Yongcheng, Mangdang North, Wushui South Ring Road, Huaixu in the east, Liangsong in the west, and Liangsong in the west, and when retreating, the two rivers lock the keys, and when dangerous, the throat of the Western Chu, although the map of the city is a gateway to eastern Henan.

As a strategic location for entering and leaving the Central Plains, there are only too many historical legends in Yongcheng. The famous old hooligan, Emperor Gaozu of Emperor Gaozu, was here to kill snakes and revolt. He was the first in history to shout "King, Prince, General, and Prime Minister," Ning Youtian.

Chen Sheng, the leader of the peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty, also buried his bones here. The recent historical legend comes from the same famous Emperor Yang of Sui. In March of the sixth year of Daye, Emperor Yang of Sui traveled to Jiangdu on a dragon boat, because of the previous years of flood disasters.

Almost all the cities along the way were flooded, but Ma Fucheng, the predecessor of Yongcheng, was safe and sound. Emperor Yang of Sui said in surprise: "In five years of floods, many cities were destroyed, and only Ma Fu was Yongcheng." Then he changed Ma Fucheng to Yongcheng.

The land of Sui was established in Yongcheng County.

In such a Fengshui treasure land, he became a local official and served as the garrison of a county. Xu Minlian, who was famous doctor in the previous dynasty, was very happy. The geographical location of Qiao County is quite good. There are Wo Water, Huan Water and Sui Water in the county.

Several large rivers, which will certainly bring endless disasters in the frequent rainstorms, but in the usual seasons or droughts, these rivers are rare treasures, which can be used to reclaim wasteland and irrigate.

Farmland, fishing, shrimping and transporting goods, so unless it is a flood, Xu Minlian and Xu will never worry about the insufficient collection of money, grain and taxes. Their political achievements can often exceed other second-class counties. Xu's prefect can be re-elected in Qiao County.

What is the good political achievements in the collection of money and grain.

The Tongji Canal is also a major source of taxes for prefect Xu. This canal, which consumed countless money and food and sacrificed countless lives, was indeed a disaster for the people of Qiao County during the excavation period. Ten of the dead of labor migrant workers who participated in the excavation.

Four or five, but the previous generation planted trees and later enjoyed the cool air. After the Tongji Canal connecting Jiangnan and the two capitals was opened, it became the lifeline of the treasure pot in Xu's hand. No matter how many passengers, cargo ships traveling from east to west, they had to give them.

Xu Taishou left some money to buy roads, and local people could also make a living by relying on this canal, traveling with capital, selling ships with capital, selling coolies with no capital to carry goods, and replacing money with a living money to support their families, and paying a cap tax on Xu Taishou.

Xu Taishou, who took office after the canal was opened, of course, loved and was grateful for the canal.

There is happiness and pain. For Xu Taishou, the most painful thing is the thieves in the territory. He especially hates Tian Heihe, Tian Baihe and Zhang Qian, the big thieves in Qiao County. He hates these thieves in good condition.

The dock did not do anything, but wanted to gather a group of unruly people to rebel and rebel, and also extended their dirty black hands to the treasure pot of Xu Taishou's treasure pot, Tongji Canal, and rob passing merchants and civilian ships, making the Tongji Canal

The river was full of wind and panic. Passers-by were trembling and often suffered heavy losses, which also caused the income of Xu to be greatly reduced. Therefore, if someone could catch these big thieves in front of Xu, Xu would definitely be able to eat them raw on the spot.

, and don't even need to dip soy sauce

What made Xu Taishou even more desperate was still behind. What Xu Taishou never dreamed of was that the robbers of Tianheihe and Tianbaishou, the pair of robbers, robbed ordinary merchants, was bold enough to extend his claws to the imperial court's grain team.

Fu Jiande, the deputy who was in Yongcheng to protect the safety of the canal, was also incompetent. After the news of the robbery of the grain was sent to Yongcheng, the servant spent countless hours and finally found him in the brothel's quilt. Then Fu Jiande hurriedly organized the official to rescue the grain.

, and was hit by the head-on attack from Tian Heihe and Tian Baishe. In the end, Fu Jiande took the lead in escaping, and more than a dozen ships of grain were successfully snatched away by the Tian brothers. When the news was sent to Xu, Xu was collapsed on the ground on the spot.

