A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 380 So Thin

The day after Jiang Zhe and his team left, Wang Shuliang also left after all the documents for the case, including those for the clan and the provincial governor's office, were finalized and printed and sent out.

However, Yuanye and his one thousand cavalrymen were still guarding the city gates and strongholds.

Looking at those heavily-armored soldiers with their gleaming armor, the people of Xiangu County were still in a state of panic.

After the case was over, Ximen Kankan and Liu Shushan left.

After all, they had been in the sect for three years and had just returned home to reunite. It had only been a few days when they were called over by Duan Rong.

However, their trip was not in vain, as they had helped in such a major case, and it was all recorded in the documents. This would be of great help to them in becoming inner disciples three years later.

Seeing that Xiao Yu was in a bad mood, Shen Mizhi stayed and gave her a few more days.

From the case to Xiao Zongting's burial, Duan Rong was extremely busy during this period.

This day, he finally had some free time.

In a secluded room in Ximen Mansion, Duan Rong sat cross-legged on the bed behind a screen, with his five hearts facing the sky, breathing in and out.

On the day Wei Ziyang was besieged, he devoured Shen Qing's weapon spirit.

That is the first level of Liuhe Sword, the martial arts of Yuanqi realm.

The weapon spirit had already digested and absorbed it on the same day, but Duan Rong finally had the opportunity to quietly study this Qi realm martial art until today.

The first level of Liuhe Sword has been completely integrated into Duan Rong's soul.

At this time, he was already very familiar with the Qi circulation method of Liuhe Sword.

Duan Rong began to deduce the breathing exercises according to the Qi circulation path of the exercises in his mind. Half an hour later, Duan Rong opened his eyes with a look of astonishment.

"This heaven and earth's vital energy... is so thin?!"

Duan Rong began to circulate his Qi according to the Liuhe Sword technique. After entering the state, he could sense the existence of the vital energy of heaven and earth.

But at this moment, in the room where he was, there were only two wisps of heaven and earth energy floating there, as thin as cow hair.

Duan Rong's mind moved, and his spiritual consciousness suddenly released.

At this moment, the astonishment in his eyes became even more intense!
In the vast space covered by his consciousness, in the vast twilight at this moment, there were only a dozen strands of heaven and earth energy floating there...

Duan Rong couldn't help but smile.

The vitality of heaven and earth is so thin that it can be counted? !
To say it is thin is really a compliment. In fact, the most accurate description is that the vitality of the weather here is somewhere between almost non-existent and extremely thin.

The Yuan Qi of heaven and earth was so thin that even though Duan Rong was already very familiar with the first level of the technique, he was unable to break through to the Yuan Qi realm.

Duan Rong only then thought of that day when Jiang Zhe and the others were practicing qigong and regulating their breathing, they would open a black jade box that gave off a cold air and put something like "candied haws" into their mouths from it.

Although Duan Rong didn't know what that thing was, but now thinking about it, that thing must contain extremely rich energy of heaven and earth.

In fact, Duan Rong had already read in the classics of the sect's Sutra Library that the vital energy of heaven and earth in the secular world was thin, but he really didn't expect it to be so thin.

This is not thin, this is almost nothing!

Duan Rong then thought of another reason, which might be related to the fact that Xiangu County was too remote.

Inside the sect, that is, Changliu Mountain, the vitality of heaven and earth is still quite rich.

The most intense place is the underground world where space is distorted.

In fact, the laws of the heavens in this world can no longer generate the vital energy of heaven and earth. This is also the fundamental reason why the vital energy of heaven and earth is so thin.

The real source of the vitality of heaven and earth is in the space of the ruins of gods and demons.

Because the laws of heaven in the ruins of gods and demons are different from the laws of heaven in this world, so there is a constant flow of heaven and earth energy generated inside, spreading all around...

The underground world with distorted space is the heavenly laws of the ruins of gods and demons and the heavenly laws of this world. Endless years have passed between the two and formed a strange space. The heavenly laws in it are different from those in the ruins of gods and demons and this world. It is an independent and different dimension.

In other words, the concentration of the vital energy of heaven and earth in the entire Qingzhou should be centered on the Changliu Mountains, spreading outwards and decreasing in sequence.

Xiangu County is so remote, with mountains high and the emperor far away, so the vitality of the weather here is almost non-existent.

Duan Rong was just thinking this when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

He jumped off the bed, walked over slowly and opened the door.

I saw Zhu Xiaoqi standing outside the door holding a lunch box.

She was petite, and the lunch box wasn't big to begin with, but in her hands, it seemed very big.

Duan Rong moved aside, and Zhu Xiaoqi walked in carrying a food box.

She put the food box on the table, and immediately brought out two plates of snacks, saying with a smile, "Miss Yu, I made them myself. Let me bring them to you. One plate of osmanthus cakes, and one plate of rose cakes."

