At the beginning, you will meet a fox demon and be taught the art of immortality

Tongqu County, as one of the counties closest to the Ten Thousand Mountains in the southwest, is not prosperous in business due to its location, and farming is mainly based on dryland agriculture. The county has a population of tens of thousands, but most of them are mountain hunters.

Perhaps because it is too remote, the people in Tongqu County are simple and honest. However, as it is close to the mountains and forests and faces challenges from wild beasts, the county also has a strong martial spirit.

In the afternoon, the sunlight fades.

Su Rui sat on the stone lion at the gate of the county government office with his chin in his hand, in a daze.

It has been the third day since I traveled to this world.

homesick!

Although he is just a person with no house, no car and no job on earth, he can still happily live off his parents!

Of course, he can also rely on his parents after traveling through time, but the current feudal world is a bit similar to the ancient Tang and Song dynasties. How can it be compared with the Earth with extremely rich material and spiritual activities.

If he could go back, he might not be willing to exchange it for the throne!

Well, not necessarily!

However, compared to being a young official, he still hopes to travel back in time.

"Erlang, Madam is looking for you everywhere!"

A deep voice sounded like thunder in Su Rui's ears, pulling Su Rui out of his homesickness.

With such a loud voice, Su Rui knew who the person was without even looking up.

Sure enough, he was soon taken down from the stone lion by a man who looked like a giant bear.

"Boss Wu, aren't you supposed to be on duty today? Why did you run out..."

"The weather is nice today, and you have time, can you teach me martial arts?"

This man is the chief constable of Tongqu County and the number one thug of Su Rui's father. He is known as the Eight-Armed Bear. Not only is he good at external martial arts, he is also a master at using hidden weapons, hence this reputation.

Wu police chief looked very dignified, with a dark face, a big mouth, wide eyes, and a full beard, looking very fierce. The newly moved child next door was frightened and cried when he looked at him.

The first day Su Rui saw him after traveling through time, he was almost scared to death. He thought he had traveled through time to Liu Bei's camp during the Three Kingdoms period and met the fierce Zhang Fei.

Fortunately, he was just a soul traveling through time and space, and inherited the memories of the county magistrate's second son, the young yamen official. He knew that although this guy looked fierce, he was an orderly and good person who would not hurt others easily, so he put his mind at ease.

After finding out that there was no threat, Su Rui became very interested in him. With such a fierce brother as a bodyguard, one must feel extremely safe!

The young master caught a cold and was possessed by Su Rui's soul. In the past two days, he used the excuse of feeling unwell to hide himself and dared not contact anyone close to him.

On the contrary, he met Captain Wu several times. The former young yamen official was frightened by his appearance and did not dare to contact him. The two were not very familiar with each other, so Su Rui did not feel any pressure to contact him.

After meeting each other twice and saying hello a few times, Su Rui thought that the two were acquaintances, so he planned to get in touch with Brother Mengjiang by learning martial arts.

Of course, learning martial arts is not entirely an excuse. As a passionate man from the former Earth, who doesn't have a dream of traveling the world with a sword? What's more, in this world without antibiotics, a cold might kill you, like the real little yamen. Even if you can't fight after learning martial arts, it should be able to increase your immunity!

Although Wu Butou looked rough, he was actually quite delicate. He did not agree to teach martial arts without hesitation, but responded, "There are many thieves in the county recently. Erlang, please return to the county government office. I am in a hurry to get information. We will talk about martial arts when I come back!"

"Captain Wu, I want to learn how to use the swallow dart...please teach me!" Su Rui pulled him and insisted, saying that only the crying child gets the milk.

After traveling through time and space, he became a nine-year-old boy who looked very thin and small. Pulling Captain Wu was like pulling a giant bear.

Captain Wu was probably afraid of hurting him, so he didn't dare to use force and let him pull him. He said hesitantly: "Erlang, you are still young, it's more suitable for you to study. Wait... wait until you grow up, I will teach you martial arts."

"The book says that when I'm nine, it's the best time to learn martial arts..."

"The inner one is internal strength. I have to wait until I reach adulthood to practice my external strength!" Captain Wu said nonsense in a serious tone.

