Tingzhou and Xiangzhou are located in the south, with abundant rainfall throughout the year and frequent heavy rains. They always accounted for a large proportion of the money spent by the imperial court on river repair every year.
Four months ago, an urgent report came from Tingcheng. A strong typhoon hit the place where the Tingzhou Army was stationed, causing heavy casualties among the soldiers. The Ministry of War sent Hao Zhengqun to Tingzhou for inspection and comfort.
Qian Wentong: "Originally, this matter should not have alarmed the prince, but there is something fishy about this matter. General Fang wrote in a letter that the bridge was abnormally broken when Hao Shilang was involved in the accident, and it was not raining upstream at that time. It was Hao Shilang and the others who
After we got on the bridge, a sudden heavy rain came, but Hao Shilang and others who had already got on the bridge seemed to be possessed by evil spirits. No matter how General Fang and others shouted from behind, there was no response."
"What's even weirder is that Hao Shilang and the others showed no signs of struggling after falling into the water."
General Fang didn't think much about it at the time. Although he thought it was strange, it was important to save people, so he quickly led his troops to the river to fish for people.
But not even a single body was found, not even a piece of cloth could be found. Those people seemed to have disappeared after falling into the water.
What's even more strange is that General Fang and the others didn't take the risk to go into the water to find people, but they themselves didn't do anything.
It seems that the river is only aimed at Hao Zhengqun and the others.
General Fang didn't dare to hide this kind of thing, which seemed to have supernatural overtones. He flew an eagle to send a message to the Ministry of War, and even wrote a letter himself and sent it 800 miles to Beijing.
When Qian Wentong saw the letter, he knew that this matter was no longer something he could solve.
Qi Baoer's expression remained unchanged and nodded slightly, "I will arrange for someone to check this matter."
Qian Wentong immediately breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the prince's words.
The prince is not anxious at all, which shows that Hao Zhengqun and the others are at least alive and safe for the time being.
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In the blink of an eye, Qi Baoer had resigned from the position of Minister of the Ministry of War for more than a month.
There is no need to get up before dawn every day to go to court, there is no need to face endless memorials every day, there is no need to worry about the food, drink and clothing of hundreds of millions of soldiers, and there is no need to face the court anymore
The hypocrisy...
One word - comfortable.
I accompany the old man and the old lady at home to farm every day. Occasionally I feel bored and sneak out to catch fish. If I still feel bored, I can turn into an ordinary person and go to eat melon.
It can be said that Qi Baoer's life in the past month has been so carefree.
They lived happily until the day when Hao Zhengqun was carried back to Beijing by the little old man looking like a zombie.
City gate.
When Hao Zhengqun saw Qi Bao'er crying, he couldn't bear to look at his own son and daughter.
"Your Majesty, I have finally met you."
After saying this, there was a squeak and the person passed over again, and there was a panic at the gate of the city.
After a busy period, Hao Zhengqun was moved from the small carriage into the Hao family's carriage. Qi Baoer, Qian Wentong and the little old man took the same carriage back.
The whole thing still needs to be told by the little old man.
"That river is called Yudai River, named after a jade mine upstream. It is located less than ten miles outside of Xiangcheng. It is a relatively famous scenic spot in Xiangcheng."
Even for famous scenic spots, of course the government has taken various measures in terms of safety. There must be at least fences and guardrails, and the bridges connecting the two sides are maintained every year.
So normally speaking, the bridge is not so easy to be washed away.
"It's just that, no matter how much the government takes care of it, it can't control those people who can't think about it."
In the river, there were many drifters who couldn't think of running away and jumping into the river.
There is a kind of thing in the underworld that it cares about but doesn't care about. Even the current formation of the underworld that automatically absorbs souls has also 'given up' this kind of thing, that is, it means not cherishing one's own life.
However, those who commit suicide will not be able to reincarnate in the underworld under normal circumstances. They will only repeat the behavior they did the moment before their death at a fixed time and place endlessly every day.
The person who jumps off the building will jump off the building repeatedly at that time every day, the one who takes the pulse, the one who takes poison, the one who hits the wall, etc., it is all the same over and over again.
This is the punishment of the underworld and heaven in all worlds for not cherishing life.
The rest of the day these floats are awake, only the time of death will repeat uncontrollably.
It is out of control, but the pain and pain are still there.
In other words, this kind of drifter has to endure the pain of death every day.
I can't think about it while I'm alive, but once it's repeated enough times, those who can endure it will probably become Buddhas. So, there will be many such wanderers who will look for a scapegoat.
The situation in Jade Belt River is that it seems to be a holy place for suicide. There are many people who can't think of it and choose to live their lives there. Over the past few hundred years, there have been nearly a thousand people.
The one who couldn't bear it was a ghost, and the one who couldn't bear it was a ghost. They went back and forth, and the resentment became more and more serious.
Because these grievances accumulated deeper and deeper, resentful spirits were born.
Speaking of this, the little old man said with a hint of mystery: "There are a lot of things involved here."
He pointed in the direction of the palace, "I saw people from the Jun family on the other side of Yecheng there."
"Hiss~" Qian Wentong gasped, but he couldn't listen to this anymore.
He hurriedly stopped the carriage and ran out as if there was a dog chasing him behind him.
Qi Baoer: "..."
Little old man: "...This is too..."
He really couldn't describe it. He could only say that the man named Qian was indeed an official.
Qi Bao'er didn't pay much attention to Qian Wentong, and motioned the little old man to continue with his eyes.
Without outsiders around, the little old man no longer had any scruples when speaking.
He said: "This matter was done by the old clan of the Jun family in Yecheng. Originally, even if there were many water ghosts in the Yudai River, it would not have any impact. The entire Yudai River is long, and those water ghosts are not in the same place. There are
It’s hard for resentment to come from the spirit of resentment.”
"It was the Jun clan who hired a man named Master Wang to move those water ghosts together using evil methods, just to give birth to resentful spirits and then subdue them for his own use."
"Unexpectedly, their luck was not very good. The timing of the birth of the resentful spirit was not right. It happened that General Fang was sending Hao Zhengqun and the others off at the bridge. General Fang was righteous and endowed with merits, and Hao Zhengqun also had merits. They all restrained themselves.
A newly born resentful spirit."
"Master Wang and members of the Yecheng Jun family were also nearby at that time, but because of the identities of General Fang and Hao Zhengqun, they did not dare to show up;
But he was also afraid that the newly born resentful spirits would be dispersed by the righteousness and merit of the two of them, so Master Wang released the evil ghosts he had raised for the resentful spirits to eat."
The resentful spirit had not yet been subdued by Master Wang at this time. After the major replenishment, its strength was greatly increased, so it boldly targeted Hao Zhengqun, who had meritorious deeds.
Whether it is the merits of Hao Zhengqun or the souls of other people, they are now great tonics in the eyes of the newly born resentful spirits.
As for why General Fang and others were fine, it was because they not only had merit but also had a unique aura that coexisted with awe-inspiring righteousness and evil aura that only soldiers had.