Even if someone helps him, he can't stand up for a long time.

There is no other way. The fact that the grain was robbed was too great. Even though Xu was a famous doctor in the previous dynasty, he had a good temper. This time, Xu had to take action and reported the situation truthfully to the court.

He focused on impeaching his deputy and putting all the blame on his deputy Fu Jiande. In fact, Fu Jiande should bear all the blame. Then Xu Taishou could only give up his will and wait tremblingly for the court to sue the crime.

Fortunately, Emperor Yang Er, who was glorious and great and illuminated, only issued an order to arrest Fu Jiande and questioned him. He did not pursue the crime of implicating the innocent Xu Taishou, who was caught in the gun. Xu Taishou breathed a sigh of relief, but the imperial edict said, "I made a meritorious service when I was guilty, so I will observe the future.

If he did, the words of action made the prefect Xu unable to sleep or eat, for fear that he would cause some big trouble that day, which would make Emperor Yang of Sui furious and settle his new and old accounts together.

The more you are afraid of it, the more things happen. After the grain was robbed, the Tian brothers not only stopped when they saw it, but also became more and more active. They had to deal with the Tongji Canal every three or five days, and they also had to make it every time.

One or two lives, Zhang Qian, the thief who occupied Jishan, also seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, and also tried his best to make a fuss at the Tongjiqu Canal. The frequency of attacks was higher than that of the Tian brothers. Xu Minlian complained and wanted to fight.

However, due to lack of strength, he had to hide it if possible. He privately ordered Yongcheng County Magistrate Dong You to calm down as much as possible, and even asked the officials and yamen runners to clean the scene for the bandits, bury the bodies, and pretended to be peaceful.

Of course, Xu Minlian knew that doing so would only make the thief more and more rampant, but there was nothing he could do. Even if he was drinking poison to quench his thirst, Xu could only pinch his nose and drink this glass of poisonous wine bit by bit, hoping that he would be late.

Some were poisoned to death. But at this moment, good news suddenly came. The great wise Emperor Yang of Sui actually arranged the famous little Chen Qingzhi and Chen Yingliang to serve as the Zanzhi of Qiao County to help Xu Minlian quell the rebellion and suppress the bandits. He had long heard of Chen Yingliang

When Xu, who was like Lei Daming, heard the news, in addition to laughing three times, he naturally burned incense and fulfilled his wish in the temple. Thanks to the heavens for mercy and sent him such a reliable and capable assistant.

The famous little Chen Qingzhi came very quickly. Xu Minlian had just received the news that he was appointed as the Zanzhi of Qiao County for only ten days. Chen Yingliang had sent a servant to inform him of his whereabouts and politely solicited Xu Minlian's opinions.

Let him go directly to his resident Yongcheng to take office? Or come to Qiao County to pay homage to Shangguan first? As a boss, Xu Taishou could sit at home and wait for his subordinates to come to visit him, but this time it was different, just like a person who fell into the water saw a

Like a life-saving straw, Xu Taishou not only decided to put down his value and go to Yongcheng to meet his subordinates in person, but also set off for Yongcheng early in the morning two days later.

The land transportation is naturally not as fast as the smooth canal. The world is gradually chaotic and I dare not walk at night. I stayed in the county for a night. When Xu Minlian arrived in Yongcheng, it was already the fourth afternoon. Yongcheng County Magistrate Dong Youyu

Xie Weiping, the palace supervisor of Emperor Yang of Sui, led the county officials to welcome him outside the city. He calculated that Chen Yingliang would arrive in Yongcheng the latest day after tomorrow. Xu Minlian did not politely with Dong You and others, and asked:

"How is it? Did the yamen and houses of Zanzhi Mansion be cleaned up? Chen Zanzhi arrived in one or two days."

"After receiving the prefect's Jun order, the subordinate immediately sent someone to clean up." Dong You replied respectfully: "The subordinate also informed the people next to Zanzhi's mansion. If Chen Zanzhi brought too many servants and maids,

If they could not live in Zanzhi's mansion, they would immediately vacate the house and live in the temple for the time being."

