In the Yamen's mansion, Wei Lianzhang, who had gotten up early, was flipping through the books and records about Gusu City on the table. The papers were already a little old and covered with a thick layer of dust.
While he was sorting it out, his other hand was holding the plug cord that had been left behind on the rice cooker.
Others only use jade or agate Buddha beads, but Wei Lianzhang just plugs in wires and enjoys himself.
As he flipped through it, he felt something was wrong, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.
There are 30,000 households in the north of the city, 20,000 households in the west of the city, and 25,000 households in the east of the city...
What makes Wei Lianzhang feel a little strange is why there are only a thousand households in the south of the city, and there is no mention of any natural or man-made disasters in the records.
Almost all the residents of Gusu City have subconsciously stayed away from this area of the city. Even the people who live there do not leave their homes at night.
If you can look down at this town from above, you can feel the obvious gap. The rest of the town is brightly lit, but that place is completely dark.
Wei Lianzhang specifically asked Zhou Qi to ask the county magistrate, and the answer he got was somewhat unexpected.
It is said that the area is not clean, and it is easy to bump into ghosts if you walk at night. Every time you come here, except for some poor families, everyone who can move has been moved.
Wei Lianzhang did not deny it blindly. In fact, at his age and experience, he had some contact with ghosts and gods.
It's just a little weird, but although monsters are eager to absorb energy, they are also very afraid of blood. Such blatant monsters usually don't appear in densely populated places like towns.
However, since he was involved with ghosts and gods, Wei Lianzhang didn't know much about it and didn't make any judgments.
He suddenly thought of Qin Bai, whom he met in the ancient canal. This man was definitely a strange person with some good deeds.
Wei Lianzhang found Zhou Qi and asked about this person.
Zhou Qi has not been idle these days. The more he checks the information, the more confused he becomes.
"I found the place where he stayed. It was an inn in Gusu City. His name was Qin Bai."
With a determined smile on his face, Wei Lianzhang continued to listen to Zhou Qi's words.
"Then I checked the names of the scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and there was indeed one named Qin Bai. He was about the right age."
"ah?"
In reverse, Qin Bai was really a scholar.
Zhou Qi continued: "But he has had fifteen years of experience and nothing can be said for sure."
Reversal and reversal.
Wei Lianzhang pinched the bridge of his nose with a headache. His scalp went numb when he thought of Qin Bai's appearance sitting in the examination room: "In that case, forget it."
He originally wanted to ask the other party about ghosts and gods, but since Qin Bai was really here to take part in the imperial examination, maybe the other party was reviewing his homework, so he didn't bother him.
Qin Bai was not as diligent as Wei Lianzhang imagined. He did not even prepare the Four Books and Five Classics.
There are a bunch of miscellaneous books in the fish bag. Apart from fishing skills, there is only Principal Ping Mei which I barely touched upon.
After returning to the inn, he recuperated for a day and then recovered. Although his body was a little weak, he was fine.
As for the imperial examination, he had not planned to participate in it originally, but now that he thought about it, it was still necessary to go. The devil had already appeared in his face, and he had to let the other party taste the power of the hammer.
Moreover, in Qin Bai's view, as long as it was not a sign-in mission, no matter what the demon's cultivation level was, even if he couldn't defeat it, he could run away with his forged iron magical power and there would be nothing he could do to him.
Ning Caichen felt much more at ease in the guest room next door. Yesterday morning he went to that house with the club's scholars.
The school inside had long since collapsed into ruins, and corpses could be seen in the yard from time to time. Although the pond was empty, the bottom was full of human bones.
When Ning Caichen saw such a scene, he felt like he was enlightened. Qin Bai's strange behavior before was suddenly explained.
I'm afraid that Brother Qin had already anticipated that there would be demons among them, so he joined the club with him. He had such good intentions.
He quickly returned to the inn, and the other scholars dispersed.
Ning Caichen is now more convinced that he is prone to encountering lonely ghosts. He has encountered them several times in just a short period of time, and each time they are very dangerous.
It's just that he obviously didn't realize that all of this happened from the beginning of his acquaintance with Qin Bai.
After the two chose to stay in the inn, their lives became peaceful.
Sometimes you won't die if you don't seek death, and lying down is the most invulnerable.
Qin Bai's body sitting cross-legged in the guest room stretched out. This time, it was a blessing in disguise that his true energy rose to another level.
With his current level of cultivation, he could try to refine the paper sword technique.
If you have the skill of paper swordsmanship when fighting against the Bone Demon, it will definitely be much easier.
Moreover, he also wanted to try his hand at sword-wielding. Every time he hit the demon with a hammer, it didn't suit his upright persona.
As for materials, Qin Bai prepared a lot of talisman paper, cinnabar, and a few pieces of bark paper, which must be enough.
However, because bark paper was relatively precious, he planned to practice on the talisman paper first.
Qin Bai methodically carved out the paper sword spells according to the plan, but he made mistakes after a few strokes.
Compared with the paper man's talisman, the paper sword technique was much more difficult. He tried several times in a row but always ended up with the talisman spontaneously combusting.
The main difficulty is to integrate the sharpness of the sword into the spell. Qin Bai has no clue about this, and the descriptions in the books left by Yan Chixia are also somewhat specious.
Qin Bai had never practiced swordsmanship before, and it was too difficult to realize the sharpness in a short time, so he had to try another way.
So he simply chose to use iron energy instead of sharpness, which was just a waste of points.
If he only used iron energy, Qin Bai would have to explore it all over again. After all, every time he writes is crucial to the iron energy injected into it. If he is not careful, all his previous efforts will be wasted.
After the thick stack of talisman paper was wasted, the paper swordsmanship was only halfway through.
Seeing that the talisman paper and cinnabar were no longer enough, Qin Bai had to come out of the guest room and planned to find a shop to buy some.
But when he left the inn, he found that the streets of Gusu City were decorated with lights and lanterns were hung in front of every house.
The faces of passers-by couldn't help but be happy. It wasn't until Qin Bai came forward to ask that he knew that the imperial examination was only three days away.
There was a sudden look on his face, and half a month had passed before he knew it.
It's no wonder that there isn't even a single scholar on the street. They should all be studying in their rooms.
As long as you can win the imperial examination, Guangzong Yaozu, even if you don't pursue an official career, you can live a good life relying on the preferential treatment of the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty.
It's just that there are thousands of scholars from all over the country taking the provincial examination, and the number of places is only 300, and the rest can only fail.
