Chapter 72 70: National Surname, Ji Mingqian

The next day,

morning,

Everything was running as usual in the government office. County Magistrate Zhao Yuanwai and Chief Clerk Gu Xianming were in charge, handling various complicated affairs and dispatching personnel.

The county lieutenant Wang Fugui led a group of experts in fighting against internal violence, divided them into several small teams, and patrolled the city continuously.

They have different routes, but they all have a unique method of communication, so whenever there is a problem, they can rush to the scene at the first time.

It can be said that this crisis has brought the originally scattered Baisha City government office together as a rare force, and the four supervisors are unprecedentedly united!
It’s a pity that under the current situation, even if they are united, they cannot solve the fundamental problem.

Today, on the surface, seems no different from any other day, but if one looks closely, one will find carriages coming in and out.

Some walked around the city and went back; some went back after buying food and utensils; and some never went back after coming out.

This is an extremely ordinary carriage, without any luxurious decoration or exquisite embellishment. If you look closely, it even looks a bit old.

The coachman was just an ordinary man, wearing shabby clothes and straw sandals. The only thing worth mentioning was his driving skill, which made the carriage run steadily and fast.

It was this carriage that set out from the government office, moved along the street, and after exiting the city gate, followed the official road to the outside of Xuanzhen Temple.

But it did not stop. Instead, it continued to move forward along the forest path beside it until it had no way to go.

Then, the county magistrate, dressed in a casual suit, got off the carriage.

Led by the driver, he continued along the mountain path. After walking for half an hour, he finally saw the thatched cottage at the foot of Songfeng Mountain and the huge martial arts field.

There were several people practicing martial arts on the martial arts field. Their every move made a huge noise, which made the county magistrate feel more confident.

Of course, the arrival of an outsider could not be hidden from everyone’s five senses. After a while, Chu Zhou came straight to greet him.

On the mountain road, Chu Zhou looked around and saw that there were no outsiders. He was surprised and said, “How courageous of the county lord to bring an ordinary person with him?”

At this time, the county lord naturally lost his former aloofness and appeared very easy-going. He smiled and said, “If someone really comes to kill me, what’s the use of bringing Master Lianzang with me?”

“The county magistrate is quite open-minded!” Chu Zhou smiled, turned sideways, and said, “Please come in!”

“please!”

The two sides simply exchanged greetings and entered the thatched cottage yard, but did not go inside. They just sat down under the big willow tree.

There were two benches and a round table with a few plates of fruits and tea.

Xu Cheng and the other three tactfully left, took the driver with them, and returned to the martial arts field, where they continued to practice on their own.

Only Chu Zhou and Xian Zun were left drinking together.

Silence spread in the air, and both sides seemed to not know how to start. In the end, it was the county magistrate who broke the silence first.

He stood up, straightened his clothes, bowed and said, “Thank you for saving my life last time!”

Chu Zhou accepted the greeting, but did not stand up. He just raised his head slightly and said, “Are you so sure, Your Excellency, that I saved you?”

The county lord said: “Before coming here, I was only 70% sure, and I always felt that there might be a master behind the temple master.

After all, you are still too young.

But after coming here, I am sure that the master of the temple must be that master!”

Chu Zhou was puzzled: “What do you mean?”

“tolerance!”

The county lord’s eyes were extremely bright, he looked straight at Chu Zhou, not giving way at all: “I have met many people, and I also know what it means to be truly calm and composed.

As for the current Baisha City, whether it is me or those martial artists who practice dirty fighting, we are all worried inside, fearing that our families will be broken up and our loved ones will be killed due to the sudden change.

Only the master of the temple did not show any panic or even fear of the coming crisis. Instead, he exuded a strong sense of self-confidence. “

“It seems that no matter how great the crisis is, you can handle it calmly and fearlessly.”

Chu Zhou laughed in silence: “Do I have such a temperament? I don’t even know it myself!”

Seeing that the county lord was about to speak again, he waved his hand and said, “Please sit down first. Let’s sit down and talk. I also want to hear what you want to see me today.”

“I am here to ask the abbot to come down the mountain and guard Baisha City.”

The county lord sat down again, his tone somewhat helpless and anxious: “I don’t need to say more about the situation in Baisha City. If there is no real master to suppress it, it will be overthrown overnight.”

Chu Zhou tilted his head slightly, not at all surprised, and just said: “Do you think I am willing to wade into this muddy water?”

“Of course I don’t want to let the master work in vain. If you have any requests, please speak up. I will do whatever I can do without hesitation.

Even if I can’t do it, I will try my best to do it.”

The county magistrate obviously had an idea in mind, and immediately said: “There is not much silver in the government office, but I can give the part I got from the Xue family last time to the temple master.

If it is not enough, I will go to each of the wealthy households in the city to ask for money.”

“There are still many copies of secret books in the treasury. Although they are all common goods distributed by the court, I can make the decision to copy all of them to enrich the foundation of Xuanzhen Temple.

If the master of the temple has any other needs, I can be the main one for the county lieutenant and the chief clerk. As for other martial arts halls or family martial arts, I will need to negotiate one by one. “

“In this way, I can have someone make a statistics, and the temple master can take a look. If there are any interested, I will discuss and exchange them one by one.”

“Of course, the most important thing for martial arts training is various kinds of great medicines and precious materials. The government office still has some quotas for these. If the temple master needs them, all of them can be granted to you.”

At this point, the county magistrate looked at the mountain path and the vaguely visible Xuanzhen Temple, and then said: “And this Xuanzhen Temple is really too small. If the temple master is willing, I can use corvée labor to build a Taoist temple for the temple master.

