Chapter 856: When you have watched a thousand movies, you will find that there is nothing strange in this world.
The prefect, if converted into the modern position that Mo Cheng knows, is roughly the mayor and secretary of a prefecture-level city.
The prefectural yamen is easier to understand, it is the prefect's office.
Mo Cheng was not very interested in these official positions, but the previous incarnation of this body was a person who wanted to take the civil service exam, and he had even defeated a large number of people and obtained the title of scholar.
However, Mo Cheng estimated that his path to the civil service examination would only allow him to reach the level of a scholar, and he could only dream of becoming a juren, because the remaining knowledge in his mind would not support the next examination at all.
Even if he really took the exam again, Mo Cheng was afraid that his results would be so bad that people would suspect that someone else had taken the exam for him.
After all, the main subjects of the imperial examination are things that most modern people have hardly learned.
A strong energy fluctuation emanated from the prefectural yamen, which was different from any power Mo Cheng had encountered before. It was a relatively stable force with high inertia.
It is not like the Taoist true essence, nor like the Buddhist divine consciousness, nor is it the blood and qi of a warrior, but it has a strong suppressing effect on many forces.
I saw a beam of light rising into the sky from the prefectural government office, and a dragon roar was heard to suppress the undercurrent, which was actually suppressed so that it stopped moving.
This time, Mo Cheng smelled a familiar scent. The way this power was formed was similar to the power of human will.
"It was the dragon and tiger energy of Northern Qi that suppressed the dark tide that enveloped most of the city. I'm afraid it consumed at least ten years of accumulated dragon and tiger energy."
Shen Xueqi frowned. The dragon and tiger energy could not only suppress the undercurrent, but also had a considerable degree of restraint on a fairy disciple like her who practiced immortal arts.
Mo Cheng was not surprised by the existence of something like [Dragon and Tiger Qi]. After all, this world had many magical powers, cultivators, and warriors, and its political system could also appear in the form of a country, which meant that the national organization must have corresponding power.
Mo Cheng narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, "Are you saying that this dragon and tiger energy can suppress the dark tide?"
"It was a short-term suppression. Only a prefect could mobilize that level of dragon and tiger energy suppression. And it consumed at least the dragon and tiger energy accumulated over the past ten years." Shen Xueqi paused and added, "At least the dragon and tiger energy accumulated over the past ten years, provided that the weather was good and no major incidents occurred."
Got it. This is the total increase in GDP of a prefecture-level city in the past ten years.
Mo Cheng changed Shen Xueqi's words into something he could understand better.
"How much dragon and tiger energy can the prefect mobilize?"
"I don't know. I don't know much about Northern Qi officials."
The dragon and tiger energy that erupted from the prefectural yamen suppressed the undercurrent, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that this suppression was only temporary and would not last long before the dragon and tiger energy dissipated.
After all, the Dragon-Tiger Qi has a different property from ordinary true essence, divine consciousness and other powers. The consumption of Dragon-Tiger Qi is direct and complete. If you want to accumulate it, you can only start from the beginning. If you use it, the upper limit of the accumulation number will be consumed.
No matter it is the Taoist true essence or the Buddhist divine consciousness, as long as it is not consumed in a short period of time, it is very easy to replenish it.
"Alas!" Mo Cheng suddenly sighed, "It seems that our friends don't want us to get involved in this matter."
As she was speaking, a thick fog filled the surroundings. Shen Xueqi, holding the Fang Tian Hua Ji, swung out a gust of wind, blowing away .
After the thick fog dissipated, they were surrounded by seven or eight people.
Everyone was wearing a black robe and an animal mask on their face. Mo Cheng counted the masks on those people's faces.
Ox, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, chicken, dog, pig...
If we add rat, tiger, rabbit and monkey to the mix, it becomes the combination of the twelve zodiac signs. Combined with the tiger-masked man who led the previous raid on the Three Immortals of Yunping, Mo Cheng suspected that this group of people most likely used the twelve zodiac signs as code names.
"Students of Jixia and disciples of Wanghan, this matter has nothing to do with you. Please leave now and write off the previous events."
The one who spoke was the dragon-head masked man. I wonder if he felt that there were so many people around him, and he was absolutely overwhelming the situation. He put his hands behind his back and said, "Our only target is the prefect of this city..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a sneer.
"Come on, it's better not to say those stupid things that won't bother you. I'm afraid you'll really believe them if you say them too much."
Mo Cheng had a sneer on his face, not believing what the other party said at all. "You raided the Yunping Three Immortals before. If I'm not mistaken, your plan was to use the starry sky vision to trigger the Lonely Star Tribulation Fate when the Yunping Three Immortals entered this city to heal the disciples, and then strengthen the power of the dark tide to swallow the entire city."
"The dark tide has engulfed the city, and the prefect cannot escape blame. For the safety of the city's residents, he will use the official seal to mobilize the dragon and tiger energy to suppress the dark tide."
"At the same time, the dragon and tiger energy will have some suppressive effect on the strength of the three Yunping Immortals. This way, you can better carry out the forced killing."
Mo Cheng paused as if he had thought of something. "So that's how it is. If you want to maximize your strength under the dragon and tiger energy environment, there must be an official from Northern Qi among you."
Although it was a question, when it came out of Mo Cheng's mouth, it was already a statement. He was sure of one thing.
That so-called letting them off the hook was absolutely false. This group of masked men definitely had no intention of letting anyone in this city go.
"No, that's not right. There's probably more than one official from Northern Qi. The one wearing the mask is hiding in the dark, and the prefect is surrounded by two? Or three?"
"Two is enough to guarantee the assassination of the prefect, but three is too conspicuous. So the prefect has two people around him who are officials of the Northern Qi State on the surface, but secretly are your assassins. Am I right?"
After hearing Mo Cheng's words, the masked people were silent for a moment.
“Snap, snap, snap!”
The dragon masked man suddenly clapped his hands, cheering for Mo Cheng's reasoning, "Excellent! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have thought that you could guess all of our plans based on just that few words. So why don't you guess what our ultimate goal is?"
"The ultimate goal is either some "great cause", "idea", or "belief" that sounds passionate but is stupid to execute. Or it is a conspiracy to overthrow the existing regime. I guess among the guys cooperating with you , there is a member of the Northern Qi royal family who wants to sit on the throne."
When you have watched a thousand movies, you will find that there is nothing strange in this world.
Similarly, for Mo Cheng, a guy who is often dragged aside to support the crowd and serve as the main fighting force, when he participates in more actions, he will find that the stories behind the conspiracies are all similar.
Although many times, he is the powerful thug who carries out the conspiracy.
