Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Hearing this, Lu You's heart suddenly tightened.

Lu You is a smart man, although he has a system that allows him to become an internal force warrior.

But after escaping death time and again, Lu You clearly understood that this world is not a world for warriors.

She knew that she was not a wise person, and she was even more aware that anything that could cause a wise person like Guan Shanyue to give a warning was definitely something she could not deal with.

"What exactly happened in Qingzhou?" Lu You asked with a frown.

Guan Shanyue hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and then spoke slowly.

"Some time ago, two urgent battle reports from Ningguan were sent to Jianhe and Xiangdong. Did you know about this?"

Zhao Wenbo and others nodded slightly, but Lu You frowned in thought.

"No, it's three!"

The first urgent report from thousands of miles away was received by Lu You, who had just traveled through time and saw it the first time he rode a donkey cart into the city after burying Lu Dejin.

The second copy was found on the day Zhao Wenbo passed the imperial examination, when he hosted a banquet for his relatives and friends at Shuxiang Inn. Lu You and others found it on their way home from the banquet.

As for the third copy, Lu You saw it together with Zheng Xiezi and others when he predicted that war was coming and wanted to leave the city and return to Heyuan Village to rescue people.

However, the postman was shot dead by the Jin soldiers fifteen miles outside the city, and the battle report never reached Jianhe.

She told Guan Shanyue about this on the way.

"The urgent report that has not yet reached Jianhe will not be considered. What is important is the two reports that have passed Jianhe."

Guan Shanyue said solemnly.

"I didn't sleep last night. I was discussing the war with Wen Xiuyuan."

"But after checking the battle reports, I found that the Qingzhou government office didn't receive any battle reports!"

Hearing this, Zhao Wenbo and Lu Yi beside them both looked greatly changed.

"How is that possible?" Zhao Wenbo said anxiously, "A guest in my restaurant once said that he saw with his own eyes the express messenger entering the city from the west gate, leaving the city from the east gate, and heading straight to Qingzhou Prefecture City."

Guan Shanyue shook his head slightly when he heard this.

"It passed through our Jianhe County, but the two urgent reports were not delivered to the capital."

"There must be something fishy going on between Pingchang and Qingning counties!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi and Zhao Wenbo's faces suddenly turned cold, while the other people in the yard were completely confused.

"Um... can anyone explain what this means?" Lu You raised his hand and whispered to the three scholars, "Aren't they just two messengers? Why are you so scared?"

Lu Yi looked up at Lu You.

"Second sister, according to the martial law, urgent reports from thousands of miles away must be sent through the post station for preparation. If there are insufficient reports, the entire clan will be executed!"

"That is to say, every time you pass a post station, don't say that the news is cut off."

"Even if the post station doesn't have well-fed horses or fails to provide enough food and water, the entire clan will be punished and killed!"

hiss……

Hearing Lu Yi's words, Lu You took a breath.

She only knew that there was no human rights in this feudal dynasty, but she never expected the laws to be so horrible!

"That is to say, all the people in the three post stations of Fuqing Post Station, Qingping Post Station, and Hepingjian Post Station, and all nine clans will be killed?"

Lu Yi looked at Lu You and shook his head slightly.

"Second sister, you didn't understand what I said."

"The nine clans were killed, and the post station was not fully prepared for the consequences. But after all, the post station allowed the post station to pass through the border."

"But the problem now is that the postman disappeared completely after passing Jianhe Post Station and never reached Qingzhou City!"

Lu You stared at Lu Yi blankly: "What will be the consequences if the postman disappears?"

Guan Shanyue turned and looked at Lu You.

"An urgent military report sent over a thousand miles must leave a trace at the post station!"

"If the post road is blocked, the imperial court will assume that someone is rebelling and will kill the postmen!"

"There is only one way to deal with this matter. We will count from the last post station the postman passed through, all the way to the capital of this province."

"During this period, no matter how many miles away, all the people under your jurisdiction will be killed without a single trace!!"

boom……

Upon hearing this, Lu You's entire head felt as if it had exploded, and he felt a buzzing sensation.

Now she finally understood why no one dared to stop the postmen who were riding their horses on the official road in the TV dramas and movies she had watched before.

Anyone who dares to rob a postman is not only courting death, but seeking death!

The people under his jurisdiction were killed without a single chicken or dog left...

If this law was really implemented, the postman would pass the Jianhe Posthouse in Chengzhong, Jianhe County, and then disappear.

Unless the next stop, Pingjian Posthouse, can produce evidence of the postman's crossing the border, we will have to go east from Jianhe County and west from Qingzhou Prefecture.

The people of the two counties and hundreds of villages, even if they were not occupied by the Jin soldiers, would all be massacred by Wu Chao’s own army!

Just the robbery of a war report resulted in such a severe punishment.

And now, two urgent reports from thousands of miles away have failed to reach Qingzhou City. Does that mean that hundreds of thousands of people there are doomed to die?

If my third uncle and aunt rush to the provincial capital, they will definitely be within this range!

Done! !

Lu You stared at Lu Yi with eyes wide open, his whole body in a state of uncontrollable fear.

"But... this... isn't right!"

Lu You tried hard to organize the words in his mind.

"If Qingzhou Prefecture did not receive the battle report, how did the Qingzhou garrison know that Jianhe was occupied and sent a large army to Pingchang County to garrison?"

Zhao Wenbo sighed and spoke upon hearing this.

"According to the military law, the Thousand Miles Battle Report is sent out in four routes."

"Three routes go through different channels, one heading towards Honshu Prefecture and the other heading towards Wudu, which is also the shortest route."

"Take two routes, left and right, and report the news to the left and right states respectively, in case An Tan intercepts and kills us along the way."

"As for the fourth route, it is to use trained pigeons or falcons between the two states."

"We sent out four routes simultaneously, in order to avoid being intercepted along the way. The Qingzhou garrison's actions should have been based on intelligence from one of the routes."

"But the fact that the fastest battle report that passed through the palace recently was intercepted is enough to prove that there must be rebels in Pingchang and Qingning County!"

After hearing Zhao Wenbo's explanation, the first person Lu You thought of was Wei Anping, the prefect of Qingning County.

Because he was the only one who started to have negative emotions towards himself and others after seeing Guan Shanyue.

Later, he and his companions encountered a double attack from bandits and the Golden Horse Escort Agency, which almost confirmed this speculation.

As for Wang Mingzheng, whether it was because she let the refugees pass through the border or because of her own system, Lu You felt that she would not be a traitor.

"According to this statement, the people living west from the city have almost no way to survive?" Lu You asked solemnly.

"Not necessarily." Guan Shanyue said slowly: "Last night when I was talking to Lord Wen about this, I found that the battle report was intercepted, so he sent two troops from the garrison. 0"

"One team will go to Qingning County to search for the post station to report the fire seal urgently, and the other team will go to Yanzhou to deliver the battle report."

"We will get a definite answer as early as this afternoon and at the latest tomorrow morning."

Having said this, Guan Shanyue turned his head and looked towards the sky to the west.

"The purpose of my reminding you is to tell you."

"You must prepare for the worst, whether there are rebels in Pingchang County or Qingning County."

"Both of these two counties may be captured by the Jin soldiers in a short period of time."

"The place where the Wu Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom will confront each other in the future may very well be the Qingzhou City right under our feet!"