Chapter 97 Volume 2 Lingzhou Chapter Lingzhou
Volume 2 Lingzhou Chapter 97 Lingzhou
Lingzhou is a very special state and county.
It is 800 miles north of the capital, not too far away, but there are many mountain roads on the way, and the road is inconvenient, so it takes a few days to travel. If you fly wildly, it will be within an hour...Of course, ordinary strong people can't fly for so long, and Xue Qingqiu's level is about the same.
So this is not a wild border at all, but an inland area. It was originally an area where Xinyizong and Natural Gate competed, but the land here is barren and there are no mineral resources. Apart from the beautiful scenery and aura, it has no advantages. Later, under the mediation of the imperial court, the two sects both evacuated from this tasteless land.
Since there is no sub-helm of super sects stationed here, this place has become the place chosen by many scattered people from Jianghu. All kinds of sects, families, and martial arts halls of second-, third-rate or even low-rate are all over the place. At first, it was only the martial arts and the people's customs were strong, but later the various sects of the demon sect also drilled in, and things changed a bit.
The Demon Sect has always been miserable. Its lairs are usually in the dark places in the wilderness, and cannot be easily exposed. The core skills are even hidden so that even many elders don't know where they are. But there are always some dens in the city. The particularity of Lingzhou makes everyone set up dens here by coincidence, and unintentionally it becomes a settlement of demon sects, more demon sects than the capital.
At first it was not stationed, it was just a place of wandering. When the imperial court came to encircle and suppress the righteous way, they dispersed in a hurry;
Interestingly, the Demon Sect was suppressed and ran away, the Orthodox Sect was not easy to station, and the Xinyi Sect was stationed, but the Natural Sect was unhappy, and the Natural Sect was stationed, and the Xinyi Sect was unhappy. After sawing a few times, it became an enclave again, an infinite loop. In the end, they simply let these demon maggots gather here. Anyway, this is just a den, the foundation is not here, and it doesn't make much sense to suppress it.
So the magic door slowly took hold, and it has become very magical since then. For example, smuggled salt or other stolen goods from outside are all dumped here, and it is the darkest base for smuggling, selling stolen goods, and counterfeiting. For another example, in a place like the capital where there is a lot of civilization and Xia Houdi is watching, it is very difficult for people to kill people in the street and black boxing matches, but they are very popular here.
Well, Xia Houdi has indeed played a vital role in the atmosphere of the capital, and Xue Mu's scolding is not objective.
But don't think that this is a bloody and dark city. In fact, stimulated by smuggling and trading, it is very prosperous and very rich. There are many sects of all sizes in the place, and the martial arts is extremely strong, among which there are not a few who are on the righteous path, good and evil are mixed, and righteous and evil coexist. Therefore, the Jianghu flavor here is very strong, and everyone follows the rules of the Jianghu, and can even be regarded as a miniature version of the Jianghu in the world.
The imperial court has officials here to manage the people's livelihood, and the six gates also have sub-rudders, which are responsible for daily security, and are also responsible for making notarized judgments in some areas such as martial arts competitions and contracts. On the contrary, the two ways of righteousness and magic are very respectful to the government here, and everyone really needs such a notary in many cases, so as to avoid the whole martial arts every three days is not a problem.
Lingzhou is a county with eight counties under its jurisdiction. The capital is called Lingzhou City. The city owner is often held by a person who does not know martial arts and purely manages the people's livelihood. He is absolutely neutral and does not favor any side. Of course, the city lord is often trembling under the clear eyes of various sects. The so-called neutrality is basically impossible, and he will eventually become a dog of a certain sect. At that time, the court will change people again, and so on. The kind of boss city lord who can play balance and power among all parties has not appeared in the past thousand years. This is indeed a difficult problem that non-sages cannot do.
The Xingyue Sect's den in Lingzhou has a history of hundreds of years. At first, it was a small den with a shop selling rouge gouache as a cover, called Rouge Zhai. When Xue Qingqiu stepped into the cave, others would not easily dare to start a war, so he could stop hiding and choose a suitable city to stay in. Xue Qingqiu chose Lingzhou. Lingzhou Yanzhizhai, which has been in charge for a long time with the suzerain, gradually expanded its operations and became a concentrated market of brothels, rouge gouache, jewelry and hairpins, silk and satin. It was extremely lively and became Rougefang. Many people don't know that this is the residence of Xingyue Sect, they just think it's a lively market...
