Chapter 686 Who said that Young Master Ye was at a loss for Myriad Beast Ridge?
At the same time, Jizhou City and the County Sheriff's Mansion.
At this moment, the Sheriff's Mansion is extremely lively; the courtyard is filled with people standing in darkness.
In the hall, the heads of the four major families who almost divided the entire Jizhou City equally were standing in a row, sitting on both sides.
All of them had stern expressions and looked solemnly at the man sitting at the head of the table, wearing a splendid official uniform and with mottled black and white hair.
This middle-aged man with mottled hair is now the new county magistrate of Jizhou County, Guo Xiuwen!
However, at this moment, Guo Xiuwen's hair was messy, his khaki face was even more clouded with worry, and his eyes were twinkling.
"Governor Guo, give the order to evacuate!"
At this time, Qian Ming, the head of the Qian family who was sitting first on the right, said: "The Heavenly Gate standing on Baiyun Mountain has been completely opened. According to the records in the ancient books we found, there will be tens of thousands of people in ten days at most.
The monsters from Beast Ridge are coming out."
"By then, Jizhou will be the first to suffer. If we don't leave now, when those ferocious monsters come out, we won't be able to leave even if we want to!"
"That's right! You also know what happened early this morning. Just the rainbow light released by the Tianmen can easily turn the life-cultivation realm warriors into ashes. This is enough to show how terrifying the monsters behind the Tianmen are."
Before Qian Ming finished speaking, Wu Zhongwo, the head of the Wu family who was sitting on his right, continued to persuade: "Now they haven't come out yet, we still have a chance of survival; when those beasts rush out, we can run away even if we want to."
It won’t fall anymore.”
"Brother Guo, you and I have grown up together since childhood. You should know best what kind of person I, Old Wu, am. Leaving at this time is definitely not because of greed for life and fear of death. It is really out of necessity."
"Even if you don't think about yourself, you still have to think about the millions of people in Jizhou City!"
Guo Xiuwen was not a warrior, but actually a great Confucian.
In his early years, he was a scholar in Jizhou County. Because his father had a good relationship with the Wu family, he received financial support from the Wu family. After more than ten years of hard study, he passed high school and became the youngest number one scholar in the Cangyun Empire.
After ten years of hard work in the temple, he was finally reused after Chu Yuntian ascended the throne, and was directly promoted to the county governor of Jizhou, taking charge of a county. He returned to his hometown with honor!
But he never expected that he, who originally planned to benefit his homeland and rebuild Jizhou, would encounter such a huge crisis just a few months after taking office.
I really don’t know whether I should say that the sky has no eyes, or whether I should say that my luck is bad.
"I..."
Hearing this, Guo Xiuwen's khaki face added a bit of sadness, but he looked at Yang Lang, the head of the Yang family who was sitting on the left hand side, and asked: "Clan Chief Yang, your noble son came to the house half a month ago.
I went to the Imperial Capital to look for Young Master Ye Wushuang for help, but there has been no result yet?"
"No!"
Yang Lang shook his head slightly.
Seeing this scene, Guo Xiuwen's face became a little ugly again and he sighed.
Before he took office in Jizhou, he served as an official in the imperial capital; although he did not witness Ye Wushuang's regicide with his own eyes, he knew how powerful Ye Wushuang was.
Therefore, after learning the secret of Tianmen that day, he immediately held urgent discussions with the four major families and asked Ye Wushuang for help.
But now more than half a month has passed, but he still hasn't received any reply. This made him panic for a moment, and then he hurriedly sent someone to report to the court to seek support.
Unexpectedly, just after sending the eight hundred miles last night, a rainbow appeared across the sun early this morning, instantly annihilating dozens of life-cultivating warriors. The four major families were so frightened that they could no longer sit still and came directly to force them to go to the palace.
I want him to open a granary to store grain and lead the people of Jizhou to move away from Jizhou!
But as the governor of Jizhou, he received the emperor's food and received the emperor's favor. How could he act arbitrarily without Chu Xiaoao's permission?
He raised his head and looked around at the three chiefs of the clans sitting in the hall and the elders of the four clans standing there. He hesitated to speak, but in the end he just sighed, shook his head slightly, and said: "I already understand the purpose of your coming today."
"But I still say what I said, before receiving the Holy Emperor's decree, if you want to leave, just take your clan members and leave. Since I, Guo Xiuwen, have received the Holy Emperor's favor, I should share life and death with Jizhou City."
"At this time, you ask me to abandon Jizhou and let down the emperor's favor. I forgive Guo. It is really hard to obey!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the four chief clans sitting in the hall all changed.
Shen Haobo, the head of the Shen family, couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up with a bang and said angrily: "Guo, I've given you face, haven't I?"
"You want to stay here to wait for death, right? OK, I won't stop you; as long as you give the order now, open the granary and distribute the food, our Shen family is willing to bear the name of treason and lead tens of millions of people in Jizhou City away
!”
Hearing this, Guo Xiuwen suddenly changed his color and said angrily: "Jizhou is located in the hinterland of Cangyun and is the country's granary. The food stored in the granary is an important material that feeds most of Cangyun's country."
"It is the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the food in Jizhou is even more important to Cangyun. It must not be tampered with. How can it be opened just because of your words?"
"What's more, opening a granary privately is a serious crime of genocide. As a county guard, how can I know the law and break it?"
"you..."
"Clan Chief Shen!"
Just when Shen Haobo was about to get angry, Wuzhong Wo on the opposite side suddenly shouted and said: "The Jizhou granary is related to the life and death of half the people in Cangyun. It cannot be tampered with."
"Besides, the granary has always been heavily guarded by the imperial army. Even if Brother Guo is willing to open the granary to store grain, those soldiers may not agree."
