Hu Shao walked out of the back hall and said coldly: "Knowingly, I asked! There are so many soldiers at the back door, how can I go, can't I get out by burrowing holes in the ground?"

"Soldier?" Ling Yun was surprised.

The officials have long since died in the courtyard, where did the soldiers come from?

Outside the main gate of the county office, suddenly people and horses neighed, heavy wheels moved like thunder ploughing the ground, and a burst of Jin Ge roared.

The gate of the county government was violently pushed open, and a tall horse easily crossed the knee-high iron threshold of the county government and jumped into the courtyard in front of the court.

A tiger general on horseback, with brown hair and red hair, bright eyes, a heavy sword in his hand, turned over and dismounted, and walked into the county government hall, and the soldiers on both sides hurriedly grabbed the horse and led it aside.

When Hu Shao saw someone coming, he hurriedly dodged to the backyard to avoid it.

Above the lobby, only Ling Yun sat crookedly on the Taishi chair.

"Are you the local magistrate?" the tiger general asked sharply.

"It is in the three cities of the lower king that it is also. Lingyun Dao, he deliberately imitated the ancients, and his words were sandwiched with "Zhihu also".

"Hmph! Little Zhixian, the highest is only the sixth grade, why do you dare to sit and not salute and be rude, what crime should I be guilty of!" said the tiger general angrily.

He originally wanted to get off the horse and intimidate the county officials, but he didn't expect Ling Yun to still swagger on the Taishi chair, and said with a smile: "My lord, I don't know your honorable name?"

The tiger raised his sword eyebrows upside down, and said coldly: "Hmph, I am the iron lion Sun Xun." ”

He knew that he was certainly higher in grade than the sixth-grade civil official, but if the county magistrate didn't eat this, there was really nothing he could do, after all, he couldn't control the promotion and debasement of the county official, how could the other party take himself to heart.

Ling Yun got up, bowed slightly, and said: "General, don't blame me, there are a lot of people who have pretended to be important members of the imperial court recently, and my county government has arrested two charlatans who pretend to be relatives of the emperor this year, so I have to guard against it!"

"Besides, the four grades of the adults are not written on the door of my head, I must not ask clearly before saluting, otherwise if I am six grades, and the other party is seven grades, but I think it is four grades, wouldn't it be the same arrogance system!" Ling Yun said.

Sun Xun scolded angrily in his heart: "Lao Tzu is wearing an armor suit, tiger-shaped armor on his shoulders, and a divine tiger embroidered on his cloak, how can you not know that this is the form of a four-rank military attaché! Besides, when a six-rank civil official sees me as a fourth-grade military attaché, how can he bow down and bow down, what kind of system will he become!"

In ancient officialdom, when the world was in turmoil, the world was undecided, and military attachés fought in the field and coordinated the military and political power of a place, and their status was naturally much higher than that of civilian officials, and civilian officials were not taken into account at all.

At the time of ruling the world, the world has been decided, the military attache is useless, and there is the danger of supporting the army and self-respect, often deliberately suppressed and alienated by the imperial power, often the civil officials see the first level, and the law of giving gifts is often applied with the same level of courtesy, although Sun Xun is dissatisfied, but there is nothing to be done.

Sun Xun snorted and roared, "Someone!"

Among the soldiers standing in two columns outside the county office, several people ran out, holding the painting scroll in their hands, and ran to the hall.

More than ten painting scrolls were opened one by one, and the first one was a portrait of a young man, painted with fine brushwork, and his appearance was quite heroic.

Ling Yun was taken aback, and said in his heart: "Isn't this the young master that Wanxian Lou saw that night?"

The rest of the portraits, a couple, and a young girl, are none other than the Sect Master of the Two Swords and Zi Ruo, most of the rest of the people don't know each other, but occasionally have the impression that it seems to be one of the several masters who were kicked into the wall when they went downstairs.

Sun Xun sneered: "Wang Zhixian, can these people know each other?"

Ling Yun shook his head and said, "I've never seen it, it's just this woman's ......" he pointed at Ziruo.

Sun Xun asked, "How is this woman?"

Ling Yun smiled evilly: "This woman is really beautiful!"

Sun Xun scolded in his heart: "You are an immortal, I thought there was some clue! This dog official has no ability, and his lust is not small!"

He pretended to be calm on his face, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Wang Zhixian is good at this, if this woman catches it, she can give you a few days of happiness." ”

Ling Yun arched his hand and smiled: "That being the case, then I really have to thank General Sun!"

Sun Xun waved his hand and said, "It's a trivial matter, it's easy to say, but there is something to explain......"

Ling Yun asked, "What's the matter?"

Suddenly, Sun Xun's expression became gloomy, and he slapped the county government platform suddenly, and said angrily: "Do you know that you have committed a capital crime!"

Seeing that he lost his temper again, Ling Yun shrugged his shoulders and said, "The lower officials don't know, please ask General Sun to make it clear!"

Sun Xun continued: "Half a month ago, I informed the Xianmen Mansion and the counties, and explicitly ordered to join forces to arrest the important criminals of the imperial court and exterminate the remnants of the Hong family, why did this group of people go to your county to make a big fuss in Wanxianlou, and as a result, they kidnapped the official prostitutes and swaggered through the market, you are not effective in catching the thieves, and you are ineffective in catching the important criminals, how to explain to the imperial court?"

Ling Yun laughed and said, "May I ask how many officers and soldiers did the lord bring?" In the guest room of Wanxian Mansion before, he had heard in his drowsiness that the young master had said that "the imperial court brigade was ambushed", and it was speculated that it must be the men and horses led by Sun Xun, so he asked.

