Chapter 748: Shang Fangs sword needs someone to sacrifice to heaven
Chu Qianqiu's motorcade was moving forward slowly.
Bandits and refugees, like ants who have found a piece of honey, swarmed toward the convoy in a dark mass.
They are not controlled living dead, but ants praying for a way out.
Unless Chu Qianqiu ordered them to disperse, or ordered his personal guards to kill the surrounding refugees, they would naturally flock to them like moths to a flame after hearing the news that they could survive if they found Chu Zhongwu.
"Zen Master, you should have seen everything."
Chu Qianqiu sighed. He and Zen Master Shangguang were both high in the sky, overlooking all living beings.
"Namo Amitabha."
"Sin, sin."
"What the Vajra Temple is doing is not the true meaning of my Buddha."
Zen Master Shangguang recited the Buddha's name, but was not moved by these tragic scenes.
He has lived for a long time and has witnessed countless human tragedies, so that he has become hard-hearted.
Zen Master Shangguang quickly frowned and changed the topic.
"Chu Zhongwu, from what I've seen, someone is probably trying to delay time."
"Otherwise, these refugees, not to mention attacking the carriages and horses, would not even be able to get close to the outside."
"It's just that I still can't figure out what they are going to do."
"Yes, what the Zen Master said is absolutely true." Chu Qianqiu nodded and continued.
"Judging from the actions of the refugees, this is more like stalling for time."
"We just have to wait and see what happens."
Chu Qianqiu didn't understand the meaning of this, so he chose to strike later.
…
A steady stream of refugees and bandits emerged from afar, causing great trouble to the convoy. When Chu Qianqiu did not order the killing without mercy, the guards could only raise their shields and kill these people who came to pray.
The refugees suppressed him and shouted loudly.
"Back off, back off."
"You must not disturb Lord Zhongwu's carriage or horses, otherwise he will be treated as an assassin and will not be killed without mercy!"
Yang Guang commanded his personal guards to fight back all the refugees approaching the convoy, and then said to Li Mingde.
"Mr. Li, it's your turn."
Li Mingde nodded.
"Daoyuan and Fei Ping, immediately go and command the refugees, organize them, and retreat to Lingzhou one by one."
"yes!"
Ren Daoyuan, Fei Ping and others quickly shouted:
"You all listen carefully."
"Lingzhou has prepared food for you."
"The whole Lingzhou is recruiting workers. As long as you go to Lingzhou, you won't have to worry about not having enough to eat. You can get a job and you can come back in the future."
"Everyone line up for me!"
Brother Ren, why are there so many refugees?】
This should be Chanding City, a transit place between Fengzhou and Lingzhou. How could it be so dilapidated and have so many refugees?】
Fei Ping looked at the swarming crowd and felt a little puzzled. He had been to Fengzhou, to Peacock City, and even practiced in the Vajra Temple. He practiced the martial arts "Buddhas, Dragons and Elephants" that only inner disciples of the Vajra Temple were qualified to learn.
After all, strength is no small matter.
Now that I'm visiting my hometown again, I can't help but be surprised to see so many refugees coming.
Only then did he understand what it meant for the Fei family to agree to the food delivery plan.
No matter what, let’s get things done first.]
There are too many refugees now. If we can’t control them, we will always be oppressed by Li Mingde.】
This is absolutely not possible.]
Ren Daoyuan gritted his teeth and devoted himself to his work wholeheartedly.
This is not because there is any conflict between the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences, but because of the contempt chain in terms of academic qualifications. Those who come from the College of Arts and Sciences will look down on those who come from the College of Arts and Sciences.
This made Ren Daoyuan very unhappy.
So anyone can lose, but not Li Mingde.
But I'm afraid the governor of Fengzhou and even the King Kong Temple don't know how many hungry people there are in Fengzhou.
In this way, they used the refugees as tools and drove them to come before the imperial envoy.
"Master Qingtian!"
When the refugees who came saw this formation, they knew that they had indeed met a good official.
Because if it were other Fengzhou officials, they would have started killing people or forcibly dispersed them.
So they quickly knelt down and prayed for help.
"Get up quickly, don't kneel down."
"Everyone who is a villager should stand up and organize the team."
…
Li Mingde directed his men to work and suddenly felt relaxed. Compared with the last time he organized the refugees, now the main work was left to his men.
As long as they take out the documents summarized last time, Ren Daoyuan and others can fully understand their pain.
Thinking of this, Li Mingde couldn't help but smile.
If everyone is being tormented by Chu Zhongwu, doesn’t that mean that he has not been tormented?
What a good thing.
Don't be proud, don't be proud.
Li Mingde shook his head repeatedly to get this dangerous thought out of his mind, and then realized that something was wrong with the situation.
"Lord, something is wrong."
"If Fengzhou's officialdom can still maintain order, they should try their best to conceal it."
"When the imperial envoys were traveling, they actually turned a blind eye and did not go out dozens of miles away to greet them. This is already quite rude."
"He actually allowed the refugees to attack the carriages and horses."
"Aren't they afraid of losing their heads?"
"Lord, maybe we can start from the officialdom and find the mastermind behind this."
Li Mingde was worthy of being a disciple of Zhishan Academy and the nephew of Governor Li. He had more experience in the officialdom than Chu Qianqiu, and he quickly deduced that something was wrong with the situation.
Which official would let the imperial envoy see such a scene of hell on earth, as if he had given up treatment.
If it were a normal official order, then local officials would try their best to conceal the visit of an imperial envoy and create an appearance of peace and prosperity.
They even arrange visits to the villagers to tell the imperial envoy that everything is fine here and the people live a very happy life.
Now they actually don't care and have released all the hungry people.
What's happening here?
You must know that according to the laws of Shenwu, if local officials allow refugees to run around, the chief envoy will be removed, the governor will be held accountable, and the governor will also be involved.
As for officials at the county magistrate level, they are more likely to lose their heads.
In the officialdom of the Shenwu Dynasty, officials at lower levels were punished more severely, while officials at higher levels were punished less severely.
Do they dare to bet that Vajra Temple will win this battle?
"Mingde, you said it very well."
"Zishuang, come here."
Chu Qianqiu's eyes lit up. He had been waiting for the enemy to make a move and deliberately floated into the air with Zen Master Guang. He also wanted to wait for the enemy to make a move.
As a result, the enemy still didn't appear and didn't take action.
After luring snakes out of their holes, none of them fell into the trap, which made Chu Qianqiu feel very uncomfortable.
All the enemies are turtles, and they are particularly tolerant.
Could it be that the martial arts they practice are called Ninja Turtles?
"Lord, what's the matter?" Xu Zishuang didn't hear the complaints in Chu Qianqiu's heart, and immediately flew high into the sky to ask the reason.
"What is the name of the magistrate of Chanding City?"
"Back to my lord, Zhu Ru, Magistrate Zhu, is said to be a distant relative of the Zhu family." Xu Zishuang really knew that she had done her homework before coming here.
"Very good, capture him and keep him alive."
"Shang Fang's sword needs someone to sacrifice to heaven."