"Good news, good news." Yang Jiachen ran into the back office and shouted excitedly.
Huang Shi'an, who was at his desk handling official duties, raised his head when he heard the voice. Seeing Yang Jiachen's ecstatic expression, he knew something good was coming. He asked with a smile: "What good thing is it that makes you, the county magistrate, so happy?" So stable."
He casually put down the official document he was working on.
"Several armies sent by the imperial court have been defeated. Now the entire Datong has been captured by us. This is the official document just sent from Datong Town." Yang Jiachen handed over an official document in his hand.
When Huang Shi'an heard that the army was defeated, he hurriedly took the official document from Yang Jiachen and looked at it carefully.
Counting lines at a glance, I quickly finished reading the contents of the official document.
"Haha, okay, after this battle, our Tiger Flag has gained a firm foothold in Datong. It will take a few months at the earliest if the court wants to send a large army to Datong. This period of time is enough for us to do a lot of things." Huang Shian held his beard and laughed happily.
Although he has always had confidence in the Tiger Flag army, the people of Datong may not have this confidence.
The Tiger-Charactered Banner army failed to defeat several official troops sent by the imperial court to Datong in one day. The people of Datong always had doubts about whether the Tiger-Charactered Banner could gain a foothold in Datong. Many people even believed that Datong would be recovered by the imperial court sooner or later.
In the eyes of the vast majority of Datong people in Datong, the Tiger Character Banner is not a political power, but at most a group of traitors who rebel against the imperial court.
Nowadays, the Tiger-Character Banner has won military victories one after another, and has defeated the officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court to Datong again and again. This can give the people more confidence in the Tiger-Character Banner to defend Datong, instead of relying solely on the Tiger-Character Banner as many people think. A gang of thieves plundering everywhere.
Yang Jiachen said: "Your Majesty, can we take action? We have delayed it for long enough."
The Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Book were almost sorted out, and the evidence of Wang Shuochen's collusion with households to embezzle property was also sorted out. Only because the tiger-character banner army was fighting several armies sent by the imperial court, the matter was temporarily suppressed. Immediately attack Wang Shuochen.
Now that he was free, he naturally did not want to leave Wang Shuochen to continue to oppose them in Lingqiu.
"Well, you're right. Wang Shuochen's matter should be resolved." Huang Shi'an nodded and said immediately, "Go to the Defense Mansion in person and invite He Shoubei to the Yamen."
"Okay, I'll go now." Wang Shuochen nodded, turned around and walked out.
"etc."
Huang Shi'an, who was sitting behind the table, didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly called out to Wang Shuochen.
Wang Shuochen, who was about to reach the door, stopped, turned around, and looked at Huang Shi'an in confusion.
Huang Shi'an said: "There are many people in the Yamen, so I will go with you to the garrison mansion."
With that said, he walked out from behind the table and walked quickly towards Wang Shuochen who was standing near the door.
Two people came out of the room one after the other.
There is a team of soldiers stationed in the county government office to protect the safety of the two people.
The matter of dividing the land has been aroused for a long time. Although it has not been implemented yet, many people already know that the large families in Lingqiu City who have more land in their homes hate Huang Shi'an and others so much that they even carry the tiger flag in their hearts. On the grudge list.
Huang Shi'an was worried that he and Yang Jiachen might be ambushed on the way to the garrison mansion if they left the yamen. Before leaving the yamen, he took the Tiger Flag soldiers in the yamen and went to the garrison mansion together.
Not long after they left the Yamen, a police officer found an excuse and left the Yamen.
Unlike Huang Shi'an and others who left on horseback, the messengers walked out of the yamen and trotted all the way to another street adjacent to the county yamen.
Most of the wealthy households live near the county government office, and there are many shops of various kinds, making it very lively with people coming and going.
"Quickly, take me to see Chief Xing." The police officer panted and said to the concierge of a large house in the city.
The concierge glanced at the messenger and said, "You must have gone to the wrong place to find Mr. Xing. See clearly, this is the Wang family. Come on, Mr. Xing is not here."
"Stop talking nonsense. If I didn't know that Mr. Xing is here, why would I come here? Go in and report it. Just tell me that there are important things in the yamen. If it's too late, be careful that your master won't spare you." the concierge yelled.
Seeing the seriousness of what the messenger said, the concierge looked hesitant, undecided whether to go in and report the matter.
"What the hell are you doing standing still? Go quickly! If you delay the business, your master will skin you." Seeing that the concierge had not moved, the messenger urged again.
The concierge gritted his teeth, turned around and ran towards the yard.
If you send the wrong message, you will at most get scolded. If you delay the official business, you may lose your job. Naturally, you can clearly distinguish the importance of the matter.
However, before leaving, the porter closed the door and bolted it in place.
The messenger couldn't get into the courtyard, so a man anxiously walked back and forth at the entrance of the courtyard, peeking inside from time to time through the cracks in the door.
Not long after, the concierge came out and opened the door.
Send someone to take a step forward and go inside.
The courtyards of wealthy families are usually relatively deep, and Wang Shuochen's house has several courtyards across the courtyard.
"You wait here, our master will be here in a moment." The concierge led the messenger to a room, left him inside, and left to deliver the message.
The messenger ran all the way from the Yamen, and his throat was a little dry. He picked up the teapot in the room, held the spout of the pot in his mouth and swallowed it in big gulps.
I don't know when the water in the teapot was prepared, but it had already cooled down. I had to drink half of the teapot in one go before putting down the teapot and wiping the water stains on my mouth with my hand.
After drinking enough water, he sat down on a seat and leaned on the back of the chair, looking lazy.
"Master, the person is inside." The concierge's voice came from outside the door.
squeak!
The door's bone axis made a friction sound. The door was pushed open from the outside, and Wang Shuochen strode in.
The messenger quickly stood up from his seat, bowed respectfully, and said, "I have met Mr. Wang, Mr. Xing."
Xing Dachun followed Wang Shuochen, and the two of them entered the room one after another.
"You are so anxious to come to me. Could it be that there is something going on in the yamen?" Xing Dachun asked.
The messenger replied: "I overheard the conversation between Huang Xianzun and Yang Xiancheng in the Yamen today. They first said that the Tiger Character Banner defeated several armies sent by the imperial court to suppress bandits in Datong. After that, He also said who he wanted to attack, and then the two of them took the tiger flag soldiers from the Yamen to the garrison mansion."
"Did they say who they were going to attack?" Wang Shuochen asked hurriedly.
During this period, he led a large family in Lingqiu to confront people like Huang Shian overtly and covertly, so when he heard the news that Huang Shian was going to take action, the first thing he thought of was himself.
"I was worried about being discovered, so I didn't dare to get too close, so I couldn't hear clearly." The police officer shook his head and said that he didn't know who the other party was talking about.
