Rebirth of the second ex-husband

Chapter 288
Everyone hurried forward to see that the style of the clothes was really the same as that worn by the sorceress yesterday.

Kong Yu couldn't wait to turn the man over, but was taken aback, seeing that the man's face was covered with blood, and he had already lost his breath. Kong Yu glanced at it and said with certainty: "This is the sorceress."

This sorceress was originally a clue, but now that she is dead, the clue is broken. Princess Linghua is a little bit lost, but the road full of ruts in the valley now has a lot of background, Princess Linghua decides to go on. , she wants to see where this road leads.

Going forward, the grass and trees on the ground gradually become less and less, and the ruts are getting shallower and shallower. In front, there are gravel roads, and the ruts are completely gone. At this time, not only the road has come to an end, but the valley has also come to an end. .Where this rut ​​disappeared, another mountain lay ahead.

In front was another mountain, surrounded by highlands, and there was no one else in the valley except them, and there was no sound. King Qin suddenly had a strange feeling that they were in a big urn, and there was an invisible big urn around them. net.

Qin Wang's eyes were deep and worried at this moment, he calmed down his emotions, and his eyes regained their innocence and tranquility in an instant.

He said to everyone: "I don't know why, but I always have a feeling of insecurity. This terrain is very similar to 'catch a turtle in a urn'... I think we should go back and mobilize the officers and troops to seal the mountain for search."

When Princess Linghua heard it, she knew the pros and cons, and the valley was so big, it was not something that a few of them could search thoroughly, so she immediately decided to go back first, and then make further calculations.

However, the local government has already had a bad impression in the eyes of Princess Linghua. Firstly, so much relief food was distributed to the sects, but only so little was distributed to the sect. Secondly, they dug canals and wells. This Yitian City must be a key area to take care of. But here, there is no sense of opening a canal.

Princess Linghua expressed her concerns without reservation, hoping to get some good ideas from them.

"I think it's better to go directly to the government here, ask him directly, and catch him by surprise, and at least the government army will not refuse to borrow." Qin Wang raised his eyebrows and suggested with a smile.

Princess Linghua thought about it, and she had no choice but to say, "We can't go like this, it might be easier to change clothes."

Princess Linghua and King Qin each put on their palace uniforms, and brought Kong Yu, Fu Qingyan, Ran Zeyu and others to Yitian City's county government office.

When Princess Ling Hua saw the county office, she felt as if it had been covered with dust. It seemed that it had not been used for a long time. Princess Ling Hua frowned and said nothing.

When the county magistrate's butler heard that King Qin and Princess Linghua were visiting, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly went to ask the county magistrate for instructions.

The county magistrate also turned pale when he heard the steward's announcement, and with trembling hands straightened his clothes, he hurriedly followed the steward and knelt down in front of Princess Linghua and King Qin.

Princess Ling Hua looked displeased, and said calmly: "Get up." After saying that, she walked inside.

Seeing Princess Linghua's unhappy face, the county magistrate didn't dare to talk nonsense, but just followed silently, his eyes turned wildly, and his head was also thinking about why Princess Linghua and King Qin came to Yitian City this time thing.

Princess Linghua came to the main room in the back hall and sat down, as if she was at home, with a bright light in her eyes.Only those who know her will say this. This is a sign of trouble.

The county magistrate laughed and stood in front of Princess Linghua, as if he didn't know where to put his hands and feet, and was at a loss. .

Princess Linghua frowned slightly, and asked in a harmonious voice: "My Palace, let me ask you, how is the relief food distribution going?"

"The lower officials have distributed the amount to each household..." the county magistrate said with a particularly guilty conscience.

When Princess Ling Hua heard this, her voice was very clear, but it was indifferent and indignant. When she slapped the table, her face became more serious: "How did you become a county magistrate? Go and see your son-in-law. Min, what a life you live! Why don’t you care about so many missing people here? The current emperor said that he would dig canals and open wells, why haven’t these projects started yet, and what about the money used to dig canals?”

Princess Linghua asked several questions in succession, the county magistrate knelt down and was terrified, not daring to speak.

"Do you know what crime you deserve!" Princess Ling Hua's voice was more sharp, and she continued to exert pressure.

The county magistrate knelt down on the ground in fright, not daring to raise his head, not daring to get up, weeping and saying: "I am guilty, I am guilty."

Princess Linghua didn't speak on purpose, she saw a look of fear and uneasiness in his eyes.

After a while her voice softened, she looked at the county magistrate and said, "Then are you willing to make up for your mistakes?"

As soon as the county magistrate heard this, he knew there was a turning point, and immediately kowtowed: "I beg the princess for instructions, I am willing, I am willing."

Princess Linghua nodded, and cast her eyes into the distance: "Okay, I order you to gather a hundred officers and soldiers immediately, and follow me immediately."

The county magistrate quickly replied: "Yes, yes," and suddenly seemed to remember something: "...Where are we going?"

Princess Linghua didn't answer, but just glanced at him, the county magistrate was too scared to ask any more: "Yes, I'll do it right now."

