Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 591 Witness
However, when the news of the accident at Shangshan Temple (surprised by unknown people) reached the ears of friends who were visiting Houya and far away, Li Xiuyuan, the magistrate of Lantian County, who was enjoying a banquet and singing, was like a thunderbolt, and he was horrified There was chaos on the spot, and all the wine glasses were knocked over.

Li Xiuyuan, as the name suggests, his ancestors were from the Yuanzhi clan; just because there were too many generations, since his great-grandfather generation, he was automatically removed from the Zongzheng Temple's record, and he became a commoner who no longer received clan subsidies ; But as the main house, it can still be named for three generations.

Therefore, compared to the grandfather who gave up on himself, spent his life and finally died of drunkenness; and his father who tried to revive himself but managed poorly, almost went bankrupt and needed marriage to rescue him; Li Xiuyuan's luck is undoubtedly better, because he is willing to study and catches up with the three generations Last benefit.

As the favor of the Tian family to the children of the vast clan, Zongzheng Temple will specially fight for some of the places selected by the two major schools of the capital, the Imperial College and the Taixue every year, and provide them to those poor and willing to make progress. Kankan stuck on the basic line.

Therefore, although he failed to enroll in the two major universities of the capital (Beijing Normal University and Military Equipment University); he still caught up with the last train of the Imperial College, and thus became one of the tens of thousands of candidates for academic officials in the Tang Dynasty.After that, I had a chance encounter, and got the support and sponsorship from my uncle's family.

At the same time as marrying a cousin who was born in a foreign vassal, she was also able to seek the opportunity to be transferred to an official school; finally, at the age of 37, she was released as a middle school in Chi, Ji, Wang, Song, Shang, Zhong and Xiaqi counties, " The magistrate of Lantian County, Ji County, which is located next to Beijing, has been in office for the third year.

Of course, compared to the so-called "Three lives of misfortune, the county magistrate attaches to Guo; three lives of evil, attaches to the provincial capital of Guo; evil is full, attaches to Guo's capital." However, Chang'an and Wannian counties, which are extremely complicated and under great pressure, are located in Wuguan, southwest of the capital. ——Lantian County, the hub of Shangluo Road, is much more relaxed.

There is not only the prosperity of the business travel route located in the center of Gyeonggi, but also the natural inertia of long-term follow-up and follow-through; it is relatively far away from the turmoil of the Xijing court.Even if you don't have to focus on pursuing political achievements and achievements, you can still wait until the end of your term by relying on relatively hands-off governance.

The only problem that needs to be paid attention to is the various gardens, forest villas and other large villas built here by those high-ranking officials in the middle of the capital, Gaomen Jiadi, Xunchen Zongqi, located on both sides of the Lantian Valley and Wangchuan River.Among them, according to the priority, they are naturally divided into three, six, and nine grades.

The Shangshan Temple, which is located on the side of the road near Xiaoshan Mountain, is undoubtedly one of the most important places; compared with the ancient temples and temples everywhere in the capital city, there are many gods and Buddhas fighting in the emperor's edict and Yuci Daochang; in Lantian County, there is only It is a blessing to have a Shangshan Temple that the clan makes offerings to and fulfills vows.

Therefore, although there have been frequent disturbances in recent years, Li Xiuyuan's tenure is still stable; at most, he killed some deformed beasts that came from the mountains to the road.But someone directly attacked and set fire to the Shangshan Temple, this is a major event that the world has collapsed.

Therefore, even if he is unwilling, he can only pick up the already unfamiliar riding skills again; he convenes the strong squad in the county and the local hunting team to prepare for the beast, and sends a message to the regiment garrison and government soldiers stationed nearby Junzhuang; invited as backup.It was then that they came towards Shangshan Mountain under the shouting and hugging.

However, when he arrived halfway, the news that came back one after another made him hesitate again and again, and he retreated in his heart.Because, according to reports, the attackers who attacked Shangshan Temple were not ordinary thieves, but a whole team of armored soldiers with full body armor and complete equipment.

You must know that this is an important place in Gyeonggi, and even the Jinwu disciples from the Left and Right Sixth Streets are also lightly dressed in scarlet robes.Those who can dispatch armored soldiers are not ordinary existences.Immediately afterwards, it was reported that a group of road guards who had seen Huoqi and went to Shangshan Temple nearby were also defeated by these unknown armored soldiers.

The road guards and the Cao camp have always been under the direct management of the state government, but they have been controlled by the various transshipment departments and supervised by the patrol history; the person who dares to directly defeat them is not the magistrate of Lantian County like Li Xiuyuan. It's easy to provoke.However, when he was determined to order a U-turn and turn back.

The fourth wave of messengers caught up again.This time it brought him the identities of those unknown armored soldiers, who were actually members of Xijing's secret censor department/Li Xingyuan.At this moment, Li Xiuyuan's head was almost as if someone had hit him with a hammer, leaving only the buzzing noise in his head.

Although he is only a small county magistrate in charge of more than [-] households in Lantian, he has heard of this newly established secret imperial court in the imperial newspapers, manuscripts, or in private word of mouth. The news from the Ministry of History/Li Xingyuan is basically closely related to the major events that happened in the two capitals.

