The spring was warm in March, and after the rain, the horses' hooves were chaotic and broke through the mud, and the pedestrians on the road were busy avoiding, but they were still splashed with muddy water, and they cursed the chaos in a low voice, and looked up at the city gate in front of the team.

This is a group of more than forty cavalrymen, with swords in their hands, bows and crossbows tied to their backs, and the mottled armor does not dim in the spring day, but flashes with a palpitating ghostly light, like a scythe, splitting the road and the city gates, and no one dares to stop them from entering.

"It's to hunt down the remnants of the Qin thief. ”

"They have Shang Fang's sword, but they don't dare to stop it. ”

"What Shang Fang sword, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, it's called a military order. ”

"Anyway, they can kill whoever they want.... So, the Black Guards are here with us? It's scary. ”

The rush of people to enter the city in front of the city gate caused some chaos, but the verification was still strict.

"Don't worry, sir. In the official palace, the three officials said to the generals standing in the hall, "We have been very strict in the inspection of the city gate here, but all the faces are registered. ”

The government also took out a thick booklet.

The general said: "It's not enough to only check the city gate, but also to search the whole prefecture, and go door to door and every village." ”

The three officials looked at each other.

"But, hasn't the Black Armor Guard been cleared?" the prefect hesitated, "Recently, we haven't found any more in our territory, and this large-scale search and arrest disturbs the people." ”

Tongzhi and Tongju also nodded, especially now that it was time for spring planting.

"We will strictly investigate at the city gate, and the wanted notice has also been passed on to the county, town, and township, please rest assured, if there are suspicious people waiting..."They said, and before they could finish their words, they were interrupted by the general.

"Now it's not just about searching and arresting the traces of the Black Armor Guard and Xue Qing. He said.

No? What is the search for? The officials were puzzled.

"The man who killed the Black Guard. "The official said.

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The door of the official hall was slammed shut, and the officials who walked by stopped in some surprise and looked at the four armored cold-faced soldiers guarding the door.

The officials were a little apologetic to the officials around them.

"Wang Zhixian, it seems that it is unfortunate, the prefect can't see it now. He said.

Wang Zhixian was young and at most twenty years old, delicate and elegant, and said with a smile: "I'll come back another day." ”

The official who led the way said: "If you want to come here, you will soon finish talking, how about Wang Zhixian come to me for tea and so on?"

Wang Zhixian thanked him: "Then it's bothering." ”

The official said again and again, how could it be, he was born as a person, and he was always a little ashamed of himself in front of these jinshi, but this young jinshi did not have the slightest arrogance, and he did a very good job in official business, he was diligent and not confused, he was honest and not reckless, and he was unanimously praised by the top and bottom for half a year, and this kind of official will inevitably have a great future in the future, and of course he must be good.

"Wang Zhixian is from Chang'an Mansion, right?" The official led Wang Zhixian to the side, chatting casually.

Wang Zhixian responded: "Chang'an Mansion." ”。

"What a coincidence, I just said here that it was the local tea of Chang'an Mansion, can you taste it and see if it is authentic?"

"Okay. ”

Wang Zhixian followed the official, looked back at the four soldiers outside the prefect's hall, and retracted his gaze and crossed the threshold.

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"My lord, aren't the officers and soldiers who eradicate the black armor guard?" asked the prefect in a low voice.

Tongzhi and Tongju also looked at the general, looking curious and as if they had vaguely guessed something.

The general said: "No, it's the traitor Xue Qing." ”

The rebel Xue Qing killed the rebel black armor guard.... The three officials glanced at each other, and this relationship...

Not only that, Xue Qing was rebellious. "The general said," these things were left behind. He took out a piece of paper and handed it over.

The prefect took it, and the Tongzhi Tongju also gathered around, and the three of them looked shocked when they saw the words on the paper.

"Actually—" they blurted out, and swallowed the words back when they reached their lips.

The general said: "Xue Qing is more than one person, it is a group of people, they may be disguised as horse thieves and mountain bandits to hide, and now they want to search their traces, but this matter must be concealed." ”

The three officials looked at the words on the paper again, this kind of thing is really not easy to publicize, and the expression is a little complicated, the matter has reached this point.

