These three words made the visitor's heart skip a beat.
Beiguan Village is near Jiuling Mountain. According to the route they planned before, if they go to Beiguan Village from the mountain, Jiuling Mountain is the only way!
"Your Excellency, Magistrate, has there been any news about whether there are any casualties?" The man quickly asked again, because the fire was really burning strangely.
"Hurt people? How is it possible? It is said that Jiuling Mountain is a famous dangerous mountain nearby. The villagers in Beiguan Village used to have nothing to eat and would not go up to Jiuling Mountain, let alone people from other villages.
He traveled so far to Jiuling Mountain, so the county has not received any news of injuries."
"No one will go into the mountain, so doesn't the county magistrate think that the fire is too strange? The county magistrate still needs to send someone into the mountain to check it out."
When the man spoke, his tone was obviously contemptuous, as if he disagreed with what the county magistrate had said before.
Although the county magistrate is small, he is also an official of the imperial court.
It is natural for him to be humble in front of the prince who comes to Beijing, but it is not just for anyone to look down on him.
"Since no one was hurt, there is no need for this county to send people up the mountain to check. Jiuling Mountain is dangerous and you should not venture into it."
What this means is that you directly reject that person's request.
"Lord County Magistrate!" The person who came here obviously understood what he meant, and his tone became worse and worse, "Lord County Magistrate, are you not going to obey the order? You are the official of the imperial court, my master is the emperor's prince, and the imperial court belongs to the emperor.
The court, the prince’s words are naturally the emperor’s words.”
"These words...are they said by the prince? Or do you mean that what you are saying now is the prince's intention?"
The county magistrate's expression changed instantly when he heard this. However, for such a thing, he actually came to use the emperor to suppress him. If this was the prince's intention, then this prince was too high-profile.
The emperor has many heirs, but the prince is still vacant.
What the prince means is what the emperor means. This is extremely treasonous!
"I...the emperor and the prince are just asking you to send people into the mountain to check it out. What do you mean by this?"
"This county doesn't mean anything. I just want to find out. It's good that this county is an official of the imperial court, and it's even better that the imperial court is also the emperor's court. But can the prince's words represent the emperor's intention? After hearing this, the county gave up and returned.
Please don't say these things casually in the future, it will only cause trouble for your prince."
Nowadays, all the officials in the imperial court, including him as a small county magistrate, know what kind of person this emperor is. As long as he, who is suspicious by nature, hears these words, the prince's good days will be over.
"By the way, I forgot to tell you before. Although this county is just a small county magistrate in Hebaofeng County, it was also appointed by the emperor."
They have many county magistrates in Da Rong, but there are not many magistrates like him who are appointed by the emperor. Anyone can understand the difference.
The man was dissatisfied with the county magistrate's attitude, but he had to restrain himself and said, "Thank you!"
He was indeed a little impatient just now.
The county magistrate responded calmly, "Let's leave this matter alone. How is the search for the beast going? The Japanese people in Baofeng County are in panic. This is not an option. Is there any news about the people the prince has come to find?"
He can ignore other things, but this matter must be answered by the people, otherwise the county government will be destroyed by then.
This issue is now the one that King Heng wants to talk about the least, but they can't escape it. After all, those people go up the mountain under the pretext of hunting wild beasts.
But he couldn't say yet that those people were in Jiuling Mountain.
"The search is still ongoing. The beast is very cunning and lives in the mountains all year round. They are tracking it all the way. There should be news in the next two days."
There was nothing wrong with what he said, and the county magistrate didn't feel anything was wrong after hearing it.
King Heng's men returned without success.
After returning, King Heng naturally criticized them again, "They are all useless. I will go find Song Chen myself!"
After taking two steps, he turned back and said, "Go and take a few people up the mountain to see what the situation is. If you meet them, ask them to come down immediately."
"Yes, Master!"
The man had the courage to accept the matter. The magistrate of Baofeng County had told the legend about Jiuling Mountain before, and now he was asked to lead people into the mountain by himself. Could he not be afraid?
There is also the fire that broke out on Jiuling Mountain, where it came from, what happened to the hundreds of people who went up the mountain before, and why there has been no news yet.
These questions surrounded him, making him feel an inner fear of Jiuling Mountain.
But he had to obey his master's orders!
**
After all the matters were dealt with, Beiguan Village returned to its previous calm. To outsiders, it seemed as if nothing had happened.
The villagers in Beiguan Village seem to have forgotten what happened before. Those who should go to the workshops will go to the workshops to work, and those who should go to the mountains will work in the mountains.
Children still go to school.
Of course, no matter how difficult the situation in the village was before, women with children would always stay at home.
This is a rule Song Chen has set for everyone in the village. No matter how dangerous the situation outside is, women and children must be protected, and they themselves must stick to it. No matter what happens outside, they must not go out.
Nor can you talk about the outside situation in front of your children.
She hopes that all children will grow up in a healthy environment. If they are exposed to these bloody things at a young age, it is difficult to ensure that the child's psychological condition will not be affected.
This is not what Song Chen wants to see.
As for the villagers in Beiguan Village, although they still have lingering fears, once they think that what they have done is for the good of the whole village, they no longer feel that this hurdle is so difficult.
However, Song Chen and the others still did not relax. Although Cang Xiuxuan's people no longer appeared in the village, they had long been arranged by him to hide around Beiguan Village.
This matter will not be settled so easily, and they are all worried that the other party will make another move.
The useful people under Song Chen are also scattered throughout Beiguan Village, always paying attention to the situation of various important stuck points in Beiguan Village.
Song Chen seems to be a little more relaxed, and she has started to continue her career.
Cang Xiuxuan almost always followed Song Chen, which hindered Song Chen from using the space to a certain extent, and earned him a lot of dislike.
"If you follow me again, I will cut off your special pills!"
In the end, Song Chen couldn't help but threaten. Today, except when she went to the workshop to make medicine, he didn't follow her. At other times, he stuck to her like a dog-skin plaster!