Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 402 Fleeing overnight, the unexpected guest Nie Xiaoqian.

After Xiahou walked for tens of meters, he suddenly realized that the young official just now revealed his own level of swordsmanship!

When Xiahou turned around to look for Qin Zhiyong, Qin Zhiyong and his master had already left.

Xiahou secretly said: "Anyone who can see through the realm of my swordsmanship must be a master. It was a worthwhile trip to Guobei County. Before I found Yan Chixia's whereabouts, I met a person with strong martial arts. Find a time , I want to compete with this official."

For the false title of "the world's number one swordsman", Xia Houzhi became obsessed with his obsession.

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Qin Zhiyong said to the master: "Master, you go back to the county office first. I will go out of the city."

The master said: "My lord, please let me follow. If you need anything, I can run errands for you."

Qin Zhiyong shook his head and said, "I'm traveling faster. Master, you don't know martial arts, so I'm afraid you won't be able to keep up."

Qin Zhiyong went out of the city to inspect the towns and mountains around the county.

Qin Zhiyong wanted to draw a detailed map for the entire Guobei County.

With Qin Zhiyong's speed and his photographic memory, it only takes three days at most to complete this work.

With the master, Qin Zhiyong's work progress and efficiency will be much slower.

Qin Zhiyong turned into an afterimage and disappeared at the gate of the city.

Master was dumbfounded.He knew that Qin Zhiyong knew martial arts, but he didn't expect Qin Zhiyong to be so fast.

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Silent night.

The middle-aged shopkeeper of the tavern loaded the last box onto the trolley, and then let his wife and children onto the trolley.

He was going to escape overnight.

Qin Zhiyong asked him to pay a fine of 1000 taels of silver, which almost killed him.Over the years, he managed to get more than 2000 taels of silver by relying on cheating and abducting.Now that half of the family property has to be handed over to the county government, as long as it is a normal person, it will not be willing.

The middle-aged shopkeeper told the mother-in-law and the child, saying: "When you leave the city, you must not talk. I have already given money to the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate, and they are all ready. As long as we leave the city, we will be safe."

The shopkeeper asked three strong men to protect his family and quietly left the city.

However, what the middle-aged shopkeeper didn't know was that everything he did was clearly seen by a pair of eyes at the corner.

When the middle-aged shopkeeper walked away, a figure came out from the corner, it was the waiter in the tavern.

The waiter in the shop had resentment in his eyes, and said, "Boss Gou Ri, you haven't paid my wages yet, and you want to run away? I'll go to the county government now and tell the county lord."

The middle-aged shopkeeper often deducts the wages of the waiter in the shop.The waiter in the shop is respectful to the shopkeeper on the surface, but in fact, resentment has long been secretly in his heart.

County government.

The oil lamp was lit in the public house, and Qin Zhiyong was drawing a map.

During the day, Qin Zhiyong walked around the eight towns around the county.The town's topography, rivers, population and other data have been collected.

The master came in and said, "My lord, someone came to report the crime. The waiter in the tavern said that the shopkeeper was going to run away overnight. The shopkeeper's family must have left the city at this moment."

Qin Zhiyong said with a smile: "If someone comes to report the case, the case should be filed first. As for the shopkeeper absconding in fear of crime? Don't worry, he can't escape."

Outside the city is more dangerous than inside.

Master cupped his fists and backed out.

Troubled times use heavy code.

Since the shopkeeper was not knowledgeable, Qin Zhiyong decided to set him up as a model.Qin Zhiyong wants everyone to know that Guobei County is a place where rules are respected.

Violations of order must be punished.

It's just right to use the shopkeeper of the tavern to make an example to others.

When Nie Xiaoqian came to the county seat, she felt lingering fear.

Every notice posted in the county government office is equivalent to a spell.Talismans are actually talisman formations, and each notice is linked together to form a huge formation.

It can be said that the entire county is shrouded in the formation.

Nie Xiaoqian is a ghost, and if she enters the county, she will definitely feel uneasy.

Not to mention Nie Xiaoqian, even if the dryad grandma came in person, she would feel jealous.

