After Li Mi returned to the office, he found that the autumn and winter girl really exchanged the cash from the old man Xiang Mu and came back, and three or four scholars helped to carry it back, Li Mi didn't know how much, and only after asking did he know that it was more than a thousand taels!

Li Mi didn't have any concept of money, but when he saw so many white flowers and silver taels at once, he was also full of shock, saying that these officials were really like money and dung, or did Xiang Mu take the opportunity of exchange to give Li Mi money?

After all, it was so much silver, and Li Mi was embarrassed to take it, so he came to Xiang Mu's mansion, and the old man did not hide it, saying that among those congratulatory gifts, the calligraphy and paintings of Wang Hongzhi and Zhang Sunsheng were worth a thousand taels.

This old man is still cheeky and said that Li Mi's current position is humble, and the husband is not guilty of his crimes, so much silver taels are not safe to put around him, it is better to exist with him, Li Mi is also crying and laughing.

However, the old man did this, he really didn't treat Li Mi as an outsider, so Li Mi didn't say much, played with him for a while, and talked to Jiang Taiyi and his son for a while.

It was also thanks to Li Mi to find the Jiang family's father and son, and then I heard good news, Jiang Bi followed Song Zhiwei to find out the cause of Lu Wutai's death this time, although most of it was due to Li Mi, but they also had hard work.

When the officials take up their posts, they will take it into consideration, and Jiang Bi is very likely to be reinstated at that time, so that he will have more confidence to investigate Zhou Yu's affairs!

Li Mi didn't know that the historical records recorded that this Jiang Bi was going to be Dali Temple in the future, and the current deposition was only a temporary embarrassment, and sooner or later he would have to make a comeback, but Li Mi pushed the time of his comeback many years earlier!

The father and son of the Jiang family also knew that they had a lot of help from Li Mi, but everyone was also familiar with each other, and they didn't say polite words, so Li Mi rushed back, and on the second day, he went to the county government to receive an errand and reported to the new yamen.

This new yamen is in Lu Tomb Village outside the Qi Gate of Suzhou City, and it has been renamed Lu Mu in later generations.

The Yamen of the Inspection Department is not big, the inspection official position has been in ancient times, began in the five dynasties, flourished in the two Song Dynasty, the main Heze of the Inspection Department is to pursue and arrest thieves, maintain local law and order, deal with some trivial civil disputes, Beijing, coastal and barbarian areas, some important towns and checkpoints at the ferry and other places, will also be set up.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were hundreds of inspection divisions, and many prefectures and counties not only had inspection divisions, but also had been institutionalized and standardized, although they were under the jurisdiction of local prefectures and counties, but they were able to command a certain number of archers.

These archers are also called archers, but they are not archers, but they are selected from the local civilians, which is a bit of a servant.

They are mainly responsible for inspecting passers-by or strangers in the jurisdiction, cracking down on smuggling, and a few steps of thieves.

This is also one of the reasons why Wu Weizhong did not let Li Mi enter the torture hall, but as an inspector.

Because although the inspection is under the jurisdiction of the local government, it has a certain military authority and has the nature of military armament, so it is difficult to define whether the inspection department belongs to an administrative unit or a local military organization, but most officials actually prefer to divide it into military institutions.

Because of the inspection department of the Ming Dynasty, there were many inspections that made military achievements, such as local rebellions and the like, and the inspection inspectors were able to participate in military operations such as pacification and rebellion.

The inspection department is usually set up in some important places, such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangzhou, and even Lianghu, because of the concentration of ethnic minorities, the inspection department usually goes deep into the villages of these ethnic minorities, which is not only responsible for the management of these ethnic minorities, but also can prevent them from having a heart of disobedience.

In addition, it should be mentioned that although the inspection department has the duty to hunt down thieves and arrest criminals, it cannot interfere in criminal proceedings, that is, it can arrest people, but it cannot fight lawsuits.

The inspection department is not big, but also three into the courtyard, there are two stone drums standing in front of the door, there are two stone lions on the left and right, the red pillars of the staircase platform, after entering is the government office, the back is the signing room, and in the inside is the clerk's house.

The establishment of the Land Tomb Inspection Department in Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture, is not because this place is a pass, but because there is a large tomb here.

This land tomb is also named because of this, it is said that this tomb is the Tang Dynasty official Lu Xuangong Lu Zhen, and some people say that it is Lu Yungong of the Liang Dynasty Lu Huangmen, and there are also people who say that the people of the Lu tomb are surnamed Lu, this tomb is the ancestral tomb of the Lu family, in short, there are different opinions.

Because it is not a fortress checkpoint, and there are all the clans surnamed Lu and some other scattered people, who know the roots, and are close to Suzhou City, life is stable, and there are few people in the inspection department.

When Li Mi arrived at the Yamen, there was only one scholar in his thirties left, who was reading and practicing calligraphy in the signing room, while the others were nowhere to be seen.

Li Secret is the patrol here, that is, their leader, and after revealing his identity, the calligrapher also hurriedly got up and saluted.

This middle-aged scholar named Lu Qingyun repeatedly failed the exam, so he became a scribe in the yamen of the inspection department, while working on errands, while reading books.

