fifth form

Chapter 2137 Goodbye Wen Weng
The power of the county magistrate was extremely high. According to the rules of the Han Dynasty, he was equivalent to one of the Nine Ministers, and his official title was only slightly lower than that of the Three Dukes.

Far away from Chang'an City, the county magistrate was almost like a king and had extremely high autonomy.

As long as the basic tax requirements of the court were met, the court had no restrictions on how the county magistrates governed their areas.

Some people stick to the old ways, some focus on city defense, some focus on water conservancy, and some seek to mine and salt. The management methods of many county cities are different.

The Shu County City's initiative to lead people into official schools is not a big problem. The most important issue is how to solve the people's livelihood problems and whether Shu County can meet the tax requirements of the court after reducing taxes.

The God of Zhenyuan had a lot of puzzles in his mind, so Zhang Xuezhou visited Wen Weng on the way, and he didn't mind helping the God of Zhenyuan to solve his puzzles.

"Brother Zhang!"

When Zhang Xuezhou heard the name so unfamiliar that he almost turned around to look for someone, he remembered someone from his almost forgotten memory.

"You are... Zhang Shu!"

Zhang Xuezhou took Zhenyuan Shenjun to the county magistrate's mansion, and he also met the local natives he had known in the past.

Thanks to the influence of the longevity fruit and the secret of longevity, Zhang Xuezhou's age was reduced by several years.

He now looked a bit like the young man who had taken Golden Arowana and other things.

After not seeing each other for several years, Zhang Shu seemed to have become a little stronger and looked a little older.

Zhang Xuezhou almost didn't recognize the other person, but Zhang Shu recognized Zhang Xuezhou very quickly.

"Yes, yes, I am Zhang Shu. I haven't seen Monk Zhang for many years. I didn't expect that you are still the same as before," Zhang Shu said happily.

Zhang Shu and others hold the position of captain, and as long as the family does not fall, the position can be passed down. There is no room for promotion for them. They have been accompanying Wen Weng in the county magistrate's mansion all these years, and patrol the county magistrate's mansion when they have nothing to do.

He was so bored that he saw Zhang Xuezhou coming to the county magistrate's mansion.

"I'm old, I'm old," Zhang Xuezhou said modestly and politely, "Where's the county governor?"

"Your Excellency is teaching in the academy, and it will probably take another half an hour before you return to the prefectural governor's mansion." Zhang Shu said, "Did you come from afar this time as well?"

"Correct!"

"Come in quickly!"

If they ran into any minor official, no matter what the matter was, they could only wait outside the county magistrate's mansion. However, Zhang Shu knew Zhang Xuezhou very well, and he knew even more clearly that there was a connection between Zhang Xuezhou, Dong Zhongshu, and County Magistrate Wen Weng.

He had been inspecting the county magistrate's mansion for many years, so he was familiar with all these personnel matters. He immediately took Zhang Xuezhou and Zhenyuan Shenjun into the garrison and went straight into the dining room.

"Master Zhang has come from afar, please take a rest first. You can drink water and eat as much as you want here. Our county magistrate will be back soon," said Zhang Shu.

"Easy to say!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

Before he could even open his mouth, Zhang Shu had already done half of the job.

The meals at the County Magistrate's Mansion were standard, consisting of rice, sunflower greens, two taro, and a palm-sized piece of pork, almost a full bowl, no different from previous years.

"We have come a long way and are very hungry. Each of us needs to eat eight or ten portions to feel 50% full. I'm sorry to trouble Captain Zhang!"

Zhang Xuezhou and Zhenyuan Shenjun sat down and had a simple meal, and their bowls were empty.

This made Zhang Shu open his mouth slightly, and he quickly ran to the kitchen again.

"Hurry up, hurry up, cook another pot of rice and re-cook the dishes, so that the county magistrate won't have anything to eat when he returns!"

Zhang Xuezhou said that each person would only be 50% full after eating ten portions of food. Zhang Shu calculated it and then asked someone to bring the rice and vegetable pots from the kitchen over.

The number of words that the people in Shujun City can read is another matter, but they are undoubtedly good at arithmetic.

After a simple calculation, Zhang Shu felt that he should provide at least 40 servings of food in order not to appear to be neglecting his guests.

He looked at Zhang Xuezhou and Zhenyuan Shenjun who were eating slowly and thought that the two of them were very elegant in their eating manners, but they were obviously serving the food one bowl at a time very quickly.

He couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and looked at Zhang Xuezhou and Zhenyuan Shenjun again. "It seems that our eating manners are a bit ugly, and we are afraid that we will be mistaken for monsters!"

