February 1st.

Half a month passed quickly, and the team of the Southern Tour set off in a mighty manner.

Emperor Yongyuan had planned this Southern Tour for a whole year. Although the time was advanced a lot, the necessary preparations were barely completed.

All the people in Jingyang Palace participated in the Southern Tour team, and the Golden Pig and Dabai at home were entrusted to the care of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In addition to Princess Ankang and Princess Yan, the two royal heirs who had been scheduled to accompany the Southern Tour team, there were many other people in the Southern Tour team.

They were the eldest prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, and the eighth prince.

The four princes and two princesses were all the royal heirs who accompanied this time.

In addition, there were countless ministers and attendants accompanying the tour, and the team was thousands of people.

Emperor Yongyuan was traveling in person, and the team of thousands of people was already streamlined.

In the team of the Southern Tour, apart from the commander of the Imperial Guards, only Duke Jiang Su Ding'an and Duke Chen Hou Zhongguo were accompanying the nobles.

Apart from these two dukes, there were no other nobles.

On the other hand, many people came from the civil officials, almost gathering all the powerful civil officials in the court.

As the spiritual leader of the civil officials, it was impossible for King Zheng not to be among them.

So many people plus various baggage formed a long team.

However, the itinerary on the road was carefully arranged, and there were rarely times when they had to sleep in the open air. Generally, they could spend the night in the city, so as not to let these spoiled gentlemen suffer too much.

After leaving the capital, the team of the Southern Tour took Luodong City as the first destination.

This is the second most important city in the north of Daxing.

The late emperor wanted to make this place the new capital, and made large-scale investments and development.

Unfortunately, the late emperor died before the construction of the new capital was completed.

Although Luodong City was completed later, no one mentioned the relocation of the capital, and the matter was shelved.

Although Luodong City did not seize the opportunity to become the new capital, it was built by the emperor's order, and its subsequent development was also very smooth. In less than ten years, it developed into a prosperous city in the north second only to the capital.

It also played an important role in the entire Daxing Dynasty.

Such a new city that emerged suddenly naturally made Emperor Yongyuan care.

If the development model of Luodong City can be used as a reference for other places, it will be a very valuable experience.

Everyone thought that Emperor Yongyuan's southern tour was to clear the decline of Daxing and stabilize the southern roads that had begun to be turbulent due to years of disasters.

But only a few people knew that Emperor Yongyuan wanted to do much more than that.

"Ah Xuan, this carriage is too bumpy."

Princess Ankang sat in the carriage, looking at the scenery outside through the window, but her body swayed left and right with the bumps.

They did not travel in Princess Ankang's exclusive carriage this time.

After the southern tour team arrives at Luodong City, they will take a boat by water. At that time, except for the carriage of Emperor Yongyuan, all other carriages will be left in Luodong City and taken away when they return to Beijing.

Princess Ankang's exclusive carriage was left by Concubine Xiao.

And the carriage was too luxurious. Even if it was left in the government office of Luodong City, it would inevitably be coveted by others, so they simply left the carriage in the palace.

But at least it was still Xu Lang who drove them, and Sharon was also sitting in front of the carriage.

After more than half a month of recuperation, Sharon's body became stronger and stronger, and her strength was constantly recovering. Now she is almost at the fifth level.

"Meow~"

Li Xuan responded to Princess Ankang in boredom.

The journey to the southern tour was indeed a bit boring.

When they just left the city, the three little ones were quite excited, but after being bumped for more than an hour, they all calmed down.

Although they were walking on the official road, it was still a dirt road after all.

Some bluestones were paved near the city, but once you are far away from the city, it is just a dirt road.

If the carriage runs faster, it will raise a cloud of dust, which can easily make people dirty.

Due to the slow speed, the time for traveling every day can only be longer.

Three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon, and the rest is rest time.

This is the only way to ensure that more than 50 miles can be traveled every day, and to ensure that the subsequent schedule can proceed as planned.

The other princes and princesses also have their own carriages, and there is no chance to talk to people on the road.

But fortunately, Princess Ankang has formations to learn, and Yu'er can also meditate and practice.

Yu'er has now reached a bottleneck in the practice of the Fish Dragon Transformation, and will break through soon, so she works particularly hard.

And Li Xuan also has his own things to do.

[Xuanyang Quenching Gong: 81%]

[Jihena Magic Flame: 13%]

Xuanyang Quenching Gong is a fourth-grade fire-type Gong method that Li Xuan selected from Qianxing Pavilion before setting off.

