Outside Linjiang City, the snow is white, after a night of wind and snow, the world is white, and under the snow, a pair of black torrents slowly move towards the direction of Linjiang City. The flag fluttered, and the cherry red tassels fluttered with the cold wind, which was particularly eye-catching on the black torrent, reminding the people who occasionally traveled on this snowy day that this was a team of Han troops.

This team is the two thousand barbarian army that rushed to Linjiang City from Ba County to Linjiang City on a snowy day, and after a short period of training, although they cannot be regarded as excellent Han soldiers, they can be regarded as qualified, after all, under Huang Zhong's non-stop training day and night, the basic military formation training can be mastered.

In front of the infantry team, several healthy horses spewed hot air, carrying several Han generals wearing iron armor, the first one was the Marquis of the Great Han Pavilion, Bajun was too guarding Fuquan, and beside him were Huang Zhong, Han Dang and other generals who accompanied him.

Straightening the hood on his head, this was the first time he had worn it in his life, and Fu Quan couldn't help but despise the weight of this ancient helmet again. The Han army's hood weighed more than ten catties, and a person with a big iron shell of more than ten catties on his head, where could he bear it? In the past, whether it was in Youzhou or Luoyang, Ren Liucheng Ling or Yulin Zhonglang General could wear a crown, where do you need to wear this iron shell?

Of course, it's not just Fuquan who can't stand it, but the same is true of the Ban Yu barbarians he leads, most of these Ban Yu barbarians are wearing iron armor and wearing a hood for the first time, even if they have undergone high-intensity training and become an army in a short period of time, they can't stand this kind of iron shell on top of their heads like Fu Quan.

Even though the barbarians have a long history of smelting copper and iron, they can't afford to wear such consumption, after all, they mostly make weapons for hunting; The second is that this iron shell is too heavy, which is too inconvenient for the banqi barbarians, who have always used light clothes to hunt between the mountains and forests.

In fact, not to mention the barbarians, even the Han people themselves don't like it, and they wear an iron scarf weighing several catties for a long time, and no one can stand it.

However, Fu Quan still forcibly let the barbarians under his command wear a hood, after all, these barbarians have been recruited as the Han army, and when they become soldiers, they have to obey orders, do things according to the rules, and they have to bring them if they don't wear them.

Second, although these barbarian soldiers learned Chinese, they were not regular Chinese, similar to Mandarin, a variety of dialects in later generations, and the people of Shu could know that they were not Han Chinese. And their hairstyle at that end is also more different from the Han hairstyle, very conspicuous, after the previous banyu chaos, the Han barbarian battle has made the two sides have reconciled, the banyu chaos is calm, but the people of Shu dare not speak, but the bottom of their hearts still have a certain hatred for this barbarian.

If the barbarian soldiers are allowed to dress and walk casually, they will definitely be recognized by the Han people, which is easy to provoke the Han people's disgust, and it is impossible to say that there will be a lot of trouble out of thin air, so they must be dressed like the Han army, without the slightest discount. Along the way, so far, the effect seems to be good, in fact, the Han barbarians are all the same kind of people, wearing iron armor and a hood, it is difficult to distinguish without looking carefully.

"Junhou, Yang Duyou concluded that the assassination was done by the thieves in brocade clothes, is it too Meng Lang?" Huang Zhong rode a horse to Fu Quan's side, and asked with a puzzled expression.

Fu Quan tightened his armor, and tried to keep the thick clothes inside close to his body, to achieve a "airtight" effect, not to let the unbridled cold wind blow to him, and then replied: "Meng Lang does not look like Meng Lang, this matter is undoubtedly the work of the thieves in brocade clothes, but there is no clear evidence, it is difficult to convict." ”

"Why?"

"Yang Jixiu arrested the county lieutenant and the thief in brocade clothes for a few days, and there were thieves with swords in hand, breaking into the official residence of the county office at night, carrying the topographic map of the official residence and the portrait of Yang Jixiu, the meaning of which has been clear, except for Yang Jixiu. Now I want to ask Linjiang City, who wants to put Yang Jixiu to death at this time? Without him, only the thief in brocade clothes is also the thief, not the work of others, let alone others? ”

After hearing this, Huang Zhong nodded again and again in agreement: "The prince is smart." ”

ignored the praise Fu Quan beside him, but he didn't blame Huang Zhong, his subordinates have been patting Sima fart since ancient times, and it is impossible to stop it, since it can't be stopped, then simply don't stop it. Fu Quan looked up at the looming Linjiang Snow City in front of him in the snow, and said to himself: "Gan Ning, what do you mean ......?"