"Then what should we do? If we don't leave, once all the beasts gather together, we will definitely die. If we leave, we don't have enough food. Once we leave Jizhou, we and other martial arts people will be of no concern during the long journey, but those people don't know how many people there will be.
Starve to death on the way!”
Shen Haobo said angrily.
"No problem!"
Qian Ming spoke at this moment, smiled faintly, and said: "Even if we can't open the warehouse to store grain, I think with the wealth accumulated by the four major families such as myself over the years, it is still more than enough to purchase food rations for tens of millions of people for half a year."
"It's just that food and grass are always in short supply in the Eastern Wasteland. It's okay to buy in small quantities. If you want to buy in large quantities, you must have official approval."
"Therefore, we can leave the granary in Jizhou untouched, but we still need to trouble Governor Guo to issue an approval document and let me wait to purchase from the neighboring county!"
"Cangyun Law states that if you need to buy food, the Supervisor will consider the amount required, get to know the State Secretary, audit the national economy and the people's livelihood, and only after weighing the matter can you make an approval."
Guo Xiuwen was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Therefore, the official can give the approval, but it needs to be reported to the court and approved."
As soon as these words came out, the four clan leaders changed their expressions again.
Shen Haobo became even more angry and scolded directly: "Fuck your mother's bullshit!"
"Jizhou is thousands of miles away from the imperial capital. It takes several days to submit the application. Even if the court approves it immediately, it will be ten days before you receive the reply. By then, even if you want to leave, you will not be able to leave!"
"I think you are just greedy for official power and want to drag the people of Jizhou to be buried with you!"
"Lao Yang, Lao Wu, Lao Qian, let's not give him any nonsense; anyway, Jizhou City has been in our hands for many years. We and other four major families will directly send warriors to seize the granary, divide the grain and grass, and just leave here.
!”
"You...you dare!"
After hearing this, Guo Xiuwen finally couldn't sit still anymore, and he stood up and said angrily: "Robbing the granary is a rebellion!"
"You will die anyway, so what if you rebel?"
Qian Ming also stood up and sneered: "Guo Xiuwen, do you really think that you can suppress our four major families by becoming the county governor?"
"good!"
Shen Haobo followed with a cold snort and said: "Hmph, Jizhou City has been controlled by four major families including me for hundreds of years. When will it be your turn as a scholar to speak? If it weren't for the sake of Dean Fang, I would have waited a long time.
I’ll kill you, the stubborn corrupt scholar!”
"You...you..."
Guo Xiuwen's face suddenly turned red. After trying for a long time, he still couldn't curse the curse words on his lips.
First of all, he is just a scholar. Although he is a great scholar, he does not have much say in the Cangyun Empire, which values martial arts over literature. Even if he is in a high position, if he really wants to anger these warriors, they want to kill him.
You can really kill him!
Secondly, although he is a student of Fang Wushang and has served as a civil servant in Cangyun College, in times of peace, he may be able to rely on Fang Wushang's reputation to suppress the four major families; but once it comes to life and death, can he
The other party won't do anything.
After all, Jizhou County is thousands of miles away from the imperial capital. The sky is high and the emperor is far away!
"Guys, please be patient!"
Seeing the tense situation in the hall, Yang Lang stood up at this moment, waved his hands to smooth things over, and said: "Everyone is thinking about the people of Jizhou. Don't get into a big fight just because of a quarrel!"
"snort!"
Hearing this, Shen Haobo and Qian Ming snorted and sat down angrily.
Although Guo Xiuwen is a county guard, he has no cultivation. If he really offends them, the worst he can do is go to court to question them and kill them directly.
Anyway, since Cangyun was founded for thousands of years, warriors have often killed officials. Afterwards, at most they were punished by the court with a few thousand taels of silver and imprisoned for a few days.
But Yang Lang is different.
First of all, although the overall strength of the Yang family ranks at the bottom of the four major families, it is still a powerful martial arts family. At this time, if they really want to fight, both sides will lose.
Secondly, Yang Qianhuan, the eldest son of Yang, also met Ye Wushuang; you know, the scene of Ye Wushuang single-handedly destroying the Black and White Academy still appears in everyone's eyes from time to time.
For this reason, they are not only willing to promote the Yang family as the first of the four major families, but in the past six months, they have always looked to the Yang family as the leader.
After all, no one knows what the relationship between Yang Qianhuan and Ye Wushuang is; if they are close friends and offend the Yang family, they will undoubtedly offend Ye Wushuang.
And if they offend Ye Wushuang, it is obvious that all that awaits them is disaster!
"What Brother Yang said is true."
Wu Zhongwo also hurriedly smoothed things over at this moment. As he spoke, he stood up and pulled Qian Ming and Shen Haobo back to their seats. He smiled and said: "We are here today to discuss countermeasures. Don't hurt your friendship! Sit down.
sit down..."
Shen Haobo waved his hand to reject Wu Zhongwo, raised his hand to Yang Lang, and said angrily: "Brother Yang, I also know that now is not the time for internal fighting, but the gate of heaven has been opened, and the rainbow is right in front of us. There must be a countermeasure.
Bar?"
"right!"
Qian Ming also looked at Yang Lang and said, "Brother Yang, I know you still have hopes for Ye Wushuang; to be honest, we also admire Ye Wushuang very much."
"But Qian Huanxian Nephew has been gone for more than half a month and there is no news yet. In my opinion, it is most likely that Ye Wushuang knows the horror of Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge and is helpless to do anything about it..."
"Who said Mr. Ye is helpless against Ten Thousand Beast Ridge?"
Before Qian Ming could finish his words, a loud sneer suddenly came from outside the hospital.