Ye Jianqiu

In the yamen of the Inspection Department of Qingyang Town.

Situ Jin hurried through a row of sweet-scented osmanthus trees. On the way, he met a few soldiers who stopped and saluted him. After he nodded, he walked through the porch under the shade of the tree, the corridor under the wisteria flowers, and found the door in the hall. After a circle of people, they came to a backyard with a patio, and sure enough, Uncle Jin was sitting there drinking tea.

Seeing Situ Jin coming, Uncle Jin stood up and poured him a cup of herbal tea. Situ Jin immediately felt much cooler after drinking the herbal tea with his head up.

Uncle Jin sighed: "It's already the beginning of summer, the weather is starting to get hot, and the brothers are working very hard to practice."

"It's hot. Sitting here, even if you don't move, you're sweating all over your body. The order will be passed down, and the three exercises a day will be divided into two exercises in the morning and evening."

"Yes, the subordinate will issue an order tomorrow. By the way, there is new news from the informant today. It is said that there has been a change on Yingtou Mountain. There was a loud noise last night, like a thunderstorm. We have to check it immediately."

"Oh? That's strange. I've been here for more than a year, and the Yingtou Mountain seems to be dead. What's going on?"

Uncle Jin shook his head in disbelief: "I don't know, I'll take the brothers to have a look in a while, don't let Cao Da take the lead, it's not the first time they cut us off!"

"They have a lot of informants, and they have enough money. There is no other way. Let's prepare and set off immediately!"

"Yes!"

Uncle Jin called Shang Chaoge when he went out, and was going to take his brothers to Mount Yingtou.

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Speaking of Cao Da, the county magistrate, it's a long story.

This Cao Da is the Qipin County Magistrate of Po County, and his rank is higher than Situ Jin. In theory, Cao Da is also Situ Jin's immediate boss.For others, Cao Da becoming a county magistrate is an interesting story to talk about after dinner, but for Cao Da himself, it is an unbearable past.

Cao Da is an aboriginal native of his hometown. After more than ten years of hard study, he finally passed the imperial examination step by step and was left to work in Linyue City, Kyoto.Cao Da, who was nearly forty years old, was full of joy. He finally jumped out of the dragon gate and became a civil servant at the foot of the emperor.But after a long time, he felt wrong.

Cao Da entered the Hanlin Academy, the place where Qingluan Kingdom's top talents are concentrated, and he was assigned to manage the history books.He has been doing the most leisurely job in the Hanlin Academy for several years, and it has been tepid.

The emperor of Qingluan Kingdom's imperial power has inflated greatly, he doesn't like the confrontation between the power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister, and he doesn't like being influenced by others in everything.So secretly weakened the status of the Hanlin Academy.The status of the well-informed Imperial Academy is sometimes not as effective as that of an eunuch, and many colleagues in the Imperial Academy are also in danger and start to find their own way out.

This situation made Cao Da very anxious. He was no longer young when he was admitted to Jinshi, and he didn't have much time to waste.

People's greed is unlimited. When Cao Da was a scholar, he thought that as long as he could get a good name in this life, he would be fine.After he was admitted to fame, he felt that it would be best to be an official in the imperial city.When he finally became a Beijing official, he felt that the officialdom was empty and wanted to jump again.

Cao Da thought hard for a long time, and finally thought of his hometown - Zhu County.

It was a place where it was very easy to achieve success. All the officials who had been magistrates in Zhuxian County for several years were triple-jumped. The two luckiest officials even became the doctor of the Sixth Ministry and the prime minister of Dali Temple.Not only has the experience of devolving to the grassroots, but also in Zhuxian County, I can personally meet the emperor who goes to Qingyang Town for summer vacation every year, and accompany the emperor to play. Isn't it just around the corner?

Cao Da finally took action. He first wrote a letter to his old mother in Po County, expressing his intentions, hoping that his family would back him up and provide financial support.

The Cao family is also one of the richest households in Zhu County, and Cao Da's mother is also a powerful person. When she learned that her son was underappreciated for his talents and had a bad time in the capital, she immediately understood what her son meant. Her son wanted real power!Real power!

