Shoot someone with an arrow if you disagree? Shao Xi heard the sound of arrows flying over from afar, and couldn't help but cursed in his heart. This blind thing actually dared to attack him.
Shao Xi quickly dodged and the arrow missed him and hit the ground.
"Oh my god, you actually dare to shoot your young master with an arrow! Today's matter is urgent, and you actually dare to cause trouble to me. Let's see how I can settle the score with you!"
Time was running out, and Shao Xi couldn't afford to delay. He had no time to stand under the city and argue with the little soldier above. So he once again used the Dengyun Movement Technique, put his feet on the city wall and jumped up to the top of the city with two leaps.
The soldiers were stunned for a moment. Why did this lunatic jump up to the city so quickly? How could he come up here?
The first thing Shao Xi did when he got to the top of the city was give this guy a slap in the face.
"This slap is not because you scolded me, nor because you shot me with an arrow, but because you delayed my time. Now go and notify your chief officer immediately and ask him to inform the county governor to come see me. You If you dare to delay for a moment, I will use the imperial decree to execute your nine clans, why don't you go quickly?"
The soldier was stunned by Shao Xi's slap. He thought to himself that this posture did not seem like a lie. Could it be that a high-ranking official really came with something urgent? I would rather believe it than believe it doesn't exist, so I should hurry up and inform the captain of the city gate. If anything happens later, there will be someone to take care of it. Although I am a bachelor, there are still people in the nine clans, and they will be punished for this nonsense. It's really not cost-effective to kill the nine tribes.
The soldiers ran to call the city gate captain, but Shao Xi stood alone on the top of the city sulking. He was running to death in the middle of the night, and when he got here, he had to be scolded and shot. Thinking about it, he felt aggrieved.
A moment later, a man dressed in a junior high school uniform followed the soldier and walked over to Shao Xi. As soon as he reached Shao Xi, he raised his hands and asked, "Sir, I heard from my subordinates that you are an official from the capital and are looking for our Lord Sheriff. It’s not that I’m being suspicious, but do you have any identity documents? Besides, if it’s not something urgent, I really can’t afford to disturb the county governor in the middle of the night. I would like to ask you to give me a reason. It’s easy to explain to a villain.”
Shao Xi thought about it, yes! Don't make it difficult for others. You came here alone in the middle of the night. It's really not surprising that others are suspicious. It seems that you still need to produce a token to prove your identity to make the other party believe you.
So Shao Xi took out the official seal of the fourth-level inspector of the "Jingcheng Division" from his bag, handed it to the city gate captain to look at, and then held up the imperial edict that Mr. Cao had given him before he went on an mission. in hand.
"The official seal is a token to prove my identity. What I hold in my hand is the imperial edict granted by the Holy One. Seeing this edict is like the Holy One coming in person. If you delay my business today, you will all be guilty of deceiving the emperor. You will be punished. Nine tribes.”
After checking Shao Xi's official seal, the city gate captain confirmed that the person in front of him was indeed the fourth-grade inspector of the "Jingcheng Division".
Now that Shao Xi's identity has been confirmed, the city gate captain was naturally so frightened that he quickly returned the official seal to Shao Xi and presented him with a gift. How could he dare to verify the imperial edict again? At this time, he kept apologizing to Shao Xi.
"I've seen Mr. Inspector Shi. I really didn't expect Mr. Inspector Shi to come in the middle of the night. I hope you won't blame me. I will rush to the county governor's mansion to inform the county governor."
"There's no need for him to come. The matter is too urgent. Just take me directly to the Sheriff's Mansion. I'll take care of anything you have to do."
"You obey, villain!"
After saying that, the captain of the city gate hurriedly asked someone to bring in two fast horses, one for each person, and the two of them galloped towards the governor's mansion.
Compared with Shao Xi's previous rush, riding a horse on this short stretch of road felt like it arrived instantly.
When they arrived in front of the governor's house, the two men swung their stirrups from their saddles and dismounted from their horses. The captain of the city gate came forward and knocked on the door.
After a while, the door of the Sheriff's Mansion was opened a crack, and a servant was seen yawning and standing sleepily inside the door, looking at the two people outside the door with dissatisfied expressions on their faces.
"Don't you have a lot of eyesight? You don't even know what time it is, but you come to the door in the middle of the night and disturb the Sheriff's dream. Can you bear it?"
The captain of the city gate didn't care about the servant's attitude towards him, and said hurriedly: "If you have any trouble, go and inform the county governor. Tell him that the imperial officer sent by the Holy Emperor of Kyoto, the inspector of the 'Jingcheng Department', Mr. Shi, is here." It’s right outside the door, please let the Sheriff come out to greet you.”
This sentence was like a slap in the face. The servant's sleep instantly disappeared. He stretched his head and glanced at Shao Xi standing outside the door, and then looked at the city gate captain. The city gate captain nodded to him again to confirm. , the servant did not dare to delay any longer, turned around and ran towards the house, shouting as he ran.
"Sir, sir, get up quickly, don't sleep! The master from Kyoto is here, the master sent by the Holy Emperor of Kyoto is here."
Shao Xi did not wait for the county guard to come out to greet him, but walked directly into the county guard's house and stood in the courtyard waiting.
Not long after, I saw the servant running out of the backyard with a man. The man was still putting on his clothes as he ran. It was obvious that he had just climbed out of bed.
No need to ask, the man in front of me must be the governor of Shanling County. Shao Xi didn't have time to be polite to him, and didn't wait for him to give him a gift. He took a few steps forward and explained his purpose.
