The demon world I designed.

Chapter 170 Is it a coincidence?

"This strong man, are you sure you want to go to Daqingshan to farm?"

Zhou Haitao, who was in charge of the registration, looked at the strong man in front of him curiously, somewhat incomprehensible.

Because whether it is a new refugee or an old man who has stayed in Liuzhou for a few days, farming in Daqingshan will not be the first option.

Farming in Daqingshan is to go out of the city to do farm work. Many new refugees want to stay in a safe environment, so most of them are a little bit resistant at the first time. After knowing enough about the situation in Liuzhou, most of the young and strong will serve as soldiers. as the first option.

After all, the benefits of joining the army are better. Joining the army can give you better housing and more generous remuneration. Moreover, in the underworld, although the men who join the army are at high risk, they can accumulate merit and karma faster. The Tiger Guards are there every day. Saving people, relatives in the Yin Division can enjoy better than ordinary people. Many relatives who died tragically before the Tiger Guards now have their own private houses in the Yin Division. This almost gives all soldiers a guarantee in their hearts. Even if he is dead, he will be able to live a good life with his family by virtue of the merit of saving people!
This is also the root cause of Liuzhou's popularity as a soldier. The benefits are good and the prestige is high enough. The key is that even if you die in battle, you are guaranteed enough. Who wouldn't want to go to such a good thing?
If it weren't for the high threshold of the Tiger Guards, Zhou Haitao felt that Liuzhou might be a situation where all the people joined the army.

"A strong man, with your body shape, you must have practiced martial arts, right?" Zhou Haitao smiled and said, "The benefits for joining the army in Liuzhou are good enough, why don't you go to the Tiger Guards to sign up for a try?"

"No." Wei Gongzhan grinned and said, "I used to be a soldier. I was tired from being a soldier and wanted to be more stable."

"Is that so?" Zhou Haitao shook his head when he heard that, "That's a pity."

"It's very popular here to be a soldier." Wei Gongzhan looked at the enthusiasm of the recruitment office in the distance, but it was deserted here for the farming recruitment.

"Liuzhou people are passionate, and not many people are willing to farm safely." Fatty Zhou said with a chuckle: "Many young people will consider going to Daqingshan to work in agriculture after being eliminated, and some young people will even spend some time in Liuzhou, preparing to participate in the next It is very rare for a round of military elections to be ready to work in agriculture like a strong man."

"Haha. Everyone thinks differently." Wei Gongzhan grinned.

Now that his injury has recovered a little, his face is still a little swollen, but he looks no different from ordinary people, except that his face is still a little stiff when he smiles.

"Okay!" Zhou Haitao recorded the other party's name: "Wei Datao, right?"

"Eh"

"Take the sign and go to the government office to find Mr. Lu. Oh, Master Lu will be in charge of invigilating one of the examination rooms to enroll students in the academy today. You may have to wait a while when you get there. Master Lu may not be able to lead you to Daqingshan until the afternoon. side."

Wei Gongzhan was puzzled and asked curiously: "Master? Master should be in charge of teaching, right? Are you going outside the city?"

"Master Lu is in charge of teaching." Zhou Haitao nodded, "However, Master Lu is not only teaching the Four Books and Five Classics, he is also good at agriculture. Now he is working with the Mountain God to improve several varieties of plants in Daqing Mountain, and the prefect is very fond of them. It’s going to open a branch of agriculture for Mr. Lu alone, you’ll know it after you’ve seen it.”

"Agronomy?" Wei Gongzhan suddenly felt that Liuzhou was a bit different, because it seems that if masters study these things in other places, they will be despised, right?

"Go, go." Zhou Haitao hurriedly yawned.

Recently, there are too many people, so Zhou Haitao began to choose easy jobs. According to statistics, the work of farmers in Daqing Mountain can be said to be the easiest. Often, few people come over for a day. Delay myself and find Lao Wei to play chess later.

Hey, by the way, does this silly kid look a bit like Old Wei?
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Wei Gongzhan took the signboard, asked the way all the way to the academy, and found some men who were also going to work in agriculture like himself.

There are a lot of young people in Liuzhou, and most of these men who are going to work in agriculture are young people in their twenties, but they look listless at this time.

"Yo, brother, are you going to Daqingshan too?"

"Yes." Wei Gongzhan smiled honestly.

"Brother, have you also been eliminated with your body type?" The people next to you suddenly became interested: "No, you shouldn't have any problems participating in the [-]-jin iron cable event, right?"

A few people came over and pinched Wei Gongzhan's lumpy flesh very familiarly, which made Wei Gongzhan puzzled for a while.

But he doesn't hate this kind of feeling, because everyone in the army used to be like this, men's hands and feet are very casual, but he didn't expect that the folks in Liuzhou are also like this?

"Well... I didn't intend to be a soldier from the beginning, and I didn't sign up to join the army at all." Wei Gongzhan smiled honestly.

"Oh, so that's the case, I just said." The tall and thin man next to him nodded suddenly, and then said with regret: "Brother, you are really wasting it."

"Yes, whoever can be a soldier will go to work in agriculture, brother, your condition is really a pity." Several people next to him also shook their heads.

Wei Gongzhan suddenly felt baffled, is it so popular to join the army here?
"Brothers, since you are so interested in joining the army, why did you come here?"

Several people's faces turned ugly when they heard the words, but seeing Wei Gongzhan's simple and honest face, they also knew that the other party might be a newcomer and didn't know about it, so the tall and thin man patiently explained: "Brother, we Unlike you, we have no choice, and this time, we have already been eliminated for three rounds, so we can't hang around in the city all the time, can we?"

