high official

Chapter 388
After a brief silence, Prefect He adjusted his mood, and asked with a smile, "On business, how did you sleep last night?"

"Not good, almost insomnia." Wang Xian pointed to the bloodshot eyes in his eyes.

"That's right. The imperial envoy's burden is so heavy, it's reasonable that he can't sleep." Magistrate He smiled: "Actually, the lower officials didn't sleep well either."

"That's not true, it's just that the bed is too soft and I'm not used to it," Wang Xian said with a straight face, "I had the mattress removed later, so I could sleep soundly."

"Cough..." Zhifu He smiled helplessly, and cursed secretly, you bitch!

"Master Zhifu," Wang Xian said solemnly, "I drank the wine and fell asleep, so it's time for us to get down to business, right?"

"That's that, is the emperor's order important?" Magistrate He said with a dry smile: "I don't know how the mission wants to investigate, and the government will cooperate wholeheartedly?"

"How does Prefect He want me to investigate?" Wang Xian asked back, looking at him quietly.

"Of course, we can do whatever we want to investigate." Zhifu He said solemnly: "The military rations of the imperial court were transported to Shanxi, but they were never shipped out of Shanxi. This is a fact, and no one can deny it." The officials never thought of denying it, because the army food was delivered late and almost killed the emperor's army. This crime is so great that we local officials are trembling and heartbroken. We have long been looking forward to an imperial envoy. We are innocent!" He said with a straight face: "Of course, if it is finally determined who is guilty, we will never tolerate it, even if it falls on my own official, I will just go straight!"

"Master Futai is high-minded and honest, and he is really a model for lower officials. With your attitude, I believe you will find out soon." Wang Xian complimented a few words, then paused and said: "It is better to hit the sun than to choose the day. My lord is Taiyuan. The magistrate is also a transfer committee member, so he is very familiar with the situation of military ration transfer, so please give me a brief introduction."

"Okay." Zhifu He secretly laughed at the stick, thinking it was a chat?But his face was serious, he pretended to sort out his thoughts, and after a while he said slowly: "It's like this. In July last year, grains from Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Huguang were shipped to our province one after another. Taiyuan transshipment. The minister of transshipment at that time was naturally our lord of Fantai. He was a low-ranking official, so he was a member of the transfer committee. The transfer of military rations was related to the safety of the emperor and the army. The consensus of the lower officials..."

Wang Xian listened to him patiently, and finally heard the key point:
"So as soon as the food arrived, we immediately organized the delivery. The Dusi Yamen also sent a large army to escort it to Datong. After arriving in Datong, the Datong Town sent troops to escort it to Xuanfu. However, there is only one post road from Datong to Xuanfu. It was feasible, but when passing by Guangling County, the rebel Liu Zijin was so daring that he led an army to attack us. Relying on their large number of people and taking advantage of the geographical advantage, the thieves repelled the officers and soldiers and took away our food and grass... ..." When Zhifu He said this, his face was full of pain.

"At that time tens of thousands of troops escorted him, how many troops did Liu Zijin have?" Wang Xian asked softly.

"Datong Town sent 2 officers and soldiers. At that time, Liu Zijin..." Zhifu He paused and said, "There were probably [-] troops, but they took advantage of the terrain to attack from both sides. If you parry, you have to lose."

"Then what happened later?" Wang Xian asked.

"Later we organized another escort. This time Shanxi Dusi and Datong Guards sent a total of [-] soldiers and horses. The preparations were not insufficient. However, when we arrived in Guangling County, something terrible happened..." Zhifu He said on his face. Showing a look of horror, he said: "This time the opponent still has [-] soldiers and horses, but they are useless even rolling stones and beating trees. Instead, they performed rituals on the hillside. I saw Liu Zijin with bare feet and a big bow in his hand. With an arrow, just pulled it out of thin air, and the leader of the Datong Deputy Commander screamed and fell off the horse. Pulled again, and another general fell off the horse. After three times, all the three commanders fell off the horse. The army was suddenly leaderless, and the morale It was extremely low, and the opponent took the opportunity to rush down, and our army was defeated again."

"Oh?" Wang Xian was surprised when he heard the words: "What kind of ability is this?"

"Shangcha should know that it is said in the playbook of our adults in Taiwan that Liu Zijin was taught the art of a different person since he was a child. He was taught the double sword and the iron plume arrow. It is said that it can drive away ghosts..." Zhifu He sighed: "This is all true. It’s the truth, adults in Taiwan just reported the truth, but it’s such a result, it’s really heartbreaking.”

Wang Xian sipped his tea noncommittally: "What about later?"

"Later, His Royal Highness was pressing hard, so we had to transport it again. This time, we not only dispatched troops, but also invited Taoist masters from Shanxi, monks and mages, and the black dog alone killed 99 of them, hoping to break them. Liu Zijin's magic." Magistrate He said helplessly: "Who knew that one foot tall and the devil is one foot tall, just entering Guangling County, all our mages died suddenly overnight," he said with horror on his face: "Silence and silence Yes, without any resistance, everyone's heads disappeared..."

"What's going on here?" Wang Xian felt like listening to a storytelling book.

