Chapter 196 Restriction
Same night, but different Linxi County, Chief Secretary Liu was also tossing and turning in bed.
After he surrendered to Shi Xuanying, he took advantage of the situation to split away most of the power in the hands of County Magistrate Huang. Now County Magistrate Huang swallowed his pride, asked for forgiveness, and quickly took back some of the affairs.
In fact, with Liu Zhubu's ability, how could someone take out the food he had eaten so quickly? He just took a step back!
The two are old rivals who are used to tripping each other up, and it is difficult for them to cooperate even now that they are in the same camp.
The people of Piaoyun County and Linxi County had a conflict over grain varieties, and Chief Secretary Liu stepped forward to resolve the problem immediately. However, County Magistrate Huang felt that he was overstepping his authority, and as a result, the two of them started fighting before the problem was resolved.
This incident happened in Linxi County, which was within the scope of Huang County Magistrate's duties. Liu Zhubu felt that Huang County Magistrate was procrastinating and running so slowly. If he took action to stop it, the two sides would probably fight to the point of bloodshed! This was about to start a rebellion. For the sake of the vast world in the future, everything should be solved with the goal of solving the problem. Why bother fighting for the little power in front of us?
However, no matter how he thought about it, he was still in the wrong in this matter. In the end, he had to hold his breath and take a step back.
Unexpectedly, due to this delay, the Taoist priest rushed back and solved the problem directly.
The Taoist priest didn't say anything at the time, but he looked at them with a cold expression. The Taoist priest had always been calm and gentle, but this was the first time he showed that expression!
Liu Zhubu endured the discomfort for a while, but he took a step back and became more and more angry: That bastard Huang Xiancheng, who always talks about his duties, how dare he not act arrogantly in front of a Taoist priest who has no official position? !
County Magistrate Huang was also indignant. In his eyes, Liu Zhubu was a villain who had gained power and was showing off his power everywhere. He wanted to compete with him for everything. He was so angry that he dragged his concubine to scold Liu Zhubu all night long.
The moonlight is bright.
Bai Xuexing sat on the roof, staring at the ends of his frosty hair. A shadow covered with a white cloth quietly appeared behind him and quickly disappeared.
The white hair grew an inch higher.
He knew that this time it had nothing to do with his Dao heart, but was because he was being assimilated by the dust.
Before this, if someone said that one day he would take the initiative to blend into the dust without knowing anything, he would definitely sneer at the other person and say that he was dreaming.
Tiantongmen has always opened its arms to embrace the new world, and most people in the sect do not reject being assimilated by the world. However, Bai Xuexing is an exception.
Although he was in Tiantong Gate and believed more in the "Tiantong" theory, he always maintained a cautious attitude of exploration and verification towards this speculative conclusion without sufficient evidence.
Because of this, he was not so opposed to cooperating with the people from Guiyilou, but he didn't expect that he would fail the first time! Who could have thought of this? Even if someone told him in advance that there was someone in Guiyilou who was more suicidal than Tiantongmen, he probably wouldn't believe it!
In the next half month, Bai Xuexing handled official business during the day and cultivated his soul at night to resist assimilation, but his white hair still grew three inches higher.
The speed is simply terrifying!
Can I get out alive this time?
Bai Xuexing sat on the roof, looking at the full moon with worry.
He was lost in thought when he suddenly saw a figure as nimble as a little leopard jumping out of the yard. He asked in confusion, "Xiao Jiang, where are you going?"
"My uncle is back!" Jiang Chuixing's joyful voice came from afar.
Bai Xuexing suddenly stood up and followed him to the mouth of Tao County River.
What caught the eye were seas of heads. The victims seemed to be in slightly better condition than the batches sent here half a month ago. When they saw the river and the lush greenery, curiosity and desire appeared in their eyes. They looked around but stayed where they were and did not dare to run around.
"Uncle Master!" Jiang Chuixing spotted Master Xuanying in the crowd at a glance, "You're finally back!"
The people around looked curiously at the child who suddenly appeared.
