The useless beasts naturally refer to the four tall horses that pull the cart. This is the so-called killing of donkeys by unloading mills.
However, Liu Fang was still frightened when he heard the prince's pun-laden words.
The powerful men pulled the four horses down and slaughtered them. After all, they were worth a lot of money, and anyone with a discerning eye could see the prince's displeasure. How many people dared to disobey at this time?
Liu Fang quickly stood up and followed the prince into the lobby of Suzhou Mansion.
King Xiangli stood at the bottom of the hall. He did not choose to take the seat in the middle. He looked up at the four big characters hanging high on the mirror in the Suzhou government office, leaving Liu Fang with a generous back.
Liu Fang knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed three times.
Bang bang bang!
In order to ensure that the prince could hear the sound of his kowtow, Liu Fang used all his strength to suck milk.
So after the three heads were kowtowed, when Liu Fang raised his head again, his forehead was already covered in blue and purple, and there were even traces of blood.
"Accept the order." King Xiangli said calmly, without any fluctuation in his tone.
Liu Fang helped himself down, not daring to raise his head.
"Look up." King Xiangli said again.
"I don't dare!" Liu Fang said in a trembling voice.
"Um?"
It was still the scary word "um". At this time, Liu Fang still had no chance of luck. He quickly raised his head, only to find that the prince was already facing him at some point.
At this time, King Xiangli looked at Liu Fang with slit eyes, like a poisonous snake that bites people.
It's also like looking at a dead person.
Liu Fang wanted to lower his head, but when the prince told him to raise his head, how could he dare to disobey.
With all the facial features on his bloated face, why did he have to look at those inconspicuous eyes?
Liu Fang began to observe the prince's nose, which could calm his mood a little.
The so-called seconds are like years, but that's it.
I don't know how long it took, it seemed like just a moment or an hour.
Just when Liu Fang couldn't help but kowtow again.
King Xiangli finally moved.
He took out a bright scroll from his arms, which was the imperial edict.
According to the imperial law, how can there be a rule of raising one's head to receive an order?
However, Liu Fang gave up those insignificant rules in just a moment.
However, King Xiangli did not intend to read out the imperial edict, but took out a Huozhezi from his arms again.
Then, under Liu Fang's gaze, the imperial edict...
Burned!
Watching the holy edict turn into ashes in front of him, Mr. Liu Fang was heartbroken.
But I heard the prince's voice coming again.
At this time, Liu Fang was able to listen to the prince's voice. In fact, it was not very rich and a little thin.
If you listen with your eyes closed, it will be difficult to connect with the mountain-like figure in front of you.
"Go into the mountain to surround and exterminate the mulberry snakes within two days. I admire this."
Liu Fang bowed his head again and kowtowed: "I accept the order."
The imperial edict has been burned, so there is naturally no edict to follow, and what is written in the edict is actually not important.
However, Liu Fang still wanted to accept the order, and the order he received was naturally not His Majesty's order, but what's the difference?
At this time, Liu Fang fully understood the reason why King Xiangli came to the Suzhou government office this time.
I'm not happy with you.
If it is no longer useful, kill it.
If you don’t know how to do it, let me teach you.
The emperor is not here, I have the final say.
From the time King Xiangli arrived at Suzhou Mansion, he has spoken no more than twenty words, and even added those two "ums".
Yet enough is enough.
Liu Fang sent the prince to the gate of the government office and looked at the prince's huge body slowly getting on the new carriage, feeling like crying but without tears.
The car didn't move, but a big hand like a cattail fan stretched out from the car window and waved to the outside.
One of the guards stepped forward to obey the order, then clasped his fists and handed over his hands, saying "I obey."
The car started and drove slowly towards the residence arranged for the prince in advance.
The bodyguard trotted up to Liu Fang and said, "Master Liu, the prince has ordered that Liao Xunli, the deputy general of the City Patrol Department, will see you immediately."
"My lord, take your orders."
