"King Wu, a true tyrant too. So greedy, outrageous! ”

"Shhh King Wu and his eagle dogs are still here in Ye County. ”

"Hmph, what if he is put to death? If he dares to do it, are we not allowed to say it? ”

"For the sake of momentary pleasure, selfishness, just to see Hebo marrying a bride, he actually ordered the officials, the three elders, and Wu Zhu to extort and extort millions of money from my father and fellow villagers."

"That's hard-earned money!"

"It is rumored that King Wu loves the people like a son and acts fairly, in my opinion, he is clearly the king of tigers and wolves."

"Alas, Ye County, there is no peace!"

Once the edict of Qingji was issued, some people in Ye County were happy and some were sad.

Those who are happy are naturally officials and three elders, Wu Zhu and other people who can make huge profits from it.

Those who are sad are naturally the common people at the bottom, especially the farmers.

In order to complete the task assigned by Qingji, all the soldiers came to the door one after another and asked Li Shu for money as a sacrifice for Hebo's wife.

In this regard, Li Shu of Ye County was complaining bitterly, and he was made to jump and jump, and he couldn't help but scold Qingji and Wu Guo behind his back.

In the past, under the rule of Wei, they married a woman to Hebo a year.

It's good now, Qingji went to Ye County to inspect, and he actually wanted to see it on a whim, so he let Li Shu in Ye County break the bank, how could they not be resentful?

Because Qingji is going to see the scene of Uncle He's wife tomorrow, everyone is working overtime.

The old witch sought out a girl who was not ugly, and as the bride of Hebo, she lived in a tent and fasted for the night, and then she was officially married the next day.

The farmers are waiting for good wine and meat, and they can't be lazy.

Everything is in full swing.

Finally, the next day, on the bank of Zhangshui, everyone gathered together.

Officials, three elders, rich and powerful businessmen, and local fathers and elders will also gather here, and there are also two or three thousand people in Li Shu who come to see the excitement.

Qingji is accompanied by a group of guards to accept everyone's worship.

The witch was an old woman, seventy years old, with a withered face and a lifeless look.

There were a dozen or so female disciples who followed, all dressed in silk clothes, standing behind the old witch.

"Where is Hebo's bride?"

Qingji asked.

The old witch hurriedly invited out the woman she was looking for yesterday and asked Qingji to take a look and take a look.

Qingji shook his head and said, "This woman is not very beautiful. After all, Hebo is a god and cannot be blasphemed, and if he offers a woman with a mediocre appearance as a bride, I am afraid that he will be angry and drain the water of the river, which will harm the creatures on both sides of the river. ”

"Ah, this ...... I don't know what the king means? ”

All the Li Shu were very frightened.

After all, the Zhanghe River floods almost once a year, flooding the crops in the fields, not to mention that if you don't do it, you may even drown......

Qingji thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "Please Wu Zhu go to the river first to tell the river god that he wants to marry another bride for him." I found a beauty another day, and it's not too late to give it to Hebo. ”

"No!"

As soon as Qingji's words fell, the two guards with big shoulders and round waists grabbed the old witch one on the left and one on the right.

"Ahh No! Let me go! Let me go! ”

"You can't sacrifice me to Hebo!"

No matter how much the old witch struggled, she could not escape her fate in the end, and was thrown into the rolling river.

After a long time, there was no movement in the river.

Qingji smiled with interest: "This witch has been gone for a long time, and there is no news of it, I'm afraid it's not because of something delayed." ”

"Come on, let Wu Zhu's disciples go down and urge her!"

"No!"

One of the old witch's disciples was thrown into the river.

After throwing three old witch disciples in a row, there was no news, and on the riverside, everyone was a little surprised.

In order to prevent Qingji from throwing himself down and drowning him alive, the rest of the old witch's disciples had already taken the road and fled.

Qingji was not pursued.

"Witches, disciples, these are women, and they can't report things clearly. Ask the three elders to explain the situation for the widow! ”

After that, Qingji ordered the guards to throw the three elders into the river.

The third elder is the next level of the county's township officials, similar to the township head.

As a grassroots official with a face, the "three elders" are indispensable for checking and mediating civil disputes, and they are responsible for education, but their main job is to collect taxes......

Seeing that Qingji threw the three elders into the river, the rest of the officials couldn't help but be frightened, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, for fear that Qingji would throw himself into the Zhanghe River and drown if he was next.

"Where is the main book, Ting Peng? Why don't you go down and ask Hebo? ”

"The king spares his life!"

A group of officials in Ye County knelt down one after another, kowtowed vigorously, and broke their heads, the blood on their foreheads flowed all over the ground, and their faces were like dead ashes.

Seeing this, Qingji waved his hand and said, "Get up!" ”

"Hebo has been staying for a long time. The second and third sons don't have to wait any longer, they are all scattered! ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone departed as if they had been pardoned.

The impact of what Qing Ji did on them was too great.

Fan Li, the imperial historian who was standing on the side, said with a smile: "King, I'm afraid that after this incident, the people of Ye County will not dare to talk about Hebo's marriage anymore." ”

Qingji bowed slightly: "Yedi witch wind is prevalent, and it coincides with the perennial flooding of Zhangshui, which endangers people's livelihood. ”

"The Great King is benevolent."

In fact, things like this kind of feudal superstition are too numerous in this era.

Ye County is located in the Central Plains, and it was still a heavy capital of the Wei State before, not to mention some remote places.

Even under the rule of the Wu State, many places still retain unique customs and habits, including many yin rituals, superstitious ghosts and gods, and the prevailing witch culture.

Sometimes, this kind of witchcraft is repeatedly banned.

"The king, from the perspective of the ministers, the water of the Zhanghe River should be governed. Why didn't the king follow the precedent of digging Dujiangyan in the past, so that Shu County would no longer have floods, and adding tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and dig canals to irrigate the cultivated land in Jiye County? ”

"Good."

Qingji bowed his head slightly and asked, "Young uncle, in your opinion, who should be used by the widow to deal with the trouble of Zhangshui, which is better?" ”

"Divination."

Fan Li thought for a while, and then recommended: "King, in the past, the merchants were the guards of Shu County, and dug Dujiangyan for Dawu, and he has rich experience in water control, and it is most suitable to use him to control the floods of the Zhanghe River." ”

"Bu Zixia is good at people's livelihood and government affairs, and the way of battlefield killing is not what he is good at."

Because the geographical location of Yecheng is very critical, it may become the bridgehead of Wu's Northern Expedition to Zhao or the Eastern Expedition to defend the country, so what Qingji wants is to choose a general with both civil and military skills to sit in the town.