Li Xianwu's image is in great contrast with Jiang Feng's imagination, even the place where he lives is different from the luxury that Jiang Feng expected, he originally thought that this traitor who is not bad for money in Li Yu's mouth will live in a spacious and gorgeous mansion with three entrances and three exits, and enjoy the service of many servants who come and go at a moment's notice, but in front of him is a small courtyard that can only be called "neat", and there are only four servants who are busy before and after, and one of them is a person from the town who is temporarily employed.

Li Xianwu has a big belly, it can even be said that he is slightly fat, the heavenly court is wide and full, when Jiang Feng entered this courtyard, he was half-leaning on a half-new Taishi chair to bask in the sun, above his bald head, covered with a gray linen square towel to protect him from the sun, humming an unknown song, which was also pleasant.

"You're Li Xianwu?"

"Yes," the fat man reluctantly sat up straight from the Taishi chair, his small eyes glanced for a while, saw the comer clearly, and found that he didn't know it, but he knew the old man Li He beside him, he had come to this Fuyuan Town since he called, and he had dealt with the other party a lot.

"Senior Li, this is the head of my family. ”

"Master?" Li Xianwu heard this word, and hurriedly stood up solemnly, and saluted with his fat hands clasped into fists between his fingers, "Disrespectful, disrespectful, Master Jiang is a rare guest, and he has a helmet when he hits a wall!"

"It's a fluffy glow. A square-faced young man with the appearance of a scholar behind him reminded in a kind whisper.

"Oh, it's so shiny that it makes you smile. Li Xianwu was not embarrassed by the young man's reminder, since Jiang Feng revealed his identity, his eyebrows and eyes had always shone with a strange look, "Master Jiang has seen his brother before, right?"

The servant brought a half-old rattan chair, the other party looked like a rough man, and there was a clear difference from the imaginary background of the Imperial Wind Sect, Jiang Feng was not polite, and motioned for Li Xianwu to sit down together, the other party belonged to the same Xuan-level cultivator, but he lived in the Qianshan Sect, not under the fence or defected, and the two naturally called each other Taoist friends.

"Li Daoyou, I met your brother in the Hanshan Sect, did he mention your matter to me, I don't know if there is anything that can help you?"

In fact, everything here made Jiang Feng feel strange, the ordinary-shaped thatched houses, the half-old belongings, the plainly dressed servants, and the owner only looked like a slightly rich family, was what Li Yufeng said untrue, or did the other party have an unexpected change on the way to the Asa Mountain Sect, causing life to become so difficult?

"I want to be an official. ”

Li Xianwu leaned forward, wanting to make a respectful gesture, but his belly limited his etiquette, "I want to be an official in my dreams." Let me tell you, in the Imperial Wind Sect, I spent a lot of spirit stones, all the way to buy and buy, until I sat in the position of the director of the Middle Cabinet, but it is still not enjoyable, you know, the management of foreign affairs in the Middle Cabinet is to deal with a group of old foxes every day, and I can't do practical things, it is better to go to the lower cabinet, or even go to the eight capitals, which are more practical. So I was itchy and gave gifts everywhere, but I touched my head and lost my office. ”

The young man behind him cleared his throat, Li Xianwu just glanced back, but ignored him, his right hand spread his five fingers, and he continued to say, "I gave fifty third-order coins, this is a lot of money, they actually reported me for bribery, everyone is not clean, they actually reported me, Master Jiang, I am a rough person, I won't tell you, the word 'noon' in my original name is the fifth." Five', I later felt that I was uneducated, so I found someone to change the name of this crepe, just to facilitate being an official, these guys from Yufeng Sect, there is no ink in their stomachs and they are discriminated against, so they specifically find fault with me, but I am a real person, I am elegant and ......straightforward."

"It's elegant. The square-faced young man behind him reminded him again, Jiang Feng couldn't help but glance at him, and found that this person was also handsome, slightly similar to Li Xianwu in his eyebrows, but he didn't eat a lot of brain fat, he looked like a scholar, a spiritual cultivator, seeing Jiang Feng's gaze projected, he was a little stage frightened, his face was faintly red, and he couldn't help but take a small step back.

