Chapter 183 The real reason why Luoyang created the disaster in Suzhou
"Kill." Bai Qing ordered calmly.
The men from the Hanging Sword Division immediately swung their swords and beheaded all the prisoners kneeling in a row.
Then someone came over, skillfully began to dig a hole, and hastily disposed of the body.
"Sir, let's fight all the way here. If the young master finds out, will he blame us?" Sicheng from the Ganzhou branch said cautiously.
Bai Qing glanced at him lightly: "If you don't tell Young Master, how will Young Master know?"
"Yes." Sicheng scratched his head, but felt a little scared in his heart.
The former deputy palace master of the Overlord Palace of Western Chu, his eyes are really murderous!
Along the way from Ganzhou, he encountered several people deliberately setting up obstacles. Bai Qing did not hesitate to order their execution.
No one was left alive, and no one was bothered to interrogate.
After a while, someone came to report: "Sir, the body has been disposed of."
"Suzhou is not far ahead. Let's go back and clean up again along the way." Bai Qing said.
At this time someone came to report again.
"Sir, Sword Master, a group of people is coming from the direction of Ganzhou. There are more than a hundred people."
"It should be the Young Master." Bai Qing didn't even think about it. The only one who could come at this time was the Young Master.
"Go and greet."
When Fang Jue saw Bai Qing, he gave him a sidelong glance.
Bai Qing felt guilty and touched the side of his face, only to realize that there was blood splattered on his face when he killed someone.
"Master Bai has experienced a bloody battle?" Fang Jue frowned. How dare those businessmen and bandits be so bold as to attack the people of the imperial court's Xuanjian Division?
When I saw that Chilong suit, I should have been scared out of my mind. How dare you?
Bai Qing coughed and said, "Someone blocked the road and was killed by our troops."
"Oh, good kill." Fang Jue praised calmly.
Um?
Bai Qing was a little surprised. He thought he would be scolded for being too cruel.
Seeing the young master's attitude, I immediately liked him even more.
"Why did the Young Master break away from the main army? Do you want to go to Suzhou first?" Bai Qing asked.
Fang Jue nodded and asked him: "Did you see that a caravan escorting grains headed towards Suzhou?"
"Back to the Young Master, I saw it. It was the caravan of Chu Huairen, a famous grain merchant in Ganzhou." Ganzhou Sicheng said.
"How long have they been gone?"
Si Cheng looked at Bai Qing. He realized that he had just taken advantage of Shangguan's words and did not dare to say any more.
Bai Qing said: "At noon the day before yesterday, I should have arrived in Suzhou by this time."
"Master, it seems that you guessed right. Chu Huairen really wants to go to Suzhou to take advantage of the situation." Dian said.
Fang Jue nodded.
Looking at Bai Qing:
"Leave some people behind and continue to clear obstacles for the grain team. Mr. Bai, please take a few people with me to Suzhou."
What Fang Jue planned to do required someone from the Hanging Sword Division to be by his side. At least he had to be a swordsman with that level of ability.
"Yes." Bai Qing waved his hand and took Na Sicheng aside.
In the end, Sicheng and his people stayed behind, while Bai Qing and ten people followed Fang Jue to Suzhou.
"Sir..." Seeing the Young Master and his entourage leaving, the soldiers of the Ganzhou Division's Xuanjian Division had a somewhat delicate atmosphere.
Sicheng frowned: "What do you want me to do? Follow the rules, ventilate those who are seeking death, and tell them to stop seeking death."
"yes……"
"Master Bai is finally gone. We can't do anything while he is here."
"They will all leave eventually. Ganzhou is our territory."
…
Along the way, Bai Qing informed Fang Jue about what happened recently.
"What?"
Fang Jue almost stopped and asked as he walked: "You said you suspected that the Xuanjian Division of the Ganzhou Department was corrupt?"
"The first time I caught someone setting up obstacles on the road, they advised me not to kill him, but to detain him for questioning... But he escaped the next day."
Bai Qing explained: "So later, I bumped into someone and killed him on the spot. I found that someone wanted to do something to me, but he was probably afraid of my martial arts, so he didn't dare in the end."
"..." Fang Jue frowned and was silent for a moment.
"Unexpectedly, even the Xuanjian Division has fallen. Things in Ganzhou seem to be really big."
Fang Jue shook his head. He never thought that the Xuanjian Division must be a representative of justice and strictness, even if it was one of the three law divisions.
Over the years, no one of the institutions that have the power to supervise officials has been able to stand alone.
Yushitai had long since fallen, and only the few officials leading it could still remain neutral.
The Ministry of Punishment has many unjust, false and wrong cases, and Dali Temple always likes to make peace with them as long as it involves the royal family.
It is impossible to have a perfect judicial ecosystem.
The Xuanjian Division once hid in the darkness and was just a minion of the emperor. But now the emperor hopes that justice will be upright, so he has cut off many of the powers of the Xuanjian Division.
But that can only be controlled perfectly in the capital. Outside of the capital, it is simply a joke to expect those officials to realize themselves.
The Hanging Sword Division itself is a supervisory agency. If there is an internal problem, it is even more difficult to find a reason to let them supervise themselves?
