Chapter 16 Bloody Guard General Banner! Is Sun Yourong a traitor?
County government office.
When Xu Chong arrived, Wu Wenjing, Zhou Ze, and the staff of the sixth house were all present.
What is different from the past is that Wu Wenjing stands in the hall like everyone else, with a solemn expression and a slightly arched back, as if he is waiting for someone.
Xu Chong was wary and stood calmly in the third position.
"I'd like to invite Mr. Fu!"
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Wu Wenjing shouted loudly.
The words just fell.
The sound of ‘clang’, ‘clang’ sounded.
All the doors and windows moved out of thin air and were closed tightly one after another. In the blink of an eye, the hall was dark.
Xu Chong's pupils shrank sharply because he had seen this method before.
"Quiet!"
Wu Wenjing shouted sharply to stop the commotion, and then bowed to the chief seat with clasped fists: "Master Fu, please show me!"
Shangguan?
Everyone looked up, and it was only then that they discovered that there was an extra person on the main seat that belonged to the county official!
The light was dim and the face could not be seen clearly. Only the bloody clothes looked particularly gloomy.
Bloody clothes?
Xu Chong's heart moved and he had a vague guess.
"In a small county with thousands of mouths, there are quite a few people who eat official meals."
The voice of the man in blood was very low, with a deep disdain.
"Yes, yes, what you are trying to teach me is..."
Wu Wenjing wiped his forehead and kept smiling.
"I will only say this once."
In the dimness, two emotionless eyes were fixed on Wu Wenjing, "I'm not letting you speak. You have to keep your mouth shut even if you hold it in until you die. Do you understand?"
"..."
Wu Wenjing was just about to explain, but he swallowed the words abruptly.
"Very good."
The man in blood-clothed clothes nodded with satisfaction and said: "I have summoned you here so that you can cooperate with me in apprehending a traitor from Taiping Dao."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Chong saw Wu Wenjing's whole body trembling violently, almost losing his balance.
It was as if I heard something extremely terrifying.
"This rebel has a high status in Taiping Dao. The order I received is to capture him alive."
"Remember, you can die, but she can't."
As he spoke, the voice of the man in blood-clothed clothes was filled with a hint of joking: "Speaking of which, I followed you all the way from Zhanghua Mansion. We traveled through rough mountains and rivers along the way, but you ended up here and entered the city. You are so lucky..." p>
Hearing this, Wu Wenjing hesitated to speak. He wanted to speak several times but did not dare, so he had no choice but to raise one hand.
Like a primary school student holding back his urine in class.
"Say."
The man in blood raised his chin.
"Sir, please rest assured. We, the officials, who eat the royal food, will swear to the death to defend the imperial court, and we are incompatible with the rebels..."
Halfway through his words, Wu Wenjing felt that the man in blood was a little impatient, and quickly got to the point: "May I ask if you have a portrait of the traitor? If there is a reference, we can arrest him faster."<
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"Portrait?"
The man in blood-clothed clothes smiled brightly and said, "Wu Wenjing, that's all it is for others to ask. As a seventh-grade county magistrate, how can you ask such a stupid question?"
In an instant, Wu Wenjing's heart fell to the bottom.
How could he be really stupid? He would rather ask such a question despite being scolded, just to get information from rebels.
Now he knows.
Tongmai realm, did not run away.
Because only warriors in the Tongmai realm can change the appearance by moving bones.
Tongmai realm!
Killing him is not much harder than killing a chicken!
Wu Wenjing was wailing in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face.
"But I can tell you some of the images used by the rebels."
The man in blood-clothed knocked on the table and recalled: "The first time he was arrested, he was wearing a long white dress with a veil covering his face. He was more than five feet long. The second time, he was an old woman in her sixties..."
Xu Chong didn't listen at all to what he said next.
The words 'white long skirt, light gauze covering, more than five feet tall' kept coming to his ears repeatedly.
Could this horse-riding person be a young woman?
So, Sun Yourong’s true identity is that Taiping Dao rebel?
What about the third master?
Could it be that the third master is also a rebel?
Is the secret channel of my heart’s thoughts the Tao of Peace?
And more importantly, Sun Yourong fled to Canglong County... Won't the Horse Rider hide in the Xu Mansion?!
Xu Chong was in a state of confusion. He lowered his head deeply and pretended to listen carefully.
"Okay, that's all I have to say."
