sect, and the codex of the ancestor I sent to the founding of the mountain did record the matter of Tianjue, and the heavenly court is above, and the dignified heavenly people will not dare to deceive you with the dignity of Tianjue." ”

The last sentence is a very concise truth, as a celestial, how dare you act in the name of the noble lord of the heavenly court.

There were no really stupid people present, they didn't want to believe Gao Hu's words, just because it was too unbelievable.

How long has Zhou Bai been a genius, and how can He De make such a celestial achievement? !

Some officials and gentry were still entangled, but the representatives of the Shi family and the Yu family sent here took advantage of the chaos to leave quietly.

They are not the only smart people, the county lieutenant Xu Yun rolled his eyes, suddenly covered his stomach and screamed for abdominal pain, and then left the city with the support of his own soldiers.

The incident happened suddenly, and even Shou Heng didn't have time to stop it.

The master, who had been silent, couldn't sit still anymore at this time, and hurriedly whispered in his ear: "My lord, you should choose trustworthy soldiers to guard the palace here." ”

Shou Heng looked around, except for the three classes of officials he could control, all of them were county soldiers and patrol soldiers.

With a cold sweat on his forehead, he ordered in a loud voice: "Order, the battalion of the captain will guard the north gate, and the rest of the soldiers will withdraw first." ”

Since the last time he found out that Xu Yun didn't listen to the greetings, Shou Heng spent a lot of money to buy this battalion of county soldiers.

Regardless of whether he is loyal or not, the county barracks officer Tu Lieutenant, because he wants to take the road of the Six Princes, was transferred to Lingzhou for promotion, but he was very cooperative.

In the noisy and chaotic change of guards, I don't know how many powerful gentry left, and even the chief bookkeeper Chen Gu was mixed in the crowd of soldiers in the lower city.

When this battalion of county soldiers had just taken control of the city walls and gates of the northern city, the demons led by Zhou Bai arrived belatedly.

At noon in mid-autumn, the sun was shining brightly, and the five thousand demon army stood solemnly under the Pingcang City, orderly and silent.

Everyone wears black armor, sharp weapons, swords, guns, shields, bows and arrows and other weapons are complete.

The pioneer horse army of Yidu, who was the first to rush to the door, was brave and elite, which had already made Shou Heng and other officials feel full of danger.

Now the demon army below is even more hopeful!

A whole battalion of ten infantry troops, fully armoured, how is this done?

They couldn't understand how a Zhou family, who was still a villager half a year ago, could raise an army of 5,000.

The people in the border areas are fierce, and they can do it by forcing together 5,000 warriors to form an army, but where did these swords come from.

Especially with five thousand pairs of Xuanjia, could it be that there is the support of the Jin State?

Shou Heng is just the elite class of Daxu, and he understands that it is impossible just by thinking about it, and five thousand jia stomachs are also extremely large for the Jin country.

So far, the Jin Kingdom only has the core infantry army, and it has iron armor.

The higher-ups don't understand, how can the soldiers defending the city understand, and people will have an invisible fear of things they don't understand.

The black-pressed Demon Army, just standing there, made many county soldiers fearful.

Many of them have participated in the suppression of bandits in Cangshan, and they understand very well that if the other party is the kind of township patrol villager, it will be effortless to take the county seat.

"Finally, I declare once again, General Fu Mo adheres to the mandate of heaven and is ready to exterminate the great enemy outside the territory, and now it is necessary to requisition Pingcang County as the place to open the capital."

"Open the door within half an hour, otherwise my demon army will attack the city directly!"

The demon army was all in place, and Gao Hu's shouting became higher and higher, and the voice containing the true qi of martial arts was rolling like thunder.

Since recognizing Zhou Bai as the master, his military generals have gradually played a role, practicing the martial arts of killing and destroying martial arts, and entering the territory for thousands of miles.

Now Gao Hu is already the pinnacle of the day after tomorrow, and he is only one step away from the limit of mortal martial arts, the innate grandmaster.

"Kill!" The five thousand demon army shouted in unison, and their blood and qi surged, shaking the dust on the city wall.

Captain Tu's face changed, looking at the demon army below that immediately built a cloud ladder and a battering ram, he knew at this time that he seemed to have been fooled.

Pingcang is short of water all year round, and even the county town has no moat, so it is completely possible to directly attack the city.

