Chapter Forty-Seven: The Euphorbia Shoots at the Tower
Zhong Yebai rode on his horse, leisurely leading Gao Jian, Xing Xing and two hundred Xuanjia troops in front, the victims did not dare to set foot in the gallop road, so they followed the convoy along both sides of the gallop road, and about three hours later, they saw a city appear.
Chen Jun, it's here.
Chen County, one of the five counties in Qingzhou, is not prosperous, let alone rich, and it is also a place of many disasters.
It is said that there are many disasters, but it is not said that there are many natural disasters, but that Chen County is located in the throat of the north-south traffic, for hundreds of years, the south Zheng and the north of the Qi country, to hit the Qingzhou Mansion, it is necessary to hit Chen County first, the Jizhou Mansion of the Xuan Kingdom in the north sent troops to the south to conquer the Qi country, because the north of the Julu City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it always detours to hit the Chen County first.
Therefore, Chen County, which was originally considered a congenital advantage due to developed transportation, but because of the weakness of Qi State, it became a place of four wars, so Chen County has withered in the past hundred years, and it is because of the economic depression that Chen County is the end of the five counties in Qingzhou, and it is precisely because of this that Shen Qian, who was born in a poor family, also had the opportunity to serve in Chen County.
There are more than 100,000 victims pouring into Chen County, Chen County Shou Shen Qian naturally got the news early, Chen County is a place of economic depression, where can these hundreds of thousands of disaster victims be accommodated, and whether there are rioters among the disaster victims is not known, in case these disaster victims become mobs as soon as they enter the city, what should they do if they burn and loot in the city?
It is not easy to be an official from a poor family, and when he encounters this matter, Shen Qian is naturally very cautious, as if he is facing a great enemy.
The victims followed Zhong Yebai's team to the outside of the city, but when they saw that the city gate was locked, their hearts that had been cold for a long time were cold again, and some of the victims who had already lost hope could no longer walk, so they sat on the ground, and some of the victims were determined to die horizontally and vertically, and they had the courage to shout to the city, "Open the door, let us in, we are also the people of Daxuan!"
But the city gate was still locked, Shen Qian couldn't rest assured, he personally ran to the city to see the situation, and when he saw that the city was under the black pressure of the victims, a cold sweat broke out on his back, and he patted his chest, fortunately, the city gate was closed in time, if not, how could it end, it was really scary to think about.
But at this moment, only to hear a whoosh, a crossbow arrow snapped and nailed to the plaque of the arrow tower at the head of the city.
"Ah, crossbow arrows, are these victims rebelling, are they going to attack the city?" Shen Qian broke out in a cold sweat on his back again, and quickly squatted down.
Fortunately, the city gate was closed in time, and if the city was mixed in by them, they would not burn and loot the people in the city, and their own lives would be lost. Moreover, even if he defended the city, with his status as a poor family, the county guard position that he had worked hard for more than 20 years to get mixed up would be lost, and the Taishou Lord, who had long seen that he was not pleasing to the eye, would not fall into the well and investigate himself.
Just when Shen Qian was secretly congratulating himself for ordering the city gate to be closed in time, he only heard a soldier beside him say, "My lord, there is a letter on that crossbow arrow." ”
Shen Qian hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, there was a note tied to the crossbow arrow, found a few soldiers to climb the plaque, took the crossbow arrow down, opened it and looked at the content of the note, only to see that the note said "Respectfully ask Shen Jun to guard the city" Nine big characters, squinted and looked, and there were three small characters on the letter, "Zhong Yebai!"
Zhong Yebai, seeing these three words, Shen Qian's head immediately buzzed, and he almost fainted.
Isn't this the same His Royal Highness the Prince from the capital, who never does anything serious when he wanders in Fireworks Willow Lane, but can make all the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital feel uneasy?
It is rumored that His Royal Highness not only harmed many girls, but also many officials. As for how many girls have been harmed, this has little to do with Shen Junshou, at most he scolded a few words behind his back with righteous indignation, but no less than twenty officials in the capital were either dismissed by the emperor because of the unreasonable troubles of His Royal Highness the prince, or they took the initiative to resign and return to their hometowns, and a few were even sent to the North City, and cried all the way out of the capital for thirty miles, which made Shen Qian and Shen Junshou feel cold down his spine.
Some time ago, I don't know what kind of wind His Royal Highness the Prince of the World smoked, and suddenly secretly ran out of the capital, and then disappeared, so angry that His Royal Highness the King of Chu issued a military order to the Xuanjia Army in the world, once he found His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, he would bring it back to the Xuandu at all costs.
No, just yesterday I got the news that His Royal Highness the Prince actually appeared in Qi County not far away, Xin Qi County is not under the jurisdiction of Chen County, Shen Qian was also relieved, but when he thought that His Royal Highness the Prince was going back to Beijing, if he wanted not to take a long detour, he would inevitably pass by his Chen County. For this reason, Shen Junshou prayed many times and almost burned incense to worship the Buddha, just begging this great gentleman Zhong Shizi not to come to his own Chen Jun to harm himself.
But what are you afraid of, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World still came, and not only did he come, but he was also followed by the black pressure of a disaster, not to mention more than 100,000 people, isn't this obviously a pit himself?
Before this, Shen Qian Shen County was already anxious enough, the Taijiang River flooded, and many victims came, Shen Qian was born in a poor family, and he was also sympathetic to the people's feelings, and took in more than 3,000 victims into the city, which is already the limit of Chen County's ability to accept the victims, and the finances have been particularly tight.
No, more than ten days ago, the imperial court ordered Chen County to levy 200,000 strong men to go to Taijiang to deal with the flood, but only allocated 200,000 taels of silver and 200,000 quintals of grain.
The imperial court has urged again and again, and Shen Qian is already as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the big man in the capital came to trouble himself again......
At this moment, Shen Qian's heart to resign from the official position was gone, and it was not easy for him to climb to this position, but who would have thought that it would be so difficult for this official to be deserved.
Open the door and go out of the city, I am afraid that the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims outside the city will swarm in, and I will definitely be detained by those adults in Qingzhou Mansion as a dereliction of duty.
Don't open the door and go out of the city, this big gentleman is the only son of the king of Chu, and he really can't afford to offend.
Shen Qian was still hesitating, only to hear a loud "pop", and when he looked up, a halberd was inserted directly into the plaque upstairs with the four big characters "Purple Qi from the East".
Obviously, the big gentleman from the capital has no patience, and this halberd shot on the plaque is the dismount given to him by His Royal Highness the Prince.
Shen Qian sighed, it's not easy to be an official in a cold family! Sticking out his head is a knife, and shrinking his head is also a knife, it's a big deal to reason with His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, let him pity himself, he has no long things, he is a sage book with a belly, maybe this big gentleman from the capital can let himself go.
"Crunch!" The city gate slowly opened, Shen Qian trembled, and trotted all the way from inside the door to Zhong Yebai, and was about to kneel down for His Royal Highness the Prince when they met, but was held by Zhong Yebai.
"......" Shen Qian was about to salute His Royal Highness the Prince, but was interrupted by His Royal Highness the Prince.
"Uncle, don't come to harm!" Zhong Yebai said to Shen Qian with a smile.