Chapter 98 Bloody Rain in Three States Nothing is too much or too little. Especially something like the limelight. Tao Tie is not a person who likes to be high-profile. It is a great thing for Tao Tie to have Liu Pingquan and Tuoyu Fengbo to divert most people's attention. That's why Tao Tie has been so calm these days. Doing so naturally achieved certain results. The people of Cangyun Prefecture shifted their attention from Tao Tie because of his listing on the Hidden Dragon List, and went to happily eat melons from the Yu family. The only problem is that the number of young people coming from other states is increasing instead of decreasing, and challenges to Tao Tie are beginning to be launched in an orderly manner. After all, the Yu family is just a cancer in Cangyun Prefecture. It has even been shrinking for more than 200 years and has become a local force at the same level as Jingling Mountain and the Five Ghosts Sect.

Based on this, people in the other two of the three southwestern states did not care much about the Yu family. What about the people from the other sixteen outer states and the nine inner states? However, although these young people from other places are full of vigor, they are still very polite and abide by the rules. Even if he wanted to challenge Tao Tie, he would not do so during his duty hours, let alone play tricks such as mocking or intimidating him in public. Like there is a tacit understanding. Either it was during the time when Tao Tie finished collecting herbs and refining Qi in the morning and before he went to report to the Immortal God Office; Either during the lunch break; Or after finishing his shift in the evening, Tao Tie would leave the courtyard and return to the caves in the missionary temple. The location can be as remote as possible, but if it is not remote, it will not affect ordinary people. Of course you have to pay attention to this when you come out to fight. Even if you can't hit anyone, it's not good to hurt the flowers and plants. The laws of the Celestial Empire are there. For these challengers, Tao Tie also set an unspoken rule through practical actions. That is, he only accepts challenges from one person three times a day, with no limit on cultivation level, but the person must be aware that he is better than Chu Yingying. Otherwise, self-aware people can make as many moves as they want and have a good fight; People who are not self-aware and don't know themselves will be killed instantly after the first encounter. He didn't even know how he was killed instantly, which was a great loss of face. This unspoken rule has been accepted by everyone after being silently implemented over the days. Those who come first will take the initiative to educate those who come later. Everyone should follow this to avoid damaging the harmony. Tao Tie’s response to this is to try to give every challenger an opportunity to fully demonstrate their strength.

After seeing the problems in the other person's practice, they will point out the problems without hesitation and provide key ideas and methods to solve the problems or optimize and improve them. Sometimes when he's in the mood, he'll give a series of in-depth and easy-to-understand demonstrations on a specific spell or sword move. This has completely solidified Tao Tie's reputation as the "Little Sword Master", and it is spreading more and more widely. The evaluation of "quite like his teacher" was also born at the same time. And the number of times and frequency it is mentioned is far higher than the title of "Little Sword Immortal". The reason for this is that the concept that Huang Junshi is a gentleman has long been deeply rooted in people's minds. Whether you know Huang Junshi or not, everyone will say "he is a gentleman" when mentioning Huang Junshi. This phenomenon is very strange. Huang Junshi has been dormant in Liuxian County for thirty years. If he had not taught Dao Xiaofeng, how many people in the world would have heard of the name Huang Junshi or know the person Huang Junshi? Although his eldest disciple, Fairy Nihuang Dao Xiaofeng, acted so recklessly and absurdly, Huang Junshi, the master, was unanimously recognized as a gentleman, and few people even had any doubts! Whenever Tao Tie thought of these two points, he couldn't help laughing. This time too. After sitting in the duty room and smiling for a while, Tao Tie collected his thoughts and picked up his pen to write a memorial expressing his opinions on how to deal with Hu Weichang. After writing, hand it directly to the duty room of the city manager. "killed?" Huang Junshi flipped open the letter, took a look, then closed it again, saying nonchalantly, "Then kill him." In just a few words, Hu Weichang's fate was determined. Therefore, Hu Weichang, whose cultivation was abolished, was transferred to the county government without waiting to be imprisoned in the prison cell of the Immortal God Department, and the expedited procedure was followed. The county magistrate and the chief clerk are responsible for the laws and regulations of a county. After seeing the official letter and the criminal forwarded by the Immortal God Department, the two verified the information provided by Chu Yingying about the evil deeds that Hu Weichang had done in the name of the Yu family while working for the Yu family. It's accurate and there's no exaggeration. That is, according to the laws of the Celestial Empire, he was sentenced to immediate execution. Hu Weichang was naturally unwilling to accept this. He kept shouting that it was unfair and that he wanted to report it. He wanted to exonerate himself and drag Chu Yingying and more people into the water. No one ignored him. An official letter from the Liuxian County Court requesting the immediate execution of a group of criminals passed through Siming Prefecture and Cangyun Prefecture and arrived in the capital, the center of the Heavenly Dynasty. The Ministry of Justice reviewed the list, reconsidered the guilt and sentencing, wrote down its opinions, and then submitted the memorial to the palace. The book says: Only by being wise can one bring blessings and only by being wise can one bring power. Commentary by the great scholar: Only when the king does good can he reward people exclusively; only when the king exercises power can he punish people exclusively. Therefore, the power to exercise authority, reward and punish belongs exclusively to the emperor!