The man in blood said all the images used by the rebels, and then looked at Wu Wenjing: "I only give you ten days. If you exceed the time limit and there is no result, you should know the consequences."
As soon as the words fell, everyone suddenly felt the pressure lighten, and when they looked again, the man in blood-clothed clothes was no longer visible.
The officials in Liufang only had national citizenship, and this method was completely beyond their understanding. The man in blood could not bear it when he was there, but now that he was gone, he immediately came up to ask questions one by one.
"Sir, this...is this Shangguan a human or a ghost?"
"It's not some charlatan, is it?"
"Yeah, it disappeared in a swish, just like a magic trick."
"..."
Wu Wenjing was already upset, so he immediately got angry at the quarrel, pointed at the noses of these officials and started scolding them.
Xu Chong turned a blind eye to this scene and pulled Zhou Ze aside.
"Master Zhou, look at the way this Shangguan is dressed, could he be a blood-robed guard?"
"Who else but the blood-clad guards would dare to dress like this?"
Zhou Ze shook off Xu Chong's hand with a strange look on his face.
"It's really a bloody guard..."
Xu Chong's heart tightened.
Daqing's blood-clad guards are similar to the ancient Jin-clad guards in previous generations. They directly control the guards and carry out patrols and arrests.
In addition to the six main departments in Zhili, each of the thirty provinces has branch offices, and the prefectures under the jurisdiction of the provinces have thousands of offices.
In a small place like Canglong, there are no blood-clad guards stationed there.
Therefore, although Xu Chong had heard of this department a long time ago, today was the first time he saw it.
"For the county magistrate to be so careful, his rank must be high, right?"
Xu Chong touched his chin and asked, "Does Mr. Zhou know the name of this Shangguan?"
"Fu Yuanlong, the general banner of the Qianhu Office of Zhanghua Mansion."
Zhou Ze chuckled and said meaningfully: "You can try to fawn over, maybe you will get what you want day and night."
"Well, that makes sense, you can try it."
Xu Chong touched his chin, looking like he was thinking seriously.
Zhou Ze: "..."
"By the way, what's going on with the Taiping Road?"
Xu Chong asked again, "This is the first time I've heard of it."
"You just need to know that they are rebels."
Wu Wenjing scolded a group of officials and walked towards them with a stern face, "The imperial court's attitude towards rebels has always been that they would rather kill the wrongdoer than let them go."
I would rather kill the wrong person than let go...
Xu Chong's heart sank to the bottom.
"Mr. Fu only gave us ten days."
Wu Wenjing said again, "How to act, let's quickly discuss a charter."
"This is easy to handle."
Zhou Ze was the first to speak, with a hint of sarcasm: "Our Lord Xu is a classic, and he has been recuperating for several months. It's time to make a contribution. I believe that a mere rebel will not be a problem for our Lord Xu."<
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As he spoke, he glanced at Wu Wenjing cryptically.
He has already calculated whether black money or lives are more important.
It would be best to let Xu Chong take the lead in this kind of death-related matter.
"Well, what Mr. Zhou said is not unreasonable."
Wu Wenjing stroked his beard and looked at Xu Chong: "My nephew has not been an official for a long time, so I just want to take this opportunity to practice. How about it?"
Xu Chong was stunned at first, and then became ecstatic.
Just when I was worried that Xu Fu would be traced, the responsibility of leading the team fell into my hands. What a god-like teammate!
Of course, you can't agree too quickly, you still have to deal with it.
"The matter is of great importance, and there are only ten days. I'm afraid it will be difficult for a low-ranking official to do anything by himself."
Xu Chongyin had a sullen face and said in a cold voice: "If you find nothing, aren't you afraid that the superior will blame you?"
"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong."
Zhou Ze narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "Your Excellency, the county magistrate, is the prime minister in the overall situation. I also have to assist you. They are all working for the superior officer. The division of labor is just different. How can it be said that it is your own strength?"
Wu Wenjing said nothing, acquiescing to Zhou Ze's statement.
It was obvious that the two of them had made up their minds to shift both the danger and the responsibility to Xu Chong.
Xu Chong continued to pull in silence.
"In addition."
Zhou Ze suddenly had a thought in his mind: "Maybe there are many things in the rebel thief that adults need?"
Very good.
There is motivation.
"Since you two are determined, when Master Fu asks, I will tell you the truth."