Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

County Magistrate Wei wiped the sweat off his forehead, and asked the master to see if the thing is really as precious as he said. If it is true, then the identity of this young man...

etc!His name is taboo with the word "Xu". Thinking about it, those people called him Mr. Li just now, that is to say... Is that the name of the new King Shun from Nanyue?

It's no wonder that he didn't realize it. When everyone called Li Xu either "Wang Ye" or "Shun Wang", who would call him by his first name, so he forgot that his real name was "Li Xu".

Although County Magistrate Wei is only a small county magistrate, there is some news. It is said that King Shun is a great god with three heads and six arms, capable of reaching the sky, but he also knows that his actual age is only twenty. Who else has such momentum?

Magistrate Wei's feet went limp, his buttocks couldn't sit still, and he rolled roundly to the ground.

Li Xu asked with concern: "What's wrong with Lord Wei? But you are not feeling well?"

The master over there has already checked it. It’s true that the tea tray is made of golden nanmu, but he doesn’t know if it’s not the best. He’s never seen it before. The teacup is also made of purple sand. He believed it.

Replying this news to Wei County Magistrate, Wei County Magistrate has no doubts, he is sure that this young son is King Shun.God, what kind of person he offended.

No, he didn't do anything from the beginning to the end, right?It was Qi Erlang and his son who did the wrong thing, so what does it have to do with him?

County magistrate Wei got up from the ground, glanced at Li Xu secretly, then sat down with his butt on the edge of the chair, and said in a trembling voice: "Since the quality has been confirmed, then compensate according to the price." After he finished speaking, he asked Li Xu Xu's opinion: "What price do you think is appropriate?"

His attitude of "as much as you say" made Qi Erlang completely stupid, and shouted excitedly: "My lord!"

"Presumptuous!" County magistrate Wei pointed at him and roared: "Whoever allowed you to interrupt without permission, come here, give me twenty slaps." What a disaster, his own son was reluctant to beat him, and this Qi Erlang couldn't relieve his anger even if he was beaten to death.

The sound of "Papa Papa!" accompanied by cries of pain spread throughout the inn, Madam Qi was forced to cover her mouth and let out a rapid whimper.

Li Xu frowned. He didn't like this kind of punishment at all, but he didn't say much. After the execution of the punishment, he said, "I'm not from Yongzhou. It's useless to want this inn. You can raise 1000 taels within three days." Silver, this matter is over."

One... 1000 taels?All the people present were stunned. Just such a set of tea making tools cost 1000 taels. It really is a big treasure.

In the eyes of ordinary people, 100 taels is a big amount, and 1000 taels is money that they will not be able to earn in a few lifetimes. Although this inn is considered the best in Yongzhou, the passenger flow is not large, and they don’t know how to earn 1000 taels in this life. No.

County Magistrate Wei shook his round body, and ordered: "In three days, the official will come to collect the money in person. You go back and inform Master Qi, and the matter is settled like this."

After Li Xu heard this, he led the people away, and County Magistrate Wei hurriedly chased after seeing this, "Mr. Li, please wait a moment."

"What else is there for Mr. Wei?"

"No, it's like this. You are from another place. Since you don't live in this inn, how about staying at the lower official's house for a few days?"

Li Xu looked at him with a half-smile, "Master Wei is really hospitable."

"It should be, it should be, meeting is fate."

Li Xu didn't expect him to live in his house at all, so it's better to go and have a look, "Then I'm bothering you, please lead the way."

After walking for a while, He Zun asked in a low voice: "My lord, did he see your identity?"

"Eighty percent, but it doesn't matter, let's see what he wants to do first."

"It's too risky for the three of us to go." He Zun disagreed with Li Xu's living in Wei County Magistrate's house, that would be regarded as going deep into the tiger's den.

But this Wei guy isn't really a tiger, at most he's a fat cat with teeth and claws.

County magistrate Wei does not live in the county government office. Although the Wei mansion is not considered luxurious, it is still a large mansion with five entrances. Such a large mansion can support hundreds of people, but how can a small county magistrate be raised? There are so many people!

Li Xu was placed in a separate courtyard with a pond, a small bridge, a rockery and a corridor, which was even more unique than the Xiyuan where he lived in the Kou Mansion. It must be comfortable."

