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Chapter 122 Yiyang County Government, the Art of Mysterious Female

Hao Chong, the magistrate of Yiyang County, has been in a state of desperation recently.

It is said that the county magistrate is the father-in-law of a place, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the county magistrate. However, only Hao Chong, as the county magistrate, knows how much he has suffered during this process - going up, he wants to Give a smile to the chief official of this state, but down the line, the powerful people in those places may not listen to him. If you really want to do something to the powerful people in these places, they have a background that is thicker than him.

He is just a county magistrate caught in the middle, who has experienced his suffering?

Fortunately, the new governor of Yizhou who took office two years ago came through the ranks. Although he was a military attache, he was a suave character. He was far from being as paranoid as those military men. He was usually very talkative, so at least on Shangguan's side. , he can be less tired.

As for the local area, after his many years of management, the powerful local families in Yizhou have a good relationship with him. Although they occasionally need to discuss something when they encounter something, generally speaking, everyone is still very cooperative. He is the county magistrate.

"So... my lord, what are you busy with?"

In the county yamen, a middle-aged man drinking tea couldn't help but feel a little puzzled seeing the county magistrate Hao Chong's anxious look.

The middle-aged man's name is Bu Shen, and he is the aide of the county magistrate Hao Chong. He has been conscientiously helping Hao Chong with all the affairs in the county on weekdays—it is because of this that he knows better. This Yiyang County has been in peace for a long time, and there is nothing to be busy at all.

So what is Magistrate Hao so anxious about?

"What's the rush? Do you even need to ask? The prairie people went to war without making a sound, and the Shanbei Road has been beaten like that."

Speaking of this, the county magistrate Hao Chong couldn't help shaking his head.

"This world is really..."

"Hey……"

Upon hearing this, the staff member Bu Shen also let out a long sigh.

People in the prairie don't follow the rules. Everyone knows this kind of thing. Barbarians are like that.But people in the prairie are so unruly, no one really expected it—although the days are too peaceful for a long time, and it is true that there are prone to wars, but no matter how you think about it, such a thing as undeclared war is still too outrageous.

Is the Khan of Mobei crazy?
But thinking about this kind of thing is useless, regardless of whether the Khan in Mobei is crazy or not, this battle is still fought after all.I heard that Shanbei Road has been beaten to a mess, and countless people have been displaced and have to flee to surrounding places for safety.

Even this small Yiyang County has many refugees.

"What makes me anxious is the matter of those refugees."

County Magistrate Hao Chong also poured a cup of tea and drank it in large gulps.

"These refugees..."

"Wait?"

Staff member Bu Shentu was suddenly stunned.

If County Magistrate Hao is anxious because of the war, he can understand. After all, there is only Taiyin Mountain between Shannan Road and Shanbei Road. God knows when those prairie people will come over - but when it comes to this The matter of refugees...why are you so anxious about this?
"My lord, have you forgotten?"

The staff Bu Shen was a little embarrassed.

"When you were drinking with the local gentry a few days ago, didn't you already leave the matter of resettling the refugees to the Zhang family in Taiyin Mountain? At that time, he said that the mountain god was merciful and wanted to help Yiyang County. Do your part...Isn’t this house doing well?”

"Yes, I know."

County Magistrate Hao Chong nodded.

He naturally knew that Taiyin Mountain had done a good job. After all, no refugees have been able to rush to this Yiyang County, which is enough to show how much effort the Taiyin Mountain Temple has put in—but it is also because of this that this county This made Hao Chong even more anxious.

"Taiyin Mountain has resettled all the refugees, and this official knows...so what's going on with the Zhang family?"

Speaking of this, County Magistrate Hao Chong couldn't help but frown.

"How long has it been? I have already reached a bottleneck in my Xuan Min technique, so why hasn't the cauldron that the Zhang family promised me been delivered yet?"

"……what?"

Bu Shen, the staff member, was dumbfounded.

It was at this time that he realized how Magistrate Hao allowed the Taiyin Mountain Temple to gather the refugees.

It turns out that Magistrate Hao, like the famous celebrities in Jiankang City, also likes to talk about mysteries, but the mysteries that Magistrate Hao talks about are those mysterious magic tricks - so Zhang Qi from the Taiyin Mountain Temple So he did what he liked, and as a practitioner, he communicated with the county magistrate Hao about the art of Xuan Min.

As for the art of Xuan Ni, it is hard to say. There are many explanations for this thing, and people have their own opinions on the word Xuan Ni.

However, the most common saying is that Xuan is Yousu and female is female.

To put it simply, it is dual cultivation.

