Nāgata: Infernal Night, Qinghan and I are True Love

Chapter 132 Miss Shen Miao Returns

Back in the backyard, Xu Tianyi couldn't help but feel troubled.

If Yingying can't handle it herself, then Wei Qing need not ask her any more questions.

There's also Yin Ziping who seems very enthusiastic, but she's obviously a manipulative woman who's just stringing you along.

He sighed and decided to just go back home.

It was the first time Xu Tianyi had slept alone, and he was still a little unaccustomed to it.

For some reason, Gu Qinghan ended up playing with Ning Hongye again.

The sisters' relationship is really complicated.

I felt much better after waking up.

It's already early June.

Gu Qinghan took Ning Hongye out to play, leaving Xu Tianyi speechless. Only Ji Yingying was waiting for him at the door; it was said that Wei Qing and Yin Ziping were also busy.

"Hehe, it's just the two of us again, a lone man and a lone woman..."

Although Ji Yingying was secretly delighted, her expression remained indifferent: "What, do you want me to go first again?"

Xu Tianyi gave an awkward smile: "No, no, it's so early in the morning, you should smile..."

He also felt wronged; why did he have to pursue her?

Ji Yingying laughed after hearing that.

A bright smile, coupled with that meaningful look in her eyes.

Her small lips slowly parted.

"I can laugh, but you won't be able to laugh for long..."

Xu Tianyi was stunned: "What?"

Ji Yingying slowly opened her notebook.

His eyes couldn't help but smile.

"Today, Master Xu needs to inspect the entire eleven counties in the Northwest, with an estimated journey of eight hundred li and a total of one hundred and three meetings."

"So, are you happy?"

Xu Tianyi also remembered that this was what he had decided yesterday, but...

I never imagined it would be this difficult.

He sighed silently.

"You'll stay with me, right..."

Ji Yingying laughed: "I'm a Martial Spirit, what do you think!"

Xu Tianyi paused for a moment, then immediately said, "I can carry you on my back..."

"No way!! Go find Fire Dog to keep you company, or go find your two wives!"

Xu Tianyi thought about it carefully: "How about I marry you?"

Ji Yingying laughed: "I won't marry you unless you wear a phoenix coronet and embroidered robes, and your bridal procession stretches for miles. Then I'll consider it..."

She's not stupid. If she marries him now, she'll definitely be treated like a concubine, which she's not happy about.

Xu Tianyi was also a little unhappy: "What about Qinghan and the others?"

Ji Yingying smiled smugly: "I heard you're going to inspect eleven counties, so they ran away a long time ago. Whether you want to find Huo Gou or not, you can decide for yourself."

However, I guess he doesn't want to go either..."

Xu Tianyi sighed silently.

He reached out and snatched her schedule, then turned and left.

An 800-mile journey, over a hundred meetings, plus many other tasks to handle—it seems I'll need to work overtime to finish everything in one day.

The first event was the morning meeting at the City Lord's Mansion.

There isn't much to do; we handled a lot yesterday. Now, Liu Qingfeng is handling most of the tasks, while Shen An and Wei Qing do the secondary review.

The things that I can deal with are basically conflicting events: conflict between officials and the people, conflict between officials and high-level officials, conflict between the Ministry of Supervision and the Ministry of Government Affairs, personnel appointments, dismissals and imprisonment.

Xu Tianyi handled things very quickly, basically moving on to the next task after asking a few questions.

There are generally not many objections.

Therefore, he doesn't need to do anything complicated or trivial.

All he had to do was ask questions and make decisions; even the proposed solutions were prepared for him, all he needed to do was stamp them.

He was different from the emperors of ancient times because he could frequently tour his territory and come into contact with officials at the grassroots level and even at the lowest levels.

If there's a real problem, the higher-ups can't hide it from him.

The inspections were nothing more than maintaining morale and assigning tasks, letting these officials know who was in charge.

Eight hundred li seems like a long distance.

But for a grandmaster like Xu Tianyi, it wasn't difficult.

Now he receives a large amount of true energy flowing into the jade pendant every day.

He is expected to become a Grandmaster-level martial artist within one or two months. At that time, he will need to improve his physical fitness, enhance his soul's carrying capacity, familiarize himself with his aura, open up his own domain, and comprehend the communication between heaven and earth's spiritual energy. After that, he can advance to the position of Grandmaster.

The higher his cultivation level, the faster he can move.

Now, when he runs at full speed, he can cover 300 li (150 kilometers) in an hour.

Of course, this can only be achieved by using a powerful move and exhausting one's true energy.

At a constant speed, it can cover nearly 200 li in an hour without any problems.

This is not an exaggeration. Grandmasters can glide and leap, so terrain doesn't have that much of an impact on them.

He could scale walls and leap across rooftops when he was a martial artist, let alone now.

Sprinting all the way, Xu Tianyi soon arrived at a town more than 30 miles away.

The town's affairs are also easy to handle; the local bullies and underground gangs that were there at the beginning have been eliminated or incorporated.

Many gangs have gone legit, becoming either intermediaries, bodyguards, or even newspapers and factories.

Therefore, corruption can easily breed. Xu Tianyi didn't understand these things very well, but he would deal with each case as soon as he found one.

He comes here once a month and walks around the town. People often stop him to report him, but he always handles it quickly.

At first, there was a shortage of manpower, but now that he has promoted a large number of people in the town, there is no shortage of people. In the early stages, officials or junior civil servants were replaced almost every month or even every half month, but things got much better later.

Besides him, there are also inspections from the Criminal Investigation Department and the Political Affairs Department, ensuring you wouldn't dare to mess around.

Near the city gate, there were also propaganda personnel promoting policies.

These people are all talented individuals; some are storytellers, while others are young scholars, waiters, or brokers.

After a brief ten-minute delay, Xu Tianyi continued on his way.

Unless something major happens, the inspection can be completed quickly.

Time passed second by second.

Having completed half of his work after a busy day, Xu Tianyi's subsequent inspections were clearly perfunctory. He would only make a brief appearance in the town to say hello, and stay a little longer in the county.

Otherwise, he estimated he could only complete less than a third of it.

Exhausted, he arrived in Taikang County.

He quickly found his own villa, went inside, and collapsed.

But the magistrate of Taikang County suddenly announced that Shen Miao, the eldest daughter of the Shen family, had come to visit.

Xu Tianyi looked puzzled. Didn't Shen Miao go to Black Wind Village with Hu Wei?

He touched the double blessing of good fortune behind him, feeling a little guilty.

He gave the Tianyi Sword to Wei Qing to use as an imperial sword.

But after thinking about it, Shen Miao probably didn't care about that, since he liked little tigers, right?

With a slight smile, I said, "Have her wait for me in the hall for a moment. I'll wash up and come back later..."