Poor family mother and son

Chapter 27 The Tree Hits Me
Xingtang County Government.

Xu Zhixian looked at the confession in his hand, studied the map carefully, and slapped his thigh: "It's actually in our county!"

The master said: "I'm not sure. The Donglun people are talking about the general idea. The maps they have are not detailed. The ones they draw look very similar to the mountains near us, but they are a little different."

The master reported: "Two of these people are geologists of the Eastern Lun Kingdom. Their master had discovered that there were iron ore in this generation of mountains before his death, but his memory was not accurate due to the age. Villages. The war with Donglun in the past few years has caused these places to be fought over and over, causing the nationalities of the people in these places to change, and the names of these mountains to change. This also led to this Uncertainty of a map."

"Among the 22 people, two were geomancy masters, for the relationship between teachers and brothers, six were warriors sent by the Eastern Lun Kingdom to protect them, and the rest were their disciples and followers. Among the seven people who died, six were warriors."

When the master said this, he couldn't help interjecting a digression: "If you say these villagers are brave enough, Donglun warriors have always been known for their bravery."

Xu Zhixian was also taken astray by these words: "Yes! It's rare that they unite and fight together." Finding that the topic was wrong, Xu Zhixian pulled the topic back: "Since we know that there are iron mines nearby, we must Hurry up and send someone to look for it."

The master suggested: "The iron ore is not a trivial matter. The exact location is not known yet, and the reserves of the iron ore cannot be determined. This matter is not something we, a small county government, can take care of. You should report it to the magistrate as soon as possible."

"You're right. What we lack the most in Daxuan is iron ore. This matter needs to be reported to the imperial court. Quickly, take my souvenir and let the county magistrate... No, forget it, I'll go to the state government myself. Prepare the horse!" Xu Zhixian said and got up.No more sedan chairs.

Jizhou Prefecture Government.

"My lord!" Xu Zhixian rushed into the second hall with a dusty face, and shouted before the guards finished reporting.Zhizhou Song Tingshan looked at his brother-in-law with some helplessness. Courtesy was never lacking in his mouth, but it was never reflected in his behavior.

"What's the rush?" Song Tingshan had just returned from the General Military Mansion.I heard that Master Zongbing is ill, and he has not been able to see him after several visits, and he did not see him again today.

"Look at this!" Xu Guangze presented the confession.After a while, Song Tingshan suddenly raised his head, his eyes were full of light: "Maybe you are sure?"

"It's not completely sure. There must be a mine, but the location and reserves are uncertain." Xu Guangze replied, "I'm locking him in the dungeon now." The latter sentence is a prediction of the brother-in-law's question.

"Kill the rest! Let the soldiers escort the two geologists to find the mine!" Song Tingshan ordered.

"My lord, should this matter be reported to the imperial court?" Xu Guangze asked.

"It must be reported. In this way, I will write the memorial now, and when the court responds, we'd better find the location of the iron mine." This is a big deal.While speaking, Song Tingshan had already laid out a blank memorial.

"You send someone to find a few knowledgeable people, just relying on those two geologists, you can't believe it!" Song Tingshan said while writing the memorial, "Also, I have to ask Mr. Hong to send a team of soldiers to follow. Alas, Trouble! Master Hong has been sick for the past few days, and I have never seen anyone!"

Orion Shack.

Bai Hua no longer feels sick and vomits anymore, but she can't walk in a straight line when walking. Seeing a tree in front of her, the more she wants to avoid it, the more she will hit it.

When Zhang Mingyu came over, he happened to see Bai Hua patting the tree and muttering: "You hit me this time! I told you to get out of the way, you have to stand there."

Zhang Mingyu quietly stepped back a few steps before standing still, deliberately stomping on the branches on the ground to make noise.Pretend it's just here.Alas, there's no way, I'm the boss, I want to save face.

Zhang Mingyu bowed and cupped his fists: "My lord, it has been found out that Song Tingshan, the prefect, did not have any collusion with Cao Wang, the deputy commander in chief. Song Tingshan didn't know about Cao Wang's house arrest of Mr. Hong, the commander in chief. Can you tell Song Tingshan about this?"

"Well," Bai Hua entered the hut, "I also received a notice from Lord Qianhu that Song Tingshan's wife, Jiang Shi, is the cousin of Concubine De, and they have a very good relationship. With this relationship, Song Daren should not be with Cao Wang .It's just... not good!"

Bai Hua's face suddenly changed: "Yesterday, since you have reported the capture of the Donglun people to the magistrate, if it is clear that there is an iron mine, will it be reported to the magistrate, and then Song Tingshan will have to send troops to lead people to find the mine ? Then Cao Wang will know?!"

Zhang Mingyu's expression also changed: "In the morning, the county magistrate sent a yacha to the village, and specially sent another 50 taels of silver, saying it was a reward for discovering the true identities of this group of people. That shows that the iron mine really exists."

"Quick, go! Notify Song Zhizhou immediately!"

It is not close to the state government road from here, it takes more than two hours to ride a horse, and it takes more than two hours to get to the general military mansion. Zhang Mingyu was afraid that the state government would be lost, so he went directly to the general military mansion after entering the city.

The city of Zongbingfu is two feet high, the wall is 6 feet thick, and the perimeter is more than 600 feet.Zhang Mingyu wasn't sure whether Zhizhou came in person or sent someone, but it was definitely right to find a place near the main gate to hide and wait.

