Lintai Storm Record

Several young men dressed as hunters formed a team and went to the east side of the original city gate and overturned a large piece of the city wall. .

The low wall carriage couldn't get through, so he had to continue westward along the collapsed city wall, and finally found a cleared place.

Presumably those people just took a shortcut and passed in front.Zhou Xian drove the horses, cleared a passable road from the southwest of the county town that could only accommodate a carriage and two people walking side by side, and entered the city.

The carriages are quite eye-catching on the streets of Hongping County.

Facao searched for a long time, but couldn't find a hotel to stay. Nine out of ten households in the city were empty, and the rest were either elderly or children.In the end, he had to drive the car to the county government office.

Song Qianzhi was speechless, looking back and forth at their "caravan".

"This hiding is done too well, who would do business in this place that doesn't shit, do you want to lose money?!"

Lu Guan: "Who said you were pretending to be a businessman?"

Song Qianzhi was stupefied: "I." Out of the corner of his eyes, Zhou Xian was holding back a smile, Song Qian went up and kicked, Zhou Xian jumped to avoid it, and said with a smile: "Master, the villain didn't say anything."

Song Qianzhi was about to go up to stuff Lu Guan's ice-cold hands into Lu Guan's neck in hatred, when an official in the county government office with his official hat and official uniform hung askew rushed out while pulling his shoes on the heels.

"Master Imperial Envoy! The lower officials can be counted as looking forward to your arrival!"

Song Qianzhi quickly shrank back in fright.

The county magistrate bumped into Lu Guan's body like hitting a pillar. He searched for a long time with his forehead full of stars, and then he came to his senses. ?!"

Song Qianzhi spent a lot of effort trying to match the fair-looking face in front of him with someone he knew.

Then, Song Qianzhi's eyes widened slightly.

Lu Guan stopped the magistrate from jumping on Song Qianzhi.

Song Qianzhi's mouth also opened wide.

"Remember? I knew the young master would not forget me..." the county magistrate wept with joy.

"I don't know." Song Qianzhi said blankly, "You just receive the imperial envoy like this, and you don't even give him a sip of tea?"

The author has something to say: Hahahahaha, will someone have hairy legs? . . .

But it's strange that men don't have leg hair.

Mr. Song, we should be a little bit better.

Do you know why Lu Guan woke up before Mr. Song settled down that morning?

I guess, maybe it's because of the smelly feet

I ran away first, lest the imperial envoy behead me, [-]

☆、The Difficulties of Prosperity ([-])

The county magistrate of Hongping, named Xu Dingyuan, has been assigned as the county magistrate in this place where nothing shit happens for five years. Five years ago, he was rushing for the exam in Beijing, and he met Song Qianzhi once.

Sitting in the simple and empty county office, Song Qianzhi felt like throwing up after taking a sip of tea.I don't know if the tea has gone bad or what, but it tastes like urine.

Xu Dingyuan is as thin as a monkey, and looks very young, maybe even 30 years old.

"I really paid the rent for you?" It's not impossible, Song Qianzhi acts according to his mood, especially when he is on the way back from Zhuangzi and has a few taels of silver with him.

"No, the young master is the benefactor of the humble position. I really didn't expect that the imperial envoy who came to inspect this time was you. After getting the news, the humble officer asked the county government to sweep the couch. I thought to myself, Hongping County was affected by the disaster this time. The imperial envoy has a bit of conscience, so he will definitely come and have a look."

Song Qianzhi's eyebrows moved.Hehehe, if you don't come, your conscience will be eaten by dogs.

Lu Guan: "There don't seem to be many people in the county anymore. Where have they all gone?"

Xu Dingyuan grimaced: "Run away, everyone who can run away, there are about [-] households who are unwilling to leave their ancestral home, a total of [-] people are still in the county."

"Aren't you running?" Song Qianzhi teased.

Xu Dingyuan said seriously: "The benefactor laughed at the lowly job. After all, the lowly job is a local parent official, how can you abandon the city and run away."

"If you don't repair the city wall, if someone really attacks, you don't abandon the city and run away, do you plan to die on the spot?" Song Qianzhi said coldly.

Xu Dingyuan's legs softened and he was about to kneel on the ground.

"Master Xu, sit down."

Although Song Qianzhi is young, his official authority is heavy.

When Xu Dingyuan heard this shout, his whole body was stiff, he really couldn't kneel down, so he had to wait on pins and needles.