The other technique with a special name is the magic technique of the Western Fire Demon.

Li Xuan sensed Sharon sitting in front of the carriage and couldn't help but sigh, remembering the situation that day.

Sharon cried and read all the contents of the book to Li Xuan that day.

Li Xuan wrote it down while listening.

Most of it was a letter written by Ignis to Sharon, and in addition, there was the magic technique he had comprehended through the half of the Holy Fire Immortal Body over the years: Jihena Magic Flame.

The book recorded in detail Ignis's mental journey, as well as all his attempts and experiences in comprehending magic techniques.

In the end, Ignis created this amazing magic technique that can be practiced from the sixth level to the second level.

It's just that this magic skill needs human blood as fuel to refine the magic flame, and the magic flame will affect the practitioner's mind and temperament as its power grows.

From the content recorded by Ignis, we can see a clear process of change.

It can even be said that the beginning and the end of this book were written by two different people.

The beginning is Ignis, and the end is the Western Fire Demon.

And all of this is because Ignis yearns for power and wants to be a person worthy of Sharon.

But the final result is far from this goal.

It's just interesting that the book left by Ignis only records his magic skills, but not the first half of the Holy Fire Immortal Body that he memorized.

After getting Sharon's consent, Li Xuan handed the translated text to Tang Nu and exchanged it for the original book from him.

Afterwards, Li Xuan returned the original to the original owner and gave it back to Sharon for collection.

Although it was a bad fate, it was also a beautiful memory for Sharon.

Although Li Xuan was a little disappointed that he could not get half of the Holy Fire Immortal Body from Ignis's book, he did not need to be too anxious with Sharon as a living example.

When Sharon's strength recovered to a sufficient level in the future, he would naturally be able to comprehend that half of the Holy Fire Immortal Body from Sharon.

After a day's journey, the team of the southern tour arrived at the first town on the established route before nightfall, Jinghou County, as planned.

It was impossible for a team of thousands of people to enter the town. Those with low status could only camp outside the city to rest.

When they arrived at Jinghou County, Emperor Yongyuan got off the imperial carriage. A group of officials from Jinghou County had been waiting here under the leadership of the county magistrate.

"Your humble servant greets His Majesty."

"Long live the emperor!"

The officials of Jinghou County knelt in front of Emperor Yongyuan.

Emperor Yongyuan glanced at them coldly and did not let them get up immediately.

Emperor Yongyuan reached out to the side and took a memorial from Zhao Feng.

Emperor Yongyuan opened the memorial and looked at it, then asked, "Song Xunchun, right?"

"Your Majesty, it is me!"

The magistrate of Jinghou County kowtowed to the ground and answered happily.

He didn't expect that Emperor Yongyuan would know his name even though he was just a small magistrate.

But Emperor Yongyuan just snorted coldly and then returned the memorial to Zhao Feng.

Zhao Feng immediately stepped forward and took out an imperial edict from his sleeve.

"Song Xunchun, the magistrate of Jinghou County, accepts the edict."

Song Xunchun was overjoyed and knelt forward two steps, raised his hands above his head, and prepared to take the imperial edict from Zhao Feng's hand.

"According to the investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Song Xunchun, as the magistrate of Jinghou County, broke the law knowingly, colluded with gentry, forcibly occupied people's land, accepted bribes, and forcibly abducted women."

"In less than three years since taking office, the people of Jinghou County are full of resentment. Now there is ironclad evidence, and he will be executed on the spot!"

In just two sentences, Song Xunchun's raised hands trembled violently, and his face was covered with cold sweat.

"Unjust, unjust!"

"I am wronged, please Your Majesty!"

Although Song Xunchun said so, his eyes were looking in the direction of the civil officials.

But at this time, a eunuch in flowery clothes had come forward to hold Song Xunchun down, regardless of how shrill he cried.

"Humph, you still dare to cry injustice?"

Emperor Yongyuan looked at Song Xunchun's reaction, without any mercy, his eyes were full of coldness and ruthlessness.

Zhao Feng was also on the side, winking at the officials of Jinghou County.

Immediately, the chief clerk of Jinghou County came forward to testify, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs also produced the corresponding physical evidence.

All of a sudden, there were witnesses and evidence.

"Your Majesty, Song Xunchun is an official of the court after all. It is not in accordance with the law to convict him like this."

