Xiuwu County has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and I don't know how many wars have been experienced for thousands of years, and the original ancient city wall has long been gone. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been no sword soldiers for more than 100 years, but it is a rare peaceful era, and Xiuwu County has slowly recovered its vitality.

After Li Qiufeng walked out of the City God Temple, he walked along a street from east to west. I saw that the houses on both sides were very neat, and the people on the road were by no means dressed and deficient. He secretly thought in his heart that Huang Chong had been an official here for many years, and he had managed Xiuwu County in an orderly manner. No wonder the people of Xiuwu County were reluctant to let him leave here. However, according to the legal system of the imperial court, the magistrate of the county had to be transferred out of the original administrative office after three years. Huang Chong has been staying in Xiuwu County as a magistrate, which is definitely not the power of the people to retain. Most of the time he was too honest as an official, and he was disliked by the officials, so he suppressed him to death in Xiuwu County. Otherwise, with his qualifications, he should have sat in the position of prefect a long time ago.

Li Qiufeng walked forward, and before he knew it, he had arrived in front of the county yamen. I saw that although the main gate of the yamen was closed, the corner doors on both sides had been opened, and people came in and out from time to time. There were eight catchers standing in front of the door, each with a steel knife on their waists and a water and fire stick in their hands, which was very majestic.

Li Qiufeng had just walked to the door, when he suddenly heard a catcher say, "Isn't this Li Daxia?"

Li Qiufeng was stunned, and looked fixedly, but it was a catcher who had been knocked to the ground by Situ Bridge at the foot of Yuntai Mountain. He was slightly embarrassed, so he had to cough and said, "Is Lord Xiancheng here?"

The catcher suffered a big loss under Situ Qiao, and knew that Li Qiufeng was even more powerful, so he was extremely respectful to Li Qiufeng. He said with a smile: "Lord Xiancheng came to the yamen early in the morning to do business, if Li Daxia is looking for him, he can go to the back hall." ”

Li Qiufeng thanked him and hurriedly walked towards the county office. He walked through the front yard, skirted the court, and headed straight for the back hall. At this time, there were still a lot of fast catches in the courtyard, and after seeing Li Qiufeng, they were all very respectful. Li Qiufeng followed the path pointed by a tolerance and found Yu Fan in the right wing of the back hall.

Yu Fan was reading an official document, and when he saw Li Qiufeng walking in, he immediately got up to greet him. After the two sat down, Li Qiufeng told Wan Congyun and the others about the news. He said to Fan: "Lord Yu, so many people in the rivers and lakes have arrived in Xiuwu County, I'm afraid it's not a good thing, and Lord Cheng of the county has to prepare in advance." ”

Yu Fan nodded, sighed, and said, "With these thousands of things, I really don't know where to start." I'm afraid that Brother Li doesn't know yet, even Lord Hu Kunhu, the commander of Ruyangwei, has also arrived in our Xiuwu County. ”

Li Qiufeng naturally knew that the Hu family's father and son had arrived, and he also saw Hu Yiyue and the Japanese fighting with his own eyes last night. It's just that he didn't tell Yu Fan about this matter, because he pretended to be surprised, and said to Fan: "According to the laws of the imperial court, the generals of the guard have never dealt with local officials, not to mention that Ruyang is hundreds of miles away from Xiuwu. What is this Lord Hu doing in Xiuwu County?"

Yu Fan said: "I heard that Lord Hu's trip is not for official business. I heard Master Feng say that Master Hu and Huang Zhixian are old friends, and this time they are here as guests. ”

When Yu Fan said this, he walked quickly to the door, poked his head out of the door and glanced around, then closed the door tightly, walked back to Li Qiufeng's side, and said in a low voice: "Master Hu brought his son with him on this trip. This Hu Gongzi is young and has already achieved the thousand households of Ruyangwei. However, he was a bit frivolous, and almost got into a big accident last night. ”

Li Qiufeng's heart moved, and he secretly thought that the "catastrophe" that Yu Fan said was naturally Hu Yiyue's almost death when he was ambushed by the Japanese invaders. If Hu Yiyue died in Xiuwu County, Hu Kun naturally refused to rest. These generals with troops were angry and sent people to smash the county government. What's even worse is that Hu Yiyue is a thousand households in the imperial court, and his position is not low. If he dies in Xiuwu County, he will not be able to escape from the county magistrate to the head catcher. Yu Fan, as a county magistrate, is in charge of a county's money, food, punishment, and arrest and theft. If the thousands of households in the guard were killed in Xiuwu County, Yu Fan would definitely be questioned.

Seeing that Li Qiufeng was thoughtful, Yu Fan was a little suspicious in his heart, and said, "Brother Li doesn't seem to be surprised, do you already know what happened last night?"

Li Qiufeng's heart sank, for fear that Yu Fan would see through his thoughts, so he hurriedly shook his head and said, "How did I know what happened last night." It's just that Lord Yu just mentioned the matter of Hu Gongzi, which makes me a little worried. When these big officials arrived in Xiuwu County, the burden on our shoulders became heavier. If something goes wrong with them, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat and walk around. I'm thinking about how I can get people together so that nothing goes wrong with them in the city. ”

Only then did Yu Fan put his mind at ease and said to Li Qiufeng: "Brother Li is thoughtful, but he wants to go in front of me." To tell the truth, most of the tolerances in the yamen are now sent to protect Hu Kun and others, and some brothers are also arranged to stay in the county yamen to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to make trouble. It's because of the current shortage of manpower, and I'm worried about it. ”

When Li Qiufeng heard him say this, he saw that he no longer had any doubts about himself, and took the opportunity to ask: "Lord Yu just mentioned that Hu Gongzi almost had a big accident last night, I don't know what happened to him?"

