Chapter 489: Who's in Charge?
(Fifteen moons and sixteen rounds, bless you to be reunited!)
"What's going on?"
Qiu Yuanlong stared at his red eyes and yelled at Bian Ning, another housekeeper who was kneeling beside the bed.
"Originally, the city lord still had breath, but as soon as everyone carried him to the bed, he ...... Only...... Not really...... I found a lot of Langzhong, but it turned out that the head of the lord of the castle was pierced by a very thin wooden bar. ”
Bian Ning has always been the most loyal steward and guardian by Shentu Yuanwu's side, so everyone has no doubts about his words.
And Xu Gaoshan, who led everyone in, shouted at Lang Zhong, who was kneeling next to him: "You come and explain to your lords!"
"Look at this, my lord!"
After listening to Xu Gaoshan's words, several Lang Zhong hurriedly got up, picked up a small plate on the wooden table, and put it in front of everyone.
"This is something taken out of the head of the city lord, the city lord was stabbed in the head by this sawdust, the small one really has no way, please spare your life!"
Shen Feng and the others looked at the thin wooden stick about seven or eight centimeters long in the wooden plate, and gasped in their hearts, "Such a long thing, pierced into the head, at least for the medical skills of this world, is absolutely certain death." ”
After studying this sawdust, everyone found that it was really not a man-made assassination or anything, this sawdust was the kind of hardwood as hard as ironwood commonly used in the City Lord's Mansion. In order to be strong and strong, this wood is used in many places in the castle lord's mansion.
"Alright, you all go down!"
Zhuang Boyu also understood at this time that the city lord was really dead this time.
If it is really a problem of these Langzhong, those who should be punished will definitely be punished, but now it is not a problem of others at all, and if you have to hold others accountable, it will be a bit too much.
"We are all very sad about the departure of the lord of the castle, so we may be a little offended, and I hope that all the gentlemen can forgive us. This little money, everyone take it and divide it!" Shen Feng took out a small bag of silver from his arms, picked up the front one of Lang Zhong casually, and said very sincerely.
"Lord Shen, woo...... The little medical skills are not perfect, and he can't save the city lord, where can he still have the face to receive any medical fees!" the old Lang Zhong cried and excused himself.
"This has to be collected, there must be a rule for things, what should be collected, must be collected, what should not be collected, we resolutely don't want it." For Lang Zhong, the admission fee is a rule, and since it is a rule, everyone must abide by it. I guess you also know the character of the city lord, and if he knew that he hadn't even paid for the consultation, he would definitely be unhappy!"
After talking for a long time, a few Lang Zhong received the money with a thousand thanks, and then under the escort of Shen Feng and others, they came to the courtyard and left with several other Lang Zhong.
After everyone's emotions stabilized a little, I couldn't help but feel a little stupid.
The position of city lord is different in every city.
The lord of some cities is hereditary, and Lao Tzu died and his son went up. But there are also some city lords who can only be served by himself, just like Shentu Yuanwu, he is the city lord of Jianlong City who was made by his ancestors and let him serve as a reward by His Majesty the Emperor. What's more, although Shentu Yuanwu has many wives and concubines, he has not left a man and a woman so far. Although there are some distant relatives, the orders of the emperor's side, even if they are hereditary, must be held by close relatives. So no one else is qualified to hold this position at all.
In the hall, Shen Feng stared, looked at a group of people who were all dumbfounded, and asked, "Has this happened in the past, or did you have any plans for this kind of thing before?"
"No, everyone has never thought of this, after all, the city lord is only in his forties!" Zhuang Boyu frowned and lamented.
"You have to think of a way, right? This is a matter for your think tank!" After all, with such a big Dragon City, at the end of the day, how many things have to be decided by the city lord. Now that there is no one in charge of the house, it is okay now, once it spreads, there may be many unexpected things! It is precisely because of these that Qiu Yuanlong is also a little anxious.
"What was the usual practice in the past?" Shen Feng asked.
"Custom? The custom is to wait for His Majesty to arrange people. But how can you wait now? Seeing that Dragon City has been besieged for so long, have you seen someone to support?" Shen Tu Guangyuan interjected.
"Actually, I don't think there is really no support, it's just that some people plan to support their own troops and don't want to do this kind of thankless thing. Alas, the current situation of the empire is really incomprehensible!" Guan Xinghe lamented.
"Then let's just wait! When His Majesty has a candidate, won't he naturally send it over? Isn't it normal now?" Shen Feng didn't understand this, so he was a little surprised.
"If it was the Taiping period, there would be no problem in doing this, but now the problem is that Longcheng is currently in a state of isolation, and if the enemy army on the other side of Changding City turns around and kills it, it will be troublesome. Zhuang Boyu explained.
However, he was silent for a while, as if he was thinking about something, and finally gritted his teeth, looked at the generals who saw Dragon City, and then said inexplicably, "Why don't we do that?"
