The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

The first day as Cao Guan.

at night.

When Bai Gui was refining Cao Yuzhi, he sensed that someone was calling him with the help of Cao Yuzhi, and his consciousness went inside to explore. The next moment, they came to a blessed field.

Futian is the residence of minor gods such as the Earth God, the City God, and the Mountain God.

Usually it is in another space in the place under its jurisdiction.

Inside Futian.

There are numerous fields of rice and small streams.

Beside the lush green rice fields, stands a two-story house. The plaque reads "Hezhong Prefecture Yongji County Earth Temple." A pair of couplets hangs on the vermillion-lacquered door painted with tung oil. The first line is "golden treasure born from earth" and the second line is "white jade treasure born from earth".

"Hezhong Mansion? Are you in Jin Dynasty?"

Bai Gui recited the name of the place and instantly understood where he was.

He walked to the door.

Then I sensed the strange feeling in the house.

In the house, a short old man with a long beard, holding a dragon-headed cane, stood at an altar table, bowing continuously and muttering, "If you don't come to the Immortal, this Earth Temple will be demolished."

There is a god tablet on the altar table, with the inscription "Taishan God" written on it.

"It seems that Emperor Dongyue sent me, Cao Guan, here to deal with the incident after sensing the situation."

Bai Gui said clearly.

He walked into the main hall and revealed his true form.

Suddenly there was an aura in the Futian, and the landowner of Yongji County immediately sensed it. He turned around and saw a green-robed official standing outside the door. He used his magic power to see a ball of golden light wrapped around the jade object. The green-robed official was floating in the mourning platform. He quickly bowed and said, "Young man, I have seen the Immortal."

"No need to be polite."

"I am a human minister, patrolling the human world on behalf of Heaven. I wonder why your land prays to Heaven?"

Bai Gui waved his hand and asked.

"Reporting to the Immortal, the little old man is the god of good fortune in Yongji County. In Yongji County, there is a villain named Chen Dahu. He is idle on weekdays and specializes in bullying men and women. He uses his younger sister to marry She took the second master of the sixth house of the Wang family in Jinyang as a concubine, so she was unscrupulous..."

"A month ago, the daughter of the Zhou family in Xiaohe Village went to Xiao Lao'er's Tutu Temple and cried, saying that she was secretly ruined by Chen Dahu. She said in the temple why God didn't have eyes to make this villain rich..."

"The man surnamed Zhou in Xiaohe Village was a descendant of the little old man. Seeing that this villain had done all kinds of bad things, the little old man secretly sent two little ghosts to ruin his luck and cut off his blessings."

"Originally, according to the little old man's estimation, Chen Dahu would die of a sudden illness in three months. But unexpectedly, he used money and found a wandering Taoist priest. The Taoist killed the little devil I sent and gave Chen Dahu a branch. I have taken this trick, provoking my tribe, and preparing to cut down my temple and destroy my statues."

When the landowner of Yongji County talked about the latter part, he smiled and felt a little embarrassed.

The Lord of the Land, also known as the God of Fortune and Righteousness.

Bai Gui was enlightened after hearing this.

The Tudong is a minor god, even if the Tudong of Yongji County is the Tudong of one place. But if it is not among the immortals, it will be the lowest among the lowest. He only has the ability to send imps to do things. Now that Chen Dahu has the help of wandering Taoist priests, he will be killed if he sends an imp again.

And the kid's evil deeds are not necessarily so upright. At least after the wandering Taoist priest killed the kid, he obviously wouldn't be punished.

Now Chen Dahu wants to use his plan to break down the mountain and cut down the temple, and destroy the temple of the Tuigong in Yongji County.

The landowner of Yongji County was helpless, so he could only report to the gods and ask the gods to come and deal with the matter.

“Don’t believe one-sided words.”

After a moment of silence, Bai Gui said in a deep voice.

He is a human official, with power over human affairs. Emperor Dongyue asked him to come to the Earth Temple in Yongji County, not to favor the Earth God of Yongji County, but probably because he was a human being who could handle the interactions between the human world and the immortals. In other words, let him handle the matter impartially.

If you want to help the land lord of Yongji County, you can just send the generals directly.

He won't be allowed to come here.

The landowner of Yongji County was anxious and prepared to defend himself again, "Little old man, little old man..., Shangxian, every word of what little old man said is true."

Bai Gui ignored him and pushed the landowner of Yongji County aside with a flick of his magic power.

Then he recited the incantation silently, "Honorable Heavenly Thunder, dragon and tiger fighting each other. Lingbao talisman, nine-day imperial edict, yellow scarf warrior, come quickly! Hurry like a law!"

