It took two days to leave Didao City, and Zhao Xu and his group finally arrived in Guihan.

In Kuanghan, this small city located on the border is truly unknown.

In this city, all the registered offices in the city are 8,000 or 9,000, and even the so-called county government offices seem a bit too shabby.

However, although the city is small, when Zhao Xu saw the county magistrate here, he was still respectful and polite, without showing arrogance.

After all, the small county magistrate was also a serious official appointed by the imperial court, and his position was much higher than that of himself.

"The thief Cao came this time, for the family massacre that broke out in the county not long ago. Alas, speaking of it, this is also because I am a county magistrate who is not effective in education."

In the official hall, when the county magistrate of Shihan, who seemed to be nearly fifty years old, he couldn't help but feel guilty on his face that made Zhao Xu not know the truth.

Then, the old county magistrate and Zhao Xu had just a brief conversation, and then they couldn't help but kneel down at the county magistrate next to the hall and said, "Han Yi, you are responsible for the county magistrates here, and you are responsible for the thief. So next, you will inform the thief Cao of the family massacre not long ago. I am old, but I can't sit still. So I went back to the back house to take a nap, and I hope the thief Cao will not blame him."

After saying that, he ignored Zhao Xu and turned around and left.

Seeing this, although Zhao Xu was very dissatisfied with the perfunctory attitude of this old man who was relying on his old age, he was helpless about it.

After all, there were consecutive deaths under his rule, but as the head of a county, he had never found any clues. It was definitely a foregone conclusion that he was dismissed from the prefectures and counties. Such a person had half of his body buried in the soil and his political future was completely lost. Zhao Xu naturally could not expect him to do anything for himself, a little thief Cao.

Therefore, Zhao Xu had to ask the county magistrate Han Yi about this case.

"Thief Cao, what is the situation in this land of Kuohan? You have seen it before compared to Thief Cao. No, there are too few Han people in this place and too many Qiang people!

You are also from Longxi County. Not long ago, you killed a group of Qiang thieves who were in chaos in the county. I believe you know how barbaric these Qiang thieves are. They are undoubtedly a group of beasts!

Alas, I don’t know why the family in the county offended the Qiang people and was retaliated by the Qiang people like this.”

"Oh, the county magistrate means that in the past few months, the several murders that have occurred and the family massacre that have not long ago have been committed by the Qiang people."

"Of course. Otherwise, there would be someone who dared to commit such evil things in this Yanan area."

"Then, since the county magistrate concluded that this was done by the Qiang people, why not follow it up with this so as to bring these Qiang people to justice?"

"This, I naturally thought about bringing the thief to the Dharma. But before that, I also had to know which Qiang man did such a bad thing! There are too many Qiang people in this land of Kuanghan.

There are so many chaos in Huangzhong Qiang, burning Dang Qiang, and burning He Qiang. There is no conclusive evidence in my hand, and I don’t know if it was the evil thing that Qiang people committed. Even if I am the county magistrate, I am powerless!"

Having said that, Han Yi couldn't help but complain to Zhao Xu.

He said that he was a county magistrate, and sometimes he even wanted to resign and go home to be his farmer.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel irritated.

Therefore, the two of them couldn't chat for long, and Zhao Xu, who couldn't get any useful information, simply said goodbye and left.

...

At night, in a small courtyard specially prepared by Han Yi, the county magistrate of Shihan, sat cross-legged under the shade of the tree. Zhao Xu was absent-mindedly looking at the books he brought with him. After waiting silently for a long time, he finally waited for Zhao Han and Zhao Qi, who seemed a little dirty.

"Damn it, I'm wondering, why do the people in this city of Kuohan have never felt like there was no such family? Today, we were inquiring about this at the market during the day, but all the locals we asked about couldn't kick out a hot fart.

Some of them didn’t say anything about this after knowing that Aqi and I were not locals. These rare people are too xenophobic and too unenthusiastic.”

He cursed and had been in the county for a day. Zhao Han, who was hungry, grabbed a piece of Hu cake without saying a word, and couldn't help but start stuffing it into his mouth.

"You have been exploring the street for most of the day and found nothing. The neighbors of the family who were killed didn't say anything about it?"

"Woo, isn't it? It's like there's no such family."

"Haha, OK, OK."

"Hmm? Erlang, are you okay? This, that's fine."

"Don't worry, do you know how Han Yi, the county magistrate of Shihan, told me during the day. He said that the family of six who was exterminated was exterminated because they offended the local Qiang people and were retaliated by the Qiang people.

But think about it, if this family was really killed by the local Qiang people, how could the people in the county be so silent about it? Humph, I don’t believe that in this rare situation, the Qiang people have the ability to shut up all the Han people in the city.”

"This..., young master, what do you mean is that the powerful Song family of Shihan and Han Yi, the county magistrate of Shihan, are colluding with each other."

Suddenly, Ma Xun, who was beside him, suddenly showed a sudden realization.

"Yes, obviously this is the only possibility. If the people in the county are so afraid, it must be that the county magistrate and the Song clan colluded with each other and colluded with each other. Otherwise, the Song clan alone would not have such great skills."

"Hahaha, Ah Xun, you are indeed a smart person!"

Zhao Xu smiled, and this time he really thought of going with Ma Xun.

"If our refusal is true at this time, then the Song family must have known the news that we have come here. Then, as a thief, the Song family must have to react.

And if the Song family members really come to ask for a meeting tomorrow, then it would be a sure thing to determine what Song had to do in this matter."

As he said this, Zhao Xu's face couldn't help but look relaxed.

"Okay, it's getting late. Come on, let's have a meal, then keep your energy up and wait for Song's visitor."

As he said that, Zhao Xu waved his hand and asked Zhao Mo to bring the food he had prepared long ago to the table. Then the six of them started to have supper on the same table, regardless of the master and servant.
Chapter completed!