On the afternoon of the third day after the successful suppression of the bandits in Ma Qishan, a burly and sturdy man with a height of more than six feet came to Hejia Village, wearing a hat on his head that almost covered his entire face.

As soon as he entered the village, he inquired about Xu Tangyi's residence, but his voice was obviously low, and no one could see his face clearly. The villagers all felt strange, but Xu Tangyi was the captain of Ding Zhuang in this village, and the captain of the Ding team of the He Fu family, and he was a very respected person in the village. So although some people were suspicious, they didn't say anything, but enthusiastically showed him the way.

After Xu Tangyi returned home from the state city yesterday, he didn't go out all day. He was excited, grateful, and worried.

Excited that yesterday He Zhiyuan told him about the appointment of him as the deputy inspector of the State Inspection Department by the court meeting, although this is just a sesame petty official from Jiupin, he is still excited, after all, it is also an official body.

Over the years, he has always been grateful to the He family. There are two people in his life that he can't forget, one is Qian Yue, his comrade-in-arms when he was a soldier, Qian Yue once saved his life on the battlefield, it was really a fateful friendship.

Second, when he fled and fell ill, He Shaoyun saved his life again. Just yesterday, He Zhiyuan helped Qian Heng get a legal household registration, and since then there is no bandit Ji Chao, only good citizen Qian Heng.

And he is now an outsider from a village, making a living by hunting. Now he has become the captain of the Ding team, the captain of Ding Zhuang, and the deputy inspector of the inspection department, all thanks to the support and help of the He family.

At first, he didn't want to be this deputy inspector, and he didn't want to leave Hejia Village. Because all this is thanks to the He family. If you go to be this deputy inspector, you will be a person from the court, and you will no longer be a member of the He family. Emotionally speaking, he is reluctant to leave the He family, and logically speaking, it is even more so.

After He Zhiyuan explained to him the reason why he was asked to be this official, he vaguely felt that this was a big move planned by He Zhiyuan. In the future, He Zhiyuan's future is limitless, and it is right to listen to his arrangement. He couldn't help but sigh that this young junior had changed too much in the past six months or so. Could it be that he was really protected by Taizu?

But today Xu Tangyi was also very nervous in his heart, he didn't know if Qian Heng would come? Were there any accidents on the road? If you are accidentally caught by officers and soldiers, how to rescue them? He couldn't sort out these issues for a while, and there was no major event today, so he simply waited for him at home.

It wasn't until the afternoon that I heard a knock on the door. He quickly ran to open the door, saw Qian Heng wearing a hat, and hurriedly let him into the courtyard.

When he came to the house, Qian Heng knelt down on his knees and respectfully kowtowed to Xu Tangyi and Li Shi three times. Choked up and said, "Uncle Xu, aunt, nephew is not filial." You're worried about your nephew's business. ”

Li Shi teary-eyed, and said in a trembling voice: "Hurry up, child, let your aunt take a good look at you." ”

After all, Xu Tangyi was born in the military, and he was used to seeing life and death parting, so naturally he didn't have so many tears, but his eyes were also red. He asked: "Heng'er, it has been sixteen years since Antonwei, when you were still a half-grown man, and now you are all burly men. There is no news of this farewell, who would have thought that you would all change your names and surnames, otherwise you would not be in such a situation anyway. ”

"At that time, the officers and soldiers were tightly investigated, and our family could only change their names and surnames and hunt in the mountains."

"After we settled here, I went to the eastern mountains many times to inquire about you. At that time, our family did not have a household registration, so we could only secretly inquire about the family of the person surnamed Qian from village to village. I thought that it was only twenty or thirty miles away from each other, but I missed it. Xu Tangyi said.

"Our family is too, but my father didn't dare to go out of the mountains, so he just inquired in the surrounding mountains. After two years of inquiry, I didn't find you, so I thought that you might have changed your name and surname, so I gave up. Qian Heng said.

"I know what happened to your family later, and what I don't understand is that with your father's skills, he can't easily fall into the hands of officers and soldiers. How could it be killed by officers and soldiers? Xu Tangyi asked.

"It wasn't an ordinary officer and soldier who killed my father, it was Jinyiwei!"

"Jinyiwei?!" Xu Tangyi was so shocked that he stood up from his chair. An ominous premonition came over him.

"My dad told me when he was dying. He said that the change of name and surname was also to avoid the pursuit of Jinyiwei. In a hurry, my father told me that he had discovered a shocking secret of Anton Wei and was persecuted. Because our two families are good friends, it also affects your family. On his deathbed, he didn't say it was a secret, but told me that I would rather be a bandit than a soldier. Qian Heng replied.

"How did you escape the Jinyi Guards back then?"

"After my father died, Jinyiwei chased after me, and I was forced to jump off a cliff and was held up by a big tree to save my life. Then I went to Ma Qi Mountain to fall into the grass. ”

Xu Tangyi tried to recall the events of that year, when Anton Wei had five or six thousand soldiers. There are 5,000 households, 100 households, and hundreds of officers, large and small, but in the end, Qian Yue discovered some shocking secrets and offended someone before he was persecuted. More than ten years have passed, and Anton Wei's personnel has changed dramatically, what kind of force can use Jinyiwei's pursuit and killing? If you think about it carefully, only if you offend Jinyiwei can you not give up the pursuit for more than ten years. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he felt, and the more he thought about it, the more clueless he became.

Since I can't think about it clearly, I simply don't think about it. So he said: "This matter will be investigated slowly in the future, and it will be difficult to figure out this matter with your and current strength." Fortunately, now that you have a legal identity, you don't have to worry about the arrest of officers and soldiers in the future. ”

After speaking, he took out a household registration document and handed it to Qian Heng, and then continued: "This is what He Zhiyuan from He Mansion helped you do, I will take you to meet their father and son in a while, you have to thank them." ”

"I have heard of the father and son of the He family, and their family has a good reputation. Speaking of which, there are still some holidays with them. Qian Heng said with some guilt.

"You mean kidnapping Zhiyuan as a meat ticket and stealing the soap recipe, right? I know all those things, He Zhiyuan said that you are different from those bandits, and there is a way to steal, and your conscience is not clear. At that time, I led the team to kidnap you halfway. ”

The two couldn't help but sigh for a while, a few months ago they were still antagonistic to the people and bandits, but now they are talking on their knees.

Xu Tangyi continued: "At that time, we had already received news that the Qi family would send someone to Ma Qi Mountain to find you, and we had already taken precautions. That bull egg hasn't been found yet, did you kill him or what? ”

"I have never killed any hostage who has been caught on the mountain. Niu Erdan has been locked up in the dungeon, and I didn't order him to be disposed of. Qian Heng said.

"There is also no trace of Zhenying, there was a rope leading to the lake on the edge of the back cliff at that time, so it is possible that the two of them jumped away together."

"It's possible that they already knew each other." Qian Heng said.

Suddenly, Qian Heng remembered something. He hurriedly said to Xu Tangyi: "Uncle Xu, things are a little bad. ”