When he heard someone coming from above, Lou Zhixian stood up in surprise.
In the past, if someone from the government came to inspect, they would be notified in advance. But if they came directly without notifying them first, it would usually be a surprise inspection, and most of the surprise inspections were conducted by privileged institutions such as Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
In addition, the bandits they dealt with before were related to Dongchang, which made Lou Zhixian not panic and scared.
Because they never found the thirty thousand silver. If the other party asked him for money, he wouldn't be able to get it out even if he lost everything.
Looking at the housekeeper who came to report, Lou Zhixian hurriedly asked: "Who is here from above? Is it from Dongchang or the government office?"
"It's not the master, it's someone from the Ministry of Punishment."
"Xingbu?" Lou Zhixian was confused when he heard this. Why did the Xingbu come? He was a monk two feet tall and couldn't figure it out.
Their Seven Heroes Town has always been peaceful. Not only have there been no prisoners sentenced to death this year, but there have been no prisoners admitted to prison. There is no possibility of unjust, false or wrongful convictions.
When he heard the word "Xingbu", Xiaoliu on the side had already roughly determined the purpose of the visitor, but he didn't say anything because there was no need to make such a public appearance.
Although Lou Zhixian was a little confused, he still hurriedly went out to greet him. After all, no matter who the visitor was or what purpose he came for, he was his superior officer and he had to rush to greet him.
Lao Xing and Xiao Liu also followed behind and went out to greet them together.
The three of them arrived at the county government hall and saw several people already standing in the hall.
They were dressed in brocade robes, black boots, official hats, and long robes. Each of them had a sword hanging from his waist, and he looked majestic.
There are seven people in the hall, three on each side standing with swords on their waists. One of them has his hands behind his back, wearing a white robe, with his back to the three magistrates of Lou.
Lou Zhixian also recognized who was in charge at a glance. Seeing that the other party was so arrogant, he quickly bowed his hands to the person in the middle and bowed:
"The lower official is Lou Guangyun, the magistrate of this county. I have met the superior envoy. Do you dare to ask who he is?"
Hearing the greeting from Magistrate Lou, the man turned around and saw that he was an old man with slightly white hair on his temples. He was old and vicissitudes of life.
However, what is inconsistent with his old age is that he is as strong as a tiger, and his eyes are even more shining.
To be honest, just looking at the back, Xiao Liu and others thought that the other party was a middle-aged man in his prime, but they never expected that he would be an old man.
The old man smiled and waved.
"I am the head of the Shaanxi Provincial Officials Department, and this is my badge."
With that said, the old man took out his waistband and handed it to Lou Zhixian.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were two capitals and thirteen provinces. The two capitals were directly subordinate to the north and south of the two capitals, and the thirteen provinces were thirteen chief envoys.
The thirteen chief envoys are: Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Guizhou, and Yunnan.
The Chief Envoy has jurisdiction over the state capitals, which are divided into counties for control.
Originally, in addition to these two capitals and thirteen provinces, the Ming Dynasty also had a large number of guards and governors.
For example, Xinjiang, Tibet, Jiaozhi, Monan, etc., and even the Waixingan Mountains in the north and Sakhalin Island in the east, were all the territories of the Ming Dynasty.
But it is a pity that by now, these places have been almost lost.
Now there are only some guard posts in Liaodong, but judging from the historical process, the guard posts in Liaodong are about to be lost.
The Department of Cleaning and Cleaning Officials of the Ministry of Punishment is affiliated to the Ministry of Punishment. It is the principal agency set up by the Ministry of Punishment in the thirteen provinces. It is responsible for the administration of criminal names in each province. There are 13 departments in total, so it is called the Thirteen Cleaning and Cleaning Officials Department of the Ministry of Punishment.
The Ministry of Punishment's Cleaning Department is a provincial-level organization, and Guangyang Prefecture, to which Qixia Town is affiliated, happens to be under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province, so the county magistrate of Louzhi County directly meets with the provincial magistrate.
After Lou Zhixian looked through it and confirmed that it was correct, he quickly handed the badge back to the old man and leaned over.
"See the envoy. The lower officials are unable to meet me from far away. I hope the envoy will forgive me."
"It doesn't matter, I came to you this time because of something unexpected." The old man said with a chuckle, and at the same time, he looked at Xiao Liu behind Lou Zhixian.
The old man's eyes were very surprised. He didn't expect that Xiao Liu actually escaped from Shangguan Yundun's hands, and I heard that he even killed Shangguan Yundun.
Lou Zhixian lowered his head and did not notice the old man's gaze. He continued to ask respectfully.
"I don't know why the envoy came here. Is there anyone among the subordinates who can help?"
After hearing what Lou Zhixian said, the old man also retracted his gaze from Xiaoliu. He did not laugh and said bluntly:
"Nothing important, I just want to ask Deputy Chief Yan about something."
As soon as the old man said this, Xiao Liu secretly said, "Sure enough."
From the moment he appeared, he noticed that the eyes of the men with knives had been locked on him.
When Lou Zhixian and Lao Xing heard the old man's words, they turned around and looked at Xiao Liu in confusion.
For a moment, Xiao Liu felt that everyone's eyes were focused on him. Xiao Liu also stepped out of the queue, leaned over and clasped his fists:
"My humble position is Yan Xiaoliu, the deputy chief catcher of Qixia Town. I have met you, sir, and I wonder what you want to ask about."
Xiao Liu's tone was neither humble nor arrogant, but this was what the old man had expected. He had already seen and heard about Xiao Liu's skills and deeds.
"Hahahaha, it's nothing. I just heard that Deputy Chief Yan fought against the three mafia families yesterday, and even killed the two elders of Jinyin and Yin of the Five Poison Sect and Shangguan Yundun of the Tiancan Sect in one fell swoop. I wonder if this is the case?" The old man said He asked with a friendly smile.
To be honest, they were all in Qixia Town in Xiaoliu's battles yesterday, but they were almost not present. When Xiaoliu fought against Meilibuzi and Jinyin, they were outside Tongfu Inn, secretly protecting Xiaoguo. safety.
As for the fight between Xiaoliu and Shangguan Yundun, they had just watched the beginning, and they were knocked unconscious without even seeing the other party's figure. It can be said that they were quite frustrated.
But they should actually be lucky that they were knocked unconscious, otherwise, the other person would not have such a good temper.
Xiao Liu was about to answer, but at this moment.
"Report——! Something bad has happened! Something bad has happened!" I saw a yamen servant shouting something bad and running into the hall in a hurry.
The two agents at the six doors at the door quickly crossed their arms to stop the visitor.
Their eyes looked at the old man, who nodded to them, and then they let them in.
"What happened? Why are you so panicked? There is no need to make a noise in this important place of county government!" When Lou Zhixian saw the government officials being released, he quickly shouted and asked. At the same time, he glanced at the old man incomprehensibly.
When the Yamen servant saw that everyone around him was looking at him, he couldn't help but feel a little scared. He swallowed, regained his composure, and then replied with some fear:
"Master Qi, there are corpses! There are many, many corpses!"
"Yeah!" As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
