Chapter 200
200 The child of the God of Fortune
Xia Pingan had people convert the money that was counted from the Changyun villa into silk and distributed it to the poor families whose children had been robbed over the years in accordance with the local tribute rules. Each family had 50 silk.
In just a few days, the entire Daozhou city was like a grand show. First, countless children who were robbed to the Changyun villa were reunited with their parents. Then, the provincial governor’s pension was distributed. Countless people in Daozhou rushed to tell each other. Almost every day, there were chickens, ducks, and fish sent by the people in Daozhou to thank the provincial governor’s mansion.
As for the gifts from the commoners, Xia ping ‘an had his men accept them and had the chefs in the provincial governor’s manor make meat soup for the officials to enjoy.
Xia ping ‘an’s Memorial to the Imperial court was sent out after it was written. Three days after the memorial was sent out, a group of travel-worn people arrived from afar. After entering Daozhou city, they went straight to the provincial governor’s office.
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Yangcheng, How dare you! The dwarf that Daozhou city offered to His Majesty is clever and interesting. His Majesty likes him the most. So do the concubines and nobles in the palace. When foreign emissaries come to Chang ‘an, His Majesty often has the dwarf figurines that Daozhou city offers to perform in public. How can you stop something that Daozhou city offers to His Majesty for a hundred years just because you want to? do you have any respect for the Imperial court and his Majesty? ”
In the main hall of the provincial governor’s manor, Xia ping ‘an was sitting at the head of the table. A pale-faced eunuch dressed in eunuch’s clothing was sitting beside Xia ping’ an. He spoke in a high-pitched voice and pointed his orchid fingers at Xia ping ‘an as he severely criticized him.
This eunuch was the local tribute envoy of the Tang Dezong. He was a eunuch who specialized in supervising and inspecting the tributes from various places to the Imperial court. Although he was not a high official, he was the emperor’s personal attendant and worked for the Emperor. He was the emperor’s special envoy, and his prestige was far beyond that of ordinary officials.
The local tribute envoy had been in Hengzhou, supervising the local Tributes all over Hengzhou. His life had been quite leisurely. However, after hearing what yang city had done in Daozhou city, he had hurriedly brought a group of people to Daozhou city, looking like he was going to condemn them.
Xia ping ‘an sipped his tea slowly. He waited until the local tribute envoy finished speaking before he said calmly, ” eunuch Chen, you are wrong. The laws of the Tang Empire State that the local Tributes are only offered to those who have them, not those who have none. There are only dwarf people in Daozhou, not dwarf slaves. There is no reason for the local Tributes to offer the people. This is the first reason. Secondly, Daozhou has a short population. If we offer Tributes, I wonder who can offer them? ” Eunuch, since you’ve just arrived at the Dao state city, why don’t you take a good look at the Dao state city and see if there are any special local products that we can offer as Tributes? if there are, I’ll definitely offer them as Tributes.”
These two reasons were also written in Xia ping ‘an’s Memorial to Tang de sect. This was reasonable.
In other words, according to the laws of the Imperial court, only local items could be offered as Tributes. Local products could not be offered as Tributes. The Dao state only had short commoners and no short slaves, so the commoners could not be treated as Tributes. In addition, the people of the state were poor and had no property. They had no special products, so they could not offer anything.
The eunuch was stumped by Xia Pingan’s words. He was at a loss for words and was so angry that his entire body was shaking. He pointed at Xia Pingan and said, ” good, good, good, good, good. Everyone knows that your high yang sect is proficient in the classics of law. I can’t win against you in an argument. If you dare to stop paying tribute, don’t regret it.
I still have official documents to deal with. If eunuch Chen has nothing else to do, please go back, ” Xia Pingan said as he served the guests tea.
Outside the main hall, a group of officials from the provincial governor’s manor watched in fear as Xia Pingan withstood the pressure and drove away the tribute envoy beside the Emperor. After eunuch Chen left angrily with his followers, the group of officials carefully entered the main hall.
Your Excellency, that eunuch Chen will definitely return to Heng Zhou to complain about you to the observation room. The observation room will definitely send someone to take a look, ” an official reminded.
“I know. Everyone, go do your own things!” Xia ping ‘an said calmly. He had expected the observer to send someone over. He was already prepared.
However, although judge cui’s name was not recorded in the history books, he was still a loyal man. Xia ping ‘an was not worried.
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Sure enough, a few days later, judge cui from Hengzhou brought his men directly to the outside of Daozhou city in the name of rushing the exam.
Urging was to urge the local officials to hand over the local money, grain, and taxes. The judge had the responsibility of urging them. If they encountered illegal officials, the judge could directly arrest them.
All the officials in the provincial governor’s mansion went out of the city to welcome him.
The judge was a man in his forties. He had a square face, two dark eyebrows, and a strong body. He was riding on a tall horse with dozens of subordinates in official clothes. They had knives and bows ready, and they looked like they were here to fight.
