Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 201 Before Returning to Beijing (1)

The imperial decree reads: Xu Qing was an official in Cangzhou, and he did a good job, and he handled the disaster well.Now, according to the decision of the central government, it is decided to promote Comrade Xu Qing to the central government to shine on a larger platform and contribute to the glory of the Tang Dynasty.The specific positions and matters will be discussed after Comrade Xu Qing arrives. Please return to Chang'an by March next year.

The emperor said well, everyone applauded, and that's it.

After receiving the imperial edict, Xu Qing remained silent.

Since the governor was transferred away, the order was usually sent by the successor, but now, it was sent by an eunuch, and there was no sign of the successor.What does it mean?Cangzhou does not have a separate driver, does it have a long history, and only the governor is alone. Now that the governor has been transferred away, who will manage the affairs of Cangzhou?

Although Xu Qing didn't do much when he was here, he still asked the eunuch with a cheeky face: "Elder-in-law, can't Cangzhou be without Zhengyin officials for a day?"

The eunuch said darkly: "Master Xu, the emperor whispered to me, and let you handle it yourself."

"This..." Xu Qing touched his sleeve, took some money and returned, "Thank you, Father-in-Law, for spreading the holy message."

The eunuch smiled, and said with deep meaning: "Hahaha, Mr. Xu has a bright future..."

When Xu Qing told the words to the three women, they were all very surprised, and asked Xu Qing who would take over as the governor of Cangzhou.Xu Qing didn't think about it for a while, but Huang Shimei had a flash of inspiration and reminded Xu Qing, is it that blank imperial decree that let Brother Xu choose the successor yourself?
Oh!
Xu Qing slapped his head and forgot about this magic weapon!Then I thought about it again, no, old man Li Yuan plotted against me!That blank edict was for me to save my life, but now I have to use it up in Cangzhou!
However, before Xu Qing had time to scold Li Yuan, he suddenly felt that his ears were about to be torn apart.Both Xiaoyue and Xun Xueer shouted, "Xu, what imperial decree, why does Shimei know that we don't?"

Xu Qing hurriedly begged for mercy, Xun Xueer and Xiaoyue let go of her ears, and he explained: "Back then, Shimei wasn't part of our family, and I was talking about business with her, so I used this as a bargaining chip!"

"Then why didn't you tell us?" The second daughter was furious, obviously unwilling to let Xu Qing go easily: "Say! How many things are you hiding from us?"

"Oh, my aunt, it's gone. Look at the imperial decree. Even I can't remember it clearly. I didn't hide it from you on purpose..." Xu Qing stroked the pretty backs of the two daughters: "Xue Son, don't be angry, you hurt your milk, it's not good for Wen'er, Xiaoyue, don't be angry, you're bad for pregnancy, "

Only then did the second daughter calm down with a cold snort, and Xu Qing continued: "In any case, we must go back to Chang'an. You should prepare early, we will set off within ten days."

"So early? Isn't there still a few months left?"

"Hey, Shanren has his own arrangement," Xu Qing said, "We haven't spent our honeymoon since we got married! This time, we're going on a big tour..."

"I don't want to go..."

"It's boring..."

"Are you going alone?"

"Uh," Xu Qing said dumbly, and then said: "I want to take you to the romantic Suzhou and Hangzhou, and then to Huguang and Jiangxi. In fact, I especially like Bashu and Longxi County where there are barbarians."

Xu Qing spoke in a tour guide's voice, expressively, about the scenic spots in various places for an hour, and then the three women finally said emotionally:

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, let's marry a chicken as a chicken, marry a dog as a dog, if you say go and play, I will play with you."

Xu Qing smiled brightly, and wrote several letters to Zhao Lu, Yanku and others. The next candidate for Cangzhou Governor must be selected from them.

In this neutral position, Xu Qing began to pack his things, thinking that a few carriages could hold the things in the warehouse of the Governor's Mansion.Also think about whether to take a little of the silver in the warehouse, and how much is appropriate.There is no way, the Cangzhou bank is like an unguarded silver mountain, how much Xu Qing wants to take depends on his self-consciousness.This self-consciousness is hard to say.

When tidying up the study, there was a crisp "bang", and the strange fragments suddenly rolled out.Xu Qing was in a daze, oh, this thing, the victims forgot about it when they came, and didn't remember it later.

The last time he fell into a nightmare, it was possible that this piece of debris was causing trouble. Xu Qing didn't dare to pick it up rashly, and used paper to separate it. Although it may not be useful, it is better than nothing.He picked it up and looked at it for a while, but nothing unusual happened.

Xu Qing remembered another thing, there seemed to be something similar to the strange fragment in the cave where Huang Shimei and Huang Shimei hid before.I have always wanted to see what happened, but I was also forgotten by a bunch of chores.

We are about to leave Cangzhou now, if we don't go and have a look, we might not have a chance.So he invited Huang Shimei, brought a few soldiers, and pretended to go out to find a cave.

The spring and autumn have changed greatly, and the road on this day is no longer as lush and green as before. Looking up, there are no people in the empty mountains, and no leaves in the jungle.If Huang Shimei didn't know the way, Xu Qing would definitely not be able to find this place by herself.

That pavilion still stands at the foot of the mountain, lonely and abrupt.

