Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 822 I Have Something to Eat (adding updates to the Silver League)
Hong Zhenkang left Shenlin City with an army of [-]. He planned to go to Qunzhou. Zhang Shida, the general of Shenzhengying, reminded him: "There are judges in Qunzhou, and the judges may not be easy to deal with."

Hong Zhenkang said: "Shenjun told me that this expedition will first eradicate all the evil ways in Qunzhou. If you don't go to Qunzhou, where do you want to go?"

Zhang Shida lowered his head and said: "My lord, the humble position is just a reminder that when you leave the army, you will meet a strong enemy, which is not good for the morale of the army."

Hong Zhenkang doesn't understand military affairs, but he understands a truth, if this battle is defeated, it will not be easy for Hong Juncheng to explain.

Seeing that Hong Zhenkang was silent, Zhang Shida continued, "I heard that most of the people in Xiezhou are good people. Go to Xiezhou first to collect the land tax. The flag is victorious and the morale is high. It is not against the intention of the king, but this is not the best of both worlds."

It's right to think about it, why did the gods send the army to go out?
Is it really for victory?

Really killing a group of wicked people is not a great achievement.

After all, it's not Qiu Fu.

It is a great achievement to be able to levy food.

Hong Zhenkang made up his mind to go to Xiezhou with Zhang Shida first.

Zhang Shida sent a fast horse to Xiezhou to inform the magistrate: Lu Wang personally led an army of [-], and it will be approaching soon, so let Xiezhou welcome Wang Shi from all over.

Hong Zhenkang nodded and said: "Master Wang is the face of a god, tell the magistrate Xiang Xuanming, you can't be less polite."

Zhang Shida said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, etiquette comes second. This is for the people of Xiezhou. Knowing that Master Wang is coming, let's see if they dare not accept the land tax."

Hong Zhenkang suddenly realized: "This plan is very good."

Three days later, the army was about to arrive in Xiezhou, and the magistrate Xiang Xuanming ordered officials from the prefecture and counties to come to the border to meet them.

Hong Zhenkang originally planned to go to the state capital first, but Zhang Shida offered advice again: "My lord, we can't go to the state capital yet, let's camp outside Xiezhou first, and see how much land tax in Xiezhou can be collected."

Hong Zhenkang said impatiently: "Didn't you receive the report yesterday? Sixty percent of the land tax has been collected."

Xiezhou is indeed a good place, and there are honest people everywhere. When they heard that the imperial court had arrived with an army of [-], many farmers voluntarily paid their land taxes.

The magistrate Xiang Xuanming did not dare to forcefully collect the land tax, but someone offered to send it, so naturally he would not refuse it. Judging from the current situation, six points of the land tax is definitely a great achievement.

But Zhang Shida said: "My lord, [-]% of the land tax is still short of confiscation."

"So what if it's [-]% short?" Hong Zhenkang glared, "If it weren't for the widows coming here, Xiezhou wouldn't even be able to collect [-]% of the land tax!"

"My lord's achievements are naturally beyond doubt, but if we enter the boundary of Xiezhou now, this is a compliment to Xiezhou. My lord, are you here to praise them?"

Hong Zhenkang thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "We are still short of [-]% of the land endowment. This praise is really not worth it."

"What the lord said is that as long as we Chen Bing is at the border, this will be a deterrent to Xiezhou. Within three days, Xiezhou's land tax will definitely be collected. When Xiezhou is collected, will the prefectures dare not follow? Others Do the states and counties dare not follow?"

Hong Zhenkang sighed: "The truth is correct, but today, I will sleep in the wild again."

Zhang Shida naturally understood what he said.

During the march, Zhang Shida didn't let Hong Zhenkang suffer. Good wine, good meat and good girls benefited every night, but the prince was still dissatisfied.

"My lord, I will be wronged again tonight. I expect to collect all the land tax tomorrow. Xiang Xuanming is also a sensible person, so he will naturally show something tonight."

Xiang Xuanming was really sensible. That night, he sent someone to send 10 taels of silver, 30 dancers, [-] carts of mutton, and [-] carts of fine wine to reward the soldiers.

Hong Zhenkang was quite satisfied, and wanted to call Xiang Xuanming to teach him a few words, but Xiang Xuanming himself did not come to the camp, which made Hong Zhenkang quite dissatisfied.

Zhang Shida said: "My lord, it's no wonder Xiang Zhifu, our army is stationed here, I'm afraid his soul will be scared away, he will be busy collecting gifts, how dare he relax for a moment?"