Duan Rong looked at Zhu Xiaoqi.

Zhu Xiaoqi was still wearing mourning clothes at this time, and she was dressed in plain clothes. But her eyes were bright, her lips were like peeled lychees, and there was a faint smile on the corners of her mouth.

Duan Rong asked, "How is she feeling recently? I went to see her yesterday and I seemed to see her secretly wiping away tears. How come she is in the mood to make snacks today?"

Zhu Xiaoqi sighed and said, "A few days ago, Miss Shen often chatted with her, and she felt better. The day before yesterday, Miss Shen left, and she became a little depressed again. I thought of teaching her how to make snacks to kill time."

"Really?" Duan Rong looked at the two plates of dim sum with interest. They looked pretty good.

Xiao Yu has been escorting escorts for many years and has always been a female knight. Xiao Zongting has no son and seems to raise her as half a son. He never knew that Xiao Yu could make snacks.

Zhu Xiaoqi said: "The snacks made by the young lady are all here. This is a token of her love, you must eat them all."

After Zhu Xiaoqi finished speaking, he covered his mouth with his hands and smiled, knelt down and bowed, then left.

Duan Rong's eyes moved. The look in Zhu Xiaoqi's face when he looked at him for the last time seemed a little strange.

But Duan Rong was really hungry. He sat at the table, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and took a small bite.

As Duan Rong took a bite of the pastry, his expression changed slightly.

"This... is too disgusting!"

He forced himself to swallow the cake in his mouth, then held the half cake in his hand, hesitating for a long time. Unable to eat it, he put it back on the plate.

At this point, he already understood the meaning of the strange look in Zhu Xiaoqi's eyes when she left. She must have known that it was unpalatable, but she still gave it to him and told him to eat it all.

This girl, is she deliberately making trouble for me? !

Duan Rong found a piece of rice paper and wrapped the two plates of snacks. He was hungry anyway, so he went out to eat something and took care of the two plates of snacks on the way.

Whenever Xiao Yu or Zhu Xiaoqi asked him, he would say that he had eaten it all.

Although the case has been closed, the newly appointed magistrate of Xiangu County, Guo Xiangbao, is still extremely busy.

Just two days after Jiang Zhe and Wang Shuliang left, the soldiers sent by Yuanye to Wei Yutian's old house found a large number of mummies in the pond next to the pavilion in the backyard. After the soldiers reported the matter to Yuanye and Guo Xiangbao, the two ordered the organization to turn over the silt at the bottom of the pond.

When they searched the place, they actually found hundreds of mummies and skeletons.

After inspection by the county coroner, it was found that all the mummies and skeletons were from women.

Guo Xiangbao wrote another document on the matter, one copy was sent to the Censorate in the prefecture, and the other copy was sent to the clan sect.

A few days later, Yuan Ye and his 1,000 cavalry also withdrew from Xiangu County.

Since then, the market of Xiangu County has slowly started to gain popularity...

Although on the surface Xiangu County seemed to have returned to its former tranquility, the county magistrate Guo Xiangbao was still at a loss.

Although the case was settled, the scar it left on Xiangu County was too great.

He now has the assets of major commercial banks seized in his hands, and he is thinking about how to deal with them.
During these three years, Sun Qian cleverly set up excuses and used various means to suppress and oppress the people, and took the assets of major commercial banks from their original owners by selling them at low prices or snatching them by trickery.

There were also people who wanted to confront Sun Qian head-on, but after a few days, their entire families were wiped out overnight.

Sun Qian closed the case on the grounds that it was just a gang feud and there were no clues.

After that case, the original owners of the major trading companies either went into hiding or moved away, and none of them ever showed up again.

But in the past few days, these people have surfaced and started to use various connections to get in touch with the new county magistrate, Guo Xiangbao.

They hoped to cancel the deal with Sun Qian's subordinates and take back the assets that were sold at a low price. After all, those people were all followers of the Filthy Blood Cult, and their deal was signed in front of Sun Qian in the county government, which was obviously forced!
In the past few days, Guo Xiangbao has been thinking about this matter.

Even if he confiscated all these assets, it was still within the law.

However, doing so would be detrimental to the long-term stability of Xiangu County, and more importantly, it would be detrimental to himself.

Guo Xiangbao is inclined to return those assets to the original owners of the major forces, but even if he returns them, he has to give him some benefits.

Guo Xiangbao rubbed his hands and took a big gulp of strong tea. "Hello, I'm fine, everyone is fine! I've returned the things to you. If you don't show some appreciation, then you're treating me, Guo, as a fool, aren't you?"

Guo Xiangbao put down his teacup and began to think about how to blackmail the major forces.

Half a month later, the mourning clothes on Xiao Yu and Zhu Xiaoqi were gone.

