After a while, Du Mei hurried over, Du Mei is now the first supervisor of the newly established Longyou Supervision Envoy, with his ability to discern the details, it is also suitable for this position, but as a supervision order, it is not right to distinguish between people, there are ten supervision envoys under the supervision order, a total of more than 200 people, they have great power, and they can even mobilize a certain number of troops if necessary.

After Du Mei came in, Hu Yong retreated with interest, and only he and Zhang Huan were left in the room, Du Mei carried an old cloth bag, which contained some information on important events, Zhang Huan sat back in his seat and asked: "I asked you to check the Tang County Order of Wuquan County last time, is there any progress?" ”

"I've found some!" Du Mei took out a thick stack of materials from the cloth pocket and handed it to Zhang Huan, "Tang Xianyao is a mediocre official, he doesn't care about everything, and he doesn't do anything evil, but his eldest son sold the public land privately three years ago, and he didn't do it afterwards. ”

Zhang Huan took the information and flipped through it, and recorded it very comprehensively and in detail, including Tang Xianyao's personal words and deeds, hundreds of people's evaluations of him, his family background, the situation of his wife and concubine, and the actions of his three sons, etc., it can be seen that the investigator has worked very hard, Zhang Huan smiled, and returned the information to Du Mei, "Record a copy for me, I want to make a difference with him personally." ”

Before Tubo occupied Hehuang, Jincheng County only governed two counties, one county is Wuquan County, where Jincheng County is located, and the other county is Guangwu County on the west bank of the Yellow River. Although Jincheng County is a large area, it actually has only one subordinate county.

The county order of Wuquan County is called Tang Xianyao. Less than fifty years old, in the second year of Qingzhi, he has been the county commander from the main book, it should be said that he has rich experience as an official at the bottom, but in fact his reputation among the people is not good. It's not that he does evil with power, but that he doesn't act as an official, to put it in layman's terms, he doesn't care about anything, and he indulges in the wine pot every day for a long time. The people of Jincheng County only know a history of Du Thorn who works for the people, and the Tang County Order gradually disappeared from everyone's memory.

It's no wonder that the history of the assassin and the county order are in charge of the same county, and the history of the assassin is responsible for everything in big and small matters, and the county order who has no job can only be obsessed with the wine bottle.

The county government of Wuquan County is also on Wuquan Street, and it is also a coincidence that it is directly opposite the Yamen of the Thorn History, and it has been cold in front of the door for a long time. The cracks in the stone are covered with grass, which is in stark contrast to the lively Thorn Shi Yamen opposite, most of the county officials have jumped to the opposite side, only two officials who are slightly disabled and rejected sit in front of the door and take a nap every day, only they are wearing shabby official uniforms to barely show people that this is also a local government office. In addition to the county order drunk in the wine country, the county Cheng has gone home to retire, and the county lieutenant has changed careers to become a pig killer, set up a stall at the entrance of the county government to sell meat, and the master book also used the prime location of the county government to put a table of ghostwriting paper and fortune telling next to the county governor's meat stall. In the afternoon, Zhang Huan, accompanied by Du Mei and several entourages, came to the nominal Wuquan County Ya. Zhang Huan did not come forward. Instead, he took a name thorn and handed it to Du Mei, who understood. stepped forward and said to the main book, which was still a little bookish: "In the lower section of the embassy Du Mei, may I ask if your county order can be in the yamen." ”

While speaking, he handed Zhang Huanming thorn to him, although the county lieutenant and the chief bookkeeper have not asked about political affairs for a long time, but Du Mei's name has been heard, and the two of them can't help but be in awe, especially the master book, who is eating with a pair of poisonous eyes, he has already caught a glimpse of a young man standing not far away, faintly with a condescending bearing, just now he gave the name thorn to Du Mei.

Du Mei naturally would not hand over the name thorn for his subordinates, the main bookkeeper turned his mind, and his heart jumped wildly, he already understood who this young man was, his legs were weak, and he was just about to kneel, when a majestic man suddenly appeared beside him like a ghost, supported him, and said in a low voice: "Don't expose the identity of my family governor." ”

"Yes! Be! The chief bookkeeper wiped a cold sweat, turned around and kicked the two officials who had been drowsy all day awake, "Why don't you go and find out where the county order is?" ”

At this time, the county lieutenant who killed pigs and sold meat also saw the famous thorn, and was so shocked that he almost chopped off his hands and sold them, the two of them lost their business, and welcomed Zhang Huan into the county government in fear, Zhang Huan looked around, and saw that the cobwebs in the county hall were dense and full of dust, and he couldn't help shaking his head and asked: "How long has your county order not been promoted?" "Three years and two months." The main bookkeeper sighed, when the county magistrate asked about the verdict, his memory was already a little blurred.

