Chapter 322: The True Meaning of Tossing

Jibei Road, Lingchang Town. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lingchang is the largest town after entering Jibei, and it is a necessary place for caravans to and from Jibei Province. Among the various paths of the Qi Kingdom, Jibei Dao and Huaiyang Dao are two special existences.

Although it is subject to the jurisdiction of the Son of Heaven, the appointment of officials in the two provinces has been decided by each over the years, and although the imperial court will also send officials in name, most of the time it is for show. In contrast, Huaiyang Dao is better, and the King of Huaiyang rarely makes it difficult for the officials sent by the emperor, and he will not use all means to drive the officials out of Huaiyang Dao.

If they are also expatriate officials, the officials would rather go to Huaiyang Province to be a prefect and a county than to go to Jibei Province to be a prefect and a governor.

There is a life to go, but there is no life to return. As soon as he entered Jibei Road, General Chu Xiao obviously felt the difference between here and other places, and it seemed that the people on the street walked carefully. The bluestone paved road is three zhang wide. But the people only dared to walk on the side of the road, and there was no one in the whole road, it seemed empty, and occasionally someone rode by, and the people also shrank their heads.

Chu Wenjing took the lead, accompanied by the county magistrate of Lingchang County, an official surnamed Xu. Xu Xianling smiled flatteringly, and boasted to General Chu Xiao as he walked. "My lord, please see, this road was built by the prince of Qi with the silver money raised from the wealthy merchants of this road. The road is three zhang wide, and all of them are paved with bluestone at the foot of the inner flat peak. With this road, we have more businessmen coming and going in Lingchang County......"

General Chu Xiao took a look at the so-called bluestone road paved with Neiping Peak. Forgive General Chu for being clumsy.

He really didn't see any difference between this stone road and other stone paths.

Aren't they all bluestone slabs?

Although General Chu's arithmetic is not good, he also knows that Neiping Peak is not close to Lingchang County. If there is no problem with his eyes, he remembers the way he came, there are a few small peaks that are not very high, is it because he is dazzled, the mountain is not of stone, but of a pen. Chu Wenjing couldn't hide things in his heart, so he asked with a gloomy face: "Xu County Order, how far is Neiping Peak from Lingchang, how long does it take to transport a piece of bluestone?"

Xu Xianling's face froze. He just boasted instinctively, and the officials who came from above in the past were all received by him, and he also boasted like this.

After he finished speaking, those officials all praised the neat and beautiful construction of the road, and praised the ability of the eldest prince. Why is this little general Chu ...... Xu Xian Ling secretly obeyed the order of the Grand Prince of Qi and guarded ten miles outside the city gate for three whole days, and then waited for General Chu Xiao and his party. The eldest prince of Qi secretly confessed that this group of people came from the capital, and the purpose was to find trouble in Jibei Province, so that he must be well entertained, so that these people could not find fault with Jibei Province. As long as you can't find the wrong place, this trouble will naturally be over.

Xu Xianling is an obedient person.

Speaking of which, he is considered the protégé of the Grand Prince of Qi...... His father used to be a staff member of the eldest prince of Qi, and he once presented a beauty to the eldest prince of Qi. That beauty was quite popular with the eldest prince of Qi, and it is said that it was enough to make the eldest prince of Qi pity for a few years. Only then did he get the position of Lingchang County Commander. Therefore, for the words of the eldest prince of Qi, Xu County's order has always been obedient, which is even more useful than the emperor's holy decree.

Xu Xian Ling entertained General Chu Xiao and his party with the ability to entertain distinguished guests on weekdays.

It's just that...... It seems that the people who came here this time are a little different from the previous ones. "Well, it's not too far. Bluestone is not shipped in pieces. It's usually a truckload that comes in. It's a round trip...... Ten days and eight days are enough. It's really not far......" Xu Xian Ling hesitated in reply. "Ten days and eight days? Obviously, you can go back and forth on the same day, why do you have to transport it from Neiping Peak? Could it be that the stones there are more beautiful?" General Chu muttered.

Xu Xianling nodded again and again, feeling that anyone who could use the word beautiful to describe this road could become close friends with him...... Because he also thinks that the pattern of the bluestone of the inner flat peak is more beautiful. "Your Excellency is really discerning, discerning. I thought of a piece with my subordinates. My lord, please, there is another pillar of incense in front of me and I will go to the post house. ”

General Chu Xiao was depressed.

How could he think of going with this rice bucket! This is an insult, an insult to Chi Guoguo.

General Chu Xiao was in a bad mood, so naturally he would not let Xu Xian Ling complete the task happily. So General Chu Xiao proposed to come down on foot, to observe the bluestone slabs transported from Neiping Peak, especially the patterns on them.

Although Xu Xianling felt a little strange, since the distinguished guest opened his mouth, he naturally had to comply. And in his selfish heart, Xu Xianling also likes to look at the patterns on the stones.

So a group of 100 guards dismounted.

First was General Chu Xiao and Xu Xianling, and then the carriage of Lord Qincha'. It is said that Lord Chincha contracted the wind cold, although it was quite strange to be infected with the wind cold at this time. However, Xu Xianling only muttered a word, and he was almost hit on the head by the teapot flying out of the carriage...... Xu Xianling thought, with such a bad temper, it is not strange to be infected with a cold at this time.

After that, Xu Xianling trembled a little as long as he saw Lord Qincha's carriage.

Behind the carriage, there were 100 guards, one horse per man, and a row of five.

It's a long slip that looks spectacular......

Xu Xianling still didn't notice anything unusual at this time, and he was nervous and excited to accompany General Chu Xiao to count the patterns......

Diamond-shaped, serpentine-shaped, that one is beautiful, like a flower...... And that, how much like a girl's bewitching body.

So, what the people saw was a heroic man walking in front, and Xu County, who was usually powerful in the county, nodded and followed behind. Occasionally, the man said a word, and Xu Xianling's body bent even more. The carriage behind the two of them was almost silent as it walked, which made the whole scene feel excessively suspicious. Behind the carriage, the rows of powerful guards, the long knives pinned to their waists, and the arms holding the reins created a shocking scene of soldiers about to bathe in blood.

A moment, two quarters, half an hour, an hour......

Xu Xianling was a little dizzy. For the first time, he felt that such a thing as a pattern was really expensive. He had seen too much today, so he straightened up, and his eyes flashed with various stone patterns......

"My lord, the lower officials are really, really ......"

"You're tired, then let's rest in place, I think the pattern just now is very special, you prepare pen and ink for this general, I want to copy one back." ”

Xu Xianling almost fell to the ground......

The eldest prince clearly said that the general among the two visitors was reckless, and he was a kung fu but no brain. As long as he is vain and wronged, he will definitely be able to bluff this general. The eldest prince asked him to beware of the younger one, saying that even the prince was planted in the hands of that young man.

Let him be sure to keep an eye on the young man, as for the little general of the Chu family, it is up to him to do what he likes.

But the eldest prince didn't tell him that this general likes to see stone patterns. Obviously how elegant he likes, because he also likes it. For this reason, his father said more than once that if he was unlucky in the future, he would be unlucky in this strange hobby.