The old magistrate of Shengtang County, Huainan Road, whose surname was Gao Mingzhao, nicknamed Shenguiqi, was a seventh-rank official in the Tang Dynasty. His ancestral home was Jiannan. He was born in the second year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong, and grew up in Shuzhou. He was sixty-two years old at that time.

After he received the "notification" from Zhechong Prefecture, which was far away from the county seat, and saw that the incident occurred in a county not under his jurisdiction, he handed the document to the chief clerk and filed it away. After that, he forgot about the incident.

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Unexpectedly, one day Hu Yuan came to see him. After the greetings, Hu Yuan handed the copy of the "notification" sent by Zhechong Mansion that day to County Magistrate Gao.

"I remember that this case is not under the jurisdiction of the county government, so I will not contact you." The old county magistrate was puzzled and said with a smile.

"Do you remember that there was an attack on two death row inmates in Wucheng County, Jiangnan Province who were escorted by officers and soldiers and they were robbed in the northern part of your county some time ago, right?"

"Remember." The old county magistrate still smiled and said: "However, the jurisdiction of this case involves the Ministry of War, and the local county government is inconvenient to intervene before the coordination order of the Ministry of War has been issued. Therefore, it has not been dealt with."

"The few people mentioned in this article are the same people who attacked the temporary barracks of Zhechong Mansion and their village leaders."

"Yes." The old county magistrate took the "notification" from Hu Yuan's hand, read it again, and then asked the county office watchman to ask the chief clerk to transfer the "notification" sent by the government to the last archived copy.

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He also called the county lieutenant and asked him to immediately contact the Zhechong Mansion and the place where the crime occurred, and interrogate the relevant personnel to see if the case was within the jurisdiction of his county and whether it could be opened for investigation.

"I heard that you were originally sent to Wucheng County, Jiangnan Province to investigate the case of the God-Deprecating Conspiracy. Now why are you here in our county?" the old county magistrate asked Hu Yuan with a smile.

"Alas," Hu Yuan sighed, "It's hard to explain in words."

"What's wrong?"

"We went to investigate the case, and we did catch them. But who would have expected that these aliens from the outside world are so powerful that they are beyond the power of Tang people like us. The people we arrested were later kidnapped by them."

"Is there really such a thing? I don't really believe in folk ghosts and gods. According to your statement, have you really seen the gods?"

"Where did the gods come from?" Hu Yuan shook his head: "They are not the Jade Emperor or gods in heaven as in folklore."

"What is that?"

"It is said that they are visitors from outer space, that is, people living in the sky."

"That's right." The old county magistrate nodded thoughtfully: "That's quite reliable."

"What did you say?"

"I said," the old county magistrate smiled: "I don't believe it when it comes to gods in heaven, but I do believe it when there are people in the sky."

"Isn't there someone in the sky more terrifying than the gods in heaven?"

"There is no such thing as gods in heaven. As for visitors from heaven, it is possible. Because I also feel that if there are people on earth, there should be people in heaven."

"Then aren't they people like gods?"

"of course not."

Hu Yuan has always believed that people from the sky are like gods, with boundless magic. Naturally, he is a little afraid. After all, he has heard that the gods used round artifacts and shining magic boxes to deal with Cui Gong, and he also saw with his own eyes that the gods used round birds.

Knocking himself unconscious and shouting to himself. This was really terrible for a Tang Dynasty official like him.

"Then you're not afraid?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" The old county magistrate smiled lightly: "Since you have met them, can you tell me about them?"

Hu Yuan vividly described what he saw and heard. At the end, he said with deep feeling: "These people are even more difficult to deal with than gods. I really don't want to stay here anymore."

"Is this necessary?" The old county magistrate said happily: "A man can stretch and bend."

"If you haven't seen them, of course you don't know how powerful they are." Hu Yuan was still frightened.

"But in my opinion, this matter is not as terrible as you think. I think General Cui's approach is very wise. But your Ludu matter is far behind."

"Then do you have a way to deal with them?" Hu Yuan didn't quite believe that the kind-hearted old county magistrate in front of him really had a way to deal with the extraterrestrial visitors that he imagined were very powerful.

"Yes," the old county magistrate smiled: "Maybe I can do the same as General Cui and follow them to the sky. That way, death is enough."

"That's right." Hu Yuan seemed a little tempted: "Then you can bring me along with you, so that I can benefit from your glory."

"Aren't you afraid of seeing them? Are you still going?" The old county magistrate laughed again.

After Hu Yuan left, Magistrate Gao immediately called the county lieutenant and asked him to send some people to set up an ambush on the road closest to the crime scene and Wucheng County. Once they encounter a team with carriages and horses, they will follow them quietly.

But we must not attack, and we are not in a hurry to arrest.

"Why?" At this time, the county lieutenant was preparing to take people to investigate Zhechong Mansion and Anfadi Inn where they were attacked. Now he was called to send another group of people, and he felt that there was a shortage of personnel.

"These people are protected by visitors from the sky, so we must not intercept or attack them at will."

"Now I am very tight on manpower. How can we, a small county government, find so many people to handle these things?"

"You can ask Zhechong Mansion to give you some soldiers, and you can do whatever you want. But be careful, these soldiers must listen to us. I will write a letter to Zhechong Mansion, and you can just give it to the Protector."

"Okay then." The county captain knew that the old county magistrate had previously served as a fifth-grade general in the Great Protectorate in the border area, with a very high level. He took the initiative to retire when he got old, and also took the initiative to demote himself to serve as a minor county magistrate here. So.

He knew that these generals from the small Zhechong Mansion in the mainland would naturally obey his orders.

Sure enough, after the county captain followed the order of the county magistrate and handed the letter to the Zhechong Mansion where the attack was taking place, the governor of Zhechong Mansion saw that it was a letter from a famous general of the older generation and admired it very much. He felt that such a letter from a famous figure was very valuable.

It's very collectible, so I'm very happy.

The governor of Zhechong Prefecture immediately called a school lieutenant and asked him to personally lead more than fifty cavalry to set up an ambush on the road designated by the old county leader. He also asked the school lieutenant to read the letter from Magistrate Gao.

"Follow your orders." After reading the letter from the county magistrate, the captain understood that the magistrate Gao had a special status. He was a famous general in the border provinces of the Great Protectorate, and he was not the same as them, the generals in the mainland.

"You must absolutely obey the orders of this county captain without making any mistakes. Otherwise, if you fail to obey his orders and make mistakes, I will put you to death." The words of the Protector were full of threats.

After the county lieutenant completed the investigation of the two places, he immediately led the cavalry team to live in a small town next to the road designated by the county magistrate, and then sent out soldiers disguised as people of various professions in groups every day.

He wandered along the road, and when he saw the people accompanying him, he followed them secretly.

On this day, two tourists wandering along the road saw a carriage coming from the north side of the road, followed by four strong men on horseback. They quietly left the roadbed and ran to the town to report the news.

The captain immediately followed the car quietly with four Tang soldiers who had been captured by the attackers, and stayed at an inn in the county town.

In the inn and restaurant, the captain who had been injured by his own soldiers recognized at a glance the woman sitting at the table eating. She was Han Fengying, whom the servants called madam when they were having dinner that day!

"Arrest?" the school captain asked the county captain.

"No."

"What should we do?"

"Let them go." The county captain followed the old county magistrate's instructions and adopted a strategy of neither intercepting nor attacking.
Chapter completed!