Chapter 532: Behind the Scenes (Part 1)
Without even giving a chance to defend himself, Li Ling was escorted into a room in the side courtyard by the Governor's Office. According to Wen Ming's intention, he had to wait until someone was sent to Songjiang Prefecture and Huating County to visit again before finally making a decision. During this period, County Magistrate Li had to be under house arrest.
The only thing that is thankful is that Governor Wen did not do anything, did not take Li Ling's official position, and did not torture him. He had never even had a body search. He just locked him in the house and did not do anything. However, there were still several strong men outside the door who were guarding him, which made him unable to escape.
When he was just locked up in the room, Li Ling was still a little confused and could not come back to his senses from this sudden change. He really couldn't understand why Governor Wen treated him like this. Although it was indeed unruly to pull out an army as a county magistrate, judging from the situation at that time, he should have made far more contributions than his faults, and even if he was not good, he could only compare his merits and demerits.
But this sudden change of attitude was a bit inexplicable, as if Li Ling had already led his troops to pose a threat to the entire Jiangnan. He really couldn't accept that Wen Ming, as a governor and a chief magistrate, would not even have such a little flexibility.
As his mind slowly settled down, Li Ling even thought of some unreasonable things, which made Wen Ming himself very worthy of his doubts.
First of all, what did Wen Ming, the governor, do during the chaos in Jiangnan? He did nothing, and even the tens of thousands of people in Jinling did not move. He actually watched the prefectures and counties in Jiangnan be captured by rebels one by one, and the people either died or fled, or simply joined the rebels. Is this the reaction that a senior local official should make?
Secondly, now that the chaos has begun to settle, what has he done? The city of Jinling may be quite stable, but what about the outside world? How many people are suffering from great disasters, but as the governor of Jiangnan, he has not issued any government orders to save the people and safeguard the people. He even wanted to issue the previous orders to make the people in various places have another chaos.
Finally, he was a false accusation against himself. This was not for the sake of Jiangnan’s stability. It was clearly a revenge. It was like he had ruined his good deeds before, so he found an excuse to hold himself first, and then search for some specious crimes, and then he wanted to get rid of himself!
Thinking of this, Li Ling felt even more cold on his back. He believed that with the power of the governor, it would be completely easy to kill him. Even if he was not comparable to an ordinary county magistrate, as long as he acted quickly enough, the court would not be able to pursue his death.
After making this inference, Li Ling had already come up with an answer that shocked him even more - Wen Ming was the real mastermind behind the Jiangnan Rebellion. If you ask him why a governor did this, the only answer is that he is Elder Luo Tian Sect who was in charge of the overall situation in Jiangnan that Fang Jinbo once mentioned!
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his judgment was reasonable. Who said that the Luotian Sect traitor could not be in the government office? Who said that the important figures of the Luotian Sect could not be local officials? Although it is indeed unreasonable for the Governor of Jiangnan to be the elder of the Luotian Sect to be the Huo of the Luotian Sect, after all, such important officials of the court, the chief officials of the border would inevitably be found out, and even the situation of the three generations of ancestors must be clear.
But perhaps this Governor Wen was suddenly bewitched by Luo Tian after a drastic change? Or maybe he was simply fucked by Li Daitao. Governor Wen in front of him was no longer the original Wen Ming!
It seems reasonable to have the same layout in the southwest of Luotian Sect, even further arrangements in Jiangnan. After all, they have been planning and arrangements for the southwest rebellion for several years, and the southwest rebellion is just a prelude to the great rebellion in Jiangnan, so their layout in Jiangnan must be more profound and terrifying.
With this conjecture, when he took some of the previous things, Li Ling became more sure that there was something wrong with Governor Wen - why Wen Ming had not acted before, because just a year or two ago, he was not the Governor Jiangnan, and the Governor was Liu Runsheng; as for later, because he had not yet grasped all the real power, he did not dare to act rashly, and even thought about transferring a large number of troops that might cause threats to the southwest.
As long as there is chaos in the southwest, Jiangnan will send troops nearby, and the local area will be empty. If he and the governor start from the side, the official army will definitely not be able to defend all the cities. By then, Jiangnan will be completely under the hands of the Luotian Sect.
Moreover, with his official power, if he calls up again at that time, he might really make the people of Jiangnan and the remaining official troops turn against each other. That is his overall plan, and that is the biggest disaster for the Dayue court!
