In the "High School" inn, Zhang Tie looked at the person who turned around with a surprised face, and the person who turned around first looked at Zhang Tie in surprise, and then hurriedly stepped forward happily.

"Eun Gong! I said how the name is so familiar, at first I thought it was a person with the same name and surname, but I didn't expect it to be really you. ”

This person is none other than Qiao Shan, the talented Xiucai who Zhang Tie saved from the bandits.

Luo Long laughed and patted Qiao Shan's shoulder, "Cousin, I told you, the person who saved you is definitely Zhang Tie I know, a dart master, a marksman, and also called Zhang Tie, who else can it be if it's not Brother Zhang." ”

"You're actually cousins, and it's really fateful."

Zhang Tie shook his head with a sigh, he didn't expect that the person he saved casually was actually Luo Long's cousin.

Everyone ordered food at the "High School" inn, and it happened that Luo Long and the others didn't eat, so they sat together.

Zhang Tie poured a glass of wine for everyone present, of course, Zhang Xiaohua didn't.

"Brother Luo, how did you come here?"

Everyone had a drink first, and then Luo Long said: "Hey, it's not for my cousin, who has nothing to do all day, and he almost lost his life not long ago, I'm here to find him an errand." ”

Zhang Tie nodded clearly, and didn't ask much, after all, this is Luo Long's own family's business.

Who knows, Zhang Tie didn't want to ask more, but the matter was spread on his head.

Luo Long looked at Zhang Tie with some embarrassment, hesitated for a moment, and finally opened his mouth, "Brother Zhang, it's better to let my cousin be your brother's doorman, although my cousin is just a talent, but he is still good in terms of account books, Brother Zhang, do you think it's okay?" ”

Regarding Zhang Tie's family, Luo Long noticed from the beginning that Zhang Tie seemed to be in a dominant position at home, so he would ask Zhang Tie first, instead of asking Zhang Shun first.

Zhang Tie was stunned for a moment when he heard this, looked at Qiao Shan, and thought for a while in his heart, "Shunzi just went to Biancheng County to take office, and it is not bad to have a helper by his side, and there is also a relationship between Luo Long and me, so there should be no problem." ”

He glanced at the sword hanging from Qiao Shan's waist again, and nodded secretly, "Last time, I was able to be under the siege of more than twenty people without being injured, and my martial arts should not be low." ”

Nodding slightly at Zhang Shun, Zhang Tie said to Luo Long: "Brother Luo is polite, Brother Qiao Shan is also a talent, naturally it is excellent, and it is also his blessing for Shunzi to have such a guest." ”

In this way, there was one more person in Zhang Tie's entourage, and after eating, Zhang Tie and the others continued on the road, and if they could take office one day earlier, they would be able to understand and manage the place they governed one day earlier.

Ten days later, in the afternoon, Zhang Tie and others entered the land in the border county, where the trees on both sides of the official road were scarce, the crops were also scarce, and the weather became hot.

Looking at the barren land in front of them, Zhang Tie and the others were all frowning.

While observing the scattered crops, Liu Yi said to Zhang Tie and the others: "I didn't expect it to be so barren here. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, Zhang Tie drove the horse, walked in front, turned to Liu Yi and the others and said, "Let's go, since there are crops here, it means that there should be a village nearby, let's go and observe first." ”

As for where the village was, Zhang Tie's family knew where it was, and after pretending to look for a while, Zhang Tie and others 'discovered' a village.

The village is surrounded by mountains, with only a dozen or so families, and the houses are all dilapidated, and there is still a little bean grass on the curtain at the door.

Four or five children were playing with stones under an eave, and when they heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from a distance, they all looked at Zhang Tie and the others with a curious expression.

When they arrived at the gate of the village, Zhang Tie and the others got off their horses, leaving two people to guard the horses and vehicles, and the group entered this small village.

Everyone came to a few children, and several children stopped playing with stones, and hid behind an older child, looking at Zhang Tie and the others with a little curiosity and fear.

Zhang Shun squatted down and glanced at the children hiding behind the eldest child in front of him with a smile, and then looked at the eldest boy in front of him.

The boy was eleven or twelve years old, and he was not a few years younger than Zhang Shun, and it was precisely because of this that Zhang Shun was asked to interrogate.

The little boy's big eyes looked at the people in front of him vigilantly, his back was straight, and his hands were slightly open, like a hen guarding his cubs, protecting his partners behind.

Glancing at the boy in front of him unexpectedly, Zhang Shun nodded appreciatively, and asked softly: "Little brother, don't be afraid, I am the incoming county magistrate of Biancheng County, and I came to visit here today, I don't know where your parents are?" ”

As soon as they heard that it was the county order of Biancheng County, the children behind them were all pale and looked at Zhang Shun in horror, as if Zhang Shun was a jackal, tiger and leopard.

"You're not here to collect taxes, are you? You're a good prefectural order, aren't you? The little boy's lips trembled, and he asked two questions in succession, his eyes flashing with hope, and his little hands clenched into fists, tightly, obviously terrified.

Listening to the little boy's words, everyone was a little complicated in their hearts, they had thought that the people in the border cities and counties had been exploited, but they didn't expect that a group of children knew that the previous border cities and counties had exploited civilians.

Zhang Shun nodded affirmatively, with a sincere face. "Yes, I'm a good person, I'm not here to collect taxes, and there will be no more tax increases in the future."

"Oh, no more taxes!"

A group of children cheered innocently, and the children of Zhang Tie and the others were jumping and jumping at this time, and an innocent smile appeared on their red little faces.

At this moment, the old door of the hut in front of everyone was slowly opened, and an old man with white hair on crutches walked out.

The old man was dressed in a long shirt, with a waist tag hanging around his waist, and the word Xiucai was written, but the country was not the current Yan Kingdom, but the former dynasty.

When the children saw the person who came out, they all jumped up and down in front of the old man, and they crackled about what had just happened.

Zhang Tie and the others didn't speak, they all listened quietly to the children's narrations, and found that the children's narrations were all clear, and they must have gone to school and read books.

After the children finished speaking, the old man walked up to Zhang Tie and the others on crutches, "Little Lao'er see the county order." ”

As the old man spoke, he was about to bend down and salute, but Zhang Tie on the side hurriedly supported him and prevented him from saluting, "Old man, I can't help it, I don't need to salute,"

Seeing this, the old man did not shirk, looked at Zhang Shun and the others on crutches, and asked suspiciously: "I don't know what the adults are here for?" ”

Zhang Shun replied without thinking, and asked again at the same time. "I'm just here to watch and see how it's going here, can the old man tell me about the situation here?"

Hearing Zhang Shun's question, the old man fell into deep thought for a while.