After the disaster relief imperial envoy from the Ministry of Revenue arrived, he quickly distributed the food and grass he carried.
However, at this time, the entire Tiannan County was already starved to death and mourning was everywhere.
After the situation was brought under control, the Imperial Envoy of the Ministry of Revenue began to investigate the case.
Such a large-scale disaster, especially due to the appearance of Ximen Chuixue, caused heavy casualties among the dragon guards, which made Emperor Jiaming lose face. If he didn't catch one or two typical examples, the imperial minister would be embarrassed to report back.
Before he came here, his father-in-law, who was acquainted with him in the palace, told him that when he went to Tiannan County this time, disaster relief was secondary, and the more important task was to investigate and deal with the officials who failed to provide disaster relief.
As a result, before he could start investigating, officials from other counties began to report to the imperial minister.
Damn it, our whole family is starving to death. You in Xinfeng County are singing and dancing every day, but nothing happens. If not, who will you do?
Without destroying you, if the whole world knew about this, how would our colleagues like us live?
Therefore, this group of people told the imperial envoy every day that Gu Jinke, the magistrate of Xinfeng County, took a group of wealthy businessmen to travel around the mountains and rivers, held large-scale competitions, and did not do their proper work.
When the imperial envoy heard this, he immediately slapped his thigh, that's okay.
As a county magistrate, he doesn't think about how to provide disaster relief and just engages in crooked ways all day long. He must be punished.
At this time, another official quietly told him that Ximen Chuixue, the God of Killing, also came to Tiannan County after discovering famine in Xinfeng County...
Upon hearing this, the imperial envoy slapped his head. Isn't this a perfect example of ineffective disaster relief?
If it weren't for your Xinfeng County, this God of Death might not be able to come to Tiannan County, and he wouldn't be looking for trouble with the Dragon Guard.
In particular, the father-in-law once said that Ximen Chuixue's appearance must be investigated clearly and the culprit must be caught.
As a result, the imperial minister had only been in Tiannan County for half a month when he handed over a eloquent and thousands-word indictment.
Within five days, the imperial edict that Gu Jinke would be imprisoned and a trial date be set reached Tiannan County.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Jinke was sent to prison.
"Don't they come to Xinfeng County to have a look?"
He Pingan asked with a sneer on his face.
In this crowded scene in Xinfeng County, are they all blind?
"I've been here before, only once..."
The young official said that the imperial minister had indeed been here, but only once when Zhao Gu Jinke returned home.
They didn't even enter the gate of Xinfeng County. They only sent three monks with fourth-level cultivation into Xinfeng County, captured Gu Jinke and left.
"Haha, he is such a good emperor and imperial envoy..."
He Ping'an sneered. He was obviously a hero of disaster relief, but during the tenure of Emperor Jiaming, he was framed as a criminal who failed to provide disaster relief.
Moreover, without Emperor Jiaming's instructions, he would never believe it.
This obviously means that the culprit Ximen Chuixue cannot be caught and Gu Jinke is used as a punching bag.
"Gu Jinke, where are you being held?"
He Pingan asked.
"In the prison of Tiannan County."
The young official replied quickly.
"You come with me!"
With a wave of his sleeve, He Ping'an swept the young official into the broken cauldron, and then with a flash of light, he flew towards Tiannan County.
If this young official stays here, I'm afraid he will be in danger. Why don't we take him with us, deal with all the corrupt officials, and then let him come back.
A quarter of an hour later.
In Tiannan County, a dark golden light fell directly into the prison.
"Why is there not a single prisoner in this prison?"
He Ping'an stood in the Tiannan County prison, his consciousness swept away, and he asked in surprise.
In the Tiannan County dungeon in front of him, all the hundreds of cells were empty.
"I don't know either."
The young official seemed a little confused. This was the first time he had seen this scene before him.
You know, Tiannan County governs more than ten counties. Normally, there are at least 180 people in this prison, but at this time, there is not even a single prisoner.
