"Big brother, the new list text that Jiang Shu distributed to the counties was stolen by us, and things seem to be a little wrong!" Early in the morning, Lu Xuan had just finished cultivating when he saw the two dogs rushing into the cave in a hurry.

Li Xingzhi and others also came out one after another when they heard this.

Lu Xuan took the list handed by Ergou and looked at it, and handed it to Li Xingzhi: "How have you practiced martial arts recently?" ”

Compared with these, he is more concerned about the strength of the people under him.

"It's okay, the eldest brother asked me to follow Gu Lao to practice the technique of martial arts, and it seems that I do have some understanding." Ergou said a little excitedly.

"In fact, there are similarities between the realm of martial arts and the realm of martial artists, but unfortunately it is only to transform strength, but it is enough for you to practice, practice well, and I will get you better cultivation techniques in the future." Lu Xuan took the breakfast handed by Huo Zhan and said, "Let's eat together." ”

"Huh~"

Ergou was not polite, and sat directly beside Lu Xuan and ate with everyone.

"Little junior brother, aren't you worried at all?" Zhang Yuanrou looked at Lu Xuan, who was like no one else, and wondered: "Then Jiang Shu's list is down, maybe the people's hearts will fall to the side of the imperial court, and will the heart city you said be breached?" ”

Li Xingzhi sighed a little and said: "The commander killed the Hao clan too ruthlessly before, it should be that these people don't urge, which is equivalent to helping Jiang Shu in disguise, so that he can quickly win the hearts of the people through this method, after all, compared to us, the imperial court is orthodox and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people." ”

"Senior brother is right, but the human heart is such a thing, how can you be completely disappointed if you don't experience a few despairs?" Lu Xuan drank the tea calmly, and said casually: "There will definitely be an impact, after all, people's hearts seek peace and stability, if the imperial court can really keep it like this, then there will not be so many people in the Guiyi Sect to respond, senior brother thinks, then Jiang Shu can continue like this?" ”

"Naturally not." Li Xingzhi understood, smiled and shook his head.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Yuanrou did a perfect thing to do.

"It means that the roots of the imperial court are already corrupt, and Jiang Shu's decree is feasible for a while, but after a long time, it will be impossible to execute, and there will be many forces to force him to put pressure on the people." Xu Yifan said with emotion: "It's like if you forcibly push the waves back by force, you will usher in a stronger counterattack of the waves." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Lu Xuan and said with a smile: "But Senior Brother Lu shouldn't do nothing, right?" ”

"Senior brother understands me!" Lu Xuan smiled when he heard this.

"How to do it, do you need my help?" Enthusiastic Taoist friend Zhang Yuanrou looked at Lu Xuan with bright eyes, she likes to chat with these wise people, so it seems that she is also very wise.

"Since Master Jiang is so benevolent, you might as well help him become famous, Ergou." Lu Xuan looked at Ergou who was eating.

"Big brother, what's the matter?" The second dog had food stuffed in his mouth and his speech was a little slurred.

"For the time being, there is nothing to do here in Shangyang County, our people and surrounding counties will help us Jiang Dagongzi publicize and publicize, just let more people know about his benevolent government!" Lu Xuan looked at Ergou and said: "A good official who cherishes the people so much, we can't go against others, we have to help him publicize more." ”

Xu Yifan said a little suddenly: "Senior brother transported the grain stored in the county government to the mountains early, did he calculate this day early?" ”

"It's that great, but I know that if we want to succeed, it won't happen overnight." Lu Xuan shook his head, he didn't have this ability: "Take precautions, take precautions, no matter what the situation, people always have to eat food, if one day we can't get food from the outside world, these stored grains can support us for a while." ”

If the Unified Sect wants to survive, there is still a long way to go, especially after the fall of the Heavenly Master, it is definitely the darkest moment for the Unified Sect, which is why Lu Xuan has always limited his scope of activities to Shangyang County.

This is a small trouble for the imperial court, and it is not worth making a big deal about.

"And this year is a dry year, even if there is no such thing, the people will not be able to collect too much grain there." Li Xingzhi added.

"Dry years?" Zhang Yuanrou said in surprise.

"Well, there were only two snows last year." Lu Xuan nodded to confirm that he was born in a peasant family and was more sensitive to this, so after defeating the official army, Lu Xuan had been preparing for this matter, the grain in the treasury had actually been released by him a long time ago, and the grain in the mountains was basically obtained by the family, and the grain in the hands of these rich families was several times that of the county treasury, which was also the reason why Lu Xuan could develop with peace of mind.

