Qinghehou woke up and recovered, the whole Xianyang suddenly seemed to be resurrected, plus three days of celebration, extreme depression and silence turned into a continuous carnival, countless people spontaneously marched on the streets, the Taiyi Temple outside the east gate was also overcrowded, billowing smoke came out all day and night, and the entire river beach was filled with a strong smell of incense.

Countless princes, princes, ministers, merchants, and Chen Ping, Huangfu, Sun Shujiong, Ma Gong, Sheng'an, Yuliang, etc., all came to visit on behalf of different departments, and Meng Yun and a group of gentlemen also came to join in the fun, and the entire Qinghe Marquis Mansion was noisy for several days before it slowly quieted down.

Quyuan Miscellaneous House, which had been closed for more than half a month, was reopened.

The buses all over Xianyang City and outside the city suddenly ran as fast as chickens.

The Academy of Sciences, the Faculty of Letters, the Newspaper Library, the Faculty of Engineering, and the factories outside the city all came alive in an instant.

The Keju field, which had been suspended for a long time, also started again under Zhang Cang and Hu Kuan's Zhang Luo.

With Chen Xu's sobriety, everything in Xianyang began to return to its former prosperity and hustle, and even more lively.

At the end of August, the autumn harvest has already ended, and the entire Guanzhong Plain has slowly entered the season of yellow leaves.

After the celebration, Xianyang City, whether it is the folk or the court, has quickly returned to the right track, but thousands of miles away in Wuzhong, Jiangnan, it is completely different from Xianyang, and there is a thick and strange atmosphere that cannot be dissolved, and the people have recently felt that something seems to happen, but they don't know where this depressing atmosphere comes from.

The hooligans and idlers who are usually all over the streets and alleys and rivers and ports suddenly disappeared, and even the group of troubled boys who used to be roaring and whizzing away in the city in the past could not find their leader, and wandered the streets in confusion and confusion.

Outside the county guard's mansion, a group of guards with armor with serious expressions, blocking all the personnel and officials who entered and exited the mansion, and among the mansion, at this time, there was the county guard Jiang Heng sitting in the center, also wearing armor and carrying a long sword, and there were four people sitting on both sides, one was the county lieutenant Zhao Tong, one was the county captain hoopoe, and the other was the police chief He Biao.

"Qinghe Marquis and Ben Shou sent a letter, saying that there may be a bandit riot in Wuzhong in the near future, the leader may be Xiang's, today Ben Shou convened you, is to discuss the encirclement and suppression of bandits, according to the police station for several days of secret investigation, Xiang has been secretly preparing blades and assembling bandits outside the city, and there are not a few officials in the county who are involved with Xiang's affairs, so this matter must be done in secret and cautious, yesterday there was an edict from the court to send 400 li to Wuzhong urgently, requiring the arrest of the bandit leader Ji Bu who ambushed the Qinghe Hou, and now the safety of the Qinghe Hou is unknown, The Xiang clan is preparing to rebel again, if this matter is slightly negligent and causes a popular uprising, the emperor will be furious and the heads of the people who are guarding Xiang will not be protected......"

Although Jiang Heng usually looks like a polite Confucian student, at this time, he has a long sword in armor all over his body, and his voice is low and cold, and he looks full of a fierce murderous aura.

"Ben Shou also knows that the Xiang clan has dealings with you on weekdays, but as long as the Xiang clan's conspiracy is suppressed this time, all the previous suspected bandits Ben Shou can not blame the past, and he will not leak any news, but if anyone dares to privately collude with bandits, Ben Shou will definitely behead him and deal with the bandits......

"Don't worry, the county guard can rest assured, the police station has been arranged, and two thousand police officers from the county seat and several counties around the five lakes have been secretly assembled and arranged, but the county guard is the first to look forward, and he will never let go of a bandit!" Police Commissioner He Biao promised with a cold face.

He Biao is a lieutenant who was dismissed from the northwest last year, Wujue twelve-level left, although he has a poor reputation in the border pass, but also fought with the Huns for several years, in Huiji County, it is definitely the highest existence of Wujue in addition to Zhao Tong, the county lieutenant, transferred to Huiji as the police chief of the Shoufu Mansion, not only has 600 stones every year, but also 600 households in the food town, and there are countless servants in the vicinity of Wuzhong, and dozens of wives and children have moved to live in Wuzhong, and there are more than 3,000 police officers in more than 20 counties in Huiji County, And these guards are actually the generals who have been removed from the border pass, although the number is scattered, but the force value should not be underestimated, and they are trained in the border pass all the year round, which is much stronger than ordinary captains.

The police are subordinate to the Criminal Department, and although they are vertically under the leadership of the Criminal Department, they are under the jurisdiction and command of the local chief officer, and specialize in maintaining law and order and investigating criminal cases.

It is precisely with the power of the police chief that Jiang Heng can be sure to clamp down on the county lieutenant Zhao Dong, if this kind of thing did not have the support of the county lieutenant in the past, I am afraid that the county guard will be a bare-bones commander.

"The county guard can rest assured, although he has not received orders from His Majesty and the Ministry of War, he will inevitably mobilize lieutenants to strictly guard the county town, and it is also his duty to arrest and suppress bandits, and he will not disappoint the adults!" Zhao Dong's dark cheeks twitched slightly, and he clenched his fists and said.