Princess Ling Hua led the crowd to the valley and ordered to search the valley.After a while, officers and soldiers shouted one after another, "Report, there is a cave here!" "There is also a cave here!"

It turned out that what Kong Yu and the others discovered was only one of so many caves. When everyone heard that there were so many caves, although they were prepared, they were still surprised.

Princess Linghua and King Qin entered a cave, and saw that this cave was bigger than the one they found yesterday, but there were tools and trucks discarded everywhere in this cave.

Inside the cave, there are several iron-smelting furnaces. Next to the iron-smelting furnaces are several blacksmithing platforms. On the ground next to them, there are many scattered weapons.There are many secret passages in the cave, but no one can be seen.

Suddenly, officers and soldiers came over and reported, "My lord, over there, there are many corpses in the cave over there."

After hearing this, Princess Ling Hua felt a chill in her heart, and immediately said: "Where, take us there quickly."

The officers and soldiers led Princess Linghua through the cave, and finally came to a remote cave. In the cave, there were many corpses lying here and there. Most of them were killed by swords. A massacre.These corpses were all dressed up by mountain people, and their complexions were similar to those of ordinary people. They should have died not long ago.

Princess Linghua had a feeling in her heart that the deaths of these mountain people might be related to her, and she couldn't help feeling sad.When Princess Linghua was sad, someone suddenly shouted: "This person is still alive."

Princess Ling Hua hurried over, this is a young boy, I saw this young man opened his eyes weakly, when he saw someone, he begged: "Save Axiu, I beg you to save Axiu."

Qin Wang comforted: "Okay, don't worry, but where is this Axiu? Who are you?"

Hearing this, the young man pointed forward vigorously with his hand, but just as he lifted it up, it fell down.

The king of Qin saw that someone had stabbed him in the chest, and quickly called the doctor who followed him to bandage him up.

Seeing his haggard appearance, King Qin brought some water for him to drink.

After a while, the young man seemed to regain some energy, and said, "My name is Liu Qing, and I am a villager in this village. I came to Xiaozi Spring to look for water before, but I was arrested and worked as a coolie. Later, I saw When my daughter-in-law was also arrested, please, please, save her..."

Speaking of this, Liu Qing almost cried, with a miserable expression.

King Qin's heart was clear and he asked, "Do you still remember where it is? Let's go right away."

Liu Qing stood up tremblingly, and said firmly, "I'll take you there!"

It was Fu Qingyan who understood King Qin's thoughts, and immediately came to support Liu Qing and helped him move forward.

Liu Qing seemed to be very familiar with this place, turned left and right, and came to a secret cell, where more than a dozen people were still imprisoned.Someone in the cell had already cried out: "Xianggong!" He was so choked up that he couldn't speak.

Liu Qing rushed up to meet him, lying on the wooden railing of the troubled room, weeping with joy: "My lady..."

Princess Linghua asked these people who were imprisoned here, and it turned out that most of these people were local residents, some were passing by and were arrested as coolies, and there were even prisoners in the prison.

Hearing that there were still prisoners in the prison here, Princess Linghua glanced at the county magistrate, who immediately knelt down and said, "Princess Mingjian, I really don't know about this matter!"

Regarding this stupid official, Princess Ling Hua didn't want to say anything anymore, and everything afterward was naturally left to King Qin to handle.

She didn't care about him, but continued to ask: "Why did they arrest you as coolies?"

"Dig iron ore, then smelt the iron, and then make it into a weapon!" Liu Qing said angrily.This has exhausted a group of people, and also exhausted a group of people to death,

Hearing the word "weapon", Princess Linghua's heart tightened: "Then, do you know who it is?"

Fu Qingyan narrowed his eyes and smiled coldly. The word "weapon" is so sensitive.

Everyone shook their heads, expressing that they did not know.

"Brother Liu, do you know where these people have gone?" Ran Zeyu asked eagerly.

"They may have gone there, you follow me." Liu Qing bit his lip and said.

At that moment, Fu Qingyan supported Liu Qing to open the way, and Princess Linghua followed behind, walking forward along the dark passage.

After walking for about half a stick of incense, there was no way ahead, and another stone gate blocked the way.Liu Qing introduced: "Behind this gate is a quiet small valley, and they usually come in and out from here."

Everyone pushed open the stone gate together, and what was revealed in front of them was a very quiet valley with a small pond in the valley, and a road leading to nowhere outside the pond.

"This is already outside the jurisdiction of Yitian City, and the official road outside directly leads to Hongzhou!" Kong Yu checked the official road and said to Princess Linghua.

"Look here, everyone!" shouted King Qin, who was looking along the side of the pond.

A few soldiers, Princess Linghua and others ran towards King Qin, followed the point pointed by King Qin, and found a foot wearing a boot protruding from the water plants by the pond.

Princess Linghua couldn't bear to look any more, she turned her head away, seeing a lot of dead bodies in the past two days, she still felt very uncomfortable in her stomach.

(End of this chapter)