"Isn't this a good thing that the person on the other side did? How can there be such a history of thorns! The county lieutenant said hatefully: "Examining the school's household registration, collecting taxes, breaking prison and judging cases, and asking about people's livelihood, these are all county affairs, and he is good, he actually went door to door to collect taxes, so what do you want the county lieutenant to do?" ”

As he was talking, he heard a dull sound of footsteps, and the two officials helped a half-drunk man out, only to see that he was half a hundred years old, without a hat, with unkempt hair, and a red rosacea, it was Tang Xianyao, the county magistrate of Wuquan County.

"Who is looking for this county?" Tang Xian Ling glanced at Zhang Huan obliquely, and saw that he seemed to be a little familiar, but he forgot where he had seen it.

The master book was angry and anxious, and hurriedly stepped forward to whisper a few words in his ear, Tang County Ling was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he shook his head violently, looked at Zhang Huan, pushed away the official who helped him, and stepped forward to give Zhang Huan a deep salute, "Wuquan County County Order Tang Xianyao to see the general of the Jiedu Envoy." ”

Zhang Huan saw that others were drunk but not drunk, so he couldn't help but smile slightly: "Tang County Order, is there a place to talk here?" ”

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Tang County Commander invited Zhang Huan to the back hall in a panic, Zhang Huan glanced at the county lieutenant and the chief bookkeeper who were standing still and smiled: "You guys should come together!" ”

The two of them looked at each other, and they both showed surprise, could it be that their future is back again? Seeing that Zhang Huan had already walked away, the two hurriedly followed.

The back hall was originally a place to deal with official business, but now it is full of wine jars and wine jugs, and the air is filled with a strong smell of alcohol. There are windows and doors to ventilate, so it's easy to wait for the wine to dissipate slightly. He invited Zhang Huan to sit down, and said apologetically: "Usually there is nothing to do, so I drink to relieve my boredom, and over time I indulge in it, which makes the festival make me smile." ”

"I think Tang Xianling is a smart person." Zhang Huan smiled faintly: "At least you know how to avoid the evil and wait for the day." ”

Tang County Ling didn't say anything. Just bowed his head and smiled bitterly, Zhang Huan saw it in his eyes, and went straight to the point: "Since the Tang County Order is a county order, then let me ask you, how many Ding households are there in Wuquan County?" How much does it take to pay taxes in a year? How much grain is in the warehouse? How much cash? ”

Zhang Huan asked a few questions in one breath, and Tang County's face was swollen and red. There was nothing in his mouth, and finally he finally sighed and said, "You should ask Du Tingshi these questions, and I will get nothing by asking." ”

Why is that? I'm asking about Wuquan County, not Jincheng County, why should the Tang County Order be pushed to the Thorn History, which I don't understand. Zhang Huan asked pretending to be surprised.

Tang County Ling saw that he just said that he knew how to avoid evil and treat the sky, and now he pretended to be confused and didn't know anything, so he understood Zhang Huan's intention. In his heart, he was happy and worried, and he was happy that he had been waiting for this day for a long time, and he could see that Zhang Huan and Du Yadi did not have a good relationship, otherwise he would not have come to him, and he was worried that Zhang Huan just wanted to use himself and demolish the bridge after crossing the river.

He was torn between a dilemma and was silent for a moment. The master book next to him was impatient, he also understood Zhang Huan's intention, for him, this was his chance to turn over, and he finally couldn't help but interject: "If Zhang Envoy Jun is willing to help us, we are willing to be loyal to the lord." ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Tang County Ling angrily reprimanded the master book.

"I think the master is a cheerful person. Very good for my temperament. On the contrary, Ruotang County Ling is inconsistent. I couldn't believe it. When Zhang Huan said this, he took the information from Du Mei's hand, looked at the Tang County Order, and said coldly: "The Tang County Order might as well see my sincerity!" ”

The information is one inch thick, and the first page on the surface is a land contract, Tang County's order is not to read it, and at a glance, his face has become pale, this is the land deed that his son sold the public land three years ago, that is, this matter was seized by Du Ya, forcing him to stop asking about the affairs of the county, and now he was actually caught by Zhang Huan.

This! This! Tang Xianling opened his mouth and couldn't say a word.