Suddenly, two big men with faces like ruby ​​and beards like soap velvet appeared in the Tutu Temple. These two big men wore yellow scarves, embroidered jackets and iron armor. He seems to have a body of ten feet and a strength of a thousand kilograms vertically and horizontally.

This is a Taoist soldier with infinite power under the hands of immortals and gods to protect the law and subjugate demons. As long as they are immortal gods in heaven or Taoist priests with background, they can be summoned by divine spells.

"Capture the souls of Chen Dahu from Yongji County and the clan leader of Xiaohe Village."

he said.

The two yellow turban warriors obeyed the order and escaped from the blessed land.

"You follow me out of the blessed land first."

"Create a court in the Earth Temple and come to interrogate these two people. If what these two people say is the same as what you said, I will seek justice for you. If what they say is wrong, this matter..."

Bai Gui glanced at Tu Gong and said calmly.

The Tu Tu Gong did not dare to disobey the will, so he had to obey the order and followed Bai Gui out of Futian to the Tu Tu Temple in the underworld.

As the largest earth temple in Yongji County, this Tutu Temple is not small in size and is different from the rural wild temple.

There was another temple in Tutu Temple, and Bai Gui also summoned him.

The main temple became a public hall.

After more than ten breaths of time, the Yellow Turban Warriors captured the souls of Chen Dahu and the Xiaohe Village clan leader.

The two were detained and knelt down.

The land official of Yongji County stood aside.

The common people kowtow before an official, but as an official, the Lord of the Land only has to stand.

Sitting in the middle, Bai Gui was stunned and asked: "Chen Dahu, you have robbed civilian girls. You have done many evil things and committed heinous crimes. Is this true?"

His drink was the sound of Dao.

Ordinary little demons can't resist it, let alone a mortal soul.

There is no need to use any strategies to deal with such things. Just go straight and handle the case impartially.

Chen Dahu was about to defend himself, but for some reason, he couldn't control his mouth and spilled the beans about the evil things he had done.

When he was a child, although he had the intention to do evil, his family background was low, so he could only be careful and be kind to his neighbors. But when his little sister grew up and became more and more depressed, he had a wrong idea and introduced her to the second master of the sixth room of the Wang family in Jinyang. This second master was once an official of the Sui Dynasty. Now he is over sixty years old, but he is still young. Being old-hearted, he took advantage of the situation and took Chen Xiaomei as his concubine.

And through this, the Chen family became close to the Wang family of Jinyang. He also started to do evil and ruined Zhou's daughter, which was just one of his numerous crimes.

Bai Gui asked the Zhou clan leader of Xiaohe Village again, and the information he got was consistent with Chen Dahu's confession.

All certification evidence is available.

Although the landlord of Yongji County had selfish motives, he did not deceive him. Also, the more you know and the more cautious you are, the more cautious you will be in dealing with things.

There may be such things as deceiving your boss, but definitely not many.

"Invite the magistrate of Yongji County."

Bai Gui said to the yellow scarf warrior.

Chen Dahu's sins are heinous, but this has nothing to do with him as Cao Guan. This is something that the human dynasty should deal with, and he cannot cross the line.

Soon, the spirit of the magistrate of Yongji County was invited to the Tutu Temple by the Yellow Turban Warriors.

"I have met... the Immortal."

County Magistrate Liu bowed, looked up, and saw the immortal official in front of the hall glowing golden and purple. His face was blurred, and he could only feel that he must be extremely handsome. He was confused, but he still maintained his calm and graceful demeanor. appearance.

The Lord of the Land responded to Chen Dahu's charges.

The Tudong himself alone cannot bring the county magistrate's soul here. At most, he can sneak into Magistrate Liu's dream and meet him. But obviously a small land cannot persuade the county magistrate.

Small local lands were often created by famous local gentry who were canonized as land due to their good deeds after their death. The county magistrate may be a low-level official, but he is also a high-ranking official who would not dare to shave his beard during his lifetime.

"Chen Dahu's crime has been proven, and County Magistrate Liu can handle it on his own."

"We and the gods will not pay attention to human affairs. But you must know that there are gods three feet above your head. Don't deceive your heart when dealing with others. Good and evil will be clear to you in the end."

Bai Gui said.

The implication is clear. As a god in heaven, he could not handle Chen Dahu for crossing the line. But if you, the county magistrate, show favoritism, the underworld will record a crime on you. When you go to the underworld in the future, it will be clear what happens after your death.

"I understand."

Magistrate Liu paled, glanced at Chen Dahu, and made up his mind.