Most of the rich families in Shangyang County were killed by him, and Sanyang County was not much better, plus the grain collected in other counties, if Lu Xuan's subordinates did not expand, this grain would be enough for them to eat for five years.

As for the issue of preservation, it is naturally Zhang Yuanrou who has done it.

For Lu Xuan, since he had long been preparing to abandon the city and take the countryside as the foundation, he had naturally begun to presuppose various possible situations a long time ago, and the people's sentiment would fluctuate, which Lu Xuan had long predicted.

After all, the imperial court cannot be all stupid, but the atmosphere of the entire imperial court has been seriously divided in the eight hundred years of inheritance, and the elite class has compiled an impenetrable net in these eight hundred years.

This net is invisible, but it is terrifying, no matter where you are, even the emperor will be bound by this net, even if someone wants to do something practical, just like Jiang Shu is now, no matter what the starting point is, he actually wants to do something practical.

But in this net, no matter which direction you exert force, there will be people who will drag you back behind your back, Jiang Shu knows this truth, don't other people know the benefits of gaining the hearts of the people?

Of course I know, but there is no way, this net restricts everyone, people are sophisticated, interests are entangled, this net is too perfectly woven, but unfortunately in the process of weaving, only the people are not woven in, because if the people are woven in, then the cake in the world is not enough, or in other words, the people are the nutrients that maintain this big net, how can the nutrients be woven into the net?

Therefore, Lu Xuan is not worried about how much harm Jiang Shu's decree can bring to himself, maybe in a short period of time, the people's will fall back to the side of the imperial court, but it won't be long before this people's will be returned exponentially, and the consequence of this will only make the people more desperate for the Unified Religion.

Not to mention...... It's hard to say what this decree looked like when it came down to the grassroots level, even if the Confucian scholars who belonged directly to Jiang Shu knew the importance of the matter, but they were not the executors who went deep into the people, and whether Jiang Shu's plan could be effective or not, it was up to two questions.

"In a drought year, I don't know if the imperial court will provide disaster relief." Zhang Yuanrou remembered the bad memories, and her face became a little gloomy.

"Disaster relief is certain, but it's hard to say how much it will reach the people." Li Xingzhi sighed.

"Do you think the emperor knows that these ministers are corrupt? Why don't you kill all those corrupt officials like your junior brother? Zhang Yuanrou asked.

"How to kill?" Lu Xuan said with a little amusement when he heard this: "The corrupt officials in your eyes, his family controls a place, the road is built by his family, the taxes are collected by his family, there are no private soldiers, but there are thousands of families at home, and you have also seen the grain, more than the local treasury, there may be many children in the family who serve in the army, and there are marriages between families. ”

"Then send someone to check......" Zhang Yuanrou was halfway through her words, she couldn't go on, the place is full of people from the family, how can your people check?

She had seen the court envoy killed by the sudden appearance of the thief before, and she thought it was a good kill at the time, but now that she thinks about it, she is very scary when she thinks about it!

"The junior brother can always get into the wood when he sees things, so that everyone criticizes the Son of Heaven for appointing eunuchs, and it is also helpless to sell the official mantle?" Xu Yifan pondered.

"It should all be about grasping power, but the move of selling officials and lords has really shaken the foundation, after all, the family family will not squeeze the people to death for their own control of the place, but those who buy officials come up, all they want is to return to their roots, and the local gentry can't afford to provoke them, so they can only squeeze the people, and this account will eventually be counted on the emperor's head." Lu Xuan nodded.

"Boom~"

At this moment, a thunderclap suddenly sounded between heaven and earth, and the ground under his feet shook violently.

"What's going on?" Everyone's faces changed and they quickly went out.

But I saw that the sky outside the door was clear, but the thunder was continuous, and there seemed to be only the continuous thunder between heaven and earth.

There was a great tremor under his feet, not an earthquake, but a thunderclap that seemed to make the earth tremble.

An inexplicable coercion pressed down, and many of the surrounding soldiers with low cultivation fell to their knees uncontrollably.

"Enemies?" Lu Xuanshennian swept around, but he didn't find any other changes, and shouted at the others uncertainly.

Could it be that the imperial court really sent Wupin to deal with them?

"It's a change in heaven and earth!" Xu Yifan looked at the east with a solemn expression.