"Yu Dehao." Xu Minlian praised, and then he remembered that in his joy, he forgot to ask how many servants, maids, and old mothers Chen Yingliang brought to Qiao County to take office this time. He regretted his carelessness, and Xu Minlian said to him again.

Dong You asked: "What are the new changes in the bandits of Mangdang Mountain and Jishan in recent days?"

Dong You's face was so sad that he looked around and then attached to Xu Minlian's ear and whispered: "This morning, the people from Xiaguan found six bodies, four men and a child on the edge of the canal.

There was another woman whose clothes were stripped of her clothes and her women had been ruined. The officials sent someone to inquire about it, and it should be the brothers from Tian Heihe.

Xu Minlian's face suddenly turned a little ugly, and she asked in a low voice: "How to deal with the corpse?"

"It's all buried." Dong You replied depressedly, and asked in a low voice: "Prince, has this been reported to the court?"

"It's timely recorded, let's talk about it later." Xu Minlian shook his head helplessly, signaling Dong You not to mention this matter again, and then turned to Xie Weiping, the palace supervisor of Yongcheng Palace, and forced a smile and said, "Xie Gongguan, it's been a long time since I saw you, why are you looking so beautiful

So bad? She is sweating a little bit weak? Do you want me to take your pulse?"

"Just about to bother with Prefect Xu." Xie Weiping, who knew Xu Minlian's extraordinary medical skills, replied with a smile. The two of them made a few more polite words, and then they went back to the city to talk to the yamen.

Instructions for Emperor Yang of Sui and the Tongji Canal, Yongcheng is now a large county town, and there are also inns dedicated to receiving transit officials. Logically speaking, Xu Minlian and his party should also be staying in the inn, but it is a business matter.

There were too many things, and Xu Minlian didn't go to the inn immediately to stay in the inn and chose to go to the county government office to discuss official duties with Dong You first. When he first arrived in front of the county government office, his confidant entourage suddenly came over and whispered beside Xu Minlian: "Master,

A few young people followed us all the time, from outside the city to here, probably the thieves' eyeliner."

"The eyeliner of the bandit?" The timid and cowardly Taishou Xu made a chill and quickly looked back. After guidance from the entourage, he saw that his team was indeed followed by several young men with weapons. The leader was a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old.

He looks like a frivolous and lewd person, and a handsome face with a smile on his lips. He seems to be ready to seduce an ignorant girl at any time. He looks like a frivolous and lewd person. Xu Minlian couldn't help frowning, thinking about whether to send someone to take the torture.

?Even if it is not a traitor's eyewitness, he would put the widow teasing case that happened in Qiao County some time ago on his head?

Xu Minlian was still thinking about it. The evil boy who looked like he was not a good person had already stepped forward and rushed towards Xu Minlian himself with a horizontal knife. Xu Minlian was so scared that he quickly stepped back and hid directly.

Behind the follower, he exclaimed: "What do you want? Protect me and protect me and quickly."

Hearing Xu's words, all the yamen runners next to him were panicked and quickly surrounded the evil boy. As a result, the evil boy's companion was panicked and rushed up to help, but Dong You was so scared that he was so scared that he was so scared that he was still in a hurry.

They were also hiding behind the yamen runners. Fortunately, the lewd boy waved his hand in time to ask his companions to retreat, and then bowed to Xu Minlian and said, "Dare you ask if this master is Xu Minlian and Xu Prefect Xu? I want to talk to you later."

"Bold, dare to call me the name of this official directly." Xu Minlian poked his head out from behind the entourage and scolded him tremblingly, "Who are you? What do you want to discuss with me?"

"This is not a place, please go to the secluded place to discuss." The lewd boy pointed to the county yard and said respectfully: "Premier Xu, how about you talking to you in the county yard?"

"Go to the county yamen? What do you want?" Xu Minlian was surprised and asked suspiciously, "Do you want to assassinate me?"

The lewd boy obviously didn't expect Xu Minlian to be so brave, so he had to smile bitterly, then stretched out his hand into his arms, scaring the yamen runners around him to raise their swords quickly, but the lewd boy took out a document from his arms.

