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The two of them had known that there might be danger, but they didn't expect it to be so dangerous. They were hunted down by masters before they even reached Qi State!
Regardless of whether they felt guilty or not, whether Niu Youdao's trip would be successful or not was clouded with doubts.
Fei Changliu explained: "Princess, the Yiying plan was arranged by Niu Youdao himself, and the disciples of the three sects were also at his disposal. According to his arrangement, the disciples of the three sects had no chance to stop it. After that, he and Zhuo Chao After getting into the underground to fight, the disciples of the three sects were unable to help him even if they wanted to. The two of them were not able to escape. When the two came out of the underground, the disciples of the three sects immediately took action, and two Jindan disciples lost their lives. , how can it be said that it is laissez-faire and inaction?”
"Princess!" Lan Ruoting warned, stopping Shang Shuqing from talking anymore, because the matter has already happened and is in the past. There is no point in dwelling on this anymore. It is not appropriate to accuse the three factions like this. It seems that the losses of the war horses on the side of Qi State are not small.
Bai Yao spoke again, "Master Fei, do you think Niu Youdao and Na Zhuochao both have the ability to escape?"
Fei Changliu was silent for a moment and nodded gently, "Niu Youdao escaped underground first, and Zhuo Chao chased him in..."
Under the scorching sun, the river dried up, and ant-like crowds were busy between the two mountains beside the river, digging or picking.
A group of people stood on the river embankment. Two local officials pulled a map in front of Shao Pingbo, compared the terrain, and explained.
An old man carrying a load of soil slowly came ashore. His feet suddenly slipped and he fell on the slope of the boat. The load fell over. The fellow workers immediately put down the load and went to help.
This movement caused Shao Pingbo, who was staring at the map, to look up, then looked up at the parasol above his head. Suddenly he turned back, waved his hand, knocked the parasol from the official's hand to the ground, and said coldly: "People are under the scorching sun. Laogui, what are you trying to do by pretending to hold an umbrella here to let the people see me?"
The official holding the umbrella was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "Young Master, it's the villain who is confused, it's the villain who is confused!"
Shao Pingbo turned to look at the porter who fell and got up, and asked coldly: "Why did he fall?"
The official on the side said carefully: "It must be that he is old and his legs and feet are weak!"
Shao Pingbo stared at him coldly, "Are you sure someone didn't deduct the rations so that the workers didn't have enough to eat and were so hungry that their hands and feet became weak?"
The official hurriedly explained: "This is absolutely not the case. Under the strict orders of the eldest son, even if you have the courage to do something low-level, you will not dare to relax your supervision!"
Shao Pingbo: "I still say what I said, people are in the same place, and even if they lose their territory, they can't keep it. Talents are our greatest wealth in Beizhou! I also know everyone's difficulties, but these workers are doing physical work. If they don't have enough to eat, How can they work with their stomachs? I don’t ask you to allow them to eat every meal, but three meals a day, two thin meals and one dry meal is the minimum bottom line. If someone colludes with the rich to deduct food supplies, if someone is hungry If he dies, this canal is where his whole family will be buried! As I said before, we will deal with each one we find, and we will never take it lightly!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" The official raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, "Don't worry, eldest son, everything is done according to his instructions. [oM]"
Shao Pingbo waved his hand and pointed to the area between the two excavated mountains. "Before the rainy season comes, the river channel diversion node here must be opened. Otherwise, the river will swell and construction will not be possible, and the construction period will be delayed by another year. Irrigation of the plains behind the mountains all depends on this place. , It affects the harvest of a large area for a whole year, affects the food rations of many people, and further affects the settlement of a large number of people. You have a heavy responsibility!"
The official said: "Don't worry, eldest son, I will definitely get through it before the rainy season!"
Shao Pingbo squinted coldly, "It's useless to be obedient. How can you guarantee it?"
The official said bravely: "We will recruit laborers from the refugees and send more people to work!"
Shao Pingbo: "With the increase in manpower, how can you guarantee the laborers' rations?"
The official said: "After the canal is repaired, whose fields are irrigated will naturally be the one who provides the money and food. The lower officials will have a good talk with those wealthy households."
Shao Pingbo: "That makes sense! But I have two requirements. First, no laborers will starve to death. Second, you cannot be arrogant and unreasonable to those rich households. You must reason well and explain the truth clearly to others. If you give people to If you scare me away and cause a bad influence, causing other wealthy households to retreat and affecting my plans in Beizhou, I will not spare you!"
The official wailed in his heart, but he still responded bravely: "I have taken note of it!"
"Project progress will be reported every three days. I'll be waiting for your news in Beizhou."
"yes!"
Shao Pingbo glanced at the local officials present and said slowly: "You are here to make a living for the people of Beizhou, and I can't treat you badly." He turned back to the general standing on one side and said: "General Xu, gather the families of local officials, big and small, and come together. They will be sent to Beizhou Fucheng for resettlement, and I will provide for their families and let them run their errands here with peace of mind."
General Xu cupped his fists and accepted the order: "Yes!"
Shao Pingbo then said to the officials: "Before the rainy season comes, you must work together to open this canal. I will wait for you in Beizhou to report the good news. When the good news arrives, I will personally send your family members back and celebrate your success in person!"
Everyone was terrified, they were taking their families as hostages!
The eldest son’s ruthlessness has been heard for a long time. If he fails to fulfill his instructions, the consequences can be imagined!
But everyone had to agree in unison, "Thank you, eldest son!"
After everyone dispersed, Shao Sansheng waved his hand to the people around Shao Pingbo to avoid him, and reminded him: "My lord, is it inappropriate to take the family members of these officials as hostages?"
