In the blink of an eye.

Two days passed.

The chaos in the county continues.

Every night, a small thief with short eyes sneaked into Chen Xuan's house.

As a result, naturally, it was sunk at the bottom of the river.

"It's all to blame on the damn world."

Throwing a corpse into the river, Chen Xuan sighed.

He just wants to stay at home quietly and brush up on his proficiency, but these little thieves don't want him to be at peace, they just want to break into his house and make him have to kill him.

……

……

Bang bang –

As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Chen Xuan heard someone knocking on the door.

"Who!"

Chen Xuan didn't open the door immediately, and asked with a bow and arrow.

"Open the door, we belong to the government."

The knocker replied.

"What, people from the government?"

Hearing this, Chen Xuan was taken aback.

He didn't understand how the people from the government could suddenly find him.

Could it be that the matter has been exposed?

It shouldn't be!

Now there is chaos in the city, the government is not even enough to maintain order, how can anyone investigate the case, not to mention that the dead are all small thieves, and the government is too lazy to spend energy to investigate when they know about it on weekdays, let alone the current situation.

"Don't scare yourself, the people from the government are looking for it, there may be something else." Chen Xuan took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and asked, "I don't know what the official is looking for me." ”

"Recently, many vicious cases have broken out in the city, and the government is short of manpower, so on the order of the county lord, idle warriors in the city are recruited to form a patrol team to maintain order."

The official outside the door replied.

"Recruit idle warriors in the city to form a patrol team to maintain order."

Chen Xuan was stunned for a moment.

I didn't expect the government to come up with such a solution.

The chaos in the city, in addition to some gangsters and thieves, is also caused by idle warriors, and now idle warriors are recruited as a member of the patrol team, which is equivalent to a layer of restraint.

Moreover, there is a patrol team composed of warriors, and some gangsters and thieves don't dare to make trouble when they see it.

It's killing two birds with one stone.

As for the refusal to be drafted.

Idle warriors, how can they have the qualifications and ability to refuse the recruitment of the local government.

This is an order personally issued by the county lord, and it is disobeying the order of the county lord, unless he does not intend to mix in the local area.

Although the imperial court is weak now, it is as simple as crushing an idle warrior to death for the government.

"Open the door."

The official outside urged.

"It's coming!"

Chen Xuan put the bow and arrows away, and then stepped forward to open the courtyard door.

Outside, there were two officials standing, and the word 'soldier' was written on the chest of their clothes.

This is the lowest level of officers and soldiers in the government yamen.

"You are Chen Xuan, who practiced martial arts in the Giant Bear Martial Arts Hall, and now you are a martial artist in the Skin Grinding Realm."

A slightly chubby officer and soldier glanced at Chen Xuan, and then asked.

"It's me."

Chen Xuan nodded slightly.

"That's right, we are under the order of the county lord to recruit idle warriors in the city, come with me!"

Said the slightly chubby officer and soldier.

"Wait a minute, you two, I'll lock the courtyard door."

Chen Xuan turned around and closed the courtyard door, and then locked it.

"Let's go!"

Two officers and soldiers led the way in front, and Chen Xuan followed behind.

Xinglongfang, the prosperity of the past is no more.

There are few people on the road, and the shops on both sides of the street have broken doors and windows, and the shops are chaotic and messy.

In some shops, there are even dried up crimson blood stains.

Walking down the street, you can hear crying from the courtyard from time to time.

In front of the houses where the wailing sound was heard, white lanterns for memorial services were hung, as well as white cloths.

Along the way, Chen Xuan encountered several waves of linen and filial piety, and mourning and funeral teams.

Some who have no money can only wrap their bodies in broken straw mats and transport them to mass graves outside the city, and some who have filial piety sell their bodies to buy coffins to bury their fathers.

Walk through Xinglong Fang and come to Ping'an Fang.

This is where the wealthy people of the North City District lived.

Many of the former high-walled compounds are now in ruins, and the high walls of the mansions are broken and collapsed, and some of the mansions have been burned beyond recognition by the fire, leaving only ruins and broken walls.

As far as the eye can see, it's a mess.

Some of the mansions still had some surviving people, cleaning the ruins, and carrying out a charred corpse from it, and a cry came from these mansions, and the voice was full of sorrow.

Even if it is a big family in Beicheng District, a family that can be ranked in the entire Qingshui County, it has also been looted, the mansion building has traces of smoke and fire, the gate is also broken, there are servants in the mansion sweeping the ground, and the pavement of the street is also dyed crimson with blood, obviously experiencing an extremely fierce bloody battle with the bandits.

An hour later.

Chen Xuan came to the official yamen.

Inside and outside the yamen, there are many craftsmen and carpenters who are busy repairing the yamen.

The two officers and soldiers took Chen Xuan to the back door of the yamen and entered an empty martial arts arena through the back door.

At this time, there were many people in the martial arts arena.

These people are all idle warriors like Chen Xuan.

Those warriors who are attached to some small gangs, do not have specific positions, and only take the affiliation fee, are also regarded as idle warriors in the eyes of the government, and they are all recruited at this time.

In the crowd, Chen Xuan saw the acquaintance of the Giant Bear Martial Arts Hall, but he didn't go up to say hello, he stood silently on the side, these people invited him to join, and wanted to do a few votes without a book.

After he rejected these people, the two sides had basically drawn a clear line.

In the martial arts arena, the atmosphere was a little depressing.

Maybe because of the relationship between being recruited, everyone was somewhat reluctant, but they didn't have the ability to resist the government's call, so they all had a straight face and a serious face.

Chen Xuan closed his eyes and waited quietly.

Little by little, time passed.

One after another, officers and soldiers came to the martial arts arena with idle warriors.

It was almost noon, and there were more than 500 idle martial artists in the martial arts arena.

"The county lieutenant has arrived."

As a shout rang out, Chen Xuan opened his eyes and looked ahead.

I saw a giant man at least two meters tall, with a tiger's back and a strong waist, wearing an official uniform, walking in.

The county lieutenant, who is also the county adjutant officer, is responsible for the arrest of thieves, the suppression of small-scale rebellions, and normal patrols and law enforcement.

The county magistrate wants to set up a temporary patrol team, and naturally the county lieutenant is also in charge.

"Lin Changrong, the county lieutenant of Qingshui County, was ordered by the county to set up a temporary patrol team, and the official is the captain." As soon as he came in, Lin Changrong, the county lieutenant, went straight to the point and said: "Although this patrol team is temporary, the government will not let you contribute in vain, ordinary team members can receive eight taels of silver per month, the deputy captain can receive fifteen taels, and the captain can receive twenty-five taels, and the government is now at the time of employing people, if you perform well in the patrol process, you can also be promoted and turned into a formal official." ”