Chapter 160 Doing things

  Infighting is not the only thing in sects.

  In a sense, the court struggled more intensely.

  Because Dayan is too big, the imperial court is much larger than the basic plate of a single sect, and the interest entanglement is also too complicated.

  Especially in recent years, the turmoil in the court is almost wave after wave.

  In memory, Xu Yuan’s most intuitive feeling is from Jiaofang Division.

  Since five years ago, basically the head of the Jiaofang Division has been iterating rapidly every month.

  Today there will be a Mrs. Yushi, and tomorrow there will be an extra servant’s daughter.

  Going back to the Imperial Capital this time, Xu Yuan reckoned that he should be able to see a lot of high-priced newcomers in the Jiaofang Division.

  Because three months ago, the previous Minister of the Ministry of War and Minister of the Ministry of Households were ransacked.

  This is the highest-ranking minister who has had his home ransacked in recent years.

  Xu Yuan doesn’t know the inside story now, but he knows that in the past few decades after the emperor ascended the throne, with the efforts of the emperor and the father, most of the stubborn old forces in the previous dynasty They’ve all been cleaned.

  In other words, the most important ministers above the court are basically the prime minister and the emperor’s own people.

  But now the heads of the two most important departments of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households have been ransacked directly.

  In the past, most of the officials at this level were transferred. Officials and petty officials.

  But now they copied the house directly.

  This is a dead hand.

  As a former dude, Xu Yuan doesn’t know which side these two officials belong to in private, but no matter whether the two officials are from the Xiangguo family or the Emperor’s family, this can already explain the side of the court. Infighting is gradually intensifying.

  These people are the lessons learned by Xiangguo Mansion.

  With the current size of the Xiangguo Mansion, there is no right to release soldiers with a glass of wine. At this position, if you don’t advance, you will retreat, and after one step back, there will be an abyss.

   After the words fell, there was silence one by one.

  Xu Xinyao’s beautiful eyes showed an unconcealable shake.

  Although she was explaining to Ran Qingmo, she knew that a large part of what the third brother said was for her.

  In order to crush the thoughts in her heart.

  Ran Qingmo on the side didn’t think so much compared to Xu Xinyao, so he was a little quieter, and asked aloud:

   “But if there will be swords and swords, why make a marriage contract?”

  Xu Yuan pondered a little, shook his head and smiled:

  ”This engagement is a covenant of change.”

  Ran Qingmo’s eyes were puzzled:

   “Is this covenant useful?”

   “It didn’t work.”

  Xu Yuan did not hesitate to deny the binding ability of this marriage contract: “This kind of covenant that can only cover up contradictions is signed only to be torn up later.”

  If marriage can ease conflicts, there would not be so many wars between the dynasties and nomads in the previous life.

  But after a pause, Xu Yuan added:

   “But both the emperor and my father need this thing.”

  Ran Qingmo looked at Xu Yuan, blinking his eyes, as if trying to figure out the reason behind it, but in the end he couldn’t figure it out.

  She doesn’t understand why she has to go to such lengths to do such a non-binding thing.

  Xu Yuan looked into her eyes:

  ”The conflicts accumulated between the emperor and my father over the past few decades have become bigger and bigger. If this continues, there is a high probability that it will intensify. strength.

  ”With this marriage, under the current conditions, everyone can communicate through this marriage if they want to have conflicts. After all, the princess and I are both direct relatives. There are more or less considerations before the relationship really breaks down.”

  ”You can understand that this is a signal or a sign that the two parties want to reconcile.”

  Ran Qingmo lowered his head and glanced at the ink sword in his hand when he heard the words:

   “Oh”

  Xu Yuan noticed her eyes:

   “What’s wrong?”

  Ran Qingmo shook his head:

   “Nothing.”

  Xu Yuan bent his eyes and moved closer to her ear:

   “What, do you feel uncomfortable?”

  “.”

  Feeling the man approaching, Ran Qingmo raised her gloomy eyes to glance at him, then lowered them again:

  “.a little bit.”

  “.”

  Xu Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously stopped in his tracks.

  The second daughter did not wait for him to continue walking towards the main hall of the county government in front, her slim figure walking further and further away in her eyes.

  After being silent for a while, the corners of Xu Yuan’s lips curled up slightly, but then he sighed and followed quickly:

   “Actually, you don’t have to feel uncomfortable.”

  Ran Qingmo squinted at him, but there was still a little downcast in his eyes: “Oh”

  Xu Yuan thought for a while, and said in a low voice:

  ”I’m serious, because you are special to me.”

