Chapter 5 Joy and Worry(1/2)
The reasons given by the Liushemen were enough to hear, but unfortunately it could not shake Hou Qing.
Of course, the fundamental reason why Hou Qing was not shaken was that he was confused by the heart moon fox and lost his mind like those who were gossiped by those lingering women.
On the contrary, he knew in his heart that if he believed the advice of his captains, he would have really lost his mind.
Because the so-called six doors that they proposed were empty in their hearts was simply a false proposition.
Under normal circumstances, most of the constables in the Six Gate are scattered all over the place, either handling cases or on the way to handle cases. It is really abnormal that almost all the constables like now, and the captains gather in the Six Gate yamen.
This abnormal behavior was because Hou Qing urgently needed manpower and ordered them to be summoned back after hearing the news from Bai Shier a year ago.
Therefore, it is really ridiculous that these captains have made such a saying "empty heart".
If we say this standard, then in the past century, the entire Six Doors have been in such a "empty" state every day and every moment?
Moreover, if Yingtian City became empty just because dozens of six-door constables were missing, then the important officials in charge of Yingtian's garrison should have been pulled out and chopped off by the emperor...
His chiefs under him were so alarmist, just because they could not overcome the hurdle in their hearts, unwilling to obey a woman, and were also the envoys of a female prisoner, and they felt that they were ugly in their face.
Seeing Hou Qing expose his excuses in just a few words and further expose his true thoughts, the faces of a group of captains were as wonderful as opening a dyeing shop, but the most of them was the shameful red.
"Although the plan formulated by Xinyuehu is to focus on dealing with Qinglong who is hiding and ignoring his whereabouts, we cannot really just hang ourselves on this plan."
Fortunately, after Hou Qing exposed their thoughts, he did not beat them up, but instead comforted them with great sincerity.
"Since there has been news from Peng Zhenlei, even if we may be a few days in the evening, we have to send people to get into it, so as to save ourselves from being ignorant of the situation there, and keep it in the dark.
Besides, did not Peng Zhenlei's letter also explain? None of the arrested prisoners of Tianyan Sect knew the exact address of Huanglong and Jitian in Tianyan Sect. They must check it first, which is also our opportunity."
The eyes of the captains who understood Hou Qing's meaning suddenly lit up. Xie Laosan, who claimed to be Hou Qing's confidant, even started shouting loudly.
"Chief Chief, let me tell you about this matter to me, Xie Laosan..."
"Bah, you can tell at once that it is from the six doors with your eyes. If you go, wouldn't you be alerting the snake?"
"That's right, that's the chief constable, let me do this."
"Why? Just because you are old, just because you don't take a bath all year round, you smell like a beggar?"
"Hey, Lan Sanshui, what does it mean? Do you want to find fault?"
"Hmph, I'm asking for trouble with you? Do I think I smell good?"
"Hey, you, the last name is Lan..."
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"Enough, shut up, I'll close your stinky mouths."
Seeing these subordinates acting like they were about to perform a full martial arts show on their own, Hou Qing felt a little ache in his head, and he couldn't help but slam the table hard and shouted sternly.
Seeing that Hou Qing, the Shangguan, seemed to be really annoyed, a group of heads of arrest immediately closed their mouths, their bodies lowered by two points, bent their waists, and fell into silence. However, although their mouths were closed, their eyes still looked at each other without any less anger.
Many people's mouths were still twitching, without any sound, but they were enough to convey what they wanted to express:
cnm,nmsl,gnmd.
Seeing all this, Hou Qing could only pinch his eyebrows helplessly. As for yelling and scolding, he was too lazy to curse again.
After all, since he became the chief constable, he has been scolding for about many years, but is it effective?
There is only one expression that can be described: haha.
"Since all of you want to go, then choose the same as before, in the most fair way."
Finally, Hou Qing, who had finally calmed down his anger, let go of his hand holding his eyebrows, and spoke again weakly as if he had accepted his fate.
"Ah? I'll draw lots again?"
As soon as Hou Qing said that, the headmasters who were just "venting" with their eyes and mouth finally couldn't help but break the peace.
From the other party's very reluctant tone, it is enough to see that his luck seems to be very sad.
"What, do you have any objections to the Chief Chief's words?"
If you have luck, you will always be very lucky. Naturally, you will always be lucky.
"Whoever doesn't want to draw lots will be regarded as giving up automatically..."
And Hou Qing obviously has a way to "integrate" these voices.
"I'm willing, I'm willing, the headmaster, I didn't say I don't want it."
Hou Qing immediately took their pulse gate.
"Okay, since that's the case, then let's start now."
Accompanied by Hou Qing's order, a sign that seemed to have many traces of time was taken over.