Zhang Huan pushed the information in front of Tang County Order, and said with a slight smile: "The big theft of the country, the small theft of pearls, compared to the Wei family's greed for thousands of acres of military land, what is a hundred acres of land, but the embankment of a thousand miles has collapsed in the anthill, I have redeemed these fields for you, and now they are returned to you, and you must be strict in the future, don't let the son of immortality ruin your reputation." ”

Tang County Ling never expected such an ending, he silently looked at the title deed in front of him, his heart was full of emotion, he suddenly stood up and gave Zhang Huan a deep salute, "Please Governor despite his orders, his subordinates will never give up!" ”

"I just want Tang County Commander to do what you have to do." Zhang Huan turned his head and waved, Cheng Duo, who had been following him, stood up, Zhang Huan pointed at him and ordered Tang County: "This is my Xiliang Army Judge Cheng, I heard that there is no county Cheng in Wuquan County, then let Judge Cheng temporarily replace the county for a few months, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"My subordinates understand." The dignified judge of the Xiliang Army actually deigned to be a small county magistrate, how could he Tang Xianyao not understand what Zhang Huan meant?

The group left the county office, and Du Mei, who had been silent, finally couldn't help but sigh: "I thought that the governor would use the title deed to blackmail Tang Xianyao, but I didn't expect the governor to return it to him, the governor's mind, his subordinates are ashamed!"

"Do you want to take a hundred acres of land to blackmail a seven-pin county order?" Zhang Huan smiled faintly.

Du Mei smiled dumbly, "Yes! Petty theft of pearls, big theft of the country, with the ambition of the governor, how could he take this kind of petty theft in his eyes, I lost my words. ”

"In my dreams, I often dreamed that I was a lone thief in my previous life, lingering in the jewels, and I couldn't imagine stealing pearls in my previous life, and if I didn't change my profession in this life, I would become a thief."

Zhang Huan raised his head and laughed, and galloped away.

Chang'an, the weather is so hot that it is crazy, and now is the most difficult time of the day in the afternoon, the road is scorched and hot, and when you step down, a string of white smoke is taken step by step, as if it is on fire.

Pei Jun's study was extremely cool. His study had a mezzanine, full of ice. The wealthy families in Chang'an have ice cellars in their mansions, which are used at this time.

However, although the room was cool, Pei Jundi was a little irritable in his heart, he had just returned from visiting his seriously ill father-in-law, and the imperial doctor said that Yan Zhenqing's time had come. It's just in the past two days, birth, old age, sickness and death are the norm in life, although Pei Jun is a little sad, he is not indulged in it, he still has a lot of big things to do.

What upset him was that he actually met his daughter Pei Ying in Yan Mansion, and she had been there for two days. But he didn't know it, talking to her, she was also cold, he knew that his daughter was angry with himself for letting Zhang Qi hostage, as a father, he wouldn't care about this little thing, but Pei Ying suddenly thought of Zhang Huan.

It is said that this kid has already opened the house, although he knows that it will be sooner or later. Pei Jun was still very annoyed, but he also had to admire Zhang Huan's clever timing, just when he was trying his best to deal with Cui Yuan, he suddenly made a move, making it impossible for him to be distracted to deal with him.

Pei Jun walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and he kept telling himself to calm down and distinguish between priorities, perhaps the ice bricks in the wall had an effect. Pei Jun, who was anxious, finally calmed down slowly, Zhang Huan pushed Cui Xiaofu to have a headache, and he had to concentrate on dealing with Cui Yuan, thinking of Cui Yuan, Pei Jundi's spirit suddenly perked up, and he immediately walked to the bookshelf. Take out a map. Place it on the table and unfold it.

Although Cui Yuan said that he would accompany his precious grandson to travel through the mountains and rivers when he left Chang'an, Pei Jun knew it very well. Cui Yuan is back to Shandong to transfer troops, he bent down, carefully inspected Cui Yuan's marching route, Cui Yuan has been walking for two days, one of them is inconvenient legs, the other is a nine-year-old child, the speed should not be too fast, now there is no news from Tongguan, that is to say, they have not yet left the customs, it is estimated that they are in Huayin County.

At this time, a deep voice came from outside the door, "Is the head of the house looking for me?" ”

"Come in!" Bae Jun rolled up the map and sat down and straightened his waist.

The door opened, and a man about thirty years old walked in from the outside, tall and thin, with cold eyes, looking very shrewd and capable, his name was Pei Danming, he was a concubine of the Pei family, and he was deeply valued by Pei Jun, and he was the head of Pei Jun's secret agent.

"How's going on Cui Xiong's side?"

Pei Danming bowed down and said: "Back to the head of the family, we have invested nearly 10,000 yuan in Cui Xiong, and Liu Xia'er won his trust as early as a year ago. ”

"Money is not an issue, the key is to achieve our purpose." Pei Jun took out a piece of letterhead, handed it to him, and said, "This is the next step, do it now!" ”

Pei Danming took the letterhead, glanced at it slightly, immediately saluted, turned around and strode away, Pei Jun looked at his back and nodded with satisfaction, he liked Pei Danming's decisive and crisp style.

He slowly walked to the window and stared at the east, his eyes showed infinite expectation, if this matter was done, then Cui Yuan's going to Shandong would mean that the Cui family would be divided.