Even if he was just a small bodyguard beside the prince, how could Liu Fang dare to neglect him.
After respectfully seeing off his personal guards again, Liu Fang immediately went to patrol the city's Yamen to inform Zhao Xuance and Liao Xunli.
When notifying Liao Xunli, he naturally went to meet the prince; when notifying Zhao Xuance, he naturally went to the Suzhou government office to meet him.
Raising troops into the mountains within two days, time is too tight.
After receiving the news, Zhao Xuance did not dare to delay, and immediately set off to the lobby of Suzhou Mansion, where he saw a haggard Liu Fang.
Liu Fang's forehead was now bruised and bloodstained, and he looked really miserable.
Although Zhao Xuance didn't know what was going on, he had a bad premonition when he heard that the prince did not return to his residence but came directly to the Suzhou government office.
"Take care, sir." Zhao Xuance said.
Following Zhao Xuance's gaze, Liu Fang remembered that he had just been thinking about sending troops to Yuemeng Mountain, but he lost his sense of control and didn't even have time to wipe the blood on his forehead. This shows how panicked he was in his heart.
Liu Fang smiled bitterly, took out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead, but he took a breath of pain.
He waved his hand and said, "It's good if you can save your head. Why bother with this."
"What happened?" Zhao Xuance asked.
Liu Fang told Zhao Xuance everything about what had just happened, and he did not even hide the fact that the prince burned the imperial edict.
"Aren't you afraid that the emperor will blame you for this... privately destroying the imperial edict and falsely conveying the holy will?" Zhao Xuance still couldn't believe it.
"The whole world belongs to the king. Even the whole world belongs to others. Do you think that even if His Majesty knows this, what can he do besides a few words of verbal admonishment?" Liu Fang smiled bitterly at this time, but he didn't know that he was laughing. Zhao Xuance's innocence or helplessness, or both.
Zhao Xuance was kneeling on one knee, lowering his head and clasping his fists.
"What are you..." Seeing Zhao Xuance kneeling in front of the hall, the governor of Suzhou suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Liao Xunli was assassinated by gangsters last night. At this time, the body is still patrolling the city's Yamen. The official has just learned about this matter. Please atone for your sins." Zhao Xuance said in a low voice.
Liu Fang looked deeply at Zhao Xuance for a long time.
Time seems to freeze here.
Liu Fang finally sighed and said nothing to blame.
"Those foreigners are so bold." Liu Fang said slowly, concluding the matter.
Zhao Xuance lowered his head and said nothing.
"Issuing additional sea arrest documents, announcing that all surrounding counties at the city level are going all out to hunt down these thieves." Liu Fang gave the order to Zhao Xuance, who seemed much older for a moment.
"Your Majesty, I'll go and explain." Liu Fang said immediately.
"Thank you, sir." Zhao Xuance said, cupping his fists.
"Notify all the soldiers in the city to assemble before sunset. They will assemble at nine o'clock tomorrow, have dinner at three o'clock, and set off at six o'clock. They must arrive at Yuemengshan Camp before noon. This matter is up to you." Liu Fang continued.
Zhao Xuance didn't answer.
"What do you want to say?" Liu Fang asked when he saw that Zhao Xuance did not accept the order.
"The Sangshe clan has opened their spiritual wisdom, and after investigation by their subordinates, although there were incidents of hurting people, they were all for self-protection, and there was no murder. The people who died were all ordered by Liao Xunli. The frame-up was just to force the Suzhou Prefecture to attack Sang Snake with all its strength, my lord..."
"That's enough!" Liu Fang shouted to stop Zhao Xuance.
Zhao Xuance suddenly raised his head and saw Liu Fang's face full of anger, but his eyes were filled with sadness.
"Don't ever mention these words again." Liu Fang softened his tone and said slowly.
"There are a few words that I will say today, you know."
"Every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade. The king orders the minister to die, and the minister has no choice but to die. There is a bustle, and there is a lot of benefits coming and going."
