The sky was about to darken, and everyone came to Shouchang Town, which is a small town, but there are walls around it, which is a small city.

Zhang Heyi, who had prepared in advance, greeted Zhou Zheng into an inn and said, "My lord, it's all arranged." ”

A shopkeeper looked at Zhou Zheng and his party, with a smile on his face, and said: "This son, the room is ready, the hot water and meals are ready, and they can be used immediately, if you have any instructions, just tell me." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't have any special requirements for this aspect, just get by, he glanced at Shangguan Qing and the others behind him, and said, "Do you have any special requirements?" ”

Without waiting for the others to speak, Shangguan Lie hurriedly said: "My mattress has to be replaced, and my sister's, remember, it is new, and no one else has used it." The food must be clean, I will go to your back kitchen later, if you fool us, more than 30 of us, smash your broken building, hear no ......"

The shopkeeper smiled, raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, son, I guarantee that there is no problem." ”

"Also, we have chartered your inn, don't let any idle people come in, our son-in-law is noble, if you are disturbed, it will be cheap for ......you to eat a lawsuit" Shangguan Lie's mouth was like a bullet, and he didn't stop.

The shopkeeper seemed to have received such a big business for the first time, and he smiled and kept nodding.

Zhou Zheng watched, didn't say much, went up to the second floor, and entered his room.

After a short break, everyone ate in the hall.

Zhou Zheng said to Yao Tong while eating: "When we arrive at Yongping Mansion, we have to do a lot of things, I will give it to you, the relocation is arranged in the sixth room, let's first touch the situation of Yongping Mansion, and then make adjustments to some personnel and government affairs, it is expected that in the second half of the year, we will all be busy......"

Six rooms, six departments corresponding to the six departments of the prefect's yamen, such as criminal, worker, and official.

Yao Tongshun and Zhang Heyi listened, nodded their heads, and said, "It's an adult." ”

Yao Tongshun was originally a small official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he had no future, but now he can go to any local house, which can be regarded as promising.

Relocation is Zhang Heyi's word, he took over Yao Tongshun's class, and now he is brought out by Zhou Zheng. His choice was different from Kou Huaiyi, Kou Huaiyi chose to stay in Beijing, and Zhang Heyi chose to leave Beijing with Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng took a few bites, and said: "We don't know much about the officials of Yongping Mansion, when you arrive at Yongping Mansion, you use your respective relationships to check for me, to see which of these people are available and which are not......

Zhang Heyi, Yao Tongshun and others were the preliminary team of Zhou Zheng in Yongping Mansion, and the two of them hurriedly responded, looking a little excited.

They know some of Zhou Zheng's plans, and this is going to be a big deal!

If Zhou Zheng does well, their future will be limitless!

Shangguan Lie stretched out his head, looked at Zhou Zheng and said expectantly: "Lord Zhou, I, what am I doing?" ”

Shangguan Lie was brought out by Shangguan Xun at the request of Zhou Zheng, for fear that he would cause trouble in the capital.

Zhou Zheng looked at him, and looked at Ding Qi again, Ding Qi seemed to be older than Zhou Zheng, a little shy, not much to say, looking at Zhou Zheng, wanting to speak and stopping, his expression was also a look of hope that could not be concealed.

Zhou Zheng knew that these two people had to exercise, so he sighed for a while, and said: "When you arrive at the mansion, there must be a lot of things to do, upload and distribute, meet officials, etc., when the time comes, you will follow me first and arrange these things for me......"

In fact, the two of them don't have much desire for official positions, and they are more 'doing things'.

Shangguan Lie raised his head and said with a gloomy face: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely arrange it for you!" ”

Ding Qi followed Shangguan Lie, very excited.

Zhou Zheng looked at the group of people on the table, nodded secretly, smiled, and gradually rose in his heart, full of ambition!

After the group had finished eating, they rested and had to hurry the next morning.

I don't know how long I slept, Zhou Zhengzheng was in a daze, and there was a sudden noise outside the door, and then his door was violently shaken.

