Dingtao County is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, is an ancient city in the Central Plains with a long history, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Western Han Dynasty for more than 800 years, has been the Central Plains water and land transportation artery and an important city in ancient times, enjoying the reputation of "in the world".

Liu Cheng, the officer in charge of guarding the east gate of Dingtao County, was sitting comfortably in the pergola by the city gate at this moment, feeling the gentle breeze rushing towards him.

The wind in early autumn is warm and warm, blowing on people's faces, not dry or cold, making people feel particularly happy.

Stomp !!

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and Liu Cheng, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, hurriedly opened his eyes, stood up and looked fixedly, but saw a group of people galloping from a distance.

The man at the head was only fifteen or sixteen years old, with clear eyebrows and clear eyes, a Hongyi face, wearing a white robe, and a faint outstanding temperament above others.

And on the left hand side of the man in white is a girl, dressed in a fiery red tight robe, tall and handsome, definitely a rare beauty.

To the right of the man in white are two men, the one close to the man in white is dressed in gray brocade, holding a black feather fan in his hand, his figure is thin, his face is kind, and he looks like he should be a scholar.

And the person next to this scholar formed a sharp contrast with this scholar, I saw that this person was more than nine feet tall, with a golden face and long beard, tiger eyes and thick eyebrows, a serious expression, not smiling, and looked majestic.

The more than ten horsemen behind the four of them were all big men with tigers on their backs, with a horizontal knife on their waists, and they had been following closely behind the white-clothed man, looking around vigilantly.

Liu Cheng is a native of Dingtao County, and he has been working at the gate of this city for ten years from the beginning of the Great Cause period to the present. Even when Li Mi swept through the Central Plains and the war broke out, he was still the guarding officer of this city gate, and he was a complete local snake figure.

In the past ten years of guarding the city gate, Liu Cheng has not known how many different people he has met and has gained countless experiences. Just a cursory glance at this group of people, he could judge that the origin of this group of people is not small, especially the man in white who is the leader, it can be seen from his temperament alone that he is definitely a noble character.

Liu Cheng's judgment was not wrong, this white-clothed boy was His Majesty Yang Gao, the Emperor of the Great Sui, and the other three were naturally the Red Lady, Liu Bowen and Yuwen Chengdu.

After exterminating the Song Jiang army, Yang Gao appointed Qin Qiong as the commander, Di Qing as the deputy, Zhang Shuye as the Sima of the army, and commanded Luo Shixin, Qin Yong, Qin Huaiyu and other generals and 50,000 elite soldiers to take advantage of the victory to pursue and strive to take the entire Qingzhou in one go.

As for Jiang Song, who beheaded Dong Ping and came to join the army, he was rewarded by Yang Gao with the position of a partial general and arranged to go to Li Jing's army to listen to it. After all, the Tang Dynasty was Yang Gao's great enemy, and the next strategic center of the Sui Dynasty was still Bashu. And with the strength of Qin Qiong and others, they can completely beat Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others in Qingzhou, and it is a pity that Jiang Song went.

After arranging these things, Yang Gao planned to continue his plan to inspect the situation in the counties of the Central Plains.

At this time, the red lady from the bottom proposed to Yang Gao: "Your Majesty, the red lady thinks that if Your Majesty goes with great fanfare, those officials with poor political performance will inevitably prepare to deceive Your Majesty after learning about it, which will go against Your Majesty's original intention." Therefore, according to the matchmaker's opinion, His Majesty might as well conceal his whereabouts and secretly go to the field for investigation, so that it can be seen at a glance who is good and who is bad among officials everywhere. ”

Yang Gao felt that what the Red Lady said was reasonable, so he agreed to the Red Lady's proposal. Ordered Nan Jiyun to lead a large group of men and horses to walk slowly under his own banner, and he led Liu Bowen, Yuwen Chengdu and the Red Lady and more than a dozen guards to the Central Plains secretly.

Yang Gao passed along the way, and visited more than a dozen counties and counties, and the local Taishou county order did not live up to Yang Gao's expectations, and tried his best to govern the place, which was highly praised by the local people.

"Uncle Xiao Yu really lives up to my expectations, the officials from all over the country must have been personally selected and screened by him, and the county magistrate of Dingtao County should also be a good official."

With such a thought, Yang Gao rode to the gate of the city, turned over and dismounted, and slowly walked in front of Liu Cheng, revealing a harmless smile: "This military master, a young but Jiangdu person, went out on business at the order of his father, and he didn't know the local customs when he first came to Guibaodi, can he ask the military master for advice?" As he spoke, he took out a few taels of silver from his arms and stuffed them into Liu Cheng's hand.

Feeling the weight of silver taels in his palm, Liu Cheng couldn't help but squint his eyes, and asked with a smile on his face: "I don't know what Gongzi wants to ask from the villain?" ”

Yang Gao smiled slightly: "Dare to ask the military master, who is this Dingtao County County Order?" Xiao Ke may need the help of the government to act this time, so I want to inquire about the daily style of the county magistrate, and it is good to visit in the future. ”

Liu Cheng suddenly looked disdainful when he heard this, and said lightly: "Childe, if you want to find the county commander to do something, it's very simple, our entire Dingtao County people know that you just need to bring enough silver taels!" ”

Yang Gao's face sank when he heard this, he still understood the meaning of this sentence, and his feelings were that Dingtao County Commander was a corrupt official, and the good mood after inspecting for days was completely wiped out at this moment.

Liu Cheng saw that Yang Gao's face was not good-looking, and thought that he was reluctant to spend more money, so he approached Yang Gao and whispered: "Son, I think you are also a real person, if you are not willing to give money to the county order, then I suggest you go to the county Cheng Lu Hengda." ”

"County Cheng Lu Heng people?"

Hearing this name, Yang Gao frowned slightly, and always felt as if he had heard this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Liu Cheng didn't notice Yang Gao's strange appearance at this time, and continued to introduce Lu Heng to Yang Gao in a rambling manner: "Although Lu Heng is only a county official, in fact, in the eyes of the people of our Dingtao County, he should be the county commander of our Dingtao County. If he hadn't been in Dingtao County, the people of Dingtao County would have been crushed by Yang Xi's vampire long ago. ”

Yang Gao heard Liu Cheng praise Lu Heng so much, and then his gloomy face showed a hint of joy, and said lightly: "Then according to what you say, this Lu Heng is a good official who takes the people as the sky and the people as the master!" ”

"That's nature!" Liu Cheng nodded vigorously: "As long as the son is doing a serious business, Lord Lu will definitely help the son." ”

"I see, thank you Jun Ye!"

Yang Gao had already learned about the officials of Dingtao County through Liu Cheng, so he arched his hand to thank Liu Cheng, and led the war horse to lead Yuwen Chengdu, Liu Bowen, and the Red Lady to the city.