"It's okay, Master Jiang is not an outsider," Li Xianwu said excitedly, with a little sign of spitting, "So I ran away, came here, and helped the people here do something practical, I like the feeling of helping people, I don't believe you ask Li He, I don't like to do those false things, and I don't like to use force, I have always been to convince people with virtue." ”

"I've heard that. Jiang Feng knew that the other party had talked so much, and it was also because he had nowhere to show it in this Fuyuan Town, this town was all mundane, and there were very few people who were good at rhetoric, and most of them had to run around for a living. Fortunately, although Li Xianwu was very idle and took the initiative to find things to do, most of the things he did were within Jiang Feng's tolerance, and he even raised his hands and feet in favor.

"You can't run the sacrifice ceremony of the Asayama sect. ”

"This?" Li Xianwu was stunned, "Haha, I didn't think about it that much. Li He came over and said that he wanted to find something to do for the idle people in the town, and earn some money by the way, and there happened to be a white matter, so I said, it is better to pay tribute to the sages of the Shallow Mountain Sect by the way, purely by the way, nothing else. Master Jiang, is this very, very excessive?"

"Those who do not know are not guilty, and they are not exemplary. With Li Yufeng's greeting before, it is impossible for Jiang Feng to embarrass Li Xianwu, who is known as convincing people with virtue and loves to do good deeds, but the necessary warnings are still needed.

"Of course, of course, I will report major events to you in the future, how about it, can you give me a half-official position? I don't want to make money, I don't lack money, and I don't greed for money, look at this courtyard-"

His big fat hand was in front of him, swaying, pointing to all the furnishings in the yard, as if pondering the wording, "I have low requirements for life, just have meat to eat, these my own money is enough to eat for thousands of years, although I have some requirements for women, but never have to be strong, to convince people with virtue, I like to do good deeds, that is, to spend my own money, seeing others to me great kindness, I am happy in my heart." ”

"It's Thanksgiving. The young man reminded him again, and he also peeked at Jiang Feng and found that the other party didn't mind very much, so he put his mind at ease.

"Yes, Youde is right, thank you to Dade, thank you to Dade. Li Xianwu patted the square-faced young man behind him, "This is my nephew, Li Youde, a scholar, who wants to be like me, make friends and convince people with virtue." ”

"Are you willing to spend your own money and help do things?" Hearing Li Xianwu's words, Jiang Feng seemed to have grasped the key to solving the matter.

"A gentleman's words, the horse is difficult to chase. Li Xianwu blurted out, seeing that the young man behind him did not correct it again, knowing that this time he used the correct words, the oil paint on his face was even brighter, his hands were on his chest, and he said with sincerity, "Give me an official, I'm not bad for money." ”

He's a good guy.

Jiang Feng even had the urge to agree to him immediately, although Li Xianwu was a little vulgar, and he was not really as he understood, he was to convince people with virtue, but to "convince people with money", but the quality was actually good, according to what he said, he was not interested in money, he didn't have to be strong with women, he only cared about his official reputation and the superiority of being an official, so naturally he didn't have to worry about whether he was unfair in doing things or filling his pockets.

As a Xuan-level monk, there is one more, no, it should be two monks, the old man who has been deliberately looking for things to do in the courtyard, it seems that he also has a Xuan-level cultivation, even higher than Li Xianwu, the faint and hidden aura on his body, if he uses spiritual power to visit, he has a deep and invisible feeling, maybe he is a hidden master. In any case, as a force whose strength should not be underestimated, it is indeed possible to recruit them to work for themselves.

The question is, what is the difference between this kind of behavior and buying and selling officials, even if it is for official business, it is appropriate to employ people, but after all, it is still unreasonable, once this is started, how will he serve the public in the future? You say that his morality is quite noble, but it is not okay to go a little lower, there is always a lack of fixed measurement standards, and there is no precedent for this in the Asama sect.

The power to employ people has always been in the hands of the head of his own family, just like the Sixth Division, if it is not for reform, any vacancy in the Sixth Division, theoretically speaking, can be handled by Jiang Feng alone, which naturally includes the ordinary town guards of each town, as well as the newly established three county monk town guards, but these candidates, the former is recommended by the local clan to be highly respected, and the latter is recognized by the elders of the sect with outstanding ability, naturally no one will speak out against it.

But this Li Xianwu?

"Elegance" is definitely no play, and there are some problems with the choice of words and sentences, which is also the main reason why he can't get along in the Yufeng Sect where the literature is all over the place, he can only be regarded as a rich man at best, or exaggerated, as he himself said, a virtuous person, instead of Li He, appointed him as the town guard of Fuyuan Town, this kind of small vacancy, but not a big problem.

But Fuyuan Town is obviously not able to satisfy Li Xianwu, you don't see it, there is no place to spend money, there are at most a few hundred townspeople in this place, what future can it have?

