The wind was blowing harder and harder, and the rain was falling harder and harder.
In the bitter wind and rain, a few armored guards standing at the foot of the wall looked at each other. They saw each other's faces were green and their bodies were trembling. However, they didn't dare to stomp their feet to warm themselves up.
These guards were all top-notch Martial Masters.
However, even if they had strong bodies and vigorous Qi and blood, it was still very uncomfortable for them to stand for half a day in this cold winter wind and rain without being allowed to move. They were wearing armor, knives, and spears that weighed 60 to 70 kilograms. Their clothes were soaked through. It would be better if they could move, but they couldn't.
The rules of the Shuiyang Province's Inspector-General were very strict. The Martial Master guards had to stand straight like a wooden pole. If they moved even a little bit, Lord Hong Kang would see them and beat them until their skin and flesh split open.
In the distance, more than a dozen maids stood under the eaves in a line. They were carrying food boxes, umbrellas, and charcoal stoves.
They were preparing to send some food and wine to the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the distance.
The pavilion in the distance was faintly discernible in the wind and rain. It was so calm that nothing happened. Wu Housekeeper and Hong Kang's shadows were chatting happily in the pavilion.
"Look, this is the benefit of being an official. Lord Kang is enjoying tea and enjoying the rain in the pavilion, but we have to prepare under the eaves. Those guards are so cold that their faces are green. They don't even dare to move. "
At this time, a little girl carrying a food box grumbled.
"Xiao Li, you're courting death! You're new and don't know the rules! Hurry up and clean up the food box. Don't let the soup spill out. Last time, Xiao Ru broke one of Lord Kang's teacups when she was cleaning up. Then, she was tied up and thrown into the woodshed. After three days and three nights, she starved to death! "
The other maidservant hurriedly stopped this maidservant from complaining.
The group of maidservants did not make a sound.
"I heard that this Lord Kang preyed on the people and received eighty percent of the money! He forced our village to sell our sons and daughters. My family couldn't afford to waste money, so they sold me to the purchasing bureau. This time, he was still eating monkey brains and sheep fetuses. He dug out the live sheep fetuses and steamed them with milk before eating the monkey brains. Isn't he afraid of being struck by lightning from the heavens? I really hope that the heavens will strike this Lord Kang dead! "
A few of the maids thought to themselves.
Rumble!
Just at this moment, a light sound came from the lake. It sounded like thunder.
Then, the lake water shook, and the originally hazy floating bridge in the wind and rain suddenly seemed to be twisted by a devil's hand, breaking into many pieces.
"What's going on, what's going on!"
Noticing the commotion, the guards rushed over.
The maidservants looked at it, and their faces were filled with horror. "Did Lord Kang really suffer the wrath of the heavens? Heaven has eyes! "
At this moment, Hong Kang's voice rang out from the pavilion in the middle of the lake. The maidservants' faces immediately revealed deep disappointment. However, they hid their disappointment in their hearts and naturally didn't dare to express it.
"Inspector-General, what's going on? What's going on? " Many guards rowed their boats to the pavilion in the middle of the lake. Only then did they realize that the entire island in the middle of the lake had been turned upside down, and everything was destroyed. Their Lord, the Inspector-General of the Shui Yang Province, Hong Kang, looked like a drowned rat.
"Don't ask, and don't talk too much. If today's matter is leaked out, I'll make sure that he won't be able to live until the new year …" Hong Kang said in a hoarse voice, which caused the guards present to shiver.
This Inspector-General of Shui Yang was cruel and merciless, and almost everyone in the Inspector-General's Office knew about it. If they disobeyed his words, they would immediately be killed.
After giving the order, Hong Kang said in a hoarse voice, "Flatten this island and clean up the floating bridge. You'd better forget what happened today. "
After saying that, he boarded the boat and went to his mansion. After changing his clothes, he called a few of his trusted subordinates and said, "I'm not feeling well these days, so I need to rest for a few days. I won't see any guests!"
Although these trusted subordinates felt that Hong Kang's behavior was a little strange, they obeyed him and didn't dare to disobey him.
Hong Kang shut himself in the study room and read the government affairs and the court bulletin for a while. Suddenly, he closed his eyes and opened them again, "Hong Kang, Hong Kang, you've collected eighty percent of the money! You're really a 'good official' … No wonder there are so many people selling their children in Shui Yang Province, the land of fish and rice in the south. Every year, those princes, dukes, ministers, and nobles in Jade Capital have to buy so many servants from the Southern Purchasing Bureau! It's the Inspector-General's responsibility for the common people if they freeze to death or starve to death, but you actually forced them to sell their children! I really want to kill you! No wonder the taxes of Shui Yang Province are so huge every year, and you've been praised many times! It's fine that you didn't apply for tax exemption, but you still want to increase the taxes! "
In the study room, there were many government affairs booklets, government reports, and the booklets written by the county magistrates of over ten counties. With a quick glance, Hong Yi had a rough idea of the situation of the people living in the entire Shuiyang Province.
