In the Blade

Hao Chong, the magistrate of Yiyang County, has been anxious recently.

It is said that the county magistrate is the father-in-law of a place, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the county magistrate. However, only Hao Chong, as the county magistrate, knows how much he has suffered during this process - going up, he wants to Give a smile to the chief official of this state, but down the line, the powerful people in those places may not listen to him. If you really want to do something to the powerful people in these places, they have a background that is thicker than him.

He is just a county magistrate caught in the middle, who has experienced his suffering?

Fortunately, the new governor of Yizhou who took office two years ago came through the ranks. Although he was a military attache, he was a suave character. He was far from being as paranoid as those military men. He was usually very talkative, so at least on Shangguan's side. , he can be less tired.

As for the local area, after his many years of management, the powerful local families in Yizhou have a good relationship with him. Although they occasionally need to discuss things when they encounter something, generally speaking, everyone is still very cooperative. He is the county magistrate.

"So... Sir, where are you busy now?"

In the county government office, a middle-aged man drinking tea couldn't help but feel confused when he saw the furious look of the county magistrate Hao Chong.

The middle-aged man's name is Bu Shen, and he is the staff of the county magistrate Hao Chong. He has always been conscientious in helping Hao Chong handle all the affairs in the county. It is precisely because of this that he understands better. Yiyang County has been at peace for a long time, and there is nothing to be busy with at all.

So what is Magistrate Hao so anxious about?

"Why are you so anxious? Do you even need to ask? The grassland people started the war without saying a word, and the battle in Shanbei Road was like that."

Speaking of this, County Magistrate Hao Chong couldn't help but shake his head.

"This world is really..."

"Why……"

Upon hearing this, the staff member Bu Shen also let out a long sigh.

People in the grasslands don't follow rules. Everyone knows this, even barbarians are like that. But no one expected that the prairie people would not follow the rules to this extent - although these days have been peaceful for a long time, wars are indeed prone to occur, but no matter how you think about it, undeclared war is still too outrageous.

Is the Khan of Mobei crazy?

However, it is useless to think about this kind of thing. Regardless of whether the Khan of Mobei is crazy or not, this war will eventually start. I heard that Shanbei Road has been completely beaten, and countless people have been displaced and had to flee to surrounding places for safety.

Even this small Yiyang County has many refugees.

"What worries me is the affairs of the refugees."

County Magistrate Hao Chong also poured a cup of tea and drank it in large gulps.

"These refugees..."

"Wait a minute?"

Staff member Bu Shentu was suddenly stunned.

If County Magistrate Hao is anxious because of the war, he can understand. After all, there is only Taiyin Mountain between Shannan Road and Shanbei Road. God knows when those prairie people will come over - but when it comes to this The matter of refugees...why are you so anxious about this?

"Sir, have you forgotten?"

Staff Bu Shen was a little embarrassed.

"When you were drinking with the local gentry a few days ago, didn't you already leave the matter of resettling the refugees to the Zhang family in Taiyin Mountain? At that time, he said that the mountain god was merciful and wanted to help Yiyang County. Do your part…Isn’t this house doing a good job?”

"Yes, I know."

County Magistrate Hao Chong nodded.

He naturally knows that the Taiyin Mountain side has done a good job. After all, no refugees have been able to rush to Yiyang County so far, which shows how much effort the Taiyin Mountain Temple has put in. But it is precisely because of this that this county This made Hao Chong even more anxious.

"The refugees have been resettled in Mount Taiyin, so this officer naturally knows... So what's going on with the Zhang family?"

Speaking of this, County Magistrate Hao Chong couldn't help but frown.

"How long has this been going on? I have already reached the bottleneck in my cultivation of the Mysterious Female Skill. Then why haven't I received the cauldron that the Zhang family promised me?"

"……ah?"

Staff Bu Shen was stunned when he heard this.

It was at this time that he realized how Magistrate Hao allowed the Taiyin Mountain Temple to gather the refugees.

It turns out that Magistrate Hao, like the famous celebrities in Jiankang City, also likes to talk about mysteries, but the mysteries that Magistrate Hao talks about are those mysterious magic tricks - so Zhang Qi from the Taiyin Mountain Temple So he followed his liking and, as a practitioner, exchanged the art of Xuanfei with Magistrate Hao.

As for the art of Xuan Ni, it is hard to say. There are many explanations for this thing, and people have their own opinions on the word Xuan Ni.

However, the most common saying is that Xuan is Yousu and female is female.

To put it simply, it is dual cultivation.

