Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 726 Let's see it on the wall
When Meng Changqing had finished looking around and returned to the area of ​​Beishan County, Zheng Jie and Song Qingfeng had also arrived.

Meng Changqing quickly led the two of them up the city wall.

Even as the message was being posted, Song Qingfeng asked, "Lord Meng, why did you summon me and Prefect Zheng so urgently? Has something dangerous happened overseas?"

This conjecture is unreasonable. If there were any dangerous situations abroad, Meng Changqing should have sent someone to explain the situation immediately and let Song Qingfeng stay in the camp to dispatch troops, instead of summoning him to the city wall.

"General, you'll see when you get to the city wall."

Meng Changqing refused to tell him, insisting that he see for himself.

Once on the city wall, Song Qingfeng and Zheng Jie didn't look towards Hongjia County at first. Instead, they craned their necks to look outside the wall. Although it was night, the moonlight was still quite good. After looking for a long time, they couldn't make out anything.

Meng Changqing wasn't in a hurry and insisted on waiting for Song Qingfeng to ask, "There's nothing outside this wall, Lord Meng, why don't you just say so?"

Although Zheng Jie didn't speak, his expression conveyed the same meaning.

"General, please look over there." Meng Changqing pointed in a direction.

Zheng Jie looked over, and at first he didn't find anything strange about it; it was just a city wall.

Song Qingfeng glanced at them and his heart nearly skipped a beat. "What happened?" He rushed towards Hongjia County. "Where are they? Where are the people on the city wall?!"

"General, please don't be anxious. This isn't the first time this has happened. Please calm down." The more Meng Changqing said this, the angrier Song Qingfeng became.

It was only at this moment that Zheng Jie realized the difference between the two city walls. On the Beishan County side, there was a pair of guards every few steps, while on the Hongjia County side, the city wall was completely empty, with not a single person in sight.

"Lord Meng, is this your first day as magistrate here? How can I remain calm in the face of this situation?" Song Qingfeng, being an official after all, immediately asked, "Since this isn't the first time this has happened, why didn't you report it before?"

Border defense negligence is a huge matter, and even Song Qingfeng himself dared not take responsibility for it.

If Zheng Jie hadn't been there, perhaps Song Qingfeng could have simply covered it up since no serious consequences had occurred. But Meng Changqing had summoned Zheng Jie as well.

Faced with a colleague whose temperament and political leanings were unclear, Song Qingfeng could only appear innocent, upright, and deceived by his subordinate.

Faced with Song Qingfeng's questioning, Meng Changqing did not bow her head and admit her guilt. She first sighed, "General, do you know when I learned of the situation here?"

"when?"

"It's today," Meng Changqing said. "After Lieutenant Zhang explained the situation to me, I went up the wall to verify it myself. Seeing that what Lieutenant Zhang said was true, I immediately sent someone to invite you, General, and Prefect Zheng over."

"I have been waiting on the wall for your arrival."

Before Song Qingfeng could reply, Meng Changqing continued, "This is the first time I've ever seen something so bizarre. I really don't know how to describe it, so I can only ask you two to come and see for yourselves."

Zhang Yuan had been feeling uneasy, but when he heard Meng Changqing say this, he knew in his heart that Lord Meng was going to protect him, otherwise why would he be the one to explain the situation?
Song Qingfeng understood as well. Meng Changqing would never take the blame for this absurd mistake. Meng Changqing demanded that he himself be blameless and even find merit in it.

Song Qingfeng strode eastward.

Zheng Jie and the others quickly followed, and after walking for a long time, they finally saw a person on duty.

When Meng Changqing came over before, this man was sleeping with his spear propped up on his body. Now he is sitting cross-legged on the ground with a blanket draped over him.

Song Qingfeng yanked off the covers and yelled, "Idiot! Is this your sleeping place?!"

The soldier on duty was startled by him. When he saw who it was, he was so frightened that his soul almost flew out of his body. It was only a breath from when he opened his eyes to when he knelt down and begged for mercy.

"General, spare me! General, spare me!" The soldier didn't recognize Song Qingfeng's face, but he knew that anyone who could wear this armor deserved to be called a general. If the general caught him sleeping while on duty, he would never have a good ending.

“General, at least he’s still on the city wall.” Meng Changqing seemed to be speaking up for the sleeping guard, but in reality he was stirring up trouble. “Let him call the person in charge of this matter.”