Volume 2: The Demonic World Chapter 234: Frame-up
After breakfast, Lin Qianxing began to practice the martial arts he had mastered.
Currently, he has mastered only one martial art.
That is the "Body Building Boxing" that has reached a proficient level.
This boxing technique itself is not very powerful, and the energy and blood it mobilizes are limited. It is much worse than the martial arts that Lin Qianxing has known before.
Its main purpose is to circulate Qi and blood and maintain physical health.
After practicing it once to warm himself up, Lin Qianxing began to study and try to modify this martial art.
But this is not so easy.
Although the memories of the main world seemed to be still available, his associative thinking speed had slowed down a lot.
Even though Lin Qianxing knew a lot of knowledge, he still had to spend a lot of time to think about whether a slight modification was reasonable, and then he would feel and judge the results through drills.
Shaking his head secretly in his heart, Lin Qianxing felt that his physical hardware was too poor.
It takes so long to calculate a result using the existing data. It's really rubbish.
Compared to the moment in his main world when he directly comprehended the principles of the Tao, it is completely not on the same level.
He was practicing his martial arts when there was a knock on the door.
Lin Qianxing frowned slightly, stopped what he was doing and walked to the door. When he opened it, he saw several clerks in black robes standing outside.
The leading clerk politely said to Lin Qianxing, "Excuse me, is this Mayor Lin in person?"
"It's me. What do you want from me?" Lin Qianxing asked.
"It's like this. The autumn harvest is imminent, and we have been ordered to come here to measure the fields in order to collect land taxes from the townspeople after the harvest. Please lend us a copy of this year's land book for comparison to avoid mistakes." The clerk showed the document and said.
"Why so early this year?" Lin Qianxing looked at the document and frowned after discovering it was true.
As far as I remember, in previous years, officials would be sent to measure the fields and collect land taxes from every household one month after the autumn harvest.
The clerk who came to measure the land today arrived almost a month early.
"We don't know either. We are just following orders. If Mayor Lin has any questions, he can write a letter to ask the county chief." said the clerk.
Lin Qianxing was in a hurry to practice and didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he simply ignored him and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go get the field book."
After saying that, Lin Qianxing turned around and returned to his residence. He came to a cabinet and found the stored land books and the copied copies of the land books inside.
This thing changes every year, like who a certain family sells their land to, or they are short of labor this year and give part of it to a certain family to help with farming and so on.
Because the data changes too frequently, in general, the townspeople first register with the mayor, and then the data is checked by officials when paying the land tax and reported to the county government. Finally, the data is submitted to the central government and counted by the Ministry of Households.
It's very troublesome anyway.
Because of this, if some local officials have evil intentions, it will be easy for the people to be exploited even more.
This situation is common in today's era.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many pale and skinny people on the streets.
As for why the court did not care?
The current emperor is obsessed with cultivating immortals and hardly pays attention to the affairs of state.
As long as there is no rebellion, he doesn't care at all.
All these thoughts flashed through Lin Qianxing's mind one by one, and he walked out and handed the land book to the clerk in charge of measuring the land.
Then the clerk left, and Lin Qianxing returned to the yard to practice boxing.
When he felt a little hungry after practicing, he started eating, then continued practicing boxing and continued eating.
This cycle repeats rapidly, speeding up the process of acquiring free attribute points.
At the end of the day, Lin Qianxing directly obtained 1.68 free attribute points, which is quite amazing data.
He directly added one of the free attribute points to his physique, which slightly increased his lifespan and also slightly improved his charm.
Lin Qianxing’s life span has now reached more than sixteen years.
Completely free from the short-lived future.
What seemed like a difficult start is now no problem at all.
The next morning, Lin Qianxing continued to practice as he did the day before.
However, just as he finished breakfast, someone knocked on the door.
After Lin Qianxing opened the door, he saw four constables in black robes standing outside.
The leader was a sturdy man about 1.8 meters tall with a steel knife on his waist.
"Are you the mayor of Fenglin Town?" the burly man asked Lin Qianxing.
"Who are you?" Lin Qianxing asked.
"Zhao Yu." Zhao Yu took out the gilded badge and showed it to Lin Qianxing.
The badge had the word "sunset" engraved on it, and below it was the word "capture".
This means that the other party is the head of the police force in Sunset County, which is equivalent to half the chief of the police station.
In terms of power, the other party is still higher than Mayor Lin Qianxing.
Moreover, the other party's breathing was steady and his standing posture was quite graceful, and it was obvious that he had some martial arts skills.
Lin Qianxing didn't want to provoke the other party, so he smiled and said, "It turns out to be Captain Zhao. I wonder what you want to do?"
Zhao Yu said, "Yesterday, two officials who came to measure the land died outside Fenglin Town. Before they went to measure the land, they seemed to have taken this year's land book from you. We would like to ask Mayor Lin if he has any clues about this?"
"Dead?" Lin Qianxing raised his eyebrows, looking somewhat puzzled, "They took the land book and left. How would I know what happened?"
"Is that so?" Zhao Yu nodded, and then said to Lin Qianxing: "Mayor Lin, the land tax of the imperial court is of great importance. I wonder if you can let me wait until I can search the house?"
Lin Qianxing frowned.
Did Zhao Yu suspect that he had secretly changed the land registers and encroached upon the townspeople's land, and was afraid that he would be discovered by the officials and be killed to silence him?
This is sheer nonsense.
He has been the mayor here for more than 30 years. If he really wants to, it is not difficult for him to exploit the people and gain wealth.
In other words, as far as I can remember, he didn't care much about mortal affairs and only thought about cultivation. Otherwise, developing a large family would not be a problem.