Pei Danming's secret agent headquarters is located in the East City, called Li Du Restaurant, is one of the three major restaurants in Chang'an, this restaurant was first called Fanghua Restaurant, it is said that Li Bai and Du Fu's first meeting was in this restaurant, more than ten years later, when Du Fu's value was slowly reflected, the restaurant owner changed the name of the restaurant to Li Du, and was later secretly bought by the Pei family.

After Pei Danming came back, he immediately called Liu Xia'er, the third shopkeeper of the restaurant, Liu Xia'er was about twenty-four or five years old, born handsome, and is a delicate person, especially able to speak, can invite the queen mother of heaven to be a cook, and can also coax the underground Hades out to run the hall, he is an orphan adopted by the Pei family since childhood, very loyal, because he has repeatedly completed important tasks, and has now been promoted to a gold medal agent under Pei Danming.

For more than a year, Liu Xia'er didn't have time to invite the queen mother and coax the king of Hades, but received a task to become Cui Xiong's most trusted person Cui Qinggong's son, Cui Xiong is a mortal flesh, it is really a piece of cake for Liu Xia'er, the key is to be good at changing roles, Cui Xiong likes to haunt *** place, so he pretended to be a colleague and was jealous with Cui Xiong, and finally lost to him, so that the two sympathized with each other; Cui Xiong was occasionally worried about the future, so he was sanctimonious and persuaded Cui Xiong's prodigal son to turn back, which deeply moved Cui Xiong, but in a blink of an eye, the two of them got drunk during the banquet, laughing at the young man who was not romantic.

Slowly, he became Cui Xiong's confidant, the two of them mixed together in Chang'an *** place every day, over time, the two actually had a broken back, not long ago, he found out from Cui Xiong that Cui Yuan could not mobilize the Shandong army this day's big secret.

"Boss, what are you looking for your subordinates?" Liu Xia'er entered the house and gave Pei Danming a deep salute.

"The head of the house is very satisfied with your performance last time." Pei Danming handed him a flying ticket and said, "This is five thousand guan, which is your last intelligence reward." ”

"Thank you, Steward!" Liu Xia'er took the ticket and carefully put it away, Pei Danming took out Pei Jun's task again, handed it to him, and said, "This is a new task given to you by the head of the family, and you must give me an answer tonight." ”

Liu Xia'er was startled, he turned his head sharply and looked out the window, the red sunset was already covering the sky, he took the task and looked at it, and immediately said, "My subordinates will do it." ”

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Xia'er rushed to Cui Xiong's mansion, the mansion is located in Pingkangfang, in fact, Cui Qinggong's mansion in Chang'an, no need for any report, no one dares to hinder him, he swaggered into the inner courtyard, Cui Xiong heard the news and greeted him, took his hand, and asked him again and again why he didn't come in the past two days?

"Don't mention it, I was almost killed." Liu Xia'er sighed and said, "I've been lying at home for the past two days to recuperate!" Cui Xiong was furious, he jumped to his feet and shouted, "Who? Whoever dares to hit you, I'll go and skin him. ”

"Forget it! People are powerful people, and your father has been removed from office, who will buy your account? ”

"Didn't I tell you? My father said this in Shandong Cui Xiong, he suddenly shut up, only to see his wife accompanied by a few maids came over, Cui Xiong's wife is Wang Ang's second daughter, called Wang Tian, the two have been married for almost two years, but the relationship is as plain as boiled water, in front of her, Cui Xiong abides by the weekly etiquette, and only has sex with her once a month.

Although Cui Xiong was reckless, he was not stupid, he knew that there were words that he couldn't let her know, so he said sharply: "Men talk to each other, what are you doing?" ”

Wang Tian saw that the two were holding hands, and her husband looked angry again, she was annoyed for a while, so she said disdainfully: "Men are sometimes more disgusting than men and women. With that, she stared at Liu Xia'er viciously, turned around and left.

"Let's go! Let's go out and drink, this kind of woman doesn't pay attention to her. Cui Xiong pulled Liu Xia'er and walked out.

Liu Xia'er hesitated and said: "It's the court ministers who beat me, they sneakily don't know what they're talking about, and when I overheard a little, they threatened me not to say it, but this has something to do with you, so I think about it, and I still think I should tell you." ”

"What's the matter?" Cui Xiong was very surprised when he saw his serious expression. They say that Cui Yuan secretly left Beijing a few days ago, and that he was going to Shandong to seize your father's military power. ”

"What!" Cui Xiong was taken aback, "Is this true?" ”

"I don't know if it's true or not, but you can ask your uncle to send someone to investigate."

Cui Xiong pondered for a while and said, "You're right, this matter is very important, I'll send a letter to my father!" ”