The Minister of Punishment came out to advise.

As a result, Emperor Yongyuan ignored him.

It was Wang Xi who explained: "Sir Zhang, if the emperor is on tour and encounters violations of laws and disciplines, he can judge the case on the spot."

"Now Song Xunchun has ironclad evidence, Sir Zhang, do you have anything else to add?"

Wang Xi's short and strong figure blocked the Minister of Punishment, but he dared not say another word.

The Minister of Punishment glanced at King Zheng in the crowd obscurely, and seeing that King Zheng had no reaction, he had to retreat in dismay.

Emperor Yongyuan glanced at the civil servants, and seeing that no one had any more objections, he immediately waved his hand and said:

"Execute."

Song Xunchun's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe what he heard.

Emperor Yongyuan not only convicted him of his crime on the spot, but now he wanted to kill him directly.

But this time, before he could say anything, he felt a chill on his neck, and in the blink of an eye, a headless corpse fell to the ground with blood all over the place.

The whole place was silent.

Even the gentry who accompanied the officials of Jinghou County to welcome the emperor knelt on the ground tremblingly.

They thought they were going to get rich, but they didn't expect to be involved in a bloody disaster.

At this time, King Zheng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it's really unlucky to see blood just at the beginning of the southern tour."

"Even if there are more sins, it's better to execute them in the autumn according to the rules."

"And if the local government loses important officials, I'm afraid the government office will not be able to operate."

King Zheng advised earnestly, as if all for the sake of Emperor Yongyuan.

"Thank you for your concern, uncle."

"I have my own considerations for these."

Then, Emperor Yongyuan appointed an accompanying official as the magistrate of Jinghou County on the spot, and ordered Su Ding'an to mobilize the Jinghou County garrison to cooperate in a thorough investigation, take all the criminals related to Song Xunchun into custody, and immediately convict and punish them.

Emperor Yongyuan immediately led the new magistrate into the city, and all the officials and squires who came out of the city to greet him were also put under guard and were immediately included.

As for how many of them can survive, it depends on their own destiny.

There were many immoral people in the past, and I am afraid they have to prepare for their funeral.

The accompanying civil servants suddenly became anxious when they saw that Emperor Yongyuan was so well prepared.

This is only the first day. If the southern patrol continues like this, will it be okay?

They all turned their attention to King Zheng, but King Zheng shook his head slightly, indicating that they should be calm, and quickly followed the steps of Emperor Yongyuan.

The three little ones lagged behind, but they also witnessed the scene where Magistrate Jinghou was beheaded just now.

"Axuan, how far do you think this is from the capital?"

Princess Ankang looked back in the direction of the capital, and her tone of question was full of sighs.

Li Xuan secretly sent a message to Princess Ankang: "Emperor Yongyuan's influence is extremely limited outside the capital, which is also the significance of his southern tour."

"Otherwise, places outside the capital will never be under his control."

Li Xuan understood what Emperor Yongyuan wanted to do.

But by doing this, he was digging into King Zheng's roots.

King Zheng would not tolerate it.

King Zheng only had to endure it once, which was enough to shake those who relied on him.

King Zheng did not dare to let this happen.

At this time, the Eighth Prince came to their side and said to Princess Ankang:

"Let's go, we haven't finished killing them yet."

"Take all these officials in."

When the Eighth Prince said this, they realized that Princess Lu Zhao had already reached the end of the civil service team, following them a few steps away.

Several other princes and princesses also followed suit, bringing their respective cronies with them to the end of the queue entering the city.

This feeling naturally made the accompanying officials uncomfortable. They were like lambs guarded by a pack of wolves, without the slightest sense of security.

Of course, there are also a few lambs who are not afraid.

For example, Ren Chunsheng also became one of the accompanying officials because of his relationship with Princess Ankang.

He was mingling among the crowd at this time, but he didn't look nervous at all.

After entering the Jinghou County government office, a banquet to welcome the southern patrol team and the search to capture the prisoners began simultaneously.

Emperor Yongyuan opened the hall and sat down to eat while watching the people coming and going in the yamen.

The eunuchs in colorful clothes and the county garrison escorted a private prisoner and was sent to prison in front of them.

Emperor Yongyuan watched this scene with interest, while many officials were frightened and had no intention of eating.

And this is just the first day of the southern tour.

From now on, things like this will probably accompany them on their southern tour.

Li Xuan was also curious whether all the officials along the way were corrupt and there was no good official.

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