At noon the next day, a luxurious carriage, escorted by hundreds of Praetorian Guards, swaggered into Lin County.

Lu Tingxiu led all the subordinate officials and the squires of Lin County to greet the holy decree at the gate of the county yamen.

The orchid finger poked out, slowly lifted the sedan curtain, and the man in the purple robe embroidered with the eunuch uniform bent down and walked out.

The man was over forty years old, with a round face and no temples slightly white, holding a splendid handkerchief in his hand, standing proudly on the wooden ladder driven by the carriage and horses, looking around at everyone, "The holy decree has arrived." ”

The duck voice, sharp and long.

Lu Tingxiu and the others knelt down to greet the order.

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and said, Linxian is an important gateway to the southwest of my Min Dynasty, in order to protect the territory of the imperial court from the invasion of the enemy, and the people live and recuperate in peace, now the county order of Linxian County from now on, levy all the people to build a post road, open up the southwest in half a year, and the heavy grain and grass can be successfully cleared......"

In short, the emperor ordered the magistrate of Linxian County to levy labor to build a post road, break through many natural dangers and obstacles, and the imperial court waved its army straight out of Xiguan, which could thwart the barbarians to the south, and bypass the Tianshan Mountains to deter the three counties in the north, and completely eradicate the border troubles.

After receiving the holy decree, Lu Tingxiu welcomed Gonggong Gao to the inner office, and a group of subordinate officials followed closely behind.

Gonggong Gao paused, turned around and pinched his voice and said, "Wait and retreat first, the Holy Lord still has a message for our family to bring to Lu Zhixian." ”

The subordinate officials were terrified and did not dare to disturb it anymore.

After entering the inner office, Gao Gonggong closed the door with his backhand, and looked at Lu Tingxiu back and forth, "Tut-tut, yo-yo, little Luzi, our family has only been seen for a few months, I didn't expect you to be reborn, it seems that the water in Linxian County is really nourishing, our family almost didn't recognize you just now." ”

Gao Gonggong was the emperor's personal eunuch, and Lu Tingxiu was the emperor's companion, and the two were naturally old acquaintances after more than ten years of getting along.

Unexpectedly, Lu Tingxiu, who used to be weak and supported by willows, is now masculine and steep.

"Gao Gonggong praised it falsely." Lu Tingxiu invited him to sit down and served hot tea, "I don't know what the emperor has to trust?" ”

"The emperor said that the chessboard has been prepared for you, and it depends on how you land. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you don't want to miss. ”

The new emperor ascended the throne, surrounded by jackals, tigers and leopards, and the emperor was struggling.

"Thank the emperor for his love."

Lin County is not peaceful, and Gao Gonggong did not stay in the inner office for much, so as not to attract suspicion to the county order.

After a hurried lunch and a short rest, he was sent by the officials and gentry of Lin County, and told Lu Tingxiu in public that the construction of the post road must not be slackened.

The front foot sent off the high father-in-law, and Lu Tingxiu summoned the subordinate officials on the back foot to put the post road construction on the agenda.

More than 300 miles of post road, all of which are steep mountains and steep mountains, dangerous rivers and rapids, in just half a year of construction, to open the road in the mountains and meet the water to build a bridge, it is simply difficult to climb to the sky.

For a while, all the subordinate officials bowed their heads and were silent.

Turtles with shrunken heads, Lu Tingxiu directly named them, "Master Yang, what do you think?" ”

Master Yang's face was embarrassed, "Lord Huilu, there are not many people in our county, plus there are many disasters and difficulties this year, there are landslides in the front, and there are droughts in the back. Moreover, even if they are levied, the number of people is far from enough. It is said that it was built by 10,000 people, the construction period is short and the task is heavy, and I am afraid that 20,000 people may not be enough. ”

All the subordinate officials echoed, "Yes, yes." ”

Lu Tingxiu looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "So, we won't do anything, wait for the construction to be overdue, and the emperor will come up and cut off my head?" I'm not afraid of someone losing my head, but you will also be guilty of slackness and dereliction of duty, and you will accompany me to lose your head. ”

"This ......," the subordinates feared, "how is this good?" ”

When the sky fell, there was a tall man on top, and Master Yang was not afraid of boiling water, "Lord Lu, I will issue a notice later, and all men of appropriate age in Lin County, regardless of whether they have reported for labor or not, must go to the front line to build post roads." ”

Repeated servitude will only cause resentment among the people, and if the men in the prime of life have gone to servitude, what will happen to the harvest in the field?