"Of course it was Liu Zijin who exorcised ghosts and killed people!" Zhifu He's tone was gloomy, and Zhou Yong and Erhei Qiqi shuddered even though it was broad daylight. Killed people in Taiyuan!"

"Oh?" Wang Xian said in surprise, "Who did you kill?"

"This..." Zhifu He whispered: "Our Princess Jin and the magistrate of Fenyang died in the same way..."

"The concubine of the Jin Dynasty passed away?" Before Wang Xian came, he naturally wanted to know the information about Shanxi. How could such an important figure as the concubine of the Jin Dynasty, Xie, be listed as a breakthrough by him?Haven't heard of her death before?

"It just happened a few days ago," Zhifu He sighed, "His Royal Highness King Jin was overwhelmed with grief, and he didn't want people to know about the tragic death of the empress, so he said that the empress was seriously ill and announced it to the public today, otherwise we wouldn't be able to welcome her." on a business trip."

"Oh..." Wang Xian couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. He actually had a banquet during the funeral of Princess Jin, which of course is a crime!Grandma, be careful, be careful, they still fucked her.Fortunately, I managed to live last night, otherwise, if the emperor was surprised to hear that the emperor's wife had passed away, and he, an imperial envoy, was having sex during the funeral, he would definitely be unable to eat and walk around.

"On business, on business..." Magistrate He called twice before Wang Xian came back to his senses and said, "Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Futai. Do you have anything else to report?"

"No more." Zhifu He shook his head, thinking that it is you who are asking me, okay?
"Then let's go to pay a visit to Master Fantai, get out the charter, and then we'll make a fuss about it." Wang Xian said softly.

"That's right." Magistrate He nodded.

The two of them took off their official uniforms, changed into mourning clothes with green sash and belts, and went to the Chief Secretary's office in sedan chairs newly covered with white cloth. , to wear sackcloth and filial piety for the deceased old princess.

Wang Xian spat secretly, knowing that the mother of the country is dead, but he was so happy yesterday, isn't this cheating?
When they arrived at the yamen, they saw that Master Fantai had also changed into mourning clothes with Tsing Yi and corner belts. It was hard to say that the three of them wiped away their tears for a while before discussing whether to go or not.Because there was an old concubine's zombie to deal with, Zhang Fantai was a little absent-minded, and hastily ordered He Zhifu to fully cooperate with the imperial envoy to investigate the case, and then said to Wang Xian: "I am going to the Jin Palace to pay homage, the imperial envoy might as well go?"

"It should be." Wang Xian nodded in response, so the three of them rushed to the Jin Palace again in sedan chairs.

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Taiyuan is an ancient city, known as the ancient capital of nine dynasties, but after being annihilated in wars, it has long been withered and dilapidated, with ten rooms and nine empty spaces.When Xu Da led the army to drive Wang Baobao, who was entrenched in Taiyuan, out of the Central Plains, what he saw was a cramped and narrow earthen city with a circumference of no more than eleven miles. Very disproportionate.

When Zhu Yuanzhang named his third son, Zhu Wei, the king of Jin and stationed in Taiyuan, the first task before the highest military and political officer in Shanxi was to build a new city of Taiyuan.Zhu Wei sent his father-in-law, Yongping Hou Xie Cheng, to Taiyuan before he became a vassal. With the strength of the whole province, he built the city of Taiyuan that Wang Xian saw today.

Today, this Taiyuan new city has a circumference of 24 miles, a city height of three feet and five feet, and a pool depth of three feet. The whole city is built with large bricks. There are four tall turrets in the four corners of the city, and ninety small buildings along the city with nearly ten thousand crenels!Shock everyone who comes here.

When Wang Xian first came here, he was shocked. He felt that the capital city was far less magnificent than this Taiyuan city. Even in front of the new Beijing city built by the whole country, it was not inferior!When Wang Xian knew that the Taiyuan City was actually built by the old King Jin, he was even more surprised. It was completely different from the image of a vassal king in his heart!But I also want to see how ambitious Zhu Yan was back then, who else but me? !

All the layout of the city is similar to that of Beijing, and the most central place is naturally the Palace City of Prince Jin's Mansion. The grandeur of this Prince Jin's Mansion is like a slightly smaller Forbidden City. small differences between.

Wang Xian and the others walked along the west wall of Prince Jin's mansion to the palace gate. On the way, Magistrate He told him that this palace wall was the east wall of Taiyuan City in Song Dynasty. The majestic and majestic momentum of Prince Jin's Mansion.

When I came to the Donghua Gate, I saw that the guards of the palace had also changed into mourning clothes. On the red lacquer gate of the palace, white flags and blue cloth were hung. Several people got out of the sedan chair outside the gate of the palace. Only then did the palace guards let the three of them walk into the palace.

The huge palace of King Jin's Mansion turned into a great mourning hall overnight. People in the palace of eunuchs were crying, and the palace was gloomy, which made people deeply saddened.Wang Xian, however, felt a little absurd. Yesterday, it was still singing and dancing, and today it was all done. The sky in Shanxi has changed too fast.

(End of this chapter)