"Yes, we get it. They solemnly said, "We will rewrite the arrest documents, and in the name of investigating the bandits and horse bandits, we will not let go of any strange and suspicious person." ”

After some details were agreed, the general took his leave to continue the inspection, and the prefect personally sent him out, and returned to the hall to be shocked by the news of the Tongzhi and the general judge.

"I really didn't expect it to be like this. Tongzhi said.

The general judgment said: "It seems that what she said in front of the palace gate was true. ”

Xue Qing shouted in front of the palace gate that I was the true emperor, and it had already spread among the official level of the state capital, and the imperial court explained that this matter was a conspiracy of the Duke of Qin Tan, and the words of the traitor were not credible.

Now the untrustworthy rebels have eliminated the Blackguards, and have shown that they are not at odds with the Blackguards......

Then that sentence is naturally not Qin Tangong's conspiracy, but really what Xue Qing said....

She is the true emperor.

The March wind blew, and the prefect shivered.

"Uh, what are you talking nonsense, what is she real!" he whispered.

Tong Ju hurriedly said: "I mean that what she said in front of the palace gate is true, not that she is the real emperor." ”

This time, Tongzhi also shouted.

The more he explained, the more troublesome it became, and he stomped his feet and said, "I'm going to write an investigation notice." "Let's not talk about doing things.

Tongzhi also retired to do things, and at the same time digested this shocking news with his henchman, but the prefect did not stop him.

"This matter is not trivial, please pay attention to confidentiality. He advised, "Once the investigation notice has been written, you and I will see it." ”

Tongzhi responded and left.

The prefect looked down at the piece of paper in his hand again, and a few sentences were written on this piece of paper, among which the two sentences of Emperor Baozhang hoeing and raping, and pretending to coerce Emperor Baozhang to punish him were still vague, and it would make people have different interpretations when they saw it, and the last sentence was directly and nakedly slapped on the face, making you unable to think about it.

The Song and Yuan dynasties stole the country, and the real emperor Ji was in the people.

Hiss... The prefect couldn't help but take a breath.

Footsteps were heard outside, accompanied by the sound of adults.

The prefect was slightly frightened and subconsciously clenched the paper in his hand, the sound of paper kneading sounded in the hall, and the footsteps stopped, and the two officials stood outside the hall and looked over, these two people were not strangers, a clerk of the government, and a new prefect who came last year.

The prefect took the paper in his hand and regained his expression.

Wang Zhixian Shi Li shouted to the lord and said, "The lower official came to talk to the lord about this year's summer tax." He added, "I mentioned it to the adults during the New Year's Festival, and the adults asked me to come at this time." ”

The prefect thought about it, and said, "Come in." ”

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The officers and soldiers marched through the streets and alleys, causing a lot of inquiries and restlessness, and the government became busier than ever.

The three scribes rushed out in a crowd of more than a dozen servants, and some of them almost collided with each other.

The scribes were angry and wanted to scold, and when they looked up, they first saw an official robe, and swallowed back the words of the scolding, and then they saw the young faces of the people who came, and they all showed smiling faces.....

Although it is a small county, the background of Master Jinshi is not something they can wait for.

"Wang Zhixian, didn't finish the matter of Xia Tax yesterday?" a scribe took the initiative to say, "The prefect is in the back hall." ”

Wang Zhixian carried a few paper bags in his hand and said with a smile: "No, it's over, I'm here to see Lord He today." He raised the paper bag in his hand, "I tasted his Chang'an Mansion tea soup yesterday, I don't think it's very authentic, so I just brought it with me and brought it to him to taste." He smiled again, "You can taste it when you're done." ”

The scribes all smiled and thanked them, and Wang Zhixian took the initiative to get out of the way.

The scribes were no longer polite and said, "We're going to put up notices." "The servants hurriedly dispersed to the streets, from the front of the government to the street and then to the city gate, and each county and town would also receive it, and then post it in their respective county towns and towns.

Seeing the notice posted by the government, the people on the street quickly gathered, some of them were recited aloud by the officers, and some of the literate people among the people read it themselves.

“.. Recently, there have been bandits and horse bandits in the territory...."

