That night, a team of more than 100 people quietly walked out of the camp where the imperial army was stationed, and the people in the team were all dressed as ordinary people, and after leaving the camp, they quickly disappeared into the night with a group of ten people.

At night, calm returned, but there seemed to be many hidden secrets under the calm darkness. Chen Fei stood in front of the camp tent, and after watching Yin Ping and the others leave the camp, he touched his chin and muttered quietly.

"It's strange, whether it's the county seat or the village or town, there's nothing abnormal along the way, why did the villagers suddenly start beating people? And I didn't see any refugees fleeing along the way, or there were towns and villages organizing villagers to prepare for battle, so how do I feel that this rebellion is a bit of a joke? But it feels very abnormal......

Ay! Forget it, let's go to bed first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

Chen Fei returned to the camp tent to rest, and soon the candles in the tent went out, and the entire camp fell into dead silence.

The next day, Chen Fei ordered to slow down the march again, and sent a large number of scouts out to investigate, almost carpet reconnaissance, and it was necessary to understand the situation ahead.

And along the way, he chose to avoid villages and some small towns for a while, so as to avoid some conflicts and accidents when passing through these places.

On this day they traveled thirty miles, and at sunset they arrived at a small county town, which was almost the boundary of Luzhou.

Chen Fei did not enter the city, but took a dozen entourages and rode to the city wall of the county town with Qin Huaidao, calling out to the soldiers at the city gate and asking the county order and a cadre of officials to come out to meet.

After a while, the county order appeared in front of Chen Fei along with officials of all sizes.

"Xia Guan has seen the deposed ambassador!"

Chen Fei waved his hand, "It's free!" You don't have to come with me to these vains, I have something to ask you, and you can answer it. ”

"This..."The county official rolled his eyes and smiled: "My lord, what is it better to go to the county seat and say, standing at the gate of the city and saying that it is inevitable to lose the rules of hospitality, and the lower official will charter the best restaurant in the city for the adult, how about it?" ”

"No need, the official doesn't like this, so let's talk about it here." Chen Fei directly rejected the kindness of the county order, dismounted and walked in front of everyone.

"I don't know what to call this county magistrate?"

"The official surname is Chen, and the single name is a Lin character."

Chen Fei smiled: "It's my family, and my surname is Chen." Without further ado, Lord Chen, I want to ask you, there has been a rebellion in Luzhou, and the rebels have reached more than 4,000 people...... Why does it seem that there is no defense at all? If they had called, wouldn't they have been taken down in an instant? ”

Chen Xianling was stunned for a moment, looked back at the soldiers guarding the city wall, and said with a smile: "My lord, this rebellion has also happened for a month, but I have never heard of any county seat being defeated, besides, we are still so many roads away from the place where the rebellion occurred, and nothing major has happened in front of us, how can we have it here?" ”

"Humph! Ignorance! Chen Fei directly lowered his face, pointed to the city wall and scolded: "Do you have to inform you in advance when people come to attack the county seat: 'Chen County Order, we are here to attack the county seat, you are ready to defend'?" If the enemy says the opposite, and attacks this place by surprise, do you have enough troops, horses, and food and grass to deal with it? If the county seat is lost, can you take this responsibility? ”

"This ......." county order was speechless for a while, and he couldn't speak.

Chen Fei looked at the officials behind him and shouted, "Where are the guards in the city?" ”

A man with a rough face took a step forward: "The guard general Guo is here!" Adults, please command! ”

Chen Fei stopped, took out the holy decree issued to him by Li Shimin, gathered it above his head, and said: "Your Majesty's special order, give me the right to temporarily mobilize local soldiers and horses, and the guards will listen to the order, from now on, strengthen the county guards, send more patrols, pay attention to the movements of the surrounding soldiers and horses at any time, and prepare for war!" Before the chaos is assessed, it must not be lifted at will! ”

The guard hurriedly bowed down and said, "Guo obeys the order!" ”

Chen Fei glanced at the Chen county order on the side lightly and said, "Please cooperate with the local county order." ”

Chen Xianling lowered his head and bowed to receive the order.

After collecting the holy decree, Chen Fei called Chen County Order, came to a slightly farther place, and talked to him alone.

"Chen County Order, for the sake of the overall situation, this official spoke a little rushed just now, and I hope that Chen County Order will not mind and cooperate with this official's work."

Chen Xianling squeezed out a smile, "Where is it, this is what the lower officials should do, but when the adults say this, it is a torture for the lower officials." ”

Chen Fei smiled and nodded, stared at Chen Xianling for a while, and suddenly came to his side and asked, "Lord Chen, this official has come here all the way and has some questions, I don't know if you can answer one or two for me?" ”

Chen Xianling's face became a little unnatural, but he still forced a smile. "My lord, please speak, I must know everything below."

"I know everything... Okay, then I'll talk about it. When I was in Chang'an, I heard that the reason for the rebellion was because the government had withheld taxes privately, and conflicts broke out with the people, and in the end people died. I wonder if this news is true? ”

"This..."Chen Xianling rolled his eyes and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, that's it, this is what the lower officials heard!" ”

It's greasy! There must be something greasy!

Based on the expression of this county order, Chen Fei could already guess that this rebellion was probably not as simple as they had heard, and it was not known that many things had been deliberately buried.

"Ahem! Lord Chen, in this case, this official asks you again, is the tax deduction only happening where the rebellion occurred, or is there all of it here? ”

"This ......" In such a cold weather, a layer of fine sweat actually appeared on Chen County's forehead, and there is no need to guess to know that there must be more than one thing about private tax deduction! Everyone has a share in the officialdom that can't be said to be a piece!

"Hehe, Chen County Order doesn't have to be so nervous, the official just asked casually, by the way, a few days ago, the Japanese official sent soldiers to the village to buy food, but I didn't expect the soldiers of this official to be beaten by the villagers for no reason, the official felt a little inexplicable, and wanted to ask the county order, the villagers here... Do you like to beat soldiers at every turn? ”

"Who? Where did the villagers beat the soldiers? It's lawless! Chen Xianling wiped the sweat from his forehead, pretended to be calm, but said a little exaggeratedly: "My lord, the poor and remote people here are all Diao people, and they have a bad temperament, and I am afraid that they are not very friendly to the imperial court, so the Luzhou rebellion will occur." Your Excellency, you have also seen that the villagers are still like this every day, and if there is a conflict with the officials, the situation will be even more out of control! ”

Chen Fei smiled wordlessly, from the expression of this county magistrate, he had already gotten the information he wanted, not to mention that this was at most a small shrimp, even if he asked something, it would not have much effect, but would startle the snake, so he planned to change the topic.......

(End of chapter)