Chapter 50: The Prophecy of the County Government
"Nian'er, come here!" A gentle female voice came. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
She beckoned in my direction, a smile on her brow.
"Are you calling me?" I muttered quietly, confused.
Suddenly, a little boy of five or six years old passed through my body: "Mother~"
The woman hugged the child, gently pinched his face and said, "Playing crazy all day, has Mr. Li completed the homework he assigned?" ā
The boy pouted, just wanting to be coquettish. The woman stood up and said to a middle-aged woman in the back, "Mother Wu, you take Nian'er to the study to practice calligraphy." The lord is now looking for me to go to the hall to discuss something. ā
"Yes!"
The boy didn't want to say anything, but when he saw his mother's serious face and not in the slightest good mood, he lowered his head and followed the middle-aged woman towards me.
Oh, my God! This boy looks exactly like I did when I was a child. What's going on! These eyebrows, these eyes, this face shape, too similar!
I really couldn't see any difference between him and me, except that he was wearing a brightly colored robe and a long braid behind him.
However, they can't seem to see me, and I seem to be just a soul.
The woman walked in a hurry with her two maids, her brows furrowed, not knowing what she was thinking.
The furnishings in the hall are extremely simple, with a Taishi chair in the middle and three pear blossom wood chairs on both sides.
The county order's temples were like frost, and he kept smoking his cigarette pouch without saying a word.
To his right sat an old man with gray hair, dressed in a Taoist robe, carrying a long peachwood sword behind his back and a purple gourd tied around his waist.
"Madame, you are here, sit down. This is what I often talk to you about, my savior, Xie Senior. As soon as the county magistrate saw that Mrs. had come, his eyes lit up, and he changed the decadent trend just now.
"It turned out that Engong Xian traveled here, and in a hurry, I hope to forgive me for the inadequate hospitality."
"Mrs. County Ling was polite and very well entertained. Sit down! ā
"Mrs. County Ling is called by outsiders, and Xie Senior is a life-saving grace for us, so she is naturally her own person. If you don't dislike it, you can call him by his first name. ā
During the greetings, I knew that the county magistrate's name was Chen Hao, and the woman's name was Chen Rong.
"Xuanyi, you should know what I'm here for!"
"Engong, you have already told me in the letter, but this matter is too much to do. If your prophecy is wrong, I may be beheaded! ā
Hearing the county order say this, Chen's face turned white, and she stammered a little and said, "Husband, what the hell is going on?" ā
"Madame, please look at this!" The county magistrate took out a crumpled piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Chen.
I walked quickly behind me and saw the letter read:
[Xuan Yixian's nephew, I haven't seen him for ten years since the last goodbye. Today's letter should share the feelings of the past. However, there are 100,000 urgent things to conspire with you.
I heard that you are Sicheng County Order, in any ten years, to benefit one party. When I heard this, I was very relieved.
Today, there is a catastrophe in Sizhou, the Yellow River is rising, and there is a tendency to burst the embankment. However, the smell of blood in the river is getting worse and worse, and it is not like an ordinary flood, and I am afraid that there is a lot of hidden feelings.
My heart is uneasy, and I forcibly follow the way of Zhou Yi. Hexagram: Si Shui's anger, Sicheng fell to grace, so Xuan Yi was advised to issue a notice to dismiss the people in the city......]
I haven't finished reading it yet, Chen has already finished reading it, she folded the letter again, held it in her hand and said to the old man: "I often hear my husband say that Mr. is powerful and half an immortal. Back then, Xuan Yi avenged the people's grievances and beheaded Li Yuanwai's son. Later, a foreign hired murderer killed her husband, and it was your old relatives who went to the secluded mansion to rescue your husband. The lives of our husband and wife were saved by my husband, and we should have followed his instructions, but it was not easy to send all the people of the city away. ā
"Alas, I also know, but you are the county commander, and with the help of the government, you have been able to save thousands of people." Hearing Chen's promise, the old man was overjoyed.
"Since the gentleman has spoken, my husband and I will definitely follow it, but if this notice is really according to what the gentleman said, it will be posted. If some learned scholars in the city asked: My Sicheng is not the city closest to the Yellow River, and there is no movement in Hongcheng and Sucheng in the north, why did I flee from Sicheng? How do I reply, please sir for advice. Chen said as he knocked on the table.
I have to admire this woman, very smart. First agreed, and then said something unreasonable under the guise of others.
The old man smiled slightly, stroked his beard and said, "If it is really a simple natural disaster, the imperial court will notify you." Even if the imperial court did not inform them, the first to be submerged would be Hongcheng and Sucheng in the north. But this time it's not a natural disaster, but someone wants to use human sacrifice to gain some kind of powerful power......"
"May I assume that these are just speculations on the part of the gentleman?" Chen stood up, still maintaining the same expression he had when he first entered.
"This is something that is about to happen, not speculation! In a few days, Sicheng will cease to exist. It is no longer possible to stop the demonic actions of the people behind it, but it can save more innocent people. ā
"Sir, I must have been hungry when I first came to Sicheng. I have already instructed the kitchen to prepare more wine and food for my husband to wash the dust tonight. Chen deliberately diverted the topic, and it seemed that she did not believe what the old man said at all.
I am a person who has come from the past and know that the ancient city of Sicheng suddenly and mysteriously disappeared in history. The current S city is just a new city without cultural precipitation.
But for the people of the time, Chen's approach was undoubtedly the right one.
"Since you don't believe me, then I'll take my leave!" With that, the old man stood up.
"Sir, you finally came here, why do you have to leave again."
I'm stupid, I really can't tell whether the Chen family wants to keep Senior Xie or drive him away. However, he could see that Mr. Xie had made up his mind, he smiled bitterly and waved his hand, and disappeared without a trace.
"Thanks to Madame, otherwise I really don't know how to refuse Engong." The county magistrate looked a little excited, and held Chen's hand tightly.
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"Wake up, it's time for the boy!" The hoarse voice came again, and it was still pitch black all around.
A square light appears above the dungeon.
"Bang!" With a bang, a bag of things was thrown in from above, and Zhao Famin quickly crawled to him.
"Great! I gave a candle today, so I guess today's food shouldn't be too bad! ā
"Well, did the two have anything to do before?"
"Every time they sell an organ, they will show kindness and cook a good meal for everyone in the dungeon; And then give us a candle and give us some light, and they're not bad, are they? Zhao Famin's words were a little excited, and even a little grateful.
What else can I say about this typical Stockholm syndrome?
"You just said every dungeon? Are there still a lot of dungeons here? ā
"Of course, we're just one of them!"
Zhao Famin lit the candle with some excitement, and under the candlelight, I finally saw the appearance of this person.
His face was pale, a little abnormally white, he must have not seen the sun for a long time.
There weren't a few taels of flesh left on his body, and I could even count how many bones he had.