Chapter 355 Suspecting that he faked his death
At this time, the guards at the foot of the mountain heard the gunshots and rushed up the mountain. More than a dozen torches illuminated the dam outside the hall.
Zhao Yulin asked if the person was dead?
The guard reported that he was not breathing and was dead.
He was also worried that Ze Sangzi was faking his death, so he ordered his guards to break the guy's limbs and then slit his throat.
Damn it, you have to be careful about this.
Because he had read a story about the Xumi sect having a kind of turtle breathing skill, which could make people pretend to be dead without breathing after reaching a high level. Zhao Yulin wanted to separate Ze Sangzi's head from his body, and he would not give Ze Sangzi a chance to pretend to be dead and escape.
After the guards were busy for a while, Zhao Yulin ordered them to keep all the things on the guy's body, put the body into a sack, throw it off the cliff, and break it into meat patties to feed wild dogs.
The guards immediately did as they were told and quickly cleaned the dam thoroughly. Even the bloodstains left by Ze Sangzi were cleared away without leaving any trace using the engineers' shovel.
The head woman just nodded, chuckled with difficulty and said, "Brother, you are too cautious. The person is already dead, why bother to desecrate his body?"
Zhao Yulin gently hugged the woman and blamed her for caring about others and not herself, which made him panic. Fortunately, the injury was not serious, otherwise he would be laughed at by the world. He was still a grown man.
The woman was happy and rested on his shoulder, but she was not as casual and intimate as before. It was probably because she was humiliated by Ze Sangzi just now and thought of her identity as the head of Emei, and the two began to become estranged.
After a short rest, the guard reported that the Seventh Lord had arrived.
Zhao Yulin opened the door, and the Old East Evil immediately slipped in to inquire about the injuries of the headmistress.
Zhao Yulin came out to talk to Qigong.
What the old man said really surprised him. You know, Ze Sangzi is the leader of the Xumi Sect, known as the best master in the Western Regions, but he was easily killed by this young man.
Haha, Zhao Yulin thought to himself that Qigong was really good at flattering. Didn't he hear the gunshots last night? That wasn't a single shot, it was a sweeping shot, didn't he know?
Before he could say anything, the guards beside him said with admiration that the third young master was very capable, and that he had poked more than a dozen holes in the guy's body, all of which were pierced through.
Zhao Yulin glared at the guard, but the guard said seriously that everything was true and how dare he speak nonsense in front of Qigong.
Zhao Yulin yelled: Get out of the way.
This guy ran away quickly.
He laughed and said it was not that exaggerated, it was just the bragging of those veteran soldiers, Qigong should not take it seriously.
However, Zhao Yulin still remembered clearly the scene of himself, eager to save people last night, holding the 800 million gun and madly shooting at Ze Sangzi. Perhaps they also heard the frying bean-like gunshots at the foot of the mountain.
He also didn't expect that when Ze Sangzi saw that he couldn't avoid him, he didn't retreat but rushed towards Zhao Yulin head on.
This is definitely Ze Sangzi looking for death.
This guy doesn't know the power of the god-level firearms. How can he use his physical body to withstand 800 million sticks?
It was natural and normal that it was pierced with countless bullet holes.
The old East Evil came out and said expressionlessly that he had examined the wound and found it was not poisonous, just flesh wounds, nothing serious. Then he invited Qigong to go down the mountain to have a drink.
Qigong made a face and followed the old East Evil down the mountain.
At daybreak, a large group of military doctors and maids came up and immediately went into the room to re-treat the wound of the headmistress.
After everyone left, the maid brought tea and desserts, and Zhao Yulin accompanied the headmistress to sit under the ginkgo tree to rest in the cool air.
He looked at the pale-faced headwoman and asked: You've been making a fuss all night, and you don't even want to take a break?
The head woman smiled faintly and said that she was in good spirits and didn't want to sleep.
He asked the maid to bring a thick towel to cover the headmaster's daughter and told her to have a good rest. He went into the room and took out a copy of the Diamond Sutra and read it beside the headmaster's daughter.
In the afternoon, Yangjin came up.
The little woman patted her chest and said she was scared to death, my brother is so powerful that even the domineering Ze Sangzi is no match for him.
He said that it was the headmaster's daughter who intercepted the fellow and fought fiercely, and then he seized the opportunity to send Ze Sangzi to the West to obtain the scriptures.
Yangjin said that now that the Xumi Sect had lost even its leader, it was completely collapsed, and his brother’s revenge had to be avenged.
Two years ago, his brother Changji Nima was attacked in Dege, also by people from the Xumi Sect. The real culprit was not caught at the time. Now it seems that it was Ze Sangzi himself who did it.
The next day, Zhao Feiyan also came up the mountain. The three of them stayed with the headmaster's daughter on the top of the mountain for half a month, and only went down the mountain together after the headmaster's daughter recovered from her injuries.
When his mother saw the headmaster's wife, she asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
Where else do you feel uncomfortable?
The head girl smiled and bowed to his mother to thank her, and told her that everything was fine. After resting for a night in Qingyin Villa, everyone went down the mountain said goodbye.
Zhao Yulin invited his mother to go to Chengdu to stay for two days, and then they all went to Jiading to change to an official ship and go upstream.
In Chengdu, Ma Ling had just won a victory in defending Xin Song Finance.
This woman, Wu Yuqi and Jiang Ligang worked together to thoroughly investigate the officials who participated in the money-making activities and uncovered those officials who relied on the money to suck blood. Not only did they find out the facts of the crime, they also seized a lot of illegal income to fill the government treasury.