The white hair on Shao Pingbo's temples was very conspicuous in the sun. He stared at the place where he was busy working and sighed: "How could I not know that something is wrong? However, in these troubled times, people's hearts are like water. They should be curbed with heavy rules... The order comes from me, Combining leniency with severity sometimes makes them afraid of me, so that government orders can be implemented quickly, which is not a bad thing!"
Shao Sanxing was silent for a while, and then said: "Young Master, you have a way to deal with Niu, Miss Su made a mistake!"
Shao Pingbo turned around suddenly, "What's going on?"
He couldn't explain this matter clearly in a sentence or two, so Shao Sansheng took out the translated secret letter from his sleeve and presented it to him for him to read.
After Shao Pingbo took it in his hand and looked at it, he said slowly: "It's not surprising that I missed it. I told Sister Zhao long ago that Niu Youdao must be prepared, don't do it rashly!"
After finishing speaking, he stared at the paper in his hand and frowned in thought, muttering in his mouth, "Such a master actually failed... and a group of people suddenly appeared around him..."
After a long time, the paper was handed back to Shao Sansheng, and he warned: "Send a message to Sister Zhao. I want to know everything that happened to Niu Youdao after he came out of the mountain. Remember, details, I want details!"
"Yes!" Shao Sansheng agreed.
"Ahem..." Shao Pingbo coughed violently.
A few days later, in the governor's office in Beizhou Fucheng, in the study, Shao Pingbo was reading official documents and giving instructions diligently under the lamp.
When Shao Sansheng entered, another secret letter was delivered, "Young Master, Miss Su's reply has arrived."
Shao Pingbo didn't look up. After he finished approving an official document in his hand, Fang put down his pen and took the secret letter in his hand, carefully.
There were several contents in this secret letter. After reading it for a long time, Shao Pingbo slowly put the things on the table and stared at the lights on the table in silence for a long time. Fang Youyou sighed, "Sister Zhao, you are careless, Niu You." I'm afraid Dao already knows that the killer is from Xiaoyue Pavilion, and Linghu Qiu's identity may also arouse his suspicion."
Shao Sansheng asked: "How?"
Shaoping came out of the secret letter, "Look at the beginning of the secret letter, the description of when Niu Youdao came out of the mountain."
Shao Sansheng took the secret letter in his hand, but did not read it. "Old slave I have read the secret letter. The beginning is about Niu Youdao going to Qingshan County to purchase some things after leaving the mountain..." After saying this, he suddenly realized: "Young master, you mean that Niu Youdao is deliberately leaking his whereabouts?"
Shao Pingbo leaned back in his chair, nodded and said: "There is no need for him to personally purchase some of the accompanying things, and a group of masters from the three sects suddenly appeared around him. How could they suddenly appear in a concentrated manner? They were clearly well prepared. , he is using his body as bait, he has already set a trap to lure people who are unfavorable to him. Even a master like Zhuo Chao cannot kill him, which shows that he is well prepared!"
"If you have such an ability to protect yourself, why do you have to let people accompany you secretly? Why do you still show weakness to the outside world? What is it but deliberately tempting people who want to do harm to him? What is the purpose of deliberately causing trouble for yourself? It is not difficult to understand that his visit to Qi State has a lot of stakes, and he wants to know in advance who is going to be harmful to him so that he can act later, so he wants to catch someone alive and find out who is attacking him so that he can deal with it! Xiaoyue Pavilion is afraid that Someone has fallen into his hands!"
Shao Sansheng: "Miss Su said in her letter that she had been reprimanded by Xiaoyue Pavilion for this matter. When Xiaoyue Pavilion reprimanded her, the content of the accusation proved that all the five people who did it were killed, and none of them should have fallen into Niu Youdao's hands alive. superior."
Shao Pingbo sneered, "This proves that Linghu Qiu is from Xiaoyue Pavilion!"
Shao Sansheng was stunned. He really couldn't keep up with this young master's thoughts.
"Niu Youdao made a plan and then acted. The secret entourage was not exposed before taking action. How many people Niu Youdao used to ambush and how he killed Zhuo Chao is still a mystery. Neither Sister Zhao nor Xiaoyue Pavilion can figure out what happened. After passing by, none of the assassins returned, so how could Xiaoyue Pavilion know the specific details of the casualties?"
"Zhuo Chao is a group of seven people. One person is responsible for transferring Linghu Qiu, one person is responsible for observing the wind in Wubian Pavilion, and five people are responsible for taking action. This is the outline of the operation. Before, Linghuqiu and Niu Youdao were inseparable. After the incident, do you think Will Niu Youdao doubt Linghuqiu? If this does not arouse Niu Youdao's suspicion, then Niu Youdao is not the Niu Youdao I am familiar with. Having already suspected Linghuqiu, Niu Youdao is unlikely Tell Linghu Qiu that he has been captured alive. After the incident, Niu Youdao must tell Linghu Qiu that all five assassins were killed! So Xiaoyue Pavilion also believed that all five assassins were dead!"
"Niu Youdao deliberately set up a trap to catch him alive. Even Zhuo Chao died in his hands. Do you think it will be difficult for him to catch him alive?"
Shao Sansheng seemed to have realized something, and then asked doubtfully: "Xiaoyue Pavilion's cruel method of dealing with traitors is not child's play. Even if there are those who are arrested, they should know the consequences of betrayal. How can they confess so easily?"
Shao Pingbo sneered, "You underestimate Niu Youdao too much. Niu Youdao is not one of those self-righteous men in the spiritual world who only knows how to fight and kill. With his methods, unless it is a dead person, as long as it falls into his hands Yes, the result won’t surprise me at all. Most people don’t have access to his hands at all. People who are placed in front of him can’t run away as he pleases. He has many ways to pry open the other person’s mouth! If he can leave Wubian Pavilion, it means he has succeeded. !",.