Liyang County is actually not far from the capital. The straight-line distance may not even be two hundred miles, and the official road distance is only more than two hundred miles.
Moreover, there were spacious and flat cement roads along the way, and the carriage was easily pulled by the horses. Although the speed could not keep up with the galloping horses, it was actually not too slow.
Liyang is a famous land of plenty in the south of the Yangtze River, with a population of more than 200,000. It is a true Shangxian County. Li Ang, the magistrate of Liyang County, is also an official of the sixth rank.
Han Du was sitting in the carriage and couldn't help but recall Li Ang's information. Li Ang is 45 years old this year and has a wife and children. Moreover, he was from an orthodox imperial examination background. Although he was only among the top three in the imperial examination, it was enough to show his excellence. After working as an official all the way up to the sixth rank, he came to be the magistrate of Liyang County.
Han Du set out early in the morning, and when night fell, he arrived less than thirty miles away from Liyang County. With dozens of people accompanying him, it was impossible to enter the city quietly.
In this case, there is no need for Han Du to treat those who follow him badly. He walked straight into the inn, and settled down nervously, preparing to enter the city again early tomorrow morning.
The next morning, Han Du hadn't gotten up yet. Suddenly, the entrance of the inn was like a busy traffic, and it was suddenly crowded with the previous imperial envoy Cen Yong and his entourage, as well as officials from Liyang County.
After Han Du was disturbed, he dressed neatly and went out, and what he saw was this scene.
"I'm waiting for you, please greet your Majesty the Imperial Guard~"
Since Han Du is the emperor's newly appointed imperial envoy, the original Cen Yong will be automatically deposed. He is no longer an imperial envoy under the emperor's order, but a seventh-grade supervisory censor.
Everyone looked at Han Du wearing a genuine fifth-grade blue and white pheasant uniform, and secretly ordered and clicked their tongues. After the emperor sent an imperial envoy to supervise the imperial censor, he actually sent another imperial envoy thought to be of the fifth grade.
"Everyone, please excuse me."
Han Du looked at everyone with a smile, but felt furious in his heart.
He only came to the inn last night. Because it was past the curfew, Han Du chose to stay in the inn. But how did these people know the news about his stay in the inn?
It stands to reason that after the county curfew, entry and exit are absolutely prohibited unless there is an urgent military situation. Even if ordinary people are wandering on the street, they will be imprisoned for a few days. It is unknown whether they can come out.
When Lao Zhu sent himself here this time, he did not go through the General Affairs Department at all, but gave him the order directly. In other words, the ministers in the DPRK did not know the news before they left the capital.
And how did the news about him at the inn spread? If you think about it in Handu, it is nothing more than a situation. Even if he came to the inn last night, someone came into the city to communicate with these people.
His arrival seems to have made some people anxious. Otherwise, they would not risk breaking the curfew and go to the city to inform them.
And, from this point of view. The water in Liyang is really deep, and there are people who can deliver news even after the curfew without anyone noticing.
Han Du remembered reading information about Liyang when he came here. In Liyang County like this, the performance evaluations of successive county magistrates are actually top-notch... Haha, just one lax subordinate can erase all their achievements.
"Thank you, sir." Cen Yong, as the largest official present, naturally stood up and said to Handu: "Sir, Liyang County has cleared out the official residence for you, and you are invited to enter the city."
Han Du smiled and said: "Okay, I was originally planning to enter the city this morning. If you hadn't come, maybe I would have entered the city by now. In that case, let's go."
"Please, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy!"
Han Du walked ahead of the others, boarded the carriage and headed towards Liyang County.
Before getting on the carriage, Han Du winked at the school captain Li Jizu, telling him to be careful.
Li Jizu nodded slightly, lowered his left hand calmly, and silently made a few gestures. When the sergeants from Shanzi Camp saw it, several people immediately stepped forward to protect Han Du's carriage from the front and rear.
"Let's go!" Han Du's deep voice came from inside the carriage. The coachman flicked his whip and drove the carriage forward.
As the carriage passed through the city gate, Han Du carefully observed everything on the street through the window.
The streets were relatively clean, but now that Liyang County officials had learned of his arrival last night. So there is no problem for them to rush out this morning.
But the people on the street made Han Du frown. Liyang was a county, so it stands to reason that the streets should be bustling with people coming and going. But what Han Du saw was a lifeless scene. There are many people on the street, but very few of these people can smile.
There must be a problem in Liyang, and it's a big problem. Otherwise, it is impossible for the people in the entire county to look like this.
Han Du looked at it for a moment, his eyes becoming more and more serious, and finally he simply put down the curtain and stopped looking.
