Ji Tang

Chapter 1275 Taoist priest is greedy?

"How big is it exactly here? Do you have detailed measurements?"

Facing what he saw before him, Chen Shou showed a hint of greed, but it quickly disappeared.Your Majesty said, don't be greedy. If you are greedy again, you will cause big trouble.

"According to the latest measurement, this place is slightly smaller than Guanzhong, but the valuable thing is that the land here is fertile and extremely flat, making it a rare granary."

"In addition, there is Yuan Kang State, the capital of Shi State, and seven cities, but the population is less than [-]."

Speaking of this, Liu Hongji's face looked a little unnatural. After hearing this, Chen Shou just frowned and asked something.His purpose is to take over this territory and not care about anything else.

"Go, go down and have a look!"

Now that he's here, let's take a good look. If he's just looking around, His Majesty won't send him here.

And it seemed that for five or six days, they were either rushing or wandering around every day, which made everyone very helpless! ——
"Why did you go and make you like this?"

When Ji Song saw Chen Shou again, he couldn't believe his eyes. Looking at the man in front of him who was covered in dust, disheveled hair, and emitting a stench, he really couldn't recognize that this was Chen Shou?

"I asked you to go see a place, what did you do? Looking at you like this, you might think that I abused you or something? You want to die in peace with the guild leader. If you die here, I can't explain it with all my words. .”

Ji Song was furious and cursed, if this bastard really died in the Western Region, how much trouble would he cause?

"Come on!"

"Pull him down and take a good look, as long as he doesn't die!"

Therefore, before Chen Shou could take a breath, he was pulled down for various inspections. He was not let go until it was confirmed that he was just tired and there was nothing wrong with him.

After Chen Shou left, Ji Song looked at Liu Hongji and others and frowned, and said angrily: "What's the matter with you? He is so old, if he makes peace, those of us who lead troops outside will be full of words. I can’t explain it. When the time comes when the yellow mud falls off your crotch, it will be either shit or shit. Look at all the good things you have done!”

Liu Hongji's face was full of grievances, and he said with a mournful face: "General, don't accuse a good man unjustly. I thought this guy just went over to have a look, but who knew that he didn't have time to take a look and didn't take much rest. We These people can't persuade them, so what can they do? This is what we forced them to do."

"Yes, General!"

Gao Kan also had a look of helplessness on his face: "You don't know, Mr. Chen is like crazy. He wants to ask questions about everything he sees. When he learns that he can often fish out gold sand, some people even get a piece of dog head." Queen Jin took us to the deep mountains and forests and stayed there for several days."

Ji was stunned. He only heard Jinsha and Kotoujin, but nothing else.

"Tell me again, are you sure it's nugget gold and gold sand?"

Gao Kan was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes, someone discovered Jinsha some time ago. Everyone thought there was a gold mine nearby, but when the Taoist priest of Sanqing Temple came to see it, it turned out that was not the case. He said it was a small No matter how small a gold mine is, it is not worth mining."

"Do you just believe it?" Ji Song said with black lines on his face.

"Of course that's impossible. Do you think we are fools? So I called in other people who came to investigate and took a look at it, and they all came to a conclusion."

"But Mr. Chen doesn't believe in evil. He thought we wanted to monopolize the gold mine, so he checked it out personally for a long time."

"You wait!"

The more Ji Song thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. How could there be such a coincidence in this world?
"Are you sure it's nugget gold?"

Gao Kan nodded: "Yes, everyone heard that this thing can bring good luck to people. Old man Cheng took it for himself. It's not enough if he doesn't sell it."

"Fuck your mother's bullshit. I bought it. Why should I keep it as my own? I spent thousands of dollars on it. Don't wrongly accuse good people."

Ji Song glared at these careless guys with a dark face, and said to Cheng Yaojin: "Please bring that nugget of gold, I want to see what's going on?"

Cheng Yaojin was in a daze, and instinctively wanted to refuse, but when he saw Ji Song's serious eyes, he suddenly felt excited.His face turned dark and he said, "You think there's something wrong with this?"

But Ji Song shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, that's why I want to see the piece of gold. I'll know if I see it."

"Also, call Li Chunfeng and the Taoist priest who did the survey and say that I have something to ask!"

"promise!"

Soon, when Cheng Yaojin took out the nugget of gold, something suddenly became clear in Ji Song's heart.But just to be safe, he still held it in his hand and observed it.