Mr. Ding was delighted and praised Zhao Yulin's woman for being so amazing.
Mr. Li said happily that this was because Brother Yulin was not picky about employing people. According to the old system, women were not allowed to take part in government affairs, not to mention Ma Ling'er, many women were not allowed to work in the court.
But Brother Yulin didn't care about those people's gossip and insisted on putting his woman in the position of the transportation department.
Mr. Ding said with great approval that Ma Ling'er's transportation department did a great job, and that Deputy Envoy Shuyun's cooperative was also doing a good job, and the treasury had huge revenues. They both asked for their resignation three times.
Cao Youwen said cheerfully that there was news that Yulin had left Jiading and was on his way back. Alas, there were so many things going on, so it was a good opportunity to discuss it together.
The three people were filled with joy when they knew that Zhao Yulin had finally returned, as if a great burden had been lifted from their shoulders.
Two days later, Zhao Yulin returned to Chengdu, and Ding Gong sent someone to tell him to discuss the matter the next day. Yangjin immediately accompanied her old lady to the women's clothing store named after Gesang Flower in the city to check the sales situation.
Haha, this newly opened women's clothing store is doing booming business.
Several new styles of clothes sold well, especially the bras and women's clothing designed by Yangjin, which were the favorites of young ladies. The top girls in brothels and theaters, the courtesans and the young ladies from wealthy families all rushed to watch and try them on.
When the young woman returned home, she asked the kitchen to prepare a few more delicious dishes to comfort her old mother-in-law. She kept praising Zhao Yulin's mother for her skillful hands in front of all the sisters, saying that the clothes she made were in short supply.
The daughters-in-law kept picking up food for the old lady. Zhao Yulin's mother was very happy. She drank three cups of red wine with everyone before going to rest.
The next day, Zhao Yulin and his colleagues went to the government office to get busy.
After Ding Gong reported the situation, he asked everyone to analyze the current situation together. Lao Cao believed that this year the Mongolian army had pointed its spearhead at Yujie and Menggong in Goryeo and Jiangdong, and the military pressure on our new Song Dynasty had been reduced. He had ordered the army to be reorganized as soon as possible, and Li Yunqing of Bomi quickly marched into Luoshui. We must take Luoshui City this year.
Zhao Yulin thought that Lao Cao's arrangement was correct. The Shenwei Army needed to be tempered and run-in after being reorganized, and it was a good opportunity for them to take a rest while the Mongolian army was heading east.
Government offices across the country also had a chance to catch their breath and vigorously develop production, increase grain output, and increase grain and material reserves.
Minister of Revenue Du Fan nodded and said that last year, there was a drought in the north and the grain harvest was poor. The local government offices had put a lot of thought into dealing with the problem of people's food supply. Some places even activated the Changping Warehouse for emergency response. Fortunately, the Lingqu Canal was opened, and a large amount of grain was purchased from the south to ensure supply.
He saw the key role of the Lingqu Canal and believed that the court should consider building several faster water and land routes to solve the problem of rapid transportation of materials in the New Song Dynasty.
Zhao Yulin nodded, looked at Mr. Qiu and said that the Ministry of Industry had been established, and we should plan the country's land and water transportation well to establish a fast channel from south to north and from east to west.
This project seems huge, we can make plans first and then implement it step by step.
Mr. Qiu believed that the key at present was to open up traffic between the north and the south and ensure the transportation of materials for the army to fight against the Mongols. The land route should be repaired from Leizhou via Guiyang to Chengdu, Hanzhong, and Guanzhong; and the waterway should be cleared from Guangnan West Road through Lingqu into the Yangtze River, and then shipping should be connected through the Han River and Jialing River.
There are only two roads going west to Tubo, one goes through Xining and Chamdo, and the other goes through Yazhou and Dege. Due to the long distances can only be kept open to ensure that there is a road available.
Zhao Yulin glanced at him and nodded, saying: "In the future, the Ministry of Works will have plans and budgets to ensure smooth operation. The country is getting bigger and bigger, and the expenses required are not small. Each ministry should come up with a budget at the beginning of the year and settle accounts at the end of the year. The court and government offices must work according to the budget planned in advance."
At this time, Mr. Ding spoke.
The old man said that state affairs were becoming increasingly heavy, and he was old and lacking energy, so he wanted to resign from the position of director and quit his job.
We all looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, and finally we all looked at Zhao Yulin.
He coughed twice and said that the officials working in the government office should set a fixed age for resignation and retirement. Mr. Ding is 65 years old this year, and the officials at the level of the Central Council should be based on Mr. Ding's age. How about resigning and taking a rest at the age of 65?
No one expected that he didn't even say a word to try to keep them, but went straight into discussing retirement age.
Li Zhongmian suggested further discussion.
Fan Zhong also politely tried to persuade the old man to stay, asking him to think twice.
But Mr. Ding was determined to leave and insisted on resigning.
Zhao Yulin knew that he had a heart disease and that he could only put his mind at ease if he quit his job.
He said that although Lord Ding was no longer the ruler, he could not retire completely and had to continue to protect the New Song Dynasty.
He proposed to set up the Taijian Hall and appointed Ding Gong as the first head of the Taijian Hall, dedicated to providing reasonable suggestions on state governance and collecting opinions from the people on state governance for use in the country.
This is called "retire but not rest", there is still something to do after retirement. The old man was happy and immediately agreed to give up his position.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that we haven't selected the successor director yet, so there's no need for the old man to be anxious.
