"Is this really useful?" In the government office, Mu Qingshan was a little worried, "Will it anger the bandits and let him bring people in to kill the Quartet?"
"If that's the case, then that's fine." Shang Yunze said, "Now there are people from Tengyun Castle on all the roads entering the city. As long as the other party shows up, I'm 90% sure to take him down."
"But what if the other party is a master?" Mu Qingshan was still a little worried.
The corner of Shang Yunze's mouth twitched, "Master Mu doesn't have to worry about this."
"Why?" Mu Qingshan asked the bottom line, and babbled, "Shangbao Lord and Zhao Yue have never known each other before, how can he know his strength? Such a hasty notice, I still think it is inadvertent and safe, why don't we think of a different method? "
"That statement also makes sense." Shang Yunze nodded, "Then leave it to the master to think about how to cover everything."
Mu Qingshan: ...
He originally wanted to discuss it with everyone.
But Shang Yunze had already strode out of the study room, obviously he didn't intend to discuss with him.
Mu Qingshan could only look at Wen Liunian.
Mr. Wen shook his head, "Master is too worried."
"Why?" Mu Qingshan's eyes were puzzled.
"Fort Tengyun has been able to take root in Cang'er Prefecture for decades, so he must know something about the bandits in Cangwu Mountain, at least better than you and me." Wen Liunian explained, "People feel that people in the Jianghu are impulsive and aggressive. Because they have never seen a real hero. The head of a sect that can become popular in the local area will not be a fool, let alone take root and buy a property without understanding the surrounding environment."
"That's it." Mu Qingshan finally came to his senses.
"That's why I agreed to Lord Shang's proposal." Wen Liunian said, "Now there are no soldiers and horses or silver in the government office, and the garrison outside the city is just empty. If you really want to eliminate the banditry, you can only rely on Tengyun Fort."
Mu Qingshan nodded, "What your lord said is very true." In less than half a month after taking office, he was able to invite Shang Yunze from Duanyun Mountain and borrow all the disciples of Tengyunbao to suppress bandits. , is already impressive.
Of course, the people in the city didn't know the agreement between Tengyun Fort and the government, let alone that Shang Yunze had been invited down the mountain and was preparing to wipe out the bandits in one fell swoop—but this didn't affect the big guys' good opinion of Wen Liunian at all. However, the banditry outside the city has been around for a long time, and it won't be solved in a while. As soon as the new lord took office, he started to build a charity hall in the city, preparing to give the homeless old people a place to live before the cold winter, and led the government servants to go door to door to inspect the people's conditions. The case was handled very quickly, and even taxes were reduced Little, compared to the previous adults who only knew how to stay in the government office to hide from bandits, I don't know how many times stronger.
Not to mention knowing the handsome man who is as mysterious as the wind.
Thanks to the efforts of the painters in the city, Zhao Yue's portraits were finally pasted all over the kangs of every household, juxtaposed with the Stove Prince. There were even many young people who began to imitate his messy hairstyle, thinking that they seemed to be handsome too, with a bit of a heroic demeanor. All of a sudden, chicken nests were everywhere in the city. Occasionally, one with tidy hair would be ridiculed by the crowd for being too rustic.
"My lord." Mu Qingshan and Wen Liunian stood at the gate of the government office, and said worriedly, "I'm afraid it won't work in the long run."
In the far corner of the street stood a young young man, stroking his own hair wildly.
Wen Liunian: ...
"What can Master Shang do?" Mu Qingshan couldn't help asking while eating lunch.
Shang Yunze suppressed a smile, "No."
Mu Qingshan couldn't hide his worry between his brows. Although Cangmang City wasn't rich in the first place, everyone was clean and tidy. Now that everyone has unkempt hair, it's really unsightly.
As dusk approached, the officials came again to post new notices. The common people crowded around happily to see if there were any new portraits, but they were disappointed when they saw the whole page.
The content of the notice was written by Wen Liunian himself, citing scriptures to explain the importance of "a gentleman's clothes are correct". He wanted to curb this inexplicable disheveled style, but most of the people just glanced at it and then dispersed, let alone tear it up. Going home and pondering carefully, it is very disrespectful to the magistrate.
When the news was sent back to the government office, Mu Qingshan suggested, "Why don't you simply issue an order that those who are unkempt are not allowed to go out, and those who violate it will be imprisoned for three days?"
Before Wen Liunian could speak, Shang Yunze burst out laughing, "How do beggars and refugees in the city deal with themselves? What's more, no matter how severe the punishments are, I have never heard of being imprisoned for lack of grooming." An anecdote.
Wen Liunian continued to circle the room in silence with his hands behind his back.
Mu Qingshan closed his eyes slightly.
faint.
Three days later, Wen Liunian found the painter again.