"Let me ask you, since the city wall has collapsed, why not repair it?" Most likely because there is no money.Song Qianzhi thought, but his eyes did not leave Xu Dingyuan, Xu Dingyuan's face was thin and dark, with an official hat on his head, and his head was sharp, like a monkey wearing a crown, it was indescribably funny.

I just want to hold back.No matter how Song Qianzhi looked at it, he didn't think Xu Dingyuan looked like a serious county magistrate.I had no choice but to keep saying to myself in my heart: people should not be judged by their appearance, they should not be judged by their appearance...

Sure enough, Xu Dingyuan began to cry poorly.

Poverty is inevitable, but even if you use local materials and dig earth to press bricks, you still have to repair the city walls.

Xu Dingyuan knew he was wrong, and when he heard Song Qianzhi say that the front line had reached the Fengping Gorge, his eyes widened and his mouth was so big that an egg could be stuffed into it.

"It's really fighting..." He hurriedly glanced at the Facao from Mengzhou next to Song Qianzhi, rubbing his hands nervously, "Then what should I do, Yin Zi, I'll find a way. "

Song Qianzhi: "What are you going to do?"

"There are some in the county government, but it's really not enough, so I can only ask the people to borrow..."

Song Qianzhi sneered and said: "After the earthquake in Hongping County, you didn't repair the city walls, and the people's houses have just been repaired, and you have to rely on the food distributed by the state government for the winter. You also know that there is not much money in the county government, so you can run away." They all ran away, how much silver taels can you exploit from the common people under your rule? Even if you have the silver taels, you can buy back building materials and apply to the State Department of Industry and Defense to send troops to repair them. In less than two months, they can be repaired? Wait for your city wall to be repaired. The battle has already been fought, and the entire Hongping County will be crushed. You might as well offer a bodhisattva in the back hall of the county government office, worship and pray every morning and evening, so that the Bodhisattva will protect the people of Heidi and not follow you in Hongping Counties."

"Benefactor... so what should we do?!"

"Is there enough food in the city?" Song Qianzhi felt lingering fears when he thought of the tragedy in Rongzhou, so he asked first.

"Enough, enough, there is still the grain allocated by the prefecture city two months ago, and the county government also has surplus grain from the previous two years."

Song Qianzhi heaved a sigh of relief, Mengzhou has always been a place of prosperity, even in this remote small county, if there is no money, it will be fine if there is food.

So Song Qianzhi asked Xu Dingyuan to gather the craftsmen in the city, and the young and middle-aged people were also called, and the county government paid food and food.It's also the off-farm season, and those who have nothing to do at home are drinking, hugging their wives and coddling their children. It's better to gather together to repair the city walls that collapsed in the earthquake.

Song Qianzhi also had a face-to-face meeting with the craftsmen, and told them to repair it as soon as possible. On the original city wall structure, three fortifications were added. There are three dials, which start construction without interruption in turns.

The women started to cook, and the smoke filled the entire back of the city wall, and the children ran around begging for food, chasing and fighting, which was very lively.

Construction started on the night of the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, and the entire Hongping County was mobilized.

At night, Song Qianzhi ate a meal of craftsmen at the foot of the city wall. The rice in Mengzhou was good rice. This year, there was a disaster, so there was no green vegetables to eat, but there were old kimchi and old bacon, which were salty and spicy.

On the way, Song Qianzhi felt hungry, the food was appetizing again, and the rice grains were also sweet, so he ate two bowls in a row.

Lu Guan looked at him with a smile.

Song Qianzhi: "What are you looking at?"

Lu Guan: "It's unexpected that you can get used to such rough food."

"You're not used to it, give it to me." As he said that, Song Qianzhi took the chopsticks to pick up the fat and thin bacon that was steamed until it was translucent in Lu Guan's bowl.

Lu Guan picked and picked with his chopsticks, picked out two pieces of lean meat and put them in Song Qianzhi's bowl.

"Who cares to eat your saliva." Song Qianzhi said in disgust, chomping on the salty smoked old bacon.

Lu Guan was still looking at him, and said with a smile: "In less than a month, you have changed a lot."

Song Qianzhi raised his eyebrows: "What changed?"

The corners of Lu Guan's mouth turned up, and he lowered his head.

"I'm asking you."

"Become considerate of the sufferings of the people."