The judge’s sharp gaze swept across the officials of Daozhou city. He realized that they were all familiar faces, but he did not see yang city. His face darkened, ” why don’t I see provincial governor yang? ”
“Lord cui, Governor yang is in prison!” An official of the provincial governor’s mansion moved one step forward and reported in a low voice.
“Governor yang is in prison. What’s going on?” Judge cui was shocked. He hadn’t even made a move yet, and sun City was already in prison.
“Ahem, ahem, when he heard that Lord cui was coming to urge him on, Lord yang felt that he was not doing well, so he went to the prison and locked himself in there, saying that he would wait for Lord cui to come and pick up the Kasaya.”
“Take me to see Yingluo.”
“Yes!”
The officials from the provincial governor’s office led judge cui and his subordinates into the city.
As soon as they entered the city, judge cui felt that the atmosphere in the city was strange. In the past, wherever he went, the people he met would not dare to look at him in the eye. Even if they did, they would be extremely respectful. But today, the people on both sides of the streets, from the eighty-year-old old men to the young children, all of them looked at them with hatred.
Everywhere they went, there was only the sound of horse hooves. The streets were quiet and everyone was staring at them. It felt like they had entered an enemy country, not Daozhou city in Hengzhou of the great Tang.
Anubis and his men felt as if there were needles on their backs, and cold sweat began to drip down their backs.
Judge cui arrived at the prison of Daozhou city and saw Xia Pingan. Xia Pingan was dressed in a prisoner’s uniform, sitting upright in the cell and writing on the table. Judge cui came to Xia Pingan’s side and saw that he was writing only eight words on the table: ” urging the ministers to hurry up and discipline their own people. It’s hard for the heart to write.
Xia Pingan put down his brush and looked at judge cui calmly. Lord cui is here. Yangcheng is useless. If you want to kill or scrape, go ahead, Zhenzhen.
Judge cui let out a sigh. If he were to urge Xia Pingan to hurry up at this time, it would be an insult to the intelligence of both parties. He bowed to Xia Pingan and left the prison without saying a word. He left Yangcheng with his subordinates and returned to Hengzhou to report to the observer.
The observer emissary was furious and ordered judge cui to capture yang city and bring it to Hengzhou.
Judge cui returned to his own court and said to his subordinates, ” yang city of the Dao province is a true gentleman and the parents of the common people. If I were to capture him, wouldn’t I become as despicable as Zhou Xing and Lai jinchen? I would feel uneasy and would probably not be able to sleep well for the rest of my life. I can’t do this job. Please Make yourself at home. after saying that, judge cui took out his official seal and hung it in the hall. Then, he left the hall. That night, he left Hengzhou with his wife and children, and no one knew where he was.
When the Hengzhou observer learned that his Subordinate Judge cui had actually left with his seal to take up the challenge, he also fell silent.
eunuch Liu, Yang city is unmoved by force or persuasion. I can’t do anything about it. If we continue to make a scene, I’m afraid it will trigger a rebellion in Daozhou. I think it’s better to let His Majesty decide on the tribute in Daozhou, ” the observer said helplessly to eunuch Liu.
good, good, good, I’ll go back to Chang ‘an and ask for the Imperial decree. If that yang city dares to stop paying Tributes, I’ll see how long they can keep on jumping around. I don’t believe that His Majesty will let them do as they please. Eunuch Liu once again left in a rage.
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More than a month later, in the great Ming Palace of Chang ‘an city,
After reading the memorial sent by yang city from Dao state, Li Shi left Zichen Palace with a surge of emotions. He walked slowly and unknowingly, he had arrived at the sacrificial altar.
Seeing Li Shi’s arrival, the eunuchs who were guarding the ancestral hall knelt on the ground.
As he walked into the ancestral hall and looked at the memorial tablet of ” Empress Dowager Rui Zhen “, Li Shi’s deep gaze became gentle.
This was the memorial tablet of his birth mother, Shen Shi. The honorific title of “Empress Dowager Rui Zhen” was given by Li Shi himself after he ascended the throne.
forget it. Li Shi sighed and shook his head.
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Li Shi, who was in Chang ‘an city, said these words. At the same time, Xia Pingan, who was in the study of the provincial governor’s mansion in Daozhou city, was caught off guard. The world of the realm Pearl was shattered into a rain of light.
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The surging divine power began to wash Xia Pingan’s body over and over again.
When the feeling of the body disappeared, Xia Pingan’s consciousness had already appeared in the temple of the secret mandala.
The firmament algae well in the mandala had gained 100 points of divine power.
This divine power seemed to have exceeded the upper limit of a perfect fusion with the realm Pearl.
Zheng Zha didn’t die, Xue Yue wasn’t demoted. The change in their destinies had indeed changed the result of merging with this realm Pearl.
Xia ping ‘an was a little excited. At this time, his consciousness was in the secret mandala, and the experience in the realm Pearl had become like a dream after waking up. It was hazy and no longer seemed so real.
The only real thing was the changes in the secret mandala.
In the hieron’s Hall, there was one more golden statue. It was a boy with two cute pigtails and a red dudou. In a auspicious immortal official’s long robe and a Jade Ruyi in hand, the boy was lying at the feet of Yangcheng with a smile and holding the official uniform of Yangcheng in an innocent way.
