Chapter 3 This is cancer
It is a crime of beheading for civilians to cultivate immortality privately. This is an iron law of Daxia. After all, if they have already cultivated immortality, the court will have no control over them.
But at first, Ji You didn't understand the language with them...
This world uses the ancient Chinese system, but the pronunciation is very different.
He couldn't understand and couldn't speak, so he could only pretend to be crazy and put on professional postures like wearing suspenders and playing basketball on the street all day long, so as not to arouse suspicion.
The fairy book he picked up deep in Yunling was regarded by him as the foundation of his destiny.
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Gradually, he began to gain some foundation in immortality, and he listened to the scholar reading loudly in the tree, so he became familiar with the language a lot, and wanted to know more about this world.
Then he learned from a book called "Xialu Immortal Rules" that private cultivation of immortality by civilians turned out to be a puzzling sin...
There were only two ways out left for him.
The first is to work harder. Weak Guan has cultivated to the lower three realms before, so that the seven immortal sects called him a treasure when they saw it, and the court was helpless.
Second, there is a mountain stronghold to the north of Yuyang County. The stronghold is full of private cultivators who hate the Immortal Sect and the imperial court. They are recruiting heroes to expand their power. It seems that the future is promising, and the path to promotion is relatively transparent.
Ji You thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to go up the mountain next autumn to prove the Tao of the Unparalleled Bandit.
The reason is very simple. There are too many orthodox immortal cultivators who rely on the people's support. He doesn't want to be one of the straws that breaks the death of a poor family like Lao Qiu...
At noon the next day, the red sun was shining brightly, and it was the day for the land liquidation in Yuyang County. The police officer in charge of this matter was holding a killing stick and walked through the street in three rows, looking very majestic.
"Hurry up, move faster, don't dawdle."
"This year has been blessed by the immortals, and there will be no disasters or harm. It is a good year. However, I, Daxia, are at war with the Wu barbarians outside Beiyuan. The treasury has been empty for a long time, so my grandpa has issued an order that this year's taxes must be sufficient."
Under the urging of the police officers, thousands of households in Yuyang County opened their cellars, moved out 60% of the prepared grain products, carefully counted them, divided them into two equal portions, and registered them.
One of them is the Daxia field tax, and the other is the sacrifice of the Immortal Sect.
Thousands of years ago, there was a melee between various countries in the Qingyun world. In order to create eternal hegemony, Taizu of Great Xia made an agreement of worship with the immortal sects of all parties.
According to the agreement, as long as the hidden immortal can help Daxia unify the Central Plains, he will collect more taxes every year and use them as offerings to the Immortal Sect.
In the past, immortals would go down the mountain to slay demons and eliminate evil spirits, and they would also treat children in the village to eliminate evil spirits. But after Daxia came to dominate the Central Plains, these legends became the swan songs of dramas.
Later, the Qingyun world began to fight for religious destiny again. Each immortal sect recruited many disciples, and the share of immortals increased every year, making the common people unable to breathe.
And they themselves are all hiding in the fairy mountain to learn Tao and practice, eating the people's fat and anointing, seeking the ethereal immortal way, and not caring about worldly affairs.
To the people of Daxia who have long been numb, this seems to be the law of justice that has been passed down since ancient times.
But as a foreign monk, Ji You only had one word in his mind when he first learned about the relationship between offering and being offered.
cancer.
Immortal sects, immortal ways, and immortals are like disordered cell tissues, cutting off the sustainable development of society and squeezing the vitality of this world without scruples.
This is cancer.
Ji You stepped out of the threshold of the Ji family's ancestral home and watched the servants walking by on the street. He thought to himself that the matter was over, let's eat first.
The Ji family in Yuyang is gone in name only, and their land has been completely occupied by other families. Although they don't have to pay taxes, eating is a problem.
Not only the rice, but also the beautiful master, the coquettish senior sister, the loli junior sister, all the basic equipment for a time traveler, he didn’t have.
As for Lao Qiu, his family couldn't even raise enough for this year's tax salary and had to go to his father-in-law's house to borrow money. He didn't want to cause any trouble.
Fortunately, all the merchants in Pai Fang Street were once owned by the Ji family, so he could still make a living by choosing a store to work as a cow and horse, and he could still make ends meet.
But just when Ji You walked to the door of the restaurant, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the main road of Archway Street.
