"What? It's an official army?!"

Mr. Qin was also very stunned when he heard Mama Hu's reply. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Since it is an official soldier, or a person from Yulinwei who has a heavy reward for horse thieves, how can he possibly pretend to be a horse thief?

Old Mr. Qin intuitively sensed that something was wrong here, and immediately asked Mama Hu to bet the gold ring over for careful interrogation.

At this time, in order to beg the master to punish him lightly, Jinhuan didn't dare to hide anything: "It's really an official army, or a person from Yulin Wei, who is stationed in Jinji Beach in the north of Yulin City on weekdays. There are a total of 20 people, who belong to the names of two small banners. Those two small flags were both changed from Datong last year. Uncle He had a deep friendship with one of them, and when he came back from Datong on a fast horse, he passed by Linxian and accidentally met him, so he invited them to play with Mizhi. The slave maid heard Uncle He say that he wanted to take advantage of the power of these military masters to suppress the Qin family, so that the old lady did not dare to embarrass the second grandmother. ”

"Change the guard?" Old Mr. Qin was stunned, a little surprised.

Datong and Yulin are both border cities, which belong to the domains of the two princes. I don't know from which year it began, there was a rule that the border armies of the two places should change their guards once every three years, and I don't know if it was the idea that the imperial court came up with in order to prevent the vassal king from controlling the military power of the border army. That year, Qin Ping's boss was transferred to Datong, and Qin Ping got the opportunity to be promoted, but he gave the opportunity to his younger brother. Qin An originally only stayed in Datong for three years and was going back to Yulin, but he was lucky and was appreciated by his boss in Datong.

It is not surprising at all that the border army of Yulinwei has changed its guard from Datong. These people have been in Yulinwei for three years, and they may not be transferred to somewhere, even if they can return to Datong, they are probably not in their original positions. If He Ziyu is familiar with one of the officers in Datong, it is normal for him to want to borrow the strength of the other party.

What Mr. Qin didn't understand, there was only one thing: "Since it is a border army stationed in Jinji Beach, how can they go to Linxian County? They also go to Mizhi County at will to do private affairs? Could it be that Cheng Wei will not take care of it?" He knew where Jinji Beach was, that place was further north than Yulin City, and it had almost reached the boundary of Beirong, but it was not far from the outpost where his eldest son Qin Ping was stationed during his lifetime, and it was only twenty or thirty miles away.

That place is not a comfortable place, if thirty years ago, when the imperial court was still at war with Beirong, the people stationed in that area were all strong generals. But now in the peaceful years, there has been no major war for decades, and there are occasional sporadic skirmishes, and there are not many casualties. The outpost in Jinjitan is not a mutual market, the population is also small, and it is not easy to live and eat, so it is always regarded as a bitter place by the border army, and most people are not happy to go. The soldiers who will be arranged to pass either have no roots or are excluded by others, and they often cannot be transferred away once they go. Asking the border troops from Datong to change their defenses saved everyone's effort. They can only stay for three years.

That's what Mr. Qin is strange about. No matter how peaceful the border is, the officers and soldiers stationed at Jinji Beach cannot leave casually, let alone a full twenty people and two small flags of soldiers and horses. Linxian is two or three hundred miles away from Yulin, and Mizhi is not close to Yulin. These twenty people can be bought just because He Ziyu said it, spending a little silver? Yu Linwei's people, when did they talk so well?

Jin Huan snorted and said with tears: "The slave maid doesn't know, Uncle He did meet the two Xiaoqi adults in Linxian, saying that they were on vacation, so he took his brothers to Linxian to enjoy a few days of happiness." Uncle He promised each of them twenty taels of silver, and then invited them to come to Mizhi County. The little banner who was not very familiar with Uncle He was originally unhappy, for fear that people would know about it and investigate their faults. The one who was familiar with Uncle He said that Uncle He added silver again, and then he invited someone. ”

Old Mr. Qin frowned, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. The Mid-Autumn Festival and the Double Ninth Festival have passed, and the wax moon has not yet arrived. What's more, Yulinwei's people went to Linxian after the holiday, which was too weird. You must know that Yulinwei is still nominally under the jurisdiction of King Qin, but Linxian is the territory of King Jin. Even if these officers and soldiers went to Yulin from Datong to change guards, and the three-year period has not expired, it is not good to run back to the territory of King Jin without authorization, right?

Mr. Qin thought about it, but he couldn't think of a reason, so he had to ask Jinhuan again, how He Ziyu and those officials and soldiers arranged. Jin Huan only knew a rough idea, it was said that He Ziyu was planning to take someone to ride a horse to stop the Qin family's carriage, coerce and deter, and take the He family and the carriage away. Among them, there is absolutely no talk of releasing arrows, let alone pretending to be a horse thief.

After Mr. Qin asked, he asked Mama Hu to take the golden ring down, and called Uncle Hu to ask carefully about the situation when he was attacked. Uncle Hu was unexpectedly careful, and his memory was good, and he said the situation at that time, although there was no literary style, but many details were explained clearly and organized, which made people listen to it as if they were there.

After Mr. Qin listened, he kept silent. The Niu clan in the middle didn't understand what he was worried about: "Master, but what's wrong?" Qin Hanzhen was silent.

