Chapter 413: Temptation and Ambition
God has God's plan, and man has his troubles.
The rumor that the Great Qi Palace was haunted had spread unconsciously.
What a female voice in the night, what a bouncing palace guard.
There are also some craftsmen who swear that there seem to be many fewer mechanisms set up in the shadows in the imperial city.
What these craftsmen say is not as terrifying as the female voices and the bouncing guards.
But these people soon disappeared, causing a lot of suspicion.
While the rumors were intensifying, a shocking news came out of the imperial court.
Move the capital to Luoyang!
The imperial court's movements were very fast, and even when the news reached Jiange County, the team moving the capital had already traveled half the way.
Yaoshan Town County Ling Xia Tie personally visited Xu Meng, the patriarch of the Xu clan, hoping to discuss the matter......
Xia Tie was transferred to Yaoshan Town because of his meritorious acquaintance in Heluo Town, and after the death of Zhong Shubai, the county commander of Raoshan Town.
After all, Yaoshan Town is richer, and Xia Tie can be regarded as a small promotion of half a level.
The stakes are serious, Xia Tie can't take care of the crime of colluding with the powerful of this county, and the Xu family certainly can't take care of the trouble of the patriarch's illness.
The housekeeper, who had been waiting for him for a long time, welcomed Xia Tie into the Xu family's gate the moment he saw him.
Different from Xie Yunhua's previous conjecture, Xu Meng was really sick, and it was indeed difficult to move.
Otherwise, why didn't Wang Dong, the county guard who regarded him as strong as a tiger, take the opportunity to dismiss his post, but instead allowed Xu Meng a long vacation.
A sick tiger is not terrible, but with another captain, who knows if it will become another tiger?
From afar, Xia Tie could hear Xu Meng's wail of pain.
He asked with a frown.
"Captain Xu's illness, what does the doctor say?"
The housekeeper saw that there was no one left and right, and whispered.
"This disease, even the doctor Bian Que is helpless, where does the source of the disease come from......"
As he spoke, the butler pointed to the ground with his hand.
Jiange County knows that underground, there is an underground!
Xia Tie gasped.
"How did the patriarch offend Emperor Xudu? The emperor is easy-going, so he shouldn't be like this! ”
Kong Hanan, he knew each other, and the relationship between the two was not good, but it was by no means bad.
Xu Meng actually provoked Kong Han'an to punish him, and it was not good for more than half a year, Xia Tie began to think about whether it was right or wrong to step into the door of the Xu family today.
The butler whispered.
"How dare our family offend the emperor, mainly because of ......"
While leading the way, the housekeeper whispered about the haunting of the Xu family.
Because this matter is confidential, no one can know about it, but Xia Tie, who secretly cooperated with the Xu family, doesn't care.
Along the way, there were occasional encounters with guards and domestic servants, and the butler remained silent until he had passed.
It's been so intermittent, and finally it's come to the end.
"That female ghost has a grudge in her heart, and she has married General Bai Wuchang of the underworld, and she insists on taking the life of the head of the family, which is really tricky."
"In the end, under the persuasion of the emperor, the female ghost finally took a step back and took two pieces of meat from the back of my family patriarch as punishment...... General Bai Wuchang said that he was only 'borrowing' for the time being, and when the female ghost was discouraged, he would return it again. ”
This involves other people's family affairs, and Xia Tie is extremely educated and does not comment.
How the female ghost was formed is impossible to examine, back then the Xu family forced people into a monstrous grievance, and it has not been worn away after so many years, which shows its grievances.
He came to form an alliance, not to overturn the case for a woman from a hundred years ago.
But so, he realized something.
No wonder Xu invited Qiao Daoling to come to his door for treatment many times before......
It turned out that this disease was related to the ghosts of the underworld.
Fortunately, the master bedroom was close at hand, and Xia Tie arched his hand.
"Hard-working father-in-law, suffer this great crime......"
"I'll go in first!"
With that, he pushed the door in, and a cold air rushed to his face.
The cold trend is understandable, after all, the master bedroom is haunted, and the injury is also caused by evil ghosts.
Xia Tie looked at it again, and there was a large bed in the room.
Xu Meng was lying on the bed, with two hideous scars on his back.
It's like the marks of those felons in the prison cells, who have been passed through the pipa bone.
As we all know, after passing through the pipa bone, people can't use their strength, and they are basically useless.
No wonder, no wonder......
Xia Tie sighed, and when he saw that Xu Meng was about to get up and salute, he hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
"The captain doesn't have to be like this, you just have to rest like this."
After calming Xu Meng, Xia Tie sat on the stool beside him.
"Captain, I won't delay too much time to disturb your rest, so I'll get straight to the point."
"Do you have any views on the relocation of the capital by the imperial court?"
Xu Meng struggled again and arched his hand to the northeast.
"Taifu is clever, the saint is sage!"
Of course, Xu Meng knew that a simple sycophant was not enough to convince the county order in front of him, so he continued.
"From the perspective of my Middle Earth, Luoyang is located in the middle of the world, militarily, far more than Linzi, the capital is here, it can control the east, threaten the southern soil, and can also use this to contact the Quartet, so as not to reach other regions."
