Chapter 272 The Master is so cowardly
In late autumn, a light rain fell.
The golden fallen leaves all over the ground floated into the small pool of water that reflected the sky, and were finally run over by the passing wheels.
This is a horse-drawn carriage used to transport grain in Fengzhou, and it is marked with the name of Wuyou Trading Company.
Behind the carriage, migrant workers who had been busy for a year were wearing straw raincoats and bamboo hats, following the carriage towards home.
Although the weather is cold now, the chill in the air cannot dampen the joy on their faces.
As the vehicle passed the checkpoint, the rumbling wheels gradually slowed down until they stopped.
After passing the inspection of the yamen runners sent by the Fengzhou government, they walked another ten miles and encountered the inspection of the yamen runners sent by Zhongzhou.
Both inspections were extremely thorough. Not only were their bodies searched, but even the grain carts filled with grain were stabbed several times with iron knives.
The workers who came with the bus did not find it strange, because they heard that barbarians appeared in Qingyun World a few days ago, and all the major immortal sects sent people to capture them, but they have not caught them so far.
Therefore, not only Fengzhou, but also Youzhou and Yunzhou were under martial law, and anyone passing through had to be identified.
In fact, they had been searched during the autumn harvest some time ago, and had become accustomed to it.
"Wow, there's mutton? Where did it come from?"
"Sir, we raised them ourselves."
"oh?"
Tie Niu bowed slightly to the official and said, "We have several ranches in Fengzhou. I work at one of them. This is the reward they gave me when I left."
A few officials gathered together and asked: "Who gave you such a good thing?"
"The immortal master who manages our ranch."
"I see. Looking at the weather, it's going to rain heavily soon. Let's go quickly."
"Thank you, sir."
After watching the convoy from Fengzhou slowly set off, the older official sat back on his stool and picked up his teacup.
A bailiff who had just come to work at the yamen gate looked at this scene in confusion: "Brother Li, we haven't eaten meat for a long time, why don't we ask them for some people?"
After hearing this, the yamen runner surnamed Li turned around and glanced at him: "Haven't you heard that it was a reward from an immortal?"
"What about the grain on that cart? With so much grain, there should be a few bags left. The tax collection for this year is about to start, and my cousin's share has not yet been settled."
"The cart is loaded with taxes, and every bucket is counted. How many heads do you have to dare to take it?"
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Seeing the newcomers' confusion, the yamen runner Lao Wang couldn't help but say, "Those people are from Zhongzhou."
The young yamen runner was a little surprised: "Isn't it forbidden to roam around without permission? Why did the people of Zhongzhou run to Fengzhou?"
"More than a year ago, a company called Wuyou hired a large number of people in our state who could not pay taxes to work. Our county magistrate took advantage of the situation and agreed to allow them to enter and exit the country."
Old Wang held up a cup of tea and said, "They can go to work, but they need to leave their wives and children as hostages. At this time every year, they also need to return to their registered place of residence and pay the full share of grain production as taxes."
The bailiff opened his mouth and said, "There is such a thing..."
"Look, Fengzhou's autumn harvest has just ended this year, and the Wuyou Company has already informed our master that the cart is loaded with taxes to pay to the immortal, and in full amount. Who dares to touch it?"
After a long journey, which lasted for several days and months, and traveled day and night, the convoy with the name of Wuyou Trading Company finally entered Zhongzhou.
At this time, Tie Niu and several uncles and brothers from the same village left the team first.
They originally lived not far from the border of Zhongzhou. After waving goodbye to their friends and watching them go to a town farther away, they returned home with their bags.
At this time, in a courtyard in the east of the village, Tie Niu's wife was washing clothes in a wooden basin.
When he saw his family whom he hadn't seen for a long time, this strong man felt a lump in his throat and couldn't help but start to burst into tears.
The wife who was washing clothes seemed to sense someone and turned around with a confused expression. When she saw Tie Niu, she immediately exclaimed "Ah", got up and ran over.
In just this short moment of standing up, tears began to flow from his wife's eyes.
The two had known each other for a long time, and finally they embraced each other, and their crying began to get louder.
"You are such a heartless person!"
"Where do I lack conscience?"
"You...you gained weight outside!"
Tie Niu laughed for a moment, then reached out and picked up the half mutton.
After reading it, the wife was a little surprised: "Where did it come from?"
