"You said there were many armies coming into the city?" Lou Chuan, the eldest son of the Lou family, stood up abruptly and asked in surprise.

"Yes." Lou Wuye said.

Lou Chuan said to himself suspiciously: "The original soldiers of the Zhenyuan Inspection Division were less than 100 people, even if Xu Liang increased the manpower of the Inspection Division after arriving in Zhenyuan, it would never exceed 1,000 people, and the soldiers searching in the city today will be five or six hundred, and the Inspection Department will also divide troops to defend the city, where are the Zhenyuan soldiers outside the city?" ”

"Eldest prince, I heard that there is a Zhenyuan soldier camped near Jitou Mountain in Pingyuan Town. Most of the people who entered the city this time were the soldiers of Jitou Mountain. ”

Lou Chuan nodded and said, "It should be." Tomorrow you pay more attention. ”

"Yes."

Under the south gate of Zhenyuan, Xing Zhongshan led nearly 3,000 soldiers of the Liang army into the city, and Huang Ziren arranged a temporary residence, and Xing Zhongshan and his generals saw Xu Liang again.

The 3,000 people of Liang's army entered the city, and Xu Liang was relieved. He looked at the sparse lights in the city in the middle of the night, and said in a deep voice: "All the soldiers will rest for one night, and tomorrow morning, go door to door, and search me carefully." Ziren, you go to the county yahu house to get the register of residents in the original city of the town, and all the residents who were not in the city will be arrested and interrogated one by one! ”

"Yes." The generals commanded. Huang Ziren said: "Big brother, if all the non-city residents are arrested, will the movement be too big?" Huang Xiancheng and He Dianshi are afraid that they have opinions. ”

Xu Liang glanced at him and said coldly: "They have opinions, let them come to me." Hmph, even if you turn Zhenyuan City over for me, you have to get Suqin back. ”

The next day, it was just dawn. While most of the town was still asleep, 3,000 soldiers of the Liang Army, together with more than 1,000 soldiers of the Inspection Division, began to search house to house with household registers. Restaurants, inns, gambling houses, teahouses, theaters and other places in Zhenyuan City that can hide people have been ordered to close down, and the drunkards, gamblers, and merchants inside have to be inspected.

At the beginning of daylight, more than 50 unknown people were arrested.

Lou Chuan, the eldest son of the Lou family, immediately panicked when he heard the news of Lou Wuye's return. According to Xu Liang's method, within half a day, the people he worked so hard to insert into the city will be found out.

Then there was news that two swordsmen in a small inn had a fight with the searching Ming army, and after killing and wounding many Ming soldiers, they were shot into a thorn by a rain of arrows from the Ming army who arrived later.

Lou Chuan's face was even more gloomy, because these two people were the assassins he sent to assassinate Xu Liang.

"Eldest son, what should I do?" Lou Wuye was in a hurry. On the one hand, there are more or less many people in the storefronts of the Lou family, and after Ming Jun checked it out like this, he will definitely not be able to get out of it. On the other hand, Lou Chuan, the eldest son of the Lou family, is still in the city, he is the head of Lou Jiabao in the future, if something happens to him in his area of responsibility, then the fifth master of Lou will be considered the end.

"Why don't we quietly put that woman back?" Lou Wuye carefully built yì road.

"Put it back? No way! Ben Gongzi couldn't swallow this breath. "Lou Dagongzi said." Let me think. ”

Mr. Lou was thinking in circles in the house, and Mr. Lou was accompanied by Mr. Lou with a sad face.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

At this moment, a vague cry came in.

Master Lou scolded irritably: "Who is crying and crying there? ”

Lou Wuye listened attentively, and there was indeed a woman's cry, so he ordered someone to inquire clearly.

After a while, the guy came to report: "The eldest son, the fifth master, is the old lady of the Sun Fuji family in the store, who passed away yesterday." ”

Lou Wuye waved his hand and said, "Let them be quiet, don't make noise until the eldest prince rests." ”

"Huh." When the man heard this, he was about to withdraw and pass the word.

"Slow down," Lou Gongzi stopped, and he smiled at Lou Wuye: "This Gongzi has thought of a way to get out of the city." ”

The search operation in the city continued, and seeing that the sun was rising, nearly 200 unknown people were searched, and more than a dozen of them also hid weapons, so they were naturally the focus of the Ming army's care.

With such a big battle in the city, Huang Daozhou and He Cheng of Zhenyuan County naturally knew about it. After receiving more and more complaints from the people to the county government, Huang He and the two rushed to the city tower of the south city gate to meet Xu Liang.

"Lord Xu, the inspection department has arrested many people by mistake, and more than a dozen family members have been reported to the county government." Zodiac Zhou arched his hand. "If there is nothing wrong with them, please let them go as soon as possible."

Xu Liang said: "I have no choice but to do this, and I also ask Lord Huang and Lord He to forgive me." If they are really caught by mistake, they can only be locked up for the time being, and after the search operation is over, they will be released together. ”

"Just like this, how long will it take to do it?" Congratulations to the history of the road.

"At present, all the four thousand sons have been dispatched, and about twenty percent of the search has been completed, and it is estimated that it will end tomorrow." Xu Liang said.

Hearing Xu Lianghao say four thousand sons without care, Huang Daozhou and He Cheng were shocked. A dismissed former magistrate actually has 4,000 troops in his hands?

"But I don't know where Lord Xu transferred these 4,000 men from?" Huang Daozhou finally asked. "But which general soldier did you borrow it from?"

