Chapter 715 The Black Well of Divine Ember (Part 2)
Han Jiujiang lost news after he entered the Sanzu County. However, Song Zheng followed his whereabouts and found no special danger, which was enough for Han Jiujiang and the three hundred powerful Longyi Guards under him to lose news.
The name of Sanzu County comes from the fact that this place is the settlement of three ethnic groups. Compared with the ordinary people of Hongwu, they are more backward. Even the "Dong people" among them are still used to living in caves, which looks barbaric.
But they are already Hongwu's subjects and will not attack Hongwu's officials.
Besides, they don't have that strength.
Song Zheng discovered the second Black Well of God Ember in a gathering area of the Dong Clan - only five hundred miles away from the previous one. However, this one seemed to have just been formed, and it only affected a radius of dozens of miles.
The beast has only just begun to mutate, its body has increased by half, and it is far from reaching the level of a wild beast.
There is no need to clean up these beasts for the time being. As long as the Black Well of God Ember is sealed, they can slowly return to normal.
Song Zheng gradually went deep into the three tribes counties, but he became more and more confused.
The scope of Sanzu County is 700 miles - even the first village he encountered when he entered Sanzu County before Song Zheng was located on the edge of Sanzu County. In fact, after he discovered the first black well of divine embers, he had been intimidated for thousands of miles.
Almost all the wild beasts affected by the Black Well of God Ember were wiped out in the entire three clan counties.
Then he went five hundred deep and found the second Black Well of God's Ember. It was said that this was the small Tri-Clan County. What other big secrets could it hide?
But Han Jiujiang and the others just didn't see people alive or dead.
Song Zheng turned around and returned to the county town. The county guard was trembling and waited ten miles outside the city with his subordinate officials. He was an official in a remote area in the southwest and had no foundation in the court. Who was Song Zheng? Hongwu, who dominated the government and the opposition.
The first powerful official, it is said that the emperor wanted to break free from his shackles, and was "educated", and then he became behaving.
One of his cronies has disappeared within his jurisdiction. No matter how he looks at it, he is probably the one who will be angered.
He was already prepared to be dismissed from office and go home. Faced with the anger of such a big shot, not even Mr. Zhou Mu could withstand it, let alone him.
They waited hard all morning, and because they were afraid of missing Mr. Song's time to enter the city, they did not eat at noon. The officials took a few mouthfuls of dry food from the entourage, and drank a few sips of cold tea. This was how they dealt with it.
Then continue to stand on the roadside and wait obediently.
Waiting until mid-afternoon, there was a slight vibration on the ground, and a sound like rolling thunder came from the distance. A team gradually appeared on the ground.
The fairy armor on their bodies is dazzling, and the mounts on their crotches are intimidating.
"Here we come!" Everyone cheered up. Although they felt uneasy, except for the county guard, the other officials still had some lucky thoughts in their minds: What if Mr. Song takes a fancy to me? With his support, I will rise to prominence in the future... So I must do it.
Behave well.
Only the county guard looked at it from a distance, and his heart skipped a beat: Master Song was sitting on the beast, his face looking a little gloomy.
Song Zheng's face certainly didn't look good. He was worried. A great disaster was coming, but his cronies were missing.
The team quickly arrived, and the county guard led a group of officials to kneel down and said: "Three Tribes Commander Duan Hao, please see your lord."
Song Zheng waved his hand: "Enter the city." The county guard Duan Hao did not dare to say anything. He lowered his head and led a group of officials to follow Song Zheng's team. Even if Song Zheng could let Tianzun's personal guards use their full speed,
But the beast they were riding on was a demon-winged lizard. The officials behind them all came by car, but now they got on their horses and ran all the way, but they could barely keep up. Fortunately, they were all monks, so they were not helpless.
A strong scholar can still withstand this kind of torture.
The distance of ten miles came in an instant. Song Zheng left Tianzun's personal guards outside the city and took Hong Tiancheng and others into the city - Sanzu County is a poor border county. The county is very small and the city gate is narrow.
No fewer than Tianzun's personal guards entered the city.
Song Zheng walked into the city gate with a riding whip, but suddenly stopped. He looked around and saw that the city wall was in ruins, the city defense formation was in disrepair, and the various defense facilities on the city head were seriously aging, and the only low-level combat equipment was also
Very old model.
His eyes narrowed and he asked: "Hong Tiancheng, has the order been sent back to the court?"
Hong Tiancheng followed him for a long time, and of course he understood what the Lord meant, and immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty's words have been sent back to the court. It has just been a few days, and I am afraid that the court has mobilized resources and dispatched personnel who have just set off from the capital.
Didn’t make it to the southwest.”
Duan Hao hurriedly bowed down and said, "What General Hong said is absolutely true. There has been a document issued by the court, saying that we will gather the people in the wild and repair the city's defense. It's just that we haven't reached here yet because of the long distance."
He added another sentence, showing that he was dedicated to his work and loved the people as his own son: "Don't worry, sir, tens of thousands of people outside the city, including those Dong tribes who like to live in caves, have been brought into the city. And the official has already raised funds.