At this time, in Linjiang County, people were panicked, because the county office was assassinated by thieves at night, and the streets and alleys were brutal conscripts searching for all suspicious people, but all those who did not speak correctly and whose origin was unknown were taken down and interrogated by conscripts. It's no wonder that these servants are so wanton to arrest people, it is really the strict order of the Shangguan, after all, it is the governor of a county who was assassinated, although the brave black-clothed thief did not leave a living mouth, but from the sword in his hand, carrying the head of the post governor, it can already be concluded that this person's intentions are no other than to assassinate Yang Hong.

Once the county office is to blame, it is impossible to say that these people will suffer from the difficulties of the county officials in this year's plan, and if they can't pass the performance review, they won't be able to think about the road to promotion. Once the officials encounter something related to their future, they will definitely not stay out of it, so they continue to pressure the conscripts to arrest the thieves, so that the conscripts in the city go around arresting suspicious people as if they have been beaten with chicken blood.

In the county office, Yang Hongzheng, the superintendent of posts, is convening the civil and military forces in Linjiang County, preparing to go out of the city to meet Taishou Fuquan. Now it is still after the heavy snowfall, the ground is uneven, there is no such thing as going out of the city ten miles or twenty miles early to greet each other, this kind of heavy snow day to do these face projects, it is estimated that it will not be too good to guard, just need to rush to the city gate in advance, and Yang Hong knows that Fuquan is coming with troops, so naturally he will not deliberately make a statement, because at this moment, the civil and military officials in Linjiang County do not know that Fuquan brought soldiers and horses, and they only thought that they were assassinated by the governor and brought people to inspect.

"Yang Duyou, the county office has everything ready, when will it start?" Linjiang County Commander walked to Yang Hong's side and asked, there was an assassination of a county official in the county, but this county order was not lightly frightened, and now even Taishou was alarmed to come in person, of course he hoped to complain in front of Fuquan as soon as possible, otherwise he would really leave a bad impression in front of Fuquan, which would be a big mistake.

"In this case, he went out of the city to welcome the Ming Gong." Yang Hong nodded, glanced at the expectant eyes of the crowd, and ordered everyone to go out of the city to greet them.

In an instant, a group of Linjiang officials in thick clothes and velvet furs went to the city gate, all kinds of cars and horses gathered, and hundreds of people along the street were curious when they saw this scene, and they all guessed what happened, so that the county commander and the county Cheng, the bigwigs of the Linjiang officialdom, could go out together.

The bitter cold wind blew this quaint city, outside the city gate, a group of officials from the Linjiang County Bureau who had been waiting for a long time looked forward to it, staring blankly at the southwest direction.

"Look! There are people in front of you, and there are ......."

"That's the Han army, the Han army......"

Soon, the sharp-eyed official sensed the abnormality and reminded everyone around him that their tone seemed to be frightened, and they were stunned, attracting the attention of others, and at the same time wondering what was going on with these people, as for being so frightened?

Looking up, I saw that the original pale earth, suddenly emerged a black torrent, the iron armor with cold light seemed to be as stunning as this cold wind, a rough look at thousands of people, everyone looked at each other, what kind of medicine are they selling in the gourd, what kind of medicine are they selling in the gourd, bringing so many Han troops on a snowy day, what does it mean?

There must be something wrong, this is the first thought of the officials of the Linjiang County Bureau who are waiting at the moment, otherwise, even if Taishou Fuquan personally checked the case because of the assassination of the superintendent, he shouldn't have brought thousands of well-equipped Han soldiers to investigate, right?

It is necessary to know that thousands of people marching this is not a joke, not to mention others, the consumption of grain and grass alone should not be underestimated, and there will be a lot of waste in ordinary times, not to mention that this is still a snow day, and the grain transportation is not easy, so Fuquan can lead the troops to rush into Linjiang on a snowy day despite the difficult situation of grain and grass transportation, then it must be that Fuquan has to do something big, and the sky of Linjiang is going to change.

"I've seen the prince!" Everyone saluted in unison and said to Fuquan, who was riding the horse first.

Fu Quan bowed his head, signaling them not to be polite, and then dismounted and came to talk with the officials of the Linjiang County Bureau. Suddenly, there was a lot of praise and sycophancy, and these officials of the Linjiang County Bureau said anything good to Fu Quan, which made him embarrassed for a while, but at this time, the officialdom was normal, and it caught up with the current assassination case, so boasting should be done.

In the end, after finally surviving this period of sycophancy, everyone entered the city together, and the officials, chariots and horses were the first to enter, and then two thousand stubborn Han troops entered the city neatly with a strong momentum.

