People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 278

On the banks of the Dongyang River, at the pier of the county seat.

Two middle-aged officials wearing light blue official robe belts and black pu caps stood solemnly in front of the pier. Behind them, a dozen police officers scattered around, standing solemnly.

Between the streets in the distance behind everyone, at dusk, some people were quickly laying down the loess, and some were sweeping the streets.

On the contrary, the pier, which should have been busy, became deserted at this time, and the many awning boats that usually docked nearby also disappeared.

Under the doors and windows, I don't know how many people are looking around curiously, and how many people have worry in their eyes.

The officials on the pier couldn't see behind them at all, and all of them looked nervously at the end of the vast Dongyang River on the east side.

Something seemed to pop up at any moment.

At this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps came from behind the crowd.

When everyone turned their heads, they saw an old official in his fifties, with a dark red wine nose, wrinkled face, and gray hair, wearing a light blue official robe, stumbling towards him from the pier.

The official uniform on his body seemed to be put on indiscriminately, and he didn't tidy it up before, so he can only tidy it up while running now.

Soon, the person who came came to the front of the crowd, stopped for a while, and said with cupped hands: "I have seen Gu Xiancheng, I have seen Kang County Captain."

The two people standing at the front of the pier were none other than Dongyang County Prime Minister Gu Tan and County Wei Kangyao.

The two bowed their hands at the same time and returned the salute to the visitor: "I have met Mr. Li."

Li Dingyi, chief bookkeeper of Dongyang.

After the ceremony of the three people, Li Dingyi took half a step forward, turned sideways to the county magistrate Gu Tan and said, "Brother Qinghe, what's going on now, wasn't the King of Nanchang still in Hangzhou last night?"

"Li Weng, you said that it was last night, and today the prince has arrived in Dongyang, why not?" Gu Tan, the county magistrate, gave Li Dingyi an angry look, and then said helplessly: "Li Dude, did you drink too much at noon?"

"Drink too much?" Li Dingyi smiled confidently, patted his chest, and said proudly: "I will drink too much? Unless I wait until I die, this kind of thing is impossible to happen,"

The county magistrate Gu Tan gave Li Ding an angry look, then turned his head to look to the east with a solemn expression.

At this time, Li Dingyi muttered a little: "It is obvious that it is convenient to go directly from Hangzhou to Wuzhou City, but we have to come to Dongyang first. Our Mr. Don't drive, it is really confusing. This trip Dongyang, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Among the people present, only Li Dingyi, who was about to retire at this time, dared to complain casually without caring about anything.

"Li Weng, someone is coming." The county captain Kangyao pulled Li Dingyi's arm, and then looked towards the east.

At the end of the line of sight at this moment, a two-masted ship suddenly appeared, with shadows of people on it, and knives and guns flickering.

"That's the navy's warship. The king of Nanchang is really arrogant. He even mobilized the Hangzhou navy's warship as a guard, heh heh." Li Dingyi still kept smirking at the side.

"Shut up." The county magistrate Gu Tan finally couldn't bear it any longer, turned his head and said coldly: "Don't speak again, Mr. Li, Nanchang is not only the clan king, but also the prefect of this state. If he really wants to deal with you , couldn't be easier, don't blame me for not pleading."

"Don't drive in this state." Li Dingyi smacked the corner of his mouth slightly, and finally closed his mouth completely, took a half step back, and stopped talking.

Not long after the two-masted warship of the Hangzhou Navy appeared in everyone's sight, another two-masted merchant ship clearly appeared in everyone's sight, and there were more than a dozen small fast boats between the two ships.

These ships seem to be scattered, but once something happens, they can immediately form a battle formation.

At this moment, even Gu Tan, the county magistrate, became a little suspicious.

The ostentation of the King of Nanchang is really too big.

There were low-pitched noises behind him, but Gu Tan didn't care about it at this moment, his eyes were fixed on the distant river all the time.

The three official ships, which were only slightly smaller than the two-masted ship, quickly jumped into everyone's sight.

