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Chapter 1367: How could one know that the Way of Heaven is as curved as a bow (Part 1367) [Seeking monthly votes]

"I have already asked someone to investigate the situation in Yuanfu County and contact Ximin and the others. Gongyi can rest assured for the time being."

Luan Xin bowed his hands in thanks.

Shen Tang held his hand and helped him up: "What are you thanking me for? We have been friends for many years, why are we still paying attention to these empty formalities?"

In the past two years, she has devoted her energy to the southwest region, from the beginning of the war to the post-war reconstruction, she has hardly stopped for a quarter of an hour. All the affairs in Kangguo are basically handed over to Qishan, the important minister of the regent, and only those that are really difficult to handle are handed over to her. With the existence of Dingding, and the old practice of the Kangguo court to inspect everywhere, the civil and military officials have no major objections to this.

Some people even feel fortunate that this is a good thing - they don't have to attend court assemblies as frequently and can sleep in a little longer every day.

However, the situation is not so good for local officials below them.

Although he was not corrupt or derelict in his duty, he was somewhat lax.

When the situation in the southwest stabilized a little, Shen Tang immediately made a surprise attack on them, and made a surprise tour to the north to check the performance of various places in the past two years. The officials who were caught to report on their work did not perform well, so they had to deal with it on their own. This is also one of the main reasons for Shen Tang's recent surge in workload. The incarnation of literary energy worked non-stop for twelve hours and still couldn't make it. The imperial physician found out that she had kidney deficiency.

Our energy is limited and there are some things that we cannot always take care of.

Until Luan Xin asked for a meeting in person.

[I shouldn't have disturbed my lord, but Ximin hasn't sent any news back for two months, and I am really worried.]

[No news for two months? How's Li Wan? ]

【nor. 】

Otherwise he wouldn't be so restless.

Luan Xin had real feelings for Miao Ne. She was not only his student, but also the teacher of his youngest daughter. She and his wife were like mother and daughter. He never forgot to visit her on her birthday. Even if he couldn't come, he would send her a birthday letter in time. Half a month ago was his wife's birthday, and Luan Xin even wrote a letter to her a month in advance to ask for a title to surprise her.

The lady counted the gifts from the guests but did not find Miao Ne's letter.

Luan Xin wanted to comfort his wife. Yuanfu County was originally an enclave, and the power in the territory was unstable. It was normal for Miao Ne to forget about it while busy with official business. But his wife didn't think so: [It's abnormal for someone as careful as Ximin to forget. You also said that Yuanfu County was dangerous... Did something happen to her? Can you find out? ]

Luan Xin did not dare to rule out this possibility.

Even with Gongyang Yongye in charge, it cannot be said to be foolproof.

Luan Xin checked and found that the news was interrupted, so he could only ask his master to intervene. Shen Tang would naturally not sit idly by. Yuanfu County was also a chess piece in the Central Continent, and he would try his best to defend it. The embarrassing thing was that Gongxi Chou, Luo Sha and Wei Cheng were all on Zixu's side, Chu Jie, Wei Shou and others were stationed in the southwest to prevent rebellion, Yun Ce returned to Kangguo and could not be transferred, and the others were not strong enough.

War is a waste of money. The Southwest War and the post-war reconstruction greatly delayed the domestic economy of Kangguo. People are needed everywhere, and money is needed everywhere. It is like one bowl of rice per person can be full, but there is one more mouth in the family, but the income is not increased, and there is still only one bowl of rice, which means that both people can only eat half full and barely avoid starvation.

Shen Tang needed time to recover. For this little time, she agreed to the challenge from her ally Qu Guo and sent Lin Feng and his team, which made the already tight manpower even more stretched. Fortunately, there was some progress on Zixu's side, which gave her a breath of fresh air.

Wu You also meets the requirements.

But Wu You was now farther away.

After counting, the only person who met the requirements was Luo San.

"I just hope Ximin's life is not in danger." Luan Xin can only place his hopes on Luo San, a person he has never met.

Shen Tang comforted him: "Good people will be blessed by heaven."

Miao Ne is more valuable alive than killing her.

This value can guarantee her survival to the greatest extent, and is more reliable than Gongyang Yongye or Cui Xiong of Cuishi.

"My Lord, the Minister of Rites requests an audience."

"Xuan."

Apart from the Dingding court meeting, Shen Tang hadn't seen Qin Li for a long time, and she knew something big was going to happen when she saw him. She looked at Luan Xin and her heart sank - he had always followed the rules and even kept a standard distance between his steps, but this time he was unusually flustered.

"Gong Su, what happened?"

He didn't even care that the fox cloak he was wearing was covered with snow.

You should know that this snow-white fox cloak is Qin Li's favorite! Even if a scholar is not afraid of cold or heat, he can choose style over temperature in the winter. He can spend the whole winter in two thin Confucian shirts. Qin Li will still take it out and wear it after winter comes.

