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Chapter 224 Taking office(1/2)

 The name Yanshi comes from the fact that King Wu defeated Zhou, ended the war, fought the war, mobilized the troops and released the brigade, showing that the world would no longer use troops, so it was named "Yanshi". Full version?????????

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The county seat is to the north of Luohe River. The city wall is six miles and eighty-four steps in circumference and three feet high. It has four gates: Wangjing Gate in the north, Huaisong Gate in the east, Zhanluo Gate in the west, and Yingxian Gate in the south.

Yingxianmen in the south of the city faces the Luo River and has a dock, which is called "Yingxianmen Wharf".

On the river, large cannons from the east carried grain, cloth, and treasures. They had deep drafts and sailed upstream, slowly moving upstream amid the shouts of the trackers.

A passenger ship came from the west and arrived at the pier.

Yin Liang stood on the bow of the boat with his hands folded, looking at the crowds on the shore, including watermen, porters, merchants, pedestrians, officials... Finally, he turned to Xue Bai and said: "Young Master, someone is here to greet you."

As soon as the board was put down, a man from the shore strode forward to meet him. He saluted Xue Bai and asked, "May I ask if it's in front of Xue County Lieutenant?"

"You recognize me?"

"The county captain was amused. There are not many people like him in the whole world, not to mention the small Yanshi County."

The man smiled respectfully and introduced himself: "The villain Qi Chou is the leader of the team of 'catching bad guys' in Yanshi County. He has been ordered by the commander to come to the dock to greet the county captain."

Xue Bai handed him a brief look and asked, "How did you know that I would come today?" Qi Chou replied, "Yesterday, the government sent someone to inform us that we should arrange our residence first."

"Which official sent this person?

"Of course the villain doesn't know about this."

Don’t you know? The government official is so thoughtful, but I don’t even know who I should be grateful to. When the official asks, who is responsible?” Xue Bai smiled and said, “By the way, your name is Qi Chou? It’s easy to remember your name.

, how did you get this name?”

"A villain is born when he is ugly."

Qi Chou looked at it. After hesitating, he replied: "The villain remembered it. It seems that Luoyang ordered Zhou Gong to send someone to the county office, so the county magistrate asked the villain to make arrangements."

Xue Bai said: "I should thank Duke Zhou."

Yin Liang stroked his beard and smiled, thinking that he was the magistrate of Luoyang County, and Yan Shiwei was just an official in a neighboring county, so why should he be so enthusiastic?

Then I thought that it was because of the eunuch Wu Huaishi, which makes sense.

Xue Bai wanted to take a tour around Yanshi County first, but Qi Chou kept asking him to settle down first. After all, Xue Bai brought many family members.

After entering Yingxian Gate, we first went to a house east of the county office and next to the Confucian Temple.

"Please, County Lieutenant, this is the residence specially prepared for you by the Commander-in-Chief. When Xiao Wu comes into the courtyard, it should be shared."

Qi Chou led the way with a smile and directly called his servants to carry their luggage.

"What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you help the county captain move the luggage in?"

Xue Bai asked: "I wonder if the original Wang County Lieutenant lived here?

"Don't worry, County Lieutenant. I dare not let you live in the house where County Lieutenant Wang once lived."

"Why? Haunted house?"

Qi Chou couldn't answer, so he rubbed his hands to apologize and asked Xue Bai not to embarrass him.

"Then this mansion is?"

"If you rent it, it will be deducted from the county captain's monthly salary."

Yin Liang asked with a smile: "What's the rental price? Who is the proprietor?"

Qi Chou said: "How can a villain know these things?

Xue Bai said: "Take me to see Wang Xianwei's residence."

Qi Chou was about to refuse, but Lao Liang and Jiang Hai stepped forward, sandwiching him on the left and right. He was also a strong man, but at this time, he felt an inexplicable chill in his heart, and he hurriedly agreed.

The county lieutenant Wang lives in Sanguan Temple Lane, and I will take the county lieutenant there."

"Thank you."

Yanshi County is quite prosperous.

Although not as good as Chang'an and Luoyang, it is more lively than Shaanzhou City. Xue Bai was not in a hurry to visit the county town, and followed Qi Chou into Sanjujie Lane. The third house in the alley was Wang Yansiam's residence.

