Time flies and it’s already July in a blink of an eye!
This is Zhangbei, northern Shanxi. In mid-July of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Dudu Mansion organized the first heaven-sacrifice ceremony in northern Shanxi. This ceremony was mainly to celebrate the opening of the Jinyang section of the Northern Shanxi Grand Canal. After more than a year and a half,
The development of the Northern Shanxi Grand Canal has finally achieved initial results. Under the overall planning of Yang Wenyi, the Northern Shanxi Grand Canal runs from the Weishui River in Jinyang to Yan'an Prefecture, and then from Yan'an Prefecture to Hedong and enters the Yellow River. Now that the main road has been dug, what remains is how to develop it.
The flow of the Grand Canal was used for irrigation by the people in northern Shanxi.
The development of the Grand Canal in Northern Shanxi originated from an accidental idea of Tie Mo. As for whether this feat could be completed, even Tie Mo himself did not have much confidence, so when Yang Wenyi took the invitation and said that the Grand Canal had been initially completed, Tie Mo
The joy on his face cannot be concealed.
At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty connected the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal with a total distance of more than 3,500 miles. When everyone was questioning Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty for his tyranny and harming people's livelihood, they forgot what this Grand Canal brought to Jiangnan. If there was no Grand Canal,
Without the development, it would not be as rich as the south of the Yangtze River. Nowadays, the grand canal in northern Shanxi is no less vast than the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and even more difficult than the development of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, because the soil quality in northern Shanxi is not as good as that in the south of the Yangtze River, and desertification is serious in many places, so the foundation must be laid.
, use stones to reinforce the embankment.
It was really difficult at the beginning, but luckily I persisted. It can be said that the Northern Shanxi Grand Canal gathered the efforts of millions of people in northern Shanxi. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, most of the work was done by those alien coolies.
Since entering Chongzhen in the ninth year, the people have felt the benevolent government of the Governor's Office and voluntarily joined the development army. This has made the progress of the Grand Canal faster and completed the development of the main road ahead of schedule.
According to the rules, when a river is opened, it must be sacrificed to the Dragon King, because water must be available to open the river, and to please the Dragon King. On July 17, outside Jinyang City, countless people were singing and dancing, with flags in the distance covering the sun, and countless soldiers guarding
On both sides of the canal. Today is a happy day, because from today on, the people in northern Shanxi are no longer afraid of drought. With water, they can irrigate the farmers, and northern Shanxi can restore its former glory. Tie Mo is wearing a golden dragon robe, Hailan
Zhu and Chang Minyue also dressed up and lived separately. The worship ceremony started at Si hour and lasted until noon. Then they will go boating on the water tomorrow. The Grand Canal is completely put into use.
I don’t know if the sacrifice moved heaven. In the evening of that day, Jinyang became gloomy. In less than two hours, heavy rain began to pour down, accompanied by rumbling thunder. A heavy rain, for the people in Jiangnan,
It is commonplace, but for the people in northern Shanxi, it is like a rain of gold. They say that spring rain is as precious as oil, but for the people in northern Shanxi, every rain is extremely precious.
Under the heavy rain, there was lightning and thunder. Tie Mo was so excited that he didn't feel sleepy at all. He took Hai Lanzhu to sit under the eaves and drank wine. The cool breeze was blowing and the lantern was swaying. Nunu carefully protected the light and kept her mouth open.
Asha poured a few glasses of wine from time to time. The other women were very sensible and knew that the Iron Governor and Hai Lanzhu had not been together for a long time due to the northern expedition to Mongolia and Siberia, so they obediently did not disturb them. Speaking of which,
, it’s been a long time since the two of them sat across from each other at the table and had a relaxing drink.
Hailanzhu took off the pearls and agates on his head, and pulled up his long hair into a beautiful bun. The string of gemstones looked dim and mysterious under the light. As he has been a eldest lady for a long time, Hailanzhu's grace has become more and more elegant. Come to Yuesheng. After taking a sip, I found that Iron Governor's eyes were dull. Hailanzhu pursed her small mouth and smiled softly, as beautiful as a hundred flowers in bloom. "Husband, you are also interesting. After so many years, you are still staring like this." Let me take a look."
"Ahem, Madam is so beautiful and dignified. You won't get tired of looking at her for a long time." The Iron Superintendent stretched out his hand and asked Hailanzhu to sit over. The lady glared at her with a cute look, but got up and sat down obediently. On Tie Mo's lap, "Hey, how virtuous and talented I am, I can make my wife fall in love with you. I don't know how many people would envy you."
"What are you talking about? The slave family has always believed in this vision. All of this has happened." Hai Lanzhu smiled softly and leaned on the man's shoulder. She was not at all like the decisive and grand lady of the Governor's Mansion.
