Chapter 1 Before Returning to Beijing
Chapter 1 Before Returning to Beijing
The holy decree is written like this: Xu Qing was an official in Cangzhou, he was very good, and he handled the disaster well. Now, according to the decision of the Central Committee, it has been decided to promote Comrade Xu Qing to serve in the Central Committee, shine on a larger platform, and contribute to the road to glory of the Tang Dynasty. The specific positions and matters will be discussed after Comrade Xu Qing arrives, and Xu Qing will be asked to return to Chang'an before March next year.
The emperor said well, everyone applauded, and that's it.
After receiving the holy decree, Xu Qing was silent.
Since he was transferred from this assassination history, it was usually an order sent by the successor, but now, it was sent by a eunuch, and there was no shadow of the successor. What does that mean? Cangzhou has no other driver, is there a long history, only the history of the thorn, now that the history of the thorn has been transferred, who will manage the affairs of Cangzhou?
Although Xu Qing didn't do much when he was there, he still asked the eunuch with a cheeky face: "Father-in-law, can't this Cangzhou be without a seal official for a day?" β
The eunuch said gloomily: "Lord Xu, the emperor whispered to me, let you watch it yourself." β
"This ......" Xu Qing touched his sleeve and took some silver back: "Thank you father-in-law for passing on the holy voice." β
The eunuch smiled and said meaningfully: "Hahaha, Lord Xu has a great future......
Xu Qing told the three daughters that they were all surprised, and asked Xu Qing who would take over the history of Cangzhou Thorns. Xu Qing didn't think about it for a while, but Huang Shimei had a flash of inspiration and reminded Xu Qing, is it that blank holy decree to let Brother Xu choose your successor?
Oh!
Xu Qing patted his head and forgot about this magic weapon! Thinking about it again, no, the old man Li Yuan is calculating me! That blank holy decree was used by me to save my life, and now I have to use it up in Cangzhou!
However, Xu Qing didn't have time to scold Li Yuan, and suddenly felt that his two ears were about to be torn off. It's cracked. Xiaoyue and Xun Xue'er both scolded: "The surname is Xu, what kind of holy decree, why does Shimei know that we don't know?" β
Xu Qing hurriedly begged for mercy, Xun Xue'er Xiaoyue let go of her ears, and he explained: "At the beginning, Shimei was not our family, and I used this as a bargaining chip when I talked about business with her!" β
"Then why didn't you tell us?" The second daughter was angry, obviously unwilling to let Xu Qing go easily: "Say! How many things are still hidden from us? β
"Oh, my aunt, it's gone, you look at the matter of the holy decree, even I can't remember it clearly, I didn't mean to hide ......it from you," Xu Qing stroked the second daughter's pretty back: "Xue'er, don't be angry, hurt the milk, it's not good for Wen'er, Xiaoyue, you are not angry, it's bad for pregnancy,"
The second daughter snorted coldly and calmed down, listening to Xu Qing continue: "No matter what, I must go back to Chang'an." Prepare early, and we'll be out in ten days. β
"So early? Aren't there still a few months left? β
"Hehe, the mountain people have their own set of arrangements," Xu Qing said: "Since we got married, we haven't spent our honeymoon yet!" This time, we're going to have a big loop ......."
"Don't want to go ......"
"It's boring......"
"You're going alone, aren't you?"
"Uh," Xu Qing said dumbly, and then said: "I'm going to take you to visit romantic Suzhou and Hangzhou, and then go to Huguang and Jiangxi, in fact, I especially like Bashu and Longxi County, which has Hu people." β
Xu Qing spoke in a tour guide tone and said with emotion about the scenic spots in various places for an hour, and then the three girls finally said emotionally:
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, let's marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, you say go play, I'll go play with you."
Xu Qing smiled brightly, and wrote several letters to Zhao Luyan Ku and others, and the next candidate for the Cangzhou Assassin History must be selected from them.
In this gap, Xu Qing began to pack his things, thinking about the things in the treasury of the Assassin Mansion that could be loaded in a few carriages. You also have to think about whether you should take a little money from the treasury, and how much is appropriate. There is no way, Cangzhou Silver Treasury is like a silver mountain that is unguarded, and it depends on Xu Qing how much he wants. It's hard to say.
When I was cleaning up the study, there was a crisp sound of "clang", and the strange fragments suddenly rolled out. Xu Qing was in a trance, oh, this thing, I forgot about it after the disaster victims came, and I didn't remember it later.
The last time he fell into a nightmare, it was possible that this piece was at work, Xu Qing didn't dare to pick it up recklessly, and separated it with paper, although it may not be useful, but it is better than nothing. I picked it up and looked at it for a while, but nothing unusual happened.
Xu Qing remembered one more thing, there seemed to be something similar to a strange fragment in the cave where Huang Shimei had been hiding before. I've always wanted to see what happened, but I was forgotten by a bunch of chores.
I'm going to leave Cangzhou now, and if I don't go to see it, maybe I won't have a chance. So he invited Huang Shimei, took a few personal soldiers, and went out to find a cave in casual clothes.
Spring and Autumn have changed greatly, this day the road is no longer as lush and green as it was at the beginning, looking up, there are no people in the empty mountains, and no leaves in the jungle. If Huang Shimei hadn't recognized the way, Xu Qing would definitely not have been able to find this place alone.
The pavilion, still standing at the foot of the mountain, was lonely and abrupt.
