My baby is gone again

Chapter 113 County Magistrate Lu Xuan, Appointed Snake City!
Before tearing apart the Jiuxiaotu.

Lu Xuan thought that the two old men, black and white, wanted to make a living by sacrificing to demon gods and the like.

After all, he has encountered similar things along the way.

However, after tearing apart the Nine Heavens Map...

Only then did Lu Xuan realize that something was wrong.

What he has in his hand is not a sacrificial magic weapon.

But flying talismans.

The pink mist shrouded him and Cheng Lingzhu away from this place.

Lu Xuan turned his head and looked back. Old Hai had already rushed to the scene and suppressed the two Void Refining cultivators, so there was no need to worry about what to do afterwards.

So he didn't resist, letting the mist wrap him, passing through the clouds, and flying towards the sky.

I do not know how long it has been.

The pink mist landed with the two of them.

A big city appeared in the sight of Lu Xuan and Cheng Lingzhu.

Lu Xuan stood still and looked from a distance——

【Green Immortal City】.

The city wall is tall and magnificent.

There was a queue in front of the city gate, all people preparing to enter the city.

There were two officers and soldiers standing at the gate of the city. They were burly and fleshy, and they were blocking the way for inspection.

The most special thing is that near the city gate, there are two very tall statues.

These are two stone statues, carved with a human body and a snake head.

He took on a human form as a whole, with normal limbs.

Starting from the waist, the bones on the rib side deformed and bulged, turning into a fan shape, like a cobra standing upright.

The snake god held a steel fork in his hand, and the exposed skin was covered with fine scales.

Although it is a dead thing, the pair of pupils are carved extremely divinely, looking very majestic.

"Is this the inheritance place of a certain existence?"

Lu Xuan looked at the city wall in the distance.

He is also well-informed, especially after obliterating Lishou, he has gained a lot of knowledge from the other party's memory.

At this moment, after thinking about it for a while, I thought of a similar record.

By co-authoring, I robbed the opportunity of those two old men.

Some great powers will arrange their inheritance places like a city-state, and the people in the city are conscious and can move freely.

Normally, these NPCs are in a dormant state, and they will not start to operate until someone with predestined relationship comes in.

However, the land of inheritance pointed to by the Nine Heavens Map is not in a secret place of heaven and earth, but a city-state that exists in the Cangyuan Realm...

This surprised Lu Xuan.

"Mortal city?"

Cheng Lingzhu saw the roots of the city.

Although the stone statue in front of the city gate is very hideous.

But in Cheng Lingzhu's view, these two stone statues are nothing more than puppets, without half-spirituality, they are just ordinary statues.

Whether it is the people in the city or the officers and soldiers guarding the city, they have no cultivation base.

"Aren't we two too ostentatious?"

Lu Xuan smiled slightly and looked at Cheng Lingzhu.

The girl's facial features are bright and bright, and her temperament is as agile as dust, which makes people suspect that she is a goddess from the sky, who has come to this world to travel.

"Is such that."

The corners of Cheng Lingzhu's mouth rose, and a jade hand touched Lu Xuan's face:
"If others saw you, they would think that you were a banished immortal."

The two laughed heartily.

Just as they were preparing to cast spells and change their appearance and clothing, some changes occurred in the arena.

The pink mist that brought the two of them here did not dissipate, but hovered in the air for a while before falling into Lu Xuan's hands.

The fog dissipated, and what appeared in Lu Xuan's hand...

It is a set of official robes.

Lu Xuan frowned.

Not just official robes, but also road guides, edicts, confessions and other things.

These are the certificates for officials to go out and take up their posts.

"This... is interesting."

Lu Xuan looked at the things in his hand.

Cheng Lingzhu opened the report, and the corresponding information was written on it.

"This is the letter of appointment for the magistrate of Qingxian County... Well, there are portraits on it."

Cheng Lingzhu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and spread the confession to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan looked at the middle-aged man in the portrait, and pointed to himself:

"Is this portrait of me?"

"It says this is you."

Cheng Lingzhu shook the confession in his hand, and blinked playfully.

Both of them understood at this time that the test set by this unknown senior was very special.

He/she requires the person who gets the chance to enter the city pretending to be a county magistrate, and only after passing a certain test can he/she get good luck.

Lu Xuan didn't have much need for chance.

But he was intrigued by the test.

His current status is written on the letter of appointment——

Wu Bangde, the magistrate of Qingxian County, Youzhou Prefecture, Dakang Dynasty.

The inscription is the seal of the Ministry of Officials.

"Put it on first."

Cheng Lingzhu took the official robe and unfolded it in front of Lu Xuan.

She used to like to dress up Lu Xuan very much.

