Netherworld Immortal

"Everyone stop!" The bandit leader shouted.

Seeing the leader being captured, the other seven people all showed anxiety and embarrassment, and stopped fighting one after another.Seeing that the opponent stopped, Mr. Lu signaled Huayang and the others not to attack again.

Mr. Lu saw that Xu Yang captured the bandit leader with just one move, and nodded towards Xu Yang.In his eyes, there were gratitude for Xu Yang's shot and admiration for his skills, but also a trace of doubt about Xu Yang's identity.

"You can arrest me and hand it over to the government, but please release my seven brothers. Eight of my brothers robbed passing merchants here, and never killed one of them. I am willing to bear all the crimes alone." The bandit leader said loudly.

"Who are you guys? You are definitely not ordinary bandits. Why are you kidnapping passers-by here to make money?" Mr. Lu scolded.

"I'm "Fang Zegang". Don't change your name when you're on the job, or change your surname when you sit down. My brothers are also ordinary people in this northern city."

"Fang Zegang?" Mr. Lu frowned after hearing this.Where did you hear the name Fang Zegang?

After thinking for a moment, he said, "You are Fang Zegang who won No. 1 in the Beicheng folk martial arts competition last year, and then rejected the government's appointment."

"It's just down here."

"It's a pity that with all your cultivation, you do this kind of robbery."

"In the current drought, the people in Beicheng are suffering unspeakably. The big shots in Xijun are forced to do nothing and are forced to do nothing. We poor brothers can only rob the rich and help the poor."

"Don't talk nonsense, the Lord of the West County has devoted all his energy to the people of Baoxi County to live and work in peace and contentment. Since the severe drought last year, he has personally led the army and people of the West County to build a water storage dam on the lower reaches of the "Taihe River". Unexpectedly, the East County in the upper reaches is in order to ensure its own safety. As for the water source, a water storage dam was also built upstream this year, which led to no water storage this year and a severe drought. The princess has sent people to Dongjun to discuss this matter. I believe that water will be released from the upper reaches of the Tai River in the near future. Alleviate this year's drought."

Most of the people living in "Xijun City" are wealthy and nobles, but they took advantage of the drought, hoarded them, maliciously raised the price of food, and made a lot of money. Doesn't the owner of Xijun know about this?On the contrary, the county city issued a forbidden city order, prohibiting the disaster-stricken people living outside the west county city from entering the county city to beg.Ordinary people living in Beicheng jointly applied to Lord Xijun to open the official granary many times, but nothing came to fruition.In a few months, the food in Beicheng will be eaten up, how will the many people in Beicheng survive. "

"Maliciously raising the price of food, I believe it is only a few profiteers. To be honest, I am the commissioner sent by Princess Xixi to Beicheng to investigate this matter. As for the opening of official food, it is no small matter. The territory of the Xiaoxian Realm is limited. There are only two cities and counties in the country, Dongjun and Xijun. The war between us and Dongjun a few years ago has consumed most of the official food reserves. The current official food reserves are not enough. The opening of the official food can indeed solve the immediate problem. The famine among the people. But if the Eastern Commandery takes the opportunity to attack the Western Commandery, the consequences of what the Western Commandery will use for military rations will be disastrous." After speaking, Mr. Lu showed a rectangular black wooden sign with the words West Commandery clearly engraved on the front. A tiger's head is engraved on the reverse.

Fang Zegang stared wide-eyed at the black wooden sign, which was the identity sign of the official family.On the back of the signboard of the official house in Xijun City, there are dragon, tiger, leopard, bear, wolf and other patterns engraved on the back. The tiger-shaped token shows that the status of Mr. Lu in front of him is not low.

"We are just ordinary people in Beicheng. We don't think as much as your officials and lords. Our brothers can only rob profiteers here and distribute property and food to the victims in Beicheng. It's just a drop in the bucket."

"Nonsense! Looting merchants, who dares to come to Beicheng to do business, will only make the price of grain in Beicheng higher and the food scarcer. What you are doing is counterproductive and helping the evildoers." Mr. Lu reprimanded loudly.

"This!" Fang Zegang blushed at what Mr. Lu said, and was at a loss for words.

Several of Fang Zegang's subordinates also looked at me and you, at a loss.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Xu Yang thought to himself, this Mr. Lu is really eloquent, it seems that he should be an official in Xijun City, and his status does not seem to be low. "Little Virtuous Realm" is divided into East and West counties, which are in competition with each other. It seems that there should not be any big sects of cultivating immortals in this area.If it is the same as the Northern Territory where I am, disputes between countries will eventually develop into a contest between the cultivation sects behind them.Given that Fang Zegang's Void Transformation Realm is only ordinary people in the North City, it must be a state where a large number of monks and mortals live mixed in this Xiaoxian Realm.And in the Northern Territory where I am, monks occasionally appear in the mortal cities and counties, but most of them are practicing in the major sects, far away from the mortal country.Since there is no cultivation sect in this Xiaoxian world, if you want to leave this place, you may be able to get some useful clues from this official's Mr. Lu.

Mr. Lu glared at him, but Fang Zegang, a seven-foot-tall man, looked like a child who made a mistake, bowed his head and remained silent, his face flushed.