Zhenyuan God was a little slow to react to worldly affairs, but Zhang Xuezhou came back to his senses.

He smiled at Zhang Shu and asked again.

"Where's Zhao Liang?"

"Zhao Liang returned to the county town two years ago, but he said that he could not use force and was no longer able to take up a military position, so he had to go home to do business. Now his cousin Zhao Meng has taken over the position of captain!"

Monsters can change into human appearance and behave abnormally, but they do not know many things.

Zhang Xuezhou asked about his acquaintances, and mentioned the prefect Wen Weng, and also mentioned Dong Zhongshu in Jiangxia, which calmed Zhang Shu's suspicious and pounding heart.

"Master Zhang, what kind of magic do you have that allows your stomach to eat so much?" Zhang Shu couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing, it's just a fasting technique," Zhang Xuezhou said with a smile, "I haven't eaten or drunk anything for several days, and now I'm just making up for the missed days!"

"Your Bigu Technique is really good!"

While Zhang Xuezhou was explaining, Zhenyuan Shenjun had to loosen his belt.

Looking at Zhang Xuezhou whose belly was still flat, Zhenyuan Shenjun couldn't help but shake his head.

Zhenyuan Shenjun was so full after eating twenty bowls of food that his stomach was a little bloated, but there was no change in Zhang Xuezhou's body, as if he had just swallowed a few sips of water.

As a practitioner of the Bigu Technique, Zhenyuan Shenjun knew Zhang Xuezhou's ability too well.

This is a rapid, even extremely efficient, conversion of the food ingested, with very little residue left, so the abdomen does not appear bloated, and physical strength recovers extremely quickly.

This is what makes Zhang Xuezhou's Bigu magical power different from his Bigu Jue.

Lord Zhen Yuan said that he was not envious but he was somewhat envious. However, he was not very envious either. He felt that he could not bear to be so cruel. Even if he was given another chance to choose supernatural power, Lord Zhen Yuan felt that he would never choose the Bigu Technique. He would even rather give up the opportunity to break through to the supernatural power realm and practice the technique again, and choose other supernatural power techniques.

“I heard that fasting does not require eating or drinking, so why do you need to make up for it?” Zhang Shu said, puzzled.

"If you don't want your body to recover, then you don't need to replenish it. If you want your body's physical strength and magic power to return to normal, then you can't avoid replenishing it. You must know that fasting is just a diet, not abstaining from food!"

A familiar laugh was heard outside the county magistrate's mansion. Zhang Xuezhou turned his head and saw County magistrate Wen Weng walking towards him holding two bamboo scrolls.

He was not dressed luxuriously. If it were not for the crown on his head that proved his status, his casual clothes would be almost the same as those of ordinary people in Shujun City.

"Zhang... Dongfang Shuo?"

When he saw Zhang Xuezhou, Wen Weng was obviously stunned.

He originally thought that it was some great monk who came to Shujun City and had a grand conversation in the dining room of the county magistrate's mansion, but he didn't expect it to be Zhang Xuezhou, who had made a fake certificate several years ago.

Having experienced this kind of thing himself, County Magistrate Wen Weng was very familiar with Zhang Xuezhou. After all, the number of times he had made fake certificates in his life was very limited.

"Weren't you running with Zhongshu? How did you get separated?" Wen Weng was surprised and looked at Zhenyuan Divine Lord and asked, "I don't know the name of this Taoist friend?"

Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation level was relatively low back then, so the height he could jump was limited.

Before Wen Weng had time to investigate carefully, when he turned his gaze to Zhenyuan Shenjun, he felt a faint sense of oppression coming towards him.

Compared to Zhang Xuezhou who was restrained like an ordinary person and allowed County Magistrate Wen Weng to investigate, Zhenyuan God was undoubtedly an unity of body, energy and spirit. The moment he was spied on, his body would naturally fight back.

Wen Weng only felt his body shiver slightly.

When he looked at Zhenyuan Shenjun again, he felt that the other party was looking down on him.

At this moment, he was clearly standing while Lord Zhenyuan was sitting, but Wen Weng felt that he was the one looking down at Lord Zhenyuan.

There seemed to be an air of superiority about the other person, which made Wen Weng feel strange yet familiar at the same time.

"Yes... Could it be that they are back?"

Wen Weng, who had a deep understanding of ancient history, finally remembered the origin of this uncomfortable feeling of being looked down upon, and also roughly determined the origin of Zhenyuan Shenjun.