Yes, this is a natural gold nugget. Although it is not big, it weighs about three kilograms. After refining, its value is only about seven or eight hundred guan. However, nugget gold originally has a premium, so there is nothing wrong with selling it for thousands of guan!

He gently placed the gold nugget on the table, ignored everyone, and began to close his eyes and wait.

People from Pingyang also came over after hearing the news, but saw Ji Song's appearance and didn't bother him.

"Princess, this matter must be investigated clearly. If it is true, people will die."

Chen Shou also came to Datang at some point, and his eyes could scare people to death.This is such a coincidence. If I hadn't come here to investigate, I wouldn't have known that there might be a gold mine here.

"That shouldn't be the case. I have never heard of this matter!"

Just as they were talking, Li Chunfeng came, followed by a seemingly calm middle-aged Taoist priest. Judging from his clothes, it was obvious that his status in Taoism was not low.

"Xiaodao pays homage to the general, pays homage to the princess, generals!"

Ji Song opened his eyes, looked directly at Li Chunfeng, pointed at the natural gold nugget on the table and said, "Come and take a look!"

Li Chunfeng was stunned, then stepped forward to pick up the gold nugget and looked at it carefully. The middle-aged Taoist priest behind him shrank his eyes, but quickly disappeared and hid himself.However, this scene was seen by Cheng Yaojin.

His heart skipped a beat and he looked at Ji Song in disbelief. If this was true, would he be considered implicated?But there is no way to prove this!

Ji Song gave him a reassuring look and continued to wait!

"Tsk, tsk, natural gold nugget. Did you find the gold nugget somewhere? To form such a large natural gold nugget, this mineral deposit is definitely not small. And it can be exposed, so it should be extremely easy to mine compared to shallow layers."

He put down the gold nugget with some pity and congratulated Ji Song: "Xiao Dao wants General Hexi. This is a windfall from heaven. It is really enviable!"

Ji Song ignored his compliment and said directly: "Are you sure there is a gold mine?"

"Of course, as long as there are natural gold nuggets, there must be gold mines, and the reserves are definitely not small. I still know this common sense. What? Does the general want to rely on me?"

Ji Song did not answer the question, but looked at the Taoist priest behind him and said, "What about him? Can he tell whether there is a gold mine?"

"certainly."

Before he could finish speaking, his expression changed: "What do you mean, General?"

"Then you'd better ask him!"

Pointing to the gold nugget, he said: "This is the person who judged that the place where the gold mine was discovered was just a small gold mine. He also concluded that there was not much mining value. If the mine was forced to be mined, the gain would outweigh the loss."

"Jingming!"

"Little Daoist!"

Even a fool knew something at this time. Li Chunfeng stared at the man named Jing Ming and said, "Is this true?"

"Tell the truth. If you are unjustly accused, I, the Taoist, are not just vegetarians. Even if I bring trouble in front of His Majesty, I will avenge your innocence!"

But Taoist Jingming was silent, which made Li Chunfeng's heart sink deeper and deeper.Time passed slowly, Li Chunfeng smiled bitterly, and said angrily: "Why? Tell me why?"

"There's no reason, it's just that I'm short of money!"

"That's all!"

"you"

"Well, although this matter is an internal matter within your Taoist family, that territory now belongs to His Majesty, that is, the royal family's property." Ji Song's words were like a spell, making Li Chunfeng's face paler.

"Come on!"

"Keep him in custody until the investigation is clear before he is released!"

"promise!"

But at this moment, Li Chunfeng looked at Ji Song with a pleading look on his face: "General, can you wait? We can wait until the matter is cleared up before we take him into custody?"

Ji Song did not speak, but looked at Pingyang and Chen Shou.

"No, we must be detained. This matter is non-negotiable!"

Pingyang wanted to speak, but Chen Shou didn't give her the chance.

"You are so brave. Do you really think that everyone in the world is a fool? Who gave you the courage to do something on the royal territory? Taoist?"

"This matter must be investigated clearly, and our family will also report this matter to His Majesty!"

Li Chunfeng wanted to say something else, but Taoist Jingming stopped him.Just listen to him say: "Everything was caused by the greed of the poor Taoist. Now the truth is revealed. The poor Taoist has nothing to say. He just failed the master's teachings and brought shame to Taoism."

Ji Song's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he waved his hand, and someone immediately came in and pressed him down.

"If you die, I will blame the Taoists for this matter even if I force it on you. You'd better think about it clearly!"

Just when he was about to leave the lobby, Ji Song suddenly said quietly, like a warning, but also like a persuasion. For a moment, everyone had different thoughts, and no one knew what they were thinking.
"You are despicable! You have something to do with Pindao. These are all done by Pindao and have nothing to do with Taoism!"

