According to the standards of the earth, the security situation in Haiya City is not very good. Although the cultivators of the Haiya Sect take the initiative to maintain the basic order of the city, they do so only for the purpose of cultivating merit and do not really intend to serve the people wholeheartedly.
Serve.
For cultivators who have precious time, cultivating merit often takes up precious time for retreat.
Therefore, cultivators often consider cost-effectiveness when performing merit cultivation—that is, how to pay the lowest time cost and obtain the best effect of merit cultivation.
For example, the Lingshi Reserve Bank is in charge of the financial lifeline of Kyushu. As long as it passes a certain monetary policy decision, it will affect the livelihood and well-being of hundreds of millions of people. This is obviously the most efficient way for cultivators to accumulate merit, similar to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Lingshi Reserve Bank.
Even great monks at the Nascent Soul stage would actively strive for such a key position as a committee member.
However, merits such as clearing the snow on the road are very meager and can be compared with convenient and fast public services. Only monks in the Qi Refining Stage are willing to do it. Even monks in the Foundation Establishment Stage will not waste time and energy on this kind of work.
As for catching petty thieves and street fights, which have little merit and are very troublesome to do, no cultivator is willing to do it. They just hire a few mortal clerks to take care of it casually.
The actual effect of this kind of light law enforcement in fighting crime can be imagined.
Therefore, although Haiya City has cultivators from the Haiya Sect who are personally in charge and will not cause any big troubles, small-scale mortal crimes continue to occur. The poor thesis gunman who had his legs broken and almost died tragically on the street is the best.
illustration.
If mortals commit crimes like this, no one will care about the crimes committed by cultivators. Even if a mortal is killed by a cultivator in public, the Lord of Haiya City will not come forward to deal with it.
Anyway, when a cultivator kills a person, what is deducted is the murderer's own heavenly merit, which has no direct relationship with the Haiya City Lord's Mansion.
As long as the murderer doesn't go too far and trigger widespread panic in mortal society, the Lord's Mansion of Haiya City will turn a blind eye for the sake of everyone being cultivators.
Although he is also a mortal with a cultivator as his backing, Chen Ping is not his nanny and cannot always follow him for personal protection. In addition, he just offended the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce yesterday. If he is beaten by lawless elements,
He has nowhere to reason!
It is precisely because of this clear understanding that Yang Lu has always paid great attention to his own personal safety.
Although he is not an expert in the field of anti-stalking, there are obviously no experts in the field of tracking in High Cliff City.
Even though there was not too much traffic on the streets of Haiya City after the heavy snowfall, there were always strange pedestrians not far behind him, which made him suspicious.
A normal stalker would never wear a black suit and big sunglasses like in the movie, for fear that others would not know that he is a criminal. As long as he is not the kind of hopelessly stupid stalker, everyone will know.
Dress up as plainly as possible, try not to look directly at the other person, and try to cover your gaze with something more low-key than wearing sunglasses.
After feeling that someone was following him, Yang Lu immediately tensed up. Considering that he was leading Murong on the road, it was obviously inappropriate to suddenly turn around and look at the passers-by.
Since the other party chooses to follow rather than take action directly, it means that the situation has not escalated to that level. If your own actions lead to the other party taking drastic measures on the spot, it will be self-defeating.
After casually scanning both sides of the road, Yang Lu landed on a bun shop that had just opened for business.
He decided to do some secret testing first!
"Murong, let me buy you a bun to eat."
Murong didn't understand Yang Lu's true intention and said blankly: "Mr. Yang, I ate a lot last night and I'm not hungry at all!"
Yang Lu just smiled and touched her head: "You are still growing, so you can't do it without breakfast!"
Before Murong could answer, he walked to the bun shop and naturally turned his body sideways: "Boss, how do you sell buns?"
While asking, he quickly noticed with his peripheral vision that two passers-by not far behind him also stopped. Seeing this strange reaction, Yang Lu had serious doubts that the two of them were specifically following him.
people!
It's just that these two stalkers are obviously not very professional. They will follow me in unison instead of alternately tracking and covering up. This level of professionalism is even worse than my amateur anti-stalker.
In order to confirm, Yang Lu spent a long time at the bun shop.
He first took out a huge 10-yuan spiritual stone note, deliberately making it difficult for the self-employed bun shop owner to find change. He also deliberately complained in a very high voice that the boss even asked for a mere 10-yuan spiritual stone coin.
not open.
Then he pretended to dig into his pocket for a long time, but he couldn't come up with any change. In the end, he had no choice but to ask Murong to advance him first.
Murong witnessed Yang Lu's checkout process at Haiya Pavilion yesterday and knew that he had some change. Although she couldn't figure out why Mr. Yang suddenly took a fancy to her hard-earned money from selling newspapers, she still pitifully put the only money in her pocket
I handed a few cents notes to the bun shop owner.
Seeing that Yang Lu was obviously very rich, but he still wanted the newsboy next to him to pay the bill, the bun shop owner looked at him with something wrong. He opened his mouth to say something, but in order not to get himself into trouble, he gave up a lot in the end.
Nosy thoughts.
Murong wanted to defend Mr. Yang, but he didn't know where to start, and his face turned red.
Yang Lu didn't notice the silent exchange between Murong and the owner of the bun shop. He found that after dawdling for a long time, the two passers-by behind him didn't move, so he was sure that he was being followed.
However, the other party never had the intention to take action, probably because he didn't know his true identity.
The guests of Haiya Pavilion are either rich or noble. Since these two people have been following him since he left Haiya Pavilion, it is normal for him to have concerns about his identity.
In this way, the trip to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce becomes even more important. Only by getting the endorsement of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, an important business force in Haiya City, can these scoundrels be completely deterred.
Seeing Murong holding the buns she had exchanged for her hard-earned money, she seemed a little reluctant to eat them. Yang Lu casually took out a few pieces of change and stuffed them into her pocket, and then said softly: "Let's go to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce quickly. Try to leave as many people as possible."
The main road, you often sell newspapers in the city, you must know where the most people are!"
Although she didn't know what Yang Lu wanted to do, the newspaper seller still nodded confidently and said: "If you want to ask where there are more people, no one in the entire Haiya City knows it better than me!"
After following Murong through the dense crowd for about ten minutes, the girl selling newspapers stopped on her own initiative: "Mr. Yang, this is the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce!"
Looking in the direction of Murong's finger, a magnificent classical mansion appeared in front of Yang Lu.
There is an open space in front of the house, with two strange-looking monster statues placed on it. The newly painted lintel of the gate has the four characters "Qingning Chamber of Commerce" written on it. It looks like it has just been renovated. Although it has already gone up three hours, it is still
The Qingning Chamber of Commerce seemed quite deserted, with only occasional people coming in and out through the gate.
Yang Lu deliberately lingered at the entrance of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce for a while. After confirming that the two stalkers were following him, he swaggered towards the main entrance of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce.
