Since it was not a visit from Weifu, but an official article was handed over, and a time was agreed to inspect. Yang Hong was not too panicked, his mind turned twice, and then slapped the table and said: "Brother Zhu handed over the city to me, just to trust my ability, I can't see an imperial history come and return to Huanglong Mountain...... In that case, I have no choice but to greet this Lord Goshi. ”

An hour later, Yang Hong and Cao Baoxiang poured into the streets with a group of soldiers from Huanglong Cottage, plus the officials and officials of the Baishui Yamen, followed by a large group of masons and carpenters. This peculiar staffing made the local people puzzled by the second monk.

Just when the people felt inexplicable at their presence, Yang Hong stretched out his hand and pointed to a house next to him, and a group of officials rushed up, they took out spears and knives from their waists, and chopped them hard against one of the walls of the house facing the street.

With a knife, there was a deep knife mark on the wooden window frame, and with a shot, the boss was poked into a hole in the window paper.

The owner of this house is a soldier of Huanglong Cottage, he has made great contributions, divided this house, and is resting in the house today, suddenly saw the window was stabbed, and looked out, a group of officials were cutting the outer wall of his house with knives, and immediately became furious: "Which fool who does not open his eyes dares to break my house?" Lao Tzu is the ten-captain of the seventh team of Huanglongshan Laozhai......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the person who commanded the folding of the house was Yang Hong, and his anger was suppressed again, and he asked blankly: "Brother Leng Feng, ...... you What does this do? ”

"I'll help you tear down the old house and replace it with a new one, make sure it looks good!" Yang Hongdao.

"Hey...... Is this my reward for my meritorious service? The soldier was at a loss.

After a while, the windows had been stabbed to pieces by several officials, and the walls made of mud and stone were also smashed out of several pits with hammers, Yang Hong waved his hand, and a group of carpenters and masons rushed up, and the smashed walls were replaced with fresh plaster, and at the same time, the entire wall was repainted with ash, making it very beautiful, and the smashed windows were all remade with fresh wood, and the window paper was replaced with new ones.

Yang Hong was very satisfied, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, the next ......"

"Hey......" The soldier picked his head: "You really helped me fold it and replace it with a new one, but why...... Did you just get this wall facing the street? The other three walls should be worked on as well. ”

At this time, the team went to the next house, ping-pong, another mess of smashing and chopping, and then all made up for it...... Yang Hong ordered loudly: "Don't make up too perfectly...... Occasionally leave me a knife mark or two, pretending not to be patched. ”

"Yes!"

"There's a torii over there, give me two cuts on the archway...... No need to make up for it......"

"Yes!"

"There's a long knife mark on the wooden door over there, huh...... That's it, it's pretty good......"

"Yes!"

"By the way, go and break a tooth of the stone lion in front of the yamen, yes, just break one tooth...... Then find another sharp stone with similar stone but not exactly the same stone to glue to ......"

"Yes!"

"By the way, dig a dog hole in the back wall of the county yamen, huh...... Fill it up after digging it ......"

"Yes!"

"Burn the arrow tower by the city gate, and then build a new one on top of the burned ruins...... Well, it doesn't have to be sturdy, but it has to look good......"

"Yes!"

The whole white water was stirred, and all the dwellings facing the street were treated in a similar way, first broken and then repaired...... Moreover, this action has also been extended, and the houses on both sides of the road where the Imperial Master is going to come will have to be dealt with in a similar way. The fields on both sides of the road were ploughed in the same way, digging up the crops and then replanting them into the ground to look like they had been moved from elsewhere...... No one knows what medicine is being sold in Yang Hong's gourd...... In short, under such great preparations, the patrol is getting closer and closer day by day, according to the appointment of Lord Yu Shi Jinlan to come to the inspection.

On this day, the moon is dark and the wind is high, oh no, it's the wind and the beauty!

Cao Baoxiang took a large number of officials such as the officer, the catcher, the master, and the master, and came to the side of the post road ten miles away from the north of the city, and greeted the arrival of the lord of the imperial history, why ten miles? This is the tradition of our Heavenly Empire, if you don't make it ten miles, you will lose respect, eleven miles will not be successful, nine miles will not be successful, it must be ten miles.

Yang Hong was naturally also in the team, wearing a small hat in green clothes and carrying a simple knife around his waist, disguised as Cao Baoxiang's henchman.

Everyone waited for a long time, from dawn until noon, when a fast horse finally appeared on the official road in the north. ”

Cao Baoxiang hurriedly responded: "Exactly! ”

The knight said, "Lord Yushi will be here later...... Prepare yearly......"

Hearing this, Cao Baoxiang hurriedly took action, and let his subordinates who were still sitting lazily on the side of the road just now be lined up on the left and right of the official road, and put on a ten-mile long street to welcome the imperial history. After a while, a small sedan chair appeared on the official road, and two sedan chair drivers carried it and walked over.

