Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 182
Since Taoist Mu himself has seen through life and death, he accepts it calmly.

Li Xiuyuan would not cry like a woman, he could only hope that his uncle could survive this test and survive the calamity of death.

Looking at the hazy dawning sky outside, he suddenly shouted: "Where are the Yin soldiers?"

"Eldest Young Master, what are your orders?" A Yin soldier waiting outside the City God's Hall revealed his figure, and cupped his hands respectfully.

"Bring Zhang Yingjie." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes."

The Yin soldier responded, and left quickly, but when he came back, he was holding a baby's soul in his hands.

Li Xiuyuan took out something, which was crystal clear, like a jade garment, but it was not, and it was faintly shining.

"This is a pair of jade embryos, enclosing Zhang Yingjie's soul inside."

"Yes, young master." Yin Bing answered, took the jade tires, and put them on Zhang Yingjie's body.

As soon as the jade embryo was put on the baby's soul, it immediately wrapped it up, and then quickly shrunk, shrinking, and finally turned into a crystal clear jade ball. Inside the jade ball was the figure of Zhang Yingjie's soul. Zhang Yingjie curled up obediently inside like a fetus, motionless, like an embryo waiting to be born.

When Li Xiuyuan saw Zhang Yingjie's soul entered the jade womb, he just took it from the hands of the Yin soldiers, put it into the ghost king's cloth bag, filled it with the treasure armor and bow left by his uncle before, and then strode out the door.

"Look at Guo Beicheng these few days, don't make any troubles, if there are ghosts and gods that you can't deal with, you can come and find me, and I will deal with it myself."

"Yes, young master," Yin Bing nodded, and when he saw that Li Xiuyuan was about to leave, he hurriedly said, "Master, when I went to pick up Zhang Yingjie's soul just now, one of my companions said that the imperial court had already dispatched disaster relief personnel to help the victims." The imperial envoys are here, and they are currently in Jinling City, and I believe they will be able to arrive at Guobei City in a few days."

"I know about this." Li Xiuyuan nodded.

No matter how corrupt the imperial court is, such a disaster will have to be relieved.

However, the situation in Guo Beicheng has stabilized. As for other places, he still doesn't know.

Li Xiuyuan, who had left the Town God's Temple, returned to the mansion at this time.

Because the guards had returned to the city before, the mansion has been cleaned up in the past few days, but there are still no people to live in, and it will take several days to clean up, after all, the mansion is so big.

But early in the morning, there were guards on duty in front of the mansion.

The city was hit by a disaster, and there was a constant influx of victims.

In addition, the magistrate of this place has already run away, there is no one in the yamen, and the people are not restrained, so the law and order is naturally a problem.

"Young Master, you are back." The guard clapped his hands when he saw Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan nodded: "The law and order in the city has been hard for you brothers in the escort industry these few days. The ministers from the imperial court for disaster relief will come in a few days, and you can rest at that time."

"Young Master, you are being polite, this is what we should do." The guard said.

Li Xiuyuan said again: "By the way, is there a healthy horse in the house? You are all ready to go out of the city with me later."

The two guards froze for a moment, then said: "There are still a few horses, is the young master going back to the county?"

"No, no, I have some personal matters to attend to, you just need to prepare." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes." The two guards responded, and immediately went to prepare the horses and travel equipment.

But when Li Xiuyuan returned to the mansion, he saw a few men waiting in front of the lobby. These men were wearing armor, like soldiers, powerful and mighty.

But after he walked in, he could smell the smell of paper ashes and incense from these people. It was obvious that these were not people, but ghosts, and they were ghosts who had been worshiped by incense.

"Hey, Tieshan, why are you here?" Li Xiuyuan took a look and asked in surprise.

These guys are none other than Tieshan and the others.

That day, he ordered Tieshan and the others to go back to Guobei County to enjoy offerings, just to hope that they would gather more ghost bodies and become Yin soldiers as soon as possible.

But looking at it like this, Tieshan and the others have all become Yin soldiers now that they have helped improve their Taoism, and they have built a small temple for them in Guobei County and enjoyed offerings.

It was only a month or so before and after.

Become a Yin soldier in such a short period of time, I don't know how many ghosts are envious.

"Master."

Tieshan was a little excited to see Li Xiuyuan, and the other guards who became Yin soldiers also saluted respectfully.

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said, "You don't need to be so polite, just sit down, Tieshan, you are not in Guobei County to protect the safety of the county, why did you come here?"

"Didn't the young master send ghost messengers to keep you safe? The master was worried about the young master, so he asked the young one to go. Now that the young master is safe and sound, he is relieved." Tieshan said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Fortunately, you are ghosts and can travel hundreds of miles at night, otherwise how could you go back and forth so easily."

"Yeah, after being a ghost, I feel a lot more at ease, and the little ones like being a ghost now." Tieshan smiled a little embarrassedly.

Li Zhong next to him said: "Isn't what the young master said? If this doesn't turn into a ghost, we won't be able to come. Although the flood has receded now, many roads have been washed away and submerged, and the riverside is flooded. Even There is not even a ferry, and the way back to Guobei County can only be a long detour."

