The leader of this group of Tang soldiers from the Anxi Protectorate was wearing a blue official robe. He was ugly, short, and had squinting eyes. He walked into the door of the inn and asked in a deep voice: "Who is the owner?"
Hanguli secretly looked at the visitor, smiled and greeted him, "I am."
Hanguli thought that she could win the man's kind words with her outstanding appearance.
Unexpectedly, the man just glanced at Han Guli, and then Su Rong said: "In the past half month, show me the registers of all the residents."
Hanguli was stunned and opened her mouth to argue. Seeing the man's expression as cold as ice, she immediately understood that the other person was probably an extremely difficult character, so she had no choice but to agree.
Not long after, the guest list of the inn was brought in front of the man.
The latter sat in the hall and started reading on the spot.
The group of Tang soldiers from the Anxi Protectorate stayed by the official's side. Although everyone was thirsty, the drinks brought by Hanguli were sternly rejected by them, presumably because they were afraid of the superior authority.
At this moment, the group of northern Tang soldiers who had entered the inn earlier winked at each other and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to leave the lobby of the inn.
The Anxi official who was flipping through the Kan register caught a glimpse of this group of northern soldiers from the corner of his eye, and suddenly said: "Stop."
The northern soldiers trembled when they heard this, and their hands unconsciously stretched to their waists.
The leader of the northern army soldiers shook his head, and first signaled to his subordinates not to panic. Then he put his hands behind his back, made a gesture, and sent a subordinate to sneak out of the inn. Finally, he walked up to the Anxi official and saluted.
He said, "I wonder what your advice is, sir?"
The Anxi official glanced at the leader of the team, frowned and asked, "Are you from the military?"
The leader of the team took out his birth certificate and documents and handed them over: "I am the deputy lieutenant of Liangzhou Governor's House. I was entrusted by the Fang family to escort the officer to Shicheng Town."
The Anxi official took the object and took a cursory look at it, but he didn't see anything wrong with it.
However, Zhou Jun in the corner of the lobby listened to it from beginning to end and only found it funny.
As the transfer envoy of Longyou, he was well aware of all the Changxingfangs that were in operation and entrusted with transportation, but he had not heard that there was a Changxingfang escorting official silk in Liangzhou recently, and he was coming to Shicheng Town.
It can be seen from this that these northern soldiers forged identity badges and documents.
The leader of the team asked the Anxi official: "I wonder what the official's name is?"
Hearing that the other party was from Liangzhou Governor's House, the Anxi official's expression improved a little, and he cupped his hands and said, "A certain person named Feng is appointed as the judge of Jiedu."
Leader of the team: "It turns out he is a judge, and I have heard about his name for a long time."
Judge Feng smiled and handed back the badge and documents...
The team leader said some more official words, then raised his hands and said: "Brothers, we still have important matters to attend to. If you are free next time, please ask the judge to give you a favor and have a good drink."
Judge Feng nodded and said: "The Anxi Protectorate has stored grain in Gaochang, Xizhou. Please inform Gaochang County when you return to Changxingfang."
Leader of the team: "It's a small matter, it must be done."
As soon as he finished speaking, Judge Feng suddenly kicked the table.
There was a loud "boom", and the flying table hit the two northern soldiers hard, and the latter was knocked to the ground directly.
When the leader of the team saw this, he was horrified and asked unconsciously: "Judge Feng, what are you doing?!"
The magistrate's face was as cold as frost, and he said coldly: "Since the beginning of the year, Liangzhou Changxingfang has no longer taken the northern route of Xizhou, but has switched to the southern route of Shazhou."
The leader of the team had a bad idea, pulled out his long knife, and shouted: "Fight out!" Seeing the two groups of people fighting together, the tables, chairs and benches in the store were also smashed into pieces. Hanguli, who was hiding behind the counter, felt heartbroken.
He shouted: "Sir, as a sign of mercy, why don't you go out and do some bidding? Our store uses all old things. If you take out any of them, they will all be..."
Before he finished speaking, a clay pot was thrown over and smashed against the wall. The wine inside also splashed everywhere.
Hanguli quickly used a bowl to catch the flowing wine from the broken jar. After holding it for a while, she couldn't hold it anymore, so she could only drink it with her mouth.
In the corner of the lobby, Sun Aying asked Zhou Jun: "Master, what should we do?"
Zhou Jun looked thoughtfully at Judge Feng, who had an unattractive appearance but strong skills.
Upon hearing Sun Aying's inquiry, Zhou Jun replied: "Just watch."
Not long after, a loud shout came from outside the inn door: "Stop it!"
A group of soldiers from the town guard, led by a Sogdian official, entered the lobby of Changyun Inn and stopped the fighting between the two groups of soldiers.
Before both sides could defend themselves, the Sogdian official came to the front of the magistrate, raised his hands and said: "How can we use weapons without authorization in the town to maintain peace and order?!"
The judge looked behind the Sogdian official and saw the northern soldier who had run out earlier hiding among the town guards.
The judge, who understood everything, turned to the Sogdian officials with a livid face: "These people are pretending to be Changxingfang and have ulterior motives. They should be taken to the Duhu Mansion for severe torture!"
The Sogdian official shook his head and said: "Even if these people are guilty, they should be taken to the town guard prison first, interrogated clearly, and then taken to the governor's palace." Read the book
After saying that, the Sogdian official glanced at the rear, and the soldiers guarding the town picked up the injured northern soldiers and quietly walked out the door.
When the judge saw this, his face became even more angry.
The Sogdian official cupped his hands and said: "Since Shangguan comes from the Anxi Protectorate, he should know the procedures of handling affairs. If everything has to be reviewed by the Protectorate personally, then what's the use of having those guards?"
The judge was obviously not good at words. After hearing this, he knew that this was inappropriate, but he didn't know how to refute it.
In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the guards of Shicheng Town took these prisoners pretending to be Changxingfang away from the scene.
Angry in his heart, Judge Feng kicked a folding chair next to him into two pieces and roared again.
Hanguli behind the counter looked heartbroken, but there was nothing she could do.
After calming down, the judge said a few words to the soldiers beside him, and then said to Hanguli: "Store, prepare a few upper rooms, we want to stay!"
Hanguli really didn't want to keep this group of people, but seeing the rituals of the Anxi Protectorate on them, she could only swallow her anger and agree.
Seeing that there was no more excitement to be seen, Zhou Jun made a gesture, instructing others to follow him to the backyard.
As soon as he entered the backyard, Hua Yue asked Zhou Jun: "Looking at your expression just now, it seems that you recognize Judge Feng?"
Zhou Jun sat at the stone table and said, "I've heard of his name, but today is the first time I've seen him in person."
Huayue: "That person doesn't look like an easy character to talk to."
Zhou Jun: "Logically speaking, that judge should be responsible for farming and branch affairs in the four towns of Anxi, but for some reason, he appeared in Shicheng Town?"
Huayue: "Could his appearance here have something to do with us?"
Zhou Jun thought for a while, then finally shook his head and said, "It's unlikely. Maybe there's something hidden."
After speaking, Zhou Jun said to Sun Aying: "Tonight, prepare wine and food in the courtyard, and then invite the judge to come over and talk."