Seeing the eldest brother of the government officer stopping him, both of them became extremely calm.
Han Mu thought of a reason and said: "Brother, please do it, please do it. We are here in a hurry, so I haven't brought a few more clothes. Please be accommodating, and we can go back and get a few more clothes."
Hearing these words, the yamen brother didn't feel anything strange. Looking at the two of them, he asked, "Are you two going back to get clothes?"
Fortunately, Cen Rong was smart and said hurriedly: "No, I will go home to pick up something."
"Items?" Brother Yamen asked.
Cen Rong nodded and made up her mind: "I'm going out in a hurry. I've brought enough clothes, but I don't have a decent souvenir. Please be accommodating, big brother, and we'll go back and get it. Just for a while."
"Just for a while, I'll be back soon." Han Mu said to his heart.
Listening to their words and looking at their actions, the two yamen brothers didn't see anything strange. They thought this was a yamen, and these two men joined because of the militia, and the matter was a bit special. A brother from the government office asked, "Did you tell Wen Tongzhi and them?"
"I've said it, I've said it." Cen Rong said eagerly.
Han Muxin also nodded and said: "As I said just now, this allowed us to come here."
Seeing the anxious expressions on their faces, the yamen brother let them go without thinking too much.
"Now that I've said it, let's go." Brother Yamen said.
After hearing that it was okay, Han Muxin and Cen Rong hurried out of the yamen and walked out of the city.
It wasn't until they were far away from the Yamen and the two of them looked back at their surroundings that there was nothing strange that they slowly relaxed their tension.
"Hu'er, where should we go next?" Cen Rong asked.
The voice was still male. It seemed that Cen Rong was used to acting.
Listening to Cen Rong's words, Han Muxin turned around and replied in the same male voice: "Go as far away as possible. If they find out, we will attack you. Leave quickly."
"Okay." Cen Rong responded.
Seeing that the Yamen Gate was getting further and further away from them, and that they were approaching the city gate, the two of them were no longer as nervous as before.
In the government office, the men who had joined the militia were lining up to prepare for the upcoming first test.
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Seeing that, Tongzhi Wen Yonghe was holding a booklet tightly in his hand, standing in front of these men, looking at these men with bright eyes, and said: "Fellow folks, I just said this. This is the first item. The matter is a physical examination. Next, I will count the number of people. Those who read their names will raise their hands and say yes." After saying this, fellow acquaintance Wen Yonghe opened the book in his hand and began to read the names.
"Ma Wencheng!" After shouting, Wen Tongzhi raised his head and looked at the crowd in front of him.
"Yes." A man raised his hand and responded.
After seeing this, Wen Tongzhi lowered his head and looked at the words on the booklet, then raised his head and shouted: "Lin Yongfeng!"
"Here!" A man raised his hand and responded.
As I read and recited, I quickly read half of the names on the booklet.
At this time, Wen Tongzhi looked at the next name on the booklet, raised his head like before, and shouted: "Cen Hu!" After shouting, Wen Tongzhi shook his eyes from side to side like before. I looked towards these men, but no one responded for a long time.
Fellow acquaintance Wen Yonghe thought he recited it too quietly, so they didn't hear it.
At this time, Wen Tongzhi raised his voice and shouted the name he had just read: "Cen Hu!"
However, no one was seen responding at this time, and Wen Tongzhi no longer believed that it was his own voice that was muted.
Wen Yonghe shouted to them several times: "Cen Hu! Cen Hu! Cen Hu!"
After several times, he still didn’t see anyone responding. He looked at the men in front of him and looked around to see who it was. After a while, no one responded, so Wen Yonghe had to use Cen Hu’s name on the booklet. He circled it with his brush.
Thinking that the name had not been finished yet, fellow acquaintance Wen Yonghe continued to read it.
After reading a few names, the question came again.
"Zhang Zhi!" Wen Tongzhi shouted.
Seeing that, just like before, no one responded.
Wen Tongzhi had to shout several times: "Zhang Zhi! Zhang Zhi! Zhang Zhi!"
After calling three times but no one responded, Wen Tongzhi had no choice but to circle Zhang Zhi's name on the booklet with a brush and then read on.
Soon, the names of more than a thousand people were read out one by one.
Looking at the dark sky today, I think that there is nothing in the book
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Responding to the two names, Wen Tongzhi looked at the men in front of him and said, "I'll be back as soon as I go, wait a moment."
Wen Tongzhi was seen holding the book tightly in his hand and hurriedly walked towards the house of Gu Jiantong, the prefect.
"Prefect Gu." Wen Tongzhi called.
Magistrate Gu stopped what he was busy doing, looked at Wen Tongzhi, and asked, "What's wrong with Wen Tongzhi?"
"When I counted the number of people just now, I found that two people did not exist." Wen Tongzhi replied.
After listening, Magistrate Gu was surprised and asked: "Are there two people who don't exist?"
Wen Tongzhi nodded.
"But which two people are not here?" Magistrate Gu Jiantong asked.
"Cen Hu and Zhang Zhi, these two people." Tongzhi Wen Yonghe replied.
After thinking for a moment, Magistrate Gu guessed: "Is this the time to recruit people, and those officials have made a mistake?"
After listening to Magistrate Gu's words, Tongzhi Wen Yonghe thought for a moment and said: "That's not possible. You can't just give a name randomly, right? In the past few days, I saw people, asked people, and gave them names. After getting the sign, we let people in."
Then, Magistrate Gu thought about it again, and after a while, he said: "I know it. You go down first, and then count the items carefully. After everyone has been tested, count them again, and then come and talk to me." .”
"Okay, I'm going to go first." After taking a few steps back, he turned around and Tongzhi Wen Yonghe took the book and walked out.
Arriving at the front yard of the Yamen, fellow acquaintance Wen Yonghe read the names on the booklet over and over again, but in the end those two people were still missing.
Afraid of omitting anything, Wen Yonghe, the co-president, handed over the head count to the junior official who was also responsible for this time.
However, in the end, the name was still missing.
Immediately afterwards, I had to start the physical examination.
Han Muxin and Cen Rong, who had escaped in the morning, had now walked far away from Liangcheng Mansion. The two of them, unfamiliar with the road, walked northwest and almost reached Jiao County.
"Miss, after walking so far, they shouldn't be able to find us, right?" Cen Rong on the side asked, regaining her original voice.
Han Muxin stopped, looked up, and saw what seemed to be a city in the distance, and said: "It shouldn't be possible after walking so far. Let's go and have a look at the city in front."
"Okay." Cen Rong responded.
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