There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 322 City Order
This is actually arranging a backup plan.

The people under the Poison Lady are the best at doing these things.

Of course, Su Xian won't say it explicitly for now, and it won't be too late to tell her the day he really decides to run away.

The poisonous lady's mentality has changed a lot. She has already put away her thoughts of going into seclusion and is ready to be a bully and a horse for Su Xian, so she accepts it completely.

After the matter was over, Su Xian coughed, secretly looked at Yang Zhilan on the side, and then explained the purpose of his visit——

That is to ask for information related to the Liao army.

This is the main purpose of Su Xian coming here.

The poisonous lady is the leader of Youzhou Hall, and all information must go through her eyes. To Su Xian, she is a "living fossil".

Su Xian has great expectations for her.

Maybe the case can be solved through her.

The poisonous lady thought about it for a while, with a troubled look on her face, her slender eyebrows trembled slightly, and she said in shame:
"My subordinates are... incompetent. Although my subordinates have long been aware of the Liao army's infiltration into the territory of Daliang, they had no time to take care of internal defense affairs at that time, so..."

"..."

Su Xian's face froze in anticipation, she didn't know? !
After a little thought, Su Xian understood.

That's right, the poisonous lady has long had the intention of retiring, and she rarely pays attention to the affairs of the inner guard, just like the mystery of the disappearance of the inner guard Anzi that she just talked about, she is not clear about it.

Yang Zhilan stood beside Su Xian's chair, as if she were a personal guard. At this moment, she stared coldly at the poisonous lady who lowered her head, with a very unkind look in her eyes.

As the head of the inner guard Youzhou Hall, the poisonous lady really failed and delayed Su Xian's important event!

According to her previous temper, she would have been pierced through with a sword!
The poisonous lady wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. She could already tell that Su Xian was very disappointed that she didn't know the Liao army's intelligence.

She didn't know why Su Xian was disappointed.

But she had just received a favor and was only thinking about repaying the favor. As a result, she couldn't even do this little thing, which made her feel very ashamed and remorseful.

In desperation, Lady Poison's mind flashed and she remembered a small incident that she had accidentally noticed before. She might have an explanation for Su Xianneng.

"Please don't be anxious, little pavilion leader. I remembered two words, which are related to the affairs of the Liao Army in the north."

"What do you think of? Let's talk about it." Su Xian's spirit was shaken, and he didn't say a word. For him who had no clue, a word was also a clue!

"City order!" Poison Lady replied.

"Mayor?" Su Xian frowned slightly, a little surprised.

"..."

City orders, local state and county yamen subordinate officials.

He was in charge of "shops" (sounds the same as "tang", which means "stores") transactions, prohibiting and condemning things that are not illegal.

The Shangzhou city magistrate, from the ninth rank, has subordinates such as Cheng, Zuo, Shi, Shuai, Cangdu, etc. The Shangzhou city magistrate is the only official with a rank among all local state, county and city magistrates.

Zhongzhou city magistrates, Xiazhou city magistrates, and all county-level city magistrates belong to "officials". There are no grades for subordinate officials.

Simply put, city ordinances govern the market.

Due to historical reasons, only a few cities in Daliang maintain a "square-market structure", and the market is generally fixed in a certain area.

For example, Chang'an, the nominal capital of Daliang, has two cities, the east and west.

For example, Luoyang, the capital of Daliang, has three markets: "Tongyuan City", "Fengdu City" and "Datong City".

In addition, some border states also have "border markets".

For example, there is a "Chang'an City" in Youzhou City, which means long-term peace and stability. It is dedicated to trade with the Liao Kingdom. It is said that the scale is the largest in Daliang.

Chang'an and any other market in Luoyang City can't compare.

These special markets also have "city orders", which are the same as the Shangzhou City Order, but they have great power in their hands.

……

Su Xian pondered for a while, looked at Lady Poison and Master Li Xiang and said:
"The mystery of Anzi's disappearance in the inner guard must be related to the infiltrated Liao army! If we find the traces of the Liao army, we may be able to solve the mystery of Anzi's disappearance!"

Madam Poison was suddenly enlightened and thought to herself: "Why was the little Pavilion Leader disappointed just now? It turns out that all this is related to the investigation of the mystery of Anzi's disappearance!"

Su Xian continued:
"Since the 'city order' is a clue, we might as well start with the city orders in various states and counties and see if we can find some clues... Hall Master Xia."

"My subordinate is here." Poison Lady responded. Her real name is "Xia" and her last name is "Du". Xia Du, Poison Lady is just a nickname.

"I'll leave this matter to you. Investigate all city orders in nearby states and counties. But remember not to alert the enemy. You need to investigate openly and covertly."

"Please rest assured, Xiaoge Leader, this subordinate will definitely live up to Xiaoge Leader's expectations!"

The poisonous lady looked very serious.

She was eager to accomplish something big to repay her kindness, and now was a good opportunity.

Su Xian was very satisfied with this, and after chatting for a few more words, he took Yang Zhilan to leave and returned to Yingzhou City, waiting for the result.

The poisonous lady didn't stop for a moment, settling the still sick child, and an hour later she set off in person with her troops.

……

……

Suddenly, four whole days passed.

Su Xian has been staying in Yingzhou City waiting for the result.

During these four days, he also tried to dig out other clues, but without success. For now, he could only wait for news about the poisonous lady.

Fortunately, Lady Poison sent someone to inform Yang Zhilan last night that there would be a result today no matter what.

On this day, the wind was beautiful and the sky was clear and clear. Su Xian and Yang Zhilan came to a restaurant in the city, which was the meeting place agreed with the poisonous lady.

They come early.

In the Tianzihao private room, Su Xian ordered food first and chatted with Yang Zhilan while eating and drinking.

"I believe in the energy of your inner guards, and I also believe in the ability of the poisonous lady. Four days have passed, and she must have found something!"

Su Xian stood up, picked up a plate of soy-red elbows, and placed them on the table between him and Yang Zhilan.

While talking, he used chopsticks to split his trembling jelly-like elbow in half.

"Come on, come on, it's still hot, eat it quickly."

Su Xian greeted, first picked up a piece of red elbow skin and put it into his mouth. The meat was fragrant and tender, melting in your mouth and delicious.

The only drawback is that it is a little fat, so don’t eat too much.

Seeing that Yang Zhilan was not moving her chopsticks, Su Xian picked up a piece of pure meat and put it into her bowl. She said with an optimistic smile, "Eat it. Only when you are full will you have the strength to solve the case."

Yang Zhilan didn't answer, silently picked up the chopsticks, tore off a piece of shredded meat and ate it in her mouth, chewing while looking at the elbow on the plate.

After eating this piece of pure lean meat, she took the initiative to pick up a piece of elbow skin and ate it all in one bite without being too fatty.

Su Xian nodded, turned to glance at the window, frowned slightly and said:

"Why don't they come?"

"We're almost done with our meal..."

"..."

Yang Zhilan didn't say anything. She was not good at small talk unless she had something to say. If the topic was about internal guards and killers, she would talk more.

Su Xian didn't take it seriously and continued to turn to look out the window and said, "As the saying goes, good things come only in time. I hope the later they come, the better the news they will bring back!"

(End of this chapter)