, reached out and handed it to Xu Minlian, and said, "Premier Xu, you will understand it by reading this official document, but don't talk and don't let others know the content of the official document."

Let the entourage come forward to take the official document, and then open it with suspicion. Xu Minlian's eyes almost popped out of his eyes. He looked up at the lewd boy about to shout, but the lewd boy had already spoken first, "Premier Xu, please

Silence, go to the yamen and talk about it.”

"Hurry, please, please." Xu Minlian did not dare to refuse this time, and quickly pushed away the yamen runners around him and personally brought the lewd boy into the county yard. The lewd boy was not polite, and asked Xu Minlian to take him directly.

When he arrived at the back hall, all the followers he brought into the yamen. The county magistrate Dong You and the palace supervisor Xie Weiping looked at each other, but they didn't know what had happened.

Dong You and Xie Weiping were still behind in surprise. After entering the back hall, before he could sit down, Xu Minlian had already knelt down on one knee to the evil young man, bowed his head and bowed, and said tremblingly: "Chen Zanzhi forgives his crimes, the official didn't know you just now

My identity is so offensive to you, please forgive me.”

Chen Yingliang quickly returned the salute to Xu Minlian and said with a wry smile: "Premier Xu, are you going to kill me? In terms of official positions, you are a Shangguan, and in terms of age, you are also my senior. How can you salute me in reverse?"

Chen Yingliang reminded him that Xu Minlian, who was as timid as a mouse, then remembered that Chen Yingliang should have saluted him. Under embarrassment, Xu Minlian could only smile bitterly and said, "The lower officials are not about age, official positions, but about titles, and the lower officials are just hereditary officials, and

Without a title, Chen Zanzhi, you are the marquis of Xuchang personally conferred by the emperor, so the subordinates should salute you."

"Fang Xuanling's crow mouth is really smart, and it's absolutely fine to deal with this timid guy." Chen Yingliang smiled bitterly and put down his thoughts, quickly got up with Xu Minlian, and then accepted Dong Youhe who suddenly realized it.

Xie Wei greeted him in parallel and met his future colleagues.

After meeting each other and sitting down again, Xu Minlian remembered to ask why Chen Yingliang suddenly appeared, and asked curiously: "Chen Zanzhi, why are you here today? Didn't your Gaofu say that you should be here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"

"Business is urgent, I traveled day and night, so I arrived early." Chen Yingliang answered truthfully

"Day and night?" Xu Minlian's face changed a little, and she blurted out and complained: "Chen Zanzhi, you are taking a risk. Do you know how messy the Tongjiqu River is now, why dare to sail at night? If you encounter it,

What should the robber do?”

"I met it more than once." Chen Yingliang replied lightly: "Last night at the junction of Liangqiao County two counties, two pirate ships tried to attack my ship, but they were all beaten away, and my people were still

Three thieves who jumped onto the boat were killed."

Xu Minlian was speechless, but Dong You blurted out and exclaimed: "The three corpses floating down from the upstream today are the thieves that Zanzhi killed you?"

"I don't know, maybe it should be."

Chen Yingliang answered casually, but Xu Minlian glared at Dong You with his beard and glared at him, thinking to himself, why didn't you report this to me? Dong You also understood what Xu Minlian meant, so he quickly lowered his head and muttered in his heart, "Premier Xu, it's not the official who was intent.

If you want to hide it from you, if you tell you all the murders of the canal thief, I will be afraid that I will scare you, and my official hat will definitely be gone."

"Prince Xu, the magistrate of Dong County, it seems that the canal in Qiao County is not just a mess." Chen Yingliang made another knife to Dong You without hesitation and said, "I will ask after I arrive at Yongcheng Wharf today.

After a while on the canal, I heard that the canal was in a very mess recently, and even three or four thieves could rob a ship within a day. I heard that there were cases of forced abducting a woman on the boat, which made the passing merchants panic.

The few merchants said they were planning to wash their hands. If this continues, it will definitely be a big blow to the tax revenue of Qiao County?"

County Magistrate Dong, who had concealed the number of ship hijacking cases, lowered his head. Xu Minlian glared at him viciously, and then smiled bitterly at Chen Yingliang and said, "Since Chen Zanzhi knows everything, I won't hide it from you,
To be continued...