Zhou Zheng frowned, opened the door with his clothes on, and saw Yao Tongshun said with a panicked face: "My lord, it's not good, there are bandits besieging the city!" ”

Zhou Zheng was stunned and said, "Bandits besieged the city? How many people? ”

Yao Tong said: "I don't know, the mayor of the town said that he wanted to find the adults by name and asked them to hand them over!" ”

Zhou Zheng turned around and got dressed, and said, "Wake everyone up, let's go and have a look together." ”

Not long after, Zhou Zheng appeared in the hall, the hall was full of his people, the innkeeper and the second chef were hiding on the side, trembling.

Not long after, a sturdy old man in his early sixties came in, raised his hand tremblingly and said to Zhou Zheng: "The villain Wang Baihe greets the patrolman." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at him without moving, and said, "You are the mayor here?" ”

The so-called mayor of the town is the prestige mayor who is elected.

Wang Baihe looked flustered and said, "The villain is exactly." ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at the bright lights outside and said, "Those bandits are here to find this official?" How did they know that the official was staying here tonight? ”

Wang Baihe was stunned and said: "This villain doesn't know, presumably the adults were targeted by them when they entered the town." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at Wang Baihe, his eyes were cold, and said, "There are often bandits in your Shouchang Town?" ”

Wang Baihe's expression was bitter, and he said: "Don't dare to deceive adults, not only our Shouchang Town, but also the entire Lulong County, and even Yongping Mansion are full of bandits, and in some places the entire village is empty, all of which are the scourge of bandits!" ”

Zhou Zheng put his right hand behind his back, rubbed his fingers and thumbs lightly, and said, "There are indeed more than two hundred people?" ”

Wang Baihe said: "It's too dark, and the villain can't see clearly, but they blocked the front and back doors, not to mention two hundred people." ”

Yao Tongshun looked at Wang Baihe, approached Zhou Zheng, and whispered in his ear: "My lord, I'm afraid there is a problem here." ”

Zhou Zheng secretly snorted coldly, not only is there a problem, but I'm afraid it's still a big problem!

"Let's go, follow me and see." Zhou Zheng said that he was about to walk out of the inn.

Wang Baihe hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "My lord, you must not go, they are all outlaws who kill people without blinking, and there is no reason to be lucky if they fall into their hands!" They just want money, and if they give it, they will leave......"

Zhou Zheng pushed him away and said, "Besiege the town, to blackmail the envoys, I think they have a few heads!" ”

Zhou Zheng strode away, Yao Tongshun, Zhang Heyi, and Shangguan Qing and others naturally followed, and a group of more than 30 people went straight to the east gate.

Wang Baihe looked at it, looked anxious, and hurriedly followed.

When Zhou Zheng came to the city, he saw that the torches illuminated the entire small city wall, and there was a halo of light outside the city, and there were bursts of unbridled shouts and laughter.

Zhou Zheng came to the city wall, and before he could speak, a strong man in his early thirties shouted in a deep voice: "Who are you, don't you see any bandits coming, let me go down!"

Wang Baihe hurriedly came up from behind and said, "Presumptuous! This is Lord Zhou Zhengyun Zhou, Wang Zhengbai, and he is not ready to see him. ”

When Wang Zhengbai saw it, he hurriedly raised his hand and said, "The villain has seen the patrolman!" ”

Wang Baihe said to Zhou Zheng again: "My lord, Wang Zhengbai is the captain of the guard team we selected to protect the town. ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at Wang Zhengbai and saw that except for a knife in his hand, everyone else was a hoe and a shovel, and there were no weapons.

Zhou Zheng nodded lightly, looked down, and saw that there was light not far away, except for the light in front, and the back was pitch black, but there were constantly human heads and shadows shaking, and there were really a lot of people.

Zhou Zheng was thinking in his heart, and asked Wang Zhengbai: "Do you know the bandit?" ”

Wang Zhengbai hurriedly said: "Lord Hui, I don't know, it's not the bandits who robbed us in the past, it seems to have come from somewhere else." ”

The current bandits are also wandering around, living in no fixed place, and there are not many mountain bandits who can stand, especially at the foot of the Son of Heaven in Beizhili.

"New here?"

Zhou Zheng looked at the dark city and said, "Shout, this official wants to see their leader." ”