Seeing that the two military attachés with troops spoke, Jiang Heng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and his face became slightly relaxed, "That's good, although the Xiang clan has been entrenched in Wuzhong for many years, but the entanglement is all some ruffians and rangers, as long as you and Ben Shou are one and the same, Xiang's rebellion will inevitably not succeed, once the bandits disperse and capture Xiang Liang and other bandit leaders, Ben Shou will inevitably play His Majesty to ask for merit for you, so this time I will ask the two generals with full power!" ”

"I'll wait for everything to be arranged by the county guard!" Zhao Dong and He Biao clasped their fists together, and the iron armor on their bodies rattled.

"Okay, although the Xiang clan has taken action now, it must not be ready to launch, Director He continues to arrange for the police to find out the news, and Lieutenant Zhao also hurriedly and secretly mobilized the lieutenants to secretly deploy defenses, once the Xiang clan rebels, they will be strangled immediately, no matter whether they live or die!"

"Oh~" Zhao Tong and He Biao turned around and left with a few of their subordinates, and in an instant, only a few guards and the county hoopoe were left above the lobby.

"Dai Juncheng, I heard that you and the Xiang family have close contacts on weekdays, often drink and feast together, the past things can be ignored, but this time it is related to the safety of Wuzhong, a little carelessness will cause a big disaster, this Shou transferred to the Hui Ji for only two years, many government affairs on weekdays are you are in charge, and they are also in order, I don't know what you are thinking, so I give you two choices at the moment, one is to wronged you to stay in the government temporarily, but after this incident, this Shou will 1510 inform Xianyang of your and Xiang's weekday dealings, As for whether you are guilty or not, wait for the Imperial Historian of the Supervision Province to come and investigate and find out......"

Cold sweat rolled down his forehead, and his body trembled slightly, and he arched his hand and said: "My lord, Hoopoe does have close contacts with the Xiang family on weekdays, and he also got some of the goods he gave him, but the Xiang family is very powerful in Wu, and the lower officials have to do it, not to mention that the lower officials don't know that the Xiang family has the intention of rebellion." ”

"So you don't mean to be a bandit?"

"No, absolutely no ......," Hopoe shook his head again and again, his face pale.

"Okay, Ben Shou gives you a second choice...... Jiang Heng stared straight at the hoopoe, "The county lieutenant and the police station will have a transfer of soldiers in the near future, and this matter will inevitably be noticed by the Xiang family, and I am afraid that they will escape and hide, but this shou wants to take this opportunity to wipe out the Xiang family, so I need you and the Xiang family to explain it, so that they think that the county lieutenant and the police station are just ordered by the emperor to strengthen the vigilance and search for the bandit Shou Jibu, so as to confuse his heart, and then the county guard will report your merits to Xianyang, can you do it?" ”

"Do...... I can do it, my lord, rest assured, once someone from the Xiang clan comes to inquire with me, the lower official will explain according to the adult's instructions, and it will definitely not ruin the adult's plan! The hoopoe wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded hurriedly.

"Okay, this is your only chance, I hope you can do it yourself, dare to break this big thing, your Dai clan will suffer a catastrophe, go!" Jiang Heng waved his hand, and the hoopoe left the hall with a pale face.

"Arrange for someone to keep an eye on the hoopoe!" Jiang Heng commanded a guard behind him.

"Yes, sir!" The guard turned around and left, Jiang Heng pulled the pen and paper and quickly wrote down a letter, put it in a bamboo tube and sealed it, stamped it with his own seal, and handed it to another guard, "Quickly send this letter to Wuhu Garden, and let Qu Hai arrange someone to secretly expedite it to Huipu and Minzhong County Lieutenant Gao Yan!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Everything is arranged, the right time, place and people are not in me, I have to Qinghe Hou Mi Xin, I hope there will be no mistakes!" After the guard who delivered the letter left, Jiang Heng left from the back hall of the county governor's mansion with a slight sigh and quickly returned to his home.

"Why does the husband look like this, he has been busy with official business in the past few days, is he not feeling well?" Jiang Heng's wife, Ping, brought tea into the study and asked with a little worry.

"Madame is not worried, I am not unwell, but last time Qinghe Hou sent a secret letter, which made me feel uneasy!" Jiang Heng took the teacup and shook his head.

"Could it be because of Yue'er?" Ping's eye circles instantly reddened and wiped away tears.

"Yue'er's matter is no wonder to others, or the fourth brother's lack of discipline in the past, although Yue'er died, but Qinghe Hou also did his best to be benevolent and righteous, and buried Yue'er in Chen's cemetery with the gift of his fiancée, this is a great kindness, even if the fourth brother will not have half a complaint, there may be a military disaster in Wuzhong recently, Mrs. Please restrain the people in the house not to go out if they have nothing to do!" Jiang Heng admonished.

"Plague?" Ping's cheeks turned pale instantly.

"Well, but don't worry, Madame, I've arranged for the guards in the palace to take strict precautions, and Madame must not go out of the mansion to interact with other officials and wives, you go out first, I have official business to deal with!"

"Yes, husband!" After the blessing of the Ping family, he left, and was extremely nervous to arrange the affairs of the house.