From a distance, one can see the silk banners flying on the official ship, scattered figures, sharp swords and guns, full of murderous aura.

For a moment, I didn't know how many people were standing on the deck.

The Dongyang officials on the pier were immediately stunned.

The king of Nanchang's behavior is already quite ostentatious, what is he thinking?
The previous noise completely disappeared at this moment, and everyone looked at each other and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Then everyone saw another two-masted merchant ship after the official ship, and more large and small fast boats accompanying it.

The ships did not land immediately, and most continued on their way.

Only the frontmost one of the three official ships was quickly heading towards the shore.

The speed of the official ship was very fast, and with the banners unfurled, dozens of Qianniuwei in red and gold armor stood on the deck, holding saber handles majestically.

The huge official ship docked on the wharf, the boards fell, and a dozen Qianniuwei immediately rushed down from the ship, and quickly stood in the middle of Dongyang officials and the surrounding policemen and soldiers.

Seeing this scene, the county magistrate Gu Tan, chief secretary Li Dingyi, county lieutenant Kangyao, justice, Si Bing and Treasurer Jianjun all had expressions of surprise and suspicion on their faces.

Afterwards, Li Xuan, who was wearing a light crimson five-rank official uniform with a noble complexion, slowly stepped down from the official boat.

A string of cyan jade hanging around his waist made a low and crisp sound as it shook slightly, attracting attention.

Stopping in his footsteps, Li Xuan raised his head and looked into the distance, the well-arranged cities in the distance clearly appeared in front of his eyes.

This is Dongyang.

Looking away, Li Xuan's face became serious.

His sharp eyes swept over the faces of everyone present, his insightful eyes seemed to be able to penetrate everyone's hearts at a glance.

Behind Li Xuan, Qiu Zhenmu and Yu Ze followed from left to right.

Qiu Zhenmu was dressed in red and gold armor, with one hand on the handle of the knife, standing on the right side of Li Xuan, staring at everyone.

The ferocious look in his eyes made everyone think that the Qianniu knife in his hand would cut straight down at any time.

Yu Ze was wearing a light green Xuan Yilang suit, holding a brown wooden box in his hand, and followed Li Xuan's left side with a solemn expression.

"Officials in Dongyang County, welcome the Chief of Shangzhou Biejia to Dongyang." Gu Tan, the county magistrate, took a step forward and led many officials in Dongyang County, bowing to Li Xuan at the same time.

Yu Ze couldn't help but shrink back immediately.

"I've seen you all!" Li Xuan waved her hands back, looked at the crowd, and nodded slightly: "Everyone, please stand up!"

"Here!" Many Dongyang officials present stood up immediately.

"Xiaguan Dongyang County Prime Minister Gu Tan, report back to Shangguan, the post house has prepared hot water and hot tea to clean up the dust for Shangguan." County Prime Minister Gu Tan took another step forward and cupped his hands at Li Xuan, with a slightly nervous expression on his face.

Li Xuan's eyes skipped over Gu Tan's body, and then quickly skipped over everyone's heads.

Suddenly, the expression in his eyes became terrified.

His eyes flashed quickly, Li Xuan looked at Gu Tan again, and waved his hands calmly: "No busy, Gu Xiancheng, I am here to introduce you, this is Zuo Qianniu Weiqiu Beishen, who is in charge of investigating the king The Assassin’s Assassination Case, this is written by Yu Xiu in the palace, who served in Wuzhou with the late king many years ago.”

"I've seen Qiu Beishen, I've seen Yu Xiuzhuan." Many Dongyang officials present bowed their hands to Qiu Zhenmu and Yu Ze in salute.

Although Yu Ze and Qiu Zhenmu are inconspicuous in the huge Luoyang, but in this Xiaxian County of Dongyang, their status and status are all above the officials.

Li Xuan looked at the crowd and refused to let her get up, with her left hand slightly backward.

Yu Ze's eyes froze for an instant, and the right hand that had been placed behind him turned out, and Yu Ze put a black box in Li Xuan's hand.