According to those mysterious sayings, if you successfully practice this mysterious female technique, you can be as carefree as an immortal and manifest all kinds of magical powers - but few people have actually done this kind of thing. But even though this statement sounds ridiculous, people are still happy to try it, and keep trying it, again and again.

"What do you mean it doesn't sound right?"

The county magistrate Hao Chong was immediately unhappy.

"There is something true about this Mysterious Female Technique... To be honest, I used to be in poor health, and it was inevitable that I couldn't lift my head on weekdays. But since I learned this Mysterious Female Technique under the guidance of Zhang Qi, I have become better But you are showing off your strength every day!”

"Ah this..."

Staff Bu Shen was speechless.

Indeed, if Zhang Qi really has such a mysterious skill, no man can say no to him.

What's more, what Zhang Qi offered was not just the Dharma. According to the agreement between Zhang Qi and Hao Chong, Zhang Qi would select some pretty ones among the refugees and let Magistrate Hao bring them into his house, so that the Xuan Ming technique could be improved. further.

And this County Magistrate Hao is anxious here.

Bu Shen now understood that Magistrate Hao was indeed anxious and justified.

"Anyway, Yiyang County has been peaceful for a long time, and there is nothing important. It is better to practice diligently on weekdays and strive for self-improvement."

Seeing that the staff finally understood what he meant, the county magistrate Hao Chong also sat down and started talking.

"Now that the prairie people are invading south, the world is probably going to get bad again. And in this world, what is the most important thing? Strength!"

As he spoke, Hao Chong directly rolled up his sleeves and showed the vaguely stretched tendons on his slender arms to his staff Bu Shen.

"This is the benefit brought by the Mysterious Female Technique. I have been practicing hard day and night, and my figure has actually become stronger! If I continue to practice, by the time this technique is perfected, I am afraid that I will not be alone. He can stop the thousands of troops of the prairie people... Who is beating the drum? "

"have no idea."

Staff Bu Shen also stood up and listened carefully.

I just said there was nothing important, and this important thing came.

What is ringing now is the grievance drum outside the yamen, but this drum cannot be beaten on weekdays. If people want to complain to the officials, they can just go to the yamen directly - it has to be a major case or a major injustice before anyone will Sound the drum of injustice to show how serious it is.

But Yiyang County has been at peace for a long time, so where did the big case come from?

"Wait for me to go out and take a look."

As he spoke, the county magistrate Hao Chong gave in to Bu Shen and called the yamen servant, and the group went to the county yamen lobby.

Just when they arrived in the lobby, the county magistrate Hao Chong was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground.

I saw that the originally clean lobby was now filled with corpses. Looking up, there were no less than a hundred corpses. The corpses were full of marks from knife and axe, and even traces of burning from the flames. It was obvious that these young men in plain clothes must have gone through a brutal fight before their death.

But what really shocked the county magistrate Hao Chong was not this.

It was the body that was carried to the front.

Although the corpse had been crushed to pieces by something and was beyond recognition, Hao Chong still recognized who this person was just by looking at the clothes on the corpse and some hidden marks on the limbs.

That was his recent best friend, the immortal who taught him the art of the mysterious female, and the person in charge of the Taiyin Mountain Temple.

That is, Zhang Qi who promised to help him get the cauldron.

"This, this, this, this..."

County Magistrate Hao Chong opened his mouth wide, but for a while he couldn't even speak a complete sentence.

"Why is he dead? Why is he dead?"

"Of course because he deserves to die!"

In the sight of County Magistrate Hao Chong, there was a tall man stepping over these corpses and stepping out.

After listening to the account of the strong man named Du Chengfeng, the county magistrate Hao Chong roughly understood the whole story.

According to Du Chengfeng, the Taiyin Mountain Temple did not have good intentions in housing the refugees, but had the intention of killing people. These young monks even took advantage of the darkness of the night, armed with magic swords, to cut down everyone they saw without distinction. All black and white - so as the leader of the refugees, this strong man named Du Chengfeng led his people to resist and killed all the people in the Taiyin Mountain Temple.

"That's about it."

After saying this, Du Chengfeng bowed his hands to the county magistrate Hao Chong.

"These thieves are really insidious. They actually attacked me in the middle of the night. If I hadn't practiced some kung fu, I might have been killed by them... Let's see what we do about this. Why don't you give me the compensation for their place?" Anyway, the mountain temple is in the mountains. It doesn’t make much difference whether they are in charge or we are in charge.”

"You, you care for you..."

Raising his hand and pointing at the strong man named Du Chengfeng, County Magistrate Hao Chong shivered for a long time.

"You are the thief!"

"……ah?"

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but be stunned.

"I was obviously the one who was attacked..."