According to those Xuan Qi, if one succeeds in cultivating the Xuan Min technique, one can be at ease like a fairy, displaying all kinds of supernatural powers—but few people have really done this kind of thing.But even if it sounds outrageous, people are still willing to try it, and keep trying, over and over again.

"What do you mean it doesn't sound right?"

The county magistrate Hao Chong was immediately unhappy.

"There is something true about this Mysterious Female Technique... To be honest, I used to be in poor health, and it was inevitable that I couldn't lift my head on weekdays. But since I learned this Mysterious Female Technique under the guidance of Zhang Qi, I have become better But he shows off his talents every day!”

"Ah this..."

The staff Bu Shen was speechless.

That's true, if that Zhang Qizhen has such a mysterious method, there is indeed no man who can say no.

What's more, what Zhang Qi offered wasn't just a method, according to the agreement between Zhang Qi and Hao Chong, Zhang Qi would choose some pretty ones among those refugees, and let Hao county magistrate take it into his house, so that the mysterious female technique would be more powerful. further.

And this County Magistrate Hao is anxious here.

Bu Shen understood now, and the county magistrate Hao was really anxious and well-founded.

"Anyway, Yiyang County will be at peace for a long time, and there is nothing important to do. It's better to practice hard and strive for self-improvement on weekdays."

Seeing that the staff member finally understood what he meant, the county magistrate Hao Chong also sat down and talked freely.

"Now that the prairie people are invading the south, the morals of this world are about to turn bad again. And in this world, what is the most important thing? It's strength!"

As he spoke, Hao Chong rolled up his sleeves, and showed his slender arms to his staff Bu Shen the faintly stretched tendons.

"This is the benefit of the mysterious female technique. I practice hard day and night, and this figure is actually a little bit stronger! If I continue to practice, and wait until the day when this technique is perfect, I am afraid that I will not be alone It can block the thousands of horses and horses of the prairie people... who is beating the drum?"

"do not know."

Staff Bu Shen also stood up and listened carefully.

I just said there was nothing important, and this important thing came.

What is ringing now is the grievance drum outside the yamen, but this drum cannot be beaten on weekdays. If people want to complain to the officials, they can just go to the yamen directly - it has to be a major case or a major injustice before anyone will Sound the drum of injustice to show how serious it is.

But Yiyang County has been at peace for a long time, so where did the big case come from?

"Wait for the officer to go out and have a look."

As he spoke, the county magistrate Hao Chong gave in to Bu Shen and called the yamen servant, and the group went to the county yamen lobby.

Just when they arrived in the lobby, the county magistrate Hao Chong was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground.

I saw that the originally clean lobby was now filled with corpses. Looking up, there were no less than a hundred corpses. The corpses were full of marks of knife and axe, and even traces of burning by the flames. It was obvious that these young men in plain clothes must have gone through a brutal fight before they were alive.

But it was not this that really shocked Hao Chong, the county magistrate.

It was the body that was carried to the front.

Although the corpse had been crushed to pieces by something and was beyond recognition, Hao Chong still recognized who this person was just by looking at the clothes on the corpse and some hidden marks on the limbs.

That was his recent best friend, the immortal who taught him the art of the Mysterious Mother, and the person in charge of the Taiyin Mountain Temple.

That is, that Zhang Qi who promised to help him get the cauldron.

"This, this, this, this..."

County Magistrate Hao Chong opened his mouth wide, but for a while he couldn't even speak a complete sentence.

"Why is he dead? Why is he dead?"

"Of course it's because he's damned!"

In the line of sight of the county magistrate Hao Chong, there was a tall and burly man stepping over these corpses and stepping out.

After listening to the narration of this strong man named Du Chengfeng, the county magistrate Hao Chong probably understood the whole story.

According to Du Chengfeng, the Taiyin Mountain Temple did not have good intentions in housing the refugees, but had the intention of killing people. These young monks even took advantage of the darkness of the night, armed with magic swords, to cut down everyone they saw without distinction. All black and white - so as the leader of the refugees, this strong man named Du Chengfeng led his people to resist and killed all the people in the Taiyin Mountain Temple.

"Probably so."

After finishing speaking, Du Chengfeng bowed his hands to the county magistrate Hao Chong.

"These thieves are really insidious. They actually sneaked in in the middle of the night. If I hadn't practiced a little bit of kung fu, I'm afraid I would have been killed by them... You can see what to do with this matter, or just pay me their place. Anyway, the mountain temple is in the mountain, so it doesn’t make much difference whether they manage it or we manage it.”

"You, you, you..."

Pointing at this strong man named Du Chengfeng, the county magistrate Hao Chong trembled for a long time.

"You are the thief!"

"……what?"

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but be stunned.

"I'm obviously the one who was attacked..."