"It was a reward from the master."
"Is it difficult to work in Fengzhou? Have you ever been beaten?"
Tie Niu immediately shook his head like a rattle: "We won't be beaten. The people working with us are very nice. The immortals are also very polite. You may not believe some of the things you hear."
Tie Niu left after the New Year's Eve last winter. They first went to work at the Wuliu Trading Company, selling grain at a low price to those who could not afford food after paying taxes.
Then he was taken to Fengzhou and arranged for accommodation by the government.
During the spring ploughing period, they were kept for nothing. After the spring ploughing, they helped with the farming and were then sent to the ranch.
After saying all this, Tie Niu took out a purse from his arms, and the change in it made his wife cover her mouth.
Seeing his wife's expression, Tie Niu smiled slightly and told her that things would get better and better in the future.
The common people at the bottom of society knew very little about this world. Not to mention the surviving people, they didn’t even know how the evil species came about.
On the one hand, it is because of their low social status. On the other hand, it is because they put all their energy into trying to survive and have no time or energy to learn to read.
Precisely because they know so little, they are optimistic that life will get better and there will be no more surprises.
Little do we know that even on the best of days, a sudden disaster may occur and destroy everything.
Back then, the human race and the demon race secretly joined forces, chose the right time to rise up against the survivors, and suppressed them with the holy weapon.
The scene at that time was as if the sky had collapsed.
Since then, there has been an old saying that has been circulating among the people, saying that even if the sky falls, there will be someone taller to hold it up.
But in fact, the fact that tall people can reach the sky is actually little known.
As the workers returned home one after another, the grain carts of the Wuyou Company were also sent to the county government office.
The yamen runners and legal advisors in charge of the inventory arrived at the yard early, checked the list of workers drawn up a year ago, and calculated the share to be paid according to the number of people.
The same scene also occurred in several other states and counties, with horse-drawn carriages passing through the streets and alleys.
At this time, in an inn in Anyuan City, Qingzhou, Yan Shuyi was standing on the second floor, watching the carriages with business flags flying into the yamen.
Spring ploughing and autumn harvest, these kinds of things have always been trivial matters in the eyes of immortal cultivators.
Even Yan Shuyi, who had never paid attention to it before, was now looking at it very seriously.
Although she did not participate in the entire incident in the Dongping Mountains, she was actually very clear that people from the major immortal sects regarded what happened to the Bu family as a fate to become immortals, and they were vying for it.
Especially those elders whose life span is coming to an end, they would like to kill everyone in the world to hold it in their hands.
The only thing was that guy with no ambition, he just wanted to kill the troublemakers and lead the people to farm well.
At this time, the disciple from Lingjian Mountain who was in charge of traveling in Qingzhou came here and handed over a letter: "Master Jian, there is news from the disciples who searched the Barbarian Tribe and the disciples from Tianjian Peak."
Yan Shuyi took the letter and read it twice, his eyelashes trembling slightly: "Pass on my imperial order, except for those who are walking outside the sect, all Lingjian Mountain people will return to the mountain within half a month."
"But the elders of Tianjian Peak seem unwilling to return to the mountain, and the disciples in the peak are also unable to return for the time being due to the pressure from the elders of Tianjian Peak."
"Then go tell them that if they don't want to go back, then they should never go back."
"yes!"
The disciple from Qingzhou put away the jade token, then turned and went downstairs, but when leaving, he couldn't help but turn his head to look in the direction of the guest room.
At this moment, footsteps were heard in the corridor of the inn.
Ding Yao walked over from the direction of the guest room and bowed slightly: "Master."
Yan Shuyi turned around and glanced at her: "Awake?"
"woke up……"
"What about the Tianshuyuan disciples who have no ambitions?"
"Uh, the young master is awake too."
The reason why Yan Shuyi went to Dongping Mountains was that he was afraid that the Bu family would fall into the hands of those greedy people.
So after seeing Bu Qirong's breath dissipate, she led her people away, and "by the way" took the sleeping Ji You away, and went to the inn in Anyuan City to rest for a while.
According to Zhuo Wanqiu's report, Ji You had been searching for the whereabouts of the Bu family in the Dongping Mountains. He had been using his spiritual power intensively and had fought a series of battles. His spirit had long been exhausted, so it was inevitable that he fell asleep.