It is strange to see the official, from Yansui to Baishui, is this reliable? Of course it's not reliable! People came by horse-drawn carriage, but when they arrived at the place where they were about to be greeted, they had to change to a sedan chair.

Cao Baoxiang saw that the sedan chair was coming, and hurriedly stepped forward, after a period of official etiquette, it was gone in half an hour, and Lord Jinlan walked out of the sedan chair, Cao Baoxiang's sleeves shook, and the silver that was pressed by the road was about to be sent. But Jin Lan didn't answer...... He is a member of the Donglin Party, and although his character may not be good, most officials of the Donglin Party are not bribed.

"This official is ordered by the governor of the three sides, Lord Hong Chengchou, to come to Baishui to inspect the people's situation! Please also try your best to cooperate with this official! ”

"Of course!"

Neither of them got on the sedan chair, put on a posture of being close to the people and loving the people, and walked slowly on the official road, inspecting the people's feelings, how can they sit in a sedan chair without walking?

Jin Lan looked left and right at the fields on both sides of the road, and there was something wrong with the crops...... Their roots are clearly unstable, and they seem to have been temporarily moved from somewhere else, and the original crops must have died or not grown at all.

Seeing that the houses on both sides of the road were freshly decorated, the smell of fresh muddy water came straight to his nose, and he naturally knew in his heart, no matter where he went to inspect, the local officials would temporarily do renovation and cleaning or something, this is the norm of officialdom, a very common thing, it would be strange not to do this, so he didn't bring it up, but he found that in the corner of the wall repaired in the house, there was a not very inconspicuous knife mark...... He kept this scar in his heart secretly, and he did not break it.

After walking for a while, he understood the appearance outside the city, so he got on the sedan chair again, rushed all the way into the county seat, entered the city, he got off the sedan chair and looked again, only to see that the buildings in the city were also repainted, but many inadvertent places revealed that the city had been plagued by swords...... Even the stone lion in front of the yamen had a broken tooth, which was glued back in.

"Lord Cao, I heard that you were a strong opponent of Baishui Zhuba, defeated him, and drove to the territory of Shan*xi, and this official wants to know the details of this matter." Cam Ranh Road.

Cao Baoxiang hurriedly laughed a few times, and then said the set written in his letter, what kind of relatives led the township to fight bravely, and the thieves were resisted outside the county, and finally the thieves had nowhere to speak, so they had to flee to the west of the mountain.

"Nonsense!" Jin Lan jumped up suddenly: "Don't you want to hide from the eyes of this official, this city has clearly been captured by Zhu Ba......"

"Huh? Not...... There is no such thing......" Cao Baoxiang was frightened.

"The officer saw many knife marks in the city, and the walls were also smashed...... Hmph, the arrow tower of the city gate was burned down once, and now it is a useless arrow tower rebuilt. The inhabitants of the city are not the same as before, are they? Most of them are played by farmers you don't know from **, and they are full of rustic atmosphere at first glance, without a sense of being in the city. Jin Lan said loudly: "It can be seen from all kinds of signs that this city has fallen, and the inhabitants of the city have been slaughtered by thieves...... This sincerity has fallen, why are you okay? Can you still be the county lord here? ”

"This ...... This ......"

"Hmph, do you say it?"

"Xiaguan...... Said ......" Cao Bao cried out loud, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "This city has indeed been captured by Zhu Ba's guy...... It's scary...... He killed a lot of people in the city...... He also wanted to kill the head of the lower official to show the public, and the lower official had the duty to guard the land, and he did not dare to escape from the city, so he got out of the dog hole in the back wall of the yamen and hid in a ditch to escape...... Later, after Zhu Ba looted the things in the city, he went to the west...... The next thing is not known to the lower officials. ”

"When the lower official heard that Lord Yushi was coming to inspect, he sent someone to repair the city, and then found a group of countrymen to pretend to be residents of the city......" Cao Baoxiang kowtowed and said: "I beg Lord Yushi not to impeach the lower official ......"

"Humph!" Jin Lan shook his hand and walked around to the back of the yamen, and sure enough, he saw a newly patched place on the wall, and he kicked it hard, and the mud wall that had just been patched suddenly collapsed, revealing a dog hole.

"That's really the case...... Jin Lan snorted coldly and said, "Waste! ”

"Xiaguan is not a waste!" Cao Baoxiang cried loudly: "That Baishui Zhu Ba has an army of 8,000, how can he defend the county seat with the strength of the lower officials?" Don't say it's a lower official, even if it's a governor...... It is also difficult for a good woman to cook without rice...... Although Xiaguan lost the city, he did not escape from the city to take a step, even if he hid in the gutter, he was hiding in the yin and yang of the city, which was regarded as fulfilling his responsibility to defend the land...... I also forgot to check the history of the emperor. ”

When Jin Lan heard this, he was silent, and after thinking for a long time, he turned his back to the sky and sighed, "What you said also makes sense. ”

(To be continued)