"Ang~"

Between heaven and earth, there seemed to be a fierce beast screaming, Lu Xuan frowned and looked at Xu Yifan and shouted, "Senior brother, have you heard something screaming?" ”

Xu Yifan glanced at Lu Xuan in surprise when he heard this, shook his head and shouted, "Except for thunder, there is nothing." ”

Lu Xuan looked up at the sky, the mournful sound was still clearly audible in the thunder, what was it?

The thunder lasted for about half an hour before it gradually dissipated, and everyone felt a buzz in their ears.

"You don't have any other strange feelings?" Lu Xuan shook his head.

"It's nothing special, it's just that the thunder and the sense of pressure make people very uncomfortable." Zhang Yuanrou and Huo Zhan shook their heads.

"There is an inexplicable sadness." Yang Ao frowned and said, "It seems that a very important person is gone." ”

Lu Xuan glanced at Yang Ao strangely, and wanted to say something, but the jade pendant hanging from his waist suddenly lit up, it was the jade pendant given to him by Zhang Yuqing.

Not only him, but also the jade pendants on Zhang Yuanrou, Xu Yifan, Li Xingzhi, and Huo Zhan also lit up.

"Master (father)?" Everyone looked at each other and hurriedly connected.

There was no Zhang Yuqing, only a simple message: Come to Dongzhou quickly!

Only four simple words came.

"Could it be related to the change in heaven and earth just now?" Lu Xuan guessed, after all, this time was too coincidental.

No one answered, Lu Xuan turned his head in confusion, but found that the faces of the four of them were a little ugly.

"Supervisor, the teacher had some instructions before leaving." Li Xingzhi's eyes looked at Lu Xuan with complicated eyes.

"Senior brother, please speak." Lu Xuan's expression also became serious.

"If one day, the master is in a hurry, it will be the life and death catastrophe of the Guiyi Sect, but the junior brother can choose to go, or he can choose not to go, we must follow the orders of the junior brother, there must be no mistakes, and the judgment of the junior brother shall prevail." Li Xingzhi said in a deep voice.

"A catastrophe of life and death?" Lu Xuan's heart sank, what was the life and death catastrophe of the Guiyi Sect?

He probably knows better than anyone that Zhang Yuqing is gone.

For the Unified Church, Zhang Yuqing is Optimus Prime, he is in one day, the Unified Sect is there, he is the spiritual pillar of all the Unified Christians, but if one day, Zhang Yuqing is gone, then the seemingly huge Unified Religion will also be gone.

And according to Dan Chenzi, Zhang Yuqing's limit is during this time.

Zhang Yuanrou and the four of them looked at Lu Xuan, this was the death order of the Heavenly Master, no matter what Lu Xuan decided, they must accept it unconditionally.

"Wait for me, arrange what to do next, and let's leave immediately!" Lu Xuan did not hesitate, not to mention personal feelings, Zhang Yuqing is really good to himself, if he doesn't go, Zhang Yuanrou, the four masters, may also be centrifuged by himself, just talking about the vision of heaven and earth just now, Lu Xuan faintly feels that this may be related to himself.

What's more, this matter is related to the situation in the world, once Zhang Yuqing is gone, he must have insight into the next situation in the first time, which cannot be done by remote control in Yunzhou.

When the four of them heard this, their faces relaxed, they were most afraid that Lu Xuan would not go, they could not disobey, but the life and death catastrophe of the Guiyi Sect, how could they stay out of it?

"Senior Brother Nine." Lu Xuan looked at Li Xingzhi: "You have to stay, someone must control the situation here." ”

When Li Xingzhi heard this, he nodded a little bitterly, this is Lu Xuan's foundation.

"Brother Yang is not a disciple of the master, stay too, during my absence, everything is based on the senior brother." Lu Xuan looked at Yang Ao.

"Don't worry, Governor!" Yang Ao nodded.

"Ergou, remember to do what I told you just now, and don't pay attention to it here in Shangyang County for the time being, the people outside are all dormant." Lu Xuan asked Ergou again.

"Don't worry, big brother, Ergou understands." Ergou nodded.

"Tell Lao Yang, practice hard, break through the transformation realm as soon as possible, and don't worry about anything else."

"Yes!"

Lu Xuan recruited a few more henchmen, and after entrusting them one by one, he sat on Zhang Yuanrou's wine gourd and went straight to Dongzhou......

(End of chapter)