Everything that happened in Runan County was inquired about by the scouts who Liu Qi had placed in the county early in the morning, and then passed it back to Liu Qi.

Runan Yuan's has changed!

According to the news sent back by the scouts, Yuan Cheng and Liu Xun defected, Yuan Cheng was killed on the way to defect, and Liu Xun broke into Lujiang County. Yuan Fang was promoted to the position of Taishou of Runan County, Yuan Genji's granary was burned, and he was sent by Yuan Shu to guard Xinxi in an attempt to attack Yiyang.

When Liu Qi learned the news, he was shocked at the time, and then rejoiced. If it weren't for Yuan Cheng and Liu Xun to stir up the situation this time, Runan County would definitely reorganize its offensive in seven or eight months, and Yiyang County would have fallen into a two-sided crisis at that time.

Yuan Cheng and Liu Xun's mending knife completely made Runan County focus on cleaning Yuan Cheng's undercover agents for a long time and was unable to deal with Liu Qi.

Liu Qi couldn't help but laugh out loud, Liu Xun was really a charcoal in the snow. In this way, the area of Yiyang Luoshan was guarded by the two brothers Liu Pan, and there were no worries. He can also return to Xinye a day earlier and preside over the overall situation.

After Xu Jing settled his family, he was escorted by the personal guard battalion and arrived in Yiyang County in about the next two days. Liu Qi is now extremely short of civil and military generals, and Xu Jing had to come over to serve as the governor of Yiyang County, while handling political affairs, and at the same time offering advice to the two guards in order to resist Runan County.

Although Liu Hu and Liu Pan's qualifications are average, Liu Qi is sure that with Xu Jing's advice, it is enough to hold Yiyang County. Now Liu Qi is in short supply not only of strategists and civil servants, but also of grassroots civil officials, etc., and it is also a last resort to let Xu Jing come over to assist.

"Big brother, admit it!" Shi A repelled Liu Qi with one move, his face was not red and he was not panting, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

Liu Qi didn't know how many times he had lost to Shi A in the past few days, and in addition to practicing the talents of the soldiers and soldiers with the Liu Hu brothers in the past few days, he had frequently competed in martial arts, and said with a smile: "Big brother is willing to bow down." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Liu Qi said, "Mr. Xu will be able to go to Yiyang in these two days, third brother, go out with me." ”

Although Yiyang County is a small county seat, it is commendable that it has all kinds of organs, such as merchants, shops, restaurants and restaurants.

After a month of recovery, the county seat of Yiyang is far from regaining its heyday of prosperity, and the intrusion of the Yellow Turbans since the rebellion has dealt a great blow to commerce, and it will not recover overnight. What is worthy of Liu Qi's joy is that there are gradually more hawker businesses in the county.

The two walked around and came to a restaurant in the county, where the shopkeeper who ran out of the hall asked Liu Qi and the others: "Do the two guest officials have dinner or accommodation?" ”

"Dinner, by the way, your signature dishes." There weren't many people in the inn, and Liu Qi and Shi A occupied a window seat.

"Great! The meal will come soon, so please wait for a while. The shopkeeper shouted, and Liu Qi asked: "Little Er, now that Liu Jingzhou has recaptured Yiyang County, the decree is clear, why is it still so deserted, what's going on?" ”

"Look at you two faces, new here, right?" Liu Qi nodded, and the shopkeeper said while pouring tea: "It is said that it is Yiyang County, but in fact, it is not Nanyang County." Our city is small, there are few people, and the yellow turbans in the county have been in rebellion before, and there were too many casualties. ”

"Liu Jingzhou has benevolence and virtue, and the world knows it, but some people in Yiyang County are very dissatisfied with Liu Jingzhou's son serving as the county guard." The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said, "Do you know why?" ”

Shi Ah understood, handed out dozens of dollars to the shopkeeper, and asked, "Why is this?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled, and said in a low voice: "It's about Yuan Taishou, our little county guard is too young, and the people are uncertain, and the landlords who are close to Yuan Taishou are naturally not convinced." "The original Taishou he said was the later general Yuan Shu. This point, Liu Qi and Shi A don't even think about it.

"Little brother, where did you get this news?"

"You don't understand that." Dian Xiaoer explained: "We ordinary people have always been dissatisfied with Yuan Taishou, because he is an official and exploits us together with the landlords. Now there is a young county guard, and everyone hopes that the little county guard can return the peaceful days to everyone, so the common people say that it is false if they do not belong to it. You see, the little county shou has been in office for a month, and how much has changed. ”

The shopkeeper pointed to the street outside and said, "Let me tell you this, before Xiao Junshou came, on days like this, there was not a single pedestrian on the street, and they were afraid that they would be forcibly recruited by Yuan Taishou to do coolies or something." And after the small county guard came, he recruited bandits, cleared the Yellow Turban Army or something, and did not forcibly collect the people's food, recruited the township warriors and settled in the house. Later, another county lord came, arrested some old landlords, and made a list of Anmin. Now, there are more people on the streets. ”

Liu Qi asked, "Don't you county guards plan to eliminate those gate valve families who are dead and vegetarian?" ”

The shopkeeper made a silent gesture and whispered: "The guest officer should be quiet, maybe there are their eyeliner here." The shopkeeper looked around and said, "For the sake of the guest officer's generous shots, the small one will tell the guest officer some inside stories." ”

"Please."