"Nonsense! Zhang Xian has lived in Taiyin Mountain for generations, and his family is quite wealthy. Why did he attack you!"

Raising his hand to slap the gavel, the county magistrate Hao Chong, who was trembling with anger, felt more and more wrong as he thought about it.

How could it be possible, he knew Zhang Qi's family background, as one of the local tyrants, the Zhang family who run the Taiyin Mountain Temple can be said to have a rich family background, and they are even more willing to do good things on weekdays, so what is urgent for him, the county magistrate? Is it possible to do such an outrageous thing?
It must be these refugees!It must be these refugees from outside!It was they who saw that Zhang Qi's family had a great career, so they teamed up and killed everyone in the Taiyin Mountain Temple, and now they even beat Zhang Qi up, charging Zhang Qi with crimes, and planned to plot against this clan's ownerless family business!

"Right, that is it!"

In a moment, Hao Chong felt that he had understood everything.

If he, the county magistrate, hadn't seen everything and saw the thief's conspiracy, God knows what kind of injustice this immortal would have suffered!
"The dog thief is so courageous, he dared to lie in front of this official!"

Thinking of this, the county magistrate Hao Chong patted the gavel again, and raised his hand to point at Du Chengfeng.

"Come here! Get this bold maniac down to me!"

With an order, the yamen servants who had been prepared for a long time rushed out like tigers and wolves. They swung the water and fire sticks in their hands, and they wanted to beat the thief to his knees first!
But immediately, these fire and water sticks all froze in mid-air.

Just because, right in front of them, the strong man named Du Chengfeng was holding a seal ribbon in his hand.

"No, I said it all, I was the one who was attacked."

Du Chengfeng scratched his head for a while.

"I am the Ordnance Chief of Jizhou. I have been temporarily serving in Yanzhou for a while. I also brought out those refugees. This man named Zhang Qi is attacking the imperial officials... What, you still don't believe it? Well, I'll give you a full set of reports. I also have the official documents and the transfer orders from the Governor of Yanzhou."

Seeing that the seal and related documents were taken out, the county magistrate Hao Chong began to tremble again.

But this time I was not angry, but surprised. You must know that he is only a county magistrate, but the person in front of him is a state official. Although he is not a state official, but only in terms of rank, he is better High.

In other words, this matter...

"fake."

Looking at Zhang Qi's corpse on the ground, the county magistrate Hao Chong gritted his teeth.

"False! Yanzhou City has been captured, and the information is unknown. You said you are the Ordnance Master, so why don't you fight on the front line and instead flee to our Shannan Road?"

"I... have finished this battle, haven't I?"

Du Chengfeng scratched his head even more.

"Qi Jinshan died in the battle, Yanzhou City was destroyed, and the battle is over. Why don't you leave?"

"Death in battle? I think he was killed by you!"

County Magistrate Hao Chong sneered.

Of course, he also knows that if he can be the military governor of a state, his martial arts skills are not bad. Such a person can die in battle, but it is impossible to say that he is killed-but it doesn't matter, he just needs a reason now Come and take this thief down.

Regardless of whether the other person is the real Master of Ordnance, it is already a fact that he has offended this person to death.If we don't take this opportunity to kill this thief as soon as possible, will we have to wait for him to come back and find someone to take off his official uniform?
"As the Chief of Ordnance, he left his post without permission and dared to roar in court!"

County magistrate Hao Chong once again photographed the gavel.

"Come here! Capture this traitor who killed the chief officer!"

The yamen servants rushed up again with water and fire sticks, and the county magistrate Hao Chong also narrowed his eyes.

Sure enough, just as he thought, the expression on the face of this strong man named Du Chengfeng was indeed astonishment, disbelief, and even a little bit of confusion—it's right to be confused, he was the one who charged him for this crime, just like This brawny man charged Zhang Qi just now. Anyway, there is no proof, even if the court's captors came, no one could prove that the charge was false.

"So how do you know?"

While Hao Chong was waiting for those yamen servants to take down the strong man named Du Chengfeng with water and fire sticks.

The strong man named Du Chengfeng suddenly spoke.

"No one should know... how do you know that I killed an official and rebelled?"

"Haha, I am very aware of the details, how could I not know... eh?"

Only halfway through speaking, the county magistrate Hao Chong suddenly realized that something seemed not quite right.

"What did you just say?"

"Never mind."

Du Chengfeng sighed.

"Since you have seen it all, then I won't be able to keep you today."

　The first one was delivered, and sure enough, healthy work and rest brought more energy.The second watch should be before seven o'clock.

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　　Thanks to my little sickle for not losing, hijuli’s reward is a waste of money.

　　I'll go get something to eat and then continue typing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)