Song Qianzhi was dissatisfied, yelling that he didn't understand the sufferings of the people before, and he always knew how to cut it?But he knew in his heart that in the past "people" was a word written in sage books to him, and he had never really read it.Suddenly, Song Qianzhi thought again, had Fu Mingshao seen the people in Quzhou?Before being taken back to Beijing under the order of the Queen Mother, Fu Mingshao lived in Quzhou for more than ten years, or he was only in his mansion and never visited the city and countryside of Quzhou.No, he should have lived a hard life, but in the case of Rongzhou, Fu Mingshao was more concerned about his throne than the common people who died of starvation and illness.

People's changes often happen in a single thought. When the people of Rongzhou knelt down to Song Qian and thanked him, because of his promises in a few words, they scattered one after another. That trust was so important.It was at that moment that Song Qianzhi felt the weight on his shoulders, and a strong urge surged in his heart, he wanted to do something for these people.

Similarly, Fu Mingshao has stayed in the inner courtyard of the deep palace for a long time, perhaps life in Quzhou is like what happened in his previous life to him.

Thinking about it, Song Qianzhi tilted his head to look at Lu Guan.

Lu Guan: "?"

"The emperor mentioned you when he came to Beijing this time."

Lu Guan remained indifferent, and said calmly, "What are you talking about?"

"It is said that you are very good at martial arts and martial arts. At that time, Wu Daru often praised you, but he failed to continue Wuqing's ambition. I remember Wu Daru once mentioned ending war with war. He was never an official, but he was in the court. Several old friends made friends. I didn’t think about it when the emperor said it. I just remembered that he didn’t care about anything and was on his way these days, but I remembered many things. He was a Jinshi during the Qixun period, and he was included in the palace examination. But he didn't go. Before the imperial examination, the late emperor had summoned him, and his policy of governing the country was not in line with the late emperor's. Who knew that after more than ten years, the late emperor took the initiative to adopt the plan proposed by Wu Qing to end the war with war, to move With soldiers and horses, the north was completely cleaned up, and only then was the 50-year border truce signed."

"I do not know."

Song Qianzhi couldn't tell whether Lu Guan was really stupid or not, as long as Lu Guan didn't want to say anything, he wouldn't say a word anyway.

But Lu Guan repeated: "I really don't know."

Song Qianzhi laughed.

"Hey, I don't know what I said. I'm not lying to you." Lu Guan got up and caught up with Song Qianzhi.

Song Qianzhi didn't stop on his feet. He didn't plan to sit on the wind for one night. When the fortifications were together, he had to let people who could do it do it.

People greeted them along the way, and they all knew that they were imperial envoys brought by the county magistrate. Xu Dingyuan rolled up his sleeves and went to break bricks.

Early the next morning, Xu Dingyuan went to see the city wall before dawn. Song Qianzhi asked his master to bring over the county government's account, and he stood in the main hall, crossing his legs, and looked at it.

Originally, the master ordered someone to light a brazier, but when the brazier was lit, black smoke billowed, choking Song Qianzhi to tears, so he hurriedly asked people to evacuate.

Zhou Xian walked in with a pigeon cage.

Lu Guan looked away from the ledger and looked at a little thing cooing in the cage.

"Why didn't I notice when I moved into the car?"

Zhou Xian held one in his hand, with black eyes, his neck moved around, he looked around curiously, and he didn't cry when he was caught in his hand.

Zhou first peeled off the lid of the small bamboo tube from the pigeon's feet, and there was a roll of paper inside.

The pigeon was put into the cage, and he filled it up with bird food, then separated the letter paper with his fingers, and said while reading, "The secret weapon was stolen from Qilin Guard when I returned to Beijing."

The pigeon cage was covered with a black cloth, and it had been piled up in the carriage as ordinary cargo these days. The journey was tiring, and Song Qianzhi didn't notice what was hanging on Zhou Xian's saddle.

"Where did the news come from? The capital?" Song Qianzhi asked casually while holding a cup of tea, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

"This... Young Lord, the situation is not very good." Zhou Xian walked up and showed the secret letter to Song Qianzhi.

Song Qianzhi glanced at him suspiciously, took the letter, looked at it, frowned deeply, slammed his palm on the case, and said angrily: "Move the capital at this time? This battle has only just started, and we are about to run away, the emperor This is crazy?!"

After shouting the words, Song Qianzhi realized that this was a treasonous remark. Looking at Lu Guan and Zhou Xian again, Lu Guan walked over, and Zhou Xian pretended not to hear Song Qianzhi's roar.