On this day, Xiao Yu and Duan Rong were strolling in the garden of Ximen Mansion.

The path in the garden was not swept by the servants and was covered with dead leaves. The two men's feet made a crackling sound when they stepped on them.

"Xiao Yu!" Duan Rong suddenly called her.

Xiao Yu hummed in his throat and continued walking.

Duan Rong said, "I promised you that I would ask for marriage from Old Xiao when I came back. But I didn't expect that Old Xiao would have such an accident. Now, you are like me, a person without any relatives or friends."

Xiao Yu stood there, looking at Duan Rong, with some emotion flashing in his eyes.

Duan Rong looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Since Old Xiao is gone, I will propose to heaven and earth! Heaven is above, earth is below! Xiao Yu, are you willing to marry me?"

As Duan Rong spoke, he knelt on one knee, took out a gold bracelet with exquisite patterns from his hand and handed it to Xiao Yu.

Duan Rong used the Western-style proposal method from his previous life. In his original body's memory, he knew very little about the marriage customs of this world. Duan Rong came up with his own idea and expressed his heart directly! He believed that people have the same heart and mind, and as long as he expressed his feelings sincerely, Xiao Yu would always understand him.

When Duan Rong said that, Xiao Yu felt cold all over, but when Duan Rong knelt down on one knee and handed her the shining bracelet, Xiao Yu couldn't stop her tears from flowing.

At that moment, her heart melted!
Through tearful eyes, she looked at Duan Rong's slightly raised face. That face seemed to have penetrated countless years and appeared before her.

Xiao Yu pulled Duan Rong up in a panic and said, "Hurry up! Don't let anyone see you!"

Xiao Yu had seen other girls get married, but she had never heard of Duan Rong's way. Although she was very touched, she also felt that it was not proper to let Duan Rong half-kneel in front of her!
Duan Rong pulled Xiao Yu up and said, "You haven't said whether you agree or not?"

Xiao Yu hummed softly, as softly as a mosquito or fly, and lowered his head.

Duan Rong was overjoyed. After two lifetimes, he finally had a wife!

Duan Rong gently put the carved gold bracelet in his hand on Xiao Yu's hand. Xiao Yu stood there and let him fiddle with it.

Xiao Yu was very happy when she saw Duan Rong's gentle and serious look.

Although she lost her father and sister, she was able to marry Duan Rong, so she was not helpless in this world.

Now that the two have secretly decided to spend their lives together, the next thing to do is to prepare for the wedding.

Although Duan Rong knew very little about the marriage customs of this world, Xiao Yu knew it very clearly.

First, you have to find a fortune teller who can tell the eight divinations, check the palm lines and horoscopes of both people, and ask her to choose an auspicious day.

Once the date is chosen, it’s time to prepare for the wedding and notify relatives and friends.

Duan Rong immediately started looking for a matchmaker after hearing this, but he had never been very social in this area.

Duan Rong went to seek help from Yang Zhen.

As a constable, Yang Zhen happened to be in charge of a matchmaker in the area where he worked. That afternoon, Yang Zhen took the matchmaker to Ximen Mansion to find Duan Rong.

The matchmaker looked at Duan Rong and Xiao Yu's birth dates, then took out a calendar and marked out three dates for them, saying that these three days were all auspicious days.

Duan Rong was in a very good mood, so he rewarded the matchmaker with a silver note.

The matchmaker received the banknote, thanked the man repeatedly, and left happily.

Duan Rong then went into the room with Xiao Yu to discuss the specific date.

Duan Rong prefers the middle day among the three dates, which is the nineteenth day of next month.

"I think we should get married within the three months of our family leave. Once these three months are over, who knows what kind of work the sect will assign us."

Xiao Yu's voice was infinitely gentle. "Well, you arrange it."

Now that the date was set, the next step was to prepare for the wedding. Duan Rong thought that he had to find a house to buy first.

After this great change in Xiangu County, there are quite a few idle large mansions, so it is a good time to buy one.

On this day, Duan Rong was about to go to the pawnshop to have a look when a clerk from the county government suddenly came to see him.

When handling cases, this clerk came here to find him several times, and this was not the first time the two had dealt with each other.

"Envoy Duan Qin, my master has an important matter. Please come to the county government office to discuss it." The clerk bowed and said with a smile on his face.

Duan Rong's heart moved. The case had already been closed, so why did Guo Xiangbao come to him again?
"Let's go!" Duan Rong said, and strode out. Sure enough, he saw two fast horses tied next to the door.

When the clerk first came to see Duan Rong, he brought a tweed sedan chair, but Duan Rong refused to sit in it. The clerk knew Duan Rong's temper, and whenever he came to see Duan Rong, he would always use a fast horse to lead the way.

(End of this chapter)