Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 648 Southern Tour
The first day of February.

Half a month passed quickly, and the southern tour team set off in a mighty manner.

Emperor Yongyuan had been planning this southern tour for a whole year. Although the time was advanced a lot, he had barely completed the necessary preparations.

All the people in Jingyang Palace joined the southern tour, and the Golden Pig and Big White at home were entrusted to the care of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the southern tour team, in addition to Princess Ankang and Princess Yanyan, the two royal heirs who had been chosen early on to accompany the royal family, there were many other people.

They are the eldest prince, the third prince, the fourth prince and the eighth prince.

The four princes and two princesses were all the royal descendants accompanying this trip.

In addition, there were countless ministers and attendants accompanying him, forming a huge team of thousands of people.

Emperor Yongyuan traveled personally, and the team of thousands of people was already a very streamlined team.

In the southern tour team, apart from the commander of the imperial guards, only Duke Jiang Su Ding'an and Duke Chen Hou Zhongguo were among the nobles accompanying them.

Apart from these two dukes, there were no other noble figures to be seen.

However, many civil officials came, almost gathering all the powerful civil officials in the court.

As the spiritual leader of the civil officials, King Zheng could not be absent from the group.

So many people, plus all kinds of baggage, formed a long team.

However, the itinerary on the road has been carefully planned, and there is rarely a need to sleep in the open air. Generally, they can spend the night in the city, so that these spoiled gentlemen will not suffer too much.

After leaving the capital, the southern touring team took Luodong City as their first destination.

This is the second most important city in the north of Daxing.

The previous emperor wanted to make this place the new capital and made large-scale investments and developments.

Unfortunately, the late emperor passed away before the construction of the new capital was completed.

Although the construction of Luodong City was completed later, no one mentioned the issue of moving the capital again, and the matter was shelved.

Although Luodong City did not seize the opportunity to become the new capital, since it was built by imperial order, its subsequent development was exceptionally smooth. In less than ten years, it developed into a prosperous city in the north second only to the capital.

It also plays an important role in the entire Daxing Dynasty.

Such a rising new city naturally attracted the attention of Emperor Yongyuan.

If the development model of Luodong City can be used as a reference for other places, it will be a very valuable experience.

Everyone thought that Emperor Yongyuan's southern tour was to clear up Daxing's decline and stabilize the southern regions that had begun to become turbulent due to years of disasters.

But only a few people knew that Emperor Yongyuan wanted to do much more than that.

"Ah Xuan, this carriage is too bumpy."

Princess Ankang sat in the carriage, looking at the scenery outside through the window, but her body swayed left and right with the bumps.

They did not travel in Princess Ankang's exclusive carriage this time.

After the southern tour team arrives at Luodong City, they will take a boat. At that time, except for Emperor Yongyuan's carriage, all other carriages will be left in Luodong City and will be taken away when they return to Beijing.

Princess Ankang's exclusive carriage was something left behind by Concubine Xiao.

Moreover, the carriage was too luxurious. Even if it stayed in the government office in Luodong City, it would inevitably be coveted by others, so the carriage was simply left in the palace.

But at least it was Xu Lang who was driving the carriage for them, and Sharon was sitting in the front of the carriage.

After more than half a month of recuperation, Sharon's body has become stronger and stronger, and her strength is constantly recovering. Now she is almost at the fifth level of strength.

"Meow~"

Li Xuan responded boredly with "Princess Ankang".

The journey to the south was indeed a bit boring.

When they first left the city, the three little ones were quite excited, but after being bumpy for more than an hour, they all calmed down.

Although they were walking on the official road, it was still just a dirt road after all.

There are some bluestones paved in the areas close to the city, but once you get away from the city, it's just dirt roads.

If the carriage runs faster, it will stir up a cloud of dust, which can easily make people look dirty.

Due to the slow speed, we have to spend more time on the journey every day.

Three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon, and the rest is time for rest.

This is the only way to ensure that we can travel more than 50 miles every day and ensure that the subsequent schedule can proceed as planned.

The other princes and princesses also each had their own carriage, so they had no chance to talk to anyone on the way.

But fortunately, Princess Ankang had formations to learn, and Yu'er was able to meditate and practice.

Yu'er has now reached a bottleneck in her practice of the Fish-Dragon Transformation and will be able to break through soon, so she works extra hard.

Li Xuan also has his own things to do.

[Xuan Yang Quenching Power: 81%]

[Gihena Magic Flame: 13%]

Xuan Yang Quenching Technique is a fourth-grade fire-type technique that Li Xuan selected from Qianxing Pavilion before setting off.

