Tianqiwei stationed in Hechun County, Wang Ruolin had already prepared everything for the army, sufficient supplies, brand-new barracks, and clean medical halls, which were much better than Xu Rui expected.

Aside from the fact that the ammunition and crossbow bolts are still unreplenishable due to the high level of craftsmanship, the Apocalypse Guard has been fully repaired, and everything seems to be moving in a good direction, even if only temporarily, it is exciting enough.

After the army settled down, Wang Ruolin held a humble dinner for Xu Rui in the county government.

said that it was a dinner party, but in fact, it was just a homely meal with a few more people and a few dishes, and even the drinks were not provided.

Wang Ruolin said that it was wartime now, and he drank and made a mistake, and resolutely rejected Han Qi's proposal to drink, and the county lord and the chief bookkeeper around him nodded their heads again and again, and it seemed that they had already been cleaned up by this very principled and very strong magistrate.

This made Xu Rui appreciate it very much.

Officials who are extremely principled and very strong often become moral benchmarks, but there are very few people who can achieve things.

The reason is very simple, as the so-called water is clear, there is no fish, such officials disdain and cannot envelop all kinds of subordinates, so that the subordinates respect them, the decrees are perfunctory, and the decrees are too ideal, they cannot be implemented at all, and over time, they will mislead the country deeply.

The most classic example is Hai Rui of the Ming Dynasty, who can indeed be called the first Qing official in the ages and the first fierce man in the ages.

"I'm not targeting anyone, the world's martial arts, including the emperor, are all rubbish, only Lao Tzu is the best!"

Only Hai Rui dared to send this kind of music to the emperor's table, and others couldn't say no.

Hai Jui not only cleans himself to the point of being almost harsh, but also has frighteningly high requirements for his subordinate officials.

Arino Shi said that his daughter was dizzy with hunger because of her poor family, and the neighbor kindly gave her a cake to eat, but Hai Rui thought that it was useless and starved her to death.

Of course, Ye Shi is not believable, but it can reflect his personality and character from the side.

Ignoring the actual situation of inflation, the real Hai Jui insisted on abiding by the Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang) period's system of stipping up and canceling the customary legal income such as Bing Jing and Carbon Jing, which made it difficult for his subordinate officials to survive.

When he was appointed as the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, his subordinate officials fled when they heard the news, and none of them were willing to work with him.

Although Wang Ruolin from Hechun County looks somewhat similar to Hai Rui, he is actually completely different.

He was able to provide a large amount of supplies for the Apocalypse Guard in a very short period of time, which shows that his control and execution are extremely strong, and his government affairs ability is also outstanding, otherwise even if he has the heart to do things for the army, he will not be able to come up with so much money.

Secondly, Xu Rui carefully observed several of his subordinates at the banquet and saw that they were not afraid of Wang Ruolin, but really respected him.

This shows that this person is very set to promote his own ideas, at least not to impose his own ideas on others, but to really make the other party empathize with him and become a like-minded person with him.

Based on these points alone, Xu Rui decided that Wang Ruolin was definitely a rare official, and sighed that there was such a capable person under the King of Liao.

After thinking about it, Xu Rui found that this Wang Ruolin was nearly forty years old but he was still a seven-grade county commander, and he was afraid that he would not be favored by the King of Liao, which made Xu Rui, who loved talents, suddenly moved, and immediately pondered how to bring him into the account.

It's just that Wang Ruolin is very principled, even if he is not favored by the King of Liao, I am afraid that he will not easily change the court, and if he wants to take him for his own use, he has to slowly figure him out, which makes Xu Rui, who does not have enough time, a little headache.

In addition, Xu Rui also found an interesting thing at the dinner, although Wang Ruolin and Han Qi are both subordinates of the King of Liao, the two don't seem to know each other.

It's a bit conservative to say that they don't know each other, and the two simply dislike each other and only keep a polite distance.

During the banquet, everyone replaced the wine with tea, and pushed the cup to change the lamp to contact the feelings, which was originally the most common thing in the officialdom, but the two never toasted each other with tea from beginning to end, and even did not say more than a word except for the first greeting.

In fact, after a little thought, I understand that although the two are both capable people, one likes to abide by the rules, and the other is good at breaking the rules.

