One hundred and twentieth chapters insatiable greed
"Brother Lu, you have seen the current situation."
"The monsters in this mine are so dangerous that even Brother Zhao was seriously injured. Do you want you to report it to the superiors?" Fang Zhongzheng sighed.
"Prefect Fang, do you think this is useful?" Lu Yu asked back.
Fang Zhongzheng calmed down his troubled thoughts: "Recently, it can be said that there has been a wave of ups and downs. Originally, there were several cases that were not handled because of the water monster incident... I didn't expect that the mine incident would come up again.
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"Brother Zhao is even more unconscious now, and Brother Lu's injuries have not recovered... This time, I can still be shameless and ask the three sects for help... But after all, it is not a long-term solution.
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Lu Yu also knew that it was not easy for Fang Zhongzheng to be the prefect. Jianghu sects did not have the consciousness of a demon slayer, and they put profit first in everything.
Basically, every time you ask the three major sects to take action, you need to pay a large sum of money.
Otherwise, people will ignore you at all.
How did this money come from?
Basically comes from the income from the mine.
Therefore, the incident at the mine was equivalent to a stab in Fang Zhongzheng's heart.
What's more, in Fang Zhongzheng's mind, these Jianghu sects are like extremely greedy vampires, constantly sucking the blood of Tianshui Mansion, but due to reality, they cannot escape their protection.
"Master Fang, I will report it truthfully...but don't have high expectations." Lu Yu said softly.
Each of the twelve palaces lacks a demon slayer.
Due to geographical reasons, Tianshui Mansion has relatively few demons causing trouble, and is usually put at the end before considering adding more manpower.
But now the situation in Tianshui Mansion has indeed reached its worst level.
If changes are not made, I am afraid that the three major sects will become even more greedy.
Because they will find that the government has no choice but to turn to themselves when facing the evil spirits that are causing trouble.
When the relationship between the two parties reaches an unequal level, the party with the absolute say will become more and more excessive.
This is human nature.
"Thank you, Brother Lu. I've made an appointment with people from the three sects to meet later. Let's settle the matter at the mine first." Fang Zhongzheng let out a soft breath.
"Then I'll contact you now." Lu Yu said goodbye and left.
Fang Zhongzheng also left the secret room after sighing with emotion, "It's been a troubled year."
Lu Yu returned to his room.
The demon slayers who are assigned will usually live in the government office for easy communication.
In view of the urgent situation, Lu Yu also took out a spiritual talisman, wrote down the status of himself being seriously injured and Zhao Changkong's unconscious state, and burned it.
Within a short while, the black fuhui reacted.
"The Demon Slayer's tour departed from Tianshui Mansion five days ago. He is the main one in everything."
Seeing these words transformed into Fu Hui, Lu Yu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The name Zhou You is a bit unfamiliar, he shouldn't be from the Huangzhou Demon Slayer Division.
If he guessed correctly, he should have been transferred from other demon slayers.
With him as the main character, it shows that this demon slayer named Zhou You should be very powerful and is most likely a high-level demon slayer.
Departing five days ago...according to the distance between Tianshui Fucheng and Huangzhou City, it will take about ten days.
There is no way, Huangzhou is too big.
However, Lu Yu may not have thought that Ding Yuan would give Zhou You an extremely precious black scale horse as a mount.
This guy's speed is much faster than the average thousand-mile horse, and coupled with his amazing endurance, it actually took five days to travel around!
Looking at the four characters "Tianshui Fucheng", Zhou You led the black-scaled horse with an unusually sturdy appearance and walked in.
The architectural style here is no different from that in Huangzhou City, and there are also blacksmith shops on both sides of the street.
The sound of tinkling iron.
Following the guidance of passers-by, Zhouyou headed towards the government office.
........
The government office is still the same court as yesterday.
Fang Zhongzheng was still sitting in the main seat.
He still frowned tightly, his face filled with worry.
But just one day later, the nasolabial folds on his forehead seemed to be getting deeper.
Below are three warriors with powerful auras sitting there.
Distinguish the elders of the three sects.
"The three elders, with your sect's intelligence capabilities, must know what happened in the mine."
"This is the pillar industry of Tianshui Mansion, and there is no room for loss. After all, your three sects have been rooted in Tianshui Mansion for a long time, and you don't want to see Tianshui Mansion weaken."
Fang Zhongzheng rubbed his eyebrows and said in a tired voice.
"Don't worry, Governor Fang, we old guys still understand this principle."
"It's just that even Zhao Changkong almost got trapped in it and is still unconscious. Today's mine is indeed too dangerous." Elder Sun of the Mingyue Sword Sect touched his long beard and said lightly.
As soon as his words came out, he was instantly echoed by the elders of other sects.
"Yes... Magistrate Fang, after all, we have contributed a lot to the tranquility of Tianshui Mansion over the years, and we have also lost many disciples." The old man from the Golden Knife Sect sighed.
The elders of Longhumen also looked embarrassed, "Prefect Fang, it's not that we don't want to help you, but it's too dangerous. How about you report it to the Demon Slayer Department and let them send experts to deal with it?"
These people sang together and talked a lot, but none of them was useful.
Fang Zhongzheng sneered in his heart, knowing that these three old guys wore the same pair of trousers and advanced and retreated together.
He cleared his throat and said: "I also know the difficulties of the three sects. Your disciples have indeed suffered heavy losses these days. I thought about it again and again and decided to use 30,000 taels of silver as compensation. What do the three elders do?
Opinion?"
"Thirty thousand taels..." Upon hearing this number, Elder Sun of the Mingyue Sword Sect exchanged glances with the other two elders, and then seemed to reach some consensus, but no one said anything.
The scene suddenly fell into an awkward atmosphere.
“Insatiable stuff!!!”
Fang Zhongzheng kept cursing in his heart.
A family of ten thousand taels is basically a tacit understanding reached by both parties over the past few years.
Unexpectedly, I didn't accept it today.
Thinking about it, the three major sects also knew about the current predicament of the government office, and they added insult to injury and tried to make the lion speak loudly.
After all, the mine is not operating, and the most anxious person is Fang Zhongzheng, who is not one of the three major sects.
"Fifty thousand taels...this is my final bottom line."
"Otherwise, we'll break up in one fell swoop!"
Fang Zhongzheng's voice had a hint of anger.
Obviously, he was really angry this time.
The three elders looked at each other and knew that this should be Fang Zhongzheng's final line.
Just when I was thinking about agreeing.
A clear voice came from outside.
"I'll take this fifty thousand taels!"
When several people present heard this voice, their faces were very shocked, and they didn't understand what was going on.
Snap.
A tall and slender figure stepped into the courtroom.
He has a majestic appearance, a long sword on his waist, and a pair of eyes that shoot into the cold stars!