Chapter 50: The Ascending of the Heavenly Road
As Xu Ji said, the county chronicles of Fangyuan City were written by a group of depressed poor scholars, mostly of them were mythical and strange, and there was not much really useful information in them, if you want to screen them one by one, it will be more difficult than recompiling the county chronicles.
Bai Yishi read the county chronicles for three days, and then didn't read them again, and from today on, he and Xu Ji wandered around Fangyuan City together.
"Captain Xu, what do you think Fangyuan City needs most?" Bai Yishi looked at the people and buildings around him and asked Xu Ji.
Xu Ji followed Bai Yishi and said with a smile: "Lord Bai has seen much more thoroughly than me, I said in front of Lord Bai how to govern Fangyuan City, but it is a class to get an axe." ”
Bai Yishi chuckled and climbed a dangerous building. The building is located on a small high slope at the foot of the mountain, with a panoramic view of the mountain from the top and the buildings on the water from the bottom.
"I'm really asking Captain Xu for advice. Bai Yishi said sincerely.
Xu Ji looked into the distance, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Lord Bai, I have been in Fangyuan City for ten years, and I still can't tell the road here, presumably Lord Bai also has a deep understanding of the road in Fangyuan City." Even if you have the ability to remember, you can't remember all the roads here, let alone how to remember these roads that change every day, or even three times a day?"
"Does Captain Xu have any good ideas?"
Xu Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "If I had any good ideas, I would have changed the way here a long time ago." The forces here are as complex as stars, and there are even some old guys who are not old, not to mention dredging the road of the entire Fangyuan City, even if it is a road, it is an extremely difficult task. Even if you are ready, the last old stubborn refuses to move, and you will lose all your efforts. ”
Of course, Bai Yishi knew the difficulties of wanting to get through, but he was also very aware of the benefits of getting through. No matter what, he had to do this, only then could he achieve his true purpose of governing Fangyuan City.
"Can Lord Bai come up with any solution?" Xu Ji really wanted to hear about the way to build the road.
Bai Yishi looked up at the mountain and said, "If you want to build a road in such a dense building, there is no good way except to let an army come and clear the obstacles on the road. ”
When Xu Ji heard this, instead of being disappointed, he listened more carefully.
"So we can't build roads, we have to build bridges. ”
"Build a bridge, how to build a bridge?" Xu Ji couldn't help but ask.
"Build a bridge like the sky makes mountains and rivers. ”
"Haha, Lord Bai don't say it so mysteriously, I, a rough man, really can't understand, I have to ask Lord Bai to explain it clearly. ”
Bai Yishi pointed to the mountain, and slashed diagonally, pointing to the lake.
"What does this mean?" Xu Ji thought for a moment, and there were countless doubts in his heart. "Doesn't Lord Bai want to build a road from the top of the mountain directly to the water, like a rope bridge?"
"The structure of the entire city of Fangyuan is partly a crescent moon along the lake, and partly a long strip leading to the mountain. If a long bridge in the sky is built on top of this structure, it will be a road. ”
Xu quickly clapped his hands and said, "It's really a good idea! But to build such a bridge, the manpower and material resources required are probably not a small amount, and how can such a huge amount of money come about? Even if this long bridge in the air is built, who should maintain it? If a little accident occurs, won't this long bridge be destroyed? The terrain of Fangyuan City is so complicated, who should be responsible for the construction work?"
Bai Yishi knew that Xu Ji's questions were not mocking, and he also knew that if he couldn't solve these problems, he would definitely not be able to complete what he thought in his heart, so he said to Xu Ji: "I don't know if Captain Xu may have heard of the legend of 'Heavenly Road Ascension'?"
Xu Ji was stunned, shook his head, and said, "I have never heard of it, and I have never heard of it." ”
"It doesn't matter, you'll hear about it later. ”
Xu Ji understood what Bai Yishi meant, but he still couldn't figure out what the other party had to do to solve those almost impossible problems.
At this moment, someone hurriedly climbed the stairs and whispered a few words in Xu Ji's ear. After hearing this, Xu Ji immediately laughed, and said to Bai Yishi: "Lord Bai, someone has been sent from above, and your appointment should also come." ”
Bai Yishi said with a smile: "Lord Xu, it should be your appointment." ”
......
Zhao Xincheng couldn't eat a bite of the delicacies of the mountains and seas in front of him, and so did everyone around him. I don't know who pulled out a cry first, which caused countless people to react, and it became a cry of mourning for a while.
"Let me out! I'm an official of the imperial court! My uncle is a squire of the Ministry of Works! If you kill me, you'll have to bury me! You fools, let me out at once! Let me out!" Some people banged on the door and shouted, some tried to pry open the windows to escape, but to no avail, and some people poured wine into their mouths desperately.
Zhao Xincheng looked at everyone's appearance, suddenly laughed, and then cried again. Everyone has already panicked, they all look crazy, and they don't care what others look like.
"I should have thought about it, why did I refuse to admit it, I had to wait for the knife to fall on my head, and I would admit it now. ”
In fact, Zhao Xincheng had a premonition in his heart, but he was always avoiding it, refusing to think about it, and there was always luck in his heart. But the reality was that he had just left Fangyuan City with a group of officials, but he was in a remote village, and he was still in the scope of Fangyuan City, and he was suddenly locked in this house by a group of people. Now that a table of good wine and food has suddenly been brought in, it is self-evident what will happen next.
"I should have thought of it a long time ago, I should have thought of it a long time ago......"
At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and a man in a black power suit said, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's go." ”
"Where are you going?"
"Why are you holding us?"
"Why should we listen to you?"
“......”
No matter what these people say, nothing can stop their fate from being taken away.
Zhao Xincheng was also dragged away in a half-drunk state, his world was black for a long time, he originally thought that he would never see the light again, but he didn't expect his fate to be completely different from other officials.
"Zhao Xincheng, do you know why you survived?"
"I don't know?" Zhao Xincheng looked at the darkness around him, not knowing who the questioner was, and he didn't know where the other party was.
"You really failed Lord Gao's cultivation of you!"
Zhao Xincheng was like being struck by lightning, and after being stunned for a long time, he knelt down and thanked: "The late birth has the cultivation of a tall adult!"
"Master Gao cherishes your life, and you have to cherish your own life too, you know?"
"Late life is remembered in my heart!" Zhao Xincheng kowtowed repeatedly.
"Now I'm still asking you to go back to Fangyuan Mansion, but you are no longer the prefect, but Tongzhi, don't do anything to disgrace the face of a tall adult, you know?"
"Although I died nine times later, I didn't dare!"
"Zhao Xincheng, do you know who is the prefect of Fangyuan Mansion now?"
"I don't know. ”
"Now the prefect of Fangyuan Mansion is-" The name behind it seemed to be suppressed by the darkness, and was only heard by Zhao Xincheng.
Zhao Xincheng was stunned in place, and muttered: "I should have thought that it was him, I should have thought of it a long time ago......"