Han Qian took back the note from Gao Shao's hand and slowly tore up the palm-sized note bit by bit, but his face was already cold.
Xue Ruogu felt even more embarrassed. He didn't know why, and thought that Han Daoxun and others were extremely angry because of the arrogant attitude of Yang Zaili, Xiang Jianlong, Xi Zhen, and Feng Changyu.
Although Xue Ruogu is the chief registrant, there is little news in Xuzhou.
In the past, officials who took up official posts in Xuzhou were usually those who lost power and failed.
Like Wang Yu, even though he was the governor, he only had two old servants and two domestic soldiers to serve him. When he died, he almost couldn't even return his body to his hometown.
When Han Daoxun went to Xuzhou this time, his attitude was completely different.
Even if Han Qian continued to order a considerable number of Jian Rui to sneak into the mountains and plains, the total number of people in the three ships, old and young, was sixty, and nearly forty of them were all powerful and well-armed Jian Rui, which was enough to set off the character of Jian Rui.
The new governor's power comes.
Seeing Han Daoxun's face gloomy, Xue Ruogu thought it was perfectly normal for him to be angry at the local officials' neglect.
However, Zhou Yourui secretly sensed something was wrong. After all, she followed Han Daoxun and Han Qian and his son back to Xuzhou and stayed on the same boat for seven or eight days. From Han Daoxun and Han Qian's words, she knew that they had a clear understanding of the situation in Xuzhou.
If only Yang Zaili and other officials avoided seeing him, Han Daoxun and the closest people around him would not suddenly become as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
"This slave should go back to the Leying Hall to cancel her leave. Thank you for taking care of me all the way." Zhou Yourui didn't know what was going on. She just felt that the atmosphere was depressing, thinking that she had already arrived in Qianyang, so she should also
Those who are knowledgeable and interested should say goodbye and leave first.
"When I first arrived in Xuzhou, I would hold a banquet in the house at night to wash away the dust. I also asked Miss Zhou not to feel tired, and remember to come over for a glass of water and wine after going to the palace to take off her vacation." Han Daoxun said to Zhou Yourui.
Zhou Yourui was slightly startled, as if he felt it was inappropriate. When he was about to say goodbye, he heard Han Qian standing aside and laughing with his father: "Dad, do you still want to go to the city?"
"If they deliberately set up an empty city formation, but I was too scared to enter the city, wouldn't it make the world laugh out loud?" Han Daoxun laughed.
Zhou Yourui's heart was trembling, and she secretly felt that Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son said this, which meant that they believed that murder was everywhere in Qianyang City.
Zhou Yourui bowed to Han Daoxun and said, "It is your duty as a slave to have a banquet, wine, and singing. I will go back to the palace first, and then go to see you." Then she took the package to change her clothes, and got off the boat to go to the city.
Xue Ruogu, who was not sure what was going on, sent an old soldier to the city gate and called the state camp primary school on duty over.
The state camp primary school did not dare to look down on the new governor, so he stopped several carriages near the city gate to requisition them, and at the same time brought a dozen soldiers and rushed over to help unload the boxes and cages and other items onto the ships.
Han Qian saw more than thirty shirtless trackers still guarding the dock and whispered to Fan Xicheng: "Go and tell Feng Xuan and ask him to follow us into the city to collect the reward."
Although Feng Xuan also had the surname Feng, he was not from the same family as Feng Changyu, the magistrate of Qianyang County, and there should be no direct collusion between him and the four families of Feng, Yang, Xi, and Xiang.
Otherwise, there would be no need for others to place extra spies in the team of trackers he led to keep an eye on them.
However, among the trackers Feng Xuan brought, there were two spies inserted by others, and it was impossible for Feng Xuan to be unaware of them.
The four families all evacuated their families from the city. Qianyang city was full of murderous intentions. Han Qian didn't know what the other party's plans were, but his father was not afraid of the murderous intentions and insisted on entering the city, so he thought about letting Feng Xuan
Going with them to the city to collect the reward was also to further test how much Feng Xuan knew.
Fan Xicheng jumped off the boat to talk to Feng Xuan. Feng Xuan looked here in surprise and was a little confused, but he did not protest. Instead, he took a few people to help load boxes, cages and other items onto the carriage and headed for the city.
Go.
The city of Qianyang is 600 paces square. You can ride a horse around the city without even needing a cup of tea. The city is really not big, but it has prefecture and county yamen, Liu Cao judge, Leying office, teahouses and restaurants, and streets and flower alleys.
But it’s all available.
The Furong Garden, where successive governors lived, was the back house of the state government. It was built in the early years of the previous dynasty. It was repaired and expanded during the residence of more than ten governors of the previous dynasty. At this time, it was now a six-acre mansion with quite a large area.
The houses in the Jiangnan water town-style garden are all blue bricks and black tiles, which are very different from the local stilt-style houses. They also have tall courtyard walls to separate them from the streets outside.
Walking into Furong Garden, if Xuzhou was not so remote and full of murderous intent, Han Qian would have wanted to stay here and not return to Jinling.
There are many houses in the garden, lined up one after another, with more than ten courtyards. Not only can Fan Xicheng and others live there with their families, but many rooms can also be freed up for the temporary residence of Scout Zuo Si and the troops led by Yang Qin.
Everyone walked into Furong Garden. Han Zhou, Qingyun, Zhao Ting'er and their women were busy cleaning the house and preparing for the night banquet. They didn't know why they had to rush in today. Everyone was so busy.
When everyone was on their backs, they held a grand banquet.
Lin Jingzong and Guo Nuer, along with their family soldiers and the gathered Zuo Si scouts, watched the movements inside and outside the courtyard.
In addition to Xue Ruogu, it is not that there are no other officials staying in the city.
