Chapter 815 Hidden History

Lingchuan originally belonged to Xijue. After the whole territory of Xijue was captured by Panlong City, it was naturally incorporated into the territory of Panlong City.

Because of its special geographical location and historical problems, Longchuan became a major obstacle for He Lingchuan to take over the leadership of Yuheng City.

He wanted to see the real history of Longchuan.

He was able to open a retrospective perspective of more than 100 years, which was his advantage.

When he first opened the information, he was in a good mood, but the more he looked, the more solemn his face became.

The records here were far beyond his expectations: in real history, during the period when Panlong City took over, the banditry in Longchuan was suppressed for a time, but it was not cured, and even became more and more serious in the later period!

Five years after the capture of Xijue, Panlong City had to give up the southern trade route.

This means that the trade between Panlong City and Baisha Bay was interrupted, and Zhong Shengguang's desire for external communication almost came to nothing.

As for the reason, the county annals only recorded one sentence:

The Panlong army was tough, which led to a civil uprising.

He Lingchuan couldn't believe it.

He originally thought that with the strength of Panlong City's army, it was only a matter of time to clear the Longchuan water bandits. But history told him that this was not the case at all!

Because it was a long time ago and Longchuan was a place of banditry, outsiders didn't know much about it, and the county annals only had a few records.

How many thrilling and back-and-forth tugs of war were hidden between the lines?

The reasons recorded above are of course incomplete, and can even be said to be biased and one-sided. But He Lingchuan read it word by word, back and forth four or five times, and then turned to read the local clan history.

History is always written by the victors, and there are few official records of places that the victors disdain. Fortunately, there are always promising clans in the local area to compile family history, and the truth is written inadvertently.

In the two clan histories that He Lingchuan read, the Zhang family was once a local gentry, and the Li family was a wealthy family in Tu County. The whereabouts of these two families are still unknown, because their family histories are hidden in a private library in Tu County, and the "Luguan" seal is printed on the back of the books.

It can be seen that Wu Shaoyi also visited local celebrities to get these private collections.

In the turbulent times, there are still people in Tu County who pay attention to classics, which is fortunate for He Lingchuan.

Both books are tattered, and he has to read them carefully.

The part of the Li family history that mentions Longchuan has been circled by Wu Shaoyi with a brush.

The wording here is very bold, saying that the army of Panlong City was extremely tough in clearing out Longchuan bandits, and the means were swift and resolute. Once they went deep into the hinterland of Longchuan to suppress bandits, they encountered fierce resistance and killed more than 600 people.

These more than 600 people are not all bandits!

This is how fighting is, sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between bandits and civilians.

The local people are fierce, and the army of Panlong City immediately aroused public anger. Several major bandits in Longchuan even united to retaliate, sneaking into the southern part of Yuheng City and massacring two villages.

The main residents of these two villages were Xiluo people who migrated with the Panlongcheng army.

Since then, there have been endless suppressions and riots.

The ancestor of the Li family almost lost his life in the fight, so he gave up his original livelihood and moved to Tu County.

He Lingchuan found from the lines that although the Li family history was embellished, their ancestor probably came from a business with no capital.

The Zhang family history was more sloppy, only recording that the southern trade route gradually withered and their own papyrus business was greatly affected.

After reading Wu Shaoyi's annotations, He Lingchuan wanted to close the book and think, but he didn't want to turn two more pages, and a sentence caught his eye:

The following spring, the Yuheng City Guard was assassinated.

This sentence gave him a real shock.

There was no He Lingchuan in the real history of Yuheng City, so there was someone else in charge of the city defense. That is, after Xiao Maoliang was transferred back to Panlong City, someone else took over the position of commander.

But the records in the Zhang family history are too simple. The so-called "city defender" refers to Wen Daolun, who is in charge of city affairs, or the new commander in charge of city defense?

It is hard to tell.

He Lingchuan quickly flipped through several other books from beginning to end, hoping to find the time and place of the assassination.

Unfortunately, nothing was found.

In short, an important person in Yuheng City was assassinated and killed, which is probably the legacy of Longchuan's failure to eliminate bandits.

He Lingchuan threw down the book, rubbed his temple, and then picked up Wu Shaoyi's letter.

The envelope was intact, and it was written "Young Master's Personal Letter". But He Lingchuan suspected that He Chunhua had checked the letter before he could hand it over to him with confidence.

Anyway, as a military general, Wu Shaoyi's handwriting on the envelope was not very beautiful and easy to forge.

He opened the letter and read it. He thought Wu Shaoyi was telling him how difficult it was to get the information, but he didn't expect that there was some useful information in the letter.

After He Chunhua defeated the main force of the southern rebels, he immediately sent Wu Shaoyi and others into Longchuan to continue to eliminate the rebels, which was called eradicating all evil.

This task was not difficult. The remnants of the rebels in Longchuan had heard that they had become dogs without a home after the main force was defeated. Once He Zongguan's army came to suppress them, they all surrendered.

Wu Shaoyi found an old water lizard over 230 years old in Longchuan.

This old monster was an aboriginal in Longchuan. His magic power was not high, but he had a long life and broad knowledge. He had experienced all kinds of storms and had been a local water spirit for 20 to 30 years.

When Wu Shaoyi asked, he found that the old guy was not demented and could still remember everything that happened more than a hundred years ago. So he personally wrote a full ten pages of confession for the old water lizard, and finally sent it to He Lingchuan in the form of a letter.

The dozen or so pieces of paper all recorded the history of Takigawa, most of which were trivial matters. He Lingchuan skimmed through them and quickly extracted useful information from them:

The Zhang family history records that the Yuheng City Guardian was assassinated.

And the old water lizard remembers very clearly that this "city guard" is called Zhao Yinan, the commander of Yuheng City.

Well, He Lingchuan scratched his chin, which means that in real history, the commander who succeeded Xiao Maoliang in Yuheng City was Zhao Yinan.

Further down: "As soon as Zhao Yinan took office, the water bandits attacked Yuheng City at night, and the city suffered heavy losses."

It turns out that the water bandit attack on the city really happened in history, and it was successful?

But in the Panlong world, because of He Lingchuan's participation and command, this incident had a completely opposite ending.

According to the confession of the old water lizard, Zhao Yinan was indeed assassinated, which is consistent with the records of the Zhang family history. Of course, it was not at the scene and did not know the process.

Ha, He Lingchuan is not afraid of the enemy playing this trick.

He has become accustomed to dying in the Panlong world, and he doesn't care if he dies again.

But the next sentence made his face suddenly ugly:

The next year, Yuheng City Guardian Wen Daolun also died.

He Lingchuan felt a chill in his heart, and immediately remembered that when he entered the Panlong World a few days ago, Wen Daolun mentioned to him that he had predicted a dangerous hexagram.

So, Wen Daolun, like his beloved son Wen Xing, ultimately could not escape death and fight against fate?

This kind of destiny is the most despairing, right?