The world of Taoism

Chapter 351

The direction Zhou Xuan walked was not Yuchan Mountain.

But the village below.

Although everyone was puzzled, they still chose to follow.

The village below is said to be the place where youkai were first discovered.

After Zhou Xuan succeeded in cultivating spells, he discovered the weirdness here through the magic script of Taishang Shenxiao.

When I came over, it turned out to be the legendary Hanba.

However, this Drought Demon has just been formed, and it doesn't have much mana.

According to the legend, wherever the Hanba appears, there will be drought in that place, and the land will be thousands of miles away.

This level of power can already be regarded as a fairy-like figure in legends.

Even if Zhou Xuan encounters such a legendary thing now, he should run away.

The purpose of going down the mountain this time is to check the cause of the generation clearly.

If you don't find the reason, it will be a bit of a headache if you come out one after another in the future.

At the foot of the mountain is a small county with a population of about [-] to [-].

Come to a village.

There is a cemetery on the back hill of the village.

Due to war or migration, many cemeteries were left unattended, so they fell into disuse, forming mass graves.

Tombs are criss-crossed, and even the tombstones are collapsed beside the road where everyone walks.

At this time, it was late at night, and from time to time, wildfires would be born out of thin air.

The miserable green light illuminates the surrounding things, and the surrounding scenes look very eerie.

Everyone stepped into it, and a gust of wind came blowing.

Some people with low strength had trembling legs and pale faces.

"What are you afraid of? The corpses are gone, just a few coffins." Zhou Xuan scolded with a smile.

There was a hole in the tomb above the mass grave, and it was obvious that a corpse had crawled out.

It looks eerie, but there are actually not many corpses.

Not even a ghost.

Zhou Xuan walked around the mass grave, but found nothing unusual.

It seems that the source of the matter is not here.

But think about it, Hanba is not an ordinary zombie.

This is a kind of zombie with supernatural powers, which cannot be born at the right time and place.

If it was born casually like this, it would be everywhere in the whole world.

Zhou Xuan took people away and found an old man who was the head of a nearby mountain village.

"The little one doesn't know if anything else happened recently."

The village chief said everything in one go, although he didn't know the identity of the person in front of him.

But judging from the clothes and the aura of the people around him, it should be either rich or expensive.

Or there is someone in the family, he can't offend such a person.

He didn't know what happened, the biggest thing was that all the corpses fled.

I don't know about other things.

Zhou Xuan closed his eyes, sensed carefully, and found that there was nothing unusual about you.

At this time, Zhou Xuan opened his eyes and walked slowly to a house.

"Push the door open." Zhou Xuan said.

The subordinate stepped forward and opened the door.

There are no demons and ghosts inside the door as others imagined, but a group of farm tools, iron picks and sickles, etc., with some mud on them.

"what is this?"

"This is a farm tool borrowed from our village. Last month, the county magistrate wanted to build a bridge. Our village drew 50 people. These farm tools were borrowed."

This is corvée, and the government will draw labor according to a certain number of people.

These are all free of charge, and the tools have to be prepared by others.

After Zhou Xuan came up, he couldn't change the situation, at most he would pack a few meals.

After all, productivity in this world is what it is.

If you give money and tools, it will be a huge burden on the government.

After a year or two, everything stabilizes, and it will not be too late to increase benefits.

Following the old man's guidance, Zhou Xuan walked towards the place where the bridge was built.

"I heard that the imperial court has a new state shepherd. He is really a good man. He has exempted most of the taxes and allocated funds to build bridges and canals." The village chief sighed.

That's right, the money for the construction of the bridge was allocated by Zhou Xuan.

However, there is no need to reveal your identity.

There is no point in pretending to be aggressive in front of this group of villagers, Zhou Xuan still has morals.

He is not the real leader of Yangzhou now, and he is only a temporary position in name.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that this position must belong to Zhou Xuan.

Only Zhou Xuan can really sit in this position.

Zhou Xuan and his party came to the place where the bridge was built.

This is a more than 20-meter-long bridge across the river. The bridge is brand new and it should not have been long since it was built.

There were people coming and going on the bridge, but Zhou Xuan frowned tightly.

"Evacuate everyone on the bridge."

"Why?" He Yingning asked.

"Because it's about to fall."

Then a group of people went up to evacuate the crowd.

This is not difficult. After all, a group of more than 20 people are all tall and heavy, and they are dressed in extraordinary clothes.

And there is also a reward, everyone can get a few copper coins, and there are not many people who object to such a good thing.

Soon, these people immediately rejoiced that they had just successfully got off the bridge.

Not long after they got off the bridge, the surface vibrated, and then the pier broke directly, and the whole bridge fell into the water and fell apart.

There are 4 bridge piers in total, one of which has a big pit on it, and the inside is actually vacuum.

The big hole on the bridge pier actually existed before the bridge collapsed.

It's just that it was very hidden when it was buried in the water, and it was turned out after it collapsed.

"They cut corners, these officials really deserve to die." He Yingning said.

"It's not cutting corners, at least the quality is good."

It can be clearly seen that the material used for this bridge is good, and it is purely a problem with the piers.

If the guess is correct, a person was buried in the pier.

"This is piling."

"What is piling?" Everyone was puzzled.

Piling piles is a custom. According to legend, people will bury a boy and girl on the construction site, or a living person, so as to ensure the smooth implementation of the project.

Generally speaking, the buried people are foreigners.

After all, locals can get into trouble, and outsiders are helpless.

Legend has it that this custom was created by Gongshu Ban, who was the ancestor of a cultivator killed by Zhou Xuan before.

This custom has been passed down for thousands of years and is widely spread throughout the country.

For thousands of years, I don't know how many people died under this custom.

No wonder the descendants of Gongshuban are so miserable. Practicing magic will either kill off their children or grandchildren, or end up alone and physically disabled.

This may also be a kind of revenge.

After all, the influence is too far-reaching, deeply embedded in the cultural customs of a nation.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Zhou Xuan and Gongshu's family is quite deep, and the last heir also died under Zhou Xuan's hands.

"The county magistrate who organized the construction of the bridge was dismissed and investigated. In the future, it is forbidden to drill piles. Violators will be punished as homicide."

Strange customs are often associated with weird births.

In order to avoid trouble, it is better to ban this kind of thing in the future.

Any feudal superstition must be destroyed.

After finding the source of the problem, I stayed in Yuchan Mountain for two days.

Two days later, it was the day agreed with Marshal Baihu and others.

(End of this chapter)