So there is no reason for this suspicion at all.
Then there is something wrong with this Zhao Yu.
After figuring out the problem in an instant, Lin Qianxing also wanted to see what the other party meant, so he said, "Please."
"I'm sorry for the offense, but I hope Mayor Lin won't mind it." Zhao Yu nodded.
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked his detectives to enter Lin Qianxing's house and begin searching.
Their search was relatively civilized; they did not rummage around randomly and were very cautious.
While the few people walked away, Zhao Yu had a conversation with Lin Qianxing.
"Mayor Lin, do you know that the land tax has increased by another 20% this year?" Zhao Yu suddenly said.
"I don't know about that." Lin Qianxing shook his head.
As far as he could remember, he never cared about these things. He always turned a deaf ear to the outside world and only focused on his own affairs.
It can be said that he is not competent as the mayor.
But even so, he is still more popular than the mayors and village chiefs of the surrounding towns and villages.
It's not that he did a good job, but that he was outperformed by his peers.
Because he claimed to be a cultivator, he would never exploit the people, nor did he bother to exploit the people.
The rest of the mayors will more or less use their power to gain some benefits for themselves.
"Mayor Lin is really concentrating on his cultivation." Zhao Yu said happily.
"I'm ashamed to say that I'm old and I can't handle the affairs of this town well. I plan to resign after this year and enjoy my retirement." Lin Qianxing shook his head.
"Mayor Lin, there is no need to underestimate yourself. You are still able to move freely, and your energy is as strong as that of a young man. I'm afraid you will have no problem serving as the mayor for decades more." Zhao Yu praised.
"No, no..." Lin Qianxing waved his hand.
After the two of them had been bragging about their business for a while, one of the detectives suddenly said, "Boss, I found something."
Zhao Yu and Lin Qianxing stopped chatting, their expressions restrained, and they quickly walked over to the constable who was talking.
Lin Qianxing's expression changed slightly, and he quickly followed.
Soon, the two men came to the constable.
But I saw that the constable was holding a blood-stained dagger in his hand.
"The bloodstains on this knife are very similar to the ones used by the two Zhangtians. It should be clear after comparing the wounds." said the constable.
"Mayor Lin, how do you explain this?" Zhao Yu looked at Lin Qianxing with deep eyes.
Lin Qianxing had never seen this knife before. He raised his eyebrows and his expression became very strange.
A lot of things suddenly came to my mind.
Frame up?
But why?
Coveting his property?
What kind of property could he have? He is an old man who doesn't know how to run a business. The money he has is not even enough for the county chief to just snap his fingers.
Coveting his secret method of cultivation?
You must be kidding!
It is impossible to practice cultivation without spiritual roots, and he is just a second-rate cultivator. The "Basic Qi Gathering Art" must be possessed by any family with a little history, and the "Fire Starting Art" he mastered is not as powerful as the flamethrowers made by some craftsmen.
"Captain Zhao, you have to be careful. This knife is not mine. Most likely, the murderer killed the Zhangtian Envoy and framed me. I am already a hundred years old. Although I can move freely, it is obviously impossible for me to kill two Zhangtian Envoys!" Lin Qianxing said.
"Whether it is true or not, we'll have to trouble Mayor Lin to come with us." Zhao Yu said.
As he said that, he signaled his two subordinates to take out the shackles and tie up Lin Qianxing.
Lin Qianxing's heart tightened.
There is a problem, it’s a very big problem!
This is the game against him.
“Drink!”
Lin Qianxing shouted angrily, pushed the two men two meters away, and turned around to run away.
However, Zhao Yu arrived in front of Lin Qianxing first.
"Mayor Lin, please cooperate!" Zhao Yu placed his right palm on Lin Qianxing's shoulder and said.
"Cooperate with your mother!" Lin Qianxing said angrily.
As he spoke, he attacked Zhao Yu's palm.
However, Zhao Yu simply flicked his left hand twice to block all of Lin Qianxing's attacks.
There is almost no skill involved, just simply more speed and power.
Lin Qianxing was helpless. His physical attributes were inferior to those of the other party, and his hard power was completely crushed.
He found an opportunity, and with a thought, he made a hand gesture with his right hand, and the spiritual power in his body surged, and a spark flickered at his fingertips.
Snap~!
All five fingers on Lin Qianxing's right hand were broken by a pinch, and he couldn't help but look bitter.
"Come up and tie him up!" Zhao Yu said to his subordinates.
Hearing the sound, two constables stepped forward and bound Lin Qianxing's hands and feet with shackles.
They even didn't let go of his mouth and stuffed a cork gag into him.
Immediately they carried Lin Qianxing to a carriage and took him away.
Sitting on the carriage, Lin Qianxing curled up his body and did not struggle or waste his energy. He seemed very confused.
He had no idea what Zhao Yu meant.
I don't know what value I have that deserves them to do this.
He had never offended any powerful people in his life, and he didn't have any valuable treasures on him.
Why was he being plotted against like this?
Lin Qianxing couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
He took a deep breath and began to practice quietly.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Qianxing was carried out of the carriage. What he saw was a wasteland in the suburbs.
Lin Qianxing was carried into a huge cave.
In addition to him, there were several other people who were also tied to the mountain wall. Among them were men and women, old and young. In the middle of the cave was a large cauldron where something was being cooked, and there were many bottles and jars beside it.
At this time, an old man in a blue robe walked up to Zhao Yu and said, "Is this the immortal root sent by your county chief? Why is it so old? Moreover, such a poor immortal root can't extract much immortal essence..."