The Cao family, who are almost all rich businessmen, was in a big uproar. Originally, it was a matter of Guangzong's glory for their Cao family to have a Jinshi, but it turned out that Cao Da's salary could not even afford a house in the capital!Talking doesn't help either!So what's the point of his fame? !So Cao's family, who were not short of money, all raised their hands in favor of Cao Da's plan!Cao's mother ordered that all relatives surnamed Cao must pay money, and also sent the most shrewd members of the Cao family to the capital to advise her son.

Things finally took a turn for the better. When Cao Da was rescued by the most popular university scholar and Guozijian in front of the emperor, he finally became the ninth county magistrate of Zhu County!

Cao Da came to Po County to take up the post in a prosperous manner, and soon the three-year term of office was almost over. During this period, Cao Da and the old emperor got along very well. Not only did he build the most luxurious palace for the emperor, but he also accompanied him every day. Watching the emperor tour mountains and rivers, hunt and boat, is really closer than his own son!

Good news also came from Chaoyan, saying that after the expiration of Cao Da's term of office this time, he will return to Kyoto to serve as the fifth-rank Jingfu Zhizhong!Cao Da is finally going to succeed, and all the Cao family are overjoyed...

But no one thought that at this critical moment, Qingyang Town would change...

The changes in Qingyang Town were beyond everyone's expectations. Raging floods, submerged towns, countless civilian casualties, plagues, droughts, strong winds, dense fog and deserts... Cao Da was sick in bed for a whole month, and he really didn't dare I believe his luck will be so bad!

Although his term of office has expired, the transfer order of Shangfeng has not come down for a long time.Things changed later, Cao Da was worried, and asked someone to go to the official department to give gifts to inquire about the situation. The official department sent good news, saying that someone else had been appointed to take up the post in Po County, but he had not yet taken up the post on the way. A little relieved.

But I didn't expect that Cao Da is a capable person, so the other officials are not fools!Qingyang Town, the cornucopia of Po County, has been destroyed. Who will take over this mess? !

However, due to the harsh environment, all the big households have disappeared, the crops have failed, and the river fields have been dry and cracked. Even people have a hard life, not to mention where the oil and water come from?Just the tens of thousands of victims waiting to be fed is a headache!

Therefore, the officials sent from above have been reluctant to come to Po County to report for duty!In the end, Shangfeng had no choice but to give Cao Da the appointment letter of the tenth county magistrate... On the day he received the appointment letter, Cao Da fainted.Therefore, Cao Da is the county magistrate who has served the longest in the history of Zhu County. Until now, no one has come to replace the county magistrate of Zhu County.

Cao Da and Situ Jin are actually very similar in some respects, that is - there is no hope of returning to Kyoto!

But these two people didn't care for each other, they were full of sharpness, and they always wanted to stab each other to death!Therefore, Situ Jin and Cao Da are the two incompatible gods in this county!

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Here, Situ Jin is ready to go.

While arranging his equipment, he said to Uncle Jin: "Fortunately, there is only one inspection department in Qingyang Town in this county. If we deploy two or three more, it is estimated that our own people will fight first."

"No, the imperial court's attitude towards Qingyang Town is dispensable. Let it go. It's been four months in arrears. It won't send other people over, but I'm afraid there will be a big conflict on the border sooner or later."

"This time I went to Yingtou Mountain to play the autumn wind, to see if there are any smugglers, to confiscate silver and supplement funds! The first thing is to supplement armaments, bows and arrows, long knives, and war horses! At any time, we must ensure at least a hundred or more. Also, We must diligently repair the side walls, arrow stacks and sentry posts, not only to prevent foreign enemies, but also to prevent internal troubles. In case of any situation, we must not be caught off guard!"

Without military equipment, it is like a tiger without its teeth, so why should it gain a foothold in Qingyang Town!Cao Da will eat up the inspection department soon!

"Yes!"

Jin Bo was also fully equipped and set off with Situ Jin.