"Who do you want to draw?" Cao Dai asked.
"It's still the same person from before." Wen Liunian said, "But I need to change clothes."
"Do you still want to paint?" After Mu Qingshan heard about this, he immediately started to have a headache.
"Yes." The yamen servant nodded, "Everyone has been invited."
Maybe it's because there are not enough things... Mu Qingshan didn't have the heart to settle the score, so he left the abacus and went to the study, wanting to see what was going on.
Shang Yunze happened to pass by the account book, so he went in and picked up the account book to look through it, and then his teeth hurt.
No wonder it wasn't robbed.
Being so poor, there is really nothing to be robbed.
"My lord." Mu Qingshan knocked on the door of the study, and when he entered the room, he saw that Cao Dai had finished drawing a portrait and was washing his hands in the copper basin, so he leaned forward to take a look.
The person is still the same person, his eyebrows and eyes have not changed at all, but he is dressed as a scholar, his hair is neatly tied behind his head by a jade crown, he is dressed in white and jade belt, and he holds a book of "Book of Songs" in his hand. Zhaoxiaju".
The new portraits were quickly posted all over the city. This time Mr. Wen gained experience, he first drew a hundred or so, and the yamen servants carried them around the city and distributed them from door to door for a round, and then posted the rest on the street, so as not to He was torn away again, doing useless work for nothing.
Even more handsome! The people praised it and continued to paste it on the wall.
"Will it work?" Mu Qingshan asked.
Wen Liunian replied, "Whether it's useful or not, you have to try it." Otherwise, if you don't intervene, I'm afraid that within a month, there will be young men in the city who will stick their hair on their heads in order to defeat others.
I can't even think about it.
And it turns out that the power of portraits is indeed enormous—or the power of handsome men. Because after only two days, the younger generation in the city began to look beautiful in scholarly attire again. Regardless of whether they could read or write, they would always hold a book in their hand when walking on the street.
"Fortunately, fortunately." Mu Qingshan was very satisfied with the consequences.
Wen Liunian was sitting in the yard, still having a headache.
What is this called...
On the Chaomu Cliff of Cangmang Mountain, Zhao Yue looked at the new portrait brought back by Lu Zhui, and was shocked again without any accident, "When did I have this outfit?"
The second master Lu smiled, "Maybe he is the twin brother of the first master."
"This magistrate is really..." Zhao Yue looked at himself in the portrait, feeling very indescribable.
"Does the master still remember one person?" Lu asked.
"Who?" Zhao Yue looked at him.
"The scholar I met on the ridge outside Cangmang City more than ten days ago." Lu Zhui replied.
"Remember." Zhao Yue nodded, and then had an epiphany, "Is he the new magistrate?"
Lu Zhui smiled, "My name is Wen Liunian, he is in his early twenties, and he is young, but has a lot of experience in being an official. It is said that he was transferred from Yunlan City in the middle of Sichuan Province, and has a very close personal relationship with the people in Chasing Shadow Palace."
"If he is the magistrate, then it would not be surprising to find me with such great fanfare." Zhao Yue said, "After all, he never concealed his identity on the ridge that day." What's the matter with the portrait?" The first painting is quite similar, but the language is mild, and the word "bandit" is not mentioned throughout the article; Morality, justice, integrity and shame are simply incomprehensible.
"A person who can make friends with Palace Master Chasing Shadow must not be so bad." Lu Zhui said, "I can't guess what this Lord Wen wants to do for the time being, but there is one thing. You will be happy to hear it.”
"What's the matter?" Zhao Yue asked.
Lu Zhui said, "Now these two portraits have been pasted all over every household in Boundless City. Young men are trying to imitate the big boss, and there are many young women who dream of marrying the big boss."
Zhao Yue: ...
Zhao Yue: ...
Zhao Yue: ...
Lu Zhui added, "So it's better not to go down the mountain in the near future. Even if you don't get caught by the government, you will most likely be tied up in Miss's boudoir."
Zhao Yue had a wonderful expression on his face.
Lu Zhui continued, "There is one more thing—"
"Needless to say." Zhao Yue interrupted with a headache and needed to calm down.
"I'm afraid we have to talk about it." Lu Zhui laughed, "The master of Castle Tengyun has already lived in the mansion."
"Shang Yunze?" Zhao Yue frowned slightly upon hearing this.
Lu Zhui nodded, "Master Wen looks pedantic and pedantic, but he really has some skills. The disciples of Tengyunbao have been lurking in various mountain paths, and it seems that they are determined to suppress the bandits."
"So these are all to lure me down the mountain?" Zhao Yue picked up the portrait on the table.
"Not necessarily." Lu Zhui handed him a cup of hot tea, "We are not the only bandits in this vast mountain."