Sima Lei watched the carriage of the head of the Song family go away, retracted his gaze, and then threw the silver ingots back.

Behind him, a young patrolman hurriedly took over.

Sima Lei said: "Erniu, go and exchange the silver for copper plates and divide it among the brothers." ”

The young patrolman who called Erniu weighed it and said, "This ingots are ten taels, the county lieutenant is really a good person." ”

The patrol next to him also picked up in a few words, and the surrounding area was in an uproar.

Sima Lei raised his hand and pressed it.

The surroundings calmed down.

Sima Lei said: "Follow me Sima Lei has food to eat, and he will not treat you badly." ”

"Yes, sir!" The patrolmen looked excited.

Sima Lei said again: "I don't treat you badly, but you all have to do a good job for me!"

Recently, the Panshan Bandits have been active again, so they all give me vigilance!

Watch out for their scouts entering the county!

If you encounter someone sneaky, just arrest it! ”

"Yes, sir!" The patrols responded.

There are about 2,000 households in Taohua County, and Sima Lei has two catchers, No. 30 patrols, and 200 strong men with the names of county officials. The patrol was practiced in the county's martial arts hall, and most of them were in the second realm; The strong man is the crop handle, relying on strength, and if he really fights, he is a little stronger than the rabble. And that's all the defense in the county.

Therefore, Sima Lei is also under a lot of pressure.

Although he has no background, he is a master who has entered the four realms of martial arts, which is a little more powerful than ordinary county lieutenants, and if he really fights, he will definitely be able to run.

But in fact, he can't run, this run, the future is gone, there is nothing.

Although the county lieutenant has a lot of real power in the local area, in the imperial court system, he is just a petty official from the ninth grade, and he Sima Lei is full of martial arts, and he wants to go to the next level.

The Panshan Kou is an active bandit in the Panshan Mountain in the northwest of Taohua County.

At first, these robbers were just some people who were forced to be cowards, and they were also pitiful, but over time, this nature changed, these robbers were ruthless, and even had ambitions, obviously they themselves also went out from the poor people, and met other poor people, but they were merciless, robbing money and women, acting recklessly, killing at will, and even eating human flesh.

Kou, after all, is Kou.

On weekdays, Sima Lei's defensive forces are also sufficient.

Panshan Kou only dared to nest in the deep mountains, and did not dare to make trouble, after all, Taohua County was not isolated, and Panshan Kou was wreaking havoc in the surrounding area, and it was not just aimed at Taohua County.

But this year is unfavorable, with disasters and famines.

Some time ago, Sima Lei got the news that it was the Panshan Kou who were absorbing evil people everywhere and growing rapidly.

But the locusts cross the border, and the natural disaster is like this, so what can I do?

Sima Lei was full of energy, although he was guarding against Panshan Kou, for him, this was a danger, but it was also an opportunity.

If you perform well in this chaos and make meritorious contributions, you are likely to be promoted.

It has been 50 years since the founding of the Great Qian, and now it has been passed down to the third generation of emperors.

But no matter which emperor he was, he attached great importance to the system of rewards and punishments.

If you have merit, you will be rewarded!

If there is a greedy person, there is no forgiveness for killing!

...

Suddenly, Sima Lei raised his head.

A patrol came running on a dirt road in the distance.

The patrol ran to Sima Lei's side, hugged his fists and said, "My lord, my lord... Lord Zhao from the next county came. He also brought a lot of county pawns with him! ”

"What?"

Sima Lei Huo Ran raised his head, "What is Zhao Huaiyue doing here with me?!" ”

The patrol said, "I don't know, my lord..."

Sima Lei said: "Let's go, follow me to see!" ”

Zhao Huaiyue is the county lieutenant of Qingyuan County.

Although they are both county lieutenants, the gap is very large.

This gap is not a realm gap, but a gap between two counties.

Qingyuan County's economy is quite prosperous, which is different from Taohua County, where you can step on when you walk.

Even if you don't talk about prosperity, if you talk about statistics, Qingyuan County is far better than Taohua County.

Qingyuan County has a total of 8,000 households, which is considered a small 10,000 households, and in comparison, Taohua County, which has 2,000 households, is a little brother.

There are only two hundred county soldiers in Taohua County, but there are a full 1,000 in Qingyuan County, that is, they are both county lieutenants, standing together, but they all feel that they are a head shorter than people.

Sima Lei was not convinced.

Why is it that everyone is in the four realms of martial arts, but you can be a county lieutenant in Qingyuan County, and I can only be in Taohua County? It's not fair.

But soon, he knew why.

It's not just fair, it's fair.

