Yuzhou, Shuiyun City, the prefect's gate

"General, the subordinate is late to answer, and I ask the general to forgive me."

Cui Jiren, the prefect of Shuiyun City, ran in a panic, he originally wanted to go thirty miles outside the city in advance to meet General Chu's car, but when he heard the news of the suicide of the female workers, considering the reputation of General Chu, he specially sent someone to greet him, and he stayed in the official hall to interrogate the case.

"Governor Cui, there is no need to say these politenesses."

"Ben is going to check on the body now."

Chu Qianqiu said in a deep voice, after he heard the news, he ordered the army to advance quickly, and everyone issued a [marching pill] to reach the bridgehead of Yuzhou, that is, Shuiyun City, as quickly as possible.

There was a dead air in the city.

The moment Chu Qianqiu entered the city, he frowned, and he had some indescribable feelings.

Even the fox he was holding in his hand was shrunk into his clothes, and he shivered a little.

"Yes, General." Cui Jiren, the prefect of Shuiyun City, was relieved to see that Chu Qianqiu didn't care about his faux pas, and then bent down and led the way forward, saying as he walked:

"General, I don't know what's going on lately."

"Originally, although the lives of these female workers were not very rich, they could afford to eat meat once every two or three months, which was much better than the peasant women who were bitter in the fields."

"Some female workers with good skills can even save furniture and buy industries."

"But in recent days, there have been female workers who have chosen to commit suicide, and the lower officials are also puzzled."

"There are those who hang themselves, those who jump into the lake, and those who take poison."

"No, seven more people committed suicide by jumping into the river today."

"The lower officials have made a decree that anyone who commits suicide will be severely punished."

"Punishment, how else can you punish?"

When Chu Qianqiu heard this, he stopped and asked casually.

"Xiaguan has invited the senior monk of Ciguang Temple [Zhiran] abbot to preach."

"If you commit suicide, you will go to the Infernal Hell after death, and you will be reborn as an animal, and you will suffer in the world."

Cui Jiren, the prefect of Shuiyun City, said with a slight expression, he felt that this hand was played very well, showing the ability of local officials.

"How's it going?"

Chu Qianqiu asked lightly.

"It used to be effective, and those foolish women in the foolish village were afraid when they heard about hell and didn't dare to commit suicide."

"They would rather live than go to hell."

"This time is really different."

"The number of suicides is not decreasing, but increasing."

Master Cui said with some fear:

"Either they are evil, or these people are too lazy to even endure this little bit of suffering."

"Then you take off your top first."

"Go to the Liu family's workshop and try it for a few days."

"You don't have to worry about the affairs of the yamen."

Chu Qianqiu said coldly, and when Cui Jiren heard it, he knelt down with a plop.

"My lord, spare your life."

"It's the lower officials who are not good for supervision."

"The lower officials will definitely change their minds and find out the reasons for the suicides of these Diao people."

"What else?"

Chu Qianqiu continued to ask.

"Also, if anyone dares to commit suicide, the lower officials will arrest his family members and deal with them severely."

"Nothing else?"

"The lower official is blunt!"

Cui Jiren was sweating profusely, he felt that he was already a good official who cared about the people, and General Chu was really unpredictable.

Although this Shuiyun City is not the capital of Yuzhou, thanks to the industrial development of the Liu family, it even surpasses the capital [Yanyu City] in terms of wealth.

Cui Jiren is a child of the Cui family, so he can naturally serve as this rich place for nothing, who would have thought that such a thing would happen?

He wanted to take money from his pocket to bribe, but he didn't know whether General Chu would eat it or not.

Nominally, General Chu is a military and should not be in charge of local affairs, but he is also a minister of the Qin Mission, holding the sword of Shang Fang.

It's scary.

"Master Cui is a child of the Cui family, right?"

Chu Qianqiu asked quietly.

"Exactly!"

When Cui Jiren heard this, he was overjoyed.

"This Cui Xiang is the uncle and grandfather of the lower officials, and he has always been good friends with the Shenwei Army."

