Qingshan County's welcoming team turned back to lead the way in front, and Shao Xi's team followed behind under the arch guard of Xuanjiawei, all the way into Qingshan City.

There were hundreds of people in these two groups together, and they entered Qingshan City in such a majestic manner, attracting the people in Qingshan City to watch.

I heard that the big officials came to the capital, and they wanted to deal with the corrupt officials in the past, and the people in the city all applauded, and the atmosphere on the way into the city was very warm.

This time, Shao Xi came to Qingshan County on business, so naturally he could no longer arrange to live in the post house, but directly lived in the county guard's mansion.

From today until Shao Xi leaves, the officials of the entire Qingshan County will take Shao Xi's lead.

Shao Xi looked at the street he had walked on a year ago, and he also had endless emotion in his heart.

A year ago, I and Lao Wu left here, and I didn't expect to return here just a year later, but now it is a matter of things and people, and it feels like a long time has passed.

On the way to the county guard's mansion, Shao Xi also saw the post house where he and Lao Wu had stayed, and the restaurant that the two had patronized.

Everything doesn't seem to have changed much, it's still the way it used to be, and it's just yourself who has changed.

The team marched all the way to the county guard's mansion, and Qiao Wu'an, the captain of Xuanjia, immediately started the protection of the county guard's mansion.

The armor guards were divided into four shifts, with 55 people in each shift, and 10 fixed guards were arranged in the east, south, west, and north directions, and the other 15 people patrolled around the county guard's mansion, so as to protect the safety of the county guard's mansion day and night.

He was a personal guard beside Shao Xi, plus Fu Biao, Long Qitai, and Wu Qiuer, Shao Xi's side was like an iron bucket.

Originally, Shao Xi felt that there was no need for this, with his current martial arts, let alone this Qingshan City, even the entire Qingshan County might not be able to find a person who could assassinate him.

However, Qiao Wu'an always insisted that he must do this, only saying that this was their duty as Xuanjia Guard, and there was absolutely no room for any slackness.

Shao Xi thought about it, people eat this bowl of rice, since King Xin sent them to his side, it is indeed difficult for them to stop what they want to do, so they let them.

The team had already arrived at the county guard's mansion, and some of the officials, catchers, and unimportant people who accompanied them to greet them all left one after another to do their own business, and those who accompanied Shao Xi were officials at all levels in Qingshan County.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Xing Wenxin arranged for people to first let Shao Xi and others wash up to get rid of the dust along the way, and then arranged a banquet to catch the wind for Shao Xi and his entourage.

Shao Xi didn't like these officialdom shows very much, but now that he is in the officialdom, some things on the scene are still not good to shirk, so he gladly accepted them.

At the banquet, all the officials of Qingshan County came to toast Shao Xi, but it can be seen that the newly replaced officials are all worthy of their duties.

Although I can't help but say a few words of compliment when I come to toast, I can order it so far, but I don't have to pat it on the back.

I think it is also because of the lessons of the past, and these later officials also know how to grasp the measure, so as not to leave an impression of flattery here.

How the officialdom of a place has a lot to do with the local chief official, and now the county guard of Qingshan County is an official like Xing Wenxin, and the other officials under his command dare not make too much trouble even if they have any other ideas.

The official positions of the vast majority of officials are obtained after ten years of hard study, and if the chief official is honest, few officials below dare to joke about their future.

During the banquet, Shao Xi took a look at the wine and food at the banquet, and it was indeed a thin wine and vegetarian dish, and the specifications were not high, and it seemed that Xing Wenxin had not had enough money since he took office.

Although a huge amount of stolen money and property were confiscated from Chen Mohuai's group of corrupt officials, they were all to be handed over, and no one dared to use even a penny of them.

Shao Xi feels very good about this, Xing Wenxin is an official, and the life of the people of Qingshan County will be much better in the future than before.

Shao Xi put down the wine glass in his hand, turned to Xing Wenxin and asked, "I didn't ask Lord Xing carefully outside the city before, what is the specific number of people who are being detained now?" What is the specific amount of stolen money that has been confiscated?

"In addition, Lord Xing has been clearing out the bandits in the county in the past few months, and I don't know if Lord Xing has a detailed record of the specific number of people arrested and the confiscated property?"

When Xing Wenxin heard this, he hurriedly turned his head and asked the master bookkeeper on the side to take the detailed records and account books that had been prepared before and put them in front of Shao Xi.

"All the records are here, please take a look at Lord Shao, if Lord Shao still has any questions, we will answer them for Lord Shao."

It can be seen that Xing Wenxin had made full preparations before Shao Xi came, Shao Xi nodded approvingly, raised his hand and picked up the detailed record on the table and looked through it carefully.

This look was also quite shocking, Shao Xi looked at Xing Wenxin with very surprised eyes.

