Chapter 149: Disaster is coming
Gu Hengzhou gave an order to the Praetorian Guards, and the carriage drove very fast all the way, and five days later, Shen Bai returned to Mozhou.
The Praetorian Guards originally planned to rest in Mozhou for one night and then continue to Hanjing, but after entering the city, Shen Bai said that his chest was tight, and he felt very uncomfortable.
The Praetorian Guards didn't dare to joke with her body, so they immediately found an inn to stay and asked a doctor to come for treatment.
Shen Bai used a little trick to get the doctor to tell the Praetorian Guards that she was now unstable and restless, and she needed to recuperate for a few days, although the Praetorian Guards were suspicious, but they still followed the doctor's instructions and let Shen Bai stay in the inn.
There are fifteen thousand people from Yuanfeng County to Mozhou, and the sudden influx of so many people is not small for Mozhou.
Wei Xun transferred manpower from the lieutenant's camp to carve out a large piece of land at the foot of Beiheng Mountain and set up a camp tent to accommodate these people.
The canal was repaired, most of the river water was filled in the swamp, and according to Shen Bai's previous idea, all the volunteers who took the initiative to apply were given land next to the swamp, and the title deeds were distributed to them. The fields have also been cleared, and in another two years, you will be able to see the fields that are growing well.
The place at the foot of Beiheng Mountain has been blown up a lot, and the roadbed has begun to be built, which Shen Bai saw when he was sitting in the carriage.
Shen Bai recuperated in the inn for a day and did not go out, and the next night, there was a knock on the door, Shen Bai answered the call, the door was pushed open, and the master walked in, followed by a Xuanyin.
Shen Bai drank the medicine prescribed by the doctor to calm his mind, just stuffed the candied fruit into his mouth, and looked at the two with a smile.
The master was a little emotional, and bowed: "I have seen Lord Shen in my humble position." β
Xuanyin also wanted to salute, and Shen Bai said lightly: "No need to be polite, sit down." β
Master and Xuanyin nodded and sat down, looking at Shen Bai who wanted to speak and stopped, Shen Bai chewed the candied fruit and swallowed it, and said gently: "After I leave, Wei Xun will embarrass you?" β
Shen Bai guessed the point at once, and Xuanyin's eyes were red. Gritted his teeth and said: "The news that the fields can be divided is released, and there are more people who apply to repair the canal, Wei Xun saw that the canal will be repaired soon, and he was unwilling, and one night he actually let people secretly bury explosives and wanted to blow up the canal. was blown up. β
The master sighed and said: "As soon as this incident came out, Wei Xun packed up and returned to Hanjing with his family, I don't know if I want the wicked to sue first, and I will be entrusted by Lord Shen." Please forgive Lord Shen. β
After speaking, the master stood up and made a gesture at Shen Bai.
Shen Bai saw that his arm movements were a little unnatural, and asked with concern, "Master is injured?" β
Master nodded and said, "Wei Xun has already noticed that I have two hearts for him, and before leaving, he wanted to send someone to kill me, but fortunately, Lord Shen left the Praetorian Guards to protect him secretly, and he picked up a life from his humble position." β
This escape from death made the master completely awaken, and he was very grateful to Shen Bai between his words.
Xuanyin and Hu Mi have been in the land of wind and dust for many years, and the two have a deep friendship, and they are unwilling to let Hu Mi die in vain. Xuanyin lifted his clothes and knelt on the ground, and said firmly: "Lord Shen, Wei Xun should seek the help of the nobles in Beijing when he escapes to Hanjing, I am willing to go into Beijing with Lord Shen to expose his evil deeds, and ask Lord Shen to do the right thing for heaven!" β
The master also echoed: "Lord Shen is a good official, he was too stingy and narrow-minded before his humble position, and now he is willing to follow Lord Shen into Beijing to testify regardless of the remuneration and consequences." β
The two of them wanted to kill Wei Xun, but Shen Bai believed that what they said was true, and said lightly: "I won't return to Beijing for the time being, you guys should get up first." β
The master was puzzled. Curiously asked: "The canal has been repaired, and the road to Beihengshan has also begun to be built, is there anything else that Lord Shen has to do in Mozhou?" I heard that Young Master Shen invited a doctor yesterday, is it really unwell? β
Speaking of the back, the master's tone became concerned, Shen Bai shook his head and said: "My body is fine, it's just that there are too many people pouring in Mozhou, and I'm worried that something will go wrong, so I want to stay in Mozhou for a while longer, and leave after making sure that the situation is stable." β
This reason is also reasonable, the master said: "Lord Shen has bothered, but the inn is simple, and now Wei Xun's mansion is vacant, can Lord Shen go there to rest?" β
Shen Bai directly refused, saying, "No, it's good to live here." β
The master nodded, knowing that Shen Bai had always been very assertive, and he didn't say much, Xuanyin wanted to say something more, Shen Bai preemptively said: "Wei Xun didn't stop the canal from being repaired." Even if you go to Beijing and can't get any good fruit to eat, if no one in Beijing punishes him, I will also ask for his dog's life when I return to Beijing, and it doesn't hurt if you are willing to go back to Beijing with me to see the excitement. β
Hearing this, Xuanyin and Master's eyes lit up, and Xuanyin even slammed his head on the ground, and said gratefully: "The slave family Xie Shen for those who died in vain!" β
Shen Bai looked at Xuanyin with clear eyes, and said softly: "You have been freed from slavery, and you have divided the land, you don't have to call yourself a slave in the future, I have seen your performance these days, you are flexible and thoughtful, whether you are in business or doing something else, it will not be bad, I will give you another hundred taels of silver, and live a good life in the future." β
"It's already a great thing that Lord Shen helped us get out of slavery and divide the land, and Xuanyin never dared to ask Lord Shen for money again." Xuan Yin didn't want to refuse directly, his current life was already something he couldn't dream of, how could he ask for Shen Bai's money again?
