Chapter 36: Demon-Hunting Proclamation

Zhou Yi sent the fox demon away and finally settled a matter on his mind.

Carrying the soul of a fox demon with you, there is a certain risk of exposing your identity when meeting an expert who is born with a sensitive sense of demonic energy.

Life has returned to peace, slaying demons, being on duty, copying scriptures, and occasionally going to Chunfeng Tower to receive artistic influence.

Time passes day by day, and Taoism grows day by day.

The most important thing now is to buy a house, become a homeowner in the imperial capital, and fulfill an obsession from a previous life.

With a budget of 3,000 to 4,000 taels, we can only choose the most remote location, and the area cannot be too large.

Zhou Yi didn't mind the remoteness, so as not to be disturbed.

The cheapest Xingjiaofang in Luojingfang City is basically equivalent to the slums of Kyoto, and no one with high status will buy property here.

Even so, a house with a small courtyard costs 3,300 yuan.

"I am on duty in the Demon Slaying Department, please don't fool me."

Zhou Yi asked: "I remember that the lowest price last year was 3,000 guan. This land is not as good as the one at that time. How come it is 300 guan more expensive?"

"It turns out it's the Master of the Demon Slayer Division. Please rest assured that I'm really not asking for a random price."

Yaren explained with an aggrieved look: "In the past few years, housing prices in the capital have never stopped rising. If this family hadn't been in a hurry to pay off their gambling debts, it would have been one or two hundred dollars more expensive in a few months."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but have a toothache. Even in another world, he couldn't escape being exploited by the house.

This courtyard is to the east of Xingjiaofang. The courtyard upon entering is located at the bottom of a deep alley.

The alley has two solid walls, and the doors of each house along the way are opened in other directions, which is equivalent to a single house, hidden in the depths of the alley.

The alley is three feet wide. People passing by it would never realize that there is a courtyard inside unless they look carefully.

Zhou Yi fell in love with him at first sight, and it was a perfect fit for Da Yin Yin in the city.

Quietly cast a spell to test Yaren to make sure he was not lying.

Zhou Yi gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, took out the three thousand taels of silver notes that had been cashed in advance, and took out three more cash notes.

"Bought it!"

"How can I put it another way, the officer of the Demon Slayer Division is awesome!"

Yaren took the bank note with a smile. There is no need to worry about selling the house in the capital. Even if it is a pigsty, it is also called mountain and wild fun.

"Eh? Sir, please let go!"

Zhou Yi reluctantly let go and paid, then went to the house to sign a contract and got the land deed document.

The title of Demon Slayer Division is very useful. No matter which department he goes to, he is always served with tea and water, which makes Zhou Yi feel better.

After two lifetimes combined, I finally have a place to live.

The yard covers an area of ​​about five to six hundred square meters. In addition to the main house, there are two east and west wing rooms. There is a thigh-thick jujube tree planted in the corner of the yard.

It is midsummer, and the leaves are shady. There are four simple stone piers and rough stone tables under the tree. You should eat under the tree on weekdays.

Zhou Yi walked around the three rooms. It could be said that the house was completely bare. All the valuable things had been moved away, which saves on cleaning.

Dust removal, cleaning...

After a series of spells were cast, all the dirt and dust gathered into a ball and were thrown into the corner latrine.

"This hut will not be needed in the future, it will just stay there."

Zhou Yi stretched out his hand and found that the ground was motionless, while the ground was turned upside down.

It's unclear whether the little fairy's poop smells bad or not. Zhou Yi has already passed the realm of inedia, and anything he eats will be decomposed and dissolved by the magic power.

"Broken furniture is useless."

The real fire from the end of the earth gushes out and burns all the rags, leaving only three bare rooms.

Zhou Yi went to the Western Market and bought all the furniture, including beds, tables, chairs, pots and pans, and his home had a completely new look.

He also spent money to hire a carpenter to customize a plaque, with the words written by Zhou Yi himself.

The original plan was to name it "Liuquanju", which sounded like the name of a hotel, but it was changed to: Qingfeng Xiaozhu.

The last thing to change was the feng shui of the courtyard. There was no need to set up array restrictions or gather spirits to draw energy. Then it would be obvious to others that the owner of the courtyard was extraordinary.