It's not that he doesn't know that Chen Dahu is evil, but the person behind Chen Dahu is the Wang family of Jinyang. In the entire Jin region, no one dares to offend the Jinyang Wang family easily. But now he saw the immortal god and this incredible scene, and it was obvious which side the balance in his heart was leaning towards.

Offending the Wang family of Jinyang will only result in loss of office or dismissal from office. Besides, punishing Chen Dahu might not offend the Jinyang Wang family so much.

But if he offended the gods..., he didn't dare to think about such a thing.

"Today's business is over. Please step back."

Bai Gui waved his hand to dismiss the crowd, and the souls of Magistrate Liu, Chen Dahu, and Clan Chief Zhou returned.

In the temple, only the Tu Gong and the Temple Zhu are left.

"The land in Yongji County is guilty of disturbing the yin and yang! However, I think that Chen Dahu has done many evil things, and there is a reason for it. In accordance with the decree of the Great Heavenly Lord, I will punish the land in Yongji County without salary for three years."

he said.

Being an immortal in heaven also comes with a salary. For example, merit, elixirs, flat peaches, etc. are all salaries from heaven.

"The little old man thanks the immortal."

The landowner of Yongji County looked happy and expressed his thanks.

Three years, to him, was just a blink of an eye. This fine and salary is more of a warning for doing things according to the rules. Real punishment means little. Of course, three years of salary also made him feel a lot of pain. However, compared to destroying mountains and temples, achieving such a result made him satisfied.

"Shangxian, don't leave in a hurry."

"Little old man, I have something else to report..."

The landowner of Yongji County waved his hand, telling Miao Zhu to retreat and stopped Bai Gui.

"oh?"

"What's important?"

Bai Gui smiled in his heart and calmed down.

After being an official for a long time, you can understand some things without saying them.

He walked into the blessed land again with Tu Gong.

"This is the finest corn from Hezhong Mansion, so I gave it to Shangxian with a stone as a gift for this time. Shangxian came to Hezhong Mansion, thank you for your hard work..."

The Earth God took out a blue cloth bag, handed it to Bai Gui, and said with a smile.

The millet in Jin Province supports people.

Corn is millet.

Bai Gui thought of someone who studied abroad in Japan with him.

But after thinking about it for a moment, he realized that it was just a stone of corn, and he frowned slightly.

Just use this to bribe cadres. No cadre can afford such a bribe. This landowner from Yongji County doesn’t know how to behave.

However, he didn't show it and took the grain bag casually.

But the moment he took the grain bag, his heart turned to joy. It's not that there is "gold and silver" hidden in this grain bag, but this corn is not ordinary corn.

Instead, it represents the spiritual rice of merit.

Eating this spiritual rice can increase merit and improve Taoism.

"If something happens next time, you can call me again."

Bai Gui said with a pleasant look.

Being an official, making decisions for the people, and taking bribes are not inconsistent with each other. Furthermore, this was given to him after the land deal, and strictly speaking, it was not considered a bribe. At least, he enforced the law impartially before sending it away.

It should be considered... the common people eat the pulp from the pot.

"The little god thanks the immortal."

A smile appeared on the face of the land master.

The county magistrate is not as good as taking charge now.

Bai Gui is a human Cao Guan. This is not a fairy who occasionally descends to the world, but a heavenly official who has been stationed in the human world for a long time. There will be many things he will have to do with Bai Gui in the future. Even if other gods from the upper realm are invited this time, there is no guarantee whether they will come next time.

…

Return to Chang'an again in a dream.

Bai Gui realized that he had only slept soundly for half an hour.

"If you pass the assessment, you will be awarded thirty minor meritorious deeds."

After returning, such writing appeared on Cao Yu's decree. His hidden merits have accumulated.

"Thirty small merits?"

"One meritorious deed is equivalent to one hundred small merits. To become an immortal, it takes one thousand two hundred meritorious deeds. I have already accumulated four hundred and thirty meritorious deeds. If I do more of these things, I will have the merits to become an immortal."

He secretly thought.

But he thought about it and realized that such a thing shouldn't happen often. This time it was probably because he had just taken office, so the matter of going to Yongji County to judge the case was found out about him.

However, even if it is less, it is still profitable.

"But... Is it because I gave the Tudong a certain amount of favoritism?"

Bai Gui was a little puzzled.

However, in an instant, he forgot about it. Regardless of favoritism or not, one must have a clear mind to seek gain in everything. If he is obsessed with getting better in the assessment and falls into a cage, it may not necessarily be a good thing.

With everything lurking in his mind, he meditated in his study.

It will be dawn soon.

He ordered his servants to boil some merit corn donated by the landowner.