Of course, Xue Qingqiu didn't expect to deceive people of a certain level, so she didn't shy away from saying "I am in Lingzhou" to Xia Houdi. Ji Qingyuan also knew that she was in Lingzhou, so she made a miraculous appointment.
The current situation is very delicate, because the Xingyue Sect has become clear and has been knighted, and even the city lord of Lingzhou is the chief executive of the Xingyue Sect, so Yanzhifang may openly change the plaque and hang "Xingyue Sect" , and then took the entire Lingzhou City as his own, and learned from the Eight Great Sects to separate one side.
This shows how creative Ji Qingyuan's appointment is. At least it can be seen that the balance of all Jianghu forces here will be destroyed in an instant, and Xingyuezong may suffer the most serious isolation of its comrades and extreme rejection of the righteous way in history, and it is not impossible for all the heroes to attack together.
"Huh..." Xue Mu leaned on the reclining chair in the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, with a volume of files covering his face, stretching wearily.
Just looking at all kinds of files that the city lord needs to know, I have read him for several days and haven't read them all, and my eyes are sore. He didn't come to farm. He has no interest in persuading farmers, cultivating mulberry trees, developing technology trees, and civil litigation.
Fortunately, Lingzhou has naturally formed a system over the past thousand years, with a complete system of officials and clear responsibilities. As long as you don't want to seize power and don't mind the power of the civil government being emptied, you'll be a city lord with a pig who can stamp, the people's livelihood here will not change, and the money from the treasury will not be less.
What's more, Xue Mu is not the prefect of Lingzhou yet, he only manages Lingzhou City, and there is a superior in charge of major affairs, Ji Qingyuan will not let him monopolize the power so easily.
In other words, in fact, Xue Mu is in charge of the Jianghu, and urban construction has nothing to do with him. The same is true of his own intention, and the same is true of Ji Qingyuan's intention, it just depends on whose intention the ending can follow.
So the six doors here are very important... If the six doors are at your command, then you will have seven or eight points of confidence.
The headhunters of the six gates in the counties of Lingzhou are iron medals, the headhunters of Lingzhou City are bronze medals, and the headhunters of Lingzhou County are silver medals... Xue Mu has a gold medal in his pocket...
Sure enough, Beijing officials are superior to others when they leave the place, and the beginning of Xinshou Village's hell-difficult start finally paid off.
"Thank you Xia Houdi..." Xue Mu muttered to himself with the file on his face.
"Hee..." There was a chuckle from beside him, Meng Lan fanned him by her side, and said with a smile: "Young master, when you arrive in Lingzhou, you are thinking about Mr. Xiahou's arrest? Be careful, someone will be jealous..."
Meng Lan arrived in Lingzhou a day earlier than Xue Mu, and she only did one thing: played half a tune outside the city lord's mansion, and drifted away.
Although the whole world avoids the capital, it is because of the formation of no violations. In fact, the capital is the capital after all, the most prosperous place in the world, the absolute center of politics and economy, and everything about the capital is the weathervane of the world. Although "Jiangshan Absolute Color Spectrum" has not yet been published, the name of Meng Lan's Qin Xian has been spread to Lingzhou after so many days.
A song to stop fighting, this extremely legendary qin fairy has long been changed by word of mouth, the most exaggerated version is that Xuan Zhe burst into tears after listening to the sound of the qin, Mo Xuexin burst into tears, and the two big holes were empty. Shaking hands and making peace, the emperor heard the words and asked for a song from Qin Xian, but he couldn't get it.
People in Lingzhou didn't know that this qin fairy was a demon girl from the Xingyue Sect, and they only thought it was some kind of mysterious loose fairy, and everyone was looking forward to it.
As a result, Meng Lan swaggered and played in front of the city lord's mansion, and was recognized by others. In the blink of an eye, the gate of the city lord's mansion was surrounded by people three floors in and three floors out. Amidst the commotion, Meng Lan sighed softly and slipped away before she finished playing.
How about the sound of the zither, few people could hear it clearly, instead they blamed each other, it was because the other party had no quality, which made the Qin Fairy lose her purity and left disappointed, which made everyone not able to listen to the fairy sound. There is even a braggart, saying that he heard it clearly, and she shed tears when she heard it, and invisibly blew it hard for Menglan.
You were arguing with each other, and there was almost a full-scale military parade at the gate of the city lord's mansion. In the end, the whole army from the six gates was dispatched to suppress it. Menglan is not in Lingzhou, but Lingzhou has been turned upside down.
This is the preliminaries of City Lord Xue's appointment, and he is different from the first shot. Even the executor Meng Lan doesn't know what he wants to do.