novelaction Chapter 328 Shrine of Life
Chapter 328 Shrine of Life
Lin Chuyi thought for a moment that he was dazzled, and then he counted the number of zeros displayed on the reward. After confirming that the system reward this time was two million merit points, Lin Chuyi couldn't help but be secretly shocked. The value of the three corrupt officials was actually three times higher than that of the more than two hundred evil bandits.
After being surprised, Lin Chuyi quickly figured out the evaluation criteria of the merit system. Although the bandits in Fufeng Village were full of evil, they could only operate on small hills around Tujun Mountain and the like, and the victims would only be those who happened to pass through their activity area.
But it is different for those corrupt officials. The lowest official among them is a seventh-rank county magistrate, holding the power of life and death over the people in that area. The higher the official rank, the greater the power in his hands. Such people abuse their power for personal gain, affecting millions of ordinary people.
In this light, it is understandable that the difference in merit points awarded by the system after the two were executed is so huge.
After figuring it out, Lin Chuyi continued to pick up his chopsticks to eat today's lunch. After eating and drinking his fill, Lin Chuyi put down his chopsticks and looked at Ping An who was eating opposite him.
"I'm done eating. I'll go back to my room to clean up first. After you finish eating, pack up the things you want to take with you, and then meet me in the next room. We'll go downstairs and check out, and leave Mingzhou City today."
Ping An was stunned when he heard this, "Aren't you going to wait for news anymore?"
Lin Chuyi smiled slightly, "No need to wait, I have received the information I wanted."
"Oh, okay." Ping An didn't ask any more questions. After answering, he silently quickened his eating speed.
A quarter of an hour later, the two men, each carrying a bag, appeared in the lobby of the inn. After paying the room fee for the past few days, Lin Chuyi and Ping'an left Mingzhou City and headed for the next town.
In the following days, Lin Chuyi received system rewards for other criminal officials who were brought down. Just as Lin Chuyi expected, the amount of merit points obtained was related to the official positions of those people, the amount of crimes they committed, and the actual influence they had on the people.
Lin Chuyi adjusted his subsequent action plan based on these new discoveries. While using the guise of "Zhuxie" to suppress bandits everywhere and expand the social influence of "Zhuxie", he also took into account the responsibility of "supervising all officials".
In just a few months, "Zhu Xie" became the embodiment of justice in the eyes of the people, and various deeds related to "Zhu Xie" spread more and more widely through word of mouth among the people.
The name "Zhuxie" became even more famous in official circles, especially among corrupt officials serving in the southern region where the "Zhuxie" group was most active. After "Zhuxie" became famous, they became timid and suspicious.
They were afraid that one day Zhuxie would target them, and then the evidence of their crimes would appear on the desk of their superiors without them even realizing it. Then, because the evidence was conclusive, they would be reduced from high-ranking officials to low-level death row prisoners.
Because they were afraid, many officials behaved much more honestly and no longer dared to blatantly extort money from the people. Not only the people in the states that Lin Chuyi and Ping'an had visited had their lives improved, but the people in other states that had not been visited yet also no longer had a hard time like in previous years because of the reputation of "punishing evil and turning away corrupt officials."
Different from the fear of the officials, the attitude of the common people towards "Zhu Xie" is more of respect and gratitude. They know in their hearts that they no longer have to pay so much taxes and grain, and do not have to brave the cold and heat to work as free labor for the government, all thanks to this brother and sister named "Zhu Xie".
Most of the common people have never seen "Zhu Xie" himself, but they are familiar with stories related to "Zhu Xie". When they tell the story of "Zhu Xie" to their children, they can tell it for half an hour without repeating themselves.
Some people thought that just spreading the story of Zhuxie in private was not enough to express their gratitude to "Zhuxie", so they privately carved two wooden sculptures based on the description of the Zhuxie brother and sister in the rumors, and enshrined them at home. During festivals, they would burn incense and offer sacrifices to the two wooden sculptures, praying that they would live a long, peaceful and healthy life.
Later, this matter was known to other people and spread, and many people followed suit. They set up statues of the evil-killing angel at home and prayed sincerely every day.
Punishing evil and corrupt officials will benefit not only ordinary people, but also merchants who often have to deal with the government.
When the merchants who had benefited from the crackdown on corrupt officials learned about this, they united together and jointly invested in building a shrine for "Zhu Xie".
After the first ancestral temple was built, there was a second one. In just six months, Lin Chuyi and Ping'an had four ancestral temples.
Lin Chuyi and Ping An didn't know about this at first. It was only when Lin Chuyi was sorting out the message column one day and looking through the merit message page that he discovered this by chance.
The appearance of the ancestral temple doubled her daily merit value. Also, because the ancestral temple was so popular, it triggered a hidden function of the merit system - incense savings. Although no one has yet discovered what this thing does, anything that appears on the main interface of the merit system must be a good thing. Even if you can't use it, just watching the numbers go up can make people happy.
After the latest ancestral temple was built, Lin Chuyi and Ping'an went to see it in person. Wow, there were more people going to the ancestral temple to burn incense than those going to ordinary temples.
The two statues enshrined in the main hall do not look at all like them. It can only be said that apart from the correct gender, their other physical features have nothing to do with them. So much so that even when the real "Zhuxie" appeared in their own ancestral temple, no one recognized them.
Watching the people burning incense and praying devoutly, and the merit points on the merit page constantly rising, Lin Chuyi silently stepped forward and took three incense sticks. After lighting them over the candle flame, she bowed three times devoutly to the statue representing herself, and then inserted the incense sticks into the incense burner.
After completing this series of actions, Lin Chuyi discovered that there was an unread message on the merit page. Lin Chuyi walked to the corner and clicked on the message bar. After reading the content, Lin Chuyi's original good mood disappeared in an instant.
[The player intends to obtain merit points by burning incense to himself. This operation is illegal. Merit points? 1000]
Lin Chuyi was speechless. What was going on? Others burned incense to her devoutly, and she could only collect 1 to 10 merit points at a time. But when it was her turn, not only did she not get any more merit points, but she even had a thousand merit points deducted from her?
Is it because she has been leveling up the game too smoothly recently, and 01 can't stand it and starts to increase the difficulty manually? Otherwise, why did a violation penalty suddenly appear?