The Golden County Magistrate

"I don't know." Zhang Dabiao scratched his head and answered.

"You said you have news when you don't know?" Chen Yan was so angry that he almost slapped him.

"I really don't know where Captain Zheng is now, but the brothers in the Nafu Camp found this on the border of Lianggu County next door." Zhang Dabiao said as he took out a scabbard sword from his arms.

Chen Yan recognized it at a glance. It was Zheng Yan's!

The scabbard has his exclusive design and the pattern full of Qingshan County style. No one else in the world can have it!

She has been carrying a sword for many years. Now the sword is here. Could it be that something happened to her?

Chen Yan's face changed: "Let's go, I want to see it myself!"

There are a total of twelve counties under the jurisdiction of Longzhou, and the largest one is Qingshan County.

To the northeast is the neighboring Lianggu County.

Unlike Qingshan County, which has more mountains and fewer plains, Lianggu County has a much better geographical environment. Most of the area is plains, and there are many lakes in the territory, rich in fishery products, which is considered a rich county in Longzhou.

Zheng Yan's saber was found on the border over there. Could it be that Tang Shuo fled in that direction?

"Sir, we're here! The saber was found by the lake!"

Two hours later, Chen Yan, accompanied by Zhang Dabiao, finally arrived at the border between the two counties.

In front of them was a large lake with a radius of more than 100 acres. At this time, more than a dozen brothers from the Nafu Camp were diving in the lake to search.

After all, the saber was found by the lake, so the possibility that she was in the lake must be ruled out first.

Chen Yan arrived at the lake, jumped off his horse, frowned and carefully examined the situation at the place where he picked up the saber.

"There are not many people living nearby. I have asked people to look around to see if I can find someone to ask about the situation."

Zhang Dabiao said hesitantly.

Chen Yan did not speak.

There were many and mixed footprints at the place where the saber was picked up. It was difficult to confirm whether there were Zheng Yan's footprints among them.

But it is certain that there were at least dozens of people here!

There was also blood at the scene. Could it be that Zheng Yan was ambushed and captured by the enemy as he guessed?

At least, there must have been a conflict here. As for whether it was a conflict between Zheng Yan and others, or other situations, it is unknown.

"Sir, what should we do now?" Zhang Dabiao asked with some concern, "I asked the brothers to try to fish in the lake, but fortunately, nothing has been found yet."

"Do you think she drowned?" Chen Yan said casually.

"This..." Zhang Dabiao scratched his head again.

It may not be drowned, it is possible that she was killed first and then thrown into the lake.

However, he really couldn't bear to say this.

Chen Yan glanced at him and saw that he looked sad, so he couldn't help but smile: "What are you thinking about? She's fine."

Zhang Dabiao was surprised and said: "Ah? How do you know, sir?"

Chen Yan pointed to the ground: "The footprints on the ground have a common feature, did you see it?"

Zhang Dabiao asked doubtfully: "All in pairs?"

Chen Yan laughed: "Nonsense! If not in pairs, are there single ones?"

Zhang Dabiao grinned: "What if there is a cripple with a broken leg?"

Chen Yan knocked him on the forehead: "These shoe prints are all the soles of official boots!"

Zhang Dabiao was stunned: "All?"

The marks on the soles of official boots are very different from those of ordinary boots. It's not surprising to have that mark here, after all, Zheng Yan has been here.

But what does this "all" mean?

Chen Yan got back on the carriage and said, "Let's go! Go get someone!"

Zhang Dabiao was even more confused: "Get someone? Where to get someone?"

Chen Yan's eyes darkened: "Go to Lianggu County Office and find someone named Xiong to get someone!"

The magistrate of Lianggu County is Xiong Jin, who has been the magistrate here for more than 20 years.

But he is not like Chen Yan, who does not want to leave, but he has only so little ability and cannot get promoted.

He was able to become the magistrate of Lianggu County because he bribed Zhao Changhe.

This person has a very bad reputation in the local area. The reason why Lianggu County can only be said to be "considered" a rich county is because of his existence.

This guy is a human oil press, squeezing the local oil every now and then, squeezing the people of Lianggu County, who originally relied on fishery to live a rich life, to the level of barely enough food and clothing.

Chen Yan took the car, and a dozen soldiers from the Nafu Camp rode horses and headed straight to the county seat of Lianggu County.

The shoe prints by the lake proved that at least dozens of yamen runners had appeared there at that time.

This could not be the yamen runners from Qingshan County, so if you want to find out Zheng Yan's whereabouts, you can find the yamen runners from Lianggu County!

The road in Lianggu County is far worse than that in Qingshan County, and it was bumpy all the way. Fortunately, Chen Yan was sitting in the carriage with a shock-absorbing system, so it was okay.

After finally arriving outside the county gate, the carriage stopped.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yan asked in the car.

"The city tax was collected in front, two coins per person." Zhang Dabiao, who was driving, said.

"Report to this county"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao jumped off the carriage, walked quickly to the city gate, and bowed. "My dear brothers, my master is the magistrate of Qingshan County. He is here on official business. Please make way." Four soldiers stood at the city gate and turned to look at him. "Which county?" One of them was thin and asked in surprise. "Qingshan County." Zhang Dabiao answered patiently. "Qingshan County, is it the poor place where you piss?" The thin man laughed. The other people also laughed and looked Zhang Dabiao up and down. "Brother, you should at least pretend to be a better place. You said Qingshan County? Who would believe it!" "That place can't even support ghosts, how can it support your tendon meat?" "Want to enter the city without paying? No way! "

Zhang Dabiao was stunned for a moment.

So the other party thought they wanted to pretend to be officials and exempt from the city tax?

"Get out! I'm in a good mood today and don't want to waste time with you, otherwise you should be thrown into jail just for pretending to be officials!" The thin man shouted.

Zhang Dabiao was so angry that he almost took action, but he suppressed his anger and took out a waist badge: "Brothers, you have misunderstood. I am a soldier in the Nafu Camp. The car behind me is really our county magistrate. If you don't believe me, look, this is my waist badge."

Then several people stopped laughing. The thin man took the badge doubtfully and carefully identified it. It seemed to be true.

They gathered together and whispered a few words. The thin man turned back and returned the badge to Zhang Dabiao.

"Well, it seems that it was a misunderstanding."

"But it can't be blamed on us. I really didn't expect that your Qingshan County could still raise a brother with such a strong physique. "

"Okay, please pay the city entry tax first, one tael of silver per person."

"In addition, horses and carriages also have to pay city entry tax, plus you people, let me count, one, two, three... a total of twelve people, then it's twenty taels of silver."

As the thin man spoke, he stretched out his hand to ask for money.

Zhang Dabiao didn't expect that he would still charge money, and he didn't expect that the money would be doubled, and he was stunned.