"Sir, your idea is good, but this drama is not easy to perform!"

"Just talking about your serious injury, once we reach Jingzhao Prefecture and Xue Xiang and his men come to pick us up, it will be exposed!"

Wang Shao still raised a specific and realistic question, which was how did Han Ming pretend to be 'injured'?!

"It's simple. I happen to have a special breathing technique that can make a person's breathing appear weak, but it won't hurt the body."

The strange smile on Han Ming's lips grew wider, while Wang Shao was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Holy shit! Is there such a thing? You weren't waiting here for a long time, were you?

Wang Shao couldn't imagine that Han Ming had any other reason besides preparing it in advance.

Could it be that this guy has already planned to take over the entire Shaanxi Province?!

"But even if you can hide it for a while, they still have to hire someone to treat it. Wouldn't it still be impossible to hide it?!"

Wang Shao is now raising any loopholes he can think of for Han Ming to make a decision.

"So I need you to help me confuse the public..." Han Ming's smile grew wider.

"Since I am following your Excellency's orders, I have no complaints. But what exactly are you up to? You need to be honest with me, right?!"

Han Ming patted Wang Shao's shoulder, then took out something heavy from his package.

"This is the gift I prepared for them. Let's go find a small forest and talk..."

Han Ming chuckled and told the team to find a quiet place to set up camp and rest.

. . . . . .

August 13, the fifth year of Jiayou, was a day that was like an earthquake in the entire Shaanxi officialdom. No matter how many years have passed, when people look back on it, it will always be remembered as a day that was like an earthquake.

According to later recollections, all the officials at that time felt as if the sky above their heads was about to collapse.

Xue Xiang, who was the deputy transport envoy of Shaanxi at the time, almost resigned from his post and was imprisoned and exiled.

But at that time, things were even more turbulent than we recall.

Let us follow the perspective of Xue Xiang, the deputy envoy of transportation and the second-in-command of Shaanxi at the time, to uncover this event that can be regarded as the fuse of the Northwest Reform.

On August 13th, according to the relevant information from the court and local areas along the way, our Deputy Envoy Xue Zhuanyun roughly knew Han Ming's movements.

A welcoming banquet was prepared in advance, and all the prominent officials, gentry and villagers in Jingzhao Prefecture were notified to come and welcome him.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

Although his proposal for military reform finally fell on Han Ming's shoulders, our Deputy Envoy Xue Zhuanyun was a little dissatisfied.

But one thing at a time, Xue Xiang still has a certain good impression of Han Ming himself.

Not to mention his close relationship with the Han and Lu families, Han Ming's own talents, knowledge, and military strategies all convinced him.

In addition, Han Ming's political and military skills in suppressing the rebellion in Jiangxi and reforming the salt law made Xue Xiang admire this young pacification and transportation envoy.

Thinking that the original credit has been divided, I should relax, be a good deputy, and serve this gentleman well.

When the time comes, we will go our separate ways. He will go back to his Bian Jing, and I will be the Shaanxi Transport Commissioner. We just need to not get in each other's way.

But things went wrong just as planned. In fact, Xue Xiang was completely unaware of the accident and had to bear the blame.

Xue Xiang, who was sitting in his study sipping his new tea, had no idea that a dark cloud was hovering over his head.

The next second, the good mood was broken by a burst of panic, and a yamen runner from the mansion came crawling in from outside the door.

“My Lord—! My Lord—! This is bad—!”

"Something happened, something serious happened..."

The yamen runner, with a look of fear on his face, knelt on the ground and glided smoothly from the door to Xue Xiang's desk.

Seeing this operation, the tea bowl in Xue Xiang's hand almost flew out and hit the yamen runner in the face.

“Asshole—!”

"What are you doing?! Do you have any manners?! This is the Transportation Department's office. I can handle any big issues, so why are you so panicked?!"

Xue Xiang was so angry that he threw the tea bowl on the table and stood up with his hands behind his back.

"Sir, something big has happened, something really big has happened..."

