It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Lu Xingchen smiled faintly, "There's no need to make him believe it completely."

"Just mix the truth and falsehood to make him unpredictable."

"As long as you and Wei Hu can leave Teng County safely, our goal will be achieved."

"And try to act as aggrieved and miserable as possible."

"Just say that I'm deeply in love with Miss Tuesday and you want to see their marriage certificate."

"I know Brother Lu's memory. He will definitely be able to record the contents of the marriage certificate."

Lu Feng looked at Lu Xingchen. He only thought of one step, but Lu Xingchen had already thought of the next three, four, and five steps.

If he had one brain, Lu Xingchen might have seven brains.

These strategies were all designed by Lu Xingchen, but after he listened to them, it took him a while to think about them before he could understand the connection between them.

The gap between people seems to be a bit big.

"Okay, I understand." Lu Feng nodded in response.

*

The next morning, Lu Xingchen sent two groups of people out of the city.

Ling Xiao led a group of people towards Wanxian.

"Don't attack the city, do you hear me... With your current ability, it is impossible to take it down by attacking it. It will only cause unnecessary harm to our people." Lu Xingchen looked at Ling Xiao and warned him with a serious expression.

Ling Xiao nodded in agreement, "Master, rest assured, I will not attack the city. I will only scold him until his mother doubts whether it was a mistake to give birth to him."

Lu Xingchen patted Ling Xiao's shoulder with satisfaction.

"Based on my observation, Zhou Shu wouldn't dare to bring people out to fight you."

"But there is always a chance of something happening."

"If he really gets brave enough to bring people out to fight you, you should turn your horse around and run away. Don't start a fight with him."

Ling Xiao frowned slightly, "If he comes out to fight me, I will beat him. I can beat him."

"Even if we win, both sides will suffer losses."

"When we deal with him next time, we can achieve our goal without losing a single soldier. Why should we let our brothers risk their lives?" Lu Xingchen said.

Ling Xiao seemed to understand but not quite.

"Don't worry, you are still young, learn slowly. I'll find some military books for you." Lu Xingchen said to Ling Xiao with respect.

"You are going to be a great general in the future. You need to study more and never be impulsive."

Ling Xiao received Lu Xingchen's praise and raised his chin proudly.

"Well, Master, I will listen to you. Study hard and become a great general in the future."

Lu Xingchen smiled with satisfaction and let Ling Xiao set off first.

After Ling Xiao left, Lu Xingchen looked at Wei Yang and Lu Feng again.

"Brother Wei, Brother Lu, you are both steady people, you don't need me to tell you too much."

Lu Xingchen said, "But this time we are not going to pretend how powerful we are, but to act cowardly and miserable."

"The purpose is to make Zhao Long let down his guard temporarily."

"And we need to make him feel good and think that he has gotten the upper hand. We need to marry Miss Zhou Er as soon as possible."

"Let him concentrate on preparing for his wedding with Miss Tuesday."

Wei Hu and Lu Feng understood what Lu Xingchen meant, and they agreed in unison.

Lu Xingchen saw Wei Yang and Lu Feng off and prepared to return to the county government office.

When they were almost at the county government office, Yuan Tianshi came rushing over in a loose Taoist robe.

"County Lord, I was just looking for you."

"Let's go and talk in the county government office." Lu Xingchen said.

"No, no, let's go to my Baiyun Temple." Master Yuan Tianshi said and hurriedly took Lu Xingchen to his Baiyun Temple.

"Didn't the county magistrate ask me to find you some Taoist friends who like to make pills? I found them."

"I found eleven in total. Do you think they are enough?"

Lu Xingchen,...

"Thank you for your hard work. You found so many. I thought you could only find two or three."

Yuan Tianshi sighed, "The six realms of reincarnation... This shitty world makes it impossible for even us Taoist masters to survive. We are all worse off than dogs."

"When you meet them later, tell them to give them food, and they will be willing to work for you."

Lu Xingchen saw that Master Yuan Tian had messy hair and loose clothes.

The clothes that were originally in good condition were torn in many places. In some places, the flesh inside was exposed.

Looking at him again, he was covered in dust and looked depressed.

When Lu Xingchen saw the eleven fellow Taoists that Master Yuan Tian found for her, she was so surprised that she was speechless.

Are these fellow Taoists? They look no different from beggars.

When Lu Xingchen came in, they all stood up and looked at her with dull eyes.

"My fellow Taoists, this is the mentor I found for you."

"Don't underestimate him because he is young. Our county lord has great ambitions and a bright future..."

"As long as you follow him, you can at least have three meals of white flour buns a day."

“When things are good, we can eat meat.”

Upon hearing this, the fellow Taoists’ eyes instantly lit up.

Lu Xingchen looked at Master Yuan Tianshi and felt that this old Taoist priest with a big nose was a little unreliable. He might have been unable to find anyone and just went to any city to recruit beggars to make up the numbers.

"They are all my fellow Taoists. We used to know each other and they have some abilities. Don't worry, Lord County Magistrate, I will not deceive anyone, especially you." Master Yuan Tianshi looked at Lu Xingchen and assured sincerely.

"So do you all know how to read?" Lu Xingchen asked.

For a person who practices Taoism, knowing how to read and write is the most basic thing.

Because those talismans were also evolved from some ancient beings.

"Young man, if you can't appreciate our talents, just let us go. If we just want to make a living, we won't become beggars." One of the Taoist friends said proudly.

"Yes, we are cultivators and we are going to ascend to heaven in the future. Yet you actually ask us if we can read. This is an insult to our dignity..." another fellow Taoist said angrily.

Lu Xingchen thought to himself, I have become a beggar now, what the hell is my dignity?

"Okay, I have a book on alchemy here. As long as you refine the gunpowder in it for me, I will reward you with one hundred taels of silver each..." said Lu Xingchen.

When the eleven Taoist friends heard the one hundred taels of silver, their eyes sparkled instantly.

Master Yuan Tianshi looked at Lu Xingchen with an incredible look.