In a stone house built on the spot using Taoism, Wei Yuan sat opposite Niu Jinbao, frowning at this guy who wanted to die.
Although Niu Jinbao had a very stern mouth, Wei Yuan kept repeating the same formula and held on to every detail, picking out every part of what he said. After spending half an hour patiently, he still asked a lot of things.
Now Wei Yuan knew very well that this guy was sent by the imperial court to die. As long as he couldn't bear it and killed him, the Western Jin Dynasty would have reason to send troops to attack the realm.
In addition to Niu Jinbao, Yuan Qingzhi, the governor of Ningxi County, is not an easy character to get along with. This person was born as a censor. He was a famous mad dog in the court at that time. He bit anyone he saw and had no friends at all. This person The intention of being sent to Ningxi as a county guard is very obvious.
The King of Jin reset the four counties because he came to the Qingming realm. If he doesn't take Qingming into his pocket, what's the point of resetting the four counties?
Wei Yuan now has a headache. It is neither right to kill Niu Jinbao nor not to kill him. This man was given to him by King Jin to kill, and killing him was exactly what King Jin wanted.
Niu Jinbao's words also revealed that the imperial army was marching into Ningxi in a steady stream. The King of Jin even transferred all the border troops from the northern frontier, so he was determined to win.
The Western Jin Dynasty and the Northern Liao Dynasty had the most borders, and many places were unsafe to defend. They relied on military towns to store troops and mobile defense. Therefore, among all the troops in the Western Jin Dynasty, the elite northern border troops were ranked first.
Wei Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to die?"
Niu Jinbao's eyes widened and he said: "Who would want to die when they can live well? But now I don't have any say whether you live or die. Just kill me quickly and don't think about anything else."
Wei Yuan ignored him, opened the door and left. Then several people rushed in, including the two female nuns who were dragged into the carriage.
Several people blindfolded Niu Jinbao, gagged his mouth, and then beat him with punches and kicks until he was in a daze. Especially some of the punches and kicks were specially directed to the lower three directions. If Wei Yuan hadn't specifically confessed, Niu Jinbao would probably have left all the parts he had. Can't come down.
Finally, these guys were very obedient, and after a beating, the few parts were still 10% new.
After the beating, several people stripped Niu Jinbao naked. At this time, Niu Jinbao had been beaten to the point of dying and was unable to resist. He didn't care about face, and he acted like I would do whatever you want with me.
Several people carried Niu Jinbao out, then stuffed him into a box and nailed him to death. Niu Jinbao thought he was going to be buried alive, so he got upset and cursed. However, his mouth was still blocked, so he could only make some moaning sounds.
Then the box began to shake, as if it were on a carriage. It shook like this all day long, until almost all his bones were shaken apart, and then it stopped. Then someone opened the lid of the box, took him out and threw him on the ground. Then cut the rope and take off the hood.
Niu Jinbao's eyes were dazzled, and he slowly adapted to the light in front of him.
It was noon, surrounded by undulating hillsides, and a road passed through the valley. There were several inns and wine shops at the mouth of the valley. It was a small village with about a few hundred residents.
Dozens of similarly naked men were lying on the ground to the left and right of Niu Jinbao, including Colonel Liu. These men were all officers and soldiers who had escorted Niu Jinbao to his post, and they all looked like they had just emerged from the womb. Lieutenant Liu was much worse.
His face was black and blue, and one eye was swollen into a slit.
Niu Jinbao glanced down at him and felt relieved when he saw that it was still new.
Some masked knights took out the last few officers and soldiers from the carriage and threw them on the ground. They said coldly to Niu Jinbao: "We've arrived."
Niu Jinbao looked around and said: "This place is poor and rough, so it is a suitable place for my old Niu to be buried. But can you tell me where this place is? In the future, I can give my son a dream and let him come to my grave."
Put on a few sticks of incense."
All the masked knights were silent, only one person pointed to the side.
When Niu Jinbao took a look, he saw a piece of bark from a big tree with three big characters written on it: Yong'an County.
Niu Jinbao rubbed his eyes. What was written on the tree was indeed Yong'an County. He subconsciously said: "This is Yong'an County? Did I just get the wrong place?"
