Bureau of Anomalous Biological Countermeasures Chapter 113: Mountain Temple

After the disguised person disappeared, the dense fog slowly dissipated. Afterwards, the guards and servants who had fallen to the ground slowly got up. Everyone was in a daze, not knowing what just happened.

When the little housekeepers sent by Liu Xiu hurried back to the big tent, they saw the emperor was playing with the Princess of the East China Sea. After seeing that the emperor was safe and sound, the servants were relieved. Apart from the emperor and the princess, there was no one in the tent.

Meanwhile, in a small tent not far from the emperor's tent. Among the three accompanying officials, a tall man was saying to a young man who was a few years younger than him: "Old guy, you are really wrong. There are monks secretly escorting the emperor, but you cultivators Isn't it impossible to control the country's fortune? They are all given to the emperor to look after the home, what is this?"

"Do you think the world is full of ignorant alchemists?" The younger official smiled at the big man, and then continued: "There are many monks in the world who protect the king, and I don't see what will happen to anyone. In fact, even an alchemist, he was still in the palaces of various princes back then. As long as he was not too outrageous, Xu Fu would turn a blind eye. Isn't he himself a guest of the First Emperor?"

"The alchemist in the vassal's mansion..." At this time, another official glanced at the colleague who just spoke, and then said in a mean tone: "Are you talking about yourself? Among the six people, there is someone who is not weak in magic skills. You should also recognize those who have such skills?"

"Dare to say that the people who saw my old man hundreds of years ago, except for the few alchemists, the rest can be counted with both hands." After the young official smiled, he continued: "But Xu Fu is the only one in the world. In addition to the elixir of immortality, other methods of immortality are also effective. Maybe there are monks at the time of Marquis Yan Ai, who have been hiding in the deep mountains and forests and have not come out."

Meaning officials have become accustomed to young officials not telling the truth, and they don't speak anymore. He just turned his head to the side, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

At this time, the fog outside had dissipated. There were guards and imperial guards running around everywhere, and when the clutter outside became a little quieter, the big official said to the young official again: "Your family's third son hasn't come back for such a long time, nothing can happen. right?"

"Don't worry about Xiao Rensan, it's smarter than you." After the young official laughed, he continued: "The place he's going to is not near, even if it's its innate way of escape, it takes a little bit to go back and forth. Time. Just wait, as long as it's still underground, even a whale can't hurt that little guy."

A strange fog made the entire emperor's guard of honor tense. After the fog cleared, Feng Yi and Cen Peng, who were in charge of the emperor's safety, immediately went to the emperor's tent. Liu Xiu was persuaded not to stay here for a long time. At the moment, Liu Xiu ordered the guard of honor to march overnight and rest in the county town thirty miles away from here.

At the moment, the brigade left all the luggage in place, leaving a small number of people to guard, and all the rest rushed towards the county that Liu Xiu pointed to overnight. Early the next morning, Liu Xiu's guard of honor arrived in the county seat. Most of the imperial guards who were escorting them stayed outside the city, and the emperor entered the county seat with his family members, officials and others. After the strange fog last night, Feng Yi and Cen Peng did not dare to be careless. After desperate persuasion, Liu Xiucai nodded again, and the two of them brought 10,000 Imperial Forest troops into the city to guard.

Originally, this county was not included in the itinerary, and the local officials were not prepared to receive the emperor at all. At the moment, only the emperor, the empress dowager and the queen can be taken to live in the county office. The remaining officials were divided into the homes of other officials and wealthy households, as there were too many people accompanying them. The county could not arrange it, so they could only invite them to the homes of the common people.

Early in the morning, the county seat was overcrowded. Except for the prison, the place was crowded with people. The three new-looking officials communicated with more than a dozen other officials of low rank, and could only temporarily live in a dilapidated mountain temple in the county. Mountain temples in other places are built at the foot of the mountain outside the city. I don't know why, why this temple was built in the city, and it is so dilapidated that it has not been demolished.

Because the three people have gone, the few rooms inside have been preempted by other officials. Due to the insufficient preparation of the county seat, the baggage brought by the guard of honor did not keep up. The mattresses are already close to the big officials such as Sangong Jiuqing, and other officials with a lower rank can only find a way to endure it by themselves.

Shortly after everyone entered the mountain temple, the emperor's decree followed. The empress dowager occasionally felt the cold, and the honor guard brigade temporarily stayed here for a few days. After the Empress Dowager recovered, the brigade headed towards Luoyang. Originally, all the officials thought they were just staying here for a while, but it was not certain when they would leave now. Fortunately, the baggage will be delivered soon, at least no one will be directly on the ground at night.

However, it was not as expected by the officials. In the evening, the baggage for the honor guard was not delivered. In addition to the lack of bedding, the county could not afford the food for the brigade. This small county has a population of one or two thousand. But the servants, maids and guards brought by the emperor alone are more than double the population of the county. In addition, there are more than 10,000 imperial guards who are already standing on the streets. It is only a meal at noon. After eating, there will be nothing left in the county's grain reserves.

That night, no one came to the temple to bring food to these officials. One of the highest-ranking officials, Chang Shi, went to the county magistrate to negotiate for a long time, and finally returned with five wheat cakes. I heard that this was saved from the mouths of the guards who were escorting them, but there were a total of 21 officials stuffed in the temple, and the five wheat cakes were not enough anyway.

Just when the officials pretended to be modest and condescending, they were discussing that everyone had a bite to eat according to their official positions. A big official who was transferred to Beijing from outside came over and bumped off several officials who were guarding the wheat cakes. Then he directly picked up the wheat cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

Looking at the official uniform of this big man, that is, the commander-in-chief of the vassal state. After all, for an official position like him, he was the last to lick the dregs of wheat cakes. No one would have imagined that such a small official would go wild in front of these senior officials. At that moment, Chang Shi, who was headed by him, slammed the table and said to the big man Lang Zhongling: "You are so presumptuous in your eyes, do you still put Shangguan in your eyes? ? Say, where are you an official, what is your surname! You don't even have an official body, so what kind of official are you doing!"

After the big man swallowed the oatmeal in his mouth, he grabbed another oatmeal and stuffed it into his mouth. Then he grabbed the other wheat cakes and threw them to the two other officials who were also Lang Zhongling. After seeing that there were no more wheat cakes, the big man pointed at Chang Shi and said, "My son, don't you even recognize your father? How did Lao Tzu tell you when he gave birth to you? Respect your father well. I knew that now I don’t even want to eat wheat cakes. After I gave birth to you, I should have drowned you in the cesspool. Save your nonsense now, you are not willing to even give your father a cake... …”

When did Chang Shi hear this? Even if a high-ranking official like Sangong Jiuqing was angry, he never pointed his nose at the street like this. At the moment, his whole body was trembling with anger, and he couldn't even utter a word. In the end, he gave up and rushed over tremblingly, desperately trying to fight Er Lengzi.

But the people present were all civil servants, and they saw that the big man was a head and a half taller than Chang Shi. Seeing that it was a military commander who was transferred to a civilian position, Chang Shi was also beaten in the past. At the moment, the officials hurriedly stopped Chang Shi. After a meal of persuasion, he finally 'convinced' Chang Shi to temporarily swallow his breath. After arriving in Luoyang, the new capital, the officials jointly performed the big man's book. Looking for a few high-ranking officials, breaking the big man's years as an official.

The two officials in the back who got the wheat cakes, one of them was younger, looked at them and laughed, and said to himself, "Are you going to start tonight?"