Seeing this person's frightened expression, Qiu Yizhi sighed, and asked him to pass a message to the shopkeeper Sun, telling him that everything was safe and that he had gone north to go home, so he rewarded him with a few taels of silver, and told him to stay carefully, and not to hesitate if the situation was not right, and to run away immediately.

Qiu Yizhi also wanted to visit Wu Changxi, but when he thought that he might run into the incompetent Mingzhou Governor again, he was angry, and immediately dispelled this idea, and ordered everyone to be careful and vigilant to prevent the Japanese from sneaking up, so he walked out of the city and went to the southwest of Shanyin County.

Leaving Mingzhou City, I became a little angry when I went to the suburbs.

Those residents who originally lived in the city of Mingzhou, in order to escape the burning and looting of the Japanese invaders, moved to the countryside with their families and children. Those who still have relatives in the countryside are good, as long as they are thick-skinned enough and ignore the white eyes of those poor relatives, they can stay overnight to avoid this storm first. And those who have no relatives in the countryside can only be simple because of the ugliness - those who have the way to stay in temples and Taoist temples, those who have money to stay in country houses, and those who have nothing can only set up tents - although they do not shelter from the wind and rain, as long as they can temporarily save their lives, they will not care so much.

Qiu Yi saw such a chaotic scene on the road, and knew that the rebellion of the Japanese could not be ignored, so he hurriedly accelerated his pace and went to Shanyin County.

The group walked for two days, and finally saw the not-so-tall city wall of Shanyin County in the endless hills.

Qiu Yizhi has been sent to Shanyin County to be a county commander since Jinshi and the first, but he has only worked hard for half a year, and he has done a few major things non-stop, so the days of living in Shanyin County add up to less than a month, and half of them are still fighting against the Jiangnan Province Jiedu Army led by Yin Chengliang.

However, Qiu Yizhi went to Mingzhou to experience several dangers, almost unexpectedly, and now the chaos is not settled, and the situation is still obscure. Therefore, when he thought that there was an extremely reliable Zhao Chengxiao guarding the city for himself in Shanyin County, which was enough to let him sleep peacefully, he was overjoyed, and when he saw that the official road in front of him was flat, he went to the county seat first.

Today, guarding the gate of the city is the soldier nicknamed "Iron Head Jiao", he has the best martial arts among the eighteen people under Qiu Yi, although he is rude but quite fine, so he is quite trusted by Qiu Yi.

The "iron-headed Jiao" heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, raised his eyes, and sure enough, he saw an extremely athletic horse carrying a clear-faced young man, galloping towards his side.

This horse, this person, the "Iron Head Jiao" is very familiar, hurriedly galloped forward, and when the speed of the opposite horse gradually slowed down, he grabbed the reins and stroked the solid neck muscles of this sweaty horse, raised his head and said: "My lord, why have you been gone for so long, is it that the person you brought is lazy and refuses to bring a letter back to the adult?" Look at me if I can't clean them up! ”

Qiu Yizhi smiled and said, "When I speak, which of them dares not to listen?" It's just that the subordinates are tight and can't move people. You don't have to worry, you see, I'm not back in good time? How many people were brought out at that time, and didn't many of them all come back? ”

While talking, the brigade of people who were left behind by Qiu Yizhi had also arrived, and several of the pro-soldiers were good with the "Iron Head Jiao", and they laughed and joked with each other as soon as they met.

Qiu Yizhi saw that there were two women in his team, Lin Shuhan and Wen Lingjiao, and it was inevitable that they would be a little embarrassed to listen to these words, so he hurriedly interrupted them and said, "Who is that, 'Iron Head Jiao'!" You kid doesn't guard the city gate well, and you don't stop talking nonsense, aren't you afraid that Brother Zhao will punish you? ”

Qiu Yizhi asked this, but reminded the "Iron Head Jiao", and he hurriedly said: "Speaking of which, Brother Zhao still has something to discuss with adults!" ”

Qiu Yizhi heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Does it matter? ”

"Iron Head Jiao" stroked his smooth scalp and said: "It seems that a few people came to find adults, Brother Zhao has arranged for them to stay, saying that these people are not a big deal, adults can see them if they want to, it doesn't matter if they don't want to see them......

Qiu Yizhi was stunned when he heard it, although Zhao Chengxiao was recruited by a thief, he was born a poor peasant, and he also knew how to speak and do things on weekdays.

However, Zhao Chengxiao is quite cautious in doing things, he said that he is not an important person, so he really does not need to see it immediately, not to mention that in Qiu Yizhi's eyes, in the whole world, in addition to the emperor, the prime minister and several princes, there is indeed no "important person" left.

So Qiu Yizhi nodded and said, "That's fine." 'Tietou Jiao', you will go in first to report, and say that I am back, and I want Brother Zhao to send someone to clean a few houses, we are tired from the journey, and we are going to stay and rest. ”

When the "Iron Head Jiao" heard this, he immediately agreed, and then turned his head and ran towards the county seat.

Qiu Yizhi saw his anxious roaring back, shook his head with a smile, and immediately beckoned everyone to pass through the doorway of the city wall of Shanyin County and come to the county seat.

The county seat of San'in seems to be quite orderly.

At this time, when the sun was still floating on the western horizon, refusing to set, releasing a lazy light, a few clouds on the horizon reflected the afterglow of the remnant sun, reflecting magnificent and wonderful colors.