But for Li Xiuyuan, whether it is the famous Fourth Academy of Yushi, or the clan background behind Master Miaozhen Dongzhen of Shangshan Temple, which side is affected by the situation, it is all based on his current rank and status. Official position, unbearable consequences. "Quick...quick..."

However, Li Xiuyuan hadn't waited for an excuse to turn around and turn back; several well-dressed cavalry came up ahead again, and Li Xiuyuan's last bit of luck was gone. "By the order of the Superintendent of the Xijing Lixing Academy and the post envoy of the Liangjing Tourist Office, I would like to ask Baili Jun to tell you something."

After a while, Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and leave a cadre of subordinates to wait outside, and only brought a few entourages into the messy Shangshan temple with difficulty.Facing the newly established Lixingyuan by the imperial court, although he could still evade one or two things, he could not refuse the supervision of the post envoys of the two capitals.

Then in the courtyard of the third span, in front of a nearly burned-out hall; Li Xiuyuan also saw a tall young official with a clear description and deep eyes; he couldn't help but bowed his hands and saluted: "Lan Tian Order Li Xiuyuan to pay a visit to the patrol post envoy..."

"Bailihou came at the right time." The other party smiled faintly and said: "My subordinates happened to have some discoveries, so please ask Bailihou to be a witness."

"I only wish!" Li Xiuyuan also responded bitterly: After all, we have come to this point, and he can't afford to shirk and refuse; let alone what happened under his rule, no matter what happened, Can't get rid of a oversight, or the relationship between bad governance.

A moment later, Li Xiuyuan saw Dongzhen Master/Miaozhenzi who was tied up by Wuhuada, his face was bruised and swollen and his mouth was gagged, and the purple crane cloak on his body was also burned into strips by the smoke, revealing multiple burns; His face became more and more ugly, and his mouth became severely bitter.

You know, this is one of the Lou Guan Dharma lineages granted by the imperial court, Dongzhen master of the sixth and eleventh rank of the Taoist rank, and the master of the third rank of the temple.Don't say that when Li Xiuyuan sees you on weekdays, you have to respectfully call out "Miao Zhenren", even if you want to see him on weekdays, it depends on the other person's mood.

"You don't want to be fooled by this guy's name, he is just a man of good looks." As if sensing his vague thoughts, Jiang Tian also explained lightly: "However, after this guy is caught, He actually wanted to kill himself by biting his tongue; so he had to knock out his teeth first."

However, Li Xiuyuan could only respond with an embarrassing expression of submissiveness and subterfuge.Immediately afterwards, the ruins of the main hall were also completely cleared out; just after the base of Emperor Xuanyuan's (Lao Tzu) clay sculpture wooden shrine was moved away by joint efforts, a stepped downward entrance was immediately exposed.

A moment later, Li Xiuyuan, who was invited to go down, was staggered by the stench of Chen Miscellaneous, and almost fell down the stairs.Immediately afterwards, under the light of the lit lamp, he quickly saw clearly the fixed locks and iron bars on the four walls, as well as the display of suspected instruments of torture.

In an instant, Li Xiuyuan's heart sank, but he felt a sense of relief and relief.Since this well-known and virtuous mage Miaozhen hid lynching equipment underground, he was also convicted of violating rules and conspiring to commit crimes.

At least he doesn't have to worry about being implicated in a deliberate frame-up and frame-up.Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan also expressed more righteous indignation on his face: "I never expected that this guy... this bastard is so mad, I am ashamed!"

"Actually, it's far more than that?" Jiang Tian gave him a meaningful look, shook his head again and said: Immediately, the sergeants who went deep into the search broke out short noises and noises, followed by It turned into a few short screams and whines.

Seeing Lin Shunyi, one of the four great servants, already dragging two limp human bodies with both hands, striding out, throwing them on the ground and whispering: "When the sons broke into it, there were these two dogs. , hiding in the dark grid and attacking with a sword, but we overturned it."

Li Xiuyuan took a closer look and saw that they were two young Taoist boys, but they were only wearing thin gauze clothes and caged hips, and their faces were still covered with makeup, which looked a little weird and strange.I can't help but understand something in my heart.Immediately afterwards, several large and small boxes and caskets were lifted out.

After opening them one by one, some of them were precious clothes, but most of them seemed to be women's personal belongings; Inside the box were stacks of ledgers and letterheads.

After seeing this scene, Li Huaiyuan's scalp became numb again; it was no surprise that after all his calculations, he would inevitably be involved in a big trouble and right and wrong again.this moment.He would rather he hadn't seen anything, or hadn't come down at all.

But then, there was another bang of cracking walls inside; it was the sergeants who were exploring the walls; they accidentally discovered and knocked open the secret wall hidden in the depths of the underground chamber.Immediately afterwards, a gray-faced, haggard woman was dragged out.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Tian asked someone to come over with a large picture album; he opened one of the pages of the stick figure sketches, looked at the woman carefully for a moment, and then exhaled: "There are six or seven The degree of similarity should be her, the witch who disappeared back then."

(End of this chapter)