When Situ Jin and others rushed to the foot of the mountain, they saw a group of people setting up a white cloth shed under a red rock, and a policeman in black at the head stepped forward and greeted with a smile: "Junzhi, don't come here, you're all right!" .”

"Yang Xiaomi, why are you here?"

"There is a case on the mountain. Of course, Brother Yang, I'm here."

Yang Xiaomi curved her peach eyes and smiled shrewdly.

Situ Jin cursed inwardly. He was always a step behind Yang Xiaomi. It seemed that the duck in his beak was about to fly again, but he calmly said, "Oh, what's the case? Could it be that someone threw the corpse here?"

What to wear?Yang Xiaomi secretly cursed in her heart.

"I'm investigating, can Brother Jun take a moment to speak?"

"can."

Situ Jin got off the horse and Yang Butou stayed away from the crowd. In a secluded place, Yang Xiaomi said, "To tell you the truth, Junzhi, something big happened here. County magistrate Cao has sent someone to write to the imperial court immediately, and the imperial court will send a letter soon." If people come to Qingyang Town, I will take care of this place for the time being, and after the people from above come, I'm afraid you and I won't be able to take over."

"It will take at least three months for the court to come..." Situ Jin touched his chin and said calmly.

Yang Xiaomi and Situ Jin looked at each other and smiled. It seems that they can work together to do something in the past three months.

Yang Xiaomi smiled knowingly and said, "Junzhi, your news is too late. The informant came to report at midnight, and we set off."

"What the hell happened?"

"Please come with me. It's better for your brothers to stay. The fewer people who know about this matter, the better. If there are more people who know about it, I'm afraid it's not right."

"clear."

Situ Jin went back and took Uncle Jin and Chaoge, and climbed up Yingtou Mountain with Yang Butou.

The further up the Yingtou Mountain, the worse the weather and the strong wind and sand. Situ Jin and Yang Xiaomi put on their wide-brimmed felt hats and tied scarves to cover their faces. His hands were flushed from the sun.

Many rocks here have been weathered and collapsed. Due to the strong wind, the appearance of many rocks has also undergone strange changes. Some rocks have been blown into yellow-white shapes with big heads and thin necks. The giant may be broken from the thin neck at any time; while some rocks become a thin and crooked page, like a piece of white paper standing on the sea of ​​sand; some rocks are separated from the middle, like two giants long legs...

Many small hills have been completely deserted, and the tops of the hills are prismatic lines. Layers of white sand are rolled up by the strong wind and scattered on the sandy slopes like smoke.These white deserts are hundreds of kilometers long, which is shocking.

The sun above the head is like the harshest killer, mercilessly exposing this dry land. The rivers that used to pass through the mountains have been cracked in pieces, and the dry river course stretches for dozens of kilometers. Along the way, they except only Except for some low and dry plants, I didn't even see a big tree.When their footsteps stepped on the gravel, they would also startle some brightly colored reptiles with long tails below, and quickly drilled under the sand layer again.

No one expected that in just ten years, the world would turn the Yingtou Mountain Range into this!

The three of them abandoned their horses and ran lightly on the desolate mountain for a long time. Due to the strong wind and the sun, the three of them, tired and thirsty, rested under the rocks after a short walk.

They were lying in the shade of a big rock, and Situ Jin set up an awning to look into the distance, and saw that the hot air on the ground was deformed, and the shadows of trees and rocks became blurred, making people dizzy.

Not far away, I saw the only tree on the road. It was a strange tree with small thorns. Mr. Xu, a doctor in Qingyang Town, said it was an acacia, which grew in a place with little water. After the change, many strange species suddenly appeared.

Yang Xiaomi reminded: "Junzhi, Mr. Xu said that the more colorful the animal, the more poisonous it is, so be careful."

"clear."

Chao Ge and Jin Bo carefully tightened the bandages on their calves. The snakes here are very powerful. Once a brother was poisoned by the snake and died.

But Situ Jin was secretly worried that maybe in the future, all the mountains here would turn into deserts... Then, the town next to the Eagle Mountain Range would turn into a dead city. What should he and his brothers do then?