Another martial art with a special name is the magic power of the Western Fire Demon.

Li Xuan sensed Sharon sitting in the front of the carriage and couldn't help but sigh, recalling what happened that day.

Sharon cried as she read all the contents of the book to Li Xuan that day.

Li Xuan listened and wrote it down from memory.

Most of the contents were letters written by Ignis to Sharon, in addition to which there was the magic skill he had comprehended over the years through that half of the Holy Fire Indestructible Body: the Jihena Magic Flame.

The book records in detail Ignis's mental journey, as well as all his attempts and experiences in comprehending magic.

Eventually, Ignis created this amazing magic skill that could be practiced from the sixth level to the second level.

However, this magic skill requires human blood as fuel to refine the magic flame. The magic flame will affect the mind and temperament of the practitioner as its power grows.

From what Ignis recorded, we can see a clear process of change.

It can even be said that the beginning and ending of this book were written by two different people.

The one at the beginning is Ignis, and the one at the end is the Western Fire Demon.

And all of this is because Ignis yearns for power and wants to become someone worthy of Sharon.

But the final result deviated far from this goal.

What’s interesting is that the book left by Ignis only recorded his own magic skills, but did not include the first half of the Holy Fire Immortal Body that he had memorized.

After getting Sharon's consent, Li Xuan handed the translated text to Tang Nu in exchange for the original copy of the book.

Afterwards, Li Xuan returned the item to its original owner and gave it back to Sharon for collection.

Although it was an ill-fated relationship, it was also a beautiful memory for Sharon.

Although Li Xuan felt a little regretful that he could not obtain even half of the techniques of the Holy Fire Immortal Body from Ignis's book, he did not need to be too anxious since he had Sharon as a living example.

When Sharon's strength recovers to a sufficient level in the future, he will naturally be able to comprehend that half of the Holy Fire Immortal Body from Sharon.

After a day's journey, the southern tour team arrived at Jinghou County, the first rest town on the planned route, before nightfall.

It is naturally impossible for a team of thousands of people to enter the town. Those with lower status can only camp outside the city to rest.

When they arrived at Jinghou County, Emperor Yongyuan got off the imperial carriage. A group of officials from Jinghou County had been waiting there under the leadership of the county magistrate.

"Your humble servant greets His Majesty."

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Officials of all ranks in Jinghou County knelt in unison before Emperor Yongyuan.

Emperor Yongyuan glanced at them coldly and did not let them stand up immediately. He just reached out to the side and took a memorial from Zhao Feng.

Emperor Yongyuan opened the letter and looked at it, then asked, "Song Xunchun, right?"

"Your Majesty, it is this humble minister!"

The magistrate of Jinghou County kowtowed to the ground and answered happily.

He didn't expect that he was just a small county magistrate, but Emperor Yongyuan actually knew his name.

But Emperor Yongyuan just snorted coldly, and then returned the letter in his hand to Zhao Feng.

Zhao Feng immediately stepped forward and took out an imperial edict from his sleeve.

"Song Xunchun, the magistrate of Jinghou County, received the order."

Song Xunchun was overjoyed. He knelt down, took two steps forward, raised his hands above his head, and prepared to take the imperial edict from Zhao Feng's hand.

"According to the investigation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Song Xunchun, as the magistrate of Jinghou County, broke the law knowingly, colluded with local gentry, seized the people's land, accepted bribes, and abducted women."

"It's been less than three years since I took office, and the people of Jinghou County are already full of resentment. Now that there is irrefutable evidence, I will execute him on the spot!"

In just two sentences, Song Xunchun's raised hands began to tremble violently and his face was covered with cold sweat.

"It's unfair, it's unfair!"

"I am innocent, Your Majesty, please look into this matter!"

Although Song Xunchun said so, his eyes were looking in the direction of the civil servants.

But at this time, a eunuch in flowery clothes had already stepped forward and held Song Xunchun down, no matter how miserably he screamed.

"Humph, you still dare to cry out for injustice?"

Emperor Yongyuan looked at Song Xunchun's reaction without any mercy, and his eyes were full of coldness and ruthlessness.

Zhao Feng was also standing by and winked at the officials of Jinghou County.

Immediately, the chief clerk of Jinghou County came forward to testify, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs also produced relevant physical evidence.

All of a sudden, there was evidence from both people and things.

"Your Majesty, Song Xunchun is an official of the imperial court after all. It is illegal to sentence him in this way."

The Minister of Justice came out to give advice.