Lu Xuan stretched out his hands, turned his back, and said solemnly:

"Please also ask Madam to change my clothes."

Cheng Lingzhu patted him lightly, and said angrily:

"It's not Madam."

"Hey, isn't it reasonable for me to pretend to be the magistrate and you to pretend to be the magistrate's wife?"

Lu Xuan turned his head to talk to her.

"Where is the magistrate taking his wife to take office together?"

Cheng Lingzhu gave him a blank look, "You are the county magistrate, don't you want to follow?"

"Hiss, that's the truth."

Lu Xuan understood.

"When the county magistrate took office, all the women in the family were escorted by cronies, and those who followed were all followers.

Later, I will perform a transformation technique and become your teacher... It's reasonable for the two of us to do this. "

Cheng Lingzhu had also traveled to some mortal countries in his previous life, so he had a certain understanding of this matter.

After dressing up, Lu Xuan turned into a middle-aged man in the portrait, dressed in official robes, with a tough and weather-beaten face.

Cheng Lingzhu also transformed into a slightly younger man, with a fair face and no beard, gentle and gentle.

It's just that she was wearing ordinary clothes.

The master is an aide of the county magistrate, a non-staff member, and has no official uniform and official seal.

"Let's go, Lord Magistrate."

Cheng Lingzhu laughed.

Lu Xuan glanced at the statue of the snake god in the distance, and said loudly:

"Go, take office in Snake City!"

………………

In Qingxian City.

At a tea stand, Lu Xuan and Cheng Lingzhu were drinking tea while observing the surrounding environment.

Lu Xuan and Cheng Lingzhu haven't reported to the county government yet.

The reason is that before entering Qingxian City, Lu Xuan thought of some other things.

It is quite rare to see such a place of inheritance that limits the status of predestined people.

After all, the characteristic of a city-state inheritance place is to confuse the real with the fake. The NPCs in the city have their own thoughts, and they don't even know that they are fake.

People who are destined to enter it will only think that they have come to an ordinary city, participate in the normal operation of the whole city, and affect the story line.

It wasn't until after many tests were passed that it turned out that this is the inheritance city left by the predecessors.

The most delicate part of the whole process is when the truth is finally revealed.

But Green Immortal City put its identity directly in front of it, telling the inheritors:
"This city is a copy, and the people in it are all NPCs."

"You are playing a role-playing game now, hurry up and find a way to pass the level."

Too straightforward and lacks the charm of fairy tales.

If this kind of design spreads out, it will be laughed at by other great powers.

"To restrict us, we must pass the test as the county magistrate."

Cheng Lingzhu thought:

"The ones left to be tested are those who are powerful, and the ones who are tested are also practitioners, but in this city, our identity is the county magistrate of the mortal country..."

Lu Xuan nodded:
"The meaning of this senior should be that we can't use our cultivation... at least we can't use too high a cultivation, but use our own wisdom to solve the crisis encountered in Qingxian City."

He has already detected it with his soul, and this is a mortal city.

Not to mention myself and Cheng Lingzhu, a monk in the Qi refining period can kill this city.

"How powerful is the power of a county magistrate, what danger can he have?"

Cheng Lingzhu frowned.

It is precisely because of this consideration that the two decided to understand the situation first.

Lu Xuan changed his official uniform, dressed up as ordinary people with Cheng Lingzhu, and entered the city.

Lu Xuan raised his head and looked around.

Every household here has a small square platform built on the outer wall of all the shops.

There is a miniature statue on the square platform, with a human head and a snake body, exactly the same as the statue seen outside the city before.

Each statue is tied with blue and black cloth strips, which is very weird.

"Is this the first time for the two guest officers to come to our Green Immortal City?"

At this moment, a white-haired old man came over.

He is the owner of the tea stand, and the business is not busy today, there are only three or four customers in total.

"Oh? How did the old man see it?"

Lu Xuan smiled.

"Hey, if you've been to our Qingxian City, how could you be so unfamiliar with Lord [Qingxian]?"

The old man laughed.

"Qingxian?"

Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows.

"Yes."

The old man nodded:
"Qingxian, he is the patron saint of our Qingxian City. According to legend, when there was a flood, it was a big green python that saved everyone's lives.

Later, the surviving people rebuilt the city, thanking the big green python for saving their lives, and named the city after "Green Immortal". "

"So it is."

Hearing this, Lu Xuan nodded slightly, "No wonder every household in Qingxian City puts statues of Qingxian in front of their doors."

"Actually, this is also the request of the [Green Immortal Society]. Those of us who open the door to do business, how dare we disobey the orders of the adults of the Green Immortal Society."

The old man sighed.

"The Green Immortal Society?"

Cheng Lingzhu was taken aback when he heard this.