In Jinyang City, there is tenderness and heavy rain. But outside Jinyang City, it is a different scene. There is a high hill five miles east of Jinyang City, called Canfeng Slope. According to legend, in the late Qin Dynasty When the city was broken, many maids ran out of Jinyang and were stopped by the rebels in Canfengpo and tortured to death. Because they died of torture, the ghosts of those maids still linger. Whenever the south wind blows, Canfengpo There would be waves of female whimpering, so Canfeng Slope got another name: Nvgui Slope. Later, a master said that this place was the place where Yin Qi gathered, so most people in Jinyang stayed away from Canfeng Slope. The slope is far away, and I don't want to come here even during the day. Instead, there are some ownerless corpses and some shabby houses who died here and were buried here indiscriminately.
It rained heavily today, and suddenly a bolt of lightning flashed across, illuminating the whole world like daylight. The rain washed down the residual wind slope, and the sobs that sounded like a woman's miserable howl became clearer. Suddenly, accompanied by thunder and residual wind, There was a huge rumbling sound on the slope, as if something collapsed. It turned out that the high slope to the south of Canfeng Slope really collapsed under the heavy rain. A high slope was forcibly broken like a wall, and then the soil rolled down and collapsed. There are more and more things rolling down, but in the mud, there are some things rolling down, one, two, three, more and more. If anyone sees it, they will be scared to death, because they will roll down. Yes, there are corpses. These corpses are all naked, and some have empty eyes open, seeming to be telling something...
There were booms and thunders, and Song Shilun, the magistrate of Jinyang, suddenly woke up. His forehead was covered with cold sweat, as if he had taken a bath. Touching the cold sweat on his forehead, Song Shilun smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly. I was so frightened by the nightmare that I looked outside. It was still raining heavily, so I wanted to lie down and continue sleeping. But at this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Cao Wangdong, the head of the Yamen, breathlessly shouted, "Song County Magistrate , it’s not good...something happened... something big happened, the female ghost slope collapsed, and there were many corpses..."
Cao Wangdong's words sounded very frightening, as if he was frightened by something. Song Shilun also just graduated from Shanbei University last year. He had never been afraid of ghosts and gods. He put on his clothes and opened the door. He looked at Cao Wangdong outside. Yue said, "Captain Cao, why are you so panicked? That female ghost slope is a mass grave, with many ownerless corpses buried there. Is it strange that some of them were washed out by the heavy rain?"
What Song Shilun said is common sense. It is a mass grave. It is not normal for corpses to appear. It would be evil if there are no corpses. Cao Wangdong rolled his eyes and looked miserable. He cupped his hands and said patiently, "Song Magistrate
, this little one doesn’t know, but this time there were more corpses rushing out, more than a hundred, and they didn’t have any clothes, and most of them died from swords and guns!”
"What?" Song Shilun almost fainted. He had just dreamed that he saw a ghost. It was good now. As soon as he woke up, he heard Capt. Cao say that there were hundreds of corpses on the female ghost slope. It couldn't be such a coincidence. What if it happened once?
It's not unusual to have two bodies, but to have hundreds of them rush out at once, with no clothes on, and caused by swords and guns, this is extremely evil.
Song Shilun was worried, fearing that something big would happen. The governor was in Jinyang right now. If something big happened, he would not be able to atone for his sins even if he died. Because he was thinking about Nv Guipo, Song Shilun didn't even bother to wear official robes, and that was it.
Putting on his robe and holding an umbrella, he hurried to Nugui Slope with Cao Wangdong.
At that time, the area near Nvguipo had been controlled by the government officials of Jinyang City. The two villagers in the county were busy all the time. Song Shilun got off his horse, found the elder slave, and asked anxiously, "Meng Wuzuo"
, how’s the investigation going?”
"Going back to Magistrate County of Song Dynasty, the corpses have been cleaned up. There are 239 corpses in total. The dead are all middle-aged men. The cause of death was caused by swords and guns. The identity of the deceased is unknown! According to the wound condition, the time of death should be about four days!"
Meng Wuzuo was also an old Wuzhuo from Jinyang City and had rich experience, so when asked by the magistrate of the Song Dynasty, he could answer questions fluently.
Listening to Meng Wuzuo's answer, Song Shilun felt as if he had swallowed something and it was stuck in his throat, making it difficult to breathe. With two hundred and thirty-nine corpses, even a fool would know that something was wrong, even if the female ghost slope was buried in a mass grave
It is impossible to rush out so many corpses at once. The most important thing is that all the deceased were stripped of their clothes. It was obvious that someone was hiding the identity of the deceased. There was something fishy about this case. Song Shilun instinctively felt that it was no longer something he could handle.