As a result, Emperor Yongyuan ignored him.

It was Wang Xi who explained, "Master Zhang, when the emperor is on tour, if he encounters any violation of law or discipline, he can judge the case on the spot."

"Now that Song Xunchun's evidence is irrefutable, Sir Zhang, do you have anything else to add?"

Wang Xi's short and strong figure blocked the Minister of Justice's way, but made him dare not say a word.

The Minister of Justice glanced at Prince Zheng in the crowd obliquely, and seeing that Prince Zheng had no reaction, he had to retreat in disappointment.

Emperor Yongyuan glanced at the civil servants and saw that no one had any objections. He immediately waved his hand and said:
"Execution."

Song Xunchun widened his eyes, unable to believe what he heard.

Emperor Yongyuan not only convicted him of the crime on the spot, but now he wanted to kill him directly.

But this time, before he could say anything, he felt a chill on his neck, and the next thing he saw was a headless corpse falling to the ground, with blood all over the place.

There was silence.

Even the gentry who had accompanied the officials of Jinghou County to welcome the emperor were kneeling on the ground trembling with fear.

They thought they were going to get rich, but unexpectedly they were involved in a bloody disaster.

At this time, King Zheng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it is unlucky to see blood just at the beginning of the southern tour."

"Even if he has committed a crime, it is better to execute him according to the rules in the autumn."

"Besides, if the local government loses its important officials, I'm afraid the government office won't be able to function properly."

Prince Zheng's earnest advice seemed to be all for the sake of Emperor Yongyuan.

"Thank you for your concern, uncle."

"I have my own considerations on these."

Then, Emperor Yongyuan appointed an accompanying official as the magistrate of Jinghou County on the spot, and ordered Su Dingan to mobilize the garrison in Jinghou County to cooperate in a thorough investigation, to arrest all the criminals related to Song Xunchun, and to sentence them immediately.

Emperor Yongyuan immediately led the new magistrate into the city, and all the officials and gentry who came out of the city to greet him were also taken into custody, and the whole thing was taken care of in one fell swoop.

As for how many of them can survive, it depends on their own luck.

There were many immoral people in the past, and they probably need to prepare for their funeral.

When the accompanying civil servants saw that Emperor Yongyuan was so well prepared, they immediately became anxious.

This is only the first day. What will happen if the southern tour continues like this?
They all turned their eyes to Prince Zheng, but Prince Zheng shook his head slightly, signaling them to be patient, and soon caught up with Emperor Yongyuan.

The three little ones fell behind, but they also witnessed the beheading of County Magistrate Jinghou.

"Ah Xuan, how far do you think this place is from the capital?"

Princess Ankang looked back in the direction of the capital, and her tone was filled with sighs when she asked.

Li Xuan secretly sent a message to Princess Ankang: "Emperor Yongyuan's influence is extremely limited outside the capital, which is also the significance of his southern tour this time."

"Otherwise, places outside the capital will never be under his control."

Li Xuan understood what Emperor Yongyuan wanted to do.

But by doing this, he was digging into King Zheng's roots.

King Zheng will not tolerate this.

If King Zheng tolerates it once, it will be enough to shake those who rely on him.

King Zheng did not dare to let this happen.

At this time, the Eighth Prince came to their side and said to Princess Ankang:

"Let's go, we haven't killed all the people yet."

"Take all these officials into custody."

When the Eighth Prince said this, they realized that Princess Yan Zhao had already walked to the end of the civil servant team, and was a few steps away from them.

The other princes and princesses followed suit, bringing their trusted followers with them and standing at the end of the team entering the city.

This feeling naturally made the accompanying officials feel uncomfortable. They were like lambs being watched by wolves, without any sense of security.

Of course, there are a few fearless lambs among them.

For example, Ren Chunsheng became one of the accompanying officials because of Princess Ankang's relationship.

He was mixed in the crowd at this time, but he didn't show any sign of nervousness.

After entering the Jinghou County government office, a banquet to welcome the southern tour team and the search to capture the criminals began simultaneously.

Emperor Yongyuan opened the hall and sat down to eat while watching people coming and going in the yamen.

The flowery-clothed eunuchs and the county garrison escorted a prisoner, who was thrown into prison in front of them.

Emperor Yongyuan watched this scene with great interest, while many officials were so frightened that they had no appetite to eat.

And this is only the first day of the southern tour.

Next, things like this will probably continue to happen during their southern tour.

Li Xuan was also very curious, wondering if all the officials along the way were corrupt and there was not a single good official.

(End of this chapter)