“... If there is any idle stranger, you have to report it..."

“.. The government mobilized officers and soldiers to search and arrest them, and they should not stop them if they obeyed the orders, otherwise they would be judged by the same party..."

Bandits and horse bandits have always existed, but they are scattered and hidden in the countryside, so that the government issued a notice to arrest and search and warn, there must have been something big and done a big evil, and the people on the street were surprised and panicked.

The city suddenly became noisy and noisy.

In one place, passers-by were listening to a sign read on the wall.

“... Today, the Black Armor Guards have been eradicated, so you can rest assured..."

A member of the public passed by and heard the babbling, and turned his head to look, he had just come from the other side of the street, and had just finished listening to the notice there, but the content was .....

Could it be that the content of the notice is still different? The sound of the announcement continued to be heard.

“.... Tell everyone that the black armor guard is a rebel remnant, but Xue Qing is not a traitor, Song Yuan steals the country, and the real emperor Ji is in the people..."

Ha?

Passers-by were stunned, the sound of the reading stopped, and the onlookers were also stunned, and the next moment was in an uproar.

Song and Yuan steal the country! The real emperor Ji is in the people!

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"Your Excellency, your Excellency. ”

The government chickens and dogs jumped, countless people walked around, and the prefect was even more crowded by a group of people and rushed out.

The horses' hooves rattled, their footsteps were chaotic, and a group of officers and soldiers rushed in, accompanied by the collision of weapons.

"Zhang Wenruo!" the general shouted, stepping over, and the fierce wind made the scribes and messengers shake for a while, "You dare to make trouble!"

The prefect's face turned red: "This has nothing to do with me! This wanted notice has been personally checked by the three of us." ”

The three of them can testify to each other that there is no leak.

Tong knows: "I personally read and transcribed this notice document, a total of seventeen copies, and I have read them all." "Swear by the curse.

The prefect summoned people again, and several scribes were pushed and fell into the courtyard.

"By whom have you been commanded to change the notices? ”

The scribes and servants knelt down and cried out for grievances, and all the notices posted were collected and scattered on the ground...... One, two, three... Eighteen sheets.

"My lord, this is not a notice we posted. They held their hands and shouted, "This is an extra one, this is an extra one." ”

The paper, font, and text are all in the appearance of the government notice, and the content is completely different.

Only three people know what this government does, and if it weren't for the three of them to die, it would be.... The general held the notice in his hand, his face was pale, and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Check, traitor!"

"Check, the traitor is in this city!"

"Check, any stranger who can't tell the origin!"

The soldiers and horses were in chaos, the city gates were closed, the streets were full of chickens, dogs and people, and the government was also in chaos, and the people crowded in the courtyard were staggering and bumping.

"Oops, I'm sorry to step on you. Wang Zhixian said.

The officials around him saw that he smiled bitterly to indicate that it was okay, and said, "But Lord Wang, you can't leave today." ”

Wang Zhixian said: "Extraordinary times, I understand. There was a commotion outside, and someone was shouting his name.

The people in the courtyard looked over and saw that the two small men were being held by officers and soldiers.

"It's strangers. They shouted.

Wang Zhixian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "This is my entourage." ”

The officials of the government were busy testifying to introduce Wang Zhixian, and the officers and soldiers glanced at the two little guys and let them go.

"Officials are not allowed to walk around. They said, turned and walked out, guarding the door of the palace.

The two little guys ran behind Wang Zhixian in a panic, Wang Zhixian comforted them twice, glanced outside the door again, and retracted his gaze indifferently to listen to the whispers of the people around him.

"I really didn't expect such a thing to happen. ”

"yes, yes, scary. ”

"There is such a notice...."

"Shhhh

"It's useless if I don't say it, so many people have seen it, and I think it's a coincidence..."

Since this kind of thing has been done, it must be not only here for them, but also for other places.

The March wind in Huangsha Road is no longer strong, but it is still uncomfortable to be mixed with yellow sand on the face, and the notice posted at the city gate is also torn up, Guo Zi'an raised his hand and patted it, and then took a few steps back to study the content on it.

"This notice is different from the previous ones. He said.