"It's really a matter of all the mechanisms, and it's evil with all your heart..." Li Ling felt that his inference would be wrong, and made such a judgment with palpitations. However, while he was frightened, he felt a little nervous. In this way, his situation was really in a desperate situation.
With his hatred with the Luo Tian Sect, now that he is in the hands of others, he is afraid that there will be only one way to die. The people of the Luo Tian Sect will never let go of their enemy who has repeatedly ruined their major events. The southwest was helped to pacify, and Jiangnan was like this again this time. In addition, the old hatred with Zhao Chenghuang and Ji Wuyou, I am afraid that ten lives will not be enough for him to die.
Li Ling, who suddenly understood, suddenly shook his body, looked at the sky that was gradually getting dark outside the window, and murmured: "What should I do?"
Yes, you can't wait for death, right? You must find a way to escape, expose Wen Ming's identity and conspiracy to everyone, get rid of this Luotian Sect traitor for everyone in Jiangnan, and the court!
Thinking of this, Li Ling couldn't sit still anymore, so he stood up. Someone guarding the door in front of him naturally knew, what about the back window? After a moment of thought, he had already gone to open the window to see what was going on, but he saw two soldiers guarding the place with swords. Seeing him suddenly opened the window, he looked over with vigilance. One of them pulled out half of the knife.
This made Li Ling feel cold and he quickly closed the window: "No, they guarded it very tightly. With my ability, they can't get out at all." While muttering, he pressed his hand on his chest. Although the thing was of some use, it would be impossible to turn back once he took action. He believed that as long as the movement became big, there would inevitably be a large number of people around the yard, and he could not escape.
Li Ling regretted unprecedentedly, why did he not have extraordinary martial arts skills? Now he can only be watched by others, and he doesn't even have the chance to have a chance to take advantage of it. In the end, he felt that the only hope was Wan Shenji and Qingxiao. He just hoped that they could realize that they were imprisoned, and then they wanted to touch the governor's yamen and rescue him.
But this is still unrealistic. Not to mention when they will realize that they have been detained. Just wanting to know that they are locked up here is not easy to do. They also have to save themselves from the guards of hundreds of people and leave the governor's yamen, and finally escape from Jinling... This is a completely impossible task, and it can be done by the gods...
After some hard thinking, Li Ling only had the word despair in the end, which was an unsolvable problem.
However, time passed quickly with his conspiracy. The sky outside was already dark, and his stomach even made waves of gurgling protests. Li Ling couldn't bear it anymore.
At this moment, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open. When Li Ling was shocked and wondered if Qingxiao and the others came to save him, he saw a soldier who had come in with a tray, and there were a few simple foods, several rough steamed buns, a little pickled vegetables, and a bowl of vegetable soup.
The soldier didn't look at Li Ling attentively, but put the tray on the table, and then left, "It's time to eat!" and left decisively, and brought it to the door at the same time.
Li Ling shook his head with a wry smile. He was too presumptuous just now. How could Qingxiao and the others come to save him so quickly? Maybe they don’t know what happened to them now and are still asking about the inside story. But what choice will they make after they know the truth?
In the end, he had no conclusion, so he could only fill his stomach first. Anyway, things seemed impossible to be worse, and the only thing he could do was to maintain his physical condition.
He was determined and had nothing to think about. Li Ling didn't care about the simplicity of these foods, so he picked up steamed buns, picked up pickles, and ate and drank in big mouthfuls with the vegetable soup. Maybe he had been hungry for a long time, even these things were eaten quickly. In just a while, all the food was wiped out, and even the vegetable soup was completely drunk.
At this time, a thud sound came from outside, but the first update was over and the sky was completely dark.
When Li Ling thought that in such a desperate situation, he should be worried and thought about how to deal with it and could not fall asleep. But in fact, this was not the case. Shortly after he ate, he felt weak and his head became a little drowsy. So he stumbled to the bed and fell down in a daze.
The sleepiness came quickly and could not resist it. Before she really fell asleep, Li Ling suddenly thought of something: "No, no, I was sweating pills... the food was tampered with... But why..." The thoughts behind him were cut off by the sleepiness, and he was completely asleep.
After nearly an hour, when the entire governor's office fell completely silent, and when the soldiers guarding Li Ling's house were dozing against the wall because of sleepiness, a little change occurred in the room.
In the room that was supposed to be very quiet, there was a muffled crackling sound. After a moment, the ground on one side slowly separated, revealing a cave that was big for one person. Then a figure quietly emerged, and then another person was there.
Chapter completed!