Facing the coercive momentum of Dugu Fengming, Dugu Fengming destroyed the country at will.
Xuan Ling had beads of sweat oozing out from his forehead. He didn't dare to raise his head and look directly at the killing intent emanating from Dugu Fengming's body, and said.
"The young master is mighty, and my subordinate Xuan Ling will swear allegiance to the young master to the death."
"I obey my orders. I will go to handle this matter immediately. With the help of the young master, I will definitely succeed this time."
Dugu Fengming waved his hand, signaling Xuan Ling to step back.
When the courtyard returned to silence, he looked at the blue-white spiritual stones again. The spiritual light had dissipated a lot, and there was a look of impatience in his eyes.
"I wanted to end the mission as soon as possible, but I didn't expect that such a suspected murderer would appear. It's okay, even if you are unlucky."
After saying that, he closed his eyes again and his whole body was Spiritual Qi moving.
The pure vitality in the spirit stone was continuously absorbed into his body for cultivation.
A few days after the death of the governor of Shanggu County, the new governor sent by the Yan Kingdom arrived here.
The visitor's surname is Wang and his first name is Huai'an. He is an official of the Yan Kingdom center. He has been serving as a sinecure in Beijing before and this time he was sent to the turbulent Upper Valley Commandery.
Obviously because there is no one to take this position, Yan Kingdom is the expedient choice of the imperial court.
When Wang Huai'an stepped into Upper Valley Commandery County Sheriff's Mansion, he saw the blood stains in the study and his face turned pale.
When the officials of the county magistrate's office told him the details of Ji Xunjiang's assassination, saying that the former Commandery Governor Ren was killed by the White Lotus Sect Celestial Person Realm assassin in the study, and his head was finally cut off.
Wang Huai'an was so frightened that his legs became weak, and he would have almost collapsed to the ground if he hadn't been supported by his left and right hands.
Since then, the newly appointed Yan Kingdom Upper Valley Commandery county magistrate has completely retreated into the county magistrate's mansion, ordering the doors of the mansion to be closed tightly, and the inside and outside to be isolated.
He tripled the number of guards in the mansion, patrolling and guarding day and night. Even so, he still had trouble sleeping and eating, and did not dare to stay alone. He had to have two guards guard the bed outside the bed at night.
Not to mention the errands of inspecting the city defense and appeasing the people, he has never even stepped out of the second gate of the county governor's house and has been hiding in the house all day long.
Relying on the people around you to deliver news, like a frightened mouse.
After two days, Wang Huai'an finally remembered his identity.
But he really didn't dare to leave the Sheriff's Mansion and come forward to meet Du Tianwu and Su Fei. In the end, he could only send his staff Zhang Qian to the Great Xuan Army's station with his warrant.
At that time, Du Tianwu was discussing the follow-up elimination plan with Su Fei in the camp.
The soldiers outside the tent reported Yan Kingdom to the staff of the county governor's office asking for an audience.
After Zhang Qian entered the account, he first saluted respectfully to the two people, then presented Wang Huai'an's warrant and said in a humble tone.
"Duke Du, Marquis Su, my Lord Wang would like to express my gratitude to the two of you for leading the army to rescue Upper Valley Commandery and putting down the rebellion. They have done a great job. It's just that my family has just arrived and heard about the assassination of my predecessor Commandery Governor Ji. He was frightened and it was really inconvenient to go out and show his face to see you two."
As soon as these words came out, Du Tianwu frowned immediately, with a bit of displeasure in his tone.
"Since Commandery Governor Wang has arrived, he is the parent official of Upper Valley Commandery. Now that the city has been decided, the people in the city need to be appeased and the city defense needs to be reorganized. What's the point of him hiding in the governor's mansion?"
Zhang Qian looked embarrassed and quickly explained.
"Duke Du Calm down, my lord is not trying to shirk the blame. He is actually wary of the White Lotus Sect assassin, for fear of repeating the same mistakes as Commandery Governor Ji. My lord has said that the situation in Upper Valley Commandery is critical now, and it all depends on the Great Xuan Army's guarding."
"From now on, Upper Valley Commandery's city defense deployment, food and grass allocation, and the elimination of remaining rebels and other defense matters will all be decided by the Duke and Commander Su. My family will not interfere, and the county governor's office will fully cooperate with you. I only hope that you two can protect the safety of the county governor's office and the stability of Upper Valley Commandery."
After saying that, Zhang Qian took out another list and presented it with both hands.
"This is the existing list of grain, grass and money in the governor's mansion. My lord has ordered that all of them be handed over to the two of you. If there is any shortage, your lord will immediately send a message back to the court to urge for supplies."
Du Tianwu was a little dumbfounded.
Su Fei leaned on the chair, tapped his fingertips on the table, looked at Zhang Qian calmly, and already understood in his heart.
This Commandery Governor Wang is clearly greedy for life and afraid of death, and just wants to save his own life. He completely ignores the responsibilities of local officials and simply puts all the burdens on them.
Du Tianwu stood up and picked up the list, glanced at it, and slapped it heavily on the table, his face becoming increasingly ugly.
"It's ridiculous, we are the reinforcements of Great Xuan. We are in the territory of the Yan Kingdom. We were originally guests, but now we have become Upper Valley Commandery. The person in charge, Wang Huai'an, holds the salary from the Yan Kingdom court, but he is hiding in the mansion like a coward, ignoring the people and the city, he is simply a corpse!"
Zhang Qian sweated on his forehead, and he quickly bowed down in fear.
"My lord, please calm down. I hope you will take care of me. My lord has no choice but to do this."
Su Fei spoke slowly, with a calm tone but with undoubted power.
"Go back and tell Commandery Governor Wang that Duke Du and I will take care of the defense matters ourselves. He doesn't need to worry about it. However, the county magistrate's office needs to provide logistical supplies and appease the people in the city. If there is trouble due to lack of food and grass or the fluctuation of public sentiment, don't blame us for being rude."
Zhang Qian then felt as if he had been granted amnesty and hurriedly bowed and left.
"Yes, yes, I will tell Lord Wang truthfully."
Silence returned to the camp again, Du Tianwu snorted coldly, full of irritation.
"The Yan Kingdom court actually sent such a loser as the county guard. We were originally here to rescue Yan Kingdom, but now we have to take care of local affairs for them. This is simply inexplicable!"
Su Fei shook his head lightly.
"The matter has come to this, and it is useless to complain. Although Wang Huai'an is cowardly, he is still sensible and has handed over full power of defense, which saves us the effort of talking nonsense with him."
Du Tianwu calmed down after hearing this and frowned.
"What the commander said is true. This matter is difficult. We can neither ignore it nor overstep our authority. At the moment, we can only stabilize the Upper Valley Commandery situation and eliminate the remaining rebels as soon as possible. Now we can only take one step at a time.
Su Fei nodded slightly and looked outside the tent.
He knew in his heart that this was only a temporary calm. Now that they had taken over the defense of Upper Valley Commandery, there were still many things to do in the future.
Su Fei's voice fell, and the dullness in the tent eased a little.
Du Tianwu took a deep breath, suppressed the depression in his heart, and looked at the list of food, grass and money on the table.
"That's all, the matter has come to this, we can't just watch Upper Valley Commandery cause trouble again and implicate our Great Xuan army."
He raised his hand to smooth out the list, his tone solemn.
"Upper Valley Commandery's defense, I'll take it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Du Tianwu stood up and walked to the sand table in the center of the camp. This sand table was made by the soldiers overnight and accurately marked the layout of Upper Valley Commandery City's streets and lanes, the location of the city gates, and several passes outside the city that were easy to defend and difficult to attack.