Looking at those booklets, Hong Yi was so angry that his hands trembled slightly. He had an impulse to completely destroy Hong Kang's body and soul.
This Hong Kang was now possessed by Hong Yi's godly soul.
Originally, even a wisp of a ghost immortal expert's thought could not suppress the godly soul of a martial arts grandmaster and control his body.
Especially for a martial arts grandmaster like Hong Kang who had condensed his godly soul, it was even more difficult for him to be controlled by a Daoist expert.
However, Hong Yi's godly soul was too strong, so strong that it was at the realm of 'half thunder tribulation'. When he forcibly possessed the godly soul, he forcibly suppressed Hong Kang's thought and made it impossible for him to move! Thus, he gained control of the body.
Using Hong Kang's body, he calmed down the storm and strictly forbade the people in the Inspector Mansion from divulging what had happened in the center of the lake. After issuing a strict gag order, Hong Yi knew that although the matter was not flawless, it could be reduced to a small one, or even a small one in the future.
Originally, Hong Yi just wanted to use the Yin-Yang Chaotic Hole Formation to erase Hong Kang's memory and then destroy his martial arts. But now, looking at the government affairs in the study room, Hong Yi wanted to kill Hong Kang.
Hong Kang's position as the Inspector was really too infuriating.
"If I were the Inspector, I would definitely govern the place so that the people would not have to worry about food and clothing, and the elderly would have to take care of their sick. Even if the imperial court was short of money, I would risk my life to submit a petition to reduce the taxes. It's absolutely impossible to increase the expenditure to 80%! "
Although he was angry, Hong Yi did not intend to use Hong Kang's body to govern Shui Yang Province.
After all, if the matter of possessing an Inspector of the imperial court was discovered, it would be too big. Moreover, there were many people who were familiar with Hong Kang. If he got in touch with them, he would definitely give himself away.
Hong Yi still planned to let Hong Kang do closed-door training according to his plan. Then, after ten days, half a month, or even a month, he would unknowingly suffer from Qi deviation and break his acupoints.
In Yujing City, which was six thousand miles away.
The heavy snow had stopped, but the weather was still gloomy. The snow on the ground was frozen into ice cubes when the cold wind blew.
After the morning court session, eight people of Hong Xuanji carried out a large palanquin with a sapphire blue roof and gold thread and pearls from the main gate and were about to return to the mansion.
"Stop!"
Hong Xuanji's voice came out from the palanquin lightly. The palanquin immediately stopped.
Hong Xuanji sat in the palanquin with a solemn face, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Zhao Tiangang!"
"I'm here!" The leader of a group of cavalry guards following behind came up to the palanquin and quietly listened to Hong Xuanji's instructions.
"Use the golden owl to send a message to Kang, the Inspector of the Shuiyang Province, and ask if anything has happened recently. Tell him to report that he is safe before the New Year. "
Hong Xuanji's voice came out from the palanquin. After that, he said, "Let's go."
The bearers' footsteps were firm and steady on the frozen ice and snow road. They were even steadier than a boat.
"I wonder how Fei 'er's cultivation is going. Did he encounter any problems while chasing the Monogatari with Zhen Zong? Fei 'er's Yin-Yang Chaotic Hole has been cultivated to ninety percent, and he can pass the Thunder Tribulation. Did he pass it? "
In the palanquin, Hong Xuanji stroked the emerald thumb ring on his hand. His eyebrows flickered as he thought to himself.
"I've completed my mission in the Pacification Navy, and I have military achievements on my resume. Finally, I can go back to Yujing City! On the way back to Yujing City, I'll interrogate this Wu Housekeeper. "
In the camp of the Fifth Army of the Pacification Navy in Linhai Province, Hong Yi was accompanied by his absolute confidants, including Chi Zhuiyang, Mu The Younger, Shen Tiezhu, and the Enduring Monk, whose hair had grown long.
One year had passed.
"When I get to Yujing City, I'll meet Miss Consort Yuan and reminisce about old times with Ziyue if I have the chance. Also, it's time to give Murong Yan's blood-patterned steel needle to her. I wonder how the three little foxes, Xiaoshu, Xiaosang, and Xiaofei are doing in Yuantu. If I have time, I'll visit them. "
After attaching a trace of his consciousness to Hong Kang, Hong Yi's True Soul had returned to the Pacification Naval Headquarters with a group of subordinates to complete his mission.
It was finally time to return to Yujing City.
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