County magistrate Wei didn't know the knife was hanging above his head, and said flatteringly: "This is the courtyard of the mansion for entertaining distinguished guests. It has just been cleaned."

"Then thank you, Mr. Wei, the scenery here is very beautiful."

On the first day of living in Wei's mansion, Li Xubin felt at home, had good food and good accommodation, and had several beautiful maidservants by his side to serve him. Li Xu did not refuse, but kept his words.

From the mouths of these maidservants, Li Xu learned that the magistrate of Wei had thirteen concubines in his family. Being able to give him a son and a half daughter is also the reason why county magistrate Wei dotes on his son. There is no way, it is just such a single seedling, it cannot be spoiled by heaven.

At night, Li Xu was sleeping soundly, when he suddenly felt the ground shaking, he opened his eyes suddenly, and saw He Zun rushing in through the door, with Lao Qi closely behind him, apparently also a vigilant person.

Li Xu sat up and propped his hands on the bed, still feeling a slight shaking, he asked in shock: "An earthquake?"

Without saying a word, He Zun put Li Xu's coat on him, then picked him up and ran outside. When they ran to an empty yard, they found people screaming all around.

Li Xu was inexplicable, the shock was not strong, the Wei Mansion was built solidly, and there were no ground cracks or house collapses, what are these people called?

"My lord, do you want to leave Yongzhou first?" No one can say whether there will be a stronger earthquake in the future.

Li Xu shook his head, "I can't leave, it's not yet dawn, and it's pitch black everywhere, instead of rushing around on the road, why don't you wait here first, and the earthquake isn't strong, so it shouldn't be a problem."

This night, many people were destined to be unable to sleep. County magistrate Wei didn't know where to hide all night, and he never appeared in front of Li Xu anyway.

The three of them lay on the ground in the middle of the yard. Fortunately, it was summer, and they could sleep under any clothes, but there were more mosquitoes.

In the second half of the night, there were two earthquakes of similar magnitude, and Li Xu didn't fall asleep. He managed to wait until dawn. He asked Lao Qi to inquire about the news, while he sat on the grass thinking about things.

"My lord, don't worry. This kind of incident cannot be avoided in all dynasties. As long as there are no major casualties, even if someone with a heart spreads rumors, they will not be able to incite the people."

Li Xu understood what he meant. Ancient knowledge was backward, and many people would attribute natural disasters to the inhumanity of those in power. In history, some emperors even wrote a letter of guilt because of a solar eclipse.

"No, I'm just worried about the source of the earthquake, and I don't know where it is." Yongzhou is fine, most of the houses are built of stones, which are stable enough to prevent people from being hurt by a slight earthquake, but if it's a thatched house, it's just a random scratch The wind has to fall.

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In a place not far from Yongzhou, Kou Xiao was woken up by something hitting him halfway through his sleep. He thought he had encountered an enemy attack, but when he opened his eyes, he saw the roof falling down.

They stayed in the forest at night. There are a few simple huts here, which should be used by the people to rest when they go hunting in the mountains. Although they are broken, they still have a roof. Kou Xiao and Zhao Gang's generals rested here.

"General, it's not good, it's Dilong turning over." Zhao Gang exclaimed in shock.

They could feel the shaking of the trees around them, and the people who supported the trees did not fall down. This kind of shaking lasted for a long time, and some rocks and small trees with weak roots collapsed, so everyone could only avoid them as much as possible.

After the feeling of shaking the ground and mountains passed, Kou Xiao called the county magistrate over and asked, "Does this kind of thing happen often in Shanghang County?"

The county magistrate was terrified, and replied timidly: "No...this is the first time." He didn't even know how it felt for Dilong to turn over.

"Then you are really unlucky." Kou Xiao waited until dawn and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone was safe, "Let's go, look again and see if there are any survivors."

He has led people to walk around Nanyang Town for three days, walking along the long river of mud and rocks, trying to find a few survivors to ask about the situation, but there is no one, except for the people exposed in the river. The wreckage of the building proved that people once lived here, and they didn't even see a complete house.

These broken thatched huts survived because they were on the mountain.

On this day, someone found a corpse. The two legs of the corpse were exposed outside the mud, and the rest were buried. Kou Xiao ordered people to dig it out, but it was completely changed. Such a corpse.

