"The bitter cold in the North has created the tough character of the people in the North. There are many practitioners here, and it is common for them to be beaten to death if they disagree with each other," Sang Hong said.
Zu An thought, just like those in the previous life.
"The north is not as rich in products as the south. Coupled with some historical reasons, many people are forced to survive and fall into bandits. Then they find that plundering is much easier than working hard to grow crops, so more and more people Many people began to fall into the trap of bandits. Because there are many mountains in the North, some of which are covered with snow all year round, once they were surrounded by a large army of officers and soldiers, they would hide in the mountains. After the large army of officers and soldiers left, they would come out to plunder the surrounding areas, allowing the local officials to "It's a huge headache for the imperial court," Sang Hong continued, "The Demon Sect is one of the larger groups. Different from ordinary grass bandits, they have their own political program. Coupled with the influence of religion on people's hearts, their combat effectiveness is much higher than ordinary grass bandits. "
Zu An was startled: "Did the Demon Cult develop from Yi County? Is the main altar over here?"
When he passed by King Wu's territory in Jibei County before, he witnessed the Demon Cult army fighting with the official army, and thought their base camp was there.
Sang Hong shook his head: "The teachings of the Demon Cult have a certain degree of deception, so they are extremely popular among the people at the bottom, so much so that they are banned many times. They can be found everywhere in the country. Although there are several general sects in name, But no one knows where their real headquarters is, which is why the Demon Cult is so difficult to eradicate."
"Because we have to fight against the demon sect and bandits all year round, the requirements for local officials will also increase. However, the demon sect is so powerful that it is difficult to extinguish it just by relying on local counties. Therefore, clan princes have been arranged to guard all over the country, and these vassal kings The power of the kingdoms ranges from large to small, and King Yan belongs to one of the largest vassal states."
"King Yan has made a lot of achievements in recent years. He has captured and killed many demons from the Demon Cult. However, the Demon Cult is too resilient and has never been completely eradicated. The two sides have fallen into a stalemate. However, the imperial court is also worried about the local vassal kings. The power is getting bigger and bigger, so local officials will be asked to supervise these vassal kings."
"You have seen before that King Yan is the Grand Master, Prime Minister Sun Xun is the Grand Master, and the masters of Keqing under his command are seven and eight. If such a power is still set up according to other Heping counties, how can it be effective? Containment effect? Therefore, officials at all levels here, whether they are prefects, captains, etc., are much higher than those of the same rank in other counties."
Zu An was a little puzzled: "But even this is far from the Grand Master and Grand Master of Prince Yan's Mansion. How can they play a check and balance role?"
Sang Hong smiled: "There is also the imperial court. Unless the King of Yan dares to rebel openly, how can he dare to touch the officials of the local system? Moreover, Yi County also has their army. When the regular army fights, personal force is not that important. , unless he really reaches the level of the emperor, but now looking at the world, he is the only earthly immortal. Of course, what you said is not unreasonable. I guess the court should have other back-ups, such as the embroidered clothes messenger who shoulders the responsibility of monitoring the world. .”
Zu An couldn't help but think of the seventh gold medal. Could it be that he was spying on King Yan? Cooperate with the local prefect, captain, etc. openly and covertly.
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Well, King Yan is the emperor's uncle, and he is not young at all. Even if he really has any objections, he will not be able to become the emperor.
You must know that the royal family has a complete set of rules on the order of succession. Not to mention that the emperor has a prince and so many biological sons, and there is also the great god King Qi. In addition to King Qi, there are also brothers of the same generation, distant relatives of the royal family like King Yan. Even if he takes the throne a hundred times, it won't be his turn, so there is no motive for him to have any different intentions.
At this time, I heard Sang Hong say: "I will take the opportunity to stay in Yi County for three days to express condolences to King Yan, and at the same time help Prefect Zhang maintain local stability. However, we obviously cannot stay here for a long time. No matter what happens after three days, we will We must set off.”
Zu An knew that he was hinting to himself that if he wanted to do something, he should hurry up and get it done within these three days, otherwise he would no longer be able to cover for himself.
"Thank you, uncle." It's very rare for the other person to be able to do this.
Sang Hong took a sip of tea and said calmly: "I'm not doing it for you, but for...forget it, you should be careful."
Not long after Zu An returned to the room, he suddenly felt something in his heart. He directly changed into the gold medal eleven clothes and came to Xiao Jianren's room.