Shen Bai said: "Let you take it, I think you can achieve great things, so I will give you the money, not to pity you, if you think you can't do it, then forget it." β
These words were a great affirmation for Xuanyin, he suddenly looked up at Shen Bai, his eyes flashed brightly, and after a while, he said: "Lord Xie Shen's trust, Xuanyin will definitely live up to the expectations of adults!" β
Shen Bai nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the master and said, "The master has been with Wei Xun for a long time, and he knows Mozhou and Yuanfeng County very well. It's just because I have no background and connections, so I have been subservient to Wei Xun all these years, and when I return to Beijing, I will persuade my father to recommend my master to take over the position of state capital, and my master may be competent? β
The master looked stunned, he never expected that Shen Bai would recommend him to take over the position of the state capital, but he didn't shirk like Xuanyin, after thinking for a moment, he nodded solemnly: "Lord Shen rest assured, I will do my best to benefit the people of Mozhou and serve the imperial court!" β
Ye Mingshan is right, Mozhou is the second line of defense of Zhaoling, Yuanfeng County is very important, Mozhou is also very important, and the people who are guarding here must be of the same heart as Zhaoling.
After talking about business, the master and Xuanyin left.
Shen Bai recuperated in the inn for three more days, and the Praetorian Guards, who were responsible for escorting her back to Beijing, saw that she ate well and slept soundly every day, and always went to the lobby to eat melon seeds and listen to people's stories, but she couldn't wait, so she urged her to return to Beijing.
Shen Bai shouted perfunctorily that his head hurt, and he refused to leave, the Praetorian Guards still wanted to say something, Shen Bai said lazily: "I heard that there is a blind eye on the street behind the inn, you invite him up to help me take a look, I think my illness is very strange, maybe there is something evil in the body." β
The Praetorian Guards were speechless, but they still followed Shen Bai's instructions to find someone.
After a while, the blind eye was carried upstairs.
The god was wearing clothes that had been patched with countless patches. It has passed the spring equinox, the weather is warm, the god is not dressed much, he carries a rag bag on his back, he is holding a half-person high bamboo stick in his hand, his eyes are closed, he is not panicked at all when he is taken to the house, he turns around in place with a bamboo stick, and then stops facing Shen Bai accurately, and says incomprehensibly: "The noble man is unstable, his soul is like a wandering, and he is like a ghost." But do you want a soul charm to suppress the shock? β
Shen Bai asked the Praetorian Guards to go out first, poured a cup of tea and put it on the table, and made a gesture of invitation to the gods.
The god stick walked straight over with a bamboo stick and sat down, picked up the teacup and took a sip like a normal person.
Shen Bai kept looking at him and found that he hadn't raised his eyelids from beginning to end, and it was impossible to peek at all.
Shen Bai's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and the god stick put down the tea and sighed unexpectedly.
Shen Bai asked, "I didn't do anything, what is the accident of Mr.?" β
The god counted two strokes in the void and said strangely, "You have two completely different forces in you, one that wants to drain your soul. One is helping you requiem, and although the purpose is different, there is no hostility towards you, which is really strange. β
Two powers?
Is this God true or is he false?
