Chapter 153: Hanging Pot (5)
The evil bandits of Baiju Mountain were served by the minister of the Qin Mission for mutilating the free doctor. The new official took office with three fires, and the thieves were beheaded on the same day to show the public. The news spread all over the lifeless city of Anyang, but everyone who could still move was looking forward to it.
Hundreds of bandits, from minions to bandits, are enough to blunt the executioner's knife, but they can't all be cut in one day.
Chu Zhixia expressed his understanding very much, and then with a wave of his hand, he ordered the execution sites to be scattered at the four gates of Anyang City, east, west, north and south, and the leaders were beheaded and their minions hanged. For a while, the gate of the city was full of hideous-looking corpses, like smoked bacon in the north, and the heads of the eyes were sitting in rows, like winter melons twisted in the ground.
The county guard was a literati, and he was so frightened by the slaughtering style of the Chu clan in the clouds that he was almost unable to stand up, and he couldn't hear people mention the words related to the head at all, otherwise his legs and stomach immediately began to turn tendons.
Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. The news of Chu Zhixia's arrival in Binzhou was like a fire, and it swept across Binzhou with Anyang County as the center.
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August 16.
The county watchman's house.
"Barbarian, barbarian!"
The county guard covered his heart with one hand, stomped his feet incessantly, and said to many colleagues, "Have you all seen the corpses hanging at the gate of the city?" Those heads are like blood gourds, which is simply immoral! Although the Chu clan in the clouds is a famous family, it is difficult to change the bad habits of barbarians in the border areas, how can we have a precedent in the Central Plains for exposing corpses to the public on the streets? That's the trick of the most vicious people! β
The officials below drooped their heads, like wilted turnips in the field, and watched the county keeper perform without saying a word, waiting to see what medicine could be poured out of his gourd.
The county guard was not discouraged, and said: "I think that the Qin Cha represents Your Majesty, and every word and deed represents the majesty of the Heavenly Family. β
His colleagues were still staring at him in silence.
The county guard made persistent efforts and said: "Therefore, I plan to go to the imperial capital to impeach Your Majesty the Chu clan Chu Zhixia of the Yunzhong Chu clan for his words and deeds, acting violently, and hurting people." Would you like to sign a letter with me to express the hearts of the people of Anyang County? β
After an embarrassing silence, the soft-hearted Sima looked at the county guard with pity and said, "Lord County Guard, do you know that His Royal Highness King Qi is now in Yangzhou to eliminate corruption?" Yangzhou is now on his back, and it is too late to buy his life with money. β
Chu Zhixia and Bai Ziche went south together, as if the emperor's left and right hands reached out to Jiangnan. Bai Ziche acted vigorously and resolutely, which made the ashamed officials and businessmen in Yangzhou frightened, and did not force people into a desperate situation, and the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry.
If you brush Chu Zhixia's beard at this time, it is not good to say whether it will die in Chu Zhixia's hands first, or in Bai Ziche's hands first.
When the county guard was shocked, the little maid came in and reported: "My lord, Miss Chu is here." β
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Chu Zhixia came empty-handed.
But Cheng Yuan, who was following her, was holding a heavy and complicated document file, and he swallowed his saliva when he saw it. After all, on the first day Chu Zhixia arrived in Yangzhou, he used the fish scale book to smash the Yangzhou Thorn History to the point that he could not turn over forever, and he sat in prison and his head was unstable.
Chu Zhixia walked around, as if she was a gentleman who listened to music and walked birds, and she couldn't see that the crows in front of the city gate had a full meal for several days in a row was her gift.
"Lord Gunshou is in good health." Chu Shixia said politely.
The county guard hurriedly smiled, "Miss, don't come unharmed." β
"The bandits' exposure of the corpses in the city is really hurtful." Chu Zhixia pretended to say.
The county guard choked on these words.
Chu Zhixia looked at him strangely, and when he saw that he was fine, he went down and said, "After the corpse is put down, set a fire on the spot and burn it." β
The county guard is about to explode a goatee, "Burn? β
"Incineration." Chu Zhixia raised his hand to signal, and Cheng Yuan put all the dossier documents in his hand that seemed to be turning his head in the arms of the county guard, almost breaking his old waist.