The seventh gold medalist was also in the room. He was a little surprised when he saw Zu An because he didn't realize when he came.
"This person is indeed not simple. It seems that he cannot be measured by his superficial cultivation." He was originally a little worried about whether the other party was qualified for this task. There was no one to find him before. Thinking that the other party was a gold medal messenger after all, he insisted. He was looking for scalp, but now he was completely relieved.
"It has been found. The escort team will leave the city from the west gate at noon tomorrow. They will leave for a while and then turn south." Gold Medal Seventh unfolded a map. The mountain topography records on it are quite detailed. This kind of map is the highest level military Ordinary people can't see the map at all, but given his identity, it won't be a problem.
Zu Anxin thought that this person's intelligence network was really quite powerful. Sang Honggang and Prefect Zhang
Then he pointed to a location on the map: "We will start here in the Lone Wolf Valley. There is a valley with hundreds of meters of terrain and difficult terrain, which cannot be used by large forces. It is a good opportunity for us to take action."
"Lone Wolf Valley, is there any powerful wolf-shaped ferocious beast there?" Hearing this name, Zu An couldn't help but recall some of his previous encounters. He also thought that success was imminent, and a powerful local ferocious beast suddenly appeared. Saving people with few versus many this time is inherently risky. If something like this happens, it's easy to fail.
"No, it's just named because there is a huge rock at the top of the valley next to it that looks like a lone wolf. Although there are occasional ferocious beasts nearby, their level is too low and has no impact on the battle situation." Gold Medal No. 7 praised the other party more and more. In his opinion, as a gold medal embroidered messenger, cultivation is secondary, a clear mind and cautious character are the most important.
Next, he introduced to Zu An the cultivation and special skills of the main people escorting the team on this trip, which was more detailed than what Sang Hong had provided before. He even introduced patiently how many soldiers there were: "
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My plan is this..."
"This is called professionalism." Zu An was filled with admiration.
The two discussed for a long time, and then Gold Medal Eleven left quietly. He wanted to monitor the dynamics of the escort team to prevent the other party from temporarily changing their itinerary.
As for Zu An, he rushed to Lone Wolf Valley. Before leaving, he specially found Pei Yougaoying and others, saying that he would have a small breakthrough in his cultivation recently and needed to meditate in seclusion, so that people should not disturb him. The two of them naturally agreed. Even congratulations.
In addition, Sang Hong hinted that he would help cover it up, so he quietly walked to Lone Wolf Valley.
With his current level of cultivation, it didn't take him too long to reach his destination as he hurried on with all his strength.
After taking a look at the top of the mountain in the distance, Zu An understood why the other party chose this place. This was because the valley was like a funnel. It was wide into the valley and became narrower as you went in. The narrowest point was only a few meters wide. This way The slender section is about two to three hundred meters long, and then gradually opens up at the back.
As long as a place like this comes in, no matter how many people come in, they won't be able to use it.
However, even ordinary people know that such a place is an important military road, how can the people in the army not know it?
Yijun built an outpost here to keep an eye on the situation in the valley. If there was any change, a beacon message would be sent to the distant cities of Yijun.
Zu An's first task was to find a way to deal with this outpost so that it could lose its function of sending messages and warnings.
Gold Medal Seventh solemnly warned that it is not difficult to deal with the outpost, but it is very difficult not to alert the snake, because although the number of people in the outpost is not large, they are very scattered. There are people at the mouth of the valley, in the middle of the valley, and at the end of the valley, and there are also people watching from the commanding heights on the cliff. , and there is an ignition device in every place. Once something is wrong anywhere, the beacon will be lit immediately.
That's fine, the more difficult thing is to wait until noon to escort the team. If you see something wrong with the outpost, you will naturally not enter the valley.
Therefore, we can only attack the sentries in the valley and at the commanding heights. To enter the valley, we must pass through the surveillance range of the sentries at both ends of the valley.
Zu An wasn't too worried. He could even break into the palace. It was so heavily guarded, so it would be difficult. Four solutions came to his mind in an instant.
He quickly rushed to the position of the valley whistle post. He was very fast. It was dawn now. Although the sky was dim, it was still quite dark in the valley. His movement was difficult to see clearly due to the darkness of the night.
When he approached the outpost, he was about to take action when he suddenly frowned because he smelled a strong smell of blood.
"What's going on?" He cautiously came to the door of the guard post, only to see that several sentries inside had fallen into a pool of blood. Each of them had been fatally struck by one blow, and there was obviously no time to react.
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