Caoyun County.

Liu Heng straightened his waist and sat upright on the white jade lion seat.

Under the lion's seat, on the red carpet in a strip.

Hawk's beak, Chi Chieftain and Fu Lei, Ba tongue, relative to each other.

In the bronze cauldron in the center of the hall, a raging fire was burning on the stacks of dry wood.

The light of the fire shone on everything in the temple.

On the surface of dozens of pillars, maroon runes were stacked together in an orderly manner, forming a lifeless and obscure pattern.

Under the reflection of the firelight, Liu Heng, who was sitting upright on the lion seat, already feeling a burst of warmth, had a somewhat unhappy face.

A yellow-brown silk silk with red letters written on it slowly slipped from between his palms.

The silk silk fell to the ground, but in the process of falling, it encountered a scorching air current.

The silk silk drifted to the ground with the air current, but it burned before it hit the ground.

The fire that ignites the silk silk is extinguished before it touches the ground.

The falling ash eventually covered one of the corners of the blanket.

"Whew~!"

Liu Heng let out a sigh, and his unhappy face gradually turned calm.

He leaned back on the white jade chair behind him and raised his head slightly.

Gazing at the outline of several huge pillars at the roof of the temple, which was still dark even in the firelight.

On Liu Heng's face, the slightly chapped lips began to tilt slightly.

He sneered.

"Is this their plan?"

"At the end of the day, don't you want to let me go?"

In the depths of Liu Heng's eyes, there was a touch of hideousness.

His face contorted, grinning between his teeth.

"But there's nothing I can do about it. ”

Liu Heng lowered his head. Look straight ahead.

He restrained the hideous and sneering on his face, and his face was expressionless.

"Herald. ”

"Tomorrow afternoon, my whole army will go out to clear out the displaced people to protect this year's tax grain. ”

Hearing this, the four people who were standing opposite each other knelt on one knee.

The four of them clenched their fists forward and shouted, "Obey!"

"Tomorrow?"

Outside the open door, Yougen in silk clothes looked puzzled.

He swept away the golden light that shone through his body. Strode over the threshold half a foot high.

One stepped into the spire attic and walked towards the white jade lio.

Looking at Yougen who entered the hall and gradually walked towards him, Liu Heng was slightly stunned when he sat on the lion seat, and his already expressionless face immediately flashed with joy.

"There are no cultivators in the domain. The garrison of the displaced people is not a cause for concern. ”

"We haven't discussed it, we should use pressure on these displaced people. Not by force. ”

"What the hell is going on. I didn't have time to wait for me to come back before I changed your mind. ”

Arigen walked over to the copper cauldron with the fire burning inside it and stopped.

His face was full of doubts, and he raised his fists towards Liu Heng.

"You and I haven't discussed it yet, so what's so urgent?"

"Huh. ”

Hearing this, Liu Heng chuckled.

He rose from the white lion seat. Walk quickly down the stairs.

He walked through the four people standing opposite each other and kneeling on one knee to the center of the hall.

He and Yougen stood opposite each other across the copper pot.

"You're finally back. ”

Liu Heng smiled. Chang breathed a sigh of relief.

"In the days when you are away, many of the displaced people in the Grass Cloud Domain have been recruited by us with grain and grass. ”

"Among those remaining garrisons, many of the forces that are still stationed in the village have received messengers from our army. ”

"It's a pity. ”

Liu Heng shook his head, sighed, and said no more.

Looking at Liu Heng, who suddenly fell silent, Yougen frowned deeply.

He pondered for a moment.

"Is that them?"

Hearing this, Liu Heng nodded.

I see.

One gens tugged at the corners of his mouth and laughed wickedly.

"What did they do?"

"They didn't do anything. ”

Liu Heng bypassed the huge copper cauldron and walked in front of Yougen.

He shook his head at Yougen, his handsome face was full of helplessness and pain.

"Just to ask me for this year's taxes. ”

Hearing this, Yougen put away the sinister smile on his face and parted his hands that were clenching his fists.

He folded his hands behind his back and narrowed his eyes into two slits.

Impotence?

"No food?"

Yougen opened his eyes slightly and looked at Liu Heng who was standing in front of him.

Facing Yougen's gaze, Liu Heng shook his head again.

"Yes. ”

"But not enough. ”

Hearing this, Yougen opened his mouth and let out a long breath.

"How much worse?"

Hearing this, Liu Heng pursed his lips.

"With the grain and grass collected from the towns, plus the allied army rations that our army has recently captured, there is still a pound short. ”

It's really not enough.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Hearing this, Yougen immediately coughed, and in the cough, he soothed his violently undulating chest with his hands.

"This, this is that bastard's bad idea!!"

“......”

Liu Heng was silent for a moment, and shook his head helplessly.

"I don't know. ”

"Hmm~. ”

There was a dull nasal sound coming from a continuous, muffled voice.

He raised his right hand and used his right index finger to rub the short stubble that clung to his chin repeatedly.

After a while, he suddenly looked at Liu Heng with blazing eyes, his face full of anticipation.

"Can you not give it?" ......

Facing Yougen's expectant gaze, Liu Heng stiffened his face.

Shaking his head again.

"The people in the region have spent countless years under the control of Qingfeng. ”

"If we don't pay taxes to Aomine. ”

"Not to mention the many strong cultivators in the Qingfeng Dao Sect"

"Even if the hundreds of thousands of people in the domain become exiles, they will not submit to our rule. ”

"In addition, in the current Caoyun Domain, there are already many homeless people, as well as the remnants of the garrisons of various counties and chiefs. ”

"The morale of our army will also fluctuate with it. ”

"At that time, the rogue will be invincible, and there will be no place in the domain for us to stand on. ”

"Alas~!"

Hearing this, Yougen pursed his lips and sighed with a sigh on his face.

"Faith is really frustrating. ”

"If you want to lead the army to conquer various places tomorrow, do you take a fancy to the surplus food in the hands of the remnants of the army and the displaced people in various places?"

Facing Yougen's gaze, Liu Heng, who was expressionless, nodded lightly.

"I can't give up all the grain and grass. ”

"Otherwise, I will have no food to serve the army, and no food to send to the army, so I will have to disband the army. ”

"But if I disband my army, the power of the outcasts in the domain will grow even stronger. ”

"When the surplus food in the hands of the displaced people is exhausted, they will definitely make their minds to the towns and villages that have cultivated fields. ”

"Although Qingfeng makes the people of the county fear and worship, but the ignorant people of the county are also the most easily deceived, if they take the risk and plunder next year's tribute, Qingfeng will not sit idly by. ”

"If you are just a welcoming Daoist stationed in Caoyun County, with your cultivation, we can not be afraid, but if we face the Qingfeng Dao Gate, we are powerless to compete with it. ”

"There's a root, it's a dead knot. ”

The most direct and effective way to solve the dead knot.

It's a clean knife that cuts it in two.

So.

"Do you want to be slaughtered?"

Yougen pursed his mouth, his brows furrowed and his face covered with scars, and his eyes stared at Liu Heng's face without blinking. (To be continued......)

PS: Hmm.

I'm going to return to normal classes recently.

Finally, I don't have to work overtime.

So, if the conditions allow.

I'll try to do it one chapter a day.