In less than a cup of tea, I saw the state government's carriage approaching from the corner of the street.Zhang Mingyu hurried over to stop the car.The yamen servant was about to stop him, but Zhang Mingyu shouted: "Uncle, uncle, go and see my mother, my mother is going to die!" The yamen servant was stunned: This seems to be a relative of Zhizhou.

In such a dazed effort, Zhang Mingyu staggered a few steps and fell to the side of the carriage. With a flick of his finger, he flicked the Secret Detective Division's badge into the car window.

Song Tingshan was wondering which of his nephews could appear in Jizhou City, when he saw an extra waist card on his leg.Seeing the sign of the secret investigation department, he hurriedly said: "Come in and talk, and stop the car in the street, how decent!" Zhang Mingyu cried "Uncle" and got into the carriage.

"My lord! Zhang Mingyu, Xiaoqi, the villain's Secret Investigation Division. Chief Soldier Hong has been under house arrest by Deputy Chief Cao Wang for seven days. We are short of manpower, so we can't act rashly." Zhang Mingyu reported as soon as he boarded the car.

"Why did you say it today?" Song Tingshan asked in a low voice, very annoyed.It's been seven days, and you're only telling me now, who knows if the person is still alive?
"Our Lord Baihu was injured." Zhang Mingyu hurriedly replied: "Our Lord received the news that Cao Wang had colluded with Donglun Kingdom, and wanted to notify Lord Hong, but found that Lord Hong's entire house was under house arrest. And Lord was found at that time , was seriously injured. At present, the secret investigation department has suffered heavy losses, and only me and our adults are in Jizhou City. There are really not enough manpower."

Song Tingshan's face softened slightly as he listened.At this moment, I also thought about it clearly. The secret investigation department is a place that suspects everything. I am afraid that I have nothing to do with Cao Wang under investigation, so I dare to inform myself.Otherwise, with the ability of the secret investigation department and the group of people who can use the ability to steal information and carry out assassinations, as long as there are enough people, it is not impossible to rescue the general soldier Hong Liang.

"It's been seven days. I don't know Mr. Hong... I've been visiting for the past few days, but I haven't seen anyone." Song Tingshan said with a frown.Mr. Hong is under house arrest, so Cao Wang must be prepared or rely on it.

"It should be fine." Zhang Mingyu analyzed: "Master Hong seems to have arranged the soldier talisman properly. Cao Wang didn't get the soldier talisman, so he didn't dare to cause trouble. However, Master Hong probably suffered a lot after these few days."

Indeed, the first two days were fine, it was just a simple house arrest.But the soldier symbol has never been found.The study, bedroom, and almost all of the military mansion have been searched, and they have searched everywhere they can be found, but they can't find it.Almost demolished the house.

The distraught Cao Wang wanted to torture his boss.But because of Hong Liang's prestige in the army, Cao Wang didn't dare to use torture, but he didn't give him food.The prisoners in the cell still have two corn-bread porridge a day, but the commander-in-chief and his family only have one corn-bread a day.

After seven days, Hong Liang and his family were very weak, especially his wife, who had lost more than ten catties in her original fat body.The loyal personal girl saves more than half of the corn bread every day, but it is just a drop in the bucket.

Cao Wang was also anxious.He already knew about Wukeshu Village.After all, a group of wounded peasants with their arms and legs limping brought a bunch of bandits tied up into rice dumplings into the county government office, causing quite a stir.This morning he had already learned the news about the iron ore.

"Rescue Mr. Hong immediately!" Song Tingshan said, "I don't know if Cao Wang already knows about the iron ore mine. If he already knows, he will definitely intercept our mining team. He just needs to track down the movements of the bandits. enough."

"My lord, how to rescue?"

Song Tingshan was thinking about this question.It is absolutely impossible for the [-]th yamen servant in other state yamen.Although the number [-] people are all officially established, they are not soldiers and their combat effectiveness is not enough.

Although there are about 2000 non-staff helpers, they are all temporary workers, and even their weapons are just short sticks.Letting them run errands and maintain law and order in the city is okay, and there is no need to think about confronting soldiers.

"As long as I can get the soldier talisman out," Song Tingshan said with some eyebrows: "I'll get the soldier talisman, and I'll dispatch the troops myself. I just don't know how many troops Cao Wang has already controlled. Someone must be able to sneak into the general military mansion."

"My lord, I can infiltrate the General Military Mansion, but there is no guarantee that I can get a soldier talisman. In the past few days, I have heard that the husband and wife who deliver food to the General Military Mansion deliver food every two days, and the kitchen is on the east side of the fourth hall. "

"Yes. I'll send someone to meet you at the back door."

After agreeing on a time, the two split up and prepared to go.

Chu Qing went to the village to fetch water.For this meal of pure meat buns at noon today, the water tank bottomed out.The children only went once to carry water, Chu Qing was afraid that they would hurt their backs, so he didn't ask them to carry more water, as long as there was enough.But now you have to choose yourself.Because the shoulders, back and collarbone were all injured, carrying water was like a punishment.Picking a trip to the water and switching left and right five times.

When fetching water again, Zhang Mingyu came, took the pole and carried it on his shoulders.

"Come with me to the General Military Mansion tomorrow morning." Zhang Mingyu said in a low voice seeing that there was no one around.

"Ah?" Chu Qing didn't react, "What are you doing?"

"Pretend to deliver food, find an opportunity to get close to Lord Hong, and bring out the soldier talisman."

"Why did you let me go?" Chu Qing was very reluctant and didn't understand.

"In the backyard of the General Military Mansion, a man like me probably won't be able to get in."

"I don't know the way!"

"I'll tell you later."

"..."

(End of this chapter)