Most of these officials were selected by the Ministry of History, and most of them were mid- to low-level senior officials. They did not think that Han Daoxun could stir up any troubles, nor did they think that Han Daoxun, who had been demoted to serve in such a useless place, could bring them anything.
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They did not want to offend the four surnames, so they did not go to the state border with Xue Ruogu to greet him. However, the new governor had already moved into the official residence, but they still wanted to come to see him.
Han Daoxun wanted to deal with Xue Ruogu and other officials in the west courtyard, so Han Qian asked Fan Xicheng to bring Feng Xuan to the east courtyard to see him.
Feng Xuan walked into the hall and saw the governor Han Qian sitting at the Eight Immortals table. There were dozens of strings of copper coins beside the table. He really thought that in addition to the agreed wages, there would be extra rewards. When he wanted to thank him, he saw the governor Han Qian.
Qian's eyes flickered, and when he looked at Zhao Wuji, Gao Shao, Tian Cheng, Yang Qin and others standing next to Han Qian, they were also filled with murderous intent. They pressed their hands on the handle of the knife or the arm of the bow, and felt a cold air coming from them.
The tail vertebrae shot straight up.
"..." Feng Xuan didn't know what was going on. He took a step back slightly, like a wild beast that fell into a trap, staring at everyone with vigilance and slight annoyance.
"Do you know that collaborating with others to assassinate the new governor is a crime of genocide?" Feng Xuan entered the house without a weapon. Han Qian did not rush to tie him up, but stared at his eyes with sinister pity.
asked.
"Feng Xuan doesn't know what the young master is talking about." Han Daoxun later became the parent officer of Quanxu Prefecture, so Feng Xuan naturally addressed Han Qian as "young master" as well.
"Yang Zaili, Xiang Jianlong, Xizhen, and Feng Changyu were not in the city to visit my father. They also evacuated their families from the city last night. Do you really not know what this means?" Han Qian asked.
From entering the state border, to anchoring outside Qianyang City, and then to stationing in Furong Garden, Yang Zaili, Xiang Jianlong, Xizhen, and Feng Changyu were not seen. There were also no local officials born in the four wealthy families. Feng Xuan also
I thought the big family of the fourth surname was trying to show power to the new governor, but I didn't expect that the big family of the fourth surname actually evacuated all their family members from the city yesterday.
No matter how stupid Feng Xuan is, he knows that there will be great changes in the city, and Han Qian suspects that he is colluding with the four surnames.
If he couldn't explain clearly at this time, whether Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son could survive the killing trap set by the four powerful families was another matter, and he would definitely not think about walking out of Furong Garden alive.
"Gao Bao, Xi Cheng, is Feng Changyu's son. Feng Jinsai, who joined the judicial army, fought hard." Feng Xuan saw that Han Qian had just arrived in Qianyang City and had already figured out everything in the city, but he could also
Wanting to understand why he was detained, "No matter which group of trackers guarding the river beach is hired by you, young master, these two people must be brought with them. All the trackers and trackers who walk on Wu River and Yuan River,
Neither of them dared to offend Feng Changyu, Feng Jin and his son easily, but other than that, Feng Xuan did not know that they had any intention of murdering the governor."
"How can I prove that you have no intention of murdering my father and let you off the hook?" Han Qian asked with a gloomy face, staring into Feng Xuan's eyes.
"I wonder how the young master wants Feng Xuan to prove himself?" Feng Xuan asked.
Han Qian waved his hand, and Feng Xuan saw Gao Bao and Xi Cheng. They were caught by Han Qian's people at some unknown time and were brought in tied up with five flowers. A large hollow wooden bead was also tied into their mouths.
It doesn't affect breathing, but it makes them unable to scream.
"If you kill these two people, I will believe that you have no intention of murdering my father." Han Qian motioned to Gao Shao to pass a short blade to Feng Xuan, and continued to stare at Feng Xuan and said, "You have a pair of calloused hands to hold a knife, probably
Aren’t you afraid to kill people?”
Feng Xuan took a breath of cold air, knelt on the ground, did not take the knife Gao Shao handed him, and said bravely: "Feng Xuan has been working on the fields for generations, and he only practices martial arts to strengthen his body. He does not dare to kill people.
.Furthermore, Gao Bao and Xi Cheng have the intention of spying, but their crimes will not lead to death."
Han Qian stared at Feng Xuan for a while and saw that he gritted his teeth and refused to take the knife to kill.
In Tiancheng, Zhao Kuo picked up the rope and tied Feng Xuan tightly. Han Qian asked again: "You still have a chance to regret it. Once it is found that someone in the city is indeed plotting to murder my father, don't blame me for being ruthless and tying up your village."
Slaughter all the chickens and dogs without leaving a trace!”
Seeing the murderous look in Han Qian's eyes, which was not just talk, Feng Xuan was frightened, and the corners of his mouth twitched for a while. Finally, he closed his eyes and said, "Feng Xuan does things with a clear conscience."
"You're so damn tough!" Han Qian kicked Feng Xuan to the ground, turned to stare at Gao Bao coldly, laughed at the two of them, and said, "I only need to leave one alive to question you two.
Whoever wants to live to answer my question, please nod, and the one who nods first will live."
Xi Chenghan stared at Han Qian fearlessly, his eyes full of hatred; Gao Bao hesitated for a moment, then nodded, but was stared at by Xi Cheng's sharp eyes, his face pale and frozen.
Han Qian took the short blade from Gao Shao's hand, cut the rope on Gao Bao's body, then forced the short blade into Gao Bao's hand, and said: "If you want to live, stab Xi Cheng to death; if you want
If you want to survive, you can either stab yourself to death, or you can try to kidnap me..."
Gao Bao couldn't help but tremble as he held the short blade that Han Qian pushed over him.