After entering the county seat, Hao Jian and others first found a hotel to live in.

Qingxi County is a throat fortress in the end, although it is a county seat, but the configuration inside is not low at all, there are market hotels, Goolan taverns, yamen compounds, everything.

"Several, there are only two houses, why don't you squeeze in?"

When the shopkeeper on the counter saw Hao Jian and the others, he looked at it slightly, Li Daozheng was wearing a gorgeous dress, and he knew that he was the appearance of the eldest master at first sight, especially the existence of Li Mao's nod on the side, which affirmed this idea. Although Hao Jian's clothes are in tatters, those who know the goods know that he is wearing a long shirt, which can only be worn by a lifter.

So he didn't dare to offend, so he could only whisper a suggestion.

"This small town is still prosperous, so forget it."

Li Daozheng didn't delve into it, and nodded to signal the shopkeeper to lead the way.

Qingxi County is the throat of the customs, so it is common for internal merchants to come and go frequently, and hotels are full.

Hearing Li Daozheng's agreement, the shopkeeper called Xiao Er to lead the way and asked him to take them to the guest room. The remaining two guest rooms are not upper rooms, but they are quite clean, a room is about fifteen square meters, and there is no problem for two people.

After putting their luggage away, the four of them went to the living room of the hotel to prepare for their meal.

"There is no way to pass this day, the bandits are already known as 5,000 people, and the border army failed to suppress the bandits a few days ago, and this trade route is probably becoming more and more difficult to walk."

The general sat down, and Hao Jian clearly listened to the few people at the next table chatting while drinking, as if it was about bandits.

Listening to the word bandit, Hao Jian frowned, they had just escaped from the bandits a few days ago, so now when they listen to the bandits, they will subconsciously tense their nerves.

The bandits are different from the previous encounters with the bandits, the bandits are half-people and half-bandits, pick up a hoe is a people, pick up a weapon is a bandit, and belong to a semi-professional group. But the bandits are different, they are the first to have a lot of people, the second is disciplined, and the third is all by plundering and hygiene.

"Don't talk about the bandit, if you meet the bandit, you will only lose the money at most, but if you meet a foreign race outside the border, it will be troublesome, and you will not even be able to save your life!"

The other said loudly.

"Yes, the alien race has also infiltrated over the years, and it is not so simple to do business on the grassland in the future."

Qingxi County goes out is Longyu Pass, known as the first pass in the southwest, there is Prince Dakang in this generation of guards, and this generation of the prince is the younger brother of today's son, Zhao Guangyi. is Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother, and the two are twins!

Placing his own brother here, it can be seen that the royal family attaches great importance to this first pass in the southwest.

From Qingxi County out of Longyu Pass, there is an endless grassland, where many grassland peoples such as dog Rong and Xiongnu live, and even many mountain tribes in the hilly area. These nomadic and hunting peoples have a hobby, which is to invade the Dakang Dynasty and invade the places where the Han people live, because there is salt, grain, and sister paper!

In the eyes of the grassland people, this year, after a natural disaster, the grassland has no food for the winter, what should I do? Let's go find the Han people! The family has no money, but I want to sacrifice my teeth, what should I do? Let's go and find the Han people! What should I do if the doll grows up, puberty, grows body, and misses my mother-in-law? Let's go, let's still find Han Chinese!

You see, what a simple grassland people, no matter what problems they encounter, there is only one way they can think of to invade your Han family!

In order to protect the people, the Dakang Dynasty had to build Longyu Pass and Qingxi County in the mountains at its peak, so as to stabilize the stability of the southwest.

The establishment of Qingxi County and Longyuguan brought a huge market to the merchants, the prairie.

Although the grassland people are delicate, they also have needs, such as salt, tea, clothing, etc., which are more valuable than gold in the grassland, but these things are all restricted from being exported, which makes the value of these things on the grassland several times.

In the black market, a pound of salt can be exchanged for a sturdy BMW or two fat Mianyang, a profiteering industry of red fruits.

Originally, Longyu Pass was the first barrier to prevent the grassland people from entering, and with its existence, there has not been a single incident in which the alien races on the grassland have broken into the hinterland for hundreds of years.

But now listening to what this group of foot merchants said, there are already alien figures outside Qingxi County, which is a little surprising to some people.

"From Qingxi County to Longyu Pass, it takes four or five days to travel, and it takes two days for fast horses, but there is only one road, and we can't avoid it. In addition, the border army failed to encircle and suppress the bandits a while ago, and I am afraid that the bandits and aliens will make more trouble during this time. ”

There has always been a hidden danger in the southwest, and this hidden danger is the alien race outside the Guan, whether it is the dog Rong or the Xiongnu, it is not easy to deal with.

