Section 132

Zhu Zhankan fiddled with the worm and made a bold decision.

He narrowed his eyes and made up his mind.

He put the worm back into the big brother's mouth and let him swallow it!

"Sixth brother, what are you doing?"

"Shh~ Don't talk, feel the movement of the worm carefully!"

Not long after, Zhu Zhanji could clearly feel that the worm had come to his abdomen, but it did not wreak havoc, but curled up in a corner.

It was neither parasitic nor destructive.

"Strange, this worm is so quiet? Is it a spiritual worm born from the beginning? But it doesn't have much spiritual energy attached to it. Besides, if it is not parasitic, what role does this worm play?" Zhu Zhankan showed a tangled curiosity on his face.

He wanted to do an experiment, but the test subject in front of him was in the big brother's stomach.

This... this experiment is indeed a bit inappropriate.

"Brother, think carefully, have you eaten anything unhealthy?" Zhu Zhankan urged the big brother to think about it quickly.

"Fortune telling! Fortune telling! Fortune telling! Fortune telling!"

An old man with white beard, white eyebrows and half white hair began to shout loudly beside Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhankan.

Zhu Zhankan took a quick look and felt the thin spiritual energy on the other person.

He is not just a charlatan, he has something.

However, Zhu Zhankan was still observing the movements of the insects. After the spiritual energy was revived, it was normal for people to master some spiritual energy.

"Donor, tell me a fortune. Eleven hexagrams, ten are effective, if not, no money~" White Beard came to Zhu Zhankan.

"It's interesting, then you tell me what I'm doing?" Zhu Zhankan said casually.

White Beard confidently took out a turtle shell and took out a dozen copper coins with his left hand.

These dozen copper coins can make his fortune telling more accurate.

Although White Beard didn't know why it was more accurate, since he had figured it out this way, he would continue to maintain this way of fortune telling.

Experience told him that if you don't know what's going on, you can successfully tell the fortune.

Then you must not change the fortune-telling process casually!

This is a bloody lesson!

White Beard began to mutter in a mysterious way.

This is the first fortune-telling he has done since he came to the capital!

It is related to whether he can survive in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, so he must do a good job of fortune-telling!

Outside the capital, he always tells fortunes accurately, and this time will definitely be no exception!

Every time he tells fortunes, he will feel a warm current in his body.

This is why he has been actively telling fortunes for others.

However, as he continued to shake the tortoise shell, White Beard's cold sweat gradually flowed out.

His lips began to turn white gradually, and his eyes began to lose their luster gradually, as if life had become boring.

Zhu Zhankan knew very well why White Beard was like this.

He looked up at the Golden Dragon of Luck, although the rule that the emperor could not practice in the Golden Dragon of Luck was broken in advance by him.

But Zhu Zhanji was the grandson of a country after all. How could an ordinary fortune-teller with no merit, luck, or achievements infer Zhu Zhanji's luck?

Even though Whitebeard's eyes were straight and his face was pale, he still couldn't figure out the hexagram!

In the end, Whitebeard could only tiredly put down the tortoise shell in his hand and bowed his hands and said: "I can't figure it out..."

This can be regarded as a ruin of his reputation. If the other party publicizes it, I'm afraid that the capital will not be able to survive.

Zhu Zhankan waved his hand casually, indicating that the other party didn't care.

"Looking at your dress, you are a veteran in the world, right? Have you heard any rumors in the capital? Especially the rumors in recent months?" Zhu Zhankan asked.

"Rumors..."

Hearing that Zhu Zhankan didn't intend to ruin his reputation, Whitebeard felt relieved and thought carefully.

During the conversation, Whitebeard told a lot of rumors, but Zhu Zhankan didn't agree with those rumors, nor was he sure.

Until the old Taoist with white beard said: "Legend has it that there was a Miao girl from southern Xinjiang on a flower boat. They like to raise Gu, and there was a tragic situation of Gu worms eating in the north city."

Zhu Zhankan's eyes condensed, because the system activated the achievement task again!

[Achievement Mission: Raising Gu in the Beast Taming Chapter! ]

[Introduction: As the sixth man behind the scenes who is influencing the direction of the Ming Dynasty, how can he not master a powerful Gu worm? ]

[Content: Cultivate a Gu worm]

Sure enough! Someone is behind the Gu worm!

However, it is not clear how far they have gone.

"Okay, there is nothing for you to do. You go first!" Zhu Zhankan waved to the white beard.

"Then, what happened today..."

"I won't spread it." Zhu Zhankan promised.

"Okay, okay, thank you, young master." After saying that, the white beard quickly left the place that hurt him a little.

Zhu Zhankan casually ordered the Jinyiwei in the dark: "Keep an eye on the old Taoist with white beard. It may be useful in the future."

......

Zhu Zhanji, who returned to the Prince's Mansion, quickly reported the situation to Fatty Dad.

Zhu Zhankan found a corner and began to study how the so-called Gu worm should be made.

The only research sample now is the long worm in his hand.

Apart from this, he has almost no reference.

"The legend of the Gu worm can be traced back to the great war between Yan and Huang and the struggle for supremacy in the Central Plains."

"And among folklore, the most popular ones are probably the rumors about the five poisons, right?"

Zhu Zhankan sent people to collect a group of snakes, rats, centipedes, toads and other poisonous substances.

He plans to start research on these poisons!

Chapter 142 Everyone is Poisoned

In a small village that is not far away from the capital of the Ming Dynasty, nor close to it.

The village is very ordinary, just like other villages in the Ming Dynasty. There are only a hundred people living in the mountains and forests, and they are self-sufficient.

As for how this small village, which is deeply cultivated in the mountains and forests, continues to survive for generations, it is not enough for outsiders to understand.

In fact, the village is relatively backward. This backwardness refers to the overall situation compared with the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, even the tax collectors don't like to come to this small village.

The amount of tax collected each year may barely be comparable to the tolls they collect.

The taxes in the Ming Dynasty were collected by ding.

In other words, the number of people in the family will be taxed accordingly.

If it was during the Hongwu period, it would actually be easier to handle.

With the prestige of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, a relatively reliable census was almost completed in the Ming Dynasty.

However, as the Ming Dynasty entered Jianwen's rule, and until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, there was basically no reliable population statistics.

Without reliable population statistics, how can we collect taxes?

Just follow fate!

And this village is deep in the mountains and forests, so the best way is to let the women hide in the mountains and forests.

People hiding in the mountains and forests have no household registration and cannot leave the village for the rest of their lives.

And you don’t have to pay taxes.

As for the officials who collect taxes, they are just local petty officials, earning only a few cents a month.

It's not worth their lives.

This small village is deep in the mountains and old forests. If you annoyed the locals, they would find a corner and bury you without you even knowing.

It is precisely because of this that the small village has survived.

It was late at night, and Li Fang lay on the bed as if resigned to her fate.

Next to her lies her man, Li Ergou, who actually treats her quite well.

At least he didn't force anything on her.

Although it is still difficult for Li Fang to accept that she was sold into this small and indifferent village, she has been sold into it and can only take one step at a time.