"The Green Immortal Society is a large local society responsible for organizing sacrifices and managing all affairs related to the Green Immortals."

The old man explained:

"These Qingxian statues were all bought from the Qingxian Association at a great price... If you don't invite them, you will be disrespectful to the Qingxian. If you don't invite them, you will be fined with silver, and if you are serious, you will be sent to prison."

"A non-governmental association can send people to prison? Is this Qingxian so arrogant?"

Lu Xuan frowned.

"Hey, guest officer, be careful with your words, be careful with your words."

The old man's face suddenly changed when he heard the words. He looked around and found that no one noticed this place, so he was relieved.

"In our city, the Qingxian Society is the sky, and all government officials and soldiers have to rely on them.

People in the city know that if you offend the yamen, you can still argue, but if you offend the Qingxianhui... you won't even be able to see the sun tomorrow. "

The old man shook his head helplessly, "Little old man, [-]% of the monthly income of this tea stall will be dedicated to the adults of the Green Immortal Society."

"How much tax do you pay to the court?"

Cheng Lingzhu asked.

"Twenty percent."

The old man smiled bitterly:
"So throughout the year, at most, I will not starve to death, and I dare not even get sick.

It is not uncommon for a sick person to go to the Qingxian Association to borrow usurious loans if he has no money to treat them. Those who fail to pay will sell their sons and daughters, and their families will be ruined. "

"If you're so lawless, the court doesn't care about it?"

Lu Xuan knocked on the table.

"How can the court manage it?"

The tea stall owner sighed:

"What's going on all over the country now... what is the Black Lotus Sect, the Black Lotus demons are rebelling everywhere, and the smoke is everywhere. The court is too busy to take care of itself. How can it have time to manage a small county like ours?"

Lu Xuan looked at the street, there was some chaos and noise in Qingxian City.

This is because in the past few days, many people who had fled from Qinghe County poured into the city.

The reason is that the Black Lotus Sect broke out in Qinghe County, killing officials and rebelling, and the people fled.

This also explains why the people in Qingxian City don't run out.

People outside live in worse conditions than those in the city.

"What about the former county magistrate of Qingxian City, do you just ignore it?"

Cheng Lingzhu thought of this question.

"All of them who are officials will wear a pair of trousers with Qingxian."

The old man said:
"Every time a county magistrate takes office, he has to cooperate with the Qingxian Association, set up a clever name, and wantonly search for the people's fat and anointment.

Some of the money in it went to the tax, and the other part went into the pocket of the county magistrate.

If you pay enough taxes and pay them quickly, the higher-ups will be naturally satisfied, and you will be promoted. With political achievements and money, why not do it? "

The owner of the tea stall spoke, pondered for a moment and then said:

"Actually, it's not that there are no good county magistrates, but a good county magistrate will not stay long in our Qingxian City.

The whole city only recognizes the Qingxianhui, not the yamen, and the Qingxianhui can solve things that the yamen can't control with a word.

Things that the Qingxian Council does not allow, no one dares to do it under the yamen's pressure. "

"And ah."

The old man lowered his voice, "All the county magistrates who opposed the Qingxianhui all died in strange ways in the end. What happened here... Sigh."

"Troubled times."

Lu Xuan was silent for a long time.

The court's restraint on the locality has been greatly reduced, so that even the killing of officials can be easily suppressed.

"Check out."

Lu Xuan took out half a piece of silver from his pocket and put it on the table.

He already knew what he was going to do when he came to Qingxian City.

"This, this... such a big piece, you can't do it, you can't do it."

The old man hurriedly pushed the silver towards Lu Xuan.

"If you want to take it, you can take it."

Lu Xuan stuffed the silver into the opponent's hand.

At this time, there was a sudden movement in the distance.

The drums are rumbling and the gongs are bursting.

A deep voice sounded——

"The green immortal travels, and the mortals retreat!"

Lu Xuan followed his prestige, and what appeared in his field of vision was a very tall statue.

The statue was carved from a whole piece of giant wood, covered with black cloth, and with the chariot at the bottom to pull it, it was only slightly shorter than the city gate.

Wherever they passed, the people knelt down one after another, not daring to look directly at the gods.

In front of the statue, several men from the Green Immortal Society laughed and ran wildly on their horses, as if they were opening the way.

The people hurriedly avoided and hid aside, for fear of being knocked down.

There was chaos in the field, and at this moment, a child was squeezed and fell to the ground.

Seeing this scene, the man in black riding a horse not only didn't panic, but also showed a cruel smile on his face.

He pulled the reins abruptly, the horse stood up, and its two bowl-sized front hooves fell down, trampling on the young boy's body fiercely.

(End of this chapter)