The most typical manifestation is that without the emperor's final approval, government offices at all levels in the Celestial Empire could not execute criminals in accordance with the law to serve as a warning to the world. If it were in an era of inconvenient transportation, we would have to wait until autumn. If you encounter an emperor who is lazy and negligent in his administration, you may have to wait until the next autumn or even the next two autumns. However, this is the Dayong Dynasty, with convenient transportation and all the emperors have been very diligent. Moreover, the review methods are diverse and the efficiency is extremely high. The Xianshensi Yamen of Liuxian County transferred the personnel and official letters to the county government that morning, and received the central government's reply in the afternoon. At noon the next day, Hu Weichang was beheaded. Together with other people involved in the Yu family. The county magistrate Miao Zongren personally supervised the execution. More than a dozen executioners took turns to carry out the torture, and the blades of their knives were almost bent by the time they had finally chopped off all the people. The Department of Immortals and Gods sent Deputy Chief Steward He Bi and Ninth-Rank Inspector Tao Tie to lead the team to observe the execution and also be responsible for the salvation of the souls of the dead. These people committed evil deeds during their lifetime and were unwilling to accept their fate before their death, holding a great deal of resentment. One mistake can easily turn into a vengeful spirit or evil ghost. A lot of things like this happened when Eighty-Seven was around. The City God's underworld also sent out civil judges, military judges, ox-headed judges, and horse-faced judges, leading a group of underworld runners to be on standby at all times. The three yamen worked together and it took an hour to finally chop off all the people. Chu Yingying looked at Hu Weichang, who died with his eyes open, and subconsciously clasped her hands together. Hu Weichang's death naturally made her feel very happy. But the deaths of other people related to the Yu family made her worried. The most crucial thing is that the activity funds and her private money stolen by Hu Weichang were jointly used by the Immortal God Bureau and the county government as stolen money. In other words, Chu Yingying's economic situation did not improve after capturing and killing Hu Weichang. The daily expenses for a sixth-rank upper monk are very high. In the past, she had no worries about food and clothing, and she could have whatever she wanted. Even if she had certain hobbies and learned some skills, they were more for enjoyment than for practical use. Now, if she were asked to develop a source of income and make money with her own skills, such as refining pills, refining equipment, and setting up formations, she couldn't do it. If you think about it carefully, the only skill she knew that could make money was drawing talismans. The key point is, the Yu family has just fallen, who would dare to buy the talismans she drew? Which business would dare to take her talismans to sell? Even if the Celestial Empire does not punish a crime twice, it has already determined that Chu Yingying is not a member of the Yu family and has exempted her from criminal responsibility. There are no such bold people or businesses. It is no longer a secret that there is a deep blood feud between Liu Pingquan, the chief steward of the Immortal God Department of Siming Prefecture, and the Yu family. So Yu Yingying thought about it carefully and found that her only foreseeable source of income for a long period of time was her salary!