Now with Shou Heng, not only has no future, but he may also lose his life.

Captain Tu felt that he couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly ran to Shou Heng to ask for his life: "County Zun, I have dealt with Zhou Bianxiu with Lord Xu, maybe we can talk about the conditions." ”

What else can Shou Heng do at this time, civil officials like them are naturally high and powerful in the peaceful and prosperous era, and everything can be settled.

But now that the troubled times have come, there are no soldiers in hand, and they can only listen to the opinions of the generals.

"Go ahead, tell Zhou Bai that he is still Daxu's Hanlin Edward and Cloud Cavalry Captain, and he wants to leave a bit of dignity for the imperial court."

With his approval, Captain Tu gritted his teeth and acted as the county envoy, and actually went out of the city to meet Zhou Bai in person.

I thought that Shou Heng would make concessions, and it would take a lot of time, at least back and forth, and he would not attack the city again today.

As a result, without a cup of tea, Captain Natu returned to the city in a hanging basket in disgrace.

"County Zun, this is the resignation form of General Fu Mo, saying that you will be transferred to the imperial court."

Shou Heng took it and took a look, and sure enough, it was Zhou Bai's resignation from Hanlin to edit the official list, the content was extremely dry, and it was a few simple sentences.

The gist of it is that since he is the general of the Heavenly Court, he should concentrate on heavenly affairs, and if he cannot perform his duties, he hereby submits his resignation.

This is shameless, Shou Heng no longer has a trace of support, so he can only ask in a daze: "The title of Yun Cavalry Captain, he didn't resign?" ”

Captain Tu replied embarrassedly: "General Fu Mo said that Captain Yun Cai was the result of the battle exploits of killing the Jin people, and it is a proof that he protects the territory and the people, and there is no need to resign." ”

When Shou Heng heard this, he knew that this was Zhou Bai's only desire to obtain a position without responsibility.

resigned from his official position and kept the lord of Yun Caiwei, and he may not have anything to talk about with the Pingcang County Order, but it just left some room for maneuver in the imperial court.

If he becomes bigger in the future, maybe the imperial court will have to add him some fifth-class nobles.

Shou Heng already understood that there was nothing he could do about Zhou Bai.

At the same time, he thought of the same group of colleagues under the command of the Six Princes, all of whom had mixed in good positions in Lingzhou.

And when he came to the border of Dingzhou for more than half a year, not only did he achieve nothing, but he was forced to such a desperate situation.

It seems that he can't open the city gate now, and he doesn't have a good way out.

Shou Heng smiled angrily and said: "Hahaha, I not only do heavenly things, but also want to divide one side, thinking that I can't see his Zhou Bai's thoughts?" ”

"Today, I just want to see if this Heavenly Court's Demon General will attack the city!"

Just when Captain Tu and County Cheng were still there to persuade Shou Heng, news from other places kept coming.

"Report, the Shi family and the Yu family bought the South Gate guards, and the South Gate is now out of control."

"County Zun, something happened to the East Gate, and the Lord of the Master led the Chen family to seize the East Gate!"

"Report, there was a fight in the city, and it was the Zhao family that heard that the Zhou family army was coming, and they were competing with each other for the family property and wanted to escape from Pingcang."

"The gentry in the city don't want you to go to war with General Fu Mo, and now they have written a joint guarantee, saying that they can explain the situation to the court for you."

In just half an hour, the dignified dignity of a county actually fell into the situation of betrayal and separation.

Time is also fate, the right time, place and people have been lost, he feels that Zhou Bai's army this time everything is a matter of course, there are no variables.

Shou Heng suddenly languished, his face was like a withered weed, and then looking at the eyes of Captain Natu and the surrounding county soldiers, he knew that if he persisted, he would have to worry about his life.

"Master, master, the prince still has you to ......"

The master who shouted subconsciously was not by his side at this time, and he didn't know when to abandon him.

"That's it, let's open the city, I'll let someone deal with it."

So there was a dramatic scene, when the county commander, who wanted to hold the city, gave up resistance and the north gate was opened, the cheers far outweighed the pessimism and frustration.

There were no battles, no casualties, and anyway, it wasn't the Jin people or other foreign enemies who came.