He Ping'an pinched it gently with his fingers, and Xiaoyan's divine number began to work.
Within three breaths, the result had been calculated, and the matter was related to Emperor Jiaming.
But no matter how specific and detailed the information is, it is impossible to calculate it.
He Pingan secretly thought, they are just some prisoners, why did Emperor Jiaming pay so much attention to them?
Could it be that the reason?
He Ping'an's heart moved, and he waved his hand to take a picture of a guard guarding him.
At this time, he couldn't wait any longer, so he searched the soul directly, and soon knew the truth of the matter.
Just two days ago, a group of Dragon Guard monks came, holding Emperor Jiaming's decree, and took away all the prisoners in Tiannan County.
As for where he went, the jailer was not sure.
He Pingan waved his hand and threw the jailer aside. As long as he slept for a while, the jailer would forget what happened here.
Now that his cultivation level has improved, soul searching will not cause any harm to ordinary people.
.....
In the sky above Tiannan County, a dark golden light flashed across the sky and soon headed towards Xuanyang City.
Just now, after he understood what happened, he had determined that the matter should be related to the drug tester.
With a slight thought in his mind, a clone in Xuanyang went to find Gu Jinke's location.
An hour later, He Pingan's clone appeared in a remote valley in the north outside Xuanyang City.
Looking around, the entire valley is extremely desolate and unremarkable on the surface, but in fact there are many formations arranged.
If it weren't for He Ping'an's cultivation level, his spiritual consciousness would almost not be able to find this place.
"cut!"
He Ping'an looked at the valley below expressionlessly, slashed with his sword, and the heavy formations covering the valley shattered as soon as they lit up with dots of light.
Facing the crushing force of ten thousand years of magic, these formations could not stop He Ping An at all.
"Bold, who dares to come and cause trouble!"
Two second-grade Taoist monks from the Dragon Guard rose into the sky to capture He Ping'an who came to cause trouble.
But when they saw He Pingan, who was dressed in white and snowy, the two couldn't help but hesitate.
In his mind, he couldn't help but think of the battle with the heaviest losses in the past ten years for their dragon guards, who died at the hands of this man.
"Where is Gu Jinke?"
He Ping'an asked coldly.
"Gu Jinke?"
A Taoist monk thought for a moment and asked the person next to him: "Is there such a person in our Immortal Valley?"
"I'm also a little unsure..."
Another Taoist monk spoke.
"Forget it, it's too slow..."
He Ping'an said indifferently, and then with a finger, a huge amount of spiritual consciousness surged out, divided into two parts, and searched the souls of the two people at the same time.
After a moment, He Pingan directly cut the two people in half with a sword.
Suddenly, blood spread all over the ground.
"Haha, the Immortal Valley turns out to be a stepping stone to help you become an immortal..."
He Ping'an said silently, looking in the direction of the Eternal Life Palace from a distance.
At this time, in Xuanyang City, there were dark clouds, lightning and thunder, but no raindrops.
And just below the center of the dark clouds seems to be the towering Nine-Turn Wanshou Furnace.
Just when he was searching for souls, he learned that Emperor Jiaming arranged for the Dragon Guards and the monks from the Pharmacy Refining Department of the Eternal Life Palace to bring all the prisoners in the prisons in Xuanyang Gyeonggi, regardless of the severity of their crimes, to this Chengdu. In the Immortal Valley.
But even if all these prisoners were captured, there would only be a few thousand, which was far less than the needs of Emperor Jiaming.
Therefore, Emperor Jiaming, who was already dazzled by immortality, set his sights on Tiannan County.
Because there were so many people affected by the disaster, even if tens of thousands of people were missing, no one would notice.
Arrangements were made for the Dragon Guard monks to go directly to Tiannan County and bring all the tens of thousands of victims to Chengxian Valley.
As for Tiannan County Prison, he was shot while lying down. Because he wanted to go to Tiannan County to take away the victims, the monks who went to Tiannan County also took away the people in the prison.
