There are differences between the West Lake in the Misty Realm and the West Lake in the Song Dynasty on Earth.
On Earth, the West Lake of the Song Dynasty is in the area, but the West Lake of the Chu Dynasty in the Misty Realm is in the city of Hangzhou, which is the most prosperous area in Hangzhou.
On the edge of the West Lake is where officials or wealthy people live.
Xu Xian's father was in the medicinal materials business. He was once one of the richest men in Hangzhou and owned a very large house on the edge of the West Lake.
Feudal society is no better than modern society. Too much money is not a good thing.
No matter how rich he is, he cannot withstand the three-foot steel knife that beheads the county magistrate.
Smart wealthy businessmen will build bridges and pave roads after accumulating wealth to a certain extent, to gain a good reputation, and then find ways to improve the family's status and develop in the direction of power.
In a feudal society, power is the ultimate goal. Although money is important, it is enough to a certain extent. If it continues to develop, it will only arouse the covetousness of interested people and bring disaster to oneself.
Xu Xian's father, Xu Tianyou, had no chance to study when he was young because his family was poor, but he was quite business-savvy.
After more than ten years of hard work, Xu Tianyou went from a pauper to a well-known rich man in Hangzhou.
Wealth accumulated so fast that Xu Tianyou felt the crisis. On the one hand, he started to do charity. On the other hand, he put his hope in his son Xu Xian, hoping that Xu Xian could gain fame.
Xu Xian did not disappoint Xu Tianyou and was admitted as a scholar as he wished.
The misty world is the world of cultivation, and scholars are not necessarily powerless.
If you can write good poems, attract talents and enlightenment, and use them to change your muscles and cleanse your marrow, you will become a pillar of talent who can stabilize the country with literature and military skills. From then on, you can leap over the dragon gate, and your future is limitless.
Although Xu Xian was admitted as a scholar and wrote many poems, he did not attract any talent.
As far as Xu Xian knows, talent is actually the spiritual energy of the world of cultivation, and to attract talent, you need to have the corresponding spiritual roots.
After being admitted as a scholar, in order to determine future achievements and provide corresponding training, the government will arrange to check whether they have spiritual roots.
The results of the examination were discouraging. Xu Xian was a mortal without any spiritual roots.
With one ten thousandth of hope, Xu Xian wanted to use poetry to attract talent, but of course he was disappointed in the end.
There is about one person in ten thousand people in the Misty Realm who has spiritual roots. It is normal for Xu Xian not to have spiritual roots.
Many officials in Dachu had no spiritual roots, which did not affect the imperial examination. As long as they passed the examination, they would still have a prosperous career.
Since he was unable to attract talents, Xu Xian planned to take the imperial examination step by step in order to gain a reputation and become the mainstay of his family.
There are many people who covet this fat piece of Xu family, but they don't give the Xu family time.
Three months ago, a large group of masked men surrounded the Xu Mansion. The guards, servants, maids and other servants were killed on the spot before they could react.
Several masked men rushed into Xu's house, and under the threat of swords, Xu Xian, Xu Tianyou, and Li were forced to drink poisonous wine.
Xu Tianyou and Mr. Li died of poisoning.
Xu Xian unexpectedly survived.
The reason why Xu Xian was able to survive was, on the one hand, because a soul on the earth had traveled through time, and on the other hand, of course, it was because he had obtained the system necessary for a time traveler.
Xu Xian has the memory of the earth, and he also has the memory of Xu Xian of the Misty World. It is difficult to say which memory is dominant. The two memories plus the system are what make Xu Xian what he is now.
The Xu family was in trouble, and the government investigation revealed that Fang bandit sneaked into Hangzhou and killed Xu Xian's family in order to make money.
Fang La revolted in Jiangnan half a year ago under the slogan of "Equal equality under the law, no superiority or inferiority, eliminate evil and eliminate the strong, and bring happiness to the people".
Hangzhou is an important town in the south of Da Chu and is heavily guarded. Fang La's rebel army is gathering strength and has not invaded Hangzhou. Even if there are spies sneaking in secretly, it is impossible to attack the Xu family blatantly.
What really attacked the Xu family was the Wuwei Army stationed in Hangzhou, who slaughtered the fat sheep of the Xu family in the name of collecting military rations.
Dachu was very poor, suffered from internal and external troubles, and was almost terminally ill.
The internal worries are the four major bandits, namely Fang La from Jiangnan, Song Jiang from Shandong, Wang Qing from Huaixi, and Tian Hu from Hebei.
The foreign invasion was the Liao Dynasty, and the humiliation of ceding the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was a lingering pain in the hearts of the people of Da Chu.
