"Hey, it seems that a big customer has come to visit. It seems that Uncle Han is very lucky today!"

Gao Bufan quickly stepped aside, and the pot-bellied guy looked like he was a cook. He walked up slowly, glanced sideways at Gao Bufan, then looked into the barrel, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "

It’s great, there are such big live grass carp and river carp, hey, that...I want them all, and these two tortoises and grass turtles, pack them all up!”

Han Mancang was overjoyed, rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "All...one hundred cents is enough, and the few dead ones will be given away for free."

Unexpectedly, the fat cook rolled his eyes and said disdainfully: "Even my dogs won't eat dead fish, let alone our adults." After saying that, he bent down and picked up the few river fish with white bellies from the barrel and threw them away.

on the ground.

Gao Bufan teased: "Actually, these fish have just died and are quite fresh. Your dogs and adults are really particular about it."

The fat cook's IQ didn't seem to be online, and he didn't even hear the teasing. He said proudly: "That's right, my lord is the Shaoqing of Taipusi Temple, a dignified fourth-rank official. How can you eat a dead fish? I'm taking advantage of you. Pick it up."

Let's go back to the Yazhai." After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and turned around. After walking a few steps, he turned back to Han Mancang and said, "Why are you standing there? Send the fish to the house. Do you think I can't carry it away by myself?

become?"

"Oh!" Han Mancang came to his senses and quickly picked up the bucket to follow. Gao Bufan's eyes flashed and he followed from a distance, intending to see where this "Bima Wen" from Luoyang, the eastern capital, lived.

where.

The fat cook walked very slowly, wandering for nearly half the time of burning incense, and arrived at the back door of the county government office, and then led Han Mancang straight in. Upon seeing this, Gao Bufan immediately made a guess.

In order to flatter Yu Wenji, County Magistrate Zhou even gave him the county government office to live in.

But it's not surprising, County Magistrate Zhou is a guy who is good at speculation. Let alone letting Yu Wenhua live in his house, he must be happy even if he sends his little wife to Yu Wenhua's bed.

It is said that Feiying Racecourse is a major taxpayer in Quan County. The owner of the farm, Gao Kaishan, has always been a guest of County Magistrate Zhou. Gao Bufan is in my favor and has been in and out of the county government many times for banquets, so he is very interested in the county government.

The terrain layout is quite familiar.

There is an underground canal to the north of the county government office that leads directly to the pond in the backyard. It was dug specifically to divert live water into the pond. It is quite old. I don’t know which county official dug it. I guess not even the current magistrate Zhou.

Know the existence of the culvert. Gao Bufan once went to the county office with his father Gao Kaishan to celebrate the birthday of County Magistrate Zhou, and accidentally discovered this culvert that diverted live water. Out of curiosity, he sneaked into it once and finally discovered this culvert.

It is actually connected to the moat.

Since Yu Wenhua and this birdman live in the county government, it will be easy to handle. Gao Bufan plans to find an opportunity to sneak in at night to find out the truth. If Feiyu Batang is really connected with Yu Wenhua, he can deal with it as soon as possible.

, so as not to suffer from boredom when the time comes.

Gao Bufan made up his mind and turned around to leave. He bought some meat buns and pies on the street and returned to the horse market.

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It is said that although Gan County is not large in size, it is the hometown of Gao Huan, Emperor Shenwu of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Most of the people here have the surname Gao, and they all claim to be descendants of the Northern Qi royal family. However, if you really dig deeper, most of them are fakes.

.

Of course, Gao Shilian was not a fake. He was from a serious Northern Qi clan. His father, Gao Mai, was Zuopushe, the Minister of Northern Qi, and was granted the title of King Le'an. His grandfather, Gao Yue, was directly the cousin of Gao Huan, Emperor Shenwu of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Feng Qinghe King.

Therefore, Gao Shilian's family background is still very obvious. Unfortunately, the Northern Qi Dynasty was later destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The Northern Qi clan has since declined. Then Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, usurped the Northern Zhou Dynasty and established the Sui Dynasty. Gao Shilian's father, Gao Mai, defected to the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Yang Jian was highly regarded and served as the governor of Taozhou. However, he was later dismissed from office and died in depression. As a result, the Gao family in Quan County declined even more. By the time Gao Shilian's generation came, it was even worse.

Now there is only a petty official as big as a sesame seed and a mung bean - Jilirou.

What is Jirirou?

Zhililang is a junior official of the ninth rank under Taichang Temple. His main responsibility is to maintain order during sacrifices and court meetings. To put it mildly, he is a handyman!

Because of this, Gao Shilian's sister, the Gao family, was willing to marry Changsun Sheng, a man nearly twenty years older than her, as a second marriage, which is the so-called house filling. After all, the Changsun family is now much more prominent than the Gao family.

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Fortunately, Gao Shilian's sister was quite successful and gave birth to a son and a daughter to Changsun Sheng, namely Changsun Wuji and Changsun Wuga. Both brothers and sisters were very outstanding and deeply loved by Changsun Sheng.

Back to the subject, Zhang Sun Sheng and Gao Shilian and their entourage abandoned their ship and landed ashore yesterday, walked into the county seat of Quan County, and lived in the ancestral home of Gao Shilian's family. Although they did not deliberately publicize it, the local officials and gentry families gradually received the news.

, they all came to visit me early in the morning.

Originally, Changsun belonged to a powerful family in Luoyang, and Changsun Sheng himself was General You Xiaowei, a real powerful figure in the court. He was not usually seen by cats and dogs, but this time Changsun Sheng came back to Quan County for this purpose.