After thinking for a while, he told Cao Wangdong, "Captain Cao, let everyone gather the bodies and send them all to the county government. In addition, leave a dozen brothers to guard the female ghost slope to see if there is anything abnormal."
After listening to Song Shilun's words, Cao Wangdong's old face turned black. Well, this place was already scary, and now so many corpses suddenly appeared. The magistrate even asked the brothers to stay here. Hey, how many have to be found this time?
You are so stupid and bold, maybe you have to give me some more money, otherwise who would be stupid enough to guard this place, it is still a day of heavy rain.
After giving instructions to Cao Wangdong, Song Shilun rode on his horse and hurried back to Jinyang. King Qinglang arrived and did not stay in the county government office. Instead, he lived in the old palace of the Qin Dynasty in the east city of Jinyang. The old palace of the Qin Dynasty had been destroyed long ago.
For once, the eldest lady personally ordered it to be rebuilt. After arriving outside the old palace, Song Shilun ran to the door and was stopped by four guards in front of the door. One of them held a knife handle and shouted loudly, "Who are you?
If you dare to break into the old palace at night, please report your name quickly, otherwise you will be shot without mercy."
Song Shilun's face looked a little bitter and he touched his body, but there was no token at all, let alone an official seal. He was busy going to Nugui Slope before and didn't bring anything with him. But now it's fine, he doesn't even have anything to prove his identity. But now that he's here
, and retreated hastily, which was not Song Shilun's style. He cupped his hands and made a deep bow, "Song Shilun, the magistrate of Jinyang County, has something important to do and wants to see the superintendent. Please tell me."
"President Song? Do you have a token?" The guard was not an unreasonable person, but Song Shilun said embarrassedly, "I came here in a hurry and didn't bring the token..."
Without a token, there was no way to prove his identity. Several guards immediately changed their faces and urged Song Shilun to leave quickly. How could Song Shilun be willing to obey? What happened to Nvgui Slope was so weird. I wonder what conspiracy was hidden. He immediately shouted:
, "Please be accommodating. It's really a big deal. Song must see the supervisor, otherwise it will be too late..."
"Let's go quickly. I can't prove my identity. Who knows whether what you said is true or false? If you dare to make a noise again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Song Shilun is so depressed. He has his own fault for this. He just doesn't have any tokens on him. He doesn't even have a follower. This is great. He can't prove his identity at all. This guard is famous for being serious. He will most likely be here tonight.
I couldn't see the supervisor. While they were making a noise, Zhou Dingshan walked out impatiently. Although it was past midnight, Zhou Dingshan didn't sleep. This was also a habit he had maintained for many years. As long as Tie Mo went out, he would
I will protect you with all my heart, and I will never talk about night patrols to others.
At the end of the night, according to the rules, it was time to go out for inspection. Everything in the palace was as usual, but there was a lot of noise outside. When I walked out, I frowned. Isn't this Song Shilun? The first batch of students from the university hall were released last year. This
Song Shilun was personally praised by the governor, so he still had some impression of him.
Seeing that the guard was about to attack Song Shilun, Zhou Dingshan stepped out, waved his hand and said, "Stop, don't be rude!"
Due to the heavy rain today, Zhou Dingshan was wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat on his head, so Song Shilun didn't see Zhou Dingshan's face clearly. He just felt that the voice was familiar. When he got closer, when he saw it was Zhou Dingshan, Song Shilun was overjoyed and said, "General Zhou, exit
Official Jinbei University College of Engineering Song Shilun, a major incident broke out in Jinyang today, and I came here to report it to the Superintendent. I hope General Zhou will be accommodating."
Sure enough, it was Song Shilun. Zhou Dingshan frowned, and after gesturing to the guards to let go of Song Shilun, he waved for Song Shilun to come over, "President Song, you came to visit late at night, what big thing happened?"
Zhou Dingshan was the trusted general of the Green Wolf King, and Song Shilun did not dare to hide it. He cupped his hands and whispered, "Back to General Zhou, just now the female ghost slope collapsed, and two hundred and thirty-nine corpses rolled down. This is a serious incident.
I was afraid that something serious might happen, so I just came to report it to the supervisor."
Song Shilun did this not only because something bad was going on, but also because he wanted to use the power of the Governor's Office to investigate the matter. Two hundred and thirty-nine corpses, this is such a big deal, who can kill so many people at once, even if he can
After a clear investigation, it is estimated that the opponent is not something that Song Shilun and a small Jinyang County government can deal with. Due to many considerations, it is better to inform the Green Wolf King Supervisor about this matter.
After listening to Song Shilun's narration, Zhou Dingshan frowned. He knew about the Female Ghost Slope, wasn't it the mass grave to the east? Suddenly, more than two hundred naked corpses of strong men appeared, which was really intriguing.
After thinking for a while, Zhou Dingshan led Song Shilun into the old palace.