"I have a cousin who was the centurion of General Liu Er in the army of the small county guard, and he told me that the small county guard didn't want to move those family lords, but because the time was not too ripe, he couldn't find a good opportunity." The shopkeeper was puzzled for a while, and said, "I think it's because the little county guard is not sure that he will clean it up all at once." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Qi listened and thought about the question, and Shi A asked for Liu Qi when he saw this.

"We ordinary people don't want anything else, we can only live and work in peace and contentment. Since Yuan Taishou, the county has suffered unspeakably, and those landlords of the family have exploited us heavily, so the big guys are naturally not convinced! Speaking of this, the shopkeeper was angry for a while: "We have long been like driving him away, but it's a pity that people are indifferent." In the month since Xiaojun Shou took office, it is true that the people are not attached, after all, he is young and difficult to convince the public. But everyone is thinking about making some effort when the small county guard deals with those landlords and old money. Let me tell you, the little county guard doesn't have that many troops to deal with those who have raised private soldiers. ”

Liu Qi and Shi A glanced at each other, and they were slightly happy in their hearts: their status in the eyes of the common people seemed to have changed slightly, although it was very small, but it would get better one day, and it seemed that the efforts of more than a month were not in vain.

At this time, a hunter came in from outside the store, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his clothes were a little torn, and he was carrying a lot of hunting game in his hand. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Little Er, quickly bring me a pot of wine, I'm dying of thirst!" ”

The shopkeeper confessed to Liu Qi, saw the hunter, and said with a smile: "Okay! Brother Tiger, the wine will come soon. The sharp-eyed shopkeeper found that the hunter named Brother Tiger had a lot less game in his hands than usual, and couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Tiger, why is there a lot less game this time?" As he spoke, he handed the flask over.

Brother Hu grabbed the wine jug, took a few sips, and then said, "It's really unlucky!" I don't know when a large group of bandits came to the mountains, and they took over the mountains and did not allow us hunters to go into the mountains to hunt. Lao Tzu had no choice but to go down and turn around in the forest under the mountain a few times, and hunted so much. ”

"How so?" The shopkeeper couldn't believe that this was true: "Didn't the county guard send troops to wipe out the bandits and others in the county?" ”

"Hehe, maybe it's that little kid Lao Shizi County Shou and Yuan Laohu all the way!" Brother Hu's face was full of disdain, Yuan Laohu was the private name of the people in the county to Yuan Shu, he took another sip of wine, and said: "As the saying goes, 'the world is as black as a crow', boy, don't be deceived by that little kid county guard." What's more, he is so young and doesn't understand anything, can he be our parent official! ”

The shopkeeper was stunned, and Brother Tiger's words hit him a lot. Brother Hu said again: "If he really thinks about us, why don't he return our fertile land to us?" Lao Tzu still has to worry about where Ming'er will hunt and feed the mother-in-law and the dog! When Brother Tiger said this, as if he remembered something, he pulled the shopkeeper over and said, "Boy, call your shopkeeper to see how much the game is worth this time, and let's settle it with the wine money." ”

The shopkeeper didn't seem to hear Brother Tiger's call, and asked angrily: "Is it really like this, the tiger is coming to the wolf?" Brother Hu, is he going to be forcibly conscripted for labor or war again? ”

"God knows! Boy, you'd better pray that the new county keeper is a good man. Brother Hu looked impatient and urged the shopkeeper to get up: "What are you stunned about, hurry up and call your shopkeeper to come over." Lao Tzu is still waiting to get the money back to ask his mother-in-law for a doctor, the dog baby is not sick early or late, but at this time, he was angry. ”

The shopkeeper walked away in frustration, he couldn't accept the hunter's words for a while, and he went to call the shopkeeper every year, with an unbelievable look on his face, after all, what Liu Qi has done since he took office is indeed very happy.

Shi Ah called his eldest brother Liu Qi to Brother Tiger's mouthy little brat, and he couldn't sit still, so he stood up suddenly and looked at Brother Tiger angrily, intending to give him a little color to see. Brother Tiger noticed Shi A's angry eyes, looked at him without fear, and scolded: "What are you staring at! Be careful that Lao Tzu beats your wife doesn't know you! As he spoke, he protestantly swept up his sleeves, showing off his powerful arms.

Liu Qi glanced at Brother Hu indifferently, pulled down Shi A and sat down, signaling Shi A not to be angry.

At this time, the innkeeper hurriedly came over and apologized and said to Liu Qi and the others: "There are a lot of guest officials, forgive the people in the mountains for not understanding the rules, and he has no intention of offending." Huzi, if you scare away my guests, don't let the old man collect your game again!" ”

Liu Qi and Shi A glanced at each other, and they were slightly happy in their hearts: their status in the eyes of the common people seemed to have changed slightly, although it was very small, but it would get better one day, and it seemed that the efforts of more than a month were not in vain.

"The shopkeeper is serious." Liu Qi didn't mind Brother Hu's tone at all, and said to the shopkeeper.

"I don't mind seeing people, the shopkeeper will quickly calculate the money for Lao Tzu, and use it urgently!" Brother Tiger snorted, scratched his head in embarrassment, and then urged.

The innkeeper smiled apologetically at Liu Qi and the others again, glared at Brother Hu, and then asked Brother Hu to carry game into the kitchen with him to settle the game and wine money.