Shen Bai was unsure, hesitated for a moment, took out the silver found in the tent before and sent it to Shen Shuan, and asked, "One of the forces comes from the owner of this hair?" β
The hair was extremely thin, and Shen Shu still didn't open his eyes, so he directly reached out and grabbed the hair and twisted it gently, and then said, "This hair saved you before." If it weren't for it, your soul would be out of your body right now. β
Shen Bai's eyes widened slightly, if this god directly attached to her, she would still suspect that he was abducting her, but he said that this hair had saved her before, and Shen Bai was a little uncertain.
She asked tentatively, "Sir, do you know who is the one who wants to drain my soul?" β
Shen Xuan pinched his fingers and calculated, frowned, and gently inhaled cold air.
Shen Bai asked, "How?" β
God shook his head vigorously: "It's weird, it's weird, there is such a thing." β
These people have always been so talkative. Shen Bai was aroused by curiosity, and immediately asked, "What's the matter?" β
Shen Xuan put down his hand, grinned, and said with a greedy face, "The girl will buy me a soul talisman first, and then I'll tell the girl what to do next." β
Shen Bai deliberately used the man's voice as usual, this person didn't even look at her and saw through her daughter's body, even if she didn't really have the ability to calculate, her insight ability should not be underestimated.
Shen Bai took out a piece of silver and put it in front of the man, and asked, "Are these enough?" β
This time the gods didn't need to look at it, so they picked up the silver and checked it. Shaking his head, he said, "Not enough." β
Shen Bai took out two more ingots, put them all into the cloth bag, and then took out a dark yellow triangular talisman from it and put it on the table.
Shen Bai picked it up, and the moment his fingertips touched the talisman, he saw that there was a bright golden rune on it that flashed away, and there was a sting pain from an ant's bite on his fingertips, and then the silver hair instantly turned black and turned into ashes.
The change happened in an instant, Shen Bai couldn't explain this matter with common sense, she looked at Shensuan in surprise, Shensuan patted her cloth bag, and said faintly: "There is no rain in this year's rain festival, and the rain has not fallen after spring, the sky will be in a great drought, and disasters are coming, but how many people will be affected by this disaster all depend on the girl, think about it." β
Shen Bai stood up and wanted to catch up and ask for an understanding, but was blocked by an invisible force, and the voice of Shen Shu became ethereal and distant, he said: "Today's three ingots of silver from the girl is to have three chances with the girl, if the girl has any questions, it is not too late to ask next time." β
When the words fell, the god disappeared out of thin air, and the power also disappeared, Shen Bai rushed out of the room, and the Praetorian Guards guarding outside glanced at the room in surprise. Asked, "Young Master Shen, what's wrong?" β
There were people walking around outside, everyone looked as usual, and they didn't find anything abnormal, Shen Bai swept around, but didn't find the figure of the divine calculation, and looked down to see that the soul suppression talisman in his hand was gone, replaced by a red mole on the tip of his right index finger.
Shen Bai pressed his fingertips, it didn't hurt or itch, and he couldn't feel anything.
The god was brought upstairs by the Praetorian Guards himself, and now that there was no one in the house, the man asked vigilantly: "Young Master Shen, what about the god just now?" β
Shen Bai gathered his chaotic thoughts, and said lightly: "It's just a swaggering and deceitful warlock, and after I exposed it, he jumped out of the window and ran away, it's okay." β
The person jumped out of the window and ran, and you opened the door to chase it?
The Praetorian Guard thought something strange, but didn't ask much.
Shen Bai remembered what Shen Xuan said, hesitated for a moment and said, "You go to the city to inquire, since the beginning of spring." It has rained in Mozhou. β
"Yes."
The Praetorian Guards left, Shen Bai returned to the room and sat down, looked at the empty teacup in front of him, and bent his hand to knock on the table for a while.
Disappearing out of thin air and perceiving the world, this is not the ability that ordinary people should have, is there really a master of the world who can control the fate of everyone?
But that person reminded her that there would be a drought this year, and gave her a soul charm to help calm her nerves, and it looked like he was on her side, are all the masters in the world so idle? Or is he too bored to play with everyone and enjoy a good show?
These things were beyond Shen Bai's imagination. She really couldn't figure it out, so she simply lay down on the bed to catch up on sleep.
But it was said that the blind eye was counted as an instant from the inn where Shen Bai was to the outside of Mozhou City, and he walked forward like an ordinary person with a bamboo stick, but the direction was towards Yuanfeng County.
Not far away, he felt a familiar cold breath, and subconsciously wanted to escape, but found that his body could not move, and the man walked behind him.
"You just went to find her?"