Qingxi County, as an important town in the southwest, is naturally under great pressure and the most sensitive in this regard.

"I'm just curious that the bandits are making such a fuss, but the rich families in Qingxi County are not anxious at all, this business is getting more and more prosperous, and I am afraid that there is something strange in it."

These businessmen all copied foreign accents, but their voices became quieter and quieter when it mattered.

It wasn't until he couldn't hear what the businessmen said that Hao Jian looked at Li Daozheng and asked, "Lord Li, have you heard anything else about Qingxi County?" ”

Since Li Daozheng said that he had already investigated the affairs of Qingxi County, then he should still know some stories about Qingxi County, so Hao Jian still asked Li Daozheng.

Twisting his beard, Li Daozheng shook his head, and he also listened to what those people said before: "I just checked some information about Qingxi County, after all, there are feudal kings guarding here, so there are many things that the imperial court does not know." ”

Listening to Li Daozheng's words, Hao Jian frowned, he didn't expect that even Li Daozheng had no news about the current matter, it seemed that he needed to check it out for himself in the next period.

After lunch, Hao Jian decided to wander around Qingxi County, but Li Daozheng wrote a letter to his home under the pretext of leaving Hao Jian separately.

After leaving the hotel, Hao Jian took Maozi and walked towards the market, although Qingxi County is only a small county, but the planning is extremely elegant, the market and the residence are separated, forming different functional areas.

The yamen is in the middle of the market and the place of residence, so that it can not only take care of the market, but also take into account the safety of the people's residence.

It stands to reason that this bazaar should be densely populated, not to mention a throat place like Qingxi County, where the flow of people should be relatively large. But Hao Jian found that the bazaar in Qingxi County was a little lonely, few citizens were here, and even the scoundrels were nowhere to be found.

What surprised Hao Jian the most was that the execution ground at Caishikou was now even more dilapidated, as if it had been taken care of by each person for several years.

In this case, it is either because the officials here are honest and well-governed, which leads to such a scene. Either the officials are mediocre, and even the scoundrels have no way to live.

"Brother Jian'er, I'm afraid it's wrong, why is this atmosphere so weird?"

Mao Zi whispered beside Hao Jian.

There are no merchants in the bazaar, no shouting, and in some of the open shops, there is only an elderly man lying on a chaise longue with his fan closed, as if enjoying the leisure of the afternoon.

And there are few pedestrians on the street, and even if there are, they are running in a hurry.

The only ones who walked slower were the yamen in official uniforms, who walked in groups of three or five, either holding toothpicks in their mouths or chewing something inside, shaking as they walked, and the iron chains in their hands clanged.

This one looks at the face to know that this catch fast is not a good product, eighty percent of this market is like this and this group of fast catchers are inseparable.

"Hey, you two give me stop, stop!"

After a while, these catchers found Hao Jian and Mao Zi and surrounded them.

"Why?"

Hao Jian looked at this group of catchers and frowned, he had a bad premonition, this group of catchers should not have come to greet them, at least this image is not like it.

"Arrest you. The government has put the list before, and now the whole city is arresting the fine work of the thieves, I see that you are both fresh faces, I am afraid that it is the fine work sent by the bandits! Come, give me all copies! ”

Hearing the order of the head catcher, a few catchers quickly tied up Hao Jian and Mao Zi, put chains, and casually sealed their mouths with strips of cloth that they didn't know where to find, and then escorted them directly to the yamen.

After entering the yamen, the two were directly sent to the prison and put in prison.

The whole process was done in one go, without any delay, the officials and the history were seamless, the cell boss handled things quickly, and quickly arranged the room after bringing people in, and before Hao Jian and Mao Zi could react, they found that they were already standing in the prison.

So before we officially took office, we were put in prison by our subordinates.

"Hao, Hao Dianyuan, you were also arrested?"

Just when Hao Jian was still thinking about why he had entered inside, a voice sounded behind him.

Listening to the familiar shouts, Hao Jian turned his head, and when he turned his eyes, he found that Li Daozheng and Li Mao were also arrested: "Why are you also arrested?" ”

"My lord and I went to the post station to send a letter, but the post man said that we had fornicated with the bandits, so he took us down, and sent us to prison without waiting for us to justify, I never thought that I could meet you Hao Dianyuan here."

Li Mao wiped his tears as he spoke, he was still anxious about how to solve this matter, and he was discussing it with Li Daozheng, so he was escorted in by Hao Jian and locked up with them.