"No one lives here anymore? Where are his family members?"

"Wang Xianwei's family members stayed in his hometown in Bingzhou and were not brought with him. When he went to take office, he only had one attendant who had been with him for many years."

"What's your name?"

"Wang Yi."

With that said, Qi Chou opened the door.

Xue Bai sniffed, walked to the second courtyard, and went directly into the east wing. This was a study room with multi-treasure shelves on three walls, with inkstones and antiques on them, and pen holders hanging on the desks.

There were only a few remaining writing brushes... but not a single page of the document was visible.

After a while, Yin Liang came over and whispered: "Young Master, this way."

When he arrived at the main house in the backyard, Xue Bai took a broken branch and dug out a little bit of soil from the gaps between the bricks and stones on the ground.

"wet."

Yin Liang looked up at the tiles above his head and said, "It's not leaking."

"I washed it last night."

"It seems that County Lieutenant Wang did not commit suicide out of fear of crime."

"This matter is obvious." Xue Bai said: "I thought Wang Yansiam died as a scapegoat. Now it seems that he may have discovered something else."

"It's obvious that Yicang is greedy and fails to provide disaster relief." Yin Liang said, "Young Master can't do anything about them?"

Even his staff did not know whether Xue Bai had followed the imperial edict.

Xue Bai smiled and ignored the question.

What if there are more than these crimes? After all, there are really more than 20 rebels among the victims."

"I can't say for sure at the moment, unless we can find the murderer."

Xue Bai turned to look at Qi Chou standing outside the door and said, "It was not the squad leader who killed him."

Yin Liang muttered: "Logically speaking, the handsome man who catches bad guys must be the confidant of the county captain."

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"Bantou Qi is from Yanshi County?"

"Yes, I grew up south of Yishui, and am a neighbor of Master Xuanzang."

So before Wang County Lieutenant took office, you were already the squad leader of Yanshi County?"

Qi Chou was a little more wary and responded with a smile: "Yes."

A county lieutenant with flowing water, a tough guy who can catch bad commanders?"

"The county lieutenant is laughing and replacing the villain is just a matter of a word from the county lieutenant."

"Having said that. (Full????this edition????520.????Hand#type#Updated#)" Xue Bai said: "The foreign county captains are a mixed bag when they arrive in Ji County with tens of thousands of people.

If I withdraw you, won’t my eyes be darkened?”

Qi Chou said: "The villain is the county captain's lantern."

"How is your relationship with County Lieutenant Wang?"

"It's good."

"Then how do you feel when he dies?"

It was difficult for Qi Chou to answer this question.

When they met for the first time today, he felt that the new county captain was too straightforward and did not give him any room for questioning several times. But the sense of propriety seemed to be in the hands of the new county captain, at least there was no intention of dismissing him.

Xue Bai suddenly stopped.

They were walking in the Sanguan Temple Lane. Lao Liang and Jiang Hai stood in front of and behind each other, surrounding Qi Chou. "Don't worry, if you say anything, no one else will know if it comes out of your mouth and reaches my ears.'

Yes...it is said that Wang Xianwei was able to move from Yucheng to Yanshi because of the contribution of Li County Magistrate of Yucheng. Wang Xianwei was not very capable. In the past two or three years, he has indeed been unable to suppress Yanshi.

All kinds of ghosts and gods.”

"Tell me, what kind of ghosts and gods are there?"

The Luo River passes through the county, and once the water boats pass by, it brings too many benefits. Thieves, merchants, fugitives, water workers, and various dignitaries from other prefectures and counties. Wang Xianwei died in the hands of these people.

It's strange that the villain tried to persuade him but couldn't save him."

"Why isn't it surprising?"

He was a bit unreasonable and only talked about the victims. In the winter of the fifth year of Tianbao, disaster victims from other places gathered in Luoyang. Only Wang Xianwei shouted to open a charity warehouse to stock food, but he forgot that the victims were from other places and the food in the charity warehouse was

But it belongs to the people of Yanshi County. Luoyang County, Henan County, and Hanjiacang have not let him go, so how can anyone agree with him?"

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Yin Liang said: "Whenever there is a flood or drought, we will use free warehouses to provide food. If there are no warehouses, we will eat from other states. This is the rule of the imperial court."
To be continued...
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