Chapter 124 Prologue

On the third day of September, a copy of the order came out of the Xuanqingwei command envoy's yamen, and went down to the Fushi's yamen in the west town of Xuanqingwei at the highest secret level. Liao Chengfeng checked the order three times according to the rules before opening it for reading.

In the evening of the same day, the highest secret order from the Fushi Yamen in Weixi Township of Xuanqing was delivered to Jiang Cheng, the Qianhu officer of the Qianhu Office in Fengri City. After signing for it in person, Jiang Cheng stepped back to check it alone, and finally a smile appeared on his face.

The above caliber is the same.

On the fifth day of September, Commander Xuanqingwei Pang Ban issued a rotation order to all the military supervisors in the country, and transferred all the supervisors who had been in one place in the army for three years to other places for rotation, requiring that the completion be completed within half a month. rotation.

On the tenth day of September, news spread from the palace that the Empress would celebrate her 70th birthday this year, and the emperor wanted to prepare for it one month in advance, and would open the Wanmin Hall on the day of the empress's birthday to invite all the officials to congratulate the empress.

As soon as the news came out, all the countries and courts congratulated.

All the high-ranking nobles or officials, even the Zongmen sent messengers to express that they would come to the imperial city to congratulate the queen on her birthday that day.

The emperors of the old Jing Dynasty were very "boring", and they rarely chose to make a fuss about anything. This time, congratulating the empress is also the second big banquet since the emperor ascended the throne, so they are very concerned about all aspects, and the distance The birthday is only one month away.

Starting from September 11th, the rare treasure pills in the major auction houses have risen horribly, especially the treasure pills of the Zhuyan category, which have soared three or four times compared to usual, which frightened many people.

There is only an auction house in Fengri City, and it is very popular recently. Many nobles with deep backgrounds in Li City have prepared to try their luck at the auction house. Gao Menxungui.

As for ordinary people, there are also benefits. Each family can go to the local yamen to receive two catties of flour or the same amount of rice. This is a congratulatory benefit in the court of the whole country. If the yamen dare not distribute it, it will not give the queen face. Do you still want to be an official? Besides, Guochao has been recuperating over the years, and the official warehouses in various places are abundant, so no one will make irresponsible remarks when this ration is sent out.

Take the common people in Licheng as an example. I heard that the yamen will distribute rations, two catties per person. Although there are not many things, they are rare! When did the people pay taxes? Strange!

But no matter how strange it is, I dare not yell loudly. At most, a few friends or neighbors gather together to chat in a low voice.

Are afraid!

It’s been almost half a month, and the East Market is beheading every day. Most of them are the “big brother” on the street or the “Master” in the vegetable market. The market beheaded.

When the first one was beheaded, people were still gloating, saying, "Hey, isn't this the long-haired brother from the west of the city? Usually he is so arrogant that he wants to cut off a layer of oil when he sees everyone, tsk tsk, if he does something wrong, he will chop it off." head?"

As a result, this beheading did not list detailed charges as in the past, but only an unfamiliar word: picking quarrels and provoking trouble.

To put it bluntly, they are bums and gangsters.

When the heads of the second and third petty thieves were beheaded, all the people in the Licheng area were a little scared. Who is right? Who hasn't had a pimple with someone? Is the threshold for beheading so low now? ! I quarreled with old man Zhang next door yesterday, won't he be sued by him? !

This is a severe crackdown. There are more than ten cities in Xuanqingwei's jurisdiction in Licheng, let alone thieves. No one dares to pick up the gold that is dropped on the ground. They think that someone is digging a hole to hurt people, and seven or eight people can report it. Before the official, there will be no one close to the yamen servant.

But after arresting so many people and chopping off so many heads, Xuan Qingwei's evil spirit did not decrease at all, on the contrary, each face showed more arrogance.

"I heard that Licheng Hundred Households was smashed by thieves!"

"Pfft! No way! What kind of thief is so bold?!"

"I don't know. Anyway, the search is going on these days, just to arrest people."

"Have you caught them? These thieves don't dare to let them go. Otherwise, it's us ordinary people who will be the ones who make trouble every day!"

"If caught, these uncles of Xuan Qingwei can still be so red-eyed? They probably ran away."

"Hey, if they run away, won't these uncles of Xuan Qingwei continue to be so strict? I don't dare to look around in the street now."

"I think it's very good. I can sleep soundly at night without worrying about being thieves, and I don't have to worry about anyone's evil intentions when I go out on the street."

North City Inn.

It's almost a month, and the inn's business has not picked up at all. The shopkeeper insisted on not going out of business, but he didn't know how long he could last. Except for a few regular customers who came to eat during the day, the only people staying in the hotel were the master and servant.

A few days ago, Qin Yurou got the news from the Baihu Office in Licheng, which was passed on by the former Baihu household surnamed Wang. Although it was a bit slow, it was understandable. The Black Flag camp was immediately closed after such a big incident, and there was no way to get in or out. Only recently did the news come out.

The news said: Indeed, many corpses were excavated from the dungeon site of Heiqiying, all of which were beyond recognition and squeezed out of shape. One of the corpses was rotten with a pair of cross pillars, and it should be the prisoner who was locked in the prison at that time. At that time, Wen Renhai was the only prisoner alive in the dungeon of the Black Flag Camp, so Wen Renhai was definitely dead.

When Wen Shiliu first heard the news, he was worried that his mistress would not be able to handle it, but she didn't. On the contrary, Qin Yurou, who was worried before, suddenly got excited. Not only did he take the initiative to eat, but he even took two pairs of medicines for his health. It's just that the Wen family never mentioned the fact that the Wen family asked her to return to Baideng Mountain.

Wen Shiliu waited attentively on Qin Yurou's body, and at the same time found that Qin Yurou's eyes had been frosted from time to time in the past few days, and he would often sit for a long time, as if thinking about something.

It was another three days in a flash.

This day, the shopkeeper of Beicheng Inn cried again, this time weeping with joy, because Xuan Qingwei, who had helped him stand for nearly a month for free, withdrew, and the yamen also came to inform him that he would not come to inspect every day, and he could restore the previous It's open.

Thankfully, this period is finally over.

Immediately bought two hanging firecrackers crackling said it was bad luck. Little did he know that the real bad luck had been living here for a month.

It wasn't just the staff at the Dongcheng Inn who were withdrawn, all the investigations in the Xuanqingwei area of ​​Licheng began to shrink as a whole. After a month of strict investigation, there were no clues at all, and this form of crackdown cannot last for a long time. What else can we do if we don't withdraw? If things go on like this for a long time, there will definitely be problems.

Just after the firecrackers were set off at the inn, Qin Yurou, the master and servant who had lived here for a month, came down to check out.

"Ma'am, is this home?"

"Well, going home, it's just the Qin Mansion in the imperial city."