Looking up, I saw three mahogany carriages surrounded by green beads passing by along the street. It was so luxurious that it seemed as if it should not have existed with the mud-tile houses on both sides.
There was an old man and a woman sitting in the two shelves in front of them. They were both wearing white robes embroidered with gold, with luxurious long swords tied around their waists. Their auras were vaguely visible, their faces were expressionless, and they looked like they were immortals.
The third car came next, and sitting in the car was another woman, wearing a smoked gauze and floral skirt, with watery eyes, sitting dignifiedly, with a bit of arrogance, and quite a ladylike demeanor. However, when she saw Ji You on the roadside, the woman on the carriage frowned slightly and stretched out her hand to lower the bead curtain.
Just after this quick glance, the troika drove past along the street, heading towards the county government office.
"It seems that the Immortal of Tianshuyuan is here to take Fang Ruoyao to Shengjing. Why doesn't Mr. Ji go with him?"
"Young Master Ji has an outstanding appearance, so naturally he looks down on the Immortal Sect like Tianshuyuan."
Ji You came back to his senses, looked around and saw two diners in the restaurant staring at him with malicious expressions.
One of these two people is named Jia Sicong and the other is Dong Wei, both of whom were classmates of the original Master Ji.
When the family business was still there, Master Ji was a playboy who would scold a dog whenever he saw it on the roadside, so he had many enemies among his peers.
Jia Sicong walked up to him and said, "Miss Fang will leave for Shengjing the day after tomorrow. She specially hosted a banquet for guests and friends at the house the night before. We all went, but we didn't see Master Ji? What your fiancé did is too chilling. ”
"Brother Jia is confused. Didn't Fang Ruoyao break off the engagement with him long ago?"
Shengjing is the capital of the Great Xia Kingdom, and the Nishan Tianshuyuan, the head of the seven great immortal sects in the world, is located there. It is said that Emperor Taizu was a saint who was born in the Tianshuyuan. After Wangtu's hegemony was established, it was natural to establish the capital in Nishan.
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According to rumors, the city of Shengjing is extremely prosperous, with tall pavilions and towers. It has fascinated countless literati and writers, and they have written eternal articles such as "Ode to Shengjing" and "Yong Jing".
Fang Ruoyao has now been selected as a disciple of Tianshu Academy. Going to Shengjing will naturally mean enrolling in school. People in the county say that she has reached the sky in one step, and it is true.
"Jiyou, don't pretend to be deaf for me."
Ji You went to the counter and said, "Shopkeeper, this young master wants two cages of fresh dumplings."
Jia Sicong was stunned for a moment, then got angry: "What two cages of fresh dumplings? I've already finished eating them!"
"I'll help you eat."
Ji You looked at the hot fresh dumplings and said, "It's so lively, doesn't it mean you can't afford it?"
Jia Sicong blushed after hearing this: "Do you think I am the same as a wild orphan like you? Not to mention two cages, what if it is ten cages?"
"It will take ten cages. For the meat, go to three cages first, and keep the remaining seven cages. I will go home later and get a basket to carry away."
Dong Wei stared at it for a long time with his eyes open. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. This is not your mother's fault that we are making fun of him, but that he is cheating.
Seeing that Jia Sicong was about to open his mouth, Dong Wei immediately grabbed his elbow: "Stop talking, he is already drooling."
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After his ears were clear, Ji You found a seat by the window and sat down, picked up a pair of bamboo chopsticks from the chopstick holder, and began to enjoy this gift of nature.
Of the ten cages of fresh dumplings, he ate three by himself, and planned to put the rest in a basket and take it back to Qiu's house. Qiu Ru, that girl, had been acting silly all day long, but it was a bit of a treat.
As soon as I sat down, my leisure time passed by in a hurry.
Ji You calculated the time and felt that it was time for Lao Qiu to return from his father-in-law's house in Sansanlipu, so he planned to go to his house to get the basket.
But just as he stood up, the conversations of several diners at the door attracted his attention.
"Have you heard that something happened to the third house east of Nanya River outside the city?"
"What happened?"
"A five-year-old girl was spotted by the immortal at Fengxian Villa. She was said to be something...so radiant and full of magical power? He wanted to use her to make medicine."
"When did this happen?"
"Today at Chenshi, I heard that the father and daughter were borrowing food at Sanlipu..."
"There has never been an immortal in our county for thousands of years. How can a girl have such magical power in her body?"
"How can we know about the Immortal? Anyway...that girl from the Qiu family...sigh..."
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