Nie Xiaoqian cautiously came to the gate of the county government office. When she saw a notice posted outside the county government office, her body shook and tears filled her eyes.

That was the notice to rehabilitate the Nie family.

The Nie family was ruined, and Qin Zhiyong couldn't find anyone in the Nie family, so he could only give an explanation to the Nie family by announcing it to the whole county.

Nie Xiaoqian said: "Heaven has eyes. Dad, mother, brother, you can rest in peace in heaven. The Yamen has overturned the case for our Nie family."

Nie Xiaoqian entered the county government office and walked past the master.It's a pity that the master couldn't see her, he just felt a cool wind blowing and shivered.

Arriving at the door of Qin Zhiyong's public house, before Nie Xiaoqian could speak, voices came from the room.

"come in."

Nie Xiaoqian stood still and looked around, no one was there.

Qin Zhiyong continued: "Girl, you don't need to look elsewhere, it's you. I sensed your existence as soon as you entered the city. Fortunately, you didn't touch those posted notices, otherwise, the power of the spell would be enough to wipe you out."

The spells in the city are intertwined, and their power is not comparable to one or two spells in the town.

Nie Xiaoqian was sure that the people in the room were talking to her.

Pass through the wall.

Nie Xiaoqian entered the room and showed her figure.She has fluttering long hair and is dressed in white clothes, emerging from the mud like a white lotus without being stained.

It's just a bit colder.

"Can you see me?" Nie Xiaoqian said, "If you guess correctly, you are an expert in Guobei County."

Qin Zhiyong said: "I don't see it, but perceive it with my heart. The girl is not the first ghost I met. Under Qin Zhiyong, she is the newly appointed magistrate of Guobei County. I don't count as an expert, I just read a few more ghosts than ordinary people. It's just a book."

Nie Xiaoqian knelt on the ground at once.

"The daughter of the Nie family, Nie Xiaoqian, is here to visit the county lord. The lord re-examined the case of the Nie family and rehabilitated my Nie family. Nie Xiaoqian is extremely grateful."

Qin Zhiyong helped Nie Xiaoqian up and said, "Miss Xiaoqian, you don't have to do this. It is the duty of the court and the government to benefit the common people. In fact, I should apologize for Miss Xiaoqian on behalf of the county government."

"The previous county magistrates were all cadavers. They caused great harm to Guobei County. What Qin can do now is to set things right and retry all the previous injustices. It's a pity that everything in the past is It has created the facts. Even if the case is retried, it will not change anything."

For those who died unjustly, Qin Zhiyong rehabilitated them, but they are still dead, and it is impossible to come back to life.The most helpless thing is this.

It's just that it is better to rehabilitate those who have been wronged than to do nothing.

Nie Xiaoqian looked at Qin Zhiyong with gratitude in her eyes.

She did not expect that there were really officials in the imperial court who served the country and the people.

But thinking of Qin Zhiyong possessing mana, he felt relieved.Qin Zhiyong has a high level of cultivation, but he is not afraid of those treacherous officials in the court.

Nie Xiaoqian said: "Master Qin, I am here this time on the orders of my grandma..."

Nie Xiaoqian explained her purpose of coming to the county seat, her tone full of worry.

She didn't think Qin Zhiyong was grandma's opponent.

After all, grandma has a thousand years of cultivation, and she also has the old demon of Montenegro as her backer.

The Montenegrin old demon, that is a stronger monster than grandma.

Nie Xiaoqian said: "Master Qin, grandma wants to deal with you. You must be careful. But don't worry, Master Qin, I will not tell grandma about your news."

Qin Zhiyong calmed down, smiled and said, "Miss Xiaoqian, you must tell the Millennium Tree Demon everything you see and hear in the county. Otherwise, you will not be able to explain to her when you go back. As for Qin You don’t have to worry about your safety. My focus now is on managing the people’s livelihood in Guobei County, and I don’t want to be an enemy of your grandma. If she keeps her own place, I won’t deal with her. If she dares to do evil, you can’t blame me. "

Qin Zhiyong didn't dare to say that he could defeat the thousand-year-old tree demon, but he believed that self-protection was not a big problem.

(End of this chapter)