Sima Lei watched the carriage of the head of the Song family go away, looked away, and then threw the silver ingot back.

A young policeman behind him hurriedly took it.

Sima Lei said: "Er Niu, go and change the silver into copper plates and divide it among the brothers."

The young patrolman named Erniu weighed it and said: "This ingot is worth ten taels. The county captain is really a good man."

The patrolman next to him also picked up the conversation with a few words, and there was an uproar in the surrounding area.

Sima Lei raised his hand and pressed it.

The surrounding area calmed down.

Sima Lei said: "If you follow me, Sima Lei will have food to eat, and I won't treat you badly."

"Yes, sir!" the patrol officers looked excited.

Sima Lei said again: "I won't treat you badly, but you all have to do things well for me!

Recently, the Panshan bandits have become active again, please be vigilant!

Watch out for their scouts entering the county!

If you encounter someone sneaking around, arrest them immediately!"

"Yes, sir!" the patrol officers responded one after another.

There are about 2,000 households in Taohua County. Sima Lei has two chiefs, Patrolman No. 30, and two hundred strong men with the title of county soldiers. The patrolmen have been trained in the county martial arts hall, and most of them are second-class policemen.

The strong men are in the field and rely on strength. If they really fight, they are a little stronger than the mob. And this is the entire defense force of the county.

Therefore, Sima Lei was also under great pressure.

Although he has no background, he is a master who has entered the four realms of martial arts. This is better than ordinary county captains. If there is a real fight, he will definitely be able to run away.

But in fact, he couldn't run. If he ran, his future would be gone and everything would be lost.

Although the county captain had considerable power in the local area, in the imperial system, he was only a minor official from the ninth rank. He, Sima Lei, had great martial arts skills and wanted to advance to a higher level.

The Panshan bandits are bandits active in Panshan, northwest of Taohua County.

At first, these bandits were just ordinary people who were forced to become bandits, and they were pitiful. However, over time, their nature changed. These bandits were ruthless in their actions, and even had ambitions. They obviously came from the pitiable group, and when they met others

Poor people, but showed no mercy, snatched money and women, acted wantonly, killed at will, and even cannibalized human flesh.

Kou, it is Kou after all.

On weekdays, Sima Lei's defensive strength is enough.

The Panshan Bandits only dared to hide in the deep mountains and did not dare to cause trouble. After all, Taohua County was not isolated and helpless. The Panshan Bandits were wreaking havoc in the surrounding areas, and they were not just targeting Taohua County.

But this year has been unfavorable, with many disasters and famines.

When a disaster occurs, strong refugees with nowhere to go will have evil thoughts. Some time ago, Sima Lei received news that the Panshan bandits were attracting evil people everywhere and growing rapidly.

But when locusts cross the border and a natural disaster occurs, what can be done?

Sima Lei was alert. Although he was on guard against the Panshan bandits, for him, this was a danger, but it was also an opportunity.

If you perform well in this chaos and make contributions, you will probably be promoted.

It has been fifty years since the founding of Daqian, and now it has been passed down to the third generation of emperors.

But no matter which emperor he was, he attached great importance to the reward and punishment system.

If you have merit, you will be rewarded!

Anyone who is greedy will be killed without mercy!

...

Suddenly, Sima Lei raised his head.

A policeman came running down the dirt road in the distance.

The patrolman ran to Sima Lei, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, sir... Mr. Zhao from the next county is here. He also brings many county soldiers with him!"

"What?"

Sima Lei suddenly raised his head, "What are Zhao Huaiyue doing here?!"

The patrolman said: "I don't know, sir..."

Sima Lei said: "Let's go and have a look with me!"

Zhao Huaiyue is the county captain of Qingyuan County.

Although they are both county captains, they are very different.

This gap is not a realm gap, but a gap between two counties.

Qingyuan County's economy is quite prosperous, unlike Taohua County where you can step on chicken poop while walking.

Even if we don't talk about prosperity, if we talk about statistics, Qingyuan County is far better than Taohua County.

Qingyuan County has a total of 8,000 households, which is considered a small number of 10,000 households. In comparison, Taohua County with 2,000 households is a small brother.

There are only two hundred soldiers in Taohua County, but there are a thousand in Qingyuan County. Even though they are both county captains, standing next to each other, they all feel that they are a head shorter than others.

Sima Lei was unconvinced.

Why is it that everyone is in the four realms of martial arts, but you can be a county captain in Qingyuan County, while I can only be in Taohua County? This is unfair.

But soon, he knew the reason.

This is not only fair, it is extremely fair.