He asked, "Together with the prisoners and their dependents, there are 1,221 people in custody, are these people all within the Nine Clans?" ”

Xing Wenxin hurriedly replied: "The number of people is indeed a little more, but every one of them has been carefully checked, and it is true that they are all relatives of each of the nine clans, and they are all among the exterminators according to the holy order." ”

Shao Xi took a deep breath and felt that his heartbeat was speeding up, this was outrageous!

1,221 heads, even if it is an assembly line-like operation, I'm afraid it won't be able to be cut in three days and three nights, right? How many executioners do you have to hire for this?

Besides, is it true that every single one of these people is damned?

"Lord Xing, it is understandable that you have been ordered to act, but just because some corrupt officials are corrupt and bend the law, you think this matter is appropriate?"

Xing Wenxin immediately understood the meaning of Shao Xi's words, and sighed helplessly.

said to Shao Xi in a low voice: "The Holy Lord's intention is that the lower officials dare not make judgments, but to kill so many people at once, to be honest, the lower officials will feel terrified every time they think about it."

"Some of these people are beneficiated, so it is not an exaggeration to be implicated, but more people are indeed implicated only because they have a clan relationship with them, and the lower officials dare not say that they are wronged, but they do feel a little innocent."

Shao Xi nodded, he knew that Xing Wenxin couldn't say some things too clearly, after all, with his current official position, if he said something inappropriate, he would end up with a crime of bullying the king.

It seems that some things have to be said by themselves.

"Lord Xing, can you know that this official has come this time to receive a holy order and have full authority to decide this matter?"

"This subordinate naturally knows that Lord Shao is here to act on behalf of the Holy Lord, and Lord Shao's decision is the decision of the Holy Lord, and the officials of my Qingshan County dare not have half of the disobedience."

got such a clear answer from Xing Wenxin, Shao Xi also knew it.

"Okay, since Lord Xing knows, then this official will order you to re-check the dependents of these criminals, and the people who have benefited from their embezzlement will be dealt with according to law.

"And those who are completely unaware, or even have no contact with them all the year round, this official will make other arrangements, this matter is related to the grace of the Holy Lord, you must carefully check it, and there must be no negligence or omission."

Where could Xing Wenxin not understand the meaning of Shao Xi's words? This is obviously Shao Xi wanting to be open to other people and take it lightly.

At least I don't want them to fall to the ground and die in vain because of things that have nothing to do with them.

Originally, Xing Wenxin received the holy order to subdue everyone according to the law, which originally made him feel a little entangled.

Not all of these 1,221 people are unforgivable, the vast majority of them are actually unjustifiable, and many of them are completely innocent and have been implicated and suffered from this unjustified disaster.

Although he also has compassion for these people in his heart, it is difficult to disobey the holy order, the law of the dynasty is here, he must follow the law, and he cannot make any changes to this matter because of his personal thoughts.

After all, he is just a small county guard, and even if he has his own ideas about some things, he can't do anything about them.

Now that he sees Shao Xi's meaning, he wants to do what he wants to do but dare not do, and he naturally feels relieved in his heart, Shao Xi is different from himself, that is a person who can speak in front of the saint.

The affairs of Qingshan County were handed over to him by the Holy Lord, and the decision he made must be acceptable to the Holy Lord.

So Xing Wenxin hurriedly ordered the county chief bookkeeper and relevant officials on the side to hurry up and check the right things for those who were implicated, and register all the irrelevant people for Shao Xi to see.

And it has been repeatedly instructed that it must be carefully investigated, and there must be no mistakes or omissions.

Immediately afterwards, Shao Xi saw another set of numbers that surprised him from the detailed record, and Shao Xi praised Xing Wenxin with emotion: "Lord Xing can be the county guard of Qingshan County, which is really a blessing for the local people!"

"I can't imagine that in just a few months, Lord Xing has exterminated all the thieves in this county, and there are so many thieves arrested, I don't know how Lord Xing dealt with these more than 3,000 thieves in total?"

Xing Wenxin smiled and said to Shao Xi: "Lord Shao's praise is really not a good official, after the nest of these thieves was exterminated, the thieves who were arrested were investigated and dealt with according to the law.

"But there are a lot of people, and most of them are just errand boys, and they haven't done anything harmful.

The lower officials dismissed them all, and let them go home to farm or do some other livelihood, as long as they are no longer the party to blame in the future, they will not be held accountable.

"As for those bandits and evildoers, the lower officials naturally have to judge according to the law, and those who should serve hard labor should be served, and those who should be beheaded should be beheaded.

"Those bandit leaders and villains have been beheaded after the autumn, if you want to see the relevant files, I will order someone to get them."

Shao Xi waved his hand.

"Lord Xing can be said to be able to act like this, it can be said that it will benefit one party, and the official will not look at the file, I believe that Lord Xing is also impartial, and from then on, the people of Qingshan County will be able to truly live and work in peace and contentment, and enjoy peace."

Then, Shao Xi picked up the account book on the table again, and couldn't help but sneer after reading it.