Chapter 542

When Li Yi arrived at the entrance of the Xinzhou City government office, he couldn't help but stop his steps.

He looked up and saw that this government office was shrouded in the belief of ten thousand people, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered here, as if it had turned into a divine light protecting the entire city. Moreover, these powers of belief, after long accumulation, were not only huge in quantity but also nearly spiritual, as if they had turned into a giant white crane crouching on top of it.

Li Yi's arrival immediately attracted the attention of this spiritual white crane. While sizing him up, it also let out bursts of chirping sounds, as if warning him not to mess around in this government place.

He didn't indulge it either.

Dragon-Tiger energy was released. The next moment, a silver, colorful tiger soared into the sky, as huge as a mountain. Just by appearing, it pressed down on that giant white crane with one claw, and no matter how it struggled, it was to no avail. Finally, it could only let out a few mournful cries and dared not resist.

The power of incense belief is spiritual, but in the end, it only deters some ordinary monsters and ghosts. But facing the Dragon-Tiger energy of Li Yi, a practitioner of the Dao, it was simply not enough to look at.

And as the white crane was suppressed, the entire government office was trembling slightly. At the same time, the plaque hanging in the main hall that said "High Mirror Suspended" suddenly fell off, and even the heavy red-painted gates had cracks for some reason.

Seemingly feeling these unusual changes in the government mansion.

Soon.

A middle-aged man wearing soap-colored clothes, hanging a waist knife, looking like a catcher, with a solemn expression, led a team of government office runners and walked out of the government office in a hurry. This middle-aged man's eyes were blue, seemingly having some divine strangeness. Seeing Li Yi standing at the entrance of the government office, his feet immediately grew wind, and he arrived in front of him in a few steps.

"I am Zhou Jin, the head catcher of Xinzhou City government office. I have met the Daoist Priest." He hurriedly bowed respectfully.

The team of government office runners he led, although they didn't know why, still had the ability to observe people and colors, so they hurriedly treated him with respect and didn't dare to have the slightest disrespect.

Li Yi glanced at him and didn't say much, just opened his mouth and said: "Do you know the art of creating livestock?"

Zhou Jin was also a shrewd person. After looking at the sheep herder driving the sheep and the two crying women, he had a guess in his heart. He said respectfully: "I have heard of this spell, which can turn women and children into cattle, sheep, pigs, and dogs, and sell them to various places. It is called selling livestock, but in reality, it is selling people."

"Since you know, why don't you manage it?" Li Yi asked.

"People and livestock are mixed. I don't have the ability of the Daoist Priest to see clearly at a glance. I hope the Daoist Priest will forgive my sins." Zhou Jin said hurriedly: "Sorry to trouble the Daoist Priest to run this trip. Please hand over the sinner to me, and I will definitely handle it properly."

"There are people selling and people buying. Can you be the master?" Li Yi asked.

Zhou Jin's expression changed slightly. He looked at the dozen sheep again, and he understood in his heart that this matter must be of great importance. There were not many people in Xinzhou City who could afford this quantity, and most of them had bought more than one batch. If he followed the vine to find the melon, heaven knows whose head it would lead to.

But he glanced at the top of his head slightly.

He saw the white crane transformed by the incense energy of the government office being pressed by a colorful tiger the size of a mountain. That tiger's mouth was slightly open, and its voice was like rolling thunder. If this matter was not handled properly, I am afraid that today the government office would be overturned by this Daoist, and when the City God was attracted, it might be another big battle.

"I will go to ask for orders and definitely give the Daoist Priest an explanation." Zhou Jin said immediately.

Li Yi said: "I'll give you a quarter of an hour, I'll wait here."

Zhou Jin bowed respectfully and then slowly retreated. Then he whispered to his subordinates: "Serve this Daoist Priest well here, don't be half-sloppy, otherwise be careful of your heads."

A group of government office runners hurriedly nodded and agreed.

After Zhou Jin left.

This group of government office runners was quite conscientious. Someone moved a chair for Li Yi to sit and rest, someone sent tea and snacks, and someone waited on the side, waiting for orders at any time. Although they didn't know why Zhou Jin was so polite to this Daoist Priest, there must be a reason.

Since they couldn't see through it, they just listened to orders and did it.

Li Yi didn't stand on ceremony, sat down, and waited patiently. At the same time, he pointed to the sheep herder and said: "Change all the other people back, it's time for you to atone for your crimes."

"Daoist Priest, this, this..." The sheep herder was sweating profusely at this moment. If these people were changed back, the crime would be confirmed, and he wouldn't be skinned alive.

But if he didn't do as told, the next moment he was afraid a lightning bolt would strike down and strike him dead.

It seemed to be a death either way.

Li Yi looked at the government office runners nearby: "Are you willing to listen to my orders?"

"Daoist Priest, please speak. I will definitely not refuse what I can do." The government office runner nearby said hurriedly.

"Go and break the sheep herder's legs, then untie the water bag from his waist and feed the water inside to all the sheep respectively." Li Yi said.

Upon hearing this, the government office runner's eyes turned, immediately took the order, carried the thick stick, and walked over. The action was truly ruthless. In two strokes, he broke the sheep herder's legs. The sheep herder screamed in pain, but the government office runner didn't indulge him, pressed him to the ground, subdued him, snatched the water bag from his waist, and left.

Then he poured out the water in the water bag and fed it to the flock of sheep one by one.

In just a short while, these sheep turned into women in front of the government office runners.