Lu Guan took the letter from Song Qianzhi, which said that the emperor intends to move the capital to the southwest, first visited Lingzhou, and ordered the state capital of Hanzhou to be ready to pick him up.However, this western tour included not only the emperor, but also the second empress, concubines, and important civil and military officials.

"It's not like moving the capital." Lu Guan said.

Song Qianzhi said coldly: "He wanted to run west and watch the situation. If Hei Di really broke Fengping Gorge, he would hide in Hanzhou. If Hei Di couldn't get in, he would naturally call it a holy man." Take a cruise."

Lu Guan thought for a while and asked Zhou Xian: "Is the news true?"

"It should be true. There are my good brothers in the Qilin Guard. Although they can't talk about such a big matter, it's okay to send a message to one of them."

For a while, Song Qianzhi and Lu Guan lost all interest in looking at the account books of Hongping County. In such a small county, there is not much money. , that's probably how it's used.

The more Song Qianzhi thought about it, the less it was a problem.

Whether Rongzhou or Hongping County, after leaving Beijing all the way, roads were blocked by snowstorms, and the year was poor. This year can be said to be the worst year since Song Qianzhi was born.

Foreign enemies are coming in, and the imperial court is about to move the capital. What does Prime Minister Li do for food? !

"Zhou Xian, write back to your brother and ask him who are the officials accompanying him." After speaking, Song Qianzhi got up and gave Zhou Xian the pen and ink to write.

"Can you find the frontline military newspaper?" Song Qianzhi asked again.

Zhou Xian hesitated for a moment and said, "This is a serious crime."

"The Qilin guards are just dark guards." Lu Guan reminded.

Song Qianzhi thought for a while, and then said: "Don't search from the palace, go to Qin Yuning's place, or, in this way, I will write a letter, and you will ask your brother to entrust it to Yao Jiqu of the Ministry of Justice, and let Yao Jiqu pass it to Qin Yuning for me. .”

At this time Zhou Xian had finished writing, Song Qianzhi sat down in the past, picked up the pen, his whole body was frozen like a Mount Tai, brewed for a moment, and then wrote down the pen.

The whole inner hall was very quiet.

When Song Qianzhi finished writing the letter, he looked up and saw Lu Guan in a daze, his expression was very dazed.

Zhou Xian took the letter, stepped out of the hall, and released the two pigeons at the same time.

Song Qianzhi sat restlessly in the hall, the hall was empty, and all the yamen servants were released to repair the city wall.

Lu Guan sat not far away.

Under the correspondence between the two, they suddenly had a tacit understanding.

If the imperial court has run away, what's the point of guarding this small Hongping County, even Fengpingxia, and Mengzhou?

Lu Guan lowered his head, his figure was slumped, and he seemed very tired.

Song Qianzhi looked at him, looked at him for a long time, and said, "Go to the city wall and see how the watchtower is being repaired." It's only been one night, but it's better than sitting here and thinking wildly.

Song Qianzhi was even more worried that the enemy would come in before the watchtower was repaired.Suddenly, Song Qianzhi realized that the news that the imperial court was about to move to the west disturbed his whole thoughts.Mu Dingbang and Lin Min are both famous players who can fight, but that letter just now gave him an ominous hint.It also messed up his position, as if Heidi's army had already reached the base of the imperial city.

As a minister, it's still the same. If the common people know that the emperor has moved west with his family before the battle is fought, then there is no need to fight this battle.

Walking out of the cold county hall, going down to the city wall to see the bustling people, Song Qianzhi felt relieved.

Ascending the unbroken city wall, Hongping County is a small county, but it was a battleground for military strategists during several civil strife in Dachu.The city wall is ten meters high, and the collapsed parts are being repaired bit by bit.

The sky was dark and unclear, and the strong wind blew the flags on the city wall flying wildly.

Looking to the east, under the shade of trees, a big river flows through, and the faintly visible mountains are like giant beasts crawling on the horizon.

"It's only been seven days."

When Lu Guan heard Song Qianzhi's words, he was also thinking, from Song Qianzhi's return to Beijing to report that Fu Mingmao and Yan Licheng had colluded, to Song Qianzhi's return to Rongzhou, and then they rushed to Mengzhou, and then to Hongping County.In just a few days, what made Fu Mingshao make such a decision that should not have been made at all.

"Do you know Fu Mingshao?" Song Qianzhi asked.

