It was said that cultivation was good in Six Fan School, and Han Gui was a typical example. From a ruffian on the street to a constable in Fu Shun City, the prestige of an official was naturally enhanced after he donned the official's robe. He was just a nobody, but now, he was able to perform a few tricks and was addressed as Master Han in front of his face.
With a swing of his saber, the thick wooden table was split in half. Han Gui glanced around disdainfully. The waiter of the inn, who wanted to mediate, was scared to the ground and did not dare to say a word. It was a wonderful thing to be an official when one was majestic.
Constable Han Gui had long mastered this skill of making trouble out of nothing and oppressing people with his power. He extorted money, bullied people, and even broke into people's houses to bully women, but no one dared to provoke him. It was normal for him to kill a few people. He came here today to show off his power and relieve the unhappiness in his heart.
The transmigrators were unarmed and still in Fu Shun City. Subconsciously, they wanted to make peace with the situation. However, it was impossible for them to kneel and beg for mercy like the waiter of the inn. Their journey to Fu Shun had taught them that it was meaningless to be weak. It was better to fight with their lives on the line. However, courage did not come out of nowhere.
Among the transmigrators, Old Master Gu slowly walked out. He wanted to say a few words and spend some money to resolve the problem. Suddenly, a bird flew into the inn from the outside. It circled the lobby and shouted, "Hey, Han! Why are you here? This is not your territory. Get out! "
Han Gui was at his peak, but when he heard the bird's cry, he immediately shrunk his neck. Everyone in Fu Shun knew that this noisy bird was the great cultivator Guo Buyi. Guo Buyi was low-key and mysterious. There were a few people in the city who were not afraid of him, but Han Gui was not one of them.
Han Gui immediately changed his expression. He wanted to smile and ask for a few more words, but 'Flat Hair' did not give him any face. It scolded him directly, "Get out of here. If you are slow, I will peck you to death."
The Flat Hair looked inconspicuous, but its strength was equivalent to the Fourth Stage of Muscles and Bones and the Second Stage of Vitality. Its sharp iron plume beak could penetrate heavy armor. Han Gui had seen with his own eyes that a scoundrel tried to take liberties with Guo Jiao. As a result, 'Flat Hair' pecked open the skull of the unlucky scoundrel without saying a word, leaving his corpse exposed to the public.
Moreover, this' Flat Hair 'was created using the Mechanical Puppet Technique, so there was no need to talk about feelings. When it said it wanted to kill you, it meant that it was really going to kill you. Encountering such an unreasonable thing, Han Gui didn't want to play around with his life. As the saying goes, 'A wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him'. He quickly turned around and left the inn.
However, after walking a few steps away from the street, Han Gui felt like his lungs were about to explode. He took a deep breath and exclaimed in his heart, "My prestige as an official, my prestige as an official has fallen."
Looking around, he saw that the officials beside him were all crestfallen. Their gazes towards Han Gui were not as fearful as usual. Even the passersby on the street dared to point at him and laugh in secret. This made Han Gui even more frightened. If the prestige as an official that he had obtained with great difficulty was gone, wouldn't those poor people that he had bullied, beaten, and robbed in the past pounce on him and take his life?
This prestige as an official was not just a reputation. In the current world, it was a form of spiritual energy and the embodiment of one's cultivation. On a larger scale, the emperor also had his prestige as an official. The 'prestige as an official' came from ruling the world and controlling the people. After a quantitative change triggered a qualitative change, it evolved into imperial power, called the 'True Dragon Aura'.
Under the imperial power, officials of different levels also had different levels of prestige as an official. However, the prestige as an official had to be recognized by others. The feudal officials could act on behalf of the emperor, 'promote education, persuade agriculture, develop water conservancy, expand the borders', and make all kinds of contributions to obtain a huge amount of prestige as an official. They didn't need any cultivation to perform all kinds of magical techniques.
However, those tasks were too tiring and required a high level of ability. Normal officials couldn't do it, and they couldn't do it well. Therefore, Li Yongfang of Fu Shun Qianhu used guerrilla warfare to oppress the people by wielding his authority. It was the simplest and most effective way to obtain the prestige as an official.
As for a low-level official like Han Gui, he didn't know how to maintain social order, manage the streets, or mediate the disputes between neighbors. All he knew was to bully the kind. When everyone was afraid of him, his prestige as an official would be guaranteed. However, the only thing he was afraid of was encountering a troublemaker, especially a troublemaker that he couldn't deal with, such as' Flat Hair '.
Without the prestige as an official, Han Gui couldn't even cast a single spell, and he wouldn't be able to survive. However, he couldn't afford to offend 'Flat Hair', so he couldn't help but panic. An accompanying official walked up and whispered, "Master Han, that group of people just now is really suspicious. They look like they're down and out, but they aren't afraid of us. They must have an unusual background. "
"What?" Han Gui was having a headache and didn't hear it clearly.
The accompanying official continued, "Speaking of which, our Lord Li of Fu Shun is actually quite tired of Guo Buyi. It's just that they don't interfere with each other's business, not because they're afraid of him. If there's a reason to take advantage of Guo Buyi … Didn't the East Faction Guards and the Imperial Secret Service send people to Fu Shun recently? Last night, we were still trying to capture Gu Yuanwei's disciple, and now all these things are mixed together … "
The accompanying official didn't finish his sentence, but Han Gui already knew what his subordinate was thinking. It was nothing more than using this opportunity to stir up trouble. He immediately turned around and looked at the inn they just came out from. He whispered angrily, "These people are indeed suspicious. That puppet bird is protecting them. Also, last night, I lost Gu Yuanwei's disciple nearby. It's hard to say that these two aren't related. "
Han Gui's series of blind guesses had actually been roughly guessed by him. He continued to whisper, "If we can find out that Gu Yuanwei is related to Guo Buyi, Master You Ji will definitely not let this go. I can use this opportunity to raise my prestige. Who knows, I might even be promoted and make a fortune. I can't directly investigate Guo Buyi, but can't I investigate this group of people with unknown origins? "
Feeling that his plan had worked, Han Gui immediately ordered, "Go find more brothers and keep a close eye on the people in this inn. I want to investigate their background. If there's any evidence, I'll report it to Master You Ji. It will be a great merit. "
The group of officials began to move. It wasn't long before the news reached Han Gui's ears. The group of people in the inn had arrived two days ago. They had all gone to Happy Forest Inn.