   “.” Ran Qingmo stopped in his tracks, his eyes widened slightly, staring at him flickeringly.

  Xu Xinyao, who was in chaos at the side, also cast her eyes subconsciously when she saw this, she temporarily put aside her complicated emotions, and there was a little curiosity in her eyes, looking at the head disciple of the Sword Sect with her third brother.

  Xu Yuan glanced at her, waved his hand, and signaled her to get out of here.

  Xu Xinyao pouted, but she didn’t intend to leave.

  Xu Yuan saw this and let her go.

  Ran Qingmo’s beautiful eyes were filled with emotions, but in the end she lowered herself and walked forward silently.

   “.” Xu Yuan.

  Xu Xinyao poked Xu Yuan.

  Xu Yuan looked back.

  Xu Xinyao compared her lips:

  Don’t you want to comfort me?

  Xu Yuan rolled his eyes at the four younger sisters, and said:

   “It didn’t work.”

  ”. “Xu Xinyao’s eyes were a little speechless, and she sighed.

  Xu Yuan’s eyes twitched.

  Although Ran Qingmo is a little dazed about certain things, she is not stupid. What’s more, the effect of her words of transferring conflicts in her previous life is basically non-existent.

  Xu Xinyao didn’t talk to Xu Yuanduo, she quickly followed up and walked side by side with Ran Qingmo, whispering some whispers to her.

  In the main hall of the county government,

   Captain Wang has already taken off his military uniform. He is dressed in a brown cloth with blood oozing faintly on the surface. He is rubbing the center of his brows vigorously, while an adjutant is standing beside him, reporting to him in a low voice. Various matters in the city:

  ”The roster of the brothers killed in battle has been counted. Here is the roster. 5,369 people were killed in action, and 2,765 people are missing.”

  “. We temporarily recruited conscripts in the city to clean up the ruins and corpses on the streets, but the speed is still too slow.”

  “. The stock of medicinal materials in the city has bottomed out. It is estimated that many people will not survive tonight.”

   One by one, the adjutant continued to report, and the adjutant’s tone suddenly sank slightly:

   “Also, those warriors in the caravan squad have begun to be dishonest.”

  Hearing this, Captain Wang, who kept his eyes on him, put his hand down, and his voice was a little tired:

   “Tell me carefully.”

  The adjutant was slightly silent when he heard the words, and said in a low voice:

  ”The city walls in the west and south of the city were destroyed, and a large residential area over there was in ruins. These properties were robbed, and some people have been silenced under the conflict.

  ”And more importantly, the beast pills and materials left by those monsters outside the city are also being embezzled by the caravan.”

  “.”

  Being quiet for a while, Captain Wang suddenly slapped the copy in front of him with his palm.

  The case on the table was broken by Wang Xiaowei’s palm.

  ”This group of bastards! The defense city has not done enough, and it has more than failed. How dare they come out now?!”

   After finishing speaking, Captain Wang let out a long breath and smiled coldly:

  ”It doesn’t matter, temporarily stabilize them and let them hurry up to clean up the corpses in the city. As for the monster inner alchemy and materials, let them take as much as they can, and wait until the reinforcements arrive , let them spit it out with interest! If they don’t spit it out, none of them will even think about leaving the city!”

  The adjutant clasped his fists and saluted:

   “Yes, General.”

   Captain Wang pondered for a moment, and added:

  ”Remember, we just turn a blind eye and close one eye, and don’t want to reach an agreement with them officially.”

   “Yes.”

   “Is there anything else?”

  The adjutant thought for a while, and said in a low voice:

   “General, Doctor Cheng has just sent news that the cleaning powder has been used up. If this continues, the plague will soon occur.”

  Wang Xiaowei groaned slightly when he heard the words, and said in a low voice:

   “Then let someone transport the corpses out of the city as soon as possible.”

  The adjutant shook his head lightly when he heard the words, and said:

  ”General, Dr. Cheng said that it may not be possible to just transport it out, and it must be burned.”

   “Burn?” Captain Wang frowned.

  “.”

  The adjutant glanced around, and whispered to Captain Wang:

   “Make a barrier in the city, and burn all the corpses in the south and west of the city with a single fire.”

  Wang Xiaowei heard the words of the adjutant and just asked:

  ”If it burns, is it confirmed that it can stop the outbreak of the plague?”

  The lieutenant shook his head: “It just reduces the chance.”

   Captain Wang’s eyes drooped, and his calloused palms tapped on the armrest of the chair. After a while, he whispered:

   “Go organize the manpower and clean up a piece.”