This shows how much he likes it.

Not only does he know how to wear it, he also takes care to wrap the fox cloak with cultural aura to avoid it becoming dirty, and when the weather gets warmer he will have it preserved and sealed.

It's rare that we don't even care about the snow falling today.

Qin Li said: "My Lord, Yuanfu County and other places have been lost."

Shen Tang looked calm on the surface, but in fact his heart was in turmoil. Even Luan Xin, who was usually a beat slow, showed extraordinary speed.

He clenched his fists: "Lost?"

Shen Tang closed his eyes and suppressed his thoughts: "When did you find out?"

Qin Li replied: "Today, half an hour ago."

He then added: "The ownership of several enclaves changed in an instant. This must have been planned by the enemy."

Since the Taishi Bureau was put into use, Shen Tang gave the national seal to Qin Li for safekeeping, so that he could use the national seal in conjunction with the way of scholars to build a satellite weather map to monitor the whole country and assist agricultural production in various places. This is a big project, and Qin Li must personally travel to all states and counties. After the Southwest Continent was included in the territory, he was also the busiest person besides Shen Tang, and he hardly touched the ground.

This is the first time that the recorded map disappears inexplicably.

What disappeared were several enclaves located in the central territory, and they disappeared at the same time. He knew something was wrong after a moment's thought.

"Change of ownership in an instant? That's cautious."

There are several enclaves scattered everywhere, and even if the enemy has wings, it is impossible to capture them all at once. They must take them all secretly and then choose an opportunity to absorb them all at the same time. If they absorb them separately, Kangguo will find out in advance, and the enemy's plan will fail.

Things have really changed in the Central Continent.

Shen Tang frowned and suppressed the coldness in his eyes.

She closed her eyes and took the initiative to contact her incarnation Zixu Wuyou. After a few simple exchanges, she exhaled lightly, stood up and walked to the screen with the continent map, looking around: "Zixu and Wuyou have not received any movement... Zixu has been busy attacking Qi Kingdom recently. Qi Kingdom is located in the south of the central continent, and Wuyou was sent to the northeast... Several enclaves are here, which means..."

Shen Tang roughly defined a range.

“The changes should happen around here.”

In these places, the superiors deliberately intercepted the information, which could indeed avoid the eyes and ears of Kangguo for a short time. In this era, there were no mobile phones, and information transmission relied more on civilian manpower. If the distance was far, it would take two or three months to go back and forth.

This is enough time for a regime to be overthrown and rise.

Qin Li instantly understood Shen Tang's meaning: "I will order someone to collect relevant information about this place, maybe there will be some clues."

Although it is a case of mending the fold after the sheep have been stolen, it is better than nothing.

Luan Xin stared at the map carefully.

Several enclaves were scattered in different regions, adjacent to different countries. Their simultaneous capture meant that the forces behind the action could be unified and efficient. Either a country in the central region quickly unified the enclaves, or they reached a deeper alliance. Either way, it was bad news for Kangguo at the moment.

Such a big commotion was able to be kept secret from Kangguo.

Definitely come prepared.

Qin Li mentioned another detail: "The news of the delegation's secret visit to Qu State was not made public. If the changes happened at that time, Lingde could not have failed to notice something unusual. Calculating the time..." Lin Feng also made a brief stop in Yuanfu County before going to Qu State.

Everything was normal in Yuanfu County at that time.

Although some local forces made things difficult for Miao Ne, Miao Ne was able to handle it with ease and did not seem to be struggling. In other words, the unexpected happened after that.

Gongyang Yongye followed Xiang Zhao to Yuanfu County. Was he lured away from his homeland? Did he encounter a strong enemy and was unable to protect himself, so that no news could be spread? Or did he defect? ​​Although this person's character is acceptable, the third possibility cannot be ruled out.

Shen Tang said: "Gongsu, call the ministers for a court meeting."

I'm afraid these days won't be peaceful.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Kangguo was in a state of impending storm. Luo San received the commission and only had time to tell his old subordinates a few words before setting off overnight. Although he only had the strength of an eleventh-class right guard, his physical strength was still at the level of a marquis. His physical strength and endurance were amazing. He would not feel tired even if he ran for three days and three nights. He also carried a national seal on him. The national seals would sense each other, so even if Luo San used force to isolate him, he could not guarantee that he would be safe.

Since Luo San was trapped in Shanyong County, he stayed at home except for visiting friends occasionally. This was his first time traveling far away in decades, and he went to the northwest, a place he had never been to before.

"Father, how far is Yuanfu County from here?" In this era without navigation, even a strong man like Luo San can only ask for directions. Without anyone to show the way, he can only rely on leaves, the sun and the moon to determine the approximate direction. If he runs too far, he will have to turn back.

Luo San didn't put on any disguise.

Because the physique of the Butan warrior is so recognizable.