There are only Song Qianzhi and Lu Guan on the city wall. Zhou Xian has already made it very clear to Song Qianzhi that what the emperor wants is his loyalty, his loyalty as a descendant of Zhou Taifu, not the loyalty of the Song family of Marquis Anding. It was definitely not Lu Guan's loyalty.

Under the gray sky, Lu Guan's face turned even darker.

"The Fu Mingshao I know is a straightforward, arrogant, and compassionate prince."

Song Qianzhi was surprised by Lu Guan's answer.

Song Qianzhi smiled and said, "I know him, but he is an indecisive, eccentric and suspicious emperor."

What the two of them were talking about was that Dachu should be the emperor, and talking about the emperor indiscriminately is a crime of beheading.

However, standing on the wall of this small and remote Hongping County, looking at the vast rivers and mountains, the palace and the imperial court seem to be very far away.

Song Qianzhi felt a kind of closeness in his heart, he wanted to talk to Lu Guan, and also wanted to hear Lu Guan's thoughts.

"He has indeed changed." Lu Guan raised his head, looked into Song Qianzhi's eyes, and said without hesitation, "I went into the palace that night and wanted to ask him why he must make Li Xiang guilty. Snowstorm outside the city, drought and flood in the southeast Even after the winter, there was a lack of food and medicines, crops in various places were not good, and earthquakes occurred in many places, houses collapsed, and people and livestock were killed and injured. At this time, saving the people is much more urgent than purging the court."

Song Qianzhi couldn't help laughing.

Lu Guan: "What are you laughing at?"

"You probably didn't say a single word of these words." Song Qianzhi said.

Lu Guan's eyes widened slightly, and he said in astonishment, "How do you know?"

Song Qianzhi couldn't help but fell down with laughter, and finally leaned against the city wall with his stomach in his hands, and with the cold wind blowing in his ears, he said with a smile: "Fu Mingshao must have scolded Li Yeyuan, Yang Wen and others to hell first. Show your head, and then push that Shen Yushu will not report the situation. Then, you think that Lou Jiangyue and Qin Mingxue are both from Rongzhou, and you have invited a secret order to Rongzhou to investigate the case, and by the way, let Fu Mingshao order Rongzhou to open a warehouse to release grain , to help the victims. In fact, these two matters are opposite in severity. Fu Mingshao must have thought that you went to Rongzhou to investigate the case for him under the guise of releasing food, and you had already made up your mind about the case of Lou Jiangyue. Lou Jiangyue's is not Wang Zaoguo, but Fu Mingshao himself who wants to use Lou Jiangyue's stolen love letter to make a big fuss. You are disappointed in Fu Mingshao and the real purpose of asking Rongzhou, It was to release food and relieve the epidemic. This matter was exposed and went back to ask for guilt, but I didn't expect Hei Di to call in so quickly. This is a bad thing for Da Chu, but it is a good thing for you, because Fu Mingshao Right now, all he cares about is whether or not this great river and mountain can be defended, not only will he not deal with Li Yeyuan now, but if necessary, he will add officials to his ranks, and rewards will be given to him even if he has no official qualifications."

Lu watched Song Qianzhi without speaking.

Song Qianzhi also looked at him, staring seriously at Lu Guan's eyes, his lips moved.

What is he going to say...

Song Qianzhi swallowed his saliva, breathed shortly, feeling blessed in his heart, he couldn't help sighing: "You don't care about death."

On the empty city wall, the wind blows up dust and sand.

At that moment, Lu Guan held Song Qianzhi in his arms, raised his arm, and wrapped his head around his head, blocking the wind and dust.

At that moment, Song Qianzhi felt that it was extremely long and short.

When Lu Guan let go, Song Qianzhi raised his head to look into his eyes, there seemed to be something different in Lu Guan's resolute brows and eyes, Song Qianzhi wanted to find out what it was, but his mind went blank.

Because Lu Guan suddenly lowered his head.

Lu Guan touched the back of Song Qianzhi's head, and tentatively kissed the bridge of his nose.

Song Qianyi hugged his neck, raised his head and bumped against him, teeth collided with each other, both of them turned their heads sideways at the same time, trying to squeeze their tongues into each other's mouths, no one knew whose lips and tongues were broken.

Lu Guan's eyes were deep, and he pressed his hand on Song Qian's waist.

Song Qianzhi was aggrieved and wanted to back away from his lips, and re-launch the offensive, but Lu Guan pressed him against the wall of the tower. Moist eyes, lingering to his red lips.

