Chapter 267: I'm Careless

The two also knew that there might be danger, but they didn't expect it to be so dangerous. They were chased and killed by masters before they even arrived in Qi State!

Not to mention whether the two felt guilty, but whether Niu Youdao's trip would be successful or not, there was a lot of gloom in their hearts.

Fei Changliu explained: "My lord, Niu Youdao made the plan himself, and the disciples of the three sects also listened to him. According to his arrangement, the disciples of the three sects had no chance to stop them. After that, he and Zhuo Chao got into the underground fight, and the disciples of the three sects could do nothing even if they wanted to help him. They were not capable of escaping from the ground. When the two of them came out of the ground, the disciples of the three sects immediately took action, and two Jindan disciples died. As?"

"Princess!" Lan Ruoting reminded, and prevented Shang Shuqing from continuing, because the matter had already happened and passed away, so it was meaningless to dwell on it, and it was not appropriate to accuse the three factions like this. The losses of the three factions in Qi State for the sake of the horses here seemed not small.

Bai Yao said again, "Master Fei, you said that Niu Youdao, like Zhuo Chao, has the ability to escape from the ground?"

Fei Changliu was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Niu Youdao escaped into the ground first, and Zhuo Chao chased him in..."

The sun was scorching hot and the river was dry. Ant-like crowds were busy digging or picking between the two mountains beside the river.

A group of people stood on the embankment, and two local officials drew a map and explained the terrain in front of Shao Pingbo.

An old man carrying a load of soil came ashore slowly, but suddenly his feet slipped and he fell on the sloping poncho, and the load fell over. The fellow workers immediately put down the load to help.

This movement caused Shao Pingbo, who was staring at the map, to look up, and then looked up at the parasol above his head. He suddenly turned his head, waved his hand, and knocked the parasol in the official's hand to the ground.

The official holding the umbrella was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "My lord, it's the villain who is foolish, the villain is foolish!"

Shao Pingbo turned his head to look at the porter who had fallen and got up again, and asked coldly, "Why did he fall?"

The official on the side said cautiously: "It should be because I am old and have bad legs and feet!"

Shao Pingbo stared at him coldly, "Are you sure it wasn't someone who withheld food rations to make the workers feel weak from hunger?"

The official hurriedly explained: "There is absolutely no such thing. Under the strict order of the eldest son, even if the lowly position has ten thousand guts, it will not dare to relax the supervision!"

Shao Pingbo: "I still say the same thing. People are on the ground, and even if they lose their land, they can't keep it. Talent is the greatest wealth of my Beizhou! I also know everyone's difficulties, but these laborers do physical work. If they don't have enough to eat, how can they work? I don't ask you to let them eat dry food every time, but three meals a day, two thin meals, and one dry meal are the bottom line. It's still the same sentence, if you find one and deal with the other, you will never be lenient!"

"Yes yes yes!" The official raised his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "Eldest Young Master, don't worry, everything is done according to the Eldest Young Master's order."

Shao Pingbo waved his finger again and pointed between the two mountains where the excavation took place. "Before the rainy season comes, the river canal diversion node must be opened here, otherwise the river will swell and the construction will not be possible, and the construction period will be delayed for another year. The irrigation of the plain behind the mountain depends on this place, which affects the harvest of a large area for a whole year, affects the rations of many people, and then affects the settlement of a large number of people. You have a heavy responsibility!"

The official said: "Don't worry, the eldest son, the next official will definitely get through before the rainy season comes!"

Shao Pingbo squinted coldly, "It's useless to be obedient, how can you guarantee it?"

The official bite the bullet and said: "Call workers from the refugees again, and send more people to catch up with the work!"

Shao Pingbo: "The manpower has increased, how can you guarantee the rations of the laborers?"

The official said: "After the canal is repaired, whose fields are irrigated, whoever pays the money and grain will naturally be paid. The next official will talk to those rich households."

Shao Pingbo: "It's reasonable! But I have two requirements. First, no laborers can starve to death. Second, you can't be rude and unreasonable to those rich households. You must be reasonable and explain the truth clearly to them. If you scare people away and cause bad influence, so that other wealthy households retreat and affect my Beizhou plan, I will not forgive you!"

The official groaned in his heart, but he still bit the bullet and responded: "The next official has written it down!"

"The progress of the project will be reported every three days. I will wait for your news in Beizhou."

"yes!"

Shao Pingbo glanced at the local officials present, and said slowly: "You are here to make a living for the people of Beizhou, and I can't treat you badly." Turning his head to the general standing on the side, he said: "General Xu, gather the family members of the local officials, big and small, and send them to the capital city of Beizhou for resettlement. I will support their families so that they can work here with peace of mind."

General Xu clasped his fists and said, "Yes!"

Shao Pingbo said to the officials again: "Before the rainy season comes, everyone must work together to open up this canal. I will wait for your good news in Beizhou. When the good news arrives, I will personally send your family members back and celebrate for everyone!"

Everyone was terrified, this is to take everyone's family members as hostages!

I have heard about this eldest son's ruthlessness for a long time. If this is not done, the consequences can be imagined!

But everyone had no choice but to respond in unison, "Thank you, Eldest Young Master!"

After the crowd dispersed, Shao Sanxing waved his hand to signal the people around Shao Pingbo to avoid, and reminded: "My lord, is it inappropriate to take these officials' family members as hostages?"

