Chapter 16: The Storyteller

The next day, the Hunter League received a notice from the official office of Luoyan Town that all hunters would take a day off from hunting.

The reason is that there is a storyteller in Beiliang Guotai College, according to the arrangement of the imperial court, who wants to come to Luoyan Town to tell stories for three days, and Luoyan Town listens to storytellers in batches.

Xiao Han had heard of Tai Academy.

This is the government-run college of higher learning in the Northern Liang Kingdom, and it is also the largest and most famous college in the country, but most of the students enrolled are children of the nobility.

As for the children of the common people, only the characters of the academic tyrant can enter.

Most of the students who graduated from Tai Academy stayed in various yamen of the imperial court.

Tai College is known as the cradle of public servants, not only for package distribution, but also for iron rice bowls.

There are two kinds of teachers in Tai Academy.

One is dedicated to giving lectures to students, called inner teachers.

One is dedicated to giving lectures to people other than students, called waishi, which is an innovation of Emperor Wu of Liang, the current emperor of the Northern Liang Kingdom.

The main duty of the foreign teachers was to spread the royal grace through storytelling, unify the minds of the common people, and make them loyal to the imperial court.

The way to preach is storytelling.

In the era when there was no radio and television network, this was indeed a good move for propaganda.

The storyteller who came to Luoyan Town was named Mo Da, known as Mr. Mo Da, in his fifties, wearing a light white robe, half white hair, and a good temperament.

The location of the storytelling is in the small square in front of the official office of Luoyan Town.

The hunters of the Hunters' League were the second group of listeners, and the time was arranged in the afternoon, and there were more than 2,000 people, all of whom sat on the ground.

The stories told by Mr. Mo Da are all-encompassing, some stories teach people to behave and do things, some stories are political propaganda, and some stories are anecdotes.

Such a story can attract the attention of the listener.

The first story he tells is about the farmer and the serpent, and he exhorts people to learn to recognize the human heart and not to be blinded by what the eye sees.

The next few stories are almost all related to the royal family and full of positive energy.

For example, the emperor and the farmer are talking about the emperor going on a tour, and when he met a sick farmer, the emperor invited him to get into the royal carriage, and arranged for the accompanying imperial doctor to help him treat the disease, until the farmer's illness was completely cured, and the emperor continued to go on the tour.

Another example is the queen and the palace maid, which is about a palace maid who has reached the age of retirement, and when she leaves the palace, the queen is moved by her decades of loyalty and hard work, and sews a cheongsam for her by herself.

For example, the minister and the beggar, it is said that a beggar went to the minister's house to beg, and the guards at the door scolded loudly, which happened to be seen by the minister who went home from the next court, and not only scolded the guards, but also sent someone to fetch good food and let the beggar have a full meal.

Wait a minute.

These stories made many people's blood boil and even burst into tears.

What an emperor, what a queen, what a minister!

Xiao Han disagreed.

I have seen a lot of this kind of propaganda in my previous life.

If the emperor, empress, and ministers of the Northern Liang Kingdom were really so good, why was the country still so chaotic, with bandits rampant and human lives like mustard?

The gold and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of the common people.

The best way to publicize this is to let the people have clothing, food, housing, medical treatment for the sick, and support for the elderly.

But these are simply not possible in the current Northern Liang Kingdom.

However, Xiao Han still admires Emperor Wu Liang's methods, as well as the foreign teachers of the Tai Academy, these stories they carefully made up are indeed very demagogic, and they will definitely play some role in stabilizing people's hearts.

Finally, Mr. Mo Da told the story about the immortals, and the name of the story is: the fairy and the old man.

This aroused Xiao Han's great interest.

"This is an old man's personal experience, one day, the old man and the guards walked into the mountains and forests, unfortunately encountered a demon beast, this demon beast, the shape of a wolf, the body has wings, the mouth spits fire, extremely fierce, the two guards are not its opponents at all, the old man and the guards are about to become the belly of the demon beast."

Speaking of this, Mo Da deliberately paused.

Everyone listened with bated breath, wondering how he had escaped, and the square of thousands of people could be heard of needle drops.

Mr. Mo Da smiled with satisfaction, slapped the startled wood on the table, and then said: "At the critical time, a monk from the Qingyun Sect who was out on a mission happened to pass by here, this monk was a sword cultivator, and I saw him sacrifice a long sword, and the sword turned into a dazzling light, directly cutting the body of the demon beast into two pieces, and the old man and the two guards were able to save their lives in the end. ”

The audience applauded warmly, and they all sweated for his experience.

The monk saved the old man's life, and the old man naturally invited him to a meal and offered him silver to show his gratitude. But the monk did not agree, but only asked the old man to promote the Qingyun Sect more when he told the story in the future, so that people with lofty ideals would go to the Qingyun Sect to cultivate immortals and become holy. Okay, that's it for today, everyone can go. ”

After Mr. Mo Da finished speaking, he got up directly.

And Song Qi, the guard of Luoyan Town, who had been accompanying him, followed closely behind.

Mr. Mo Da is not an official, he is just an external teacher of Tai Academy, but this foreign teacher is from the capital, representing the authority of the emperor, and Song Qi cannot be despised by Song Qi.

Perhaps, these storytellers sent by Taixue are still tasked with secretly investigating, and after they go back, they can dismiss a group of officials, and even take the lives of a group of people.

Xiao Han pretended to be nothing and quietly followed.

He had heard of the existence of immortal cultivators in this world, but he didn't know the inside story.

Since this Mr. Mo Da is from Tai Academy, the highest institution of learning in the Northern Liang Kingdom, he must be well-read and well-informed, and he has also seen the sword cultivation of the Qingyun Sect with his own eyes, so he must know some immortal things.

Gou is lonely and unheard of in the town, and it is not easy to meet such characters, which cannot be missed.

Song Qi took Mo Da into the official post of Luoyan Town, which was specially used to receive superiors, where you could eat, live and play, and maybe there would be a beautiful woman to accompany you.

Anyway, in this world, Qinglou exists legally.

As long as you don't let your wife show up.

And people like Mr. Mo Da are running around for a long time in a year, and it is rare to see his wife, and the internal fire is naturally vigorous.

Song Qi won't be unaware.

Xiao Han quickly returned home, took out a jade bodhisattva from the box, and checked it in his hand, there was some weight, it seemed to be a real guy.

If you want to see Mr. Mo, you can't do it without a little blood.

Moreover, he is not short of these things now.

Finding a piece of cloth to wrap the Jade Bodhisattva, Xiao Han came to the front of the official post again, entered a tavern opposite the official post, asked for four side dishes, a soup, and staple food, and ate slowly.

He is now a rich man, and he can't treat himself badly.

The standard configuration of four dishes, one soup and one staple food still has to be achieved.

About an hour later, Xiao Han saw Song Qi and other officials from Luoyan Town walking out of the official post, but Mr. Mo Da did not come out to see him off.

The town guard of Little Luoyan Town seems to be unable to enter the eyes of Mr. Mo Da who came from the foot of the world.

Xiao Han paid for the meal, walked out of the tavern, and walked towards the official post.

"Stop."

As soon as he walked to the gate of the official post, he was stopped by two guards.