"Not only the corpses of the bandits, but from today onwards, everyone who dies in Binzhou will be burned intensively. The body must not be exposed to the wilderness, and it is not allowed to be buried privately. β
Chu Zhixia smiled, with a toughness that could not be refused, "The accumulation of corpses will exacerbate the spread of the plague, and the cause of this epidemic is starvation all over the wilderness, so it must be cut off." This order and the paperwork in your hand have been sent to the whole territory of Binzhou, and those who violate it will be severely punished. β
The county keeper dizzily flipped through the paperwork in his hand, densely packed with terms and policies.
First of all, it is necessary to allocate money from the government to raise strong men to build a special medical center and transport the sick here; secondly, it is necessary to allocate money from the government to purchase grain and medicinal materials from surrounding states and counties as a backup; Finally, it is necessary to allocate money from the government to help the victims who are hungry due to land loss, so as to prevent the scale of the displaced people from further expanding.
One head of the county guard is bigger than two, and when you look at it throughout, the word money is the most dazzling, from the eyes to the heart, liver, spleen and lungs.
He said tentatively: "The eldest lady may not know, Binzhou is not as cold as other places, I am afraid that I will not be able to take out so much money." Why don't you go to the imperial capital and ask for funding? β
"When the epidemic in Binzhou first started, how much money was allocated by the imperial court, if the county guard forgets it, I can help you think about it." Chu Shixia said calmly, "It's not a good year, there is no money, we all understand." β
"After all, when I first arrived in Yangzhou, Yangzhou also told me that they had no money." Chu Zhixia smiled and showed her snow-white teeth, and the sun was shining.
The county guard's hanging heart almost spat out directly from his throat.
"You just have to tell me, can the officials of Anyang County do this?" Chu Zhixia's well-defined hand was pressed on the tea cup weakly, and the fine-glazed white porcelain tea cup seemed to be shattered under her hands in the next moment.
The county guard said with difficulty: "It can be done, it can be done." β
Chu Shixia said empathetically: "If you can't do it, you don't have to force it." Although Yu Linwei is useless, he can also share a worry for the county guard. β
Of course, the county guard would not be naΓ―ve to think that Yu Linwei's "sharing of worries" was to help them build new medical centers and go to various states and counties to borrow grain, grass and medicinal materials.
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Out of the gate of the county guard's mansion, Cheng Yuan suddenly felt refreshed, and he couldn't wait to punch the county guard's bitter gourd face. But Chu Zhixia didn't have any expression, and ignored Xue Cong's mane, and took out a wild fruit from the bag next to the saddle for Xue Cong to eat.
"Miss, aren't you happy?" Cheng Yuan asked cautiously, "Didn't the county guard agree to pay?" β
"Then do you know why he paid for it?" Chu Zhixia asked.
"Because of the experience of Yangzhou City, he is afraid?" Cheng Yuan sensed from Chu Zhixia's expression that he might have said something stupid.
"They are old oilmen who have been in the mix for many years, and there are many ways to fool me, and they are reluctant to spend money on bloodletting until they are destitute." Chu Zhixia said slowly, "The reason why he didn't play tricks on me was because I killed Wang Biao." β
If Wang Biao is alive, he is the only witness who has killed Tan Yun and his party, as long as the emperor is willing to pursue it, he can even pull out the radish and bring up the mud, and end up the network of interests of the unknown number. Instead of going to great lengths to get him out of the prison in Anyang County, it is better to let him die neatly, without controversy and deservedly.
That night, Wang Biao escaped from prison, and the county guard led people not to capture him alive at all, but to kill him on the spot.
No matter whether the mastermind behind the scenes is Bai Huan or Xu Delu, he will not divide Chu Zhixia into the camp of "his own people".
Chu Zhixia killed Wang Biao and killed it cleanly, except for the henchmen behind the scenes, it made the county guard hesitate - whose person is Chu Shixia? What exactly is the "one" going on?
