The canopy of the sky gradually changed from pitch black to deep blue, and a touch of fish belly white floated at the end of the sky.

The days are long in summer, and it won't be long before the sky will be bright.

At this time, Jinling Mansion was very hot, and there was not even a trace of wind, and some people had already gotten up early to fetch water.

Not all the people of Jinling eat the water of the Qinhuai River or the big river, there are still many wells in Jinling Mansion, usually more than a dozen households share a well, usually queue up to fetch water, so sometimes they will rush early in the morning.

At this time, many people were gathered in front of the well and discussed, and when the people who came after saw it, they came forward, and saw a strange fish in the water of the well that was brought out of the well, and its whole body was pitch black, and it had four limbs, like a four-legged snake, and like a toad, and its skin was full of pimples, and it was a little disgusting and oozing.

At this moment, a Qingluan guard rushed with a knife on his shoulder, and a small flag was planted behind him, which startled these people and dispersed one after another.

This Qingluanwei came to the well, looked at the bucket, couldn't take a breath, and said loudly: "The county government has an order, there are thieves who poison the well in the city, temporarily close the well, and it is not allowed to use it!" ”

Jinling Mansion is a trinity, which is both a state city and a government city, and there is a attached Guo County under the government city. In other words, the county government, the government office, the government envoy yamen, the governor's yamen, and the governor's yamen were all in the same city. That is to say, the prefect and the prefect, the political envoy, the governor, and the governor are in the same city.

There is a saying in officialdom, called: If you were not good in the past life, you will know the county in this life; In the previous life, he did evil, and the county was attached to Guo; The evil is full of evil, attached to Guozhou City. Other counties are Baili Hou, but Guo Zhixian is like a servant, tending to be handsome, providing hundreds of millions of dollars, tired of running for his life, and people in the officialdom think that it is too difficult to attach Guo County's order and should not be. That's why it is said that only those who have done evil in their previous lives should be attached to the Guo County Order, this is retribution, there are many evils, and the retribution is also heavy.

At this time, when dealing with the small people, the county government was asked to come forward, so Qingluanwei passed on the order of the county government.

When the people heard this, they were frightened again, and there was a lot of discussion, and one of the elders asked, "Dare to ask this superior, when will we be able to use water?" We can't go without drinking water all the time, just this well, we are far away from the water hall. ”

Qing Luanwei replied: "The water in the water hall is not available for the time being, and when the Taoist elders come to purify the water, they say that it can be used, then it will be fine." ”

As he spoke, Qingluanwei took out two seals of the yamen and pasted them above the wellhead, forming a "乂" character, and posted a notice that had already been prepared on the wall not far away.

After doing this, Qingluanwei went in another direction without stopping.

The people gathered in front of the notice, and those who were literate stood up and read it aloud.

Speaking of which, this is also the merit of this dynasty, there are more than ten times more literate people than in the previous dynasty, basically everyone can write their own name, can understand ten numbers, and it is enough for daily life.

After more than half an hour, two sweaty Taoist priests ran over, with large and small satchels on their bodies, wooden boxes in their hands, and large boxes similar to scholars' bookboxes behind them, looked at the seals on the well, stopped, put down the large and small boxes, took out talismans and various bottles and jars from them, and began to prepare to purify the curse of the Zhiming Sect.

It's not a day or two that the Daomen and the Zhiming Sect are enemies, and there are ways to crack many of the methods of the Zhiming Sect. This is also the duty of the Taoist sect, otherwise how can the Taoist priests be respected, and what status is transcendent and hold power, that is, they must be able to stand up and protect the safety of the party at a critical time.

It's just that Jinling Mansion has been peaceful for a long time, and there are too many Taoist priests in the flower garden, but this time it suddenly encounters an accident, but it is inevitable that they will be in a hurry, whether it is a high-grade Taoist priest who is responsible for dispatching and commanding above, or a low-grade Taoist priest who is responsible for specific actions below, they will inevitably make mistakes in their busyness, and there is no shortage of people who are sneaking fish.

For Gangnam Province, the old town is okay, it is very well organized, and the situation is easy to figure out. The difficulty is in shantytowns and other places, where there are already a mixture of fish and dragons, in addition to the complex composition of personnel, the environment and terrain are also very complicated, even the officials and Qingluan guards who have intersections with all forces, it is also difficult to explain.

Fortunately in the misfortune, Li Mingcheng transferred a large number of Beichen Hall spirit officials into the shantytown, nominally to arrest the beggar gang, which was considered a crooked beating, but indirectly maintained the situation here, and did not become the worst situation.

But even so, the situation is not optimistic.

In a low and messy shanty town in the outer city, a man is fetching water, this well is very simple, there is not even a wheel, can only be slowly lifted up with both hands, without strength can really do the work of fetching water. But even so, it is still much less laborious than going to the Qinhuai River to carry water.

It is precisely because this well is so simple that even the Soldiers and Horses Command Division does not know about its existence, and no one comes to put a seal on it.

After a while, the man finally brought up the barrel and rested it on the edge of the well.

At that moment, a strange fish with wings jumped out of the barrel and bit the man's shoulder.

The man screamed miserably, stretched out his hand and tore off the strange fish, but he didn't want the strange fish to have a sharp tooth, and tore off a piece of the man's flesh and blood, and the wound was neutral and flowed black blood.

