Zhang Xianzhong suddenly left Shaanxi and entered Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, and such news could not be hidden, which soon made officials at all levels in Shanxi nervous.

In fact, Shanxi has always been the hardest hit area, often encountered the harassment of the rogues, since the beginning of Chongzhen's three years, basically has not been born, to say that since the beginning of the rebels, the biggest loss may be Shanxi.

The leaders of the Liukou are basically from Shaanxi, and when they rebelled locally, although they also attacked the city and plundered everywhere, they also knew that they could not do too much in their hometown, and the rabbits did not eat the grass by the nest, and if they beat their hometown to a pulp, their faces would be really not bright.

But when the rogues entered Shanxi, they would not care so much, and they had the instinct to destroy, and all the gentry and rich households who were captured and the cities that were breached were all subjected to locust-like raids without exception, and almost no grass grew everywhere they went, and the officials who could be caught were all beheaded for public display, which also prompted the gentry and rich households and bureaucrats in Shanxi to hate the rogues extremely much.

Pingyang Mansion is the first to bear the brunt, which is close to Yan'an Mansion and Xi'an Mansion in Shaanxi Province, and is the best choice for Liukou.

In the past few years, in order to resist the rogues, Fuzhou County has increased the construction of local militia groups on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is necessary to build a solid city.

Because of the harassment of the bandits, the burden of the common people is also very heavy, and the excesses and miscellaneous taxes are generally more, and the government should strengthen the prevention of the bandits, build local militias, and raise the city walls, all of which require silver, and the burden is naturally borne by the people.

Increasing taxes and guarding against rogues became a grandiose reason for the officials of Pingyang Prefecture to increase the burden on the people.

Over the years. The people of Pingyang Province are getting poorer and poorer, and their wealth has been exploited by officials at all levels, and the reasons are so sufficient that no one dares to talk nonsense. If you keep to yourself, you may be framed as a rogue, not to mention venting your dissatisfaction, killing good people and risking merit abounds, and it is always the people who suffer.

Su Tianran feels very depressed these days.

As a warden of the Yingtianfu military room, his most important duty is to assist the imperial army to exterminate the rogues, and at the same time follow the inspection department to exterminate the sporadic rogues.

Zhang Xianzhong's army entered Pingyang Province. This is something that officials at all levels are afraid of, there are tens of thousands of troops, and if the local militia groups meet the local militia group, where can they resist, no matter what, it is important to save their own lives.

Su Tianran was already familiar with such a set of procedures, the army of rogues really came, and the officials were all sticking to the city. Never go out to find something, once the rogue leaves. The officials can go out of the city, go to the villages and towns, or near the city, and carefully check whether there are any rogues left, in case they can't meet the rogues. Then shoot at the homeless, even the farmers, kill some people, loot some wealth, and then play. It is said that after arduous struggle, how many rogues have been killed, and there have been no casualties among themselves.

But this time the situation is a little different.

The lord of the imperial court responsible for exterminating the Liukou was Sun Chengzong, and the order sent to Fuzhou County was different, not asking the local militia to assist in exterminating the Liukou, but to provide information on which route the Liukou passed through and where they went.

This is hard work, and if you lie about the military situation, it is the sin of killing your head.

Just imagine, the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops of the imperial court, because of the error of intelligence, could not encircle and suppress the rogues, or even encountered the ambush of the rogues, causing losses, who can bear such a responsibility.

After receiving the order of Lord Sun Chengzong, the prefect personally convened many officials and discussed in the morning, this time those who love to stand out, all of them have made turtles with shrunken heads, and no one has spoken in the face of such a difficult task.

The task fell to the barracks, and the most difficult fell directly to Su Tianran's head.

Su Tiancheng didn't want to accept such a task, but he couldn't shirk it, over the years, his promotion speed was too fast, and he has been criticized by everyone, and the so-called achievements he has achieved are already a heavy burden.

After returning home, Su Huawen and Wang were very surprised to learn that Su Tianran was going out of the city to investigate the movements of the Liukou, Wang's emotions were very intense, thinking that this kind of headless thing should not be her son's go, she urged Su Huawen to go to the mansion and directly find the prefect to talk.

Su Huawen was very embarrassed, although Su Tiancheng served as the prefect in the neighboring Henan Mansion, but Su Tiancheng's relationship with the Wang family was not good, and he basically didn't go home, and the Wang family was really not good to Su Tiancheng. Now, Su Tianran has taken on a dangerous task, and he has to go to the government to find the prefect, what will people think.