Lu Guan couldn't control his breath, he tilted his head forward slightly, stepped back, and looked at Song Qianzhi's expression as if confirming.

Song Qianzhi's brain was dizzy, and his lips couldn't help making a gesture of asking for a kiss.

Lu Guan rolled his throat, lowered his head and kissed his long-desired lips tightly, and forcefully pressed Song Qianzhi against the city wall.

The city wall was higher than people, and there was nothing to see below, but Song Qianzhi blushed, and as soon as his hands were free, he couldn't help hugging Lu Guan's back tightly, and pressed his palms back and forth on his back eagerly Touching, fingers counting his hard spine.

"I don't care about death." Panting, Lu Guan separated from Song Qianzhi, licked the saliva from Song Qianzhi's lips, and forced himself to breathe calmly, "Why did you come back?"

Song Qianzhi: "Ah?" What is this all about? Song Qianzhi came to his senses, dumbfounded, "Shouldn't you ask this earlier?"

"Didn't dare to ask at that time." Lu Guan blushed, but now he was embarrassed to look into Song Qianzhi's eyes, and just rubbed Song Qianzhi's chin with one hand reluctantly.

"I know what you think." Song Qianzhi said confidently.

Lu Guan looked at him silently, his eyes were extremely gentle, he held Song Qianzhi's right hand with his left hand, his palm was wide and warm.

The emptiness in Song Qianzhi's heart was filled bit by bit. He looked at Lu Guan in a daze, then stopped suddenly, hugged Lu Guan's waist into his arms, and pressed his whole body against his body.

"Kiss again?" Lu Guan asked in a deep voice, breathing unsteadily.

The corners of Song Qianzhi's mouth curled up triumphantly, the two looked at each other's lips at the same time, looked at each other, their lips gently tested, and then kissed and entangled, neither of them was willing to leave first.

"Why did you come back?" Lu Guan parted his lips, and asked again.

"For the people of Rongzhou." Song Qianzhi heaved a sigh of satisfaction, Lu Guan wiped the corner of his mouth with his fingers, and he shyly pulled Lu Guan's clothes and wiped his mouth.

"I... I said that I want to be your brother, but it's not true, it's because..."

"It's also for you." Song Qianzhi interrupted him, his eyes were clear and calm, he looked at Lu Guan with a blushing face, he couldn't control the corners of his mouth, and laughed, "I miss you, hurry back, in I made up my mind on the way, I will not let you die, you are the person I like, the person I, Song Qianzhi likes, will not be a short-lived ghost."

Lu Guan: "..."

Song Qianzhi was very comfortable being kissed, and he was in a good mood. Suddenly, he didn't want to mess with Lu Guan anymore, so he hugged his neck and kissed him twice on the lips.

There was the sound of someone coughing nearby.

Song Qianzhi hurriedly separated from Lu Guan, saw that it was Zhou Xian, let go of his guard, and let Lu Guan hold his hand without letting go.

Zhou Xian looked at the hands they held together, didn't say anything, rubbed his nose with one hand, and walked over.

Song Qianzhi was dissatisfied and said, "What's the matter?"

"A few spies who spread rumors were arrested in the city. The county magistrate is looking for you everywhere, but I didn't expect you to be here." Zhou Xian paused and asked, "Go back to the county government office?"

"Let's go." Song Qianzhi said with a smile.

After getting off the tower, Lu Guan naturally let go of Song Qianzhi's hand, and let Song Qianzhi get on the horse. He sat in the back and rode back to the county office.

Also sitting on Lu Guan's horse, Song Qianzhi's mood was very different. When he got off the horse, Lu Guan reached out to hug him. When they were hugging each other, Song Qianzhi rubbed his lips against Lu Guan's neck. The whole neck was red, and the eyes didn't dare to look at him.

Song Qianzhi hummed a tune and entered the broken yamen gate.

This yamen in Hongping County is broken or old, but it is a geomantic treasure.

The author has something to say: hehehe

☆、The Difficulty of Prosperity ([-])

Just after entering the county government office, Zhang Lin, the lawyer brought by Mengzhou, walked up with a serious face.

Song Qianzhi walked towards the second hall while listening to him say that Xu Dingyuan was in charge of the city wall, and Zhang Lin simply took two government servants sent from Mengzhou to walk around Hongping County to see the customs of the people.Resting in the tea shop, I heard someone saying that Fengpingxia was at a stalemate, Lin Min was picked off from his horse by an enemy general, his life and death were uncertain, and Mu Dingbang's navy was struggling to resist, and it might not be able to hold back .

