Chapter 2 Taoist Official of the Tang Dynasty
"Official Lu, just ahead is the Shiyuan County you are going to. You must be careful when you get there. The southern barbarians gather there and do not practice good ways. They do not support their parents and do not love their children." , it is said that they can do anything by raising Yin Gu."< br>
"If you encounter difficulties, come to our Chenxi County. Mr. Jiang from our Chenxi County is famous for his kindness. He builds bridges and paves roads and is good at charity. He will definitely help you."
Carriage Arriving at the side of the official road, the old pawn pointed the direction for Lu Cheng.
"Thank you, Uncle Hu, for sending me all the way. May you be blessed with infinite blessings."
Lu Cheng made a hand gesture according to the memory of his predecessor, and gently swept it on the forehead of the old soldier named Hu. This was a blessing.
The people of the Tang Dynasty believed that after receiving Lu Cheng's blessing, the old soldier surnamed Hu, his originally cloudy eyes became brighter, and he was even happier than before when he received the copper coins for the carriage fare. He thanked him profusely and left.
After the old soldier who was carrying fodder for the frontier army left, Lu Cheng turned around and walked step by step towards Shiyuan County with a broken ancient sword in its sheath and a gourd on his waist.
"According to my current state, I should find a place to sort out the Taoist system and completely inherit all the memory methods from my predecessor. But I really have to come to Ishihara County. Master Chi Shenzi has magical powers, so I Whether I can solve the problem in Shiyuan County is a question of ability, but if I don't come, it's a question of attitude. As long as I'm here This shallow level of cultivation really offends Master Chi Shenzi. There is almost no place for me in the known places."
In the memory of my predecessor, Lu Cheng, Chi Shenzi was short in stature and had a bad temper. A hot-tempered and self-respecting Taoist, he was nothing extraordinary. He had never shown any amazing magical powers.
But as he got to know his predecessor better and better, Lu Cheng began to distrust all the memory and cognition of his predecessor.
Many people are like this and look down upon the capable people around them, but they don’t know that it’s not that they are not good enough, but that they are not good enough.
The gap is so huge that even the gap between them cannot be clearly recognized.
Shiyuan County is a remote county, located in a mountain basin. The county seat is probably in the middle of the basin. There is no real road from the official road to here, only a mountain road. .
In order not to cause internal injuries, Lu Cheng adjusted his breathing and walked up the mountain with the ancient sword in its scabbard, one foot deep and one foot shallow.
It was not a long mountain road, and it took him half a day to walk.
At this moment, when he was halfway up the hillside, Lu Cheng heard bursts of noise coming from the other side, and he yelled:
“You are heartless. It’s a dog day. It hasn’t rained since spring. Your fields are short of water. I There is no shortage of water in our fields? Why? We, the Tu, Zou, and You families, don’t need water even though the water is used by the people of the Li family?”
It had a slang accent, but the locals actually spoke it in Mandarin. He could barely distinguish it, and Lu Cheng could understand it.
The comprehension ability of monks is very strong, and the more advanced they are, the more so, because the legal principles between heaven and earth are also a silent language. If it is difficult for ordinary people to understand the words of heaven and earth, then the principles of heaven and earth are also a silent language. The language is even more incomprehensible, so the only difference is whether the monk is willing to understand it.
"Fight, fight!"
On one side of Lucheng, as they were climbing the hillside, the mountain people on the other side were already shouting and fighting. When Lu Cheng climbed up, what he saw was a scene of hundreds of people fighting.
The difference from villagers fighting over water sources in other areas is that there are hundreds of young people here, and many of them have poisonous insects, such as a scorpion or a centipede, lying on their shoulders and necks. Or a spider, or a poisonous snake.
The young and strong men on both sides who have poisonous poisonous poisons have not taken action yet. Regardless of whether they are strong or not, they are obviously the absolute main force in the fight. The people around them look at these people with mixed eyes. Fear and worship.
Violence is the most primitive power.
Lu Cheng, who was holding a long sword and wearing Taoist robes, suddenly appeared, causing the weapon fighting scene that had just begun but not completely started to come to a halt.
Ishihara County is located in a remote place, and usually few strangers show up. What's more, Lucheng's clothing and temperament are obviously very different from those of the locals.
"Old man, I am the latest Taoist official appointed by the imperial court in Xialu City. How can I get to the local county government office?"