There are men, women and children. Obviously, they are the residents here. Kou Xiao compared the pictures he saw in the past few days, and knew that there must be corpses where they walked before, but they were buried by mud and stones so they were not found.

"Calculate how far we have traveled, and roughly how many villages and towns are included in this line." Kou Xiao ordered the county magistrate and several adults of the county government to give them information.

But this job is not easy. A fairly diligent official can only remember how many villages there are in Nanyang Town, but he has no idea how these villages are distributed.

Just when Kou Xiao was about to kill someone, the ground suddenly shook, and the mountains on both sides shook visibly with the naked eye. Immediately afterwards, a large piece of mud and rock rolled down from the mountain with trees, and landed in front of them ten feet away. place.

Kou Xiao looked around, pointed in a direction and shouted loudly: "Retreat, retreat!" This place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the former river has been completely covered by mud and rocks, but at least there is a way out.

More than 1000 people ran back desperately. At this time, the advantages of the regular army were revealed. Even in the face of life-threatening, the team was still orderly. Everyone had anxious and fearful bodies on their faces, but they didn't make a sound. On the other hand, several adults and attendants of the county government were so frightened that they fled in panic, and finally they were brought back one by one by Kou's army, and they ran with the team so as not to fall behind.

The earthquake didn't last long. Kou Xiao and the others couldn't feel the shock after running for half an hour. mound.

"What's the matter with the mountain here? How can I say that it collapsed?" Kou Xiao was very angry. He must ask Li Xu if he can paste the mountain with cement so that it will not be as fragile as paper. .

In fact, this is basically the case in places with many mountains. The roads are almost all built along the mountains, and the roads are steep and narrow. In addition, there is no reasonable site selection. Many road sections are built in dangerous areas, where the soil is soft and lacks vegetation. If it rains for a few more days, or if there is an earthquake, it will collapse.

Kou Xiao waved his hand, "Let's dig." There is no need to find other ways, there are so many of them, and they all carry tools, so digging is faster than finding a way.

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In the Wei mansion, Li Xu rubbed his stomach and asked: "What's the matter with the county magistrate Wei's house, doesn't he eat breakfast?" His hungry stomach was about to cramp.

He Zun has good hearing, and he could hear that there was some chaos in the mansion. Maybe everyone hadn't recovered from their senses, but it was more likely that County Magistrate Wei had forgotten about them.

Lao Qi climbed in from the wall and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I heard that the movement in Shanghang County was more severe. Some people came from there and said that many houses collapsed, but those who can make decisions in the county government have been killed by General Kou." Take it away, and now the county is in chaos."

When Li Xu heard this, he was stunned for a moment, "Why is it Shanghang County again?" His thoughts at the moment coincided with Kou Xiao's, this Shanghang County must be too unlucky!

"Let's go, let's go to Shanghang County immediately." The carriage that Li Xu and the others were riding in was definitely going to ride a horse at this moment, so he directly arrested a servant of the Wei Mansion and asked, "Is there a horse in the mansion?"

The servant knew that he was a distinguished guest in the mansion, so he replied politely: "There are two horses, one belongs to the master, and the other belongs to the eldest son."

"Very well, where is it, take us there."

When the servant heard this request, his head shook like a rattle, "I don't know, you should ask the master." Horses are an important strategic material, and ordinary people's homes cannot raise horses. It is very rare to have two horses in the family, and they are not willing to ride them on weekdays. If the servants who take care of the flattery make even the slightest mistake, they will be held accountable.

Li Xu didn't intend to ask his master's permission, so he forced him to point out the direction, then knocked out the servant who took care of his flattery, and directly rode the two horses away. Not only that, they also walked away with all the freshly prepared breakfast in the kitchen , not even a vegetable leaf was left for the Wei Mansion.

When County Magistrate Wei heard the news, he was angry and annoyed, and he began to doubt his guess. Is that young man really King Shun?Will King Shun steal two horses from other people's houses?

"My lord, are you chasing me?"

"Fuck you, if they dare to come back, it won't be too late to settle accounts together. If they don't come back, wouldn't they still have the 1000 taels from the Qi family? It's enough to buy two more horses." If I really misunderstood someone, then these people had better not show up in Yongzhou City.