Zhao Junsheng and others continued to march and arrived in Jixian County two days later, where Li Yuande, the Taishou of Yan County, Lu Xun and others led the officials of the whole county to meet them ten miles away from the city.

"The lower official Li Yuande (Lu Xun) led the officials and generals of Yan County to welcome the envoy to Jixian County!" Li Yuandede, Lu Xun and others raised their voices and bowed one after another.

For a long time, the seat of Youzhou Thorn History has been in Jixian County, which is also the most prosperous and populous city in the entire Youzhou.

Zhao Junsheng has heard a little about Li Yuande, this person is a general of the Southern Dynasty, who served as the Yingchuan Taishou of Liu Song, as the border town of the Southern Dynasty, Li Yuande is not just a civilian official who manages the place, he is also a military general, as for his ability to command the army and command the battle, it can only be seen by the benevolent, the wise see the wise.

As for this Jixian county magistrate Lu Xun, Zhao Junsheng guessed that this person should be from the Fanyang Lu family.

Zhao Junsheng jumped off the horse, let himself try his best to show a smiling face, hugged his fists and said to the officials and generals: "You have come all the way out of the city to meet General Ben, you have worked, you have worked!" Li Taishou, why don't you introduce other officers and generals to the general? ”

Li Yuande hurriedly introduced many officials and officers behind him to Zhao Junsheng one by one, all of whom were quite influential figures in Youzhou.

Then everyone re-mounted and went to Jixian County, except for the military officers and Xianbei officials, almost all of the Han officials came in sedan chairs, and few rode horses, which made Zhao Junsheng have to sigh, these Han officials are really greedy for pleasure, and there are many horses in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and these officials don't even ride horses.

After walking for nearly half an hour, the group finally entered the city and came to the Thorn Mansion.

Li Yuande hugged his fist to Zhao Junsheng and said: "Before the envoy came, the previous assassin Shi and Yangping Wang Du envoy left office and took away the family and maidservants who were serving in the palace, and the adjutant officials such as the assassin Shi Beijia, Changshi, Zhizhong, Gong Cao, and Zhu Bo were either transferred or took the initiative to hand in their resignation and left, and no one presided over the affairs of the upper and lower parts of the house. ”

Zhao Junsheng heard it, Du Chao did a really good job, and when he left, he took all the adjutants away, and the military and political affairs of the Assassin's Mansion were almost completely suspended, but fortunately he didn't delay too long on the way.

However, this Li Yuande actually made his own decisions to prepare a family and maidservants for him, no matter how you look at it, there are some impure motives.

Pei Jin, who was standing next to him, was very unhappy, and said to Li Yuande: "Li Taishou, you are too lenient, the family and the maidservants of the Assassin's Mansion want you to arrange it, when will you be in charge of the affairs of the Assassin's Mansion?" ”

Li Yuande sneered: "Isn't the lower official worried that after the arrival of the envoy, the mansion will be messy and dusty, and it will not be comfortable to look at, right?" Wouldn't it be bad if the envoy thinks that the subordinate officials have no eyesight and can't do things? Xia Guan didn't mean anything else, he just wanted to leave a good impression on the envoy, if the envoy didn't like it, Xia Guan would take away the maidservants and the family members now! ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand at Pei Jin and said with a smile: "Mr. Pei doesn't have to be so angry, Li Taishou is also kind-hearted, how can this general not know what to do?" ”

After speaking, Zhao Junsheng said to Li Yuande: "Li is too well-intentioned, and this general will be ashamed!" I don't know where the deeds of sale of these housekeepers and handmaidens are? ”

"Deed of Sale?" Li Yuande was stunned for a moment, immediately reacted, hesitated for a moment, and immediately shouted to an official behind him: "Master Yang, take the deed of sale of these family members and maidservants!" ”

"In!" An official agreed, and hurriedly walked over and said, "The deed of sale of the king, the family and the maidservants are all in the mansion room······

Li Yuande turned his head and glanced at Zhao Junsheng when he heard this, and saw that his expression seemed to be about to get the deed of sale now, so he had to say to Zhu Bo again: "Yang Zhu Bo, don't send someone to get it!" ”

"Oh, okay, the lower official will go and get it himself!" Anchor Yang turned around and left.

Zhao Junsheng beckoned all the officials and generals into the lobby to talk, and the maidservants walked in one by one to serve tea to everyone.

Zhao Junsheng briefly asked Li Yuande and Lu Xun about the military and political affairs of Yan County and Ji County, and Li Yuande and Lu Xun both answered each other fluently, obviously doing some homework in advance.

Soon, Yang Zhubo, who went to get the deed of sale, returned and reported to Li Yuande and Zhao Junsheng: "Qi Yu envoy, Fu Jun, this batch of family members and maids were bought in two batches, and the deed of sale was also signed in two batches. ”

After hearing this, Li Yuande looked at Zhao Junsheng and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Envoy, these days are in the spring ploughing, and the official affairs of the counties are frequent, and Lord Yang is not wrong, and it is reasonable to put a few points of the deed of sale in the wrong position for a while, you see······"

Zhao Junsheng beckoned to Yang Zhubo, took more than a dozen deeds of sale from Yang Zhubo's hand and looked at them one by one, and said to Yang Zhubo after reading them: "Continue to look for it after going back, and send the rest of the deed of sale early tomorrow morning, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Yes, Envoy!" Yang Zhubo hurriedly agreed.