Zhou Bai, an immortal celestial man, is his own person in the eyes of his father and fellow villagers, and he is the pride of Pingcang.

Such a person with his army stationed in Pingcang will not only be harmless, but will make the county seat safer.

The small army of the Suijin people crossed Cangshan, and only the township patrol led by Zhou Bai dared to take the initiative to attack, and the county soldiers and patrol soldiers who guarded Pingcang had long been hiding in the city for refuge.

What's more, Heavenly Court has announced to the world that there is an invasion of foreign enemies, and now the Fu Demon Army has entered Pingcang City, but it is a blessing for the residents of the city.

Whether it is the gentry or the common people, they all deeply understand a truth, who can protect them in troubled times, who can be their master.

No, the formal ceremony of welcoming the king's master, the pot pulp, is actually reproduced in Pingcang.

The gentry brought a large number of people to welcome Zhou Bai's demon army into the city with rice and soup in pots.

No one dared to stand in front of this demon army with full body armor, and the county lieutenant Xu Yuna needless to say, he had already retreated back to the barracks with two battalions of soldiers to wait for the results, and Captain Tu thought that it was too late to make up for the merits, so how could he jump up and down at this time.

As for the other arms, under the long-term "cooperation" exchange, Duan Dehou of the patrol inspection is like a vassal of the Zhou family, and the third-class official usually catches a thief, but at this time, there is no figure at all.

In this way, with the support of the Shi family, the Yu family, the Chen family and other families, in less than an hour, the Fu Demon Army had completed complete control of Pingcang County.

The county barracks, treasury, granary, Chenghuang Temple, official schools and other important places in the city are all guarded by the garrison of the Demon Army.

Speaking of which, the only place to use swords and soldiers is still the Zhao family's mansion, in view of the fact that its various houses and heirs are unauthorized to merge and threaten the safety of the demon army entering the city, Zhou Bai ordered to directly suppress and raid the house.

All the servants of the Zhao family were paid severance pay, those who had a hometown returned to their hometown, and those who did not have a hometown went to Hongni Township to find the Zhou family manor to work first, and take care of food and housing.

And hundreds of people from the Zhao family, as long as they participated in the fight, were driven out of the city and given an original Zhao family manor as a place to live.

After that, they will be self-sufficient, and if they want to be lazy, they will only starve to death.

A small number of good people who did not commit crimes were left behind by Zhou Bai to temporarily manage the Zhao family's property that the inner government was not familiar with.

The hundreds of other properties of the Zhao family were converted into dormitories for officials in the inner government, and his subordinates moved to the county seat with him, and they couldn't even have a place to live.

The largest and best ancestral residence of the Zhao family, Zhou Bai decided to temporarily set it as the office location of the county officials, because the real Pingcang County Government has been requisitioned as the place where the general Fu Mo opened the mansion.

The degree of comfort and luxury of the ancestral house of the Zhao family is much higher than that of the county government, at least on the surface, Zhou Bai is a county official and a decent person for the imperial court.

But in the future, Pingcang will have the final say in the county government, or the Fu Demon General's Mansion will have the final say, well, anyone who wants to do things should know where to look.

In Zhou Bai's conception, the county government will help maintain the relationship with the court in the future, and can usually do something to promote education and help the old and weak.

When the notices of the people of the Fu Demon General's Mansion were posted all over the city, order was quickly restored, and the products of the Inner Mansion that had been blocked for a long time poured into the market.

All kinds of liquor, red mud, soap, perfume, and even Cangshan crops containing aura are sold openly.

For a time, Pingcang County, which experienced a "chaos", was more prosperous than ever.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhou Bai was in the Fu Demon General's Mansion and accepted the official visit of the civil and military forces of the original Inner Mansion.

"Lower officials, last generals, see General Fu Mo!" Chen Zhongbang and Zhou Yuan, Yiwen and Wuwu, led everyone to kneel and worship.

The former county government hall has become the main hall of the general's mansion, and the former county throne has naturally become the general chair of the demon general.

Zhou Bai has not yet removed his stomach, and his face is a little more resolute and murderous, just sitting there, he has a temperament of a superior who is not angry and arrogant.

He stretched out his hand, slowly lifted it, and motioned for everyone to get up.

"This is the first time to use a big gift, you don't have to kneel at every turn in the future."