The man asked, his voice hoarse and cold, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was full of bloody slaughter. Shenshuan's body stiffened slightly, but he quickly relaxed, and said lightly: "I just came to find my eyes." β
The man's hands were on his neck, calloused and rough against his skin, and then without hesitation, they tightened and grabbed his neck bone.
Shensuan's eyes widened slightly, and before he could make a sound, his neck bone was pinched off with a click.
The man let go, and the body of the god fell limply to the ground.
The man looked down at the corpse at his feet, his eyes flashing with pity.
And let him escape.
"Ahh Murder, murder! β
Passers-by shouted in horror, the murderer looked at him in a black cloak, the pedestrian fainted in fright, the murderer lowered his head, and grabbed the corpse lightly in the void with his big palm, and the corpse scattered into sand like a weathered stone, disappeared, and then he disappeared out of thin air.
The breeze was blowing, and no one knew what had just happened here.
The Praetorian Guard went to the city to inquire and soon returned, just as the god had said. After the beginning of spring, there has never been a drop of rain in Mozhou, this year's spring ploughing, everyone is going to the Beitong River to carry water for irrigation, after the canal is built, the swamp also has water, but it is a lot more convenient.
The spring ploughing was not delayed, although it was a little tired, and the people in the city only complained a little about the fact that it did not rain, and did not care too much.
Shen Bai touched his chin and kept thinking in the house, since the founding of Zhaoling, the Beitong River has not been cut off, as long as there is still water in the Beitong River, no matter how big the drought is, there will be no big chaos in Mozhou.
God calculates that the disaster is coming, this disaster should not fall in Mozhou, then it should be?? Yuanfeng County!
The hand on the table clenched into a fist, and Shen Bai immediately led people out of the city and went straight to the Mozhou Captain's Camp.
She had never figured out how Yuexi had chosen to launch an attack on Yuanfeng County in late spring and kill Zhenguo Gong, but now she suddenly understood that it was because of this drought!
The border pass is thousands of miles away from Beijing, in addition to the warehouse of the imperial court, only the army has a grain cantonment, if the imperial court's disaster relief food is too late to allot, the town will inevitably order the grain in the first commander to be released to relieve the victims.
Yuanfeng County and Yuexi are located in the hills, there has been no rain after the beginning of spring, spring ploughing must not be carried out, the people of Yuanfeng County can still rely on the army to support the grain, and Yuexi?? can only be forced to take risks to grab food.
But in the previous life, no one reported to the imperial court that there was a drought in Yuanfeng County, and there must be ghosts among them!
Outside the lieutenant's barracks. Shen Bai directly lit up the Qin Chajin Order, and the guards hurriedly took her to see the captain Qian Botian, Qian Botian was practicing in the school field, and he was very surprised to see Shen Bai coming, so he took Shen Bai to his camp first.
Qian Botian asked the guards to bring hot tea in, and said politely: "There is no good tea in the army, and I don't know what Lord Shen likes to drink, so Lord Shen will just take it." β
"I'm not here for tea today." Shen Bai looked serious and asked straight to the point: "I want to ask Lord Lieutenant, how much grain is still in the camp." β
Whether it is temporary or national peace and security, grain and grass in the army are the top priority, and outsiders cannot know how much grain and grass is left, let alone where the grain is stored.
Qian Botian put down the teacup and reminded solemnly: "Although Lord Shen is a Qincha, the grain and grass in the army are not Lord Shen's business, and Lord Shen has overstepped the rules." β
Shen Bai was not flustered, smiled slightly, and said, "I just kindly came to remind the captain of the school, not to deliberately listen to anything, it seems." The captain didn't know that there was an imminent drought in Mozhou. β
Qian Botian's expression was grim, and he frowned and asked, "Why did Lord Shen say this?" β
Shen Bai blinked and asked, "Didn't Lord Captain find out that it hasn't rained in Mozhou since the beginning of spring?" β
Qian Botian has been staying in Mozhou, so he naturally knows that there has been no rain since the beginning of spring, but he is a martial artist, and he only thinks about military training, and he doesn't know how much impact no rain will have on farming.
He summoned his henchmen to inquire, and he didn't hear the people's complaints and bad rumors in the city, so he felt that Shen Bai was too fussful, and seeing that Shen Bai was young, he took out the posture of an elder and said to Shen Bai: "Lord Shen lives in Beijing, I don't know how changeable the weather in Mozhou is, and it rained in Mozhou for a month last year. β
Shen Bai nodded, did not argue with Qian Botian, and said: "Mozhou has the Beitong River, and water can be taken for irrigation at any time, even if this year's grain production is affected, the people can still live by storing grain, but if the same is the case in Yuanfeng County after Beiheng Mountain, can the captain know what will happen?" β
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