Chapter 70

This shout, let alone the Prefectural Yamen, even the surrounding commoners heard it clearly.

After only a moment, a group of officials ran out from inside the Prefectural Yamen, fixed their eyes on the waist token in Li Miao's hand, changed color one after another, and hurriedly came over to kneel and salute: "My lord!"

Li Miao waited for a while, and seeing that no one else was coming, he spoke: "Why is it just these people?"

One of the officials answered tremblingly: "My lord, Eunuch Cheng came this morning, and several lords were tortured, and now they are all in prison..."

"Most of the Prefectural Yamen runners and soldiers in the Prefectural Yamen were taken by the Police Inspector, following Eunuch Cheng to handle affairs..."

"Right now, there are only so many people in the Prefectural Yamen..."

Li Miao nodded: "You look like a clever one, what is your position?"

"Returning to my lord, this subordinate is the Tai'an Prefecture Clerk, Jiao Qingfeng..."

"Good, Clerk Jiao, listen carefully now." Li Miao said to everyone.

"I am here on Imperial orders to handle affairs, and His Majesty has allowed me to act as the situation requires. From now on, everyone will listen to my dispatch. We will take you, Clerk Jiao, as the lead."

"Right now, the lives of tens of thousands of commoners in Tai'an Prefecture all depend on you alone."

Clerk Jiao's official position was low, and he usually only managed documents; when had he ever heard such words or taken on such a responsibility?

Hearing Li Miao's words suddenly, he immediately shook like chaff and stammered: "My, my lord, I, I..."

He couldn't speak clearly for a long time.

Li Miao was in no mood to listen to his nonsense now, reached out and gave a palm strike from a distance, which was the unique skill "Ice Soul Palm," drawing a cold air in the air and hitting Jiao Qingfeng.

This palm was naturally not to kill; Jiao Qingfeng only felt a chill spread from his chest throughout his body, and immediately calmed down.

"Is your brain clear now?" Li Miao asked.

"Yes, yes. My lord, this subordinate is clear." Jiao Qingfeng replied.

Li Miao said: "Everyone listen clearly, the matter is urgent, this official will only say it once."

"You just heard it too, it concerns the lives of tens of thousands of commoners in Tai'an City. If there is a mistake, let alone you subordinate officials of Tai'an Prefecture, even the Prefect of Jinan Prefecture and the Inspector of the Qi and Lu region will have to take a trip to the Ghost Gate!"

"This official will put it here first: if this disaster can be overcome, I, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, will submit a memorial to reward everyone! The reward money will be taken directly from the Prefect's house!"

"If it cannot be overcome—those who neglect their duties, kill! Those who flee, exterminate the family!"

"Is it clear enough!?"

"Clear! My lord!" Everyone answered in unison.

"Good!" Li Miao immediately instructed: "All of you divide into five groups, take the remaining soldiers, and go to guard outside the city gates."

"From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave Tai'an City. If one person escapes, you will all go to the Embroidered Uniform Guard prison together."

Tai'an City has four city gates, which are the Jingxuan Gate, the Yueyan Gate, the Tai'an Gate, and the Yangsheng Gate.

Li Miao first divided into four groups, sent them to the four city gates, and then said to Jiao Qingfeng: "Clerk Jiao, where is the hall of your Tai'an Prefecture Police Inspector, take me there."

Jiao Qingfeng took Li Miao to a room, Li Miao walked in and looked around, walked to a corner, and stomped his foot.

Clang—

The floor tiles collapsed, revealing a box inside.

Li Miao reached out and grabbed the box, opened it, and took out a set of Embroidered Uniform Guard tight-fitting clothes, a embroidered spring sword, a copper sunflower belt, and a pair of soap-patterned boots.

He handed this pile of things to Jiao Qingfeng: "Change into them, change now."

Jiao Qingfeng tremblingly changed into this set of clothes in front of Li Miao.

His figure was thin and weak, and this set of clothes was loose and baggy on him, looking like a monkey stealing clothes. There was no majesty of the Embroidered Uniform Guard at all.

Li Miao stepped forward and pulled the back collar of the clothes, tightened the belt, and it barely looked less ridiculous.

Then Li Miao handed the Battalion Commander's waist token from his waist to Jiao Qingfeng: "Take it, Clerk Jiao. From now on, you are the Embroidered Uniform Guard Battalion Commander."

"Ah? My lord, I, I..." Jiao Qingfeng started stammering again.

"You take the remaining soldiers, take your weapons, ride your horses, and patrol back and forth outside the four city gates."

"Among the officials, if there are those who are lazy or want to escape, use this embroidered spring sword to behead them."

"If there are Ordinary Jianghu people making trouble outside the city, you use this official uniform and waist token to scare them away."

"Right now, this is not a trivial matter of you usually checking in and working, it concerns the lives of all the commoners in the city."

Li Miao looked directly into Jiao Qingfeng's eyes.

"You are also an official, an official has two mouths, the top is a shoulder pole, and the shoulder pole carries human lives."

"I don't care how much you two mouths have eaten on weekdays, you are full, now that the matter has fallen, you have to carry this shoulder pole well for me."

"Do you understand?"

"Yes..." Jiao Qingfeng instinctively shrank back, looked at Li Miao's cold eyes, and couldn't help but shiver: "Yes! My lord!"

"Go."

Li Miao gave an instruction, and Jiao Qingfeng took the order and left.

Only then did he turn back outside and find the waiter he had brought.

"Waiter, you heard it just now, didn't you."

"Now, I ask and you answer, no concealment is allowed, do you understand?"

The waiter shrank back and replied: "Yes, yes."

Li Miao interrogated the waiter in detail about where he had been, who he had seen, where he got his food and drink, and whether he had met people with non-local accents.

After Li Miao finished asking, he pointed directly at the waiter's neck, and the waiter fell down in response.

Li Miao picked up the waiter, threw him into a room, and closed the door.

At this time, the city was full of danger, and staying in this Prefectural Yamen was the safest.

Li Miao turned back and walked into the Police Inspector's room.

This Police Inspector was a secret agent planted here by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, precisely to monitor the actions of the Mount Tai Sect. When Li Miao first arrived in Tai'an City, it was he who handed the official uniform to Li Miao.

After all, Li Miao was traveling light, and some things that were not easy to carry or not needed were sent to Tai'an City in advance, waiting for him to arrive and then hand them over to him.

At that time, Li Miao did not take everything away.

He reached into the box and took out a pair of dark black gloves and put them on.

This was his weapon.

In Li Miao's hands, no divine weapon could withstand his abuse, and it was not even as strong as his physical body. So ordinary weapons were instead a limitation for him.

Only these gloves woven from sky silk could barely support his violent true energy.

Li Miao used his light martial arts, like a dark shadow, left the Prefectural Yamen, and arrived outside a civilian house.

He slapped out with his palm, blasting a big hole in the wall.

Li Miao walked in quickly, pressed directly on the chest of a man in the room who had a look of horror, and channeled true energy into him.

"Wah—"

The man vomited in response, vomiting a pile of scarlet Gu insects.

Li Miao didn't even look at him, flashed to the street, and used his ear skills to listen to the sounds around him.

He ignored the coughing, but wherever there was vomiting, Li Miao broke through the wall and channeled true energy into them.

The Ming Sect was so insane that this had already exceeded the scope of Ordinary Jianghu fighting, and even the scope of Imperial Court fighting!

At this time, it was not a chaotic world.

This was preparing to turn all the commoners in this city into hosts parasitized by Gu insects!

(End of chapter)