These women were all quite beautiful, the older ones were nearly thirty, and the younger ones were just over ten years old. After they changed back, their expressions were terrified, but seeing that they were at the entrance of the government office, they felt a bit at ease. But turning to think about their encounter and situation, they couldn't help but cry.

"What a villain, actually using evil spells to harm people." Only then did these government office runners understand what was going on, and they were furious.

Two government office runners couldn't help but pick up the sticks in their hands and poke the sheep herder twice more.

It didn't look heavy, but when it landed on his body, it was bone-breaking and flesh-scattering. The sheep herder wailed repeatedly. "If he dies, all of you in the government office will be buried with him." Li Yi said this flatly.

Others were a bit confused, not understanding why this Daoist wanted to protect this sheep herder's life.

But those with sharp eyes heard the subtext.

This was to prevent someone from taking this opportunity to kill him to silence him, knocking the sheep herder dead with one stick, making it a case of no evidence, and letting this matter not be investigated, not involving other people. If so, this case must involve people in the government office.

"Daoist Priest, I was just angry and gave him a lesson, I definitely didn't have the idea of hurting his life." A government office runner hurriedly put down the stick and said respectfully.

Li Yi glanced at him: "It's best if you don't. I just said it casually, just in case. If you don't have ghosts in your heart, you don't need to care."

That government office runner was now inexplicably terrified, sweating profusely, and inexplicably felt a sense of fear, as if the Daoist Priest in front of him was not a human at all, but more like a god descending to earth, although not showing or leaking, he could still feel the power of thunder occasionally.

At this moment.

That catcher Zhou Jin hurried to a study in the government office and sought an audience with the Prefect of Xinzhou City.

The Prefect was named Chen Nian, a middle-aged man in his thirties, who was currently burying his head in official business with several colleagues.

"The Tiger-Catching Order still needs to be signed and issued. That mountain lord has become a climate. Last time the City God went to catch him, not only did he not succeed, but he also suffered losses. This won't do. If one day that big worm enters the territory of Xinzhou, I'm afraid I won't even dare to go out."

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"The autumn tax will be collected soon. This time the imperial court has reduced the field tax by 30%. Calculate the tax slowly, collect the autumn tax in full first to fill the deficit in the treasury, and reduce it by 10% next year as appropriate. Don't be too hasty."

Chen Nian's voice sounded in the room.

Then he glanced at Zhou Jin at the door and asked: "Zhou Jin, did you figure out what happened to the government office tremor just now?"

"Back to the official, a Daoist caught a villain and came to surrender..." Zhou Jin briefly told what had just happened.

"The art of creating livestock, I have heard of it before, it is indeed a vicious spell." Chen Nian frowned: "Since this matter appeared in Xinzhou City, someone must have been engaged in this business for a long time. If you really dig three feet into the ground to investigate, heaven knows how many people will be involved."

"Arrest the evil leader, catch a few more people who are involved, and punish them according to the law. After that, send the rescued women back to their hometowns. Let this matter end here."

"Official, that Daoist is a bit unusual." Zhou Jin hesitated and said.

Chen Nian said: "No matter how unusual, he is just a Daoist. The matter of catching bandits and arresting thieves shouldn't be managed by such people. These Daoists do things according to their own preferences, teaching people lessons, harming lives, and calling it chivalry, but in reality, they are disturbing the peace of one side. If everyone is like this, then what does the imperial court need?"

"Go."

Then he waved his hand, letting Zhou Jin go to work.

"Wait."

Suddenly, a figure appeared out of thin air in the study. He saw a painting hanging on the wall next to it, which was a young man wearing a long robe. At this moment, accompanied by a shake of the painting, a person with an illusory figure and incense energy drifting around his body walked out.

"Brother Chu." Chen Nian bowed with some surprise.

This person was named Chu Pingzhi, the night Prefect.

Chen Nian judges human affairs during the day, and Chu Pingzhi judges underworld affairs at night.

"That Daoist is indeed extraordinary. Just now I observed that this person has Dragon-Tiger energy coiling around him, and a wisp of energy has turned into a silver, colorful tiger, crouching on top of our heads, pressing down on the white crane on the government office and making it cry in sorrow." Chu Pingzhi said.

"Dragon-Tiger energy?" Chen Nian's expression moved: "A wild Daoist also has the energy of the Son of Heaven? This isn't a joke, is it?"

"How can such a thing be a joke? By night, the City God will definitely not be able to sit still, and I estimate that the gods in all directions will come to spy." Chu Pingzhi said.

Chen Nian frowned and said: "Now that the throne is settled, today another wild Daoist with the energy of the Son of Heaven has emerged. It is a disaster, not a blessing. In my opinion, it is better to eliminate him as soon as possible to avoid future trouble. If he is allowed to return, and he attracts wild monsters to follow him, he will definitely gather people to cause chaos in the future."

As the Prefect, he naturally wanted to maintain the imperial court. Seeing such an alien, he wanted to kill him at the first opportunity.

Chu Pingzhi said: "This matter can be big or small. Let me try to see what the origin of this person is."

"That's fine." Chen Nian nodded and said: "However, this matter should be reported, not hidden, so that if it is investigated later, you and I will not be able to bear the responsibility."

"This is natural." Chu Pingzhi nodded and said.

Then, Chen Nian let Zhou Jin take the portrait and bring it to the Daoist outside the door to see.

Not long after.

Zhou Jin held the painting, walked away with long strides, and soon left the government office.

He saw a chair placed next to the gate of the government office, and on the chair sat a young Daoist wearing a red-feathered Daoist robe with long hair draped over his shoulders.

(End of chapter)