Sun Xun frowned slightly, and said, "This is a secret, how can I tell you!"

Ling Yun said with a smile: "It is expected that there will be no less than a thousand people, so many of them, they can't capture these ten or so people, my little county government, even the gangsters, but a dozen or so people, how can they compare to thousands of people?

Sun Xun was silent, the battle in Xiaoshang Mountain Canyon, he thought it was foolproof, but he was still about to escape, he was very annoyed, and now he was scarred, and he hated this little county official in his heart.

He didn't know that the small county government was powerless to control the enemy, and the so-called joint arrest was just to set a trap for the county and let the officials with low martial arts in the county obstruct the key criminals, and the two sides fought viciously, so that the army could learn the enemy's whereabouts in time.

The deaths of the officials were already expected by Sun Xun.

There are more than ten fugitives, almost all of whom are first-class masters in the world, and these servants are tantamount to mantis arms as cars, but he must use the excuse to ask about the crime of fleeing criminals, and press these magistrates, so as to ask for money, food, and people, otherwise how can an army of thousands of people be fed?

Sun Xun has been oppressing local officials all the way, and officials from all over the country have looted the people's fat and ointment in the name of raising military rations, some of which were handed over to Sun Xun, and some of them fattened themselves, and they were all happy, but when they arrived in Jingnan County, they encountered Lingyun, a county magistrate who did not understand the rules of officialdom, and actually played a bachelor.

Sun Xun reprimanded his subordinate soldiers, and there were only two people left in the hall.

Sun Xun picked up a bowl of cold tea on the high platform, took a few sips, moistened his dry and cracked lips, and said: "Wang County Order, the fugitives have come to Xianmen Mansion, and further south is South Burma, once they cross the border, it will be even more difficult to continue the pursuit, and the two countries will have a dispute." Therefore, they must be stopped at Xianmen, and the fugitives must not be indulged to go to southern Burma, otherwise you and I will not be able to keep the black yarn hat, I am afraid that Xiang Shang's head will be in danger!"

Ling Yun pretended to be concerned and said, "What is the general's plan?" In fact, he didn't care, thinking that when the army left, he took off this black gauze hat, swept away Wang Sancheng's ten thousand taels of silver, and went to the mountains and rivers.

Sun Xun said: "I heard that the second son of the Hong family has a beloved maidservant, named Ziruo, who has been missing since he raided the house, and he should be carried by his side." In this case, I plan to send a few masters to secretly capture Ziruo, as long as Ziruo is captured, the second son of the Hong family will definitely not easily escape to southern Burma, we can use this as bait to wipe out the remnants of the Hong family!"

Ling Yun nodded yes, echoing him, thinking to himself: "Isn't that official prostitute Ziruo, isn't it clearly painted on your portrait, why is your whereabouts suddenly unknown?"

Seeing that he agreed, Sun Xun looked embarrassed and said, "There is only one thing that needs Brother Wang's help." ”

Ling Yun said: "The general said that it doesn't matter. ”

Sun Xun said with a smile: "I have heard that Wang Zhixian has the reputation of 'three feet high in the blue sky', and he is good at scraping the ground, so I think this matter is not difficult for your county to do." We have thousands of soldiers and horses, and the consumption of silver, grain and grass is very large, although the imperial court distributes it month by month, which is just a drop in the bucket, so I would like to ask your county to assist in military affairs and supply the needs of silver, grain and grass. ”

Among the thousands of soldiers and horses, most of them were temporarily recruited, and there were also a lot of strong men captured from all over the country, and there were only a few hundred officers and soldiers registered in the imperial court, and the rest could only raise their own military salaries, grain and grass, so Sun Xun had to ask for help.

I thought that Ling Yun would excuse himself, but he didn't expect Ling Yun to agree: "This is no problem, but I don't know how much money is needed for a month, and how much grain and grass is needed?"

Sun Xun was quite surprised, he didn't expect this young county official to dare to take on the responsibility so much, and said: "The salary needs 2,000 taels per month, the grain and grass need 1,000 stone per month, and the open station needs to be provided with more than ten acres." He had already taken these numbers by heart and blurted them out.

Ling Yun was silent for a while, he didn't know how much a thousand stone of grain was, as for the monthly salary of two thousand taels of silver, he probably knew that it was only a tiny fraction of Wang Sancheng's net worth of one million silver.

Seeing that he hesitated, Sun Xun thought that the amount was too large and difficult, so he said: "If Brother Wang is too late to raise it for a while, the monthly salary can be reduced to 1,500 taels as appropriate, but grain and grass are the orders of the three armies, and they cannot be reduced." ”

Ling Yun asked, "I don't know how many silver taels a stone of grain is?"

Sun Xun frowned, thinking that this county official really didn't eat the fireworks of the world, so he said, "About one or two pieces of silver." ”

Ling Yun said: "General, let's do it, I will provide a monthly salary of 4,000 taels of silver, and the food will be purchased by the army, how about it?"

Sun Xun was greatly surprised, you need to know that at that time, there were many poor people in various places, and there were few rich people, and the poor people were so poor that they only had food, and the rich people had more silver and more food, and if they were ordinary officials, they would rather give more food and less silver, because it was so difficult to collect silver, but for food, it was enough to go door to door to collect some rations.

He didn't expect Ling Yun to do the opposite, and he would rather give more silver, for officers and soldiers, are they afraid that they won't be able to buy food with silver, and it is not a year of famine.

Sun Xun agreed, and said happily: "Brother Wang, you are really worthy of your reputation, scraping the ground...... Ahem, if you have a skill in financial management, of course it's better to pay all the money! I've done my brother a big favor, and we have to have a big drink tonight, and we won't get drunk or go home!"