Chapter 283

In the southwest of Dayin, Shao Yue saw through the tricks of imperial concubine Hua, defeated her secret army, and accepted the surrender of the mountain bandits of Qingyun stronghold in front of everyone, which was not far from the goal set by him and Liu Qingyang.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Mu, a traitor in Qingyun stronghold, sneaked out of the stronghold to report to the mysterious army. On the day when Qingyun stronghold and Shao family army attacked the mysterious army, Zhang Mu led people to abduct the stronghold leader Liu Qingyang. Now the remaining forces of the mysterious army are hiding in a secret underground cave, waiting for the opportunity to launch a counter attack on Shao family army at any time.

In the south of Dayin, prince he Jincheng, appointed by he Mingzhang to relieve the disaster, also encountered a lot of trouble.

Yang Cheng magistrate Gong shunze is the brother of Hua Min in the imperial concubine palace. Although he has the same name as Bai shunze, the original military God, he is different from Bai shunze, who cares for the people and loves the people like a son. Gong shunze is a big corrupt official with a black heart.

Jiangnan is already rich. He has been a magistrate in a rich place for five years. The people's fat and cream and gifts sent by small officials during the new year's festival can't be put in the whole yard.

Of course, the local people have a lot of complaints, but Bai shunze has a sister who is a high-ranking imperial concubine. Bai shunze loves money, but he is also willing to spend money. By giving gifts, he finds both ways among officials.

But today, Bai shunze also looked nervously at prince he Jincheng and raised his sleeve from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

He Jincheng didn't pay any attention to Gong shunze at all. If the greedy magistrate hadn't hidden the chaos in front of him, he would not appear. He sat in a temporary camp outside the city and said coldly, "governor Gong, the epidemic situation is so dangerous that you have been unaware of it. What crime should you commit!"

In fact, Gong shunze looked down on the crown prince a few years ago. You know, his sister is the most favored concubine in the palace, but the queen has long been out of favor. He wanted to help his nephew king an sit on the throne, so he looked down on the crown prince very much.

But in recent years, the emperor did not regard the prince as air as before. Although he had a cold relationship with the queen, he sent the prince to deal with some urgent affairs from time to time. Gong shunze was anxious in his heart.

Gong shunze knew that if the crown prince really took the last throne, he must have no good fruit to eat, so he quietly sent all the gold, silver and jewelry he collected to King LuoDuan's house and asked king an to win over his courtiers and manage his power.

This year's drought was very severe, but he changed the grain in the granary into money to king an as early as the end of last year. The holy emperor ordered the prefectures to release grain for disaster relief first. Gong shunze had to misappropriate some silver from his private Treasury and buy grain to distribute to the people.

However, Gong shunze bought so little food that he didn't even have half of what he should have in the grain depot. Therefore, the people here in Yangcheng received the least relief food. Therefore, when the weather became cold, people began to die here.

At first, only a few families died occasionally. Gradually, it became a family, an alley, and finally a block.

He Jincheng slapped the table heavily and stared at Gong shunze fiercely: "isn't the life of these people life? Your life is no more noble than them. Why hide it?"

Gong shunze knelt down trembling and hung his head to hide the light in his eyes.

He Jincheng knows that Gong shunze belongs to king an. Although he is usually impatient and deliberately makes friends with courtiers, he can rest assured that major events such as disaster relief are left to his own people.

He waved Gong shunze out. His confidant Li Wan and Song Yu looked at each other. The older Li Wan said, "Your Highness, the epidemic situation in Yangcheng is too serious. You'd better go to the nearby city and leave it to us."

Prince he Jincheng certainly disagreed. He came to relieve the disaster, not to enjoy happiness. He raised his hand to stop Li Wan from Preaching: "brother Wan, it's useless to say more. I won't leave. My father sent me to relieve the disaster. I must take good care of the survivors and properly place the dead, so that I won't feel guilty."

Li Wan and Song Yu both felt sorry for he Jincheng's compassion. To be a qualified monarch, we must first be ruthless, not only to ourselves, but also to others.

But at the same time, they are very glad that they can meet such a master. They are both talents who don't want to rely on dignitaries and flatter. If he Jincheng wasn't there, they would be depressed and frustrated all their life.

Li Wan and Song Yu offered a good plan. After he Jincheng considered it, he immediately called the Guard officer of Yang City and said, "send someone to check the bodies of the surviving people immediately. The healthy people will live in the inner city temporarily. The sick people will be gathered in one place to facilitate the doctor to check at any time. As for the dead people, send someone to move outside the city and cremate them."

The Guard officer is ordered to leave. He Jincheng wants to visit the people. Li Wan and Song Yu stop him, so he has to give up.

There were two flowers and one watch for each. Shao Yue sent someone to monitor the underground cave for two days and found that they never came out during the day. They only ran out at night to explore the situation outside.

Bai Xian and Shao Yue are arguing about the possible number of people in the underground cave in the camp. Neither of them can convince anyone, and neither of them is willing to step back.

Bai Xian said: "there will certainly not be too many people in the underground cave. Even if there is a specially dug cave underground, the structure of the Qinling Mountains is complex, and the cave will never be too large. The more people there are, the more difficult it is to sustain their food and grass."

Shao Yue really saw the loyalty of the mysterious army to Gong Huamin and their cunning. He said with lingering fear: "they must be fully prepared to establish an army in such a remote place. They can retain their strength and hide in wartime. We must not underestimate them."

Bai Xian didn't know how Shao Yue suddenly became so conservative. On second thought, he had some understanding. After all, Liu Qingyang was still in their hands. Shao Yue didn't dare to attack directly. 80% was afraid that the mysterious army would kill Liu Qingyang directly.

Looking at Shao Yue's dilemma, Bai Xian went out of the camp and called LV Yinglan 10 to the woods behind the camp. The three whispered for a long time. When the night gradually darkened, LAN 10 and LV Ying went towards the underground cave.

She thought it was time. Bai Xian went to Shao Yue's camp. As soon as she entered, she saw Shao Yue frowning: "the general is worried about the matter of stronghold leader Liu again?"

Shao Yue saw Bai Xian and his frown stretched out. He gently smiled at Bai Xian: "xian'er, why are you here?"

Bai Xian suddenly took Shao Yue's hand and took him outside the barracks: "general, will you go to a place with me?"

In the dark woods, Bai Xian tried to recall the road map he had memorized before, and took Shao Yue's hand seven and eight to the underground cave they had found before.

Shao Yue immediately became nervous and asked Bai Xian nervously, "xian'er, what did you bring me here for?"