But Ji Song was unmoved and waved his hand: "Take him down!"

"Jisong, I did all this, you can't do this, you can't!"

"."

When the shouting was no longer heard, the hall was completely silent. Even Chen Shou, who was angry just now, shut up. He was not a fool. When Ji Song said those seemingly threatening words, he knew that this matter was not simple. .

"General"

Ji waved his hand: "Send someone immediately to investigate the situation of the gold mine, there must be no mistakes!"

But after saying that, there was no movement for a long time. Ji Song frowned, looked at everyone and said, "What's going on? I can't speak well now?"

At this time, his power exploded, and even Cheng Yaojin, who was close to Ji Song, was a little shocked.

"Forgive me, General!"

Everyone bowed their heads and saluted quickly. Liu Hongji smiled bitterly and said: "General, it's not that you don't want to go, it's that no one understands!"

Ji Song slowly withdrew his gaze, and everyone felt their hearts lighten.

"Li Chunfeng!"

"The trail is here!"

Li Chunfeng was a little distracted at this time, but he looked around and saluted: "Xiao Dao will go with all the generals on this matter, and will definitely give the general a satisfactory answer!"

"hope so!"

"In that case, let's go and find out as soon as possible. I'm going back to Chang'an and I don't want to deal with bad things here."

"Go!"

"promise!"

Three days later, today is the day the army sets off.

In fact, he didn't care about the gold mine. He could tell the truth at a glance. Even if Li Chunfeng had the guts to do so, he wouldn't dare to lie about it.Because once discovered, not only will his status as a contemporary Taoist be in jeopardy, but it will also bring shame to the entire Taoist community.

At this time, outside Bagua City, a large army gathered, and at a glance, it was impossible to see the edge.

When they came, they brought an army of nearly 5 people, but now only less than 5000 people are still alive. Excluding thousands of disabled soldiers, and far away from the soldiers who stayed in the river, more than [-] people died in the battle.

This was only brought from Chang'an. Counting more than [-] soldiers who died in the major military governors in the Western Regions, not counting the servant troops.According to what he learned, only about [-] of the [-]-strong army led by Guang Tubo Ludongzan returned, and the rest all died.

Although the Tang Dynasty won this battle, it still suffered heavy losses. First, the Western Turks, and then the Dashi, combined together wiped out 50 troops. Of course, there must be some water in this.

Only less than [-] corpses could be found. The others either disappeared, escaped without a trace, or even the corpses were not found.

When chasing down the Dashi army, many Dashi soldiers were buried in the poisonous water, making it impossible to count them carefully.

And what about the Tang Dynasty?

In the two wars before and after, more than 6 people died in the battle, and more than 5 people were disabled.In other words, he gathered the entire Western Region, plus the 30 people he brought, as well as the servant army, which amounted to nearly [-] troops, and nearly one-third of them died in the battle.

This is a cruel war, this is the bloodiest battle in the world.

The enemy was injured a thousand times, and he suffered eight hundred losses. Fortunately, he won. Fortunately, not many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty died because of the armor defense. More than [-] people died in the battle, and only a few thousand disabled people were left in the river.

Boom~
There was a sound of galloping cavalry, and Ji Song, who was sitting on the carriage, looked around and saw Liu Hongji and others who were covered in dust and dust coming back.

"I'm waiting to meet the general. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and found out clearly!"

Ji Song waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite!"

"Guo Xiaoke!"

"The end is here!"

"This matter is your responsibility. Be sure to investigate thoroughly. The reputation of the royal family cannot be compromised. You must be careful and don't be careless. Discuss everything with Xu Jingzong!"

"The last general takes orders!"

He glanced at the lost Li Chunfeng and sighed in his heart, but he didn't intend to say anything.Since the Taoists want to do something big in the Western Regions, there is nothing wrong with it, but they shouldn't reach out to that gold mine.But this kind of thing wouldn't happen in other places, so we can only blame him for his bad fate.

It's just a greedy word that harms others. However, this matter has nothing to do with him. He doesn't want to care about it and can't care about it.

Chen Shouyin, who was next to Pingyang, laughed and said to himself: "Taoist? Haha, you are so brave to be greedy for the royal family!"

Although he knew that this matter was not as simple as he thought, it had nothing to do with him. He only knew that some people in the Taoist family dared to think about the royal family. He didn't want to care about the rest.
(End of this chapter)