In order to lay a foundation of connections for his son Changsun Wuji, he accepted everyone who came, and even specially asked Changsun Wuji to attend and sit with him so that he could become familiar with everyone.

The magistrate of Quan County is named Zhou Shichang. He is a very good speculator. Naturally, he would not miss the opportunity to hug Chang Sun Sheng, so he came to visit him early in the morning to hand over a name tag. However, Chang Sun Sheng did not give priority to meet this Quan.

Instead, the county magistrate left him alone in the side hall for a long time. After meeting with the local representatives of the Gao clan, he called Magistrate Zhou to the living room to meet him.

Although County Magistrate Zhou was left in the cold for a long time, he did not feel dissatisfied at all, and he did not dare to do so. After all, he, a small seventh-level magistrate, was not enough in front of Chang Sun Sheng.

"I have seen General Chang Sun. I didn't know that General Sun was coming to our county. I am not far away to greet you." County Magistrate Zhou flattered Chang Sun Sheng and saluted him, then nodded to Gao Shilian, and finally his eyes fell on Chang Sun.

Wuji's eyes lit up and he said, "This must be Mr. Wuji. The lower officials have long heard that Mr. Wuji is smart, studious and talented. Now that I see him, he is indeed a talented man."

Magistrate Zhou is worthy of being a veteran in the officialdom. He immediately grasped the key point. When he caught Changsun Wuji, he praised him fiercely. Of course, although Changsun Wuji was a bit puffy, he was indeed not bad looking.

He is handsome, has red lips and white teeth, sits upright, speaks well, and has a gentle temperament. At first glance, he is a young man from a well-established family.

Changsun Sheng smiled and said: "Master Zhou is so complimentary, please sit down!"

County Magistrate Zhou accompanied him and said cautiously: "I don't dare to do that. I am taking the liberty of coming to visit this time because I am specifically asking for forgiveness from General Changsun."

Changsun Sheng and Gao Shilian looked at each other and asked calmly: "Why did Mr. Zhou say this?"

Magistrate Zhou sighed and said: "I heard that General Changsun's ship was attacked by a group of bandits in Gaojibo yesterday. Although most of Gaojibo is under the jurisdiction of Zhangnan County, there are also a small part under the jurisdiction of this county.

"Your Majesty, such powerful thieves appeared in our county and attacked General Changsun. I am deeply frightened and uneasy, so I came here to apologize to General Changsun."

Changsun Wuji couldn't help but secretly cursed the old fox. The man surnamed Zhou kept saying he was sorry, but in fact he passed the responsibility to Zhangnan County. How shameless!

Changsun Sheng frowned and asked, "Who is the bandit's first gold medal?"

Magistrate Zhou immediately said: "This thief is originally from Zhangnan County. He has some martial arts skills. He is usually brave and fierce, and he has friends with people from all religions and nine schools. Since Wang Bo, a native of Zouping County, Qi County, rebelled in Changbai Mountain, this thief has also

Taking the opportunity, he gathered a group of desperadoes who escaped into Gaoji Po and became thieves, specializing in robbing homes and houses and committing all kinds of evil."

Gao Shilian couldn't help but ask: "In that case, why didn't you destroy it and instead allowed it to cause trouble? As a county official, Mr. Zhou is suspected of derelict in his duties."

Magistrate Zhou immediately complained: "Master Gao, you don't know something. Gaojibo is located at the junction of several counties, and its jurisdiction is unclear. Moreover, Gaojibo is a vast area of ​​hundreds of miles, mostly swamps and lakes, and overgrown with reeds and grass, where strong thieves hide."

Among them, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The county has not sent people to encircle and suppress it, but every time they are exhausted and return without success. Moreover, the county has no soldiers, and only the third squad of yamen and Minzhuang are no match for the bandits.

Unless the imperial court mobilizes troops, it will be difficult to accomplish anything."

Although Changsun Sheng understood that Magistrate Zhou was shirking the blame, he also knew that this was the truth. He himself entered Gaojipo yesterday to understand the terrain inside. Without a regular army of more than a thousand people, it would be difficult to annihilate the inside.

The thieves, it seems that after returning to the Eastern Capital, I will have to report to the emperor and mobilize troops to encircle and suppress this group of thieves.

"Calm down, Mr. Zhou. This general is not coming to Gan County to accuse you. However, you have to write a handwritten report later and explain the situation of the thieves in this county one by one. I will give it to you when I return to the east capital."

Your Majesty Ming." Changsun Sheng said in a deep voice.

County Magistrate Zhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and said quickly: "It should be like this!"

Changsun Sheng nodded: "Master Zhou, please take a seat. Someone, come and serve tea to Master Zhou!"

Magistrate Zhou thanked him and then carefully put half of his buttocks on the chair. He was secretly glad that he had successfully survived the disaster.

"General, I heard that Prince Shaoqing Yu Wenji is also here?" Changsun Sheng asked casually.

Magistrate Zhou couldn't help but feel excited again, and carefully explained: "Sir Yuwen has indeed been inspecting the racecourse in this county recently, but he drank too much last night, so he probably hasn't gotten up yet."

Changsun Sheng chuckled when he heard this, but didn't say anything else. The relationship between Yuwen's family and Changsun's family was very normal. They were equal in strength. Since Yuwen Wenji didn't come to see him, he wouldn't know how to do it himself.

Price to find him.

At this time, Changsun Wuji couldn't help but ask: "Master Zhou, Wuji has something to ask."

Magistrate Zhou quickly said: "I don't dare to take it seriously. Master Wuji, please tell me. I will tell you everything I know, and I will tell you everything!"
Chapter completed!