As soon as these words came out, He Cheng stared at Xu Liang closely, he also wanted to ask this, but he didn't dare to ask.

Xu Liang glared at Huang Daozhou violently, and the meaning of scrutiny was very obvious. The guards standing behind Xu Liang all pressed their hands on the hilt of the knife.

Huang Daozhou's face was calm, calmly meeting Xu Liang's gaze.

The two looked at each other for a long time, Xu Liang retracted his gaze, laughed, nodded his finger at Huang Daozhou, and said with a smile: "Since Lord Huang wants to know so much, it doesn't hurt to sue you." ”

Saying that, Xu Liang looked whole, and said with stern eyes: "Although I, Xu Liang, have been dismissed, my loyalty to the court has always remained the same. At present, the DPRK and the Central Government are implicated by the eunuchs, and the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government and the local governors are all interested in political affairs, and everyone is in danger. I am full of thieves in Shaanxi, and the people are not happy, and I Xu Liang is in my eyes and anxious in my heart. Since the court is unable to quell the chaos, then I Xu Liang has no choice but to recruit troops and buy horses by myself, and contribute to the peaceful days of the people of Shaanxi. ”

Huang Daozhou listened, looked at Xu Liang faintly for a long time, his eyes swept over the row of personal guards behind Xu Liang, and bowed his hand and said: "In this way, the safety of Zhenyuan City will depend on Lord Xu in the future." ”

Seeing this, He Cheng was also busy giving gifts.

Xu Liang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and had a polite conversation with Huang He. As he was talking, he suddenly heard a sound of mourning music, and a group of people in mourning clothes came out of the street, which was a funeral procession. A coffin as black as ink in the midst of the white flags, two men and two women holding the coffin in their hands, weeping as they marched, and paper money like fallen leaves fluttered in the air, blown away by the wind.

Xu Liang and the others on the city tower all stopped to watch the team.

When the procession came to the gate of the city, the soldiers defending the city came forward to stop the procession and searched them one by one.

With the heavy sound of the coffin falling to the ground, a team of soldiers from the inspection department stepped forward to carefully compare the faces of the funeral personnel, and searched the accompanying items, but found no suspicious objects, and finally their eyes fell on the black coffin.

The colonel led by the captain stepped forward to ask for the coffin to be opened for inspection, and the two men and two women who were supporting the coffin immediately knelt on the ground and begged. The two quarreled.

Xu Liang saw the distinction on the city tower, and walked down the city tower with Huang Daozhou, He Cheng and others.

The man who knelt on the ground and begged saw several officials coming, and saw Xu Liang walking in the front, threw himself at Xu Liang's feet, and cried: "This adult, the little eighty-year-old mother unfortunately passed away two days ago, and the little one chose a day to be buried today." He pointed to the small colonel of the inspection department and said, "This military master has to open the coffin to check." Adult, people die for the big, the little old mother has suffered all her life, and she didn't have a good life with the little one before her death, and now her old man is gone, and the little one is a son of man, and she just wants the old mother to be buried smoothly. My lord, please be merciful and let the little one pass. ”

"Your Excellency." The little colonel saw that Xu Liang had arrived, bowed his hand, pointed to the coffin and wanted to explain, Xu Liang waved his hand to stop him, and looked at the young man who was crying a lot of tears, helped him up, and said, "Brother, your mother is gone, we shouldn't have disturbed her old man's rest." It's just that today the city is searching for the remnants of the thieves on a large scale, and everything that enters and leaves the city gate must be strictly searched. ”

"But ......"

"That's it." Xu Liang took out a silver ingot of five taels from his arms, put it in the man's hand, and said: "Today's matter is urgent, and there are many offenses, so these five taels of silver should be regarded as the official's compensation money." Let's open the coffin and take a look, and you can go without any problems. ”

The man looked at the heavy silver on his palm, his throat trembled, and he looked at a man next to him, who was also handsome, but a dark red birthmark on the bridge of his nose looked extremely incongruous.

The man with the birthmark said: "Since the adults have to open the coffin to check, then open the coffin carefully to check, but please don't bother for too long." ”

"It's nature." Xu Liangdao glanced at the dark red birthmark on the bridge of the man's nose twice, and asked, "Who is this?" ”

The man took the silver into his arms, and said with a little nervousness: "This is the little cousin." ”

Xu Liang listened, nodded, and arched his hand towards the birthmark man: "Offended." ”

The birthmark man nodded slightly, stepping aside.

With a creak, the lid of the black coffin slowly opened, and the corner of the white cloth was lifted, and the body of a thin old woman lay quietly in the coffin. There are several pieces of silver jewelry next to it, probably from the old woman's life. Xu Liang looked at it carefully, didn't find anything abnormal, and called Dai Yingying behind him over, Dai Yingying also checked, she reached out and wanted to lift some of the white cloth that was covered.

The birthmark man stepped forward, wiped his tears and said, "This girl, you have been disrespectful to the old man by opening the coffin, do you want to disturb my poor aunt that will not be able to live in peace after death?" ”

When Dai Yingying heard this, she couldn't help but smile apologetically at the birthmark man, withdrew her hand, and carefully looked at the outline under the white cloth that was covered, and shook her head at Xu Liang.

Xu Liang flashed to the side, waved his hand and said, "Two brothers, offended." Now it's okay, you guys can go. ”

The two brothers hurriedly thanked each other, and with a shout, mournful music sounded, and the coffin was lifted again, and slowly walked out of Zhenyuan City.