Two days later, just after noon, as soon as the instrument door of the Biguan County Ya opened, an official sedan chair slowly headed towards the southeast, accompanied by more than a dozen officials and a small official in Tsing Yi.

This group of people was the team that accompanied the county commander Zhu Xuan to the county government warehouse to inspect the inspection. Because it has reached the most important season of the year to collect grain taxes, Zhu Xianling, as a local official, must always pay more attention to the grain that has been delivered to the government one after another, so as to prevent someone from committing fraud and making it shoddy. Otherwise, if any mistakes are found after the grain is escorted to Taiyuan Fucheng, the responsibility will be borne by him, the county commander.

So as early as a few days ago, Zhu Xuan had already made the decision to go to the official warehouse for inspection, and for this reason, he also moved a lot of official business back a little.

Seeing the county magistrate of this county coming out in a sedan chair, the idle businessmen and ordinary people gathered in front of the yamen hurriedly moved to the side, for fear that they would be in a lawsuit if they collided with the eldest master. And in this group of onlookers, there were several pairs of eyes staring closely at the four-person sedan chair swaying forward, and a strange light flashed in their eyes.

After the sedan chair passed by everyone and went forward along the long street, several people even glanced at each other, and then separated two people to follow. After another moment, the others also headed southeast. Because they didn't go on the road together, they didn't look weird, and they didn't attract the attention of the people around them, and the few officials who followed the sedan chair didn't pay attention to the actions of ordinary people walking by.

So, under the bright sun in the afternoon, these two groups of people rushed to the southeast side of the county, covering a considerable area in front of the official warehouse.

In fact, if you want to talk about the scale, the official warehouse of this partial county is much larger than the warehouse of many Central Plains counties, although the county has not had much population because it is located in a remote area, but because of the relationship between a thousand households stationed in the army, it is not only necessary to prepare civilian grain here, but also to prepare military food, so the responsibility of the granary here is particularly heavy, and the scale is much larger than that of other county seats.

When the sedan chair of the county commander landed, Xu Dafu, the warehouse ambassador who had already heard the news and was waiting in front of the warehouse gate, had already smiled and ran up to greet him: "The county lord is coming, and I hope to forgive the officials for their disappointment." ”

The sedan curtain was opened, only to reveal Zhu Xuan's slightly pale face, and when he saw Xu Dafu, a slight smile appeared on his face: "Ambassador Xu is serious, this official is just a routine, you don't have to be so polite." As long as you can take good care of the granary of our county, it is the greatest respect for this official. As he spoke, he bent down and got out of the sedan chair.

"What the adults said is good, it is worthy of being a good official who is dedicated to my partiality to Guan County, and the officials admire it." Xu Dafu stammered, and at the same time stretched out his hand to hug Zhu Xuan, looking as if he was afraid that the other party would fall because of such a simple action. This made Zhu Xianling feel embarrassed for a while, God is pitiful, he is only in his early thirties, and he is in his prime, even if he rides a horse and gets up and down, he doesn't need to be helped, let alone bring up a sedan chair.

But this is also a good intention, he can't dodge and embarrass the other party, so he just let him stand firm. Then, he glanced at a cadre of errands in the warehouse who also came out and said: "Since this is the case, then open the door and go in with the official to inspect it, as long as there is no problem with the grain here, the official will remember it and wait for a success." As he spoke, he stepped forward.

"Yes, yes, open the door quickly, and ask the county lord to enter the warehouse to inspect it." Xu Dafu hurriedly shouted and gave an order. With his command, the door of the half-closed warehouse creaked open, allowing the large group of people to enter.

At this time, the gray-clothed men who came with them flashed to the side of the road like many curious people, and watched the door close again, and after a few glances at each other, they quickly dispersed, as if unintentionally, they came to the surroundings of the warehouse, and quickly found a few places where it was easy for people to climb over the wall to get in and out.

What is surprising is that after these people arrived at the place, they did not rush into it, but only guarded these key points, as if they were waiting for something.

When they were ready, Zhu Xuan in the warehouse had already sat in the signing room where Xu Dafu usually handled affairs, and casually flipped through the latest account books, and asked about some details of grain entry and exit from time to time.

In this regard, Xu Dafu was obviously fully prepared, and his answer was also very appropriate, and there was no problem at all. This made Zhu Xuan's face also put a satisfied smile on his face: "Ambassador Xu has done a good job, it seems that you have done your best these days." ”

"Thank you for your compliment, the lower officials are just doing their duty. After all, this granary is related to the stability of my Biguan County, and my Bitouguan is related to the safety of the Great Wall, and it is related to the stability of my Daming country. Xu Dafu hurriedly and modestly arched his hand.

