Chapter 125 Red Ling
Shen Hao has been busy these days. First, he and Tang Qingyuan repeatedly studied and judged the decree passed from behind the Thousand Households Office. At the same time, he was rectifying the interior of the Black Flag Camp. After sorting it out, he gradually opened the Black Flag Camp. I went to Jiugong Mountain to resettle the brothers who died in the attack.
Afterwards, the Black Banner Battalion needed to be replaced. This time, Shen Hao handed it over to Zhang Liao. In principle, he still selected from the garrison soldiers and the Xuanqing Guards, and tried not to draw from other general banner establishments.
As a result, the Black Banner Battalion has now become a channel for rapid promotion among the lowest-level Xuanqing Guards, but it is disliked in the eyes of other general banner staff.
Now that the new order from the Qianhusuo has come down, the dungeon attack must be placed in a delicate position, neither can it just be downplayed nor can it continue to maintain the previous high-pressure situation.
Although they didn't say it clearly, both Shen Hao and Tang Qingyuan sensed a signal: the higher-ups were accumulating energy, and they should be about to go to war.
Therefore, after receiving the order from the Thousand Households Office, the Licheng Guard Office began to reduce its investigation efforts, maintaining a state of looseness on the outside and tightness on the inside, which seemed a bit like "getting angry but not catching people".
There are rumors in the market that the Black Flag Camp in Licheng has suffered a big loss this time. Most people are guessing which thieves are so courageous that even Xuan Qingwei dares to provoke them.
The rumors spread everywhere and no one deliberately suppressed them, causing some people to worry and others to watch jokes in secret.
In the public house, Wang Jian and Zhang Liao stood arm in arm.
"Most of the brothers who have been scattered in the general banner have been transferred back, all the soldiers from the hundred households have returned, and the garrison soldiers have also taken back the battalions. Now only the government officials in various places are still doing some investigations." Zhang Liao lowered his head, I feel uneasy. He was specifically responsible for this matter, but it had been more than half a month, and he hadn't found anything useful, except for chopping up local ruffians and petty thefts.
"In addition, the replenishment of the Black Flag Battalion has basically been completed. According to your instructions, half of the newly recruited 36 people will be filled into the A and B groups, and half will be established in the dungeon. Now the two parts are doing basic training. It is estimated that the fastest In the middle of this month, we can officially start serving.”
Shen Hao did not cast blame as Zhang Liao thought, but asked in a flat tone: "Is there any plan for the reconstruction of the dungeon?"
Zhang Liao took a step forward, presented a document with both hands, then returned to his original position, and continued: "This is a new design just made by the arsenal last night. Please give us your utmost support.”
Seeing the design drawings and plans, Shen Hao is actually not an expert in this field, he only looks at the data and text descriptions. The strength of the previous dungeon was built according to the general standard of Baihusuo, but now the new design standard has been directly raised to the strength of the prison for felons in Qianhusuo. The formation alone can resist the breakthrough of the monks in the Yuan Dan realm, which can be said to have cost a lot of money.
After all, it has already been destroyed once, if it happened again, Xuan Qingwei would be ashamed to see people again.
"Well, you should pay close attention to the reconstruction of the dungeon, and don't make any mistakes in the training of manpower."
"Please don't worry, General Banner. The subordinates must keep an eye on it." Zhang Liao didn't know why he wasn't blamed, but it was a good thing, and he was relieved.
Then it was Wang Jian's turn. He bowed and said respectfully, "General Banner, our people followed Qin Yurou all the way and found that she did not return to Baideng Mountain, but went to the imperial city."
"Imperial City? Back to my mother's house?"
Qin Yurou is the only daughter of Qin Wenhe, the right servant of the household department. Marrying Bai Dengshan Wen's family far away is naturally a marriage. Now Qin Yurou has gone to her mother's family instead of going back to Wen's family. There may be something inside.
"Did you do anything special along the way?"
"No. The teleportation circle passed all the way, and it was sent to the imperial city without any delay."
"Continue to let people watch her every move, I want to know her movements at any time."
"clear."
Shen Hao didn't dare to let Qin Yurou ignore him, at least he had to keep track of the opponent's position at all times, and once the order to do something was given, he could immediately report and take down the opponent.
On September 27th, more than 60 newly selected members of the Black Flag Battalion officially took up their duties, refilling the A and B groups to full strength, and at the same time establishing the third small flag organization in the Black Flag Battalion: the Dungeon.
However, since the dungeon is still being rebuilt, all the people who made the dungeon went to practice in the prison of Baihusuo, and came back to take their place after the dungeon in the Black Flag Camp was rebuilt.
On September 29th, the teleportation circle in Licheng City was restricted, and the transmission destination of the formation was first arranged to the imperial city, and the teleportation in other places was postponed until the afternoon.
An endless stream of dignitaries of all colors began to gather towards the imperial city with their heads held high. It is said that the imperial city was covered with gold for a while, and the aura of nobility soared to the sky.
On the third day of October, the Ministry of Rites announced that in order to ensure the orderly progress of the Queen's 70th birthday, the five gates of the imperial city will be closed and the teleportation circle will be terminated on October 11th. Only those with special permission can continue in and out.
Compared with the imperial city, which is like dumplings, Lichengli is still as usual, but there is an extra "Queen's Birthday" material in people's gossip after dinner. The rest is what to do.
Both Shen Hao and Tang Qingyuan were not qualified to enter the imperial city to participate in the big banquet, but they were all a little anxious. Why didn't there be any news of advancement after so long? Just hanging like this? Or are you deliberately avoiding this queen's banquet?
But if it drags on for a long time, I'm afraid things will change!
So on the surface, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with Shen Hao or Tang Qingyuan, but in fact they were holding back their energy all the time.
October tenth. There is still one day left before the imperial banquet. It is said that from this evening on the square outside the imperial palace there will be performances sent from various places to celebrate the queen's birthday.
However, the Licheng Guards Office, who was planning to leave early, received an order from the Thousand Households Office, saying that in order to ensure the stability of the imperial city banquet, the Xuanqing Guards in various places will start from the tenth night of October until the twelfth day of October. In the evening, everyone enters the alert and must not leave their posts without authorization.
This order did not make people feel obtrusive, and even had a feeling of "coming late". After all, the heads of the imperial city banquet were basically absent from all over the place, so there should be no trouble at this time. Xuan Qingwei and all the troops went on alert just in case.
As the general banner of the Black Flag Battalion, Shen Hao naturally needs to stick to his post, so he laid a floor in the public house and prepared to deal with it in the past two days.
October 11th, the imperial city banquet.
In Licheng, Shen Hao watched the day go by like this, and was just about to lie down on the floor to rest, but suddenly heard bursts of piercing whistles.
"This is the Hongling Emergency Report?!"