The yamen runner paid no attention to Xue Xiang's anger and kept muttering "something happened", which made Xue Xiang frown and feel something was blocked in his heart.

"Don't panic, tell me the story!"

Xue Xiang shouted coldly, bringing the frightened yamen runner back to his senses.

"Yes, sir, a message just came from Wannian County saying that the new Shaanxi Economic and Pacification Transport and Recruiting Envoy, Han Minghan, has been seriously injured and is unconscious, and is nearing death!"

"What???!!!"

Xue Xiang was just about to take a sip of tea to soothe his throat, but the next second the words of the yamen runner scared him silly, and the tea bowl in his hand could not survive this and was smashed to the ground.

"Say it again, who? Who's seriously injured and unconscious?!"

Xue Xiang put his hands on the yamen runner's shoulders and stared at him intently.

"The new Shaanxi Pacification and Transportation Envoy, Lord Han Minghan, is also known as Little Han Xianggong and Little Cabinet Elder!"

This time, the yamen runner called Han Ming all his names, which made Xue Xiang come to his senses.

To say that one has come to his senses is actually just going from one extreme to another.

"Han Ming is seriously injured? How could this happen?!"

Xue Xiang instantly ran through all the consequences in his mind, but unfortunately, none of them would be good for him.

If Han Ming gets into trouble, it is obvious that he is the first beneficiary. At this time, everyone in the court, from the emperor to the Council of State and the Ministry of Justice, will not let him go.

Thinking of the consequences of this matter, Xue Xiang felt his eyes darken and he fainted with a "Ka-!"

The yamen runners behind him came to their senses and hurriedly supported Xue Xiang, then shouted heartbreakingly: "Someone come! Someone come quickly!"

"Deputy Envoy Xue is in trouble! Someone come quickly!"

It can be said that before Han Ming's problem could be resolved, Xue Xiang suffered first.

The entire government office was in a state of panic. After a while, with Xue Xiang waking up, the panic gradually dissipated.

"Give orders to immediately prepare carriages and horses to go to Wannian. I will personally go to greet Mr. Han, the Transport Commissioner."

"Also, invite all the doctors in Jingzhao Prefecture to the government office and prepare. When Lord Han arrives, they will immediately start treating patients."

Xue Xiang's cold shout made the officials in the government office gradually return to their previous calmness and start to do their own things.

From this point of view, Xue Xiang's governance methods are still very good, and his orders are strictly enforced, which is extremely rare in ancient administrative agencies.

"Sir, there is one more thing. It is about the attack on Lord Han. According to the guards accompanying the team, he was ambushed by bandits and horse bandits."

The bailiff saluted again and reported what he had learned.

"Bandits and horse bandits?"

"What a joke! If it were in a nearby area, it might be possible, but in the Yongxing Military Road in Shaanxi Province under my jurisdiction, it's absolutely impossible..."

Xue Xiang was about to retort with a wave of his hand, but when he thought about the fact that Han Ming was still lying in the Wannian County Post Station, he couldn't say it so absolutely.

"Have you understood the details?"

Xue Xiang decided to be cautious and find out the truth first.

"I have made thorough inquiries and have learned that the enemy appears and disappears without a trace, their formations are well-organized, their weapons and horses are brand new, and their lethality is astonishing."

"Even those of them who came from the Central Imperial Guards suffered considerable injuries."

"I have carefully examined these guards and found that they all have real wounds, and there are also marks from sabers."

This yamen runner was also very cunning. He knew Xue Xiang's psychology and reported carefully everything he should and should not say.

Hearing the words of the yamen runner, Xue Xiang's face instantly darkened, and a hint of murderous intent was fully displayed on this civil servant.

"Good, good, what a bandit! He really doesn't know how to live or die!!!"

"When I return from Wannian, I will settle the score with them."

Xue Xiang sneered twice, waved his sleeves and left the government office, and hurriedly left the Transportation Department with his men.

At this point, Xue Xiang and his party had been lured into a trap by Han Ming. As for how many more people would fall into the trap, whether voluntarily or passively, Han Ming said: Those who are willing will take the bait!!!

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