Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 65 Robber Plant
"Finally done!"

He Bo stuck his head out of Guan River, then went upstream to Bafu Ridge, the source of Guan River, and sat by the water in the shape of a human to catch fish.

Youyu came over lightly, sucked his fingers, and was then turned over by He Bo without any hesitation.

The fish, which had turned three and a half times in the water, became a little dazed. After Aba did it twice, he gave up pursuing that strange feeling of closeness and turned to suck on the snails crawling in the darkness at the bottom of the river.

A bird landed on He Bo's shoulder, its little claws tucked in and out, and it stared at him with its round eyes.

It should be strange.
Why can I see people but feel like I am falling on air?

but it does not matter!
The bird really likes the scent of this person!

So the bird gave up thinking about the problem of the "branch" under its feet, straightened its feathers, chirped twice, then squatted down with its round body and raised its butt, and a warm thing fell on He Bo.

"You are such a surprise!"

"How dare you do such a thing to a ghost or a god!"

He Bo didn't expect that he would receive such a gift just after a short while of rest during this rare period of time.

"Go, go!"

He flicked his fingers to move the bird to the real branch, then directed the water flow to wash the ball away.

The swimming fish came over quickly and destroyed the evidence of the insult to ghosts and gods.

When He Bo saw this, he just said in his heart: The birds are more relaxed, the fish have food to eat, and the "stain" of me, the ghost, is gone. It is really a win-win situation for all parties!

"The human world is still the best!"

"I've been dealing with the affairs of the underworld so much that I almost forgot about this kind of ease and happiness."

During this time,

Xi and Ximen Bao were both busy following the instructions of the ghosts and gods.

In fact, He Bo himself was not completely relaxed.

Because the authority of "Tu Bo" is not as direct and clear as that of the Lord of Mountains and Rivers, He Bo can only test it bit by bit.

If the attempt is wrong, you will have to wait for your mana to recover before you can restart the action.

It just so happened that ghosts with sins were not everywhere, which was enough for He Bo to recover.

The Zhang River basin is only in the Three Jins area.

Although the three families were fighting openly and secretly at this time, they had not yet torn their faces apart and attacked each other.

The Marquis of Wei established a Ye County in the south of Zhangzhou to annoy the State of Zhao.

The State of Zhao also built a military city nearby for defense.

The two hedgehogs have already set up their weapons, but have not yet reached the point of biting and drawing blood.

Therefore,
There were no large-scale wars, and He Bo did not collect many new ghosts in these ten days to verify the authority of "Tu Bo".

Of course, people die every day.

But it won’t be like a war where a large number of people die.

What's more, this year, thanks to He Bo's care, the weather on both sides of the Zhang River has been good and the harvest is destined to be much more grain than in previous years, and the number of people dying of hunger will also decrease.

but,

Fewer people died.
It's always a good thing.

Although verifying authority is important, there is no need to rush it.

The ghosts collected in the past few days are enough for He Bo to figure out many things.

First of all,

That proves that "merit" and "sin" do exist in correspondence.

some days ago,
Somewhere on both sides of the Zhang River, a ranger died.

Perhaps it was because he had done some good deeds in his lifetime, robbing the rich to help the poor, and saved the lives of several families, so his soul had a faint golden light.

When He Bo picked up this ghost, he was very happy and specially invited him to have a "road meal".

It was also the first time that the ranger encountered real ghosts and gods. After being surprised for a while, he calmed down.

after all,

He himself has become a dead ghost,

What else is unacceptable?

He Bo asked him, "I see that you have done good deeds and benefited many people. Can you tell me what they are?"

The Ranger asked, "Do ghosts and gods have an interest in people's good and evil?"

"It's just that there are many evil people in the world, even more mediocre people, and the fewest people who do good, so I am curious about you."

So the ranger introduced his identity to the ghosts and gods.

"I used to be a member of the Daozhi gang, but I was powerless to resist the overwhelming force of the times. I could only live in seclusion in the countryside and practice my own principles."

"I see!" He Bo recalled and finally remembered that he had heard of this name. "Since he is Dao Zhi's man, it's not surprising!"