"I'm here again. After so many years, can't I change one?"
Seeing this familiar sign-up, the headmaster who had complained before couldn't help but complain again. However, this time, they did not dare to yell as loudly as before, for fear that Hou Qing would directly disqualify them after hearing this.
Soon, as one person drew a wooden sign from the sign, a tragedy and comedy was performed in the entire room.
However, because there are only two places to go to Hongdu Prefecture, tragedy still accounts for a higher proportion.
When the dust settles, those who can leave smile happily, while those who stay are either resentful or helpless.
"Okay, since you have already decided, then go back and prepare according to your respective tasks."
Of course, Hou Qing would not give any opportunity to object to those resentful and helpless subordinates. When he saw the result, he immediately started to drive people away.
"However, no matter whether you have drawn a visa to Hongdu Prefecture or not, you must remember that you must leave the Taiping Prefecture territory and confirm that there is no one behind you to return."
Of course, before driving people, he did not forget to emphasize the suggestion that Xinyuehu had put forward before.
"Three, stay, and you don't have to leave with them this time. I have another task to you."
Xie Laosan, who had not originally drawn a quota, was very disappointed. After hearing the last sentence Hou Qing added, the loss and a faint resentment on his face were immediately replaced by a burst of ecstasy. The other captains, even the two captains who had scored the quota for Hongdu Mansion, looked at Xie Laosan with envy and jealousy.
"Bah, isn't it just that I've been lucky enough to get involved with the Bai surnamed?"
A group of people pretended to be careless and cursed in their hearts, but for some reason, the sour smell in the air seemed to be getting heavier and heavier.
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Bai Shier and Zhu Jinxuan have been in Hongdu Mansion for several days, and in these few days, the entire Hongdu Mansion gives them only one impression.
That's heat.
Muddy, dry and humid.
Fortunately, Bai Shier was familiar with this kind of sauna-like weather, but Zhu Jinxuan, a princess who lives in the capital for many years and can go to the imperial village to escape the summer heat every year, is extremely disgusted with the sauna weather in Hongdu Prefecture.
Every day I just want to hide under the shade of trees, blow the sometimes-disappearing breeze, eat watermelons that are frozen in well water, and drink the sour plum juice that is also frozen in well water, and don’t want to move for a moment.
As for Bai Shier, although he is familiar with this kind of weather, he does not mean that he can tolerate it, especially the hour and a half around noon every day.
Therefore, their original plan is still only in their heads, and there is no sign of taking action.
This kind of days continued until a sudden rainstorm in summer.
The rain finally barely dispelled the heat for a while, and finally gave the two of them time to reflect on their previous "acts".
After reflecting on it, both of them couldn't help but blush, especially Bai Shier.
He felt that he seemed to be "bad" by Zhu Jinxuan.
After the rain and sunny weather, Bai Shier finally picked up the "fighting spirit" that had been lost for several days and began a routine investigation of each city.
Every day he gets up when it's just dawn, goes out while the weather is still cool in the morning, find a cool place before noon, have lunch, take a nap, and then start exploring again in the afternoon when the sun is west.
Of course, the focus of his investigation was to summarize the confessions of many Tianyan Sect’s disciples, which may be the “Ziwei Palace” in the Tianyan Sect.
Although it has been almost a month since I heard these two words, after every thought, Bai Shier still couldn't help but want to complain.
The first sect leader who founded the Tianyan Sect was really a big deal. It would be fine if he used the heavenly astrology as the code name of the member in the organization, but he actually didn't change a single word.
Because, more commonly speaking, the so-called Ziwei Palace is actually the "Heaven Palace" mentioned by the common people.
That day, the so-called star lords in Yanmen were actually the heavenly soldiers and generals in the story book.
This is because people who are so confident about their own luck that they dare to put these names on themselves.
And recently, he couldn't help thinking:
If these guys really treat themselves as heavenly soldiers and generals, then wouldn’t I be the Monkey Brother who makes a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace?
However, although Monkey Brother is an idol in the minds of countless people, if he really wants to be a monkey, Bai Shier thinks it would be better to forget it.
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Bai Shier just kept thinking about it every day while searching for Hongdu Prefecture City, but after a few days, he had no gains at all.
Fortunately, he had already prepared for this before he arrived in Hongdu Prefecture.
After all, the Huanglong was so cautious.
Even those so-called confidants under his command never show their true faces, and they always wear the yellow dragon mask representing his identity.
Even the arrested Tianyan Sect leaders would agree with one point in the end:
If someone who has a different voice and body shape similar to Huanglong will be a substitute, they will definitely not be able to see it at all.
To be continued...