Bai Xuexing approached, wanting to discuss the progress of assimilation, but she patted Jiang Chuixing's shoulder, turned her head and said cheerfully, "Master, you're here too! I just happened to have something to talk to you about!"
"I……"
"Take General Shao and the others into the mountains and settle them down first. We can talk later if there's anything else!" Shi Xuanying saw that he was hesitant to speak, so she urged him, "Go early and come back early!"
Then he quickly introduced the two parties and arranged for them to go into the mountain. When Bai Xuexing led the Xiao family army through the cave in the dark, his thoughts just now were already vague, and he felt as if he had forgotten something.
"Once the Taoist's soul weakens, he will be devoured by both the Dust Mustard and the Yin Puppet. He will be assimilated much faster than us." Yan Cui saw Bai Xuexing's white hair at first sight.
"It's no big deal. His brother didn't hate him before he died, but instead had a strong desire to protect him. So after he became a puppet, the two of them formed a true yin-yang fish that complements and restrains each other. As long as the Yin puppet doesn't die, he won't die, and as long as he doesn't die, the Yin puppet won't disappear." Shi Xuanying had learned about Yin puppets before, and last time she accidentally glimpsed Bai Xuexing's past, she knew the difference in him. "When I was repairing his soul last time, I also placed a restriction deep in his sea of consciousness, which can be regarded as a kind of protection."
It can be considered as...
Feast destroys silence.
He didn't know what kind of restriction it was, but when he heard her say reluctantly, "It can be considered a kind of protection," he knew it was probably not a good thing.
Jiang Chuixing asked curiously: "Uncle Master, what is the restriction?"
Yan Cui pricked up his ears silently.
Shi Xuanying smiled and said, "Are you the auntie at the entrance of the village? You are so nosy!"
Yan Cui inexplicably felt that these words were more or less indirect criticism.
"grown ups!"
County Magistrate Cao had just fallen asleep when he suddenly heard Shi Xuanying calling him to bring people to the river mouth for support, and he immediately got up from the bed.
"Lord Cao, long time no see!" Shi Xuanying greeted him with a smile, and without waiting for his reply, she changed the subject, "Lord Cao, please temporarily arrange for these 30,000 people."
County Magistrate Cao's smile froze, and the greeting got stuck in his throat.
He cleared his throat and said, "It just so happens that the shack we built earlier is still there, so it should be no problem if we squeeze in a little bit."
After arranging the work for his subordinates, Cao Yu finally had time to ask the question in his mind: "Did the master write to you before saying that there are 70,000?"
Shi Xuanying said, "I have made other arrangements for the other 30,000 people. I have already asked the Taoist priest to take them away. Some of them were lost along the way, so there are only 35,772 people left."
County Magistrate Cao did not ask any further questions after hearing this. It was normal for people to die on the road to escape famine. "It was a miracle to lose only 4,000 people on such a long journey with little water and food."
"That's not the case." Shi Xuanying simply explained to him the reason for the population loss.
In fact, with the protection of Master Xuanying, few people died on the road due to exhaustion. Among those who died, some were killed as an example for causing trouble, and more were because they were dazzled by the lush greenery in the south and did not want to continue walking after they felt it was safe.
"Those people are divided into several factions. Even if we bring them back, they will easily cause trouble. I have also taken into consideration that the number of people that can be accommodated here is limited. It is a good opportunity to get rid of the dross and retain the essence." Shi Xuanying said.
County Magistrate Cao couldn't help but complain in his heart, it's hard for you to still remember "a small county with limited capabilities"! He said with a bitter face: "Sir, Master Lu has sent nearly 20,000 disaster victims here, Tao County really can't accommodate them, can you let him take a break?"
"Oh, Master Lu is a man who can accomplish great things!" Shi Xuanying exclaimed in admiration.
County Magistrate Cao choked.
When talking about the past month, he had a lot of grievances to complain about, but as he was busy at the moment, he had no choice but to swallow them back.
However, when he saw the essence of the things that Master Xuanying mentioned, another feeling of melancholy came over him.
This broken net took me an hour to climb up, ╭(╯^╰)╮