When Han Gui heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and shouted, "Good! This group of people is indeed related to Guo Buyi. Keep a close eye on them. If they go out, you must find out where they are going. "
As the local tyrant of Fu Shun, Han Gui had plenty of ways to keep an eye on all movements in the city. What he didn't expect was that the suspicious group of people stayed in Happy Forest Inn and didn't come out. They ate, drank, defecated, and slept in the inn. It was like a mouse dragging a turtle. He didn't know where to start.
Although the target of the investigation didn't seem to be moving, Happy Forest Inn was very active. The puppet bird, 'Flat Hair', began to fly everywhere. It held a slip of paper with all kinds of purchase items in its mouth and ran to all the shops in the city to ask for the accounts. This action shocked the whole city. Miss Guo Jiao had always been muddle-headed when it came to business. She had never been clear about the accounts, but today was completely different.
For example, 'Flat Hair' went to Huaji Butcher Shop to ask for the extra money. At first, the boss of Huaji Butcher Shop refused to admit it. In the end, Flat Feather listed out the accounts one by one in a very clear and concise manner. The boss of Huaji Butcher Shop immediately knew that he had met an accounting expert. He couldn't deny it and could only return the extra money.
This was really strange. Usually, Guo Jiao's muddle-headedness brought her great fame, but behind the fame, a lot of people laughed at her for being a wastrel. After a long time, taking advantage of Happy Forest Inn became an unspoken rule that everyone was happy to accept.
It was just that taking advantage of others usually made many people suffer when they had to pay their debts today. Many shops suddenly couldn't pay the large amount of debts accumulated over the years. Some begged for more time, some made a scene, and some evaded debts. It really caused the whole city to be in an uproar. The streets and alleys were all talking about this.
For a moment, people were cursing Guo Jiao for 'exploiting, plundering, scheming, harming people, and forcing people to destroy their homes'. However, in the eyes of Han Gui and the other officials who tried to monitor Happy Forest Inn, it was' Flat Hair 'who went out with pieces of paper and came back with bags of silver.
The bags of money hanging under 'Flat Hair's' claws contained at least a dozen taels, and at most a few hundred taels. These were all debts owed by the shops and customers in the city over the past five years. In just half a day, at least one or two thousand taels had been returned.
This amount of money seemed to have come too easily, and the officials who were watching from the side were all green with envy. In order to make money, Han Gui was willing to risk his life for Zhou Qingfeng's reward of fifty taels. At this moment, he really wanted to rush into Happy Forest and rob it.
In the quiet room of Happy Forest, Guo Jiao was also staring blankly at the silver that 'Flat Hair' kept bringing back. She originally thought that it would be amazing if she could get back a thousand taels of silver from the pile of accounts that she couldn't even understand. However, in just one morning, she had already gotten back almost two thousand taels.
According to Xu Li's preliminary estimate, there were about ten thousand taels of silver in the accounts. Apart from that, there were still more than twenty thousand taels of silver in the accounts that she couldn't figure out. In other words, ever since Happy Forest Inn was opened, Guo Jiao had spent more than thirty thousand taels of silver. Because she hated looking at the accounts, Guo Jiao almost wanted to burn them down.
"Luckily I didn't burn them." Although she could only get less than half of the money back, Guo Jiao couldn't help but feel lucky. She remembered when she asked Xu Li how she managed to sort out such a large amount of money from a pile of old accounts. At that time, Xu Li had smiled warmly and confidently answered, "Knowledge is power!"
Ah …. Guo Jiao was directly hit in the heart by this sentence. She was overjoyed!
"If Big Sister Xu was a man, I would definitely marry her. Although she doesn't know magic, doesn't know needlework, and isn't good at etiquette, every sentence she says is the truth. She has the wisdom of a holy monk, but she is also as easy-going as a sister. In comparison, the pedantic scholars in the city are really trash who only know how to pick and choose sentences. They look so weak that I don't have any interest in befriending them. "
As a lady of the Ming Dynasty, Guo Jiao had an eccentric father. She had been well-read since she was young and had a lofty personality. Her thoughts were very different from ordinary people, and there were very few people who could win her heart. However, in less than a day, she had already become Xu Li's fangirl. She felt that this big sister was truly talented and beautiful. The abilities that she was usually proud of were not even worth mentioning.
At this moment, 'Flat Hair' who was in charge of collecting debts was also extremely excited. This puppet bird usually put in a lot of effort just to earn money for the First Miss. Today, it was able to transport a lot of money back. It was simply the happiest thing. Seeing the silver that was piling up, it squawked loudly and flew around Fu Shun City with all its might, collecting debts everywhere.
After leaving behind a bag of money that he had asked for, Flat Feather grabbed another account slip and flew out of Merry Forest to look for his creditor. After circling the entire city, he discovered that the guy who owed the debt was actually staying near the Merry Forest.
He immediately swooped down on the other party's head and threw the account slip on top of his head. He shouted loudly, "Surnamed Han, for the past five years, you've accumulated a total of 274 taels of silver in Happy Forest. Now it's time to pay up. Pay up, pay up, or I'll peck you to death! "
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