The monks in Chengxian Valley all knew about this and even personally participated in the massacre of the victims. They all deserved their punishment.
He Pingan's body fell and landed in the Immortal Valley.
In the valley, nearly 100,000 caves were dug against the steep mountain walls on both sides.
But most of the caves were empty at this time.
There are only a few caves with one or two living people.
He Ping'an's consciousness swept across it and immediately locked onto one of the caves. His eyes lit up and he fell into it.
In the cave, a young man wearing tattered prison uniforms and half-cloth covering his body was seen lying on the cold ground, his face was blue and purple, his body was covered in sores, and he was dying. He would not be alive for long.
"Gu Jinke!"
He Pingan called softly.
"Um......"
The young man looked at He Ping'an with a dull look, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes. He saw that this person seemed to be the killing god in white.
At this moment, Gu Jinke made a "vomit" sound and spit out a large mouthful of black and red blood, and strands of black blood oozed from his nostrils.
If Haoran hadn't been fiercely guarding his heart with anger in his chest, he might have died on the spot.
"Kill...kill me."
Gu Jinke pleaded hard, his eyes full of prayer.
There were tens of millions of ants eating away at his body. His whole body ached and itched, but he couldn't even stretch out his hands.
He had endured this kind of suffering for two full days. At this time, he had completely lost hope of living.
"If you want to die, you have to ask me if I agree!"
He Ping'an looked at all this, his expression became more and more stern, and he waved his hand to shoot out a stream of dark gold true energy. The true energy only circulated in Gu Jinke's body, and Gu Jinke's eyes suddenly regained their vitality.
All the wounds and sores on his body disappeared.
At the same time, everyone else still alive in the cave was rescued by He Ping'an.
"Ahem..."
Gu Jinke spat out several mouthfuls of black blood, and immediately felt that his body seemed to have returned to normal, and was even more vibrant than before.
"this......"
Gu Jinke felt the changes in his body and couldn't believe what he was seeing.
After ten breaths, he realized that it was the killing god in front of him who saved him.
"Thank you, senior!"
Gu Jinke bowed to the ground respectfully, but he had some doubts in his heart as to why this god of death wanted to save him.
You know, when I talked to him, even though I had met him, I was almost killed by this god of death.
Speaking of which, the two have no friendship, but some hatred.
"These people here will be left to you first."
"After this matter is over, go to the Han Palace and look for Doctor Qin."
He Ping'an waved his hand and placed the young official in front of Gu Jinke from the broken tripod, and then left the Immortal Valley in a flash.
He believed that Gu Jinke could handle the matter well. After all, he was the only one here with some cultivation.
The other people were all saved by me using fragmentary elixirs and did not receive any benefit.
"senior......"
Gu Jinke shouted at He Pingan's back, and wanted to ask a few more questions, who is Dr. Qin...
It's a pity that He Ping'an didn't stop at all, and disappeared into the distance in a flash.
...
"Alas... I'm still late after all..."
He Ping'an's real body flew away with all his strength, and now he had appeared thousands of miles outside Xuanyang City, but his mind was sorting out the information obtained from the previous soul search.
Two days ago, Emperor Jiaming kidnapped these people here and took out a large amount of waste elixirs stored in the Pharmacy Refining Department.
All the people who were kidnapped here were force-fed pills, and as long as they survived, they would get another pill. ,
If one is not enough, add ten more until you die.
In just one day, no less than 50,000 people died.
Gu Jinke had a relatively strong desire to survive, and also had good cultivation skills. He resisted twenty waste pills in a row and was lucky enough to survive.
Half a day ago, these Dragon Guard monks seemed to have received an order from above. They ignored the undead people like them, and all the corpses were transported to the Nine-turn Longevity Furnace.
The two remaining monks are preparing to take charge of the finishing work, which is to kill these undead people and destroy the Immortal Valley at the same time.