In the city, hundreds of people were suddenly alarmed by the sudden influx of thousands of Han troops, all of them were puzzled, and panicked, I don't know what the county office intended, could it be that a superintendent sent by the county office to inspect was assassinated, so he had to move the army so unscrupulously to catch the thief?

On the way back to the Linjiang County Bureau, Fu Quan and Yang Hong talked softly, and there were pro-soldiers around them to ensure that the conversation between the two was not overheard.

The two of them naturally aroused the curiosity of many subordinate officials, and the Linjiang County Order was one of them, and he also made a good example of curiosity, wanting to listen to the conversation between the two officials, but he didn't get close enough, and he was brutally isolated by Fuquan's own soldiers, and finally the others saw this scene, and naturally did not dare to repeat the mistakes of the county order, otherwise who knows if it will leave a bad impression in front of the Taishou?

Yang Hong didn't dare to slack off, and told Fuquan everything that happened during his time in Linjiang County. Since he was entrusted with the important task by Fuquan in Ba County and ordered by him alone, he has been working in Linjiang to arrest the brocade thieves, and what he has to do is not only to startle these brocade thieves and let them get the news in advance, but also to find out the intricate forces behind these brocade thieves in the government offices and localities, and to pay great attention to the proportions.

Obviously, the chaotic situation in Linjiang City, under Yang Hong's dispatch, was completed quite successfully. Gan Ning was a thief in brocade clothes, and the Linjiang Gan clan behind him was very alarmed, and even the county lieutenant who controlled the soldiers and horses in Linjiang County was found out by him as evidence of bribery, and successfully removed the eyeliner of the brocade thieves in Linjiang City.

Of course, the big eyeliner has been removed, and there must be a small eyeliner, otherwise how could the black-clothed thief who was instructed by the brocade thief to assassinate Yang Hong have a topographic map of the county office's official residence and a portrait of Yang Hong? Only those who are familiar with the official premises of the county bureau and have seen Yang Hong can know this, and the person who meets these two points is most likely to be an insider of the Linjiang County Bureau, as for who it is unknown, it may be an adjutant, it may be a knife clerk, or it may be a slave of an official office......

"Can the identity of the thief be verified? Who's it? After learning about Yang Hong's experience, Fu Quan went straight to the point.

"Back to the prince, this person is a ranger in Linjiang Township, and his martial arts are good on weekdays, and his name is heard for hundreds of miles."

"Can their relatives know why they did the same? Do you know who instructed? ”

"I don't know, the conscripts searched his home, but they didn't find anything. When questioning his relatives, he did not know his recent situation, which did not appear to be a fraud. ”

Nodding, Fu Quan said: "It seems that the thief is fully prepared, and it is extremely difficult to find out the cause and effect. ”

"Exactly."

"Humph!" Fu Quan snorted coldly, and continued: "If you want to do this, it is too cheap to escape the investigation." Then he said to the soldiers beside him: "Come here, order Linjiang County Commander and County Cheng to come quickly." ”

"No!"

A soldier received the order and immediately searched for the county commander who had just been driven away, as well as the county commander who followed behind the crowd.

After the two came, Fu Quan didn't waste any more false courtesies with them, and said directly: "Zhang Bang told the people, the whole city took the brocade clothes and thieves, so that the pavilions and townships organized people to prepare for thieves, and the county office also sent people to support, remember not to lose a thief." After speaking, Fu Quan said: "Order again, the people dare to hide the thieves in brocade clothes privately, and their crimes should be sitting, so that the people report the whereabouts of the thieves in brocade clothes, and reward thousands of dollars, and those who have the whereabouts of the thief Gan Ning, the head of the thief, will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars." ”

The county commander and the county Cheng were at a loss for what to do by this sudden command, and waited for a while to understand the meaning of Fuquan, and hurriedly said "No", but at this moment they understood why Fuquan wanted to bring troops here, but in their hearts they warned themselves that after returning home, they would let people cut off all the involvement between themselves and the Gan family.

Although the two also have a lot of relationship with the Gan family, they know that the brocade thief is organized by Gan Ning of the Gan family, but at this time, Fu Quan personally led the troops to arrest the brocade thief, and the attitude of the new county guard is already known, that is, to exterminate this gang of brocade robbers. The situation is already not good for the two of them, and it will not be cut off soon, let alone when.

It seems that this post superintendent Yang Hong is not greedy for merit and wants to force them to arrest the brocade thief, but he was instructed by Taishou, the old fox, pretending to be true. The county magistrate and the county magistrate saw that Yang Hong and Fuquan had a very happy conversation, and Fuquan gave this order again, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he was too naïve, and he was deceived by Yang Hong, a famous man in Yizhou.