"Lord County Sheriff, I am the envoy sent by Sheng Shangqin to Nan Zhao, and the inspector of the 'Jingcheng Division' is Shi Shao Xi. There is no time to be polite now. My coming here is urgent and I need you to send troops from the county. If you feel that I have no right to mobilize your county troops and horses, I have in my hand the imperial edict given by the Holy Emperor. When I see the edict, I have the right to demand unconditional cooperation from any local officials in Jingyuan. You can deal with it first and report it later."
The Sheriff of Shanling County had just put on his clothes, and before he had time to greet Shao Xi, he was stunned by Shao Xi's words as if he were firing a machine gun. However, he heard the last sentence clearly. Shao Xi had the imperial edict in his hand. You can do it first and then play it later.
"Uh, who is this... sir?"
The servant next to him quickly reminded: "Shao."
"Oh! Mr. Shao, it must be urgent for you to come to Shanling County late at night. I will definitely cooperate with you as much as possible, but..."
Of course Shao Xi knows what he means. If you ask others to mobilize troops and horses, they will definitely confirm your identity first. This kind of thing is no joke. If something goes wrong, it will harm the nine tribes, so it is reasonable for people to watch.
The official seal and edict were all handed over. After the Shanling County Sheriff took it and read it carefully, he confirmed Shao Xi's identity. Especially after seeing the edict, he held it in his hands, raised it above his head, and knelt down with his hands. Return it.
"I will obey the Holy Will! Just ask Master Shao if you have any orders. I will obey all orders of Master Shao unconditionally."
"Now is not the time to be polite. Hurry up and ask the county lieutenant to mobilize your county's troops. At least 1,500, more would be better. Immediately send troops to station in the woods south of Yujiang City's Nanshan Mountain. Remember to act in a concealed manner. We must arrive before dusk tomorrow, and we must enter Nanshan at night to wipe out the bandits."
The county guard was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.
"Master Shao, are you talking about Yujiang City? Isn't Yujiang County under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou? Why do you want us to send troops to Shanling County?"
Shao Xi knew that this kind of problem would arise and quickly explained: "This matter is confidential and involves Yujiang County officials' corruption and perversion of the law to support private armies. Due to the emergency, I had no choice but to mobilize troops nearby, and your county and Wu Yang County and Liantai County are the closest to Yujiang County and are convenient for sending troops. Also, I don’t know if this matter involves other officials in Yuzhou. In order to avoid leaking the news, I have to mobilize troops from your Lingzhou."
The reason is reasonable and sufficient, and the governor of Shanling County is not a fool. The reason for calling in troops from other states to carry out the encirclement and suppression is because states generally have little interest in each other, so there is rarely any favoritism.
In addition, by mobilizing troops and horses from other places, officials in the encircled and suppressed areas will not receive news in advance, which will make the attack more sudden and produce a better surprise effect.
Since it was Shangguan who had the order, and he was an official from the "Jingcheng Division" from Kyoto, and he still held the imperial edict in his hand, the governor of Shanling County had no reason to refuse, and he did not dare to refuse.
In fact, Shao Xi's secondment of soldiers and horses to these three counties this time is considered a mistake. These three counties and the Zhao family of Yujiang County have also had deep conflicts over the years over the cloud yarn industry.
The three counties were originally areas rich in mulberry silkworms. Planting mulberry and raising silkworms was one of the important local industries. The popularity of the yarn industry in Yujiang County happened to require a large amount of high-quality silk. There was supposed to be a mutually supportive relationship. However, due to the private increase in yarn tax by the Zhao family in Yujiang County, the price of cloud yarn has skyrocketed. The yarn mills and cloth shops have meager profits and cannot purchase high-quality silk in large quantities. This has also seriously affected the sericulture industry in these three counties.
So since these three counties are rich in silk, why not develop their own yarn industry? In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, the relationship between transportation costs and competition for local interests.
Yujiang County is close to Yujiang and has developed water transportation. The yarn produced can be shipped locally and sold to various places. However, these three counties have no water transportation advantages and are located in the mountains of Bozhou. Although they are only on the edge of Bozhou, But compared to Yuzhou, the mountain roads are still rugged and difficult to navigate, so developing the cloud yarn industry here will greatly increase transportation costs. If you want to use the water transportation system of Yujiang County, you will not be able to avoid being exploited by the Zhao family. After all, you have done it. Yunsha has formed a competitive relationship with the Zhao family, and they will not let you transport the goods smoothly.
Because of this, the three counties of Shanling, Wuyang and Liantai have always criticized the Zhao family of Yujiang County. However, they are not in the same state, so even if they are dissatisfied, they can't do anything. Therefore, this time Shao Xi borrowed troops from these three counties to encircle and suppress the Zhao family without mobilization. If it were not restricted by their respective jurisdictions, these three counties might have wanted to take action against the Zhao family who monopolized one side of the wealth.
No matter whether they are corrupt officials or honest officials, no official does not want the place under his jurisdiction to be rich. Only the richer the place is, the more beneficial it is to him, whether it is wealth or reputation.
Now that such a person with huge power comes out to take the lead in overthrowing the Zhao family, the governors of these three counties are naturally happy to see it happen.
"Your Majesty understands, so he immediately sent someone to inform the county captain to organize his troops and horses. He must set out before dawn, and he will never miss the important event of your lord."
"Lend me a horse. I have to go to Wuyang County. I really can't run anymore!"
"Ah...? Sir, did you run here on two legs?"