Lu Qingyun is a local native surnamed Lu, and he also takes care of the archers in the inspection department, so he looks after the house in the yamen alone, and the archers go back to their respective homes to make a living.

The chief officer of this inspection department has been vacant for a long time, and it has been managed by Lu Qingyun.

However, Li Mi came only to make up for an errand this time, most of the time was spent studying military books, and he had already practiced martial arts.

Seeing that Lu Qingyun was trembling, Li Mi comforted him in turn, and only said that it would be enough for Li Mi to come over tomorrow so that Li Mi could get to know these people.

Lu Qingyun was also frightened, before noon, he gathered all the people, Li Mi saw that these archers were all mud legs, although there were some tattered weapons in the inspection department, but they didn't even know how to wear them, but they were afraid that they didn't have much training on weekdays.

These people have to be busy with their livelihoods when they come, and they have to deal with the hard labor apportionment of the government, and their lives are really not easy.

Lu Qingyun is the only one who should accept it, and Li Mi doesn't need to worry about this kind of thing, so he should be the shopkeeper, and he just reads and practices martial arts every day.

Later, the autumn and winter girl also moved out of the county government of Wu County, and followed her over to serve Li Mi's daily drinking and living, and her life was comfortable.

Sometimes reading is too boring, so Li Mi takes the autumn and winter girl out for a walk.

This land tomb is similar to the folk customs in Luzhi, Shengpu and Weiting, and you can often see women washing by the river.

These women comb their heads, tie black cloth headscarves, and their clothes and pants are spliced together with blue and white fabrics, and there are Cambodian skirts, wraps, and embroidered shoes underneath, which are closed to the service in Suzhou City, which is also unique.

These women in the water town are dressed bright but not colorful, gaudy but not vulgar, with a skirt left at the waist, a small waist tied on the outside of the group, and singing the ancient Wu song by the water, as if it is a paradise.

Li Mi studied the military book left by Wu Weizhong during the day, and when he encountered something that did not understand its meaning, he took it to Lu Qingyun, and he was not ashamed to ask.

Lu Qingyun is not a talented person, and he doesn't dare to look down on Li Mi, but admires Li Mi's diligent and inquisitive spirit.

After reading the military book, Li Mi went to the equipment warehouse of the Inspection Division, although there were few things in it, and they were all some rags, but in the end there was still a look, which could let Li Mi see the real thing.

In particular, although the equipment warehouse is not complete, there is a list of equipment issued by the Ministry of War, which has both pictures and texts, which is of great help to understand all kinds of ordnance.

Li Mi has been idle for more than a month with such peace of mind, studying and practicing martial arts, Yuan Keli and Xiang Mu will come over from time to time, stealing half a day of leisure, boating on Taihu Lake, eating fish and drinking, which is really comfortable.

But the good days soon came to an end, because Li Mi finally came on an errand!

On this day at the end of October, the autumn and winter girls were clamoring to go to see the big tomb, but Li Mi couldn't help it, so she had to accompany her.

This tomb has always been guarded by the Lu family, and the main task of the Inspection Department is also to look at this tomb.

This mausoleum area is also quite large, and before I reached the tomb, Qiu Dong's face was a little blushing, shouting to go back.

Li Mi could also see that this girl must have wanted to be convenient, so he told her to go ahead and take a look first, and let Qiudong wait for him for a while.

Not long after Li Mi walked out, he saw Qiu Dong drilling into the small forest next to him, and he couldn't help snickering in his heart.

However, after a while, Li Mi screamed when he heard Qiu Dong's voice, and then shouted for help!

Li Mi didn't care about this, and hurriedly rushed into the small forest, but saw that his pants were messy, he grabbed the pants with one hand, and his left foot had already fallen into a deep pit!

Li Mi hurriedly went over and hugged Qiu Dong and sorted out her clothes and pants for her, but fortunately, Qiu Dong only sprained and did not hurt her muscles and bones.

Li Mi was about to carry Qiu Dong back, but stopped again.

Because he found that pit in the ground very strange!

The big pit at the mouth of this bowl is like a snake hole, the wall of the cave is very smooth, although the mouth of the cave is filled with soil, but it still collapses after all, it can be seen that the cave is not very shallow.

Li Mi's face was solemn, and he gently put down the autumn and winter girl, and then stepped on her feet here, and continued to search for a moment against the ground, and sure enough, she found a deep pit again!

Li Mi reached in and touched the entrance and wall of the cave, although it was very smooth, he could still feel the traces of manual digging!

"Someone wants to rob a tomb!"

Li Mi couldn't help but feel nervous, this was clearly a cave dug by tomb robbers with tools such as Luoyang shovels!

Through these caverns, tomb robbers were able to dig out the cross-section of the soil layer, and based on this, they could infer the formation of the soil layer and formulate a plan for entering the tomb!

From this, it can be seen that some people are squatting and exploring, and from the traces of caving, it is only a matter of the past few days, because it rained a few days ago, if the cavern was dug before the rain, the rain washed away, and it will definitely collapse partially.

But these caves are relatively well preserved, indicating that they were dug in the past few days after the rain!