The old man was a little hard of hearing, and Luo San asked him several times before he responded. After a long while, he pointed to a location, and then looked at Luo San's outstanding physique and said kindly: "Young men, don't go there. They are conscripting men recently."

Luo San, who was actually old enough to be his father-in-law's grandfather, smiled and thanked him for his kindness: "By the way, father-in-law, do you know the Yuan family?"

The old man asked, "What's the injustice?"

"Is there a big family with the surname Yuan in this area?"

The old man thought for a long time and said: "I have never heard of it, but I heard from my ancestors that they used to have it, but later they moved to another place when they fell into poverty."

Luo San was not surprised by this.

With that kind of fighting style that consumes lifespan, it would be strange if he could live long. Without the pillar of the family, it is only a matter of time before it falls into decline.

Luo San asked his father-in-law where the ancestral tomb of the Yuan family was: "I have some friendship with my ancestors, and I want to go and pay my respects."

My father-in-law only remembers the approximate location.

"…Now I can't find it even if I go to worship it."

The graves of wealthy families usually have valuable burial objects, and tomb robbers often make their fortunes by digging up people's graves. When the Yuan family was at its peak, the hills where the ancestors were buried were all owned by other people, and there were servants patrolling and guarding every day, so no one dared to dig. Later, when the family moved away, there was no time to move the ancestral graves, so tomb robbers would take the risk to visit them.

It may not be possible to find the grave even if you go there now.

Luo San didn't care about that. He even laughed when he heard that his enemy's ancestral grave was visited. What's the point of being able to plan? Being able to survive is the real skill!

He first went to the Yuan family’s ancestral tomb.

The hill where the ancestral grave was located had a new owner, and Luo San avoided the mountain guard and went over, but the scene he saw was different from what he had imagined. He thought he would see a field of graves overgrown with weeds and collapsed and broken stone tablets, but he actually saw several new graves with signs of repair.

When I looked closer, I saw that all the tombstones started with Yuan.

"That old man is a liar?"

He doesn't look like it.

Luo San grabbed a handful of the ashes on the grave, which was still fresh. However, the year of death on the tombstone was 45 years ago. These graves were old graves that had been renovated, not new graves. He walked around the hillside and found a renovated old grave in a place with excellent feng shui. On it was written "Tomb of Fujun, the fifth son of the Yuan family". Luo San's eyes lit up and he stepped on the tombstone: "Found it."

When he saw the year of birth and death, he became even happier.

"He died at thirty-one, a short-lived ghost."

As I said, fighting is useless, living is the best. Yuan Fu's first battle was earth-shattering, leaving his peers far behind. It seemed that he could do everything, but he couldn't live. Luo San stepped on it twice, as a friendly greeting to his old friend.

"I am a kind-hearted man. I don't want to bully the dead. This tomb is for you to live in." Luo San clapped his hands and stood up to leave. As soon as he moved his feet, his ears moved and he instantly flashed dozens of feet away and hid in the depths of the dense forest. After more than ten breaths, a red shadow fell from the sky. The person stopped at the place where Luo San was just now, looked around, and seemed to be looking for something.

Ten or so breaths later, the second person arrived.

"what happened?"

"Someone just came here."

Also left a large footprint on the tombstone.

"Grave robber?"

"No, it's a warrior." The first person shook his head and judged, "The other party sensed me before I came. If it's a passerby, it's okay, but if it is... we still have to be more careful."

The second person looked at the footprint in silence.

What passerby would deliberately step on a stranger's tombstone?

The two left soon.

Luo San stared at it without moving. As expected, the red shadow appeared again. He looked around for a few times but didn't see it, so he really left.

"Yuan Fu, that bastard..."

Is it possible that this generation still has successors?

Luo San smelled an unusual scent.

He was extremely careful in his subsequent actions and successfully sneaked into the city, and found that martial law was in place everywhere. He went to the county government and found that the county governor Yuanfu was not Miao Ne as Lady Xiahou said, and was not even a woman but a man with the surname Yuan. There was a shadow of Yuan Fu in his eyebrows and eyes, and he was probably his descendant. So where did the original county governor go?

Luo San went to look for Yuanfu County dungeon again.

The dungeon was dark, with only a ray of moonlight coming through the iron window above.

After looking around, I found that there were quite a few people imprisoned here.

One of them was very special.

Luo San secretly observed and saw a skinny young man wrapped in an ill-fitting bloodstained cloth curled up in a corner, his hands cuffed with torture instruments, his eyes closed, and his tender eyebrows and eyes showing weakness. After watching for a while, the other party suddenly said: "Have you seen enough of me?"

His voice alarmed the other people in the cell.

Luo San set up an isolation barrier before appearing.

"Which one of you is the Miao County Magistrate?"

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I started asking relatives and friends to help me make the cover.

The original title of the book was "How can a lord not go crazy?"

Later I felt it was too long so I changed it to "How can a lord not go crazy?"

Do you think "Does This Farmer Have to Become One?" is also OK?

However, I still prefer the second one.