Mr. Qin came to the inner room and said to his wife: "According to Jinhuan's statement, He Ziyu and the others did not intend to pretend to be horse thieves and did not release arrows, so how did the arrows come from? You know, everyone was in a mess at that time, and the horses were frightened, so that no one was wounded by the arrow, and the man who released the arrow was quite clever. ”

Niu Shi snorted: "It's not that no one is injured, aren't the He family and Qin Taisheng's family injured? It's just that we didn't see it." ”

"It's even weirder. Old Mr. Qin said, "The person standing outside was not injured, but the master and servant of the He family were injured while sitting in the car. Moreover, almost all of those arrows were directed at their carriages, so to speak, at them. Since He Ziyu brought someone to save his sister, why did his people shoot arrows at his sister?"

Niu also realized that something was wrong: "Yes, why?"

Qin Hanzhen actually sensed that something was wrong. Since He Ziyu's gang didn't intend to pretend to be horse thieves, how did the saying of "horse thieves" come about? As soon as she heard Uncle Hu say it, she knew that it was the Wu family's courtyard that shouted it, and the arrows shot out of the forest further confirmed this statement. The question is, He Ziyu and the others haven't shouted yet, how can the Wu family's guards judge that they are horse thieves? If we add that the person who shoots the arrow obviously has no intention of hurting anyone, the identity of the other party is even more suspicious.

The so-called horse thieves are all fake. The target of this group of people is obviously the He family. They were not the same people as He Ziyu and others from the beginning. Since this is the case, how could they be so coincidental that they happened to be ambushed by the He family on the way back to the Qin family?

Qin Han really had a guess about the origin of these people, and carefully looked at the expression of his grandfather, Mr. Qin, he seemed to have thought of something, and his face was not very good-looking.

Old Mr. Qin sat for a moment and then stood up: "Jinhuan's confession is very important. If the people brought by He Ziyu are really officials and soldiers, we have to go to the county government to make it clear, and the provincial county commander really thinks that the officials and soldiers are cut down as horse thieves, and we will not be able to explain it in the future. I took someone to take Jinhuan to the county government and made it clear. ”

Niu Shi looked at the sky outside and hurriedly persuaded him: "Let's go again tomorrow? ”

Old Mr. Qin said, "Without further ado, I'll hurry up, and I should be able to enter the city before dark." I won't be back in the evening, you don't have to wait for me. ”

Mr. Qin soon left with Uncle Hu, Jin Huan and others. Niu's was a little worried about her husband, and she was restless, so she asked Zhang's mother to send Qin Hanzhen back to the east wing, and she didn't have to go to the main room for dinner.

At this time, the concierge came to report that his cousin Wu Shaoying was here.

Niu's was a little surprised, how could Wu Shaoying come at this time? She was busy asking people to invite her. When Wu Shaoying came, she smiled and said, "It's unfortunate that you came, your teacher just entered the city in an emergency." When did you come here? Didn't you meet him on the way?"

Wu Shaoying was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "I haven't met it." The students came by car, probably missing it on the way. ”

"That's right. The old man said that he would enter the city as soon as possible, but he must have been on his way and did not see you. Niu sighed, "How can this be good? Do you have something urgent to find him? Even if you return to the city at this time, the city gate will be closed." Why don't you just stay at our house for a night, and wait for him to come back tomorrow?"

Wu Shaoying agreed, and asked again: "Why did the teacher enter the city in such a hurry?"

Niu sighed: "Isn't it just for He Ziyu to block the road in the morning?" A girl who was waiting for He's family, the one who escaped and was sent back by your family, said that He Ziyu invited not a horse thief, but an official soldier, and he didn't plan to pretend to be a horse thief, but he just misunderstood at that time. Your teacher was worried that the county government would really treat the officials and soldiers as horse thieves, and when Yulinwei asked about it in the future, it would be difficult to explain, so he hurriedly took the golden ring into the city to explain. Speaking of this, she asked Wu Shaoying again, "Your family sent those fake horse thieves to the county government, did they say that they were official soldiers?"

Wu Shaoying smiled and said: "I said it, but I just asked them where they were the officers and soldiers, and they were stumbling." The county magistrate thought they were lying, so he ordered people to be locked up, and waited until tomorrow to send an official document to Yulinwei and ask them where they came from before interrogating. So why don't they make it clear?"

"Isn't it? Niu pouted, "Since they are official soldiers, why do they pretend to be horse thieves? Do they still shoot arrows at the good people?" Jinhuan also said that they did not plan to shoot arrows. Hmph, are those arrows fake?"

Wu Shaoying smiled and said a few words with Niu's family, and Mama Hu came to report, saying that dinner was over and invited Wu Shaoying to eat.

Wu Shaoying hurriedly refused, got up and said, "I had to discuss the original matter with the teacher today, but I didn't expect the teacher to go out." If you really can't get into the city, you can find someone outside the city to spend the night, and you can go to the city early tomorrow to see the teacher. If you stay overnight in the house, it will be a little late for Ming'er to go to the city to find a teacher. ”

When Niu heard this, he stopped stopping him. Mama Tiger wanted to send him out, Wu Shaoying smiled and said, "Mama should wait for the master to eat." I'm very familiar with this house, are you still afraid that I will get lost?" Niu smiled, and Mama Tiger no longer insisted.

Wu Shaoying said goodbye to her wife and exited the main house, the smile on her face disappeared, and her expression was a little serious.

At this time, he heard someone whispering to him, and turned his head to look, but it was Qin Hanzhen, who lifted the curtain of the east wing, probed his head, and beckoned to him.