Sanyin County is not a big city like Jinling and Mingzhou, and people in the countryside get up early, go to bed early, and even eat early. The people in the city had just had dinner at this moment, and were greeting their distant relatives and neighbors, and went out for a walk in groups, but they saw a crowd of people coming from outside the city, and they all stopped to watch.

But seeing that the person who came was not someone else, it was their parents in Shanyin County, Qiu Yizhi, so they all surrounded them, talking to Qiu Yizhi bustlingly, opening a "adult" and closing a "blue sky".

Qiu Yizhi did not stay in the county for a long time, not only did he not have any good or bad moves, but because Yang Ying'er and Yang Qiao'er sisters came out, they attracted a large-scale siege by the officials and troops, and the entire county town of Shanyin was almost turned into a sea of fire.

To be so loved by the people of the city, Qiu Yizhi himself was also inexplicable, immediately turned over and dismounted, waved at the people, and pulled over an old man with white hair, and asked emotionally: "Old man, when you go down to your county, you have not built a bridge, built a shrine, or set up a memorial arch for your county, and the people are ...... It's a mistaken love......"

The old man smiled and said, "My lord, this is too modest. I'm not afraid that the adults will think the old man will speak straight, and the construction of the bridge and the shrine is the political achievements of the old man, and the money used is not the same as that of the people? has built too much, but the people have not received the benefits, but have increased the burden, such a political achievement, our people really can't afford it! ”

Qiu Yizhi was dumbfounded when he heard this, but he heard the old man continue: "Don't say anything else, just rehabilitating the Yang family sisters shows that the adult is a clean official and a good official." What's more, the things that were damaged by the officers and soldiers have always been broken and bad, and the adults actually compensated according to the price, if this kind of thing is said, maybe no one will believe it! ”

Qiu Yizhi was shameless when he heard it: there are mistakes to be corrected, debts to be repaid, and damaged items to be compensated, this is a natural and natural rule, but in the mouth of this old man, it has actually become a moral policy, I really don't know how his dead predecessor Li Shenshi became?

He was thinking about it when he heard a familiar voice from outside the crowd: "My lord, my lord, I'm here!" The person who spoke was none other than Zhao Chengxiao.

Qiu Yizhi was happy to hear this, and quickly stretched out his hand to push away everyone, and saw that it was Zhao Chengxiao who led the "Iron Head Jiao", Wang Laowu and others to walk quickly towards him, so he also took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's Brother Zhao, I haven't seen you for a long time, my complexion is much better, I see that the injury has healed, right?" ”

Zhao Chengxiao saw that Qiu Yizhi was wrapped in bandages in several places, and the personal soldiers behind him were all injured, and even Wei Chi Jiming, who was excellent in martial arts, also had a handkerchief tied to his hand and seemed to be injured. How to go on an adventure again? If there is such a thing in the future, just tell me to do it. ”

Zhao Chengxiao and Qiu Yizhi have known each other since childhood, and they are a few years older than him, so although there are differences in respect and inferiority, they always stand in the position of their brother and think about things for Qiu Yizhi.

Qiu Yizhi also knew Zhao Chengxiao's intentions, smiled and said, "I'll count it next time." If Brother Zhao is interested, why don't you go back to the county office first, and wait for me to talk to Brother Zhao? ”

Zhao Chengxiao was about to agree, but when he saw a person dressed as a scholar crowded into the crowd, he waved at Qiuyi's group and said, "The adults are back, and the students are really guilty." ”

Qiu Yizhi looked fixedly and saw that the person who came was Xu Rong, the secretary of the county government.

This Xu Rong is the eyes and ears of His Highness Zheng Xin placed beside Qiu Yizhi. When Qiu Yizhi left Shanyin County to investigate the Tianzun Sect's false altar master, he didn't mention it to him, but after all, the paper couldn't contain the fire, and he still couldn't hide it from him after all.

This was originally a thing that made Qiu Yizhi a little jealous, but under Uncle Lin's wonderful pen, the original incident of leaving his post without permission has become a good thing for Qiu Yizhi to eliminate evil in front of the emperor.

Therefore, Qiu Yizhi had no fear, so he didn't want to see this Xu Rong, and when he saw him coming to salute, he didn't stretch out his hand to help, and said coldly: "It turned out that Mr. Xu was here, and the lower official didn't report to Mr. Xu in advance, and it was the lower official's ......."

Although this Xu Rong is serving in Zheng Xin's mansion as a jinshi, but now after all, he is under the low eaves and has to bow his head, with his identity as a secretary, how dare he ask his boss to report his whereabouts from time to time - Qiu Yizhi's words are undoubtedly just sarcasm.

Qiu Yizhi saw that Xu Rong was speechless for a while, and hurriedly asked: "I remember that when the official went out, I wanted to ask Mr. to count the land situation in Shanyin County, I don't know this important matter, has Mr. Xu done a good job?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Rong suddenly straightened up with relief and said, "What the adults tell the students to do, how dare the students slack off." The students have already counted the agricultural and forestry farmland in San'in County, and it has been bound into a book yesterday, waiting for the adults to review it......"

As soon as Xu Rong's words came out, Qiu Yizhi felt a little surprised-even if it is a plain boundary like Suzhou and Hangzhou, it is very difficult to measure the land clearly in just ten days, let alone a place like Shanyin County where the mountainous rugged cultivated land is scattered - it seems that this Xu Rong is not without strengths.