When the two of them saw this, they couldn't help but smile at each other, the two of them were very sacrificing their lives here.
"Brother Xu, how can you find such a big mountain?" Huang Shimei grabbed the horse's head and bolted it to the pillar of the pavilion.
"It's a good fate, I can't remember it now." Xu Qing shook his head, also helpless. But he had a vague feeling that the things in the cave had something to do with the strange fragment he had in his hand.
Huang Shimei sighed and said, "Alas, I don't know what you're doing here......
Xu Qing smiled bitterly at all his secrets, including the dark river, including the fire. guns, he didn't hide anything from the three girls. But his identity, from a soul more than a thousand years later, he would never reveal this to anyone.
Perhaps, maybe one day when he is about to leave this world, he will tell all his secrets to his chosen successor. But now, no one wants to know. That weird fragment, naturally, can't be talked about with others.
Huang Shimei's eyes when she looked at Xu Qing were unprecedentedly confused, profound, and a little ruthless, even terrifying. She lowered her head and stopped asking, leaving one person to watch the horse, and lowered her head and followed Xu Qing into the forest.
"Hmm...... Here, look at the hill where we sheltered from the rain of arrows. β
"That's right, it's here, it's that mountain road, go over and take a look......"
"Stop, we should have fallen when we fled here, there is a big banyan tree here."
"At this rate, it should be possible to find it today."
"Let's see your luck!"
With the very broken memories in their hearts, Xu Qing and Huang Shimei groped their way forward. If you don't go fast, it's not as good as when you were dying. But even so, Xu Qing was so tired that he was out of breath.
"Everyone, stop, rest here......" Huang Shimei saw that Xu Qing's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and told everyone to stop. Xu Qing looked at the sky, it was very early, so he sat down and drank water.
The pro-soldiers also took a sip of water, but instead of sitting down, they dispersed one after another, looking for a high place to stand guard.
"Brother Xu, come and eat a piece of jerky......" Huang Shimei tricked and took out a two-finger-wide piece of beef jerky from her clothes, and Xu Qing took it with a smile. It is not certain that the cave can be found or not, so it is better to come out to play and climb the mountain. So I let go of my knot, laughed with Huang Shimei, ate dried meat, and looked at the scenery in the mountains. He wanted to ask for more for his own soldiers, but Huang Shimei pouted and refused.
After resting for a while, Xu Qing stood up, patted the ash on his buttocks, and shouted to his soldiers: "Come here, look for it again, if you can't find it, go down the mountain and go back." β
But at this moment, a sudden change occurred, and a personal soldier on Xu Qing's left suddenly let out a frightened scream. Whoosh, the rest of the soldiers quickly returned to Xu Qing's side, and slowly moved closer to the place where the accident occurred.
Xu Qing also touched the gun in his sleeve and taught Huang Shimei to prepare with a gun as well.
Before everyone could figure it out, the man shouted again: "Quick, quick, come and save me, there's a big snake here!" β
Listening to the voice, it seemed that something was pressing down on the ribcage, and it seemed hoarse. Xu Qing was shocked, the big snake that can entangle people, how big does it have to be, I used to watch pythons on TV, wasn't it all in the tropics!
Everyone saw the situation clearly, without him, it was really a big snake, no, it was a giant snake!
The giant snake markings are of flower color, and there must be a thick vegetable bowl, and at this time it has already entangled the pro-soldier without leaking a little gap, and the python's muscles are bulging, which is very powerful.
A huge snake head was swallowing its tongue at the head of the soldier, it must have just swallowed a little, and it spit out again when so many people came. After all, the giant snake was an animal, and he was reluctant to put down the lunch in his hand for a while, and he was afraid that everyone would do something to him.
Seeing that the soldiers had passed out, Xu Qingxin was ruthless and said to everyone: "Kill the snake first, otherwise you will be in trouble!" β
Xu Qing knew that it would take most of the physical strength for the python to launch an attack, and now was a good time to kill it. If he recovers, Xu Qing will definitely have to kill and injure a few more people. As long as the snake is dead, even if the pro-soldier is injured by mistake, but Xu Qing is here, people will be saved.
When everyone listened to the order, they were also in their hearts, and they first took out * and sent a round, and then drew their knives and flew over.
The serpent was hit by a crossbow arrow and suffered a lot of pain, but it was reluctant to let go of its own soldiers, and now it knew that it had to hurry to meet the enemy. But before it could be released, the people on Xu Qing's side had already arrived first.
Fortunately, the soldiers were not old-fashioned, and did not go to find the "seven inches of the snake", and when they picked up the knife, they slashed indiscriminately, and the giant snake was cut to the flesh and skin. Where did a giant open his mouth and let out a terrifying breath.
The serpent let go of the entangled man and opened its mouth to bite the crowd. The crowd was also frightened, took a few steps back, and confronted the giant snake. But at this time, the giant snake twisted its body like lightning and turned its head to escape.
If you don't die, you will have endless troubles.
Xu Qing ordered to chase!
The snake was injured, and after a "flash", it had no follow-up power, and naturally could not escape the siege of everyone. Seeing that it was not possible to escape, the giant snake made another terrifying breath and made a "hiss~".
When he turned around and confronted everyone again, he was covered with blood, which looked particularly terrifying.
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Some people say that the online literature league is about to start, do I want to open a new book with this eunuch? ~( Μβ½ Μ~)~γManual Funnyγ