Li Yuande didn't expect Zhao Junsheng to attach so much importance to the deeds of sale of these family members and maidservants, and when he saw that Zhao Junsheng didn't hold on to it, he was secretly relieved, but he was also more vigilant.

Zhao Junsheng instructed Li Bao: "Since the positions of the major adjutant officials in the Assassin's Mansion are vacant, then you go and call the thieves Cao, the governors, and the soldiers of the Assassin's Mansion!" ”

"Yes, General!"

After only one cup of tea, the heads of all the subordinate officials under the Assassin Mansion arrived one after another.

"The lower officials and others will meet the envoy!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "All are exempt, everyone is present to observe!" ”

"Yes!" The subordinate officers walked to both sides to face each other.

Zhao Junsheng looked at everyone, then looked at Li Yuande, Lu Xun and some other officials and said: "This general heard that the major adjutants of the Assassin History have either been transferred or resigned and left, and the official affairs of the Assassin Mansion have almost completely stopped, and he is very anxious in his heart, this status quo must not continue, this general will be appointed now, since you are all here, please get to know each other in order to handle official business!" ”

"Pei Jin, appoint you as the head of the Assassin's Mansion, and temporarily act as Gong Cao, and clean up and check all the account books, grain, grass, weapons, armor and other materials under the jurisdiction of the Assassin's Mansion within three days, and report to the official in three days!"

Pei Jin stood up and promised: "Thank you for your support, the next official will live up to the trust of the envoy!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, and shouted again: "Dongfang Chen, appoint you as the governor of the Assassin Mansion, and temporarily act as the other driver, and report to this general within three days after the resumes of the county officials, the preparation of the soldiers of the garrison, and the inventory of the roster!" ”

For Zhao Junsheng to call himself this general, the civil and military attaches do not feel strange, Zhao Junsheng himself is the general of Pingbei, from the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the present, the responsibility of the assassin was only to supervise the local at the beginning, and there was no real power, and then gradually became a local military and political officer, after a long process.

There are two kinds of assassinations, one is to lead soldiers; One without soldiers. The assassination history of the commander of the army is generally added to the rank of general, and the assassination history of the commander of the army is only in charge of civil affairs.

Dongfang Chen stood up and bowed his hand: "The lower official obeys the order!" ”

"Cao Jiao, you are temporarily the commander of Youzhou, and this general will write to the imperial court to recommend you to take over officially in the near future, and you will compile the list of soldiers of various armies and counties, the establishment of state soldiers in Benzhou, and the actual soldiers within three days and submit them to this general for reference!"

"Yes!" Cao Jiao agreed.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the officials and generals under the hall and said very seriously: "Please also cooperate with the above three people, and let the official affairs of the Assassin Mansion get back on track as soon as possible. ”

"The subordinate obeys!" The officials, generals, and officers did not dare to slack off, and they all stood up and agreed loudly.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Okay, if there is no other business, you are all tired, let's disperse!" ”

Li Yuande immediately bowed his hand and said: "The general first came to Youzhou to take office, and the lower officials and others booked a dinner in the drunken immortal building in the city, and prepared a little thin wine for the generals and others to wash the dust, chat about their hearts, and invite the general and the accompanying officers to appreciate the light, don't shirk!" ”

Zhao Junsheng did not refuse, and agreed: "Li Taishou and his colleagues are gracious, but this general is disrespectful, and he will definitely go to the banquet at that time!" ”

"In this way, the lower officials will not disturb the general's rest, and the lower officials will retire!"

Zhao Junsheng and the others rested well in the Assassin's Mansion for an afternoon, and went to the Drunken Immortal Building for a banquet in the evening, and the banquet in the evening did not end until midnight.

The next morning, it was almost noon, and Yang Zhubo, the lord of the Taishou Mansion, came to the Assassin's Mansion and handed over the remaining deeds of sale.

After Yang Zhubo left, Zhao Junsheng took out all the dozen or so deed of sale he got yesterday, and handed them to Guo Yi together with the several deeds of sale that Yang Zhubo had just sent, and instructed him: "Guo Yi, I will test you, and give you two days to screen out the nails that Li Yuande has planted in the family and the maidservant!" After screening, don't make a noise, let alone touch them, just come and report to me, understand? ”

"Yes, General!"

Only one day later, Guo Yi came to report to Zhao Junsheng: "General, the subordinates have screened out all the nails that Li Yuande planted in the family's maidservants!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng was a little surprised, Guo Yi's ability seemed to have grown a lot, and he was screened out in less than a day, "Who are the nails planted by Li Yuande, tell me about it!" ”

Guo Yi took out a few deeds of sale from his arms and handed them over: "General, please see, it's these five people, three family members, two maidservants, and their subordinates have sent people to keep an eye on them, and they have also done investigations, and they are basically confirmed, as for the others, they haven't found any clues yet!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took the deed of sale and opened them one by one, looked up and asked, "How do you suspect that there is something wrong with them?" ”

"General, please look at these deed of sale, three of them are newly written, and the drawing and handwriting are still completely dry, and it is almost certain that they were written yesterday; The other two are very old and look like they are several years old, while the other dozen or so should have been written more than ten days ago! The subordinates eradicated these five deeds of sale, and the old and new suspected that there was something wrong with the five of them, so they sent people to secretly pay attention to them since the day before yesterday, and after two days of observation, these five people were indeed very suspicious! ”

Zhao Junsheng had a smile on his face, "Okay, good job, continue to stare at these people, don't startle the snake!" ”

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