The fierce old man who stood on a high place and commanded his fellow tribesmen, Looking at Lu Cheng blankly, he hesitated for a moment, then pointed in a direction in the county. After Lu Cheng got the answer he wanted, he saluted the old man and then walked downstairs. He didn't seem to take a second look at the tragic and bloody scene with broken bones and tendons.
"Hmph, these Tang people seem to be kind-hearted, but they really don't regard us as human beings. They probably just want us to die."
This scene fell in the eyes of the villagers of Shiyuan County, and they felt naturally in their hearts. This idea came to mind.
However, at this moment, the young Taoist who seemed to have walked away step by step suddenly turned around and waved his Taoist robe's sleeves in a relaxed movement.
Suddenly, bursts of burning dark golden light seemed to spread from the big sleeves of his worn-out robe, covering the crowd of fighting villagers in layers.
“My worm, my worm!”
The dark golden light did not cause any harm to the villagers, but among them, the scorpions, centipedes, spiders, and poisonous snakes on their heads and shoulders were all enveloped by the dark golden light, rolled up, and flew quickly. Fly to Lucheng.
I saw many poisonous insects flying in the air and converging towards the Taoist like thousands of rivers returning to the sea. When they approached a certain distance, the young Taoist waved his sleeves and robes again and bound the poisonous insects inside with magic power. Then throw it on the ground aside.
"The God of Infinite Blessings. Everyone, I am a foreigner who has just arrived in the precious land. I don't know the cause of everyone's disputes and have no way to intervene. However, these ferocious insects and evil creatures kill people and eat people's essence and blood, feeding and nourishing them. "Serving is harmful and useless. I will deal with it temporarily. Please think carefully."
After saying these words, Lu Cheng just turned around and left.
He did not deal with those poisonous insects. In fact, he did not need to do anything. The poisonous insects were squeezed together by the Qi machine, and they instinctively bit and attacked each other. In a short period of time, they were killed due to fighting with each other. , dead to death.
Even those who were lucky enough to survive were still frightened and injured and crawled around in all directions, making it difficult to control them in a short period of time.
"What kind of magic is this, so powerful?"
"Is this the magic of the Taoist officials of the Tang Dynasty? This, this..."
Without the poisonous insects to rely on, these yin-nurturing The villagers in southern Xinjiang looked at each other, and the hostility in their hearts subsided. The fight for water continued to be stalemate for a while, and then they retreated.
Although there was no cure, the operation on the first day of the Tang Dynasty Taoist official's arrival at least temporarily avoided a fatality.
At the same time, the reputation of Lu Cheng's mysterious magic also spread over time.
“At that time, I only saw the golden light flashing, and the insects we raised flew over, and I couldn’t control them at all. It was really amazing!”
“How else could the Tang people occupy the best land? ? If our insects are more powerful than the Tang Dynasty's magic, what will happen in Chang'an? The emperor should be ours.”
On the other side, Lu Cheng found the county government office in Shiyuan County according to the guidance, but learned from the government servant that the county magistrate was under the supervision of the Jiang family in Chenxi County. I went to the banquet at the invitation of the old lady. I don’t know when I will be back.
According to past experience, it can be as short as ten and a half months or as long as several months.
Lu Cheng did not embarrass the timid government official, nor did he go to Chenxi County to find the magistrate. Instead, he found a nearby ruined temple on the hillside and settled down there.
From Lu Cheng's point of view, his arrival in Shiyuan County was considered as the preliminary completion of his mission. He had a basic explanation of Master Chi Shenzi's orders. As for when the Han County Magistrate would come back, he I even hope to come back as late as possible, because I still have a lot of troubles to deal with.
"I hope that the hand I just revealed can suppress the locals for a longer time, and also give me time to sort out my memory and develop real magical powers."
Inside the ruined temple, Lu Cheng played with a simple small tripod in his hand and murmured. Jiuli Ding, the culprit who brought me to this world, is also the truth about the Taoist magic I have performed today:
Once activated, Jiuli Ding can spread the golden rainbow flame and involve non-human creatures within the envelope. In the cauldron, Lu Cheng used his nine-level qi-training magic power to activate the Jiuli cauldron today, sucking in large swaths of those Gu insects before. However, it was not his own methods that were astonishing, but the mysterious treasure.
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