Su Huawen went to the prefect with a hard head, and he was warmly received, but when it came to Su Tianran's work, there was no way out, and the prefect also specially explained that Su Tianran was young and promising, and he worked hard, maybe he would soon be promoted to the secretary of the military room.

When he left the mansion, Su Huawen's head was sweating, and he faintly felt that something was wrong, but what the problem was, he couldn't say it clearly for a while, and at this time, he remembered what Su Tianhao had said.

Over the years, Su Tianhao has also had opinions on some of his mother Wang's practices, mainly because Wang is too doting and partial to Su Tianran, Su Tianhao is a matter of killing good and risking merit to get promoted, Su Tianhao knows the way, after returning home, he once reprimanded Su Tianran as a big brother, who knows that Su Tianran doesn't care at all, and the Wang family also supports Su Tianran, thinking that Su Tianran does this, there is nothing wrong, everyone does this.

Because of Su Tianran's matter, Su Tianhao had a dispute with the Wang family for the first time, thinking that if Su Tianran continued like this, it was very likely that he would encounter a catastrophe, and it was very likely that the family would be implicated.

Wang didn't believe it at all, although Su Tiancheng didn't take care of the family's affairs, but after all, he was an official of the imperial court, and he became the prefect of Henan Mansion at a young age, besides, Su Tiancheng's original wife was the sister of Zhu Xianxuan, the king of Jin, and something was really going to happen in the family, and Su Tiancheng had to come forward to solve it.

Su Tianhao is doing things in the Governor's History Division, after all, his knowledge is broader, and the people he comes into contact with are different.

Seeing his mother Wang's attitude, Su Tianhao specially found his father Su Huawen, saying that he must strictly discipline Su Tianran, otherwise there will be a big incident, and it will be too late for the catastrophe to come.

Su Tianran accepted the task, and it was necessary to do it, even if it was just to put on a show.

The Inspection Department transferred twenty sergeants to follow Su Tianran out of the city, these sergeants themselves were also reluctant, who was willing to do such a dangerous task.

Where did Zhang Xianzhong go, what is the current situation, Su Tianran is not very clear, the information obtained by the government is ambiguous, and the situation of the states and counties is not accurate at all, which is understandable, who is willing to risk his life to investigate, besides, after Zhang Xianzhong entered Pingyang Mansion, he did not directly attack the city, and officials at all levels already felt lucky.

As a last resort, Su Tianran took out some silver and distributed it to twenty sergeants, no matter what, his own safety still needs to be protected by these people. The few subordinates who followed definitely did not have the ability to kill the enemy.

How to detect the enemy's situation and how to obtain information, Su Tianran didn't know what to do.

He entered the palace, it was a mess, he didn't really learn any skills, the ability to kill the enemy on the battlefield, he didn't have it at all, and it couldn't be had, the Wang family would not allow him to take risks, and the wives and concubines at home would not agree.

This time, twenty sergeants followed him, and he was needed to give orders and assign tasks.

When he left the city, Su Tianran's mind was blank, what to do when he went out of the city this time, what he needed to do, and how he needed to arrange, he didn't know what to do.

On the official road, there are a lot of people coming and going, most of them are entering Pingyang Fucheng, the news of Liukou to Pingyang Fufu has long been spread, and the people with slightly better conditions are trying to enter Fucheng.

Looking at these carriages, as well as the large and small packages carried by passers-by, Su Tianran's eyes revealed a greedy look, if he could kill these people, saying that they were rogues, the property would be his own.

However, it is too close to Fucheng, and there are many people on the official road, so Su Huawen does not dare to do it.

Greedy thoughts breed, and it is difficult to control them.

The twenty sergeants who followed Su Tianran also discovered "business opportunities".

Someone made a suggestion to Su Tianran, in a place a little farther away from Fucheng, set up a checkpoint, and ask the pedestrians who come to Fucheng, what is their identity, what are they going to do in Fucheng, for those who are timid and can't answer, they should be dealt with seriously, these people are likely to be the eyes of the rogue and go to Fucheng to collect intelligence.

Besides, if you can get information from these people and give it to the prefect, the task of investigation has also been completed, and the following states and counties are also responsible for collecting intelligence, and the intelligence that Su Tianran is responsible for collecting may not have a decisive role.

Su Tianran could hear the light in his eyes.

It's a great idea to scavenge for money and complete tasks, killing two birds with one stone.

It's a pity that Su Tianran forgot one thing, this time he went out to investigate the enemy, he was directly responsible, and he was responsible for all the responsibilities, which was different from before, he just followed others before, and after the incident, there were still people above to bear part of the responsibility. (To be continued......)