"Look at the topography of Luoyi again, the north post mountain, the east of the Songshan Mountain, the southeast of the Ji Mountain, the south of the foreign mountain, the southwest of the Bears Ears Mountain, the west of the Kun Mountain, the northwest of the Zhongtiao Mountain, the Yihe Luo River confluence here, the so-called six rivers flow together, water conservancy transportation is also extremely convenient."
"The rivers and mountains are worn together, and the form is the first in the world!"
"If someone attacks, just hold the pass between the mountains, and you can be a pass, and you can't open it!"
"Moreover, in the former capital of the Zhou Dynasty, I inherited the Zhou Zhi and established the capital here, and I can also comply with the mandate of heaven!"
These words are reasonable and well-founded, and they have to make Xia Tie sigh.
"Captain Xu is really far-sighted, this Luoyang is so far away from my Sword Pavilion County, you have found out so clearly?"
Xu Meng sighed.
"Xia County Ling don't want to laugh at me, these are all family inheritance records, and you also know, I have never left Jiange County in my life."
Xia Tie's eyes narrowed slightly, and he lowered his head and whispered.
"Why is Captain Xu like this...... Now that Daqi is in turmoil, and the capital is moved, don't you have a little thought? ”
Xu Meng was covered in a cold sweat, and struggled to get up, as if he had touched a sore spot, and wailed, and his majestic body was like a deflated ball, slumped on the bed.
After some tossing, Xu Meng smiled bitterly.
"I've become such a wretch, how can I have any thoughts? I can only eat it and wait until I die...... If you have any ideas, please find another job, don't worry, the friendship between the two sides is still there, and I won't leak it......"
Xia Tie sighed, as if he was angry.
"If you don't take it, you will be blamed, you and I are different, don't conspire with each other, and say goodbye ......"
Without even saluting, he brushed his sleeves away.
Walking out of the Xu Mansion, Xia Tie got into the carriage and lit a piece of talisman paper in the car......
He seems to be friendly with the Xu family, but in fact, he has always been ordered by the county guard Wang Dong.
Otherwise, with his caution, how could he dare to serve in Yaoshan Town, the largest in Jiange County.
On this trip, he was also ordered by Wang Dong to test whether the Xu family was against him.
As he said before, Daqi is in turmoil, and when the capital is moved, Jiange County is far away from Linzi, which is simply a godsend.
But apparently, Xu Meng's body and ambition did not support him in doing so.
What he lit was a telephonic note, which could record the sound for a period of time and convey it to the designated person.
The receiver, of course, is the county guard Wang Dong.
It's just that although this note is convenient, it also has disadvantages.
Not to mention the high price, the effect is not good.
The sound can be distorted, occasionally blurry, and even not recorded for a long time.
So Xia Tiecai left in a hurry.
Fortunately, he can pretend to be angry.
As for how this note came about?
The Mo family's organ cities have all been moved to Jiange County, is it unusual to have such a specialty?
The arrogance of the literati and his contempt for the craftsman made him make a fatal mistake.
The production concept of the transmission note originated from the "communication system" set up by Kong Han'an in the underworld, and the use of one of the channels was just a "base station" by the ink ghost.
To put it bluntly, this is a simplified version of the communication system.
In other words, as long as the underworld is willing, they can listen to all the news in the transmission note.
It can even be intercepted and tampered with!
Ghosts are the most confusing, turning into a somewhat distorted voice, pediatrics.
But this one message, they don't have to be tampered with.
Even, they accelerated the transmission of the past.
The underworld is in the city god of Yaoshan Town, but the ancestor of the Xu family, Xu Tong.
After Xia Tie left, Xu Tong got out from under the bed.
Unlike Xia Tie's previous guess, the coldness in the room was only because Xu Tong was here.
Although he was prepared, Xu Meng on the bed was still scared into a cold sweat.
It's true that he was seriously injured.
Two pieces of meat were taken from the body, and just waiting for the right time to be sent back by the right person.
Because of his injuries, he could only lie on his stomach most of the time, so he couldn't sleep every night.
The ancestor who turned into a ghost lay under the bed, and he didn't know if he would have nightmares at night.
But Xu Tong obviously didn't care if he would have nightmares, at this time, there were more important things.
Xu Tong sneered.
"It seems that the imperial court still can't trust our Xu family......"
"But it doesn't matter, the king is already extremely disappointed in the court, and when the time is ripe, we will raise troops to revolt."
"Although Kong Sheng is a saint, he can also make mistakes, and moving the capital to Luoyang is extremely stupid!"
"Xu Meng, I'm here to test you, do you know why this is so?"
Xu Meng also laughed, this is simply a scoring question.
Don't look at what he just said, the advantages of Luoyang are one after another.
But in fact, Luoyang also has shortcomings, and it is extremely obvious.
"The world is fair, and all the gifts of nature have already been secretly marked."
"There are good and bad things in the world, and Luoyang's geographical advantages are obvious, so Luoyang's shortcomings also fall on the geography."
"The fact that it has good transportation and is located in the center of Middle-earth not only means that it is closer to the counties, but also means that the enemy can reach it faster!"
"When the dynasty no longer has the power to be strong, it is in the very center of this world stage, and their every move will also be clear to all places!"
"The current Daqi is not strong......"
Xu Tong stroked his palms and laughed.
The king is really a clever plan, and it is worth it for him to disappear into the administration of the underworld.
Unexpectedly, the Xu family had a chance to win the Ninth Five-Year Plan......
Hey, that's interesting.