"Everyone, this is the assassin's order arrow from the prince of the governor. I have been granted full authority to handle Dongyang affairs. Do you have any objections?" Li Xuan's voice was cold and solemn, and he handed the box containing the governor's order arrow directly to Gu Tan. Then stare into his eyes
Gu Tan's brows twitched immediately, and the Dongyang officials behind him saw it, and they also had different expressions.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, but Gu Tan still took a step forward, gritted his teeth and cupped his hands at Li Xuan: "Please forgive me for offending me."

"En!" Li Xuan nodded slightly, Gu Tan immediately stepped forward, pressed both hands on the black wooden box, and opened the wooden box tremblingly.

A pair of black lacquered golden arrows lay silently in the wooden box.

Gu Tan took a step back, looking at Li Dingyi, Kang Yao and the two nodded slightly, confirming the authenticity of the assassin's golden arrow, their expressions immediately tightened.

According to the regulations of the court, Li Xuan, who is Wuzhou Biejia, should have arrived in the city of Wuzhou, met the governor, handed over to his predecessor Biejia, and then got Biejia's seal and met the officials of the state capital before starting. Take the right not to drive.

But it is not appropriate to put this matter on Li Xuan.

Because Li Xuan's post as a special car was abolished many years ago, and then turned into a long history.

Now that the post of Biejia is suddenly restarted, Li Xuan's official seal is not in Wuzhou, but in the Ministry of Officials.

When he came to Wuzhou this time, he had already held the official seal of Wuzhou Biejia in his hand.

Now he has the Inspector Lingjian in his hands at some point, he is the second person in this prefecture, and his power is equivalent to that of the Banzhou Inspector, so he can completely act as the Inspector.

What's more, there is Qianniuwei by his side.

"So, why is Dongyang Judiciary joining the army?" Li Xuan's eyes quickly swept over the crowd, and a middle-aged official wearing a light green official robe and an ordinary face walked out quickly.

"Dongyang Judiciary joined the army and Huang Ziming met the Shangguan." Although Huang Ziming looked ordinary, his expression was very stable.

Li Xuan nodded lightly, and asked in a deep voice: "It was you who inspected Sihu's death in the army more than ten days ago, and determined that he died of illness."

"Yes!" Huang Ziming's heart tightened immediately, and he cupped his hands immediately and said, "The next official inspected the scene himself, and then he inspected the corpse, and finally determined that he died of illness."

"But now, Wuzhou Facao has determined that Dongyang Sihu's joining the army was actually murdered by others. What can you say?"

"Ah!" Huang Ziming's face was full of astonishment, and he didn't know whether he was astonished at the fact that Dongyang Sihu joined the army and was murdered by others, or he was astonished that no one knew such important news.

His face twitched slightly, and Huang Ziming said in shame: "It's the lower official's dereliction of duty, and I hope the upper official will forgive the crime. The lower official will definitely re-trial seriously and clear up the grievances for Brother Hao."

"Forget about the retrial." Li Xuan waved his hand directly, then stared at Huang Ziming, and said with a serious expression: "I heard that you are now concurrently serving as a household officer. If so, I will suspend your position as a legal officer today. You will be a householder with all your heart." As for Cao’s matter, if there is no problem with Dongyang household Cao this summer, then you will be restored to your position as a legal cao;

Huang Ziming's face immediately turned pale, but he didn't know what he thought of, his face was relieved for a while, and he cupped his hands and said, "The next official takes orders."

"Where is Dongyang Sibing joining the army?" Li Xuan raised her head and looked among the crowd.

A middle-aged official in his early thirties came out, cupped his hands at Li Xuan and said, "Si Bing joins the army and Xi Ying, I have met the Shangguan."

"From today onwards, you will temporarily review the matter of the law and Cao, and you will be willing to judge all the affairs of the prison in Dongyang, sir." Li Xuan stared carefully at Xi Ying,

Without the slightest hesitation, Xi Ying immediately cupped his hands and said, "The next official takes orders."

Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the crowd, and said directly: "That's it, let's go to the county government immediately."

(End of this chapter)