Because Zhao Huaiyue once escorted a noble person into Beijing last autumn, after going to the capital, he actually recognized a father-in-law.

This father-in-law is a great eunuch without eggs.

Which eunuch it is, he, Sima Lei, is not qualified to know.

...

...

When Sima Lei arrived at the west gate, he saw more than 500 county guards standing neatly outside the red mud alley, very powerful.

A man with a calm temperament and a Chinese character face was half-kneeling in the courtyard of the first house in Hongni Lane, and he was kneeling an old woman.

Sima Lei frowned, and snorted coldly: "I found a father, and you are still so filial to your mother?" ”

There was a patrol officer next to him who said innocently: "My lord, County Lieutenant Zhao's reputation has always been very good..."

Sima Lei sneered, and then walked briskly up.

When he got closer, he saw that in the courtyard of the first house in the red mud lane, in addition to Zhao Huaiyue and the old woman, there was a girl in white who was floating out of the dust but was extremely pretty.

The girl stood in the sun, her whole body was golden, and her complexion was like mutton fat, and she looked extremely beautiful.

Sima Lei was stunned, what kind of place is this big family, why did she have anything to do with Zhao Huaiyue again. This surnamed Zhao is really lucky.

Among the onlookers, in addition to Zhao Huaiyue's five hundred county soldiers, there are naturally patrols from their own county.

Seeing Sima Lei appear, a patrol hurriedly ran to report the situation.

"My lord, the situation has been clarified.

County Lieutenant Zhao led the troops to chase and kill the second head of Panshan Kou's family, and he happened to pass here, so he specially came to ask his mother for peace.

In addition, Aunt Zhao seems to want to recognize a goddaughter, and County Lieutenant Zhao rushed back for this matter. ”

"Aunt Zhao admits her daughter?" Sima Lei looked at the girl in white like a fairy of flowers, and said curiously, "Who is that girl?" ”

The patrol said: "It's Bai Miaochan from this county, who lives in the south of the county, and her younger brother seems to have just been recruited by the Song family." ”

Sima Lei was stunned when he heard this, and then couldn't help but exclaim, and smiled again, this is really a coincidence, if you make a county chronicle list, this pair of sisters and brothers is afraid that they will be the most popular pair of characters recently.

At the same time, he also understood what Zhao Huaiyue was doing here.

Although he didn't like Zhao Huaiyue, he also knew that Zhao Huaiyue was filial.

And the reason why Zhao Huaiyue let Zhao Damiang stay in Taohua County was because Zhao Damiang adapted to the life and environment here and didn't want to move to Qingyuan County.

For this reason, Zhao Huaiyue felt guilty, and now Aunt Zhao actually wanted to accept a goddaughter, so Zhao Huaiyue came directly.

As for why Zhao Huaiyue came, Sima Lei also guessed that it should be the Lu family's incident yesterday, this Bai Miaochan was afraid that the Lu family would be entangled, so she asked Aunt Zhao for help.

And Zhao Huaiyue knew the reason, so he brought someone here, which means "Bai Miaochan is my sister in the future, no matter what the Lu family is, or who it is, if you dare to provoke for no reason, then don't blame Zhao for being polite", which is a demonstration.

For Zhao Huaiyue, Aunt Zhao finally liked a girl, and even wrote a letter for this girl, he must be coming.

Not only to come, but also to come as fast as possible.

If he was in Qingyuan County, he would have to arrive at night even if he was busy.

But he happened to be in the vicinity to suppress bandits, so he arrived around noon.

At this point...

In the courtyard...

The three of them seemed to have already spoken.

Zhao Huaiyue clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law, in the future, my mother will be here to bother you to accompany me." ”

"Brother Zhao is polite, I like Aunt Zhao here very much." Bai Miaochan's apricot eyes smiled like a crescent moon, which was very flattering.

The old woman on the side also laughed and said: "This girl is good, she can be accepted as a daughter, and the old woman is also happy in her heart." ”

Zhao Huaiyue turned his head sideways, saw Sima Lei, and saluted the old woman, and then greeted him.

He wanted to talk to this colleague about Panshan Kou, although Panshan is not big, but it can also be regarded as traversing east and west, mainly passing through the three counties of Taohua, Qingyuan, and Yuzhou in Tianyi Mansion, in this situation, the three counties must work together to suppress bandits, which is not only related to the safety of the local people, but also related to the future of the three people.

At the same time, he also wanted to say hello and ask this colleague to take care of Bai Miaochan, so as not to let this righteous sister be bullied.

On the other side, Bai Miaochan secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, which finally added another layer of insurance.

With County Lieutenant Zhao and the Song family here, she and Bai Shan really don't need to run for their lives anymore...