Starting from the imperial palace guards, his clones spread all over the world.

Chapter 35 The Flower Visitor

West Desert.

The wind and sand in the sky finally subsided.

Liang Jin's clone originally thought that the sandstorm would pass in a few hours at most.

But who would have thought that the sandstorm would last for a whole day and night.

In the wind and sand, most of the camels ran away.

Liang Jin used his hands to hold the two camels together, preventing them from running away.

When the wind and sand subsided, half of Liang Jin's body was buried in the sand.

After he emerged from the sand and shook his clothes, he heard another faint cry for help.

So Liang Jin stretched out his hand again and pulled the young man who was hiding from the wind and sand together out of the sand.

The young man had a serious illness and is now extremely weak.

He lay on the ground with his dry mouth open, unable to speak. He just pointed at the bag on a camel and kept making sounds in his throat.

"Is there water in there?"

Liang Jin was slightly puzzled, so he stepped forward, took off the bag, brought it to the young man and opened it.

But after opening it, what appeared inside was a set of official uniform and an official seal.

Liang Jin was very disappointed when he saw that it was not water, and threw these things aside.

This thing is useless in this desert.

However, the young man pounced on him and held the official robe and seal tightly in his arms.

It was as if these things were more important than his life.

Liang Jin then searched in the bag of another camel and fortunately found some water and dry food.

He ate and drank for a while, then threw the remaining water to the young man.

The young man gulped down a few mouthfuls of water and finally recovered enough to speak:

"Thank you for your help!"

"I'm Gao Hongzhe, thank you so much!"

"I haven't asked for your name yet."

As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Liang.

Liang Jin looked at the guy who called himself Gao Hongzhe and replied:

"My name is...Meng Xinghun."

Liang Jin made up a fake name and then asked again:

"Are you an official?"

This Gao Hongzhe is too young.

Moreover, he does not have the air of a bureaucrat, but instead has the Confucian air of a scholar, even a bit immature.

But he had an official seal and official uniform, and seemed to be a new official.

Gao Hongzhe proudly answered:
"Brother Meng, to be honest, I am this year's top three scholar!"

"Now he has been personally appointed as the governor of Hanzhou by His Majesty!"

Liang Jin smiled:

"Are you kidding me?"

"Why would a top-ranking scholar have to come to this damn place?"

"Hanzhou Governor? This position has been abolished for many years, and I have never heard of a third place scholar being appointed as Hanzhou Governor in our dynasty."

Seeing that Liang Jin didn't believe him, Gao Hongzhe hurriedly took out various official documents from his bag to prove his identity.

After he gave another explanation, Liang Jin gradually believed it.

original.

After Gao Hongzhe became the new third place in the imperial examination, he had a bright future. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to work in the Hanlin Academy and even marry the daughter of a high-ranking official.

But the bad thing is that Gao Hongzhe is an "angry young man".

He made suggestions to His Majesty, hoping that His Majesty could send troops to retake the Western Desert.

The area of ​​Western Desert is too complicated. It was once under the jurisdiction of the Daqian Dynasty, but later broke away from it many times.

In the past two years, the imperial court has become increasingly weak and unable to invest more money in the chaotic bottomless pit of the Western Desert.

So they finally decided to completely abandon the Western Desert and withdraw all the troops from the Western Desert.

After Gao Hongzhe learned about this, he has been depressed.

So after he became the new third place in the imperial examination, he made suggestions on behalf of Ximo, which caused a stir in the court.

Finally, His Majesty appointed Gao Hongzhe as the governor of Hanzhou and sent him to Ximo to take up the post.

After listening to this, Liang Jin sighed:
"It turns out that the Western Desert no longer belonged to Daqian two years ago..."

If it weren't for Gao Hongzhe, he would still believe that the Western Desert still belonged to Daqian, but its ruling power was weak.

It seems that the imperial court chose to deliberately keep a low profile on this matter, so the people knew very little about it, and only those in the court knew the truth about it.

Gao Hongzhe said angrily:
"The court gave up, but I won't give up."

"As scholars, we should be determined to recover the Western Desert for our country!"

Liang Jin glanced at Gao Hongzhe and shook his head vigorously:

"You're a demoted and exiled scholar, what's the point of saying such big words?"