"Fang Zegang, I think your original intention is not bad, so I won't escort you to the government for today's matter. As a punishment, I want you to lead me to investigate the unscrupulous merchants suspected of hoarding during the famine in Beicheng. Separate yourself."

"On our side, we are only dedicated to serving the people of Beicheng. Since Mr. Lu is willing to help the people, someone from our side is willing to serve you."

"You still have some awareness."

"Brothers, Master Lu is here to help us investigate this matter, everyone should go home and wait." Fang Zegang said to the other brothers.

"Brother Fang, take care. If Mr. Lu turns back on you and makes things difficult for you, my brothers and I will fight for justice even if we risk our lives." One of the thick-browed men said.

"You brothers can rest assured. Since I have agreed to Fang Zegang, I will not make things difficult for him. Internal and external troubles, the government is employing people. I hope that all insightful people can judge the situation, join the government, and serve Xijun. Contribute to the long-term stability of the country." Mr. Lu replied.

"Master Lu, we brothers will go back and wait for your good news." The thick-browed man said.

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Watching the other seven people walk away gradually, Mr. Lu walked up to Xu Yang, looked at Xu Yang carefully, and then asked in a low voice: "With Mr. Xu's skills, why haven't I heard of Mr. Xijun before?" No. [-] person? Mr. Xu is not a spy sent by Dongjun."

Seeing Mr. Lu doubting himself, Xu Yang explained: "Mr. Lu, forgive me, I am indeed not from Xijun, but I am not..."

Just halfway through the sentence, Mr. Lu interrupted his words with a wave of his hand.

"Master Xu lost his way?"

Seeing Mr. Lu interrupting his words, he thought about it. It seems that outsiders are a taboo topic here, so he smiled and replied: "Oh, so to speak, there are two friends of mine, a total of three people."

"This place is not suitable for detailed discussions. If you want, you can go to the county to find me after I finish investigating the case."

Xu Yang thought about it, he might as well go to Beicheng to see the situation here first, it was not a waste of time.

"Then I would like to thank Mr. Lu first. I am also planning to visit Beicheng, so I will accompany Mr. Lu."

Mr. Lu readily agreed that adding Xu Yang, a powerful bodyguard, could not be better.

With Fang Zegang, a strong man from the North City, leading the way, the journey went smoothly. Half an hour later, the group arrived outside the North City.

From a distance, you can see the tall North City Tower standing in front of it. The city wall is made of blue bricks. The city gate is wide open. There are more than a dozen soldiers at the gate guarding the passing merchants and people.

When everyone came to the gate of the city, Mr. Lu showed the sign before, and smoothly led his men into the city with Xu Yang.

After entering the city gate, everyone passed by a relatively wide square.A dozen or so iron pots as big as millstones were set up on the square, and the steaming gruel in the iron pots kept tumbling.A large blue flag was poked on the ground, with three big characters "Shanshi Place" written on it.There are hundreds of disaster victims queuing up to receive free porridge under the banner, but the team is neat and orderly.

In the northern city, there are several other "good food places" of the same kind, and the disaster victims who received the porridge also lined up in an orderly manner, and there was no scene of chaotic grabbing food.

Fang Zegang introduced that in the Shanshi places in Beicheng, ordinary people with better conditions took out their own rice and donated them to the Shanshi places.

Mr. Lu went up to inquire about the situation of several victims, got a general understanding of the number of victims, and took out a small bag of silver, handed it to his subordinates and donated it to Shanshi.

Afterwards, under the leadership of Fang Zegang, the group visited several rice shops in Beicheng.Sure enough, it was found that the price of rice had increased by more than five times than usual, which greatly exceeded the grain limit standard issued by the county.The behind-the-scenes bosses are all wealthy businessmen with government backgrounds in Xijun City.

"These wealthy businessmen from wealthy families keep saying that they love the village, but they still have the essence of profiteers in their hearts. Aren't they afraid that the common people will rebel and ruin their lives? When I go back to the county, I must verify this and severely punish these scum. "Mr. Lu said with righteous indignation.

Xu Yang has seen this kind of hoarding a lot in the markets of the cultivation world. If a certain medicine is in short supply, there will be a business alliance deliberately hoarding the goods to make huge profits.

"There is nothing wrong with businessmen chasing profit. If the disaster cannot be alleviated and the rice stocks in the city run out, no matter how cheap rice is, it may be priceless. At least for now, there is still rice to buy in the market." Xu Yang Said.

"Mr. Xu doesn't know that there is a "Tai River" running through the entire area in Xiaoxian Realm. Over the years, the grain has been harvested and the people have enough food and clothing. Before the Tai River reduced its water volume, although there was friction between the East and West counties, But there was no war. Therefore, the official grain collected by the government is not much, and most of the grain is circulated freely in the market as commodities. Most of the grain in stock in recent years has been hoarded in the hands of wealthy businessmen. In the market, it is enough for the common people to live safely for two years." Mr. Lu said.

After hearing this, Xu Yang nodded.

"It seems that Mr. Lu really came prepared, I admire you very much." Fang Zegang said approvingly.