On this day, Lin Shu was taken by the eldest lady to visit several famous historical sites in Jiangzhou. On the way, he bought candied gourds. After returning to the post house, he ate crab and dried duck, and drank the cloud tea made by the eldest lady.
Due to the continuous feeding, he spent the whole day full, and felt that the eldest lady gained happiness in the process of watching him eat.
However, before evening came, he was ordered to go to sleep by the eldest lady.
There was nothing to worry about, he lay in bed for a while and then fell asleep. By midnight, I sensed movement and woke up.
The eldest lady appeared in the room at an unknown time and said to him, "Let's go."
During the day, they made an appointment to visit Jiangzhou Mansion at night.
In martial arts stories, when visiting a certain place at night, you must wear night clothes, otherwise you will appear to have a bad attitude. The eldest lady also reluctantly said, and put on a veil to cover the lower half of her face.
They go out.
The post house here is used by Jiangzhou Prefecture to entertain VIPs. There are guards everywhere, and there are two standing at the main entrance.
The eldest lady said: "The moonlight is very good tonight."
Lin Shu said: "Yes."
The eldest lady said: "It's also an elegant thing to watch the moon with you in the middle of the night."
Lin Shu said, "Yes."
The eldest lady said again: "The pavilions here are uneven, which is inappropriate. Let's go later."
Lin Shu: "Okay."
Then, they just slipped away.
After slipping to a bush in the back garden of the inn, and waiting for the patrolling guards to go away, Lin Shu was picked up by the eldest lady and taken to Jiangzhou Prefecture.
The eldest lady's technique of leading people has improved a lot compared to her cousin. Don't push down too far and squeeze your stomach, and don't push too far up to hinder your breathing. After a while, the two of them landed on the periphery of Jiangzhou Mansion.
The entire Jiangzhou Mansion is composed of Yamen and Zhengshitang. The yamen is in front, facing the common people, responsible for handling civil affairs, and the political affairs hall is in the back, similar to the small imperial court in this state, with various branches responsible for clerical affairs.
At this time, the yamen and the political affairs hall were closed, and only a few places were still lit, and someone was watching the night.
They walked around the outer wall, and after observing the general structure, Ling Fengxiao brought Lin Shu and flew up again. He used strength on the wall, cornices, and roof in turn. Crossed most of the political hall.
The eldest lady's clothes were decorated with light gauze, which flew up and finally smeared on Lin Shu's face.
The position of the night watchman was very tricky, and he could see the scene in all directions. However, the eldest lady was so skillful that she just flew past by the sparse tree shadow, and finally landed on the top of the night watchman's house.
After flying over the eaves and walking the walls a few times, it finally landed on a roof in the northwest of the center.
There is a big copper lock on the house. Although it can be broken violently, it will leave traces in the end, which is inappropriate.
Then, the eldest lady made an enchantment and began to uncover the tiles. Lin Shu struck and stacked the removed tiles on one side.
He really did not expect that in his life, there would be such a novel experience of going to the house with the eldest lady.
The tiles are densely packed, and there are wooden beams and tenon joints below. There are hundreds of pieces exposed, and finally there is a gap between the beams that can allow one person to pass through.
After illuminating the interior with the night pearl, I found that there was a thick bookcase under the opening, just enough for people to stand on.
The cat jumped down first, followed by Lin Shu, but the opening was too narrow, he was stuck in the middle, and was pushed by the eldest lady before he went down completely and landed on the top of the bookcase.
However, it was very easy for the eldest lady to come down. I don't know if it was because of her slender figure or because of the "Xuan Jue Bone Transformation".
After landing, the night pearl illuminates the nearby area.
There are many large bookcases on display in this room, and many booklets are placed. It is probably a storage place for various documents.
Ling Fengxiao said: "The regulations of political affairs halls in different states are similar. It seems that I remember correctly."
Ling Fengxiao's trip was to verify that nearly 10,000 people in Wan Guiyuan were murdered, whether it was because officials deceived them, or was it because of the emperor's edict.
However, the eldest did not look for the edict, but first looked at the changes and promotions of officials in Jiangzhou Prefecture.
When looking at it, the tip of his eyebrows frowned slightly.
Lin Shu was on the side and saw a lot of strangeness.
In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Yongkang, Governor Jiang Shi was deposed for slander and demoted to Liyang.
In the summer of the fourteenth year of Yongkang, Jiangzhou Situ Wang Jingzhi was demoted to Zhulin.
In the winter of the fourteenth year of Yongkang, Si Bingguang, the prefect of Jiangzhou, was recalled to Beijing.
In the winter of the 14th year of Yongkang, the prefect of Jiangzhou, Zhao Ying, retired and returned to his hometown.
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The dynasty changed the era name, and now it is the second year of Guanghe, that is to say, the fourteenth year of Yongkang and the thirteenth year of Yongkang were four or five years ago.
Within a year or two after the plague, the upper-level officials in Jiangzhou actually underwent a major change of blood. Most of the original people went to other places for various reasons and are no longer in Jiangzhou.
"He is already dead." Ling Fengxiao said suddenly.
Lin Shu looked over and saw the eldest lady's finger pointing on the name of the governor who was recalled to Beijing: "Three years ago, he was deposed as a commoner because of his cronies, and then he died in depression."
Speaking of this, the eldest lady said lightly: "I don't know the rest, but I don't know how many are still alive."
Five years ago, there was a plague in Jiangzhou, and tens of thousands of people were thrown into Wanguiyuan.
In the following two years, important officials have been replaced one after another, and one of them has been confirmed dead.
Ling Fengxiao moved to the bookcase where the household registration book was checked every three years.
A few books were picked out from a cabinet full of documents, and when they were opened, they were all filled with shocking red letters.
