At noon, the whole team had already marched to the southern outskirts of Qingshan City, and they saw the team of officials at all levels of Qingshan County going out of the city to greet them from a distance.

Someone in the capital wanted to come to Qingshan County to build the cemetery of the current dynasty's Sipin Commander, and the news of dealing with the previous officials at all levels in the county had already reached the current county guard of Qingshan County.

For such an important matter, long before Shao Xi led the team to set off, the DPRK had already sent people to send relevant documents to Qingshan County, so in recent days, Qingshan County has been sending people to listen to the itinerary of the people of Kyoto along the way.

Previously, on the road, he had already met several fast horse officials sent by Qingshan County, and three days before Shao Xi and them arrived at the southern suburbs of Qingshan City, in fact, the two sides had already made contact.

It's just that Shao Xi has been preoccupied with these things along the way and has not paid attention to these things, while Lao Wu, Fu Biao, and Long Qitai have been dealing with these related matters with Xu Maocheng and Qiao Wu'an and others.

Now that the team has arrived at the outskirts of the southern part of the city, the greeting team from Qingshan County has naturally been waiting here for a long time.

For local officials, it is not a trivial matter for Kyoto to send a large group of people here, and officials at all levels in the county are naturally nervous.

Before dawn, the greeting team was already waiting in a queue on the outskirts of the city, lest there be even the slightest inadequacy.

Don't look at Shao Xi's team, except for Shao Xi, the other people's official ranks are not as high as the official rank of the Qingshan County Shou, but the Qingshan County Shou does not dare to have half a point of neglect.

This is the essential difference between local officials and Beijing officials, no matter how high the rank of local officials is, they will basically stay at this official rank in this life, and it is difficult to be promoted.

The Jingguan is different, in the imperial city, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, extremely close to the center of power, but anyone who makes a little achievement may be able to go directly to the Holy Hearing, if you are lucky, it will be soaring overnight, and the chicken and dog will ascend to heaven.

Therefore, no matter how low the official rank of the officials from Kyoto is, in the eyes of these local officials, they are all existence that they cannot afford to offend.

What's more, the chief officer of this trip is also a four-grade "Jingcheng Division" inspector, and this person holds the holy decree of the current saint in his hand.

Such a person is like a saint coming to a county guard, which naturally makes the whole county sincerely afraid.

Not to mention snubbing, even the slightest big mistake will make them feel cold in the back of their necks.

Before the teams of the two sides saw each other, the fast horse officials had already spread the news to the welcoming team of Qingshan County, and the entire welcoming team of Qingshan County hurriedly took the initiative to meet them.

The vast, but also a few hundred people, looked very spectacular.

When the two sides saw each other, the two teams naturally stopped, and Xu Maocheng, who was the person with the plenipotentiary for this time, urged the horse to walk out of the team.

The officials at all levels of Qingshan County on the opposite side also dismounted with the county guard, dismounted from the sedan chair, and walked quickly to Xu Maocheng's horse and bowed down, and Xu Maocheng also jumped off the horse and saluted the other party.

This scene actually looks a bit ridiculous, Qingshan County Shou is a five-rank official, and Xu Maocheng, as a Zuo Shilang in Shangshu Province, is only an official from the fifth rank.

Judging from the attitude, the county guard, who is the fifth grade, has to take the initiative to come to a salute in front of an official from the fifth grade, and Xu Maocheng is just a courtesy salute, and it is clear who is the master and who is second.

I have to say that the officials in Kyoto really came to the local area to see the officials.

Shao Xi was in the team at this time, and in front of him was a dense group of Xuanjia guards, and he could only look at the people who were in contact with Xu Maocheng from a distance.

At this glance, Shao Xi couldn't help but be happy, turned Lao Wu with his elbow, pointed ahead and asked, "Old Wu, look!" Does the current Aoyama Warden sound familiar? ”

After all, Lao Wu is old, although he is not old and dizzy, but his eyesight is indeed far inferior to Shao Xi, so he put his hand on the pergola and looked carefully ahead.

Under this look, I couldn't help but be happy.

"Isn't this Xing Wenxin, the county leader of Qingshan County a year ago? Unexpectedly, it was he who took over the post of county warden of Qingshan County! But this person is a down-to-earth and steady person.

"When the two of us were here a year ago, we didn't find out that this person was in the same stream as Chen Mohuai and the like, and I thought that he was also an ordinary person with Cui Qi, the county leader of Yujiang County, and it was really commendable to be able to be alone in this muddy water."

Lao Wu still agrees with Xing Wenxin's evaluation of Shao Xi.

A year ago, when Qingshan County invited the two of them to the county to assist in the capture of Ye Zikite, the "flying kite under the moon", the two of them had cooperated with Xing Wenxin.

At that time, Shao Xi felt that this person was dedicated, steady and low-key, although he was a county official under Chen Mohuai, he didn't seem to have a high sense of existence.

Perhaps it is precisely because he refuses to be in cahoots with Chen Mohuai and others that he has always been marginalized.

And judging from the account books stolen from the secret cellar at the beginning, Xing Wenxin was not among them, indicating that he did not participate in the corruption and perversion of the law at the beginning.

It's just that he is not as strong as Cui Qi, the former county of Yujiang County, and he is incompatible with those corrupt officials, but this matter can be understood.