And there is only gold and silver, no spiritual stones or spiritual jade. How sad! "gone." Suddenly a voice was heard, waking Chu Yingying from her self-pity. However, since the execution was already over, the deputy chief steward had no need to say goodbye to Magistrate Miao and let Tao Tie lead the team back. The one who called out Chu Yingying was Tao Tie. Looking at Tao Tie walking in front of her, Chu Yingying's eyes flickered, and a thought suddenly occurred to her mind: "Perhaps, I can surrender?" As soon as the thought of surrender arises, the world and heaven become wider. Chu Yingying suddenly felt that if she could really surrender successfully, would the problems she was worried about still be problems? impossible! Absolutely impossible! At least in Siming Prefecture, no one dared to disobey the Sword Immortal master and his apprentice, especially the Sword Immortal. The details of the Yu family's hundred-day banquet and the ethical drama that night, in which Siming Prefecture's Immortal God Division Manager Liu deliberately brought in the sword fairy Huang Junshi for support, have been revealed. The reason why the anti-Yu incident was so intense and ended so quickly was closely related to the fact that the previous head of the family, Yu Zhenqi, was killed by Liu Pingquan, and the current head of the family, Yu Kouzhong, voluntarily surrendered himself with his eldest son and daughter-in-law. If Liu Pingquan really had the ability to kill Yu Zhenqi and force Yu Kouzhong to surrender, why would he wait so long? Therefore, anyone with a discerning eye could see the role played by the appearance of the Sword Immortal Huang Junshi in the Yu Family Villa. "If you want to hug someone's thighs, pick a thick one!" Chu Yingying cut off all other thoughts, made up her mind, and decided to return to the Immortal God Office and take action. Tao Tie noticed the strange gazes behind him, but he was too lazy to care about them. His mind at the moment was entirely on his own cultivation. The challenges these days are not simply troubles. It can even be said that it is a very good thing. The Confucian idea of ​​unity of knowledge and action and the Taoist idea of ​​following one's heart in one's conduct were fully demonstrated in the competition and fighting in the past few days. Tao Tie was able to put all his knowledge into practice. It not only broadened my horizons, but also allowed me to see the martial arts, magic, abilities, and skills of various schools. It combines teaching with pointing out problems and proposing optimization ideas to challengers, which has greatly improved myself. If it weren't for the need to ensure sufficient time for practice and duty, Tao Tie would have wanted to take on a few more challenges every day. The pot of Yuehua wine that he drank in the Yu family villa was also completely digested during these days of challenges. The progress of the transformation of the turbid yin body of the Yin God "Taiyi Great Emperor" into a pure yin body has taken a great step forward. congratulations! Back at the Immortal Gods Office, Deputy Chief Steward He Bi left on his own, and Tao Tie disbanded the inspection team. Chu Yingying opened her mouth to call out to Tao Tie and express her intention to surrender in public, but she saw Tao Tie walking directly towards the duty room of the chief steward. This forced Chu Yingying to shut up and look for another opportunity.