"Speaking of which, we still have something to do with Lord Chu."

"Last time, Xia Guan also went to Fahua Temple and visited three aunts and grandmothers."

The aunt and grandmother that Cui Jiren refers to are naturally Chu Qianqiu's three ladies in Fahua Temple, and they are also the daughters of the Cui family.

"Then the small punishment is the big commandment."

Chu Qianqiu smiled and motioned to Yang Guang, who saw this and stepped forward and took off Cui Jiren's official hat directly.

"My lord, the lower officials have been wronged."

Choi Jiren was shocked to see that the hat on his head was gone.

He is not the backbone of the Cui family, and he has not yet reached the rank of a child of a family who disdains even his official position.

finally got mixed up with an official, how can you say that it is gone.

"I will see a lot of things about shouting injustice."

"You don't have to talk too much."

"Ben will let you observe the people's feelings, work for two more days, and know what the people's lives are like."

"Let's be this parent official again."

"It's for Axiang's sake, understand?"

Chu Qianqiu still likes to talk about human feelings and feelings.

Yaxiang used to be a person on the same front as himself, and it was not good to directly push his children to the end, so let him suffer a little.

"Your Excellency understands, thank you for your grace."

When Cui Jiren heard this, he didn't just get rid of his official position, he was grateful, and kowtowed directly.

"You still need to deal with the affairs of this county government."

"I'm here for you to suffer, not for you to enjoy."

"If someone reports to me, you take the opportunity to pretend, and you will definitely peel off your top cover."

"Yes, yes, Xia Guan understands."

"Let's go inside."

……

Shuiyun City, the lobby of the prefect

The female worker who committed suicide was neatly placed in the lobby of the prefect.

Due to the large number of displays, only a part of them can be selected.

There are also several monks who chant the "Mantra of Death" for these female workers who have committed suicide.

Life is born without knowing why, and death is dying without knowing why.

These female workers, who are still in their youth, seem to wake up to their lives in an instant and choose to cut themselves off.

Chu Qianqiu saw that their expressions were extremely abnormal, because they still had a hint of a smile on their faces.

This is not the expression that a normal person should have when he commits suicide.

As if it were a relief.

"Nan no Amitabha!"

"The poor monk has seen General Chu."

After the recitation of the "Mantra of Death" was completed, the senior monk led by him saluted Chu Qianqiu and said.

"You are the abbot of Ciguang Temple."

"Exactly."

"How did these women die, does the abbot have an opinion?"

Chu Qianqiu said politely, this abbot of Ciguang Temple is a level figure with the abbot of Fahua Temple, although his cultivation is not very high, he is only in the middle of the congenital stage.

But he is the leader of Shuiyun City, and he must not be neglected.

"The general is polite, and the poor monk suspects that they were lured to suicide by evil spirits."

The abbot recited the Buddha's name, sighed, and said his guess.

"Evil upper body?"

Chu Qianqiu had already decided that all this was inseparable from the Blood Demon Gate, but he had read "Blood Shadow Demon Skill" and "Blood Burning Dafa", and there was nothing that could make people commit suicide.

"In the territory of Yuzhou, there was once an extremely terrible evil."

"Those who fall for evil spirits will show such a relieved smile after death."

"They don't believe in the afterlife, and they don't believe in this life."

"They worship death, believing that only a moment of death can awaken to the true meaning of their life."

As soon as Chu Qianqiu wanted to inquire about the abbot further, he heard Cui Jiren crawl in with a rolling belt.

"General, it's not good, someone is dead again."

"It's not just the female workers, but now even the long-term workers are evil."

"They, they're all jumping into the river en masse."

"Take me there."

Chu Qianqiu walked out of the prefect's lobby and suddenly found that the sky had become blood-red, as if someone had cut a huge wound.

Like a trace of the sky, the sky is full of blood, as if the world is apocalyptic.

The people, officials, and scholars in Shuiyun City stared at this scene blankly, and their eyes gradually lost color.

Operation error.,I was going to schedule it.,Add a more chapter in the evening.。。

(End of chapter)