After waiting for everyone to take their places, Xu Chong led the people straight to Baiyang Lane in the west.
All his arrangements were to show one thing to Fu Yuanlong: I, Xu Chong, have nothing to do with the rebels.
Check Baiyang Lane first, because there is his old house in Baiyang Lane.
"Is Aunt Ma at home? I'm Xu Chong."
At the end of the alley, Xu Chong stood outside the fenced courtyard, shouting inside.
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened with a creak.
"Is it Mr. Xu?"
Aunt Ma walked out carefree.
"Aunt Ma, when the government arrests suspects, every household will be investigated. Please forgive me for causing any inconvenience."
Regarding the old neighbors in Baiyang Lane, Xu Chong doesn't mind saying a few words.
"Understand, understand."
Aunt Ma nodded repeatedly, stepped aside, and said: "Ms. Xu, please come in directly. The house is so spacious, so it won't waste any of your efforts."
Xu Chong nodded and called the three government officials to enter the courtyard together.
When searching a house, there must be three or more people supervising each other.
This is a rule he specially set.
In addition, after every lane, street, square, and market is searched, two to three people will be left to form an isolation line according to the area, and then the number of people will be slowly increased to connect the isolation lines to ensure that anti-thiefs will not flow into the areas that have been searched.
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Soon, Aunt Ma’s home inspection was completed.
Under the bed, rice vat, beam.
Everything that can be checked has been checked.
Xu Chong took the people to say goodbye and left.
"Ms. Xu is such a good official."
Aunt Ma stood at the door and sighed.
Tangtang Dianshi actually led people to search door to door, why?
It must be to prevent those government officials from harassing the people and stealing property.
Well, what a good official.
Aunt Ma repeated it again in her heart.
Two-quarters of an hour later, approaching the entrance of the alley, it was finally Xu Chong's turn to see his old house.
Many people in the team knew about Xu Chong's past, and they spoke one after another to please or show off.
"I know here, Mr. Xu lived here before."
"This is it. I met Mr. Xu here when I was patrolling the streets."
"At that time, I thought, it would be great if Mr. Xu could become an official. As a result, I actually became his subordinate. I am really lucky."
"There's no need to search here. No one has lived here for several months. It's all locked, and fugitives can't get in."
"Indeed, let's go, let's go..."
At first it was just a few government officials talking to themselves, but later even the white servants got involved.
These people are willing to work for the yamen voluntarily, and they have some flattery in mind.
On weekdays, they can only fawn over government servants who are not even officials. They don't even think about this opportunity to fawn over the third-in-command, so the scene gradually becomes exaggerated.
"Huh? Lao Zheng, why don't you say anything? Do you think the fugitive is hiding in Mr. Xu's house?"
"What the hell! Do you dare to make a bet with me? If the fugitive is inside, I will chop off his head and use it as a urinal for you!"
"Hey, what's a urinal? If the fugitive is in it, I'll eat as much as you can!"
"..."
At the beginning, Xu Chong was still immersed in the bad atmosphere and felt a little distraught, but who knew that things would get worse as time went by.
I don’t know which ghost was the one who started it. These uneducated rough guys followed suit and started to compete with each other.
Xu Chong's scalp went numb when he heard this, and he quickly shouted: "This is nonsense!"
With a majestic tone, everyone quickly calmed down and looked at Xu Chong.
"My order is very clear. Every house, every household, and even every tree, as long as there is a possibility of hiding people, must be searched!"
"Did you turn a deaf ear to what I said?"
"Huh?!"
Xu Chong's cold eyes swept across, and everyone lowered their heads one by one, remaining silent.
"If you understand, cheer me up and continue!"
Xu Chong raised his hand and threw the key to the old house to the people around him.
This time no one is smiling anymore, everyone is as serious as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood.
Not long after, the entire alley was inspected.
Xu Chong left one person to guard the entrance of the alley, and pushed towards the entire county with Baiyang Alley as the center of the semicircle.
Time passes slowly.
Because the search was too detailed, until nightfall, only a small area in the west of the city was investigated.
According to this progress, it will take ten days to conduct an inspection in the entire county.
If it's Xu Mansion's turn... it will probably be tomorrow night.
Xu Chong led everyone to the next place, silently calculating in his mind.
"My lord!"
Liu Er suddenly appeared and started saying hello from a distance.
"Why are you here?"
Xu Chong frowned.
"Sir, I have discussed it with Zhao Liu, and we will take turns to replace you."
Liu Er approached with a playful smile, "Adults are human beings too, and they need to rest when they are tired. How can they not sleep for ten days?"
"Huh?"
Xu Chong was startled and reacted suddenly.
With the fourth level of enlightenment, it is no problem to stay awake for ten days.
He actually ignored such a crucial thing!
If you react a little later and are still so energetic after dawn, it will definitely make people suspicious!
Fortunately Liu Er is here.
Xu Chong felt happy in his heart and said with a straight face: "Nonsense, you and Zhao Liu have their own responsibilities, how can you change positions at will?"
"I won't go up to the city wall until noon tomorrow. If you come back after dawn, I can still get some sleep, and the same goes for Zhao Liu."
Liu Er patted his chest, "Sir, please rest assured, we will never be careless."
"Let's forget it..."
Xu Chong looked hesitant, "Everyone's distribution has been arranged. If we change it at this time, if something goes wrong..."
Yes, he has arranged for groups to supervise each other even when it comes to free time and sleep.
Anyway, it's a shift, and there are only two hundred people taking a break at the same time. The vacant houses of the county government and the officials' dormitories are barely enough.
"It only takes one night, what's the big deal."
At this time, someone else spoke up, it was the yamen servant from the inner team, "We have seen with our own eyes that Mr. Xu is impartial and selfless and fulfills his duties. It's just a night's rest. Even if the county magistrate knows about it, he won't say anything."
Where there is a first opening, there is a second support.
"Yes, Master Xu."
"Those of us following behind can help each other when we get tired, but you haven't rested your feet all day, so go back quickly."
"Sir Xu, please don't refuse. You will be leading the team tomorrow."
"Yeah..."
After a series of persuasion, Xu Chong finally nodded 'reluctantly'.
"Okay, then I'll go back to the Yamen to make some repairs..."
"That, sir, have you forgotten?"
Liu Er scratched his head, "There are only so many vacant rooms in the Yamen. You have already given up your official residence for the brothers to rest... You'd better go home! Um, speaking of which, Sir, you live in the Yamen, it seems
It’s been three months since I went back to take a look.”
As soon as these words came out, those who didn’t know yet were in awe.
Because of official duties at the Yamen, I stayed away from home for three months.
What a good official this is!
"That's all."
Xu Chong nodded helplessly.
The matter was settled like that.
After returning home, Xu Chong went straight to his room, put on his clothes and fell asleep.
Not long after, subtle snoring came from the bedroom.