When Chu Huizong was short of money, he had Hua Shi Gang.
When officials are short of money, they will use every possible means to rob the people of their wealth and anointing.
There was nothing they could do. The army of Da Chu, which was the number one in making money, ran out of money, so they slaughtered a few rich people.
Fang's bandit army is approaching, and Fang Zihao, the commander of the Wuwei army stationed in Hangzhou who has been suppressed by civilian officials for a long time, can finally feel proud and proud. He will definitely not let go of the opportunity to make money. The rich but powerless Xu family has become a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
If Xu Xian was admitted as a scholar and used poetry to attract talents, naturally no one would dare to touch the Xu family.
Xu Xian is just a small scholar, so naturally he cannot save the Xu family.
After Xu Xian came back from the dead, Fang Zihao once sent people to kill him and silence him.
Xu Xian's brother-in-law, Li Gongfu, was a police chief in Qiantang County. He was very skilled in martial arts and led a group of men to accidentally defeat the assassin sent by Fang Zihao.
How dare a small policeman in Qiantang County become an enemy of the Wuwei Army? Isn't this courting death?
Fang Zihao had said hello before attacking the Xu family. Magistrate Yang of Qiantang County knew that it was Fang Zihao from the Wuwei Army who wanted to deal with the Xu family.
Fang Zihao's attack on the Xu family also benefited Yang Zhixian, and there was collusion between the two parties.
Li Gongfu dared to stroke the tiger's beard, which angered Fang Zihao. Wasn't he seeking death?
County Magistrate Yang scolded Li Gongfu and others bloody, dismissed Li Gongfu and a group of police officers, and wrote a letter to Fang Zihao expressing his humility, saying that he had helped Fang Zihao clear the obstacles.
Li Gongfu is not as timid and fearful as in the TV series, but is full of passion. Since he lost his job to protect Xuxian, he will protect it to the end.
Li Gongfu took the group of resigned men and vowed to live and die with Xu Xian.
Xu Xian was very moved by the righteous deeds of Li Gongfu and others who were not afraid of power.
Then, the Wuwei Army did not come, but Yang Zhixian came in person and praised Li Gongfu for not being afraid of the local bandits and for his heroic deeds of risking his own life to protect his wife and brother.
County Magistrate Yang also said that Hangzhou City was under martial law and the Fang bandits did not dare to appear again. He also said that Dachu needed Li Gongfu and others, and asked Li Gongfu and others to report back to the county government as soon as possible.
Li Gongfu didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Yangzhi County's gourd, and he was angry. He was also afraid that Xu Xian would be in danger after leaving, so he naturally refused to return to the county government office.
Yang Zhixian came here every day and showed his kindness. It seemed that the county government really couldn't do without Li Gongfu and others.
Xu Xian knew that Li Gongfu and others were not that important. If Fang Zihao of Wuwei Army really wanted to take action, Li Gongfu and others would not be able to help Xu Xian.
Although Li Gongfu had a few kilograms of brute force, the county government had no shortage of arresters like him. There was no need for County Magistrate Yang to beg Li Gongfu to return in such a low voice.
Xu Xian asked the doubts in his heart.
Yang Zhixian seemed to be waiting for Xu Xian to ask him, and politely told the current situation with a flattering smile.
There was a very powerful person who wanted to protect Xu Xian. No one dared to deal with Xu Xian again. He also expressed his humility for the murder of Xu Xian's parents and said that he was very incompetent as a county magistrate.
Yang Zhixian finally made the point and asked Xu Xian to say something nice in front of the big shot.
Before leaving, Magistrate Yang said he would give Li Gongfu and others a few days' leave and ask them to report back to the county office as soon as possible.
What I wanted to say was said, and since then, Magistrate Yang has not come back.
A few days later, Li Gongfu and others saw that Xu Xian was really safe, so they returned to the county government office.
Xu Xian didn't know what big shot wanted to protect him. He asked Magistrate Yang about it, but he refused to tell.
Not knowing who his backer was or the opponent's strength, in order to avoid arousing the murderous intention of Fang Zihao, the commander of the Wuwei Army, Xu Xian decided to abandon his work and join Xinglin and become an apprentice at Wang Fengshan's Qingyu Hall.
If he doesn't take the imperial examination or become an official, there will be no threat to Fang Zihao, and the other party will not take the risk of attacking him again.
This alone is definitely not enough. The West Lake on Qingming Festival is the key moment to change Xu Xian's fate. If he can get Bai Suzhen's help, he will truly have the power to protect himself.