"Yes." The person next to him also said: "For three months, I have been living and drinking in Beijie like the new refugees. If others don't tell us, it is not good for us to be so cheeky. Although farming is not Joining the army is awe-inspiring, but you also rely on your own labor to eat, so it won't be embarrassing, right?"

"That's right, we've been through it for a long time. Those old folks who couldn't join the army could not help but go to Daqingshan after staying in North Street for a month. If they want to join the army, can't they keep being so shameless?"

Wei Gongzhan was stunned for a moment, the people of Liuzhou not only seemed to have a strong martial style, but also had a very different view of honor and disgrace, it was rare to see eating and drinking as a disgrace.

I don't know if it's the individual or the general trend.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw an acquaintance, he quickly greeted the people around him, and hurried after him.

"Brother Shen?"

The familiar figure who came out of the academy was Shen Yuan who had come to take the academy exam early in the morning.

"Oh, General Wei. Cough, Brother Wei, why are you here?"

Wei Gongzhan briefly talked about his situation, and then asked: "Brother Shen, how is your side? Did the exam go well?"

Shen Yuan snorted coldly when he heard the words: "It's quite complicated to pass the test. Nine Palaces Arithmetic, Tiangong Gewu, Yin-Yang and Five Elements are all involved. If you are an ordinary scholar who studies dead books, you may really have to overturn, but how can it be difficult to get me?"

"That's right, Brother Shen is a great talent, how could it be so rare for Brother Shen to be ranked second in the Jin Ke in the examination questions of the district court?"

"That's not necessarily true." Shen Yuan curled his lips and said, "Just now I saw Gu Beiquan scratching his head inside, hehe, that bookworm who only knows the Four Books and Five Classics, I'm afraid this time the ship will capsize!"

The tone was full of schadenfreude, with some complacency.

Wei Gongzhan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately said: "Gu Beiquan? The new champion of this class? Is he also in the academy?"

"This surname Chen's methods are clumsy. Only those who have registered household registration can eat meat. That guy Gu Beiquan is a person with no character. I guess he can't eat porridge on the North Street." Shen Yuan shook his head: " But looking at the content of this assessment, even though Gu Beiquan is the number one scholar, he really might not be able to be admitted to the hospital."

"Cough, brother Shen is still knowledgeable and talented." Wei Gongzhan complimented him funny, but he didn't realize before that this guy is actually an arrogant person.

"How is the situation in the academy? What did you hear?" The two walked all the way to the corner, and Wei Gongzhan asked about the business.

Speaking of business, Shen Yuan regained his serious expression and said in a low voice: "It's a bit famous, this academy is divided into heaven, earth, Xuanhuang, and four courtyards. It is said that those who pass the assessment this time, those who can learn the magic formation, enter the heaven courtyard, and those who can learn the talisman record enter the earth courtyard. , if you can only learn basic spells, you will enter the Xuanyuan. The plan is decent, as if you really want to train warlocks. The specific situation can only be known when school starts tomorrow, and "

"And what?" Wei Gongzhan frowned and said, "Brother Shen, why are you hiding your words?"

After hesitating for a while, Shen Yuan finally said: "When I was referring to it today, I saw a strange thing."

"What's weird?"

"Didn't you come to the academy for reference this morning? When I passed the City God Temple, I saw several masters coming out of it."

"What's so strange about this?" Wei Gongzhan frowned: "Although I have only been here for a day, I also know that people in Liuzhou seem to believe in the Lord of the Underworld City God. Although most masters don't believe in ghosts and gods, there are always exceptions. What's so strange about Master coming out of the temple?"

"But those masters walked out of the city god statue out of thin air!"

"Ah?" Wei Gongzhan was taken aback: "What are you talking about? Walking out of thin air, what do you mean?"

"It means literally." Shen Yuan explained with gestures: "It's the kind of statue in front of the god, like a magic trick, a few masters just walked out of the statue out of thin air. I was stunned and ran over After carefully inspecting the statue, I thought it was some sort of mechanism."

"Appeared out of thin air?" Wei Gongzhan frowned: "You mean, the masters in Liuzhou are all warlocks?"

"That's impossible!" Shen Yuan shook his head: "I've seen these masters in Liuzhou before, I'm sure they are ordinary mortal masters, but the scene this morning was really weird, I heard later... those masters They all go to the Yin Division at night to be on duty, now think about it... Could it be that the so-called Yin Division really exists in Liuzhou?"

"How could it be so evil?" Wei Gongzhan didn't believe it: "Take me to have a look."

In this way, the two came all the way to the Town God's Temple not far from the academy. It was noon at this time, and there were quite a lot of people visiting. Obviously, the Town God is indeed sought after in Liuzhou.

This is the first time Wei Gongzhan has seen the statue of the City God. It is a bit interesting that the statue is made well. It is not as exaggerated as the statues in other places. Why do people look so familiar?
Wei Gongzhan stared blankly at the statue, thinking constantly in his mind, he seemed to have seen the mask on the face of the city god.

It seems like when I was very young.
Suddenly, Wei Gongzhan's expression changed, he remembered that he had seen it when he was very young!

There was a concubine in the Wei family who was valued by the master of Yuchi's family when he was seven years old and brought him by his side as a deputy. Because the child was too young, he would wear a rather vicious bronze mask when serving in the army.

That is the role model that many Shuzi of the Wei family secretly admired, and it was also the object of worship when I was very young.
Is it a coincidence?

Wei Gongzhan stared blankly at the statue of the City God. The masks were exactly the same, and even the overall body shape and temperament were different.
(End of this chapter)