When the two saw this place, they couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled, the two of them sacrificed their lives here back then.

"Brother Xu, how do you find such a big mountain?" Huang Shimei grabbed the horse's head and tied it to the pavilion pillar.

"It's a good fate. I don't remember clearly when I ran around." Xu Qing shook his head, but also helplessly.But he had a vague feeling that the thing in that cave had something to do with that weird fragment in his hand.

Huang Shimei sighed and said, "Oh, I don't know why you are here..."

Xu Qing smiled wryly. He didn't hide any of his secrets from the three women, including the dark river and the fire gun.But his identity - the soul from more than 1000 years later, he will never disclose this matter to anyone.

Maybe, maybe one day when he is about to die, he will tell all his secrets to his chosen successor.But now, no one wants to know.Naturally, he couldn't tell others about that weird fragment.

The way Huang Shimei looked at Xu Qing was unprecedentedly confused, profound, and a little ruthless, even terrifying.She lowered her head and didn't ask any more questions, leaving someone alone to watch the horse, and followed Xu Qing into the forest with her head lowered.

"Well...here, look at that hill is where we escaped the shower of arrows."

"That's right, it's here, here, that mountain road, go over and have a look..."

"Stop, we should have fallen when we escaped here. There is a big banyan tree here."

"At this rate, it should be able to be found today."

"Let's see luck!"

Relying on the broken memories in their hearts, Xu Qing and Huang Shimei groped forward.If you don't walk fast, it's not as good as when you were in exile.But even so, Xu Qing was out of breath.

"Everyone stop, rest here..." Huang Shimei saw that Xu Qing's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and told everyone to stop.Xu Qing looked at the sky, it was very early, so he sat down and drank water.

Those personal soldiers also drank their saliva, but they didn't sit down, but dispersed one after another, looking for a high place to stand guard.

"Brother Xu, come and eat a piece of jerky..." Huang Shimei juggled a piece of beef jerky that was two fingers wide from under her clothes, and Xu Qing took it with a smile.It's not sure whether the cave can be found or not. Why don't you just take it out and play and climb the mountain.So he let go of his knots, chatted and laughed with Huang Shimei, ate dried meat, and looked at the scenery in the mountains.He wanted to ask for more for the soldiers, but Huang Shimei pouted and refused.

After resting for a while, Xu Qing stood up, patted the ashes on his buttocks, and shouted to the soldiers: "Come here, everyone, look for it again, if you can't find it, go back down the mountain."

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred, and a soldier on Xu Qing's left suddenly let out a terrified cry.Whoosh, whoosh, the rest of the soldiers quickly returned to Xu Qing's side, and slowly approached the place where the accident happened.

Xu Qing also touched the gun in his sleeve, and taught Huang Shimei to prepare with the gun too.

Before everyone could figure it out, the man yelled again: "Quick, quick, come and save me, there is a big snake here!"

Hearing that voice, it seemed that something was pressing down on his chest cavity, making his voice hoarse.Xu Qing was shocked, how big is a big snake that can entangle a human being? I used to watch pythons on TV, but they all lived in the tropics!

Everyone saw the situation clearly, without him, it was really a big snake, no, it was a giant snake!
The giant snake has patterns of various colors, and it must have a thick bowl. At this moment, it has already wrapped the bodyguard tightly, and the python's muscles are bulging, looking very powerful.

A huge snake head was sticking out its tongue on the soldier's head. It should have just swallowed a little bit, and spit it out after seeing so many people coming.After all, the giant snake was an animal, so he was reluctant to put down the lunch he got for a while, and he was afraid that everyone would do something to him.

Seeing that the soldiers had passed out, Xu Qing became ruthless and said to everyone: "Kill the snake first, otherwise there will be troubles!"

Xu Qing knew that the boa constrictor needed to consume most of its strength to launch an attack, and now was a good time to kill it.If he waited for his reply, there would definitely be a few more casualties on Xu Qing's side.As long as the snake is dead, even if the soldier is accidentally injured, but with Xu Qing here, people can be saved.

After listening to the order, everyone's heart skipped a beat. First they took out their hand crossbows and fired a round, then they drew out their knives and flew towards them.

The giant snake was hit by a crossbow arrow, and it was in great pain, but it clung to the soldier and was reluctant to let it go. Only now did it know that it had to respond to the enemy in a hurry.But before it let go, people from Xu Qing's side had already arrived first.

Fortunately, the soldiers were not rigid, they didn't go looking for the "seven inches of snake", they picked up the knife and slashed at random, the giant snake was cut to pieces.A giant opened its mouth somewhere, and let out a terrifying breath.

The giant snake let go of the entangled person, and opened its mouth to bite everyone.Everyone was also afraid, stepped back a few steps, and confronted the giant snake.But at this time, the giant snake twisted its body like lightning and turned its head to escape.

If you beat a snake, you will never die.

Xu Qing ordered to chase!
The snake was injured, and after a "flash", it had no power to continue, so naturally it couldn't escape the siege of the crowd.Seeing that he couldn't escape, the giant snake let out another "hiss~" sound of terrifying breath.

Turning around and confronting everyone again, the blood all over his body looked particularly terrifying.

(End of this chapter)