It's just that He Pingan came too quickly. They were about to take action when He Pingan came over.
Otherwise, Gu Jinke would probably die.
"Emperor Jiaming, since you are seeking death yourself, don't blame Pindao for his ruthlessness!"
He Ping'an's heart was filled with unbridled anger. According to his original plan, he would come to trouble Emperor Jiaming after he was completely familiar with the seventh level of the Eight-nine Mysterious Skills.
But at this time, it had to be advanced.
Not more than ten breaths later, He Pingan's figure appeared outside Xuanyang City, and his appearance had changed into that of the three crazy Taoists.
At this time, Xuanyang City lit up with arrays of lights, faintly forming a golden unicorn shadow.
The city defense formation has suddenly been activated.
"break!"
He Ping'an didn't hesitate at all, his body flashed with dark gold light, and he punched the city defense formation with a punch.
With the blessing of ten thousand years of mana, the dark gold fist became solid, and wherever the fist touched, it was like the sky was falling apart.
On the city defense formation below, the unicorn shadow seemed to feel the threat, and immediately roared, and then its huge body rose into the sky to meet the dark gold fist.
"boom!"
The unicorn shadow intertwined with the dark gold fist, emitting bursts of violent roars, and immediately spread out powerful riot aftermath to the surroundings.
He Pingan's expression changed, and his magic power surged out again.
Within three breaths, the powerful unicorn shadow composed of array light could no longer withstand He Ping'an's tens of thousands of years of mana. It let out a wail and disappeared.
The powerful fist had no obstruction, and with a bang, a huge hole was opened in the city defense formation.
"Uh-huh!"
The dark golden light flickered for a while, and the escape speed did not slow down at all. In just two breaths, He Ping'an appeared in the sky above the Palace of Eternal Life.
The tall Nine-Turn Wanshou Furnace is right in front of you. The entire bottom of the alchemy furnace is filled with flames, and the surrounding air is slightly distorted by the terrifying high temperature.
Emperor Jiaming, dressed in a dragon-embroidered robe, stood solemnly on the lid of the Nine-Turn Wanshou Furnace. In front of him was a huge chessboard made of mana in the void.
The chessboard stretches hundreds of feet across, with black and white intertwined on it, making it look like an endgame.
Seeing He Pingan appear, Emperor Jiaming showed a smile on his thin face: "Dragon-riding Martial Saint?"
"Exactly."
He Ping'an stood in the void and looked at Emperor Jiaming in front of him with a calm expression.
This was considered the first official meeting between the two.
"Your Excellency came at the right time."
Emperor Jiaming smiled confidently and said: "I will break through the ninety-five days and achieve the state of human emperor. I will invite the Dragon-riding Martial Saint to watch the ceremony."
While speaking, he waved his hand and took a table and chair from a distance and threw it towards He Pingan.
"boom!"
He Ping'an waved his sleeves, and an invisible force surged out, directly tearing the tables and chairs into pieces, and said solemnly: "I am not here to watch the ceremony."
"In that case, how about we talk about it?"
Emperor Jiaming said with a smile. He was not angry at all because of He Pingan's actions. Instead, a black chess piece appeared out of thin air in his hand.
"I don't know how to play Go."
He Pingan glanced at the chessboard, shook his head and refused.
The sky is long and green, with thick clouds hanging down.
The chessboard has unique ideas, exquisite calculations, and majestic atmosphere, showing the grandeur of the universe.
He Pingan could tell at a glance that Emperor Jiaming was not weak in chess, and he had obviously been immersed in the art of chess for a long time.
Although his chess skills are not great, they are not bad either. It is not that he does not understand Go.
When Tu Qiongdeng met, Emperor Jiaming was obviously stalling for time. How could He Ping'an fall into the trap and let him refine the elixir in the furnace?
"However, I know that people like you who insist on going your own way and make people angry will be punished by everyone."
As he spoke, He Pingan's whole body shone with dark golden light, and he was ready to take action.