1.2 million yuan in jade is planned to be used to repair the city wall.
In addition, the official personally came forward and negotiated many times, and also invited monks from the four most powerful sects in the Sanzu County to take action. They will assist and repair the city defense formation as soon as possible."
After he said this, Song Zheng's face looked better. He nodded slightly to him and urged Hong Tiancheng: "Send an order to go back and let them go faster!"
"Your Majesty!"
Song Zheng stopped staying and quickly entered the city.
Arriving at the lobby of the county government office, Song Zheng sat in the main hall. County officials were arranged on both sides according to their official positions. At this time, it was like the emperor summoning his ministers. Those who could be listed were all qualified officials from the county, which was a status symbol.
Some people are even thinking in their hearts: Will they be able to brag with their descendants in the future? Your family and I have met His Excellency Song Zheng before.
As for whether Your Excellency Song Zheng saw them, that's not important.
Song Zheng glanced around at the crowd. All the officials felt a slight thump in their hearts and subconsciously bowed down. Song Zheng realized something, and he was anxious in his heart, so he couldn't help but feel a little aggressive. He was a senior government official, how could these officials endure it?
live?
He restrained some of his power, and then said: "You all understand what I am doing. Duan Hao..."
The county guard hurriedly came out of the queue and said, "Your Majesty is here."
"Han Jiujiang lost contact immediately after entering Sanzu County. Do you have any information?"
"This..." Duan Hao felt sweat on his forehead and couldn't answer: "Xiaguan, Xianguan has sent people to investigate many times, but there are no clues. What happened to General Han is really weird..."
"Hmph!" Song Zheng interrupted him with a cold snort. If it weren't for the extraordinary period now, when stability is even more needed, Song Zheng would have been dismissed as a "vegetarian meal" and Hao's career would have come to an end.
Duan Hao plopped down and knelt on the ground: "This official is incompetent, please forgive me!"
"Where are the others?" Song Zheng continued to ask: "Have you found anything?"
There was such silence in the lobby that you could literally hear a pin drop.
Although Song Zheng guessed that he might get nothing, he was inevitably a little irritated in this situation. Suddenly, a timid voice came from the back of the officials: "Sir, sir, I have made a discovery."
Song Zheng shouted: "Come forward and speak!"
"Yes, yes..." Someone from behind squeezed to the front in embarrassment and knelt in front of Song Zheng: "Little, little man Ji Wuchang is a scribe in the county government. He is responsible for checking some official documents and accounts..."
Song Zheng said: "Let's talk about the key points."
"Yes." Ji Wuchang trembled: "The villain checked some accounts a few days ago and found that there was a reception at Quanyang Post on April 5th. The accounts were huge. I'm afraid there were hundreds of people."
Song Zheng's heart moved: Han Jiujiang arrived at Sanzu County on April 5th, and there was no news after that.
Ji Wuchang took out a page from his arms and opened it: "The villain has made a record and was about to report it to the county governor today, but he didn't expect that the adults are already here."
Song Zheng waved his hand, and the piece of paper fell into his hands.
It records this reception, and it turned out to be Han Jiujiang and his friends. They entered Quanyang Post around the time of Youshi, and then settled down and ordered Post Cheng to prepare meals.
Because of the large number of people, Yi Cheng sent people to nearby towns to purchase food, and finally managed to collect enough meals for 300 people.
Then early the next morning, Han Jiujiang and the others left.
Ji Wuchang said: "Quanyang Station is the first station after entering Sanzu County, and because of the edge of the road, the accounts between Quanyang Station and the county are settled once a month, so we didn't find this before.
.Yesterday, the accounts of Quanyangyi were delivered."
Song Zheng frowned. In this way, Han Jiujiang did not lose news as soon as he entered Sanzu County, but he rested for a night and disappeared after leaving Quanyangyi.
It's just that he didn't contact Long Yiwei that night in Quanyangyi, so he created this illusion.
Song Zheng nodded and looked at Ji Wuchang: "Not bad."
Ji Wuchang hurriedly bowed and said, "I don't dare to praise you as an adult if you do things within your own scope."
The county officials below were extremely jealous: It was indeed a good opportunity, but it was a pity that this guy caught him and nothing happened to him.
Song Zheng thought for a while and sent an order: "Let's go to Quanyang Station immediately."
Duan Hao had originally prepared a banquet, but at this time he did not dare to persuade Song Zheng to stay, for fear that he would be scolded as soon as he opened his mouth. Song Zheng came and went in a hurry, wandered around the county town, and then immediately left the city and went straight to Quanyang Post.
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This time, he brought along the little scribe Ji Wuchang.
At the same time, no one noticed that three people were missing from Song Zheng's Tianzun personal guard. They were secretly kept in the county by Song Zheng to conduct some necessary investigations.
Before Han Jiujiang was found, everything was possible. He needed his cronies to investigate whether Han Jiujiang's disappearance had anything to do with the officials of the Sanzu County.
It is not that similar things happened in the past. Corruption occurred in the local officialdom. Long Yiwei monitored the world and discovered problems. The local officials were afraid of the incident and secretly fired Long Yiwei's officials. ()