But what she couldn't understand was that not only did Ji You slept for three days in a row, but Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu also fell into a deep sleep after reporting.
This made the young master of Lingjian Mountain a little confused. What on earth did these three people do in the mountain?
However, when Yan Shu heard that Ji You had woken up, he didn't think too much about it. He turned around and walked towards the strange man's room.
Tap, tap, tap, the embroidered shoes stepped lightly on the wooden floor, but soon it turned into a clattering sound.
But after not long, the footsteps slowed down rapidly, becoming more ladylike and the expression became much calmer.
When I pushed the door open, I saw Ji You sitting at the dining table, eating a bowl of white porridge in front of him.
Just as Ding Yao said, he had consumed a lot of energy. Although his spirit had recovered a lot, his strength had not recovered, and his muscles were very sore.
At this time, Yan Shuyi stepped into the threshold, looked at the strange man in front of him with a contemptuous attitude, and then sat down next to him.
Feeling the fragrant breeze coming, Ji You gently raised his head: "Where is this?"
"Anyuan City."
"Why are we in Anyuan City?"
Yan Shuyi also picked up the chopsticks: "You three are sleeping soundly, so you can't go too far. This is the closest place to the Dongping Mountains, so we can only put you here."
When Ji You heard the number "three", he was slightly stunned, and quickly figured out who the other two were.
In order to sleep without dreaming about their brother-in-law, Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu stayed with him the whole time, and their spirits were probably weakened to the extreme.
Ji You raised his head at this time: "What happened after I fell asleep?"
"The elders of each sect still refuse to give up and are still investigating the Bu family. They have been trying to figure out the Bu family's interpersonal relationships over the years, but they haven't found anything crucial yet."
"Still checking?"
Yan Shuyi nodded: "This matter is not that simple, because some things don't make sense."
Ji You thought for a while: "Do you also think that the Bu family is too small?"
"The Bu family has been in decline for a hundred years. Not to mention the Zheng family, they are not even as good as some of the smaller families in Zhongzhou. But they have accomplished something that even the Zheng family has not accomplished. This is very strange."
Hearing this, Ji You couldn't help but think of the conversation between Bu Qirong and him before his death.
He said that he was the only one who knew about this, and that it was a choice made by God, but he was not sure whether it was the truth or a lie to survive.
However, he knew well from reading a large number of relevant books in the library that, in fact, over the past thousands of years, the human race has never given up the research on the ruins.
But it was not until now that someone secretly grasped some clues, which shows that this matter is not easy.
After he killed the Bu family, he cut off the direct possibility of disaster happening. Even if there were indeed traces to follow, there would be no results in a short period of time.
When Ji You thought of this, he couldn't help but think of another thing: "Where are the barbarians? Have they been caught?"
Yan Shu also shook his head: "All the major immortal sects are busy following the clues of the Bu family. Only the disciples of each sect are chasing them. The barbarians have a tribe king and eight general kings. How can they be so easy to catch?"
"There is a great immortal-slaying formation in the north. How did they get into Kyushu?"
"The soldiers guarding Luoyue Pass died. They committed suicide."
Ji You frowned: "Committing suicide out of fear of punishment?"
Yan Shuyi hummed and said, "The report I received is this: the guards at Luoyue Pass secretly colluded with the enemy and used a token to temporarily open the city gate."
"If we don't look at the clues, what other methods are there to open the formation?"
"Sacred artifact."
People who are suspicious by nature will never easily believe the evidence and answers given by others, so they always want to explore deeper.
But if the Immortal-Slaying Formation could only be opened by a holy weapon other than the talisman in the hands of the Zhenbei Army, then this would be a very big matter.
But the problem is, the one who holds the holy weapon is already the strongest in Qingyun, so why would he need to secretly communicate with the barbarians?
Ji You thought for a long time, and suddenly heard Yan Shuyi's voice ringing in his ears.
"My Lingjian Mountain and your Tianshu Academy have always been at odds. You may be wondering why this master would protect you. In fact, it is not because of anything else, but purely because of my admiration for you as a person."
"A disaster is a disaster, and it is definitely not a chance for immortality. The previous experience of Qiling has already proved this point, so you did the right thing."
"If you were my disciple from Lingjian Mountain, I would definitely reward you this time and make you my personal disciple, but unfortunately you are not."