Yu Fan said: "After Lord Hu and his entourage entered the city, Huang Zhixian welcomed him into the county office, and the two of them talked in the back house, as for what to say, we naturally don't know." Although Lord Hu rode lightly, he also brought more than 30 people, and the county government naturally couldn't live there. Lord Huang borrowed the old house of Liu Dahu in the city and arranged for Lord Hu and his party to live in it. Master Hu has been staying in the county government and chatting with Huang Zhixian over tea. After Hu Gongzi arrived at Liu Dahu's old house, without the restraint of Master Hu, he took a few servants to break into the city. first ate two restaurants, and then went to the Qinglou to go to Emperor Hu Tianhu. It was only after dark that he left the Qinglou and returned to the Liu family's old house. It's just that I met Miss Huang halfway, and Master Hu was so bold that he actually teased Miss Huang......"

Li Qiufeng let out an "ah" and said in a trembling voice: "Miss Huang didn't have any accidents, right?"

Yu Fan always thought that Li Qiufeng and Huang Xu had a personal relationship, but at this time, seeing that Li Qiufeng was so nervous, he believed that the two were a couple. He shook his head and said, "Miss Huang didn't suffer a loss, and fled back to the yamen while Master Hu was unprepared. It happened that Yin Zhutou was on duty in the Yamen, so Miss Huang told Yin Zhutou about it. When Yin Zhutou heard that someone dared to be rude to Miss Huang, he immediately brought fifty or sixty people to chase after him. It's just that after he arrived, he found that Hu Gongzi's servants had been killed, and looking at Hu Gongzi's appearance, it seemed that he had also suffered a big loss. But I don't know where a lot of Jianghu characters came from, standing on the side of Hu Gongzi, these tolerances in our yamen will definitely suffer a big loss when they fight with these Jianghu figures. Fortunately, when Hu Gongzi saw that Yin Zhutou had arrived, he immediately revealed his identity. Yin Zhutou got off the donkey and slipped away with his brothers. Otherwise, if we get into a scuffle and hurt Hu Gongzi, we will be in trouble. Early this morning, as soon as I arrived at the Yamen, Yin Zhutou found me and told me about it. He asked me if I wanted to tell the magistrate about it, and I asked him not to mention it for the time being, so as not to make it dirty again. Fortunately, Miss Huang didn't suffer a loss, and it wasn't a big deal. ”

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said, "Lord Yu is far-sighted, and I admire it." These sons and brothers are the most difficult to deal with, and if they make a mess, they can't be beaten or scolded. I only hope that Lord Hu will leave Xiuwu County sooner, so that we can breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Yu Fan said: "Brother Li is right. As the saying goes, Hades is easy to see, but imps are difficult. Yesterday, when Mr. Hu arrived at the county office, I also had the privilege of having a few words with him. This Master Hu is calm and speaks extremely cautiously, and he is indeed a figure who has been through the storms of officialdom for a long time. just gave birth to a son but was not angry, and if it went on like this, I was afraid that it would bring disaster to the Hu family. Henan is not far from the capital, and the news spreads very quickly. Moreover, there is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in the province, not only the former court elders who live in seclusion, but also the princes who are sealed in Henan. Although these people are not in the center, they have old friends and protégés all over the world, and they can't afford to offend. Hu Gongzi is so nonsense, if he offends these people one day, even if Master Hu is in charge of Ruyangwei, I am afraid that he will not be good. ”

As the two were talking, they suddenly heard footsteps outside the door. The two of them were heartbroken, so they no longer mentioned Hu Yiyue's affairs, but chatted casually. After a while, I heard the sound of footsteps in front of the door, and then someone said: "Lord Yu, the county magistrate has something to do, please go to the back house to talk." ”

Yu Fan walked quickly to the door, stretched out his hand to open the door, but saw that it was a servant of Huang Chong's county who was standing at the door and talking. He nodded and said to the little servant, "You go and reply to Lord Zhixian and say that I will go immediately." ”

The little servant stood at the door and said, "Lord Zhixian also instructed that Lord Yu should bring a gentleman surnamed Li with him." ”

Yu Fan was stunned, and was about to ask, but after thinking about it, this little servant was just Huang Chong's personal servant, even if he asked, I was afraid that he wouldn't know the reason. It was Yu Fan who nodded, and said to the little servant: "I know, you go and reply to Lord Huang." ”

After the little servant left, Yu Fan closed the door tightly, and then returned to Li Qiufeng's side, and said, "Brother Li, did you hear it too? Since the county magistrate has been invited, Brother Li will go with me." ”

Li Qiufeng didn't know why Huang Chong wanted to see him, and he was a little suspicious in his heart. Yu Fan saw that he didn't answer, but said that Li Qiufeng was a reckless person, and he was afraid of meeting people in the official mansion, so he comforted him and said: "Brother Li don't have to worry, with me going with you, even if there is any difficulty, it will definitely help Brother Li resolve it." Huang Zhixian is a very good person, no matter what he asks you, Brother Li just tells the truth. ”

When Yu Fan said this, he seemed to suddenly remember something, frowned, and continued: "But the Master Zhang beside him is yin and yang, he is not a good person, Brother Li must be careful of this person." ”