Of course, the premise of this judgment is that the appearance in front of them is not a play played by the two for Xu Rui.

Although little is known about the two of them, and it is impossible to tell whether the two are disguised or not, this discovery still made Xu Rui breathe a long sigh of relief.

Xu Rui had always suspected that Han Qi's proposal to come to Hechun County would have some other purpose, but now it seems that at least if he didn't collude with Wang Ruolin and plot some conspiracy, the risk taken by Apocalypse Wei would be much smaller.

However, after the banquet was over, Xu Rui realized that he was probably too happy.

After the banquet, Xu Rui returned to the handsome mansion prepared for him by Wang Ruolin surrounded by a group of guards.

It was originally a large courtyard in the county, and it was temporarily vacated for Xu Rui to live for a few days, but Xu Rui did not refuse, so he regarded the courtyard as a zero-hour marshal's mansion.

As soon as Xu Rui returned to the gate of the Shuai Mansion, he saw that An Ge had been waiting there for a long time, and as soon as he saw his anxious appearance, Xu Rui knew that something must have happened.

Sure enough, when An Ge saw Xu Rui coming back, he immediately leaned into his ear and said, "Shangguan Buda is here, saying that he has something urgent to see you!" ”

Xu Rui's heart tightened, the last time Shangguan Buda said that there was an urgent matter to see him, it was the Southern Dynasty army that raided Xichuan, and it was with his early warning that Xu Rui could prepare in advance and lead the Apocalypse Guard to escape.

Right now, Tianqiwei has just come to Hechun County, and Shangguan Buda has come to him again, I'm afraid it won't be a good thing.

"I'll go see him!"

Xu Rui didn't hesitate at all, and immediately asked An Ge to lead the way and go to see Shangguan Buda.

An Ge took him to the wing, and Shangguan Buda and the old butler had been waiting for a long time.

Shangguan Buda was anxiously pacing back and forth in the room, and when he saw Xu Rui enter the door, he hurriedly greeted him.

Xu Rui didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "What's wrong, so urgent?" ”

Shangguan Buda opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but before exiting, he forcibly held back, stretched out his head to look left and right, and saw that there was no one outside the door, so he carefully closed the door and whispered in Xu Rui's ear.

"I found out that there is a secret chess code in the city."

"What?"

Xu Rui stared at him and frowned, "Are you sure?" ”

Shangguan Buda nodded, and said in a low voice: "Sure, there is a very inconspicuous scratch on the side of the stone lion at the entrance of the county ya, and it is indeed a secret chess code."

After stumbling upon this code, I walked around the city and found two more codes at the gate of the grain depot and on the pillars of the barracks flag.

Although I don't know the exact meaning of the cipher, all three ciphers are from the same cipher sequence, and they should have been abandoned by the ciphers, perhaps from a piece that has been dormant for a long time. ”

"A pawn that has been dormant for a long time?"

Xu Rui's eyes narrowed slightly: "The county government, the granary and the barracks, who does this chess piece want to contact?" ”

He Chun appeared in a dark move, which made Xu Rui, who was originally relieved, raise his heart again, he was most afraid that this matter was related to Han Qi or Wang Ruolin, because the current Tianqiwei no longer has any margin for error, and once it really falls into the full set, it will not be able to turn over at all.

Could it have something to do with the two of them?

"Is there anything else going on besides this?"

Xu Rui thought for a while, first suppressed his doubts, and asked Shangguan Buda.

Shangguan Buda shook his head: "This is the only thing, and I hope that the adults will prepare as soon as possible." ”

Xu Rui nodded: "I know, this matter is very important, I still have to think about it, so let's do it, you can live in the Shuai Mansion first, and when you have time, you can walk around and see if you can find anything." ”

Shangguan Buda agreed, and Xu Rui walked out of the room.

Waiting for Xu Rui to leave, the old housekeeper immediately walked to Shangguan Buda's side, and finally opened his mouth in a whisper after several times of wanting to speak and stopping.

"Sir, why did you tell him about the discovery of the code? In this way, we are afraid that it will be dangerous! ”

Shangguan Buda looked at the place where Xu Rui left, and sneered: "Things have come to this point, if you want to control your own destiny, you can only gamble, I lost the bet when I was in Jingyang, and this time I want to win!" ”

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