A certain person in a certain township died of a disease.
His wife, a certain family, contracted the disease and died.
The eldest son, so-and-so, contracted the disease and died.
The second son, so-and-so, contracted the disease and died.
There is a rule in these scarlet letters. A family is often dead, and a village is often dead.
- What about this.
Lin Shu looked at Ling Fengxiao, and for a while, the two were relatively speechless.
There is no need to dig through any edicts or secret orders. The shocking tragedy of Wan Guiyuan has indeed been inspired by the heavenly family.
Anyone who is infected, a family is cleaned up, and the entire village is not spared, and then the news must be controlled.
How can a single official, even with monstrous power, do this without leakage
Therefore, at this time, there must be seamless cooperation between various departments.
After the epidemic subsided, all officials who might know the truth were transferred, or returned to their hometowns, or exiled, or died.
- How could there be no will from the capital
After a long time, Ling Fengxiao put down the booklet and said, "Let's go."
Go out of the roof, drop the tiles back, and return to the post house.
- After knowing the truth, they can't do anything.
Lin Shu knew that the eldest lady was in a bad mood at this time, so she didn't dare to say anything and went back to her room.
He didn't sleep well in the second half of the night, and he fell asleep after thinking about a lot of things.
On the second day, he left Jiangzhou and returned to the School Palace.
When she left the city, the eldest lady turned her horse back and said, "Look."
Lin Shu looked at the sparse pedestrians on the street, wondering what the eldest lady wanted to see for herself.
The eldest lady said, "mostly women."
Lin Shu looked again and found that it was indeed the case.
He has been in the modern age for a long time, and there are many women on the street, so at first glance, it does not seem to be anything. But this is the ancient world, the immortal way is fine, and mortal women don't show much publicity.
"Five years after the Battle of Changyang, Beixia made frequent attacks again. The border situation is urgent, and I have changed the employment law to the errand law, and the adult men in each household shall serve corvéry in sequence." Ling Fengxiao said lightly, " The border needs soldiers, and once there are many soldiers, they need money and food to support them, so they have to collect more taxes. After ten years, the national treasury is empty and the people’s strength is weak.”
"Five years ago, floods flooded here, affecting hundreds of thousands of people in five states. Relief, relief, and treatment of the plague all required huge amounts of money and food. With limited national strength, we had to cut through the mess and kill the sick. Maybe it was a last resort. ......" Ling Fengxiao's voice gradually lowered: "It's just that I'm a little uneasy in my heart."
When she said this, the eldest lady was holding Lin Shu by the hand.
Lin Shu also knew that the eldest lady was unhappy, and gently patted the back of the eldest lady's hand with the other hand that was not being held to show consolation.
Then, the eldest lady came over from behind with the other arm and wrapped around him - the hand that was not held was also caught.
I just listened to the eldest lady continuing: "This matter can be traced back to the source, in the end it was caused by the war, and when I come to Japan to improve my martial arts—"
The words were not finished, but Lin Shu knew what Ling Fengxiao meant.
He said, "You can definitely do it."
Ling Fengxiao smiled and said, "Thank you."
Lin Shu thought that the eldest lady is so motivated that she can't be lazy when she returns to the academy. She needs to practice the piano more hard and learn "Silence".
Zhao Ye let out a long hiss and ran towards Shuzhou.
They were on the road during the day and rested at night. After three days and three nights, they returned to Shangling Mountain.
Ling Fengxiao placed Zhaoye in the beast's stable in the back mountain, and walked side by side with Lin Shu to Jasper Sky.
Shangling Mountain is full of spiritual energy, and the air is full of the fragrance of plants and trees.
The cat looked around curiously in Lin Shu's arms: "Meow."
The eldest lady touched it and said, "Who do you want to live with?"
The cat drilled into Lin Shu's arms: "Meow."
The eldest lady said, "Then you have to protect him."
Cat: "Meow."
Lin Shu watched the eldest lady and the cat have a serious conversation with questions and answers, and thought it was very interesting, so he couldn't help but smile.
Seeing him smiling, the eldest lady also hooked her lips.
The next moment, he put away his smile and frowned slightly.
Lin Shu felt that this expression was very wrong - in the next moment, he saw the eldest lady put her right hand on her forehead, and her figure swayed, and she was about to fall forward!
His heart stopped for a beat, and he immediately let go of the cat and went to pick up the eldest lady.
But it all happened too fast, he didn't catch it completely, only pulled the eldest lady's arm, and the center of gravity was unstable, and finally the two of them rolled heavily on the mountain road.
The cat was also thrown, and said in a vicious voice: "Meow!"
Lin Shu got up and saw that Ling Fengxiao had passed out without warning.
He probed the eldest lady's forehead and almost got burned.
Feel the spiritual power again - the scorching spiritual power is surging wildly, chaotically flowing in the meridians.
Isn't this what happened to Ling Xiao a few days ago? Why did it also appear on the eldest lady
However, no matter the reason, Lin Shu felt a little more relaxed after knowing the cause.
There is no reason for him, this problem, he can just cure it.
It's just that it will take at least half an hour to get the power, and in any case, the person must be brought back to the bamboo house first.
Lin Shu put one arm around the eldest lady's waist, let the eldest lady lean on his chest, and the other arm passed through the person's knee, intending to slap him horizontally.
Hitting horizontally.
pick up.
- Can't hold.
Lin Shu: "..."
Is he too vain
The cat sat aside, sarcastically yelled, "Meow."
The author has something to say: Forced Shu is Difficult: Destiny insists that Lin Shu do things that he cannot do, such as hugging his fiancee.
Shao is unreliable: the world is impermanent, and Brother Shao never expected accidents to happen like this.