   “General Wang!”

  The lieutenant interrupted Wang Xiaowei, and his tone became a little more serious: “Even if the loss is counted, there are tens of thousands of monster inner pills and materials. If they are all sold, it is enough for us in Shengshan County to re-engrav the pattern , and even drill new troops.”

   Captain Wang nodded and said:

   “I know.”

   “Then why?”

  Looking at the adjutant, Captain Wang forced a smile:

   “The people are gone, Shengshan County is really gone. The court will definitely provide relief for such a large number of casualties. Go down and prepare.”

  The adjutant did not move.

   Captain Wang frowned:

   “Li Chengqi, do you want to disobey?”

  The lieutenant shook his head lightly, and said in a low voice:

  ”General, we have a total of two hundred brothers who can move now, which is simply not enough. If you order to do this kind of thing, the caravans in the city will not agree.”

   Captain Wang grinned coldly:

   “Do you think they dare to rebel?”

  The adjutant shook his head:

  ”They don’t dare, but they dare not do their best. With the people we have now, we can’t finish such a big project at all.”

  “.”

   Captain Wang was silent, and finally sighed helplessly: “Go down, let me stay alone for a while.”

  The lieutenant paused for a few breaths, cupped his fists and said respectfully:

   “General, you rest, I will go down first.”

   After finishing speaking, he turned and walked out of the main hall, leaving Xiaowei Wang sitting alone in front of the broken copybook.

  For a while,

  Lieutenant Wang bowed slightly, picked up the list of dead and missing from the ground, and carefully flipped through it page by page.

  The sound of turning pages echoed in the silent main hall.

  Looking at the familiar or unfamiliar names on these rosters, his fists clenched little by little.

  He has been in Shengshan since he joined the army.

  Twenty-seven years.

   From Xiaowang, to Brother Wang, to Uncle Wang.

  He has met the people represented by these names on the roster, and many people in it have intersected, some called him General Wang, some called him Uncle, and some people came back from the market, He happily told him that he picked up another leak today, and he could make a good fortune and improve the barracks in the coming year.

  And now, they have all become a few words on this roster.

  Lieutenant Wang, he couldn’t treat these young people as numbers like those superiors, because they used to be a group of living people in front of his eyes.

  Page after page, turning to the last few pages, Xiaowei Wang’s breathing gradually became difficult.

  A strong sense of suffocation almost enveloped him.

   “Vientiane Sect”

  A voice that almost crushed his teeth resounded in the quiet main hall of the county government. His hand holding the roster was bruised, but the burly middle-aged man was still reluctant to take this book Roster destruction.

   I don’t know how long it took, Xiaowei Wang slowly picked up the writing brush on the ground, dipped the ink on the ground lightly, and then opened the roster, on the last page of the last page Row, write down your name.

  After finishing all this, Xiaowei Wang leaned gently on the chair and smiled in a low voice, very relieved.

  He is going to Wanxiangzong to seek justice.

  Even if you know that you will die if you go this time, the brothers in these military camps, the people who died, and the dilapidated Shengshan County all need justice.

  Thinking to get here, Captain Wang casually put the roster on the ground.

  And at this time,

   “Lieutenant Wang, what do you want to do?”

  A low voice sounded beside him.

  Xiaowei Wang’s pupils shrank slightly, but he was relieved immediately, because he recognized who the familiar voice was, and slowly got up and looked back:

   “Young Master Zhou, when did you come?”

  I saw a handsome blood-clothed boy standing behind him, looking at him calmly.

  Xu Yuan didn’t say anything when he heard the words, he glanced at him calmly, walked up slowly and picked up the roster on the ground, opened it and flipped through it for a while, when he saw the name on the last page, he sighed softly Take a breath:

  ”Actually, you don’t have to do this.”

   Captain Wang did not speak:

  Xu Yuan looked at him and asked:

   “You don’t believe that the imperial court will attack the Wanxiang sect?”

   Captain Wang shook his head:

   “It’s not that I don’t believe it. I have stayed in Nishizawa for so many years. I am very familiar with everything around here. It will involve a lot of things to attack Wanxiangzong. If Shengshan County is really gone, Maybe the imperial court will take action against Wanxiangzong for political purposes, but the current situation is highly unlikely, Shengshan County needs disaster relief and reconstruction.”

  Xu Yuan’s eyes twitched, and he sighed softly:

   “You are right, the imperial court will indeed not attack Wanxiangzong.”

   Captain Wang smiled, and looked down at his calloused hands:

   “So, someone has to do something.”

  (end of this chapter)