The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 908 Dong Shaowei's Investigation Notes

Tragedy does not come without warning.

As the empire's fire-fighting captain, Dong Shaowei firmly believes that the fate of the empire is in his own hands, or in the hands of upright and selfless people like him.

The situation was deteriorating day by day, with rebellious factions emerging one after another. The emperor and cabinet members were adopting a policy of tolerance and indulgence towards people like Kingsling. This was intolerable.
As a representative of the hardliners and a staunch supporter of the empire's external expansion, Dong Shaowei must do something for Da Qi. Even if this giant ship is destined to sink, he must clean up the barnacles under the deck before the ship sinks!

He will fight to the end.

As for the legendary missing Kingsnin, when he arrived in Siberia, he would demand to see him alive or dead.

Dong Shaowei had fought against Indians and British in North America, and had also fought against ronin and evil monks in Nagasaki, Japan.

Now, on the northern sea, at the edge of the empire, he would battle the unspeakable.

In the spring of March in the sixteenth year of Jingyan, Dong Shaowei led an expeditionary force of 1,200 people to the North Sea. The soldiers carried various weapons, and the food and ammunition supplies were enough for them to survive in the North Sea for several months.

After arriving at the place of exile, Dong Shaowei immediately summoned the local garrison officials and made a loud announcement.

"Dig deep underground to find the criminal Kingsning!"

However, digging deep into the ground was almost impossible because Siberia in March was muddy and the roads were almost cut off. The arrival of more than 1,200 people in the exile area was already a small military miracle, and continuing any military operations was undoubtedly a fantasy.

However, Dong Shaowei insisted that what he saw was just a trick of the rebels, and Kingsning must still be in exile.

"Search for me, the thief must be found!"

After much persuasion from his subordinates, the Eagle brand representative finally compromised slightly.

In the Kingsning exile colony, on the shores of the North Sea, Dong Shaowei could not even find a trace of the opposition leader.

Kingsning vanished without a trace.

The local Aboriginal people said that the intruder (referring to Kingsning) seemed to have discovered something that shocked him so much that his behavior changed completely. He eventually became mentally ill and chopped his four maids and his entire family into pieces with an axe.

As for the corpses and bloodstains, it is said that they were devoured by an ancient god in the form of an octopus, and sank into the ground along with the "palace on earth".

The indigenous people said that an ancient curse was awakened by Kingsning, which then purified the land. Dong Shaowei simply did not believe the nonsense of these indigenous people with bird feathers on their heads.

"I am an imperial soldier and do not believe in ghosts and gods."

He didn't believe that Kingsning had disappeared just like that, and he even less believed that the latter had been swallowed by some octopus-like ancient god.

Dong Shaowei determined that this was a premeditated jailbreak, if the North Sea was regarded as a huge prison.

He sent soldiers to drive away the natives who tried to confuse the people with their lies, and a shaman who refused to leave was whipped.

Dong Shaowei gathered the surrounding residents and officials together and announced loudly:
"Kinsin is the Empire's top criminal, and now he's on the run from exile. Everyone, whether indigenous people or local officials, must be held accountable!"

At this time, a civil affairs officer reminded Dong Shaowei that using the collective responsibility system violated the laws of Da Qi. Dong Shaowei sternly rebuked him:
"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures! It is better to kill a thousand innocent people than to let one go!"

Strange things soon happened.

A few days after the wizards were driven out, Laifu, the military dog in Dong Shaowei's camp, was undoubtedly extremely alert and anxious. Dong Shaowei knew Laifu's temperament very well, and his condition was definitely not normal. He kept running from one tent to another, looking restless, sniffing around the camp with his nose, and barking at the red moon above the camp.

The very next day, a soldier ran to the central military tent and complained to Dong Shaowei that all the military dogs in the camp were acting irritable and restless.

A strong sense of fear spread among the army. The abnormal situation happening here could not be explained by normal reasons.

The increasing noise makes people feel manic and uneasy.

Dong Shaowei tried hard to stay calm and tried to figure out what he had heard when the noise of the hurried running dissipated, leaving only some residual echoes in his ears.

This last bit of sound retreated underground, even deeper than this basement, as if the entire cliff below was riddled with holes made by exploratory rats.

Soldiers reported that more and more noise began to spread around.

After listening to the soldiers' stories, Dong Shaowei did not doubt his own views as much as he expected.

Dong Shaowei was finally deeply moved and reminded the soldiers to be careful of possible night attacks.

(End of this chapter)