Chapter 65 64. National Destiny and Law

Yes.

The trump card is gone.

The big cat could easily grab away the energy bestowed upon him by the Lord of the Lake. What was the point of him continuing to escape?
When County Magistrate Fang heard the words of the young Taoist priest, his mouth was full of bitterness. The regret, unwillingness and hatred in his heart seemed to have brewed into a cup of poison that was swallowed into his stomach, constantly tormenting his will and body.

In the end, all this can only turn into a sigh.

It was in vain that his clever planning cost him his beloved's life.

Fang Youwei brushed off the dust on his body and stood up: "Go back? How can I go back? Will I be scolded and criticized if I go back?"

"Little Taoist priest, since I once saved the people of Ningyang Town, why don't you send me off here? I can't do it myself."

At this point, he only wants to die!
Xu Qing shook his head: "I can't kill you. Only the court and the people can decide whether to kill you or not."

County Magistrate Fang is a little different from the evil official who had oppressed their family. County Magistrate Fang once made great contributions to Ningyang Town.

Moreover, he was the highest official in the area, and it was the court's business to judge and sentence him.

He had already killed a constable and was about to kill a county magistrate. Even if Jin Hujun had a gold medal as a third-rank official, this matter had crossed the line.

Fang Youwei was a little disappointed when he heard Xu Qing's answer.

"In the end, it was all for nothing. I couldn't even ask for death."

Fang Youwei took out the official seal and prepared to fight to the death, which also put an end to this matter.

However, when he touched the official seal, it was scorching hot. He could not hold it for a while. It fell to the ground and rolled in the mud for several times, becoming dirty.

Fang Youwei stared in amazement at the official seal covered in mud.

The whole person was stunned on the spot.

At this moment, his mind couldn't help but recall,

He studied hard when he was young, was full of vigor and vitality when he was in high school, and then when he took office as a local official, he had the ambition to govern the town well.

Until a demon disaster and a serious injury, the day and night pain torture made him forget his original intention and the way of being an official.

Fang Youwei's eyes completely lost their brilliance, and he fell to the ground dejectedly: "Forget it, forget it, this is my fate, what can I do about it."

The gathering dark clouds turned into raindrops that fell down in drops.

In the hazy mist, Xu Qing watched as Fang Youwei's life force slowly dissipated. His heart meridians were shattered and there was no possibility of survival.

Before death.

County Magistrate Fang recalled the bright smiles that greeted him when he returned to the city that day when he had detained and joined forces with others to kill the monster that attacked the town.

It is really ridiculous that someone who saved people in the past is killing people today.

Xu Qing was silent for a moment, took out the hairpin traction talisman and tied up Fang Youwei's body to prevent him from faking his death, and then threw it into the Hu Tian Talisman.

After doing this, Xu Qing picked up the local official seal and carefully wiped off the dirt on it.

It didn't take long.

The burping Golden Tiger King fell from the sky, accompanied by a strong wind that blew the surrounding dark clouds into pieces.

"It's worth the trip. It's a great treat."

"How does it taste?" Xu Qing asked curiously.

"It's OK." Jin Hujun was obviously satisfied. "It's not bad to eat occasionally. Come up, the matter is settled, let's go back."

"it is good."

Xu Qing swiftly climbed onto Jin Hujun's back.

Lord Golden Tiger rose up on the wind.

Under the blue sky, the wind was raging, and the figure of King Golden Tiger with his limbs stepping on fire was galloping quickly among the sea of ​​clouds.

Xu Qing sat on the back of King Jin Hu, playing with the official seal, his mind wandering.

"Jin Hu Jun, do you think there is a way to make officials put the people first and plan for the country before planning for themselves and their families?"

"Let all cultivators in the world no longer regard ordinary people as livestock and food. They can be high and mighty and enjoy all conveniences, but they cannot bully ordinary people at will." Xu Qing thought of the evil official who harshly criticized the people during the autumn tax, and the county magistrate who was willing to risk his life to protect the people, but in the end tried to bury the people of an entire town for his own selfish reasons.

"Don't think too much, it's impossible. Although the Confucian teachings are very impressive, as long as people still have selfish desires, it's impossible."

"What if we start with the entire system?" Xu Qing murmured.

"What do you want to do?" Jin Hujun raised his eyebrows.

Xu Qing's initial thought was to overthrow the imperial court and establish a society similar to his previous life.

But that doesn't make sense.

The situations of the two are fundamentally different. To achieve this, one must have the strength to dominate the entire cultivation world, but even a true immortal may not be able to do it.

Since there is no power to easily suppress a world, it can only be done through reform and enlightenment of the people.

But in a world where supernatural powers exist, all the right to speak and initiative are in the hands of practitioners.

In previous lives, one could use public opinion to force certain things to happen, but in this world, if one dares to do so, the result might be the killing of mortals by practitioners.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing gently uttered a word: "National destiny."

The Dasheng court's use of national destiny was far more flexible than he had imagined.

The national destiny combined with the vitality of ordinary people gave birth to the Yang Fire of the State that protects every place and city;

National destiny can be used for baptism, allowing those talented people who have passed the imperial examinations to embark on the path of cultivation even if they do not have the qualifications, and it can also allow officials to hone their cultivation;

National destiny can also be used to perform official magic, such as the spell that can restore dead objects in the city to their original state.

Mr. Jin Hu is right. As long as people still have selfish desires, corrupt officials will never be eliminated. If you kill one today, another will pop up tomorrow.

But what if the fate of a country is tied to the law?

If the emperor breaks the law, will he be punished the same as the common people?

If officials violate the law and go against the original intention of protecting the people, they will suffer a backlash from the country and their entire cultivation will be destroyed?

What if all cultivators in the world have to obey the law?

Jin Hujun was shocked when he heard this: "Immediately, immediately, throw away that bold idea in your mind. Do you think you can touch the fate of the country?"

"I know that I am not a Confucian disciple, nor am I a member of the imperial court. The fate of the country is indeed not something I can easily touch now."

Xu Qing smiled.

He was just thinking about it. When he actually implemented it, the resistance he encountered would be absolutely enormous.

Binding the country's destiny to the law is equivalent to putting a layer of shackles on the entire court, or the entire Dasheng.

Not to mention whether the emperor agrees or not, officials from the first rank to the ninth rank, as well as cultivators within the territory of Da Sheng, will not agree.

Moreover, he had no idea how to bind the destiny of a country to the law. Apart from the semi-saints of Confucianism, the only ones who could manipulate the destiny of a country were the royal family.

However, Confucianism has always been integrated with the imperial court, and it is even more impossible for the royal family to harm the interests of one family and make the world public.

at the same time.

Hongze Lake.

The vast lake has endless waves and the boundless lake is clear and emerald blue.

The Hongze Lake covers a vast area, with vast mist and waves, and a vast river. It looks like the sea, with only the sky and water as a line, endless and boundless.

At the bottom of a lake whose depth was unknown, there lay a gigantic dragon that was more than ten feet long.

At this time, the dragon's eyes were closed, as if it was sleeping soundly. The two whiskers on the dragon's head and the mane on its neck were floating up and down with the waves. The scales on its body were clearly arranged and shining.

Even though it was just quietly lying at the bottom of the water, a strong sense of oppression still involuntarily emanated from this dragon's body.

At this moment, the dragon seemed to sense something and suddenly opened its eyes. Its vertical pupils, like those made of gold, streaked with two golden rays in the dark water.

"A ray of energy from Ningyang Town has disappeared?"

(End of this chapter)