"Send someone to settle this old beggar first, don't let them follow us, it's also a hindrance to follow us, and we'll talk about it when we see Narongzhi in Jixi County." After pondering for a moment, Liang Baihu said to Han Lin.

"Yes, sir."

"Little four, this old beggar will hand it over to you to settle in a proper place." Han Lin said to another Jinyi lieutenant sitting at the table.

"Yes, sir." Xiao Si immediately stood up and received his order.

And threw out a piece of broken silver, and asked the shopkeeper and his wife to prepare a few basins of clean water and two pieces of clothing, so that the old beggar could simply freshen up.

Xiao Si is the captain of Han Lin's school, and he is a captain with a somewhat mediocre face, but he is very energetic.

This time, I also traveled with Liang Baihu and them.

"Thank you...... Jinyi Wei ...... Thank you, sir...... Lord Jinyiwei. When the old beggar heard this, he knew that Liang Baihu was going to take care of his case, wiped the snot and tears on his face with his dirty sleeves, and kept kowtowing.

Han Lin waved his hand and motioned for Xiao Si to settle the person first.

It's one thing to sympathize with this old beggar, but this man keeps this honor in this restaurant, and lets them use their food.

After the old beggar was taken to a small straw hut outside the restaurant to freshen up, the others resumed their eating movements.

It was not early, in order to arrive at the destination before sunset, Shen Mu and they had eaten, and the shopkeeper also fed the horse some water and forage, and then the group did not delay much, and once again stepped on the official road where the loess was flying, and went to the direction of Jixi County.

Yes, their destination this time is Jixi County.

Speaking of which, although Taiping County and Jixi County are two adjacent counties, they did not belong to the same government in the Ming Dynasty.

Taiping County belongs to Ningguo Mansion, and Jixi County belongs to Huizhou Prefecture.

Along the way, Shen Mu found that there were many mountains and trees in Jixi County, and there were many streams, although the road was not far, it was really difficult to walk.

In his previous life, Shen Mu, as a northerner, really didn't have the opportunity to come to Jixi County.

He knew very little about so many famous counties and cities in the country, and later in order to escape being wanted, he had been abroad, never returned to China, and had no opportunity to travel through the mountains and rivers of China.

At this time, walking on this land in ancient times, his mood is still a little delicate, it is really the scenery of Jixi is really beautiful, presumably in the later generations, it is also a very famous scenic spot.

Their horses traveled all the way, and Shen Mu quickly noticed a very significant feature, that is, Jixi County seemed to be better than the cultural environment of Taiping County, passing through a small town, there were more people wearing robes on the street, and most of the words on the shop signs were very distinctive and stylish.

Occasionally, I heard the sound of reading from the houses on the side of the road.

This is probably a typical prosperous scene in the south of the Yangtze River, Cang Liao knows the etiquette, and when he has a full stomach, he has the spare energy to let his children go to school.

Later, Shen Mu checked the Jixi County Chronicles and learned that Su Che of the Tang and Song Dynasty Eight Families had served as the affairs of Jixi County, and under his advocacy, although Jixi was a small county, the literary style was extremely prosperous, not only there were many academies, but there were also many primary schools such as social studies and private schools.

By the time of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 50 academies in a county.

This made him more interested in Rongzhi, and being a county magistrate in such a place where there are as many people as many as dogs can be seen, it can be seen that this county magistrate is really not so easy to do.

In particular, these scholars are accustomed to picking bones in eggs, and when they have mastered knowledge, they have to express their opinions and opinions, and judge the actions of the government.

Rong Zhi can be the commander of Wenjixi County, and his official reputation is not bad, it can be seen that he is really not an ordinary person, let alone a mediocre and confused person, will he really create an unjust, false and wrongful case?

Liang Baihu and they probably also knew that this Jixi County was not an ordinary state and county, so they were also cautious, at least when they entered the county seat, the speed of the horse was reduced.

The people of Jixi County may be able to read because most of them are able to study, and their self-confidence is relatively stronger, and when they see their line of Jinyi captains, they seem to be much calmer, not as panicked as Taiping County.

Along the way, although the horse is not fast, but it is not slow, Shen Mu is not used to riding horses after all, when they enter the city, he feels that his whole body is about to fall apart, it is sore and painful, it seems that his equestrian skills really need to be practiced more.

When I entered the county seat, I met some elementary school students wearing little scholar's robes on the street, some of them were seven or eight years old, and they were also in their teens.

When they saw Liang Baihu and his party, some of them stopped and watched curiously.

also whispered to each other, hooking their heads and whispering.

Originally, Shen Mu felt that to continue to track down the Maitreya Sect's Tan Zhen, their group should keep a low profile, and it was best to disguise themselves to confuse the opponent.

As a result, Han Lin was greeted with a contemptuous gaze, and he knew that the real people of Jinyiwei had their own spies placed everywhere to inquire, and these people had special identity cover, which was more convenient for them to act.

The reason why these people came to Jixi County was to be able to grasp the news that these spies heard as soon as possible, summarize and process these news, and then further issue new orders for the following spies to carry out.

Shen Mu also felt that he was taking it for granted, this ancient way of transportation, including the transmission of information, was relatively backward, and if a useful message did not make a suitable decision at the right time, it would be easy to delay the next action.

Liang Baihu and they had not found traces of important figures in the White Lotus Sect and Maitreya Sect before, but they were always one step behind, so this time Liang Baihu simply stopped commanding through the remote control of letters and carrier pigeons, and directly planned to chase after Na Tan Zhen.

By the way, sort out the whereabouts of this Tan Zhen, and find out who this thief monk has been in contact with, if he can really catch a few big fish, it is also excellent.

As for the murder case of the old beggar's son, what is Liang Baihu's plan, Shen Muzi will not say much, he believes that Liang Baihu has his own plan.

He is still very new to this set of Jinyiwei, and it is better to understand its operating rules in a low-key manner than to show himself in a high-profile manner.

"Hey, is that Jinyiwei?" Just as Shen Mu and his party were riding horses and slowly walking through a restaurant on the street, a young man standing in front of the window of the restaurant's box and enjoying the scenery was surprised.

This boy was dressed in an apricot-colored scholar's robe, about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing an ordinary Wensheng son's scarf and holding a folding fan in his hand.

"Jin Yiwei?" When another scribe who was not yet thirty years old sitting in the box heard this, he also stood up and came to the window, and looked at the apricot-robed scholar.