"Did you say anything else?" Based on these alone, it should not be immediately arrested as a spy.

Sure enough, Zhang Lin said with an ugly face: "They said that the imperial court is preparing to flee westward, and will move the capital to Bangzhou in a few days, and they are lobbying the people of Hongping in the tea shop to abandon the city and flee."

Song Qianzhi stopped and his expression changed.

What Zhou first received was Qilinwei's letter from Feige. How could he know the news of the capital in such a small place like Hongping so quickly?Besides, Fu Mingshao has not yet issued an edict, but only plans to tour the west.

Song Qianzhi had someone take him, Lu Guan, and Zhou Xian to meet the spies, and the jailer took him to a cell where five people were locked up. The five people were all dressed in coarse linen and looked unhappy.

They sat without talking to each other, and when they saw someone coming, the first one raised his head and said nothing.

"My lord asks, you must tell the truth." The jailer slammed his whip on the cell door.

The five people looked at each other, but remained silent.

Song Qianzhi thought for a while and asked them: "Who told you to talk nonsense in the city and incite the people?"

There was silence in the prison.

"Where is the head of the prison, put that skinny monkey over there to death immediately." As soon as Song Qianzhi finished speaking, the head of the prison came up to unlock the lock.

The man at the front grabbed the chain on the door.

"You can't execute us like this. It's killing people and killing people! We didn't spread rumors. We are all poor people in Hongping County. If the court wants to run away, why don't we let us say it?"

Another person was encouraged, raised his head and said, "Exactly, why should we be arrested? The lord said we are spies, we are residents of Hongping County, and you can check your household registration certificate!"

"Why arrest people? Is it a crime to say a few words? At worst, let us go back, we will be dumb and deaf!"

"Drag the thin one out, and rectify the law."

The head of the cell opened the cell door, several guards were guarding it, two tall and burly guards went in to arrest people, the rest of the people saw that the group of officials were actually here, they were in chaos, and the leader of the prison guards was arrested.

"You can't kill people! Why do you kill people?!"

"By the sword of the Son of Heaven." Song Qianzhi motioned to Zhou Xian, Zhou Xian took off the sword case on his back, took out the sword and handed it to Song Qianzhi.

Song Qian raised Ba Xia's sword in one hand and stood in front of the man.

"This is the commanding sword used by the late emperor when he fought against Amodanjung and Heidi. He once commanded the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Great Chu to resist foreign aggression in the northern border. Is it enough to kill you foolish people who spread rumors?"

Without waiting for that person's rebuttal, Song Qianzhi continued: "Decades ago, when Amodan invaded the border, the first emperor personally marched, and countless generals and soldiers died in the northern border for the country. Now that Heidi invaded the border, the frontline soldiers, to protect you, Putting life and death aside, standing behind him is someone who is greedy for life and afraid of death, spreading rumors everywhere to shake people's hearts, what's wrong with being punished as a spy?"

"This……"

Song Qianzhi put the sword behind his back, and said calmly: "You are really Hongping County residents, how can you know the situation of the front line and the capital, who made up the lie?"

A group of people fell silent again.

"Drag people out." Song Qian ordered.

"My lord! My lord, spare my life, but the little ones say, please show your hand high." The leader knelt down and kowtowed, and the rest of the people kowtowed too.

Song Qianzhi signaled the jailer to come out.

The cell door was locked again.

"A few days ago, two people stayed at my house. At night, my daughter-in-law brought water for them. I heard it from outside the house." The man knelt on the ground and replied dejectedly.

"A few days ago, how many days ago?"

The man thought for a while and said, "The evening before yesterday."

"Where are those two?" Hearing that it was the day before yesterday, Song Qianzhi felt bad.

Sure enough, the man said: "I have already left the city."

Song Qianzhi stopped talking.

The people at the prison door repeatedly kowtowed to ask for forgiveness, Song Qianzhi called Zhang Lin and asked him to check in the county government to see if the identities of these people were right.

Song Qianzhi took Lu Guan and Zhou Xian back to the room.

"This method is ingenious, and I'm afraid it's the same in other places. When staying overnight, the owners deliberately let the owners overhear their conversations, so as to spread rumors, and then spread the rumors through the mouths of these owners. Wait until the official I noticed it, but I couldn't catch anyone." Zhou Xian sighed.

Song Qianzhi remembered something and sent someone to find Zhang Lin.

