After the meal, Ling Xin'an began to ask the Ministry of Public Security, the Litigation Department, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and especially the Ministry of Civil Affairs one by one. It was called asking questions in detail.

Due to household registration, population update, and registration of new chambers of commerce, Duan Xiaoming has the busiest work, but he also has the most supportive people.

"Sir, a new problem has arisen now, that is, as many people in this mansion have improved their lives, many women from out of town will marry into our mansion, and there are even some who are looking for young girls in their seventies."

"What kind of dispute will this cause?"

"It's Xiao Qiang's fault, his ethics are wrong!" Duan Xiaoming said.

"Everyone has the right to pursue happiness. The means and methods may lack light. As long as you do nothing to harm others, you can allow it and do not interfere."

"Yes, sir!"

The chief bookkeeper of Wuzhou Prefecture has already recorded Ling Xin'an's words almost verbatim, hoping that they can be used in the future. The year-end summary always analyzes everything in detail, and then proposes correction plans until

Night falls.

In the evening, Ling Xin'an held a banquet in Ling Mansion to entertain everyone. Tonight was hot pot. The hot hot pot made people feel comfortable. Once again, they saw the wealth of Ling Mansion. Beef, sheep, fish and game were served in a steady stream.

They drank strong liquor freely until everyone couldn't drink it anymore, and then they were sent to Wangjiang Tower in a leisurely manner.

The same is true for a new day, but Ling Xin'an has agreed to leave the five state government offices and will formally propose a reform plan after the beginning of spring. The top priority today is taxation.

How much taxes will be paid this year is related to the development of Jiangzhou government and new work next year, especially now that there is no longer one state, but there are five states below waiting for support.

"Sir, the government office has 17,650,000 taels left. This year's rich tax and year-end taxes have not yet been collected. This period has already begun!"

Ling Xin'an nodded: "It seems there aren't many!"

Duan Qing said: "Sir, a total of 71 million taels of silver have been handed over to the court this year. I feel that the entire Zhou Dynasty is nothing more than this!"

Ling Xin'an said: "Don't worry about anything else. After the spring of next year, the work of the five states will be carried out. What they are suitable for and how to do it will require huge amounts of money. Therefore, after this year's taxes come up, we will no longer pay them.

Already been there."

"Yes, sir!"

The two continued to discuss, and suddenly, a hurried and panicked voice sounded from outside: "Sir, it's bad, Miss Ling is injured!"

When Ling Xin'an heard this, she immediately ran to the servant and said, "What did you say?"

The servant said hurriedly: "Miss Lingxue is injured!"

Ling Xin'an's figure had disappeared at the entrance of the government office. After hearing this, Guo Song and Dou Kai hurried to Ling's Mansion.

Ling Xin'an went straight to Ling Xue's room, but saw Ling Shuang and Xia Xiaoyu waiting anxiously at the door. Tears burst into her eyes when they saw Ling Xin'an arriving.

"What's going on?" Ling Xin'an asked.

"Master Ling, we were attacked by someone!" A disciple of the Xianqing Sect on the side said, and Ling Xin'an realized that the female disciples were also scarred at this moment.

Among them, the second senior sister from Qingzhu Peak was named Lu Ruolan. Her face was pale, but her injuries were only simply bandaged.

"Senior Sister Lu, hurry up and bandage it. After bandaging it, you can tell me in detail." Ling Xin'an looked at the injured disciples of the Xianqing Sect and comforted her.

"I'm sorry, sir!" Lu Ruolan said, "I am unable to protect Junior Sister Ling."

"Who's in there now?" Ling Xin'an asked.

"It's Doctor Hua, Master and Uncle." Xia Xiaoyu said.

At this time, Guo

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Song and Dou Kai also led a group of people to the Ling Mansion. Looking at the expressions of everyone, they couldn't help but change their expressions. Especially Guo Song and Dou Kai, they were responsible for the safety of the entire Jiangzhou City.

"Do you know where it happened? Who did it?" Ling Xin'an forced herself to calm down.

"Senior Sister Lu said that Xue'er was ambushed on her way back from outside the city. They all had their faces covered and had clear goals. They came straight towards Xue'er," Ling Shuang said.

"Where is the injury?"

"One stab in the chest and one in the back. If Senior Sister Lu hadn't fought her way out of the encirclement, Xue'er wouldn't have been able to come back!" Ling Shuang's tears fell.

"Leader Guo, Leader Dou, you go to protect the scene now, and I will go over to check later!" Ling Xin'an said.

"Yes, sir!"

"Master Duan Bo, please inform Feng Cai that we are going to inspect ships and people at the port, and ask people from the Xianqing Sect to come with us. If there are any suspicious people, we will arrest them first."

"Yes, sir!"

"At the same time, notify the reserve troops to search the entire city!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Wu Yan, immediately go and monitor the surrounding areas of our residence to see if there are any suspicious people coming to check. At the same time..."

"Boom..." Before he could finish his words, a loud explosion sounded all day long, a sky-high flame appeared in the direction of the main street, raging fire reflected the sky, and panicked voices rang in his ears.

Ling Xin'an's expression changed, and she immediately said: "Shuang'er, is this the place at the winery?"

Ling Shuang's expression also changed suddenly. She walked out of Ling's Mansion and looked at the winery where the fire was soaring into the sky.