"Well said, if the officials in my county think and do the same thing as you, then why don't I be afraid that the Tartars in the north will threaten me." Zhu Xuan clapped his hands in satisfaction and praised, and then got up from his seat: "It's not too early, then go to a few granaries to check it, as long as there is no problem with the grain stored there, you are meritorious." ”

"Why do you want to go in person?" As soon as Xu Dafu saw that he was about to get up, he hurriedly persuaded him: "It's better to leave such heavy work to the people below to do, adults just drink tea here and wait for the result." ”

"That's not going to happen." Zhu Xuan shook his head solemnly: "You also said just now, this grain is related to the safety of my Biguan County and even the entire Great Wall of Northern Xinjiang, how can this official slack off and fake his hands on others?" If you lead the way in front of the head, let's go to the Jiazi library over there to inspect it first. ”

"Yes!" Xu Dafu didn't dare to say anything, so he quickly lowered his head and bent over, and led Zhu Xuan and the accompanying county yahu house warden Qiu Yang and a few scribes to go out and walk to the treasury marked with the word A not far away, but no one saw it, his lowered face was slightly gloomy, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Soon, several people came to the Jiazi warehouse, where thousands of bags of grain were piled up, and it looked like the entire warehouse was stacked to the brim. At Zhu Xuan's signal, an errand officer immediately stepped forward, first patted the grain bags everywhere with his hand, and after making sure that they were all full, he carried two more bags of grain from several corners at random.

At the same time, the other servants were not idle, and like him, they picked up a few bags from among the piled up bags of grain and put them in the sunlight outside the warehouse.

Zhu Xuan first glanced at Xu Dafu before waving his hand and said, "Open it and take a look!" ”

At that moment, someone quickly untied the rope tied to the mouth of the bag, and then reached out and pulled it in, and a handful of wheat grains shining golden in the sunlight appeared in front of everyone.

Later, several more bags were untied, and the wheat kernels hidden in them were pulled out, and they looked like fine wheat with a full texture and no impurities. Seeing this scene, Xu Dafu secretly sighed, if it weren't for the county lord in front of him, he would have wiped the sweat beads that appeared on his forehead with his hand.

But what surprised him a little was that Zhu Xuan, who saw this situation, couldn't see the slightest smile on his face, just stared at the bags of grain a few times, and waved his hand: "Put it back, and then go to the T-shaped library over there to have a look." ”

And after hearing this, Xu Dafu's face changed completely, and his body trembled even more: "My lord, do you still need to check this?" ”

"Of course, you have to check, not only the T-shaped warehouse, but also the grain stored in the other two warehouses must be checked, otherwise why would the official have to work hard to make this trip?" Zhu Xuan narrowed his eyes and glanced at Xu Dafu with a smile, as if he had something to say.

Xu Dafu wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say it, so he could only look at Qiu Yang on the side, as if he wanted him to intercede for him. But after Qiu Yang heard Zhu Xianling's mention of the T-word library, a trace of strangeness obviously flashed in his eyes, and he didn't see Ambassador Xu's request for help, and said to him: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and lead the adults over." ”

“…… Yes" After a little hesitation, Xu Dafu had to agree, and walked forward with heavy steps.

And his strange reaction made Zhu Xuan even more suspicious, knowing that there was something strange in this granary, so he hurriedly walked up and walked towards the T-shaped warehouse that was on the back of the sun. Perhaps because he was very focused on Xu Dafu's reaction, Zhu Xuan didn't realize that Qiu Yang, who should have followed him closely, had opened a considerable distance from him, and only two errand officers were still following closely.

The distance between the two warehouses is only about ten zhang, and in a blink of an eye, several people have come to the T-shaped warehouse. Because this storehouse is now on the sunny side, it is dark when you look inside from the outside of the station, and you can't even see how much grain is stored in it for a while.

This made Zhu Xuan couldn't help frowning, his footsteps stopped, and when he was about to turn his head and ask someone to get lighting such as lanterns and torches, a shocking change suddenly appeared-

As soon as he heard a snort, two agile black shadows suddenly pounced out of the darkness like two black panthers catching prey, and they still held short knives in their hands, and they were in mid-air, and the knives had been raised suddenly, like the sharp claws of a cheetah, stabbing towards Zhu Xuan's face and chest.

This sudden assassination made Xu Dafu's body stiffen, and he couldn't move at all, so he could only scream at the top of his voice, completely putting on a stunned posture of letting the mermaid flesh go.

And Zhu Xuan, who was the target, also froze in surprise, and his eyes widened as he looked at the two assassins who pounced on him, and he didn't know how to dodge at all.

Qiu Yang and several other county clerks, who were still two or three feet away from them, also stood still, but if you looked closely at their expressions, you would find that there was no surprise on their faces at this time, as if all this had been expected by them for a long time......