"Dare to tell the county guard, Bing Cao has removed all the soldiers in the city, and the evening market is open as usual."

In the afternoon, after finishing the county guard's explanation, Heifu returned to the county guard's mansion to resume his life, and when he came in the morning, Ye Junshouzheng, who had already woken up, scolded Changshi Ludang for being "confused", and ordered Heifu to withdraw the soldiers outside, and relaxed the vigilance and arrest of the streets and alleys in the city, so that Jiangling City could return to normal.

This was actually a loose policy on the outside and tight on the inside, and Bing Cao still sent a large number of soldiers to guard the city gates, and the thief Cao was hurrying to arrest the Assassins......

"How's the public opinion?"

Ye Teng was dressed in a regular suit, with linen bandages wrapped around his legs, and was waited by two maidservants, lying on the sickbed, but he did not relax, but asked Shuzuo to hold the scroll, continued to read it to himself, and gave corresponding instructions, and from time to time various Cao officials came and went to ask for instructions.

Heifu said: "The news of the county guard's appearance at the official office at noon has spread, and the people are no longer talking. ”

Ye Teng's complexion was not very good, he sighed and said: "Accumulating feathers and sinking boats, the group of light folding shafts, the word of the crowd, although the gold and stone can also be melted." People's hearts are the most uncertain, if the government behaves too nervously, it will make people guess that I am seriously injured and dead, so that the thieves have a chance to take advantage of it. ”

"The county watchman is very true."

Ye Teng immediately raised his eyes: "What can you find out about the assassin henchmen?" ”

Heifu said: "Bing Cao, thief Cao, and prison Cao are working together to solve the case, and have arrested several people who may assist the assassins, although it has not been fully verified, but we speculate that the mastermind of this matter is likely to be the Chu State!" ”

This is an era of rampant assassins, from hundreds of years ago to the assassination of the king, Yu Rang's assassination of Zhao Xiangzi, Nie Zheng's assassination of the hero, and then to Jing Ke's assassination of the king of Qin only a few years ago, assassinating political enemies and killing the head of the enemy country is an effective way.

"Chu State?"

Ye Teng laughed, not the slightest fear, but a little contemptuous, contempt for those who wanted to take his life.

"The old man has experienced a lot of assassinations in his life, after he took the Qin army to attack Xinzheng, the sons of the Korean clan hated me for treason, so they hired a light man to assassinate me with 100 gold.

"After I came to Nanjun to be the county guard, because I brought those clans who were rampant in the local area to justice, I was assassinated by local chiefs and guests of the big clans, and the most dangerous one was that the sword was only a few feet away from me......"

"Now, even the State of Chu wants to kill me. The nobles of the Chu State, who claim to be Zhu Rong's bloodline, can only come up with such a shoddy way to understand the old man? ”

He couldn't help but laugh, and finally stopped laughing because of the pain in his leg.

Heifu responded: "Last month, the Chu State instigated the Ba people to rebel, and stormed Yiling, which was menacing, if it weren't for the county guard living in Jiangling, and quickly dispatching soldiers and generals to help, I'm afraid the Chu people would not just give up." In addition, the county guard governed the southern county in an orderly manner, and the Chu people were afraid of the county guard, so they were eager to get rid of the county guard! ”

It's not that he's sloppy, it's true, Heifu has been serving in the county for a few months, although Ye Junshou's power tricks and ways of employing people give him a uncomfortable sense of restraint. But Ye Teng, as a local official, his performance can be called flawless. Catching thieves, the Jian Da clan, the official style, farming, persuading sericulture, after a few years, the politics of Nanjun took on a new look.

This year, Ye Teng boldly used the method of composting and manure to promote water milling, and it is unlikely that any county guard will have both the characteristics of being careful and cautious and resolute.

A general who turned his back on his mother country and led his army to destroy it, a traitor whose morals were criticized, but he was a capable official, which was very different from the standard of "clean officials" in later generations, and this kind of courtier, if not an extremely confident monarch, would never be reused.

After Heifu finished his official business and returned to the county governor's mansion in Yingxian County, Li You also talked about Feng Jing and Heifu talking about the county guard's calmness in the face of assassination and how calmly he coped with it afterwards.