Arriving at the residence prepared for him by Liyang officials, Han Du raised his head and took a look with a satisfied look on his face.
This change in expression immediately caught the eyes of all the officials in Liyang.
This mansion is very big, even if it is placed in the capital, it is not suitable for ordinary people to live in. In this small county town, Han Du never expected that there would be such a luxurious mansion.
Han Du arranged for the people accompanying him to stay and took Li Jizu and two soldiers to the banquet.
Han Du came as an imperial envoy, so the officials in Liyang would naturally prepare a banquet for him.
At the banquet, they still took full advantage of their massive capacity and refused to accept toasts from all comers. Han Du was able to defeat Lan Yu and the others when he drank strong liquor. Drinking this bland drink was really not much different from drinking water.
However, Han Du soon pretended to be too drunk and asked Li Jizu to help him leave.
Returning to the resident room, Han Du immediately stood up and took his hand back from Li Jizu's shoulder. How could he look drunk?
"Master Marquis, when I came, General Xu asked me to bring something to Master Hou." Li Jizu said softly, while lifting the teapot and pouring a cup of tea for Han Du.
Han Du sat down, took the tea, looked up at Li Jizu, and said in a deep voice: "What are you talking about? Say it."
"Yes." Li Jizu put down the teapot and quickly replied: "General Xu said that in Liyang County, there is also an old soldier from Shanziying. And he left Shanziying three years ago and returned to his hometown in Liyang. . In the previous two years, I could still receive replies from him on time, but just a year ago, contact was suddenly cut off."
When old soldiers leave Shanzi Camp, they will be assigned to positions such as grain chief or li chief in their hometown. This is what Han Du tried his best to win from Lao Zhu, and he has never stopped it from the beginning to now.
"There was no news a year ago? That is to say, after Li Ang came to Liyang?" Han Du looked up at Li Jizu, wanting to confirm.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Li Jizu nodded, "Yes."
After pondering for a moment, Han Du asked: "What's his name?"
Li Jizu quickly took out a piece of paper from his arms and said, "Master Marquis, the general asked me to bring his situation."
Han Du put down the tea cup, took it and opened it. "Jiang Shi, a native of Jiangjia Village, Liyang County."
After folding the paper and putting it away, Han Du had a plan in mind.
...
Just when Han Du was thinking about how to open a breakthrough, he was in another large house, in an airtight house in the backyard that was covered by a curtain. Several people sat in a circle around the table, and a bright wax light in the middle shone on everyone's faces.
But due to the curtain, even at this night, not a trace of light penetrated outside.
These people are all officials from Liyang, but former imperial envoy Cen Yong and others did not appear here.
"What do you think?" The leader held a paper fan and patted his palms gently.
When the others heard this man speaking, they couldn't help but trembled, and then they looked at each other in confusion. The huge power that has been built up over a long period of time prevents everyone from speaking rashly.
Finally, everyone's eyes fell on the county magistrate.
Seeing this, the county magistrate had no choice but to say, "From the perspective of the lower officials, although this person is more difficult to deal with than Cen Yong, there is nothing that can be done."
The leader stopped slapping his palms and looked at the county magistrate with a smile, "Why do you say that?"
The county magistrate lowered his head and thought for a moment, organized his words, and said: "This person can go straight from the capital to the county gate without stopping. It is obvious that he has intentions for our Liyang County. But he chose to spend the night at the inn. , this gives us the opportunity to know in advance that he is here. Even if this person has some abilities, more powerful than Cen Yong, his abilities should be limited. "
The county magistrate's words made other people nod in agreement, and if they put themselves in their shoes, they would rather spend the night in the wilderness than choose the inn.
Even the leader nodded slightly.
This gave the county magistrate great confidence. He grinned and said hurriedly: "Moreover, when the official observed him carefully, he also discovered something. When he saw the place we prepared, he couldn't hide his satisfied look. . In addition, at tonight’s banquet, everyone can also see that this person is extremely fond of drinking. We have many ways to deal with such people. "
"It's nothing more than drinking, sex and wealth. How could Jiang Yuanwai be heartbroken by this?" The county magistrate looked at the leader with a smile.
After hearing what the county magistrate said, Jiang Yuanwai burst out laughing and said, "You think of a way to pass the words to him, as long as he turns a blind eye to Pan Fu. Afterwards, whether it is gold, silver, jewelry, or a beautiful house, I will Once it satisfies him.”
"With Yuan Wai's words, we can rest assured."
"Yes, Yuan Wai is really the Taishan Stone of Liyang. As long as Yuan Wai is there, we can sit back and relax."
Suddenly, the flattery was like a tide, swarming towards member Jiang.