After Liu Fang finished speaking, he sighed heavily.
"Go ahead."
A trace of sadness flashed in Zhao Xuance's eyes, he cupped his fists and said yes, then left the hall.
Liu Fang was in the hall, expressionless, sitting upright for a long time, wondering what he was thinking.
…
"That's it..."
Zhao Xuance, who hurried back to the city's Yamen, reported the situation he had just learned to Qi Zhen and the others as quickly as possible.
"It's too dangerous in the city. We have to leave Suzhou immediately and rush to Yuemeng Mountain to join Li Qiang and the others."
Qi Zhen was not surprised by what happened in Suzhou Mansion. For Suzhou Mansion, the imperial envoy came here probably because the Suzhou Embroidery Competition and the tribute time of Yuemeng Silk were imminent.
But looking at this problem from the perspective of completing the game, this is definitely the inevitable response of the system when the team chooses this game mode.
Qi Zhen could even imagine that if he followed a systematic approach and assisted Suzhou Prefecture in encircling and suppressing Mulberry Snake, the imperial envoy who came might not be at the level of King Xiangli at all.
But since you have chosen this game mode, you must be prepared to deal with the system's moves.
However, Zhao Xuance couldn't leave.
Taking advantage of the stage when almost all the guards in Suzhou Mansion were about to be mobilized, Qi Zhen and the other three quietly sneaked out of the city under Zhao Xuance's arrangement.
The moment they broke away from the guards in Suzhou Mansion, Qi Zhen and the other two people all glowed with a faint light.
At the same time, the three of them looked at each other and found that the injuries on their bodies had miraculously healed.
The system prompt sound came next to my ears.
"Congratulations on being upgraded to level 14."
"Congratulations on being upgraded to level 14."
"Congratulations on being upgraded to level 26."
Lin Xiao waved his arms excitedly and said, "You have so much experience? You can upgrade to five levels in one go."
Upgrading is certainly worth being happy about, especially when you are healed from your injuries.
Qi Zhen thought about it and found that Lin Xiao had been promoted to five levels, but she had only been promoted to four levels.
It seems that the experience required for each level up is not the same and should be accumulated upwards.
And this upgrade mechanism of accumulating experience upwards will inevitably produce an inevitable situation in the context of a game where the team acts in unison.
That is, once the team survives in the game for a long time, the levels of the team members will be highly similar.
There was no point in thinking about it at this time. Qi Zhen shook her head, got rid of distracting thoughts, and began to think about the difficulties that the team would face next.
The three people recovered from their injuries, and their traveling speed became faster.
Soon after, they vaguely saw the guards guarding the official road of Yuemeng Mountain.
The three of them did not choose to take the official road directly into Yuemeng Mountain, but still chose to get into the woods.
This is also one of the important reasons why Yu Liang stayed with him to make trouble in Suzhou.
In order to avoid the suspicion of the government, Qi Zhen told Li Qiang not to hide in the camp where the soldiers were stationed, and of course, not to live with those snakes.
Therefore, the hunter Yu Liang had to follow the clues to find where Li Qiang and the others were hiding.
Yu Liang once again showed his confidence as a hunter.
Through the faint footprints in the woods and scratches on the bark, Qi Zhen and the two continued to move forward.
After walking for half an hour, Lin Xiao spoke at this moment.
"You said you believe in professionalism, why do I feel like we are going in circles?"
Yu Liang's forehead was already slightly sweaty at this time.
He turned his head and said to Lin Xiao impatiently, "Shut up."
It was indeed going in a circle, but the traces in the forest were correct. It was indeed this route.
Yu Liang felt a little worried, but still believed in his professionalism as a hunter.
Until another half hour passed.
Although it can be clearly felt that the road is completely different from the previous one, it seems...
"We seem to be turning a bigger circle." Qi Zhen finally spoke at this time.
Yu Liang stopped and turned to look at Qi Zhen, looking aggrieved.