"Why was Wang Biao able to escape from the prison easily, and why did he pass by the post house in one more move after escaping, which alarmed Yu Linwei?"
Chu Zhixia said in detail, "Even if Wang Biao and the jailer are straw bales." But since the plague in Binzhou, the city gates have been closed as soon as dark. Wang Biao doesn't know, and the person who wants him to escape doesn't know? There is only one possibility, the person who saved Wang Biao did not think of letting him live until dawn. β
Cheng Yuan was dumbfounded, and it took a long time to react, "So, that night, if you didn't chase out and kill Wang Biao with your own hands, then ...... in the end"
"In the end, I will only get a worthless corpse, as well as a notice that 'the bandit has a grudge against Miss Tan, and intends to sneak into the post house to assassinate her, but was captured and killed by the official messenger'." Chu Zhixia spread out his hand and smiled mockingly.
"However, Wang Biao is a witness! Why didn't the eldest lady save him and send him to the imperial capital for interrogation? Cheng Yuan said a little annoyed, "No wonder Miss Tan doesn't have a good face for you these days, it turns out that she misunderstood that Miss Tan is in the same group as that group of people." β
Chu Zhixia sighed and said, "Do you remember Cao County's order?" β
Yu died violently in the Xuanzheng Palace, and let Chu Zhixia draw his sword in front of the noon gate to protect him, and finally was grounded for several months Cao Jie.
Of course, Cheng Yuan remembered, and nodded hurriedly.
"Cao Jie is a scholar of the Eight Classics, and an official of the court who asks for the people's lives. He accused Xu Delu of abusing power for personal gain and harming the people, but he could not shake His Majesty in the slightest. Wang Biao is just a thief, and he wants to use his testimony to convict Xu Delu and even Bai Huan, how can His Majesty believe it? Chu Shixia shook his head and said, "You don't know Your Majesty too well. β
Cheng Yuan was speechless, and a lonely sorrow came to his heart, "So, the eldest lady is not very interested......"
"This disease, it's not Binzhou, it's the entire imperial dynasty." Chu Zhixia lowered his eyes and stroked the snow-white horsehair one by one, "Scraping bones to cure poison is not a day's work." β
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The sixth day of August.
Yangzhou City, heavy rain.
Sun Yan practiced his gun in the rain, and the cold rain mixed with hot sweat rolled down. The overlord gun was fierce and brave, Sun Yan only learned two styles, and his muscles were sore after every drill. He dragged his spear down the corridor and saw a black shadow.
It was a man standing silently under the lamp, his whole body shrouded in a hat and cloak, like a thick ink in the warm light.
The alarm bell in Sun Yan's head rang, but the person who came didn't seem to have any malicious intent, quietly waiting for him to speak first.
The man in black tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "Your overlord gun was taught by Chu Shixia?" β
Sun Yan said vigilantly: "Who are you?" β
The man in black didn't seem to need his answer, and said to himself, "She's busy, isn't she?" Otherwise, when I see you practicing like this, I will definitely scold you. You're holding the gun a little lower, and you're poking into the air, and you just feel your wrist sore. But if you encounter a Beidi with hard leather armor, it is easy to break the barrel of the gun. β
Sun Yan was stunned, and his sore wrist seemed to respond to the words of the man in black.
"I want to see His Royal Highness." The man in black said, "Where is he?" β
Since Bai Ziche left the palace to build a mansion and was named the "King of Qi", few people call him "Four Highnesses". Sun Yan felt a little weird, this person seemed to be familiar with Bai Ziche, and it seemed that he had been away from the world for a long time, and he didn't even know such a big thing.
"Your Excellency's name? I'm going to ask Your Highness for instructions. Sun Yan still decided to be polite, after all, the man in black was the head of the overlord spear, and he might have something to do with the Chu family.
The man in black was silent for a moment and said, "Sink the boat." β
"Countdown to the reunion!
And there is something going on today, so the pigeon has a chapter, and it is reported a little."