Cui Qi also has a brother-in-law who is a county lieutenant to rely on, but he Xing Wenxin is just a powerless civil official, but Chang Jinhu, the county lieutenant of Qingshan County, is Chen Mohuai's person, even if Xing Wenxin wants to do something, he is just powerless.

From this point of view, if you think about it, Qingshan County was smoky and miasma, and it was not easy for Xing Wenxin, as a county prince, to clean himself up.

Since they were already old acquaintances, they naturally had to go over to say hello, so Shao Xi took Lao Wu and urged him out and came to Xing Wenxin and the others.

At this time, Xing Wenxin was politely interacting with Xu Maocheng, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Shao Xi and Lao Wu, except for a moment of surprise, his face showed more joy, and he hurriedly came to the two of them and bowed down.

said in his mouth: "It turned out to be Lord Shao and Lord Wu, how fortunate Xing Wenxin was, after a year, he finally met two adults again."

"If it weren't for the two adults, the people of Qingshan County don't know what year and month they will be able to get through, and the lower officials are here to thank the two adults for all the officials and people of Qingshan County."

As he spoke, Xing Wenxin lifted his robe and knelt on the ground to bow, and the officials behind him saw that the local chief officials all knelt down and kowtowed, and the "hulala" also knelt down a large area.

This made Shao Xi not react for a while, so he hurriedly jumped off the horse and stepped forward to help Xing Wenxin up.

"Why did the warden do this? You and I are old acquaintances, why should we be so polite when we meet again now?

"This official saw that Lord Xing was a stable person back then, but he was able to clean himself and be good to himself among the corrupt officials of Chen Mohuai, which is really commendable.

"At that time, the official decided that Lord Xing would come out sooner or later, and today it seems to be really good, and it is really gratifying!"

Xing Wenxin hurriedly bowed down and said humbly: "Your Majesty is ashamed! Seeing that Chen Mohuai and his ilk are doing evil, preying on the people, but the lower officials are powerless and can only protect themselves, they are really ashamed of the trust of the saints and the people in the lower officials, and the lower officials have been deeply remorseful for a long time. ”

"Huh! Why did Lord Xing say this? At the beginning, the situation in Qingshan County was also seen by the official, not to mention Lord Xing, and even the official was quite constrained in many things at that time.

"Fortunately, the saint is wise and has arrested these corrupt and perverted criminals, and finally returned the people of Qingshan County to a bright future, and in the future, this Qingshan County will rely on Lord Xing to govern with heart."

Speaking of this, Xing Wenxin's face showed a hint of pride.

He said to Shao Xi: "Since the lower official took over as the Qingshan County Guard, he has always been cautious and conscientious, and he did not dare to slack off in the slightest, lest he would lose the grace of the saint and the trust of the people.

"In the past few months, Xia Guan has borrowed troops and horses from the surrounding counties to exterminate all the bandits within the boundaries of Qingshan County, and has completely eliminated the source of the disaster in Qingshan County, and now he has an explanation for Lord Shao."

Shao Xi could hear the meaning of Xing Wenxin's words, at the beginning, Chen Mohuai, the warden of Qingshan County, and a group of corrupt officials colluded with all kinds of bandits within the boundaries of Qingshan County to kill the local people.

This led Ye Ziyuan to steal the treasury of the mansion, break into the county mansion, and finally end up with a fragrant and jade death.

Shao Xi's angry invasion of the county guard's mansion, Xing Wenxin naturally knew about it, when Shao Xi buried Ye Ziyuan, in fact, Xing Wenxin has always been secretly aware of it, and he also secretly went to Ye Ziyuan's grave to worship.

From that inscription, Xing Wenxin naturally also learned about the relationship between Shao Xi and Ye Ziyuan, so he would say this kind of thing to Shao Xi today.

At the beginning, everything Ye Ziyuan did was for the local people in Qingshan County, but now Xing Wenxin vigorously exterminated all the bandits in Qingshan County and returned the peace to the people of Qingshan County, which can be regarded as fulfilling one of Ye Ziyuan's wishes.

From this point of view, Xing Wenxin is not only a conscientious official, but also a person with affection and righteousness.

Although he didn't have a deep relationship with Shao Xi, and he hadn't even met Ye Ziyuan, it was really commendable that he could have this chivalrous heart.

Shao Xi bowed deeply to Xing Wenxin and said gratefully: "Lord Xing's friendship is really touching to this official, who is here to thank Lord Xing for the people of Qingshan County and for Purple Kite. ”

Shao Xi's gift made Xing Wenxin at a loss for a while, and he hurriedly bowed down to Shao Xi and said, "The lower officials are afraid, how can they afford this gift from Lord Shao?" This is the duty of the lower officials, but they only hate the weak strength of the lower officials at the beginning, and failed to prevent this tragic thing from happening, how dare they bear the thank you of Lord Shao? ”

Shao Xi smiled slightly and didn't say anything more.

Now that he happened to be in the southern suburbs, Shao Xi decided to go to Ye Ziyuan's grave to worship before entering the city.

Leaving the team on the official road, Shao Xi only took Lao Wu, Wu Qiu'er, Fu Biao and Long Qitai to Ye Ziyuan's burial place.

When he saw Ye Zikite's stone tomb from a distance, the unbearable pathos in Shao Xi's heart surged like a tide.

"Purple Kite, I'm back!"