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After all, Lu Haosheng set off for Beishan under the escort of Qiu Ruxue and his party. He didn't have much luggage, most of which were books, and the car was full.

Back then when he fled from the capital, he traveled on foot, which made him miserable, but this time, he went by car. Qiu Ruxue led ten guards. They were all warriors who counted as ten, but they were all in coarse clothes. , except for delicate weapons such as daggers that can be carried with you, other weapons are placed in the bag under the saddle, and they are not displayed blatantly.

This trip to Beishan, according to Chu Huan's intention, should not be a big fanfare on the road. After all, although Beishan was defeated and Xiao Huanzhang and Luo Dingxi were dead, but because of this, the situation there was very chaotic. At this time, Beishan territory Thieves are inevitable, the more low-key the better, the carriage that Chu Huan prepared for Lu Haosheng was also very simple.

King Qi obviously cared a lot about Lu Haosheng's departure, so he personally sent him a few miles away from the palace. However, Chu Huan went to the military camp outside the city before dawn due to his busy schedule, so there were very few people who saw Lu Haosheng off. It seemed very deserted.

However, before Chu Huan left, he asked Qiu Ruxue to bring 50 taels of silver and handed it to Lu Haosheng as a loan. 50 taels of silver is naturally a lot of money for ordinary people, but for a governor who went to Beishan to take up his post To put it bluntly, it was a drop in the bucket, but Qiu Ruxue explained it on behalf of Chu Huan, and Chu Huan paid for the 50 taels of silver himself.

Although Xiguan is not what it used to be, and it is not as stretched as it was when Chu Huan first came, and one tael of silver was divided into ten dual uses, but the money of the new Salt Administration and the Department of Household Affairs must follow the rules regardless of income and expenditure. The governor of Beishan, Xiguan Finance naturally has no obligation to allocate money to him. The money of the new salt office is mainly the income of Xinyan, and his main expenditure is used for military construction. The imperial court cannot afford the military salary. And we have to keep the army, and the soldiers eat food and get paid. There must be a source of this money, and it can only be provided from the New Salt Bureau.

As far as the Department of Household Affairs, the common people didn't even grow food, so it is naturally impossible to get tax revenue from the common people. The biggest profit, apart from the stolen money obtained from the previous seizure of the Zhu Party, and the compensation and spoils obtained from the war, the main source is The business tax of merchants is far lower than that of the New Salt Bureau, which is now in the limelight, and the Hubu Division is far behind, but the pressure on the Hubu Division is also much lighter. The silver is mainly used to pay the salaries of the officials of Xiguan Road and some simple constructions at present.

According to Qiu Ruxue, Chu Huan took out 50 taels of silver for the sake of serving the court together. The governor's mansion was frugal, so Chu Huan still managed to scrape together the 50 taels of silver.

Lu Haosheng only wanted to go to Beishan to get more money. He was the governor of Beishan who he hoped to appoint. After going there, he would first search Xiao Huanzhang's property, and by the way, he would also get rid of a group of Xiao Huanzhang's cronies. There, naturally, a large amount of silver can be obtained.

After bidding farewell to King Qi, Lu Haosheng set out on the road full of confidence.

The group left Shuoquan. According to what Qiu Ruxue said, there are now two roads to go to Beishan. One is well-known, from Shuoquan to the east, through Jiazhou, then enter Beishan Qingzhou, and then enter Xinzhou where Yuchangcheng is located. This road has high mountains and long rivers, and it takes a big circle to go around, and it will take at least ten days to reach it. The other road is from Shuoquan to the north, passing through the Eagle's Nest Stream that was discovered not long ago, and then you can cross it. The border between Xiguan and Beishan directly enters the territory of Xinzhou. Taking this road can save half the time.

It's just passing through the Eagle's Nest Stream, the road is difficult, and the Eagle's Nest Stream is too narrow to be open to traffic, so it must be walked on foot, which is much more dangerous than the other road.

Lu Haosheng made a quick decision and ordered to walk from Yingchao Stream, Qiu Ruxue was not talking nonsense, along the way, Lu Haosheng could walk as he said, in fact, Yingchao Stream is only a hundred miles away from Shuoquan City, starting in the morning, Qiu Ruxue Ruxue and others rode horses, and Lu Haosheng rode in a carriage. It didn't take a day to arrive at Ying's Nest Stream, but when we got to Ying's Nest Stream, it was already dark and it was not suitable to walk this small stream at night, so we found the nearest one After resting in the village for one night, they set off early the next morning and arrived at the Eagle's Nest Stream. They abandoned the car and left the horse, and rode across the Eagle's Nest Stream.

For Lu Haosheng, he had never walked through such a dangerous place. When he crossed the Eagle's Nest Stream, he was already sweating profusely and had shortness of breath. It took him a long time to rest before he recovered.

Afterwards, they rode on horseback for more than a day. At noon on the fourth day after starting from Shuoquan, they finally looked at Yuchang City in the distance. There was no robbery by bandits.

When we arrived at the city gate, we saw that there were a few soldiers guarding the city gate, but they were lazily leaning on the base of the city to bask in the sun. People entering and leaving the city gate did not ask questions, but they saw some people coming up to the convoy, and they chatted for a long time to find out the various This kind of reason is nothing more than asking the convoy to take some passing money. Lu Haosheng frowned at this. These soldiers have no military discipline and are loose and domineering. What is it like now.