What do you think about including Songfeng Mountain directly? “

Chu Zhou was stunned. He was really stunned. It wasn’t because the conditions offered by the other party were too bad, but because they were too good. He was almost willing to pay for the benefits by himself.

Chu Zhou was so afraid to take the benefit that he was given.

Seeing that Chu Zhou had no reaction, the county lord seemed to feel that what he gave was not enough, so he gritted his teeth and said, “Master, if you are willing to help, I promise you a top-grade martial art, this…”

“Wait, wait first!”

Chu Zhou hurriedly stopped him. He picked up the teacup and took a sip to sort out his thoughts. When he put it down, he had calmed down.

Looking at the eager eyes of the county lord, he said: “To be honest, the county lord has given too many benefits, so many that I am a little scared, but this is not a reason for me to take action.

I have two questions, please answer them seriously?” “Master, please tell me?”

“It is said that officials are afraid of death, so I really want to know, when the county magistrate stepped forward to block those warriors a few days ago, was it for the people of the city?

Or are you simply afraid of losing your position?”

The county magistrate was stunned. He really didn’t expect that the person in front of him was concerned about this, but it was really difficult for him to answer this question.

Public-spirited, private-spirited…

Who can tell the difference? And who can explain it clearly?

After a long pause, he finally raised his head, looked at Chu Zhou, and said, “If I say that I didn’t really care about power at the time, I just wanted to save the lives of fewer people, I wonder if the master would believe me?”

Chu Zhou looked straight into his eyes and said nothing.

The county lord paused and said, “If the temple master doesn’t believe me, just think that I did it for…”

Chu Zhou suddenly said: “I believe it!”

“Do you really believe it?”

“You said it, and I believed it.”

Chu Zhou then said: “The second question is, it has been half a month, why is there no movement from the court?

Even if the county officials were unable to suppress the rebellion, what about Chishui Prefecture? They wouldn’t do nothing, right?
Or, did you not report it? “

“Of course it was reported! As soon as the incident happened, it was reported through the post station!”

The county magistrate said this, and he looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, as if he found it difficult to start.

Chu Zhou raised his eyes and asked, “Is it inconvenient to talk about it?”

The county lord gritted his teeth and said, “Master, do you know my last name?”

“Last name?”

Chu Zhou was a little stunned and tilted his head, then he remembered that he really didn’t know it and no one seemed to have mentioned it.

Normally, people just call him “Sir”. Who dares to call him by his name?
After a pause, he asked directly: “Does this have anything to do with your last name?”

“My last name is Ji, from the Ji clan of Dayun. My name is Ji Mingqian.”

“Ji Mingqian? The surname of Dayun?”

Chu Zhou murmured, then reacted: “Wait, you are a royal family? A royal family that is a small county magistrate? Isn’t this nonsense?”

The county magistrate smiled bitterly and said, “I am the 25th son of the King of Zhou. My mother is actually a singer from a foreign country. Although I have this status, I am really a nobody in the King of Zhou’s palace. I can only survive by starving.

This position of county lord was only possible because I studied hard for ten years and passed the imperial examination.”

“Since you are the bastard son of King Zhou, you shouldn’t have fallen into such a state, right? No one should dare to ignore what Baisha County reported, right?”

“On the contrary, my eldest brother hates me very much. I guess my secret report this time was suppressed by him.”

At this point, the county magistrate sighed again: “Perhaps it is because of this that I always want to reduce the number of deaths in Baisha City.”

Chu Zhou nodded and said, “In that case, I agree to what the county lord said.”

The county magistrate was stunned: “You agree now?”

“Isn’t it good enough to agree to it?”

“Okay, okay! Then the silver, secret manual and precious medicine…”

“Give it as you see fit. There’s no need to exhaust all the resources.”

After a pause, Chu Zhou continued, “I just hope that in the future, if there is a day when it is really difficult to make a decision, I hope that the county lord will think more about my question today, and also think more about your answer today.”

“Yes, yes, okay!”

After everything was settled, the county magistrate did not invite anyone to stay for dinner. He just said goodbye and left. His chubby body looked a little funny as he walked on the mountain path, but just by looking at his back, one could tell that he was very cheerful.

Chu Zhou was a little dazed, with the whole conversation running through his mind. He didn’t know whether his decision was right or wrong.
By the time the county magistrate’s figure completely disappeared from sight, Xu Cheng and the other three had already arrived beside Chu Zhou without him knowing when.

Yi Huai was the most anxious and asked, “Big Brother, how did the talk go?”

Chu Zhou did not answer, but moved his eyes, sweeping over the four people, before saying: “I have been practicing martial arts for such a long time, but I have never let you have a good fight. Are you itching all over?”

“Yeah yeah!”

“This time, I will take you to see the heroes of this world!”

At this moment, Chu Zhou finally made up his mind. As for the mission mode of the game “Xianyu”, it is really not suitable to take the path of hiding.

In this case, it’s time to change the style of doing things.

……

In the afternoon,

Baisha City, government office.

When the carriage entered the government office and the county magistrate Ji Mingqian got off the carriage, the county magistrate Zhao Yuanwai, the county lieutenant Wang Fugui, and the chief clerk Gu Jianming were already standing in front of him.

Without further ado, Wang Fugui asked directly, “Agree?”

“accepted.”

call……

With a long sigh, several people breathed a sigh of relief, as if a huge burden had been lifted.

……

Outside the government office, on the second floor of the inn, in a room.

A man opened the window again and looked from afar with a cold smile on his lips, filled with murderous intent.

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