"Heaven has allowed me to open a mansion and build a tooth, and since I have opened a mansion, I will naturally have to set up an official office."

"Imperial Decree, Chen Zhongbang, the former head of the Yingtian Department of the Inner Mansion, was appointed as the head of the Fu Demon General's Mansion, and he was in charge of the decrees in the palace, and he was ranked in the seventh rank."

Secretary Luo Yan then walked out from under Zhou Bai, he held Changshi in both hands, and handed it to Chen Zhongbang, who was ranked first among civil officials, with a straight face.

Even if he had been prepared in his heart, when Zhou Bai was officially appointed, Chen Zhongbang's self-cultivation that he had honed over the years did not hold back, his eyes were red, and tears overflowed.

For the first time, he disobeyed Zhou Bai's order, and fell to his knees with a trembling voice: "Shi Chen Zhongbang, the head of the Demon General's Mansion, thank you for your great grace!" ”

The civil and military forces in the hall did not have any disdain or bad thoughts about Chen Zhongbang because of his gaffe.

From a down-and-out family that can't even afford to support his family, to today's seven-grade long history, it's too difficult to go all the way.

In addition to Chen Zhongbang's own insistence, Zhou Bai's reuse and promotion are more important, Maxima is often available, and Bole is difficult to find.

Zhou Bai was also moved when he saw the true feelings of his first minister, and personally went down to help Chen Zhongbang before continuing to announce.

"Edict, Zhou Yuan joined the army for the Fu Demon General's Mansion, the rank is seven grades, and the infantry army is under control, and the general is not here, but he can take charge of the Fu Demon Army; Gao Hu is the commander of the Demon Army and the Horse Army, and his rank is eight...... Qu Zhi is a lieutenant of the Tooth Soldiers, holding the Tooth Banner, and is responsible for the defense of the General's Mansion. ”

It is worth mentioning that Qu Zhi, except for Zhou Yuan and Gao Hu, is the only military general whose natal life is red, so Zhou Bai directly took him with him to cultivate.

There are too few talents.

"There are six rooms under the general's mansion, which are officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and the six rooms are in charge of eight ranks."

"The appointment and dismissal, performance appraisal, promotion and promotion of officials in charge of the office, etc., Chen Zhongbang, the chief of the office, temporarily serves as the head of the office; The household is in charge of land, household registration, taxation, finance, etc., with Zhong Wei as the head of the house, and Zhou Rui as the deputy head of the house in charge of business; The ceremonial ceremony, selection, academy, etc., with Zhou Lin (the owner of the second room of the Zhou family) as the main director of the ceremonial house; The military room is in charge of military affairs, and the director is temporarily vacant; The criminal chamber is in charge of criminal law, prison litigation, etc., and is regarded as the principal of the criminal chamber; The workshop is in charge of engineering, construction, tuntian, water conservancy, etc., and the Tiangong Institute is included in the management of the workshop, and the principal is temporarily vacant. ”

Subsequently, Chen Zhongbang replaced Zhou Bai and read out the official positions at all levels under the head of the sixth house.

For example, Wang Liangtian is engaged in household houses and shares the land; Another example is to hear that Zhou Baizhong won the Jinshi, and rushed to join him, Ma Liang and Yu Ling, two destined talents, both of whom were appointed to the position of Jiupin in the sixth room.

In short, anyone who followed Zhou Bai and gained some trust was awarded the official this time.

Including the equestrian instructor Lao Huang is the head of the carriage and horse house, and he is nine products; Luo Yan is the first secretary of the Secretary Pavilion, and the other two are the secretaries of the nine products, and the talented children who were screened before have the next step.

With the addition of the Mandate of Heaven and the direct support of the luck of the Heavenly Court, if you don't hurry up and give your subordinates a position, it will be difficult to bear the luck of the General's Mansion alone.

What is the next step of arrangement, naturally, is to bring the entire Pingcang County under the jurisdiction of the General's Mansion, including the 24 townships in the south and north of the county.

The imperial power does not go to the countryside, he can't do it, starting from Pingcang, he must establish a sound grassroots management system.

The foundation of the first county cannot tolerate sloppiness.

The next day, the demon army, which had just settled down in the county seat, was dispatched again in batches, either one battalion of 500 people, or two battalions of 1,000 people, parading through the twenty-four townships.