Zhou Yi simply straightened out the breath, the gentle breeze was gentle, the depression dissipated, and wisps of breeze blew through the courtyard.

"From now on, this will be home..."

Zhou Yi packed everything up, and it was almost evening. He went to the Ministry of Things again and invited his colleagues to go to Chunfeng Tower to celebrate the housewarming.

After getting drunk, they disperse.

When I got home, I put my head up and fell asleep.

Without being half asleep and half awake, the warning spells were removed, and the Huangting Dao Sutra, which had been running continuously for more than ten years, stopped for the first time.

In the past eleven years, all kinds of experiences have been like dreams, and it seems that starting from having a home, they have become real.

early morning.

Oh oh——

Zhou Yi woke up slowly to the rooster's crow. It was still early outside the window, and the remaining stars and the dawn moon were still hanging on the horizon.

"I had a comfortable sleep this time..."

Zhou Yi breathed a long sigh of relief, and the magic power in his body began to flow again. He vaguely felt that the world was a level clearer than before.

The people in Xingjiafang have already been busy. Those who go to work and those who go out to sell stalls have begun another busy day.

Take a stroll along the way, don't rush to the Monobu department, just go and taste something when you smell the fragrance.

I had a comfortable meal at seven or eight stalls and spent less than fifty cents. A random order of vegetables at Chunfeng Restaurant cost more than a hundred cents.

Last night to celebrate the joy of moving into a new house, Zhouyi spent all the last three hundred taels of silver notes he had left. It was only because the monk was in good health and drinking too much money.

Compared to Chunfeng Tower, Zhou Yi prefers the secular atmosphere of the market, which is real, not exaggerated, and popular.

There are no buses or subways in Daqian. Xingjiaofang is more than ten kilometers away from Demon Slayer Division, and it takes an hour just to walk.

Zhou Yi found a secluded place, used the Five Elements Escape Technique to shuttle through the earth and rocks, and soon arrived outside the Demon Slaying Department.

When Zhou Yi saw his colleagues in the Ministry of Things, they greeted him warmly.

A year had passed, and everyone had already experienced three of the four irons, and they all had good relationships.

Li Xun waved mysteriously when he saw Zhou Yi coming.

"Come, come, let me show you something good."

Zhou Yi thought it was something of some color, such as Li Xun's favorite picture book, but it turned out to be a roll of imperial paper.

Imperial paper is not yellow paper, but a bright yellow cloth, with the words: A letter to fight against demons!

It is said that wise rulers are prepared for danger in times of peace, and loyal ministers dare to speak out. Since the unification of heaven and earth, the universe has been in chaos...

Today, demons are rampant, laws are abolished, the country is polluted and the people are harmed, and the human race is poisoned...

When we ascend high and beat the drums, we shed blood and wield the swords, and the demons and evildoers will surely collapse...

The honor and disgrace of the holy monarch depends on this day, and the eternal fame is at this moment...

Respectfully issued.

The first day of the seventh month of the 61st year of Jingtai.

Signed: Wang Boan

"Wang Bo'an?"

Zhou Yi was puzzled. Could this guy be the one who wrote "Ten Strategies to Suppress Demons"?

Li Xun asked, "Do you know Wang Shijiang?"

"We met once."

Zhou Yi was puzzled, "Isn't he Wang Bianxiu?"

"Your news is out of date. Half a month ago, His Majesty personally annotated "The Edict to Suppress Demons" and praised him for his ability to govern the world!"

Li Xun envied, "In just a few days, he was promoted to Hanlin Shijiang."

Hanlin Bianxiu is the ninth rank, while Hanlin Shijiang is the seventh rank. It is not a three-level promotion, but a nine-level promotion.

Zhou Yi frowned slightly, "Isn't this against the law? According to the "Da Gan Law·Promotion Examination" written by Taizu himself, three levels cannot be promoted without military merit!"

Originally, Wang Bo'an was an unrealistic idealist in his eyes, trying to bring the human and demon races together.

Now it seems that the so-called "Ten Strategies to Suppress Demons" was just written to please the crown prince.

Zhou Yi didn't know yet that Wang Bo'an had submitted a memorial entitled "Ten Fallacies of Those Who Discuss Punishment", otherwise he would have been stunned.