The Yang city in the sculpture was no longer an official of the great Tang, but the image of the God of Fortune.
The child was lifelike and was a summoning slot that could be summoned.
Other than this statue, the statue of bianque was also in the temple.
The statue of the god of Fortune lit up the word “stop” on the mountain of golden characters in the godly Palace, while the statue of bianque lit up the word “Yu.”
Xia Pingan thought for a moment and began to inject divine power into the statue of the god of Fortune, ready to summon the illusionary child to take a look.
As he poured in his divine power, Xia Pingan became more and more surprised. As far as he knew, summoning this child seemed to only require 60 points of divine power. However, he continued to pour in his divine power, but the illusionary child never appeared. In the blink of an eye, he had poured in more than 100 points of divine power. When he had poured in 180 points of divine power, the child in the sculpture flashed and walked out of the sculpture.
As the child was summoned, a piece of information suddenly appeared in Xia Pingan’s mind. This was not the illusionary child, but the child of the God of Fortune.
The cute child’s dudou had a character ” Fu ” written on it, which was very naughty. The moment he appeared, the Child of Fortune flashed and disappeared from where he was. He shrunk by half and climbed onto the head of the statue of Suiren. He touched Suiren’s face and the fire beside him. The next second, the Child of Fortune grew larger and appeared on the mountain of golden characters, stepping on those activated characters and jumping here and there happily.
Seeing that Cangjie was writing something in the distance, the child of the God of Fortune flashed to Cangjie’s side and returned to his original body size. He reached out to grab Cangjie’s beard.
Cangjie smiled as he touched the middle of the eyebrows of the Child of Fortune with his Jade brush. A round red cinnabar flower then appeared, making the child more adorable.
With a touch of the flower hairpin between his eyebrows, the Child of Fortune instantly disappeared from the shrine and came to the real world from the secret mandala.
Xia Pingan was shocked. He opened his eyes and saw that the Child of Fortune was grabbing his ears and stepping on his shoulders to climb up his head.
Seeing that Xia Pingan had opened his eyes, the Child of Fortune kissed Xia Pingan on the cheek and laughed. He called out ” Daddy, Daddy ” and instantly disappeared from the underground cultivation room.
Xia Pingan touched his face and felt as if he was in a dream.
This Child of Fortune called him father? What was going on?
He looked at his secret mandala. The Child of Fortune was no longer there. He searched the basement, but there was no trace of him.
Would this Child of Fortune run away by himself?
Xia Pingan felt that all of this was too unbelievable.
The child God of Fortune better not cause any trouble!
Xia Pingan took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It only took two hours to merge with the realm Pearl of the Child of Fortune.
Xia Pingan came out of the underground secret room. It was already dark outside. The two moons in the sky were like mirrors, and the stars were bright and beautiful. It was the beginning of the nightlife in Shangjing.
Xia Pingan looked around the newly rented courtyard, but there was no trace of the Child of Fortune.
This Child of Fortune God was too mischievous. Where had he run off to?
Just as Xia ping ‘an had given up on searching for the Child of Fortune, an image suddenly appeared in his mind.
Da Qian enterprise appeared in Xia ping ‘an’s sea of consciousness. The Blessed child who had disappeared was sitting on the door of da Qian enterprise. Like a ginseng baby, he was less than a foot tall. Swinging his two toot little feet, he was leisurely observing this interesting world.
The street outside the mansion was crowded with people and vehicles. Four disciples of Tang Clan in Dawan city were standing at the gate of the mansion. However, nobody on the street seemed to notice the cute boy in a red dudou who was loitering above the gate.
A gorgeous four-wheeled carriage stopped at the entrance of the Dali Hall. Xia Pingan saw the gloomy-looking elder of the Tang family and Tang Long get off the carriage. Then, the Child of Fortune, who was sitting at the entrance of the Dali Hall and shaking his feet, jumped directly from the door and landed on the head of the elder of the Tang family.
This scene almost made Xia Pingan scream.
However, that elder of Tang Clan didn’t notice it at all. When he was welcomed by the master of the mansion, he didn’t know that there was a boy of fortune above his head.
Xia Pingan was secretly shocked, but then, something happened that made Xia Pingan even more speechless. He saw the Child of Fortune kick the Tang family elder’s head twice with hatred. Then, he stood on the Tang family elder’s head, lifted his dudou, and revealed Xiao-xiaoniao. He stuck out his belly and peed on the Tang family elder’s head.
The moment he peed, his head was covered with black Qi, which didn’t seem to be a good omen.
From the beginning to the end, the Tang family elder and the people around him did not notice anything amiss.
F * ck, this child God of Fortune was too strong. He could even do this!
Xia Pingan was already dumbfounded and speechless.
you can leave now. No need to serve me. I’m a bit tired today. I need to take a rest, ” the elder of Tang Clan waved his hand as he told his subordinates. After that, he returned to his room with the Child of Fortune on his head.