Robber Zhi,

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a famous thief who led thousands of lowly people and slaves from the countryside and launched an extremely massive attack on the nobles of the world.

However, Dao Zhi himself was born into a noble family. He was a descendant of Prince Zhan, the son of Duke Xiao of Lu, and the younger brother of Liuxia Hui, a sage of Lu. Therefore, he was also called "Liuxia Zhi" or "Zhan Zhi".

People of the time did not know why Liuxia Zhi gave up his noble status and associated with the lowly common people, and even trampled on the Zhou rites for them.

Therefore, many nobles disliked him and called him "Dao Zhi".

After Dao Zhi died,
The power he formed did not disappear into thin air, but continued to run rampant under the name of the powerful, invading and oppressing the princes, doing what the princes would not do and upholding what the common people would not do.

On "using force to spread his doctrine",
Dao Zhi’s school was the predecessor of Confucianism, Mohism and other schools.

But a hundred years later,

Spring and Autumn have passed.

The Dao Zhi faction, which once made the princes tremble in fear, has also become deserted and no news has been heard from them for many years.

At least He Bo had never heard anyone mention them in the Zhangshui River Basin.

"Are you guys okay now?" He Bo asked him.

The Ranger said sadly, "There is no more Dao Zhi in the world."

"Over the past hundred years, there have been many princes who have lost their ancestral temples and their country, let alone the common people and slaves like Dao Zhi?"

“There were a few of them when I was young, but now I’m the only one.”

And I became a dead ghost,
This also means that all the thieves in the world have completely disappeared.

Seeing that he was sad, He Bo comforted him, "You are the only one who is still determined to do the work of Dao Zhi, which shows that you are a virtuous person!"

"I would like you to live in the underworld and create new rules for the dead there. Is that okay?"

The Ranger cried bitterly, "I am just a country bastard. I joined Dao Zhi because I harbored hatred for the noble who had oppressed me. I did justice for others, but I also had the selfish desire to rebel against the noble."

"Am I also a wise man recognized by the ghosts and gods?"

He Bo said to him, "A gentleman judges by his deeds, not his heart. If we were to judge people in the world by their thoughts, there would not be many wise men in the world."

"You have indeed done good things that are in line with the morality of the world. This is the recognition of you by heaven and earth and the world, not my concern."

After hearing this, the ranger immediately bowed down to the ghosts and gods.

He said, "To be recognized like this and to know that I have accomplished something in my life, I will die with no regrets."

"If the ghosts and gods still need me, please tell me!"

then,

He Bo made him a ghost official who was responsible for supervising the suffering and atonement of the sins of the evil ghosts.

During this time,

In addition to collecting ghosts along the Zhang River, He Bo's next thing was to use the restored black strips to reshape the small "underworld" again.

In addition to the "Tongdi City" where ghosts can live, He Bo also built some "hells" to punish evil ghosts with sins.

After all, although the Black Pottery Hell has been discontinued due to the laziness of ghosts and gods, He Bo said that evil ghosts cannot be released at will.

He wants to find a new home for the evil ghosts to be reborn so that they can reflect on their mistakes.

then,

He Bo continued to explore the rest of the subspace, and isolated new hells such as the Hell of Fiery Fire and the Hell of Knife Mountain to reward the evil spirits for their actions.

When the ranger named "Ji Wu" was recruited by the ghosts and gods and became a new ghost official, He Bo discovered that his merits also flickered and gave a black bar of feedback -

The upper limit of the black bar has been raised.

Then He Bo suddenly realized, "Rewarding good and punishing evil, the former increases the upper limit, and the latter increases the magic power, so that's it!"

"No wonder all the legends focus on this, it turns out there is a reason for it!"

He Bo was very happy as he once again dug out a spring of water from his unfathomable golden finger.

When he finished his exploration and poked his head out from the underworld, he found that Guan He's progress bar was almost loaded.

Looking at him again, it seems that Gongzi Chao has matured a little after not seeing him for a while.

"Double happiness!"

The ghosts and gods happily ran to Bafu Ridge, planning to move into the mountains immediately after taking Guanhe, and occupy the place where mountains and rivers converge, so as to become bigger and stronger and create greater glory!
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