She didn't want to disturb the Sword Immortal master and his apprentice from reminiscing about the past or doing business at such a critical moment. After entering the Duguan's duty room, Tao Tie immediately greeted him: "Your subordinate Tao Tie, reporting in as ordered." "sit." Huang Junshi responded, pointed to the chair on his right, then turned his head to look at the county magistrate Miao Zongren who was sitting on his left, "Miao Magistrate, Tao Tie is here, what do you want to talk to him about?" Tao Tie immediately caught the change in wording. Miao Zongren, who had been the magistrate of Liuxian County for thirty years, was finally promoted after initially resolving the three major difficulties. He skipped directly from being a county magistrate to becoming a prefectural governor. "Zhi" is an official term in the Celestial Empire. It is an appointment stipulated by imperial decree, referring to an official who is temporarily in charge of the affairs of a certain office. However, don’t be fooled by the word “temporarily” and think that the rank of “prefect” must be lower than that of the official “prefectural governor”. This is actually an extremely flexible thing in officialdom. If a court official were to take up a local post as chief official, such as a prefect, governor, or county magistrate, who would dare to neglect him? It was somewhat embarrassing for someone like Miao Zongren, who had no support in the court and was promoted from a local official to the next higher official, but was not directly given the title of "prefect" but "governor". After all, he is just a "temporary" chief. The subordinates, officials, and clerks in the government office, as well as the officials in the counties below, who can know how long you can sit in the position of "prefect"? What orders have you given? Are you going to listen to them or not? Miao Zongren seemed unaware of the predicament he was about to face, or even if he was aware of it he did not care and continued to work as normal. After completing his last duty as the magistrate of Liuxian County and supervising the execution of a group of criminals, and before taking up his post as the prefect of Siming Prefecture, the first thing Miao Zongren did was to come to the Immortal Gods Department of Liuxian County to ask for someone. Miao Zongren said to Tao Tie bluntly, "I have discussed this with Liu Duguan in advance. Liu Duguan also welcomes you to work in the Palace of Immortal Gods. How about considering it and seeing a bigger world?" Without waiting for Tao Tie to answer, Miao Zongren continued: “The Celestial Empire is at peace, but there are troubles in all the twenty-seven states. The inner nine states cut down mountains and destroyed temples, and eradicated obscene sacrifices. The outer eighteen states deepened the policy of converting natives to officials, cracked down on evil and gangs, and eliminated local cancers, achieving a series of fruitful results. To be too realistic, it also frees up a number of excellent seats. If these seats are not occupied by upright gentlemen, they will sooner or later be occupied by treacherous villains. So I think, Tao Tie, you might as well seriously consider my proposal and leave Liuxian County and go to Siming Prefecture. You are also working in the Immortal God Department, but the ninth-rank inspector is the limit of what you can achieve in Liuxian County. If you go to the capital, I guarantee that you will be promoted to the eighth rank within half a year." Tao Tie listened calmly to Miao Zongren's big plan, and then replied calmly: "Thank you for the kindness of Prefect Miao, but please forgive me for not daring to accept it. I am not very knowledgeable and have limited abilities. I still have a lot to learn from my teacher. If I force myself to go to the prefecture, I will also hinder Prefect Miao. So, I will not go for now." Upon hearing this, Miao Zongren felt quite regretful, but he did not insist and stood up quickly to say goodbye to Huang Junshi. It seemed that he had deliberately arrived at Huang Junshi's duty room before the Immortal God Team, just to have a conversation and superficially win over Tao Tie. After Miao Zongren left, Huang Junshi asked, "Do you know why Governor Miao spoke up even though he knew he couldn't take you away?"

Tao Tie replied calmly, "Because the situation in Cangyun Prefecture has changed so much recently, he has to find a way to calm down the turbulent situation and people in Siming Prefecture as soon as possible when he returns to the prefecture. Is there any more direct way in Siming Prefecture than to use the teacher's name to do it?" These words touch upon two important points. One is that Huang Junshi's reputation as a swordsman has become increasingly famous for some reason, especially among many high-ranking officials in Cangyun Province and even the entire three southwestern provinces; The second is the changes in the situation in the three southwestern states, the Celestial Empire, and even the entire world. The rest will not be elaborated. Just talking about the last time the Qing Dynasty launched the policy of converting natives into officials with great fanfare, the effect was extremely poor only in the three southwestern states. There was even a natural disaster of famine caused by man-made disasters more than 30 years ago. To this end, the Celestial Empire spent thirty years making comprehensive and long-term plans. How could it be possible that it could stir up trouble and destroy the Yu family in just one county and one prefecture? In fact, in the entire three southwestern states, all the still stubborn people and forces were completely eliminated during this internal peacekeeping that did not affect the people's livelihood! Some died, some were disabled. For those like the Yu family who cut off their own ties to survive and exchanged their freedom for the lives of some people, this can be considered the best ending. Blood is raining everywhere. It is a natural law that the sky must clear up after the rain, otherwise disasters are likely to occur. Miao Zongren's consideration is in line with this principle. However, everyone has his own pursuit and everyone has his own path. In fact, Tao Tie had no ambition to be in the officialdom. I won't accompany you. (End of this chapter)