Chapter 90

Chiyang County North City, in a small courtyard facing south.

Li Xiang was sitting leisurely on a bamboo rattan chair, playing with a bright yellow bead.

Inside, a faint red light could be vaguely seen.

"Senior brother, what are you playing with, let me play for a while."

"Get lost!"

"Oh..."

Zhao Zheng left dejectedly.

"Wait!"

"Hmm?!"

A bright light lit up in the little guy's eyes, could it be that senior brother changed his mind?

"Come, this 'Literacy and Understanding', remember to copy it once today, if you don't finish copying, you're not allowed to eat."

Zhao Zheng: "..."

With resentment in his small eyes, he looked at Li Xiang, sobbing, as if he was about to cry at any moment.

"After copying, I'll buy you a bamboo horse, and two candied haws."

"Good!"

The little guy's expression changed rapidly, and he immediately took the book and walked into the house.

Li Xiang leaned on the rattan chair, playing with the bead happily, regardless of the strong protest of a certain life inside the bead.

Today is the third day since the Demon Spirit was captured by him.

After the Demon Spirit was executed, the chaos in Chiyang County didn't last long, the rest was water-grinding work, killing the demon servants who had been completely demonized in the city, and then letting Qi Le "diagnose" everyone in the city one by one.

The whole sweeping process lasted for three days, until Qi Le was so tired that his footsteps were floating and his dark circles were heavy, before it was barely completed.

After the Demon Spirit's trouble, many more civilians died in the city.

The Demon Slaying Division checked three times before confirming that the number of deaths caused by the Demon Spirit this time was at least over four thousand.

It can be said that nearly half of the less than ten thousand civilians in the entire county died.

If it weren't for the beast tide outside, and villagers from scattered villages coming to the county to take refuge, adding a little vitality to the county, then there probably wouldn't be many people on the street in the county now.

Demon Spirit-like things are indeed dangerously insane.

That is, it didn't die in its infancy, if it really grew up, I'm afraid it would demonize a region.

Many people died in the city, and many refugees poured in from outside.

The county magistrate and generals in the city died completely, and before a new county magistrate came, Lu Jianxing temporarily took the Demon Slaying Division to manage order, which tired them out.

Lu Jianxing directly demolished the slums in the South City, picked a dozen people from the Demon Slaying Division, responsible for managing the refugees, directly using work as relief, planning to rebuild the messy area in the South City into residential houses.

In this way, these refugees who poured in could be considered to have a livelihood, the government provided food and wages.

When these slums are built into residential houses in the future, they will be sold to these migrant refugees at a low price, and after calculating the wages, it will be just enough.

As for Li Xiang's family.

Eh...

Considering that the "Righteousness Song" Li Xiang gave played a significant role, and he himself was a student of a Great Confucian.

As a second-generation Confucian, Lu Jianxing rented a courtyard in the North City and let them live there first.

After all, too many people died in the city, and houses are not worth much now.

Being able to get involved with Li Xiang and Su Qin, Lu Jianxing couldn't ask for more.

A Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, although currently in the wild, once he wants to enter the official career, it must be a very easy thing, and he will have someone in the court, which will be good for his promotion in the future.

But Li Xiang didn't care too much about these small calculations.

He just wanted to wait for the trouble here to end, settle his parents, and find an opportunity to improve his cultivation as soon as possible.

His biggest backer, Su Qin, didn't know what happened either.

Three days had passed, and the great powers in the Southern Wilderness had all withdrawn, and no more fighting broke out.

But Su Qin still had no news.

Like evaporating from the world, very strange.

Clang~

The sound of a lock opening came from outside the courtyard door.

Lao San and Yun Xiu pushed the door and walked in.

"Dad, Mom!"

"You're back!"

"Eh! Have you been playing well with Xiao Zhenger at home, you didn't bully him, did you!"

"Eh..."

"No!"

"He has been studying hard at home, reading and writing, striving to be a top scholar in the future, bringing honor to his ancestors!"

Li Xiang said decisively.

"Hmm! It's good that you're fine at home."

"You must be starving, Mom will cook for you."

The slums in the South City were renovated, and many jobs were created, the family was used to being poor and couldn't stay idle.

His father moved construction materials in the South City, and his mother helped in the kitchen of the Demon Slaying Division's granary nearby, boiling some porridge and making some food for the refugees.

The wages were not much, but enough for them to use.

Although Lu Jianxing arranged everything very properly, Lao San still felt uneasy.

These things were like castles in the air, given by others, and didn't count, he only felt at ease when he had money in his hands.

Li Xiang didn't care about them.

When he grew up a bit more and his cultivation was high, he planned to take his parents to the Royal City and enjoy a few days of good life.

Now, no rush.

"Hello Uncle, hello Aunt"

As they were talking, the little guy also ran out and greeted the two.

The little guy was clever, white and tender, very liked by the two, plus he was Li Xiang's junior brother, and had been raised as a second son recently.

After greeting each other, the two went about their own business.

Yun Xiu made some food, and Lao San went to fetch some water.

Li Xiang and the little guy were left in the courtyard again.

"Senior brother..."

"Don't play, don't tell stories, don't draw on the ground, don't clap hands with you, get lost!"

"..."

"No, senior brother, I want to show you my little swallow!"

"Its wounds are all healed!"

The little guy carefully untied a cloth bag from his side, and a small black head drilled out, looking around keenly.

Seeing it was Li Xiang and Zhao Zheng, it spat, then walked out from inside, looking at the two very proudly.

Different from the little swallow he saw a few days ago.

In just four or five days, its wounds had healed for the most part, and its black feathers were oily and bright.

It looked different from other small birds.

And this guy seemed extremely intelligent, eating and drinking every day, and occasionally sunbathing with Li Xiang, looking quite human.

The little guy held the little swallow, his expression both happy and troubled.

Li Xiang saw him puffing his cheeks and poked him.

"The little swallow's wounds are all healed, what are you worrying about again."

"Tell senior brother."

The little guy looked at the little bird, then at the sky.

"Senior brother, you say it's so smart."

"Will it cultivate into a demon in the future?"

"You said, humans and demons cannot coexist."

"If it becomes a demon, should I keep it, or kill it?"

As soon as the words fell.

Not only was Li Xiang stunned.

That arrogant little bird also shivered.

(End of chapter)