"Nonsense! Zhang Xian has lived in Taiyin Mountain for generations, and his family is quite wealthy. Why did he attack you?"

Raising his hand and slapping the gavel, the county magistrate Hao Chong, who was trembling with anger, felt more and more wrong.

How could it be possible? He knew Zhang Qi's family background. As one of the few powerful locals, the Zhang family, who ran the Taiyin Mountain Temple, had a rich family. They were even more charitable on weekdays. So what if he, the county magistrate, was worried about his needs? Is it possible to do something so harmful to nature?

It must be these refugees! It must be these refugees from outside! Seeing that the Zhang Qi family had a great cause, they got together and killed everyone in the Taiyin Mountain Temple. Now they even beat Zhang Qi to death, charging Zhang Qi with a crime, and planned to plot the Zhang Qi family's ownerless property!

"Yes! That's it!"

In a moment, Hao Chong felt that he had understood everything.

If he, the county magistrate, hadn't seen everything and saw the thief's plot, God knows what kind of injustice this immortal would have suffered!

"The thief is so brave, he dares to lie to me!"

Thinking of this, County Magistrate Hao Chong patted the gavel again and raised his hand to point at Du Chengfeng.

"Come here! Get this bold maniac down to me!"

As soon as the order was given, the already prepared government officials rushed out like tigers and wolves, with the water and fire sticks in their hands rounded, and they were going to beat the thief to his knees first!

But immediately, these fire and water sticks all froze in mid-air.

Just because, right in front of them, the strong man named Du Chengfeng was holding a seal ribbon in his hand.

"No, I told you, I was the one who was attacked."

Du Chengfeng scratched his head.

"I am the Ordnance Chief of Jizhou. I have been temporarily acting in Yanzhou for a while. I also brought out those refugees. This man named Zhang Qi is attacking the imperial officials... What, you still don't believe it? Well, I'll give you a full set of reports. I also have the official documents and the transfer orders from the Governor of Yanzhou."

Seeing that the seal and ribbon and related documents were taken out, County Magistrate Hao Chong began to tremble again.

But this time he was not angry, but shocked. You must know that he was just a county magistrate, and the man in front of him was a state official. Although he was not the chief official of a state, in terms of rank, he was higher than him. High.

In other words, this matter...

"Fake."

After looking at Zhang Qi's body on the ground, County Magistrate Hao Chong gritted his teeth.

"False! Yanzhou City has been captured, and the information is unknown. You said you are the Ordnance Chief, so why don't you fight on the front line and instead flee to our Shannan Road?"

"I...this battle is already over?"

Du Chengfeng scratched his head even more.

"Qi Jinshan died in the battle, Yanzhou City was destroyed, and the battle is over. Why don't you leave?"

"Death in battle? I think he was killed by you!"

County Magistrate Hao Chong sneered.

Of course, he also knows that those who can be the commander-in-chief of a state must have good martial arts skills. It is possible for such a person to die in battle, but it is unlikely that he will be killed - but it doesn't matter, he just needs a reason now. Just come and take down this thief.

Regardless of whether the other person is the real Master of Ordnance, it is already a fact that he has offended this person to death. If we don't take this opportunity to kill this thief as soon as possible, will we have to wait for him to come back and find someone to take off his official uniform?

"As the Chief of Ordnance, he left his post without authorization and dared to roar in court!"

County Magistrate Hao Chong once again photographed the gavel.

"Come here! Capture this traitor who killed the chief officer!"

The government officials once again rushed forward with water and fire sticks, and the county magistrate Hao Chong also narrowed his eyes.

Sure enough, just as he thought, the expression on the face of this strong man named Du Chengfeng was indeed one of shock, disbelief, and even a bit of confusion - confused, that's right, this charge was imposed on him, just like This strong man had just accused Zhang Qi of the same crime. Anyway, there was no proof. Even if the imperial court's captors came, no one could prove that the accusation was false.

"So how did you know?"

While Hao Chong was waiting for the government officials to wield fire and water sticks, they took down the strong man named Du Chengfeng.

The strong man named Du Chengfeng suddenly spoke.

"No one should know...how do you know that I killed an official and rebelled?"

"Haha, I know everything clearly, how could I not know...huh?"

Only halfway through speaking, the county magistrate Hao Chong suddenly realized that something seemed not quite right.

"What did you just say?"

"That's fine."

Du Chengfeng sighed.

"Since you've seen it all, I can't keep you here today."

The first update is here. Sure enough, a healthy routine brings more energy. The second update should be before seven o'clock.

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Thanks to my little sickle for not losing, hijuli’s reward is a waste of money.

I'll go get something to eat and then continue typing.