After hearing Heifu say that the county guard had resumed his work, Li You sighed: "I once heard my father tell a story that more than 100 years ago, King Qi Wei and King Wei Hui met to hunt, during which the two kings began to compare their treasures. King Wei Hui said that he had ten Suihou beads that could illuminate the front and rear twelve cars, and Qi was the country of ten thousand times, so I don't know what treasures there were? ”

King Qi Wei responded that what he regarded as a treasure was quite different from that of King Wei. Qi has a minister named Tanzi, sent him to guard Xue City, then the Chu people did not dare to be the border of Kou, and the twelve princes of Sishang all came to worship. Qi has a minister named Panzi, and sent him to guard the Gaotang Dynasty, and the Zhao people did not dare to fish in the river. Qi has a minister named Qianfu, sent him to guard Wudi, then the Yan people sacrifice to the north gate, the Zhao people sacrifice to the west gate, and migrate into more than 7,000 Qi families. Qi has a minister named the head of the species, and he is sent to guard against thieves, and Linzi Road is not left behind. ”

"King Qi Wei said, the above four sons, will shine on a thousand miles, can they only shine on the twelve?"

After speaking, Li You said with admiration: "Ye Junshou can benefit the people's livelihood, prepare for thieves, and cultivate weapons." The officials respect it, the people love it, the heroes fear it, and the enemy country fears it, isn't it the Tanzi, Panzi, Qianfu, and the head of the Qin State? This is the minister of the pillar, and he will shine on the land of thousands of miles in Nanjun, no wonder the king said, I came to Nanjun as a county lieutenant, and I want to learn more from Yejun......"

Li You couldn't help but feel ashamed when he thought that he had lost his mind for a short time on the day of the assassination, in such a comparison, he was still too young and unwise.

"If every boss is as strong and smart as Ye Teng, he still doesn't let the people below live?"

Heifu promised in his mouth, but he was secretly complaining in his heart.

At this moment, the thief Cao Peng hurriedly came to visit and excitedly reported to Li Youyu: "County Captain, the assassin henchmen have been caught!" ”

Li You's spirits perked up, this was his top priority at the moment, and he immediately asked the thief Cao Peng to report it in person.

The thief Cao Peng said: "We found a total of five of these assassins, and most of them were merchants and hired farmers who pretended to enter the city, and their tests and legends were forged. ”

Although the Qin State had a strict household registration system, the method was too primitive after all. Ordinary people who forge ID cards will be recognized at a glance like the teenager who pretended to be Feng Jing's younger brother and swindled in Nanyang County. But if it is an enemy spy, through certain means, it can be faked to confuse the real thing.

"In addition to the two assassins who died that day, three others were arrested while trying to sneak out of the city, two were killed on the spot for resisting, and the remaining one told the story after a day of torture!"

"Five Assassins are from the Chu Kingdom, but there are also people in Jiangling City who are helping! At present, a fortune-teller has been found, and the two soldiers on duty that day are in contact with the assassin. The three have been arrested, and they all confessed, Wu Zhu claimed to be dissatisfied with the county's ban on obscenity, and the two soldiers were bribed......"

At this time, Heifu spoke.

"This will never end here!"

Everyone looked at him, and Heifu explained: "This assassination must have been planned for a long time, from forging the identities of these Chu assassins, to providing bows and crossbow weapons that are strictly forbidden to be possessed by the people, and then being able to find out the travel route of the county guard in advance...... No matter which one of them, it is not something that ordinary people can do! ”

He said to Li You: "The subordinate read an article in the county guard's "Wu Sun Tzu", which is divided into the countryside, the inner room, the anti-room, the dead room, and the living room. The so-called countryside is to use the villagers of the enemy country as spies. The so-called inner room is to use enemy officials as spies! ”

"Now the thief Cao has found out nothing more than ordinary countryside gnats, but I think that the real blood-sucking locusts have not been traced yet!"

Li You's face became solemn: "You mean, in Jiangling City, there is probably an inner room of the Chu State?" ”

"Not only Jiangling, but the subordinates think that in other counties in Nanjun, there are also many officials and chiefs who have broken off the connection with the Chu people for various reasons, and have become the inner room of the Chu State! They may be in high positions and hidden among many Qin officials, who seem to be no different from ordinary officials, but in fact they are doing the business of writing letters to betray the county and helping to shield the assassin spies! Even at any time, when the Chu army attacked, the killing official opened the city and surrendered! ”

After saying that, Heifu bowed again and pleaded: "It is now midsummer, and the two countries of Qin and Chu have started a war in Nanjun. In order to prevent any more assassins from jumping off the beam to assassinate the county guard and county lieutenant, and to prevent Nanjun from being thought by the Chu people, this matter must be thoroughly investigated to the end, and no one will be spared! ”