Liu Xiaowei said helplessly: "This character is newly written. Oh, the calligraphy is quite good."
The leading knight's momentum softened a bit and he said: "This is Yong'an County."
Niu Jinbao reacted and said loudly: "This is not Yong'an County!"
"This is Yong'an County."
"This is not Yong'an County!!" "This is Yong'an County."
Niu Jinbao was about to call again when he suddenly understood something and said, "Okay, this is Yong'an County."
The knight said calmly: "Aren't you going to take office in Yong'an County? You've already arrived."
Niu Jinbao climbed up, not caring at all that he was naked, and asked: "Then where is Yong'an County?"
The knight took out a map, pointed on it, and said: "Here."
Lieutenant Liu also came over and took a breath of air when he saw it. The location on the map is to the west of the realm, a full five hundred miles away from the realm. The main reason is that this location is inserted between the Wu Clan and the realm. The Wu Clan
If there is an invasion, this is the first barrier.
The knight added: "There are many horse bandits in this area. You two had better not leave this tree for a hundred miles, otherwise you will die at the hands of horse bandits. Don't blame me for not warning you."
Lieutenant Liu smiled apologetically and said, "I wonder how many groups of horse bandits there are around here?"
The masked knight pointed to himself and said: "One of us is enough, how many more do you want?"
The masked knights no longer lingered, mounted their horses and drove away, leaving Niu Jinbao, Liu Xiaowei and dozens of naked pigs where they were.
Niu Jinbao looked around and suddenly came to a relatively high place nearby and began to clear the rocks and trees on the ground. Seeing Captain Liu stunned in place, Niu Jinbao shouted: "What are you still doing? Come quickly and work!"
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"What work?"
"Open a government office and establish a county!"
Lieutenant Liu was confused. Is Niu Jinbao really planning to open a yamen office in this dangerous place? It's just dangerous, but the key is that this place is not Yong'an at all.
Niu Jinbao glanced at the naked officers and soldiers, and suddenly remembered something: "There were two hundred people when we came, why are there only so few left now?"
He pulled a few officers and soldiers and asked them carefully, and then he found out that many officers and soldiers had defected to the knight just now and became horse bandits. These people were left because they were not physically qualified and the horse bandits refused to accept them.
Niu Jinbao was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
At this moment, in the Qingming Realm, Wei Yuan spread out the map and said to Cui Yu, who had just come back: "There are three suitable locations for establishing counties in the west, and it just happens that Anbian, Qiao and Weining counties can also be moved there. Thank you for your hard work
Well, three counties have been moved in the past two days. Anyone who can be a county magistrate is not stupid. They should all know what it means to be sent to us. They can only pretend to be confused after being moved.
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Wei Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "As for the entourage, we should follow the regulations this time. Take those who can, send them on their way if they resist, and leave some manpower for the county magistrates with the rest. Let's keep half.
, otherwise their county won’t be able to open it.”
Cui Yu said: "What if these people really build the county? Wouldn't it block our way to the west?"
Wei Yuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Are you still thinking about heading west? It's good if we can hold on to our old nest now. Besides, won't the Wu Clan come?"
Cui Yu understood immediately: "Once the Wu Clan army arrives, they will be the first barrier."
Wei Yuan nodded: "When the Wu clan comes again, their attack will be unprecedented. These four counties cannot stop it. It's just that King Jin wanted to use my hands to kill those people, so I refused to kill them and let them die in the hands of the Wu clan.
It’s ready.”
Wei Yuan remembered something again and said: "When you move to these three counties, remember to ask for information. The more the better. I want the location of each government office in the Western Jin Dynasty and the strength of the garrison. If you feel that you can't ask, let Wan
I will go with you."
Cui Yu said with a smile: "That's fine. If the King of Jin behaves mischievously again, maybe we will move the county governor to him!"
Wei Yuan said: "After the three counties have been moved, let's see Yuan Qingyan's reaction first."
"Oh, by the way, the elders in the family have just sent a piece of information about the surname Yuan. I will have someone send it over right away."
Chapter completed!