After taking it, my magic power has increased a little, and my luck has also become a little richer. Although it is inconspicuous, he will not dislike such things as luck, no matter how much.

"I told Yuan Tiangang yesterday that I will go to his uncle to buy two golden carps today."

"I'm going to make a trip today to meet Yuan Shoucheng..."

He put on his Confucian shirt and regular clothes and walked out of the white house.

Lean less.

Ximen Street.

A blue-robed Taoist priest held a fortune-telling stall, held up a banner, and wrote: "Mr. Yuan Shoucheng of Shen Ke".

On the stall, there are Duanxi inkstones, pine smoke ink, and wolf hair brushes. On the side, there are several pairs of tortoise shells in different shapes, and two bunches of yarrow.

The blue-robed Taoist priest has a beautiful appearance, with a few strands of clear beard attached to his chin, and has an extremely immortal air.

There were not many people gathered in front of the stall.

There were only two or three people.

Bai Gui waited for a while, and when there was no one in front of him, he stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "Mr. Shenke," then lifted up his lower clothes and sat on the bench, "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Shenke has the best skills. Chang'an, I am not very talented, so I would like to ask you to make a divination."

"Oh? You scholar, what do you want to divine?"

"Principal Dao can calculate marriage and official fortune here, know the bad luck and determine the good luck, judge the death and predict the life, can know the heaven and geography, and is good at knowing the expressions of ghosts. I wonder what you want to calculate?"

Yuan Shoucheng knew Bai Gui's identity when he saw Bai Gui for the first time, but Bai Gui was unwilling to confess, and he would not deliberately reveal it.

The two were playing tricks.

"When will my merits be complete?"

Bai Gui thought for a while and then said.

He asked Yuan Shoucheng to tell fortunes, just for a temporary purpose. What he is seeking now is the path to immortality. It's just that he didn't ask about his immortal path explicitly, but about his merits. Ask him when his merits will be complete.

If his merits are perfect, he will become an immortal.

But now that he is an official, it is reasonable to ask him if his merits are perfect.

Being a Cao is a way of accumulating merit.

"This hexagram... Pindao can't do it."

Yuan Shoucheng shook the turtle shell a few times, then shook his head after a moment.

He didn't ask Bai Gui's birth date, but he could still figure it out. But when he calculated Bai Gui's future, he saw a purple light, but when he looked back, it was all foggy.

"But Pindao can say that as long as Bai Shiyi adheres to the right path, there will be a day when the clouds will clear and the moon will shine."

Yuan Shoucheng revealed Bai Gui's identity and said with a smile.

Revealing Bai Gui's identity was a move for him to save his face.

"Thank you, Mr. Shen Ke, for your kind words."

Bai Gui shook his head and smiled back.

Yuan Shoucheng can be counted as the Dragon King of Jinghe River, but that does not mean that he can be counted as all the immortals and gods. He had the Kunlun Mirror to cover his tracks, and it would be damning if Yuan Shoucheng could figure it out. However, his actions this time were not without purpose. He also deliberately tested Yuan Shoucheng's ability.

When it comes to divination, he is actually not bad either.

Guishan Ce, Fuxi's divine power, Kunlun Mirror's help, etc.

It's just that his divination is more about "knowing the past events and knowing the good and bad". Without the uncles and nephews Yuan Tiangang and Yuan Shoucheng, it would be more comprehensive.

"When Pindao returned home yesterday, my nephew said that Bai Shiyi was coming today."

"But the fisherman hasn't brought the golden carp yet today. Bai Shiyi can sit down and wait for a while. The poor man has just done his divination. He will be here in another quarter of an hour."

Yuan Shoucheng stood up, led Bai Gui to sit down, and said slowly.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later.

A middle-aged man dressed as a fisherman came over, holding a golden carp in his hand and delivered it to Yuan Shoucheng's stall.

"This golden carp... it's a pity that it won't survive tonight."

When Yuan Shoucheng handed the golden carp to Bai Gui, he smiled.

"Why do you say this, sir?"

"I can see that this golden carp is jumping around, and it is more vigorous than the golden carp caught in the past. Such a golden carp will not die after being brought home and raised for several years."

The fisherman wondered.

He has been fishing for a long time and has an eye for fish. He can tell that this golden carp is extraordinary. It is the most energetic one he has caught in recent years.

The Tang Dynasty also had regulations that prohibited the consumption of golden carps. Because carp is related to Li, and Li Tang admires Taoism, it is impossible to cook carp.

"Without it, this golden carp's lifespan would have been exhausted..."

"It's lucky to have survived these days, which is already considered its blessing."

Yuan Shoucheng said lightly.