It's a waste of talent, no, it's a waste of money.

"How much money can you pay?" Jiang Feng decided to be blunt, he was thinking about a question, whether the money from the other party could "convince" several elders and set this precedent.

"How big is an official?" Li Xianwu's little eyes were a little brighter, knowing that there was a way, and he asked more bluntly.

"The town guard of Warm Valley. Now there are three counties in the Assayama Sect, Dayi and Donghu, all of which already have Xuan-level monks in the door, and only one county of Nuangu is vacant. ”

"The town guard of a county?" Li Xianwu pursed his lips, his hands interlaced, his thick fingers rubbed for a moment, obviously moved, "All the mundane affairs of this county, as well as the affairs of communication with the monks, are in charge of me?"

"That's right, but the affairs of communication with the monks, as well as important matters, must be reported to the sect once every three months, that is, to me. ”

"Do you want to report it too?" Li Xianwu seemed to have suffered such a loss, "Can you ghostwrite, you don't need to write it yourself, right?"

"Yes. Jiang Feng couldn't help but look at the young man behind him, thinking that if he came to ghostwrite, it was his nephew Li Youde who would do it.

"That's no problem, two third-order a year. How?" he tentatively made an offer.

The price was good, this was Jiang Feng's first feeling, and he was even a little happy. Compared with the investment of the other two counties, not only do you not need to pay for it yourself, but you can also make a sum of money, of course, you can't take this money yourself, you can only go to the sect's treasury, otherwise, if you open the head of this trading official, the elders will not go up and down, and the order of the sect will be a mess.

"Yes, but there are two more conditions. ”

"If you want to add money, you want a magic weapon, we can talk about adding money, but there is no magic weapon, I ran fast, and I lost it in the Imperial Wind Sect." Li Xianwu spread his hands and said frankly, but looking at his appearance, he didn't seem to be sad.

"One, you have to change your name, and your image needs to be changed slightly, I don't want people to recognize you as the heel of the Imperial Wind Sect. It's a nuisance for you and me. ”

"No problem, no problem. I'll change my ......" Li Xianwu just wanted to say that I just changed my hairstyle, but his right hand unconsciously touched the top of his bald head, only to find that this idea was not feasible, "I'll figure out a way, I can be an official, it's all a small thing." ”

"Second, I'm going to let a few of you here, and you'll guide you in your cultivation. Obviously, Li Xianwu is not a person who has a smooth path of cultivation, but Jiang Feng deliberately did not point out or inquire about the identity of the elderly hermits in the courtyard, and he concluded that Li Xianwu was able to run out of the Imperial Wind Sect and live to this day, and he definitely did not rely on "being rich" and "convincing people with virtue".

The first thing Jiang Feng wanted to settle was none other than Feng Jiming, a young man who had just been sent over by Ma Taiji, as for the other candidates, he planned to wait for this matter to inform a few elders, and Li Xianwu would smoothly leave the office of Warm Valley County, and make a decision after familiarizing himself with the situation. There are free masters available here, so we can't waste them.

"This-okay!" Li Xianwu hesitated for a moment for the latter condition, but finally agreed.

............

Among the knee-high withered yellow barren grass, Jiang Feng took Ding Lingyu and did not take a flying boat, but walked along the mountain road step by step, and struggled to move forward towards the mountain. Since you have arrived in Fuyuan Town, it is really unseemly not to worship the sages.

Others can, but Jiang Feng is a head, ten generations of heads.

Lin Baicheng, the head of the third generation, Jiang Zicheng, the head of the fourth generation, Ren Fei, the head of the fifth generation, and Shen Ailong, the head of the sixth generation, a total of four heads, are buried between the mountains of this Fuyuan Town, there are thousands of steps square of the sealed soil, it has long been due to the rotation of years, the wind and rain have eroded, become smaller and become flat, and the empty handwriting is still clear, and the merit stele that stands above the wilderness.

"Thrift to cultivate virtue"

On the merit stele that was one person tall in the four generations of heads, Jiang Feng suddenly found such a sentence.

Jiang Feng was rubbing and cleaning up the dust on the stone tablet, while silently reciting this sentence, and smiled bitterly in his heart, I, the head of the tenth generation, now because I am too poor and lack of suitable candidates for the town guard, I have received the spirit stone and invited a "De" back, I don't know if you are happy for me under the Nine Secluded Spring?

The mountain wind blew, leaving behind the weary whistling and whimpering, and the swaying withered grass for many years.