There is no way a newly crowned third place scholar would end up serving as an official in the Western Desert.

Liang Jin could easily guess that Gao Hongzhe had offended His Majesty. After all, abandoning the Western Desert happened during His Majesty's reign, and it was by no means a glorious event.

Even the imperial court chose to keep the matter low-key and not publicize it.

However, this newly crowned third place scholar actually discussed this matter again and again in the court and pressured His Majesty.

In anger, His Majesty naturally rewarded him with a nominal official position and let him come to this desolate place to fend for himself.

Gao Hongzhe was not convinced:
"I am a prefect of the fourth rank. My power is even greater than that of a prefect of the same rank."

"This is the emperor's great grace, how can you turn it into demotion and exile?"

Liang Jin asked in return:

"Daqian has no soldiers in Hanzhou, and His Majesty has not sent anyone to escort you to take office."

"With just you and those few short-lived followers, do you really think you can accomplish anything here?"

Gao Hongzhe continued to argue.

As a scholar, he naturally speaks eloquently.

But his voice became weaker and weaker, and it was obvious that he lacked confidence.

As the third place winner in the imperial examination, he was naturally extremely intelligent. Liang Jin hit the nail on the head with just two sentences, making him understand everything.

Or perhaps he had already understood it, but still didn't want to believe it, so he kept deceiving himself.

Finally, Gao Hongzhe could only say in a high voice:

"Now that I'm here, I won't back down."

"Even if I die in office, I will never let the world laugh at me!"

Liang Jin gave a thumbs up:
"What a spirit!"

"Excuse me, Mr. Tanhua, where are you planning to go now?"

Among scholars, there are more people who are tough-minded than those who are tough-mouthed.

Liang Jin did not take Gao Hongzhe's bold words too seriously.

Gao Hongzhe replied:

"Of course, we're going to Hanzhou City."

"My followers and I originally planned to stop by the nearby Dingfeng City to rest before continuing on our journey."

"I just didn't expect that I'm the only one still alive..."

Speaking of this, Gao Hongzhe's face was filled with sadness.

He really didn't expect that the Western Desert was so dangerous and so many people were killed along the way.

Liang Jin continued to ask:

"So, may I ask, Mr. Tanhua, which direction should I take to get to Dingfeng City now?"

Gao Hongzhe stood up:
"Naturally..."

He stretched out his hand to point in a direction, but ended up looking surprised.

After a sandstorm, the surrounding terrain has completely changed.

Gao Hongzhe looked around but didn't see any familiar place.

This made Gao Hongzhe dare not make any false assertions.

Otherwise, if you accidentally go in the wrong direction, you will really die in this desert.

Liang Jin shook his head helplessly. It seemed that he could not count on this third place winner.

So he decisively opened the panel and enabled the [Thousand Mile Tracking] feature.

Liang Jin immediately entered the name "Gao Hongzhe":

"Let me see if this guy is cheating on me."

In Liang Jin's heart, he still had some doubts about Gao Hongzhe's words.

After all, so many people had died in the quicksand before, and only Gao Hongzhe survived, which inevitably made Liang Jin more worried.

He had also heard that a strange thing had happened in Daqian:
A county magistrate was killed on his way to take up his post with his entourage. The entourage then pretended to be the magistrate and took up his post, but was not exposed until many years later.

So Liang Jin also needs to confirm it.

A string of information quickly popped up on the panel.

[Target: Gao Hongzhe]

Location: Desert

[Strength: None]

[Martial Arts: None]

At the same time, a portrait photo is also displayed on the panel.

Also appearing was a map and a red dot, representing Gao Hongzhe's location.

Liang Jin looked at the portrait photo and confirmed:
"It seems this guy didn't lie to me."

The portrait and the name match, and the name and the official document also match.

With the map, Liang Jin could easily determine the direction.

The map showed that Dingfeng City was just to the north, not far from the two of them.

Liang Jin calculated the food and water and thought it should be enough for the two of them to reach Dingfeng City.

Liang Jin immediately pointed to the north and said to Gao Hongzhe:
"Tanhua Lang, take the camel and follow me."

"I'll take you to Dingfeng City."

(End of this chapter)