At this time, on a street in the old city, two soldiers of the Soldiers and Horses Command Division were priing open the stone slabs above the culverts on both sides of the street, and two Taoist priests were standing not far away, although it was early in the morning, but there was also a bit of summer heat, these two Taoist priests were not cultivated enough, sweat could not help but flow down from their foreheads, and they couldn't help but use their sleeves as fans, and suddenly fan the wind.

A Taoist priest said, "Oh my God, I've heard that other places are reinforcing dikes to prevent flooding. It's good that we don't have wind or rain here, but it's really two days. That's it, last night's fire, the real martial arts temple burned to the ground, and this morning there was a demon again, what kind of world. ”

Another Taoist priest said softly: "Shut your stinky mouth, what kind of world?" Of course, it's the way of the peaceful world, which makes people hear, if there is any mess today, you and I are indispensable among the people who are scolded. ”

The soldiers of the two soldiers and horses command department were also muttering quietly, they were not authentic men in black, they belonged to the ranks of the auxiliaries, and were responsible for transporting grain and grass, digging fortifications, and various chores during wartime, and one of their duties in peacetime was to dredge ditches. The sewers of Jinling Mansion are very huge, divided into culverts and open channels, intricate, the specific atlas is in the hands of the Soldiers and Horses Command Division, early this morning, before dawn, the Soldiers and Horses Command Division handed down an order, to cooperate with the Jiangnan Provincial Government to dredge the ditch.

According to the rules, the ditch is cleared every year, repaired for three years, and it has just been cleared once this year, so why should it be cleared again? Isn't this full of food?

It's just that there is no way, the orders from above cannot be disobeyed, so I can only come early in the morning to compete with the stinky ditch.

One person whispered: "Lao Xu, if you say clear the ditch, you will clear the ditch, why do you have anything to do with these Taoist masters again?" These Taoist masters are the masters who don't stick mud on the soles of their shoes on weekdays, where will they care about these things, they used to hide far away when they saw us clearing the ditch, how did they take the initiative to come forward this time? ”

The other person said weakly: "It must be the same as us, they are all tasks pressed down from above, otherwise they would be willing to be overseers here?" ”

"That's the truth, I don't know what the old men above want to do, is it that His Majesty the Emperor wants to come to Jinling Palace?" The man from before couldn't help but guess.

"Don't guess, hurry up and get to work, or the sun will come out in a while, and then you will be guilty."

As he spoke, the heavy stone slab was finally pried open, revealing the culvert below, and a damp smell mixed with a stench came up.

The two looked at each other, ignoring the smell, and couldn't help but gasp.

I saw that there were many strange fish swimming in the culvert, with tentacles, and they were not squid.

The two Taoist priests stepped over, and when they saw the strange fish in the culvert, their faces also became solemn.

The door of the warehouse of the Jiangnan Provincial Government in Dinghuaimen was pushed by several people and opened heavily.

One of the chief Taoist priests strode into the warehouse, looked around, and immediately scolded, "You bastards, aren't you equipped with 'Little Dragon Balls'?" How not to use it? Waiting for a fire? ”

Don't blame him, the summer is already hot, the warehouse is full of all kinds of materials, after coming in, it is like entering a steamer, sweating like rain, this chief Taoist priest has just suffered a stomach of anger from the deputy hall master, so naturally he will be a little bit.

The deacon Taoist priest who followed in was scolded by the chief Taoist priest, and immediately turned around and scolded the Taoist priest guarding the warehouse: "The warehouse regulations are clearly written, and the 'Little Dragon Ball' must be guaranteed to be opened for twelve hours, who closed the 'Little Dragon Ball'?" ”

The so-called "Little Dragon Ball" is the imitation Dragon Ball of Daomen, which is divided into several models, and cannot drive the flying boat for the time being, but it can effectively reduce the temperature and have the effect of fire prevention, but it also needs "Xuanhuang" as a supplement.

Another deacon Taoist priest continued: "This month's 'Xuanhuang' has run out. ”

"Why are the accounts on the Xuanhuang Division's side all top-notch? I think you're poor and crazy! The Taoist priest in charge scolded again, "Even 'Xuanhuang' is greedy, just be greedy, just connect the pipe, go straight to Zhenwu Lake, and even save the water bill!" ”

After all, the deacon Taoist priest was weak-hearted, and he didn't dare to fight back, so he turned his head and reprimanded his subordinates: "What are you doing standing stupidly, why don't you start the 'Little Dragon Ball' quickly?" ”

Immediately, a Taoist priest went to activate the 'Little Dragon Ball'.

The Taoist priest in charge exhaled a heavy breath of turbid air and ordered: "Prepare disaster relief materials, it is best if they are not used, and if they are needed, they can be shipped out immediately." If there is a shortage of catties and two, I don't need to say anything, the investigation team is in Jinling Mansion. ”

Two deacons and priests hurriedly responded.

Seeing that the two of them were still coping with the usual demeanor, the chief Taoist priest suddenly raised his tone: "I'm talking about serious things this time, don't think about perfunctory, let me tell you, this is a big thing to lose your head, if you can't do it, or don't want to do it, quickly say it in advance and let others do it." You don't do it, some people do! ”

The two deacons and Taoist priests hurriedly straightened their faces and responded resignedly.

Similar scenes took place in various parts of Jinling Prefecture, and it can be said that all the capable manpower was mobilized except for the man in black.

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