Hong Zhenkang nodded: "That's right, I'm exhausted, let the dancer Leren come in and dance a couple of songs."

Xiang Xuanming's newly presented dancers are all handsome and juicy, especially the rouge on this body, which is so fragrant, it seems that the delicate beauty has entered into the heart along the nose.

After eating two glasses of wine, Hong Zhenkang gradually became more cheerful. He felt that watching the dance alone was boring, and ordered Zhang Shida to call all the generals and school into the big tent.

Everyone sat down in order of their positions, but seeing that the lead dancer was truly stunning in the world, his bright eyes flickered from time to time while the waist was dancing, and the hearts of everyone watching felt numb.

After a while, the banyan speeds up suddenly, and the dance music is a little passionate in tenderness. The dancers change their dance steps and postures, and sometimes have the stunt of jumping and rolling.

Hong Zhenkang applauded again and again, and all the generals echoed, the big tent was very lively, and the shouts spread all the way outside the camp.

Two soldiers guarding the side gate of the camp whispered, "What's the matter, it's so lively?"

"Can't you smell this fragrance? The magistrate of Xiezhou sent thirty beauties. They look so handsome. If you take a look at them, your life will be worthwhile."

"Look at your talent, it's not in vain if you take a look at it? What if you let you sleep for a night?"

"How can we have such a blessing, not to mention me, you can ask our general, won't you be able to enjoy your eyesight in the camp?"

"Can the prince still eat alone? How about giving the general a few points? He can't bear the thirty beauties himself!"

"I don't know what's going on. The prince won't be able to use it overnight, and he will continue to use it tomorrow. The days are still long. If you change one overnight, it will be enough for a month."

The two were chatting, but they heard that the big tent gradually became quiet.

"I said, why is there no movement?"

"What do you think? Are you still watching the dance? It's time to get down to business."

"You said that when the prince is doing business, how many people are usually around to serve him?"

"I think one is definitely not enough, three less..."

The two of them didn't say a word, they were living a mouthful, when they suddenly heard some movement beside the camp.

Following the sound, I saw an old woman, squatting beside the fence of the camp, crying.

"What are you crying for in the middle of the night? Go and have a look."

"Should I go alone?"

"What are you afraid of?"

"If you are not afraid, go by yourself."

"I really convinced you, let's go together."

Holding spears, the two came to the old woman, shouted, "What are you doing?"

The old woman turned her back to the two, lowered her head, and whispered, "I'm hungry."

"Hungry? I'm hungry and looking for a place to beg for food. What are you doing here?"

"I have something to eat." The old woman lowered her head, as if she was gnawing on something, making chewing sounds from time to time.

"There is food, let's find a place to eat. Didn't you see that this is Daying? Is this where you eat?"

The old woman swallowed what was in her mouth, sobbed and said, "But I really can't take it anymore."

"Can't eat it? Then you don't eat it, get out!"

"Let me tell you, this is Wang Shi's camp. Do you know what we are doing? If you don't leave, I will kill you now!"

A sergeant swung his spear and struck the old woman right on the back.

The old woman's body shook slightly, but she did not fall down.

Startled, the sergeant took several steps back.

Another sergeant yelled: "Haven't you fucking eaten, you can't even beat an old lady?"

"Then, then you fight!"

The sergeant raised his spear and was about to strike when the old lady turned her head slowly.

"Why beat me, I have food, I don't want yours, my old man, I left food for me." The old lady looked back at the sergeant.

She had a finger in her mouth.

She has an arm in her lap.

A sergeant fell to the ground on the spot.

Another sergeant backed away, dragging his spear.

The old woman stood up tremblingly, holding the arm in her hand, and walked towards the two of them slowly.

"I have food, the old man left it for me, my old man starved to death, he told me when he was dying, let me eat him, I can live,
I couldn't bear to eat it, but the old man's corpse couldn't hold it anymore, it was about to rot, so I ate it desperately, I ate it desperately, but I couldn't bear it anymore. "

A sergeant screamed, rolled his eyes, and lay on the ground without moving.

Another sergeant dragged his spear and ran back to the camp, saw a sergeant walking to the door, grabbed the sergeant and said: "Something happened, it's haunted, there are ghosts outside our camp, ghosts that eat people, hurry up!" Go out and have a look."

"I'm going out to have a look." The sergeant raised his head, his face was wrinkled, and he looked about 70 to [-] years old.

The sergeant let go, took a step back and said, "You, who are you?"

"I'm here to find something," the old man rolled up his empty sleeve, revealing a white arm bone, "I can't find my hand, please help me find it."

(End of this chapter)