"I think those gangsters in Ganzhou will definitely take action this time. The Young Master has disturbed the interests of many people this time. I'm afraid someone in the capital has already stabbed them in the back," Bai Qing reminded.
He felt more and more interested in this young master, so he didn't like Fang Jue to fall easily, so he reminded him.
Fang Jue also knew his good intentions and said: "I have connections in Beijing, so don't worry, no one can catch me."
"Actually, everyone reminded you about the young master's armor casting last time in Liangzhou. I'm afraid this matter will be brought out to make a big fuss." Bai Qing said worriedly.
Fang Jue chuckled when he heard the words: "I did it deliberately just to see who would meddle with me."
As a time traveler, abiding by the law is engraved in my bones. Before coming to Xia Kingdom, I felt that I had thoroughly studied the laws of Xia Kingdom.
Of course he knew that Shi Jia was not breaking the law, so he dared to do that.
And this can be confusing.
Making armor privately or hiding armor privately is a capital crime, and may even implicate the family.
If someone reports this, it means that he wants to kill Fang Jue, and he will know who the enemy is.
If you don't put some bait, how can any fish take the bait?
"Ah?" Bai Qing suddenly realized, "Since Young Master is prepared, let me talk too much."
"Thank you for the reminder." Fang Jue said with a smile.
…
Outside Suzhou City, there were more and more refugees.
It seems that they heard that a grain team rushed to the city, so the refugees in Suzhou gathered towards Suzhou City.
"Young Master, we are almost arriving in Suzhou, and there are more people there." Bai Qing said.
Noriichi: "Be careful, don't let these refugees get close, in case there are assassins hiding inside."
When the people in the Xuanjian Division heard this, they immediately became nervous.
Because there are a lot of refugees in this area.
"Someone is coming..." Someone among the refugees shouted.
"Sir, would you like some food?"
A large group of people immediately surrounded the official road and blocked the road.
At least over a hundred people.
People around him were also running towards him. They were very hungry, and they all came with bowls in their hands to ask for something to eat.
Each one of them had a yellowish complexion and was extremely thin. They had already become like this from hunger in less than half a month.
"I have also participated in disaster relief in Xichu, and the victims did not starve so quickly?" Bai Qing said.
Fang Jue said: "This is the northwest of Daxia. There is little vegetation here, and there is no food in winter. Grass roots and bark are hard to find. It is different from warm areas."
Bai Qing nodded.
If we were in the Jiangnan area, even if there was a famine, the people would be able to find food by themselves within ten days and a half.
Because the area is rich, you can find some wild vegetables, fruits and game, so you can save money to last until the court provides disaster relief.
But the northwest is different. Although people rarely starve to death along the way, there have been scenes of beating people to death in order to grab food.
"Of course, if there is a famine in the south of the Yangtze River, the whole country will starve..." Fang Jue sighed.
While the two were talking, Dianyi suddenly said:
"Master, something is wrong. These people saw the officers and soldiers approaching, and some of them looked wrong!"
As a former killer, Dian Yi was very good at paying attention to the details of the scene, which reminded Fang Jue and Bai Qing.
Fang Jue glanced around and saw many tall people among the crowd, but their faces did not look like they had been hungry for many days.
A thought suddenly appeared in Fang Jue's mind: "They are from Beiliang!"
After Luo Yang left, Fang Jue always felt that he left too simply.
Is a famous general of a generation just willing to come to the north to catch the autumn breeze and provide cover for operations in the Northeast?
Fang Jue had long suspected that Luo Yang might have a back-up plan, but he never knew how many sergeants the Beiliang army had entered the pass.
Now it seems that this is Luo Yang's plan.
Deliberately creating a disaster in Suzhou, letting his troops hide among the victims, waiting for opportunities to assassinate important figures!
Only in this way can most people get close to the target without being suspected.
In today's northwest, the most important person is of course himself, the young master.
"Kill!" When Fang Jue shouted that sound, the tall "refugees" hiding in the crowd suddenly rose up, waving their hidden swords one by one.
He came towards the team and killed him.
Bai Qing was shocked: "Young Master, leave quickly, I will cut off the rear!"
Fang Jue did not panic, but signaled to Dian Yi, who immediately took out a firework and set off the signal.
This place is not far from Suzhou City, and the Yu Lin Army can rush to help in less than half an hour, so Fang feels calm and unhurried.
"What happened?" Some real refugees were shocked by this sudden scene and were at a loss what to do.
Bai Qing shouted: "Kill without mercy!"
Fang Jue couldn't bear it, but he also ordered: "People from the Musket Bureau have a chance to test the guns."
After that, the one hundred cavalrymen sat on their horses, took the spears from their backs, took out the gunpowder boxes at their waists and took out the ammunition.
Then pulling out the sword from the scabbard on the horse's back is a familiar process.
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"Spread out!" Fang Jue shouted, and some refugees were dragged in and rushed towards this direction.
But it was less than twenty steps already.
You don't know how many people there are on the other side, so you can't let them get close.
"Fire!" Cibu commanded the troops, but Fangjue ordered with a stern expression.