Shao Pingbo's white hair at the temples was very conspicuous in the sun. He stared at the busy place and sighed softly: "I don't know what's wrong. However, in this troubled world, people's hearts are like water, so we should use heavy codes to curb them... It's not a bad thing that government orders can be implemented quickly if they come from me, and sometimes let them fear me!"

Shao San was silent for a while, and then said: "My lord, Miss Su missed Niu Youdao!"

Shao Pingbo suddenly turned his head, "What's going on?"

He couldn't explain a sentence or two of this matter clearly, so Shao Sansheng took out the translated secret letter from his sleeve and asked him to read it himself.

After Shao Pingbo received it and looked at it, he said slowly: "It's not surprising that you missed it. I told sister Zhao that Niu Youdao must be prepared, don't do it rashly!"

After finishing speaking, he stared at the paper in his hand, frowned and pondered, muttering, "Such a master, but he also missed... A group of people suddenly appeared beside him..."

After a long time, the paper was handed back to Shao Sansheng, and he said: "Send the message to Sister Zhao, I want to know all the details of Niu Youdao after he came out of the mountain, remember, details, I want details!"

"Yes!" Shao Sanxing agreed.

"Ahem..." Shao Pingbo coughed violently.

A few days later, Shao Pingbo was reading official documents and writing instructions under the lamp in the study of the governor's mansion in the capital city of Beizhou.

Shao Sanxing entered, and sent another secret letter, "My lord, Miss Su's reply letter has arrived."

Shao Pingbo didn't look up, and when he finished approving an official document in his hand, Fang put down his pen, took the secret letter in his hand, and read it carefully.

There are several contents in the secret letter this time. After concentrating on reading for a long time, Shao Pingbo slowly put the things on the table, stared at the lights on the table in silence for a long time, and Fang Youyou sighed, "Sir, Niu Youdao probably already knew that the killer came from Xiaoyue Pavilion, and Linghu Qiu's identity probably aroused his suspicion."

Shao Sanxing asked, "How do you say it?"

Shao Ping issued the secret letter, "Look at the beginning of the secret letter, the description about when Niu Youdao came out of the mountain."

Shao Sansheng took the secret letter in his hand, but didn't read it, "Old slave has already read the secret letter. It started with Niu Youdao going to Qingshan County to purchase some things after leaving the mountain..." After a pause, he suddenly came to his senses and said, "Young Master, what does Niu Youdao mean to reveal his whereabouts?"

Shao Pingbo leaned on the back of the chair, nodded and said, "I don't need him to go out and purchase some accompanying things, and a group of experts from the three sects suddenly appeared beside him. They are clearly prepared. He is using himself as bait, and he has already set a trap to lure people who are not good for him. Even an expert like Zhuo Chao can't kill him, which shows that he is fully prepared!"

"With such self-preservation skills, why do you need to let people accompany you in secret, why do you want to show weakness to the outside world? What is it if you don't deliberately lure people who want to be unfavorable to him? Deliberately causing trouble for yourself, what is your intention? It is not difficult to understand. He has a great relationship with Qi. He wants to know in advance who is going against him so that he can act later. So he wants to find out who is going to attack him so that he can deal with it! I am afraid that someone in Xiaoyue Pavilion has fallen into his hands!"

Shao Sansheng: "Miss Su said in her letter that she had been reprimanded by Xiaoyue Pavilion for this matter. When Xiaoyue Pavilion reprimanded her, the content of the accusation proved that the five people who did the work had all died. It should be that none of them fell into Niu Youdao's hands."

Shao Pingbo sneered, "This proves that Linghuqiu is from Xiaoyue Pavilion!"

Shao Sansheng was stunned, he really couldn't keep up with the young master's train of thought.

"Niu Youdao made a plan before moving, and the secret entourage did not reveal it before the attack. Exactly how many people Niu Youdao used to ambush him and how he killed Zhuo Chao is still a mystery. Sister Zhao and Xiaoyue Pavilion can't figure out what happened. None of the assassins returned. How could Xiaoyue Pavilion know the specific casualties?"

"Zhuo Chao and his entourage consist of seven people, one responsible for transferring Linghu Qiu away, one responsible for watching the wind in the Boundless Pavilion, and five responsible for doing the fighting. This is the outline of the action. Linghu Qiu has been inseparable from Niu Youdao before. After the incident, do you think Niu Youdao will suspect Linghu Qiu? If this does not arouse Niu Youdao's suspicion, then Niu Youdao is not the Niu Youdao I am familiar with. If you have already suspected Linghu Qiu, Niu Youdao is unlikely to tell Linghu Qiu that he has caught a victim. After the incident, Niu Youdao Dao must tell Linghu Qiu that all five assassins are dead! So Xiaoyue Pavilion also thinks that all five assassins are dead!"

"Niu Youdao deliberately set up a scheme to catch someone alive. Even Zhuo Chao died in his hands. Do you think it is very difficult for him to catch someone alive?"

Shao Sansheng seemed to have realized something, and asked again in doubt: "Xiaoyue Pavilion's cruel method of dealing with traitors is not a child's play. Even if someone is caught, he should know the consequences of betrayal. Can he confess so easily?"

Shao Pingbo sneered, "You underestimate Niu Youdao too. Niu Youdao is not those self-righteous people in the practice world who only know how to fight and kill. With his methods, unless it is a dead person, as long as it falls into his hands, I will not be surprised at the result. Most people are not in his hands at all, and they can't run away in front of him. He has a lot of ways to pry the other party's mouth! If he can leave the Boundless Pavilion, it means that he has succeeded!"