"I also expected the situation after the disaster, so I didn't rush to go to the county. By the way, how is the situation at home?" Li Xiuyuan asked again.

Tieshan said: "Floods flooded Guobei County because of its high terrain, but it was not submerged. It's just that some farmland was completely soaked by the rain, and I'm afraid it was lost in the autumn harvest."

Li Xiuyuan said: "If the autumn harvest is gone, it will be gone. There is no way to deal with such natural disasters and man-made disasters. I will waive the rent for this year for those tenants. In addition, with this disaster, food prices will inevitably rise. Our Li family will not make money. If you don’t have enough money, tell my father to open a few granaries later to stabilize the price of grain.”

"It's still the young master who is far-sighted. These years have produced a good harvest of grain, but every year he builds a granary to store food. The master also said that the young master wasted money. Now that there is a disaster, our Li family's granary has come in handy. I think the master must be sure now." It will exaggerate the young master." Tieshan said with full admiration.

Li Xiuyuan smiled without saying a word.

It's not that he is far-sighted, but he always feels insecure when he comes to this world. He is afraid of encountering natural disasters and military disasters, so he builds a dart shop, opens iron mines, recruits bandits, and expands the strength of his Li family. The Li family can have the strength to protect themselves, so that the family will not be destroyed.

And Li Xiuyuan also often thinks, if the world is really chaotic, what is the most precious thing.

There is no doubt that it is food.

So the Li family has kept one thing in these years, which is to build a granary to store grain.

The real wealth of the Li family is not stored in the treasury, but has been transformed into a lot of hidden strength.

When these things are gradually revealed, perhaps many people will find that the Li family is definitely not as simple as a local tycoon.

Then Li Xiuyuan asked about the situation in the county.

Guobei County is as calm as ever, and the family is very peaceful, but these days, disaster victims continue to flood into Guobei County.

Because Guobei County was very prosperous under the influence of the Li family, so the reputation spread, and the disaster victims would naturally flock there.

"The issue of the victims is indeed a difficult problem. Who is the county magistrate of Guobei County now? My father can discuss with the county magistrate and try to accept these victims as much as possible according to the previous method." Li Xiuyuan said.

According to the practice of the Li family in the past, after recruiting the victims, they allocated houses, and then hired them to reclaim wasteland and grow food.

The imperial court has long stipulated that the reclaimed wasteland will be owned by the reclaimer after three years of planting.

It's just that the government decrees are deserted and the people's taxes are heavy, so no one is willing to do such thankless things.

But not in Guobei County, because the Li family has the final say there, so the Li family has more and more fields over the years.

"Young master, the county magistrate of Guobei County hasn't taken office yet. Now the magistrate Liu is in charge of the yamen temporarily, but this time there is a disaster, the magistrate's appointment may be delayed for a long time." Tie Shan said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Since there is no county magistrate, then our Li family has the final say, and disaster relief will follow the usual way."

This disaster relief is not only to save people, but also to save ourselves.

Otherwise, there would be disaster victims all over the place, which would be a threat to the Li family itself. It's a pity that there are still many rich people who don't understand this problem from ancient times to the present.

Tieshan nodded to indicate that he had written it down.

Afterwards, Li Xiuyuan talked with these Yin soldiers for a while, and after explaining some things, he also learned about the situation in Guobei County.

This mind is let go.

"By the way, there is one more thing to tell you." Li Xiuyuan said again suddenly.

"There is no City God anymore in the local area. Now there are a group of Yin soldiers in the Temple of the City God. The ghost servants are there. Tieshan, I need you to help me rectify them. Take them for my own use. They always leave it to those two Yin soldiers to control me. Not very reassuring, they are very thieves and have no loyalty. I can't let hundreds of ghost messengers and dozens of ghost soldiers listen to their two ghost messengers. If something goes wrong at a critical moment, it will be bad gone."

Li Xiuyuan said: "As for Li Zhong, go and guard Guobei County with other people. Don't let evil spirits and ghosts wander into the county. The surrounding ghosts should also be monitored. If there is any problem, please report to me."

"I understand." Tieshan and Li Zhong both agreed.

At this time, a guard from outside the door came in and looked at the empty room curiously. He didn't know who the young master was talking to before, and cupped his hands with some doubts: "Young master, the horse is ready. You can go."

"Okay, you guys wait outside the door, I'll be there soon." Li Xiuyuan said.

After the guard left, he said again: "I've finished what I want to order, you guys go to work, it's almost dawn now, stay at the mansion today, and act again at night."

All the guards of the yin soldiers responded, and then they cupped their hands and turned into a cloud of yin wind and dissipated in the lobby.

After seeing them leave, Li Xiuyuan took some belongings, packed them in the ghost king's cloth bag, and strode out the door.

He was going to send Zhang Yingjie to reincarnate.

This is a commitment to the Zhangs.

　There is an old man in the family who passed away. I hope to take more care of the update in the past few days. Although it is unstable, it will still be made up.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)