Good Yang master book, and kicked the ball back.

Fortunately, the fortifications are urgent, and the appropriation of the imperial court is not too picky, otherwise Lu Tingxiu would really call the heavens and the earth ineffective.

Lu Tingxiu glanced at Master Yang, "Those who have not served hard labor must serve, as for those who have served, it is all voluntary, if we are willing to come, we will not give wage subsidies, or will we be exempted from labor next year." ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Xu Mingliang again, "There are thousands of prisoners in prison, except for the most heinous crimes, all of them are sent to repair the post road, and those who obey the discipline and work hard during the period can have their sentences commuted at their discretion." ”

He thought for a moment and made a decision directly, "We will recruit the rest directly, and if the local recruitment is not enough, we will go to other places to recruit." In short, no matter what method is used, the construction period must not be delayed. ”

A decisive decision, all the subordinate officials were embarrassed. Since he already has an idea, he is still acting like this, obviously not giving them the steps.

The recruitment announcement was soon posted all over the streets and alleys and distributed to all villages and towns.

The officials hurried to other counties to coordinate recruitment.

In the evening, Wei Ge rushed back, and the tea stall that Wu Ze said did exist. He secretly monitored for a long time, and the tea stall husband and wife picked out lonely or unsuspecting passers-by to attack, and directly drugged the tea.

In order not to startle the snake, Wei Ge did not show up but rushed back directly to report.

Lu Tingxiu was silent for a moment, "Don't touch them, just send the officials to interrogate." ”

Wei Ge didn't understand, but didn't ask much.

******

The dungeon is dark and damp, and it is impossible to distinguish between day and night.

Two steamed buns a day that are harder than stones, so that they do not starve to death but also languishing. Those who are locked up in prison are either sick or mentally tortured and collapsed.

Just like in previous lives, the Miao people would catch a few people out of the dungeon every day.

Those who went out never returned, and those who were not taken away were secretly glad that they had escaped, and they were worried about tomorrow.

After a few days, many people have gone out of order.

On the third day, the iron gates were wide open, all the cells were opened, and a new batch of piglets came in.

In the iron cage where Xia Qiu was, more than a dozen piglets came in, and the already not spacious space was even more crowded.

An unkempt obese man squeezed around Xia Qiu and sat down, "Are you a pig?" Why didn't you run away? ”

Xia Qiu was stunned, but she didn't expect Jinhua to come in. No, she can run away with her skills.

In the summer and autumn at that time, after several days of devastation, the pockmarks on his face had already fallen. The cloak was filthy and smelly, and the golden flower could still be recognized.

"Where's Hua Shao?" Summer and autumn were surprised.

"I really don't know what kind of ecstasy soup you poured into my young master, I have to come to you alive or dead." Jinhua is good at tracking and soon follows, but it is still a step too late.

The cliff was too wide and her body was too heavy, and she couldn't cross the cliff with her light skills, so she could only be caught again in disguise as a man, and then she successfully blended in.

Along the way, Jinhua had to be lucky, fortunately she didn't break through, otherwise she wouldn't even know how she died.

If you come in, you can get out?

Even if you escape from the dungeon, what about the traps, snakes and beasts outside?

Knowing that Hua Ting even risked his life to save her, Xia Qiu had mixed feelings in his heart, Hua Ting was really a big fool.

This is the Feng family, the ancestor of the Thousand Poisons Gu, which is far more dangerous than the sword light and sword shadow outside, and any ant here can kill you without knowing it.

She may still have a way to get out alone, but now that she has more golden flowers, it is even more tricky. But everyone has come in, so they can only beg for God's blessing.