Entering the city, there was chaos and no order at all, Qiu Ruxue frowned at the sight, Lu Haosheng had a gloomy face along the way, and asked Qiu Ruxue to inquire about the location of the Governor's Mansion in the city, and being inquired about that person was like looking at a monster Looking at Qiu Ruxue in the same way, he said with a smile: "The governor's mansion is almost on fire, there are not a few yards left. In the past, people sneaked in every night to find things, and no one cared about it. Now there are no ghosts... ...Oh, no, I heard that the governor's wife was burned to death inside, hehe, maybe at midnight, you can still see her ghost inside, they say she looks beautiful, if you really see her, you will be killed by that female ghost It's worth dying for."

Qiu Ruxue ignored his nonsense, asked where he was, and escorted Lu Haosheng to the Governor's Mansion. As passers-by said, the long street outside the Governor's Mansion was almost empty, walking on the long street, It was deserted and deserted, and it made people panic. When they got to the Governor's Mansion, it was really a mess. The walls collapsed, and the wooden beams that had been burnt to black charcoal were still standing here and there. Although the Governor's Mansion had been burned for several days, the air was full of It still seems to be filled with the smell of dust after the fire.

Lu Haosheng entered the courtyard, messed up everywhere, a smell mixed with rancidity entered his nose, he raised his hand to cover his nose, frowned, looked around, his heart was extremely cold.

Although he knew that there was a fire in the Beishan Governor's Mansion, he did not expect it to burn so badly. Although he could vaguely see the luxury of the Governor's Mansion at the time, it was already a passing memory, leaving only a few houses standing alone in the Outside the mess.

I originally thought that in Xiao Huanzhang's Governor's Mansion, even if a person died, there would still be some property left. King Qi had issued an order at that time to seal up the Governor's Mansion on Beishan, but now it seems that not to mention finding a strange man in this Governor's Mansion. I'm afraid I can't even find a tael of silver for rare treasures.

"Master Lu, where are we going next?" Qiu Ruxue and the others felt at ease. They were ordered by Chu Huan to guard Lu Haosheng here for half a month. After half a month, they set off to return to Shuoquan. As for what Lu Haosheng is doing here, they don't need to say a word. They only have one task, which is to protect Lu Haosheng from being killed within half a month.

Lu Haosheng's face turned blue, and he said coldly: "Send someone to call the magistrate of Xinzhou. Xiao Huanzhang is dead, so the magistrate of Xinzhou should be here, right? The prince sent someone to give him an order to protect this place, but... quickly go!"

Qiu Ruxue smiled and said: "Master Lu, we are here to protect you, not your servants, you have to be clear about this. In my opinion, there is no need to call the governor of Yuezhou. Look here, it is not Where we are talking, why don't we just go over there, and Master Lu will ask questions over there?"

Lu Haosheng glanced at Qiu Ruxue and felt annoyed in his heart, but he also understood that these people were lent to him by Chu Huan to protect him, and they were really not his followers.

Angrily, he led a group of people on horseback to find the Zhizhou Mansion in Xinzhou. The gate of the Zhizhou Mansion was open, and a few soldiers were guarding the door. Lu Hao gave birth to a horse and was about to go in. The soldiers stopped him and cursed: "Eye!" Are you blind? I didn’t see where this is, and it’s also a place where you can wander around, get out of here quickly, and if you don’t go, you’ll lose your dog’s legs.”

"You...!" After Lu Haosheng entered Yuchang City, he was already very uncomfortable. Seeing the dilapidated state of the Governor's Mansion, he was even more angry. At this time, he saw that the little soldiers dared to stop him. The literati was already full of anger at this moment, he raised his hand and slapped the soldier on the face, and was about to scold him, but the soldier next to him was flexible in his hands and feet. The soldier on the side dared to make a move, and was kicked in the waist. With an "ouch", he fell to the ground.

Several soldiers were about to rush forward, but Qiu Ruxue yelled sharply: "You are so bold, who dares to do it." One Arm had drawn his sword out of its sheath, and all the guards behind him also drew their swords one after another.

Qiu Ruxue was born as a Jianghu swordsman, and he already had a murderous look, but this stern shout was full of momentum, and the soldiers were stunned, looking at each other, not daring to move for a while.

Qiu Ruxue stepped forward and winked, and a guard beside him helped Lu Haosheng up. Lu Haosheng was kicked heavily in the waist, and when he was lifted up, his waist was still in pain, his face was ashen, and he said angrily : "Where is Zhizhou? Let him get out of here."

All the soldiers looked at each other, and one of them asked, "Hey, who the hell are you? Do you know what crime it is to trespass on Zhizhou's capital?"

Qiu Ruxue coughed, and said: "This is the new governor sent by King Qi, you go and ask Zhizhou to come out."

"King Qi?" The soldiers looked at each other even more in blank dismay, "Which King Qi? Master Zhizhou said that the governor of Xiguan Chu may send someone over recently. As long as the person arrives, let us report immediately when we see him, but he didn't say anything about Qi." The king will send someone."

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