Because Zhao Huaiyue escorted a nobleman to the capital last autumn. After arriving in the capital, he actually recognized his adoptive father.

This foster father is a great eunuch without eggs.

Which eunuch it is, Sima Lei is not qualified to know.

...

...

When Sima Lei rushed to the west gate, he saw more than 500 county soldiers standing neatly outside Hongni Lane, looking very powerful.

A man with a calm temperament and a Chinese character face was half-kneeling in the yard of the first house in Hongni Lane. He was kneeling on an old woman.

Sima Lei frowned and snorted: "You have found a father and you are still so filial to your mother?"

A patrolman nearby said naively: "Sir, County Lieutenant Zhao has always had a very good reputation..."

Sima Lei sneered and walked up quickly.

As he got closer, he saw that in the courtyard of the first house in Hongni Lane, in addition to Zhao Huaiyue and the old woman, there was actually a girl in white who was floating out of the dust, but extremely charming.

The girl stood in the sunshine, her whole body was golden and her skin was like mutton fat, and she looked extremely beautiful.

Sima Lei was stunned for a moment. How could she, a young lady from a wealthy family somewhere, be related to Zhao Huaiyue? This person surnamed Zhao was really lucky.

Among the people watching, in addition to Zhao Huaiyue's 500 county soldiers, there were also patrol officers from the county.

Seeing Sima Lei appear, a policeman rushed over to report the situation.

"Sir, the situation is clear.

Lieutenant Zhao, who was leading the troops to hunt down Panshan Kou Er's family, happened to be passing by here, so he came here specifically to pay his respects to his mother.

In addition, Aunt Zhao seems to want to recognize a goddaughter, and County Lieutenant Zhao came back especially for this matter."

"Aunt Zhao, do you recognize your daughter?" Sima Lei looked at the girl in white who looked like a flower fairy, and asked curiously, "Who is that girl?"

The patrolman said: "It's Bai Miaochan from this county. She lives in the south of the county. Her brother seems to have just been recruited by the Song family."

Sima Lei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but exclaimed and smiled. What a coincidence. If there were a county annals list, this pair of siblings would probably be the most popular pair in recent times.

At the same time, he also understood what Zhao Huaiyue was here for.

Although he disliked Zhao Huaiyue, he also knew that Zhao Huaiyue was filial.

The reason why Zhao Huaiyue asked Aunt Zhao to stay in Taohua County was because Aunt Zhao had adapted to the life and environment here and did not want to move to Qingyuan County.

For this reason, Zhao Huaiyue felt guilty. Now that Aunt Zhao wanted to adopt a goddaughter, Zhao Huaiyue came directly.

As for why Zhao Huaiyue came, Sima Lei also had a guess. It should be the incident with the Lu family yesterday. Bai Miaochan was afraid that the Lu family would get entangled, so he asked Aunt Zhao for help.

When Zhao Huaiyue knew the whole story, he brought people here, saying, "From now on, Bai Miaochan is my sister. Regardless of the Lu family or anyone else, if anyone dares to provoke her for no reason, don't blame Zhao for being rude." It was a demonstration.

For Zhao Huaiyue, Aunt Zhao finally fell in love with a girl and even wrote a letter for this girl, so he must come.

Not only must it come, but it must come as quickly as possible.

If he were in Qingyuan County, he would probably have to arrive at night even if he was busy.

But he happened to be suppressing bandits nearby, so he arrived around noon.

at this time...

In the courtyard...

The three of them seemed to have already talked.

Zhao Huaiyue clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law, from now on my mother will have to trouble you to accompany me here."

"Brother Zhao, you're welcome. I like Aunt Zhao's place very much." Bai Miaochan's almond-shaped eyes smiled like a crescent moon, which was very endearing.

The old woman on the side also laughed and said: "This girl is so good. I can take her as my daughter. I am very happy in my heart."

Zhao Huaiyue turned his head, saw Sima Lei, saluted the old woman, and then went to greet her.

He was going to talk to this colleague about the Panshan bandits. Although Panshan was not big, it could be considered as running from east to west. It mainly passed through the three counties of Taohua, Qingyuan and Yuzhou in Tianyi Mansion. Under the current situation, the three counties would definitely

It is necessary to work together to jointly suppress the bandits. This is not only related to the safety of the local people, but also related to the future of the three people.

At the same time, he also wanted to say hello and ask this colleague to take care of Bai Miaochan so that this foster sister would not be bullied.

On the other side, Bai Miaochan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This finally added another layer of insurance.
Chapter completed!