After a while, Zhang Lin ran up out of breath, and first reported that the people arrested in the prison were indeed people from Hongping County, and he had asked the government officials to go to their homes for questioning.

Song Qianzhi asked Zhang Lin: "How did your Master Sun catch the spies?"

Zhang Lin looked troubled.

"He also captured the people of Mengzhou, right?"

Zhang Lin whispered: "Your Excellency, although those people are ordinary people, it is true that they spread rumors to shake the rear. There is nothing wrong with Master Sun's handling in this way. In extraordinary times, it is natural to implement extraordinary laws."

Lu Guan said coldly: "You are Facao of Mengzhou, you are the one who suggested this extraordinary method to Mr. Sun, right? Do you want us to implement the extraordinary method and deal with Zhang Facao first?"

Zhang Lin's face was earthy and he knelt down with a plop.

Song Qianzhi sighed, and his mind was very confused for a while, so Zhang Lin stepped back first.Zhang Linru got an amnesty, got up and backed out.

Zhou Xian was about to say something.

Lu Guan gestured to him to shut up.

Song Qian put one hand behind his back and paced back and forth.If you are from Heidi, if you want to go to the territory of Dachu, you have to enter the customs and submit documents.Unless Yan Licheng worked for Fu Mingmao, but never left Dachu.How many people like Yan Licheng are there?These people hide among the people, and each person is only responsible for a small matter. For example, these spies are only responsible for visiting and staying overnight, fabricating their origins and experiences, staying overnight and then leaving.There is no evidence on them either. Evidence is the spoken words, which cannot be collected.

When it was time to check, there was no way to check.

Fu Mingmao also has a group of skilled killers under his command.

It began to rain in the courtyard, the rain was thick and dense, it didn't fall heavily, but it made the air a lot colder.

Song Qianzhi turned around helplessly, and asked Lu Guan and Zhou Xian, "What do you think?"

Zhou Xian shook his head first: "I have no clue."

Lu Guan thought for a moment, then said: "It's useless to catch one or two spies. We can only hurry up and build the fortifications in Hongping County. Tomorrow, we will visit the homes of the affected households and distribute the money we brought to appease the civilians. We can't stay here for too long , Your duty is to appease the four prefectures, and visit the disaster-stricken counties once, as an imperial envoy to reassure the people, and you don’t have to go back to Mengzhou prefecture.”

Song Qianzhi: "Aren't you going back?"

"Well, ask Zhang Lin to take your handwritten letter back to Mr. Sun, issue a notice to the people, and at the same time order Zhang Lin to let his subordinates lie in ambush among the people, and anyone who spreads rumors will be arrested without beheading, and put in prison until the war is over. disposal."

Song Qianzhi nodded: "Although this extraordinary method is not a good one, but the Mengzhou government is quick to act, and this trick is also useful for killing chickens and monkeys. It's a pity that the people who died were all civilians."

"Dead people can't be resurrected. If Fengping Gorge is really broken, more people will die." Lu Guan thought of something, but didn't continue.

The three of them looked at each other silently in the hall. After a while, Zhou Xian sighed: "It's raining, and it's even more inconvenient to build the city wall. I don't know if it's too late to build the city at this time."

Song Qianzhi walked to the door and looked at the dark sky, probably the drizzle was going to fall all day.

"I hope it's not too late to make up for it." He was just an inspector, even if he was an imperial envoy, he couldn't give orders, and all he could do was the duty entrusted by the sword in his hand.

The rain continued until midnight and showed no signs of stopping. Song Qianzhi wrote a letter for Zhang Lin to bring to the capital of Mengzhou, and also wrote in the letter the instructions about Anmin's announcement.

The people living in the back hall of the county yamen were dying of cold, Song Qianzhi and Lu Guan sat opposite each other and washed their feet.

The pattering rain outside the house kept ringing, and the flame of an oil lamp on the table was blown from time to time.

"Why don't you talk?" Song Qianzhi stepped on Lu Guan in the footbath.

Lu Guan raised his feet and stepped on the hot water under his feet, most of the backs of his feet were outside. Song Qianzhi asked him to add more hot water.

Amidst the sound of water, Song Qianzhi looked at Lu Guan's feet and his own in a trance.

"Shall we sleep together tonight?" Lu Guan said.

Song Qianzhi's earshells turned red, and he hummed lightly.

After washing his feet, Lu Guan tidied up the room, Song Qianzhi lay down on the bed to make the bed,