The publication of the two proclamations officially announced the last possibility of peace, and it disappeared.
The final result is either that the soldiers and horses of Wan Guo leveled the Central Plains and burned every inch of land in the Academy, or the army of Yu State rushed thousands of miles and captured every city along the way.
Judging from the comparison of the overall strength of the two sides, the former is far more likely to be realized than the latter. This also led to the breeding of rumors and confusion.
"Let go! What are you doing? Let go!"
In the evening, in Xuanyangfang, Chang'an City, a middle-aged literati was dragged out of his room by several men.
He shouted loudly and asked for help from his neighbors and neighbors, but no one dared to stand up—those strong men wore close-fitting leather armor without any markings, plain knives tied around their waists, and bows and crossbows on their backs. , All proved their identity as imperial eagle dogs.
The middle-aged literati was caught by both arms, dragged backwards, struggling endlessly, raised his head and shouted: "I am a scholar who graduated from the Imperial College in the third year of the Shangyuan Dynasty. I have a good reputation! Why do you take people in the street? Is there still Wang Fa? Is there still Yu Lu?!"
Snapped!
After a loud slap, the middle-aged literati broke out a few teeth, and was dragged into the dark carriage with his eyes absent-minded and unconscious.
The young sergeant who hit someone wiped off the blood on the back of his hand expressionlessly, patted the carriage, and motioned for the carriage to leave.
Gululu.
The wheels turned, the black carriage headed south, and disappeared at the corner of the street after a turn. The neighbors who were watching also dispersed with stiff faces, pretending that nothing happened.
“.”
Under the banyan tree in Pingkangfang, which is a street away, Wannian County catcher Wu Shiqi watched this scene and smacked his lips.
The immature-looking young guard muttered in a low voice: "Where did this group of people come from? Isn't it too arrogant? There is no taboo."
The older officer said: "Judging from the accent, it should be the frontier army of the Anbei Protectorate. As for who are they working for, hehe."
All the yamen servants exchanged glances and closed their mouths in secret.
A few days ago, the emperor, empress, and a group of court ministers left Chang'an City in a mighty way. The motorcade stretched for ten miles and went to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to Zen. As for Chang'an, the crown prince supervised the country, and Xue Ji was assisted by Zhongshu Ling.
Shortly after the empress left, a group of leather armored soldiers appeared in Chang'an City. These people were affiliated with Dali Temple, acting recklessly and arresting people everywhere.
Most of the people who were arrested made strange remarks, or sympathized with Haotian believers, or believed that Yu State should sacrifice the academy in exchange for Taihaoshan’s retreat, or advocated a clear understanding of the strength gap between the two sides and strive for peace.
As long as in public, anyone who has questioned the "Call to Ten Thousand Kingdoms" and the decision of the emperor, whether it is a court official, an old Confucian scholar, a young scholar, or a commoner in the market, will be found and arrested by leather armored soldiers.
He was charged with treason and was imprisoned in Dali Temple, awaiting further processing.
The rumors and gossip in Chang'an City were indeed quickly suppressed, but under the Thunder's method, grievances inevitably occurred.
Wu Shiqi, who has been promoted to head arrester in Wannian County, doesn't know whether this kind of thing is good or bad, and he has no power to change it.
"Do your own thing."
Wu Shiqi shook his head, beckoned his brothers to follow, and walked towards the destination.
Walking through the shade of trees and alleys, the guards came to the interior of Xinghuafang. A group of citizens had been waiting by the well for a long time.
"Is this the well?"
Wu Shiqi looked up and down the well. The stone well mouth was about an arm's width, sealed with bluestone slabs, and a wooden pulley was installed on the well.
"Yes."
According to Mrs. Huang, she saw a monster at the bottom of the well the night before yesterday. "
"Monster?"
Wu Shiqi raised his eyebrows, this is the work of the Zhen Fusi, how did he find the county government?
Wu Shiqi didn't understand what was going on until he saw Mrs. Huang.
The old man is an octogenarian, and he has to walk with a cane. Not only is his eyesight dim, but he also talks inconsequentially. Claiming to have seen it, there is a monster's eye at the bottom of the well, the color is orange, and it is about the size of a lantern.
Before she could see clearly, she suddenly disappeared.
‘Are you sure it’s not the moon’
Wu Shiqi slandered endlessly, the old lady's words sounded unreliable, no wonder the people in Fangshi didn't go to the town governor first.
He sighed and asked his men to push away the bluestone slab covering the well.
ka—
After the bluestone slab was pushed away, there was a seemingly invisible smell in the well.
Wu Shiqi lay on the wall of the well to observe the water surface for a long time, but couldn't see anything, so he asked his subordinates to find a rope, tied it around his waist, and lowered it slowly against the wall of the well.
The wall of the well is smooth and damp, without any moss.
Wu Shiqi stepped on the well wall and descended all the way. When he was close to the bottom of the well, he quietly drew out the long knife, inserted it into the water, and tried to stir it.
One lap, two laps and three laps.
boom.
The knife blade touched some kind of hard object, and Wu Shiqi's face changed slightly. With his left hand, he pinched a piece of protruding bluestone on the well wall as a fulcrum, and grabbed the handle of the knife with his right hand to pick it vigorously. He actually picked out a rotten stone from the bottom of the water The unbearable carcass of a medium-sized dog.
"vomit—"
The stench made his throat itchy, and he vomited subconsciously. He quickly pinched his nose and shouted upwards, asking his subordinates to put down the bucket.
The guards on the ground hurriedly put down the bucket, and Wu Shiqi picked the dog corpse into the bucket, then pulled the rope, climbed back to the surface, and then asked someone to drag the dog corpse up.
"It is estimated that someone's dog accidentally fell into the well, or that heartless and unconscionable dog who was too lazy to bury the dead dog and just threw it in the well. Hey, everyone come and claim it!"
Fangzheng scolded a few words, while calling the neighbors to claim the dog's carcass, he also asked for clean clothes for Wu Shiqi to change and wash.
"Brother Seventeen, something is wrong."
The young officer noticed something, his face changed slightly, and Wu Shiqi also noticed something strange.
The dog carcass that was fished out seemed to have been bitten by some kind of wild beast in the abdomen, and it was almost broken, and it was all held together by ribs. The dog has a slender neck, slender limbs, and pure black hair. It looks like a small dog commonly used by the Zhenfu Division.
How can it be?
Every fine dog in Yu State was bred by the Zhong family of the Zhenfu Division. They were assigned military positions within the Zhenfu Division, and the food expenses for the special batch were even a little more than ordinary soldiers. Once they disappeared, they would attract Look for.
How could he die in a well in Fangshi in a daze? Unless... this is not the dog of the Zhenfu Department.
Wu Shiqi had a weird expression, and he instantly thought of a rumor he had heard in the past few days.
In Fusi Zhong’s house in Zhenzhen, one of the most outstanding breed dogs, which is said to be able to distinguish 100,000 scents, was lost.