"This ...... Is it appropriate?"
Qian Dashun hesitated first.
"There's nothing inappropriate, you can't go on like this, right?"
Qiu Yuanlong's personality is straight, and he directly waved his big hand and spoke.
"The stakes are high, let me think about it again!" Zhang Zhongying said.
"It's better to wait first, and then everyone should think about it!" Guan Xinghe seemed to understand what they were talking about, so he spoke.
"Then how to operate the future affairs of the city lord?" asked Shentu Yuanwu's general, Shentu Jitong.
"It depends on what Lord Shen means!" Zhuang Boyu, Qiu Yuanlong and the others suddenly said this, and then they all looked straight at Shen Feng.
"What does it have to do with me?" Shen Feng was a little strange, handling the funeral for the city lord, what do you mean by looking at me? I'm not a family member, okay!
"Originally, it had nothing to do with you, but don't forget, the food in Dragon City is provided by you. Therefore, if you agree to the scenery and prosperity, you will naturally provide the food you need!" Guan Xinghe said with a wry smile.
"Hey, that's it, don't worry, the city lord treats me well, besides, the lord has worked hard all his life to see Dragon City, and we can't make him feel cold, right? ”
For the sake of a little food, Shen Feng naturally wouldn't let people have any bad thoughts about himself. So, I happily agreed.
"You see, I will say that Lord Shen is an open person! What is this called? For Shen Feng's approach, he immediately won praise from everyone.
"It's nothing, for brothers, you have to stick a knife in both sides, not to mention a little food!" Shen Feng waved his hand and smiled.
"Good!
"Although it is not appropriate, it is enough to see Lord Shen's kind heart!" Zhuang Boyu said with a smile.
Next, everyone made some plans and arrangements for the steps of the funeral, and then brought Shentu Yuanwu's family and discussed it with them for a long time.
Finally, in the afternoon, everyone finally reached an agreement.
For this kind of thing, Shen Feng didn't understand it at all, so he didn't have the qualifications to interject. When he was bored, he had to comfort those generals of Shentu Yuanwu.
For these generals, when Shentu Yuanwu was alive, they would definitely be beautiful, but now they are dead. And it's the kind of end where there is nothing after death. Therefore, their identities have become awkward.
Let's just say that in terms of leading troops, when Shentu Yuanwu is alive, they can lead the troops. Now that they are dead, if they want to lead troops again, they will have to obtain the consent of the next city lord. Otherwise, either go to the barracks and become a centurion, or simply leave the barracks.
In the face of this situation, it would be too to say that they are not in turmoil.
And Shen Feng didn't understand this, he just casually said some words of comfort, such as what kind of mourning changes, people can't be resurrected after death, and so on. In the end, he also told the other party that there was no need to worry about food, and he would try his best to help.
As a result, just this sentence stabbed the hornet's nest.
"What did you say?" Shen Tu Guangyuan's eyes suddenly burst into infinite light. I saw him grab Shen Feng's arm and ask with a snort.
"Huh?" Shen Feng was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the other party to have such a big reaction.
"What's wrong?" asked Shen Feng.
"Lord Shen, you just said that you can still give us military rations?" said Shen Tu Guangyuan eagerly.
"yes, it's the same as before! what's wrong?"
"Thank you, Lord Shen! The little one kowtows to you!" Shen Tu Guangyuan knelt on the ground with a pout, and kowtowed to Shen Feng with a bang.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing here?" Shen Feng was startled and hurriedly leaned over to help.
"Lord Shen, how about Ji and the rest of them, can you give them food too?" asked Shentu Guangyuan.
"Yes!" Shen Feng didn't feel anything wrong, and replied casually.
As soon as Shentu Guangyuan heard Shen Feng's answer, he immediately became excited, only to see him turn his head and yell at the others: "Ji Tong, Yuan Bai, have you heard? In the future, we will be Lord Shen's soldiers, why don't you hurry up and kowtow to Lord Shen!"
Before Shen Feng could comprehend, a group of people all knelt in front of him with a bang, kowtowing to Shen Feng while shouting in their mouths: "Thank you Lord Shen for taking it in!
The shouts of a group of people naturally attracted the attention of others.
Qiu Yuanlong, Guan Xinghe and the others heard the movement, and they all hurriedly came out of the house. As a result, when I saw this kind of scene, I immediately smiled bitterly.
And Shen Feng was a little helpless to help up one family general after another, and complained in his mouth: "It's all brothers, what's polite about this little thing? It scares me! The man has gold under his knees, we can kneel to the sky and kneel to our parents, but others, don't kneel if you can." ”
"Hehe, Brother Shen said it well!" Qiu Yuanlong immediately cheered.
Guan Xinghe walked up to Shen Feng, patted Shen Feng on the shoulder, and said with a wry smile: "What's the matter, have you made up your mind?"