An honest man's lies are all shown on his face. After all, Su Rui is not a real nine-year-old child. He can tell at a glance that this guy is making excuses and refuses to teach. Just when he was about to insist, Captain Wu suddenly perked up.

"You little thief, don't run..."

Before he finished speaking, he quickly used his strength to break free from Su Rui's pull and disappeared around the corner in the blink of an eye.

Su Rui watched him disappear, speechless.

This guy looks rough but is very cunning. When he sees that the situation is not right, he immediately takes the opportunity to run away.

After Captain Wu left, Su Rui lost interest in daydreaming. Just then, the maid came out and he followed her back to the inner courtyard behind the county government office.

A plump woman in her thirties was embroidering. When she saw Su Rui, she put down her work, pulled him to her side, and reached out to touch his forehead.

After finding that there was nothing serious, he let go of the chubby hand.

"Erlang, do you feel better today? Mother made some chicken soup for you. I'll ask He Hua to bring it over later. Drink it while it's hot."

The woman said softly, dotingly.

"I know, mother!"

Su Rui hurriedly escaped from the woman's control. Although he was only nine years old physically, his mental age was already in his twenties. He panicked when he was suddenly doted on by a strange woman.

In fact, he was more afraid that after he traveled through time, his original body's parents would find out that he was not their child and burn him as a monster.

Time travel is too mysterious. Many questions that could not be answered were blocked by him using amnesia as an excuse!

Fortunately, the original soul in the body has disappeared. Although the remaining memory fragments have a tendency to be close to women, they have not affected Su Rui's thinking ability.

"Mom, I'm going to the study first."

After saying this, he quickly fled.

After passing through the hall, Su Rui asked the maid beside her: "Is my elder brother in the study?"

"The weather is good today. Dalang has made an appointment with a friend to go on an outing." The maid replied.

Su Rui hummed to indicate that he heard it, and ran happily towards the study.

Yesterday he wanted to visit the study of his father, Magistrate Su, but his elder brother, Su Qingshan, happened to be occupying the study to read. In order to avoid being exposed by too much contact, he gave up and did not join in the fun.

At this hour, Magistrate Su was probably still working in the outer courtyard of the county government office. His original mother was a person who followed rules and would not easily enter the study, so the study became an empty place at this moment, which was just right for him to browse books at will.

The original body's father was a county magistrate who was a Jinshi graduate. He might not have much money, but his collection of books was definitely the largest in the county.

Looking at the large study room in front of him that looked like a small library, Su Rui knew he had come to the right place.

At the same time, he also had a headache: there were too many books and he didn't know where to start.

Looking around, I found that most of the books here were poetry and book collections, and there were not many miscellaneous books.

Su Rui picked for a long time and found a book called "General History of the Tang Dynasty" and started reading it.

The characters in this world are actually the traditional Chinese characters used before the time travel. Although Su Rui's cultural background is not deep, there are not too many obstacles in reading. It's just that some wordings require a little thought to understand the true meaning.

He did not seek to understand the true meaning behind history, but just read it quickly. He could finish reading a book of several thousand words in about an hour.

Afterwards, he looked for some miscellaneous books such as local chronicles and recent poems for comparison, and finally some of the doubts in his mind were resolved.

It is now the third year of Yuanchen in Western Tang. After the end of the Tang Dynasty in history, the Zhao family did not gain control of the country. Instead, a prince named Li Jing sat on the throne and changed the dynasty to Western Tang.

At present, the environment of the Western Tang Dynasty is a bit like the Song Dynasty before the time travel, and the power of the princes has been greatly reduced. But it is a bit different. It seems that theocracy has appeared in this world, and the founding emperor Li Jing is not only the emperor but also the god.

The historical background behind the emperor's identity as a god was not mentioned in the General History of the Tang Dynasty. Only some miscellaneous books mentioned some seemingly plausible stories. One of the stories revealed that the county magistrate who was in charge of a region also served as the city god. He not only had to manage worldly affairs during the day, but also had to govern matters concerning ghosts and gods within his jurisdiction at night.

But it was just a rumor after all, and Su Rui felt it was a bit mysterious. Although his time travel was also mysterious, it could still be explained by scientific theory.

Is the end of science really theology?

As it was getting dark, Su Rui left the study with doubts.