Ling Xin'an flew to the roof of Ling Mansion, stood above, and looked towards the entire Jiangzhou City. The winery was already in flames, and the patrolmen and reserve soldiers were vying to put out the fire. The same was true for the neighbors. Ling Xin'an could see

People came and went carrying their own basins and buckets to put out the fire. In early winter, the weather was cold and dry, and the fire spread quickly. But at this time, two water jets suddenly flew towards the winery from the side, and the water was very powerful.

, the fire was quickly suppressed, and everyone cheered. The patrol officers who arrived immediately opened the fire hoses. The chamber of commerce that was responsible for the renovation of the old city also looked at the huge water column and couldn't help but be stunned. Master Ling asked them to do it.

These are the fire-fighting pipes, euphemistically called fire hoses, but no one expected that this was put into use for the first time to extinguish Master Ling's own winery.

Ling Xin'an felt a little more relaxed. Fortunately, she had a fever and remembered that fire hoses must be added to the new city and the old city renovation to prevent future wars and prevent the enemy from burning the city in time.

The fire gradually decreased. Ling Xin'an jumped off the roof and comforted everyone again. At this time, the disciples of the Xianqing Sect had also protected the Ling Mansion. The previously panic situation slowly stabilized. At this time, the door creaked open.

, revealing the faces of Doctor Hua and Fang Shirong.

"Doctor Hua, how are you?" Ling Xin'an asked.

"Fortunately, the bleeding was stopped, and Miss Ling finally recovered her life." Doctor Hua said.

"Thank you, Doctor Hua. Xiaohe, send Doctor Hua back." Ling Xin'an saluted quickly.

"Yes, sir!"

Ling Xin'an stepped in, looking at Ling Xue who was as pale as snow without a trace of blood, the murderous intent flashed in her eyes, and gently held her hand, which was extremely cold to the touch. Ling Xin'an's face changed and she said to Lu Li

: "Elder Lu, her body temperature is dropping. If this doesn't work, she will die."

Lu Li said: "Doctor Hua just said everything will be fine!"

Ling Xin'an was anxious, what does it mean if a person's body temperature drops? Even if there is no injury, it will lead to death from hypothermia.

"Elder Lu, how to convert spiritual power into heat? Make the human body temperature rise?"

Lu Li looked at Ling Xin'an's anxious expression and immediately said, "Let me do it."

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"No, elder, you are already very tired. Tell me what to do?"

"Okay, keep your mind calm, use your luck, and transport the spiritual power to the spiritual acupoints of the two palms. It will condense without dissipating and spin rapidly at the same time!"

Ling Xin'an secretly cursed herself for being stupid. She didn't understand such a simple principle that exercise generates heat. She immediately condensed her energy and slowly moved it to the Huiling point in her body. It condensed without dispersing, and then she quickly rotated with her thoughts.

Sure enough, a warmth came from Ling Xin'an's palm. She held Ling Xue's hand and slowly transferred the heat to her. In this way, Ling Xin'an controlled her spiritual power while controlling her mind. Otherwise, her spiritual power would be scattered and chaotic.

Otherwise, Lingxue can die in peace.

As time passed slowly, Ling Xin'an began to sweat on her forehead and her face became red and hot. This was a sign of excessive exercise. However, Ling Xue did not change much. Ling Xin'an continued, and her face became congested and flushed.

"You will become obsessed with this." Lu Li said.

Ling Xin'an looked at Ling Xue with firm eyes. There was not much spiritual power left in her body, but she still didn't stop until the corner of Ling Xin'an's mouth was bleeding.

"You will ruin your martial arts if you continue like this!" Lu Li shouted in a low voice. Xia Xiaoyu and Ling Shuang were even more anxious and whispered: "Master, let go quickly, please let go!"

Ling Xin'an was unmoved. Just when everyone felt desperate, Ling Xue's eyelashes finally trembled slightly and her breathing became much calmer. Ling Xin'an's eyes flashed with surprise and she slowly retracted her palms. At this time, he was full of emotions.

His face was already congested with blood. When he turned his head, a mouthful of blood spurted out and flew three feet away.

Ling Xin'an breathed heavily, and the congestion on her chest spurted out. She felt comfortable in her heart, and her face began to recover, but it was still pale. She stood up and said: "Shuang'er, take good care of her, Xiaoyu, take care of her in the house, I'll go out.

Back."

"Yes, Master! But your health?" Xia Xiaoyu asked worriedly.

Ling Xin'an had already strode away. When she saw that there was still a strong aroma of wine in the air, the fire had been put out, the entire winery had been burned, and the surroundings were full of people watching.

"grown ups!"

"grown ups!"

Everyone saluted him one after another. Looking at this familiar scene, Ling Xin'an snorted: "Tongtianmen!"

Then he rode out the door and arrived at the scene of the incident in less than a quarter of an hour. At this time, he was caught by Guo Song. When he got closer, he saw that there was no body. It was obvious that Lu Ruolan was fighting and retreating in order to protect Ling Xue.

of.

Except for the blood stains, there were no swords left at the scene, and no sect could be seen. Ling Xin'an said: "Search everything around here, including the piece of paper left on the ground and find it for me."

"Yes, sir!"
To be continued...