Late at night, Taiyang City.
"Let everything dry, be careful of candles!" The watchman's call echoed under the shady Taiyang City.
If it weren't for the dots of fire in the city, the city would almost seem dead. The thick black fog that would not dissipate made the city that had just experienced a tragic catastrophe look lifeless.
Although more than half a month has passed, every household in the city still wears mourning and banners are hung on every door.
After the catastrophe, the prince quickly counted the casualties in Taiyang City. In this city with a population of about 100,000, nearly one-fifth of the people died directly in a catastrophe. About 20,000 people died, were seriously injured, and screamed. There are more than 30,000 people waiting to be embraced by death.
As a result, the entire city lost half of its population, of which about 10,000 were killed in battle, and the number of people destroyed by the disease reached 80% of the casualties.
Although with the death of Jue Wuji, the infectiousness of the violent epidemic dropped sharply, and the infected people were effectively controlled, the loss of half of the population plunged the entire city into extreme sadness and paralysis.
When the prince was there, he could also rely on his extremely powerful prestige and administrative skills to force officials to govern the dilapidated city.
But when the prince had to leave Taiyang City because the four princes launched an attack in the capital, the entire Taiyang City suddenly lost its backbone.
The most hated prefect Li Tian by the common people returned to his position for his "criminal meritorious deeds". This news made the whole Taiyang silent!
The officials were afraid that Li Tian would settle the score because of their betrayal, and the people were even more afraid that Li Tian would take revenge because of their betrayal.
And the prefect Li Tian was also very scared. He was afraid that he would offend the prince again and lose his official position. In that case, he would be completely doomed!
After his official reinstatement, Li Tian was at a loss for a while. He was originally a loser. The position of prefect was bought with money. The cost of the bribe was not even recovered. When this happened to him, he If he had a little bit of brains and skills, he wouldn't have done the crazy and stupid things he did before.
How can such a person govern a city
After much deliberation, Li Tian did not dare to trust his colleagues who had made trouble after his downfall. He had no choice but to bring back his former master. Unfortunately, the middle-aged master had died of an epidemic, but Ji Chen was still alive and kicking. If you live well, you will have the attitude that good people will not live long, but harm will last for thousands of years.
"On the morning of the 19th, the Di newspaper reported that after the imperial meeting, Pei Rengui, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, resigned from his official post during the impeachment, and was succeeded by Qian Shanyue, the former Taizhou governor..."
In the study room of the prefect's mansion, Li Tian listened with wide eyes as Ji Chen read the newspaper to him. When he heard this article, he suddenly became horrified: "What should we do? Why can't His Highness the Crown Prince even protect Zuo Shilang?" ?”
His official position was bought from Pei Rengui, the left servant. Now that Pei Rengui has stepped down due to the violent impeachment of the officials of the Fourth Prince and his party, does this mean that he will start purging officials from their lineage
Moreover, Pei Rengui was impeached and stepped down, which was a political indicator that shocked the officialdom.
Pei Rengui is one of the five confidants around the prince. Although his official position is not very high, he has a bright future and has always been the standard-bearer of the prince's officials. If he falls, it means that none of the officials under the prince's wings are. safe!
Moreover, this also meant that the emperor was already somewhat dissatisfied with what the prince had done, otherwise he would not have acquiesced in Pei Rengui's resignation after he was assassinated.
Ji Chen raised his head and said with a slight smile: "Don't worry, sir, this turmoil should be over."
Prefect Li Tian blinked his small eyes as big as sesame seeds and asked in confusion: "What is this statement?"
Ji Chen talked eloquently: "Pei Rengui's resignation was the way of His Highness the Prince to abandon his carriage to protect the commander-in-chief. Moreover, Pei Rengui only stepped down without holding him accountable for his crimes. Moreover, he was transferred to the Hanlin Academy as a lecturer and did not stay away from the important place of the sacred capital. This can be regarded as the crown prince’s protection for him, and his comeback in the future is just around the corner.”
But in the view of Li Tian, the prefect, being transferred to the hellish place of the Imperial Academy as a lecturer meant being exiled. What's the point of living in such a bitter and cold place without even a little bit of oil and water
Li Tian grimaced and said, "What about me? Will I really not be held accountable?"
Ji Chen said: "If Sir, I can help the prince to solve his problems, then he will surely have peace of mind!"
Li Tian was shocked and said, "Oh? How should we relieve the prince's worries?"
Ji Chen said: "Of course I am loyal to the prince, anxious about the prince's worries, and worried about the prince's worries!"
Li Tian immediately turned over and knelt down, kowtowed in the direction of Shenjing and said: "I am loyal to the prince, and I will never have second thoughts!" After saying that, he raised his head, looked at Ji Chen eagerly, and said, "What should I do? I also hope that Master can give me some advice, and I will definitely thank you again in the future!"
Ji Chen's eyes quickly revealed a hint of disdain, but he quickly hid it and said, "My lord, you just need to think about what your Highness wants to see most and what he least wants to see right now."
Li Tian's face was blank, as if he had fallen eight hundred miles into the clouds, his mouth was open but he could not speak.
The disdain in Ji Chen's eyes became more and more intense. He lowered his head and said in a respectful tone: "What the prince most hopes to see at this time is that Taiyang's affairs will no longer bother him. What he fears most is that Taiyang City The incident has once again spread and become a reason for the fourth prince to attack him! Therefore, the boss only needs to manage Taiyang in an orderly manner, which will be enough to share the prince's worries and make meritorious deeds!"
Li Tian was overjoyed, and quickly stood up and bowed deeply to Ji Chen: "I am a dull man, but there is also Master Lao!"
Ji Chen nodded with a smile, returned the salute, and said: "The villain has dedicated his life to death!"
The two talked again, and Ji Chen stood up to leave. Li Tian reluctantly took Ji Chen's hand and sent him to the door before leaving.
But Ji Chen was not moved by the prefect's courtesy. He had long seen through the stupid, cold-tempered and selfish prefect in front of him. His colleague, the master, was infected with the epidemic before, but Li Tian didn't care about him, even if After knowing that the other party was dead, he didn't even pay a single coin for the funeral expenses, and treated him like a pair of worn-out shoes.
This naturally gave Ji Chen a feeling of sadness as if a rabbit had died and a fox had hurt its own kind.
"But if I don't do things for this stupid pig now, where can I stand out?" Ji Chen stood on the empty and dark street. He was helpless. There was a fire burning in his heart, but he didn't know how to burn it. Where to.
At this moment, a scream suddenly sounded in the dark night in the distance of Taiyang City, and then the east corner of the city began to boil.
"Monsters, there are monsters!"
Even though they were far apart, Ji Chen could hear it clearly.
Taiyang City, which had just suffered a catastrophe, was once again attacked by monsters. It was like a leaky house, a rainy night, a broken ship, and a storm. Misfortunes never come singly!
However, Ji Chen's heart suddenly moved, and he suddenly realized: his chance to come forward has come!