"Also, there were many people who saw me taking you away in the mountains. Afterwards, some people would inevitably say that I was too lenient. So after dinner, I will send you away."
"Don't worry when you return to Tian Academy. If anyone uses the incident in the mountains to cause trouble for you, I can testify for you."
Yan Shuyi made the arrangements in a calm tone, just like a senior in a high position.
This was how she imagined she should be when facing Ji You, condescending, proud, calm, and not whiny at all.
But Ji You didn't buy it at all and reached out to pinch his face.
You even sent me off after dinner. Are you doing that for my own good? You are just being mean.
The last time they met was before entering the holy land of the sages. At that time, he threatened her that he would live forever.
As a result, after she came out, this girl didn't even go to the Void Mountain. She only dared to send letters and draw stickmen to threaten him. She was such a coward.
Yan Shuyi found that he had failed to intimidate him, and still maintained his dignified gaze: "You and I have known each other for a long time, and I have been thanked for your care during several winters. I will not blame you for your rudeness, but we are not suitable for each other."
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"In fact, I just realized recently that my heart is devoted to the great cause and I have long lost interest in romantic relationships."
When Ji You pinched her, her waist was straightened, and at this moment she suddenly felt some discomfort in her waist.
So he reached down and found that his belt was tied very tightly.
Just as he touched the strap on the left side and was about to pull it open, his expression couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
His belt seemed to have been untied and tied again, and was now tied into a knot.
Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu had been sleeping for three days just like him, so it was impossible for them to have unlocked the secret.
Besides, his clothes had not been changed, so it would be unreasonable to just untie his belt and then tie it again.
In other words, the man untied his belt in order to untie his belt.
Ji You suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at Yan Shuyi.
This is reasonable, because Tsundere has been served by others since he was a child, and his belt-tying skills are really hard to describe.
When they were kissing in Xianxian Garden before, she accidentally pulled her belt loose a few times. He was the one who tied it for her, so it was not surprising that it was tied in a knot...
【Heart to the Great Way】
[I have long lost interest in children’s personal affairs]
Yan Shuyi also noticed that Ji You discovered the strangeness of the belt, and couldn't help but turn his gaze away, revealing the indifference unique to the appraiser of the sacred weapon.
Ji You looked at him: "Master Jian?"
Yan Shuyi acted as if it was none of my business: "What's wrong?"
"I don't know who untied my belt. It seemed like someone carefully observed something and then tied it tightly. Has the examiner ever seen the suspect?"
"Ding Yao did it."
"?"
You are really good at passing the buck. After hearing this, Ji You couldn't help but look at her.
I thought that based on the plot that Ding Yao called out that night, if she was really the one who solved it, then she would not just solve it, she would eat it.
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Yan Shuyi gathered sword energy in his palm, and felt the urge to kill him once and for all.
Ji You felt the sword energy and subconsciously leaned back slightly, causing his brows to instantly frown and a slight "hiss" sound from his mouth.
Yan Shuyi turned his head: "What's wrong?"
"Some internal injuries..."
Elder Fang did not live that long in vain; that powerful iron knife should not be underestimated.
Although he won in the end, he was still hit hard by the opponent's sword, and the sword energy pierced his waist and abdomen. In addition, he had to lie down for three days, and the pain was like twisted muscles.
Seeing this scene, Yan Shuyi's eyes became thoughtful, and a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in his cold and arrogant eyes.
Ji You was pressing the acupoints on his waist at this time, trying to suppress the pain with his spiritual energy, when he saw the slender and proud girl in front of him gently raise her arms.
"?"
Yan Shuyi raised his chin slightly and looked at him with cold and arrogant eyes, as if he wanted to hug him.
Seeing this scene, Ji You's mouth twitched, thinking to himself, this arrogant guy really knows how to change with the situation. Knowing that I have an injury in my waist and abdomen, he thinks he is fine again, right?
However, facing Yan Shuyi's condescending gaze, Ji You still stretched out his hands, and the fragrant breeze instantly hit his face.
He lowered his head and saw that the little master in his arms still had that cold expression on his face, as if he was treating him as a chair.
In fact, even Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu knew that although their cold and majestic master Jian was very tough in words, he actually liked being hugged by his son-in-law.
But because she was shy, she never dared to express this intention after they met again.
(End of this chapter)
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